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Free gun locks provide extra safety measure
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
The Linton Police Department gave away about 250 gun locks through the Project ChildSafe program Wednesday afternoon outside Linton Wal-Mart Super Center. The stainless steel cable gun locks aren't available through retail establishments, according to Gil Kalbus, a Project ChildSafe representative and retired New York Police Officer. ...
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Cardinals top Eastern Greene in baseball
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Bloomfield sent its seniors off with a win Wednesday night, as the Cardinals' baseball team defeated Eastern Greene 4-3. Will Miller pitched a complete game, giving up just three runs on six hits. "It was the best performance all year [for Miller]," Bloomfield assistant coach Zac Crane said. "I can not say enough about what a great job he did."...
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High school golf
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
CORY - Bloomfield finished fourth in a four-team meet with Clay City, North Central and White River Valley Thursday night. Clay City finished first, shooting a school-record 138, and North Central finished second with a 168. White River Valley shot a 170, and Bloomfield brought up the rear, shooting a 179...
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Bloomfield Horseshoe League
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
Results and Standings through May 24, 2005 5-24-05 Results High Actual Games High Handicap Games Team Actual Standings Team Handicap Standings...
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Karr competes in track regional
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
ELLETTSVILLE ---- White River Valley's Ryan Karr competed in the high jump competition at Thursday's regional track meet in Ellettsville. Karr finished ninth in the event, posting a jump of 5-10. Karr was the only member of the WRV boys' track team to advance past the sectionals this season...
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Shakamak caps season with sectional title
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
CLAY CITY ---- At the beginning of the season, Shakamak softball coach Beth Wernz said she wasn't sure how her team would stack up against the competition. She said it was going to be a wait-and-see season. Two months later, Shakamak's players, parents and fans are celebrating the team's first sectional championship since 2002...
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Miners looking for redemption in sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
It's been a constant thought throughout the Linton baseball program this season and that's to redeem themselves after last year's horrific finish to the 2004 which included a loss to South Knox in the opening game of the sectional, 11-1, in five innings...
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Linton takes doubleheader from Paoli
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
LINTON ---- Linton ended the regular season with a bang Thursday night, sweeping a double header with Paoli. The Miners won the first game 11-6 and took a 6-2 victory in the second game. The Miners got off to a shaky start in the first inning, giving up four runs to the Rams on four hits...
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Linton relay team sets school record
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
EVANSVILLE ---- Despite setting one school record, Linton's representatives at the regional track meet in Evansville fell short in their events Thursday night. The most successful event of the evening was the 3200-meter relay race. Silas Gennicks, Logan Tharp, Drew Sparks and Jesse McDonald ran a time of 8:32.15, placing seventh in the race and setting a new school record...
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Hard work pays off for Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
ELLETSVILLE ---- On Thursday, Eastern Greene senior Luke Sullivan was the only member of his boys track and field team to participate in the Edgewood Regional as he competed in the 110 High Hurdles. But his march to the regional goes back to the start of track season in 2004...
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WRV coach looking for solid defense
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
If White River Valley's baseball team is going to get very far in next week's sectional tournament, their defense has to improve, Wolverines head coach Eric Lyons said. Despite winning a school-record nine games this season, including the school's first win over the Linton Miners, WRV's defense has been a problem all season long, particularly this past month...
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Shakamak wins softball sectional title
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
CLAY CITY ---- After Tuesday night's bye game win over Union, Shakamak softball coach Beth Wernz was asked if her team was ready for the sectional championship game. "We'll find out," Wernz replied. The Lady Lakers found out how ready they were in a big way Thursday night when they defeated Clay City 5-4 for the school's second sectional title in four years...
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Phyllis Lee (Baize) Weddle
(Obituary ~ 05/29/05)
Phyllis Lee (Baize) Weddle, 79, of Farmersburg and formerly of Linton, passed away at 12:40 a.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at Sullivan County Community Hospital, Sullivan. Born Jan. 21, 1926 in Linton, she was the daughter of Otho (Ky) and Stella (Sexton) Baize...
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Verna Evelyn (Hart) Frost
(Obituary ~ 05/29/05)
Verna Evelyn (Hart) Frost, 97, of Bloomfield, passed away at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at Beverly Health Care, Bloomington. Born Oct. 9, 1907 in Plainville, she was the daughter of Lloyd and Hilda (Casner) Hart. She had been married to Frank Leo Frost, who passed away in 1969...
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Hostettler votes for gun bill
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
WASHINGTON, DC ---- U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.) voted Thursday for Judiciary Committee passage of a bill designed to protect gun manufacturers from politically motivated frivolous lawsuits. "In recent years we've seen frivolous lawsuits brought with the intention of bankrupting law-abiding businesses," said Hostettler. ...
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Lyons park receives improvements
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
LYONS ---- Electrical updates, an additional water source and a new shelterhouse have recently been added to the Lyons Town Park. The town has been able to extend the availability of electricity to the bandstand and has also extended the water source to the west shelterhouse in the park, Kim Flynn, Lyons town clerk/treasurer, said...
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Marco to continue tradition of honoring military personnel
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
The annual Marco Memorial Day Service will be held in honor of both past and present military members Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Marco Cemetery, John H. Brown, member of the Marco Cemetery Association, said. The pilot association of the Shawnee Airport in Bloomfield will provide a flyover to mark the beginning of the services...
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Linton to start spraying for mosquitoes
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
It's that time of year again ---- time for the City of Linton to begin spraying for mosquitoes. City employee Kevin Lehman said spraying will begin Monday and will last all summer long. On Mondays, spraying will take place north of State Road 54 between the Chicago-Milwaukee Rail Road and Park Road. ...
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Branson, Mo., entertainers coming to Dugger
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
The Ron and Opal Show of Branson, Mo., will be singing and entertaining a local audience at the Dugger Community Building in the town park at 7 p.m. on Saturday for free. "We do comedy and classic country. I'm a steel guitar player. I play ragtime, banjo, accordion and guitar," Ron Erickson, of the duo, explained...
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Bloomfield School Board meets
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
The Bloomfield School Board met in a special meeting Thursday night to review preliminary plans for a junior and senior high school office and a security and athletic facility. During the Bloomfield School Board regular meeting, George S. Link of Veazey Parrott Durkin and Shoulders Architects, Engineers and Planners reviewed the three proposed plans...
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Sunset to be a busy place Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
On Saturday a scuba diving training session will begin at 10 a.m. at Sunset Park in Linton and the cost will be about $220, said Jesse Bedwell, Sunset Park superintendent. The course is available to all who are interested, he said, and he is expecting a few new divers to take part...
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Eastern Greene gets mini-grant
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
Eastern Greene Elementary School has received a Homeland Security mini-grant that will allow a SAVE Chapter (Students Against Violence Everywhere) to be utilized at the school, Kim Hill, character education teacher said. SAVE is a national and international chapter that promotes violence-free methods of problem solving, she explained...
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Cliver's attempted-murder hearing dates set
(Local News ~ 05/29/05)
Brendon Cliver, 21, Sullivan, had a bond hearing Thursday, following his Tuesday arrest for the attempted murder of Ryan Padgett, 22, Farmersburg. Cliver stabbed Padgett several times in the chest, neck, arm, and shoulder outside a State Street residence in Sullivan. ...
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Cora (Helen) Craig
(Obituary ~ 05/29/05)
Cora (Helen) Craig, 94, of Owensburg, passed away at 6:35 a.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at Stonebridge Health Campus, Bedford. Born June 1, 1910 in Martin County, she was the daughter of Elsie and Amanda (Crane) Perkins. She had been married to Dwight Craig, who passed away in 1976...
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/05)
A night of Fire at the E.T. Raceway For the first time E.T. Raceway will feature Nitro and Alcohol Funny Cars this Saturday May, 28 located three miles South of the Intersection of HWY 54 and 57 in Greene County. This will be a great opportunity for our racing fans to come and see these fire breathing monsters in action...
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