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Clark forced to cancel his trip to Linton
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
Country entertainer Roy Clark is ill and will not make the trip to Linton for the Greene County Foundation Festival this weekend. Don Steward, chairman of the Phil Harris/Roy Clark weekend, talked to Clark's representative this morning. "He doesn't know what's wrong with him," Steward said. "He's just sick. He's going to the doctor this morning, but the trip here is just out."...
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Area sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/05)
Eastern holding football sign-ups Eastern Community sign-ups will be taking place throughout the month of June in the parking lot at Eastern Greene School. Sign-up times will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on June 9-11, June 16-18 and June 23 and 24. Sign-ups on June 25 will be taken from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m...
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Schantz working hard for state finals
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/05)
White River Valley junior Tyra Schantz will compete in the Indiana High School Athletic Association's state finals in track and field when she competes at the Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington...
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Shakamak defeats Clay City in baseball sectional
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/05)
JASONVILLE ---- Shakamak wants to get back to the state baseball finals, and it only took them five innings Thursday night to show how much. The Lakers crushed Clay City 10-0 in the second game of the Class A No. 62 sectional. Shakamak's Tyler Rehmel pitched a complete game, one-hit shut-out. Rehmel went the full five innings, tallying eight strikeouts and allowing just one walk...
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Bloomfield falls to North Central
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/05)
JASONVILLE - Bloomfield's season came to a close Thursday night as they suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of North Central. The Thunderbirds pounded Bloomfield 22-6 in six innings in the second semi-final game of the Class A No. 62 baseball sectional tournament...
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Linton falls to No. 1 South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Linton's semifinal contest with Class 2A's No. 1-ranked South Knox Spartans didn't turn out the way Miner coach Bart Berns would have liked, but after a hard fought game from Linton that featured the Miners never giving up, coach Berns was able to walk off the field with his team a proud ballclub...
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B. David Workman
(Obituary ~ 06/03/05)
B. David Workman, 86, of Columbus and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away at 12:10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus. Born Oct. 10, 1918 in Linton, he was the son of Bernard Franklin and Edith (Cain) Workman. He had been married to Anna May Workman, who passed away Jan. 11, 2005...
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Robert R. Groomer
(Obituary ~ 06/03/05)
Robert R. Groomer, 89, of Bloomfield, passed away at 5:52 a.m. Thursday, June 2, 2005 at Riverview Hospital, Noblesville. Born March 29, 1916 in Bloomfield, he was the son of Jacob and Mary (Nations) Groomer. He had worked for Thompson Consumer Electronics and also for the Bloomfield Brickyard for 25 years. He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Church...
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Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce meets
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
Sue Sowders, assistant administrator at Glenburn Home, was the featured speaker at the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday. Sowders told the chamber members that Glenburn has been in business 53 years, and the 146-bed facility employs 242 people, making it the second-largest employer in the county. She said there's a nursing home and 28 independent retirement duplexes located around the center. She said executive director Norma Lesher's goal is to add assisted-living units...
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Linton Mayor visits Sandborn, talks about wireless Internet
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
SANDBORN ---- Linton Mayor Tom Jones visited the Sandborn Town Council meeting Thursday night and invited Sandborn to join Linton and other surrounding communities in a broadband wireless Internet system. Jones explained that having a high-speed Internet system would provide an opportunity for communities to grow, and he is hoping that several towns in the area will take advantage of the service...
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Bloomfield offers summer school
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
While school just ended for the year, many Bloomfield students are back in the classroom for summer programming. The Bloomfield School Corporation offers classes throughout June and July in a variety of different subjects for elementary, junior high and high school students...
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Students concerned about class
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
Last week 13 incoming Bloomfield High School seniors were informed via letter that the Spanish IV class that they registered for in their 2005-06 class schedule was no longer available. But when students and their parents approached the school board at its regular meeting May 26 they were told by administration that the class was not completely out of the schedule...
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Sandborn Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
SANDBORN ---- Sandborn's grant administrator, Tina Henderson, informed interested citizens at the Sandborn Town Council meeting Thursday night that before the town could apply for a grant for senior citizen housing, there would have to be an option to purchase land...
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School may buy property
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees has recently petitioned the school's building corporation to acquire property west of the school, school superintendent Ron Hasler said. The said property consists of 36.19 acres and has been appraised at about $2,300 per acre, he added...
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Newspaper employees have change in job duties
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
Two longtime Linton Daily Citizen/The Evening World employees have new positions at the papers. Christy Lehman, who's worked there a total of 17 years, is the new advertising director. Laura Faulk, who's been at the papers for two years, took Lehman's former job as circulation manager...
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LPD recovers $8,000 stolen from Linton home
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
The Linton Police Department has recovered approximately $8,000 stolen from Byron Hos, 35, of Linton in late May. According to a case summary by LPD Lt. Troy Jerrell, Hos suspected a relative and his female companion of the theft. He reported that Leslie Mallo, 34, Linton, and Jodi Jester, 21, Jasonville, had visited him on or around May 18...
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Festival helps economy
(Local News ~ 06/03/05)
The Greene County Foundation Festival is this weekend and will no doubt pour money into the Linton economy. Linton Mayor Tom Jones is excited about the prospect of more money being added into the local economy. He said that additional dollars to the community helps provide jobs and fund the city's municipal improvements...
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White, Roudebush looking to continue tennis season
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/05)
White River Valley's Katie White and Winter Roudebush opened the 2005 season with a modest, straight sets victory in a match that, at the time, carried little significance. It was just another season opener. The start of another so-so year with a few ups and a handful of downs...
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