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Team effort helps kids with school supplies
(Local News ~ 08/17/05)
Staff at the Family Life Center hoped to help 50 county students get off to a good start this school year by supplying them each with a backpack full of supplies required in their respective classes. Instead, the volunteers were able to furnish 157 students ---- preschool to high school ---- with backpacks and school supplies...
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County's covered bridge will get needed facelift
(Local News ~ 08/17/05)
Greene County's only covered bridge will receive needed repairs after County Highway Superintendent Mike Hennette negotiated a lower fee for the work. Hennette had asked the Greene County Board of Commissioners at their Aug. 2 meeting for permission to use about $3,000 from the Cumulative Bridge Fund to help pay for repairs to the bridge...
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Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce meets
(Local News ~ 08/17/05)
Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce President Emeritus Ralph Witty announced Tuesday afternoon at the Chamber's monthly meeting that the 100th Freedom Festival was a success. "I think it was pretty successful for every project and everything we tried to do," he said. "Of course we couldn't do it without the help of all you people (Chamber members), all the merchants and all the people that chipped in the money. We really appreciate everyone helping."...
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Eastern Greene board reviews budget
(Local News ~ 08/17/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- The Eastern Greene School Board of Trustees conducted its annual budget meeting Tuesday night during which the board announced its total 2005-06 school budget as $14,377,030. Superintendent Randy Barrett explained that the budget on the whole was good except for the transportation/bus replacement fund...
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Entire county benefits from program
(Local News ~ 08/17/05)
The Family Life Center recently helped local students with back-to-school supplies. The center had notebooks, scissors, crayons, backpacks, pencils, folders, glue, sanitizer tissues and erasers available to those who needed them. "This is the first formal year for doing this," said Dianne Langer, director of the center...
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SWMD has successful, painless audit
(Local News ~ 08/17/05)
The Greene County Recycling Center sailed through a state audit recently, according to Supervisor Debbie Haseman. Haseman reported on the audit at a Solid Waste Management District meeting Tuesday. She said auditors show up unannounced and go through the books. In this case, she said, they went through three and a half years worth...
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Vikings top Linton in tennis
(High School Sports ~ 08/17/05)
LINTON ---- It wasn't the performance Brad McKinney expected from his tennis squad as Linton opened the 2005 season with a 5-0 loss to Barr-Reeve Tuesday evening at the Linton City Park. "Our younger kids showed their inexperience, and our older kids showed their inexperience," said McKinney. "Barr-Reeve's a good squad with five seniors in their line-up and they're very athletic. I knew it was going to be a tough night for us."...
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Cardinals get by Shakamak in thrilling five-game match
(High School Sports ~ 08/17/05)
BLOOMFIELD ---- One night after dropping a tight match to Terre Haute South, the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals bounced back in a big way against Shakamak. Bloomfield went the distance on its way to a 25-12, 22-25, 16-25, 25-20, 15-12 victory over the Lady Lakers...
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Sullivan gets past WRV in volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 08/17/05)
SULLIVAN ---- White River Valley's volleyball team opened its 2005 season Tuesday with a three game road loss to Sullivan, 25-22, 25-12, 25-23. "I think we've stepped up from last year," said WRV coach Becky Borter. "There's definitely improvement there. We still have a lot to work on with some young girls coming in with inexperience."...
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