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Lt. Gov. Skillman offers good news for Greene County
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
BLOOMINGTON -- Greene County, with Daviess and Martin counties, has set a precedent in Indiana. The counties have combined resources to develop the first multicounty "Certified Technology Park" in the state. The redevelopment commissions, county commissioners and councils, and economic development offices of the three counties worked together to create the foundation for the West Gate @ Crane Technology Park that will bring jobs and other benefits to the tri-county area, according to Greene County Economic Development Director Charles Dibble.. ...
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Cecil Richard Chambers
(Obituary ~ 12/16/05)
Cecil Richard Chambers, 90, of Worthington, passed away at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005 at his residence. He was born June 29, 1915 in Bruceville. He was retired from Standard Oil Company as a bulk agent and was a member of the Folsom Memorial United Methodist Church in Worthington...
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WRV students help others in need
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
Students at White River Valley Junior/Senior High School are in the giving spirit this Christmas season. On Wednesday, students ended a week-and-a-half long food drive. At the end of the drive, the students had brought in 7,377 nonperishable food items...
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Shakamak School Board meets
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
JASONVILLE -- In its last regular meeting of the year Thursday night, the Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of Trustees took care of routine business. In Superintendent Mike Turner's report, he told the board that Indiana Wesleyan University, with Rachel Sparks as instructor, has conducted summer workshops for teachers in the media center. ...
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Foundation mails information to seniors
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
The 2006 edition of the Greene County Foundation's Scholarship Guide (SG) has been mailed to all Greene County area high school seniors. The SG lists 13 scholarships available to Greene County students including the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. It also includes applications and instructions for all scholarships...
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Owensburg church to conduct Christmas play
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
The Owensburg Baptist Church will conduct a Christmas play Sunday at 7 p.m. "Oh Saviour, Where Art Thou?" is a bluegrass musical and a spinoff from the movie "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?," explained play director Ann Cullison. "This program is basically a music/drama and it depicts Adam and Eve and the events throughout the Bible that lead up to the birth of Christ," said Owensburg resident Kim Waldridge. "There are a lot of songs that the crowd will sing along with."...
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Students learn more about NASA
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
The Linton-Stockton Elementary recently conducted a NASA outreach program which emphasized to students that NASA is more than just a place for astronauts. L-S Elementary, which is currently a 2005 NASA Explorer School, was one of two schools in the state to receive this designation...
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Citizen's Academy focuses on helping county
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
JASONVILLE -- Members of Citizen's Academy, part of the two-strand approach to Building CommUnity, made strides toward future goals at a Thursday morning meeting at the Jasonville Library. During this seventh meeting, they divided into small groups and focused on community issues...
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West Gate @ Crane will offer variety of jobs
(Local News ~ 12/16/05)
BLOOMINGTON -- Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman announced Thursday that the West Gate @ Crane Certified Technology Park, which has been in its infancy, is ready to grow. The lieutenant governor was at Ivy Tech State College in Bloomington to announce that the Greene and Martin county sections of the tech park are now designated "Certified Technology Park," the same as the Daviess County section. ...
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Virginia "Jenny" Hieston
(Obituary ~ 12/16/05)
Virginia "Jenny" Hieston, 62, of Terre Haute and formerly of Leesburg, Fla., passed away at 7:25 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Nov. 29, 1943 in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Robert Lewis and Pansy Wools Stephenson...
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