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Spirit moves man to poetry, sharing with others
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
Residents of Bloomfield probably know Jerry Lee Hodges as the man who rides his scooter through town, preaching, talking and hanging his poems on local bulletin boards. But what most people don't realize is that Hodges, 60, was called to this duty in a spiritual way...
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Union comes up short against Turkey Run
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/05)
MARSHALL -- Union is still looking for its first win of the season, after taking an eight-point loss to Turkey Run Saturday night in overtime. The Bulldogs (0-4) were outscored in every quarter up until the fourth, when they put up 12 points compared to the Warriors' eight to knot the game at 44 and sending it into overtime...
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Lady Miners top Shakamak, then lose to NE Dubois and North Daviess
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/05)
LINTON -- Linton has had a handful of easy victories this season. Friday night's win over the Shakamak Lady Lakers, though, was anything but easy. Shakamak cut Linton's double-digit lead down to nine three times in the fourth quarter and used a 9-1 run in the period to cut the Lady Miners' advantage to eight...
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Eastern Greene picks up second win
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/05)
EASTERN HEIGHTS -- Eastern Greene picked up their second win of the season Saturday night with a 46-34 win over the Australian Travelers. The Thunderbirds (2-3) outscored the Travelers 27-15 in the first half, a run fueled primarily by a 13-4 performance in the second quarter...
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Bloomfield tops WRV, falls to OV
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/05)
The Bloomfield Cardinals finished 1-1 over the weekend with a loss to Owen Valley (42-40) on Friday only to bounce back to pick up a SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference victory Saturday against White River Valley (48-33) in boys high school basketball action over the weekend...
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Lady Cardinals now 8-1
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/05)
BLOOMFIELD -- Bloomfield's girls team pushed its record to 8-1 on the season Saturday with a victory over Cascade. The Lady Cardinals utterly dominated the Cadets, winning the game by 21, 61-40. Bloomfield practically ran Cascade out of the building in the first half, leading 37-18...
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Rehmel's 3-pointer sinks Miners
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/05)
LINTON -- If there's a player in the area who can contain Jared Rehmel, he wasn't on the floor Friday night. With Shakamak trailing Linton 54-52 with just four seconds remaining, the Lakers' star point guard launched a 30-foot three-pointer to lift his squad to victory in the latest contest in what is unquestionably a bona fide county rivalry...
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Greene County Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
End-of-the-year transfers filled the agenda of the Greene County Council on Friday. Sheriff Leon Allen presented several transfers to the council for approval. From the jail budget, he presented transfers of $1,400 from longevity to prisioner's meal, $4,600 from holiday pay to prisioner's meal, and $1,900 from nurse to utilities...
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Fire guts mobile home Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
An accidental cooking fire destroyed a mobile home at Haseman Trailer Court on Jenny Lane on Saturday afternoon. "They were heating grease on the stove, and it went from there," said Linton Fire Department Chief Lonnie Eberhardt. The LFD received the 9-1-1 call at about 4:23 p.m. from the owners of the residence in the southwest part of Linton...
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Program helps inmates kick the meth habit
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
CARLISLE -- The strains of Pomp and Circumstance were missing and so were the salutatorian and valedictorian marking class rank. All 93 graduates were exactly alike in dress and in status. For those students, it was the most important graduation that they would ever attend. Their life depended on what they had learned and how they would apply the information. The diplomas students received at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility on Thursday night promised life -- a life without drugs...
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County must be willing to support tourism
(Local News ~ 12/19/05)
If Greene County is to capitalize on tourism from the new Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area, two things are certain: County residents must have buy-in, and there must be an individual responsible for marketing. According to Purdue University tourism specialist Liping Cai, the community as a whole must be considered and Goose Pond positioned to fit in the economic mix...
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Union, WRV fall in girls games
(High School Sports ~ 12/19/05)
Union lost for the first time in the last eight games Saturday night when they traveled to Barr-Reeve. The Vikings downed Union 50-46 in a game that saw the Lady Bulldogs get off to an uncharacteristically sluggish start. Union managed just 14 first-half points...
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