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Linton business burglarized this week
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
An unknown person broke into the Linton Dairy Queen sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Thursday and 5 a.m. today. According to Lt. Det. Troy Jerrell of the Linton Police Department, the person broke in through the drive-through window and exited through the north door of the restaurant, located on State Road 54 North. Money was stolen from the cash drawers...
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No. 7 story of 2005 (tie): Shooting of dogs causes controversy
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
The police shooting of two family pets in Bloomfield on June 5 raised questions and had many residents upset. Approximately 11 gunshots fired around 6 a.m. in a neighborhood about a block from Bloomfield schools woke residents and killed two young St. Bernards belonging to Marcy Medina and her family...
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No. 9 story of 2005: New library in Linton debated
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
Members of the Linton Margaret Cooper Public Library Board, as well as some community members, say the community is in need of a new library. Library board President Jim Morrison said 20 years ago the board began looking at options for the facility. At that time, renovation and addition was looked at; however, after a 1999 feasibility study by K.R. Montgomery, they decided it was more economical to build instead of renovating and adding to the current facility...
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No. 8 story of 2005: Eastern Greene to have new high school
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
The Eastern Greene School Corporation will have a new high school with construction set to begin in March 2006 and be completed by July or August 2007. The $16 million project will be located on State Route 54 East near Sylvania Road and it will house the senior high...
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Springville man faces charge
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
A Springville man who failed to register as a sex offender has preliminary charges pending against him in Greene County Circuit Court. William Alan Brock, 42, was convicted of child molesting -- a class C felony -- on July 25, 2000, in Jackson County Circuit Court...
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Marguerite Edna Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/30/05)
Marguerite Edna Smith of Lampasas, Texas, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005 at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. Born Dec. 5, 1922 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Clayton and Edna Palmer Baker. On Sept. 12, 1945, she married Wilton "Bud" Smith in Indianapolis...
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Linton gets past Union in OT
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/05)
DUGGER -- The Linton Miners needed overtime on Thursday to pick up their fourth victory of the season after a 76-68 win over the Union Bulldogs in Dugger. The victory for the Miners sends them in to next week's Greene County Invitational Tournament presented by The Linton Daily Citizen/Bloomfield Evening World with a overall record of 4-2. ...
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Bloomfield tops Crawfordsville in double OT
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/05)
TERRE HAUTE -- Games like the Bloomfield-Crawfordsville are the reason they make blood pressure medicine. It took two overtimes to do it, but Bloomfield advanced to the fifth-place game in the Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic Thursday with a 49-46 win over the Athenians...
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Greene County Tournament a fun time
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/05)
The Greene County Tournament starts next Tuesday. I always looked forward to the Greene County Tourney, especially in the years we had to go to Terre Haute and South Vermillion in the sectionals. I thought we had a better chance to compete in a tournament of schools of our own size...
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WRV falls behind early to Edgewood
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/05)
ELLETTSVILLE -- 30-0. That's how White River Valley started their game against Edgewood Thursday night, and it only got worse from there. The Mustangs ran all over WRV, crushing them 73-21. The Wolverines were vastly outnumbered, as leading scorer Ryan Karr was serving the second game of a two-game disciplinary suspension, and Cody LaFever, the team's second highest scorer, went down with an ankle injury in the second quarter...
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No. 7 story of 2005 (tie): West Gate @ Crane Technology Park
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
The redevelopment commissions, county commissioners and councils, and economic development offices of Greene, Daviess and Martin counties worked together this year to create the foundation for the West Gate @ Crane Technology Park that will bring jobs and other benefits to the tri-county area...
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No. 6 story of 2005: Greene County soldier killed in Iraq
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
Greene County suffered a war casualty on Oct. 11 when Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Kimmell of Worthington was killed in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Kimmell's life was celebrated on Oct. 21 at The Bible Baptist Church in Sullivan with his father Pastor Larry Kimmell officiating...
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No. 5 story of 2005: Shakamak ISTEP scores questioned
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
In fall 2004, an anonymous caller made allegations to Metropolitan School District of Shakamak school board members, Superintendent Michael Turner, the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) and the media that (now former) Shakamak Elementary School Principal Arthur Politz directed teachers to improperly administer the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus (ISTEP+) exams to their students...
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Dugger Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
DUGGER -- The Dugger Town Council conducted a year-end meeting Thursday evening to close out its business for 2005. The council discussed the town's insurance policy proposal for 2006 with Springer Insurance, including the removal of coverage for a generator and a 1975 pickup truck that are no longer in use by the town. The council will decide at a future date what to do with these items...
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Altercation lands Bloomfield man in jail
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
Anthony "Tony" S. Anderson, 44, of Bloomfield, was arrested and transported to Greene County jail after an incident at Sharon's Place on Dec. 23. "He got into an argument with one of the patrons and kicked a chair over," said Bloomfield Chief Deputy Marshal Kenny Tharp...
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Bloomfield School Board meets
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
During the Bloomfield School Board of Trustees monthly meeting on Thursday, the board authorized the administration to sign the Project Lead the Way Agreement (PLTW) for prospective engineering students. "PLTW is a national non-profit organization established to help schools give students the knowledge they need to excel in high-tech fields," explained School Board President Steve Dowden...
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Top 10 stories for 2005
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
The following are the top 10 stories for 2005 in The Evening World/Daily Citizen's coverage area:...
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No. 1 story of 2005: Crane to keep majority of jobs
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
Realignment was the word for Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) earlier this year. The realignment process began more than two years ago, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's recommendations were announced on May 13. Rumsfeld's recommendations proposed cutting approximately 673 jobs at NSWC Crane. Rumsfeld submitted the following recommendations regarding NSWC Crane:...
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No. 10 story of 2005: Ron Hasler to retire as superintendent
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
Bloomfield School Superintendent Ron Hasler will retire on June 30, 2006 after five-and-one-half years at the district. A search committee consisting of community members, teachers, administrators and staff members will take part in his replacement process...
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No. 2 story of 2005: BMV branch in Bloomfield comes under fire
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
The Bloomfield Bureau of Motor Vehicles was slated to close in June 2005, but community effort, along with the fight of local politicians, helped keep the office open although its hours of operation have decreased. Both District 45 State Rep. Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville) and District 39 State Sen. John Waterman (R-Shelburn) made trips to Indianapolis to talk with BMV officials and ranking Republican leaders in an effort to keep the office open...
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No. 3 story of 2005: State buys Goose Pond, Beehunter Marsh
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
In November, the State of Indiana purchased 8,000 acres in Greene County containing Goose Pond and Beehunter Marsh. The state purchased the ground from Maurice Wilder, of Wilder Farms, and created Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area (GPFWA). Located south of Linton in Stockton, Grant, Stafford and Washington townships, the land was originally a large wetland teeming with waterfowl, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. ...
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No. 4 story for 2005: Gas prices soar above $3
(Local News ~ 12/30/05)
In August, Hurricane Katrina left her mark as one of the worst storms to hit the Gulf of Mexico. The storm caused more than half of United States' crude oil production in the Gulf to close down. It also caused eight oil refineries in southeast Louisiana to shut down, and two others to reduce production. This resulted in higher gas prices across the country...
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Dungy returns to Colts a week after son's death
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/05)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Dungy is ready to get back to football. After spending a week mourning the death of his 18-year-old son, James, Dungy's surprise arrival Thursday at the Indianapolis Colts' practice complex triggered a swell of emotions. "I wanted to get back as soon as possible, but I also wanted to make sure my wife and kids were OK," Dungy said after running his first practice since the tragedy...
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