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Wind slams area Sunday night
(Local News ~ 04/03/06)
Strong winds caused power outages and damage throughout the area Sunday night. WTWO Newschannel Two Meteorologist Julie Henricks said Linton and Worthington received the most damage in Greene County. Henricks said the Worthington area had reports of 60 mph wind gusts, while 58 mph wind gusts were reported on the eastern side of the county...
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Walter C. Spanger
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
FREELANDVILLE -- Walter C. Spanger, 78, of Freelandville, passed away at 2:21 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2006 at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born Dec. 11, 1927 near Freelandville, he was the son of Henry Spanger and Frieda Albrecht. He was married to Dorothy A. (Richter) Spanger...
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Susan Spice-Thimlar
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
Susan Spice-Thimlar, 57, of Linton, passed away at 11:10 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2006 at Select Specialty Hospital of Bloomington. Born Aug. 30, 1948 in Linton, she was the daughter of Donald and Phyllis (Talbott) Spice. She worked as head cashier for Kroger's Grocery Stores, retiring after 28 years. ...
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Judith "Julie" Annette Wheeles
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
MARTINSVILLE - Judith "Julie" Annette Wheeles, 63, of Martinsville, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2006, at Grandview Health and Rehab Center in Martinsville. Born June 6, 1942 in Peoria, Ill., she was the daughter of Lyle and Jane (Black) Wheeles...
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Paul Lloyd Wilcoxon
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
Paul Lloyd Wilcoxon, 75, of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Nov. 15, 1930 in South Bend, he was the son of George Wilcoxon and Ivan Lou Stangle. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving from 1948-69 as a Chief Petty Officer and also worked in Munitions at NWSC Crane until his retirement. He was a member of the Stanford Masonic Lodge and was of the Methodist faith...
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Cardinals fall to Attica, Tecumsh
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/06)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield Cardinals had a rough time this weekend as they dropped a pair to Attica and Tecumseh to fall to 0-4 on the 2006 campaign. On Friday, the Cardinals opened with Attica, but the game had to postponed because of a power outage in the fourth inning. Before the suspension, the Cardinals were being outscored 7-1, but managed to make a run on Saturday when the game was resumed, but it wasn't enough as the Red Ramblers pulled out a 9-5 win...
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Eastern Greene falls short in baseball opener
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/06)
BICKNELL -- The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds opened their baseball season on Saturday with a soggy road contest with potential sectional foe North Knox. The T-Birds got off to the best start imaginable as they earned a 4-0 lead through two innings, but the Warriors scored seven in the fourth to take a 12-5 win to drop Eastern Greene to 0-1 on the young season...
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Riverton Parke tops Shakamak in baseball
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/06)
MECCA -- The Riverton Parke Panthers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and managed to overcome back-to-back home runs from Jared Rehmel and Ridge Inman to take a 5-2 victory over the Lakers in high school action Saturday in Mecca. "We obviously didn't play well enough to win," said Shakamak coach Chip Sweet. "But we did a lot of good things. Defensively we had one error, but the biggest thing was we walked too many people."...
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Miners rout Shoals in baseball
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/06)
SHOALS -- It was a game that Linton Head Coach Bart Berns loved to watch as his Miner baseball team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 25-7 thumping of the Shoals Jug Rox on Saturday afternoon at Shoals. "This was a lot more of a productive day," said Berns. "This was a big change. We're getting more aggressive and more comfortable at the plate. We had a lot of productivity from our top seven in the line up."...
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Earl J. Haywood
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
Earl J. Haywood, 85, of Bloomfield, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2006, at Bell Trace in Bloomington. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Norma L. Frye
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
Norma L. Frye, 63, of Worthington, passed away at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2006 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Dec. 2, 1941 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Earl and Ruby (Weaver) Carrell. She was married to Jack Frye. She was a homemaker and formerly worked at Worthington Assembly for several years...
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Virginia Helen "Ginnie" Edelman
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
Virginia Helen "Ginnie" Edelman, 82, of Madison, Tenn., and formerly of Jasonville, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2006 at her residence. Born Feb. 25, 1924 in Jasonville, she was the daughter of Samuel Houston and Lucy (Ansorge) Edelman. She graduated high school in Indiana and earned her nursing degree at Andrews University, formerly Emmanuel Missionary College in Michigan. ...
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County declares state of emergency
(Local News ~ 04/03/06)
At 9:45 a.m. today, Greene County Commissioners President Bart Beard and Greene County Emergency Management Director Roger Axe declared a state of emergency for Greene County. "With the combined damages of Friday night and last night, we just think this is something we need to do," Axe said. "It takes care of the citizens of Greene County, as well as the county."...
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County residents lucky; no serious injuries in storms
(Local News ~ 04/03/06)
Greene County Emergency Management Director Roger Axe said county residents were lucky this weekend, because although storms brought a lot of damage, there were no serious injuries. "We've got property damage all over the county," he said. "Trees and limbs are down all over. Carports, and garages were destroyed. Roofs were blown off and damaged...
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Collins wins Freedom Festival queen contest
(Local News ~ 04/03/06)
Casey Collins, a senior at Linton-Stockton High School, was crowned 2006 Freedom Festival Queen at a pageant Saturday night in the auditeria of Linton-Stockton High School. Collins, the daughter of Tom and Kathy Collins, plans on attending Vincennes University for general studies. After that, Collins plans on transferring to Indiana University to study dental hygiene...
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Schools, golf course report damage
(Local News ~ 04/03/06)
Strong winds, with gusts of more than 60 mph in Greene County, caused widespread damage Sunday night and local schools were just some of the areas damaged. Linton-Stockton School Corporation Superintendent Ron Bush said the school received some damage...
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Eastern Greene school project supporters get good news
(Local News ~ 04/03/06)
Recent news about the proposed Eastern Greene High School construction project is good for the project's supporters, and to its naysayers it means another step in a fight against the $16 million project. According to Eastern Greene Superintendent Randy Barrett, "The petition against the lease and the state has been modified and reduced from $16 million to $7 million."...
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County Republicans to gather Tuesday night
(Local News ~ 04/03/06)
The Republican party's annual Lincoln Day Dinner is set for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Lyons Community Building. "It's a Republican party fundraiser," explained Lee May, Greene County Republican party chairman. Besides being a fundraiser, May said, the event also allows people to meet the Republican primary candidates...
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Lloyd D. Brown
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- Lloyd D. Brown, 70, of Brunswick, Ga., passed away Thursday, March 30, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Greene County and lived in Brunswick for 22 years. He retired from the Faculty of Coastal Georgia Community College in 1999. He graduated from Midland High School in 1954, and earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree from Indiana State University in Terre Haute. He was a veteran of the Air Force Reserve...
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Vonda Lucille Collins
(Obituary ~ 04/03/06)
Vonda Lucille Collins, 90, of Worthington, passed away at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born March 13, 1916 in Martin County, she was the daughter of Jess Inman and Viana Roberts. She was married to Horace Anco Collins, who passed away Dec. 2, 1990...
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Shakamak comes up short in softball opener
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/06)
BLOOMINGTON -- The Amy Hammond regime officially began on Saturday as the Shakamak Lakers traveled to Bloomington to challenge the North Cougars. Bloomington North jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the first inning and 3-0 after three to hold off a late Shakamak rally, 5-2...
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