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Roy Clark, friends put on another quality show
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
Prior to beginning this year's An Evening with Roy Clark and Friends, emcee Woody Woodbury asked everyone to observe a moment of silence for Regina Kramer, who was a loyal supporter of Phil Harris. Kramer, who passed away in May 2006 after a battle with cancer, had served as ticket manager for the Roy Clark show for many years...
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Bonnie M. Teague
(Obituary ~ 06/05/06)
Bonnie M. Teague, 88, of Mt. Carmel, Ill., and formerly of Sandborn, passed away at 1 a.m. on Monday, June 5, 2006, at Oak View Heights Nursing Home in Mt. Carmel, Ill. Funeral services are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Final arrangements will be posted on our Web site www.andersonpoindexter.com...
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Sharyll A. (Sherry) Webb
(Obituary ~ 06/05/06)
Sharyll A. (Sherry) Webb, 62, of Dugger, passed away at 12:43 a.m. on Sunday, June 4, 2006, at Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. Born Feb. 28, 1944 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Gene Yates and Carol Davies Yates. She was employed at Rexall Drug Store in Sullivan and Kerns' Service Station in Dugger...
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Otha Lee Wiggington
(Obituary ~ 06/05/06)
Otha Lee Wiggington, 74, of Linton, passed away at 1:50 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, 2006, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Sept. 10, 1931 in Russell County, Kentucky, he was the son of Bluford Elmore Wiggington and Nerva L. (Brummett) Wiggington. He was married to Stella (Digrazia) Wiggington...
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Mistakes cost Miners in wild sectional title game
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/06)
MITCHELL -- Fans of the Linton Miners and Mitchell Bluejackets were treated to one of the most entertaining games a sectional championship could offer, but in the end only one team would live to fight another day, and the other would simply go home and plan for next season...
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Lady Miners fall 1-0 in 17-inning title game
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/06)
FERDINAND -- Linton only allowed one inning in the postseason, but it turned out to be one run too many. North Posey used two hits to plate the game's only run in the top of the 17th inning as the Lady Vikings defeated the Lady Miners 1-0 in the championship game of the Class 2A Forest Park Softball Regional here Saturday night...
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Shakamak wins fifth straight sectional title
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/06)
JASONVILLE -- One of the most successful programs in the history of Greene County athletics continues to excel in post season tournament play. Shakamak claimed its fifth consecutive baseball sectional championship with a 12-1 victory over Clay City in the Class A tournament here Friday night...
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Schantz, Stevens compete at state meet
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/06)
BLOOMINGTON -- White River Valley senior Tyra Schantz and Eastern Greene sophomore Lindsey Stevens were on center stage at the Indiana High School Girls Track and Field State Finals at Indiana University Friday. Schantz, who will be attending Ball State University on an athletic scholarship this fall, finished 17th in the discus. Her best throw was 116 feet, four inches, well under her personal best of over 133 feet...
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Miners win golf sectional
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/06)
GOSPORT -- Chad House needs to become a prognosticator. The Linton boys golf coach said it would take a 295 to win the Owen Valley Sectional at Rolling Meadows Golf Course Friday. He was just one stroke off as his Miners shot a 294, claiming the school's second sectional title in golf...
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Earl H. "Herb" Gardner
(Obituary ~ 06/05/06)
Earl H. "Herb" Gardner, 79, of Jasonville, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2006, at his residence. Arrangements are pending at the McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.
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Doris M. Comer
(Obituary ~ 06/05/06)
Doris M. Comer, 86, of Odon and formerly of Jasonville, passed away on Sunday afternoon, June 4, 2006, at Ketchum Memorial Nursing Home in Odon. Arrangements are pending at the McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.
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Clark: Oh Lord, I enjoy this
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
Beads of sweat dotted his forehead, but backstage after Saturday night's Roy Clark and Friends concert in Linton, the star of the show was all smiles and elated with how well things had gone on stage. Looking at the satisfaction etched on the face of the 73-year-old former host of the popular "Hee-Haw" television show, which ran from 1969 to 1992 and had a weekly audience of more than 30 million viewers, it was clear that Clark still loves to perform...
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Mother Nature smiles on golf tournament
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
Mother Nature smiled on the Friends of Phil Harris on Saturday and Sunday, blessing them with good weather for golfing. Right at 360 people converged on the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton for the 27th annual Friends of Phil Harris Golf Tournament, according to golf pro Bart Beard. Local, area and celebrity golfers played in the six-man scramble to raise scholarship funds for local students...
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Hostettler speaks in Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
Rural Bloomfield farmer Jim Wilson offered a simple solution to help solve illegal alien problem at the heart of the current immigration policy debate to U.S. 8th District Congressman John Hostettler during a Saturday morning town hall meeting in Bloomfield...
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Shelton enjoys his time on stage
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
Linton's own Jack Shelton was one of many performers to hit the stage at the An Evening with Roy Clark and Friends show Saturday night in the gymnasium of Linton-Stockton High School. Shelton, who serves as clerk-treasurer for the city of Linton, has been playing trumpet for many years. He began playing during the second half of his seventh grade year -- 1948...
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Lady Miners fall in regional final in 17 innings
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
FERDINAND -- Linton finished arguably its best softball season in history with a 1-0 loss in 17 innings to North Posey in the championship game of the Class 2A Forest Park Regional on Saturday night. North Posey (25-9) scored the game's only run in the top of the 17th inning. Autumn Thompson, who led off the inning with a single and advanced all the way to third on a bunt by Cathy Reeves, came home a base hit by Bree Hess...
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Linton boys golf team wins sectional
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
GOSPORT -- Linton shot a 294 to defeat Terre Haute South by three strokes to win the boys golf sectional at Rolling Meadows on Friday. The Miners, defending state finalists, improved on their second-place finish at the sectional a year ago, as Chris Taylor and Caleb Dunkerly each shot even-par 72...
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Peters enjoys his time in Linton each year
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
Gary Peters of Sarasota, Fla., has been participating in the Friends of Phil Harris Golf Tournament in Linton for nearly two decades. Peters, a former Major League baseball player, said he enjoys visiting Linton for the tournament because of the people, food and small-town atmosphere. He said he's gotten to know a lot of locals and the celebrity regulars at the annual two-day event...
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Solsberry man found guilty of child molestation
(Local News ~ 06/05/06)
James M. Uland, 19, of Solsberry, was recently found guilty of one count of child molestation -- a class C felony -- and when sentenced on June 26, he could face a three to eight year prison sentence and a maximum fine of $10,000. Members of the jury announced the guilty verdict on June 1 in Greene County Circuit Court...
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Miners hold off Eastern for first regional victory
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/06)
FERDINAND -- The Linton Lady Miners made softball history on Saturday with their 1-0 thrilling win over Eastern in the Class 2A Forest Park Regional. The win was the first in three tries by the Miners' softball team to advance to the championship game of the regional. The previous two were thwarted in the semifinals, but Saturday's win proved to be record setting for Linton...
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