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Fuller named top 2006 livestock showman
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Rural Bloomfield resident Ariel Fuller appeared very satisfied as she tightly clutched the mammoth trophy in her arms Thursday night, which signified her as the 2006 Greene County 4-H Fair Grand Champion Livestock Showman. As she grabbed the five-foot tall trophy, the 13-year-old Fuller smiled and said, "It's taller than me."...
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Top economic development expert to speak at meeting Monday
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
SWITZ CITY -- One of Indiana's top economic development experts will be the keynote speaker at a July 17 luncheon meeting at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service building as part of a special series of Community Leadership Enhancement Programs in 14 southwestern Indiana counties...
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Backroads Band plays diverse songs, venues
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
"Backroads Band" is an appropriate name for an area quintet, according to the band's members. They said they play rockabilly, country-style music, so it seemed like a fitting name. "While we're rockabilly, we really have a wide variety of music that we can play," said lead singer and guitarist Matt Watson...
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White River Valley switches teachers to different positions
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley Board of School Trustees switched assignment for several teachers in order to prepare for the upcoming 2006-07 school year. The board approved Debbie Pruett as a second grade teacher at Worthington Elementary and LuAnne Allen as a kindergarten teacher at Lyons Elementary...
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MSDS board has reorganization meeting
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of School Trustees reorganized at their Thursday night meeting. Board president for the upcoming July-to-July year is Jeff Miller. Vice president is Jim Yeryar, and secretary is John Gambill. The board members voted to keep their meetings at the same time and day of the month -- 7 p.m. on the second Thursday -- and to keep annual compensation at $2,000 for board members...
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Local schools to receive delayed payments
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
District 45 State Representative Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville) on Thursday announced that schools in his district will be receiving more than $4,465,491 from the state to pay back all of the delayed payments that had accumulated from the past decade...
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Browns sell variety of homemade products
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
Multiple talents manifest themselves in the work of the Brown family of Plummer. Jim and Charlene Brown; their son, Dan; and Dan's wife, Jennifer, sell a variety of handmade products. There's potpourri, soy wax candles, bath and body products, hand-painted items, woodworking, hand-dipped incense sticks and cones, and many other crafts...
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Mr. Twister entertains fair-goers
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
Balloons in the shape of motorcycles, hearts, goats and hats were a common sight at the county fair on Thursday evening. Mr. Twister -- otherwise know as Jack Owens -- diligently twisted and shaped balloons for hours as wide-eyed children stood by waiting for their personal creation...
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Monte enjoying his true calling: acting
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
One Shawnee actor didn't realize his true calling until after receiving his mechanical engineering degree. Terrence Monte, originally from New York City, explained that he was formerly employed with Procter and Gamble when he decided engineering was not making him happy...
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Lyons Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
LYONS -- In a brief Lyons Town Council meeting Thursday evening, prices charged to Provo Septic Service for using the town's septic tanks were discussed. Council president Scott Powers remarked that the town has charged two-cents-a-gallon for at least 10 years and thought a raise was appropriate --perhaps a raise of three-cents-a-gallon...
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Hog wrestling a crowd favorite
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
SWITZ CITY -- A near capacity arena crowd turned out for Thursday's hog wrestling entertainment event on a picture-perfect hot and humid night at the Greene County 4-H Fair. It was the third year for the hilarious 'crowd-pleasing' contest that featured 65 teams of male and female competitors, who wallowed in plenty of murky, muddy water and muck for a couple of hours...
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Rollins honored for 4-H career
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
SWITZ CITY -- For Steven Rollins, winning the coveted 4-H Tenure Award for 2006 is not about continuing a family tradition that has seen a pair of older brothers win the award in the previous two years. Granted, Rollins has watched and learned from his two other brothers -- William Johnson, who won the Tenure Award in 2004, and Nathan Rollins, who was presented the award last year...
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Linton man nabbed in online sex sting
(Local News ~ 07/14/06)
A 60-year-old rural Linton man was arrested on a warrant Thursday night after he allegedly tried to solicit what he thought was 14-year-old girl in an online computer chat room sting operation that dates back to 2005. The would-be 14-year-old girl turned out to be an FBI agent, who was posing as a teen to seek out would-be sexual predators...
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Betty J. Hiatt
(Obituary ~ 07/14/06)
Betty J. Hiatt, 76, of Linton, passed away at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, July 13, 2006, at the Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Born January 25, 1930 in Chicago, Ill., she was the daughter of Cecil L. and Lorraine J. (Wold) Hiatt. She worked for American Latex & Gossards, both in Sullivan, and as a Nurses Aide at the Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. She was a member of the South Bethany Christian Church in Columbus, and attended the Linton First Christian Church...
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