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4-H Fair ends with demo derby
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
SWITZ CITY -- The curtain dropped on the 82nd annual Greene County 4-H Fair on Saturday -- which incidentally was the hottest day of the summer. The final event -- the demolition derby -- drew a big crowd, but certainly wasn't a record-breaker, according to Greene County Extension Service Educator John Beach, who directed his 30th straight local fair...
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Lorraine "Connie' O'Haver
(Obituary ~ 07/17/06)
Lorraine "Connie" O'Haver, 75, Linton passed away Monday, July 17, 2006 at Lee Alan Braynt Nursing Home in Rockville. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home, Linton Chapel.
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Morgan enjoys showing livestock in Greene County Fair
(Obituary ~ 07/17/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Mariah Morgan of West Lafayette spends summers in Greene County, where the Julian and Sandy Huffman family have gotten her involved in 4-H. Sandy Huffman said her oldest daughter, Juli, used to work with Mariah's mom at Indiana Packers Plant near Lafayette and baby-sat with Mariah when she was a toddler...
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Nellie Jane (Ratcliff) Martindale
(Obituary ~ 07/17/06)
Nellie Jane (Ratcliff) Martindale, 96, of Bloomfield, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2006 at Bell Trace Health and Living Center in Bloomington. Born April 10, 1910 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Harry and Mary Etta (Anderson) Ferguson. She formerly worked at Bloomfield State Bank as a teller and worked in the loan department before her retirement. She was a member of the Bloomfield First Presbyterian Church...
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Richard E. Leavitt
(Obituary ~ 07/17/06)
Richard E. Leavitt, 81, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, passed away Thursday, July 13. Born in Indiana, he spent most of his life in Ohio. He worked for Consolidated Freightways and PIE Trucking. While living in Canal Fulton, he was active in Rotary, American Legion and the VFW. He was a lifetime member of the Masons, and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II...
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Lawrence Joseph "Joe" Lane
(Obituary ~ 07/17/06)
Lawrence Joseph "Joe" Lane, 42, of Jasonville passed away Saturday, July 15, 2006 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Aug. 20, 1963 in Fort Knox, Ky., he was the son of Lawrence and Norma (Runyon) Lane Sr. of Olney, Ill. He was employed at Bill's Machine Shop in Olney and enjoyed trout fishing and woodworking...
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Paul L. Daluga Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/17/06)
Paul L. Daluga Sr., 88, of Linton passed away at 8:06 p.m., Saturday, July 15, 2006 at his residence. He was born Oct. 14, 1917, in Waukegan, Ill., to John Peter and Florence (Sackman) Daluga. He retired from Hoosier Fence in Indianapolis, after 30 years. ...
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Former Owen Valley golfer wins Greene County Open
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
Nick Gillaspy, a former golfer at Owen Valley High School and a current member of the Barry University men's golf team in Miami, Fla., defeated 2002 Linton-Stockton graduate Tim Fish on the first playoff hole to win the 2006 Greene County Open Golf Championship Sunday at the Phil Harris Golf Course Sunday...
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Construction delays to continue at Eastern Greene
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
Delay on the construction of the $16 million Eastern Greene High School and physical education complex will continue until the second phase of the archeological study is completed although its start date has not been officially set. The recent findings of two chipped pottery pieces located on the future site of the PE complex has delayed the USDA loan from being approved until the second study has been finished, explained Superintendent Randy Barrett...
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Murder suspect on te run near Worthington, caught in Orange County
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
WORTHINGTON -- A man wanted in the stabbing death of a Bloomington man, who was the subject of a four-hour manhunt in the Worthington area on Friday evening, was caught late Saturday night in Orange County. Jack D. McArdle, 29, was apprehended during a traffic stop by the Orange County Sheriff's Department -- near Paoli -- shortly before midnight...
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Davis awarded Jennifer Lacy scholarship
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
SWITZ CITY -- A 10-year 4-H member was honored on Friday night as the recipient of the annual Jennifer Lacy Memorial Scholarship. Annie Davis, a 2006 White River Valley High School graduate, was presented the $600 scholarship by Greene County 4-H Council President Tim Egnew, prior to the start of the yearly livestock auction at the fair,...
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Third pandemic flu meeting set for Tuesday
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
The third of four pandemic flu town hall meetings slated in the county will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Eastern Greene High School cafeteria. The final meeting in the series will be Aug. 17 at the Jasonville Senior Citizen Center. Previous meetings have been held in Linton and Bloomfield...
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Mitchell native to speak about book at Bloomfield library
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
Local author James Hutchinson will present a program about his book "Through these Eyes: A World War II Eighth Air Force Combat Diary" at the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library on July 18 at 7 p.m. Hutchinson, a Mitchell native, is now 81 and was one of the 16 million young men and women called to military service by the United States more than a half century ago...
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Annual 4-H livestock auction deemed a success
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
SWITZ CITY -- For the first time in about five years, the Greene County 4-H Livestock Auction did not set a record for the total amount of money bid or for the price paid over market value, but Friday's sale was regarded as a good one by fair officials...
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Linton youth survives second heart transplant
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
Morgan Dale of Linton just received her third heart in nine and half years. Born with an autoimmune system disorder that caused her body to attack its own heart, Morgan was forced to have a new heart transplanted at 7 weeks of age. Recently, it was discovered during a routine checkup that her transplanted heart was not working properly and she would need another transplant within six months to stay alive...
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Temperatures, risk of heat-related dangers on the rise
(Local News ~ 07/17/06)
With the warmest temperatures of the summer season currently roasting the Greene County area, local and state officials are advising people to be careful and mindful of the possible dangers of the heat wave. The situation is expected to be critical for the next few days with the temperatures forecast by the National Weather Service in Indianapolis to be in the mid to upper 90s with high humidity for the remainder of the week...
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Betty Wonders
(Obituary ~ 07/17/06)
Betty Wonders, 77, Jasonville passed away on Saturday, July 15 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Arrangements are pending at McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.
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