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Scotland Festival has a little bit for everyone
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
SCOTLAND -- The 42nd annual Scotland Festival brought crafts, musical entertainment, food and fun to those who attended Saturday. President of the Scotland Historical Society Brenda Massette explained, "I think it's great we've had an excellent turnout. We couldn't have asked for better weather."...
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Bloomfield splits matches at the Loogootee Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
Bloomfield suffered a 3-2 defeat at the hands of host Loogootee in their invitational tournament. It was a month ago on the same courts Loogootee blew out the Cards 5-0. This time Bloomfield picked up wins at the No. 2 and the No. 3 singles positions to make for a more competitive match...
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Miners 47, Springs Valley 0
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
Springs Valley. . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 -- 0 Linton-Stockton. . . . . .27 13 7 0 -- 47 First Quarter L -- Dylan Hardisty, 28-yard pass from Keith Cunningham (Jeff Laughlin kick), 9:01. Linton 7, Springs Valley 0. L -- Ethan Brewer, 20-yard run (Laughlin kick), 6:38. Linton 14, Springs Valley 0...
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TROJANS 11, THUNDERBIRDS 0
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
Eastern Greene (0-5, 0-4). . . . . . 0 0 0 0 -- 0 Wood Memorial (1-4, 1-2). . . . . . 0 3 0 8 -- 11 Second quarter W -- Zack Strickland, 29 yard FG, 8:43, Wood Memorial 3, Eastern Greene 0. Fourth quarter W -- Kevin Carnahan, 30 yard pass from Alex Powers (Carnahan run), 10:01, Wood Memorial 11, Eastern Greene 0...
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Thunderbirds blanked for third time this season
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
OAKLAND CITY -- Most coaches will tell you that practice sets the tone for how their team will perform in a game. But that was not the case for the Eastern Greene football team, which only amassed two first downs and 43 yards of total offense in an 11-0 loss to host Wood Memorial here Friday night in a Southwest Seven Conference game...
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Eastern Greene wins own invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
Eastern Greene picked up three wins Saturday to capture first place at its own volleyball invitational. The Lady Thunderbirds (7-12) defeated Pike Central 25-19, 25-21; Washington 25-17, 25-20; and South Knox 25-9, 25-20. "We had a great win against Pike Central," said Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram. "To start of the tournament with solid play and good offense was the right step forward for us...
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Lady Miners win Spiker Classic
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
The Linton-Stockton junior varsity volleyball team defeated Bloomfield 25-21, 25-18 and host White River Valley 25-9, 25-23 to capture first place the WRV Spiker Classic Saturday. In the win over Bloomfield, Izzy Carpenter had 18 assists, two kills and six digs. Sarah Shaw had 12 digs and Kelsey Andis (three) and Sam Butt (two) combined for five digs. Kylee Niebrugge had one kill...
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Lady Lakers win two of three
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
The Shakamak volleyball team won two of three matches over the weekend, including splitting two contest and finishing second at its own invitational Saturday. The Lady Lakers remained undefeated (2-0) in the Tri-River Conference with a 25-13, 25-13, 25-16 victory at Eminence Friday night...
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Lakers place fourth at South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
The Shakamak boys cross country team finished fourth in the Class A division at the South Knox Invitational Saturday. Barr-Reeve won with 36 points, North Central had 51, Clay City was third with 65 and the Lakers had 73 points. Linton-Stockton was fifth with 131 points and North Knox had 156 points...
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Bulldogs force five turnovers in 19-6 victory
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
Union (Dugger) forced five turnovers, four in the red zone, as the Bulldogs defeated visiting North Daviess 19-6 in a Southwest Seven Conference football game Friday night. B.J. Howard recovered a fumble and had one of three interceptions by the Bulldog defense...
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Pruett wins golf sectional; Lady Miners sixth overall
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
BRAZIL -- The Northview Lady Knights proved to be the class of the girls golf sectional once again as they claimed their fourth straight title with a 10-stroke win over Jasper, who also advanced to this weekend's regional, 342-352, Saturday at Forest Park Golf Course in Brazil...
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Miners rout Springs Valley
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
The Linton Miners were in a bad mood after a week four loss to West Vigo despite dominating every aspect of the game except the one that counts: the scoreboard. Unfortunately for Springs Valley, they were the recipients of a determined Linton football team that took the Blackhawks out of the ball game before they even got off the bus en route to a 47-0 thrashing in front of a spirited crowd at Roy Williams Field in Linton Friday night...
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Harry Van Emery
(Obituary ~ 09/18/06)
Harry Van Emery, 66, of Worthington, passed away at Thursday Sept. 14, 2006 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born on Nov. 24, 1939 in Bloomfield to Virgil and Ruth (Carnegie) Emery. Harry was a pipeline welder in Illinois for 35 years and a member of Plummers and Pipefitters Local No. 597 of Chicago...
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Two Linton men hurt in wreck
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
Two Linton men were hospitalized following a single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon near the entrance to Shakamak State Park -- located in Clay County near Jasonville. The 3:18 p.m. accident occurred when a eastbound 1999 Dodge, driven by Richard Ausman, 21, of Linton passed a vehicle at a high rate of speed and then lost control -- hit a guard rail and a tree head-on, according to a report filed by Indiana State Trooper Troy Cobb, who is assigned to the Terre Haute post...
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Superintendent, community to meet Thursday
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
An upcoming meet and greet with new Bloomfield School Superintendent Dan Sichting is scheduled for Thursday from 6-8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. The PTO-sponsored event will allow both the public and Sichting a chance to get acquainted. Sichting explained, "First of all it's an opportunity for me. It's more of an advantage for me to meet the people in the community ... it gives me an opportunity to meet new people, parents and students."...
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Three Dugger-area residents hurt
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
Three Dugger area residents were hospitalized late Thursday night after a car in which they were riding collided with a train near Carlisle. Juanita D. Griffith, 31, of Dugger tried to beat the train near the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility at Carlisle because a passenger inside the vehicle -- Jody Alumbaugh Squire, 36, of Dugger, was late for work, according to Sullivan County Sheriff's Department Deputy W. Brad Miller...
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Franklin earns award for her photo
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
At the Emergency Management Services Commission annual awards ceremony, Halea Franklin, a staff writer at The Daily World, was presented an award for color photograph of the year. The photograph portrays Southwestern Emergency Medical Services training officer Kelly Portteus helping a Head Start student find his heartbeat through the use of a stethoscope...
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Jasonville business earns state award
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Southwestern Emergency Medical Services, located in Jasonville, once again was named Provider of the Year by the Emergency Medical Services Commission at a banquet Saturday night. Southwestern Emergency Medical Services won the award in the basic-advanced division...
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Bagged fresh spinach causes illness
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
Preliminary reports suggest, according to Greene County environmental health specialist Sam Rotman, that bagged fresh spinach and salad mixes containing fresh spinach may be causing incidents of E. coli 0157:H7 illness in several states. He said the U.S. ...
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Walkers turn out to help Pregnancy Choices
(Local News ~ 09/18/06)
Thirty walkers turned out Saturday morning to take part in a walk-a-thon to support Pregnancy Choices -- a pro-life ministry based in Linton. "I was very pleased. For our first walk as an independent center, I thought it went very well," said Michelle Brown, director of Pregnancy Choices. "For our first one, I thought we did great."...
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Robert Oran Cox Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/18/06)
Robert Oran Cox Sr. 64, of Bloomfield, passed away Friday Sept. 15, 2006 at his residence. Born Jan. 1, 1942 in Solsberry, he was the son of Roy Irvan and Mary Ellen (Thompson) Cox. He was an industrial truck driver for RCA in Bloomington and a member of the Solsberry United Methodist Church...
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Don E. "Doc" Eccles
(Obituary ~ 09/18/06)
Don E. "Doc" Eccles, 82, of Jasonville passed away Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, in Health South Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born Nov. 10, 1923, in Howesville to John E. Eccles and Juanita Miller Eccles. He retired from quality assurance at Pfizer after 35 years of service...
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Clay City defeats Cardinals for 10th victory
(High School Sports ~ 09/18/06)
Clay City pushed its record to 10-2, 3-1 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference with a 25-27, 25-14, 25-12, 25-18 victory over host Bloomfield Thursday night. Ashley McCullough, a 6-1 senior, had 26 kills and nine blocks for the Lady Eels, who earlier defeated the Cardinals at the Bloomfield Invitational...
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