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It's harvest time
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Greene County Cooperative Extension Service Educator Gary Wilson said it's too early to get an accurate read on how the 2006 corn harvest will turn out locally, but he said indications from the farmers who've been in the fields is -- it could be a better yield than last year...
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Ruth Ann Love
(Obituary ~ 10/03/06)
Ruth Ann Love, 64 of Linton, passed away at 6:06 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Oct. 11, 1941 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Morton G. and Fredia (Funkhouser) Talley. She was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church in Linton where she was a member of the Mission Circle, and she was also a member of the Country Corner Home Extension Club where she formerly served as president. She was a homemaker...
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Julian Dean McDonald
(Obituary ~ 10/03/06)
Julian Dean McDonald, 65 of Huntsville, Ala., passed away Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006 at Huntsville Hospital. He was born in Greene County and graduated from Switz City Central High School. He was a member of the F&A Masonic Lodge. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1981 afer 21 years of service. He also retired from Lockhead-Martin...
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Lady Miners remain unbeaten in conference play
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/06)
Linton-Stockton clinched no worse than a tie for the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference title with a 25-18, 25-10, 25-19 victory over Bloomfield Monday night at Linton. The Lady Miners, who are 18-6 overall, improved to 6-0 in the SWIAC. They can win the SWIAC and Tri-River Conference (4-0) outright at 6 p.m. Thursday at Union (Dugger)...
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Baseball fund-raiser Oct. 14
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/06)
The Linton-Stockton Miner baseball team will be at Casey's General Store in Linton from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. The baseball team will be pumping gas and cleaning windshields for a small donation. Come out and enjoy the full service pumps at Casey's and support the Miner baseball team...
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Post season sporting events under way
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/06)
Even though we can't tell from the weather, which is pleasantly unseasonable this week, fall is in the air. An easier way to tell is by looking at the sports calendar. The girls golf state finals was just completed over the weekend. Even though Linton-Stockton senior Rachael Pruett did not make it to the second day of competition at the state finals, the Ball-State University recruit set the bar very high for any local girls golfers to follow...
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Fougerousse, Gambill top freshmen runners
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/06)
The freshmen and junior high boys and girls Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference cross country meets took place Monday at White River Valley. In the girls freshmen competition, Shakamak's Casey Fougerousse won the race, which featured just five girls, with a time of 16 minutes, three seconds...
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Shakamak tops Clay City in conference battle
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/06)
The Lady Lakers, who improved to 21-3, 5-1 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference and 4-1 in the Tri-River Conference, had five players combine for 34 kills, led by Jess Gilbert, who had 17. Heather Gilbert had seven kills, Chelsea Hudson five, Brooke Collins four and Annie Strahla added one kill...
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Loogootee repeats as sectional champions
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/06)
Host Loogootee kept their boys tennis sectional streak alive by downing Bloomfield in a closely contested 3-2 match Monday. The doubles matches were never in question. Noah Callahan and Mark Potts over powered the Bloomfield duo of Blake Byers and Travis Inman 6-1, 6-2...
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Jessica Lynn Lewin
(Obituary ~ 10/03/06)
Jessica Lynn Lewin, 31, of Jasonville passed away Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 at her residence. Born March 17, 1975 in Danville, Ill., she was the daughter of Michael J. Lewin and Barbara L. (Hubbard) Lewis, of Sullivan. She was employed at SCARC Industries in Sullivan and was an active helper with the Girl Scout program. She was member of the Jasonville Assembly of God Church...
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Madeline Fox
(Obituary ~ 10/03/06)
Madeline Fox, 92, of Lyons and formerly of Sandbornm passed away Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 at Lyons Health and Living Center. Born Nov. 22, 1913, she was the daughter of Abraham Bunnell and Eliza Ardilla (Anderson) Hart. She married Delbert Edgar Fox on Dec. 6, 1941 in Sandborn...
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Paul Edelman
(Obituary ~ 10/03/06)
Paul Edelman, 88, of Bloomfield, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006 at Bedford Hospitality House. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home Linton Chapel and can viewed later today at www.welchcornett.com.
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Bloomfield woman enjoys Apple Festival baking contest
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
One Bloomfield woman can be found these days in her kitchen perfecting her entries for the Apple Festival's annual apple pie contest. It's time well spent, because of the past 15 times Pat Stoelting has entered the contest, she has won at least 11 times...
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Linton man brings South American culture to city
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
A former quilting shop in Linton now looks like a quilt. Rob Turpin, who owns rental properties and JoEtta's Pizza Villa, purchased a run-down house behind the post office and has transformed it into a two-unit apartment building swathed in a patchwork of color...
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Wright Township residents can offer their opinions
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
Wright Township residents will soon have an opportunity to voice their opinions in front of the Local Government Tax Control Board about the township seeking a $200,000 emergency poor relief loan. A public meeting will be Oct. 26 at 3:50 p.m. in conference room one of the Indiana Government Center South -- just west of the Statehouse...
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Dugger Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
DUGGER -- The Dugger Town Council on Monday night thanked everyone involved in the Dugger Coal Festival this past week. "This past weekend was a great success. They did a real good job and we want to thank everyone who helped make it a success," explained council member Sam Landis. "We also want to thank the staff and offenders from Wabash Valley (Correctional Facility) for all the clean up and painting they did before the festival to get the town looking nice."...
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Linton man hurt in accident on S.R. 54
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
A Linton man sustained injuries when the wheelchair he was driving was struck by a pickup truck Saturday. Frank P. Moreno, 55, Rt. 4, was hit while driving his motorized wheelchair east in the westbound lane of State Road 54 West in front of Bender Lumber. Charles R. McDonald, 22, of Terre Haute, pulled out of the Bender parking lot headed west in a 1995 Dodge Ram 3500 registered to Bender Transportation in Bloomington...
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Newberry Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
NEWBERRY -- The Newberry Town Council learned Monday night that it has leftover funds from a recent local match to purchase radios and pagers for the fire department. Michelle Carrico, of Southern Indiana Development Commission, explained to the council that a total of $3,408 remains in a local match fund that will go toward fire department equipment...
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Switz City Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
SWITZ CITY -- Switz City Town Council President Don Blanton is proud of the way many residents in the community are taking care of their yards. He thanked residents for their efforts. "The area around the east side of Charlotte Avenue behind the apartments is not even in the city limits, and it is all cut," noted Blanton at Monday night's regular town council meeting. "In the past, it was left to grow all summer then mowed and baled."...
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York turns in resignation
(Local News ~ 10/03/06)
Newberry Town Council member Dexter "Shorty" York made his resignation official during Monday's regular meeting of the council. In a statement given to the council, York explained, "I Dexter Levon York am giving notice as of Nov. 7, 2006 I am resigning from Newberry Town Board so you will have time to find someone to replace me."...
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North defeats Lady Bulldogs in five
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/06)
Terre Haute North defeated visiting Union (Dugger) 22-25, 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 15-7 in a high school volleyball match Monday night. "This was a game we should have won," said Union (Dugger) coach Tammy Meurer. It was the seventh win in 21 matches for the Lady Patriots...
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