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Bloomfield Chamber honors Mensch
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
Greene County businessman John Mensch is the 2006 recipient of the Harvey L. Hannah Award for Community Service presented annually by the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce. The award, given in honor of former Bloomfield High School teacher -- the late Harvey L. Hannah Jr. -- who left a bequest with the Chamber of Commerce after his death to endow the yearly award, was presented Thursday night at the organization's annual dinner at Good Times Restaurant near Bloomfield...
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Lady Cardinals roll in opener
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/06)
BLOOMFIELD -- Class A, third ranked Bloomfield Lady Cardinals did what most teams in their position do against a team that doesn't have the tools to match up with and that's beat them soundly. On Thursday, the Lady Cardinals opened the season at home and put to rest any doubts of a possible upset in a 68-16 victory over Shoals at Guy Glover Gymnasium...
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Gene L. West
(Obituary ~ 11/10/06)
Gene L. West, 63, of Borden passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. Born March 30, 1943, he was the son Charles and Rachel (Hale) West. Survivors include his wife; Gretta (Britton) West, who he married Nov. 20, 1964; two sons; Gordon (Shelly) West of Elizabethtown, KY and Greg West of Borden; five grandchildren; Pamela, Zada, Cera, Ashlee, and Gene; one step grandson Mathew; two brothers; Gary West of Linton and Craig West of Dugger; and his mother-in-law; Zada Britton of Linton...
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Grace Todd Miller
(Obituary ~ 11/10/06)
Grace Todd Miller, 105, of Lititz, Penn., and formerly of Greene County, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006 at Union Zion Home in Lititz, Penn. Born June 21, 1091 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Ira D. and Lizzie (Geddes) Todd. She grew up and graduated from high school in Lisbon, Ohio and was a graduate of Kent State University. She taught elementary school in Lisbon for 40 years and also taught Head Start in Loveland, Colo...
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Mildred I. (Brown) Cunningham
(Obituary ~ 11/10/06)
Mildred I. (Brown) Cunningham, 74, of Dugger, passed away Friday, Nov. 10, 2006 Arrangements are pending at Newkirk's Funeral Home in Dugger.
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Shakamak School Board meets
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
JASONVILLE -- The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of School Trustees voted Thursday night to pass a resolution to join the Southwest Indiana Co-Op, which was created through the Southern Indiana Education Cooperative (SEIC) for cost and administrative savings in cafeterias...
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Bloomfield to host musical
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
For laughter and heartfelt drama be sure to check out the upcoming musical performance of "The Music Man" which will be presented by the Bloomfield School Music Department beginning Nov. 16. The show plays from Nov. 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. at the Shawnee Theatre, explained Sheila Jerrels, choral department director...
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Linton author keeping busy
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
Linton author Ruby Moon-Houldson continues to make news and achieve accomplishments in her writing career. Moon-Houldson was invited to the Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute for Author's Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday where she conducted a book-signing session in the main lobby...
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McDonald enjoys teaching students
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
Although Linton Police Officer Debbie McDonald has just started teaching the DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education) program at Linton-Stockton Elementary School, she is already loving it. "I absolutely love it ... we have so much fun" she stressed...
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Eastern Greene students help others with food drive
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
Eastern Greene Elementary School recently celebrated Red Ribbon Week with a canned food drive in which the students collected 1,582 cans of food in five days. Character education teacher Kim Hill explained, "The canned food drive was an opportunity for us to give back to our community."...
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Bloomfield Chamber's membership growing
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
Members of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce and community leaders gathered Thursday night for the organization's annual meeting at Good Times Restaurant near Bloomfield. Two-year outgoing president Terri Coker said the organization has accomplished much in recent years -- with a membership that has grown to more than 85...
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Former Linton teacher still touched by veterans ceremony
(Local News ~ 11/10/06)
As Veterans' Day approaches on Saturday, one recently retired Linton-Stockton High School teacher wants to remind the community about an American Flag that graces the trophy case at the high school. Linda Taylor, former learning disability teacher, and her students planned a huge Veterans' Day program at the school in 2000, she explained...
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Bloomfield opens season like veteran team should
(High School Sports ~ 11/10/06)
If you saw Bloomfield's massacre of Shoals on Thursday night or if you are reading about it for the first time here in The Daily World, I'd first like to say, thank you for reading our paper, but secondly, I'd like to say that the 68-16 win by Bloomfield is what you expect from a team that has five returning varsity players in their starting line up and most have spent significant time as starters...
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