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'07 Eastern tax rate questioned
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
Officers from the Department of Local Government Finance listened to evidence presented from a petitioner of the 2007 tax rate in the Eastern Greene School Corporation during a public meeting in the courthouse Tuesday. Lane Corbin, of Beech Creek Township, petitioned over an increased rate of $696,000 in new debt service and a 62 percent increase in transportation costs...
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Lady Vikings shoot down Shakamak
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/06)
Hilliary Fox poured in 20 points and Paige Miller added 10 to lead Barr-Reeve to a 55-31 victory over visiting Shakamak in a high school girls basketball game Monday night at Montgomery. Fox scored 10 points in the opening 16 minutes as the Lady Vikings (3-0) led 37-16 at the half...
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Lady Thunderbirds remain perfect in SWIAC
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/06)
Eastern Greene outscored visiting North Daviess 30-18 in the second half to pull away for a 58-39 win in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game Tuesday. The victory was the third in four games for the Lady Thunderbirds, who improved to 2-0 in the SWIAC...
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Bulldogs play team ball in win over North Knox
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/06)
BICKNELL -- The Union Bulldogs used a pair of shooters in double-figures and two other on the verge of breaking 10 to down North Knox, 50-46, in boys high school basketball Tuesday night in Bicknell. BJ Howard and Eric Medley each scored 11 points, while Blane Boyd and Logan Chesterfield added nine to help the Bulldogs pick up their first victory of the season...
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Cardinals open Classic with Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/06)
TERRE HAUTE -- One of the reasons that Ron McBride likes being a part of the Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic is having the chance to test his squad against different teams with different styles. But that won't be the case for his Bloomfield Cardinals when they open play in the boys basketball tournament at Terre Haute South at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27 against Owen Valley...
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Muriel E. Mattox
(Obituary ~ 11/29/06)
Muriel E. Mattox, 98, of Linton, passed away at 3:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006 at Glenburn Home in Linton. She was born Nov. 18, 1908, in Sullivan, the daughter of Oscar and Daisy (Lambright) Willie. She retired after working as a nurse's aid at Glenburn Home. She was an Avon representative and former farm owner. She attended Summerville Church of Christ and was a member of the Dugger Order of Eastern Star...
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Semi tractor-trailer full of soybeans stolen
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
Indiana State Police at the Bloomington Post are investigating the theft of semi tractor-trailer that was loaded with about 600 bushels of freshly harvested soybeans. A Greene County farmer told Indiana State Police that a 1985 Ford semi and a trailer with an estimated $4,000 in grain were stolen sometime between 8 p.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday in the area of the "Time Oil" junction -- about eight miles south of Bloomfield...
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Students collecting pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
Linton-Stockton Elementary students are currently collecting pop can tabs that will benefit the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) of Indianapolis. Each elementary class is being asked to participate in the contest and the class that collects the most tabs will be rewarded with a pizza party...
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Head Start to hose giving tree program again this year
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
The Head Start giving tree program is currently in full swing and will benefit local children during the holiday season. The giving trees have been placed in various locations throughout the county, explained Stephanie Gadberry, center-based teacher at Wabash Valley Human Services Bloomfield Head Start. Each tree is decorated with angels or ornaments bearing the names of Head Start children and their siblings and gift ideas for each...
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Habitat for Humanity offers gift alternative
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
Greene County Habitat for Humanity is encouraging everyone to think differently about Christmas this year. For a donation, in the name of someone on your Christmas list, the non-profit organization will issue a gift card stating what the donation was able to purchase...
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Fowler says she'll be in office 'once in a while'
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
It appears Interim Greene County Clerk Susan Fowler intends to take advantage of a provision in state law that allows salaried elected county officials to show up to work only one day a year and still draw a full paycheck. Fowler, a Republican who was defeated in the general election Nov. 7 by Democrat Jackie Winstead, turned in her office keys a couple days after the election and said she would only be in periodically between then and the official end of her term Dec. 31...
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Comprehensive plans moves on to city council
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
Members of Linton's Comprehensive Planning Commission met Tuesday night and passed a resolution to recommend the comprehensive plan to the city council at its next regular session meeting, which is at 7 p.m. on Dec. 11 at city hall. Also at the meeting, the commission elected its officers, and they are: President Chris Wathen, vice president LuAnn Kohler and secretary Chuck Burns. Other members are Brad McKinney, Jack Shelton, Brent Slover, Nigel Lehman, and Ralph Witty...
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Board denies bus bids
(Local News ~ 11/29/06)
The Bloomfield School Board of Trustees denied a current bus driver a bus bid during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. Jonas Johnson, current route three bus driver, recently bid on bus route one for a 2007-2013 transportation contract. Route one was recently opened after its former driver Bill Vest passed away...
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Bloomfield wins seventh-grade game
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/06)
Conner Wikle had 18 points to pace the Bloomfield seventh grade boys basketball team to a 37-30 victory over Shakamak Monday. Also for the Cardinals, Bryce McGlothlin also had six points. Daily World would like junior high, elementary results The Daily World wants to remind elementary and junior high school coaches that we want their results...
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