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Jacksons thankful for Unity House
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
Good Times Restaurant near Bloomfield was filled with Greene County Habitat for Humanity supporters, volunteers and board members Sunday afternoon when Kathy Hadley, secretary for Greene County Habitat for Humanity, presented Patty and Damon Jackson keys to their new house...
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Annadel Stalcup
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Annadel Stalcup, 82, of Bloomfield, passed away 8:46 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 9, 2006 at Greene County General Hospital. Born Oct. 30, 1924 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Raymond and Rae (Hayes) Feutz. She was a payroll/accounting supervisor at NSWC crane and a member of Antioch Church and Allen Chapel United Methodist church. She was a member of the Amateur Trapshooting Association...
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Sandra (Gambill) Stone
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Sandra (Gambill) Stone, 68, of Indianapolis passed away Dec. 8, 2006. Born June 12, 1938 in Dugger, she was the daughter of Donald J. and Eva (Miller) Gambill, A member of the Burge Terrace Baptist Church, she worked as a LPN at Wishard Hospital and retired from CIRBC. She also had served as director of the Care Center Shelter...
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Linton-Stockton pulls away from Wolverines in second half
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
It was a tale of two halves for both White River Valley and Linton-Stockton in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys basketball game, hosted the Miners Saturday night. White River Valley trailed 19-17 at intermission before the Miners put up 43 points in the third and fourth quarters to pull away for a 62-39 victory. The Miners are now 4-1 overall, 2-0 in the SWIAC...
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Cardinals split two games
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
On Friday, in the fourth consecutive Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game, Bloomfield outscored visiting Clay City 22-13 at the foul line as the Cardinals earned a 40-34 victory. Bloomfield made 22 of 29 free throws, after making just 11 of 23 last weekend in losses to Shakamak and Linton-Stockton...
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Eastern Greene girls lose at South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
VINCENNES -- Eastern Greene girls basketball team went on the road Saturday afternoon and suffered a 56-43 loss to South Knox. Lindsey Stevens scored 19 points on eight field goals, but South Knox's Kourtney Marchino paced the Spartans with 20, while Hollie Anson and Amber Scott each finished with 11 to earn the victory...
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Eastern Greene splits pair of weekend games
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
The Eastern Greene boys basketball team split a weekend double header as they lost on the road to Brown County before picking up a win over North Knox in Bicknell on Saturday. The Eagles ran their record to 5-0 after a 67-55 victory over Eastern Greene in Nashville...
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Lady Miners put up 40 points in second half
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
Megan Barnes keyed a second-half outburst as Linton-Stockton defeated visiting Shoals 63-41 in a high school girls basketball game Saturday. Barnes had 10 points in the third quarter and six more in the fourth as the sophomore center hit for a career-high 19 points...
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Lakers lose on last-second shot
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
Jeramy Lucas only scored eight points, but two of them came on a five-foot shot with six seconds to play to lift host South Knox to a 57-56 victory over Shakamak in a high school boys basketball game Saturday night. "We went into the game knowing they were a tough team," said Shakamak coach Ernie Maesch. ...
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Miners hang on against shoals
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
It's easy to be a leader when things are going well. With the game on the line and your team not playing up to par, that's when leaders are born. Coach Darren Clayton hopes that's what his Linton-Stockton Miners learned Friday night in a 40-37 nonconference high school basketball victory at home against Shoals...
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Sullivan dominates Bulldogs in second half
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
DUGGER -- After fighting off a pesky Union (Dugger) squad for a seven-point lead at the half, Sullivan limited the host Bulldogs to 11 points in the final 16 minutes and pulled away for a 70-39 victory here Friday night. "We did a much better job defensively in the second half," said Sullivan boys basketball coach Jeff Moore. "They did a good job of hurting us with some nice back door cuts and passes in the first half...
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Union's girls basketball coach steps down
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
DUGGER -- For the second time this year, Union High School will be looking for a new girls basketball coach. Joe Dunagan lasted less than three months as girls basketball coach at Union High School. According to girls athletic director Tom Hiatt, Dunagan turned in his resignation as lay coach Friday...
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Julie Jane Clifton Small
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Julie Jane Clifton Small, 62, Monroe City, passed away Sunday, Dec. 10 at her residence. Born April 25, 1944, she was the daughter of Carleton and Mary Janet (Stafford) Clifton. She served as director of nursing at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. ...
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Bob Rynerson
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Bob Rynerson 48, of Bloomfield, passed away 9:15 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 at Bloomington Hospital. Born June 11, 1958 in Franklin, he was the son of Marion and Joanna (Martin) Rynerson. He attended Concord Baptist church and was an avid outdoorsman...
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Police investigating break-in at Linton church
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
Linton police are investigating a break-in that was discovered Sunday morning at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Linton. The Rev. Hilary Vieck reported to police that a large rock was thrown through a south glass door to gain entry to the door sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning...
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Correctional officer arrested by Linton police
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
A Wabash Valley Correctional Facility officer was arrested Friday night by the Linton Police Department and charged with financing the delivery of methamphetamine. Dustin LeDune 24, of Sullivan County, is housed in the Greene County jail without bond facing two felony charges -- financing the delivery of methamphetamine, a class A felony and maintaining a common nuisance, a class D felony...
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Hospital board leadership to remain the same in 2007
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
The leadership of the Greene County General Hospital's Board of Trustees and medical staff will remain unchanged for 2007. Meeting in regular session Friday night, the board re-elected all of its officers by acclamation. Ralph Hiatt of Lyons will serve another term as board president, Jim "Big O" Oliphant, of rural Bloomfield, will be vice president and Susie Slinkard, of Worthington is the board's secretary. The hospital's chief financial officer, Tim Norris, was named board treasurer...
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Jasonville celebrates Christmas season with lighted parade
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
JASONVILLE -- What started out 15 years ago with a Jasonville man riding through the community on his horse -- decorated with Christmas lights -- grew into the first-ever lighted parade in the community on Saturday night. For the past 15 years, Bob Chattin has decorated his horses and rode through the Jasonville community around Christmas time. Last year was the first year he dressed as jolly old St. Nicholas...
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Linton-Stockton Elementary School conducting survey
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School is asking the members of the community, parents, and students to fill out an online survey, which will be used with the school's improvement plan. "Part of our school improvement plan is to survey the community, survey teachers, students, and parents just to get information, feedback from them so that we can make adjustments here at school and make it a better place," said Bart Wade, a third-grade teacher at Linton-Stockton Elementary School...
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Area law enforcement agencies kept busy over weekend
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
Area law enforcement agencies and firefighters responded to several incidents this weekend. Timothy Ritchison, of Bedford, driving a 1989 Pontiac Sunbird was not hurt in a 2:45 p.m. single-vehicle accident on State Route 54 just south of Camp Olivet on Saturday...
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Whites expected not to accept bids
(Local News ~ 12/11/06)
The high bids offered on Bloomfield properties owned by Earl and Steve White that were put on the auction block Friday morning are likely to be turned down. Earl White told The Daily World on Sunday that he doubts if he and his brother will accept the high bids for any of the three properties...
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Vera L. Wolfe Purpura Dux
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Vera L. Wolfe Purpura Dux, 93, Greenwood, passed away Dec. 9 at Greenwood Village South. Born July 17, 1913 in Oaktown, she was the daughter of Walter S. and Rula B. (Kite) Wolfe. A member of Olive Branch Christian Church in Indianapolis, she was employed by Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, retiring in 1978. She was an avid tennis player for more than 75 years and played in several tournaments...
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Wilson Clark Dyer
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Wilson Clark Dyer, D.D.S., 91, of Worthington, passed away at 11:10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born Jan. 11, 1915, in Worthington to A. Earl and Clara (Wall) Dyer. He graduated from Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1939, and had an office in Worthington for more than 40 years, and also was a farmer. ...
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Mary L."Vernie" Fidler
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Mary L."Vernie" Fidler, 90, of Lyons passed away Friday, Dec. 8 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born June 22, 1916 in Sandborn, she was the daughter of Archie and Oaka (Fry) Howell. She worked at the Blue Jay Cafe Restaurant and Fidler's Sundrys in Sandborn until retirement in 1973...
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Anna Jean James
(Obituary ~ 12/11/06)
Anna Jean James, 78, of Solsberry, passed away 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born April 24, 1928 in Solsberry, she was the daughter of Tony and Goldie (Bingham) James. Survivors include: one brother, Harry Russell James of Solsberry; five nephews, Russell James Jr., Bob, Jerrell, Joe and Donald James all of Solsberry; one niece, Judy Black also of Solsberry...
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WRV comes up short against ranked Lady Eels
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/06)
For the second time in three days, White River Valley had a chance to pull off an upset but came up short. The Lady Wolverines allowed an eight-point second-half lead to evaporate and missed a lay-up in the finals seconds as they lost to Class A No. 8 Eminence 48-47 at Switz City on Friday night...
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