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Prison offers incentives for employees
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
CARLISLE -- Wabash Valley Correctional Facility is matching incentives with industry and the federal prison system in order to keep quality people on its staff. Rich Larsen, public relations director, said that the economy is good so they are losing employees to coal mines, federal penal systems and other industries...
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Boyd was the right choice all a long
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/06)
Benji Boyd was named Union's girls basketball coach earlier this week. The school board and administrators made a wise choice by the selection of Boyd. Boyd replaced Joe Dunagan who resigned late last week. The Bulldogs were 3-5 under Dunagan. Coach Boyd was the junior high coach at Union for many years. He had over 400 wins at the junior high level. He helped me with the Union varsity for four years...
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Wolverines pull away from Lady Thunderbirds
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/06)
EASTERN HEIGHTS -- After a back-and-forth game for three quarters, White River Valley dominated the final eight minutes. WRV shot 5 of 9 from the field, made 10 of 12 free throws and pitched a shutout over the final four minutes to pull away for a 57-43 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference victory over host Eastern Greene Thursday night...
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Bloomfield hangs on against Springs Valley
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/06)
FRENCH LICK -- The No. 2 Bloomfield Lady Cardinals hit the locker room Thursday against Springs Valley trailing 22-19. They never led throughout the first 16 minutes of the game and trailed as much as 16-11 midway into the second quarter. But you don't get to 8-0 heading into the game for nothing and a more patient and determined Cardinal club exited the locker room and erased a four point half time deficit and turned it into a 42-35 victory over the Lady Blackhawks in French Lick...
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Ophard "Slim" Tucker
(Obituary ~ 12/15/06)
Ophard "Slim" Tucker, 79, of Spencer, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 at Owen Valley Health Campus in Spencer. He was retired from G.E., and was a former businessman in Spencer. Survivors include three sons, Steven Tucker, Lyle Tucker and Devon Tucker, all of Spencer; two daughters, Linda Spicer of Switz City and Nancy Hetser of Gosport; five brothers, Ode Tucker and Gib Tucker, both of Spencer, Leonard Tucker of Mount Meridian, Al Tucker of Cloverdale and Harold Tucker of Keosauqua, Iowa; and three sisters, Adell Keith, Lois Bixler and Chris Stahl, all of Spencer.. ...
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Leah J. (Jackson) Lake
(Obituary ~ 12/15/06)
Leah J. (Jackson) Lake, 65, of Linton, passed away, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 at Seton Specialty Hospital in Carmel. Born July 7, 1942 in Linton, she was the daughter of Murl and Martha Tincher. A 1959 graduate of L&M High School,. she had worked as a secretary for Herf Jones...
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Beaulah Fay Bowersock Harris
(Obituary ~ 12/15/06)
Beaulah Fay Bowersock Harris, 73, of Martinsville passed away Saturday, Dec. 2 at Grandview Living Center in Martinsville. Born Jan. 30, 1933 in Greene County, she was the daughter of George Robert and Mary Ann Pruitt Bowersock. She owned and operated Taylor Private Nursing Home in Martinsville for 30 years...
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Donald E. Baird
(Obituary ~ 12/15/06)
Donald E. Baird, 74, Bloomfield passed away at 5:53 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Deer hunt for disabled set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
Muzzle Loading at the Landing, a deer hunt for disabled persons, will be conducted for the second time Saturday at Fairbanks Landing Fish and Wildlife Area in Sullivan County. The event gives access to hunters with disabilities, explained Ron Ronk, property manager at Minnehaha Fish and Wildlife Area...
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Wig's offer cancer patients self-esteem
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
Pam's Style Shop in Bloomfield is now working in conjunction with the American Cancer Society by providing a wig bank to local cancer patients. The wig bank is a service of the American Cancer Society Hoosier Hills Area Service Center and is offered free of charge to all cancer patients in the local community, explained Tricia Bock, community program representative of the center...
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Bloomfield students spread holiday cheer
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
The smell of Christmas dinner and the spirit of the holiday season filled the air of one Bloomfield High School classroom last week. In keeping with tradition, Darla Bent's nutrition and wellness class cooked and served a holiday meal for 40 guests who live in the community...
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Shakamak School Board meets
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
JASONVILLE -- The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of School Trustees took care of several personnel issues Thursday night, including contract extensions for the school's four administrators. The board approved -- 4-1 with Brian Stockrahm casting the dissenting vote -- a one-year contract extensions for high school principal Vanessa Hodge and elementary principal Brenda Coley. ...
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Shakamak board learns about school's ISTEP scores
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
JASONVILLE -- The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of School Trustees heard reports of raw (preliminary) ISTEP figures at Thursday night's board meeting. In her report to the board, elementary principal Brenda Coley presented raw figures, which she compared to the raw figures from last year...
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Lyons Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
LYONS -- The Lyons Town Council learned Thursday that the new fire station is completed and will open as soon as inspections are complete. Council president Scott Powers also reported that the council was pleased to receive the $500,000 additional grant from OCRA for the new water system, which will be added to the $250,000 grant from Rural Development for improvements to the town's water system...
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Fire destroys house south of Scotland
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
A rural Scotland home -- located just outside Greene County in neighboring Martin County -- was destroyed Thursday afternoon by a fire despite the efforts of four area fire departments from three different counties. Firefighters from Richland-Taylor Township in Greene County, NWSC Crane and Loogootee in Martin County as well as the Madison Township in Daviess County responded to the 3:45 p.m. ...
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WRV changes its policy concerning backpacks
(Local News ~ 12/15/06)
The White River Valley Board of School Trustees on Thursday night approved a policy regarding backpacks. "We just believe it's better for the students to bring those bags with them and leave them in their locker. When they go from class to class, they can retrieve the books they need and necessary materials and carry those around and leave bags, handbags and such locked up," assistant principal Jim Fuller said...
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Boyd gets win in coaching debut
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/06)
In his first game after being named girls basketball coach at Union High School Monday, Benji Boyd led the Lady Bulldogs to a 63-62 victory over host Clay City Thursday night. MaKaylee Pirtle scored a season-high 21 points and Megan Gambill added 19 for the Lady Bulldogs, who won its third consecutive game to improve to 5-5 overall, 1-1 in the Tri-River Conference and 1-2 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference...
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