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Switz City has a new town hall thanks to bank
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
SWITZ CITY -- MainSource Bank has donated its former branch bank building to the town of Switz City for a $1 fee. The building on Charlotte Avenue will be used as town hall office -- which currently is housed in a mobile home. Tom Long, president of MainSource Bank in Linton, and Kelly Foglesong from the bank's collection department, visited the Switz City Town Council on Monday night to present a warranty deed and a sales disclosure of $1 to the Town of Switz City for the MainSource (previously People's Trust Co.) building.. ...
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Roberta Nell Barton
(Obituary ~ 01/09/07)
Roberta Nell Barton, 65, of Jasonville and formerly of DeMotte, passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 at her residence. Born in St. Bernice on Aug. 17, 1941, she was the daughter of Robert Nelson and Alice Lorraine (Price) Green. On Oct. 12, 1959 she married Robert Kenneth Barton, who survives...
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Billy Dean Brewer
(Obituary ~ 01/09/07)
Billy Dean Brewer, 79, Jasonville passed away at 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born March 27, 1927 in Midland, he was the son of Lester and Edna (Ferry) Brewer. A 1945 graduate of East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Ill., he was a member of the Dugger Amateur Radio Club, The Red Neck Repeater, and was associated with several area radio clubs. He attended the Jasonville United Methodist Church...
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Mildred "Millie" Ruth Hopkins
(Obituary ~ 01/09/07)
Mildred "Millie" Ruth Hopkins, 83, of Indianapolis, passed away Jan. 4, 2007. She was born Dec. 30, 1923 in Sullivan, to Herschel and Alta Clark Eaton. She was a graduate of Indianapolis Howe High School and Ivy Tech. She worked as a certified nursing aid for one year at Canterbury Nursing Home and as a waitress at The Vault Restaurant for 10 years. She was a member of Highest Praise Christian Church, and a former member of Indianapolis Christian Fellowship...
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Gene Mackey
(Obituary ~ 01/09/07)
Gene Mackey, 69, Sandborn, passed away at 11 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 at his residence. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home Linton Chapel and can be viewed later today at www.welchcornett.com.
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Atta Ruth Stoelting
(Obituary ~ 01/09/07)
Atta Ruth Stoelting, 92, of Lyons and formerly of Westphalia, passed away at 8:05 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007 at Lyons Health and Living Center. Arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Final arrangements will be posted at www.andersonpoindexter.com...
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Lady Cardinals ranked No. 1
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/07)
Thanks to Jimtown's win over previously ranked No. 1 Argos, the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals have captured the No. 1 spot in this week's Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Top 10 basketball poll released this week, moving up from their previous position at No. 2...
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Chitwood has solid invitational
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/07)
Perhaps the most consistent player at last week's Greene County Daily World Invitational was Eastern Greene senior, Trent Chitwood. Other players had better scoring performances during the tournament, but no other player in the tournament played at the level that Chitwood was able to sustain throughout the whole tournament...
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McKee leads Cougars past Shakamak
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/07)
JASONVILLE -- Shakamak had no answer for Abby McKee. The 5-11 senior tossed in a game-high 22 points to go with seven rebounds to lead North Daviess to a 46-36 victory in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game here Monday night...
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Carrithers impressed with Shakamak
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/07)
JASONVILLE -- North Daviess girls basketball coach Roger Carrithers was relieved to leave Shakamak High School with a 46-36 victory over the youthful Lady Lakers here Monday night. "It is hard to come out here and compete," said Carrithers. "We were able to make a few more shots and get out of here with a win."...
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JobsLinks program starts Wednesday
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
Are you unemployed or underemployed and looking for some answers on how to find a job? If so, a new no-cost program that starts Wednesday at the Solsberry Christian Church might provide the answers. The new Greene County-based "JobsLinks" is a free service provided by the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of the Area 10 Agency on Aging...
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Training for non-profits available
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
SWITZ CITY -- Finding, securing and maintaining funds is a constant challenge for non-profit organizations. A series of low cost/high quality professional development sessions will be offered to area non-profit organization to address this critical issue in the next few weeks...
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New economic department director will be announced Wednesday
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
The new Greene County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director will be announced Wednesday at a noon luncheon at the Old Bank Restaurant in Linton. Interim director John Mensch told the Greene County Daily World that the full board will learn who has been selected by the executive committee to be the next GCEDC director...
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Greene County Humane Society asks for contract from Linton
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
Greene County Humane Society President Andrea McCann and shelter manager Rene Abrams approached the Linton City Council on Monday night about approving a contract between the city and the animal shelter. The past couple of years, the city has paid $12 a head for animals brought to the shelter by the city's animal control officer...
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Bloomfield school to upgrade security
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
Security at the Spring Street entrance into Bloomfield Junior and Senior High will soon be increased. The entrance will include two-way audio and video, explained Bloomfield School Superintendent Dan Sichting. When someone approaches the front of the building they will be able to get into the vestibule, but not the main entrance until they are buzzed in...
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Fire damages rural Bloomfield home
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
A fire heavily damaged a rural Bloomfield home Saturday morning in the Parke community, located on County Road 50 South at the intersection of County Road 500 East. Fire personnel from the Richland-Taylor and Center Township volunteer fire departments answered the 10:16 a.m. alarm at a home occupied by Brandi Wolfe and her family, according to reports from the Greene County Sheriff's Department dispatch...
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Jasonville City Council OKs incident command vehicle
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
The Jasonville City Council approved the purchase of an incident command vehicle for the fire department in a short session Monday night. The incident command vehicle, a 1999 Ford Explorer will be purchased at a cost of $6,500 from Brian and Karen Pilant of the Southwestern Indiana Ambulance Service...
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Rep. Borders has goals for this session
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
On Monday, District 45 State Rep. Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville), along with House colleagues, opened the 2007 session of the Indiana General Assembly at the Statehouse. Rep. Borders, the former two-term mayor of Jasonville, begins the new legislative session pledging to work for a balanced state budget and says he will work to preserve what he called traditional family values...
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NESC School Board meets
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
HYMERA -- W.E. Keith Drake and Allen Hale took their oath of office as board members for the Northeast Sullivan School Corporation on Monday night. Hale also accepted the position of board president. Richard Jones accepted the position of vice president and Norman Santus accepted the position of secretary...
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Switz City Town Council has questions about fire hydrants
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
By Jo Chiparo, STAFF WRITER SWITZ CITY -- The question of who is responsible for maintaining the fire hydrants in the town of Switz City was the main item on the agenda at the Switz City Town Council meeting Monday night. A discussion developed between the council members, Grant Township Trustee Rick Graves, and Fairplay Township Trustee Charles Holtsclaw on the hydrant responsibility...
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Dugger Town Council looking to improve water system
(Local News ~ 01/09/07)
DUGGER -- The Dugger Town Council continues to work to improve its water system and how breakages or leaks in the system will impact citizens. "We currently have 26 valves, which I have provided on this colored-chart. The new system provided us with shut-off areas, instead of the entire area being turned off during a break or repair. ...
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Area sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/07)
Eighth graders fall Owen Valley defeated Linton-Stockton 54-44 in an eighth-grade boys basketball game Monday night. The Miners were led by Tyler Scott, who poured in 20 points. Caleb Stuppy and Stephen Franklin both scored seven points, Tim Scott four and Gunnar Passen, Jesse Smith and Brock Moore each scored two points...
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