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Inman named Volunteer of the Year at Humane Society
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
Kegan Inman, a student at Linton-Stockton High School, was recently named the Greene County Humane Society's 2006 Volunteer of the Year. "I was very pleased to be named Volunteer of the Year. I have put countless hours in at the shelter and it is nice to be honored, but I did not put those hours in for this award," Inman, who plans on volunteering in 2007, said...
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Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
Linton, WRV split Linton Blue and visiting White River Valley-Worthington split two elementary school boys basketball games Thursday night. White River Valley-Worthington took the sixth-game by a score of 46-29 as Dess Fougerousse had 22 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks...
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Forest Park having another good season
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
I remember one year my team was 2-19 and it seemed like every away game was either homecoming or senior night. We had to have our soap game as homecoming so we could have a win. Just kidding. Last Saturday night, John Beach and I traveled south to Forest Park to observe the Forest Park Rangers play the Trojans of Wood Memorial. ...
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Lady Miners have a good season
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
PAOLI -- I never really asked him, but I would have to believe that this was one of Mike Riggleman's better seasons when it comes to coaching. He's always told me that if he could get his girls to buy into the system he and assistant coach Curt Passen wanted to implement, success would come to this team, and deservedly so...
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Eastern Greene pushes No. 1 Mustangs to the limit
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
Andy Igel is not into moral victories. But the Eastern Greene boys basketball coach saw a lot of positives despite falling 50-40 to Class 3A No. 1 ranked Edgewood at Ellettsville Thursday. "If you throw out those turnovers, we did exactly what we wanted to do," said Igel, whose Thunderbirds slipped to 11-8 while the Mustangs remained undefeated (16-0). "You are going to turn the ball over some against them. Their pressure is as good as anybody in this part of the state...
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Shakamak knocks off Vincennes Rivet
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak Lakers jumped out to a 16-2 lead after the first quarter by taking advantage of the absence of Vincennes Rivet's leading scorer from the line up because of an illness. The Patriots played Thursday's game in Jasonville without senior Heath Bilskie and their offensive deficiencies showed early as the Lakers quickly erased a 2-0 deficit to score the next 16 points to end the first quarter...
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Billy Dean Williams
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
Billy Dean Williams, 61, of Worthington, passed away Monday, Feb. 5, 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born Oct. 26, 1945 in Poland, Ind., to Gilbert and Roberta (Meek) Williams. He was an over-the-road truck driver for Interstate Distributor Co. and a member of Greene Lodge 577 F&AM in Worthington...
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Norman A. Sharum
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
Norman A. Sharum, 92, of Jasonville, passed away at 1 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 at the Washington Nursing Center in Washington. Arrangements are pending at McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.
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Kenneth S. Meek
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
Kenneth S. Meek, 88, of Linton, passed away at 1:32 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born June 17, 1918, in Maysville, Mo., the son of Elza & Jennie (Shaw) Meek. An U.S. Army veteran of World World II and the Korean War, he retired from the United States Postal Service after serving as Postmaster at Amity, Mo. ...
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Crane office building almost ready to open
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
CRANE --The new Crane Federal Credit Union corporate office building at the West Gate at Crane Tech Park is nearing completion. Mike Burch, CFCU President/CEO says the new brick corporate office building is approximately 16,000 square feet -- which includes 31 offices, a large board room, conference/training room, kitchen, and exercise room...
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Bloomfield students visit Glenburn residents
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
Some Bloomfield High School students recently gave back to the community when they donated their lap blanket creations to residents at a local nursing facility. This week, 22 students in Darla Bent's textile class visited residents at the Glenburn Home in Linton to present them with the lap blankets they made in class...
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Area students fare well in Solo, Ensemble contest
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
Last weekend, several choir students from around the area participated in the annual Solo and Ensemble contest and qualified for the state competition. The state contest will take place Feb. 24 at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis. Shakamak High School had the most number of students advancing to the state finals...
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Puckett attends workshop with Grammy-nominated guitar-picker Tommy Emmanuel
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
Local guitarist Kade Puckett, of Linton, recently traveled to Elizabethtown, Ky., to take part in an acoustic guitar workshop with Grammy-nominated guitar-picker Tommy Emmanuel. The three-hour workshop was up-close and personal with the Australian-born picker, Puckett explained. About 20 musicians attended the Acoustic Guitar Masters Concert Series Workshop that was in part an open question-and-answer session...
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Old Coalmont school's future in question
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
JASONVILLE -- The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of School Trustees voted Thursday evening to pass a resolution, which approves forming a committee to study what to do with the Coalmont facility. The corporation's attorney, Courtney Givens, read the resolution, which was passed by a 4-0 vote. Board member Brian Stockrahm was absent...
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Grant applicants sought
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
SWITZ CITY -- The Greene County Foundation is seeking participants to apply for an innovative grant that will assist with enhancing local recreation opportunities. Foundation executive director Kerry Conway hopes there will interest in pursuing grants under the Access to Recreation Initiative. This initiative has been funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in a grant to Midwest Community Foundations' Ventures...
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Task Force has mini-grants available
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
The Local Coordinating Council of the Greene County Substance Abuse Task Force has money available for mini-grants to law enforcement agencies and not-for-profit groups. Applications are now being accepted for the grants providing they fall into one of three categories -- intervention/treatment, education/prevention, and law enforcement/justice, according to Rebecca Harris, who serves as the county LCC Substance Abuse Task Force chairperson...
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Fire chief, Bloomfield council expected to meet
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
Concerns over its ability to provide adequate fire protection to Bloomfield has prompted the Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Department to question the town council. Until the department receives its new truck later this year it is relying on its aerial and a 1968 fire engine to provide fire protection to the town...
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Weddle offers response to county's letter
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
The general contractor for the Greene County Courthouse Addition/Renovation project has formally responded to a 10-page letter from Greene County officials. The county threatened to declare the Bloomington-based firm in default of its contractual obligations unless it returns to work within a very short time frame...
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Jolliff, Harbstreit key Cougar win over Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
DUGGER -- Led by 6-8 center Dwain Jolliff and point guard Aaron Harbstreit, North Daviess shot 56 percent, came up with 13 steals and forced 20 turnovers as the Cougars defeated Union (Dugger) 56-28 here Thursday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys basketball game...
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