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Greene county court news
(Police Reports ~ 04/11/07)
greene circuit civil cases Capital One Bank v. Michael G. Pitcher, civil complaint greene circuit criminal cases State v. Gary C. Feltner, theft greene superior civil cases Jenny M. Bay v. Marvin R. Bay, dissolution Everhome Mortgage Co. v. Julie Boone, mortgage foreclosure...
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OV pitcher tosses perfect game
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
SPENCER -- Owen Valley softball pitcher Sara Terrell did what every pitcher dreams of doing and that's throw a perfect game when she retired 21 straight Eastern Greene batters in a 1-0 win for the Patriots Tuesday night in Spencer. "Tonight's game was frustrating due to our inability to put the ball in play," said Eastern Greene softball coach Gina Ingram. ...
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Lakers dump Warriors, even record
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
BICKNELL -- Tyler Utterback allowed three hits over six innings as Shakamak defeated host North Knox 8-2 in a high school baseball game at Bicknell Tuesday night. "We jumped out after the first two innings and had seven runs and put one more run the rest of the way," said Shakamak coach Matt Fougerousse. ...
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Brown hoping to find more players for Shakamak golf
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
JASONVILLE -- During the first couple of weeks of practice in preparation for the upcoming golf season, Shakamak High School boys coach Bryan Brown has had just four players on the course. Brown, a 2000 SHS graduate and former Laker golfer, would like to have more than the minimum needed to compete in a match...
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Lady Lakers earn first softball victory
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
JASONVILLE -- Shakamak pushed across four runs in the bottom of sixth to break up a 1-1 tie as the Lady Laker softball team defeated Washington 5-1 at Jasonville Tuesday night. It was the first victory of the season for Shakamak (1-4). It also was the first win for coach Paige Wolf...
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Lynn takes over Linton boys golf
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
LINTON -- Aaron Lynn will now be in charge of both the girls and boys golf programs after taking over the boys program this season after four-years as girls coach. Lynn says that he will continue to coach the girls, but had to give up coaching track to mentor the boys...
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Linton tops Bloomfield in softball
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners picked up their second victory in the SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference with a 5-0 shutout of Bloomfield Tuesday night at Jackson Field in Bloomfield. "We set a goal before the game," said Linton coach Jill Flater. ...
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Cougars escape with narrow win over Lady Cards
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
ELNORA -- The Bloomfield tennis team dropped their second straight match after a 3-2 loss at North Daviess Tuesday night in Elnora. "The inexperience in (our) lineup showed up for the second match in a row," said Bloomfield tennis coach Mike Canty...
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Bulldogs open golf season
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
Union shot a 208 in its first boys golf match of the year at the Sullivan Elks Golf Course Tuesday. Host Sullivan won with a total of 186. North Central was one-shot back with a 187 while Owen Valley was third with a total of 205. Andrew Gilman of North Central and Hamiliton Carmichael of Owen Valley shared the low-medalist honors, as each had a nine-hole total of 40...
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Lady Bulldogs come back to beat Sullivan in softball
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
Union rallied from deficits of 4-2, 5-4 and 6-5 to defeat visiting Sullivan 7-6 in nine innings in a high school softball game Tuesday night. "The girls really played tough," said first-year Union coach Rick Swan. "They fought hard and didn't quit. They just played hard...
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Kirk wins three events for Wolverines
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
Host Bedford North Lawrence defeated White River Valley 89.5-37.5 in a high school girls track and field meet while Bedford won the boys competition 94-28 Tuesday at BNL. Sophomore Aaron Kirk captured first place for the Wolverines in the boys 100, 200 and 400 meter races...
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Lady Thunderbirds place third at Brownstown Central
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
Eastern Greene placed third in a high school girls track and field meet at Brownstown Central Tuesday night. Brownstown Central won with 83 points while Brown County was second with a score of 60. The Lady Thunderbirds finished with 24 points. "It was a tough first meet," said Eastern Greene girls coach Mike Caldwell. "But we had some positives things happen and some decent first-meet performances."...
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Hardisty's homer gives Linton victory
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
LINTON -- Linton-Stockton senior catcher Dylan Hardisty stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Miners trailing 5-4 and took the matter of winning into his own hands. Hardisty put the Miners ahead for good over Union with a two-run homer to give Linton the lead and the eventual win, 6-5, Tuesday night at Roy Herndon Field in Linton...
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Bloomfield loses on the road at Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
SULLIVAN -- Sullivan scored eight unanswered runs as the host Golden Arrows defeated Bloomfield 8-2 in a high school baseball game here Tuesday night. "We did not hit very well at all," said Bloomfield coach Jason Pegg, whose Cardinals slipped to 1-5. "We just kind of fell apart about the third inning."...
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Mother wants to help others by speaking about autism
(Local News ~ 04/11/07)
Autism, the fastest growing serious developmental disability in the United States is affecting more and more children each year and during April, which is Autism Awareness Month, one Linton mother wants to bring attention to the disorder. Carole Sparks, whose 4-year-old daughter Peyton has been diagnosed with autism, wants to help bring awareness about the disorder...
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Judge postpones Eichhorst trial
(Local News ~ 04/11/07)
The scheduled April 24 jury trial for an 19-year-old Dugger woman charged in the April 2006 Greene County traffic death of her 15-year-old younger sister has been postponed pending the outcome of an anticipated appeal of an evidence admission decision handled down Monday by Greene Superior Court J. David Holt...
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WestGate talks about sewer service
(Local News ~ 04/11/07)
LOOGOOTEE -- Sewer service continued to be a topic of discussion for members of the WestGate at Crane Authority during its bi-monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Loogootee Municipal Building. Greene County officials reported that a "rough estimate" of $220,000 had been received to provide a connector line from Martin County's part of the WestGate at Crane Technology Park north to Greene County section of the development...
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Jasonville voters get chance to meet candidates
(Local News ~ 04/11/07)
JASONVILLE -- Those running for political office in Jasonville got a chance to speak directly to the voters in a 'meet the candidates' forum Tuesday night. The forum was sponsored by the Shakamak Area Chamber of Commerce. In the mayor's race, Democrats Roy Terrell Sr. and David Keller will face off in the May 8 primary election. The winner will face Republican Donald Pastore in the November general election...
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Lyons Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 04/11/07)
LYONS -- The Lyons Town Council voted 3-0 Tuesday night to pay in full the water loan of $21,854. Since interest rates have risen, clerk-treasurer Kim Flynn advised the council that the town would save $15,000 by paying the balance. Councilman Jim Heaver requested Flynn to compare monthly receipts from the old fire station with the new building and said the cost to operate the new building was $200 more per quarter...
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Worthington Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 04/11/07)
WORTHINGTON -- It will soon be time to clean out the garage, the basement or the attic in the town of Worthington. The Worthington Town Council announced during Tuesday night's monthly meeting that the Annual Clean Up Week will be conducted May 7-11...
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NESC tax bills will be late
(Local News ~ 04/11/07)
HYMERA -- Tax bills will arrive later than usual in the Northeast School Corp., officials said Monday. NESC Superintendent Rick Walters announced that due to changes in the way the state computes assessed valuations for taxes, this spring's tax bills won't be due in May as usual. Instead, it is unlikely that they will arrive until early June at the soonest, with payment due in late June...
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Walter J. Shaw
(Obituary ~ 04/11/07)
Walter J. Shaw, 78, of Linton, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Dec. 16, 1928 in Bicknell, he was the son of James M. and Jessie (Henderson) Shaw. He retired from Ford Motor Company, where he served 24 years as a power steering repairman. An U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of the Bethel Independent Fundamental Baptist Church in Linton...
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Norma P. Shearer
(Obituary ~ 04/11/07)
Norma P. Shearer, 82, of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:35 a.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Wildwood Health Care Facility in Indianapolis. She was born Sept. 4, 1924, in Jasonville, the daughter of Robert & Ruth (Hurt) Whittington. She worked with her husband, J. Richard Shearer, in a dentist's office. She was a church organist at Acton United Methodist Church for 25 years and at Concord Baptist Church near Bloomfield for 20 years...
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GREENE COUNTY JAIL LOG
(Police Reports ~ 04/11/07)
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Stout signs with Vincennes University
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/07)
BlOOMFIELD -- Jessica Stout, Bloomfield High School's leading scorer the previous two seasons, signed her letter of intent today to continue her basketball career at Vincennes University for coach Harry Meeks. Stout has been named a Greene County Daily World all-area first team member every year since her sophomore season, as well as being named the top area player both her junior and senior season...
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Does Friday the 13th bother you?
(Column ~ 04/11/07)
Do you suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia, or an irrational fear of Friday the 13th? This Friday will be Friday and 13th. Also, July 13 will fall on a Friday this year. According to wikipedia.org, an Internet encyclopedia, a Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English, German and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. ...
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