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Suspicious note found at Dugger this morning
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
DUGGER -- Parents of students at Dugger Elementary and Union Jr./Sr. High Schools rushed to pick up their children earlier today due to a suspicious note, including a list of about 30 names, being found. The note was in reference to the recent massacre at Virginia Tech University. According to Sullivan County Sheriff Bryan Kinnett, the note said that Virginia Tech was kind of cool. The statement included the names of about 30 high school students...
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Golf roundup
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Cardinals finish third at Phil Harris Linton -- The Bloomfield Cardinals' boys golf team continues to improve their score, but still found themselves finishing third in a triangular meet with North Knox and Union Thursday at Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton...
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Slow start costs Lady Lakers
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
SULLIVAN -- Shakamak came up with nine hits and scored five runs over the last five innings, but it proved to be too little, too late as host Sullivan hung on for a 7-6 victory here Thursday night. The host Lady Arrows capitalized on four Shakamak errors in the first two innings as they jumped out to a 7-1 advantage...
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Lakers fall to Rivet in baseball
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Vincennes Rivet pushed across four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Shakamak 6-5 in a high school baseball game in Knox County Thursday night. "We had the game," said Shakamak coach Matt Fougerousse. "We were ahead 5-2 and they were down to their final out. But we could not get the final out...
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Lady Wolverines pick up fifth softball victory
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
White River Valley scored the game's only run in the bottom of the 11th inning to pull out a 1-0 victory over visiting North Central in a high school softball game at Switz City Thursday night. Freshman Stephanie Fougerousse tossed a one-hit shutout to earn her fifth victory in seven games...
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T-Birds pound out 17 hits, still lose
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
EASTERN HEIGHTS -- The Eastern Greene softball team pounded out 17 hits, but committed seven errors, which cost the Thunderbirds a 12-7 decision over potential sectional opponent North Knox at Eastern Heights Thursday. The loss, the fifth in six games for Eastern Greene, was the first game for the team on their home field...
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Track roundup
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Cardinals place third Host Clay City scored 95 points, Sullivan had 55 points and Bloomfield six in a high school boys track and field meet Thursday. Senior Logan Williams placed fourth for the Cardinals in the 3,200 meters. His time was 12 minutes, eight seconds...
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Rivet tops WRV 4-1 in tennis
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
White River Valley lost to Vincennes Rivet 4-1 in a high school girls tennis match Thursday night. "This was not the best I have seen us play," said WRV coach Laura Kay Rose. "The girls missed a lot of important points. WRV senior Sadie Davis lost to Kara Minderman, 6-3, 6-1...
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Cardinals place third in track
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Host Clay City scored 95 points, Sullivan had 55 points and Bloomfield six in a high school boys track and field meet Thursday. Senior Logan Williams placed fourth for the Cardinals in the 3,200 meters. His time was 12 minutes, eight seconds. Rory Jones threw the shot put 38 feet, three inches, good for second place...
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Owen Valley tops Lakers in track
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Owen Valley defeated Shakamak 94-27 in a high school girls track and field meet at Jasonville Thursday night. Abby Sweet was a double-winner for the Lady Lakers. She was timed at three minutes, seven seconds in the 800. She ran a 6:47 as she won the 1,600...
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Junior high competes
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Bloomfield competed with White River Valley and Eastern Greene in a junior high track meet on April 9. Avery Frederick was first in the 400 meters for Bloomfield and Taylor Gilmore ran first in the 200. Julie Riggins also won the high jump and Bobbi Cunningham, Riggins, Rachel...
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If you have a concern, ask the candidate first
(Column ~ 04/20/07)
I hate to get on my political soapbox, but I can't help myself. Some of the things I'm hearing about the Linton mayoral race ... well, I simply hope they're not true. They're not things that are coming from the candidates themselves, but their supporters. And I've spoken with two of the three -- I won't mention which two -- about what's going on, and they're just as upset as I am...
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We cannot fail to behold the Goodness of God
(Column ~ 04/20/07)
Retired Lutheran Minister The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord: By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made. Introit, Lutheran Liturgy MISERICORDIAS DOMINI: the Goodness of God The Great Feast of Easter is over, but creation doth forever herald God's love and power in its re-emerging beauty. ...
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Ledbetters are doing a wonderful job
(Column ~ 04/20/07)
I recently had e-mail correspondence with Tony and Kim Ledbetter, Linton natives who are currently serving as missionaries in Haiti. Last weekend, three armed gang members attempted to kill Tony and kidnap Kim when the couple returned to their home from visiting with friends after a church service...
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Dispatchers doing a good job
(Column ~ 04/20/07)
"Public Telecommunications Operators Week" was recently held with little or no local fanfare. It's a complex name for a time that is set aside each year to thank the people who answer the telephone when we dial 911 or call our police or fire departments for any reason...
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Our mourning can be turned into dancing
(Column ~ 04/20/07)
Linton United Methodist Church Joy for Today Psalm 30:1-4, 11-12 I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up, and did not let my foes rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. O LORD, you brought up my soul from Sheol,...
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Eastern Greene girls place second
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Sixty-nine points was good enough for second place for Eastern Greene in a girls track and field meet at North Knox Thursday. The host Lady Warriors won with 83 points and Vincennes Rivet had 11. North Knox's Whitney Horrall won long jump, pole vault, and the 400 meters...
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Bloomfield edges Sullivan 4-1 in tennis
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
Bloomfield managed to sneak a 4-1 win over visiting Sullivan in a high school girls tennis match between two evenly matched teams Thursday. There were no blowouts, according to Bloomfield coach Mike Canty. He said that all of the singles matches were won in straight sets but they were all very close...
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Ken the barber still going strong 40 years later
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
When Ken Robertson went to work as a barber in Bloomfield, he was 20 years old. Today, he's still keeping his scissors sharp and cutting hair five-days-a week at the same location 40 years later. Ken's Barber and Style Shop, located in White's Square Shopping Center on West Main Street, will observe an official 40-year anniversary customer appreciation celebration Saturday...
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Art classes to be trimmed at Linton
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
There's been some talk lately that Linton-Stockton Schools will be eliminating its art classes for junior and senior high students; however, that is not the case. Linton-Stockton High School Principal Nick Karazsia said the school is not eliminating art classes, but they are cutting down on them...
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Citizen's Academy grads challenged to build bridges
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
SWITZ CITY -- The second class of Greene County Citizen's Academy "bridge-builders" are now graduates. The 15 graduates -- who now have their own bright-yellow construction hats as symbolic gifts from program organizers -- include a diverse group of representatives from all parts of Greene County who have gathered every other week for the last seven months to network and learn about the inner workings of the county...
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Keynote speaker encourages grads to put their skills to use
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR SWITZ CITY -- The director of a statewide agriculture leadership initiative encouraged graduates of the Greene County Citizen's Academy class of 2006-07 to take the principles they have learned and work together to improve the county as a whole...
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Linton library over 79 percent complete
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
The Margaret Cooper Public Library board continues to proceed with details concerning the new library building, which was officially 72 percent compete as of April 1. The board tentatively projected the grand opening of the new library for mid-July of this year...
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Pride Day set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
Roll up your sleeves, grab a plastic bag, some work gloves and help to clean up one of the area's premier tourist attractions this Saturday, The Second Annual County Pride Day, sponsored by the Greene County Community Foundation will be Saturday. The event was originally scheduled for last Saturday, but unseasonable cold weather forced organizers to utilize the rain date...
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Bloomfield choral, band departments visit Washington, D.C.
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
The Bloomfield choral and band departments recently traveled to the nation's capital for the performance of a lifetime in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The trip was made by 258 community members, explained Sheila Jerrels, choral department director. Students, parents, chaperones, administrators and even a school board member went along...
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Linton students win essay contest
(Local News ~ 04/20/07)
Each year, students in Kay Sullivan's seventh grade English class at Linton-Stockton Junior High School participate in various essay contests, including one that is sponsored by the Ladies Civitan Club. This year's winners of the Ladies Civitan Club essay contest are: First place, Chelsea Hineman, $75; second place, Taylor Sloan, $50; and third place, Marisa Miller, $25...
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Charles Booe
(Obituary ~ 04/20/07)
Charles Booe, of Seelyville and formerly of Clay City, passed away early today at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Arrangements are pending. A memorial service is being planned.
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Mary E. (Bechtel) Grove
(Obituary ~ 04/20/07)
Mary E. (Bechtel) Grove, 78, of Elnora, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She was a homemaker. Survivors include eight sisters, Alice Witsman and Barbara Miller, both of Elnora, Wilma Harp of Worthington, Dorothy Doyle of Washington, Beverly Taylor, Shirley Hardy and Virginia Hardy, all of Bloomington, Violet Arthur of Bloomfield, and two brothers, Rex Bechtel of Washington and Ralph Bechtel of Plainville...
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Sylvia Pauline Hise
(Obituary ~ 04/20/07)
Sylvia Pauline Hise, 71, of Rogers, Ark., passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale. She was born July 29, 1935, in Anderson, to Paul Arnold and Margaret Rinker. She was a 1953 graduate of Daleville (Ind.) High School. She was owner/broker of Hise Group Realtors in Rogers and had received numerous professional awards. Her interests included music, bowling and water skiing. She was a member of Fellowship Bible Church of Christ of Northwest Arkansas...
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Robert L. Laughlin
(Obituary ~ 04/20/07)
Robert L. Laughlin, 75, of Lyons, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2007 in Mission, Texas. Born March 31, 1932 in Greene County, he was the son of Emerson and Nellie (Sinclair) Laughlin. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was retired from the Indiana State Highway Department. He was a member of the Lyons United Methodist Church, Worthington VFW Post 7117, lifetime member of Lyons American Legion Post 479, Switz City Masonic Lodge, and Lyons Eastern Star...
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Elbert B. (Slim) McCammon
(Obituary ~ 04/20/07)
Elbert B. (Slim) McCammon, 96, of Paxton, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2007 at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. He was born in Paxton on Sept. 24, 1910 to Jesse and Rosie McCammon. He served as postmaster at Paxton for 42 years, retiring in 1977. He was a member of the former Paxton Church of Christ and more recently attended Oakland Church of Christ...
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Gerald Leon Rollins
(Obituary ~ 04/20/07)
Gerald Leon Rollins, 54, of Montgomery, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007 at his residence. He was a truck driver for several years. Survivors include his wife, Wanda Jean Rollins; one son, Charles Leon Rollins of Bloomington; one daughter, Angie England of Bloomfield; two sisters, Carolyn Sue Rollins Allen and Julie Carnegie, both of Odon; and two brothers, Joe Rollins of Odon and Lee Rollins of Plainville...
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Laughlin gives Miners second straight complete game
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/07)
CLAY CITY -- The Linton-Stockon baseball team picked up its second win in a row, this time a double conference victory over Clay City, 8-2, Thursday night in Clay City. The Miners got their second straight complete game on the mound, this one from Jeff Laughlin, who struck out 10 batters, allowed seven hits, four walks and two earned runs...
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Good job, Mr. President
(Column ~ 04/20/07)
People everywhere should be alarmed by President Bush's lack of commitment to making the world a greener, cleaner place. This month, the Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. This was the first-ever environmental ruling made by the high court that could lead to more fuel-efficient cars on our streets as early as next year...
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