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Union opens with Thursday showdown with Lakers
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
Union High School has had an up-and-down volleyball season, as evidenced by its 13-16 record. But one of those victories was a 25-19, 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-13 victory over Class A No. 8 Shakamak, which finished the regular season at 26-2. Ironically the two conference rivals will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the opening match of the Shakamak Sectional...
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Cards, T’Birds set to open Linton Sectional
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
The Bloomfield Cardinals and Eastern Greene Thunderbirds will face off in the first, and only, match on Thursday night when the Class 2A Linton-Stockton sectional gets underway in high school volleyball action. “I think they’re pretty pumped up,” said first year Bloomfield coach Laura Kay Rose. “This is a big week that everyone waits for. We’ve been anticipating it since day one of practice.”...
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Bulldogs hope to solve road woes at Tecumseh
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
The good news for the Union football team is they have won two of the last three games, including a 27-19 victory over Wood Memorial at home Oct. 12. The bad news for the Bulldogs (3-6) is that they begin tournament play in Class A Sectional 40 at 8 p.m. Friday at Tecumseh (4-5)...
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Lady Wolverines to face Clay City at sectional
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
White River Valley High School volleyball coach Becky Borter has seen a lot of good things and bad from her team during the 2007 season. She is hoping for more of the former when Lady Wolverines (14-15) open play at the Class A Shakamak Sectional at 11 a.m. Saturday against Clay City (9-13). WRV defeated the Lady Eels 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21 Oct. 9...
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Eastern Greene set to tackle Bluejackets in Bloomington
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
Eastern Greene High School tweaked its schedule in 2007, adding three new opponents. One of the team they dropped was Mitchell, who they had lost four in each of their first four seasons of varsity football. The Thunderbirds were moved from Class A Sectional 40 to Class 2A Sectional 31 in the new alignment this year...
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Second season starts for Miners against SV
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
After coming off a 9-0 season, the Linton football team will start from square one with their second season as the Miners will host Springs Valley in the first round of the IHSAA sectional round at Roy Williams Field. “I think they’re highly focused,” said Linton-Stockton mentor Steve Weber. “We’re getting better, offensively and defensively. They’re excited to be playing Springs Valley at home. They look forward to a little better showing this time around.”...
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Lady Miners not look past anyone
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
After winning two straight volleyball sectionals from 2004 to 2005, the Miners were on the losing end of the sectional field a year ago after a loss in the semifinals of the South Knox Sectional. This year’s field is a little different, as the new five team format will migrate to Linton-Stockton High School for the Class 2A, sectional 45 beginning Thursday...
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Lakers looking for elusive sectional title
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
The Shakamak High School volleyball program, led by coach Jeri Morin, just keeps pushing the bar higher and higher. Once a perennial pushover, the Lady Lakers have put together four consecutive seasons of at least 20 wins. This year the Lady Lakers set a new mark with a 26-2 record. They shared the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference and Tri-River Conference titles with Linton-Stockton, the first time they can make that claim...
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Jonell Mathis Frye
(Obituary ~ 10/18/07)
Jonell Mathis Frye, 61, of Bloomington, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 16 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born Nov. 2, 1945 in Jeffersonville, she was the daughter of John Edward and Vera Eunice McArtor Mathis. She worked in sale and purching for Sears, Cracker Barrel and KPT. She was a member Lyons Community Church...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 10/18/07)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG • Oct. 17 -- Thomas Stoner, 21, Bloomfield, was arrested on preliminary charges of theft and fraud and is being held on $8000 bond. Bloomfield Police Department Officer Shane Smith was the arresting officer.• Oct. 17 -- James A. Picou, 32, Bloomfield, was arrested on preliminary charges of petition to revoke and criminal mischief and is being held without bond. Bloomfield Police Department Officer Shane Smith was the arresting officer...
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Greene County Court News
(Police Reports ~ 10/18/07)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Diana M. Broker v. Marques Allen Broker, dissolution SMALL CLAIMS Holly M. Cobble v. Dr. Keith M. Broshears D.D.S., account ENT Associates of So. In. PC v. Jama Jo Phillips, account ENT Associates of So. In. PC v. Denise Sparks, account...
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SAIC wins new small arms contract at NSWC Crane
(Local News ~ 10/18/07)
CRANE -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced Thursday it won a contract from the Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane, in support of the Small Arms Weapons Division. SAIC will provide a wide range of technical support for the...
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Infusion Center celebrates 10th anniversary
(Local News ~ 10/18/07)
The Greene County General Hospital Ambulatory Infusion Center is celebrating 10 years of service to the community. Mike Crane, chief pharmacist at the center, explained “We came up with this idea 10 years ago to keep people from driving long distance to Indianapolis, Terre Haute ... and staying all night to get services. We got so many requests and so many needs in this area.”...
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Humane Society to open doors November 10
(Local News ~ 10/18/07)
The Greene County Humane Society will host an open house Nov. 10 from noon to 4:30 p.m. Rene Abrams, shelter manager, explained that the open house is a good opportunity for the public to tour shelter facilities as well as become familiar with its functions and needs...
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WRV board hears about area school shooting; acts on personnel issues
(Local News ~ 10/18/07)
SWITZ CITY -- After the disturbing incident of shots fired through a window at a Clay County school earlier in the day, Superintendent Layton Wall expressed thankfulness that VanBuren Elementary School did not have anything more tragic happen. "We'd like VanBuren to know we're thinking of them, and I also want to thank our officers here in Greene County," said Wall...
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Linton seniors will benefit from $140,000 grant
(Local News ~ 10/18/07)
The city of Linton will benefit from a $140,000 state grant that will assist in developing innovative support service to older residents. Five not-for-profit organizations serving communities in the state were awarded one-year grants this week for the Communities for Life initiative through a partnership between the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging and Community and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Aging...
- Storms down trees, cut power in area (Local News ~ 10/18/07)
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Clay County officials seeking info on school shooting
(Local News ~ 10/18/07)
Officials are looking for any information about individuals alleged to be involved in shooting at least one bullet into the Van Buren Elementary School’s cafeteria door Thursday afternoon. Shortly before 12:48 p.m., a bullet pierced both glass door windows on the west side of the building and went...
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Brazil school shooting causes concern locally
(Local News ~ 10/18/07)
A gunshot through a cafeteria window at a Clay County elementary prompted Greene County school and law enforcement officials to take precautionary security measures Thursday afternoon. Shortly after one gunshot was fired into the Van Buren Elementary School on the northside of Brazil at 12:54 p.m., the Bloomfield, MSD of Shakamak and Eastern Greene school districts went into a lockdown...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 10/18/07)
LSHS Band and Miner Kadet boosters Linton-Stockton High School band and Miner Kadet boosters will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday in the high school resource room. Worthington trick or treat times Trick or treat times in Worthington will be from 6 - 9 p.m. on Oct. 31...
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Lady Lakers avenge regular-season loss to Union
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
JASONVILLE " With their backs squarely against the wall and the possibility of another record-setting season unceremoniously ending in the first round of the sectional, host Shakamak found its resolve. The Class A No. 8 Lady Lakers rallied from a game down and overcame a 10-0 deficit in game two, using a 35-11 spurt to defeat pesky Union 18-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-21 in the opening contest of the Shakamak Sectional. ...
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Eastern Greene advances with win over Bloomfield
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/07)
Eastern Greene defeated Bloomfield in five games to advance to Saturday's semifinals, where they'll face North Knox. This story will be updated.
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