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Doris Towler
(Obituary ~ 02/26/08)
Doris Towler, 86, of Linton, passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at her residence. Born in Saline, Michigan on July 18, 1921, she was the daughter of Alphonse and Minnie (Fuller) Schmid. She married Benjamin F. Towler on February 7, 1947. She was a homemaker and attended the Church of God...
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Hugh Collins Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/26/08)
Hugh Collins Jr., 81, of Linton, passed away at 9:18 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born in Sullivan County on Aug. 27, 1927 to Hugh Collins and Agnes Swan Collins. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and a U.S. Air Force veteran in the Korean War. He retired from Otis Elevator in Bloomington, and was a member of the American Legion Post #22 in Linton...
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Elza Lee Sullivan
(Obituary ~ 02/26/08)
Elza Lee Sullivan, 65, formerly of Dugger, passed away Feb. 17, 2008 in Hihat, KY. Born Aug. 14, 1942 in Bloomington, he was the son of Elza and Mary (Peilfry) Sullivan. He spent his teenage yearss in Dugger. Survivors include: two sons, Tony and Greg Sullivan; two daughters, Darla and Lisa Sullivan and their mother, Judy, of Paxton; four grandchildren and one great-grandson; one brother, Doug; five half-sisters, Agnes Byers, Jean Groomer, Phyliss Workman, Linda Durham and Cindy Kellogg; several nieces and nephews.. ...
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Frederick Ray DeGott
(Obituary ~ 02/26/08)
Frederick Ray DeGott, 74, of Jeffersonville, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 in Jeffersonville. He was born in Louisville, KY, and a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. A retired printer for Queens Group Printing, he was a member of the American Legion Post No. 35, the Masonic Lodge, the Pathogoris Lodge, VFW Post No. 1832, and the Shrine Club in Clarksville...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 02/26/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity report for Monday included one fraud, one follow-up investigation, three requests for information only, one death investigation, three medical/illness, three animal complaints, one prowler, one assist to another agency, one harassment complaint, one possibly intoxicated driver, one lost or stolen license plate, two domestic disputes and one traffic stop...
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Greene County Court News
(Police Reports ~ 02/26/08)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Citifinancial Services, Inc. v. Bradley Scott Sparks, mortgage foreclosure SMALL CLAIMS Claudetta Jackson v. Brittany Campbell, Tim Greenwell, damages Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC as assignee of Providian National Bank v. Glenda J. Drogich, account...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 02/26/08)
Linton Library Board to meet Thursday The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold its regular board meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the Linton Public Library at 6:00 PM. It will be preceded by an Executive Session meeting at 5:45 PM to discuss employee job performance. The regular Board meeting is open to the public...
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Jasonville awarded housing rehab grant
(Local News ~ 02/26/08)
The City of Jasonville has been awarded a home repair and improvement grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. The grant will provide rehabilitation on houses owned by low and moderate income persons living within the corporate limits of Jasonville. You must own the house, be living in the house, and single wide trailers are not eligible...
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Redevelopment Commission looking to modify county WestGate Tech Park boundaries
(Local News ~ 02/26/08)
Greene County Redevelopment Commission members continue to look over maps and aerial photographs and discuss what areas they want to ultimately include in the WestGate at Crane Technology Park near Crane village. Meeting on Monday night in regular monthly session, the GCRC members discussed modifying the county's boundaries of the tech park to promote the most advantageous economic development of the area...
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Linton-Stockton schools will try upgraded communication system March 17
(Local News ~ 02/26/08)
The Linton-Stockton School Corporation is upgrading its communication system and will implement a new telephone broadcast system March 1. School Superintendent Ron Bush explained, "It's a system we want to try out and see how it works for us." For now the school will use the telephone broadcast system for emergency situations only, he said. But in the future it may be used for more...
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Barr's competency hearing vacated
(Local News ~ 02/26/08)
The suspect in the July 2007 Worthington shooting death of a Linton man was expected to be in court Wednesday morning for a competency hearing. However, Greene Circuit Judge Erik Allen has vacated that court date because Harvey Eugene Barr, of Worthington, has not yet been examined by Dr. David Crane, a court-appointed psychiatrist, to see if he is competent to stand trial for murder...
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Teachers welcome more room in new school facility
(Local News ~ 02/26/08)
The first reaction of librarian Lori Vandeventer to the spacious library of the new Eastern Greene High School was a great big "wow!" "It's beautiful. We've been waiting so long for this and it just feels good. It's like we have all have a new home," said Vandeventer...
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Eastern Greene High School: Students, staff enjoy their first day in new $16 million facility
(Local News ~ 02/26/08)
When students walked through the door of the new Eastern Greene High School on opening day, everyone knew where to go and what to do. High School Principal Kevin Frank said the mood on Tuesday was bright and only a handful had asked for directions. Students were well prepared for the move and had explored the building on Monday evening...
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Randall Dean "Trak" Miller
(Obituary ~ 02/26/08)
Randall Dean "Trak" Miller, 52, of Jasonville passed away at 6:39 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Aug. 11, 1955 in Linton, he was the son of Robert E Miller and Louise June (Silvers) Miller He was a truck driver for a coal mine and was a member of the Sons of the American Legion...
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Helen Marie Chubb Boling
(Obituary ~ 02/26/08)
Helen Marie Chubb Boling, 83, of Sullivan passed away at 2:31 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Feb. 24, 1925 in New Goshen, she was the daughter of Maston Paul Carpenter and Charlotte A. (Langman) Carpenter She was a homemaker and a member of Southern Baptist Church in Hymera...
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