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Ducks Unlimited needs volunteers with wetlands inventory
(Local News ~ 08/21/08)
Ducks Unlimited is going to be looking for local volunteers to help with an inventory of Hoosier wetlands. Wetlands play an important role in Indiana, storing rainwater, slowing the movement of floodwater, and purifying the water that runs into the groundwater system...
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Jasonville gearing up for annual homecoming celebration
(Local News ~ 08/21/08)
It's time again for the annual Shakamak Homecoming -- which has been dubbed the biggest high school homecoming in the Hoosier state. The 51st annual homecoming will kick off Sept. 26 and run all weekend long. "Homecoming is for the alumni, put on entirely voluntarily by the alumni and other volunteers," explained Nancy Enstrom, who serves as the president of the Jasonville High School-Shakamak High School Alumni Association. ...
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WRV to test its new notification system
(Local News ~ 08/21/08)
The telephones of all families with students in the White River Valley School Corporation will be ringing next Monday evening when the school puts its new emergency notification system through a system-wide test. The WRV School Board voted last spring to implement a new program called "SchoolReach" to help keep parents better informed about school happenings. It's also a way to quickly send notifications and information to parents in cases of inclement weather or any type of emergency situation...
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Trial date set in Lehman case
(Local News ~ 08/21/08)
Greene County Democrat Party Chairman W. Jeffrey Lehman's case will go to trial on Wed., Dec. 3. Following a telephonic pre-trial conference on Tuesday, Special Judge P.J. Pierson issued an order setting the date. The trial by jury will begin at 9 a.m. in Greene Circuit Court...
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State Police lab report: Foote's DNA found on front of teen's underwear
(Local News ~ 08/21/08)
An Indiana State Police forensic DNA analyst testified Thursday morning there was a mixture of DNA evidence on a sample of underwear submitted for lab tests from the older of two girls who have accused a Greene County man of molesting them. The sample of a cutting of the underwear of the then 16-year-old victim showed there was a high statistical probability that the "sub" profile was from the defendant George A. Foote, Jr., 37, of rural Bloomfield...
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Testimony concludes in Foote trial; closing arguments Friday morning
(Local News ~ 08/21/08)
Testimony ended Thursday afternoon in the child molestation/incest trial for a rural Greene County man. Closing arguments will unfold starting at 9 a.m. today in Greene Circuit Court in the trial of George A. Foote, Jr. The 37-year-old Foote, who lists his address as Route 6, Bloomfield, is charged with two counts of child molesting -- both class A felonies, and two counts of incest -- one is a class B felony and the other is a class C felony...
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WRV, Linton-Stockton open cross country season
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/08)
On a hot, muggy and cloudy Thursday afternoon, the high school boys and girls cross country runners from Linton-Stockton and White River Valley began the season with a triangular meet that also included North Daviess, who won the boys competition by default as the other two schools had incomplete teams. WRV did not have any boys compete...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 08/21/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included two follow-up investigations, three requests for information only, one drug investigation, one loitering, two medical/illness, one alarm, four animal complaints, three assists to other agencies, one child abuse or neglect, one theft-other, one domestic dispute-neighbor, one abandoned vehicle and two traffic stops...
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Helen M. Napier
(Obituary ~ 08/21/08)
Helen M. Napier, 81, of Jasonville, passed away at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 at Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. Born Jan. 7, 1927 in Pittsburg, PA, she was the daughter of William F. and Helen Marie Nelson Krebs She had worked as a telephone pperator and a Pharmacist Assistant in her early years...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 08/21/08)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES The CIT Group/Consumer Finance Inc. v. James P. Bowen, mortgage foreclosure Pullara Construction Industrial Maintenance Inc. v. Advanced Building Concepts, collection Capital One Bank (USA) v. Richard D. Parks, collection...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/21/08)
Orman reunion The Orman family reunion will be at noon Sept. 6 at the home of Donna (Orman) Fields, in rural Bloomfield. Call for directions at 384-4967. Dishman Cemetery The Dishman Cemetery annual business meeting is at 3 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Bethel Church on County Road 1250 East. Donations for repairs and upkeep can be made to Betty West, Rural Route 1, Box 980, Springville. Ind. 47462...
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Cardinal netters top Loogootee
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/08)
For the first time in 24 matches, the Bloomfield High School boys tennis team came away from a Loogootee match with a win, defeating the host Lions 4-1 Thursday. That last win came in 1997 from a team that went on to win the Northview sectional. Just as in yesterday's match (against Northview) all three singles players took care of business with the only hiccup coming at No. ...
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Lady T-Birds fall in first game in new gym
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/08)
EASTERN HEIGHTS -- Bloomington South spoiled the first varsity athletic contest inside the new gymnasium at Eastern Greene High School as the Panthers defeated the Thunderbirds volleyball squad here Thursday night 25-14, 25-9 and 25-16. "This match was a big deal being the first contest inside the new gym," Lady Thunderbird coach Gina Ingram said. "The girls were not intimidated by South but I could tell that they were nervous being the ones to officially open up the new gym."...
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Bloomfield now 2-0 in conference
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/08)
Shelby Gott served the first 13 points of the decisive game five as Bloomfield held off visiting North Daviess 23-25, 25-15, 23-25, 25-17, 15-6 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball match at Glover Gymnasium Thursday night. Shelby Gott finished 27 of 28 serving with 27 points, three aces and 27 digs...
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Lady Miners finish week 3-0
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/08)
The Linton-Stockton High School volleyball team closed out the first week of the regular season with a 25-16, 25-17, 25-21 victory over visiting Eminence in a Tri-River Conference match Thursday night. The Lady Miners improved to 3-0, 1-0 in the TRC...
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Lady Lakers reverse roles, win marathon match
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/08)
For the second straight match the Shakamak volleyball team played the maximum five games, this time the Lady Lakers came out victoriously as they defeated North Central 25-14, 18-25, 22-25, 25-14, 15-10 Thursday night in a Tri River Conference match. The Lakers are now 1-1 on the season and 1-0 in the TRC...
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