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Robert V. Martin
(Obituary ~ 09/17/08)
Robert V. Martin, 80, of Linton and formerly of Sandborn, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at Monroe Hospital in Bloomington. He was born in Sandborn on Dec. 6, 1927 to Samuel S. and Mildred O. (Crane) Martin. On December 18, 1948, he married Enid Rose Trent...
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Remember when milk was 25 cents?
(Column ~ 09/17/08)
If you use e-mail, you've probably gotten all kinds of chain letters, including some that say "pass this on to 10 friends." I don't pass too many of them on, but awhile back I got one from Vern that I'm going to pass on today in this column. I would give credit to the person who wrote this, but I don't know who they are. To the writer who put this list together, thanks for this stroll down a memory lane in Indianapolis, 1963...
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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/17/08)
Hardestys apprciate recent support on anniversary To the Editor: Ray and Phyllis Hardesty and their family wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every person who helped them celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. On Aug. 31, friends and family gathered at the Linton Housing Community Building. ...
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White River Valley FFA members fare well at national event
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
From July 21-27 four members of White River Valley High School FFA participated in the National Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program in Stillwater, Okla. The team (pictured at right and below) consisted of Ben Held, Patrick Brown, Haily Osborne, and Matt Crowe and they participated as 4-H members in this contest. ...
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Scotland Festival: Cady's artwork lives on
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
SCOTLAND -- The artwork of a Greene County native from the tiny hamlet of Scotland lives on. Lenore Cady's artwork speaks to her and over the year's she developed a dramatic and unique technique to bring those messages to everyone who views her creations...
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Linton author writes another book, donates copy to library
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
A local author recently penned a mystery novel which is set during biblical Jerusalem. "Catacombs" by Larry Massa, of Linton, is a fictional tale about a treasure hunt for the lost tombs of Melchizedek. "Catacombs" reads along the lines of the movie series "National Treasure" with a race against time and enemies layered along the way. ...
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Moore back in court on petition to revoke sentence
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
Jordan K. Moore, 22, Linton, was back in a courtroom Tuesday for an advisement hearing after he was arrested on Monday on a warrant. The warrant was issued after a petition to revoke his suspended sentence was filed in Greene Superior Court last Friday...
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Crane tenants host POW/MIA ceremony Thursday
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
CRANE -- Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA), Naval Support Activity Crane, and Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center will host its 20th annual Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition (POW/MIA) Ceremony today (Thursday). The Ceremony will conducted at 10 a.m. at the site of Crane's POW Tree and Monument...
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Scuffle develops in shoplifting incident
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
A warrant was issued this week for the arrest of an alleged shoplifter who reportedly got into a scuffle with Wal-Mart loss prevention personnel. The preliminary charges filed against Steven George include theft, a class D felony, and trespass, a class A misdemeanor...
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Plenty of activities planned at the Scotland Festival
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
SCOTLAND -- The 44th annual Scotland Festival will bring crafts, live music, food and fun to Greene County on Saturday. Musical entertainment will be provided at the music wagon at 10:15 a.m. by Lost River Risin', at noon by Silverado and at 1:45 p.m. by Rob Barry and the Storm...
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Danny and Janet Merkel to lead Scotland Festival parade
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
This year marks the 44th anniversary of the Scotland Festival. This year's parade will feature long time residents of Scotland, Danny and Janet (Summerville) Merkel who will serve as parade grand marshals. Danny is from Odon and is the son of the late Luther and Anna Merkel and has two half sisters, Joanne Richardson of Odon and Betty Martin of Linton. Danny is an employee of the First National Bank of Odon where he has worked for almost 36 years...
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Downtown Linton restaurant closes; owners want to sell it
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
A downtown Linton restaurant closed its doors Saturday night, though its previous owners plan on honoring reunions and other events that were scheduled for the facility. Carol Sims, who was buying the business on contract from Jerry and Gayle Margraf of Linton, told her employees Saturday night that she was closing the Old Bank & Company Restaurant because of financial reasons, Gayle Margraf said...
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Drug bust turns up more than meth
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
One more methamphetamine lab is gone and two men are in jail on numerous preliminary felony drug charges after Linton police officers swooped in to serve a search warrant at a residence in Linton on Tuesday evening. Donald Weaver, Jr., 37, Linton, and Justin C. May, 27, Linton, are both being held in Greene County Jail without bond...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 09/17/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police Department's activity report on Tuesday included one follow-up investigation, two requests for information only, one bar fight, one incident of vandalism, one custody dispute-exchange, one drug investigation, one accident with property damage, two alarms, one suspicious vehicle/person, three assists to other agencies, one reckless driver, one theft-other, two welfare checks/concerns, one motor vehicle theft, one domestic dispute-neighbor, one open garage door and five traffic stops.. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 09/17/08)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Sindy S. Ausman v. Teleshia S. Ketchem, civil tort Target National Bank v. Amanda L. Bishop, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Kevin M. Wolfe, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person with a previous conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a previous conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath with a previous conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 09/17/08)
Revival at Owensburg church Owensburg Baptist Church will host its Fall Revival on Oct. 5-10. Nightly services will be at 7. Guest Preacher Brother Kevin Albert from Lifeway Baptist Church will be the speaker. There will be a pitch-in dinner after the Sunday a.m. service on Oct. 5. Each night there will be special music and a nursery provided. If you have questions or need transportation, please call the church office at 863-2975. Jim Dwyer is the pastor of the Owensburg Baptist Church...
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Eastern Greene runs by competition
(Community Sports ~ 09/17/08)
Eastern Greene's Middle School boys cross country team placed first in a triangular meet against Bedford and Oolitic Tuesday. Michael Hartman paced the Thunderbirds by placing first, completing the 3K course in a time of 11 minutes and 46 second. Kurtis Stille (third), Nathan Sparks (fourth), Rudy Carroll (eighth) and Tyler Brough (10th) rounded out the top five for the Thunderbirds, who are now 8-1...
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Junior high wins two football games
(Community Sports ~ 09/17/08)
The Linton-Stockton seventh grade (1-1-1) football put one in the win column for the first time this season with a 12-6 victory over the host North Knox Warriors Tuesday. Zane Hayden's interception and 35-yard return to the end zone for a touchdown with 30 seconds remaining provided the margin of victory...
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Lady T-Birds fall at Mitchell
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/08)
The Eastern Greene volleyball team fell to 4-10 on the season with a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 loss to Mitchell on the road Tuesday night. Lady Thunderbird coach Gina Ingram said that her squad did not come out ready to play and coupled with a good outside hitter from Mitchell resulted in their fourth consecutive loss...
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Çardinal netters win 11th match
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/08)
The Bloomfield Cardinals boys tennis team extended its record to 11-2 with a narrow 3-2 win over North Central at Farmersburg on Wednesday. As in last night's match with Barr-Reeve, the first two points came quickly to Bloomfield. No. 1 Derek Corn beat Logan Hennecke 6-0, 6-2 and the No. 1 doubles team of Holden Hamm and Austin Schulte defeated Aaron Woodard and Caleb Gilman 6-3, 6-4...
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McKinney unveils new line-up
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/08)
With a sectional looming in a couple of weeks, Linton-Stockton boys tennis coach Brad McKinney changed his line-up Wednesday in a make-up match at Edgewood. The host Mustangs defeated the new-look Miners 4-1. "Edgewood is now 7-2," said McKinney, whose Miners slipped to 3-8. "Considering their only two losses have come to North Daviess and Bloomfield, who have combined for 25 wins, they are a very good team...
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EGHS plays better in loss to OV
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/08)
Lady T-Birds lost to undefeated Patriots Daily World Staff Report The Eastern Greene High School volleyball team slipped to 4-11 after losing to undefeated Owen Valley 17-25, 18-25, 20-25 in a non-conference match at Eastern Heights Wednesday night...
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Sports briefs
(Community Sports ~ 09/17/08)
There will be a whiffle ball tournament as part of the 2008 Apple Festival. There will be two different divisions for the tournament, eighth grade and lower and ninth grade and above. This will be a single elimination tournament. Teams will consist of no more than 5 players, with each team needing at least 4 players to field a team...
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Prep football season reaches week five
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/08)
As the high school football season in Indiana reaches week five, two area teams will try to remain undefeated while the other looks for its first win. Springs Valley (0-4) at Linton-Stockton (4-0) -- The Miners, ranked No. 5 in Class A, and Blackhawks are both members of Sectional 40, but are teams heading in two different directions...
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Bloomfield business to approach town officials about curbside recycling
(Local News ~ 09/17/08)
A Bloomfield business wants to offer curbside recycling pick-up, but needs your help in doing so. Marc Ranard, owner of Ranard's Hauling and Removal, is requesting the support of the town of Bloomfield and its residents. "We're going to them (Bloomfield Town Council) to propose town-wide recycling curbside pick-up service and request funding," Ranard explained...
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