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Six boys basketball games on weekend schedule
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/09)
As teams wind down toward the end of the regular season, there are just six area boys basketball games on the schedule for Friday and Saturday, including two key conference tilts. Union (Dugger) is taking the weekend off while Linton-Stockton and Shakamak will both be playing twice...
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Miners push record to 19-0
(Community Sports ~ 02/18/09)
The Linton-Stockton eighth grade boys basketball team won three games at the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference tournament to capture first place and stay undefeated (19-0). The Miners defeated North Daviess 46-26 in their opening game Saturday as Austin Karazsia (13), Dess Fougerousse (12) and Koye Kaiser (10) combined for 35 points...
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House did its job to help all Hoosiers
(Column ~ 02/18/09)
Recently there was a news report about an elderly man who froze to death in his home. He would not pay to turn the heat on in his house because he said it would cost too much. Tragically he passed away -- with $600,000 in his bank account. Though I cannot verify this story, I repeat it here as an example of being "penny wise and pound foolish."...
- New business cuts ribbon in Bloomfield (Local News ~ 02/18/09)
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Groover, Walters to marry
(Engagement ~ 02/18/09)
Jim and Penny Groover of Clay City, along with Mike and Janis Walters of Jasonville, would like to announce the upcoming marriage of their children Patti Sue Groover to Kent Michael Walters. The ceremony will take place Saturday, March 7 at 4:30 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church with a reception to immediately follow at the Roy Clark Community Building in Linton City Park...
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Farm Bureau, Inc. to observe Food Check-Out Week
(Local News ~ 02/18/09)
Greene County Farm Bureau, Inc. is once again sponsoring Food Check-Out Week. "Indiana Farm Bureau has been doing it a long time. The county has celebrated the event for several years," explained Aleta Crow, Greene County Farm Bureau Women's Leader...
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Short story about Redbird SRA wins award
(Local News ~ 02/18/09)
One seventh grader's short story about riding at Redbird has received top honors in the 2009 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards regional competition. Brooke Hollingsworth may attend Plainfield Community Middle School but she has ties right here in Greene County...
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Shawnee Theatre to celebrate 50th season
(Local News ~ 02/18/09)
In the 1950s Adrian H. Rehner came to Greene County and rallied the community around the idea of a professional summer theatre. The curtain went up on the first show in 1960, beginning an Indiana artistic mainstay: The Shawnee Theatre. As Indiana's oldest continuously running summer theatre, Shawnee will look to delight its audiences this season as it did 50 seasons ago...
- Preliminary charges of driving while intoxicated filed against county GOP chairman (Local News ~ 02/18/09)
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GOP, Dems to elect leaders March 7
(Local News ~ 02/18/09)
Greene County's two major political parties will re-organize in caucus meetings slated for early next month. Democrat and Republican central committee leaders will gather March 7 to pick officers who will serve four-year terms. The Democrat precinct committeemen will meet at 10 a.m. at the west shelterhouse in Humphreys Park in Linton...
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Patricia J. Bays
(Obituary ~ 02/18/09)
Patricia J. Bays, 65, of Linton, passed away 7:16 a.m., Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Greene Co. General Hospital, in Linton. She was born Nov. 18, 1943 in Indianapolis to James and Constance (Woodward) Bartholomew. She was a LPN and formerly worked at Linton Nursing Home and Greene County General Hospital...
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Ronald Lee Lowther
(Obituary ~ 02/18/09)
Ronald Lee Lowther, 49, of Bloomfield, passed away, 11:40 a.m. Feb. 18, 2009, in Bloomfield, of lung cancer. He was born Sept. 3, 1959 in Elyria, Ohio to Lester Carl and Donna Mae (McDaniel) Lowther. He is survived by his wife, Jennie Ann (Jackson) Lowther; his father, Lester Carl Lowther, Camdon, WV; three children, Kenneth William "K W" (Laura) Lowther, Gosport; Matthew Ryan Lowther, Bloomington; Tabitha Kay Lowther, Bloomfield; four step-children, Lowell Eugene Hall, Bloomfield; David Andrew Hall, Bloomfield; Matthew Tyler Hall, Bloomfield; Christopher Lee Freeman, Jasonville; one granddaughter, Alexandra Lee Lowther; three brothers, Rick and Kevin Kirkpatrick and Richard Allen Lowther.. ...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 02/18/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one incident of breaking and entering, four requests for information only, one custody dispute/exchange, one school/foot patrol, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, two medical/illness, two assists to other agencies, one disabled/stranded vehicles, one domestic dispute and two traffic stops...
- Greene County Court News (Court News ~ 02/18/09)
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 02/18/09)
Bloomfield class of 2011 parents to meet The parents of the Bloomfield Class of 2011 will conduct a post-prom meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the high school cafeteria. Red Bonnet Belles Red Bonnet Belles will meet at noon Saturday for lunch at Hunter's in Bloomfield-- 1950s attire with red hat is optional...
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