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Mystery of Kristal Stahl solved
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/09)
For the better part of the summer, I was trying to solve a mystery. It wasn't big, or even deep and dark, as far as unsolved mysteries go. It was just another one of life's unanswered questions that you can't get out of your head, like when you try to come up with the name of a movie or song but draw a blank despite swearing you'll know it when you hear it or see it...
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Linton Youth Football sign-ups
(Community Sports ~ 08/11/09)
Linton Youth Football will have sign-ups for children grades 2-6 on the following days: Tuesday Aug. 18 and Thursday Aug. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 22 from 9 to 11 a.m. The sign-ups will take place at Dave Russell's house. Take Price Road west. Come to the T and take a right and it's the second drive on the right (Brick House)...
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Union (Dugger) sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/09)
Union (Dugger) High School athletic director Shane Reese would like to make the following announcements. THe Union (Dugger) High School football team will be holding a Soap and Towel scrimmage at 7 p.m. Friday. The Union (Dugger) High School volleyball match at South Vermillion Monday will be varsity only and start at 6:30 p.m...
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Sports briefs
(Community Sports ~ 08/11/09)
Registrations for the upcoming fall season at the Shakamak Youth League will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays Aug. 15 and Aug. 22 in the upstairs meeting room at Hanna Field. Cost per player is $30. Players from out-of-town are welcome to join the league. Out-of-town teams can also join the league at a cost of $240 per quad...
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Ronald "Bo" M. Eikelman
(Obituary ~ 08/11/09)
Ronald "Bo" M. Eikelman, 72, of Linton, passed away at 7:35 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, at his residence. He was born Feb. 6, 1937, in Jasonville, the son of John Bennett and Docia (Lynch) Eikelman. He was retired from the Peabody Coal Shops and Otis Elevator, where he worked at both as a machinist. ...
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Kenneth Paul Hines
(Obituary ~ 08/11/09)
Kenneth Paul Hines, 54, of Kalamazoo, Mich., passed away on Friday, July 24, 2009, at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born Jan. 27, 1955, in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the son of Charles and Jane (Wilmarth) Hines. He grew up in Switz City, graduating from Switz City Central High School in 1973. He graduated from Purdue University and worked as a Project/IT Manager for 20 years...
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Lady Miners shoot 498
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/09)
Putting was the downfall for the Linton-Stockton High School girls golf team. The Lady Miners finished with a score of 498 in the Terre Haute South Invitational Tuesday. It was played at Rea Park. "Our four girls had 170 putts on the 72 holes we played," said Linton-Stockton coach Chaz Hendrix. "That is an average of 2.36 putts per green. You are not going to win a lot of tournaments with scores like that."...
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City of Linton to apply for $250,000 housing preservation grant
(Local News ~ 08/11/09)
The city of Linton is in the early stages of applying for a $250,000 housing preservation grant that could fund improvements on several local homes. Greg Jones of Southern Indiana Development Commission provided the project details in a public hearing during Monday's meeting of the Linton City Council...
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Forestry classes/field day coming to Greene County
(Local News ~ 08/11/09)
Got questions about managing a woods? How to keep it healthy? When to sell timber and to whom? A forestry course consisting of three classes and a field day is being offered in Greene County beginning Sept. 8. The three classroom sessions are on Tuesdays from 6:30-9 p.m. on Sept 8, 22, and Oct. 6. The sessions will be at the IDNR Division of Reclamation office in Jasonville...
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Donated buildings to become youth center in Dugger
(Local News ~ 08/11/09)
A youth center is on its way to downtown Dugger. "There's a real great need. The kids pretty much just hang on the streets in town," explained Scott Chambers, who serves as the senior minister at the Dugger First Christian Church. Just recently, two storefront buildings on Main Street were donated to the church and now the plan is to renovate them into a youth center...
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Golf cart ordinance a hot topic at Linton City Council meeting
(Local News ~ 08/11/09)
Talk turned to golf carts during the Linton City Council's August monthly meeting. Linton City Attorney Tim Shonk provided the details and answered several questions about the city's working document that is tied to Indiana code. "The problem in drafting the ordinance is that the Senate has added to the original House (of Representatives) bill," Shonk explained...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 08/11/09)
LINTON POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police Department responded on Monday to one report of breaking and entering, one title check, one custody/dispute exchange, two disorderly conducts, two personal injury accidents, one property damage accident, one funeral escort, two medical illnesses, one animal complaint, one suspicious person, one report of child abuse/neglect/molestation, one theft other one disabled stranded vehicle, one motor vehicle theft and two fingerprints for gun permits. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 08/11/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Clyde Baugh, Jr. v. Savena Baugh, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Donnie Gayheart, battery resulting in bodily injury to a minor, interference with reporting of a crime, battery State v. Paul G. Roby, possession of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school, maintaining a common nuisance...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/11/09)
Ice cream social An ice cream social is scheduled for Saturday from 5-8 p.m. at the Walnut Grove Fellowship Hall. Homemade ice cream, pies, and cakes will be available. Everyone is welcome to attend. LSHS Band and Miner Kadet Boosters A parents' meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 24 in the high school resource room. All band and Miner Kadet parents are invited to attend. This is the first meeting of the 2009-10 school year...
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Few air comments on Worthington sewer improvements
(Local News ~ 08/11/09)
A public hearing on a proposed $600,000 Community Development Block Grant aimed at upgrading Worthington's sewer plant and stopping infiltration in storm sewers brought little public comment Tuesday at the Worthington Town Council meeting. Now, the town plans to proceed with the application for the funds Oct. 2. If the application is granted - word the town expects by early in 2010 - the money will be matched by $67,000 in local money...
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Linton man back behind bars on drug-related charges
(Local News ~ 08/11/09)
A 42-year-old Linton man made his initial appearance Monday in Greene Superior Court and pled not guilty to a pair of felony drug charges. Paul G. Roby was arrested Thursday on a class B felony charge of possession of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school, and maintaining a common nuisance, a class D felony...
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