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Family friendly Kids Fair set for Saturday at armory
(Local News ~ 09/09/09)
Calling all Greene County children, and their parents: You're invited to the 2009 Kids Fair on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the National Guard Armory on State Road 54 west of Linton. The Kids Fair is free -- there is no admission charge to walk through the castle gate and into the land of princesses, dragons and Aladdin. The theme of this year's fair will be "Fairy Tales."...
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Switz City Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 09/09/09)
SWITZ CITY -- The main item on the agenda at the Switz City Council meeting Tuesday night was the 2010 budget hearing, which will be voted on at the October meeting. The total town budget proposed for 2010 is $76,525. The maximum estimated fund to be raised is $17,246. The current tax levy is $14,921...
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Dr. Robert V. Schnabel
(Obituary ~ 09/09/09)
Dr. Robert V. Schnabel , 86, died Sept. 1, 2009 in Angola. He was born Sept. 28, 1922 in Scarsdale, New York the son of Frederick Victor and Louise (Frick) Schnabel. He married Ellen Foelber, Fort Wayne, on June 7, 1946. She preceded him in death on Sept. 7, 2008...
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Alva "Max" Payne
(Obituary ~ 09/09/09)
Alva "Max" Payne, 71, of Clay City and formerly of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at his residence in Clay City. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett.
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 09/09/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. James Alan Wilson, operating a vehicle while an habitual traffic violator State v. Chey Roses Chagala, residential entry, sexual battery by force CIVIL CASES Asset Acceptance LLC v. Laura Reynolds, collection...
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Linton Police Log
(Police Reports ~ 09/09/09)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one title check, one fight, one protective order violation, one school/foot patrol, one public intoxication, one structure fire, one accident with property damage, one lost and found, four medical/illness, four animal complaints, one prowler, one suspicious vehicle/person, one harassment complaint, two drug overdoses, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit and six traffic stops.. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 09/09/09)
Superintendents' Governing Board The Superintendents' Governing Board of Orange, Lawrence, Martin and Greene joint services will meet in executive session at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 16 in the joint service conference room at the Bedford location. An open session will follow at 10 a.m...
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Letter to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/09/09)
Healthcare debate should continue To the Editor: In late July, members of the Blue Dog Coalition pushed to postpone consideration of healthcare reform legislation to give members a chance to go home and talk about it with our constituents. As a member of the Coalition, I supported this effort and was proud to see so many Americans taking part in this important discussion...
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Meng named Isaac Ball Fellow
(Local News ~ 09/09/09)
James W. Meng, Jr., owner of Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton, has been recognized as an Isaac Ball Fellow. An Isaac Ball Fellow is one who has contributed $1,000 to the Indiana Educational Foundation. These contributors are the cornerstones of the Foundation. This level of commitment is named after Isaac Ball, the first president of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association who served from 1881-1882...
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Ground broken on 9th Habitat home
(Local News ~ 09/09/09)
Eric and Shannon Rose and their three children -- Maranda, Austin and Jilian -- broke ground for their Habitat for Humanity (HFH) home on West Vincennes St. in Linton on Monday afternoon. Cathy Hadley, Teri Simmons and Victoria Sanders, members of the (HFH) selection committee, also assisted with the ceremony as well as Linton-Stockton Elementary Principal Kent Brewer...
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With a day to go, Council faces $346,000 more in General Fund trims
(Local News ~ 09/09/09)
Two days into considering the 2010 budget, Greene County Council has trimmed just over half of what's necessary from the General Fund. Still, with a single day left to cut nearly as much, many departments now face being recalled today, with tough decisions on where to slice further still pending...
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Sports briefs
(Community Sports ~ 09/09/09)
The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds placed six runners in the top 10 and walked away with the title at Tuesday's Thunderbird Invitational cross country meet at Little Cincinnati. The host squad led the way with 21 points. Owen Valley and Loogootee also participated in the event but were unable to field complete teams...
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WRV netters lose to Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/09)
The White River Valley boys tennis team picked up another player Wednesday night, but the result was the same as they were blanked by North Daviess, 5-0. The youthful Wolverines remain winless on the season. Foreign exchange student, YanBing Bo, made his singles debut at No. 3, but was defeated in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 by Connor Wikle...
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Lady Cardinals lose in five
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/09)
Bloomfield won two of the first three games, but came up on the short end of a 25-20, 14-25, 25-16, 15-25, 6-15 score to visiting Washington in a high school volleyball match Wednesday night at Guy Glover Gymnasium. "The girls really played well," said BHS coach Susie Schulte, whose Lady Cardinals slipped to 3-8. "The refs came up to me afterwards and complimented the girls...
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Bloomfield blanks Miners
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/09)
Bloomfield took care of business Wednesday afternoon by downing Linton-Stockton 5-0 in high school boys tennis action. The Miners were playing with an adjusted lineup because of missing regular No. 2 singles player Seth Herndon. The only match that went three sets was at No. 2 singles where Joel Oliphant outlasted Kris Shipman 3-6, 6-3, 6-1...
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Bloomfield football
(Community Sports ~ 09/09/09)
The Bloomfield Football League opened regular-season play against the Martin County Raiders on Saturday. Quad-County's newest division, high school, had the first game of the day and made the most of their chances with a 22-14 win over the Raiders. After Martinsville found the end zone on a 16-yard run from Will Smith, Bloomfield countered when quarterback Tony Alberson connected with John Sachtjen for 71 yards to knot the score, then took the lead when Alberson hooked up with Cody Bissey for the two-point conversion.. ...
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Lady Thunderbirds win own invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/09)
The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds placed six runners in the top 10 and walked away with the title at Tuesday's Thunderbird Invitational cross country meet at Little Cincinnati. The host squad led the way with 21 points. Owen Valley and Loogootee also participated in the event but were unable to field complete teams...
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WRV defeats Shakamak
(Community Sports ~ 09/09/09)
White River Valley beat Shakamak 21-34 in the boys race and 15-46 in the girls race in a junior high school cross country meet Tuesday. Conner Hill of White River Valley won the boys race with a time of 11 minutes and 31 seconds. Erie Johnson led Shakamak with a second-place finish (11:51)...
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WRV golfers compete
(Community Sports ~ 09/09/09)
The White River Valley Junior High golf team competed at Sullivan Sept. 2. Michael Cox was low for the Wolverines with a 39. Tyler James shot 40, Chad Evans 44, Austin Frye 47, Preston Reed 48 and Zach Waggoner carded a 49 for seven holes. On Sept. 3 at Vincennes Rivet, Trent Myers had a 35, James 37, Evans 45 and Frye and Waggoner each shot 47 for seven holes...
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EGJHS runners win
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/09)
The Eastern Greene Junior High School girls cross country team outran Edgewood and Owen Valley last week. Savannah Spice ran second, Hannah Resler fourth, Sierra New fifth, Marly Southern was eighth for the Lady Thunderbirds, who won with a total of 33 points. Edgewood had 21 points and Owen Valley scored 54...
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Bloomfield girls second at Martinsville Invite, Eastern Greene seventh
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/09)
The Bloomfield and Eastern Greene girls traveled to Martinsville for Saturday's Martinsville Cross Country Invitational. When it was all over the Lady Cardinals, paced by a second place showing from sophomore Julie Riggins, captured second while the Lady Thunderbirds brought home a seventh-place finish...
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High school football season reaches week four
(High School Sports ~ 09/09/09)
Week four of the prep football season is upon us as we near the halfway point of the regular season. Linton-Stockton and Union (Dugger) will be in search of their third wins of the season, while Eastern Greene will be looking to bounce back to record their second win...
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Man cuts fiancee during fight
(Local News ~ 09/09/09)
A man was hauled off to jail over the weekend after police were dispatched to a fight in progress at a bar in Switz City. A woman, whose fiance reportedly found her outside behind the building with another man, was allegedly cut with a knife. Christopher A. Corns, 27, of rural Bloomfield, has been charged in Greene Superior Court with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a class D felony...
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Woman pulls another woman out of vehicle by hair
(Local News ~ 09/09/09)
Sarah F. Stinebaugh is being summoned to appear in court because she allegedly pulled another woman out of a vehicle by the hair, punched her in the head several times, then told an officer that the victim "had this coming for a long time." A preliminary charge of battery resulting in bodily injury, a class A misdemeanor, has been filed against Stinebaugh in Greene Superior Court...
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