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Summer basketball league signup deadline
(Community Sports ~ 05/26/10)
Summer basketball league signup deadline The parents of any boy interested in participating in the Bloomfield Summer Basketball Program is asked to have the permission slips turned into the school by Thursday, or contact BHS athletic director Ron McBride at the high school...
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Area teams eliminated at Clay City
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/10)
The high school softball season came to an end for both area remaining teams in the Class A Clay City Sectional Tuesday night. In the opening contest, Shakamak fell to North Central while in the nightcap, Union (Dugger) dropped a lopsided game to the host Lady Eels...
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Thunderbirds stop Brown County 5-3
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/10)
The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds posted a 5-3 non-conference win over host Brown County Tuesday afternoon at Nashville in a high school baseball game. Eastern Greene pitcher Cody Sparks went the distance allowing six hits and walking none and fanning six...
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Weddle, Riggins move on to state track meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/10)
Just two runners, Bloomfield's Elyse Weddle and Julie Riggins, were able to advance to next week's girls state track finals following action at two sites Tuesday night. At the Bloomington North Regional both Weddle and Riggins earned berths in the state finals following third place finishes in their respective events...
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Miners stop Eastern Greene in golf action
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/10)
Linton-Stockton's Chase Rhoten and Ben Boyd both fired nine hole totals of 36 to earn medalist honors and lead the Miners to a 148-210 win over host Eastern Greene at Hidden Hills Tuesday afternoon. Clayton French and Cole Bradburry both fired rounds of 38 while Brady Stefancik finished with a round of 39 for Linton-Stockton...
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WRV drops finale to North Central
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/10)
The White River Valley Wolverines closed out the 2010 baseball regular season with a 13-3 loss to North Central at Farmersburg. The game was called after five innings due to the mercy rule. "I think the boys played pretty well," WRV (3-13) coach Justin English said. "We had two kids pitch that haven't had a lot of time on the mound this year...
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Rain forces delay at South Knox Sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/10)
VERNE -- A sudden thundershower brought the Class 2A South Knox Sectional to a halt Tuesday afternoon. With the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners leading host South Knox 11-4 after six innings, the game was halted due to the rain and postponed. That means the South Knox Sectional will now spill over into Thursday...
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To celebrate 25th anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 05/26/10)
Ron and Maxine Henry will celebrate 25 years of marriage with a reception at Mineral Community Building on June 5 from 2-4 p.m. The couple was married June 8, 1985 in Cookeville, Tenn. Their children Sherrie Henry, Rose Henry, Roxanne Southern and Ted Elliott invite friends of the couple to come share this special occasion...
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Town yard sale planned June 12 in Switz City
(Local News ~ 05/26/10)
Every year, warm weather brings a flurry of yard sales and a steady stream of community-wide yard sale days. Last weekend Linton was the place to hunt for bargains, sales in Lyons are scheduled June 3-5 and it will be Switz City's turn on Saturday, June 12...
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Shawnee director leaving after the 2010 season
(Local News ~ 05/26/10)
Indiana's oldest professional summer theatre will say good-bye to its current producing artistic director at the end of the 2010 season. Matthew E. Graber announced recently that this season, the theatre's 51st, will be his last. "It's a great time to step away and let the organization grow. I've achieved every goal that I set out to accomplish," Graber explained in a press release...
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40 year teaching career ends Friday for Linton-Stockton art instructor
(Column ~ 05/26/10)
Ending a second generation of educators, Sonna Berghaier, Linton-Stockton Elementary School art teacher, will place aside her teaching tools Friday after 40 years. Sonna's mom, Leona, father, Clyde (Chinee) Reintjes, and sister, Sherri Chamberlain, were all members of the teaching profession...
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Squirrel blamed for State Road 45 crash, but driver has other troubles
(Local News ~ 05/26/10)
A squirrel was blamed for causing a one-vehicle accident on State Road 45 Saturday morning, but the driver was hauled off to jail because police said she was an habitual traffic violator and wasn't supposed to be driving. Crystal S. Baker, 29, of rural Bloomfield, was arrested by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Eric Shane Smith when he responded to the accident around 10:50 a.m...
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Dugger gun parts maker denies claims in 'whistleblower' case
(Local News ~ 05/26/10)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A defense contractor based in southern Indiana denies that it told an employee to approve machine gun parts that didn't pass quality inspections and fired him after he complained. Dugger-based Northside Machine Co. denied those allegations in federal court documents filed Wednesday...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/26/10)
Wednesday, May 26 * The Greene County Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. The doors will open and vendors available at 6 p.m. at the Greene County 4-H Building. * A basic computer class will be offered at the Linton Public Library at 4 p.m. It will cover basic computer terminology, using the Internet and setting up e-mail accounts. Reservations are required as computer space is limited. Thursday, May 27 * The Northeast Sullivan School Board will meet in executive session at 6:30 p.m. with a special session at 7 p.m. at the administrative building in Hymera. * The Bloomfield Friends of the Library continuing book sale will be from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the lower lobby of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library, located at 125 S. Franklin St. in Bloomfield. A large selection of adult and children's books are available with paperbacks for 25 cents and hardbacks for 50 cents. * Linton Masonic Lodge #560 F&AM will have a called meeting on the E.A. Degree. Dinner will be at 6:15 p.m. and degree work will begin at 7 p.m. All Masons are welcome to attend. * The Greene County Memory Makers Quilt Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bloomfield Public Library. Nancy Hudson is in charge of the program, and all quilters are welcome * The Greene County Tourism Advisory Board will meet from 6 -- 7:30 p.m. in Linton at Stoll's Country Inn.
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Bloomfield grad heading up Meth Task Force in Crawford County
(Local News ~ 05/26/10)
In April, 1998 Bloomfield Jr.-Sr. High School graduate Darrell Smith, who works as a deputy with the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, stumbled upon a meth lab. An arrest was made, the first for a newly established county-wide Meth Suppression Task Force, that Smith organized a few weeks earlier...
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Dupire, Hayes top WRV's Class of 2010
(Local News ~ 05/26/10)
SWITZ CITY -- Pondering the prospect of their commencement speeches, White River Valley High School's 2010 valedictorian Miranda Dupire and salutatorian Grace Hayes couldn't resist a joke. Poring over a large dictionary in the library for photos, the pair posed, chins on fists, appearing deep in thought, imitating Rodin's famous statute "The Thinker." But they paused only for a moment, before breaking out in laughs...
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E. James McKamey
(Obituary ~ 05/26/10)
E. James McKamey, 81, of Bloomfield passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil. James was born Nov. 28, 1928 in Bloomington, the son of Estel James and Lesta (Hunter) Adkins. James was an U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Bloomfield American Legion Post # 196 and the Bloomfield Odd Fellows. James was a retired Engineering Supervisor at Crane...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/26/10)
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/26/10)
The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one incident of fraud, two follow-up investigations, two requests for information, one assist to the utility department after hours, one disorderly conduct, one hazardous materials disposal/wash down, two medical/illness, one animal complaint, one assist to another agency, one possibly intoxicated driver, one reckless driver, one traffic control detail, one arrest-wanted on warrant and one ordinance violation...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/26/10)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Crystal S. Baker, operating a vehicle while an habitual traffic violator, neglect of a dependent CIVIL CASES First Resolution Investment Corporation v. Gary Webb, collection Recovery Two Inc. v. Frank E. Warner, collection...
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