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OPINION: Why do politicians keep bashing public school teachers?
(Local News ~ 01/28/11)
Bashing of teachers is the favorite subject for politicians these days. Their rhetoric follows the same theme: The country is falling behind in education because of bad teachers. I have read statistics stating that Asian students are more advanced in math, science and reading than students in the USA. If this is true, we must be diligent in examining ways to raise these scores. However, it can be for several reasons other than bad teachers...
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Hazel Lemmons Smith Olive
(Obituary ~ 01/28/11)
Hazel Lemmons Smith Olive, 87, of Indianapolis and Brown County, passed away Jan. 23, 2011. Hazel was born on Aug. 20,1923 to George W. and Nana Griffith Lemmons in Greene County. She was a graduate of Linton High School and attended many classes at Butler University in the 1980s and '90s. ...
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Eastern Greeen School spreading the 'good news" through growing student club
(Local News ~ 01/28/11)
A group of volunteers is helping to spread the "good new" at Eastern Greene School through a nondenominational Christian after-school club. The faith-based Eastern Greene Good News Club, now into its third semester and open to kindergarten through sixth-grade students, is independent of the school, explains Shelly Patterson, program coordinator and a member of the Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees...
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Bloomfield School Board hears mixed report on state funding
(Local News ~ 01/28/11)
There was good news and bad news for the Bloomfield School District when expected state funding was discussed at Thursday's night's school board meeting. Superintendent Dan Sichting reported Bloomfield will receive $6,606,062.25 in Basic Grant funding in 2011. He says the amount will increase by $24,000 in February because the current figure does not include the Special Education counts that were taken in December...
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SAIC lands another big NSWC Crane contract
(Local News ~ 01/28/11)
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced this week it was awarded a task order by the U. S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division to provide systems engineering and lifecycle integration support. The follow-on task order has a one year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total value of $40 million if all options are exercised...
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Principal lays out reasons, remedies for academic probation
(Local News ~ 01/28/11)
Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School Principal David Dean laid out for school board members Thursday night the plan of improvement that the school has already implemented as a result of being designated by the State Department of Education as a school on academic probation...
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Mayor says economic development is a 'two-headed coin'
(Local News ~ 01/28/11)
When it comes to economic development, Linton Mayor Tom Jones says it's a two-sided coin -- with both an up and a down side. The city of Linton faces some hurdles when it comes to economic development, he said in a live stream interview with the Greene County Daily World...
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Mary Alice (Pointer) Griffith
(Obituary ~ 01/28/11)
Mary Alice (Pointer) Griffith, 99, of Jasonville passed away at 3:50 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 in Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Jasonville. She was born Jan. 6, 1912 in Hymera to Wert Andrew Pointer and Lola Phenton (Hughbanks) Pointer...
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Debbie Irene Jackson
(Obituary ~ 01/28/11)
Debbie Irene Jackson, 46, of Terre Haute and formerly of Linton, passed away at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 in her residence. She was born May 6, 1964 in Linton to Donald Dean Jackson and Norma O. (Gadberry) Jackson. Survivors include her daughter, Brittany Slater of Farmersburg; sons and daughter-in-law, Travis Creech of Terre Haute, and Jeremy and Lynsey Slater of West Lafayette; brothers, Robert Jackson of Linton and Derrick Jackson of Linton; father, Donald Dean Jackson of Las Vegas, NV; mother, Norma Jackson of Linton; fiancé, Jeffrey Pair of Terre Haute; several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.. ...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 01/28/11)
JAIL LOG * Jan. 27 -- James R. Alvarez, 42, Owensburg, was arrested on a warrant issued for a preliminary charge of intimidation. He was released on $10,000 bond. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Heath Murray was the arresting officer.
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 01/28/11)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one incident of trespassing, one follow-up investigation, one request for information only, five medical/illness, one animal complaint, one prowler, one suspicious vehicle and/or person, one domestic dispute, four ordinance violations and three traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 01/28/11)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. James Alvarez, intimidation CIVIL CASES State of Indiana v. Thomas Belcher, complaint HSBC Bank v. Marc Ranard, State of Indiana, American Acceptance Company, Rowena Roudebush, John Doe, Jane Doe, mortgage foreclosure...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/28/11)
Saturday, Jan. 29 Sunday, Jan. 30 Tuesday, Feb. 1 Wednesday, Feb. 2 Thursday, Feb. 3 Friday, Feb. 4 Monday, Feb. 7 Tuesday, Feb. 8 Wednesday, Feb. 9 Friday, Feb. 11 Sunday, Feb. 13 Monday, Feb. 14 Tuesday, Feb. 15 Saturday, Feb. 19 Ongoing Events...
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Ashley Bogard crowned as Union's Winter Homecoming Queen 2011
(Local News ~ 01/28/11)
Union (Dugger) High School celebrated their 2011 Winter Homecoming by crowning a Queen and Princess from a field of 10 candidates. Honored with the crown of Homecoming Queen was Union (Dugger) senior Ashley Bogard. Selected as the Homecoming Princess was sophomore Conner Kendall. ...
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WRV comes up short at Loogootee
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/11)
The White River Valley Wolverines fell short in their upset bid of Class A No. 6 Loogootee Friday night and fell 40-39 at Jack Butcher Arena in Loogootee. The Wolverines, who were led by Cole Goodman with 10 points, held the lead at all three stops before a rally in the fourth quarter by the Lions turned the game around...
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Lakers drop fifth in a row
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/11)
Barr-Reeve jumped out to a 21-2 lead and cruised to a 66-41 victory over visiting Shakamak in a high school boys basketball Friday night. The Vikings, who led 39-17 at the half and 55-32 after three quarters, improved to 6-7. Shakamak slipped to 6-10 with their fifth consecutive loss...
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Cards pull away for conference win
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/11)
FARMERSBURG -- After North Central took its only lead early in the fourth quarter, Bloomfield closed with a 25-9 outburst to pull away for a 60-45 victory in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school boys basketball game here Friday night...
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Jug Rox spoil Bulldogs' homecoming celebration
(High School Sports ~ 01/28/11)
DUGGER -- After trailing by as many as 18 points in the first half, the Union (Dugger) Bulldogs rallied to take a late lead but were unable to finish it off and dropped a 52-49 decision to visiting Shoals Friday night. "We got off to a slow start and we had set some goals to holding them to certain numbers and we came close during the first half," Union (Dugger) (2-13) boys basketball coach Clarence Johnson said referring to a 13-6 first quarter and 26-15 halftime deficits. ...
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