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Park Board considers what to do with aging 'You'll Like Linton' sign
(Local News ~ 09/24/12)
The sign's famous slogan is "You'll like Linton" and it's served as a greeting for incoming visitors for eight decades. However, the Parks Board doesn't like what time and the elements have done to the aging landmark, believed now to be unsalvageable...
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Work planned on Community Art Wall during Apple Festival
(Local News ~ 09/24/12)
The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library will be working with Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum's traveling foundry to create a Community Art Wall in conjunction with the Bloomfield Apple Festival. More than 100 participants will be needed to carve the Bloomfield-oriented design in sand blocks on Saturday, Oct. 6 starting at noon...
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Trio of Jasonville men busted for 'meth' dealing near city park
(Local News ~ 09/24/12)
Three Jasonville men are behind bars after being charged Friday with a variety of drug-dealing charges in close proximity to a public park. David "Troy" Lasure, 49, and Adam T. Caddell, 49, were arrested Thursday by the Greene County Drug Task Force...
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EG girls, Laker boys win invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/12)
The Eastern Greene girls cross country team won the Shakamak Invitational Saturday. The Lady Thunderbirds, led by the third-, sixth- and seventh-place finishes of Hannah Resler, Baylie Schoffstall and Tabby Tatum, had a winning score of 47 points. Shakamak, led by individual winner Savannah Turner, was fifth with 95 points and Linton-Stockton was seventh with a total of 147...
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Lady Miners win one at Speedway
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/12)
The Linton-Stockton High School varsity volleyball team earned one win in three matches at the Speedway Invitational Saturday. The Lady Miners lost to the host Lady Sparkplugs 15-25, 21-25 and Cloverdale 25-13, 11-25, 9-15 before defeating Covenant Christian 25-11, 25-23...
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Bloomfield harriers run at Greencastle Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/12)
Bloomfield freshman Ali Workman was the top finisher for the Cardinals at Saturday's Greencastle Invitational. Workman's time of 20:32.51 was good enough for a third place finish behind Greencastle's Colleen Weatherford (19:11.52) and Cloverdale's Claudia Monnett (20:24.97) to pace the girls field...
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Tennis sectional pairings set
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/12)
The pairings for the IHSAA Boys Tennis Sectional 44 to be played later this week at North Daviess High School in Elnora have been released. The tournament will get underway on Wednesday when the Cardinals of Bloomfield take on White River Valley at 5 p.m...
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Miners ranked No. 1 in Coaches Poll, No. 3 in AP poll
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/12)
Miners ranked No. 1 in Coaches Poll, No. 3 in AP poll Indiana High School Football Top 10 The Associated Press The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school football teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Sept. 22, rating points and previous rankings:...
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Miners edge WRV for first victory
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/12)
The Linton-Stockton Miners boys tennis team picked up their first win of the year after outlasting host White River Valley 3-2 at Switz City Monday afternoon. "It's nice to get that first win," Miners (1-11) coach Brad McKinney said. "I knew that we would have trouble all year winning with a young pair of doubles teams...
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Lady Cards back at .500
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/12)
In a battle of Class 2A sectional volleyball teams, host Bloomfield defeated South Knox Monday night in a high school match at Glover Gymnasium. The Lady Cardinals improved to 10-10 with a 25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 23-25, 15-8 victory. "There were a lot of swings," said BHS coach Susie Schulte. "When we won the first two games, I think maybe we got a little too comfortable...
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County Council splits 4-3 on excess tax levy
(Local News ~ 09/24/12)
The Greene County Council agreed by a split 4-3 vote Monday afternoon to move forward with a resolution that is the first step in asking for an excess property tax levy -- potentially providing the General Fund with an additional $75,000 in 2013. Provisions of the circuit breaker legislation allow for a county that has an assessed valuation that has grown at a faster rate than the state average over the last four years by at least 2 percent to ask for the excess levy...
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Freedle faces more charges, including failure to register as a sex offender
(Local News ~ 09/24/12)
A second warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Bloomfield man originally sought on multiple drug charges. Richard "Ricky" Allen Freedle, 34, of Bloomfield, now faces a class D felony warrant for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. That warrant, issued Friday, is based on a 2002 conviction in Dorchester County, South Carolina for Committing or Attempting a Lewd Act on a child under the age of 16...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 09/24/12)
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Linton sells chairs, tables to raise funds for park improvements
(Local News ~ 09/24/12)
Linton City Councilman Fred Markle would like local buyers to take a chair. In fact, he'd really love it if they take 60 of them -- and buy a few tables while they're at it. They're part of an important equation which has translated to additional funds for Linton's city parks. Call it TLC -- tables, law school and cash...
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