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Letter to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/13)
Is the sun preparing to flatline? To the Editor: Did you ever listen to your heartbeat? It goes thump, thump, thump as the heart pumps blood through the veins. Well our sun has its own type of heartbeat. Approximately every 11 years, the sun's reverses its magnetic poles...
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WRV Academic Super Bowl team heading to state Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley High School Academic Super Bowl Interdisciplinary team will be heading to the state finals competition Saturday. The team of eight students came in first place at the district meet April 16, with the highest cumulative points for the district, and second highest in the state...
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Limited ISTEP testing allowed by the state following problems this week
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
The Indiana Department of Education (DOE) gave schools the go-ahead to resume ISTEP testing, but with a limitation. According to a memorandum issued by Glenda Ritz, Superintendent of Public Instruction, to schools Tuesday evening, schools are encouraged to continue testing with half the number of testers at a time...
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Eastern Greene Scrabble team honored at pep session before trip to national tournament
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
The Eastern Greene Middle School Pep Band played and the students cheered at a pep session Tuesday honoring the National Scrabble Tournament-bound team. The Eastern Greene Scrabble team heads out early Thursday morning, leaving the school at 3:30 a.m., to catch a flight from Indianapolis bound for the two-day National School Scrabble Tournament in Washington, D.C...
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"Annie Get Your Gun" musical to take the stage at Eastern Greene High
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
A cast of about 25 Eastern Greene High School students is set to raise the curtain on the school's annual musical "Annie Get Your Gun" on Friday and Saturday nights. The 1946 musical is the story of the famed Annie Oakley, who meets Frank Butler when she beats him in a sharpshooting contest at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The two soon fall in love...
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Softball event this weekend in Jasonville to benefit hospitalized Linton woman
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
Family and friends of Leora Mason, of Linton, are hoping a weekend fundraiser in Jasonville is a success. It's been eight weeks since Leora was hospitalized in the surgical intensive care unit at IU Health Hospital in Indianapolis. Apparently, blood flow was cut off by a seatbelt during a Feb. 21 wreck on an icy stretch of State Road 54, east of Bloomfield, causing serious damage to Leora's stomach and intestines, her husband, JD Mason said...
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Village Post Office opens in Worthington
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
WORTHINGTON -- Worthington Country Market owner Tim Wright and an official from the U.S. Postal Service shared ribbon-cutting duties Monday afternoon to open a new Village Post Office inside Wright's store. Since the main Worthington Post Office has cut hours in recent years along with other post offices around the country, the new Village Post Office will offer a service for those wanting to buy stamps or send a priority mail envelope after hours...
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WRV netters lose 4-1
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The White River Valley girls tennis team lost a 4-1 decision Tuesday against Edgewood Tuesday. Jenny Wagner won in straight sets at No. 1 singles for the Lady Wolverines. WRV won the jv contest 3-2. Varsity Edgewood 4, White River Valley 1 Singles 1. Jenny Wagner, WRV d. Krystel Baker, 6-1; 6-0...
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Area athletes honored
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Three area athletes were honored as part of the Wabash Valley All-Star team Tuesday in Terre Haute. Shakamak pitcher Patrick Green won the baseball award, Scottie Ingram of Eastern Greene won the volleyball award and Linton-Stockton senior Clayton French won the boys golf award...
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Football camp at Eastern Greene
(Community Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Eastern Greene High School football program will be hosting its annual football camp for grades K-5 during the month of May. Students currently in grades K-2 will have camp May 6-9. Students currently in grades 3-5 will attend the camp May 13-16...
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Eastern Greene physicals set for May 8
(Community Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Eastern Greene will be giving annual physicals on Wednesday, May 8. The cost is $15. This is for all students. Contact the school for more information.
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WRV girls win junior high meet
(Community Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The White River Valley and Linton-Stockton Junior High School track teams were in action Tuesday night in a triangular meet with Sullivan. In the boys meet, Sullivan won with a team score of 55 followed by WRV with 53 and Linton-Stockton with 48. White River Valley won the girls meet with a team score of 74 followed by Linton-Stockton with a total of 63.5 and Sullivan with a 14.5 team score...
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Toby R. Soncrant
(Obituary ~ 05/01/13)
Toby R. Soncrant, 65, of Jasonville, Ind. passed away at 2:24 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in IU Health Indianapolis, Ind. He was born March 22, 1948 in Linton, Ind. to Paul E. Soncrant and Bettie L. (Bohnert) Soncrant. Survivors include his wife, Jamie E. ...
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WRV names Bob Hacker to lead the district as superintendent
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
SWITZ CITY ---- There is a new Wolverine in the White River Valley School District family. The White River Valley Board of School Trustees wasted little time in a special meeting Wednesday afternoon and unanimously selected a new school superintendent...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/01/13)
JAIL LOG May 1 -- Timothy Glen Scott, Jr., 20, was arrested on a warrant issued for an alleged probation violation. He was being held without bond. May 1 -- Jamie Jo Staten, 45, Bloomfield, was arrested on a preliminary charge of domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor. Bond was set at $1,000 surety or ten percent cash...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/01/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one request for information, two fights, five assists to the utility department after hours, one disorderly conduct, one accident with property damage, five medical/illness, two animal complaints, one vehicle identification check, two suspicious vehicles or persons, two harassment complaints, one theft and one traffic stop...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/01/13)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. James Jacob Turpin, intimidation - threat to commit a forcible felony, disorderly conduct State vs. Constance S. Bickel, theft GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Cody Chipman, operatinga vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/01/13)
Thursday The Bethel Church Ladies May banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. All ladies welcome for a great meal and evening. The church is located south of Dugger on State Road 159. The Lyons Senior Center will be hosting the Country Travellers Band from 5 to 8 p.m. Dinner will be available by donation...
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Bloomfield Council approves purchase of new software for police department
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
The Bloomfield Town Council voted to allow the Bloomfield Police Department to purchase the software needed to begin working with the Spillman Dispatch system. The cost of the software is $30,500 for licensed use in three police vehicles and at the police department for the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, Town Marshal Kenneth Tharp noted...
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Eastern Greene wins
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Eastern Greene boys golf team defeated Clay City 192-197 in a high school match Tuesday. Will Harper was low for the Thunderbirds with a 45. Nick Cullison shot 47, Casey Rugenstein 49 and Chris Johnson, Blade Burris and Jobe Gilliatt all shot 51...
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Cards win 10th match
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Bloomfield girls tennis team completed a sweep of Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference competition by beating White River Valley 5-0 at Bloomfield Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Cards dropped only four games for the entire match. At No. 1 singles, Kari Schulte breezed past WRV's Jenny Wagner 6-1, 6-0 while Liza Bartlett blitzed Amy Ragle 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 2 singles spot...
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Errors come back to haunt Miners
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Linton-Stockton righthander Bryant Jackson allowed three runs -- all unearned -- and scattered four hits as the Miners fell to visiting Barr-Reeve 3-1 Wednesday night at Roy Herndon Field. Jackson was the tough luck losers as the Miners fell to 8-5 on the year and are still searching for consistent offensive output according to coach Matt Fougerousse...
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T-Bird golfers shoot 192
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Eastern Greene boys golf team defeated Clay City 192-197 in a high school match Tuesday. Will Harper was low for the Thunderbird with a 45. Nick Cullison shot 47, Casey Rugenstein 49 and Chris Johnson, Blade Burris and Jobe Gilliatt all shot 51.
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WRV stops Union
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The White River Valley Wolverines improved to 7-4 overall and 4-1 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference with a 9-3 win over host Union Wednesday night at Dugger. WRV's Michael Fisher and Houston Boram both homered as the Wolverines pounded out a dozen hits. Boram and Alex Reel also doubled...
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South takes out Union
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Terre Haute South pushed across two runs in the fifth inning and came away with a 5-4 victory over visiting Union in a high school softball game Wednesday. "The girls came out of the gate early, leading 3-0 after our first at bat," said Union coach Chriss Jobe. "We held the lead until the third, when they tied the game. It was a battle from there...
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WRV defeats EGHS
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Jordan McHenry fanned eight and walked one as she tossed as two-hit shutout, leading White River Valley to 2-0 victory over Eastern Greene in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game. She helped her own cause with a base hit. Megan Lemmons, Miranda Pierce and Sabrina Delph each had a hit and Delph was credited with an RBI...
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Lady Miners prevail in extras
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners outlasted host Washington 4-1 in nine innings Wednesday in a non-conference softball game. Shelsie Meurer and Brei Followell combined to scatter six hits and allow a lone Lady Hatchet run. Both teams plated their only runs in regulation in the second before the game became a pitching duel between the duo of Meurer and Followell and Washington pitcher Alexis Lemmons...
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