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Our Opinion: Post-interstate work awaiting contractor completion
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
Editor's note: The weekly editorial is chosen by the GCDW Editorial Committee. The residents around the area where Interstate 69 runs through Eastern Greene County have already experienced many inconveniences, so now it is time to get the ball rolling on fixing their roads...
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Harold E. 'Dutch' Clayton
(Obituary ~ 04/18/16)
Harold E. "Dutch" Clayton, 92, Bloomington, formerly of Linton, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Meadowood in Bloomington. Harold was born December 26, 1923, in Tulsa, Okla. to George Byron and Claudia Ethel (Sharp) Clayton. Harold retired in 1974 as an mechanical engineer at Crane Naval Base in Indiana. He played the piano and saxophone in a band at several area events and enjoyed music...
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Plenty of success for Miners and Wolverines at NK Invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/16)
BICKNELL -- Despite not having any first place finishes, the Linton-Stockton boys track and field team managed to place third in the 10-team field at the North Knox Invitational Saturday. South Knox won the boys meet with 132 points, followed by Sullivan with 101.5 and the Miners tallied 89.5...
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Miner linksters take down Arrows, Cards
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/16)
Linton-Stockton's first-year golf coach Chris Taylor said his team has been making progress early in the season. And in a performance Taylor called the season's best so far, the Miner linksters ran away with a victory in a quadrangular match at Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton Monday...
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LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Lakers, Cards and Miners all win on baseball diamond
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/16)
BASEBALL Parker Green homered and drove in four runs as Shakamak shellacked Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe North Central 20-0 in five innings Monday night. Green capped an 11-run first inning with a three-run shot to left center. Cole Sanders (3-for-4 three RBIs) recored a two-run double and Levi Webb drove in two with a single in part of the first-inning explosion...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 04/18/16)
Wednesday, April 20 The Linton-Stockton High School Building Corporation Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. in the Administration building at 801 1st Street NE in Linton. The purpose of this meeting is to consider approval of amendments. The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees will meet in an executive session at 6:15 p.m., followed by the regular board meeting at 7 p.m. ...
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WRV Board accepts Smith resignation
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
SWITZ CITY -- During its meeting Monday, the White River Valley School Board accepted the resignation of Kevin Smith, who has served as the WRV Jr./Sr. High School principal. Smith will continue to serve as the principal for the remainder of the 2015-16 academic year...
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BSD promoting awareness, raising money for Special Olympics
(Local News ~ 04/18/16)
The Bloomfield School District Life Skills class is once again promoting inclusion, and this time is looking to raise money for a worthy cause. The junior high and high school Life Skills classes worked together this month to create an Autism Awareness campaign, which stresses, "Autism is not a choice, but acceptance is."...
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GCDW Sports Department honored with AP awards
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/16)
In the newspaper business, recognition is hard to come by -- often reporters hear more about what they have done wrong, rather than what they have done right. But for the Greene County Daily World's Sports Department, both writers were recognized during weekend with awards issued by the Associated Press (AP)...
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