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Linton-Stockton Chamber hosts Christmas party
(Local News ~ 12/05/03)
At the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Christmas party Thursday evening, everyone enjoyed the food, fellowship and music ---- and some looked back at the year that's nearly gone and forward to 2004. President emeritus Ralph Witty said the chamber "has had a real good year."...
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Slow start frustrating for Riggleman, Lady Miners
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/03)
At least Mike Riggleman doesn't have to worry about losing any hair over Linton's girls basketball season. Riggleman is the Lady Miners' head coach and never in his worst dreams did he envision the Miners starting the season with a 1-5 record, yet that's where they are following last night's loss at Eastern...
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Cards gain improvement, experience in rout
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/03)
Craig Koch, Staff Writer The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals all got to enjoy a lot of playing time, and they got to please their coach, Jim Rose, as well in a 76-29 rout of visiting Vincennes Rivet at Glover Gymnasium Thursday night. Junior center Ashley Thombleson led the Lady Cards in scoring and rebounding, and was also a key in the improvement shown by the defense...
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Best chance in years? Miners visit Cards
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/03)
Linton ended one long losing streak to an opponent last Saturday when the Miners defeated North Knox. Linton plays at Bloomfield on Saturday and the Cardinals have been the Miners' number one nemesis since 1983, rolling up 30 consecutive victories in the series to lead 56-14 all-time...
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Eastern explodes on Miners in 4th period
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/03)
Eastern coach J.B. Neill keeps saying that his Lady T-Birds are winning ugly. That may be, but the T-Birds may just keep winning ugly all the way to a fourth consecutive SWIAC championship. The T-Birds outscored Linton 18-2 in the fourth quarter on Thursday to overcome a five-point deficit and turn back the Miners 32-21...
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Sharon Lee Pinkston
(Obituary ~ 12/05/03)
HYMERA ---- Sharon Lee Pinkston, 55, of Hymera, died Dec. 3, 2003, at Sullivan County Community Hospital Born Oct. 5, 1948, in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Frank and Esther Trent Brock. She had been employed by Sullivan Ford. She was preceded in death by her parents...
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Foster R. Need
(Obituary ~ 12/05/03)
WORTHINGTON ---- Foster R. Need, 105, of Worthington, passed away this morning, Dec. 5, 2003, at Glenburn Home in Linton. Funeral arrangements are pending at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home in Worthington.
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WRV grad named a VU trustee
(Local News ~ 12/05/03)
A recent White River Valley High School graduate is among two individuals who were sworn in Wednesday as members of the Vincennes University Board of Trustees. Vincennes University senior Nate Yagle, Sandborn, will serve a one-year term as the student representative and Indianapolis business leader David Becker will serve a three-year term...
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Sandborn Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/05/03)
Sandborn residents are one step closer to a sewer system. On Wednesday night, Jacqi Bauer of the Rural Community Assistance Program told the Sandborn Town Council that the engineer has completed his report on the town's sewer project. John Acree of LAMAC had furnished the council with a preliminary report on the sewer project...
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Bloomfield police make arrest
(Local News ~ 12/05/03)
Bloomfield Town Marshal Bob Richardson sends a stern warning for residents to remember to lock their vehicles when they are left unattended. The Bloomfield Police Department nabbed an 18-year-old Bloomfield man Thursday morning and preliminarily charged him with at least seven theft counts related to a crime spree over the last couple of days on the town's southside...
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Greene County Economic Development Commission meets
(Local News ~ 12/05/03)
Ending several years of debate and legal uncertainty, the Greene County Economic Development Corporation formally made executive director Charley Dibble a hired employee Thursday night. Following the recommendation of the executive committee, the GCEDC's board voted at its quarterly meeting conducted in Bloomfield to make Dibble its own employee rather than pay him as a private contractor...
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Winalta closing termed 'normal'
(Local News ~ 12/05/03)
Winalta USA will shut down its plant for three weeks over Christmas, just as it did last year, according to J.D. Sapara, chairman and chief operating officer of the Linton plant. Sapara explained that the shut-down is a "normal thing ---- we do this in our plant in Canada, too."...
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Greene Countians were at Pearl Harbor during bombing
(Local News ~ 12/05/03)
Sunday marks the 52nd anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. When the nation awoke that morning of Dec. 7, 1941, people in small towns and on farms in Greene County were like most people across the U.S. Even though the country had suffered years of depression, and family members were already serving in the military, there was peace across the nation. People felt safe and secure, and life was basically predictable...
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Lady Wolverines roll past Union to go 5-1
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/03)
DUGGER-The White River Valley Lady Wolverines improved their record to 5-1 with a 60-42 win over the host Lady Bulldogs of Union on Thursday. WRV jumped out with a 14-5 first quarter lead and never looked back. "We played for a good stretch, but we let them get back into the game," WRV head coach Joe Pigg said...
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