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Area residents question Goosepond project
(Local News ~ 05/26/04)
About 40 residents registered at an information public information hearing on the proposed Goosepond wetlands projects conducted in Linton on Tuesday night by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Most favored building the project which is expected to an economic boost to the area with increase recreational opportunities...
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World War II veterans to be honored
(Local News ~ 05/26/04)
On a day a grateful nation will honor its war heroes ---- Saturday, May 29, with the opening of the National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. ---- people will have the opportunity to honor them locally. Linton American Legion Post 22 is having an 11 a.m. luncheon, followed by a program to honor those who served in World War II...
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I-69 process moves to Tier 2
(Local News ~ 05/26/04)
The planning process for the Interstate 69 link between Evansville and Indianapolis has now moved to Tier 2. But don't plan on any property being purchased, right-a-ways bought or blacktop being laid anytime soon. "We know that the highway could be seven to 15 years away from construction," according to Tony Felt, who serves as Indiana Department of Transportation director of communications...
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Bloomfield man drowns
(Local News ~ 05/26/04)
HILTON HEAD ISLAND S.C. ---- The body of a Bloomfield man was found Saturday floating near a boat dock landing at Pinckney Island. Albert Beam, 42, 927-A, South Jefferson Street, died from drowning, according to Beaufort County Sheriff's Department Lt. Bob Bromage. A bystander at the public dock spotted the body about 4 p.m...
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Tri-County Festival starts tonight
(Local News ~ 05/26/04)
JASONVILLE ---- The fifth annual Tri-County Festival kicks off tonight in Jasonville at Hanna Field. It will run through Saturday. "On the midway will be the Great American Carnival from Madisonville, Ky. The carnival will feature many more rides than with last year's event, and the very popular Graviton will be one of them," according to Jasonville mayor Dorman Clark...
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William R. Applegate
(Obituary ~ 05/26/04)
William R. Applegate, 80, of Linton, passed at 10:09 a.m., Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at Bloomington Hospital. He was born Sept. 12, 1923, in Deadwood, S.D. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 560 and American Legion Post 22, both in Linton, and the Scottish Rite of Terre Haute. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II...
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Leah (Mullis) Sluder
(Obituary ~ 05/26/04)
Leah (Mullis) Sluder, 50, of Linton, passed away at 9:49 p.m. on Monday, May 24 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital Born in Sullivan Nov. 14, 1953, she was the daughter of Jake and Virginia Mullis. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a special friend, John Harding; two daughters, Jenny Page and her husband Rodney of Linton; Holly Thompson of South Carolina; and a son, Michael and his wife Monica of Terre Haute; two sisters, Iris Thomas of Clayton, Ind., and Donna Sutton of Salt Lake City, Utah; a brother, Darrell Dobbins of Dugger; and 10 grandchildren.. ...
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Rain shuts down tournaments
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/04)
It was bound to happen. Mother Nature playing her part in delaying the softball sectionals in the area. At Clay City, Union and North Central were supposed to play for the championship of the Class A sectional 62, but lightning and heavy rain delayed the first pitch until today at 5:00 p.m...
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