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Linton Junior High cross country starts Sunday, Aug. 9
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/09)
The Linton-Stockton Junior High School girls and and boys cross country team will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 at Linton City Park by the tennis courts. Practice will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. Aug. 9-15. All students in grades 6-8 are welcome. For more information, call Bill Doyle at 384-7483...
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Shakamak Youth League registrations
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/09)
Registrations for the upcoming fall season at the Shakamak Youth League will be from 6 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays Aug. 15 and Aug. 22 in the upstairs meeting room at Hanna Field. Cost per player is $30. Players from out-of-town are welcome to join the league. Out-of-town teams can also join the league at a cost of $240 per quad...
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Linton-Stockton JH football
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/09)
The Linton-Stockton Jr. High football program will issue equipment from 9 - 11 a.m. Saturday at the press box. Practice begins Monday, Aug. 10 from 5 - 7 p.m. Camp will run from Aug. 10 - Aug. 14 from 5 - 7 p.m.
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Callane reflects on Hall of Fame career
(Other Sports ~ 08/06/09)
After an illustrious career as a player, coach, teacher and athletic director, Jim Callane became an active member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. It was there in October 2007 at a board meeting when Callane received stunning news...
- 2009 Bloomfield JV volleyball team (High School Sports ~ 08/06/09)
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Lena Leona Deschamp
(Obituary ~ 08/06/09)
Lena Leona Deschamp, 95, of Jasonville and formerly of Oaktown, passed away at 6:17 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 at the Greene County Hospital in Linton. She was born Sept. 26, 1913 in Oaktown to Crawford Charley and Nellie Love Charley. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oaktown Church of Christ...
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Bloomfield man eludes police, but is later caught at local store
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
A 25-year-old Bloomfield man was taken to jail early Thursday after he managed to elude a Linton officer making a traffic stop then was later located at the Linton WalMart store. William Cole Padgett was arrested by Linton Police Cpl. Paul F. Clark II and transported to the Greene County Jail where Padgett was booked in on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated with endangerment, and resisting law enforcement - fleeing...
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Billy Ed Hostettler
(Obituary ~ 08/06/09)
Billy Ed Hostettler, 82, of Bloomfield, passed away 1:17 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 from injuries as a result of a car accident on State Road 45 in Monroe County. Born April 16, 1927 in Scotland, he was the son of Cecil and Margaret (Baird) Hostettler Sayre...
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Bloomfield Chamber receives update on county's 211 call system
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
An update on Greene County's 2-1-1 call system was provided at the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce's meeting on Thursday. 2-1-1 is a three digit phone number anyone can call to get information about health and services in Greene County, explained Connie M. Deckard, Link-Age 2-1-1 director at Generations...
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Indy man faces illegal possession of alcohol charge
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
Twenty-year-old Michael A. Steele of Indianapolis posted a $500 bond and was released from jail Thursday after he was booked in Tuesday on a preliminary charge of illegal possession of alcohol. Steele's arrest came during the course of an investigation into a burglary by Linton police officers...
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Literacy kits available at Linton Public Library
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
The Linton Public Library now has 10 early literacy kits available for check out. "It's a different way of reaching small children with early literacy," explained Phyllis Franklin who serves as the children's librarian. Each kit is theme-based and contains resources for toddlers, pre-schoolers and kindergartners. Resources include books, puppets, puzzles and more...
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Rural Bloomfield man arrested for growing pot
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
Eric L. Carmichael, 36, of rural Bloomfield was arrested Tuesday morning after Indiana State Police Trooper Ryan S. Miller executed a search warrant at Carmichael's home on State Road 54 east of County Road 950E in Center Township. Carmichael is accused of cultivating marijuana and of having a loaded, sawed-off shotgun...
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Area towns receive big grants to help with stormwater problems
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman announced Wednesday afternoon that three area communities will receive more than $2.8 million in grants for storm water improvement projects related to the 2008 flood disaster. "We know how those storms can quickly cause a lot of damage and that often leads to month or years of recovery," Skillman said. ...
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Well-known preacher spent his final hours doing what he loved...ministering to the sick
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
The Rev. Arlen Pope, pastor of Antioch Christian Church in rural Bloomfield, was a good friend to Billy Ed Hostettler for many years. He frequently filled in at the pulpit when Pope was out of town. The two had conducted many funerals and visited the sick together over the last 40 years...
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'Billy Ed' remembered as a special Christian man with a big caring heart
(Local News ~ 08/06/09)
The people who knew the Rev. Billy Ed Hostettler say Greene County lost a dear friend, a gentleman, a dedicated husband, father and grandfather and a simply good, steadfast Christian man with his passing Wednesday afternoon. Billy Ed was a mentor and confidant to many as well as smiling face and encourager to all who met him...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 08/06/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included two incidents of trespassing, one title check, two assists to the utility department after hours, one custody dispute/exchange, one accident with property damage, one lost and found, four medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, one assist to another agency, one harassment complaint, one theft-other, three welfare checks/concerns, one assist to the utility department and three traffic stops.. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 08/06/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Eric L. Carmichael, possession of marijuana, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, maintaining a common nuisance CIVIL CASES Kenore J. Felker v. Joshua M. Felker, child support GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/06/09)
updated by tim. today is friday. Bloomfield registration Aug. 11 Bloomfield Jr/Sr High School will hold registration on Tuesday, August 11, from 1:00-7:00 p.m. (office closed from 5:00-5:30 p.m.); and Wednesday, August 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ...
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Lady Miners begin season
(High School Sports ~ 08/06/09)
The Linton-Stockton High School girls golf team began the 2009 season by competing at the Edgewood Invitational at Cascades Golf Course in Bloomington Thursday. The Lady Miners only had three girls participate because of schedule conflicts, one short of having enough to compile a team score. They currently have a roster of six...
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