LOOGOOTEE — Vivian R. Chipley Spears, 58, died at 9:08 a.m. Friday at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Born May 31, 1954, in Washington, she was the daughter of Joseph and Betty (Cline) Padgett. She had attended St. John Catholic High School and was a member of St. John Catholic Church in Loogootee. She was a homemaker and an avid bowler and enjoyed going to the casino, camping and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She is survived by her fiance’, Joseph Spears of Loogootee; two daughters, Jessica Chipley of Loogootee, and Joni Smith of Bowling Green, Ky.; one brother, Russell Padgett of Tennessee; two sisters, Barbara Young of Spencer, and Maria Padgett of Peru; and nine grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, “Little” Joe Padgett. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Brocksmith-Blake Funeral Home in Loogootee. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.brocksmithblakefuneralhomes.com.
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Pike Central to hold graduation
Pike Central High School will hold its 38th commencement exercises at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the high school gymnasium.
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Ronald Robling
Ronald J. Robling, 73, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper.
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Chattin, Stallman win doubles sectional title
Washington's Rachel Chattin and Audra Stallman defeated Madison Reed and Taylor Jeffers of North Daviess, 6-1, 6-4, Wednesday to win the doubles sectional championship.
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Chattin, Stallman win doubles sectional title
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IU still working towards sixth banner
Monday night in Atlanta, Louisville won the school’s first National Championship since the year I was born - 1986. This accomplishment is significant to Indiana basketball fans, because the last two times the Cardinals cut down the nets (1980, 1986), the Hoosiers did it the following year. The stat, of course means nothing, other than both schools had strong programs in the 1980s.
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IU still working towards sixth banner
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Twitter introduces website security tool after AP account hacked
Twitter is adding a new security tool to its website, making it harder for outsiders to gain access to accounts, a month after a false posting triggered a stock-market decline.
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Movie preview: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
Plot: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within that has left Starfleet in ruins, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
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State won’t use free lunch program as poverty indicator
Indiana is changing the way it counts low-income students in public schools because Republican legislators suspect fraud in the federal school-lunch program used to measure poverty.
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State won’t use free lunch program as poverty indicator



