Stories from Friday, May 2, 2003

The Northview junior varsity baseball team fell 5-4 on Thursday night to Terre Haute South on the road. Northview carried a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning but the Braves rallied for three runs to take the victory. Freshman Andrew Griffin got the start on the mound for Northview and went the first four innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out one batter. He was relieved by Brady Shoemaker who eventually got the loss...

The North Clay Knights track team traveled to Woodrow Wilson where they were defeated 72-28 on Wednesday evening. Clint Grey won the 110 meter hurdles and was second in the longjump. Hunter Reberger won the 800 and was third in the 100 and third in the long jump...

Amy Robbins has lost just six games in winning her last three matches in straight sets for the Knights. The Northview Knights capped a perfect 3-0 streak of matches in consecutive days on Thursday evening with a 5-0 sweep of Western Indiana Conference foe Edgewood...

Austin Staley and his Northview teammates will play in a tournament at T.H. North this morning.

The Northview softball team will host three other schools today for the Northview Invitational that begins at 10 a.m.

TERRE HAUTE -- Whether down on their luck or just seeing what's available in the local job market, thousands pounded the pavement hoping to land a job at the Western Indiana Regional Job Fair Thursday at the Vigo County Fairgrounds. Kelly Jenkins, 23, traveled to the event from Rockville...

Veda Bussing of the Meridian-Forest Historic District (left), with Jan Stapp from the Brazil Business Women of Vision and Mayor Kenny Crabb are ready to start cleaning up. The old Davis Building on U.S. 40 and Meridian Street will be just one of the targeted projects during Neighborhood Beautification Week...

While the state legislature passed it's education budget last week, Clay Community Schools administrators are still unsure if the corporation will receive an increase in state funding. The potential funding is based on the district's Average Daily Membership (ADM), or number of enrolled students...

Clay County's annual Civil War gala takes place this weekend in Brazil. Most of the action will be at Craig Park and will feature time periods other than the Civil War. One of the organizers of this year's event is William Sheets (right), seen here with Tim Miller and Jan Sheets. All three are from Indianapolis...

Chris Short poses with his trophy and seismic research project display from the Regional Science Fair competition. He'll represent Northview High School when he competes in the International Science Fair May 11-17 in Cleveland, Ohio. Winning an all-expense paid trip to the International Science Fair May 11-17 in Cleveland, Ohio, with his seismic research project, Chris Short will represent Northview High School among students from 40 other countries...