Stories from Friday, April 29, 2005

DUGGER ---- A familiar face at Dugger Elementary School will soon be leaving. Jack Greenwood, who has been a part of the Northeast School Corporation for 35 years, is retiring at the end of the 2004-05 school year. Ironically, Greenwood, 63, began his 41-year career as an English and physical education teacher in 1964 at Linton-Stockton ---- the school where he graduated from in 1960. While at Linton, he served as a coach for both girls and boys basketball...

Jason Jarman, Sports Writer DUGGER ---- It seemed as though Terre Haute North had locked up a victory over Union's softball team in Dugger Thursday night. Then the seventh inning came along. The Lady Patriots had a 3-1 lead coming into the bottom of the seventh, having held the Lady Bulldogs scoreless fourth, fifth and sixth innings and having given up just one run overall...

BRAZIL ---- The White River Valley girls track team picked up 42 points and a third place finish at Northview Thursday night in Brazil. The host nights picked up the victory as they scored 69 points, with Sullivan placing second with 51. The Wolverines saw four winners from Thursday night including Tyra Schantz, who continues to dominate the discus throw with a hurl traveling 117-8...

BASEBALL High School Baseball Owen Valley..................500 101 0 ---- 7 7 2 White River Valley.......004 000 0 ---- 4 2 4 WP ---- Joe Frye; LP ---- Tyler Mullis (0-1). 2B ----Levi Deckard (OV). HR ---- Bobby Pierce (WRV). SOFTBALL High School Softball...

The Linton Miners' softball team picked up a 15-1 win over White River Valley to improve their record to 2-2 in the SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference action in girls softball action Thursday in Switz City. The Miners scored a run in every inning on 15 hits and two White River Valley errors...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ---- The Indiana House passed a resolution Thursday asking the Indiana High School Athletic Association to create a new single-class state basketball tournament. "I think the public really wants this," said Republican Rep. Larry Buell of Indianapolis, the resolution's sponsor...

Glenn Thompson, 83, of Linton, passed away at 5:32 a.m. Friday, April 29, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Newkirk's Funeral Home in Dugger.

Grace Betty Morgan, 72, of Lyons, passed away at 7:50 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2005 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home in Lyons.

Judith Gregory, 63, of Linton, passed away at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at Linton Nursing & Rehab Center in Linton. Funeral service are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton. Final arrangements will be posted on the Web site www.andersonpoindexter.com...

Bloomfield School District students previously assigned to in-school detention for disciplinary reasons will soon have to attend a new program on Saturday or in the evenings. The action taken Thursday night by the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees will discontinue the regular in-school detention (ISD) program at the start of the next school year. ...

WORTHINGTON ---- A northern Indiana man who tossed a traffic ticket on the ground and drove off now faces a more serious felony charge of identity theft. Criminal charges were filed Wednesday in Greene Superior Court against a 25-year-old man who is charged with stealing the identity of his step brother when he was issued a speeding ticket in Worthington earlier this month...

In this present-day era when public schools across the state, and some in Greene County, are frequently making staff cuts due to concerns about finances, the Bloomfield School District took action Thursday that doesn't follow that trend. The board voted unanimously to create an additional full-time junior/senior high science position and also moved to reinstate a part-time elementary music teacher job that was eliminated two years ago during a reduction in force (RIF) action...

Several Linton Wal-Mart Supercenter employees had little helpers Thursday thanks to National Take Your Kid to Work Day. Between 15 and 20 children ---- ranging in age from elementary children to high school students ---- attended work with their parents or grandparents...

JASONVILLE ---- Drinking and driving is dangerous and can result in serious injuries or death. To illustrate the seriousness of the crime, a mock disaster was staged at Shakamak High School on Thursday morning ---- just two days before the junior/senior prom...

The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees got their first look Thursday night at preliminary architectural drawing concepts designed to address security concerns in the school complex. Several months ago, the board agreed to have an architect draw sketches and present cost estimates of moving the junior-senior high school office and an overall look at other security concerns around the building's access points...

EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Eastern Greene Schools promoted tobacco prevention this week by hosting a special speaker who shared the importance of not smoking with both junior high and elementary-aged students. Lorene Sandifur, a spokesperson for www.WhiteLies.tv, shared her personal experience of how life changes after a loved-one dies of tobacco-related cancer. Gary Sandifur, Lorene's late husband, died of cancer at the age of 51 in May 2002...

Although Justin David wasn't chosen as the next Nashville Star, he isn't sitting around feeling sorry for himself ---- he's doing what it takes to further his career. David, who was introduced to Greene County when he began playing fiddle, mandolin and guitar with Roy Clark's band, was recently voted off of "Nashville Star," a reality television show that showcases up-and-coming singers/songwriters. ...

SWITZ CITY ---- When a team digs itself a hole early it's hard for any unit to climb out of it and White River Valley found out they were no exception as Owen Valley scored five runs in the opening inning on its way to a 7-4 win in high school baseball action Thursday night in Switz City...