Stories from Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Kenneth Butler, 79, of Terre Haute and formerly of Dugger, passed away at 10:02 p.m. Monday July 16, 2007 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born in Sullivan Co., Indiana May 26, 1928 to Oliver Butler and Clara Vaught Butler. A 1947 graduate of Union High School in Dugger, he retired as school bus driver for the Vigo County School Corporation and was a member of the Dugger Masonic Lodge No. 721...

WRV Jr./Sr. High to have pre-enrollment White River Valley Junior/Senior High School has scheduled pre-enrollment for Aug. 7-9. High school enrollment will be Aug. 7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a lunch break from 11:30-noon and Aug. 8 from noon to 7 p.m. ...

LYONS -- Lyons residents learned about their new water rates in a special meeting of the Lyons Town Council on Tuesday night. The board voted unanimously to consider the first reading of the amendment to the rate ordinance that would establish the following monthly rates and charges...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Jason Livingston, battery, public intoxication, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct. Civil Filings Chase Bank USA vs. Roy S. Stormes, civil collection. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings...

The Linton Police Department responded Monday to one follow up investigation, one information only request, two vandalisms, one medical/illness run, one alarm, three animal complaints, three burglaries, one harassment complaint, one animal/canine removed and one battery. They also made three traffic stops and provided one funeral escort...

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With football season quickly approaching, the Eastern Greene football team is amped about playing on its own turf for the first time in four years. But in order to have those Friday night lights, the team is willing to lift weight for cash in an upcoming lift-a-thon scheduled for Aug. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the high school weight room...

Linton-Stockton football coach Steve Weber says it's very easy to get caught up in X's and O's during the week long camp for the Miners. "We really want to work on more technique, but we always get into 'X's and O's'," Weber confessed. "I don't know if I can keep that out of there, but we want to work on technique and being able to get certain things done because once 2-a-days start, and it's the same way with school starting, we just won't have as much time to work."...

The current summer season at Shawnee Theatre has been record-breaking. Producing and Artistic Director Matt Graber explained, "It's going excellent. Actually, we are currently heading toward a record year. As of now we have two more weeks of shows and we're 1,000 people short of what we were at last year."...

A Linton man has recently been honored by U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth for his commitment to maintaining a county Web site despite having a disability. William "Bill" Stearns, 40, who developed and currently maintains www.gogreenecounty.com, was recognized by Ellsworth during the first session of the 110th Congress which met June 28...

Fireman Third Class Alfred Eugene Livingston's remains will return home to Indiana 65 years after his death on Dec. 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, this week in preparation for a full military funeral. The remains of F3/c Livingston will arrive in Indiana on Thursday under U.S. Navy escort from Hawaii, and will be greeted by a Navy honor guard and family. Livingston will then be transported to his hometown of Worthington in preparation for a full military funeral Saturday at 1 p.m...

Greene County residents are reminded that the spring installment of property taxes are due Friday. Payments can be taken to the Greene County Treasurer's Office or mailed to the office. If mailed, payments must be postmarked by Friday to avoid penalties...

SWITZ CITY -- The Greene County Sheriff's Department is investigating a break-in at the Greene County Recycling Center, located about a mile from the junction of State Road 54 and State Road 57 South, near Switz City. The burglary was discovered Monday morning...

Greene County Sheriff Terry Pierce has been given the authority by the county commissioners to take the necessary financial steps to fix the hot water system at the jail. Pierce was given permission during Tuesday morning's meeting to seek an additional appropriation not to exceed $34,000 from the county council on July 30 for the purchase of a new water heating and conditioning system...

The Greene County Solid Waste Management District's Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning at the county courthouse in Bloomfield to talk about next year's budget. District Coordinator Debbie Haseman outlined the proposed 2008 budget that totals $247,468 -- which is up from the $202,632 budget for the current year...

Benjamin Matthew Tyler, infant, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2007.   He is survived by his parents, Amanda and Trent Tyler from Linton; grandparents, Mary and Vernon Burch; grandparents, Suzi and Clark Tyler; and great- grandparents, Kay St. John and Glacie Burch...