Stories from Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Back to school for one local grassroots group means spreading some love shopping-spree style. Linton-based SOUL (Society of Unconditional Love) decided it was now or never if the group wanted to help a local family with back to school expenses. SOUL President Patti Danner explained, "I called PACE and they gave me a name of a Jasonville mom (Deborah Cox). She has cerebral palsy and her husband passed away in February. She has two daughters."...

Art work created by area youth will bring a splash of creativity and color to the upcoming Linton Music Festival during the first ever "Celebrating Art" youth art contest sponsored by the Linton Public Library. Shelly Puckett, who serves as Linton's young adult librarian, explained "We're hoping to have a big turnout."...

Charles Leo Bedwell Charles Leo Bedwell, 83, Terre Haute passed away Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. Born June 25, 1924 in Pleasantville, he was the son of Scott and Lola (Hale) Bedwell. He married Patsy Nens Horton on Aug. 15, 1981 and she survives...

Greene County Jail Log Linton Police Department Activity Log The Linton Police Department responded Tuesday to one loitering complaint, one property damage accident, one lost and found, two medical/illness runs, one alarm, six animal complaints, one reckless driver, one theft-other, one domestic/neighbor, one open door/garage and one ordinance violation. They also made seven traffic stops, provided one extra patrol and one school/foot patrol...

Greene Superior court Criminal Cases State v. Angel Dillery, check deception Property transfers Larry L. Jr. and Lori A. Weaver to Rickie R. and Rebecca L. Thompson, property in Linton

Greene County Ambulance Service, along with Air Evac and Terre Haute Regional Hospital, are having an event to help with the recertification of local EMS personnel, fire personnel and first responders. Greene County's first ever EMS Day will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday at the Greene County 4-H Fairgrounds...

CRANE -- EE & G Technical Services, Inc., a major defense contractor for Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane will conduct ribbon cutting ceremonies for its new facility in the WestGate Technology Park on Sept. 21. The ceremony will begin at noon (local time), according to an announcement Wednesday afternoon by Jim Schonberger, EE & G business relations manager...

Workman from Ridgeline Development of Plainfield have been busy this week doing routine maintenance masonry tuckpointing on the Linton Post Office building (above). A part of the process is cleaning the brick and mortar with high-powered tools. Two of Ridgeline's employees Chris Fry, of Farmersburg, and Chad Null, of Sullivan, were kicking up plenty of dust and mortar...

For those who haven't visited the new Linton Public Library, you're missing out. An open house was held at the new facility on Saturday. The event drew a large crowd as more than 250 people walked through the doors and toured the new facility. The new facility is larger and more user-friendly...

He wasn't a politician, and as far as I know he never held a public office. His good deeds were quietly executed with no fanfare. He had no preference; he was equally nice to the young, the old and the handicapped. I first met him when I was visiting the First Baptist Church with my sister. A man approached us after church and asked about our mother who was home bound...

Ferree Family reunion The descendants of Albert and Thelma Ferree will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 at the Scout Cabin shelter house at Humphreys Park in Linton. Please bring a covered dish. Around the town yard sales Around the town yard sales in Worthington will be Sept.1 To get your name on the sale map call Glen Cundiff at 875-3746. ...

Linton-Stockton shot a season-low 207, which earned the Lady Miners second place in a triangular girls golf match at the Phil Harris Golf Course Wednesday. Terre Haute South, led by Alana Whitlock's low medalist score of 44, had a winning total of 186...

The season-opening boys tennis match between Bloomfield and Northview started at about 5 p.m. Wednesday but the outcome wasn't known until about 9:15 p.m. when the Bloomfield No. 2 doubles pair of Joel Oliphant and Mark Montgomery outlasted Northview's Carson Klieber and Trent Sims in a third-set tie break to give the Cardinals a 3-2 team win. ...

The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds have only won two games in its brief history of varsity football, but the T-Birds are still looking for a brief glimpse off success against their county rivals, Linton-Stockton. In four regular season meetings (the two teams faced off one other time in the sectional), Linton has outscored Eastern Greene, 205-25, and has made winning their week one match up look easy...

The city of Linton is in the process of taking a major step to help area youth find something to do after school and during the summer. The city, with the help of the Southern Indiana Development Commission, will apply for a $500,000 Community Focus Fund grant later this year. The city must then come up with a 10 percent match if it's awarded the money...

Union will again be opening the football season against Northeast School Corporation rival North Central. The two teams, that have met at least once a year since the series started in 1968, will be meeting for the 53rd time at 7 p.m. Friday at Thunderbird Field in Farmersburg...

The Linton-Stockton Miners are currently 11-0 when it comes to games played in the Southwest Seven football conference since it began back in 2005. In order for the Miners to be 12-0 they'll have to knock off their county rivals in the Battle of HWY. 54 showdown for the Greene County Travel Trophy Friday night at Roy Williams Field...

Linton-Stockton's volleyball team remained undefeated and opened up play in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference with a 25-21, 25-17, 25-13 victory over White River Valley at home Wednesday night. "I would say that that we played better defense than we did against Monrovia," said Linton-Stockton coach Penny Dunn, whose Lady Miners improved to 2-0 overall. "Our defense was good and we hustled to get to a lot of balls...