Stories from Thursday, September 27, 2007

Norman D. Beeks, 77, of Jasonville, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 at his residence. Born May 5, 1930 in Andrews, IN to Wilbur Beeks and Cleo Aldridge Beeks. His is survived by his wife, Brenda Ann Beeks; children, Thomas Beeks, Pam Maples, Cindy (Eugene) McNeil, Pat (Jay) Auxier, Laura Knox, Dawn Beeks; sisters, Anna Osborn, Norma (Dorman) Blair, Bonnie (Wilbert) Sibold, Barbara (Darl) Collins; 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren...

Sandra Cox, 57, of Coalmont, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007 at her residence. Born Sept. 12, 1949 in Terre Haute, she was the daughter of John H. and Betty Anderson Gibbons. She was a member olf the Sugar Grove Community Church in Farmersburg. Survivors include: her fatehr, John H. ...

Doug Dalton, 65, of Coal City, passed away at 8:48 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at Bloomington Hospital. Born June 15, 1942 in Martinsville, he was the son of Richard C. and Elizabeth (Bell) Dalton. Doug was a farmer all his life and the Districk Manager for Big D Seed Co. from 1972-1982. He was a member of Antioch Christian Church, Zorah Shrine and Scottish Rite...

Patricia "Pat" Elaine Jefferies, 65, of Center Point, passed away at 6:34 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26. 2007. She was born May 18, 1942 in Warsaw, the daughter of Max Davis and Irene Shivley Davis. A graduate of Claypool High School. she worked in the bookstore at the Brazil Junior High School and later worked in the bookstore and the mailroom at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute. She was a member of the Center Point United Methodist Church...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department responded on Wednesday to one title check, one accident with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one alarm, four animal complaints, two prowlers, one suspicious vehicle/person, one harassment complaint, one welfare check/concern, one 911 prank/false call and provided one school/foot patrol, one extra patrol and one funeral escort...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES A.F.S., Assignee of Washington Mutual, v. Sarah Radar, Jason M. Radar, collection Daniel Nichole Goad v. Scott Alan Goad, dissolution HSBC Bank Nevada N.A. v. Diane E. Rodriquez, collection SMALL CLAIMS Travis Keasling, Heather Keasling v. Tony Myers, Larry K. Myers, damages...

Story time at library The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Main Library will have Preschool Story Time at the Bloomfield Fire Department located on Mill Street, Thurs. Oct 4 at 10:30 for age 4 - 6 years. Lyons Senior Citizen bake sale The Lyons Senior Citizens will be having a bake sale at 9 a.m. today at the Bloomfield State Bank in Lyons. All proceeds go to the upkeep of the center...

The fishing season may be waning but keep that rod and reel handy. Scheduled stockings of 3,668 channel catfish in Greene and Sullivan counties could make autumn angling well worth your while. Each fall the DNR stocks more than 100,000 channel catfish in state reservoirs and municipal ponds across Indiana. These catfish are raised in Indiana state fish hatcheries and stocked to supplement existing fisheries where catfish have shown limited or no reproductive success...

With over a month of school under their belts, some area seniors are getting hands-on experience in work force. Linton-Stockton High School is teaming up with Shakamak High School with a new internship program offered to seniors. This internship program through Twin Rivers offers students the chance to gain training in a field of their choice. ...

Submitted photo Union High School will crown its homecoming queen and princess at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday prior to the start of the football game with Eastern Greene. The candidates are (front, from left) seniors Jerrica Hayes, Jessica Fettig, Heather McCarter; and (back, from left) freshman Kaley Arnold, sophomore Jessica Davidson, junior MaKaylee Pirtle, sophomore Tabby Swalls, and freshman Christina Cullison. Not pictured is junior Gabrielle Smith...

A 45-year-old Linton man, Terry J. House, also known as Zeke House, was arrested in Jasonville on Monday for the theft of a couple of bottles of wine. Jasonville Police Officer Brian R. Pilant was dispatched to the Country Porch Gas Station where two witnesses were able to describe a shoplifter in detail and knew his name...

A second man has been arrested in connection with a drug sting operation. Karl J. Padgett, 19, of Worthington appeared in Greene Superior Court this week to formally be charged with Dealing Marijuana over 30 grams; and Possession of Marijuana over 30 grams -- both class D felonies...

Rock and rap music will rip through the Dugger Park during the first Rock the Court fundraiser scheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m. Admission to the music show is $3. Featured acts include Living Room Productions; Wheel Soja; Young Sha & D.H.; The Pinstripes; Katatonik; and *67...

Several housekeeping items necessary to move the proposed elementary and junior high renovation project along were approved during the Bloomfield School Board of Trustees regular session on Thursday. During the meeting, the board held a public hearing to allow public input on a proposed amendment to the lease of school facilities by the Bloomfield School District School Building Corporation...

An ordinance that would annex approximately 53.7 acres into the city of Linton was introduced to the city council on Thursday night. The proposed voluntary petition for annexation would bring several potential economic development areas -- in the 12th Street Road area -- into the city limits, including property of the former General Electric, Ameritech and Indiana Operations LLC, an Ohio company that formally operated as Advanced Building Concepts (ABC) in Indiana...

The Union High School volleyball was unable to overcome its problems and Sullivan's defense as the host Lady Bulldogs lost a 23-25, 17-25, 21-25 decision to its Sullivan County rival at Dugger Thursday night. "We came out and played with the intensity we have in our last couple of matches," said Union coach Valerie Dean, whose squad slipped to 7-12. "We were up several points but had trouble with our serving...

Bloomfield High School coach Laura Kay Rose said that her Lady Cardinal volleyball team squandered an opportunity to pick up a win at Loogootee Thursday night. Instead the Lady Cardinals slipped to 9-14 with a 11-25, 17-25, 14-25 setback to the host Lady Lions...

Eastern Greene High School volleyball coach Gina Ingram was encouraged despite a 17-25, 22-25, 25-22, 18-25 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference loss at home to North Daviess Thursday night. "We played better," said Ingram, whose Lady Thunderbirds dropped to 2-20, 0-5 in the SWIAC. "For us, it is not the big things that are hurting us, but the little things. We just are having some trouble adjusting on defense or stopping on a ball...

Taylor leads VU golf to 10th place finish LaSalle, Ill., Sep. 22 -- The Vincennes University golf team finished tenth among 25 teams in the Illinois Valley Invitational golf last weekend at Seneca's Oak Ridge Golf Club. "We are showing improvement by finishing tenth in this tournament," said Vincennes coach Dennis Chattin...

Playing with a new line-up for the second time in two matches, White River Valley defeated host Washington 18-25, 28-26, 20-25, 25-23, 15-6 in a high school volleyball contest Thursday night. Tasha Borter, who is limited because of an apparent back injury, was moved from setter to Libero. She came up with 18 digs playing exclusively in the back row...

After losing just its second match of the year and first in both conferences at Union Tuesday night, Shakamak coach Jeri Morin was hoping that her Lady Lakers would bounce back Thursday night with another key league tilt at Linton. It was as if Shakamak, ranked No. 7 in the latest Class A volleyball poll, flipped on the switch as the Lady Lakers defeated the host Lady Miners 25-15, 25-19, 25-19 to tie for the top spot in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference and Tri-River Conference...

BRAZIL -- The Linton Miners tasted a sweet slice of revenge in round one of the Northview tennis sectional on Thursday night, reversing a 3-2 August loss to Owen Valley for a sectional victory. "We were kind of looking forward to it," commented coach Brad McKinney of the sectional draw and a chance to meet up with the Patriots again. "This was a good draw for us. We lost 3-2 last time. But we knew our doubles players were playing better and that we had a better combination this time around."...

An early Thursday morning robbery at Fast Point convenience store in Linton has local law authorities investigating a robbery at the store for the second time this year.