Stories from Thursday, March 13, 2008

Mary F. Campbell, 89, of Terre Haute, passed away at 11:08 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at Davis Gardens. Born Aug. 21, 1918 in Knox County, she was the daughter of Orzo W. and Cordia (Trinkle) Campbell. A homemake, she was a member of the First Baptist Church and a former member of the Sandborn Baptist Church...

Ray Davis, 75, of Bloomfield and formerly of Elwood, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis. Born May 13, 1932 in Elwood, he was the son of Oliver and Edna (Hillard) Davis. He was a security officer for Initial Security in Indianapolis, retiring in 2001. He attended Wendell Wilkie High School, was a U.S. Air Force veteran and was a member of the Zion Chapel Church in Elwood...

Fly fishing often conjures up images of grand mountain landscapes with crystal clear, freestone streams meandering through the valley down below. Many anglers, who suffer from these delusions of grandeur, have never considered the possibility of fly fishing right here in the good old heartland of America. ...

The Greene County Community Learning Center in Switz City is now a test site for the GED Exam. The test will be administered on the 2nd Tuesday and Wednesday of each month from 4 p.m. -- 9 p.m. each day. Examinees will need to schedule both days to complete the entire test...

Indiana University School of Dentistry's mobile dental sealant program -- Seal Indiana -- will provide preventive dental care for the students of Eastern Greene Elementary on April 2-3. A dental clinic will be set up during regular school hours, and treatment will include comprehensive dental examinations, dental sealants, and fluoride varnish treatments. Children will also receive a toothbrush and brushing instructions...

An Indianapolis man was arrested last Friday for breaking into a home in Worthington. Omer Pete Hooker, Jr., 49, was charged with residential entry, a class D felony; criminal mischief, a class A misdemeanor; and resisting law enforcement, a class A misdemeanor...

Look for changes in this year's Civitan Easter egg hunt -- which is held annually at the Linton-Stockton Elementary School. This year's event will be at 10:15 a.m. on March 20, explained Harry Huber, of Civitan. Weather permitting it will be outside...

On Saturday, six Linton-Stockton High School seniors will compete for the title of 2008 Freedom Festival Queen. The annual Freedom Festival Queen contest, sponsored by the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the L-S High School's auditeria...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one driver's license check, one license plate check, one follow-up investigation, 10 requests for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, two vandalism, one school/foot patrol, one transport of documentation, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, one animal complaint, one suspicious vehicle/person, two assists to other agencies, two harassment complaints, one possibly intoxicated driver, one extra patrol, one bicycle recovered, one animal/canine removed, one battery and 19 traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Oliphant Financial LLC assignee of Bank First/Compucredit v. Jackie W. Snow, collection Melissa Sue Duncan v. Bradley James Duncan, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Garrett W. Kaho, driving while suspended...

The MSD Shakamak Board of School Trustees received a report Thursday evening from the appraisers on the Coalmont School property. According to the appraisers there is some discrepancy on the legal description of the property since it was surveyed prior to the building of the post office. However, they noted there are seven and a quarter acres with three of the acres south of the railroad...

Linton Mayor Tom Jones voiced his concerns over Indiana House Bill 1001, a property tax reform plan, during the recent Linton City Council meeting. "It (House Bill 1001) is favorable to homeowners, but it is not so kind to local units of government," Jones explained...

EASTERN HEIGHTS -- Despite all the excitement and extra activity that surrounded the opening of Eastern Greene's new high school, principals at all three levels are reporting some surprising early benefits -- a calmer atmosphere, cleaner buildings and noticeable decreases in noise levels and discipline problems...

Sunny skies and warmer temperatures this week are causing a common early spring problem to erupt on many Greene County roadways. Potholes. They seem to magically pop almost overnight causing havoc to the roads and the vehicles that have to travel over them...