Stories from Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The meeting for the Linton-Stockton boys tennis team, scheduled for tonight, has been canceled. The meeting for the Lady Miner girls basketball team is still set for 6 p.m. Thursday,

Lady Miner meeting Thursday New Linton-Stockton varsity girls basketball coach Brad McKinney will have a meeting with his players at 6 p.m. Thursday in the high school gymnasium. All those planning to play for the Lady Miners in 2008-09 should attend...

Families need community support To the Editor: Dear Friends of the Ministry, This has been an amazing last week for us. If you have not heard or read, Bloomfield has suffered with multiple tornados and a near record flood. The pictures can only give a glimpse of the whole picture. The sound of chain saws, power tools, trucks, and sirens filled the air last week. We are grateful that there were no injuries or loss of life during the storms and clean...

Several summer updates are in the works at the Linton-Stockton Elementary School. L-S Superintendent Ron Bush provided a report on the current work during June's monthly school board meeting. When it comes to elementary parking, there soon will be more, he noted...

Linton's police chief is warning residents to be on the lookout for metal thieves. "Citizens need to keep an eye open and help us out," explained LPD Chief Troy Jerrell. "The county and rural areas have been hit a lot harder than we have. We have seen some of the thefts here. ... Anyone caught will be charged with theft a class D felony."...

A White River Valley High School graduate, who plans to pursue a career in industry chemistry, is the 2008 recipient of the Otto Hineman Alumni Scholarship presented by the Switz City Central High School Alumni Association. Kayla Mathews, the daughter of Ken and Kelly Mathews of Worthington, is the $500 scholarship award winner...

SWTIZ CITY -- Leaders of the Greene County HomeTown Competitiveness (HTC) reported to concerned citizens Tuesday evening on the recent Community Development survey. Kerry Conway, director of the Greene County Foundation, announced that the 2,100 volunteer hours proved to be a success as 977 surveys were completed, plus 82 teen surveys...

It's taken a lot of volunteer work, but the opening of the Bloomfield Town Pool may soon be a reality. Only a few more small hurdles stand in the way of the facility's long-awaited opening, but volunteers are still needed to help out. On Wednesday, Bob Uland, chairman of the pool committee explained, "We're working up here right now. We've been working quite a while ... I would like to see it open by the Fourth of July."...

Flood victims who are looking for a place to turn for help can get their questions answered in Terre Haute by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA has set up a Recovery Center in Terre Haute at 1101 South 13th St. at the Booker T. Washington Community Center. It's open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m...

Vera B. Hathaway Layton, 91, of Terre Haute passed away at 6 a.m. Friday, June 13, 2008, at her residence. She was born March 6, 1917, in Hutsonville, Ill., to Frank M. Hathaway and Clara McCrory Hathaway. Vera worked at Crawford County Soil Conservation Office and Crawford County Farm Bureau in Robinson. ...

Eleanor Stevens Neal, 67, of South Hill, Va. passed away Sunday, June 15, 2008 in Community Memorial Healthcenter following a lengthy illness. She was a retired Virginia State Police Secretary at the area office in South Hill. She is survived by her husband ,William Parker Neal; three sons William P. ...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTJAIL LOG June 18 -- Scott P. Sozzi, 20, Linton, was arrested on a petition to revoke and was being held without bond. Linton Police Department Cpl. Chad Crynes was the arresting officer.

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES State of Indiana ex rel Courtney E. Martin v. Nathan J. Johnson, foreign support order Discover Bank v. Dorothy M. Lauderdale, collection Capital One Bank (USA) v. Kylee N. Scott, collection Matthew Richard Hazel v. April Dawn Hazel, dissolution...

Holly Lynn to sing in area Holly (Dunn) Lynn hits the road this weekend and will make several singing appearances in the area. On Saturday at 9 a.m. she'll sing the National Anthem for the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Freedom Festival Run/Walk at Humphreys Park in Linton. ...

Indiana Public Access Counselor Heather Neal has ruled in an advisory opinion released Tuesday concerning a Greene County case. It involved a disputed meeting at the Greene County Highway Department Garage by two county commissioners with various highway department employees, and Neal said the meeting did not directly violate the state's Open Door Law with regard to giving public notice because it was termed to be an administrative function...

Commuters and people who live along State Road 57 South can expect to feel the aftermath of the Flood of 2008 for some time. It may be August before traffic resumes. The Indiana Department of Transportation is still evaluating the extent of damages done when a culvert bridge washed out over Simpson Ditch, just north of Prairie Chapel Church on June 5...