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Stories from Thursday, September 4, 2008

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David Lynn Beard (Obituary ~ 09/04/08)
David Lynn Beard, 90, of Bloomington, passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at Garden Villa in Bloomington. He was born on April 30, 1918 in Lafayette, the son of Harry C and Della Mae (McHenry) Beard. He was a graduate of Shawswick High School in Bedford. ...
Sandra D. Pearson (Obituary ~ 09/04/08)
Sandra D. Pearson, 38, of Avon, formerly of Paoli, passed away Sunday in a helicopter accident in Burney near Greensburg. She was a registered nurse for Air-Evac of Rushville and for St. Vincent Heart Hospital of Indianapolis. Survivors include one daughter, Gabrielle Pearson of Avon; one son, Garrett Pearson of Avon; her mother, Brenda Moore of Paoli; father and mother Larry and Patricia Moore of Paoli; two brothers, Craig Moore of Paoli and Zachary Moore of Indianapolis; one sister, Amanda Hester of Jasonville; one grandmother, Margaret Nicholls of Felton, Del., and one grandfather, Raymond Moore of Orleans.. ...
McCloud, Brown to marry Sept. 20 (Engagement ~ 09/04/08)
Vivian and Jace Brown would like to announce the marriage of their parents, Delaine McCloud and Adam Brown. The couple are to be wed Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m. at Owensburg Baptist Church. McCloud is a 2003 graduate of Bloomfield High School. She's the daughter of Dottie and Kevin Turpin of Worthington and Dwane McCloud of Easter...
County nonprofits benefit from arts grants (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
BLOOMINGTON -- Several Greene County nonprofit organization focused on the arts will benefit from grants that will be awarded later this month in Bloomington The Bloomington Area Arts Council, which promotes and supports artists and arts organizations, will distribute more than $75,000 in Indiana Regional Partnership grants for fiscal year 2009 at its annual meeting Sept. 16...
Rash Hardware to celebrate 50th anniversary (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
A Jasonville business will hit the 50-year mark Saturday. Rash Hardware has been housed at its 523 E. Main St. location since 1965, explained store manager Tony Rash. The business offers hardware and appliances as well as services electrical, plumbing and appliances...
New full-service recycling business to open Monday in Bloomfield (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
A new, full-service independently owned recycling center is set to open Monday morning in Bloomfield. Andy Goodman, of Bloomfield, will open Central Indiana Processing at 909 South Jefferson Street -- one block east of South Seminary Street. This is Goodman's first business venture, but he said he's been researching the plan for several months -- establishing markets for the items he will accept...
Fire destroys Wright Township home (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
Firefighters from four area departments were called to an early morning residential home blaze Friday. Fire crews from Wright Township, Jasonville, Linton and Lewis Township were dispatched to the 1:30 a.m. fire at the Bland residence. The home, located on County Road 500N, west of County Road 1375 - near Ellis Water Tower, was destroyed in the fire...
UPDATED: Cullison leaving post in Voter Registration office (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
Marjorie Cullison, who has served as the deputy in the Greene County Voter Registration office for a number of years, has announced she will be leaving that post at noon on Friday. In the email to the Greene County Daily World and other area media contracts, Cullison stated,"I would like to take this opportunity to express what a pleasure it has been to work with all of you and I wish you the very best in your future endeavors. May God bless each and every one of you"...
BREAKING NEWS: WestGate lands defense contractor (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
CRANE -- NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corporation will join the growing list of technology and engineering firms in the WestGate @ Crane Technology Park later this year, according to Dale Ankrom, managing partner of the WestGate @ Crane Development Co., LLC...
Police Logs (Police Reports ~ 09/04/08)
Greene County Court News (Court News ~ 09/04/08)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. v. Wanda Nicholson, civil plenary Rick Alan Harvey v. Ellis L. Knoy, complaint to foreclose judgement MARRIAGE LICENSES Cody A. English, Worthington, and Shelby Nicole Neeley, Bloomfield...
Community Notes (Community News ~ 09/04/08)
LSHS 2010 parents club The Linton-Stockton High School class of 2010 parents club will sell grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, brats, rib-eye sandwiches and baked goods at every varsity football home game. Proceeds go to prom and grand march. Shakamak Junior class parents...
WRV board hears from parent about her daughter's basketball plans (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley Board of School Trustees met in special session Thursday night to conduct a budget hearing. Parent Lynn Winniger spoke on behalf of her daughter, a sixth grader at WRV Lyons. She asked the board what decision they had reached regarding her daughter's wish to play basketball at WRV Worthington...
County Council: Lean budget in 2009 may not be lean enough for 2010 (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
As county office holders and department heads listened to all of their 2009 budgets being cut, it seemed like more than a tightening of the belt. Greene County Council President Ed Cullison said they were taking next year's budgets "down to the bare bones."...
County Council completes 'painful' budget task with raises and no job cuts (Local News ~ 09/04/08)
At the end of three days of budget hearings, the Greene County Council reached the necessary goal of cutting $1.8 million from the county's General Fund budget requests for 2009 - but not without re-sharpening their pencils several times. They made some uncomfortable cuts, but managed to keep all employees and give them a $1,000 across-the-board raise...
Lady Cards lose at Sullivan (High School Sports ~ 09/04/08)
Bloomfield came up on the short end of a 18-25, 20-25, 16-25 score in a high school volleyball match at Sullivan Thursday night. The loss was the second in a row for the Lady Cardinals, who slipped to 4-5. "We did not play badly at all," said BHS coach Jennifer Heaton. "We missed just two serves (54 of 56, 96 percent), which placed us in the high 90s. Our serving has been pretty consistent...
Lady Miners fall at Northview (High School Sports ~ 09/04/08)
The Linton-Stockton volleyball team lost to host Northview 19-25, 25-23, 14-25, 15-15 in a high school match Thursday night. It was the second defeat in seven contest for the Lady Miners. Megan Barnes had three aces, eight kills, one block and 10 digs. Bradlea Beard finished with one ace, 18 assists, one kill and 11 digs...
Shakamak defeats WRV (High School Sports ~ 09/04/08)
JASONVILLE -- Shakamak and White River Valley entered Thursday night match having almost complete opposite win/loss records on the season. At the conclusion of the match, it was hard to determine which team had a winning record and which team only has one win on the season. The Lady Lakers prevailed in a marathon match, winning 26-24, 21-25, 25-16, 24-26, 15-11 to improve to 7-2, 2-1 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference while the Lady Wolverines fell to 1-7, 1-2 SWIAC...
Eastern Greene tops Union (Dugger) (High School Sports ~ 09/04/08)
DUGGER -- Eastern Greene High School made them when it counted. After missing 12 service attempts through the first three games, the Lady Thunderbirds hit on 23 of 25 in the deciding fourth game, including nine in a row by Alyssa Hauser, as the EGHS volleyball team defeated host Union (Dugger) 25-18, 16-25, 25-22, 25-18 in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match here Thursday night...
Berns hoping for December ribbon cutting ceremonies for new facility (High School Sports ~ 09/04/08)
Veteran baseball coach Bart Berns has shown an insurmountable amount of dedication into building a great baseball program at Linton-Stockton over the course of his 18 years. Berns is now in the process of taking his dedication to a new level, in the form of constructing an indoor workout facility...
Sports briefs (Community Sports ~ 09/04/08)
There will be a coed softball tournament to raise money for the Sullivan and Greene County chapter of Toys for Tots, Saturday, October 4-5 in Dugger. Teams will consist of seven men and three women. Entry fee will be $125 plus two softballs. Winning team will receive championship T-shirts, plus get to shop for the toys with the proceeds raised...

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