Stories from Monday, March 2, 2009

Gertrude F. Bond, 91 of Linton and formerly of Brazil, died at 6:55 a.m. on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton following a brief illness. She was born in Hadleyville, IN on September 26, 1917 to Elmer W. and Anita (Moyer) Cooksey...

Mark Allan Thompson, 48, of Bloomfield, passed away 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 at his son's residence in Bloomfield. Born July 5, 1960 in Bedford, he was the son of Dallas and Kathy (Harper) Thompson. He was a service technician for Maxwell's in Bloomington and attended Cincinnati Christian Church...

Gary Wayne Byrd, 60, of rurall Newberry, died at 12:20 p.m. Friday at his residence. Born May 19, 1948, in Vincennes, he was the son of Harold Wayne and Beverly (Beachler) Byrd. He was an engineering technician at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, having retired in 2005. He was a member of American Legion Post 120 in Loogootee and board member and present quarter master of the Henry Dyer Post 9297 V.F.W. in Crane...

Rosemary Elizabeth Russell, 87, of Terre Haute and formerly of Clay County, died 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born Jan. 20, 1922 in Clay County, the daughter of Ernest P. and Dora Kirchner Steuerwald. She graduated from Cory High School. She married William N. Russell July 1942. She was a member of the United Methodist Church...

A Celebration of Life will be conducted for Terry Lee Phegley, who passed away Jan. 22, 2009. He was born March 10, 1956. The celebration will take place March 7 from 2-6 p.m. at Fairview United Methdist Church (downstairs), 600 West 6th St., Bloomington...

Sometime over the weekend, someone stole the chrome exhaust pipes off of a semi-truck in eastern Greene County and the Greene County Sheriff's Department has been investigating. Deputy Terry L. Wade reported the theft occurred between Saturday and Monday while the truck was parked unattended in the parking lot of the Hasler Junction convenience store and gas station near Scotland...

Beverly Ann Cornett, 65, of Bloomfield passed away at 8:35 P.M. on Saturday February 28, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born October 7, 1943 in Sturgis, Michigan she was the daughter of Elwood and Edith (McKenzie) Grove. Beverly was retired...

Hyla M. Johnson, 92, of Linton, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at the Glenburn Home in Linton. She was born in Greene County on NoV. 29, 1916, the daughter of Edgar Grant and Anna Theresa (Ebler) Tincher. Hyla had worked as a beautician and was a member of the St. Peter Catholic Church in Linton...

It's spring recruitment time at CASA. That means you can help a child in need. The Greene County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) program recruits and trains volunteers to effectively represent the best interest of abused and neglected children in the juvenile court proceedings, said Greene County CASA Director Kelly Leonhard...

Marian S. Chapman, 93, formerly of Linton, passed away Friday, Feb. 28, 2009, in Florida. She was born on March 26, 1915 in Bartholomew County, IN to Frank and Janie (Dinkins) Spurling. On March 2, 1937, she married Eugene Chapman who preceded her in death on July 18, 1992...

Rural Greene County resident David Holmes isn't happy with the new name that has been assigned to the county road in front of his house under the ongoing E-911 re-addressing project. Monday morning, Holmes addressed the Greene County Commissioners and requested that a new name be assigned to the current County Road 650N other than North Hertsing Lane...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one child restraint complaint, two requests for information only, one vandalism, one drug investigation, three accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, one lost and found, seven medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, two prowlers, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one assist to another agency, two extra patrols, five thefts-other, one lost or stolen license plate, one welfare check/concern and 24 traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Citibank (South Dakota) NA v. Misty A. Nelson aka Misty A. Martin aka Misty Nelson Martin, collection State v. Amanda Jo Bridgewater v. Jason Arnold Bridgewater, dissolution JoAnn Maddox v. Dennis Allen Maddox, dissolution...

Tri-Kappa meeting Thursday Bloomfield Tri Kappa Alpha Theta Chapter will be meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 in the basement of the United Methodist Church in Bloomfield. Hostesses are Sherry Hixon, Jerri Wampler, and Kara Lowe. Linton Moose dance Saturday...

It's just a "wish list" at this point, but Greene County officials have submitted about $12 million in projects they would like to have funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- commonly known as the Federal Stimulus Plan. Greene County's list was submitted to Ball State University before the Feb. 25 deadline, the commissioners learned Monday morning from attorney Marilyn Hartman...

A fatal auto accident near Linton early Monday claimed the life of a 29-year-old Sullivan man who suffered massive head trauma in a one-vehicle crash. Eric W. Garrett was pronounced dead at the scene on 5th St. NW and County Road 300N after he was thrown from his vehicle...

At least four area sporting goods dealers lost a large number of items of merchandise when thieves hit a sporting goods show in Linton's Humphreys Park over the weekend. One of the merchants participating in the show was Outdoor Addiction located on State Road 54W. Owner John Vowell said his display was one of about four that was ransacked...

Few items were on the agenda at the Switz City Council meeting Monday evening. Council member Sue Headley said that she had received two citizen complaints. Jeremy DeMoss reported that there was a hole in the driveway of the lift station in which cars were getting stuck, and resident Doug Miller complained that surface water was running off his property...

Greene County Highway Superintendent Mike Hennette says he wants to protect the financial interest of the county and wants all drilling companies to step up and pay their fair share through a new bonding process. Last month, the commissioners outlined a new bonding schedule that requires any firm using heavy equipment on any county road to post a bond...

After James Matthew "Matt" Hayes was convicted last July on two drug-related charges, then sentenced to three years in prison, he appealed his case to a higher court. The Indiana State Court of Appeals recently affirmed the judgment made by former Greene Superior Court Judge David Holt...