Stories from Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Anna G. Kress, 90, of Bedford and formerly of Linton, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Shands at University of Florida. She was born in Terre Haute on July 3, 1918, to W.C. and Opal (Green) Baker. On August 5, 1938, she married Jack Kress. Anna was a homemaker. ...

Donna Sue Shaw, 55, of Solsberry, passed away at 9:13 a.m. on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at her residence. Born March 9, 1954 in Bloomington, she was the daughter of Emery "Buck" Porter and Barbara (Hamm) Porter. Donna Sue was a homemaker and a member of the Newark Lighthouse Church. Donna Sue was the sweetest, strongest country girl I know, she always had a kind word to say or a song to sing, she was the best. We love you mom, 26 cents you can't lose us...

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a freeze warning for Greene and Sullivan counties from 11 p.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. Wednesday. Temperatures will be dropping into the 25 to 30 degree range for several hours late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Widespread freezing conditions are expected...

From Easter worship services to the Easter bunny and Easter egg hunts, there's plenty to do in Greene County this holiday season. If you're looking for the Easter Bunny, then be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday. The Bloomfield Tri-Kappa will host its annual Party with the Bunny from 9: 30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Community Room at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Cost is $3 for each child and $1 for adults. Games, pictures with the Bunny, food and door prizes will be featured...

Saturday will be clean-up day near the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area and along State Road 54 -- between Linton and Switz City. The fifth annual Greene County Pride is slated for this Saturday, April 11. This early morning cleanup will focus around the Goose Pond and Beehunter Marsh area...

Jerry W. Plummer, 68, of Linton, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born October 30, 1940, to Kenneth W. Plummer and Hazel Lucille (McKain) Jordan. On October 7, 2003, he married LaDona J. (Williams). Jerry was a member of The Pentecostal Church in Sullivan. He was employed with J.I. Case for 26 years as a machinist and Quality Control Inspector until he retired in 1992...

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley boys and girls track and field head coach Tim Neal has 22 athletes on the roster this year, but getting them together all at the same time has been an uphill battle. Leading up to their opening meet, the injury bug has swept across the team...

The American Cancer Society in cooperation with the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association is again sponsoring Baseball Strikes Out 'K'ancer. The Linton-Stockton High School baseball team is again participating. They were part of 70 high schools that helped raise almost $11,000 last year...

Seniors David Gray of Eastern Greene and Jordan Tharp of Linton-Stockton received 2009 Boys Academic All-State honorable mention recently by the Indiana High School Basketball Coaches Association. Lucas Swartentruber and Thomas Nugent of North Daviess also received honorable mention...

The Shakamak at Linton-Stockton boys and girls track and field meet, scheduled for Monday, has been rescheduled for 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The Terre Haute North at Shakamak baseball game will be played at 7 p.m. Wednesday. It also was rained out Monday...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included two requests for information only, one fraud, one vandalism, one school/foot patrol, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one medical/illness, one alarm, one suspicious vehicle/person, one harassment complaint, one extra patrol, one community relations and one traffic stop...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Unifund CCR Partners v. Artie Chambers, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jessaka L. Moore, battery with a deadly weapon State v. George Hon, check deception State v. Jennifer Hon, check deception...

Police in the Jasonville area are looking for Jessaka L. Moore, a woman accused of attacking a man in Jasonville in March, striking him numerous times in the head and upper body with an open-end mechanics wrench. The man was transported to the hospital in an ambulance...

Linton-Stockton managed to win just four games as the Lady Miners dropped a 5-0 decision to host Loogootee in a high school girls tennis match Tuesday. It was the season-opener for both teams. Abbey Burris, Sara Hensley and Amy Goodman lost at singles while the Lady Miners doubles teams of Olivia Wells and Olivia Villian and Arial Brown and Megan Johnson also fell in straight sets...

The Shakamak softball team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 15-0 five-inning win over visiting White River Valley Tuesday evening in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game. The Lakers offense plated 10 runs in the home half of the first inning and never looked back in cruising to the lopsided win...

Union (Dugger) managed just one hit as the Lady Bulldog softball team lost to visiting South Knox 13-0 in five innings in a high school game Tuesday. Cassie Parr doubled for the Lady Bulldogs, who dropped to 0-4. "South Knox did a good job of hitting and pitching," said Union (Dugger) coach Rick Swan. "We played pretty good defense...

The Linton-Stockton High School baseball team pushed its record to 3-0 with a 11-1 five-inning victory over visiting Washington Catholic Tuesday in the completion of a game that was halted by rain Thursday. Luke Knight struck out eight, walked three, hit one batter and allowed three hits in earning the complete-game victory...

The Bloomfield softball team opened the 2009 season with a 5-2 win over Loogootee on the road Tuesday night in a non-conference contest. The Cardinals broke open a close 2-1 game with a three-run outburst in the top of the sixth inning to help secure the win...

North Daviess pushed across seven runs in the home half of the first inning and never looked back en route to a 12-2 five-inning win over visiting Union (Dugger) Tuesday in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game. North Daviess tallied three more runs in the second and two more in the third to jump out to a 12-0 advantage. The Bulldogs ended the shutout with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth inning to account for the final score...

Bloomington North jumped out to a 7-0 lead and went on to defeat visiting Eastern Greene 9-3 in a high school baseball game Tuesday. "We just did not give ourselves a chance out of the gate," said Eastern Greene coach Trevor McConnell, whose Thunderbirds slipped to 1-2. "We just had too many walks and hit too many guys...

Creation Science seminar A creation science seminar will be held April 18-19 at the Linton Church of Christ with Brother Joe Overman speaking. Easter services Dugger First Baptist Church will hold Easter services at 9:30 a.m. No Sunday School services will be held. Everyone is welcome...

Cody Pearson tossed a three-hit shutout to go with a double and home run to lead the Bloomfield Cardinals to a 4-0 victory over visiting Owen Valley in a high school baseball game Tuesday night. Pearson struck out 14 and did not walk a batter. He pitched a complete game...

From the Bloomfield Town Park to the police and fire departments, the Bloomfield Town Council's Tuesday meeting had a full agenda. Park Board President Linda Pullen reported on the status of the REMC grant for the park. "We applied for the REMC grant but it was denied...," she said, noting a letter from CEO Brian L. Sparks that stated REMC would continue to provide assistance in park restoration...