Stories from Friday, April 24, 2009

Lillian Lovelle Drake, 89, of Dugger, passed away at 8:22 a.m. Friday, April 24, 2009 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. She was born in Muhlenburg, Ky. on Oct. 31, 1919, the daughter of Lester Downing and Ether Vick Downing. She was preceded in death by her parents, also her husband Andrew P. Drake in 1993...

The Bloomfield Police Department's in dog heaven with its newest canine member Dristan. "She's turned out to be very good," explained Town Marshal Ken Tharp on Friday after receiving a $500 check from Duke Energy for Dristan. The money -- which was funded through a Duke Energy grant-- will go toward her equipment and training costs, he noted...

The Bloomington Post of the Indiana State Police conducted a district-wide DWI (driving while under the influence) saturation patrol on Thursday night and made 47 criminal arrests. The Bloomington District covers Greene, Monroe, Lawrence, Owen, and Brown counties...

With the theme of "Making A Difference," Open Arms administrators thanked supporters and presented awards at the annual dinner-business meeting Thursday evening at the 4-H building. Following a dinner catered by Black Buggy and special musical selections by Martin Corey and Andy and Katie Lanham, directors of Open Arms gave a brief review of 2008...

The Gov. Mitch Daniels Administration's proposal to consolidate school corporations appears to be dead. However, like a monster in a horror movie, we can never be sure. There are a few who will advocate for any proposal put forth by the governor. Some will disregard the facts. Others deny reality and a few think the administration is always right...

A warming cycle? The Ohio River is one of America's mighty rivers. The river is 981 miles (1,579 km) long and carries the largest volume of water of any tributary of the Mississippi River. In spots the river is almost a mile wide. In the days leading up to the Civil War, it was a physical boundary that separated the free states (e.g. Indiana, Ohio, Illinois) from the slave states (e.g. Kentucky, West Virginia)...

There was a fight in the Worthington Park Wednesday night. Few details are available until investigations are completed but it is rumored to have involved a large number of juveniles from two area schools -- White River Valley and Union in Sullivan County...

William "Minner" Fish has long been an ambassador and proponent of fishing opportunities in the Greene-Sullivan county area. Over his half century career as a bait shop owner, Minner has become friends and fishing buddies with some of the nation's premier fishing pros...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included three follow-up investigations, one request for information only, one drug investigation, one school/foot patrol, one structure fire, one accident with property damage, one medical/illness, one alarm, one traffic control, one arrest-wanted on warrant and one ordinance violation...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP v. David F. Kanen, Bobbie Jo Kanen, mortgage foreclosure Jennifer Powell v. Keith B. Powell, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jody Cordell, driving while suspended...

Mother's Day Brunch planned A Mother's Day Brunch will be held on May 9 from 10 a.m. to noon at Harvest Community Church. There will be a wide variety of food to choose from and special music will be presented during the meal. The meal is by reservation only and costs $10 for adults and $5 for children. Deadline for reservations is May 6. Please call Roanne at 812-854-7654 or Joyce at 384-4244 to make your reservations. The Mother's Day Brunch is sponsored by the Greene County Right to Life...

The Linton-Stockton junior varsity softball team split two games at its own invitational April 18. In the opening contest, the Lady Miners defeated Owen Valley 10-0. Ashley Stetter was the winning pitcher, tossing a one-hit shutout. She struck out nine and did not walk a batter...

The White River Valley Junior High School girls track and field team improved to 4-0 after picking up three wins at home Thursday. WRV had a winning total of 66 points. Bloomfield scored 60, Shakamak had 52 and Clay City was fourth with 18 points. In the boys meet, WRV (4-0) also won with 90.3 points. Clay City had 43.3, Shakamak 40 and Bloomfield scored 28.3...

A home run by Tanner Reynolds in the top of seventh inning gave Union (Dugger) new life, but the Bulldogs surrendered an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth inning in a 8-7 loss at North Knox Friday night. "This game was an emotional roller coaster," said Union (Dugger) baseball coach Clarence Johnson. ...

DUGGER -- The Linton-Stockton softball team exploded for 20 runs on 13 hits Friday to come away with a lopsided 20-2 double conference win over Union (Dugger). The Lady Miners improved to 2-3 overall and 2-0 in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference play and 1-1 in the Tri-River Conference...

With two losses in two nights, the Eastern Greene High School baseball team slipped to 3-5. On Wednesday, Edgewood's J.T. Finch allowed two hits and fanned nine as the host Mustangs defeated the Thunderbirds 5-4. The Thunderbirds used a wild pitch from Finch and a two-run home run from Michael Love to jump out to a 4-1 lead in the third inning...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association approved new sectional assignments for the 2009 and 2010 football state tournament earlier this spring. Two area high school football teams will be changing their residences for post-season play. Eastern Greene will again be shifted back to Class A, where they resided when they started playing varsity football in 2003...

The Linton Police Department has some new graduates who are not new patrol officers assigned on the streets actively fighting crime and protecting the citizens in the community. This group of graduates are ordinary citizens who signed up to learn more about how the police department works from a unique behind-the-scenes perspective...

Former Indianapolis resident Cynthia Lynn Cato is pregnant and she doesn't like the taste of powdered milk. Cato is an inmate at the Greene County Jail who was in Greene Superior Court Friday afternoon asking for her bond to be reduced. She's being held in lieu of $37,000 surety with no ten percent allowed...