Stories from Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Charlotte A. Phillips, 73, of Linton, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Greene County on Jan. 12, 1936, to Opal Marshall. She married Joseph Phillips, Jr. on August 31, 1954 and they had two daughters. She worked for RCA in Bloomington, retiring in 1982...

Jeffrey L. Alexander, 59, of Linton, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at his residence. He was born December 5, 1949, to Ivan and Jocelyn (Parks) Alexander. On September 20, 1997, he married Beavely Chambers. Jeffrey was a member of the American Legion Post #22 and VFW Post #7118. He was an operating engineer with Local #841 and worked as a security officer with Owen Detective Agency until he retired. He was a veteran serving with the U.S. Marines...

Jessica Ellen Burris McBride, 42, of Linton, passed away at 9:19 a.m. Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born in Sullivan on Aug. 22, 1966, the daughter of Jesse Engle and Lenora (Nogie) King Bock. She was a member of the Women of the Moose Chapter 19 No. 1434 in Linton...

Holtsclaw family apprecites help To the Editor: The family of Pauline Holtsclaw would like to thank everyone for all their acts of kindness during her illness. All of the many prayers, calls, food, flowers, donations to the Alzheimer's fund, and visits were greatly appreciated...

Mr. & Mrs. John and Nancy Beach of Lyons and Mr. & Mrs. Erich and Lenore Wolters of Hampton, N.H. announce the marriage of their children, Rachel Diane Wolters and Erich James Wolters. The bride and groom wed in a private ceremony at the North Central Church of Christ on April 4 in Bloomington...

Gerald W. Stone Sr., 71, of Vicksburg, passed away at 11:32 a.m. Wednesday May 6, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Gary on January 19, 1938 the son of Gerald E. Stone and Pauline Neal Stone. He was a member of the Summerville Church of Christ, and retired from General Electric after 35 years. He also was the owner and operator of S&S Cabinet Shop in Vicksburg...

James William Burris, 86 of Linton passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at the Bloomington Hospital. He was born January 15, 1923 in Monroe County to Frank and Anna Lucile Zike Burris. After attending Smithville High School he went on to proudly serve our country in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific Theatre. ...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Bloomfield Town Marshal Kenneth Tharp was the arresting officer. LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included two follow-up investigations, one vandalism, one death investigation, one brush fire, one funeral escort, two mental cases, five medical/illness, one animal complaint, one assist to another agency, one possibly intoxicated driver, two reckless drivers, one extra patrol, one theft-other, one arrest-wanted on warrant, one domestic dispute, one battery and 40 traffic stops.. ...

A new multi-service business is expanding to Bloomfield. Broadband Communications, located on Walnut Street in Bloomington, will expand to Greene County at 12 West Main Bloomfield in the next few weeks. Brian Beasley, of Bloomington who will oversee the operation, said the firm offers satellite television service packages, fiber optic broadband Internet service and disaster recovery service to protect important documents/records in a secure electronic format...

Greene County's Master Gardeners and the staff of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library are planning to pretty-up the south side entrance to the library's main branch in Bloomfield. They're asking for a little help from the community in the form of donations -- of plants...

Golf carts were brought to the forefront at the Bloomfield Town Council meeting Monday. Council Member Aaron Hamm provided the details on the legislation that will allow golf carts to be driven in towns and cities -- which will be effective July 1. The state approved legislation in April that will allow golf carts to be driven in towns/cities if there is a local ordinance allowing it, Hamm said...

A three-county career fair today aims to send a message that local job opportunities associated with NSA Crane, WestGate at Crane Technology Park and other local firms are available in our own backyard. The hands-on Tri-County Career Fair will be attended by students in grades 8-10 from senior and junior high schools in Greene, Daviess, and Martin counties...

Writing tickets during the recent Bloomfield Town-Wide Sales was a hot topic of discussion at the Bloomfield Town Council meeting Monday. Bonnie Richards, a resident of Bloomfield, voiced her opinion on the matter during the public comment section of the meeting...

Robert C. "Bobby" Patterson, 62, of Bloomfield was released from the Greene County Jail at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday. Patterson had been incarcerated, with bond set at $75,000, while awaiting trial on a class D felony charge of failure to register as a violent offender...

The Bloomfield boys track and field team finished second in a four-way meet at North Knox Tuesday evening, while the Bloomfield girls also placed second, in a three-team field. North Knox won both races, 81-76 over the boys and 86-73 over the girls. North Daviess scored 62 in the boys race for third while Vincennes Rivet tallied 15 points. The Cougars scored six points in the girls race for third place, while the Lady Patriots did not have a team...

All of Wednesday's high school sporting events were washed out. The Lady Lakers have rescheduled their home softball game against North Daviess to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 14. Shakamak's softball game at Cloverdale, originally scheduled May 14, has been moved to 5 p.m. Friday, May 15...

Shakamak School Board The MSD of Shakamak Board of Trustees will meet in executive session at 6 p.m. today in the high school media center. Hendricksville Area Association The Hendricksville Area Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Hendricksville Community Center...