Stories from Thursday, September 24, 2009

A 27-year-old Elnora woman apparently escaped serious injury when her car overturned in a one-vehicle accident around 7 a.m. on Thursday. Anna D. Hastings was driving a 2006 Ford Focus eastbound on the Scotland-Newberry Road (700S) at Booher Road (375W) when her car ran off the road...

Edith L. Cain, 91, of Linton, passed away at 3:45 a.m. on Thursday Sept. 24, 2009 at the Lyons Health & Living Center. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

SANDBORN -- Food, music, a parade and hopefully clear skies will be the theme of the weekend in this northern Knox County town. The 2009 Black Creek Festival, sponsored by the Sandborn Lions Club, will begin Friday afternoon and will continue throughout the weekend until 3:30 p.m. on Sunday...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one incident of trespassing, two refusal to leave, two follow-up investigations, one request for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, one vandalism, one custody dispute/exchange, one school/foot patrol, one utility repair, two property dispute, one disorderly conduct, one transport of documentation, one missing/runaway juvenile, three medical/illness, three animal complaints, two assists to other agencies, one harassment complaint, one arrest-wanted on warrant, one domestic dispute, one ordinance violation and six traffic stops.. ...

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Recycling proved to be a success at the 2009 Linton Music Fest. "Music festival-goers and attendees helped do their part by recycling ... over 100 pounds of plastic and over 100 pounds of cardboard were recycled from the festival. We had more clean recyclable materials than any previous year," explained Erek Wilson, supervisor at the Greene County Recycling Center...

Russell Leon "Tuffy" Keller, 64, of Jasonville, passed away at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Jasonville. He was born Sept. 9, 1945 in Greene County to Clarence Keller and Rose Ellen (Shields) Keller...

Last week, students weren't the only ones learning something from arithmetic: The number of pupils counted at county schools was taken, assisting in the determination of future funding. Initial student enrollment numbers are up for Eastern Greene, Linton, Dugger, and White River Valley...

SWITZ CITY -- For White River Valley volleyball coach Kristi Graves and her young team, Thursday's match with visiting Vincennes Lincoln was the first step in a relearning process. Graves found out earlier in the day that senior leader Tayler Kail would miss the majority -- if not the remainder -- of the Lady Wolverines schedule due to a torn meniscus in her knee, an injury she suffered last week...

Shakamak needed four games, but disposed of visiting West Vigo 25-18, 25-22, 16-25, 24-14 in a high school volleyball match at Jasonville Thursday night. "We started out strong, but got a little overconfident in the third game," said Shakamak coach Jeri Morin, whose Lady Lakers lost in three games at Terre Haute North earlier this week. "We had a lot of matches in the first two weeks and played some good ball...

A police officer in the right place at the right time and an alert customer helped to foil an attempted theft at the Fast Point convenience store in Linton early Thursday. The 51-year-old suspect, John L. Rice of Webbville, Ky. was arrested after he was reportedly found with several store items stashed in his pants and socks...

Hali Murray had a career night -- 16 kills and 20 of 21 serving with four aces -- to help the Lady Miner volleyball team to a 25-9, 25-22, 23-25, 25-14 victory over visiting North Daviess Thursday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference contest...

Eastern Greene volleyball coach Gina Ingram did not like what she witnessed in a 25-21, 25-15, 25-12 victory over visiting Lighthouse Christian Thursday night at Little Cincinnati. "We were very sluggish tonight," said Ingram, whose Lady Thunderbirds won for the 18th time in 21 matches. "I think the girls came in here thinking this would be an easy win since they are a small, private Christian school...

Hallie Retseck (21 of 21, 13 points, one ace), Ariel Fuller (17 of 17, 13 points), and Holly Zschiedrich (12 of 12, six points) all were perfect serving and the Lady Cardinals combined for 40 kills, 20 by senior Elyse Weddle, as Bloomfield defeated visiting Edgewood 25-19, 25-21,19-25, 25-23 in a high school volleyball match at Guy Glover Gymnasium Thursday night...

Several personnel items were approved during the September meeting of the Bloomfield School Board. The board approved maternity leave for Joanna Fish, a sixth grade teacher, from on or about Nov. 23 through on or about March 19. In other personnel business, Jamie Norman was approved as a long-term substitute teacher from on or about Nov. 23 through on or about March 19...

Edith L. Donahue Cain Edith L. Donahue Cain, 91, of Springville passed away at 3:25 A.M. on Thursday September 24, 2009 at the Lyons Health & Living Center in Lyons, Indiana. Born July 23, 1918 in Loretta, Oklahoma she was the daughter of Charles and Lola (Pullem) Shirley...

White River Valley varsity softball coach Ruan Fougerousse will be hosting a softball camp this fall for White River Valley students in grades 3-8. The camp is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the high school softball field and is free of charge...