Stories from Monday, September 28, 2009

The 40th annual Bloomfield Apple Festival is scheduled for this coming weekend -- Friday and Saturday, with the parade on Sunday. The Greene County Daily World will publish its annual Apple Festival special section Thursday. The following is the schedule of events for this year's festival:...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Frederick R. Ridge, M.D., a solo practicing family physician from Linton, took an oath this weekend to assume the presidency of the approximately 8,400-member Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA). Dr. Ridge was among several physicians stepping into new leadership positions during activities surrounding the ISMA's 160th Annual Convention in Indianapolis Sept. 25-27...

Jasonville city officials are elated with word that they will be receiving a $500,000 state grant to build a new fire station. Jasonville Mayor Roy Terrell, Sr. says he was contacted by Matthew Crouch of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) on Friday with notification about the grant award...

Evelyn Maxine Houser, 88, of Ellettsville passed away on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 at her residence. She was born into the home of Rex Stone and Helen (Lynn) Stone on Aug. 31, 1921 in Bloomfield. Evelyn was a homemaker and was a member of the Epsilon Xi Tri Kappa Chapter. She was of the Baptist faith...

Former Linton GE employees pitch-in dinner All former Linton GE employees are invited to attend a pitch-in dinner at noon Oct. 25 at the Girl Scout cabin in Humphreys Park in Linton. Plates, cups, napkins, coffee and tea will be provided. Masters 5 to minister in song...

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GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Anthony Lee Minks, domestic battery in the presence of a child CIVIL CASES Capital One Bank (USA) NA v. Toni K. McClure, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Adam J. Lee, illegal possession...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one follow-up investigation, one forgery and counterfeiting, four requests for information only, one for lifting assistance, two juvenile/delinquents, one assist to the utility department after hours, two vandalism, four school/foot patrols, two structure fires, one brush fire, three accidents with property damage, one funeral escort, one suicide or attempted suicide, eight medical/illness, one alarm, three animal complaints, one suspicious vehicle/person, two assists to other agencies, two harassment complaints, one speeding vehicle, one possibly intoxicated driver, one reckless driver, two extra patrols, one attempted burglary, one animal/debris in roadway, two welfare checks/concerns, one domestic dispute and six traffic stops.. ...

GREENFIELD -- Marianne H. Wright, 79, passed away on Sept. 28, 2009 at the Ellison House in Greenfield. Born on March 11, 1930, she was the daughter of Oscar and Elsie Harmon. She graduated from Linton High School and married her high school sweetheart, Clyde L. Wright, on April 24, 1949...

Lose your canoe? The Linton Police Department is in possession of a canoe that was found somewhere south of Linton about a month ago. Police Chief Troy Jerrell said his department would like to release the canoe back to the rightful owner, but they have no idea who that might be...

Mark up a success for the Carnegie Heritage Arts Center recent Goose Pond art opening. Donna Kluesner, president of the arts center board, provided the details with the Greene County Daily World in a Monday afternoon interview. "We had close to 40 entries which included mixed media, painting and photography," she said. "It went very well ... we had quite a few people in attendance. It was a steady stream all day."...

Anthony L. Minks, 24, Worthington, was arrested on Sept. 22 after a domestic disturbance was reported to the Worthington Police Department. On Monday, a preliminary charge of domestic battery in the presence of a child, a class C felony, was filed against Minks in Greene Circuit Court...

Shakamak senior Drew Gambill posted a time of 16 minutes, 33 seconds to lead the field in Saturday's Shakamak Invitational cross country meet at Jasonville. His efforts led the Lakers to a sixth-place finish in the team standings while Eastern Greene's Brody Martin post a time of 17:29 to take fifth and lead the Thunderbirds to a second place finish...

Linton-Stockton won two matches by default as part of a 4-1 victory over visiting White River Valley in a high school boys tennis match Monday. With the victory, the Miners concluded the regular season at 7-7. "We will take a four-match winning streak into the sectional," said Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney. "WRV is shorthanded...

Monday afternoon the Bloomfield boys' tennis team celebrated senior night by downing visiting Sullivan 5-0. The Cardinals dropped only four games enroute to their 16th win against just one loss this season. At No. 1 singles, Derek Corn improved his record to 17-0 by beating James Lisman, 6-1, 6-0 while Joel Oliphant defeated Danny Lighthizer by the same score at the No. 2 singles position...

Linton-Stockton won once and lost twice at the Speedway Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday. The Lady Miners lost to the host Lady Sparkplugs 14-25, 21-25 in the first match and then to Scecina in the second match 19-25, 25-23, 2-15. In the final match against Tri-West, the Lady Miners prevailed 25-21, 22-25, 15-13...

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...

Indiana High School Football Top 10 By The Associated Press The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school football teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Sept. 26, rating points and previous rankings: Class 5A Others receiving votes: Indpls Pike 26, Mishawaka 18, Hamilton Southeastern 16, Merrillville 8,...

Thursday, Oct. 1 Match 1: North Daviess vs. Paoli, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 Match 2: Loogootee vs. Bloomfield, 4:30 p.m. Match 3: White River Valley vs. winner of match 1, 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 (Championship) Match 4: winner of match 2 vs. winner of match 3, 10 a.m...

Bloomfield lost to host South Knox 22-25, 25-14, 6-25, 25-21, 14-16 in a high school volleyball match Monday night between two Class 2A teams. "At times we had passing problems," said Lady Cardinal coach Susie Schulte. "We got aced 12 times." Schulte added that senior Elyse Weddle continues to play well...