Stories from Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Don Harold Shake, 88, of Sandborn, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 at his residence in Sandborn. He was born in Knox County on March 11, 1921 to Floyd and Zella (Lawyer) Shake. Don married Dorothea R. (Spanger) Shake on May 24, 1947. Don was a retired farmer and livestock trucker. ...

George Anthony "Andy" Carmichael, 47, of Sullivan and formerly of Jasonville, passed away Monday morning, Nov. 23, 2009, at his residence. He was born in Linton on April 15, 1962 to George D. and Hilda Louise (Allen) Carmichael. He formerly worked at Charles Jackson Sawmill in Owensburg. He lived most of his life in Jasonville, but had also lived in Bloomfield. He attended Blessed Hope Baptist Church in Jasonville. He enjoyed watching Monday night wrestling and taking care of his dogs...

Donald Joe "Donnie" Carmichael, 28, of Linton and formerly of Jasonville, passed away Monday morning, Nov. 23, 2009, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born in Bedford on Jan. 21, 1981 to Hilda Louise (Allen) Carmichael. He worked at Wendy's in Linton, and formerly worked at Fashion Pork. ...

Ruby Claris (Martindale) Anderson, 79, of Bloomfield, passed away at 5:47 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital. Born July 9, 1930 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Frank Lester and Bessie Belle (Blaker) Martindale. She was a homemaker.

When we sit down to Thanksgiving dinner this week, my wife, Jaime, and I have a lot to be thankful for, especially for all the people in Greene County. We'd like to send a very special thank you to Eric Floyd, Don Richardson and Dennis Conaway of the Worthington Police Department for everything they have done to help us over the last few months, and for organizing the benefit dinner and auction to raise money to help with the bills that were piling up around us...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one request for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, two incidents of vandalism, one criminal mischief, two medical/illness, one alarm, four animal complaints, one suspicious vehicle/person, one assist to another agency, one theft-other, two fingerprints for gun permits, one battery and one traffic stop...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Mandey Hettle v. Stephen Ray Hettle, dissolution Citibank (SD) NA v. James R. Bauer II, collection Citimortgage, Inc. v. Constance Phillips, John Doe, Jane Doe, mortgage foreclosure Steve Hart v. Sherri Moyer, Beneficial Indiana dba Beneficial Mortgage Company and Joe Doe, civil plenary...

GCDW won't publish Thursday The Greene County Daily World won't publish a newspaper Thursday because of Thanksgiving. The newspaper will publish editions Friday and Saturday as normal. Greene Lodge degree work Greene Lodge #577 will have an Entered Apprentice Degree Friday, November 27. Eat at 8 a.m. and work at 9 a.m.. Visiting brethren are welcome...

Hard times brought out the best in many, as the Roosevelt Mission offered their 27th annual Thanksgiving meal Tuesday evening. Still, the loss of a major donor's $1,000 in funding has the shelter's officials scrambling to ensure the shelter's Dec. 22 Christmas won't fall short...

The Greene County Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) program has already topped last year's carcass donation mark with more than a month left in the state deer firearm and archery seasons. Greene County FHFH Chapter Coordinator Brady Miller says the program is off to a great start...

The Greene County Sheriff's Department is investigating an early morning burglary at the Scotland Snapper & Cycle business. Deputy J. Aaron Smith said the Sheriff's Department received a report from the business owner at approximately 8:36 a.m. on Tuesday that his business had been burglarized...

Linton Mayor Tom Jones says he's mad and appalled at recent damage that was done at Humphreys Park allegedly by vandals who have put what he calls a damper on a traditional community holiday event. But the Yuletide lighting of the park will go as scheduled today, the mayor said...

White River Valley senior Alicia Tally scored all but six points put up by the Lady Wolverines as they lost to host Edgewood 63-22 in a high school girls basketball game at Ellettsville Tuesday night. Tally hit two 3-pointers and finished with 16 points...

In a battle of Class 2A Sectional opponents, Linton-Stockton defeated host South Knox 48-37 in a high school girls basketball game at Verne Tuesday night. "This was a good win," Lady Miner coach Brad McKinney said after improving to 3-1. "It came on the road against a sectional opponent, who is a pretty good team...

JASONVILLE -- Brittney Combs, Elyse Weddle and Alley Gilliland proved to be a deadly trio for the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals in their Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference opener here against Shakamak. They combined for 47 points to lead the Lady Cardinals to a 53-47 win...