Stories from Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A contingent of people who work closely with parcel splits in Greene County on a daily basis let their feelings be known to the County Council on Monday. Surveyor office employee Rennie Powell, along with private surveyors Jim Tibbett, of Linton, and Jeff Gwinn, who lives in Beech Creek Township and former surveyor Marty James, who lives in eastern Greene County, addressed the council, cautioning them to look closely at WTH's proposal before approving it...

A long-standing problem to get county plat maps accurate and up-to-date drew a lengthy round of discussion at Monday's monthly meeting of the Greene County Council. In the end after more than a 60 minutes of questions and comments, the council voted unanimously to approve a $76,475 proposal from WTH Technologies, Inc., of Indianapolis, to correct the plat maps...

Janice Sue (Clark) Gelhaus, 67, of Coldwater, Ohio, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born June 18, 1942 in Linton to the late Robert L. Clark and Mary E. (Foster) Clark. She was married to Ken Gelhaus for 22 years and he survives in Coldwater...

Ron Boger of Vincennes has announced his candidacy for the State Senate in District 39. Boger, a Republican, will challenge incumbent State Sen. John Waterman of Shelburn in the May 4 primary election. Boger and his wife, Marilyn, live in Vincennes and they have two grown children -- Eric who works for FIA and also attends Vincennes University and daughter Heather who is married to Ryan James and they have a child...

CRANE -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced Monday it has been awarded a task order by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) -- Crane Division to support its Joint Special Operations Response Department (JSORD) with technical and engineering services...

Low cost spay/neuter Indiana Spay/Neuter Alliance is offering transportation for surgery on Monday, March 29. Registration will be at Pamida in Bloomfield on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 1-3 p.m. Call for more information or to register at (866) 957-7729. Cost of all surgeries is $20 with a voucher...

Call it the domino effect. Evan Bayh says he isn't going to run again for U.S. Senate, Brad Ellsworth wants to take his spot, and John Gregg gets inundated with phone calls. On Feb. 15, Bayh -- Indiana's junior U.S. senator -- announced he won't seek a third term. His surprise news set off a firestorm of speculation as to who would be selected by the Democratic Party Central Committee to replace him...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one assist to the utility department after hours, one accident with personal injury, one funeral escort, two medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, one suspicious vehicle/person, one assist to another agency, two disabled/stranded vehicles, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one domestic dispute and nine traffic stop...

In a battle of ranked Class A high school boys basketball teams, No. 2 Barr-Reeve defeated visiting No. 7 White River Valley 53-40 Tuesday night at Montgomery. Trey Hughes paced Barr-Reeve, winners of five in a row to improve 17-3, with 22 points. Christian Duncheon added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Vikings...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES David Troy Lasure v. Debra Ann Lasure, dissolution Capital One Bank (USA) NA v. Mike E. aka Mike A. Farr aka Farr, Sr., collection Midland Funding LLC v. Patti H. Ramey, collection Darrin A. Burks v. Amy N. Burks, dissolution...

The Linton-Stockton Elementary School Sixth-grade boys basketball team won the championship of the WRV-Worthington Tournament Saturday. In the opener the Miners captured a 52-25 win over Dugger. They were paced by Joe Dieball with 12 points, Pierce Jackson with 10, Mitchell Eberhardt with eight, Nick Wisniewski with seven, Janzen Franklin with five, Jacob Gregory with four, Jacob Clolthier, Devin Collenbaugh and Riley Cobble with two points each...

Playing without starters Dustin Howard (ankle) and Jacob Phegley (illness), the Union (Dugger) High School boys basketball team lost a 55-39 decision at Washington Catholic Tuesday night. The setback was the sixth in a row for the Bulldogs, who dropped to 1-18. Washington Catholic extended its winning streak to three, finishing the regular season at 9-12...

In a battle of Class A high school boys basketball teams, No. 2 Barr-Reeve defeated visiting No. 7 White River Valley 53-40 Tuesday night at Montgomery. Trey Hughes paced Barr-Reeve, winners of five in a row to improve 17-3, with 22 points. Christian Duncheon added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Vikings. Ashton Wagner also scored 12 points...

CLAY CITY -- Despite a furious fourth quarter comeback and outscoring their hosts 44-39 in the second half, the Linton-Stockton Miners dropped their ninth straight game in a heartbreaking 71-70 double conference loss to Clay City Tuesday night. The Miners fell to 2-17 overall and finish winless in both the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference (0-7) and the Tri-River Conference (0-5)...