Stories from Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Kathleen Mary Swihart, 60, of Bloomfield, passed away at 2:25 a.m. Tuesday April 6, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Bloomington. Born Jan. 29, 1950 in Detroit, Mich., she was the daughter of Clyde and Rita (McKenna) Conley. Kathleen was a self employed business owner of Distinctive Homes Incorporated near Bloomfield...

Jasonville's Project Good START will host a community forum Saturday to allow residents a chance to discuss ways to improve their city. The forum will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lawton Street Christian Church. A free lunch and childcare will be provided along with a raffle to win door prizes...

Three Greene County citizens made a special commitment to help a child in need when Judge Erik "Chip" Allen administered their oath to become Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in a ceremony last week in the Greene Circuit Courtroom. James Medina, Emily Ayers and Tiffany Jenkinson completed 30 hours of training over a six-week period to prepare for their duties...

Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library Director John Helling told the Bloomfield Town Council on Tuesday night about a possible future expansion that may need its sponsorship. Helling addressed the council to get its support for the exploration of an application for a Community Focus Fund Grant to help pay for the future addition of a 1,600 square feet two-story building to the east side of the current library facility on Mechanic Street...

Almost daily there are new and repeat victims of domestic violence in various parts of Greene County. Last year, Middle Way House served 241 Greene County residents and the agency's local women's advocate, Christa Turpin, says the victim numbers continue to increase...

Eastern Greene Scrabblers will play their hearts out at nationals later this week. Four teams of seventh and eighth graders will head to Orlando, Fla., to participate in the National School SCRABBLE Championship. "We fly out on April 8 and compete on April 9 and 10," explained Dinah Fuller, EG Scrabble coach. "The kids have worked hard to raise the funds necessary and we plan to take in the sights and sounds of Florida while there."...

To the Editor: The Linton-Stockton Junior Class Parents would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their monetary donations and items to our recent basket bingo. Without their support for this event it would be hard to raise the funds for post prom...

There was good news for Sandborn residents at the council meeting Tuesday evening when the board passed an ordinance removing the debt assessment placed on water accounts lowering the minimum water bill by $5 to $21. Due to a lack of three completed items on the Storm Water Drainage Project, Michelle Carrico from SIDC could not get a release of funds before the date of the board meeting. ...

The Linton-Stockton at North Central softball game was postponed because of lightening Wednesday night, according to Lady Miner coach Jill Flater. She said the game was in the bottom of the fourth inning when a storm came through the Farmersburg area...

Despite an 0-2 start, including a 12-2 loss to Bloomington North Tuesday night, Eastern Greene baseball coach Trevor McConnell has seen some encouragment signs. "When you look at the box score, you might think it was a blow out," said McConnell. "We were down just 7-2 going to the seventh...

The Linton-Stockton at North Central softball game was postponed because of lightening Wednesday night, according to Lady Miner coach Jill Flater. She said the game was in the bottom of the fourth inning when a storm came through the Farmersburg area...

The Edgewood at Bloomfield High School girls tennis match was postponed Wednesday because of rain. It has yet to be rescheduled.

The Bloomington North at Linton-Stockton baseball game was rained out Wednesday.

The Linton-Stockton High School girls track and field team pushed its record to 3-0 while the boys squad improved to 2-1 in a triangular meet at Charlie Hoskins Field in Linton Wednesday night. In the girls competition, Linton-Stockton won with 64.5 points. Mitchell had 50.5 and White River Valley was third with eight points...

Visiting North Daviess jumped out to a 3-0 lead and cruised to a 10-1 victory over host Bloomfield in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game Wednesday night. Paige Shirley scored the lone run for the Lady Cardinals, who dropped to 0-2, 0-1 in the conference. Kendra Spelts was credited with an RBI as she brought home Shirley with a ground out...

Despite an 0-2 start, including a 12-2 loss to Bloomington North Tuesday night, Eastern Greene baseball coach Trevor McConnell has seen some encouragment signs. "When you look at the box score, you might think it was a blow out," said McConnell. "We were down just 7-2 going to the seventh...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one incident of littering, one title check, one follow-up investigation, one vandalism, one utility repair, one animal complaint, one assist to another agency, one harassment complaint, two thefts-other, one lost or stolen license plate, one shoplifting, one abandoned vehicle and six traffic stops...

DUGGER -- The weather allowed just enough time for the Union (Dugger) Lady Bulldogs and Barr-Reeve Lady Vikings to get in an abbreviated game here Wednesday night. When it was over the game had gone five innings and the Lady Bulldogs fell 12-4. "They're young and some of them haven't played in a long time," Lady Bulldogs' coach Rick Swan said. "They made some good plays, but they've still got a lot of work to do."...

Eastern Greene rallied from a 7-3 deficit to defeat Class 2A Sectional foe South Knox 9-7 in a high school baseball game at Little Cincinnati Wednesday night. "We are happy to get the win, but we have some play to clean up with making four errors," said Eastern Greene coach Trevor McConnell. "We had started 0-2 and felt like we were at a crossroads...

The White River Valley Lady Wolverines softball team fell to 0-3 following a tough-luck 1-0 loss at Sullivan Wednesday night. The lone run of the game came in the fourth inning when the Lady Arrows put together a run-scoring double along side one of just two WRV errors...

A female passenger on an ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) was knocked unconscious and seriously injured when the male driver wrecked it early Friday evening in Worthington. Instead of calling for help, the driver allegedly left the scene and another man, the owner of the ATV, allegedly pushed the ATV behind his house then physically dragged the woman into his garage, closed the door and refused to answer the door for the police...