Stories from Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Visitor impressed with GPFWA To the Editor: Several weeks ago while visiting relatives in Linton I had the great opportunity to witness several "visitors" to the Goose Pond FWA. I saw a field (which I think was in the city limits of Linton) covered with Sandhill Cranes with more coming in to feed. What a sight! Then, driving the highway south from Linton I saw many flocks of Canada geese, several flocks of ducks and numerous gulls...

PartTec, a South Central Indiana-based provider of radiation detection equipment, has signed a license agreement with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This license allows PartTec to manufacture and market an innovative neutron detector system. Uses for this groundbreaking detector range from neutron research to advanced security applications such as monitoring for the presence of illicit radioactive material at our borders...

L. Jeanne Carter, 66, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 13, 2010 at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin. She was a longtime resident of Franklin. She was born on Nov. 29, 1943 in Vincennes to Ives and Hattie (McBride) Poindexter. She married Hugh Edgar Carter on March 6, 1965. He lovingly survives in Franklin...

Linda K. Webster, 65, of Odon, passed away at 9:37 a.m. on Tuesday April 13, 2010 at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Indiana. Linda was born Feb. 11, 1945 in Greene County the daughter of Clyde and Marqueite (Flater) Hosteter. Linda was retired from Crane on September 3, 1999...

LOOGOOTEE -- Rural Greene County resident Ron Toon was replaced on the WestGate Authority by the Greene County Commissioners. Toon, who has been a member of the agency that governs the operation of the WestGate at Crane Tech Park since its formation in 2006, was replaced to a three-year term in a unanimous vote by former Greene County Councilman and current Greene County Redevelopment Commission member Ken Gremore, also of Bloomfield...

Trash thrown on county roads is not that unusual especially during the warmer months, but Greene County Highway Superintendent Mike Hennette was particularly disturbed Wednesday after the discovery of some household trash that had been dumped on a rural road near Linton...

Two businesses in Jasonville were burglarized last weekend. The Jasonville Police Department (JPD) has been investigating and criminal charges are expected to be filed in the burglary of The Country Porch Market and the dental office of Dr. Mark Buckley...

Howard J. Alexander, age 80, of Bloomington, Ind., formerly of Indianapolis, passed away on Monday, April 12, 2010. He was born on September 2, 1929, in Monticello, Ky. to Bolden Robert Alexander and Mamie Correll. He was the youngest of their 11 children...

The Greene County Council passed a resolution Wednesday in a special meeting that takes care of bond obligations due in June for the county courthouse addition/ renovation project and re-issues bonds or bond anticipation notes not to exceed $7.5 million...

Luke Knight pitched a complete game and Nick Angell had three hits and scored twice as Linton-Stockton defeated visiting North Central 11-6 in a Tri-River Conference baseball game Wednesday at Roy Herndon Field. "It was nice to see Luke go the distance," said Linton-Stockton coach Bart Berns. "He struck out eight and walked four. He scattered seven hits and allowed five earned runs...

The Greene County Community 5K race/walk has been scheduled for Saturday, April 24 at Bloomfield High School. Registration will be from 10 to 11 a.m. the day of the event in front of the high school (501 W. Spring St.). Funds will go towards Bloomfield School fitness equipment...

BICKNELL -- The early season struggles for the Union (Dugger) golf team continued Wednesday afternoon at the Bicknell Country Club in a dual meet with North Knox. The host Warriors posted a 162-200 win. "I'd still like to see us improve our team score," Union (Dugger) coach Josh LeDune said. "And so would the boys."...

Today Friday, April 16 Saturday, April 17 Sunday, April 18 Monday, April 19 The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees will meet in regular session at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be preceded by an executive session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 Thursday, April 22...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included three follow-up investigations, one request for information only, two assists to the utility department after hours, one civil complaint, five medical/illness, two animal complaints, one reckless driver, one extra patrol, two thefts-other, three welfare checks/concerns, two fingerprints for gun permits, one assist to the fire department and one traffic stop...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG...

The Bloomfield boys' golf team fell to 1-3 on the year following a triangular meet with South Knox and Washington Catholic at the Vincennes Elks Club. The host Spartans earned the team title with a score of 156 followed by Washington Catholic (195) and BHS (201)...

In a match-up of sectional opponents, five-time defending champion Northview defeated host Linton-Stockton 5-0 in a high school girls tennis match at Humphreys Park in Linton Wednesday. Lady Miner freshman Bailey Knotts came the closest to winning a game. She lost to Northview's Lauren Reberer 6-2, 7-6(4) in a battle at No. 2 singles...

Eastern Greene Scrabblers have returned from national competition with plenty of stories to share. Although it was Lynndsia Terrell's first time at nationals she's already looking forward to going back. The seventh grader explained, "We learned a lot of new words that we didn't know before and I thought the trip was awesome. I loved it."...

The Greene County Prosecutor's Office has filed a criminal charge against Bruce L. Swihart, 61, Bloomfield, the driver accused of leaving the scene after hitting, and seriously injuring, a 19-year-old bicyclist, Caitlyn N. Frye, in eastern Greene County on April 6...

White River Valley senior shortstop Alicia Tally stood out defensively, but the Lady Wolverines lost an 11-0 decision at Edgewood in a high school softball game Wednesday night. "Alicia played really well in the field," said WRV coach Ruan Fougerousse, whose Lady Wolverines dropped to 1-5. "There was one play where she ran down a deep fly ball behind third base. Then she turned and threw a runner out at home. She ran a long way to get to the ball and had to make a good throw...