Stories from Tuesday, September 14, 2010

WRV Jr. High sweeps North Knox The White River Valley Junior High School cross country teams swept a dual meet with North Knox Monday. Buddy Davis (12 minutes and 16 seconds) lead a WRV sweep of the top three to pace the boys to an 18-49 win. Davis was joined in the top three by fellow Wolverine Braden Cornelius (12:17) and Hunter Cornelius (13:27)...

The Linton-Stockton Middle School "A" volleyball team pushed its record to 3-0 by defeating North Central 25-16, 25-8 on Monday. Hannah Padgett had four kills, four aces, and one assist for the winners. The Linton Stockton "B" team was defeated by North Central 17-25, 25-16, 12-15. Tayler Moore, Christina Hicks and Jaelyn Walker each had two digs...

* Sept. 13 -- Mark Bailey, 43, , was arrested on a preliminary charge of dealing marijuana, released on $4,000 bond and scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 20. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy James O'Malley was the arresting officer.

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Brian T. Beatty, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath State v. Ezekiel T. Morrow, public intoxication, resisting law enforcement...

Wednesday, Sept. 15 Thursday, Sept. 16 Friday, Sept. 17 Saturday, Sept. 18 Sunday, Sept. 19 Monday, Sept. 20 Tuesday, Sept. 21 Wednesday, Sept. 22 Thursday, Sept. 23 Friday, Sept. 24 Saturday, Sept. 25 Sunday, Sept. 26 The annual Helms reunion will be conducted at the Bloomfield Park South Shelter House. There will be a pitch-in meal at 1 p.m....

A mother of two Linton-Stockton Elementary School students shared her concerns about her children's inability to join the school's SEEK club -- which was due to a change in the club's registration process -- during the L-S School Board meeting on Monday...

Work has been completed on a new railroad bridge on County Road 250W, located west of Elliston and south of State Road 54 in Fairplay Township. The bridge was opened to traffic about a week ago. The approaches to the bridge have been temporarily left gravel for the remainder of this year to allow time for the base to settle, according to highway superintendent Mike Hennette. ...

The Greene County Highway Department Superintendent Mike Hennette resigned on Monday. The resignation will be effective Sept. 24. Hennette, who most recently headed the highway department starting in January 2009, submitted his letter of resignation to the three county commissioners....

The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees and the administration have drafted a letter to the Eastern Greene Community Football league that clarifies the school's football field use policy. The policy came under question at the Aug. 30 board meeting when more than 100 patrons showed up to voice their displeasure to the board members that play on the field was being limited...

Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 3-9 and the Linton Fire Department is asking your help in making the educational event a success. Linton Fire Chief Gary Tannehill provided details on the fun, educational-filled week and its importance to children. "Fire Prevention Week is an important week, the fire department has the opportunity to educate our young people in the community about fire safety," he explained. ...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one illegal burn, one title check, one vehicle fire, two medical/illness, three animal complaints, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one complaint of harassment, one domestic dispute, one animal/canine removed and 14 traffic stops...

With little fanfare and no comments from the public, the Worthington Town Council passed an amendment to the Public Health and Safety Ordinance on Tuesday night that limits what kinds of animals can be kept within the town limits. The ordinance had been discussed extensively by the council for the last four months and revised several times by town attorney Jacob Fish...

Eastern Greene's volleyball team pushed its record to 13-1 after three wins at the Loogootee Invitational Saturday. The Lady Thunderbirds defeated Northeast Dubois 25-20, 25-16, the host Lady Lions 25-18, 25-21 and White River Valley 25-23, 25-14. "I felt we came out ready to play, but not as sharp as we could have been," Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram said of facing Northeast Dubois. " We started a tad bit shaky with some tight passes and gave Northeast Dubois points on our mistakes...

Barr-Reeve blanks Wolverines 5-0 The Barr-Reeve Viking boys tennis team, featuring a roster of 18 players, swept the White River Valley Wolverines 5-0 Tuesday in a high school match at Switz City. The Vikings one, two and three singles each jumped out to a 3-0 lead within the first 10 minutes of play...

Lakers earn second win Shakamak won for the second time in the past four matches as the Lady Lakers defeated host Cloverdale 25-21, 25-20, 13-25, 25-23 in a high school volleyball match in Putnam County Tuesday night. "They looked awesome," said Shakamak coach Lyndsey (Scott) Cummings, whose Lady Lakers improved to 2-10. "We really did a good job of reading their hitters. We moved well and had some really hard hits...

The Eastern Greene volleybal team pushed its record to 15-1 after a 25-10, 25-12, 25-20 victory at Mitchell Thursday night. "We played pretty good the first two games," said Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram. "We mixed up our line-up to get Leanna Bailey (five points, one ace, 1 kill, six assists and six digs) a chance to get more experience setting, just in case...

In an unofficial Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school girls golf tournament, first-year program Eastern Greene won with a score of 245 Tuesday in a nine-hole event at the Phil Harris Golf Course Tuesday. North Central tied for first with an identical score, but the Lady Thunderbirds won with the fifth-score tiebreaker as NC only had four golfers...

BLOOMFIELD -- The White River Valley Lady Wolverines evened both their season and Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference records following a 25-12, 26-24, 21-25, 25-15 win over host Bloomfield in Glover Gymnasium Tuesday night. Led by 31 kills from sophomore outside hitter Sydney Kail and 73 assists from junior setter Jasmine May, the Lady Wolverines improved to 7-7 overall and 2-2 in the SWIAC...

In an unofficial Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school girls golf tournament, first-year program Eastern Greene won with a score of 245 Tuesday in a nine-hole event at the Phil Harris Golf Course Tuesday. North Central tied for first with an identical score, but the Lady Thunderbirds won with the fifth-score tiebreaker as NC only had four golfers...