Stories from Thursday, December 9, 2010

Peter J. D'Ambrosio, 79, of Jasonville, died at 5:40 a.m. Friday, Dec. 3. 2010 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Jasonville. He was born April 15, 1931 in New York City, NY, the son of Raphael and Rose D'Ambrosio. Peter had been a custodian and maintenance man at the East Islip School in New York and served in the U.S. Air Force for almost two years...

Harold L. "Buck" Emery, 83, of Bloomfield passed away at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Buck was born Sept. 22, 1927 in Greene County, the son of Virgil and Ruth (Carnegie) Emery. Buck was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II and worked at Hasler Oil for 31 years and drove a school bus for Bloomfield for 41 years. He was a member of the Bloomfield American Legion Post # 196 and a lifetime member of the DAV of Dubois County...

The Sandborn Town Council had several items on the agenda at its Tuesday evening meeting. Reporting on the Storm Water Drainage Project, Mike Mathias of Midwestern Engineers said most items will be completed in the next couple of weeks; however, OCRA approved a continuance for a grant extension until June 2011, which will give College Street time to settle. Hughes Paving will be back in the spring to repave the road...

If you have been assigned a 9-1-1 number then the U.S. Postal Service wants to remind you the importance of using it. Kelly Gehring, postmaster in Lyons, provided some background on the matter. "The county has done (9-1-1) addressing in a staggered way, so therefore Lyons was the first one to change," Gehring explained. "We converted in March 2009."...

Bloomfield Town Marshal Ken Tharp is confident the community will come through with some donations to assist this year's "Bless This Dinner" program. "We are running behind (in donations)," Tharp told the town council Tuesday night. The holiday program provides food baskets and presents to Bloomfield area families and individuals...

The Greene County Redevelopment Commission signed an inter-local agreement Thursday morning with the Town of Switz City. The agreement paves the way for the installation of water lines and fire hydrants to three major commercial customers located near the intersection of State Road 67 and U.S. 231 -- south of Worthington...

The Bloomfield School District is changing its snow-related bus routes this winter, citing a shrinking county highway department budget for snow removal. In a letter mailed to parents of students in his district that was dated Dec. 8, Bloomfield School Superintendent Dan Sichting blamed the revised snow routes on the capping of property taxes which has snowballed hardship onto parts of the county road budget...

Last weekend's mini-snow blast could be a prelude to what weather forecasters are predicting for this coming weekend. The National Weather Service is calling for little snow accumulation, but noted that the track of the approaching storm could alter and if that happens a more significant snowfall might be expected...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one assist to the utility department after hours, one funeral escort, two lost and found, one medical/illness, three alarms, two animal complaints, one assist to another agency, one message delivery, one welfare check/concern, one ordinance violation, two battery incidents and three traffic stops...

The Linton Police Department issued 43 citations during their participation in the statewide "Safe Family Travel Enforcement" Blitz in November. Chief Troy Jerrell said more than 250 other law enforcement agencies throughout the state were involved in the 17-day effort which began on Nov. 12 and continued through the Thanksgiving holiday before ending on Nov. 28...

A 21-year-old Worthington man, Chad A. Phillips, was arrested this week, accused of felony possession of marijuana, and scheduled to be in court for an initial hearing on Monday. Phillips was taken into custody and booked in to the Greene County Jail Tuesday by Town Marshal Dennis Conaway of the Worthington Police Department...

CARLISLE -- A Wabash Valley Correctional Facility officer was arrested this afternoon at the maximum-security facility, facing offender trafficking allegations. Lynda Alumbaugh, 36 of Switz City faces two preliminary felony charges of trafficking a cell phone with an inmate along with one Class A misdemeanor, tobacco trafficking with an Inmate charge...

Friday, Dec. 10 Saturday, Dec. 11 Sunday, Dec. 12 Monday, Dec. 13 The Greene County Council will meet in regular session at 4 p.m. in the commissioner's meeting room, located on the third floor of the county courthouse in Bloomfield. The meeting was rescheduled form Dec. 27...

The Shakamak's sixth grade boys defeated WRV-Lyons at home Thursday night 62-10. Parker Green led the Lakers with 25 points. Tanner Yeryar (16) and Cameron West (14) combined for 30. Chad Keller scored three points, Noah Wilson two and Caleb Collier had added two...

The Bloomfield Elementary School boys sixth grade basketball team traveled to North Daviess Tuesday night to take on the Cougars. The Cardinals came out on top 26-18 behind 10 points from Christopher Gilmore. Levi Patton and Luke Vandeventer added seven points each while Zach Stone and Brandon Thompson added two each...

Linton seventh falls to Bloomfield, Eastern Greene The Linton-Stockton Middle School boys seventh grade basketball team dropped a 27-15 decision to Bloomfield Tuesday night. They now stand at 3-5 on the year. The Miners were led by Pierce Jackson with five points, Jacob Gregory and Zack Phegley with four each and Nick Wisniewski with two points...

The WRV-Worthington fifth and sixth grade girls basketball teams split a doubleheader with Eastern Greene Tuesday night. In the fifth grade game WRV handed Eastern Greene a 12-2 loss. Peyton Franklin led the Lady Wolverines with six poits while Addison Graves and Whitney Green added four and two points respectively...

White River Valley hosts Clay City in a freshmen boys basketball game at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1. This game was added to the schedule. The Lady Wolverines will play another varsity-only home game at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10 against Class A No. 1 Vincennes Rivet...

Tickets for the Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic may be purchased in the athletic office of Shakamak High School until noon Tuesday, Dec. 21. An all-tourney pass, good for all four days (Dec. 27-30) of the event, this year at Terre Haute South, is $20, with $5 of that going to the high school athletic department...

The Linton-Stockton baseball program will once again induct players, coaches, contributors and teams into the Hall of Fame for the 2011 class this spring. This will be the eighth class to go into the Hall of Fame. The Miner Baseball Hall of Fame will perpetuate the memory of the special people who brought honor to the baseball program and school and who can serve as role models for the present and future generations...

The Greene County Daily World encourages area sports youth coaches or parents and elementary and junior high school coaches to submit pictures of your teams for publication as well as your game results. Pictures should include identification information about all players and coaches as well as any other info about the team's accomplishments...

Representatives from the Trane Company gave a presentation at the MSD of Shakamak Board of School Trustees meeting Thursday evening to explain a building automation system and Siemens retrofit. The representatives thanked the board for hiring Trane for the recent heating and cooling project but then went on to explain that some of the school's automation systems are from the '80s or '90s vintage and they suggested an upgrade...

Carmela Roeschlein scored 29 points to lead Clay City to a 52-36 victory over host Linton-Stockton in a high school girls basketball game Thursday night. Savannah Mason led the Miners with 14 points. This story will be updated.

Brittany Igel (18), Sam Reed (16) and Holly Hammock (11) combined for 45 points to lead Eastern Greene to a 49-41 victory over visiting Bloomfield Thursday night. The Lady Thunderbirds won their fourth straight game, improving to 5-1, 3-0 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game...

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley girls basketball coach A.J. Graves used their game against Class 4A No. 14 Bloomington North here Thursday night as an opportunity to set goals and achieve them. North closed the first quarter with 13 consecutive points on their way to a 58-20 victory. It was the eighth win in as many tries for North. WRV lost its seventh consecutive game, slipping to 2-7...