Stories from Friday, April 22, 2011

The Greene County Daily World is proud to announce its 2010-11 All-Area boys basketball team. Just like it is for Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference honors, competition was fierce for this year's squad, as several deserving candidates were not among the final 12 selections...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included: one fraud case, two personal injury traffic accidents, one property damage traffic accident, in the theft case, one ordinance violation, on truancy case and two traffic stops...

Janice I. Nonte, 87 of Paoli, passed away at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Paoli Health and Living in Paoli. Janice was born on May 14, 1923 in Northwest Township, Orange County, Indiana to Wilber and Georgia Gwendoline (Hagemier) Myers. She married Robert Nonte on Nov.25, 1950 and he preceded her in death...

Sarah is not suffering any longer. She is with Jesus. Sarah Beth Tilford, 35, of Bloomington passed away on March 26, 2011. She was born to Polly Ann and John Willard Tilford on 19 February, 1976 in the Bloomington Hospital. Bright and cheerful -- but definitely opinionated -- her childhood was filled with joy. ...

The members of the Eastern Greene School Scrabble team are back home after a successful weekend of competition at the National School Scrabble Championships in Orlando, Fla. Eastern sent four teams of competitors to the national event, for players in the 5th through the 8th grades, with the duo of Lilli Southern and Lynndsia Terrell placing 21st out of more than 100 teams...

Across Greene County, pastors and the prayerful were readying for Easter, the holiest of days in the Christian faith. "It's the Christian event par excellence," said Rev. Michael Madden, pastor of St. Peter Catholic Church in Linton and Holy Name Catholic Church in Bloomfield...

LYONS - Water line woes initially believed to be a major leak depriving the town of half of what it was being pumped turned out to be a few small leaks and a faulty master meter. Clerk-Treasurer Kim Flynn was concerned when readings from the town's master meter suggested fully half the water being pumped into Lyons from the water plant was being lost...

SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley Board of School Trustees approved a plan Thursday night to offer an expanded summer school program in the elementary and junior schools. "I'm excited about this year's ISTEP remediation program. We are going to be servicing grades 3, 4, 5 and 6, two hours a day, four days a week, for six weeks of instructional time. ...

Saturday's Shakamak at Sullivan High School baseball game has been moved back to 2 p.m. It was originally scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. The Lakers game at Terre Haute South Friday was rained out for a second time. SHS AD Steve Brett said no make-up date has been set...

Two Bloomfield Junior-Senior High students placed third in last weekend's inaugural underwater robotics SeaPerch State Challenge hosted at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. Students from more than 15 high school teams competed in the event that featured students using underwater remotely operated vehicles to compete in several skill events...