Stories from Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Even though he has won two of the past four Greene County Open golf championships, Bart Beard realizes that it has not been easy to repeat. But the three-time winner (1992, 2007 and 2010) will be aiming to do just that when the 70th annual tournament takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton...

WASHINGTON -- The Greene County American Legion Post 196 remained winless on the year following a 5-2 loss to Vincennes Post 73 Tuesday night at the Gwaltney Sports Complex in Washington. The final result boiled down to one important stat. When the night was over the Greene County squad left 11 runners on base over the course of the nine inning contest despite grinding out six hits off the Vincennes pitching duo of starter Brandon Goodwin and Tyler Sanders...

There will be physicals offered to Bloomfield athletes at three different locations this summer for $15. At the Southern Indiana Family Practice in Linton, athletes can call 847-7005 to set up an appointment. Physicals will be offered Friday, July 8 and Friday, July 29. Medicaid will be the only insurance accepted...

Virginia L. (O'Neall) Sherrow, 69, of Bloomfield, passed away at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at Lyons Health and Living Center. She was born April 7, 1942 in Greene County to Elmer Pratt and Virginia Ruth (Emery) O'Neall. She worked for Sunbeam in New Mexico...

Melba Cartwright, 67, of Sullivan, passed away at 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Oak Village Nursing Home in Oaktown. She was born in Dugger on Aug. 2, 1943 the daughter of Jefferson House and Jennie Chandler House. She was a former employee of the Wabash Valley Correction Facility, a waitress at the Marathon Inn in Worthington, and a beautician...

Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log Linton Police Department Activity Log The Linton Police Activity Log for Tuesday, July 5 included: One title check, one information request, two lifting assistance, one fight, one assist to the utility department after hours, one animal cruelty, one civil complaint, one public intoxication, one disorderly conduct, one loitering, two accidents, one lost and found, one medical/illness, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one assist to another agency, one possible intoxicated driver, two fireworks complaints, one theft of a motor vehicle, one domestic dispute and one community relations.. ...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Fawn K. Dove, public intoxication. State vs. Matthew J. Sauer, operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration of at least .08 percent and not more than .15 percent, operating a vehicle while intoxicated...

The turntable's been disabled. No vinyl, and that's final. The tape deck's been put in check. Instead, it's all gone high tech. Now, all DJ Marvin Holt of Face The Music Productions needs is his laptop, some Wi-Fi, and his amplifiers to accommodate almost any request...

A developer who plans to construct 15,120 square feet of office/lab and warehouse space in the Greene County sector of the WestGate at Crane Technology Park outlined plans for the county commissioners Tuesday morning to seek a 10-year tax abatement...

Shakamak State Park will be offering swimming lessons this summer for children ages 3-8, and spots usually fill up quickly, according to clerk Tina Davis. The lessons will be at the swimming pool from July 11 to 14, and again July 18 to 21. The 45-minute lessons begin at 11 a.m...

The Greene County Solid Waste Management District might have succeeded too well in their work. Now, faced with a tight budget in tough times as a six-employee workforce attempts to expand operations, District Supervisor Erek Wilson's found recycling growing in popularity and demand...

A Bloomfield High School student spent his Saturdays and a few days of his summer break to paint the park in Worthington. Sean Klein, 17, is the son of Martin and Mary Klein and a senior at Bloomfield High School. After reading a story in the Greene County Daily World about Worthington having a "Pretty Up the Park" day in March, he decided he wanted to help, in pursuit of becoming an Eagle Scout...

Thursday Friday, July 8 Saturday, July 9 Sunday, July 10 Monday, July 11 Tuesday, July 12 Thursday, July 14 Friday, July 15 Saturday, July 16 Sunday, July 17 Friday, July 22 Friday, Aug. 5 Saturday, Aug. 6 Sunday, Aug. 21 Ongoing Events...

The Bloomfield Church Softball League will begin a coed season on Monday, Aug. 8. Anyone interested in entering a team should contact Jeff Coffin at (812) 381-3041 or (812) 384-4173.

Margaret I. Weatherwax, 90, of Midland, Indiana passed away at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011 in Union Hospital Terre Haute, IN. She was born May 18, 1921 in Dugger, Ind. to Willard Roy Sears and Bessie Marie (Pearl) Sears. Survivors include her daughters & sons-in-law, Sandra & Bill Myers of Midland, Ind., Shelia & Jim Yeryar of Midland, Ind.; grandchildren, Cindy & Rick Brown, Cheri & Doug Griffith, Cary & Angie Myers, Denise & Todd Gambill; great-grandchildren, Dustin Mattox, Brooks Mattox, Shea (Griffith) & Jay Boram, Alecia (Gambill) & Joey Edmonson, Drew Gambill, Jade Gambill, Taylor Myers, Trey Farrell; great-great-grandchildren, Jaedyn & Jordyn Boram, Blake Edmonson.. ...

Donald Yoder, 80, of Linton passed away Friday, June 24, 2011. He was born Dec 6, 1930 to Lloyd Yoder and Nellie Cunningham Yoder. Don was a retired grave digger and enjoyed spending time with his family. He was prceded in death by his wife Betty Christy Yoder; 5 brothers, John Yoder, Clinton Yoder, Paul Yoder, Clovis Yoder, and Gene Herndon; 3 sisters, Laura Frieburg, Clara Buckallew, and Paulene Bland; and one daughter, Karen England...

While most people in Linton were busy enjoying the music, funnel cakes, parade and fireworks associated with the Linton Freedom Festival, another group of people were rushing around to make sure everyone enjoyed themselves. In fact, they spend the entire year planning for the next event. They restart the planning process two weeks after each Linton Freedom Festival...

After three decades away, Monical's Pizza will return to Linton in September, reopening in the northern half of the former site of Angell's Food Center. The new lease was signed with Angell's Shopping Center owner Joe Angell on Tuesday. The 4,500-square foot pizzaria, located at the northwest corner of the shopping center, is expected to employ about 50, and will feature dine-in, delivery and carry-out...

A child told Bloomfield police that she was tired of her mother doing drugs and directed them to several marijuana pipes in April. Police found more than the pipes. Tressie P. Palmer, 37, of Bloomfield was later arrested on a warrant and now faces a 9 a.m., July 13 initial appearance in Greene Circuit Court on a felony drug possession charge...