Stories from Monday, November 7, 2011

Today's meeting of the Greene County Commissioners will be live streamed on this website starting at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will also be archived for later viewing, if desired, Go to the Greene County News tab on the left of the page and click to view...

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Williams family appreciates support To the Editor: The family of Norma Williams wishes to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, visits, phone calls, food, floral arrangements and words of encouragement during Norma's illness and passing. We would also like to give a special thanks to the Lyons Health and Living Center, Dr. William Powers, John and Rose Sparks, Don Reed and all those who helped prepare the meal after the service...

The Linton-Stockton High School Student Council invites the community and veterans to its Veteran's Day Program which will be Friday. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the Student Council will provide morning refreshments for local veterans, and at 10:15 a.m. the honor program will begin...

Big Rapids, Mich. -- The third-ranked men's cross country team cruised to a first place finish at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional for their 10th straight regional championship. The Lakers placed four runners in the top five and five in the top eight...

Just 22 days before Christmas, Santa Claus will make his rounds locally in the 22nd year of the Indiana Rail Road's Santa Train. The company, which turned 25 this year, has scheduled stops in Solsberry, Bloomfield, Linton, Dugger and Jasonville on Dec. 3, during the second run of a three-day tour for the jolly old elf and his helpers...

Bloomfield will soon be coming alive with the spirit of Christmas in the form of a Holiday Decorating Contest, sponsored by the Beta Kappa chapter of Psi Iota Xi. "Our goal is to make Bloomfield beautiful for the holidays, and share the holiday cheer," explained Kris Jarman, a member of Psi Iota Xi...

Two Linton residents were arrested early Saturday morning on drug charges after a traffic stop for a burned out license plate light. Zachery L. Goodson, 22, of Linton, was arrested on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, a class D felony, and possession of methamphetamine with a firearm, a class C felony...

The annual Trivia Bowl sponsored by the Greene County Literacy Coalition will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Saron United Church of Church, 440 1st St. NE in Linton. David Wire of WTHI will be the moderator. Entry fee is $20 per person on a team or $80 for a team of four people...

The Greene County Commissioners want to know what lots located on the southside of the courthouse square in Bloomfield are worth. The commissioners also moved forward on a plan to find out the value of property owned by Ivan Sparks and Larry Spice. The commissioners OK'd hiring a commercial appraiser to look at both properties to try and determine a fair price to offer for purchase...

The Greene County Commissioners want more time to look over a list of proposed 2012 holidays for county workers. Some commissioners think there may be too many. At Monday morning's meeting, commissioner Kermit Holtsclaw said, "I think we should cut some of the days (holidays) out myself ... I've never heard of Good Friday for a holiday."...

MUNCIE -- Although No. 3-ranked Eastern Greene came up short in the Indiana High School Athletic Association state championship volleyball match against No. 2 Wapahani on Saturday afternoon on the campus of Ball State University, a member of the Lady Thunderbirds was able to take home one of the most coveted honors in prep sports...

LYONS -- Area military veterans were honored Sunday by Lyons Boy Scout Troop No. 407 at an appreciation dinner aimed as the first-step in raising funds to construct a veteran's memorial somewhere in this small Greene County community. The event featured an array of military memorabilia on display -- including a World War I helmet, uniforms from several war eras, medals and ribbons, photographs, flak jackets, guns, tour of duty souvenirs from around the world and military cap collection on loan for the day from area veterans.. ...

Bloomfield School District Superintendent Dan Sichting said there were no issues during Monday's lockdown, and the school will not continue the lockdown today. Sichting told The Greene County Daily World on Sunday night the lockdown was just a precautionary measure due to a student pulling a gun on another student at a party Saturday night...

Linton-Stockton High School students remained in their Period 2 classes the entire day Monday. Not because they wanted to, but because the school was placed in lockdown mode at around 9 a.m. Linton-Stockton Superintendent Nick Karazsia said he was notified a little before 9 a.m. of a bomb threat at the school...

James E. Phillips, 69, of Linton, passed away at 5:57 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born Dec. 12, 1941, in Sullivan, the son of Elmo and Olon (Woodruff) Phillips. He was retired from Peabody Coal Company and was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Survivors include his wife, Rita L. (Ballard) Scott of Linton; two sons, Russell A. Phillips of Linton and Mike J. (Tracy) Phillips of Dugger; two step-children, Gary (Lori) Scott of Linton and Vicki (Curt) Yates of Jasonville; three sisters, Carolyn (Garland) Cowden of Anderson, Marilyn (Dillard) Stanton of Martinsville and Myra (Wally) Neal of Spencer; three grandchildren, five step-grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter-in-law, Madonna Phillips. A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton. Burial will follow at Dugger Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wedneday and at noon Thursday at the funeral home. Online condolences can be left for the family at www.welchcornett.com.

The Bloomfield School District will conduct a Veteran's Day Ceremony on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Glover Gym. The ceremony will be a patriotic display featuring the award winning ROTC Color Guard, musical selections from Center Stage, and the high school band...