Stories from Thursday, May 24, 2012

Entrepreneurs will have a chance to get their affairs in order with a help from the Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC). ISBDC will be hosting a "Launching Your Own Business" workshop Tuesday, June 19 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the board room of Main Source Bank in Linton...

2011-12 Grading Period - 4 B or Better = 2.667 B or Better Grade 1 Wyl Haven Atkinson Austin Tyler Ball Melaina Marie Barnard Dagon Lee Barton Kaden Lee Beck Jadin Eugene Bedwell Canaan James Bowers Wyatt Matthew Bredeweg Cora Brentley Brinson Jazmyne Emily Marie Broker...

Two men were jailed following an altercation at the Knuckhead Bar in downtown Worthington on Wednesday night. Apparently, the incident escalated after more than a half-dozen police officers arrived on the scene of the 11:30 p.m. disturbance. Roy Matthew Arthur, 28, of Worthington, and Joseph A. Conway, 26, of Worthington, were both arrested and face multiple charges following the skirmish...

"Back Home Again in Bloomfield" efforts proved successful as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be awarding the town a cash prize. Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce committee members rallied the community together to decorate and organize, and won the second-place prize of $2,500...

A gentle giant of a guy, whose heart and actions loved Greene County dearly, passed away early Monday morning. James F. "Big O" Oliphant lost a long-standing battle with leukemia. He was 54. "Big O," as his friends affectionately knew him, dedicated more than 17 years to public service -- serving 5 1/2 years on the Bloomfield Town Council, 12 years on the Greene County Council, and 12 years on the Greene County General Hospital Directors of Trustees...

Several items were presented to the Sandborn Town Council during its May meeting. A.J. Terrell from Springer Insurance presented an insurance quote for the town, which was approximately $2,000 lower than the present insurer. However, deductibles on the Springer quote were considerably higher than the town's present policy. Since a couple of items needed to be eliminated from the Springer Insurance quote, Terrell said he would make the needed adjustments and render a new quote...

The Worthington Garden Club received a financial boost in its efforts to erect lighting in a mini park in the downtown area. The boost came from the Greene County Redevelopment Commission on Thursday morning. The Redevelopment Commission voted unanimously to allocate up to $20,000 to help defray costs of installing five or six pole-type lights following a presentation from Garden Club member Rhonda Lieske...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department activity log for May 23 included: One civil complaint; two animal complaints; one theft; one lost/stolen license plate; one abandoned vehicle; and four traffic stops...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Civil Filings LVNV Funding LLC vs. Dane Shelton, civil collection. Capital One Bank vs. Chelsea Whaley, civil collection. Angieque Dotterer and Adam Dotterer, dissolution of marriage. Infractions Terry Faidherbe, failure of occupant to use safety belt...

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Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees approved a long list of athletic and extracurricular appointments for the forthcoming 2012-13 school year and beyond. Superintendent Nick Karazsia requested school trustees approve a list five pages long of new and returning sponsors. The board complied, voting 4-0 for approval. Trustee John D. Preble was absent from Monday's meeting...

Most of the seniors who'll turn their tassels Saturday hadn't been born yet when Linton-Stockton High School guidance counselor Mike Perigo began work at their school 18 years ago. Soon enough, there will be more time for the experienced educator to take the road trips in the Model A and Model T cars he's restored...

BLOOMINGTON -- Going to the state finals in track and field was a goal for Kent Helton the entire season. But he didn it anticipate the road that would take him to the Indiana University track and field June 2. The Linton-Stockton High School senior jumped 21 feet, 7 3/4 inches to capture the Bloomington North Regional long jump competition Thursday night...

White River Valley disposed of Eminence for the second time this season, defeating the Eels 5-0 in the opening game of the Class A Shakamak baseball sectional Thursday night at Jasonville. It was the first postseason victory by the Wolverines since 1997, when they defeated Shakamak 7-5 and then lost 3-2 to Clay City in the bottom of the seventh inning on a two-run bloop hit in the championship game in the last single-game tournament at WRV...

SULLIVAN -- In a rematch of last year's Class 2A softball sectional championship, South Knox prevailed again, but it took to the next to last out in the bottom of the seventh inning to repeat. After hitting a grand-slam home run to key a 5-0 victory over Sullivan Wednesday in the semifinals, South Knox pitcher Lauren Keller hit a walkoff two-run shot to provide the margin of victory as the Lady Spartans defeated Linton-Stockton 3-1 in the title game here Thursday night...

Host Clay City had a winning score of 168 to earn wins over visiting Bloomfield, North Central and White River Valley in a high school boys golf match Thursday at Hoosier Hills. Bloomfield shot 177, North Central had a 178 and White River Valley carded a 202...

The results were anything but satisfying to Eastern Greene and Bloomfield following play in the IHSAA Class 2A Sectional 47 at Roy Herndon Field on Thursday night. Both Greene County teams fell by identical scores of 11-1 in six innings. The Thunderbirds fell victim to a revitalized North Knox team while the Cardinals were unable to produce any offense against North Central...

The efforts of White River Valley Community Football League supporters to have football added as a sanctioned sport at White River Valley Junior-Senior High School was thrown for a loss on Thursday night. By a 5-2 vote, a proposal to start a high school level football program was defeated...