Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2012

Guy Eugene Wilson, 62, of Bloomfield passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born Oct. 19, 1949 in Bloomington, Indiana the son of Fred and Dessie M. (Ferris) Wilson. Guy was retired from Crane as a Electronic Tech. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War...

There's only one challenge left for the Shakamak Lakers in their pursuit of a second state baseball title and it's a big one. It comes in the form of three-time defending, top-ranked in Class A Lafayette Central Catholic. With a pitching staff led by senior right-hander Austin Munn and an offense that has drilled 23 home runs, batted .320 and hasn't lost in the postseason in four years, the Knights head into Saturday's 1 p.m. ...

Two Greene County golfers wrapped up play at Otis Park Golf Club in Bedford on Wednesday. The event was a part of the MD Tour sponsored by the Indiana Golf Foundation. Trent Myers of Worthington posted a 20-over par 92 to finish in a tie for 20th during competition in the Boys 15 -16 division while Solsberry's Cole Engel shot a 27-over par 99 to finish 27th in the same division...

Sign-ups for the Eastern Thunder Community Football League are going on now. Go to www.easternthunderfootball.com and in the top right hand corner of the home page is the link titled "2012 Registration is now Open". Fill out the PDF enrollment form and mail it to Duane Long, 8766 East St. Rd. 58, Bloomfield, IN 47424...

The Clover Softball Organization will be hosting a softball tournament at Odon Park on July 21-22. Age divisions are 10U and 12U. There is a 3-game guarantee for $275. For more information call Brandy Frady at (812) 325-0290.

Several members of the newly formed White River Valley Track Club took part in a meet at Fishers, Indiana recently. The club is sanctioned by USA Track and Field to help local athletes find success in the Indiana Jr. Olympics circuit. Claiming top three finishes in the meet held June 8 and 9 at Hamilton Southeastern High School included Abby Denham, Rylee Ellett, Tyler McHenry, Nate Hickman, Lane Sparks, Parker Ramsey, Buddy Davis, Joe Dieball, Josh Dieball and Karalyn Jones...

Greene County Chiropractic LLC will host an open house Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. to preface its grand opening on June 18. It's open to the public, and you can meet Dr. Gerren Cullison and take a tour of the office. The old dentist office belonged to long-time Worthington resident Dr. ...

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Knight (left) of rural Bloomfield (formerly of Worthington) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a lovely surprise gathering of family and friends at the Linton Housing Authority building. Jerry Knight, formerly of West Baden, and the former Donna Fields (of Worthington) were married on April 28, 1963 at the Worthington Methodist Church with the late Rev. Chaffee officiating...

Drought conditions expanded for the week ending June 12 and now cover nearly 90% of the state, according to the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. Here, White Farms, near Switz City, had irrigation equipment operating full-scale Thursday morning in a cornfield located along U.S. ...

CRANE -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) officially opened its new $13 million Strategic Weapons Systems Engineering Facility on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new facility provides NSWC Crane's Strategic Missions Center with increased support to consolidate all of the resources and technical assets into a single state-of-the-art complex while expanding its capabilities in research and development, test and evaluation, radiation-hardened microelectronics, failure and material analysis, and electrical design for critical trusted electronic technologies.. ...

A Solsberry man was sentenced Wednesday in connection with the April theft of scrap metal from an old coal mine property in Wright Township. Robert J. Padgett, of rural Solsberry, entered a guilty plea to theft as a class A misdemeanor as part of negotiated plea agreement filed May 7 in Greene Circuit Court...

A rural Bloomfield man was sentenced Tuesday to 38 years with the Indiana Department of Correction after he entered guilty pleas to two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, both class B felonies. Marty L. Armes, 40, who was originally charged with seven counts of felony child molesting, entered a negotiated plea agreement May 10...

A two-decade long community yard sale tradition will unfold Saturday in the south-central Greene County village of Scotland. The annual event started 20 years ago by the Scotland Historical Society and sponsorship was picked up by the Scotland United Methodist Church six or seven years ago, according to one of the organizers, Janet Merkle...

BLOOMFIELD -- Initially, the loss of federal funds for a free summer lunch program may have seemed like a bane. Instead, it was a blessing. When Bloomfield's summer lunch program failed to meet U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards for participants free and reduced lunch last week, the effort became the only program of five countywide denied USDA funds...

Jasonville Girl Scouts and the Worthington American Legion gathered at the Linton's Humphreys Park on Thursday afternoon to replace the Linton Girl Scout Cabin flag, in honor of Flag Day. Brylea Barton (left), of Troop 1939, and Whitley Wade, of Troop 03168, held their hand over their hearts as John Haldeman raised the flag. ...

The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of School Trustees and Shakamak Superintendent Mike Mogan welcomed and introduced Jeff Gambill as the new elementary principal at the board meeting Thursday evening. Gambill signed a two-year contract with Shakamak at an annual salary of $58,000...

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