Stories from Thursday, September 26, 2013

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Sept. 25 -- Robert D. Richardson, 73, of Covington, Ky, was arrested on an out of state warrant for check deception. Indiana State Police Trooper Adam Davis was the arresting officer. Sept. 25 -- Marie Ann Brenton, 32, of Linton, was arrested on a warrant for theft, a class D felony. Bond set at $8,000 surety, with 10 percent allowed. Indiana State Police Trooper Richard Klun was the arresting officer...

Plans are under way for the third annual Mirisa LeAnn Jones benefit from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Roy Clark Community Building in Linton's Humphreys Park. Mirisa, who would have celebrated her 28th birthday on Oct. 15, passed away Aug. 31, 2011 at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis...

Graduates of White River Valley High School and graduates of the three schools that were consolidated under the WRV umbrella, L&M High School, Switz City Central High School and Worthington-Jefferson High School, are invited to nominate individuals to be honored as an alumnae of the year at the Stephen Campbell Alumni Academic Awards Banquet in April...

This Sunday will kick off the 34th annual Dugger Coal Festival. The annual Coal Festival queen contest will start the week off at 2 p.m. on Sunday with the Junior King and Queen Contest following immediately after. There are four entrants for this year's queen contest...

Third in a series of stories --- ST. LOUIS -- United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil Roberts says Peabody Energy officials continue to lie. A Peabody company statement, issued Monday, claiming that the coal industry giant had offered to settle "all claims" with the UMWA is not accurate, Roberts told a massive rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday...

Patrons will be able to browse and purchase locally made items while also supporting the local economy at the second annual Made in Greene County Showcase. The event, sponsored by the Greene County Tourism Advisory Board (GCTAB), will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the White River Valley Junior/Senior High School...

The Linton Park Board added new trees and equipment to Humphreys Park on Thursday. Project coordinator and Park Board member John Cotter said trees at the park hadn't been replenished at the rate they should have been in the past. He said the board chose a variety of trees to offer quick shade or long lives as well as different colors of fall leaves and spring blossoms. Cotter said there are three different types of maple trees, pine oak trees, linden trees and zellcova trees. "We hope people enjoy them," Cotter said. Park Boark president Richard Kaiser said the project will help sustain the park for the future. "We realize a lot of us won't get a lot of benefit but our children and grandchildren will," Kaiser said. The board will also offer the option to adopt the new trees either as a group or in memory of someone. The adoption will be denoted with a plaque on the tree. Cotter said the adoption program is set to take off at the beginning of next year. Anyone interested in adopting a tree can contact board member Jeannette Evans at (812) 847-7345.

The Jasonville High School-Shakamak High School Alumni Association is gearing up for its annual Homecoming celebration, which is slated for Sept. 27-29. JHS-SHS Alumni Association President Nancy Enstrom and other board members are busy preparing for the busiest weekend of the year in Jasonville...

There will be a benefit car wash on Saturday for Jana Souders who is battling cancer. It will take place at Auto Zone in Linton from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will also be a bake sale. Both the car wash and bake sale are donation only.

Greene County General Hospital's new Emergency Department officially opened Tuesday. Now that construction is complete, the Emergency Department has two outside entrances -- one for patients and one for ambulances. Patients needing to be seen in the Emergency Department will use the emergency entrance. The emergency entrance should also be used for patients who need to register for lab and radiology services...

Friday, Sept. 27 The Knights of Columbus are hosting their annual Community Fund Raising Event (Jonah Fish Fry) at the K of C Hall at 450 E Street NE, Linton from 4 to 7 p.m. Proceeds from the sale of tickets for this year's event go to several community groups including Linton Pregnancy Choices, Greene County Crime Stoppers, Linton Community Food Pantry, Linton Junior Class (Prom), Greene County Special Olympics, Greene County Soccer Assoc., Linton Music Fest, and Greene County Swim Team (Stingrays) plus others. ...

The White River Valley junior varsity volleyball squad defeated Vincennes Rivet 19-25, 25-18, 15-3 in a high school match in Knox County Wednesday night. Rylee Ellett had two digs and three aces and Milea Heath dished out nine assists. Kristen Fulk had one kill and one ace while Abby Fletcher had four digs and seven aces...

The Linton-Stockton Junior High School boys and girls cross country teams competed at North Knox Wednesday. The Miners did not compile a team score but Aurek Deischer was third overall. His time was 12 minutes and 26 seconds. Austin Gordon was fifth (13:19) and Justin Riggleman was 11th (14:29)...

The White River Valley boys cross country team defeated host North Knox and North Daviess in a triangular cross country meet Wednesday at Bicknell. The Wolverines finished with a team total of 26 followed by the host Warriors with 46 and the Cougars with 51...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one title check; two information requests; one vandalism; one custody dispute/exchange; two accidents with property damage; two medical/illness; one alarm; one suspicious vehicle/person; one assist to other agency; one arrest on warrant; one shoplifting; and four traffic stops...

In the past week, a couple of Eastern Greene High School athletes had standout performances. Monday at the Bloomington North girls golf sectional at Cascades Golf Course, Sierra New had an 18-hole total of 94. It was the best performance in the postseason in the brief history of the program...

Sullivan County-Around 10:15 Thursday morning, a routine flyover of rural northeastern Sullivan County by Indiana State Police Marijuana Eradication Troopers, netted 68 marijuana plants, approximately eight pounds of processed marijuana, and numerous items of drug paraphernalia...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Collection Associates LLC vs. Kevin Dobson, small claims Collection Associates LLC vs. Jessica Irish, small claims Collection Associates LLC vs. Charles Howard, small claims Collection Associates LLC vs. Aaron Williams, small claims...

A man and a woman were riding together in a car in eastern Greene County on Tuesday evening despite the fact court records showed there was a valid order of protection involving the two. They got stopped for a traffic violation and their explanations did not work -- the man went to jail...

The Bloomfield School District Board of Trustees approved resolutions to move forward with two building projects at the special session Thursday night. The board held a series of public hearings before the resolutions were adopted, including the amended lease agreement with the Bloomfield School District Building Corporation, an additional appropriation hearing, and execution of the lease and sale of real estate...

The year-long road trip for the Linton-Stockton boys tennis team continued Thursday as they traveled to South Putnam. The Miners came away with a 5-0 loss. "This is road trip No. 16," said Miner coach Brad McKinney, referencing the fact Linton-Stockton does not have playable tennis courts this season. "We have seen a lot of (Highway) 231 the last two days...

Mary E. (Laymon) Jones, age 79, formerly of Linton, passed away on Wed., Sept. 25, 2013, in Fort Fairfield, Maine. She was born July 21, 1934, in Switz City, the daughter of Ersie D. and Margaret (Autrey) Laymon. Mary had been a member of the Linton First Baptist Church since 1974. In 2005, she moved to Maine to live with her son, Michael and daughter-in-law, Natalie. For the past few years, she was a resident of the High View Manor Senior Living Community located in Madawaska, Maine...

The Bloomfield Cardinals defeated visiting Sullivan 5-0 in the final regular season match. Seniors Jared Myers, Nathan Steele and Heather Heaton were honored. In the No. 1 spot, Del Carter played the longest match of the evening with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Luke Willis. Senior Jared Myers started slowly but finished strong to take Jake Pirtle 6-3, 6-0 in the No. 2 singles position. At No. 3 singles Conner Dowden had little problem disposing of Will Arnett 6-1, 6-1...

Edgewood made the trek to Greene County and came away with a 25-12, 25-18, 20-25, 25-11 victory over host Bloomfield in a high school volleyball match at Glover Gymnasium Thursday night. Madison Toon was 14 of 14 serving with four aces, two kills and two digs...

After getting a lesson in the first set from visiting North Daviess -- and eventually head coach Jill Fougerousse -- the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners kept their Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference record unblemished with a 22-25, 25-8, 25-10, 25-21 win over the Lady Cougars Thursday night...