Stories from Wednesday, October 23, 2013

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Oct. 22 -- Brant Mason Boyd, 31, of Linton, was arrested on a writ of attachment. He is required to pay $1,600 cash. Worthington Police Officer Dennis Conaway was the arresting officer. Oct. 22 -- Tony Ray Moss, 58, of Brazil, was arrested on warrants for two separate counts of possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony; and possession of paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor. No bond set...

Over 50 riders participated in the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Motocross last weekend, representing 14 different Indiana Counties and 28 different communities. There were over 200 spectators through the course of the weekend and over 30 volunteers helping with race preparations, registrations, racing and gate...

Maxine (Bucher) Royal, 92, of Bloomfield, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 at her residence. Born May 30, 1921 in Greene County, IN, she was the daughter of Newton Earl and Essie Ellen (Haywood) Bucher. Maxine was a retired school teacher, having taught 30 years. She is a member of the Bloomfield Church of Christ...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Greene County Sheriff's Department responded to 14 calls and incidents on Tuesday, Oct. 22 including one abandoned vehicle, one alarm, one complaint about an animal, one domestic dispute, one reckless driver, one report of suspicious activity, one theft, three title checks, two inmate transports and one welfare check. One warrant was served...

John Gregg, the lawyer from the nearby northern Knox County community of Sandborn, who ran a very successful campaign for governor in 2012 losing by a narrow margin to Mike Pence, has announced that he will not be a candidate for the governor's mansion in 2016...

The Greene County community will have an opportunity to help give back as the Linton First Christian Church Women's Ministry holds a pregift wrapping session. The ministry invites anyone with a pair of scissors to help wrap boxes for the Family Life Center's annual gift give away...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ted Bishop, the 38th president of The Professional Golfers Association of America and former PGA Tour Professional Chris Smith were inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame Tuesday night, at Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis...

Pairings for the 2013 IHSAA Volleyball Sectional Tournaments Class 4A 1. Munster (7) Match 1: Hammond Morton vs. Munster. Match 2: East Chicago Central vs. Gary West Side. Match 3: Lowell vs. Highland. Match 4: Lake Central vs. Winner of Match 1. Match 5: Winner of Match 2 vs. Winner of Match 3...

A local author's recent trip to the television set of AMC's 'The Walking Dead' spawned the idea to host a disaster preparedness workshop at the Linton Public Library. Ruby Moon-Houldson, of Linton, will be hosting a Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic at the Linton Public Library this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and next Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m...

Several people helped to make event a success To the Editor: On behalf of the Greene County Tourism Advisory Board (GCTAB), I would like to express our thanks to the residents of Greene County for another successful "Made-in-Greene-County" Showcase. ...

The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday morning for the newly installed cabins at Narrow Lake Campground. Narrow Lake Campground, located in Greene-Sullivan State Forest, is now equipped with five finished cabins...

With a new sectional assignment, comes a new opponent for Eastern Greene High School. The Thunderbird football team will begin play in the Class 2A Sectional 40 Friday night against the North Posey Vikings. EGHS just completed its 11th varsity season and heads into its 11th postseason having never met the Vikings...

Maxine (Bucher) Royal, 92, of Bloomfield, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 at her residence. Born May 30, 1921 in Greene County, IN, she was the daughter of Newton Earl and Essie Ellen (Haywood) Bucher. Maxine was a retired school teacher, having taught 30 years. She is a member of the Bloomfield Church of Christ...

No matter how objective an observer tries to be when it comes to Friday's Sectional 48 opening round game between the Class A No. 1-ranked Linton-Stockton Miners (8-0) and the Union Bulldogs (1-8), it's hard not to give the edge to the Miners. They own distinct advantages in nearly every category conceivable...

Avis Roberts, 90, of Bloomfield passed away Wednesday at IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. Born October 14, 1923 in Greene County, the daughter of Peter Clark and Etta Jane (Miller) Jackson. Avis worked at Crane, the Egg Factory in Odon, she ran a gas station and Landmark Ceramics in Owensburg...

Like the majority of high school seniors, Eastern Greene's Sam Caldwell set up a day and time to take the SAT. He had cleared his schedule so that he could be fully prepared for probably the biggest exam of his young life, or so he thought. Shortly before the test, Caldwell realized that the Thunderbird football team had a rare Saturday game at Dugger against Union at 2 p.m. on the same day as his SAT -- Oct. 5...

When a law enforcement officer leaves home to start their shift, there's no way to predict what the day, or night, will bring. They have to be prepared for all kinds of situations -- anything can happen. To be ready to protect themselves, other officers and the public, every officer in Greene County has to know how to shoot and shoot well. ...

Thursday Prepare to be scared at the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library Main Branch from 6 to 7:15. Stories will be shared by Members of the Bloomington Storytellers Guild. Not-so-scary stories will be told from 6 to 6:30 for the whole family. There will be a snack break from 6:30 -- 6:45. After the snack break Very Scary stories will be told for only children grade 5 and up, teens and adults. The program is free, so come if you dare. Bloomfield Library Community Room...

A 34-year-old Linton woman who attracted the attention of a sheriff's deputy who stopped her vehicle on State Road 54 in Linton because a rear tail light was out, wound up in jail and was in court Wednesday for an initial hearing on drug charges. Brandy Jean Wilkes was booked in to the Greene County Jail early Tuesday by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Dustin Cain...

The effort to save the Bloomfield Pool potentially took a different course of action during a meeting Wednesday night at the Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School Library. About a dozen individuals, mostly those involved on past pool boards or individuals who have been doing fundraising for the past year or so in a effort to re-open the pool that has been closed for the past two summers, gathered for a fact-finding and brainstorm session...

The White River Valley School Board approved the extension of contacts for two principals at their monthly meeting Wednesday night. The board approved two-year extensions for both WRV Lyons Elementary School Principal Kurt Lentz and WRV Worthington Elementary School Principal Jill Staggs...

The Linton chapter of Gamma Tau Tri Kappa will host an opportunity for artistic expression with the Kappa Kanvas Kreations fundraiser. Organizer Kathy Matthews said participants will be instructed on a painting Nov. 14 at the Old Bank & Co. from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. She said all supplies will be provided and finished products can be taken home...

All of the preparation that is the regular season is in the rearview mirror and now it's time for the area volleyball teams to focus on the next step of the 2013 season. Sectional play gets underway at two sights on Thursday night as Clay City hosts the Class A Sectional 57 event while Eastern Greene welcomes the field for the Class 2A Sectional 47 dance...

BLOOMFIELD -- The Greene County Sheriff's Department is investigating a missing juvenile. Tawny Michell Ramsey, 17, was last seen at her grandmother's residence in Bloomington at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tues., Oct. 22, where she made contact with her father via telephone...