Stories from Friday, June 20, 2014

There's a new game in town. That's because for the first time in recent memory, the American Legion Post 196 is sponsoring a baseball team. "The last couple of years we didn't have one in Greene County," Post 196 coach Shane Padgett said. "Before that there wasn't a whole lot of interest. But I talked it up a little bit and now we've got 24 to 26 kids at any time."...

Turn the clock back eight years and Shakamak baseball coach Chip Sweet had announced his resignation, but kept putting it off with every win. Eventually the Lakers ran out the string, advancing to the Class A state championship game where they lost to Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian 8-7 in eight innings...

The Linton Police Department responded to 16 calls and incidents on Thursday, June 19, including one extra patrol, three complaints about animals, two reports of fraud, one unruly subject, one traffic stop, one report of harassment, two thefts, one property damage accident, one child neglect investigation, one welfare check, one report of suspicious activity, and one burglary...

Brandy Frady, McKean Defense Group, STEM Instructional Specialist, helped the children at the Bloomfield Public Library, "FIZZ, BOOM, READ" by assembling and launching film canister rockets. (Submitted photo)

Chip Sweet has teased us before, but this time I get the feeling that this weekend will be the last time we see him don jersey No. 26 as head coach of the Shakamak High School baseball team. Sweet will be leading his Lakers into yet another state title game, this time at 1 p.m. Saturday at Victory Field in Indianapolis against Rockville for the Class A State Championship...

From the moment they tossed their hats, gloves and themselves into the air at Plainfield High School Saturday afternoon, the Shakamak Lakers were overcome with a hailstorm of emotion, elation and satisfaction. With one swing of the bat, freshman Tanner Yeryar sent the Colombia blue and white clad Lakers into the IHSAA Class A State Finals at Victory Field on Saturday afternoon...

Any baseball team has to have several successful parts in order to be a success itself. One of the most important -- if not the most important -- aspects is pitching. In the case of the Shakamak Lakers they've found a nearly flawless combination of five hurlers, who are as different as they are alike...

It's the little things that mean a lot -- especially in baseball. When the 2014 season began, Shakamak coach Chip Sweet knew he needed to get Michael Huddleston's bat in the lineup everyday. To do it, he had to move arguably one of the best catchers in the school's recent history out of his natural habitat and into unfamiliar ground...

When the bell rings in August signaling the start of another new school year, a familiar staff member at Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School will not be taking roll call. Darla Bent just completed a 30-year tenure at the school - including 27 years as a classroom teacher...

The White River Valley School Board discussed options during their regular monthly meeting this week for leasing the corporation's unused facilities. The corporation will have unused trailers after the Greene County Education Services vacate at the end of the month. Superintendent Bob Hacker said the board was approached by a representative of the Greene County Fairgrounds to inquire about leasing the facilities while the Fairgrounds are being remodeled later this year...

The town of Jasonville is taking the first steps towards applying for an Owner Occupied House Rehabilitation Grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. The grant, if awarded, will provide rehabilitation on houses owned by low and moderate income persons living within the corporate limits of Jasonville, according to Audrey Conlon of the Southern Indiana Development Commission in Loogootee...

June 19 -- William Fredrick Cody, 54, Vincennes, was arrested on a warrant issued on preliminary charges involving operating a vehicle after a lifetime suspension. He was being held without bond. June 20 -- Terrence Wesley Major, 41, Bloomfield, was arrested on preliminary charges involving operating a vehicle while intoxicated. .....

Mary Ann McGlocklin, age 93, of Bloomington, formerly of Worthington, passed away at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Bloomington. She was born in Greene County on Dec. 27, 1920, the daughter of Howard T. Ada (Mitchell) Owen...

Brothers William Wayne Cinamon, 25, and George Richard Cinamon, 26, were both charged with theft, a class D felony, in Greene Circuit Court on Thursday. The two were arrested earlier in the day on warrants for their arrest that were issued on June 10...

Wallace "Wally" Francis Boyd, age 88, of Linton, went home to heaven on June 19, 2014, surrounded by his wife, daughters, and one of his trusted caregivers at his residence. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, as he always said, on Bunker Hill Day. ...

After two burglaries were reported in less than a week at a Worthington business, officers from the Worthington Police Department were watching when a suspect returned and allegedly entered the store the third time - at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday. Seth Logan Delph, 19, Coal City, was arrested on the scene and booked into the Greene County Jail where his bond was set at a total of $42,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed...