Stories from Friday, May 20, 2016

Friday, May 20 Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Libraries invite you to "Exercise Your Mind!" Just like any sport, if you don't practice, you lose some of your skills. So join our reading team and exercise your mind while earning prizes. Beginning May 20 you may come in and get your Reading Team Playbook. ...

Class of 2017 seniors hung their sheets with pride Friday, looking forward to their final year. By Patti Danner

Shakamak High School received a donation of music stands Friday morning. The 20 music stands were donated by the Wabash Valley Musician Hall of Fame, and according to band director Jeff Colvin, couldn't have come at a better time. "Our band program is growing to the largest it's ever been," Colvin said. "We were very fortunate to have Larry Velez help us in this case."...

Opening day for the fourth annual Linton Farmers' Market will be Saturday, June 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Humphreys City Park and it will operate every Saturday from June through September. Market Manager Mark Stacy said for the last several months, the market has been gearing up for another bountiful season of fresh, local fruits, vegetables and homemade goods. ...

Every year between Mother's Day and Memorial Day a group of campers travel with their Fiberglass RV's from around the country to attend an event known as "Ray's Fish Fry." Ray Bakehorn of Greencastle started his adventure with fiberglass RV's in 2005 and began this annual rally in 2006. ...

Norma Jean Lucas, age 89, of Linton, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Shakamak Good Samaritan in Jasonville. She was born in Knox County on Sept. 7, 1926, the daughter of William Charles and Joy (McClellan) Wagner. Norma was a housewife who loved flowers, caring for children and spending time with family...

The GCHS recently applied for, and received a Pet Friendly Group Grant from Spay-Neuter Services of Indiana (SNSI) to begin a Greene County Community Cat Program. The program is sponsored by and paid for by SNSI, a small mostly volunteer organization, and Indiana's only spay-neuter financial assistance organization...

Delores "Boots" (Archer) Booker Warth, 82, of Linton, passed away on Friday morning, May 20, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born in Oaktown, Indiana on May 22, 1933 to Wylie and Nellie Ruth (Bennett) Archer. Delores married Kenneth Booker and after his passing she married Charles Warth...

Friday was yet another gloomy rain filled day, but several boys track and field athletes received good news. When the regional performance list was checked Friday morning seven local athletes and a relay team learned the news they would be heading to the Bloomington North Regional next Thursday...

For Jacob Clothier it was an easy decision. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology was the only school the Linton-Stockton senior seriously considered as a place to continue his academic and athletic pursuits. Clothier signed his letter of intent to continue his education and basketball career at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology...

LITTLE CINCINNATI - A breakout senior season on the track has afforded John Kirts the opportunity to continue his running career. The Thunderbird distance runner will compete in cross country and track and field for the Wabash Little Giants. "I really wanted to continue running plus the smaller school environment really suits me."...

White River Valley has established a scholarship in the name of Gene Inman to be awarded annually to a WRV baseball player who best exemplifies character and academic achievement. The first annual Gene Inman Baseball Scholarship will be presented at White River Valley's Senior Honors Night Monday...

SWITZ CITY -- College athletics is not for everyone, even if they are good enough to play. For White River Valley's Lexi Graves it's always been an option but it did not always peak her interest. But the end of the Wolverines season left a sour taste in Graves' mouth...

SWITZ CITY -- Rarely can two teams who face each other, exit the game with momentum heading into its next game. Such was the case Friday evening between a pair of Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball foes. In the regular season finale for both teams, White River Valley defeated visiting Eastern Greene, 7-4...

More than 100 years after a Linton Police Officer's End of Watch, his name was added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Police Chief Troy Jerrell and Officer Paul Clark attended the unveiling and reading of names added to the memorial last weekend -- hosted in honor of National Police Week -- to represent the Linton Police Department and Linton Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). ...