Stories from Friday, April 14, 2017

JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak girls rolled over the Clovers Thursday evening in a dual track meet and the boys exceeded their coach’s hopes. Shakamak defeated the Lady Clovers 84-38. The boys lost 78-44 to Cloverdale, but Shakamak coach Mark Messmer said they did better than expected...

JASONVILLE -- Shakamak stranded too many runners Thursday evening and lost 10-5 to visiting Northview in softball. The Lady Lakers (2-5) pounded out 11 hits compared to eight for the Lady Knights (2-5). However, they stranded too many runners, leaving bases loaded in both the third and seventh innings...

The Lady Thunderbirds easily triumphed in a quadrangular track meet Monday evening at Loogootee. Eastern scored 110.5 points to win the meet followed by Bloomfield, 62.5 points; Washington Catholic, 13; and Loogootee, 13. The Lady T-Birds won 12 out 15 events and Bloomfield won the other three. Because of a computer problem, the boys’ results were not available at press time...

The Lady Miners dug themselves out of a four-run hole Thursday evening in a shome oftball game with Owen Valley. Owen Valley (2-6) scored one run in the second and three in the third to take a 4-0 lead. Linton (3-4) put up three in the bottom of the fourth, but the Lady Patriots countered with a singleton run to go up 5-3. Linton exploded for five runs in the fifth and sealed the win with two in the sixth...

The sixth annual Walk a Mile in Their Shoes saw a record turnout at the Greene County Courthouse on Thursday morning. The event is meant to raise awareness and support for victims of sexual assault, according to Greene County Prosecutor’s Office Victim Advocate Vickie Aydt, as well as raising funds for the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Fund...

A Women’s Advocate of the Middle Way House has received WTHI’s “Making a Difference” award, and Victim’s Advocate Christa Turpin hopes the attention can benefit the organization, as they seek a permanent location The award was presented to Christa Turpin on the lawn of the Greene County Courthouse Wednesday morning...

The Shakamak School Board held discussion over summer maintenance and purchases during its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday evening. The projects are expected to include removing flooring to replace with tile, painting and concrete work from company Emcor and furniture items, stage curtains and a gym partition from Lee Company, Inc., according to Shakamak Superintendent Mike Mogan...

Sam L. Sheetz passed away at the age of 67, on November 13, 2016, in his sleep. Sam was born september 4, 1949, to Charles Sheetz (deceased), and Alice Marie Sheetz (deceased). His brothers are Robert E. Sheetz (deceased), Charles Richard Sheetz (Marilyn), Charlie G. Sheetz (Kay), sisters, Carolyn Marie Dummond (Grady) and Janet Sheetz (Hadaway, Gary). His sons are Jessie (megan) Sheetz and Michael Hoover (Tammy)...

Criminal Cases Evan McArdle, 19, Gosport, Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct Joshua Cox, 33, Linton, Level 6 felony failure to register as a sex offender, Class A misdemeanor theft Darren Shwer, 19, Memphis, Class C misdemeanor reckless driving Tammy Neidigh, 55, Bloomfield, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement...

In this week’s episode, Andrew and Patti bring you a book by WRV students, some golf, horses in Worthington and more.

Melinda Kathleen Butler, 57, of Bloomfield, passed away at her residence on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Born Nov. 22, 1959 in Sacramento, Calif., she was the daughter of Robert Samuel and Juanita May (Randell) Butler. She retired as a Financial Analyst for NSWC Crane and a member of the Elnora Church of Christ. She attended Vincennes University...

Saturday, April 15 Matt and Mackenzie Miller will hold a fundraiser meal starting at 11 a.m., to benefit Bloomfield’s Jaden Lauderdale, who awaits a heart transplant at Riley Hospital. The meal is take-out and free-will donation based, and will include BBQ chicken, baked beans, cole slaw, and dessert. The event will be located in Odon, across from the Odon Locker...

Linton boys’ track team won a five-way meet Thursday night at Washington while the Lady Miners placed second. “I was very happy with the overall performances last night,” Linton coach Aaron Lynn said. “We had improvements in times and distances from several people.”...

The installation of Walton Crematory was completed in February 2017 within the walls of the Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Worthington, being the first crematory in Greene County. According to funeral director and owner Todd Walton, after several years of consideration he decided this was the right time to take this step for his business...

Eastern Greene Elementary school’s Larry Leonard teaches second grade, but not your average second grade. Leonard’s students are bilingual in an unexpected way. Leonard teaches his students American Sign Language (ASL), and each day is partly spoken with sound, and partly spoken with the silent language of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, ASL...

Every town has a history. Linton is no exception. There are stories contained in the brick walls of Main Street, and the stories, if not repeated, fall into obscurity, waiting to be told again. The general strike of 1919 is such a story. Before this narrative unfolds, it is important to understand how a general strike is defined. ...

This is a continuation of Part 1, which chronicles the events leading up to then Indiana Governor, James P. Goodrich, declaring martial law in the City of Linton, after the evening of Monday, April 28, 1919. After the proclamation of martial law by Governor Goodrich, it did not take long before action was taken. ...

The Bloomfield Cardinals golfers got themselves back on track. Bloomfield struggled in Wednesday’s match with South Knox posting a collective score of 219. Friday the Cardinals righted the ship bettering Wednesday’s performance by 43 strokes. Bloomfield responded with a team score of 176, outdistancing its nearest competitor Eastern Greene by 31 shots in a triangular match between Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference teams at Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton...

Bloomfield’s Lady Cards swept singles in straight sets to capture a 3-2 win over the visiting South Knox Spartans Friday afternoon. Both the No. 2 singles and the No. 3 singles matches were finished before the No. 1 singles match had finished the first set...

GOLF Miners defeat Cloverdale in dual match Linton-Stockton won its first golf match of the season beating visiting Cloverdale by eight shots, 196-204 Thursday at Phil Harris. Zach Hall and Levi Jerrells paced the Miners. Hall fired a 41 to claim low medalist honors. Jerrells was right behind, shooting 43...