Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2001

Rodney Bredeweg and his crew were greeted with quite a surprise this morning when they arrived for work at the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton. Three greens were damaged due to someone doing "doughnuts" with a golf cart, someone pried open the Coke machine near the new restrooms on the southwest portion of the course, and the new water fountain was damaged...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. ---- William H. Taylor, 75, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and formerly of LaPorte, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2001 at his residence. Born May 23, 1925 in LaPorte, he was the son of J. Garland and Leona (Holloway) Taylor. He was a former president of J. ...

BLOOMFIELD ---- Lena O. Moore, 86, of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born Oct. 26, 1914 in Switz City, she was the daughter of Jesse and Myrtle (Holder) Noel. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bloomfield First Christian Church...

CLAY CITY ---- Robert C. Miller, 65, of Clay City and formerly of Jasonville, passed away at 6:20 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Jan. 19, 1936 in Clay County, he was the son of Waren and Hazel (Keller) Miller. He is retired from Peabody Coal Company, Hawthorne Mine, where he was a maintenence foreman. He attended Heritage Baptist Church in Clay City...

SOLSBERRY ---- Bernard D. Hudson, 80, of Solsberry, passed away at 12:04 a.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at Bloomington Hospital. Born May 12, 1921 in Hendricksville, he was the son of Virgil O. and Vivian (Abrams) Hudson. He was self-employed with Hudson's Concrete Products, Inc. in Solsberry. He was a member of the Solsberry Christian Church, Solsberry American Legion Post, and Solsberry Masonic Lodge. He was a veteran of World War II in the Army Air Corps...

FRANKLIN ---- Beverly Fish is no different than any other parent ---- she wants the best for her children, including Linton-Stockton High School senior-to-be Tim Fish. After almost five hours of watching her son compete against a scorching sun with a heat index near triple digits and some of the state's best golfers, emotions got the best of her...

A Sullivan county man who died Monday following an accident at the Hoosier Energy Generating Station at Merom actually died of natural causes, according to the Marion County coroner's office. Darcy Wayne Zimmerman, 37, of Carlisle, sustained injuries to his arm after being pulled into a conveyor at the power plant. However, the spokesperson said, the actual cause of death has been determined as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or heart problems...

The extreme heat is concerning Roger Axe, Greene County Emergency Management director. He is worried that people won't see the heat as danger it can be. "It is especially important for seniors to keep self-hydrated. They should drink eight glasses of water a day. An easy way to do that is to drink a glass an hour. If they can't drink it all, then they should sip on it," Axe said...

LYONS ---- It will be a place for club meetings, families and friends to gather, reminisce and even play a little basketball. The little town of Lyons ---- population about 900 ---- has a new community building. Located on State Road 67 on the town's west side next to the American Legion Post, the building also will house the office of town clerk Bonnie Keene. The telephone number for the clerk-treasurer's office will remain the same, 659-2521...

Insight Communications, which provides cable service to Linton and other communities, has rebuilt Linton's cable system and has just completed a multi-million dollar upgrade. Linton customers can now do more, and get much more, from its cable TV system. But will have to pay more...

DUGGER ---- Paul Richard Walters, 56, of Dugger, passed away at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. He was born March 6, 1945 in Sullivan County, and was the son of Lewis "Pete" and Beverly G. (Jewell) Walters...