Stories from Friday, September 22, 2006

SOLSBERRY -- Members of the second-year class of the Greene County Citizen's Academy got a tour of Greene County historical places on Thursday during this session's first class meeting. The all-day session included a train ride from Switz City to Solsberry -- over the famed Tulip Trestle -- courtesy of Indiana Rail Road Company...

Bradley Wayne Stone, 29, of Linton, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Jan. 20, 1977, to Kay Stone Thompson. He was a carpenter and also did drywall work. Survivors include his step-father Miles Thompson, of Linton; great-grandfather Gerald E. ...

Elinor (Gardner) Swaby, Linton passed away today (Sept. 22) at her residence. Arrangements are pendng at Welch & Cornett Linton Chapel.

Rachael Pruett will go down in the history books at Linton-Stockton as being the face of the girls golf team. It could be pretty safe to say that without her, Linton would be like the rest of the schools in Greene County and fail to offer golf to its female population...

Edgewood won for the fifth time in 15 matches, defeating visiting Bloomfield 15-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-16 in high school volleyball competition Thursday night. "We came out and played aggressively at the start," said BHS coach Susie Schulte. "We were attacking the ball...

West Vigo proved to be no match for Shakamak as the visiting Lady Lakers defeated the Lady Vikings 25-16, 25-10, 25-13 in a high school volleyball contest Thursday night. The Lady Lakers, who won for the 19th time in 21 matches, finished with 30 kills, 43 digs and 18 aces on 70 of 73 serving...

ELNORA -- The Linton volleyball team scored another Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference victory on Thursday night with a four game win over North Daviess, 25-20, 13-25, 15-25, 7-25. The match should have ended in three games, but North Daviess cut a 11-4 deficit and turned it into a five points victory to take a 1-0 lead in the best of three series...

Sullivan graduated six of last year's starting seven and the loss was evident as Bloomfield cruised to a 4-1 win over the host Golden Arrows at Sullivan City Park Thursday night. It was the 14th win in 18 matches for coach Mike Canty's squad. The only point Bloomfield lost was at No. 1 singles where Jordan Maryfield dropped another close three set match to Andrew DuPre 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4.  DuPre is the lone starter from last year's squad...

Facing a varsity team, White River Valley's junior varsity volleyball squad lost a 21-25, 25-21, 19-15 decision to Vincennes Rivet at home Thursday night. WRV (5-7) was led by Mariah Edelman, who had nine assists, one ace, two kills and one dig. Ashley Graves had four points, one kill, one block and six digs. Kendra Brown was credited with three kills and a team-high eight digs...

Norma F. Nance, 74, of Linton, passed away at Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at Bloomington Hospital. She was born Oct. 22, 1931, in Indianapolis, the daughter of Orville G. and Hattie L. (Goodin) Bohannon. She was a homemaker and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Linton...

Juanita (Sissy) Hayes, 83, of Bloomfield passed away today (Sept. 22) at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Lamar Imaging and Node 1 Technology have teamed up to provide high-speed, wireless Internet access to most of rural Greene County. The new endeavor -- WiSpan Wireless Internet -- currently serves Worthington, Linton, Switz City, Lyons and Bloomfield, as well as surrounding rural areas. The company's towers are located in Worthington, Switz City and Linton...

This weekend marks the 18th annual Linton Grand Prix in which the rumbles of go-karts will echo throughout town as racers speed around the track at Humphreys Park. New to this year's event is the celebrity/corporate challenge in which local business people will get the chance to don safety equipment and race go-karts around the track, explained Kevin Kramer, of the Linton Rotary and co-chairman of the event...

Bloomfield School Superintendent Dan Sichting was able to meet with parents, teachers and students during the PTO-sponsored meet and greet Thursday. Sichting explained, "It's been a good experience. I've met some new people tonight. It's always nice in the education business to meet as many people and contacts as you can ... they can benefit you at a later date."...

A life-long love of hunting, fishing and the outdoors has provided the inspiration for hundreds of paintings by a Linton-based Catholic priest. Father Hilary Vieck, O.S.B., pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Linton, has been a hunter and fisherman for more than 70 years -- dating back to his youthful days on his home place farm -- located just south of Vincennes in Knox County...

After studying video art at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Shawn Quinlan, a 1981 Linton-Stockton High School graduate, began filming a documentary about Linton, which is now able to be view online. Quinlan's documentary was one of his first attempts at making and editing a video...

JASONVILLE -- A rural Jasonville man involved in a single-vehicle wreck Thursday night in Wright Township faces several criminal charges. Travis W. Fidler, 18, Route 2, Jasonville, was arrested by Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Dured Townsend following a 11:20 p.m. crash on County Road 700N -- east of County Road 1450W...

DUGGER -- Midwest Trail Riders will host Indiana's largest ATV Rally in cooperation with the Indiana Department of National Resources and the Redbird Management Group on Friday and Saturday. The second annual rally will be held at Redbird State Recreation Area near Dugger...

A warrant was issued for Angel R.D. Walls, 21, Linton, on preliminary charges of theft and forgery. According to a probable cause affidavit, Linton Patrol Officer Debbie McDonald took a report on July 25 about a missing wallet belonging to Terry L. Weaver. The wallet was stolen from his van...

This year's Owensburg Founder's Day parade grand marshal is Paul Trampke, who is being honored because of his long-time commitment and involvement in the community, "I'm honored and delighted to be chosen as this year's grand marshal. The last time I rode in a convertible down Owensburg's main street I was probably being chased," Trampke said...

Rick Anderson had a actual game of 85, which was tops in the Bloomfield Horseshoe League on Sept. 19. Anderson also had a handicap game of 161. Grips Pizza and CCI Inc. lead the team standings with 49-23 records. Bloomfield Horseshoe League Geneva's Pizza 37-35...