Stories from Monday, October 9, 2006

Beautiful weather, a huge crowd, vendors galore and wonderful entertainment all contributed to the success of this year's Bloomfield Apple Festival. Apple Festival Committee President Leroy Barnhill stressed, "I thought that God really gave us a beautiful weekend. All three days were just beautiful. The weather couldn't have been better."...

Mary Ann Strange, 81, Indianapolis and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away Friday, Oct. 6, 2006. She worked as a bookkeeper in the business of mortgage and insurance, retiring in 1989. She was a member of Englewood Christian Church and its Loyal Mothers' Class...

Debbie Jo Templeton, 42, of Bloomfield, passed away at 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006 at her residence. Born March 24, 1964 in Rochester, she was the daughter of Dan and Phyllis (St. Claire) Hauser. She worked as a school teacher for the Greene Sullivan Special Education Co-op and a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bloomfield and GRACE Homeschooling Group...

Olive F. Wade, 92, of Bloomfield, passed away at 8:13 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006 at Greene County General Hospital. Born Aug. 2, 1914 in Bloomfield, she was the daughter of Maurice "Morris" W. and Golda (Heaton) Ritter. She worked as a secretary at Crane NWSC. She was a 50-year member of Rebecca Lodge No. 595, Extension Homemakers Club, Bloomfield United Methodist Church, Greene County Historical Society, Past Nobel Grands Club, Ladies Encampment Club...

DUGGER -- Linton-Stockton football coach Steve Weber knew the score, despite his Miners scoring 20 unanswered points over the final 18 minutes to defeat Union 34-6 in a Southwest Seven Conference game here Friday night. "They played a great game," Weber said of the Bulldogs, who trailed the heavily favored Miners by just eight points midway in the third quarter. "They outplayed us and outhit us...

Linton-Stockton . . . . . 0 14 7 13 -- 34 Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 0 6 0 -- 6 Second Quarter L -- Ethan Brewer, 29 yard run (Jeff Laughlin kick), 11:37. Linton-Stockton 7, Union 0. L -- Brewer, 1 yard run (Laughlin kick), :29. Linton-Stockton 14, Union 0...

BEDFORD -- With no place to call their own, the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds took advantage of the generosity of Bedford's Parkview Elementary School to host its senior night festivities last Friday against Clarksville. Coming into the contest 6-1, the Generals looked to be the hands down favorites against winless Eastern Greene, but the Thunderbirds proved they have been improving in several areas as Eastern Greene made the most of a 28-7 loss heading into the final prep football week of the regular season.. ...

Clarksville. . . . . . . . .7 14 7 0 - 28 Eastern Greene. . . . .0 0 0 7 - 7 First Quarter C -- Kent Lewellen, one-yard run, (Adam Conaway kick), 1:14. Clarksville 7, Eastern Greene 0. Second Quarter C -- Lewellen, 13-yard run (Conaway kick), 9:29. Clarksville 14, Eastern Greene 0...

The Linton-Stockton volleyball team picked up wins No. 20 and 21 on Saturday at home. The Lady Miners (21-6) defeated Vincennes Lincoln 25-19, 25-16 and then disposed of Vincennes Rivet 25-16, 25-11. Against Lincoln (11-19), Bri Ward collected two aces, 18 assists, two kills, two blocks and three digs. Cami Miller finished with one ace, 10 kills, one block and two digs...

After having its best season in school history, the Shakamak girls cross country team, which was Greene County, Tri-River Conference and Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference champions, hopes to extend their season. Bloomfield, White River Valley, Linton-Stockton and Shakamak will be competing at the girls and boys cross country sectional at Brown County, starting with the girls race at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday...

After spending four years as a Linton Miner, Linton senior Rachael Pruett is ready to spend the next four years as a Cardinal. But as she awaits for the official signing date in November when she can officially become a Ball State Cardinal and sign her national letter of intent, Pruett will go there as an Indiana all-state golfer after being selected to the prestigious list...

Dates: October 19, 21, 2006. Times: Determined by host school. Admission: $5.00 per session; $8.00 all sessions.   Class 4A 1.     Lowell (6) Match 1 -- Munster vs. Lake Central. Match 2 -- Lowell vs. East Chicago Central. Match 3 -- Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2...

White River Valley's eighth grade volleyball team won for the third time in 11 matches, defeating North Daviess 25-24, 25-18 Thursday night. Amanda Mowery had nine points, for aces, two kills and one dig for the Lady Wolverines. Tesa Horsting was 5 of 5 on serving with four points, one ace and one dig...

Jack L. Slater, 69, of Jasonville, passed away at 9:38 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at his residence. Born April 5, 1937 in Vincennes, he was the son of Jesse Conard Slater and Marie (St. John) Slater. He served on the Jasonville Police Department as chief of police and as an officer. ...

Wanda Lee (Patrick) Ray, 78, of Ellettsville, passed away at Bloomington Hospital on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006. Born June 15, 1928, she was the daughter of M. Patrick and Nellie Marie Mitchell Patrick. She worked at AT&T Phone Center for six years, Coca Cola for four years, and the Ellettsville and Bloomington license branches. She was a member of the Lifeway Baptist Church and the VFW Auxiliary...

There has been some concern in the Linton area about the Nehemiah House of Indiana (NHI) applying for a grant to expand the downtown facility, located at Main and Vincennes streets. "I read the article in The Daily World and The Weekly Merchant (a column by LuAnn Kohler), and they said we're going after a Community Block Grant," said NHI Development Director Courtney Murphy. ...

A picture-perfect autumn day unfolded for the Bloomfield Apple Festival parade on Sunday afternoon. With blue, sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s, hundreds of people lined the parade route along West Spring and South Franklin streets for the 90-minute parade that capped off the 37th annual Apple Festival celebration...

When it comes to eating pizza, Jessica Beall's table manners are hardly neat and proper. And, she doesn't get too concerned when some spicy red-colored tomato sauce is splattered on the front of her white T-shirt during her haste to consume one of her favorite foods...

This year's Apple Festival 5K walk/run went well according to its organizer Keith Hanauer. There were 51 participants in the 3.1 mile walk/run, which was the same number of participants as last year. "I think it went real well. I had a lot of positive comments," Hanauer said...

For the 12th time in 16 years, Pat Stoelting's apple pie was judged as the best at the 37th annual apple pie/apple specialty baking contest at the Bloomfield Apple Festival. Stoelting, of Bloomfield, won best apple pie in the 35 years and older category. Marge George's apple specialty was chosen as the best in the 35 years and older apple specialty contest...

Indiana State Police are warning all drivers to take extra precautions when out because from now until mid-December the risk of car and deer crashes increase. Indiana State Trooper Scott Allen stressed, "This time of year with the cooler temperatures, harvesting of the crops and the deer in mating season ... with the combination of all those factors it seems to contribute to more car and deer crashes."...

Mary Gertrude Benefiel, 75, of Carlisle, passed away at 1:50 a.m. on Saturday Oct. 7, 2006 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born in Sullivan County, Indiana on Dec. 25, 1930 to Tommy Robertson and Edith Talley Robertson. She was a member of the Temple Baptist Church in Carlisle...

Frances Bennett, 83, Jasonville passed away at 7:10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9. 2006 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Arrangements are pending at McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.

Walter H. Cooley, 83, of Freedom, passed away at 3:31 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2006 at Bloomington Hospital. He was born in Brown County, Feb. 20, 1923 to Walter O. Cooley & Mary E. (Saffell). He retired in 1978 from Indiana University maintenance department after 20 years service. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, a life member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Lee B. Felton, 66, passed away Sunday Oct. 8, 2006 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Feb.10, 1940, he was the son of Albert and Mildred (Miller) Felton. He was a retired State Farm Insurance Agent and a member of the Bloomfield Church of Christ. Survivors include: his wife, Suzi Felton of Bloomfield; three children, Melissa Gillespie (Michael), Vince "Chip" Felton (Jana), and Summer Petty (James); seven grandchildren, Brandon Felton, Adam Gillespie, Tyler Gillespie, Scott Gillespie, Brittney Felton, Rene Carr, and Jordan Petty; one brother, Wayne Felton; and several nieces and nephews.. ...

Cecil W. Fowler, 86, of Linton passed away at 1 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006 at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Mich. He was born April 2, 1920 in Chattanooga, Tenn., to William Jack and Belle (Barnhan) Fowler. A U.S. Navy veteran of U.S. Navy veteran serving from 1942-44, he retired after 18 years as senior engineer of plant layout for Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Mich. ...

Edna May Lamb, 68, of Montezuma, passed away at 2 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at Health South in Terre Haute. She was born May 26, 1938, in Grand Rivers, Ky., the daughter of Archie &Ivey (Kirby) Molott. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was a homemaker...

WRV youth program to begin Oct. 14 The White River Valley boys youth basketball program for players in grades 1-4 will begin Saturday, Oct. 14. The program will focus on the basic fundamentals of dribbling, passing, defensive positioning, screening, blocking out and the rules of the game...