Stories from Wednesday, November 1, 2006

The two candidates who are trying to win the Nov. 7 General Election as Greene County Sheriff sport plenty of experience fighting local crime. Both are veteran law enforcement officers with more than 40 years of combined on-the-job experience with police agencies -- most with the county sheriff's department...

Sylvia Irene Horn, 78, of Bloomington, passed away at 6:55 A.M. on Oct. 31, 2006 at Bloomington Hospitality House. Born May 13, 1928 in Bloomington she was the daughter of George and Viola (Kaiser) Duncan. She was retired from RCA in Bloomington and was a member of the Baptist faith...

Doloess Marshall Gummel, 93, of Springfield, Ohio and formerly of Bloomfield, passed away Thurday, Oct. 26, 2006 in Community Hospital. She was born in Odon, on June 28, 1913, the fourth of 10 children born to Henry Odes and Grace (Holt) Marshall. She was a graduate of Indianapolis City Hospital (now Wishard Memorial Hospital) School of Nursing in 1935. ...

Joseph Patrick Chudy, 49, Linton passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was a member of the Linton First Christian Church, an avid fisherman, a singer and writer for Hoosier Outdoors magazine. Survivors include: his wife, Cindy (Young) Chudy; one daughter, Ashley Young; one sister, Midge (Vince) Hudak of Highland; two brothers, Tom (Debbie) Chudy of Silver Lake, Wis., and Dan Chudy of Helena, Mont.; one niece, four nephews; five great-nieces; and three great-nephews.. ...

James A. Achors, 74, passed away Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 at a Lansing, Mich., hospital. Born April 11, 1932 in Martin County, he was the son of James and Louisa (Mowery) Achors. He retired from Tri-State Silo Inc. where he was the owner and operator for more than 30 years. He was a member of Eagles Lodge No. 3552 in Charlotte, and a member of the Duck Lake Country Club where he enjoyed his favorite hobby of golf...

Due to a lack of help, the Family Life Center's material support program that was housed at its west location is now closed. "It was a wonderful program and well used but we could not sustain it," explained Becky Dayhoff, daily director at FLC. "There was not enough people to take care of it. There was not enough of me and (director) Dianne (Langer) to go around."...

Democrat Brad Ellsworth, who's attempting to unseat incumbent 8th District Republican Congressman John Hostettler in next week's election, and former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh were among those who attended Linton's Spookfest activities Tuesday night in Humphreys Park...

FRENCH LICK -- The much debated and anticipated casino at French Lick was introduced to invited guests Tuesday in an inaugural event. Public relations manager Dyan Welsh said guests included those who supported construction of the casino and who joined the Players Club at fairs throughout the summer. The roughly 4,000 guests who responded to invitations participated in a dry run, of sorts, required by the Indiana Gaming Commission before officially opening the casino for business...

EASTERN HEIGHTS -- Eastern Greene School administrators affirmed on Tuesday afternoon that the punishment handed down to a group of students who received five-day bus suspensions for being involved with a "rock throwing" incident on a moving bus last week was warranted...

EASTERN HEIGHTS -- With less than a week before girls basketball teams can hit the hardwood for official competition, the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds entertained the Shakamak Lakers for an controlled scrimmage authorized by the IHSAA. With several animated Halloween costumes in the stands including a gorilla and penguin, both coaches walked away seeing areas where they need to improve, but overall satisfied with the efforts...