Stories from Wednesday, May 23, 2007

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Levi Lynn Keller Rawley, infant son of Justin Rawley and Allyssa Keller, both of Sullivan, passed away at 4:36 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2007 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Sullivan on May 18, 2007. Survivors include: his parents; maternal grandparents, Kenny and Cindy Buskirk of Sullivan; paternal grandparents, Tammy Rawley of Lyons and John Rawley of Indianapolis; six great-grandparents; one great-great grandfather; as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins...

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The Linton Police Department responded on Monday to one 9-1-1 transfer, one vandalism report, one fire/brush, one personal injury accident, two medical/illnesses, two animal complaints, one suspicious person/vehicle, two theft-others, one disabled/stranded vehicle, two fingerprint-gun permits, one ordinance violation and 22 traffic stops. The department also had one cleaning person on station, one school/foot patrol and one extra patrol...

BICKNELL -- In seven days from today, North Knox and Linton-Stockton will square off in the bye game of the Eastern Greene baseball Sectional, but Wednesday night, both teams got a small glimpse of what could occur next week, as the two squads met in Bicknell...

BLOOMFIELD -- Eastern Greene scored six unanswered runs over the final five innings as the Thunderbirds defeated Bloomfield 7-2 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Wednesday night in Bloomfield. "This is the first time we have beaten them since our seniors were freshmen," said Eastern Greene coach Eric Headley, whose Thunderbirds evened their record at 11-11 and finished 3-4 in the SWIAC. "The kids were ready to play...

Shakamak junior Anthony Witt placed second in the 3,200 meters at the Evansville Central boys track and field sectional Wednesday. Witt was timed at nine minutes, 47 seconds, which earned him a spot in the state finals, which will take place next week at Indiana University in Bloomington...

Steven McNabb's three-run homer accounted for all of the Shakamak scoring as the host Lakers lost a 13-3 decision in six innings to visiting West Vigo Wednesday night. "It's not a conference game," said Shakamak baseball coach Matt Fougerousse, whose Lakers dropped to 16-8. "We knew they would be a good opponent. They've been pretty much ranked and we knew they could hit the ball."...

In trying to teach my daughter about the cold and often cruel world that awaited her after she grew up, I came up with what I call rule No. 1 -- "Life isn't fair." I told her if she could accept and deal with that rule, she would have a chance to be successful at the most important game of all -- life...

Virginia Ruth O'Neall, 87, of Lyons passed away at 8:06 p.m. on Monday May 21, 2007 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born March 2, 1920 in Linton, she is the daughter of Jonas W. and Fannie (Carter) Emery. She was a homemaker Surviving relativesinclude: one daughter Virginia Lee Sherrow of Bloomfield; four grandchildren, Rhonda Dyer of Freedom, Linda Pearson of Bloomfield, Jon Sherrow of Bloomfield and Beth Hasseman of New Mexico; seven great-grandcildren; and brother, Jerdon Emery of Bloomfield.. ...

Dwight Weaver, a Linton-Stockton High School senior, has been chosen as the 2007 recipient of the Tonda L. Lawrence Memorial Scholarship.  This scholarship, for $1,800, was established to honor the memory of Tonda L. Lawrence, a teacher at Linton-Stockton Junior High School for 20 years, who lost a courageous battle against colorectal cancer in 2000...

A Linton-Stockton High School student, who runs a Greene County visitor's Web site, is currently making changes to the site and is having two contests to get members of the community involved. "The Greene County Indiana Visitor's & Community Information Center, www.visitgreenein.com is undergoing some major changes this summer," Kegan Inman said...

An avid outdoorswoman has made the annual trek to Greene County for the past 32 years for the fish. Joyce Kraft, 72, of Northern Kentucky, was first introduced to the local stripper pit fishing many years ago. "My husband had come up here before. He knew I like to fish and he brought me up here and I fell in love with it," Kraft explained...

A rural Jasonville man sustained serious head and back injuries in an all-terrain vehicle accident in northern Wright Township early Tuesday evening. Wayne K. Smith, 49, was airlifted from the scene by an Air-Evac helicopter to Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis following the 5:30 p.m. crash on County Road 700N -- east of County Road 1600W -- near the community of Gilmore, according to Indiana Conservation Officer Mike Gregg...

EASTERN HEIGHTS -- A full-house turned out for Tuesday's Eastern Greene School Board of Trustees special session, but for the second time the board members could not come to an agreement on bus transportation contracts. The vote once again required a minimum of four to pass, but instead went 2-3-1...

SWITZ CITY -- Faced with what to do now that the second class has graduated from the Greene County Citizen's Academy, several members of the group would like to form an alumni group. The group held its first organizational meeting Tuesday afternoon and the facilitator for the Academy was encouraged with the geographic diversity and number of those who turned out...

The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees voted to hire additional teachers at the monthly board meeting Monday night. Added to the faculty were Ashley Mathis, junior high math; Krystal Kirschner, high school science and Brenda Weeks, family and consumer science...

Bloomfield High School honored its students at its annual awards day May 18. The following awards were presented: Odd Fellows: Mr. Larry Ellis Courtney Kirkley, Kelsey Neidigh Elks Club Scholarship: Mr. Steve Malone Most Valuable Student--William Bowman, Stephanie Barker...

The city of Linton will begin spraying for mosquitos next week. City employee Kevin Lehman said spraying will take place Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Spraying will not take place next Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday. After next week, spraying will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays...

SWITZ CITY -- Otto Hineman hasn't been to a class reunion since he graduated from the old Switz City Central High School 79 years ago. On June 1, he'll return to the town where he graduated in 1928 to attend his first reunion. "I didn't know until last year that they had anything like that (a reunion) down there. I'm going to attend this year." he said...

The third time was the charm for the North Daviess High School boys golf team against White River Valley. After losing to WRV during the regular season and at the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference championship earlier, North Daviess came away with a 164-170 Wednesday night at Eagleview Golf Course at Crane...