Stories from Wednesday, July 4, 2007

The skies over the small eastern Greene County community of Solsberry were glowing on Tuesday night during the annual giant fireworks show sponsored by the Eastern Fire Department. The 40-minute displayed featured an impressive multiple aeriel grand finale. An estimated 5,000 people converged on the town for tjhe yearly pre-4th of July celebration.(Greene County Daily World photos by Nick Schneider)...

Rain dampened the conclusion of the 102nd Annual Linton Freedom Festival Parade on Wednesday. However, most of the parade entries had passed the reviewing stand before the heavy showers struck the city. Here, the Sweepstakes Winner from Linton Motors makes it way along the parade route. (Daily World photo by Nick Schneider)...

Lisa Moss Addision, 37, of Antioch, Tenn., passed away on June 23, 2007. She was the daughter of Jerry Moss, of Linton, and Nikki Willis, of Nashville, Tenn. Graveside sevice will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Woodard Cemetery. Woodbine Funeral Home, Hickory Chapel is in charge of the arrangements...

Sausage gravy, biscuit breakfast The Jasonville Senior Citizen Center will host a sausage gravy and biscuit breakfast from 7-9:30 a.m. on Friday. Other breakfast items as well as carry-out will be available. The senior center is located at 145 S. Lawton St. in Jasonville...

A friend of Greene County passed away at 2:28 p.m. on Tuesday in a Nashville, Tenn., hospital. Boots Randolph, well known saxophone player and frequent guest in the county to raise money for college scholarships has died. He was 80. Randolph suffered a cerebral hemorrhage June 25 and had been hospitalized in a coma. He was taken off a respirator earlier Tuesday at Skyline Medical Center, said Betty Hofer, a publicist and spokeswoman for the family...

The Greene County Commissioners decided a course of action Tuesday morning on whether to construct a public parking lot or return the courthouse yard to its original pre-construction state. By a 2-1 vote, the commissioners favored creating a grass and landscaped area around the courthouse -- similar to what it was before the additional/renovation project started about five years ago...

GREENE CIRCUIT CIVIL CASES Palisades Collection LLC v. William R. Stalcup, civil collection Palisades Collection LLC v. Regina K. Mitchell, civil collection GREENE SUPERIOR CRIMINAL CASES State v. Belinda C. Majewski, two counts of domestic battery State v. Theodore Ray Mowery, possession of marijuana, public intoxication...

The Dugger Town Council is currently looking for a new clerk-treasurer. Current Clerk-treasurer Lana Lynn resigned her position effective June 29, 2007. "We will have a paper for interested persons to sign and have a special council meeting on July 9, 2007 to select a new clerk-treasurer," explained council president Bill Pirtle...

When it comes to baking ham, you'd be hard-pressed to find anybody who does it better than rural Linton resident Edgar Greene. Greene's baked-in-the-ground hams are legendary around this community and every Fourth of July his mouth-watering creations are served at the Civitan Breakfast, which is a prelude to the Linton Freedom Festival Parade...

The following is a list of upcoming Linton Freedom Festival events. All events take place in Linton's Humphreys Park unless otherwise specified. Today Friday Saturday...

All veterans will be honored at 8 p.m. on Friday in Linton's Humphreys Park when they're presented with a remembrance of service proclamation. The proclamation has been signed by Linton Mayor Tom Jones, Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, Linton Freedom Festival, The Silver Star Families of America and Cornerstone Ministries and a copy will be given to each veteran...

Linda Boston Hughes, 62, of Round Rock, Texas and formerly of Jasonville passed away April 26. Born Feb. 4, 1945, she was the daughter of Charles Winston and Margaret Benefield Boston. She worked in the business office for Sears in Round Rock, Texas. She was a 1963 graduate of Jasonville High School...

Gay Marie Jean, 87, formerly of Worthington and Spencer, passed away at 5:10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 4 at the home of her daughter in Solsberry. Funeral arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Worthington.

Greene County is mourning the loss of Joe Sullivan, an attorney who previously served as county prosecutor and a city attorney. Sullivan, 68, passed away at 9:20 p.m. on Monday at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Sullivan, a veteran of the United States Air Force, graduated from Indiana University School of Law in 1966 and was a practicing attorney for 40 years. ...

Joseph A. Sullivan, 68, of Linton, passed away Monday, July 2, 2007 at Greene County General Hospital. Born in Indianapolis on Oct. 30, 1938, he was the son of Patrick and Claira (Hornburger) Sullivan. On March 29, 1964, he married Kay A. Ax, who survives...

The Linton Police Department responded Monday and Tuesday to one follow-up investigation, nine information only requests, one transport/documentation, one bar fight, two juvenile/delinquents, two personal injury accidents, one property damage accident, two lost and founds, two medical/illness runs, one alarm, two animal complaints, one harassment complaints one burglary, one disabled/stranded vehicle, four fireworks, one bicycle theft, one 911 prank/false call, one fingerprint gun permit, one open garage door, one welfare check/concern, one community relations and one ordinance violation. ...

Despite a summer storm that moved through the area Wednesday morning, the 102nd Linton Freedom Festival Parade was deemed a success. Cheryl Hamilton, who serves as executive director of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce said despite the rain, it was a good day...

SANDBORN -- Nathan Weathers was sworn in as councilman representing Ward 3 at the Sandborn Town Council meeting Tuesday evening. Weathers is replacing Leota Brinson who resigned due to health reasons. With a unanimous vote, the board also elected Don Hill to serve as council president...

* July 2 -- Tammi Chastain, 36, Sullivan was arrested by Greene County Deputy on warrant charges. No bond was set. * July 3 --Patricia L. Lockhart, 37, Lyons was arrested on warrant charges by Lyons Deputy Ron Sparks. No bond was set.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman was all smiles as she rode in a GT Mustang as grand marshal of the 2007 Linton Freedom Festival Parade. Skillman, who hails from nearby Bedford, said she was humbled, but honored to be invited as this year's parade marshal for the state's largest Fourth of July Parade...

The young and old alike lined Main Street as the traditional Freedom Festival parade kicked off in Linton as the sound of jet fighters filled the air. Delbert and Karen Ferree, who live on H St., don't have far to go to find the fun. The couple usually sits within the first block of Main in lawn chairs under the shade...

Raymond "Gene" Dale, 64, of Linton, passed at 2:41 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Jan. 31, 1943 in Linton to Charles and Audrey (Frye) Dale. He was a truck driver, loader operator, and renovated homes for the last 20 years...