Stories from Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Hazel M. Burris Hazel M. Burris, 84, of Linton, passed away at 1:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born Dec. 2, 1922, in Linton, the daughter of William and Eva Leona (Hochstetler) Terrell. She was a homemaker and a member of the Linton First Baptist Church...

Rececca K. Jones, 59, of Granger, passed away at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug.7, 2007. Born Aug. 11, 1947 in Linton, she was the daughter of Paul E. and Thelma Mae Wilkes. She worked as a special education teacher and practiced speech therapy in the Mishawaka School System. She was a member of the Mishawaka Coaches Wives Club, the Mishawaka Bridge Club, Psi Iota Xi Sorority, and the Mishawaka and Pen Harris Madison PTAs...

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The Linton Police Department responded Tuesday to four medical/illness runs, one alarm, three animal complaints, one burglary, one theft-other, one welfare check/concern, one domestic/neighbor, one community relations, one open door/garage, one ordinance violation and two batteries. They also made four traffic stops and provided two extra patrols...

greene circuit criminal cases State v. Jeremiah Adams, failure to register as a sex offender greene circuit civil cases Erin Capital Management LLC v. Lisa A. Morris, civil collection greene superior criminal cases State v. Johnny W. Camden Jr., battery resulting in bodily injury...

During Sandborn's council meeting Tuesday night, the council made some final decisions regarding the soon-to-be completed sewer project. With a unanimous vote, the council agreed to accept the order changes presented by John Acree from LAMAC Engineers...

At Wednesday's Linton Rotary Club meeting, representatives of Greene Concepts, LTD spoke about the possibility of bringing a new business into the community. Greene Concepts will manufacture LifeTime Lumber, a composite lumber product made of approximately 65 percent coal fly ash...

Last week, the Greene County Bar Association held a wonderful memorial service in the Greene Circuit Courtroom to honor Joe Sullivan. Sullivan, who passed away July 2, graduated from Indiana University School of Law in 1966 and was a practicing attorney for 40 years. ...

To The Editor: The Greene County YMCA, soon to be Greene County Kids Count, Inc., would like to send out a big thank you to many in this community who have helped us out recently. The Greene County YMCA/Greene County Kids Count Inc. provides youth programming currently to those in the Eastern Greene County Community...

To the Editor: I want to thank the many individuals who sponsored and volunteered their time at the recent frog gigging event. Specifically, thank you John Hert and the staff at Triple H Gun Club for providing a meeting place and cobbler and ice cream. Thank you to Indiana Conservation Officers Greg Swanson and Mike Gregg and Jordan Hasler of Bloomfield Police Department for your contributions...

To the Editor: Art work that has been done by Linton-Stockton High School students -- past and present -- has recently been sorted. Work done by students presently enrolled at Linton will be available in their English classes during the first days of school. If you were formerly a student at Linton or have a friend or relative who may have art work to be claimed, you may call me at 847-2065 to see if work is available...

In keeping with tradition, one of the oldest churches in Greene County will celebrate 130 years of rich history with its annual basket dinner at noon on Aug. 12. The Old Clifty Church-- which is located off State Road 45 near Little Cincinnati-- is nestled among the quiet countryside next to one couple who have enjoyed its beauty for several decades...

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) is launching a new initiative to assist Indiana communities with the development and implementation of agricultural economic development plans. Greene County Economic Development Corporation and Purdue University Agriculture Extension are hosting two upcoming meetings to learn more about how local stakeholders can work with the Agriculture Economic Development Initiative (AEDI)...

Ray Family reunion The descendants of Jim Ray will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday at the west side shelterhouse in Linton's Humphreys Park. Moose Lodge 1434 charity dinner The Moose Lodge 1434 will hold a steak and pork chop dinner at 5 p.m. Friday. All proceeds go to charity...

By Paul Wilcoxen Sports Editor LINTON -- For the first time since the pads were strapped on and the helmets squeezed on 11 days ago for the opening of practice, Linton-Stockton head football coach Steve Weber will get an opportunity to see his team in more of a game situation when the Miners hosts Cloverdale Friday night for their annual IHSAA controlled scrimmage at Roy Williams Field...

Michelle Whitman, a 2007 graduate of Bloomfield High School, competed at the Indiana State Fair Dairy Goat Show recently in Indianapolis. In the 4-H class she received Grand Champion Senior Oberhasli. In the open class she was awarded Reserve Grand Champion placing over 40 other exhibitors from around the state...

There's a definite Greene County touch at the Indiana State Fair that kicked off Wednesday for a 12-day run that ends Aug. 19. Results from the various Greene County 4-H exhibitors who had projects judged at this year's State Fair shows many of them carted home merit and blue ribbons...

A 24-year-old Linton man is behind bars after being arrested Tuesday by Det. George Dallaire of the Greene County Sheriff''s Department on a warrant for sexual misconduct with a minor and recklessly furnishing alcoholic beverage to a minor. Joshua T. Cox is being held in Greene County jail on $15,500 bond...

The Linton Police Department is once again investigating a burglary within the city. A burglary was reported at Linton Head Start on Tuesday. Entry was made through a southwest window of the building. A roll of stamps, business cell phone and camcorder were taken. In addition, four cases of water, approximately 10 bags of diapers and five cases of trash bags were taken...

With current temperatures soaring near 100 degrees and no cool down in sight, August's extreme humidity and heat could make way for record-breaking highs. WTWO News Channel 2 Meteorologist Jesse Walker said, "In the last 20 summers only five times has it hit 100 (degrees) or above ... it's a rarity."...

A 27-year-old Bloomfield woman is behind bars after being arrested Tuesday for dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance. Stephanie A. Stach was arrested by Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Jeremy Cook and is being held in the Greene County jail without bond...

Greene County Board of Commissioners President Bart Beard believes the time is right to establish the position of county manager. Beard says the idea has been talked about since 1992 by other commissioners and county council members. He feels so strongly that now is the time, that he has already talked to members of the county council and presented them with a mock job description to look over last week...