Stories from Monday, September 17, 2007

Wesley A. Sapp, 30, Jasonville, was arrested last week on charges of criminal confinement, a Class C felony, and battery resulting in bodily injury, a Class A Misdemeanor, stemming from injuries inflicted upon a Jasonville woman during a domestic disturbance...

A former Bloomfield resident was arrested Friday by local law authorities and now faces child molestation charges in Daviess County. Daniel L. Westfall, 25, of Loogootee was arrested by Bloomfield Town Marshal Kenny Tharp on a Daviess County warrant...

A specially trained Crime Scene Investigator working in the Linton Police Department and some new high-tech video surveillance equipment, paid for with grant money, is up and running to enable Linton and other county law enforcement officers to take a bigger bite out of local crime...

If you mention the phrase ISTEP testing to a student, parent or teacher this week you'll probably get some kind of reaction. Some like it, some don't. One thing is for sure, though. The test has become a fixture in our school systems. A student must pass the ISTEP in order to receive their high school diploma...

The halls of Linton-Stockton High School look as if Santa came a little bit early this year. With the red-and-blue streamers, life-sized football players and window chalk, the halls of Linton-Stockton have definitely been transformed. When entering any of the three sets of doors into Linton-Stockton you will find the names of senior football players, homecoming candidates, LHS, Beat Those Cougars, and much more...

No remonstrators were present Monday night to voice opposition to any part of the 2008 budget for the city of Linton in a brief public hearing conducted at city hall. The council, which has discussed the budget in past meetings, reviewed the $3,317,889 million overall budget before adjourning in about 10 minutes...

Donna L. Eskew, 66, formerly of Linton, passed away on Sept. 15, 2007 in Panama City, FL. Arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Funeral Home in Linton.

James Truman Hudson, 85, Hendricksville, passed away Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007. Born Nov. 23, 1921 near Hendricksville, he was the son of James and May 'Mommy May' (Eller) Hudson. A farmer by trade, he drove a school bus for 32 years and had the Hudson Insurance Agency for 26 years. He attended Union Church in Hendricksville...

Gary Wayne Loffland, 60, Lafayette, passed away 10:05 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. He was born September 7, 1946 in Linton, to Dale Warren and Dorothy (Wilkie) Loffland. Gary worked in the lab at Fairfield Manufacturing Co. in Lafayette...

Roy Miller, 78, of Princeton, passed away on Monday afternoon, Sept. 17, 2007, at The Waters of Princeton. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home Linton Chapel.

Warren Harding Onken, 85, of Mt. Sterling, KY and formerly of Linton, passed away Monday, Sept. 17, 2007 at Windsor Care Center. He was born April 23 1922 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of Frederick Ludwig and Lillian M. Onken. He was publisher of the Mt. Sterling Advocate and formerly worked at the Linton Daily Citizen for many years...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department responded Friday through Sunday to one forgery and counterfeiting, six follow-up investigations, five information only, three fights, three juvenile/delinquents, one vandalism, two brush fires, three transport/documentation, one loitering, four accidents with property damage, five medical/illness, two alarms, seven animal complaints, one prowler, five suspicious vehicles/persons, two harassment complaints, one possible intoxicated driver, three reckless drivers, two thefts/other, one lost/stolen license plate, two welfare checks/concerns, one domestic dispute, one recovered vehicle/property, three ordinance violations, two batteries, provided four school/foot patrols, three extra patrols, four assists to other agencies, two assists to the utility department, and made ten traffic stops.. ...

GREENE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. William R. Hall, driving while suspended State v. Michael L. Geatches, driving while suspended State v. Matthew D. Rodriguez, resisting law enforcement, public intoxication State v. James Alchen, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration equal to at least .15 grams or more in blood or breath...

Linton Libary Board to meet The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold its regular board meeting on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at the Linton Public Library at 6:00 PM. It will be preceded by an Executive Session meeting at 5:45 PM to discuss employee job performance. The regular meeting is open to the public...

ISTEP. This word is coming out of the mouths of teachers, school administrators, parents, and students right now. This week public schools across the Hoosier state will follow federal and state mandated guidelines and administer the dreaded ISTEP to students in grades 3 through 10...

To the Editor: I was disappointed that the Northeast Sullivan School Board voted unanimously to not renew Doug Boyd's coaching contract. (May 15, 2007 issue). This is another example of sports being more important in our school than academics! Why did Robin Wilkes and the nearly 30 parents have the coaching record of Mr. Boyd published?...

To the Editor: I'd like to express my appreciation to Larry Fulford and his crew for the spectacular shape they had Fairview Cemetery in for Memorial Day. I know that Larry and his crew put in a tremendous amount of work to keep Fairview beautiful and I want them to know that their effort is appreciated...

Two elementary teacher retirements were approved during the Linton-Stockton School Board of Trustees meeting on Monday. Lynelle Sullivan, a third grade teacher with 28 years of experience at the school, and Carol Walker, a sixth grade teacher with 35 years on the job, will both retire at the end of the 2007-08 school year...

Members of A-Company of the 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment based in Linton and Vincennes, are among 3,400 Indiana National Guard soldiers from the 76th Infantry Brigade that have received orders that they will be put on active duty, possibly to Iraq...

The Linton junior varsity volleyball team won the JV Spiker Classic at White River Valley high school Saturday. Linton defeated Eastern Greene, 25-18, 25-21, and followed the win with a 25-16, 13-25, 15-13 victory over Barr-Reeve. The Lady Miners finished off the 3-0 day with a 25-20, 25-23 win over Bloomfield...

LOOGOOTEE -- Bloomfield boys' tennis team were defeated for only the second time this year by an unbeaten Wood Memorial in the opening round of the Loogootee Invitational Saturday. Wood Memorial went on to beat Loogootee 4-1 in the invitational final and improved their record to 14-0...

JASONVILLE -- For the first time this season, Shakamak lost on the volleyball court over the weekend, which put an end to its season long winning streak that reached 18 games. The Lady Lakers came away with a win over Vincennes Rivet, 25-15, 25-19, in the first match of the Shakamak Invitational, but the Lakers could not get past South Putnam, 25-20, 23-25...

Sound Offs must be no more than 60 words and the newspaper reserves the right not to publish distasteful comments and personal attacks. To submit a Sound Off, mail it to P.O. Box 129, Linton, Ind., 47441or e-mail cpruett@dailycitizen.com Politically motivated? Yes!...

JASONVILLE -- After losing their first match of the 2007 season, the Class A, sixth-ranked Shakamak Lakers' volleyball team got back on the winning track Monday with a three game victory over Washington, in front of the home crowd in Jasonville. The Lady Lakers' 25-21, 25-16, 25-16 victory was their 19th of the season to go against one defeat...

Bloomfield's boys tennis team capitalized on winning three, three-set matches to defeat Barr-Reeve on the Cardinals home court Monday evening. It was one of those matches that could have gone either way but Bloomfield toughened up and pulled out third set wins," said BHS coach Mike Canty...

BLOOMFIELD -- The on and off Lady Cardinal volleyball team was on as Bloomfield High School defeated Union (Dugger) 27-25, 25-22, 25-20 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match here at Glover Gymnasium Monday night. "We were on fire tonight," said BHS coach Laura Kay Rose, whose squad improved to 7-12, 2-3 in league play. "It is a shame that we could not have played this way against our other SWIAC opponents."...

Shakamak, Eastern Greene and Linton-Stockton's boys and girls high school cross country teams competed at the South Knox Invitational, with impressive results. Both Shakamak teams finished second in the Class A event. The host Lady Spartans defeated SHS by three points...

BRAZIL -- The Linton junior varsity football team lost its first game of the season on Monday thanks to a 56-36 loss to Northview at Brazil. The Miners kept the game close early, as they managed to hit half-time tied with the Knights, 28-28. An 18 yard pass from Evan Magni to Caleb Stuppy put Linton on the board first, while a 10 yard run by Mickey Tosti allowed Linton to tie the game at the end of the first quarter...

SWITZ CITY -- Tyler Zimmerly, Doug Brenton and Reuvan Davis all were victorious in singles action Monday as White River Valley improved to 3-7 with a 4-1 win over Owen Valley in high school tennis action. "We've been knocking on the door, but haven't been able to put it through," said WRV coach Mike Karr. "They've been competitive all year long. We got off to a late start with me stepping in when school started, but we're playing competitive."...

The Linton Miners' tennis team earned its third win of the season with a 4-1 victory over Sullivan Monday night at Humphreys Park in Linton. "We needed a win," said Linton-Stockton tennis coach Brad McKinney. "I wish we could have been sharper, execution-wise, but the end result was a win and that's good."...

BICKNELL -- The golf season came to an end on Saturday for the Linton Miners with a 442 at the North Knox sectional played at the Bicknell Country Club. The score was good enough for eighth place, well off the leading pace of 352 posted by the Hatchets of Washington...