Stories from Monday, April 13, 2009

Joanna M. (Eccles) Boruff, 89, of Indianapolis, formerly of Clay City, passed away at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Friday, April 10, 2009 following an extended illness. She was born in Clay County May 10, 1919 to John E. and Juanita (Miller) Eccles...

Thank you for helping AngelWorx program To the Editor: April 19-25 is National Volunteer Week and a perfect time to recognize our local volunteers who share their time, talent and energy while giving back to their community. As coordinator of the Greene County AngelWorx program, I have the privilege of working with some of these individuals and seeing firsthand what a difference they can make in the lives of others...

BEDFORD -- A 22-year-old Jasonville man was flown to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on Saturday evening after being run over by his own car in Bedford. According to report from the Bedford Police Department, William T. Hilderbrand II told police he was on the passenger side of his 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser, trying to release the parking brake...

Christopher M. Whitfield, 27, Solsberry, was in Greene Superior Court on Monday morning for an initial hearing on a charge of battery resulting in bodily injury. Whitfield was arrested April 7 by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Terry Wade after Wade responded around 11:32 a.m. to a 911 call about a domestic incident in Center Township...

Picking an all-area team is never easy, and in some years it is more difficult than others. With that said, the 2008-09 Daily World All-Area boys basketball team was no different. Sports writers and fans get caught in numbers, but sometimes numbers alone don't tell the complete story...

One night after playing one of the best softball team in Illinois, year in year out, to two close games, the Shakamak Lakers went the opposite direction against Class 4A power Bloomington South Saturday afternoon. The visiting Panthers clubbed the Lady Lakers 12-0, sending them to their third straight loss...

The Bloomfield softball team pounded out 22 runs on 26 hits in a pair of wins in their round robin tournament Saturday. The Lady Cards disposed of LaVille 18-7 and Vincennes Lincoln 4-0. In the blowout win over LaVille, Kendra Spelts, Danielle Sichting, Siera Fuller and Amber VanDeventer each posted three hits. ...

Linton-Stockton failed to win a match and finished fourth at the Brown County girls tennis invitational Saturday. Abbey Burris, Sara Hensley and Amy Goodman each dropped two matches at singles. The Lady Miner doubles teams of Olivia Wells and Olivia Villian and Sabrina Colvin and Megan Johnson both went winless...

LOOGOOTEE -- Bloomfield girls' tennis team swept singles to come away with a 3-2 win over Barr-Reeve in the Loogootee Invitational Saturday. Host Loogootee had little trouble in a 5-0 win over North Daviess to set up a rematch of last year's invitational final...

The rains that hit the Wabash Valley over the weekend caused several area athletic events to be postponed. On Saturday, the Eastern Greene at Linton-Stockton and Eminence at White River Valley games were postponed. The Eastern Greene softball game at South Knox Saturday also was called off because of wet grounds...

Two Linton men -- one 21-years-old and the other 20-years-old -- are being summoned into court after excise police observed a transaction in a liquor store parking lot and said it appeared the older one was buying alcohol for the younger one. Preliminary charges filed Monday in Greene Superior Court included recklessly furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors, a class B misdemeanor, againstKameron Long, 21, and illegal possession, a class C misdemeanor, against Anthony Robison, 20...

A Linton native, who is a student at Indiana University in Bloomington, is about to embark on a four-week learning and volunteering adventure in Europe. Brittany Bland, a 2008 graduate of Heritage Hills High School in Spencer County, has been selected to represent the United States in an international volunteer program this summer...

Dwight "Bud" Allen, 74, of Worthington passed away at 1:05 p.m., Monday, April 13, 2009 at his residence. He was born Dec. 8, 1934, in Waverly, Ohio to Dwight and Bertha (Lansing) Allen. He retired from Operators Engineers Local #841; was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War; and was a member of the American Legion #0479 at Lyons...

The Linton-Stockton High School boys golf team shot a 325, which tied them for eighth place at the Riddell National Bank Invitational, which took place Saturday at the Forest Park Golf Course in Brazil. "I believe we shot better than we did last year," said Linton-Stockton coach Bart Beard, whose Miners were seventh with a round of 329 at the same tournament in 2008. "I was very pleased with the way the guys played, especially considering this was our first match and the conditions...

The Indiana Department of Transportation will be closing State Road 43 in Greene and Owen counties between State Road 54 and State Road 48 starting April 20 for a resurfacing and pipe replacement project. The $3 million contract was awarded to Wabash Valley Asphalt of Terre Haute...

The subject of annexation was brought up during the Monday meeting of the Linton City Council. Mayor Tom Jones explained that the first public hearing on the matter will be conducted at 7 p.m. on May 11 at Linton City Hall. Financial advisors and legal counsel will also be in attendance, he noted...

In lieu of Earth Day, the Greene County Recycling Center will host an environmental fair and customer appreciation day. The first-time event will be Saturday from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and will include free giveaways, food, live music, and guest speakers...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one title check, three follow-up investigations, one request for information only, one juvenile/delinquent, one incident of vandalism, one custody dispute/exchange, one school/foot patrol, one alcohol-related incident, one vehicle fire, three accidents with property damage, one funeral escort, one lost and found, one hazardous materials disposal and wash down, five medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, one prowler, four suspicious vehicles/persons, one assist to another agency, one harassment complaint, two thefts-other, one message delivery, one welfare check/concern, one 911 prank or false call, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one domestic dispute, one animal/canine removed, two ordinance violations, one battery, one truancy and 32 traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. David R. Holmes, intimidation, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, criminal recklessness CIVIL CASES Emma drogich-Quearry v. Christian Quearry, dissolution Arrow Financial Services LLC v. Earl J. Helton, Jr., collection...

Greene County Historical Society The Greene County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19 at the Shawnee Theatre in Bloomfield. Everyone welcome. Bloomfield Masonic Lodge Bloomfield Masonic Lodge will hold a called meeting April 27 with meal at 6 p.m. to be followed by 50 year awards of gold and a master mason degree at 7 p.m...

Cody Pearson, Payton Karl, Ryan Montgomery and John Sachtjen each hit home runs as Bloomfield defeated visiting Shoals 13-1 in five innings in a high school baseball game Saturday. Karl struck out eight and allowed five hits as he pitched a complete game to earn the victory...

Criminal charges have been filed and an arrest warrant issued in connection with an incident of road rage that unfolded last Wednesday night in eastern Greene County. David R. Holmes, Route 6, Bloomfield, was charged Monday in Greene Circuit Court with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon -- a class B felony, intimidation -- a class C felony; and a misdemeanor charge of criminal recklessness...