Stories from Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Linton-Stockton's Roy Herndon Field will be the site of the local Class 2A baseball sectional, which starts later this week. In the opener, defending champ Eastern Greene (5-16) will meet South Knox (4-13) at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 28. The semifinals are set for Saturday, May 30. At 1 p.m., the host Miners (11-7) will take on Bloomfield (7-11)...

JASONVILLE -- Seven-time defending sectional champions and defending state champion, Shakamak, will be challenged once again in the Class A Shakamak baseball sectional starting Thursday. The Lakers will once again be the favorite to advance on to regional play, but three area coaches all agree anyone can beat anyone in the field on any given night...

Shakamak scored in each of the first five innings as they cruised to a 6-0 win over visiting Linton-Stockton Tuesday evening in the regular-season finale for both teams. Billy Newton blasted a pair of bombs for the Lakers and Tyler Richardson also hit a shot that was left the yard in the victory. John Smith added a pair of two-baggers as well for the Lakers...

John Sachtjen picked the perfect time for his first home run of the season, as he drilled a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Cardinals a come-from-behind 10-7 win over Eastern Greene Tuesday evening, in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game...

A three-run sixth inning by the host Golden Arrows propelled them past Union (Dugger) in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday evening. Sullivan won the contest 4-1. With the loss the Bulldogs wrap up the regular season with an 8-6 overall mark heading into the post-season and have lost two straight after a four-game winning streak...

WRV basketball camp White River Valley girls basketball head coach Joe Pigg will conduct a skills baskeball camp from June 1-5 at the White River Valley High School gymnasium. First graders through fourth grade will meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. while fifth grade throught ninth graders will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon...

VERNE -- Linton-Stockton capitalized on two South Knox errors and scored three unearned runs in the sixth inning and came up with a 4-2 victory over the host Lady Spartans in a semifinal game of the Class 2A South Knox softball sectional here Tuesday night...

VERNE -- Eastern Greene had two hits as the Lady Thunderbird softball team fell to North Knox 7-0 in a Class A softball sectional game here at South Knox High School. The Lady Thunderbirds finished the season at 0-15, their second consecutive season without a victory...

White River Valley senior Kelsey Anderson will make a conclusion to her high school track and field career in style Saturday, June 6 as she qualified for the state meet by placing third in the discus Tuesday night in the Bedford North Lawrence Regional...

Five juveniles are facing trouble for underage possession of alcohol and possible drinking after officers responded to a report of an altercation at the Walmart Supercenter in Linton early Wednesday. According to a Linton Police Department report, the incident occurred sometime around 2-3 a.m. and the investigation led officers to stop a 1999 van traveling on Baseline Road at SE 7th St...

Vernon Inman Porter, 88, of Bloomfield, passed away 1:55 a.m. Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at Ketcham Memorial Center in Odon. Born Dec. 5, 1920 in Martin County, he was the son of Thomas J. and Freda C. (Inman) Porter. He worked for NSWC Crane, was a farmer, and was a bookkeeper for Greene County for many years...

A warrant for the arrest of Bobbi A. Jones was issued late Tuesday afternoon after a preliminary charge of class D felony theft was filed against her in Greene Circuit Court. The charge resulted from an investigation by Bloomfield Marshal Kenneth Tharp into a report of shoplifting at the Pamida Store on the south end of Bloomfield...

Rainy days are especially good times to pick up a really well written book and lose yourself in the pages. One method for choosing such a book is to let the eye wander across the local library's well stocked shelves. Once your eyes settle on a book cover, reading the synopsis on the inside cover is usually enough to grab your interest...

The 'Potomac Two-step' is shameful To the Editor: Most of us recall with pride the recent precision strike against the three Somali pirates who were holding at gunpoint the caption of an American ship. It was, we are told, the Commander-in-Chief, the President, who dropped the dime on these thieving animals, allowing Navy SEALS to use deadly force to save the captain's life...

This year's Linton Music Fest may have a T-shirt with your design embellished on it. The LMF has teamed up with shirtriot.com for the first LMF logo T-shirt contest and anyone can enter. Jared Albright, LMF organizer, explained, "The main goal (of the contest) was to raise some attention to the Music Fest and to involve the community and other people in aiding the design of this year's shirt."...

Veteran Greene County Cooperative Extension Service Educator John Beach will officially retire Friday afternoon after serving in Greene County for the last 32 years. Saturday night, members of the 4-H Council of Greene County and friends will stage an open house at the fairgrounds honoring Beach at the fairgrounds from 6 to 10 p.m...

Long-time Linton-Stockton High School English teacher Barbara Herman put her red ink pen down for good earlier this month. Herman -- who started teaching at L-S in 1984 -- retired at the end of the school year. But, her career as a teacher has been anything but work...

The Linton-Stockton Elementary library will soon be divided -- into two classrooms. The decision to partition the room was approved during the Tuesday meeting of the Linton-Stockton School Board. L-S Superintendent Ron Bush brought the recommendation to the table and noted space issues in the elementary...

A preliminary charge of child molesting, a class C felony, was filed Tuesday in Greene Superior Court against convicted sex offender James L. Alsman of Linton and a warrant was issued for his arrest. This is the second time Alsman has been accused of this same offense...

There is a management shake-up going on at MLE Enterprises, Inc., located in Bloomfield and at the WestGate Technology Park near Crane Village. However, owner Mary Luttrell, of Terre Haute, said the company is still operating and has hired a couple of new management personnel...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included two requests for information only, one fight, two custody disputes/exchange, one utility repair, one accident with property damage, one mental case, six medical/illness, one animal complaint, one extra patrol, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one assist to the fire department and three traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Bobbi A. Jones, theft GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Phillip Rex Combs, Stephanie Lynn Combs, mortgage foreclosure American Acceptance Co LLC v. James H. Kindred, collection Chelsi C. Jerrels-Shaw v. James D. Shaw, dissolution...

Fair Queen candidate sought Candidates for the 2009 Miss Greene County Pagant are encouraged to fill out an entry form as soon as possible. The queen, who will reign over the Greene County Fair and compete in the Miss Indiana State Fair Pagent, will be crowned June 14 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. Entry forms are available at the Greene County Extension Service office. For more information call 659-2122...

Bloomfield continued its winning ways by picking up two victories in a high school boys golf match at Phil Harris in Linton Wednesday. The Cardinals won with a total of 184. Owen Valley, led by low medalist Sam Garvin's 37, had a 191 and Union (Dugger) shot 193...

CLAY CITY -- White River Valley scored nine runs (six unearned) in the home half of the fifth inning as they advanced to the Class A Clay City softball sectional championship game with a 9-2 win over Union (Dugger) here Wednesday night. The win was just the fourth of the season for the Lady Wolverines, with two coming against the Bulldogs, but live to play another day is the name of the game in the post season...

Shakamak scored the game's only run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Lady Lakeres defeated host Clay City 1-0 in the semifinals of the Class A softball sectional Wednesday night. Shakamak will play WRV in the title game at 5 p.m. Thursday. This story will be updated...

VERNE -- The defending sectional champions capitalized on three North Knox errors to score all the runs they would need in the first inning as Bloomfield blanked the Lady Spartans 7-0 in the semifinals of the Class 2A South Knox softball sectional here Wednesday night...