Stories from Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Iva Jean (Kessinger) St. John, 83, passed away at 7:25 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born April 26, 1926 in Jasonville, the daughter of Newton and Mary (Passen) Kessinger. She married Carl St. John on May 15, 1991...

Alvin J. "Pat" Patton, 86, of Linton, passed away at 12:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 at Greene County General Hospital. Born in Dugger on May 24, 1923, he was the son of Alfred Patton and Edna Wiseman Patton. He was an WWII Army veteran, a member of the Dugger American Legion Post 224, and retired from the Minnehaha Coal Mine...

Robert Norman McKean, 84, of Evansville passed away Feb. 16, 2010 at West Columbia Healthcare Cener in Evansville. He was born in Indianapolis on Sept. 25, 1925 to Frank and Mary E. "Deal" McKean. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother...

Those people who believe the statement, "Build it and they will come," should be encouraged by the numbers registered in the most recent bird count at the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area. Results recently released from the fourth annual Goose Pond Christmas Bird Count that took place on Dec. ...

With the upcoming National School Scrabble Championship looming in the near future, the scrabble club at Eastern Greene is working hard to raise the much-needed funds it needs to participate in the event. The annual silent auction -- which will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the high school -- will raise much of the money for the trip...

Glen D. Faulk, 76, of Worthington, passed away at 8:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 at Morgantown Health Care Inn in Morgantown. He was born Nov. 12, 1933 in Indianapolis to Clovis and Florence M. (Davis) Faulk. He retired from Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC in 1995 after 37 years of service. He was a member of the Worthington Christian Church, Worthington Masonic Lodge and was a U.S. Army veteran...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one request for lifting assistance, two accidents with property damage, two medical/illness, one alarm, two animal complaints, one harassment complaint, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one arrest-wanted on warrant and two traffic stops...

To the Editor: I believe Sen. Bayh's decision to not run for re-election is an indictment of our Congress and our system; how badly deteriorated our system has become; how corrupt it now is; how riddled with self-serving, egocentric, power grabbing, and disgraceful elected officials our system has become...

If you're looking for bargains galore then don't miss the 19th annual County-wide Garage Sale. The sale is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27 at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Admission is $1. Booth rental and admission benefit Greene County Habitat for Humanity...

Lyons resident Alice McKim was just curious about what the old gold and silver coins she had stored away for years were really worth. She came to the Treasure Hunter's Road Show on Wednesday at the Roy Clark Building -- at Humprheys Park in Linton -- just to see what she had...

Robert Allen, 85, of Owensburg, died at 12:10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Sept. 9, 1924 in Martin County, he was the son of John Thomas and Ola (Bays) Allen. He married Margaret Ashcraft on October 6, 1951 and she survives...

Greene County General Hospital Auxiliary The Greene County General Hospital Auxiliary will meet at 1:30 p.m. on March 1 in the conference room. Guest speaker will be Cheryl Hamilton, executive director of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Red Bonnet Belles...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES Justin May v. State of Indiana, petition for post-conviction relief CIVIL CASES Palisades Collection LLC v. Joy L. Bish, collection Jones Group Enterprises 5 LLC v. Jo Anne Smith, Contimortgage Corporation, John Doe and the unknown occupant, quiet title...

The high school boys basketball regular season has less than two weeks remaining, as sectionals will get underway Tuesday, March 2. The draw for the state tournament is set for Sunday night in Indianapolis. Because of the snow that hit the Wabash Valley earlier this week, there will be four consecutive nights featuring area high school boys teams in action, starting last night when Class A No. 10 WRV lost to North Central 60-51...