Stories from Thursday, May 20, 2010

Norma Lee Mize Clark, 85, of Sullivan, passed away at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the Breckenridge Health and Living Center. She was born Jan. 23, 1925 in Hymera to Coy Mize and Ruby Cook Mize. She was retired from the Shakamak State Park. Survivors include two sons Everett (And Joann) Clark, Dugger and Ronald Clark, Oaktown, one daughter Sheryl Clark, Dugger, one sister Nova Jean Fougerousse, Westlawn, MI; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; seven great, great grandchildren; and other relatives.. ...

Two familiar faces are back in Bloomfield while on leave from the mission field. Since 2003, Nathan and Bethany Scott have served in Thailand where they are reaching out to communities, schools and churches through Youth With A Mission (YWAM) -- Thailand...

It was track and field fun for Linton-Stockton Elementary School students on Thursday. Students competed in softball and kickball tournaments, crab walk races as well as the standing long jump, Frisbee throw and more during the school's track and field day...

Norman Dale Whaley went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. He was born on July 2, 1935 near Switz City, the son of Raleigh Whaley and Frances Gilligan Whaley. He attended Linton High School where he was very active in sports. He served in The National Guard for 17 years and retired from Ford Motor Company after 31 years...

SOLSBERRY -- The Eastern Greene Farmers Market at Solsberry returns this Saturday. The market, sponsored by the Eastern Greene Chamber of Commerce, will be open every Saturday until Sept. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Solsberry United Methodist Church parking lot...

Rolland Abraham of Westfield, Ind., is the new MSD of Shakamak junior/senior high school principal. Chosen from 25 applicants, Shakamak Superintendent Mike Mogan said Abraham came to Shakamak with excellent qualifications. He received a BA degree in science education 5-12 (Magna Cum Laude) from Anderson University and a MA from the University of Indianapolis in curriculum and instruction. ...

Bart A. Beard was charged with domestic battery in September 2009, but under the terms of a pre-trial diversion agreement signed Tuesday, that charge will be dismissed on Jan. 1, 2011 if he doesn't violate any law before that date, performs community service work and complies with some other stipulations...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one follow-up investigation, two requests for information only, one vandalism, one criminal mischief, one school/foot patrol, one civil complaint, one public intoxication, one incident of disorderly conduct, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, two alarms, one assist to another agency, one arrest-wanted on a warrant, one domestic dispute, one domestic dispute - neighbor and four traffic stops...

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GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jason Lee Grubb, resisting law enforcement, reckless driving CIVIL CASES Citibank v. Teresa L. Perry aka Teresa L. Hamm, collection Chase Bank USA v. Lisa A. Brewer, collection FIA Card Services v. Beth A. Clark, collection...

Vera (Bracken) Darrah, age 49 of Linton, passed away Thursday evening, May 20, 2010 at the Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available.

The White River Valley Board of School Trustees gained full-day kindergarten at Lyons Thursday, but reduced two Lyons elementary teachers to aides. The measure keeps educators Angela Earle, who teaches 6th grade, and Amy Jackson, who teaches 3rd grade, employed at a reduced salary...

WRV wins second straight The White River Valley baseball team won for the second time in two nights as the Wolverines defeated visiting Sullivan 6-4 Thursday. The game was halted by rain after six innings. It was the third victory in 15 games for WRV, who scored the go-ahead runs in the fourth and fifth to secure the victory...

The Loogootee girls tennis sectional was rained out Thursday. The match between WRV and North Daviess got started before play was halted. It will be concluded Friday, as well as the Paoli-Loogootee match. If there is rain Friday (today) , the first two matches will be played indoors at French Lick Friday...

A passenger in a minivan had to be extricated from a minivan then rushed to a hospital after a rollover crash on Terre Haute Road late Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred at approximately 5:02 p.m. near County Road 400W. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Eric S. Smith reported that Charlotte Jacobs, 53, Linton was operating a Dodge Caravan westbound on Terre Haute Road when she lost control of the vehicle...

Bloomfield shot a 177 and picked up two wins in a high school boys golf match at Phil Harris Thursday. Clay City, led by Darius Farmer's low-medalist score of 39, was second with a 181 and Edgewood scored 190. For the Cards, Derek Corn and RJ Brown both shot 43s, Andrew Bladen 45, Chad Mead 46, Taylor Burton 54 and Bradley Seymour carded a 55...

Bloomfield came up with 10 hits and Shelby Gott pitched a shutout as the Lady Cardinal softball team defeated visiting South Knox 4-0 Thursday. The game was halted after six inning because of rain. Gott struck out 10 and walked one as she pushed her record to 12-5...

Host Bedford scored single runs in the second and fourth as the host Stars defeated Shakamak 2-1 in a high school baseball game Thursday night. The loss was the ninth in 26 games for the Lakers. John Smith had a double and knocked in one run for SHS. Patrick Green also doubled and Brock Dowell went 2-for-2 with one run score...

TERRE HAUTE -- A pair of seniors combined to win four events at the Terre Haute North boys track and field meet, advancing to the regional. Linton-Stockton senior Stefen Sparks threw the discus 143 feet, 9 1/2 inches and the shot put 51-9 to win both events on a rainy night here at Carl S. Riddle Stadium...

BLOOMINGTON -- There's something about the number two at this year's IHSAA Track Sectionals at the Ralph Sieboldt Track at Bloomington North High School. On Tuesday, two girls from Greene County qualified for next week's regional meet. And not to be outdone, WRV's Ty Robbins and Eastern Greene's Keith Ogle earned the same distinction here Thursday night...