Stories from Thursday, January 27, 2011

Mary Francis "Nanny" Zaayer, 90, of Bloomfield passed away Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 at Residence at McCormick's Creek in Spencer. Born Oct. 6, 1920 in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Roy and Glenn (Harmon) Whitman. Mary was a homemaker and a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church...

The importance of recycling, along with its local growth, was brought to the forefront by Linton Mayor Tom Jones earlier this week. Recycling has been looked at by the city administration since 2005, Jones explained in an interview with the Greene County Daily World...

A retired superintendent believes that consolidating four elementary schools in Daviess County into one new building was the best thing for the students and the finances of the school district. Former North Daviess Community School District Superintendent Wayne Pearl, of Odon, said the journey to get the process from the talking stages to construction took 10 years of studies, meetings, remonstrances, petition drives, three superintendents and finally a decision from the Indiana Tax Court to get the new elementary school built in 2002.. ...

A veteran school administrator, who's been in the heat of the consolidation battle in a neighboring county, says White River Valley School Board members need to be prepared for a contentious fight when they talk about consolidating elementary schools and closing down older school buildings...

Cornelia F. (Sparks) Street, 90, of Indianapolis, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 at Northwest Manor Health Care Center in Indianapolis. Born Feb. 6, 1920 on Taylor Ridge in Greene County, she was the daughter of William and Lula (Wade) Sparks...

After a long, hard fought battle with cancer, Billie Lewis "Bill Jack" Crawford, 87, of Sullivan was called home by the Lord at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. He passed away at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Bill Jack was born April 27, 1923 on E. Davis to William Augustus and Golden Lily (Stultz) Crawford...

William Lee Brown, 75, of Bloomfield, passed away at 3:57 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 at Greene County General Hospital. Born July 17, 1935 in Indianapolis, he was the son of Donald Lee and Frances Augusta (Wise) Brown. He retired as a security guard at Bay Front Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was a member of Koleen Union Church...

JAIL LOG...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included five requests for information, two alarms, one assist to another agency, one motor vehicle theft, one other theft and three traffic stops...

Saturday, Jan. 29 Sunday, Jan. 30 Tuesday, Feb. 1 Wednesday, Feb. 2 Thursday, Feb. 3 Friday, Feb. 4 Monday, Feb. 7 Tuesday, Feb. 8 Wednesday, Feb. 9 Friday, Feb. 11 Sunday, Feb. 13 Monday, Feb. 14 Tuesday, Feb. 15 Saturday, Feb. 19 Ongoing Events...

The Bloomfield at North Central High School boys basketball contest will start with the junior-varsity game at 6:30 p.m. Friday (tonight). This is 30 minutes later than previously announced. The varsity game will follow at approximately 8 p.m.

Dugger Junior High School will host the 2011 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference eighth grade boys basketball tournament on Saturday Feb. 13 and Monday, Feb. 15. The tournament will be played as a nine-team, single-elimination event. One first round game is set to be played on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m...

The Worthington Elementary girls fifth and sixth-grade basketball teams dropped a pair of games Wednesday night at Sullivan. The fifth grade contest saw the host Darts prevail 26-11. Addison Graves led Worthington with eight points while Robyn Barnett added two points and Payton Franklin added one...

The Bloomfield sixth-grade boys basketball team defeated host Linton-Stockton 32-29 in overtime Wednesday night. "These teams are evenly matched and it was a great contest to watch," Cardinal coach Cameron Gilmore. "Each time we play the outcome is probably going to get decided in the last minute."...

The North Central at Linton-Stockton High School varsity only girls basketball game will start at 7 p.m. Monday.

The North Central at Eastern Greene girls basketball contest will start with the junior varsity game at noon Saturday. The varsity game will follow at approximately 1:30 p.m.

The Shakamak Lakers 2011 biddy basketball for girls in grades 1-6 will take place on Sundays in February, starting Feb. 6 and ending Feb. 27 in the Shakamak Elementary gymnasium. Grades 1-3 will meet each Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. Grades 4-6 will convene from 3 to 4 p.m. each Sunday...

Eastern Greene has an addition to their schedule. According to athletic director Trevor McConnell, they will be making up a snowed out C-team boys basketball game at home against Owen Valley at 6 p.m. Friday. Also on the same night at 7:30 p.m. at EGHS, there will be a high school girls junior varsity game between Eastern Greene and Owen Valley...

Player registrations for the Shakamak Youth League baseball (ages 6-12), softball (ages 5-18), and co-ed T-ball (ages 3-5 for girls and 3-6 for boys) will be on the following Saturdays: Feb. 19, Feb, 26, March 5, and March 12 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Hanna Field in the upstairs meeting room in Jasonville...

The officers of the Shakamak Youth League will be voting on the spring 2011 managers for baseball (ages 6-9 and 9-12), softball (ages 5-8 and 9-12 and 13-18), and co-ed T-ball (ages 3-5 girls, 3-6 boys) on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in a closed door meeting...

The White River Valley at Loogootee High School boys basketball game is scheduled to start with the junior varsity at 6 p.m. Friday. Some schedules had the start time as 6:30 p.m.

The Union (Dugger) at Eastern Greene High School boys basketball game has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31.

The Washington at Bloomfield High School girls basketball junior varsity and varsity games have been rescheduled for Wednesday Feb. 2 at 6 p.m.

The University at Shakamak High School girls basketball game was moved to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The White River Valley Lady Wolverines girls basketball team will host Washington Catholic at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 in another varsity-only game.

Charges were dismissed against a Sullivan man, Michael R. Neff, accused by a Linton woman, Brittney J. Franklin, of battery and confinement in a domestic dispute, after she recanted her initial story. She said she lied.....

Greene County Sheriff Terry D. Pierce has announced that the Indiana Sheriffs' Association will again be awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. Scholarships are $500 each and there will be approximately 40 awarded to qualifying students throughout the state...

After scoring just one point in the first eight minutes, Eastern Greene battled back to take the lead in the second half, but came up on the short end of a 53-46 score at Clay City Tuesday night. Clay City improved to 14-7 and claimed the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference title with an 8-0 record. Eastern Greene slipped to 11-8, 4-2...

Shakamak only managed eight baskets in 32 minutes as the Lady Lakers scored a season-low in a 43-22 loss at Eminence Thursday night. It was the 10th victory in 17 games for the Lady Eels, who got 26 points from Nikki Campbell. Shakamak slipped to 6-13...

Bloomfield pushed its winning streak to four after a 53-16 victory at Washington Catholic in a high school girls basketball game Thursday night. The Lady Cards, winners of 6 of 7, improved to 12-5. Washington Catholic dropped to 2-15. "We left a lot of points on the floor," Bloomfield coach Chris Hitchcock said of missing 11 of 20 free throws. "Just like Tuesday, we were able to create a lot of turnovers...

For several years, Bloomfield kindergarten teacher Mandy McIntosh has appealed to the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees to offer full-day kindergarten. Thursday night, she again made an impassioned plea before the school board and didn't mince any words...

Host Linton-Stockton put three players in double figures and built enough of a lead to withstand a 9-3 deficit in the fourth quarter to hand visiting White River Valley a 48-37 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference setback Thursday night. "It was a win, it was a win," Linton-Stockton (9-10, 4-3 SWIAC) coach Brad McKinney said. "I told the girls there's a lot of things we could have harped on when it comes to execution."...