Stories from Friday, April 8, 2011

Thank you for helping choirs To the Editor: I would like to thank all the sponsors and donors of the Variety Show, Spaghetti Dinner and Auction on behalf of the Linton-Stockton Junior High and High School Choirs. The event was held on Friday, April 1...

Fifth-grade students at Linton-Stockton Elementary School have successfully completed the D.A.R.E. program and were treated to a visit from Darren the D.A.R.E. mascot at their graduation ceremony last week. D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, a series of classes conducted by the Linton Police Department led by D.A.R.E. Instructor, Officer Karl Jacobshagen...

Send out the clowns! The circus is coming! Clowns, Charlee and Charlie, from Kelly Miller Circus will visit Jasonville on April 12 to entertain and give a free preview of the circus that will be in Jasonville April 26. From Florida, Charlee and Charlie's Adventure will entertain at the Shakamak Nursing Home at 8:30 a.m. with a repeat performance at the Lions Club at 10 a.m...

The housing unit at Shawnee Summer Theater in Bloomfield is needing some spring cleaning, fix-up and general tender loving care. The theater, Indiana's oldest continuous summer professional theater founded in 1960, is looking for organizations, businesses, or individuals to adopt one of the 15 rooms in the housing unit, a kitchen and break room, to clean and decorate...

A collaborative effort between the major stakeholders in the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area, located south of Linton, has culminated in the publication of the Goose Pond Bird Conservation Plan. Together with its primary partners (Sassafras Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited, U.S. ...

The Shakamak Animal Science Class will sponsor its annual Community Animal Vaccination Clinic on Saturday. It will take place in the Shakamak Agriculture Building, located behind the school. It will be from 8 a.m. to noon. Available vaccinations: Vaccinations will be given by Dr. Royer and assistants...

Sean D. Neal, 22, Jasonville, was arrested earlier this week after police responded to a report about a violent domestic disturbance on South East Washington St. in Jasonville. Neal is accused of reacting to a verbal disagreement with a girlfriend by becoming very violent then punching her in the chest and face area. The alleged victim said he then grabbed her by her hair and she ended up on the floor and then he placed his hands and forearm on her neck causing her to not be able to breathe...

With only 11 runners available, Eastern Greene's boys track and field team earned two wins on the road Friday. The Thunderbirds had a winning total of 73, Bloomfield 66 and the host Loogootee Lions tallied 15 points. "After our second meet in two days, the guys were really tired," said new EGHS coach Matt Roberts. "They came out and did what they needed to do...

In a triangular girls track and field meet Friday at Loogootee, Eastern Greene emerged the winner. The Lady Thunderbirds had a winning total of 84 points, Bloomfield had 61 and the host Lady Lions tallied 11. "I was a little nervous going into tonight," said first-year Eastern Greene coach September Gibson. "We knew we were going to be competing against teams that we a little bit bigger than last night...

The Eastern Greene at South Knox High School softball game will not be played Saturday (today). The game will now be played at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, according to Eastern Greene athletic director Trevor McConnell. The boys and girls track meet scheduled for Monday, April 21 involving EGHS, North Daviess and North Knox will now take place at North Daviess instead of Eastern Greene and will be a part of the ND Invitational...

In his coaching debut, Matt Roberts and his Eastern Greene High School boys track and field team began the season successfully at home Thursday. The Thunderbirds had a winning total of 71 points. Orleans scored 55 and Lighthouse Christian Academy finished with 35...

Shakamak flashed some signs of improvement but dropped two softball games to perennial power Casey-Westfield in the Land of Lincoln Friday night. Casey-Westfield won the first game 8-4 and took the second game 11-1 in five innings. "The first game was the best game we have played this year," Shakamak softball coach B.A. Shipman said. "We have been working on our hitting and we outhit them 7-3. The problem in that game was our 15 walks...

An multimillion dollar Alaska-based defense contractor now has an office open in Bloomfield. Sealaska Constructors -- a division of Sealaska Corporation Native Alaskan Corporation owned by more than 20,000 tribal member shareholders since 1972 -- has an office operating in the near downtown area...

Less than a week after an anonymous tip came in about a methamphetamine manufacturing operation, the Worthington Police Department had a suspect in custody and had called in the Indiana State Police Clandestine Lab Team to dismantle the lab and collect evidence.....