Stories from Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Hazel J. Fuller, age "old enough" and bride of 71 years to Herschell Fuller, died Monday morning at the Bell Trace Health and Living Center in Bloomington. She was born to Raymond and Dorothy (Porter) Lester in Bloomfield, Indiana. She was retired from the Indiana University Audio-Visual Center after 25 years of service. ...

Craig A. Jerrell, 30, of Linton, passed away at Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Sunday, September 4, 2011. Arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton.

Stanley D. Myers, 60, of Bloomfield, passed away Sunday, Sept, 4, 2011, at his home. He was born on Aug. 29, 1951, in Linton to George F. and Gladys L. (Null) Myers. Stanley married Carol L. Word in June of 1989. Stanley was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked as a Mechanic with Griffin Industries, his hobbies included, drag racing, working on cars and enjoying the outdoors...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A group of students from Shakamak High School attended the Youth and Education Services (Y.E.S.) event Friday at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The NHRA Youth and Education Services (Y.E.S.) program provides high school and college-aged students with real-world lessons about career options and positive goal-setting...

The seventh annual Linton Music Festival drew a crowd of current Greene County residents, former residents, and strangers to Humphreys Park. Ranging from rock and metal music on Friday to a variety of folk, rock and country music Saturday and Sunday, there was a musical selection for everybody...

The Greene County Council was not making any promises about pay raises in the coming year for county workers as 2011 budget hearings opened Tuesday morning. However, council president John Wikes acknowledged that no raises have been granted in the last three years and he hopes things work out that some kind of a pay hike can be given...

The Greene County Commissioners signed a resolution Tuesday morning moving the Scotland wastewater collection system project forward. Matt Sward, of Southern Indiana Development Commission -- the grant administrator -- noted that the total project is estimated at $998,676...

Officials with White River Valley and Eastern Greene school districts were elated last week at the first-time letter grade accountability rankings and Adequate Yearly Progress designations under Public Law 221 announced by the Indiana Department of Education (DOE)...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police Department log for Sept. 2-6 included: One breaking-and-entering case, three fights, two vandalism cases, one sex offense case, one death investigation, two civil complaint, one structure fire, one brush fire, five property damage accidents, three animal complaints, two prowler cases, one child abuse/molest/neglect case, one harassment case, one intoxicated driver, one theft case, one motor vehicle theft, three domestic disputes and 21 traffic stops.. ...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Civil Filings Pallasades Collections, LLC vs. Michelle LaPointe, civil collection. Sarah Boyd and Brant Boyd, dissolution of marriage. Criminal Filings State vs. Randy S. Louallen, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, criminal mischief...

Wednesday, Sept. 7 Thursday, Sept. 8 Saturday, Sept. 10 Sunday, Sept. 11 Monday, Sept. 12 Tuesday, Sept. 13 Saturday, Sept. 17 Sunday, Sept. 18 Friday, Sept. 23 Sunday, Sept. 25 Tuesday, Sept. 27 Saturday, Oct. 8 Ongoing Events...

Former Grand Old Opry performer Joe Edwards (at right) and his wife, Jan (center) were presented with an appreciation plaque on Sunday by Bloomfield Town Council President Aaron Hamm ----- thanking the couple for coming to Bloomfield for the last 20 years to headline a free Labor Day show. (By Nick Schneider). Go to the following link for a photo gallery from Monday's show. http://gcdailyworld.com/gallery/9032/

The Northeast Dubois Jeeps made quick work in four of the five matches recently, beating WRV 4-1. It was a long trip and a late return but the one doubles team of Derek Myers and Luke Mowery raised to another level today. NE Dubois has always had a solid tennis program. ...

The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds went 3-1 on the day and took home a third place finish at Saturday's Barr-Reeve Volleyball Invitational. In their opening match they defeated county and conference rival Linton-Stockton 25-11, 25-14 before losing their only match of the day to Northview 19-25, 25-21, 8-15...

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miner volleyball team competed in the Barr-Reeve Invitational Saturday. The Lady Miners lost to Eastern Greene 11-25, 14-25; fell to Evansville Mater Dei 17-25, 20-25; lost to Northview 23-25, 14-25 and came up on the short end of a 14-25, 18-25 score to Perry Central...

The Eastern Greene High School boys cross country team placed fourth out of 15 teams at the Artesian Invitational at Martinsville Saturday. Indian Creek won with 71 points. Brown County had 79, Silver Creek 89, the Thunderbirds had 140 and Heritage Christian ended up with 141 points...

Linton-Stockton graduates Darien Huffman (right) and Sam Butt are playing college softball. Butt is attending Olney (Ill.) Central College and Huffman is attending Lincoln Trail College (Ill.). Their teams squared off against each other recently and split a doubleheader. Huffman and Butt both played on back-to-back Class 2A state runner-up teams at Linton-Stockton. (Submitted photo)...

In their only home meet of the season, the Eastern Greene High School boys cross country team disposed of visiting Owen Valley Tuesday. EGHS had a winning score of 18 while Owen Valley was credited with 43. Dillon Resler (17 minutes and 50 seconds) and Brody Martin (18:01) finished 1-2 for the Thunderbirds...

Led by Katie Wells, the Linton-Stockton High School girls golf team earned two wins during windy and chilly conditions at the Phil Harris Golf Course Tuesday. Wells was low medalist with a 49, Darcy Andis and Lexie McBride each shot 62 and Rachel Allen had a 63 as the Lady Miners had a winning total of 236...

BLOOMFIELD -- The drop in temperatures didn't seem to bother Bloomfield runners Julie Riggins and Aaron Brown. Riggins blasted off the starting line and cruised to a nearly three minute winning margin while Brown battled early contenders to post an 18 second win at the Bloomfield Invitational cross country meet here Tuesday...

The road was unkind for the Lady Bulldog volleyball team as the ladies from Dugger lost a 25-11, 25-11, 25-9 decision at Eminence Tuesday night in a high school volleyball match. It was the seventh straight setback for Union (1-7). "We did not play to our potential tonight," said Lady Bulldog coach Danielle Gentry. "But we were better on serve receive tonight and we were able to zone serve better...

Linton-Stockton protected its home court, defeating Washington 25-12, 25-19, 25-13 in a non-conference high school volleyball match Tuesday night. The Lady Miners improved to 5-7 as Kayla Cox dished out 23 assists. Cassidy Clothier was perfect serving -- 14-for-14 and finished with three aces, eight digs and three kills...

A revised lineup for the Bloomfield boys' tennis team didn't help Tuesday afternoon as they dropped a 5-0 decision to Edgewood. The Cardinals' season record now stands at 2-8. The closest match of the afternoon was at the No. 2 doubles position where Conner Dowden and Evan Fuller were beaten 7-5, 6-4...

Eastern Greene captured eight of the top 10 positions as the host Lady Thunderbirds defeated Owen Valley 19-44 in a high school girls cross country meet Tuesday. Hannah Resler of Eastern Greene won the race. No times were available. Eastern Greene will compete Saturday at Cascade High School...

In their only home meet of the season, the Eastern Greene High School boys cross country team disposed of visiting Owen Valley Tuesday. EGHS had a winning score of 18 while Owen Valley was credited with 43. Dillon Resler (17 minutes and 50 seconds) and Brody Martin (18:01) finished 1-2 for the Thunderbirds...

The North Knox Lady Warriors handed host White River Valley a 25-15, 25-10, 25-20 setback in a non-conference volleyball match Tuesday night at Switz City. The Lady Wolverines have now dropped nine straight contests to open the varsity season. "We have lost seven or eight games by a couple of points," said WRV coach Shawn Brown. "We just have not been able to put anything together consistently."...

In a match without a contest at No. 3 singles (both players were sick), host Northeast Dubois defeated Linton-Stockton 4-0 in a high school boys tennis match Tuesday. "There's not a lot to say," said Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney. "Northeast Dubois is solid team, very solid at No. 1 and No. 2...

Washington -- WRV defeated the Cardinals of Washington Catholic for a second time this season 4-1. This may very well have been the last meeting between the two schools for many years, possibly forever. "WC will graduate two of the three players they have and there appears to be nobody in the lower grades planning to play tennis," WRV coach Roger Maryfield said...

Shakamak fell in three games in a high school volleyball match Tuesday night at Sullivan. The loss dropped the Lady Lakers to 3-4. "The girls did a good job playing the net," said SHS coach Brooke Collins. "Sullivan had a lot of good hitters. Our back and front row did what they could to try and get the ball up...

Several items came before the board at the Switz City Town Council meeting Tuesday evening including a report from Brian Bullock from Midwestern Engineers regarding smoke testing and manhole checks. Bullock gave council members a written detailed report noting there were 25 leaks found during the smoke testing, which were mainly found on private property...

The Linton-Stockton junior varsity football team remained unbeaten with a 67-0 win over visiting Eastern Greene Tuesday night. The majority of the damage came in the first quarter when the Miners left little doubt about the outcome racking up 32 points...

The Linton-Stockton junior varsity volleyball team improved to 6-3 after a 25-5, 25-17 victory over visiting Washington Tuesday night. The Lady Miners will play at South Knox Thursday. Grace Booe- 8 of 9 serving, 1 ace, 7 assists, 6 digs, 1 kill Kylie Kramer- 10 of 12 serving, 6 assists, 2 digs,...

If the Linton Music Fest had a jukebox, chances are it might have blasted "Heat Wave" followed by "Here Comes The Rain Again" this weekend. Still, amid the wildly fluctuating weather, which had cooled to brisk fall-like temperatures by Tuesday, 50 bands brought out the crowds...

Forget the old playground game of paper-rock-scissors: While the traditional first wedding anniversary present might be paper, in the case of Doug Wilson and Stacie Tafoya, rock definitely won. The couple spent their first wedding anniversary the same way they got married -- rocking out to the bands at the Linton Music Festival...

A Dugger man eluded area police officers for several hours before being apprehended Tuesday morning in Shakamak State Park campground near Jasonville. Kristopher J. Eberhardt, 26 of Dugger, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Jasonville Police on a preliminary charge of Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle, a Class "D" Felony...

OWENSBURG ---- After an autopsy was performed, circumstances surrounding the death of a 43-year-old northern Indiana man, whose body was found Sunday morning in Owensburg, are not being released by police investigating the case. Indiana State Police from the Bloomington Post are investigating the death of an Angola man, Michael Fuson, according to Indiana State Police's Bloomington Post Public Information Officer Sgt. Curt Durnil...