Stories from Friday, September 23, 2011

Betty Jo (Bentley) Hash, 80, of Bloomfield, passed away Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born Sept. 14, 1931 in Jacksonville, Fla., the daughter of Joseph B. and Mary Allie Zinny (Dempsey) Bentley. Betty worked at RCA for 37 1/2 years, and she was a group leader of 30 of those years. ...

Marjorie Rose West Marjorie Rose West, 88, Coalmont, passed away at 6:01 p.m. Thursday, September 22, 2011 at her residence. She was born December 10, 1922 in Sullivan to Fred Collins and Christine (Anderson) Collins. Marge married Joe B. West Sept. 14, 1947...

Elderly and disabled members of the Greene County community who are homebound don't have to feel isolated, thanks to the Greene County AngelWorx program. The AngelWorx program has been active in Greene County since 2004, and is sponsored by the Generations Area 13 Agency on Aging program at Vincennes University, explained coordinator Sandy Carpenter...

Thanks for making fundraiser successful To the Editor: Special thanks to all who made "Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself" Benefit on Sept. 10, 2011 a success: Greene County Daily World, The Shopper, Sullivan McDonald's, Burger King, Hardees, Subway, Kat A Korner, Patrick's, Old 41 Diner, Save A Lot, Angell's, WTWO, First Financial Bank, Sullivan Automotive, Gathering, Springer Insurance, Walmart, Sullivan Daily Times, Uptown Deli, Don's Barber Shop, R & S Meats, Sullivan & Farmersburg Dairy Queen, Scott's Marathon, Milburn's, Jay's Auto World, La Pachanga, Dugger Caseys, country Porch, Dugger Community Building (Bill Pirtle), Smith's Hardware, Linton Long John Silver's, All Singers: New Creations, Faithful & John Fifer, Jr., Chris Bush, Roy Zimmerman, Master's Bouquet, For His Glory, Randy Killion (for setting up sound system), The Christy's (Michael, Kelli, Amy and Mike), Joy Moore, Joan Marshall, Dinah Ridge, Sue Shew, Betty and Mark Brown, Bob Moore, Chris Francis, Gayle Pinkston, Sean Terrell, Marylyn Maues, Esta Ashton, Brenda Padgett, all who brought and bought baked goods or helped in any way.. ...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Jermey Felker, driving while suspended. Civil Filings Capital One Bank vs. Gary Stancombe, Jr., civil collection. Joseph Kaho and Amber Kaho, dissolution of marriage. Small Claims Filings Collection Associates, LLC. vs. David Young, collection...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department log for Sept. 22 included: One illegal burn, two vandalism cases, one property damage traffic accident, one suspicious vehicle/person case, three theft cases, one domestic dispute and three traffic stops...

Clifford V. Harris, 87, passed away at the Veteran's Hospital in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. He was born Sept. 1, 1924 in Montgomery, Ind., to the late Urban and Lucille Harris. Clifford served in the United States Army during World War II. ...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department log for Sept. 22 included: One illegal burn, two vandalism cases, one property damage traffic accident, one suspicious vehicle/person case, three theft cases, one domestic dispute and three traffic stops...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Jermey Felker, driving while suspended. Civil Filings Capital One Bank vs. Gary Stancombe, Jr., civil collection. Joseph Kaho and Amber Kaho, dissolution of marriage. Small Claims Filings Collection Associates, LLC. vs. David Young, collection...

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Clarence Heck Jr., 90, of Linton passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Shepherdsville, Ind., on Jan. 23, 1921. He was the son of Clarence Edward Heck Sr. and Edna Florence Thomas Heck. Clarence was a retired carpenter, a WWII Army veteran, a member of the VFW Post 972 in Terre Haute, and a member of the American Legion Post 172 in Hymera and Jasonville...

WRV wins twice White River Valley Junior High defeated North Central in a two volleyball matches Thursday night. In the B contest, WRV won 25-13, 25-14 for their fifth victory against two defeats The A team improved to 5-1 after a 25-18; 24-26; 15-14 win over North Central...

The Linton-Stockton Junior High volleyball team split with Carlisle at home Thursday. The eighth grade won 25-12, 25-10 and the seventh grade lost 24-25, 25-11, 13-15. Seventh grade stats Tayler Moore -- 1 ace, 3 assists, 5 kills. Jaelyn Walker -- 4 aces, 4 assists, 2 kills...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- When the Southwest Seven Conference game between host Eastern Greene and Class A No. 5 North Central was over the scoreboard leaned in favor of NCHS 26-7. But that didn't even come close to telling the story of the annual battle between the only two schools in the State of Indiana nicknamed Thunderbirds...

BICKNELL -- North Knox's Zach Stephens had a homecoming to remember Friday, and it had a lot more to do than getting to kiss newly-elected queen Jayci Fields. The senior rushed for a school-record 312 yards on 33 carries and scored four touchdowns to lift the Warriors past Bulldogs, 36-6, in a Southwest Seven Conference game...

The Bloomfield boys' tennis team concluded the regular season with a 3-2 loss to potential sectional opponent North Daviess on the Cougar courts Friday afternoon. The Cougars swept singles to take the match while the Cardinals took both doubles matches...

Linton's 2011 Homecoming Queen Kaelin Markle, 17 and a senior, is escorted onto the football field by Dylan Rupska, 17 and a senior immediately after her win. "I'm really shocked," she said. "Any girl who was out there tonight deserved to win." Rupska was proud his longtime friend won the crown...

Linton city officials are elated with a major economic development announcement made Friday morning. Linton Mayor Patti Jones and Mayor-elect John Wilkes made the deal public. It puts URS Corporation -- a major defense contractor at Naval Surface Weapons Center (NSWC), Crane -- in the old Sunbeam building on 12th St. SE, under a lease arrangement with the building owners, Bloomfield State Bank...

The final cut version of the documentary "Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland and Its Neighbors" was viewed Thursday night in a private showing at Carnegie Arts & Heritage Center of Greene County in Linton. Executive producer Bill Barnes, a 1964 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School who lives in Charlotte, N.C., stood proudly like an expectant father waiting for the delivery of his first born son prior to the airing of the 58-minute, 30-second long documentary...

More than 30 people were interviewed for the new documentary "Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland and Its Neighbors," produced by Linton native Bill Barnes. Some of the Greene County folks, conservationists, birdwatchers, educators, government officials and behind-the-scenes proponents of the massive wetlands project over the last 10 years, who appear in the film, attended a private viewing at Carnegie Arts & Heritage Center of Greene County in Linton on Thursday night...