Stories from Thursday, April 19, 2012

Today Friday, April 20 Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22 Monday, April 23 Tuesday, April 24 Thursday, April 26 Friday, April 27 Saturday, April 28 Sunday, April 29 Tuesday, May 1 Saturday, May 5 Saturday, May 12 Coalmont School Alumni Banquet, open to any graduate or former student of Coalmont, at Shakamak High School Cafetorium, Jasonville, 4:30 - 9 p.m. ...

Shiny like steel, the oversized anvil hangs comically near the entrance to Linton-Stockton High School, evoking a Road Runner cartoon come to life. It's hardly dangerous -- the cardboard and aluminum foil product of the high school's combined 3-D design and ceramics class...

Harriett A. Eskew, 98, of Panama City, Fla., passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012 at Emerald Shores Health and Rehab in Panama City, Fla. She was born on Feb. 26, 1914 in Hymera to Benjamin and Mattie (Bailey) Hulley. Harriett was married to Merle Hadley Eskew and they had two daughters...

Walter Shawver, Jr., 84, of Bloomfield, passed away Wednesday at the IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. He was born on April 19, 1927 in Jay County, Ind., the son of Walter A. Shawver and Bessie E. (Harshman) Shawver. Walt was a Jehovah's Witness...

Bloomfield School District received some exciting news Thursday morning. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett announced Thursday morning at the Statehouse that out of 70 schools to apply for the Excellence in Teaching Performance Grant, Bloomfield was one of 28 schools to be awarded the grant...

Greene County taxing units recently received nearly $423,000 in a lump sum payment thanks to a glitch at the State Department of Revenue that mistakenly put more than $200 million of local option income tax revenues, into the state's coffers -- instead of giving it to local governments...

A Bloomfield man, who was found earlier this month hiding on shelf behind some boxes in the Linton Super Walmart Store with a silver knife in his hand used to cut open a package of a popular playing card game, has been preliminarily charged with theft and trespassing...

Beginning Friday, Indiana State Police Troopers from the Bloomington Post will increase seat belt patrols throughout Greene and Owen counties as part of the state's Rural Demonstration Project (RDP). ISP announced its participation in the annual effort aims to increase seat belt use by motorists in rural counties with the highest percentage of unrestrained fatalities, according to public information officer Sgt. Curt Durnil...

The Linton Public Library's pirate ship in the children's section is about to set its final sail. The library is going to raffle off the donated ship for $1 per ticket so it can make room for another summer reading program installment for the upcoming reading program...

The recently produced documentary film "Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland & Its Neighbors" has been awarded a second 2012 Bronze Telly Award. The latest award notification came to producer Bill Barnes on Monday in the category "TV programs/segments."...

A Loogootee motorcyclist was injured in a Wednesday evening crash with a SUV at the intersection of U.S. 231 and State Road 58 in southern Greene County. Oscar N. Strieby, 55, of Loogootee, sustained lacerations to his head, face and left shoulder as well as 'road rash' to his legs in the 7:52 p.m. accident, according to a report from Indiana State Police Trooper Richard Klun...

Walter Shawver, Jr., 84, of Bloomfield, passed away Wednesday at the IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. He was born on April 19, 1927 in Jay County, Ind., the son of Walter A. Shawver and Bessie E. (Harshman) Shawver. Walt was a Jehova's Witness...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Chelsea Ruggerio and James Ruggerio, dissolution of marriage. Criminal Filings State vs. Brandy S. James, interference with medical services by a health care professional or provider; two counts of neglect of a dependent...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department activity log for April 18 included: One breaking-and-entering case; one illegal burn; one follow-up investigation; one fight; one suspicious vehicle/person; one theft; one arrest on a warrant; and one traffic stop...

Mary E. Walton, age 89, of Linton, passed away at 6:49 P.M. on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Glenburn Home in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available.

Linton-Stockton defeated host Clay City and Owen Valley in a high school boys golf match at Clover Meadows Thursday. The Miners had a season-low 144 to easily record two wins. Owen Valley was second with 166 and Clay City had a 172. Ben Boyd of Linton-Stockton earned low-medalist honors with a 1-over par 35...

The Eastern Greene junior varsity baseball team defeated North Daviess 16-4 Tuesday night and then beat Bloomington South Wednesday. In the victory over North Daviess, Mikey Hollingsworth had two hits and three RBIs and Kurtis Stille had a single and double and knocked in a pair of runs...

Union led 6-1 after three innings, but Hutsonville, Ill. rallied for seven unanswered runs as the visitors won 8-6 in a high school softball game Thursday at Dugger. "We started off pretty strong and got up 6-1," said UHS coach Chriss Jobe, who's Lady Bulldogs slipped to 0-8. "We were feeling pretty good about ourselves at that point. We had two errors and a walk in the fourth and all three of them scored in their five-run inning...

Brown County jumped ahead 8-0 and held off visiting Eastern Greene 9-5 in a high school baseball game Thursday night. The Thunderbirds slipped to 5-4. Zak Eckerle was the starting and losing pitcher. Gage Shell doubled and Jake Johnson and Jake Hash each tripled...

The Bloomfield Lady Cardinal tennis improved their season record to 6-2 with a close 3-2 road win over Sullivan Thursday afternoon. Bloomfield could manage only one singles win but a sweep of doubles gave the Cards the 3-2 victory. At No. 2 singles Liza Bartlett defeated Shelby Pierce, 6-3, 6-2 for the only singles win. ...

Lacey Gilbert's two-out double in the fourth inning scored Kelsey Pilant and Meghan Miller with the go-ahead runs as Shakamak snapped a five-game losing streak, defeating visiting Sullivan 3-1 Thursday at Jasonville in a high school softball game. The Lady Lakers improved to 5-6 while Sullivan suffered just its second loss...

The Bloomfield High School girls track and field team scored 64 points and defeated host Clay City (49) and Sullivan (43) in a triangular meet Thursday. In the boys event, Sullivan had a winning total of 74, Clay City was second with 60 and the Cardinals scored 21 points...

Host Vincennes Rivet lost just one varsity match as the Lady Patriots defeated White River Valley Thursday in a high school girls tennis match. Alyssa Flynn won at No. 3 singles in straight sets, accounting for the only WRV point. The Lady Wolverines will host Bloomfield Tuesday...

The Eastern Greene girls track and field team defeated host North Knox 91-40 in a dual meet at Bicknell Thursday. "Today was a great day for us. I was really proud of the efforts of Sierra New and Scottie Ingram. Both athletes really stepped up to do big things for us today," said EGHS coach Ray Hausler. "Peyton Gilliatt had a huge throw in the shot put. We were excited to see her improve there...

The Linton-Stockton vs. Bloomfield high school baseball game will be made up at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28. It will follow the Orleans at Linton-Stockton game, which is set to begin at 10 a.m. The conference game will be a home game for the Cardinals...

JASONVILLE -- One word describes the Shakamak Laker baseball team of late -- drama. And it continued here Thursday night in a 5-4 win over visiting Vincennes Rivet. After falling behind in the top of the first, they battled back to wrestle the lead away from the Patriots, then held on in the final frame for the win...

A Bloomfield business man will have free food, drinks and a chance to win a years worth of free haircuts today in order to celebrate more than four decades of business. Ken Robertson, owner of Ken's Barber and Style Shop in Bloomfield, said after 45 years of being a barber in White's Square he still loves every minute of his job...