Stories from Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Indianapolis - You can celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service on Jan. 19 by signing up to volunteer at an Indiana state park in 2015. From maintaining trails to entering computer data to helping in nature centers, Hoosiers can donate their time and talent in a variety of ways at a state park, according to Jody Heaston, volunteer coordinator for the DNR Division of State Parks...

The Linton Police Department is asking the public for assistance following a Monday morning bicycle vs. car hit and run incident. According to LPD officer Chad Crynes, a juvenile on his way to school was struck by a maroon or red passenger car with a loud exhaust and a silver or gray spoiler, possibly a Pontiac Grand Am, around 7:20 a.m. on NW K St. in Linton...

Wilma S. Fisher nee Stoeckel, age 89, of Warsaw, Ind. and formerly of Calumet City Ill., passed away peacefully on Friday, January 9, 2015. Beloved wife of the late James Fisher, Sr. Loving mother of Anna (Charles) Kruse, the late Joyce (Rodd) Rasmussen, Catherine (Sam Gladstein) Fisher, and James (Nancy) Fisher, Jr...

Dugger Union Community School Corporation laid out its plan for autonomy as its own charter school during a board meeting Monday evening, with this spring looking much like last spring but with better preparation. "We're way ahead of the game," DUCSC Board President Kyle Foli told an audience of about 200 people. "It's not a done process, but we are working extremely hard to make this our own school."...

Indianapolis -- The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced today that 27 Indiana schools, including Eastern Greene High School, will send participants to the annual Poetry Out Loud Indiana State Finals, February 21, at the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Central Branch, 40 E. St. Clair Street, Indianapolis...

Dugger Union Community Schools has begun an awards program to offer encouragement to students. Each month of classes the school will award Character Trait Awards to selected students for displaying such good character traits as generosity, responsibility and honesty...

The Linton Police Department responded to 18 calls and incidents on Monday, January 12, including one property damage accident, one accident involving personal injury, one alarm, one complaint about an animal, one assist to another agency, two assists to the public, one battery, one bomb threat, two reports of harassment, one report of suspicious activity, one theft, one traffic stop and one warrant served...

January 12 -- Edward A. Lawson II, 44, Bloomington, was arrested on a warrant issued for revocation of parole. He was being held without bond. Indiana State Police Trooper Richard Klun was the arresting officer. January 12 -- David Allen Rasnake, 42, Linton, was arrested on a warrant issued out of another county on a Writ of Attachment. He was being held without bond. Linton Police Officer Logan Hobbs was the arresting officer...

Thanks to the inappropriate behavior of some students in the Linton-Stockton School Corporation, many will pay a price. Superintendent Nick Karazsia confirmed to the Daily World on Tuesday that students in both the middle school and high school are being escorted to the rest room during class time...

Tanya Hayse has joined the staff of the Greene County Foundation as Program Manager responsible for Grants and Scholarships. Hayse will be facilitating the work of the committees of the board that award annual financial support for scholarships and grants...

Marylou May Deakins, 80, formerly of Terre Haute passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 in her residence. She was born December 20, 1934 in Georgetown, Ill., to Arthur Hawkins and Beatrice Key Hawkins. Survivors include her daughters, Joyce Setters of Bloomfield and Charlotte Thomas of Greencastle; one son, Bernard Cliff of Bloomfield; a sister, Clarabell Guess of Terre Haute; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a niece and nephew and great-nieces and nephews...

David D. 'Tree Dog' White, 71, of Linton, Indiana, passed away at his residence on Sunday, January 11, 2015 with his family by his side. He was born in Linton on October 15, 1943 to William David and Della Mae (Reed) White. David married his sweetheart, Orda Elizabeth Griffith on October 10, 1964...

Mary Vivian Smith age 100, Brownsburg, formerly of Owensburg, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 4, 2015. She was the daughter of Anna and William Strosnider and was born in Owensburg July 10, 1914. She married Cleve Smith, who preceded her in death. They were married 57 years...

The Bloomfield fifth and sixth grade basketball twin bill has been moved from Jan. 19 to Thursday, Jan. 22. Start time is 6 p.m.

David Dee Stalcup, 75, of Avon, IN died on January 9, 2015. David was born in Indianapolis on January 13, 1939 to Rex and Moleta Mae (McKee) Stalcup. David grew up in Worthington, IN. He served our country in the United States Air Force and was a member of the American Legion. He served in the field of Law Enforcement in both Indiana and South Dakota. David retired from Law Enforcement from the Indiana Department of Corrections in 2006...

Jennifer E. Kersey Padgett, 45, of Jasonville, formerly of Brazil, passed away January 12, 2015 at 2:36 p.m. at her home. She had been battling cancer for just over one year. She was born and adopted into the loving home of Don and Virginia "Ginny" Downing Miller. ...

At the Lyons Town Council meeting on Tuesday, two letters of complaint against the sounds of dogs barking were brought to the council. The two complaints were sent in anonymously. Both complaints shared a similar protest, stating the sounds of dogs barking had kept those who issued the complaint awake when trying to sleep. One complainant stated that the dog barking was affecting the business at home...

The search for Marina Boelter goes on. Eighteen-year-old Marina Boelter of Bloomfield was last seen around 6:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve in the Bloomfield IGA grocery store parking lot after she finished working a shift in the deli. Witnesses said they saw her get into a car with an unknown man. She has not been seen or heard from since...

High School Basketball Indiana High School Boys Basketball Top 10 The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school boys basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Monday, rating points and previous rankings: Class 4A...

Residents of Worthington are now eligible to purchase flood insurance. During the regular monthly meeting of Worthington's Town Council on Tuesday, President Macky Stahl announced the town's flood plain plan has been approved. The issue was on the agenda during the Council's meeting on December 9. ...

This weekend's area high school basketball schedule features eight boys games and two girls games. Four boys games will be played Friday night with three Saturday night and one Saturday afternoon contest. Two girls games are on the schedule for Saturday afternoon...

JASONVILLE - Sierra Hudson made two free in the final seconds of regulation and two more in overtime as Shakamak defeated North Daviess 42-40 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game here Tuesday night. Hudson made two freebies to tie the score at 38-all, forcing a four-minute extra session. ...

Bloomfield outscored visiting Washington 15-5 in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough as the Lady Cardinals came up on the short end of a non-conference girls basketball game at Glover Gymnasium Tuesday night. The Lady Hatchets won 47-40. "We had a spirited comeback, but Washington held on for the victory," said BHS coach Chris Hitchcock. ...

Linton-Stockton scored the first seven points of the game and jumped out to a 27-10 halftime lead and the Lady Miners cruised to a 59-21 win at home over the Shoals Lady Rox in high school girls basketball Tuesday night. The Lady Miners picked up their second win of the year against 13 losses...