Stories from Friday, July 15, 2016

Saturday, July 16 American Legion Auxiliary of Jasonville will hold a breakfast (dine in or carry out) from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Classmates of the Central High School graduating class of 1966 will celebrate their 50th anniversary, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lyons Community building...

Local man Walter Lawson, or Wally as many may know him, is a night shift cashier at the Picnic Basket in Bloomfield. Lawson is in charge of breakfast and is there nearly every night cooking, cleaning and running the store. A few days ago, Lawson set out a can in front of the cash register to collect money for school supplies in Bloomfield...

Billy G. Wells, 90, of Linton Passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, and from 10 a.m. Friday until the hour of service at Jenkins Funeral Home in Lyons...

Perry Ray Carpenter, 78, of Lyons, passed away on Wednesday, July 13 at Greene County General Hospital. Born May 5, 1938 in Linton, he was the son of Gail E. and Agnes Irene (Dove) Carpenter. He retired as a farmer, logger and a school bus driver. He attended the Lyons Assembly of God Church. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, antique cars and being a mechanic...

WRV GOLF SCRAMBLE New White River Valley High School Athletic Director Troy Greenlee would like to welcome and encourage area golfers to participate in the Wolverines annual athletic department golf scramble. The scramble will take place at Phil Harris Golf Course on Saturday August 20. For more information contact the Phil Harris GC or Greenlee at 765-720-4315...

The Greene County Junior Legion team concluded its 2016 season on July 10th in Terre Haute with a runner-up finish in the Region 1 tournament. The Eagles used three pitchers to defeat the Crawfordsville Jr Legion 4-3 on Saturday to advance to the championship. Timely hitting and solid pitching proved to be the right combination for the team. Down 3-2 in the bottom of the 6th inning, Barr Reeve sophomore Gage Wilson hit a 2-run single to give Greene County the 4-3 lead...

The annual Lamb Jam Festival will take place Saturday, Aug. 6 at Humphreys Park in Linton, and end on Sunday evening at 5 p.m. Beginning at noon on Saturday, five bands are set to perform which include: The PaulBertsch Band, From These Ruins, One Course ( Andrew Staggs band), Wayward Son and T.A.G...

Hannah Crowe is in her sixth year with 4-H, unless you count the fact that she started about four years early with the organization, simply by tugging on the sleeve of the right person. That person was a 4-H leader, and Crowe was already a force to be reckoned with. Approaching the 4-H leader was Crowe's mom Aleta's idea, but she says she never thought her daughter would actually do it...