Stories from Saturday, June 14, 2003

In Wednesday's Clay County Girls Softball Minor League games, Hoosier Storage got a win in the evening's first game as Hannah Yeiser and Macy Mayle each pitched a pair of innings in the victory 11-10 win over Premier Tax. Shelby Bass went the distance for Premier Tax, pitching all four innings...

Carolyn A. Peters, 60, of Fontanet, Ind., died at 9:45 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 2003, at Union Hospital, Terre Haute. She was born Sept. 5, 1942, in Gary, Ind. She was the daughter of Charles Jones Jr. and Josephine Caroline Bailey, who preceded her in death...

Paul E. Jackson, 84, of Greencastle, died Friday morning, June 13, 2003, at the Hendricks Community Hospital in Danville, Ind. He was born June 4, 1919, in Pleasantville, Ind., in Sullivan County, the son of Carl B. and Mary Jones Jackson. He was a graduate of Pleasantville High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Purdue University and did his post-graduate work at Purdue University, the University of Wisconsin and Colorado State University...

The artwork of Debra Bowles, Lori Lee Bowles Sampson and Sarah Bowles McCashland is a newly added feature of the Garden Tour, with their exhibit entitled "The Sisters Show," June 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event also includes five local gardens and a tea party and marketplace at Forest Park...

Top: Russian choir host family Opal and Fred Whitkanack, of Brazil, enjoy a reception at Memorial United Methodist Church, Terre Haute. Bottom: Coordinator of the Russian choir visit, a retired Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology professor, Peter Priest (right) and choir member Oleg Pozharsky share a few words at the Meet the Russians Breakfast in Terre Haute Friday...

The Brazil Rotary Club's 68th annual 4th of July Celebration begins June 21 and runs through the July 4 holiday. The entire event takes place in Forest Park on the south side of Brazil, SR 59. The celebration features large carnival games, food vendors and midway rides from All-American shows. ...

Russian United Methodist Seminary Choir: From left; Roman Bagsdasarov; Vladimir Danilov; Oleg Pozharsky; Galina Khe; Valerii Khe; Natalia Shulgina; Irina Razinova; Liudmila Mineyeva; Lena Sokolova; Nina Smirnova; and Andrei Kim.