Stories from Saturday, February 7, 2004

Carey Fox photo Clay City's Klay Knox (#24) pulls down a rebound during the Eel's junior varsity victory over Shakamak on Friday night.

Carey Fox photo Northview standout grappler Austin Staley (top) will be headed to the Bloomington South Regional this morning along with teammates Cory Grigsby, Jeremiah Allen, Doug Porter, Derek Mroczek, Tony Sanabria and Brent Withers. Staley has a record of 33-6 this season for the Knights...

James Baughman, 91, of Pearcy, Ark., formerly of Clay County, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2004, in a Hot Springs, Ark., nursing home. Born in Jackson Township on April 12, 1912, he was the son of Frank and Emma Baughman. He retired from Alcoa in Benton, Ark...

Alfreda Stearley Lambert, 89, formerly of Brazil, died at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nev. She was born June 4, 1914, in Brazil, the daughter of Jessie and Minnie Neville White. She graduated from Brazil High School with the Class of 1931...

Clarence H. "Pete" Petersen, age 85, of Brazil died at 2:56 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, at Royal Oaks Health Care in Terre Haute where he had resided for about two weeks. He was born Aug. 11, 1918, in Racine, Wisc. He was the son of James S. and Flora (Petersen) Petersen who have both preceded him in death...

Lynn Hamilton photo East Side Elementary fifth graders (from left) Ashlee Ball, Alyssa Berner, Wade Langley and Josiah Alstott take on Meridian Elementary fifth graders Desiree Edwards, Madison Sullivan, Zach Ninesling and Macy Mayle in a "Battle of the Books" Friday afternoon at Meridian. ...

By LINDA MESSMER lindamessmer@yahoo.com The Local Emergency Planning Commission (LEPC) has purchased a new hazardous material trailer to be used in Clay County. The LEPC will take possession of the trailer, purchased from Detro Sales in Bainbridge, Ind., sometime next week...

By LINDA MESSMER lindamessmer@yahoo.com Robert Wickware graduated from Brazil High School in 1965. Jobs were hard to get in Brazil, back then, if you were black. "If you wanted to get any decent work, if you were black, you had to leave Brazil. That's why most of the black families left, looking for jobs," Robert said...