Stories from Thursday, September 22, 2005

Carey Fox photo Sheila Spencer and the Northview Knights fell short of Crawfordsville on Tuesday. The Northview girls soccer team dropped a tough 3-1 decision to Crawfordsville on the road Tuesday night. The Athenians got on the board twice in the first half, scoring at the 25 and 18 minute marks despite goal keeper Christina Arvin's 12 first half saves. Sage Graverson had four saves in the half and Tiffany Young added two for the Knights...

Carey Fox photo E.C. Moody ran a personal best time and placed ninth overall for Northview on Tuesday evening. James Grounds and the Northview Knights are coming on strong at just the right time as cross country sectionals quickly approach. Grounds ran the third best time ever at Northview High School as he lead the boys team to a tri-meet victory over West Vigo and Clay City...

Edith F. Williams, 78. of Mooresville, Ind., formerly of Brazil passed away Monday, September 29, 2005, at the Miller's Merry Manor in Mooresville. Born April 22, 1927, in Jasonville, Ind., she was the daughter of Ernest McQuerry and Effie (Gray) McQuerry...

Betty J. Bayles, age 74, Brazil, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005, in Holly Hill Healthcare. Born Dec. 30, 1930, in Terre Haute, Ind., she was the daughter of James William Wood and Mary Lillian Rafferty Wood. She as a homemaker. She attended St. Mary of the Woods College...

Doris Loretta Perkins, age 82, of Seymour, formerly of Greencastle, passed away Wednesday morning at the Covered Bridge Health Campus in Seymour, Ind. She was born on December 14, 1922, in Williamsville, Ill., the daughter of Jewell C. and Flora Agnes (Allen) Trout. On April 15, 1945, she married Charles Perkins and he preceded her in death in January of 1999...

Clay County was described by former Circuit Judge Ernest Yelton as the guinea pig for a new computer system designed to link Indiana's courts. That was in December 2003. Now, state officials have terminated the software contract with Computer Associates International...

Colts In Motion, the traveling sports caravan, and the Colts Cheerleaders plan to attend the Popcorn Festival of Clay County on Sept. 30 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Forest Park. Colts In Motion features a museum with team history, a replica of Peyton Manning's locker and many interactive elements for both children and adults to enjoy. ...

Shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, the 911 dispatch at the Clay County Sheriff's Department received a call from Great Dane Trailers, 2664 E. U.S. 40, reporting a possible bomb threat in the "thermo-cube" area of the plant. As a precaution, more than 300 second-shift employees were evacuated from the plant while it was searched for possible explosives...

Ivy Herron photo Kindergartener Jacob Trent holds his "peace pinwheel" in the air during Clay City Elementary's "Pinwheels for Peace" installation art project Wednesday morning. Students designed their pinwheel which was placed on display for only one day outside the school...

Indiana State Police troopers arrested John Joseph Fuhs, 54, of Spencer, Wednesday evening at a Northview High School tennis match after receiving several reports he was intoxicated. Fuhs, the Owen Valley High School tennis coach, had driven a school bus with the Owen Valley tennis team aboard to the match at NHS but was not in the bus when troopers arrived on the scene to investigate the matter...

The prices for regular, unleaded fuel this morning at Clay County gas stations were: BRAZIL AREA I-70 AREA CLAY CITY AREA The Brazil Times is offering free car pooling want-ads to people seeking rides or want to offer rides. Call 446-2216 for more information...