Stories from Friday, February 3, 2006

Carey Fox photo Northview celebrated senior night on Thursday before facing Bloomfield. (From left to right) Jennifer Gregg, Brittney Spugnardi, Christy Fulk and Julie Whitted. Northview's girls basketball team has seen quite a few close games escape their grasp this season, which made Thursday's contest with Class A No. 3 ranked Bloomfield that much sweeter...

Carey Fox photo Clay City seventh grader Haley Bryan scored four points in a win. The Clay City junior high girls basketball teams split their games versus Shakamak this week. The seventh grade squad rallied past the Lakers with an 11 point fourth quarter to earn a 20-18 victory...

Carroll Lee Jackson, 75, formerly of Cory, passed away January 30, 2006, in Sarasota, FL. He was born July 25, 1930, and worked for 30 years at Bemis Bag in Terre Haute, IN. He was a 1949 graduate of Cory High School. Clell and Ruby Jackson, parents of Carroll Jackson, preceded him in death...

Eleanor Ruth Nicoson McCullough of Lewis, IN, went to be with the Lord Thursday Morning, February 2, 2006, at her residence. She was born February 2, 1921, in Sullivan County to the Rev. Ernest and Ethel (Wakins) Nicoson. Eleanor was a member of Briley Chapel Community Church for many years where she served as the pianist. She devoted her time to her Lord, family, music and flowers, having owned a flower shop in Clay City...

Kenneth Wayne Orme was born on June 17, 1949. He died at St. Vincents Hospital on February 1, after a long illness. He had been disabled for many years. Kenneth was adopted at 5 years old into the loving family of John Charles and Juanita Mae Orme, including many aunts and uncles...

With a new Medicare prescription drug plan creating widespread confusion among pharmacists and senior citizens across the country, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) is preparing to introduce legislation that will allow seniors to obtain the medications they need...

At the American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days kick-off event last week, Community Development Director Billie Kaufman told the crowd why participating in the event is an exciting way to share this hope with others while enjoying a touch of spring. The bright yellow Daffodil, one of the first flowers of spring, is a symbol of hope for a world free from cancer...

Of all the burning buildings Shane Zurcher has walked into as a 10-year veteran of the Brazil City Fire Department, the most harrowing ordeal he's been through took place in a series of hospital rooms and doctors' offices. Zurcher recently returned to full duty as a Brazil firefighter after a three-year battle with an aggressive form of testicular cancer. ...

The Brazil Times, Clay County Farm Bureau and the Clay County Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring political forums in February and in April. The purpose of these meetings is to give residents the opportunity to be better informed about the work of their elected representatives and to choose candidates who will best represent them in the November general election...

Vanderburgh County Sheriff Brad Ellsworth (center), Democratic Party May primary candidate for the 8th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, and his wife, Beth, met with Clay County Board of Commissioners President Charlie Brown during a campaign stop at the courthouse Thursday...

The discovery of a 2001 Buick LeSabre around 11:30 a.m. Thursday on a little-used dead-end road near Eel River led 45 emergency personnel and family members to search for a Clay County woman in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease who had been missing for 24 hours...

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...

The cast of the Northview High School spring musical rehearses music for the show in the school's chorus room last week. The school will present "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," a show based on the Robert Fulghum book, March 17 and 18 in the Northview auditorium...

The Harmony Town Council has had two regular meetings and several special meetings in the last two to three months to accommodate all the events taking place in the town. The two regular monthly meetings for December and January were rather short. The Council met on Dec. ...