Stories from Thursday, June 28, 2007

Ricky Lee Vandeventer, 46, of Bloomfield passed away at 8:55 P.M. on Thursday June 27, 2007 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, In. Born Aug. 18, 1960 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton, he was the son of Reed and Ruby (Heaton) Vandeventer...

In a Democratic caucus held on Tuesday, Teressa Smith received her party's vote of confidence and will serve on the Bloomfield Town Council until the end of the year. Smith will replace former Council Member Janet Basye who resigned earlier this month...

HENDRICKSVILLE -- An apparent compromise has been reached in a dispute between the Beech Creek Township Trustee and the Hendricksville Community Association over the availability of firefighting equipment for a newly built satellite fire station. Since completed and dedicated in early May, the two-bay Eastern Greene auxiliary fire station -- located on the south end of a new community building -- has sat empty...

The skies will be glowing with an array of colorful fireworks over the small eastern Greene County community of Solsberry on the eve of Independence Day -- Tuesday, July 3. Traditionally, Solsberry is host to one of the largest annual fireworks displays in the area that lights up the sky in impressive fashion for about 45 minutes...

The town of Bloomfield will celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks in the park at 10 p.m. Chamber of Commerce President Michael Johnson explained, since the Fourth of July lands on a Wednesday the town celebration will be scaled back. Last year the celebration had a lot more to it, he said...

July 4th is a huge day in the city of Linton, and several events are on tap for this year's Independence Day celebration. The morning kicks off at 6 a.m. with Civitan's annual breakfast. The breakfast will continue until 9 a.m. at the Linton Fire Station, which is a new location for the event...

The Linton Freedom Festival, which offers a wide variety of events and entertainment for all ages, will offer several events this weekend. From 3-8 p.m. on Saturday, there will be a Classic Car Cruise-in at Humphreys Park. Awards will be handed out at 8 p.m...

Eight members, along with advisor Ben Helms, of the Bloomfield FFA Chapter attended the State FFA Convention at Purdue University June 18-21. Those attending were Nikkole Thombleson and Jenny Wilson as official delegates, Bri Wilson, Vanessa Ratliff, Austin Schlute, and Joel Oliphant as quiz bowl participants, and Justin Bennett and Kenny Hinkle as chapter representatives...

The 2007 budget order was a main topic of discussion during the Bloomfield School Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday. Superintendent Dan Sichting stressed, "Tax bills are going out and our certified levy is less...$400 to $500 less than what it was last year."...

The Linton Police Department has been busy investigating a rash of burglaries within the city. On Wednesday, Christopher W. Sanders, 21, Jasonville, was arrested on preliminary charges of burglary and theft and is currently being held in Greene County jail on $14,000 bond...

Sassafras reunion scheduled All alumni and family of the one room Sassafras School are invited to attend the school's reunion on July 7 at the Girl Scout Cabin in Linton's Humphreys Park. Registration will begin at 7 p.m., and lunch will be served at noon. The meal, which will cost $12, will be catered by Angell's Deli...

White River Valley has been involved in Cal Ripken Baseball for the past three seasons. Bloomfield decided to join Cal Ripken this season, giving the two Greene County school districts a chance to combine to form a post season All-Star squad.