Stories from Thursday, July 17, 2008

Today (Thursday) is another busy day at the Greene County Fair. At 5:30 p.m., a variety of awards will be presented at a program in the main arena -- including the Tenure Awards honoring the top 10-year girl and boy 4-H member for the number of projects completed during their program tenure. This year's recipients are Nikkole Thombleson of Bloomfield and Bobby Wollam of Jasonville. The award is sponsored by Farm Bureau, Inc...

For the second straight year in a row, the Greene County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition is partnering with state health officials to sponsor a state-wide stop smoking contest known as "Quit 2 Win". The contest will offer cash prizes totaling $5,000, including a top prize of $2,500. Once the winner is determined, the prizes will be awarded this fall. To sign up locally for the contest, people can visit any of the following locations:...

Bloomfield High School tennis players continue to do well in Central Indiana Tennis Association (CITA) tournament play. This past weekend Bailey Maryfield and Derek Corn competed in the Trailblazer Junior Open held at the Vincennes University tennis complex...

The leadership of Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) will be formally and traditionally transferred during a Change of Command Ceremony on Friday. The ceremony will be held on the front lawn of NSWC Crane's Building 1 at 9 a.m...

Two members of the Ball State University women's golf team finished in the top 10 in the 87-person field at the Indiana Women's Golf Association State Amateur Championship at Purdue University's Ackerman Hills Golf Course. Brittany Kelly (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern H.S.), who will be a sophomore for head coach Katherine Mowat's Ball State golf team this fall, shot a final round 73 to finish fourth in the tournament. ...

Matthew Decker and Lucas Hineman, both of rural Worthington, shared top honors Wednesday night in the 4-H Swine Show at the Greene County Fair. Decker had both the Supreme Gilt and Reserve Supreme Gilt. Hineman had the Grand Champion Market Hog. Katelin O'Neal exhibited the Reserve Champion Market Hog...

Roger Dale Singleton, 54, of Cass, passed away at 5:14 a.m. Thursday July 17, 2008 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Jasonville. He was born in Sullivan on Jan. 25, 1954 to Omer Dale Singleton, and Eva June Ashcraft Singleton. He was formerly employed at Keller's Aluminum Factory in Linton...

GREENE COUNTY JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log on Wednesday included one fraud, one follow-up investigation, two requests for information only, one transport of documentation, one lost and found, one mental case, one alarm, one suspicious vehicle/person, two thefts-other, one domestic dispute, one animal/canine removed, one community relations, one ordinance violation and three traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Rachel Bernice Smith v. Jesse Scott Smith, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Brent M. Howel, check deception State v. Laura N. Cunningham, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath...

VBS at Bloomfield First Presbyterian Church and United Methodist Church in Bloomfield will hold VBS from 6 - 8:30 p.m. July 21- 25 at 401 Shyla Lane. For more info 384-6070. Linton Trash Pick-Up Linton trash routes will be picked up early due to the heat...

Brycelynn Davis joined Mini-4-H this year and this week she entered her rabbit named Daisy in the Rabbit Show. Brycelynn is five-years-old, the daughter of Chad and Sara Davis of rural Bloomfield. While older and more experienced 4-H members were busy winning ribbons in shows and exhibits throughout the week, and getting a great deal of attention, a large number of younger, first-year members and Mini-4-Hers were learning the ropes at their first or second fair...

Several of Linton's Old Glories are growing in age and are now in need of being replaced. Linton Firefighter Brad Sparks explained, "I'm putting together a fundraiser to raise money to replace flags that we (Linton Fire Department) put along the roads for the holidays."...

A rural Bloomfield man was transported to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis by Lifeline helicopter Thursday afternoon following a four-wheeler/van crash near Lyons. Ryan S. Crane, Route 2, Bloomfield suffered facial trauma and a possible broken left ankle in the 3:11 p.m. ...

One Greene County girl has 4-H to thank for her growing love of photography. "I took my first photography project when I was nine," said Micajah Green-- who is now a senior at Shakamak High School. Since then, Green's dappling in photography has snowballed in a big way...

Friday night will be payday for 4-H livestock exhibitors. The annual livestock auction gets under way at 5:30 p.m. in the barn show arena. Fair organizers are hoping for another good year in the sale ring. Last year, the 4-H Livestock Auction set a record for the price that the bidders paid over market value per animal...

An "All Girl Revue" was clearly evident at Thursday night's Round Robin Grand Champion Showmanship competition. Six young 4-Hers took the ring showing six different animals. The Showman Contest is the final 4-H event of the Greene County Fair and the half dozen young livestock showmen left it all in the ring on Thursday night...