Stories from Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Eastern Greene High School volleyball team lost to Shoals 16-25, 25-22, 17-25, 16-25 and Monrovia 16-25, 25-20, 18-25, 20-25 in its final two matches of the regular season. "These last two matches, we were very up and down," said EGHS coach Gina Ingram. "At Shoals, we were not focused and didn't communicate at all on the floor...

Humphreys Park will soon be the site of pets on parade. Halloween-style that is. The first-ever pet costume contest will kick-off at 6 p.m. on Oct. 29 at the band shell at Humphreys Park in Linton. Registration is at 5:30 p.m., cost is $5 per pet and all proceeds benefit the Greene County Humane Society...

Kerry Graves, Chairman of the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District, announces that GCSWCD has received a Clean Water Indiana Emergency Conservation Assistance Program (ECAP) grant of $50,000 to assist land users with June 2008 flood damage recovery...

The 2008-09 budget was adopted during the Linton-Stockton School Board's meeting Monday. The following are the budget fund amounts: The board also approved a petition to appeal if there is a shortfall in the budget. "We won't know until December (of a shortfall)," Superintendent Ron Bush said...

What started as some Halloween fun has grown into a traditional bash for two Linton families. The Greg and Chantel Eaton and the Rich and Gina White families started the Linton tradition five years ago. Chantel Eaton, explained, "It started out with a Halloween church party with 12 kids. It was so much fun we decided to have one of our own. So we invited our kids' classes out."...

Greene County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Maj. Mike Hasler advises there is a mail fraud scheme in the area that has seen at least three local residents fall prey to the scam in recent weeks. Lt. Hasler explained the most prevalent fraud that has been reported to his office is a "Publisher's Clearing House look-alike promotion."...

Plans are under way to improve the landscaping around the Greene County Courthouse in downtown Bloomfield. On Tuesday morning, the county commissioners agreed to allow courthouse maintenance supervisor Gene Spinks to spend $1,240.25 to order a variety of perennial plants and small shrubs from Bradfield's Landscaping, Inc., located south of Bloomfield...

The Greene County Solid Waste Management District Board gave its interim supervisor a vote of confidence Tuesday and named him to the full-time position. Erek Wilson, from Linton, was hired followed an executive session where he and one other finalist were interviewed by the board behind closed doors.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Kimberly A. Southern, 37, of rural Bloomfield, on preliminary charges alleging she kept her child home from school causing him to have more than 10 unexcused absences this school year. The preliminary charges filed against Southern in Greene Circuit Court Monday include neglect of a dependent, a class D felony, and a compulsory school attendance violation, a class B misdemeanor...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one request for information only, one incident of vandalism, one drug investigation, one school/foot patrol, one public intoxication, five medical/illness, four assists to other agencies, one harassment complaint, one possibly intoxicated driver, one motor vehicle theft, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one assist to the fire department and one battery...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Kimberly A. Southern, neglect of a dependent, compulsory school attendance violation CIVIL CASES United States of America acting through Rural Housing Services v. Leslie D. Goodman, deceased, and his heirs-at-law, devisees, legatees, descendants, personal representatives, executors, trustees and Aiqua Clear Systems Inc., mortgage foreclosure...

Fall Festival The Friends of the Linton Library will be hosting a fall festival on Saturday at the library. The festival starts at 4 p.m. and festivities include games, prizes, snacks, and fun for all ages. Following the festival scary movies will be shown on the library's lawn...

White River Valley and North Central will square off for the second time in three nights, when they open up the Class A volleyball sectional at White River Valley Thursday night. Clay City will await the winner for the second semifinal match at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, while Union (Dugger) will battle defending sectional champion Shakamak in the first semifinal match at 11 a.m. Saturday...

Class 2A Sectional begins Thursday By B.J. Hargis Sports Editor The Class 2A Bloomfield volleyball sectional will get underway at 7 p.m. Thursday with the host Lady Cardinals (9-21) against South Knox. Play will continue at 11 a.m. Saturday with defending champion Linton-Stockton (24-9) taking on North Knox in the first semifinal contest...

Check deception was the topic of discussion during the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday with Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw speaking. The current check deception program provided through the Greene County Prosecutor's office will soon run out of money, Holtsclaw said...