Stories from Monday, March 9, 2009

Local not-for-profits have an opportunity to build their organizations, educate their boards, and ensure their future with the help of the Greene County Foundation, Greene County Community Learning Center, and the Indiana Not for Profit Resource Network...

The 13th annual Hunting Heritage Banquet was conducted Saturday evening at the National Guard Armory. This banquet is hosted by the Greene County Longbeards chapter of The National Wild Turkey Federation. The NWTF is a nonprofit organization with nearly 550,000 members in 50 states, Canada, Mexico, and other foreign countries. ...

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Randy Clifford Nash after charges were filed against him in Greene Circuit Court for felony possession of a handgun without a permit. The charges stem from an incident on Nov. 15, 2008 when Worthington Deputy Marshal Eric S. Floyd was dispatched to Center St. in Worthington after someone reported hearing a gunshot and yelling...

Eastern Greene Scrabble teams took a back seat to St. John Lutheran placing second in the state competition this past weekend. EG Scrabble coach, Dinah Fuller, explained, "It was one of those situations where two of our teams went 4-1 and they only got beaten by the state champs."...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Bloomfield High School senior Chris Babcock smiled as big and screamed as loud as any of his Cardinal teammates after BHS defeated host Eastern Greene 32-30 here Saturday, winning the boys basketball Class 2A Sectional 45. You would not have known that Babock, whose season officially ended in January after suffering a knee injury, was forced to cheer on his teammate from the sidelines...

Bertha Louise Mitchell, 92, of Linton passed away at 9:16 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Oct. 4, 1916 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Edward and Laura E. (Lester) McElroy. Bertha was a homemaker and a member of the Bloomfield First Baptist Church for more than 65 years...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTJAIL LOG March 6 -- Levi E. Butt, 19, Linton, was arrested on a warrant issued in connection with a probation violation and was being held in lieu of $8,000 bond. Greene County Sheriff's Reserve Officer Tom Colvin was the arresting officer...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Randy Clifford Nash, possession of a handgun without a permit, possession of a handgun without a permit with a prior conviction within in 15 years CIVIL CASES Capital One Bank (USA) NA v. Jennifer A. Collins, collection...

Bloomfield Spring Carnival Friday 'The Bloomfield P.T.O. will be hosting a Spring Carnival on Friday, March 13, in the old gym and concession area. The carnival will include game booths, a silent auction, face painting, candy bar walk, food booth, prizes and other fun activities. ...

The Jasonville City Council moved forward with the water project at Monday evening's meeting. Dave Fredericks from Umbaugh & Associates reported that the water rate for the first phase would increase to $4 for 4,000 gallons. During the project's second phase the average water bill would amount to approximately $21.33...

The 2009 Freedom Festival kicked off Saturday evening with the crowning of the festival queen at Linton-Stockton High School auditeria. Allison Young was selected as queen and judges chose Taneel Church as the first runner-up and Leah McDonald as the second runner-up.

Precinct committeemen and vice committeemen from the Greene County Democrat and Republican parties gathered Saturday morning to select leadership for the next four years. The Democrats gathered in Linton and re-elected Jeff Lehman as the chairman. Lehman, of Linton, has served in the position for the past 12 years...

A presentation on the Coordinated Assistance Ministry (CAM) was given by Pastor Mike Roth during the Monday meeting of the Linton City Council. "For years our services have been fragmented...," Roth told the council. Many of the church leaders have worked hard to combine efforts. The first has been with the Food Pantry and Thrift Store and now there's CAM...

Emergency warning sirens were successfully activated in Bloomfield for the first time during Sunday's tornado watch. Bloomfield Town Council President Roger Doane explained, "It seemed to work real well. When the tornado watch was underway we used it as a training and test session."...

There will be no cuts in the FFA (Future Farmers of America) or FACS (Family and Consumer Sciences) programs and no reductions in force next year in the Eastern-Greene School system. A motion to distribute RIF (Reductions In Force) letters to possibly eliminate a few teaching positions, including changing the agriculture/physical education and Food and Consumer Science teaching positions to half-time, was defeated at the school board's meeting Monday evening...