Stories from Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Board of Directors of the Tri River Athletic Conference officially voted at their spring conference Wednesday night to disband the conference at the conclusion of the 2009-2010 school year. The decision to disband the Tri River Athletic Conference came about due to duplication of purpose and competition in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference (SWIAC) by a majority of conference membership...

The Sheriff's Department wants Greene County kids to be safe when riding in any vehicle and they've been working to get more local child safety seat inspectors trained to help parents make sure they've got the seats installed correctly. Six inspectors completed a rigorous program and became certified in May. They're going to hold their first free child safety seat inspection clinic from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday at the fire station in Switz City...

For the last three weeks, a 20-year-old college student from New York has been on a solitary hiking/skateboard adventure to raise awareness about breast cancer and to promote "green" transportation methods. Serge Berig made his way through Greene County on Thursday along State Road 54 and was expected to spend last night (Thursday) near Sullivan...

A rural Linton farmer had a rude awakening after waking up Thursday morning. John and Laurelann Bredeweg's cattle barn roof was blown off during Wednesday evening's stormy weather. "It blew over into our cattle lot. We felt very fortunate that the barn roof didn't fall onto the cattle," John Bredeweg explained. "It's a miracle there weren't any cattle underneath it."...

A community event planned in Jasonville on Saturday hopes to raise money and food donations for area church pantries. The event will feature live Christian and gospel music along with free food and refreshments like hot dogs, cotton candy and snow cones for anyone who attends...

Look for a free for all Sunday at the Bloomfield Pool. The pool opening day is now set for Sunday after tentatively being set for Saturday, noted Bloomfield Town Council Member Jo Ann Carmichael in a brief interview with the Greene County Daily World on Thursday...

Ten area girls will be competing Sunday night for the title of Miss Greene County 2009. The annual Miss Greene County Pageant -- held in conjunction with the Greene County 4-H Fair -- will be conducted at 7 p.m. in the Cooperative Extension Service's Community Room at the fairgrounds, located east of Switz City...

We don't generally feel that police officers think twice about turning on those lights and sirens, but that's exactly what happened to Worthington Deputy Marshal Eric Floyd this week. Floyd noticed a toddler hanging out the back window of a passing car while the female driver was busy talking on a cell phone...

Michael J. Parks, 27, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Michael was employed as a contractor for Rogers and Sons and was a current student of IVY Tech Community College. Michael enjoyed playing his guitar, shooting pool and playing video games. Michael was loved by his family and friends and will be dearly missed...

Master Mason degrees at Jasonville Jasonville Lodge #530 F & AM will be conducting a Master Mason degree on June 19th and June 26th. Eat at 6:00 pm. Work at 7:00 pm. Visiting brethren are welcome. Carpenter reunion The descendants of Elijah and Mandy Carpenter family reunion will be at noon Saturday at the Paul Rifner residence. For directions call 384-8337...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Dale Kinnett v. Starr Kinnett, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jessica L. Anderson, neglect of a dependent, identity deception State v. Christina M. Collins, check deception State v. James R. Goodman, check deception...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG No new entries. LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included three follow-up investigations, one request for information only, two assists to the utility department after hours, one protective order violation, one repossession of a vehicle, one accident with property damage, two mental cases, two medical/illness, two alarms, two animal complaints, one suspicious vehicle/person, three assists to other agencies, one harassment complaint, one lost or stolen license plate, one disabled or stranded vehicle, three fingerprints for gun permits, one open door on a garage, one battery and four traffic stops.. ...

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners game Friday evening with Wheeler in the Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 2A State Softball semi-finals from Indianapolis will be broadcast on WNDI-FM 95.3 from Sullivan. The game, at Indianapolis North Central High School, starts at 6:30 p.m...

It was changing of the guard at MSD of Shakamak Board of School Trustees meeting Thursday evening. It was the last board meeting chaired by Superintendent CG Epple before his retirement July 1. Elementary Principal Mike Mogan who will step up as superintendent introduced Chris Ross from the Clay City School District as the new elementary principal...