Stories from Friday, February 26, 2010

The Shawnee Theatre will soon conduct auditions and interviews for its coming summer season. Producing Artistic Director Matt Graber provided details on the matter. "The Shawnee Summer Theatre of Greene County will be having three separate audition and interview sessions in the state in the coming weeks," Graber said, noting 10 minute audition slots and 20 minute tech interview slots are available...

Mother Nature has thrown the area's school superintendents a curveball so far this winter. Schools build in snow days to their schedule every year, but for the 2009-10 school year, there aren't enough. So superintendents and school boards have been forced to figure out how to make up the days lost when make-up days are gone...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. John B. Gould, battery State v. Paul E. Day, 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 at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath, reckless possession of paraphernalia...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one breaking and entering, one request for lifting assistance, one school/foot patrol, three medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, one theft-other, one fingerprint for a gun permit and four traffic stops...

Greene County CAPE meeting The Greene County CAPE Board will meet at 8:30 a.m. on March 2 at White River Valley Jr./Sr. High School in the administrative center. The meeting will be followed by an executive session. Basket bingo The Linton-Stockton High School junior class parents will host a basket bingo at 6 p.m. ...

Sandra Ruth Pegg, 59, of Bloomfield, passed away at 10:29 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 at Bloomington Hospital. Born April 11, 1950 in South Bend, she was the daughter of Ronald and Phyllis (Lavender) Fraser. She worked for Cook, Inc. in Bloomington in production. She was a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church and a 1968 graduate from Bloomington High School...

Joseph B Strange of Bloomfield passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, at Owen Valley Health Care Campus in Spencer. Born March 30, 1922 in Washington, Ind., he was the son of John E. and Anna C. (Williams) Strange. He was a graduate of Washington High School Class of 1941. ...

Greene County Recorder Rita Hennette has announced that she is seeking re-election. Hennette of Linton, a Democrat, was elected to the position in 2007 -- when the courthouse was being remodeled. "Our office had to be moved twice, all the while we were able to continue doing business and help the taxpayers and citizens of Greene County," Hennette explained...

The city of Linton will conduct an on-line transportation survey that begins Monday. The survey will ask how adult citizens of all ages "get around town" as well as opinions about proposed golf cart regulations, explained Crystal Woods, Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce president...

Members of the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees listened attentively Thursday night to a lengthy presentation about the potential wind energy has to provide the school district with electrical power while creating a steady revenue stream for years to come...

Reading was in the air at Linton-Stockton Elementary this week. LSES librarian Sonnie Brown shared details on the school's Scholastic Book Fair. "We have it every year. It's a fundraiser for the school and it goes right back into the library," Brown said. "We then buy DVDs, books, AR reading program books ... and more."...

Lee Joseph Johnson, 21, Sandborn, was arrested and booked in to the Greene County Jail early Friday. He is accused of dealing in cocaine, a Class B felony. Johnson was taken into custody after police performed a traffic stop in Linton on a black Pontiac Bonneville driven by Johnson...

The Bloomfield Naval Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps will soon have a new Senior Naval Instructor on staff following action Thursday night by the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees. U.S. Navy Retired Lt. Commander Frank Starr was unanimously hired to fill the position that has been vacant since the retirement of Lt. Commander Clay Ostergren at the end of the 2008-09 school year...

There's more to the story about the Jasonville man, John B. Gould, who was wanted in two counties, arrested Wednesday and accused of possibly having hepatitis and allegedly spitting in the face of Greene County Sheriff's Lt. Bryan K. Woodall. More details emerged when a new case was filed early Friday against Gould in Greene Superior Court...

The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees board opened seven bids Thursday night for the demolition of five properties near the school campus for future use. The bids were all taken under advisement for further review with final action expected at an upcoming public meeting...

Linton-Stockton 68, West Vigo 63 Owen Valley 59, Shakamak 57 Eastern Greene 54, North Daviess 34 Union (Dugger) 45, Medora 37; Barr-Reeve 78, Bloomfield 44