Stories from Wednesday, July 7, 2010

There's no question the end of the high school tennis season was disappointing for former Bloomfield player Sarah Miller. At the opposite end of the spectrum there's also no question that her return to the court was nothing short of satisfying, exciting and just about any other adjective one could come up with...

Rural Bloomfield resident Jim Wilson, who owns part of the land where the Bloomfield Wastewater Treatment plant sits, thought last month that a property ownership agreement had been worked out with Bloomfield town officials. However, he found out Tuesday night, that nothing is on paper yet, while the town council waits for a private surveyor to provide a legal description of the property swap in question...

An exceptional train movement took place on the Indiana Rail Road Company line Saturday. That's when two 115 cubic yard capacity dragline buckets were transported from Peabody's Black Hawk Mine near Farmersburg to the new mining operation at Bear Run Mine, just south of Dugger...

The Shawnee Theatre needs your help and it's just a click away. The local theatre is participating in the Chase Community Giving Contest and hopes to land in the top 200, and all you have to do is go to Facebook to cast your vote. "Chase Bank is giving away $5,000,000 to nonprofits around the country," explained Matt Graber, who serves as the theatre's executive producing/artistic director. ...

SOLSBERRY -- Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum near Solsberry is hosting Picnic In The Park every day in July. Iron will be poured at 4 p.m. every Saturday during the month -- rain or shine. The park, which features 2 1/2 miles of walking trails and more than 40 large sculptures crafted by artists from around the world, is open daily 9 a.m. to 8 p.m...

White River Valley High School girls basketball coach Joe Pigg will start having open gym for grades K through 6 starting July 12. The open gyms will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday at the high school in Switz City. Southern Indiana Family Practice will offer all area high school athletes physicals for the upcoming season on July 9, 16, 26 and 30...

Things are starting to come into focus for the 69th Greene County Open which gets under way Saturday at the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton. Defending champion Chris Taylor, along with many others, including six-time champ Tom Jones and 10-time winner Randy Smith, will have more to battle than just the 6,000-plus yard course over the two days of competition...

The deadline passed June 30 to add candidates to open spots on the Nov. 2 General Election ballot. Willard Neill, formerly a Republican candidate for Highland Township Trustee, withdrew his name for that office and has filed as a candidate for County Assessor. He'll oppose Democrat incumbent Nancy Snellenberger...

Bloomfield residents are reminded to lock all vehicle doors in an effort to curb a rash of thefts that are taking place. Bloomfield Town Marshal Ken Tharp told the town council Tuesday night that his department has been busy in recent weeks following up on vehicle break-ins...

Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Department Chief Skylar Pittman commented at Tuesday night's town council meeting on the town's recent improvement in ISO rating. The town improved from a 6 to a 4 ISO -- making it the best rated town in the county. The rating collects information on a community's public fire protection and analyzes the data to come up with a rating which may affect insurance rates...

Henry Joseph Mercier, 87, of Linton, passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at his residence. He was born in Linton on January 7, 1923, to Octave and Mary (Reynier) Mercier. On July 26, 1943 he married Avalean G. Mayton. Henry was a dedicated public servant for 44 years with the Linton Fire Department, serving as Chief for 12 years. ...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one follow-up investigation, one request for information, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, one lost and found, one medical/illness, one assist to another agency, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one arrest -- wanted on a warrant, one ordinance violation and 18 traffic stops...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Timothy W. McCoin, possession of marijuana CIVIL CASES Regions Bank v. Jason S. Moore, Amy J. Moore, the unknown tenant, mortgage foreclosure Charlene Louise Perez v. Jesus Perez, dissolution PROPERTY TRANSFERS...

Thursday, July 8 * The Jasonville Senior Center's birthday dinner scheduled for today has been canceled due to the center being painted. It will be rescheduled for later in the month. * The MSD of Shakamak Board of Trustees will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. in the high school media center and at 6:30 p.m. in executive session in the central office conference room. * The Friends of the Library continuing book sale will be from 10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the lower lobby of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library, 125 S. Franklin St., Bloomfield. A large selection of adult and children's books -- paperbacks 25¢, hardbacks 50¢. * The Greene County S