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Special Olympics supported by Knights of Columbus donations
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
Greene County Special Olympics bowlers agreed to strike a deal with the Linton Knights of Columbus to sell tickets to the group's Sept. 23 fish fry. Now, they've got $399 to spare toward lanes fees. "This money will be used to pay entry fees and expenses needed for participants," said Susan Isenogle, Greene County coordinator for Special Olympics...
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Eastern Greene students to host holiday bazaar Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
Eastern Greene Middle School's Students Against Violence (SAVE) program will host a Holiday Craft Bazaar to benefit their continued stance against violence. Twenty-one booths will be set up in the middle school cafeteria and hallways, located at 10503 E. State Road 54, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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Benefit planned for crash victims
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
Friends of two people injured in an Oct. 31 head-on crash on U.S. 231 -- not far from the entrance to NSWC Crane -- are putting on a benefit tractor pull and meal Nov. 26 to help out with on-going medical expenses. Greg Taylor and his wife, Larita, from Loogootee, were hurt in the wreck. Larita was driving a Chevrolet S-10 pickup that was struck head-on by a northbound Ford F-150 pick up driven by Alan D. Willis of Camby -- near the intersection with County Road 800N...
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Advance America founder to speak in Linton
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
On Dec. 4, Eric Miller, the founder and executive director of Advance America, will speak at 10:30 a.m. in the Morning Worship Service at Calvary Baptist Church, 9825 W State Road 54, Linton. Advance America is a non-partisan, tax exempt educational organization founded by Miller in 1980. Advance America is Indiana's leading pro-family and pro-tax reform organization...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 11/18/11)
Friday, Nov. 18 * Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library and Family Time entertainment will present The Thanksgiving Show at 6 p.m. If you enjoyed Magic Don and the Boo-rific program come back to the library and meet Tom the Turkey as he and Magic Don talk about Thanksgiving history, meaning and traditions along with a little magic. * Pleasant Grove Church of Christ, 10514 W 300 S, Lyons, invites you to hear former minister Bryan Whitehead this weekend. Whitehead, who currently serves as minister to the Rochester, Minn., Church of Christ, will be speaking at Pleasant Grove today and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. * Bloomfield SAL Squadron 196 will host brats and wings veterans night from 5-8 p.m. Anyone who shows a valid military ID will receive either one free brat or three free wings. * Sandborn will host a town wide "Clean Up Day" today and Nov. 19. There will be dumpsters set up at the sewer plant, so anyone who lives in town (must have proof of residency) can get rid of unwanted junk. Saturday, Nov. 19 * The Red Bonnet Belles will meet at Pamida in Bloomfield at 11:30 a.m. and then travel to The Grill on the Hill for lunch at noon. * In conjunction with the Worthington Merchants Association holiday open house, the Holy Hookers will have a display of rugs at Select Insurance on the triangle in Worthington from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ther ewill be a rug display, demonstration, and door prize. Admission is free. For more information contact Judy Foster, 875-3550. * Worthington American Legion Post 106 will have an open house and steak night with the band Highway 58. * The Jasonville Senior Citizens Center will host a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Other breakfast items will be available. There will also be a carft and bake sale. * Worthington Tri Kappa will host a bake sale at Worthington Town Hall from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. There will be baked goods, chipped beef and cheddar cheeseballs, Uncle Al's nuts and candies. There will also be a quilted throw raffle. This is in conjunction with Worthington Merchants Christmas Open House.
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Scout gives veteran's monument facelift
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
Acting on inspiration from his military veteran grandparents, a Bloomfield Boy Scout has helped to give the Greene County Veteran's Memorial monument a bit of a facelift. The Greene County Veteran's Memorial monument located on the northwest corner of the Greene County courthouse square in Bloomfield has been spruced up by 17-year-old Joshua Axe in his quest to attain his Boy Scout Eagle rank...
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Jasonville woman charged with battery on two jail officers
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
A 29-year-old Jasonville woman became irate Nov. 3 when she was being transferred from one holding cell to another and attacked two Greene County Jail officers. Crystal Curnett was being escorted by Jail Officer Shawn Cullison from Holding Cell 1 to Holding Cell 3 about 11:30 p.m. ...
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Accused murder suspect allegedly attacks another jail inmate
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
A man accused of the August murder of a rural Solsberry woman faces a new charge of battery resulting in bodily injury following a fracas with another inmate in the Greene County Jail on Nov. 3. The new class A misdemeanor charge was filed against Randy Knapp, 52, on Tuesday in Greene Superior Court...
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Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce's Christmas Project putting a holiday feel to downtown
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Linton, with the help of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce's Christmas Project. The Chamber is organizing a kindergarten Christmas Walk-About for Linton-Stockton students to introduce future customers and business owners with what the town offers, according to Chamber Executive Director Lynette Shelton...
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Buschon says jobs are key issue he hears around the district
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
Job retention and job creation are two topics that Republican 8th District Congressman Larry Buschon is hearing a lot about as he travels around his southwestern Indiana district. The medical doctor, who is a first-term U.S. Representative from Evansville where he heads a successful cardiology surgery group, says it's the No. 1 thing people want to talk about...
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Former Worthington resident pens fictional book about 1950s oil drilling in the area
(Local News ~ 11/18/11)
A veteran geologist, who lived in Worthington for 40 years, has recently released his first book - a novel about the peak times of oil drilling in the area during the 1950s. Soon to be 80-years-old, Lowell E. Gladish spent the last two years working on "It's Not Easy" a 562-page self-published book that tells about the working life of oilfield people...
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Court News
(Court News ~ 11/18/11)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Richard C. Ausman, possession of a Schedule I, II, II, IV Controlled Substance. State vs. Debra L. Lane, theft. State vs. Gary I. Napier, failure to appear. Civil Filings JP Morgan Chase, National Association vs. Brian Oliver, Lindsey Oliver, Indiana Department of Revenue, mortgage foreclosure...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 11/18/11)
Saturday Saturday, Nov. 19 Sunday, Nov. 20 Monday, Nov. 21 Thursday, Nov. 24 Sunday, Nov. 27 Wednesday, Nov. 30 Friday, Dec. 2 Saturday, Dec. 3 Center Township Volunteer Fire Department will host a Holiday Bazaar 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the station located at 11216 E. SR 54 in Cincinnati. Mutiple vendors will be there to assist with holiday shopping. You can have lunch with the firefighters for a donation only. Call 825-2799 or 384-7373 for more information...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 11/18/11)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department log for Nov. 17 included: One fight case; one protective order violation; one drug investigation; one animal cruelty case; one disorderly conduct case; two personal injury traffic accidents; one prowler report; one harassment complaint; one arrest on a warrant; one domestic dispute; one ordinance violation and one traffic stop...
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