Stories from Wednesday, June 13, 2001

Storybooks always have happy endings. But for families throughout the Wabash Valley one Storybook ending is not a joyous one. Many families over the years have enjoyed walking through Storybook Village, looking at the different character houses and feeding the goats and ducks. But due to health reasons, the owners had to make the difficult decision to close the children's park near Dugger...

Greene County officials have been trying for a year to find a buyer for KPT Inc. in hopes of saving jobs at the Bloomfield ceramic tile manufacturer. But they couldn't. The facility, which opened in 1986, is expected to close either Thursday or Friday, according to Greene County Economic Development Corporation executive director Charley Dibble...

WORTHINGTON ---- A resident who has been asking the Worthington Town Council to pay for clean-up charges following a 1999 misunderstanding about a sewer line, learned Tuesday night she would get only part of the amount she was seeking. Last month, Ann Hamilton appeared before the council, upset because sewage had backed up into the basement of her home in August 1999. ...

The question was "In what month is Flag Day celebrated?" The contestant could not answer the question. Many people have forgotten about Flag Day, which is June 14. One local lodge is trying to make sure area youth do not forget the date and the importance of the American Flag. Tonight at 5:30 the Linton Elks Lodge will be presenting its annual flag program to commemorate Flag Day...

Get your bathing suits on. The A.M. Risher Memorial Swimming Pool in Linton is set to open at noon Friday. "That's the plan," pool board president Nigel Lehman said this morning. The city-owned pool had originally set May 29 as its opening day, but when a bubble appeared in a new, $54,000 flexible liner, the water had to be drained and repairs made, and opening day had to be delayed...

SOLSBERRY ---- Bernard Hudson, 80, of Solsberry, passed away at 12:04 a.m., today, June 13, 2001 at Bloomington Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

CARLISLE ---- Darcy Wayne Zimmerman, 37, of Carlisle, passed away Monday, June 11, 2001 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born July 26, 1963 in Linton, he was the son of James "Jim" and Carol (Lambermont) Zimmerman. He was an employee of Hoosier Energy at Merom, and was a U.S. Army veteran...