Stories from Wednesday, July 22, 2009

In real funding provided to Greene County communities and local units of government, Southern Indiana Development Commission (SIDC) has had a major impact in the last year. SIDC Executive Director Greg Jones outlined for the Greene County Commissioners on Monday the successes his organization has had in bringing $2,625,940 in real funding dollars to Greene County...

Please return my son's boot; no questions asked To the Editor: This time of the year is so nice, when you walk down the street and see all the nice looking plants in people's yard. I too have a nice looking flower garden around my house. I also have a memorial type rock with a poem that says "If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again."...

As happens every so often, we have recently been through a spate of embarrassing reports about the lives of prominent public officials. Adulterous affairs by Nevada Sen. John Ensign, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, and former presidential candidate John Edwards, entanglements in prostitution by Louisiana Sen. David Vitter and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer -- these are just the latest in a long line of dismaying revelations about people in whom the American voters once put their trust...

Shakamak High School graduate Anthony Witt was among seven men's track and field athletes from Grand Valley State University's men's track and field team named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II All-Academic Team earlier this month...

A Washington man sustained minor injuries in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on State Road 45, near Owensburg. James L. Bruner, 73, was traveling northeast on State Road 45 -- north of County Road 425S at 7:55 a.m. in a 1990 vehicle when he ran off the east side of the road into a ditch before striking a concrete culvert pier on the south side of a private drive...

A pregnant woman involved in an accident in Linton on Tuesday evening was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure but was reportedly fine. No other injuries were reported. The two-vehicle accident occurred on State Road 54E at the intersection of NE 7th St. around 7:36 p.m. Officer Jayson Smith responded to the scene along with Cpl. Chad Crynes, both of the Linton Police Department...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included two requests for information only, one intimidation, two accidents with personal injury, one suicide or attempted suicide, one medical/illness, one alarm, one reckless driver, one theft-other and 11 traffic stops...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Stacey L. Miller, check deception PROPERTY TRANSFERS First Financial Bank to Amy Cummings, Sarah Porter and Elizabeth Rachel, property in Greene County Marcus R. Harper to Marvin R. Harper and Connie N. Harper, property in Greene County...

Higar reunion The Higar family reunion will be Saturday, with lunch at noon. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish. It will be at the west shelterhouse at Linton's Humphreys Park. NESC board to meet The Northeast School Corporation Board of School Trustees will meet in special session Monday at 7 p.m. The agenda includes employment and an extended criminal background check policy. An executive session is scheduled for 6:45 p.m...

The 4-H Shooting Club kept firing at targets, despite an accidental May 22 fire that destroyed the Triple H Gun Club and Grill on the Hill where members often practiced. "The fire destroyed the restaurant, but it didn't destroy the (shooting) range," said Michael R. Hall, shooting sports coordinator for Greene County 4-H...

Ever wish there was a more personal way to show your appreciation to the men and women who serve our country in the local Guard unit, besides waving the flag? There is. You can bake up something special in your kitchen at home, or your business, drop it off at the Armory on Sunday and help make the afternoon into a special day for the troops...

The gift of life is indeed something to be cherished and a 22-year-old Bloomfield native plans to take a bold step later this month and do his part to make sure a northern Indiana mother has a full life with her family. Jonathan Stewart, who's known as "Stewy" by his friends and family, will donate his left kidney to a 30-year-old mother in a transplant operation planned for July 31 at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis...

Harry F. 'Jack' Fitzpatrick, 92, of Linton, IN, passed away Monday, July 20, 2009, at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. He was born on October 12, 1916, in Sandborn, IN, to Harry and Mae (Berry) Fitzpatrick. On December 24, 1938, he married Marietta Edwards...

Eastern Greene High School baseball coach Trevor McConnell will be having a youth baseball camp for players in incoming grades 1-8 July 27-30. The camp for players in grades 1-3 will be daily from 9 to 10:30 a.m. For players in grade 4-6, camp will meet each day from 11 to 12:30 p.m...

The Carnegie Center in Linton recently hosted a drawing class that ran for four weeks for students and it met once a week. Sonna Berghaier, Linton-Stockton Elementary School's art instructor, led her students through various drawing techniques. She said of the classes, "I had three students and we really enjoyed spending time together doing different sketches. ...

The mother of a five-month-old infant, who died in June allegedly due to heat stroke caused by criminal neglect of the boy's father, has been preliminarily charged in the case. However, the charge is not related to the death of her son, Micheal Jeffers...