Stories from Thursday, July 23, 2009

SWITZ CITY -- On-site registration for fall classes at the Greene County Community Learning Center will be Tuesday and Aug. 10. Registration will be conducted both days from 2- 7 p.m.. Classes begin Aug. 24, however classes with low enrollments will be canceled on Aug. 18...

Fun games and free food are planned for Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 120 churches of the new West District of the Indiana United Methodist Church invite everyone to Party in the Park, a day of free fun with no strings attached...

The Greene County Sheriff's Reserve unit will benefit from a sanctioned off-road motorcycle race Sunday in the Calvertsville area. The Hoosier Trail Riders motorcycle club will host several races on property owned by Brent Dillman, located just off County Road 450 in Highland Township...

The management face of the Girl Scout program in Greene County likely will be changing in the near future due to severe financial problems, but the services offered to its members, leaders and volunteers will continue. The Tulip Trace Council -- based in Bloomington -- finds itself more than $1 million in debt, on the brink of bankruptcy and facing an imminent consolidation with the Central Indiana Council in Indianapolis, according to Carol Keierleber, interim CEO for the Girl Scouts of Tulip Trace Council.. ...

William F. "Sonny" Hinchman CW5 Ret. U. S. Army, William F. "Sonny" Hinchman, 42, died Friday morning, July 17, 2009, near Baghdad, Iraq in a helicopter crash. He was born Nov. 11, 1966 in Linton, to Walter Jerry and Nina R. (Bosell) Hinchman. Sonny graduated from Worthington-Jefferson High School at the end of the first term Dec. ...

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 only, one assist to the utility department after hours, one vehicle fire, two medical/illness, two prowlers, one suspicious vehicle/person, two assists to other agencies, one theft-other, one drug overdose, two arrests-wanted on warrants, one assist to the fire department and seven traffic stops.. ...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT INFRACTIONS John W. Abel, speeding Dustin M. Allor, speeding Dennis L. Alsman, no seat belt fastened Elizabeth K. Anderson, speeding Derek P. Baker, speeding Derek P. Baker, no seat belt fastened Joshua A. Baker, no seat belt fastened...

Hasler reunion The annual reunion of descendants of Casper and Catherine Hasler will be Aug. 8 at the Mineral Community Building. Meat and drink will be furnished for the carry-in meal to be served at 12:30 p.m. County Road to close County Road 400 North between State Road 59 and State Road 1175 West in Wright Township will be closed for a week beginning July 27. The road will be open to local traffic only...

Lois Pauline Lenning, 92, of Jasonville, passed away at her son's home at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2009. She was born in Pleasantville on Oct. 11, 1916, the daughter of William Woodward and Ella Brown Woodward. She was a member of the Church of God...

A Newark man who lost his life in the Korean War was recently honored with a replacement Purple Heart. Kenneth Ray Cox was killed in action in 1950 and put to rest at the Newark Cemetery. At his ceremony, his family received a Purple Heart and an American flag...

Several personnel items were decided for the 2009-10 school year when the White River Board of School Trustees met Thursday evening. The board voted 6-0 (Gerald Murdock was absent) to accept the resignation of Justin English as assistant junior varsity baseball coach and rehire him as boy's varsity baseball coach...

Skaters hanging out in the Worthington Park have two months to clean up their act or risk losing the support of the Worthington Park Board. An open meeting to discuss complaints about the skateboarding area of the park, and the behavior of those who hang out there, was well attended by skaters with a handful of townspeople and very few parents...

The view won't be nothing but nest for birdwatchers drawn to the inaugural "Marsh Madness" festival, slated for the first weekend in March. Instead, an array of events from birdwatching to birdhouse-building, photography events and seminars on wildlife maintenance in backyard habitats could be on tap...

The body of a fallen U.S. Army helicopter pilot, CW5 Ret. William F. "Sonny" Hinchman, will be escorted from the Indianapolis International Airport to his hometown of Worthington Friday night by a motorcycle brigade of the American Legion Riders Chapter 196 from Bloomfield...