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Bloomfield Council concerned about safety of school crossing guards
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Bloomfield town officials expressed safety concerns at Wednesday night's monthly meeting about the crossing guard procedure now being used near two Bloomfield school entrances. Currently, school employees man the cross walks on South Street in front of the elementary school and on Spring Street in front of the junior-senior high school before and after school...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 11/04/10)
Thursday, Nov. 4 *The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce will conduct its annual dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Oddfellow's Lodge, located on State Road 157N. The dinner will be catered by the Dancing Bear Shoppe from Bloomfield. The Harvey Hannah Community Service Award will be presented. Friday, Nov. 5 * The White River Valley Jr.-Sr. High School Drama Club will present "The Music Man" today and Saturday at 7:30 in the school cafeteria. Tickets are $4 and the doors will open at 6:45 p.m.
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Lori L. Chamberlain
(Obituary ~ 11/04/10)
Lori L. Chamberlain, 46, of Sullivan, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Martinsville, Ind., on Dec. 9, 1963, to Orin Fred and Shirley (Knowles) Chamberlain...
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Edna Ellen Inman
(Obituary ~ 11/04/10)
Edna Ellen Inman, 85, of Indianapolis, passed away 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. She was born Dec. 29, 1924, in Worthington to William and Ruby (Pierce) Rude. During Ellen's lifetime she served others as a nurse and her family as a homemaker. Ellen was proud to be a 35-year breast cancer survivor. She was a member of Folsom Memorial United Methodist Church in Worthington...
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Court news
(Court News ~ 11/04/10)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Julie Franklin-Woodall, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession or use of a legend drug, possession of marijuana GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Steven E. Vaught, operating a vehicle while intoxicated...
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Police Log
(Police Reports ~ 11/04/10)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one illegal burn, one follow-up investigation, two requests for information only, one fight, two accidents with property damage, two medical/illness, one animal complaint, one suspicious vehicle/person, one theft, two welfare checks/concerns, one battery and seven traffic stops...
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Bloomington woman facing drug charges
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
A 28-year-old Bloomington woman has been charged with three felony drug charges, and a misdemeanor, after her vehicle was stopped Tuesday on State Road 54 for allegedly crossing the yellow line on both sides of the Sharkey Curve west of Bloomfield. Julie Franklin-Woodall is facing three class D felonies -- two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one of unlawful possession or use of a legend drug, and one class A misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana...
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Woman arrested on drug, counterfeiting charges near Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Stacy Haler, a 19-year-old Indianapolis woman, has been charged with counterfeiting, along with a couple of drug charges, because she was allegedly in possession of several counterfeit one-dollar and five-dollar bills. Haler was arrested on Oct. 26 along with Michael Deckard, 45, Bloomington...
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Elks raise money for cancer research
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Through fundraising efforts during the month of October the Linton Elks Lodge raised around $4,000 that will benefit cancer research. Dean Miller, Linton Elks Leading Knight, provided details on the fundraising campaign -- which included bingo, a wine and beer tasting event as well as accepting donations for the cause...
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Linton church plans free Thanksgiving dinner
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, one local church is gearing up for its free community dinner. The Linton First Christian Church will once again offer up its free holiday dinner complete with turkey, ham and the trimmings from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving day...
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Bloomfield Town Council member Carmichael "bugged"
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Bloomfield Town Council member Joann Carmichael has never been one to not say what is on her mind. Wednesday night, she was bugged in a big way when she looked down near the end of the monthly meeting and saw a dead roach laying on the floor of the Bloomfield Fire Station, where the council meets each month...
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L-S Robotics Team gearing up for competition
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
It's crunch time for the Linton-Stockton Elementary SEEK Lego Robotics Team. The team of eight is gearing up for the 2010 First Lego League (FLL) competition slated for Nov. 20 in Columbus. Karen Maryfield, coach for the LSES team, explained, "We've only got three more weeks before the competition and we are working on programming the robots to do the missions on the mat and there a lot of different missions this year."...
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New limestone signs greet travelers to Worthington
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Thanks to the Worthington Garden Club, new limestone signs greet travelers entering Worthington from the north and south sides of State Road 67. Betty Fuller, a garden club member, noted that the old wooden Worthington signs were becoming dilapidated, so for this year's community project, the club opted to erect new ones...
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Purdue partners with Bloomfield Library to recognize veterans
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University (MFRI) is collaborating with The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library to honor military members, veterans and their families in the third annual Our Heroes Tree program. Through this program, MFRI and the Bloomfield Library are working to honor past and present service members and create an awareness of military families currently affected by deployment...
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Efforts underway to revive Solsberry Festival
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Efforts are under way to revive an annual festival in the small eastern Greene County community of Solsberry. Marcy Cook, who operates Ellie Mae's Boutique, is trying to organize a committee that will plan a festival in the Solsberry area. "We're trying to drum up some interest ... and revive the festival in Solsberry," she told the Greene County Daily World...
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Dirt officially turned for I-69 section in Greene County
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Interstate 69 is now a reality in Greene County. Ground was broken Thursday morning near the intersection of U.S. 231 and State Road 58 on Section 3 -- Segments 12 and 13 in northern Daviess and southern Greene counties near the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane base. The road that was nearly two decades in the planning was hailed during the ceremony as an economic impetus for the entire southern Indiana region.
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Burchams win Hannah award
(Local News ~ 11/04/10)
Possessing a spirit to help those in need in the Bloomfield community, Joe and Jean Burcham, were honored Thursday night by the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce as the joint recipients of the Harvey L Hannah Award. The award, given annually since 1999, recognizes a person or persons from Bloomfield who have contributed significantly to the betterment of the community through service, leadership and overall love for the community...
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