Stories from Friday, March 25, 2011

The votes have been tallied and the results are complete in balloting for the 2011 Greene County Daily World All-Area Girls Basketball team. A total of 10 players were named to the squad voted on by the staff of the Daily World and includes four seniors, four juniors and a pair of sophomores...

The Town of Lyons is asking residents and visitors to complete an on-line survey about its downtown area. This area includes State Road 67 from the car wash past the Mexican restaurant, and Broad Street to the medical offices. The Town will keep the survey up until April 30. ...

A Bloomfield-based meat processing company is again a state award winner. Owners Brian and Mary Kollmeyer are elated that several of their meat recipes for locally produced products have been judged among the best in the state. Bloomfield Processing Company brought home five ribbons -- including one grand champion -- from last weekend's Hoosier Cured Meats Championship competition at West Lafayette, sponsored by the Indiana Meat Packers and Processors Association...

Be on the lookout for scams that could come through the U.S. Postal Service or on-line through specific sites as well as in personal email accounts. Just recently a Jasonville woman received a letter from Canada that contained an authentic check for almost $4,000, but the letter also contained a real scam...

The Greene County Shrine Club is tucked away in a quiet, wooded area in western Greene County. If you didn't catch a glimpse of the sign along the road you'd probably drive by without noticing a thing. But when it comes to helping others, the Shriners are on the front lines making sure children receive the help they need...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Eastern Greene senior Sam Reed will have the opportunity to continue her athletic career and take a step toward achieving her goal of becoming a teacher and coach. Reed, a 6-0 forward for the Lady Thunderbirds, signed to play at Saint Mary-of-the Woods College in Terre Haute here Friday afternoon...

The 2011 edition of the Linton-Stockton High School boys golf team has a young, but experienced team. "We do not have any seniors, but we have five of our top six golfers returning from last year's team," said Miner coach Derek Bradbury. "We only lose Chase Rhoten, who qualified for the regional as a individual...

There's much talk and debate about charter schools around the Hoosier state. This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a charter schools bill (HB 1002) -- sponsored by Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-88). The panel restored some accountability provisions before sending the proposal to the full Senate...

Preston Stone, an eighth grader from Union Junior High, recently entered a National Scholastic Art contest and received the grand prize with a winning design and essay. The contest was open to students in the United States from grades 4-12. The contest asked students to design a mask and write an essay describing their design. The final work of art and essay had to be mailed to the headquarters in New York City...

JAIL LOG...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included two requests for information, one incident of vandalism, one utility repair, one accident with property damage, four medical/illness, two complaints about animals, one assist to another agency, one domestic dispute and one traffic stop...

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James Odell Kirk, 74, of Indianapolis and formerly of Pleasantville, passed away at 12:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Methodist Hospital He was born in Dugger on Jan. 31, 1937 the son of Charles W. Kirk and Isabella Goodman Kirk. James was an Army veteran, a Jehovah's Witness, and retired from Allison's Plant No. 5 in Indianapolis...

Kevin S. Walton, 37, of Linton, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Bloomington Hospital. He was born May 18, 1973 to J. Steve Walton and Catherine A. (Frederick) Cox in Linton. Kevin worked as a brick mason and laborer. He was a member of the Laborers International Union of North America Local 741, Bloomington...

Shane Gilbert got a new bicycle for Christmas and he was looking forward to spring weather and the chance to ride with the wind every day. His first bike was an old model that developed several unfixable mechanical problems. So he was excited when a green beauty of a bike appeared on Christmas morning -- his first brand new bicycle...

Ruler Discount Foods will conduct a grand opening for its new store in Bloomfield on April 7. The opening festivities will be at 9 a.m. in White's Square, at 360 East Main St. in the former White's Regal Store building on the east side of Bloomfield...