Stories from Friday, April 20, 2012

SWITZ CITY ---- The White River Valley Board of School Trustees has moved forward in discussions about what to do in terms of two elementary school buildings and future facility needs. On Thursday night, the board agreed to narrow their choice for an architectural firm from five companies to two firms that will be interviewed...

The Second Annual Greene County Hunger Awareness Concert is ready to take the stage Saturday night. Hosted by Linton First Christian Church, all proceeds from the 7 p.m. contemporary Christian music concert will go to area food pantries. Canned and perishable food products will be collected at the door the night of the concert...

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A former Linton registered nurse has been arrested and preliminarily charged with irregularities in the care of a teen male victim, who suffers from cerebral palsy and other disabling disorders. Brandy Sue James, who lives on NE 7th St., was taken into custody on a Greene Circuit Court warrant at about 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday at her residence by Linton police officers Chad Crynes and Josh Goodman...

A few missing ingredients have spurred Soy-Yer Dough to contact its customers regarding the return of a few batches of product the Bloomfield-based toy company issued early this spring. "We have encountered a problem with a few batches of our dough that were sent out," according to the company's press releases, specifying shipments which were produced from March 1 until April 9. "We test our dough daily and we found there were missing ingredients in some of our batches during that time."...

SWITZ CITY -- In an effort to keep pace with rising food preparation and transportation costs, the White River Valley Board of School Trustees agreed to a cafeteria meal price increase Thursday night. The cost of a student breakfast meal will increase from $1 to $1.35, while the cost of lunch will go from $2.15 per meal to $2.50, starting next school year...

Plans for the Eighth Annual Greene County Flower and Patio Show have been announced. Sponsored by the Greene County Master Gardeners Association, the free event at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service's Community Building at the fairgrounds will run April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and April 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m...

The Greene County Redevelopment Commission has a modular home for sale and will be selling it to the highest bidder in early June. The residence must be moved promptly to make way for a possible economic development project. The 1,585 square feet, three bedroom, two bath double-wide manufactured home is about 10-15 years old and needs to be moved off of its current site by the prospective buyer no later than June 30, according to a motion passed at Thursday morning's meeting...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Kosciusko Community Hospital vs. Jerry King, Jr., civil collection. Robert Whitaker, Jr. vs. Patricia Whitaker, dissolution of marriage. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Bonnie D. Cordell, battery; disorderly conduct...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department activity log for April 19 included: One property damage traffic accident; one medical/illness case; and one traffic stop...

You've got to have art, all you really need is art -- even if it comes a la carte. Linton-Stockton Elementary School art teacher Crystal Woods may not have a classroom, just a rolling supply center that travels around the school. Still, the educator proves where there are wheels, there's a way, traveling from homeroom to homeroom and teaching 120 students at a time about art...

On Tuesday, Bloomfield Jr./Sr. High School's Senior Action Team staged a "Mock Crash." Pat Fitzgerald from Bays Old Barn Garage of Bloomfield placed two crashed cars in front of the school. The cars were donated by Jonathon Kitto and Marc and April Ranard of Ranard's Recycling...

Betty L. Wolfe, 73, of Linton, passed from this life and met Jesus on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Chicago, Ill., on Sept. 1, 1938 to Ignatius Nicholas and Adeline (Wettstein) Sowka. She was united in marriage with Jack R. Wolfe on Dec. 15, 1984...

The new coordinator of the Plummer/Richland Creek Watershed Project wants to hear your concerns about water quality, and also educate local high school students. Watershed Coordinator Adam Grossman said the Plummer/Richland Creek project covers most of eastern Greene County, a portion of western Monroe County and part of southeastern Owen County...

The Linton-Stockton vs. Bloomfield high school baseball game will be made up at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28. It was rained out earlier this month. It will follow the Orleans at Linton-Stockton game, which is set to begin at 10 a.m. The conference game will be a home game for the Cardinals...

Mary E. (Carpenter) Walton, 89, of Linton, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Glenburn Home in Linton. She was born Oct. 17, 1922, in Linton, the daughter of Osman and Lola (Rarder) Carpenter. She lived in Westville for several years, working in Michigan City as a baker. She also worked at Freeman-Greene County Hospital as a CNA...