Stories from Friday, October 12, 2012

History class was never quite like this. Resurrecting old memories and clarifying questions, a group of around 30 Linton residents provide a singularly energetic trek down memory lane every month at the Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center. Led by Linton City Councilman Fred Markle, a local history buff, the two-month old effort's drawn a strong response already, with sessions typically running two hours or longer...

Friday, Oct. 12 Bloomfield School District will be conducting a Full Scale Evacuation Drill between 1:45 and 2:15 p.m. today. Parents will be notified via SchoolReach calling system and parent letters will be sent out with details. There will be a yard sale at the Dugger Casey's at 8 a.m. All proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children's Research...

For the third consecutive year, the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) has selected Parke Williams Ltd. for the 2012 Best of Bloomington Award in the Executive Search Consultants category. The company is operated and was founded by Lyons native Carolyn Williams...

All Greene County residents are invited to a Farm Bureau, Inc. sponsored "Meet the Candidate Night" on Tuesday at the Greene County Extension Office at the fairgrounds. Greene County Farm Bureau Inc. President Garry Heshelman said doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the event will start at 7 p.m...

Citizens across Indiana made their last minute preparations for the voter registration deadline that passed last Tuesday, making them eligible to vote in the Nov. 6 General Election. For many 18-year-olds in high school, the fact that they will be eligible to vote this year has just recently come to their realization...

Campaign signs don't tell the story. To the Editor: Don't be duped in to believing a bunch of big campaign signs somehow changes the person whose names on those signs. Nothing has changed since we stood with our local teachers at the Greene County Court House to call Matt Ubehlor out on his "yea" vote for Charter Schools. ...

The parents of babies who were taken too soon from this earth will have a chance to gather in A Walk to Remember ceremony at Linton Humphreys Park Saturday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. "We are going to have a short walk around the park to give time to remember our babies and talk to one another about our stories," organizer Ashley Stevenson explained...

Members of the community gathered for Purdue Extension - Greene County's Semi-Annual Open House organized by the 4-H Council, Purdue Extension and the Greene County P-CARET Chapter (Purdue Council on Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching) last evening...

Plans for the trial run of extending the Community Farmer's Market in Bloomfield have been reconsidered, and the market is officially closed for the season. "I had the vendors ask me to extend, then we had some really decreased participation because we were encouraging vendors to particpate in other festivals and events," organizer Vickie Hatfield said...

CRANE -- Federal, state and local officials will gather Tuesday to officially cut the ribbon on the $8.6 million WestGate Academy Conferencing and Training Center in a 10 a.m. ceremony. Ground was broken in late July of 2011 on the 70,000 square feet facility that is expected to accelerate the development and growth of the region, as it will allow NSWC Crane-related major conferences and national training programs to take place in the tech park...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Oct. 12 ---- Jeffrey L. Allen, 27, of Lewis, was arrested by the Indiana State Police on preliminary charges of burglary, theft. Bond set at $14,000. Oct. 11 ---- Dustin B. McKim, 33, of Shelburn, was arrested by the Linton City Police Department on preliminary charges of disorderly conduct, public intoxication. Bond set at $1,000...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Calvary SPV vs. Rodney Reynolds, Jr., civil collection. Asset Acceptance LLC vs. Mary Ison, civil collection. Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Eric King, Rebecca King, mortgage foreclosure. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Civil Filings...

Greene County General Hospital embarked on what hospital leaders are calling a 'new era' for the Linton-based medical facility. Before the first shovels of dirt were turned ---- signaling the start of the $6.5 million state of the art emergency room expansion as well as renovation to the physical therapy, radiology, pharmacy departments ---- Greene County General Hospital's Chief Financial Officer/Assistant CEO Tim Norris called this a good and important day for entire Greene County community...

The Edgewood at Eastern Greene jv football game scheduled for Monday has been canceled, according to EGHS athletic director Trevor McConnell.

Robert Edward "RE" Johnson, 80, of Bloomfield, passed away at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at his residence. Born June 2, 1932 in Bloomfield, he was the son of Freemont and Alta (Huffman) Johnson. He was a car salesman operating a Ford dealership in Jasonville. He served his country in the Korean War in the United States Army and was a member of the Worthington American Legion and VFW...

Union concluded the regular season with a 42-34 loss at Wood Memorial in a Southwest Seven Conference football game here Friday night. This story will be updated.

Eastern Greene concluded the regular season with a 47-31 loss at Tecumseh in a non-conference high school football game at Lynnville Friday night. The Thunderbirds, who dropped to 5-4, had leads through the first half. "We came out and got a turnover right off the bat and went down and scored and led 7-0," said Eastern Greene coach Luke Dean. "We were feeling pretty good about ourselves at that point...

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES FRIDAY Anderson 41, Kokomo 34 Anderson Prep Academy 40, Wes-Del 0 Andrean 20, Lowell 19 Angola 58, Central Noble 12 Attica 55, Turkey Run 0 Beech Grove 15, Lapel 13 Bremen 34, Glenn 24 Brown Co. 22, Northview 21 Brownsburg 31, Fishers 0...

Saturday, Oct. 13 The Owensburg-Jackson Twp. Fire Department will be having a chili dinner at the Owensburg-Jackson Twp. Fire Department from 4 to 8 p.m. The dinner is free, however, donations are accepted and greatly appreciated. Along with the dinner, fire prevention items are available for the children. Face painting and balloon sculptures will be provided by Dooley D. Clown and Clowne from 5 to 7 p.m...

It's a long time -- if only a short distance -- from the one-room schoolhouse in Bodwell where Daniel and David Frye learned their lessons to the modern classrooms of Bloomfield Elementary School. "I've worked at Bloomfield Schools now for 35 years, and it's amazing to me how much it's changed just in the time I've been there," Daniel Frye said...

After three years of set backs and nearly giving up hope, a Worthington woman has finally achieved her dreams of opening a bed and breakfast. A few years ago Brenda Wall's husband, Layton, bought her a "Bed and Breakfast for Dummies" book after expressing interest in opening an establishment...