Stories from Wednesday, August 1, 2018

The Newberry Festival committee is working to freshen up the festivities, and this year has included a pageant for the littlest ones up to seniors in high school. The Newberry Festival is scheduled for Aug. 17 and 18, with the second day of the festival featuring the inaugural Newberry Festival Pageant...

There will be a launch party next week for a new Little Free Library location. Bloomfield Eastern Greene Library's Mary Burch said a launch party will be hosted at the new location, Independence Place Apartments, located at 740 SE K St. in Linton. Free food and celebration will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1...

Friday, August 3 Local artist Wyatt LeGrand will have an exhibit at a pop-up gallery on Main Street. The show will be Aug. 3 and 4 from 5-10 p.m. Kade Puckett will be playing a free show at the Saturday evening reception. Bloomfield Public Library hosting movie marathon. ...

Dennis W. Henico, Sr., age 69, of Linton, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Linton on August 27, 1948, the son of Henry and Thelma “Tippy” (Cox) Henico. He was 1966 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. He worked for many years building power lines until becoming a truck driver in 1984. He retired in 2013 from Republic Services...

The Linton Police Department responded to 20 incidents and call for service July 31, including one animal complaint, one assist to other departments, one battery, one civil dispute, one EMS, five finger printings, one harassment, one reckless driver, two repos, one road hazard, one suspicious, one theft, one threat and two traffic stops...

The guide to hunting and trapping in Indiana is available now, online, at hunting.IN.gov. The printed version of the 48-page Indiana Hunting and Trapping Guide will be available, free, at the Natural Resources Building at the Indiana State Fair, and at various retailers that sell hunting licenses and equipment, and at many DNR properties...

Linton Utilities Operations Manager Brent Murray reported there will be a power outage into the early morning hours starting around midnight tonight. The city will be working on a broken cross arm, which will result in a power outage from midnight to 2 a.m. The areas affected will start at 4th Street NE and go west, past Pizza Villa in Linton...

Greene County Council president Jerry Frye addressed the county’s fiscal body Monday evening, requesting they seriously take a look at the number of staff at the Greene County Jail. Frye reported Greene County Sheriff Mike Hasler had an unannounced visit from Indiana Jail Inspector Kenneth Whipker, in which the topic of jail staffing came up...

Barbara J. Parkes, 86, of Bloomington, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. Born December 4, 1931 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Ben and Fanny (McMurray) Anderson. She was a homemaker and attended Cincinnati Christian Church and later Sherwood Oaks Church in Bloomington...

This weekend, the Dugger Coal Festival Committee will present the inaugural ‘Back to School Bash’, an event aimed at raising funds for this year’s Dugger Coal Festival. Jon Dobbins, Dugger Coal Festival Committee President, said two big events, as well as a giveaway, are planned...

When Becca Robbins threw the discus 90 feet, seven inches to place sixth in the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympics Track and Field Championships – thereby earning All-America honors – her throwing coach Archie Ellett couldn’t be physically present at the meet in Greensboro, N.C...

Football fans and the Linton community in general will have a chance to eat, and meet the 2018 Linton Miner football team in an annual fundraising event a week from Saturday. The annual “Meet the Miners” dinner is scheduled for Saturday, August 11 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the Roy Clark building at the Linton City Park...

After more than six years of hard work, the Bloomfield Pool is re-opening to the general public this Friday, August 3. However, this is not the first time the pool has re-opened. From the first re-opening of the Bloomfield Pool in 2008 to its last closing in 2012 and now it's grand re-opening, the Greene County Daily World has been following the progress of the pool. ...

Success and motivational gurus such as Tony Robbins frequently tout the benefits of goal-setting. “Goal setting works” is the oft-repeated phrase they cite. Goal setting certainly worked for an aspiring track and field athlete from Linton. Becca Robbins – no relation to the self-help authority – recently set a goal of becoming a Junior Olympics All-American. And the youngster accomplished what she had set out to achieve...