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A special thank you goes to RBSK Partners, PC - CPA's and Advisors for providing a server for these Greensburg/Decatur County pages.  Without their generosity and sense of community spirit, these pages would not be possible.

Click HERE to read a January 29, 2002 newspaper article about this web site.

 

Click HERE for Greensburg
Lady Pirates Volleyball.




Click HERE
to visit the Greensburg/Decatur County Animal Shelter website.

The icon listed below will be flashing during an active Amber Alert. 








The Official
Greensburg/Decatur County Community Page
Serving the Community For Over Ten Years
by David A. Leas

Photograph taken on 5-06-04  © David A. Leas - all rights reserved.

The Famous Decatur County Courthouse Tower Tree
 

Decatur County is located in southeast Indiana at the intersections of Interstate 74 and State Road 3.  The County Seat of Decatur County is Greensburg.  The population of Decatur County is approximately 25,000, with 10,000 of those people living in Greensburg.

As you can see in the above picture, the courthouse of Decatur County has a tree growing out of the top of the courthouse tower.  This tree has been mentioned in publications throughout the world, including an episode on the television show, "Ripley's Believe It or Not", and causes thousands of visitors to come to Greensburg each year.  

Please explore the links on the left side of this page to see what Decatur County has to offer.  You will not only be pleased, but you might also be surprised!

If you like what you see on these pages, just wait until you visit Decatur County in person.  You won't be disappointed!




February 22, 2010
A Very Foggy Morning





2009-10 IHSAA Class 3A Girl's Basketball

35th Annual State Tournament Series

Class 3A, Sectional 28 -- Franklin County


The Greensburg Lady Pirates beat Batesville, 50-39 to win the Sectional






February 6, 2010
Cardinals and Snow






Basketball Lady Pirates
Schedule and Results
2009/2010






E-mail Scams
Received This Morning
(Gold, Puppies and Veterinary Equipment)
12/03/2009





Representative Cleo Duncan
"has no plans to seek another term"
November 9, 2009





11 photos of fall colors
Photos taken on
October 19, 2009, October 20, 2009 and October 21, 2009






Flu.gov

(this link will take you to another website)

Flu information from the Federal government including information about H1N1






North Decatur is the Class 2A
2009 IHSAA Sectional 44 Volleyball  Champion







Single Mothers Network

● A support group for single mothers in the Decatur County area

Weekly meetings at Greensburg United Methodist Church, held on Tuesdays, 6:30- 7:30 pm. Childcare will be provided!

Goal of forming a network of women who share similar challenges and concerns, to establish a healthy process of listening, encouraging and supporting one another, to discuss stressful issues, and obtain creative solutions to some of the problems they may be experiencing.

Guest speakers and topics will include: parent effectiveness training, improving communication with the noncustodial parent, preparation guidelines for legal proceedings, health and nutrition, and much more.

Peer support network pledged to maintain confidentiality, to expand insights into self and others, subsequently strengthening participant's capacities to effectively parent.

Group facilitator: Connie Sprague Frink, RN, MSW

Please call the Greensburg United Methodist Church (663-LOVE) to register and indicate if childcare will be needed.

Go to
The Greensburg Mothers Network for more information.


 






The Greensburg Boys Tennis Team
competed in the 43rd Annual Boys Tennis Tournament
at the Shawe Memorial Sectional.

Congratulations Greensburg
o
n winning your 4th Consecutive
IHSAA Sectional !!






37th Annual IHSAA Girl's Golf State Finals
Location:  The Legends of Indiana Golf Course, Franklin, IN
Dates: Friday, Oct. 2 (Round One); Saturday, Oct. 3 (Round Two).
Time: 8:30 am ET both days.

 
Click HERE to see the Player Leader Board.

Greensburg's Brianna Scheidler finished in
4th place of the State Finals with a score of 155.  Congratulations Brianna !!!





Greensburg's Lady Pirates
Winners of the
37th Annual IHSAA Girls
Golf Sectional

September 19, 2009







2009 Decatur County Fall Festival
Greensburg, Indiana
September 19, 2009


41 Photographs





5 More Photos of the
2009 Herb Koehler Memorial Parade
Greensburg, Indiana
September 19, 2009


These five photographs were taken by Bill Fisher




2009 Herb Koehler Memorial Parade
Greensburg, Indiana
September 19, 2009


94 Photographs






2009 Greensburg Community High School
2009 GCHS Homecoming - © William A. Fisher
Homecoming Court
Photo taken by William Fisher





Greensburg Car Show
Downtown Greensburg, Indiana
July 25, 2009


54 Photographs





My Neighbor's Unusual Hobby

Greensburg, Indiana
July 16, 2009






The 2009 Decatur County 4-H Fair Parade
Greensburg, Indiana
July 12, 2009


114 Photographs




2009 Tri Kappa 4th of July Parade
Greensburg, Indiana
59 Photographs



Sesquicentennial Tea-Fashion Show

150th Anniversary - Greensburg, Indiana
1 Photo



Sesquicentennial Entertainment on the Square
Including, "Big Daddy Weave"

Sunday, June 14, 2009
17 Photographs




Sesquicentennial "Hot Wax 50's & 60's Revue"

Saturday Evening, June 13, 2009
11 Photographs




Sesquicentennial "Then and Now" Parade

June 13, 2009
141 Photographs








Greensburg's 150th Anniversary

Schedule of Events for the Greensburg Sesquicentennial






2009 IHSAA Shot Put State Finalists








Spring Colors in the Backyard
April 18, 2009











Cross Bones Carnival Relays - 2009
Greensburg Community High School
April 11, 2009


Participating Schools - Columbus North, Connersville, East Central, Greensburg, Madison, Oldenburg and Pendleton Heights

CLICK HERE to see 10 photos of the Cross Bones Carnival Relays






 


Photo taken by the Batesville Herald Tribune

Jac-Cen-Del wins state title
March 28, 2009

The Jac-Cen-Del Eagles defeated the Triton Trojans 66-55 Saturday morning in the IHSAA Class A title game at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.










Early Spring in Hillcrest
March 25, 2009







Greensburg Community High School
won the 2009 Boy's Basketball
IHSAA Regional !!!


 


 
© David A. Leas - all rights reserved.

Snowing In Hillcrest
Greensburg, Indiana
8:10 a.m. - January 28, 2009





© David A. Leas - all rights reserved.

Sunrise Over Hillcrest
Greensburg, Indiana
8:01 a.m. - January 21, 2009






Photograph taken on my cell phone
while travelling to work on the
State Road 3 By-pass


-9° Fahrenheit

-9° Fahrenheit

January 16, 2009 - 7:56 a.m.






 

Previous Pictorials

 


 

History of the World Famous Tower Tree


Current Weather Conditions from the Greensburg Elementary Weather Station

 


 

 

 

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