-
Setback a character building for All-Stars
(Local News ~ 07/29/05)
MONTICELLO ---- Character for athletes isn't always built by winning. Sometimes they learn more from losing. Linton's 9- and 10-year-old Little League all-star team got a big dose of character against Lebanon Thursday night at William Guthrie Stadium in Monticello in its first game of the state tournament...
-
Linton All-Star girls defeated in tournament
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/05)
Linton's 10-and-under All-Stars competed in a tournament in Trafalgar, Ind., last weekend, but the results were less than pleasant. The team lost the opening game to Rushville 14-1 before bouncing back in the second game for a 17-1 rout of Warren County...
-
Hughes doesn't advance
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/05)
INDIANAPOLIS - Jennifer Hughes participated in the 800-meter run preliminaries at the U.S.A. National Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships yesterday, but she didn't advance to Saturday's final round. Hughes ran a time of 2:41.76 in the second of four heats. She was over 29 seconds behind heat winner Nicole Jones of Track Houston and over 31 seconds behind top qualifier Chanell Price of United Stars...
-
Dunkerly, Pruett eliminated from tourneys
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/05)
Drew Dunkerly advanced to the quarterfinals of the 80th Pepsi Boys State Junior Championship on Thursday at the Indiana University Golf Course. Dunkerly, a Linton-Stockton High School graduate who will be a freshman at the University of Southern Indiana, defeated Robbie Newbold of Greenwood 3 and 2 in the round of 16 on Thursday morning...
-
Linton Little Leaguers drop state tourney opener
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/05)
MONTICELLO ---- The 9-and 10-year-old all-star team from Linton found themselves in unfamiliar territory this tournament season when they fell behind 7-2 after the first inning. But the Little League team didn't get this far to just lie down. Trailing 8-3 heading into the top of the fifth inning, Linton put together its best rally in scoring seven runs to take a 10-8 lead...
-
Betty K. Rowe
(Obituary ~ 07/29/05)
Betty K. Rowe, 83, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at the Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born June 18, 1922 in West Baden, she was the daughter of Prather and Clara (Schultz) Hendrix. She was married to Vernon C. Rowe, who passed away in 1998...
-
Kenneth R. Baker
(Obituary ~ 07/29/05)
Kenneth R. Baker, 64, of Linton, passed away at 8:55 a.m. Thursday, July 28, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born July 15, 1941 in Greene County, he was the son of William Frank and Alma Marie (Thomas) Baker. He was a member of the New Covenant Ministries Church in Linton and worked at Four Rivers Developmental Center...
-
Bloomfield hires Spanish teacher
(Local News ~ 07/29/05)
The Bloomfield School Board of Trustees approved the hiring of a new Spanish teacher during its regular session Thursday. The overcrowding of the Spanish III and IV classes created this new half-time position. Superintendent Ron Hasler explained that the hiring of Lisa Tarr-Bauman as a half-time Spanish teacher will fix the previous overcrowding problem...
-
Fire determined to be electrical
(Local News ~ 07/29/05)
The cause of an early morning house fire, which occurred in southwestern Clay County on Friday, has been determined by the fire marshal. The fire marshal ruled the fire electrical, while not ruling out a possible lightning strike. Lewis Township Fire Department Chief Bryan Husband said the fire marshal visited the scene around 9 a.m. on Friday and was assisted by Lewis Township firefighter Shawn Husband...
-
Mary Kay consultants to conduct fundraiser
(Local News ~ 07/29/05)
Local Mary Kay consultants are joining forces to raise money that will go to the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation. The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation supports such causes as domestic violence awareness and cancers that are prevalent in females...
-
Three local restaurants on state list
(Local News ~ 07/29/05)
Three local restaurants were recently honored by being included in the newest edition of "Dining Secrets of Indiana." Stoll's Country Inn and Old Bank & Co. in Linton and the Front Porch Steak House in Worthington were mentioned in the fifth edition of book...
-
Foundation asking for requests
(Local News ~ 07/29/05)
The Greene County Foundation is currently taking requests for the 2005 grant-making cycle. Formed in 1998, the Greene County Foundation, is for the public benefit of Greene County. "This year we are focusing our discretionary grant making in the areas of leadership, development, civic engagement and endowment. ...
-
Filming begins on Linton documentary
(Local News ~ 07/29/05)
What do Humphreys Park, Goosepond, Beehunter Marsh, the You'll Like Linton sign and The Grill have in common? They're all areas that were filmed Thursday for a documentary about the Linton area. Bill Barnes, a 1964 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School, and local business owner Fred Markle collaborated ideas and thoughts to come up with the idea of making a documentary about Linton...
-
Area sports notes
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/05)
Linton Jr. High football camp Linton Junior High football camp will be Monday Aug. 8 through Friday Aug. 12 from 5-7 p.m. Players can pick up equipment between 9 and 11 a.m. on Aug. 6 or between 4 and 5 p.m. on Aug. 8. For more information call Jake Gennicks at 847-7851 or call Andrew Bredeweg at 847-8915...
Stories from Friday, July 29, 2005
Browse other days