Stories from Friday, December 10, 2010

Be sure to mark your calendar for Dec. 16 -- which is the date of the annual free community holiday dinner at the Saron Church Fellowship Hall in Linton. The event -- which is sponsored by the church as well as the Linton Rotary -- has a history of about 15 years...

A pink and white "memory tree" is now nestled among the holiday decor on the first floor of the Greene County Courthouse. Last week, Bloomfield High School cheerleaders decorated the pink memory tree in honor of loved ones and friends. Laura Rose, BHS cheerleader sponsor, provided details on the first-time tree project...

Linton Utilities welcomed a new face to the office this week. Shawn Clifford, a 1999 Linton-Stockton grad, is glad to be back home and looks forward to a long run as the manager of Linton Utilities. He is replacing long-time manager Brent Slover -- who resigned in November after taking employment with Hoosier Energy in Bloomington...

If you're a local high school student thinking about a medical career, then look no further than Twin Rivers Health Careers. The program is an exploration class for students interested in pursuing a career in the medical or health fields and for students who may be unsure of what they want to study after high school, explained RN Carmen Cross, who has served as the program's instructor since 2004...

A truck reported stolen in Greene County, Missouri, was recovered in Greene County, Indiana, late Wednesday night. The recovery was made after an incident that began with an alleged theft of fuel in Worthington ended in the apprehension of two suspects in Linton after they fled at high speeds, rolled over stopsticks, jumped ditches, crashed the truck, then took off on foot...

Rosemary Humphreys Morrow passed on the morning of December 9, 2010 at Richland Bean Blossom HCC in Ellettsville. Known as Rosy to all, she was a wonderful wife and mother and friend to many. She was an accomplished artist and musician with a degree from the Indiana University School of Music. She did paintings and pottery among other artistic pursuits...

Eastern Greene played well at times and that was good enough to come away with a 72-54 victory over host Brown County in a non-conference high school boys basketball game at Nashville Friday night. The Thunderbirds improved to 4-0. "I thought we had two really good spurts -- one in the first quarter and another in the third quarter," said Eastern Greene coach Andy Igel. "I was really happy with both of those spurts, but not happy that we weren't able to maintain our intensity and focus...

DUGGER -- Sullivan outscored host Union (Dugger) 30-6 from 3-point range as the Golden Arrows defeated the Bulldogs 73-42 in a non-conference high school boys basketball game here Friday night. Despite the disparity in shooting from distance, the Bulldogs (1-6) trailed 22-13 after the first quarter and 35-25 at intermission...

BLOOMFIELD -- Bloomfield junior Ryan O'Neall drained eight of nine free throws in the fourth quarter and got a little help from Payton Karl and Ben Hayes as the Cardinals defeated visiting Clay City 44-36 Friday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game at Glover Gym...

A Linton pizza establishment has been hosting weekly Monday afternoon bingo games for menu product coupons as prizes for a long time. However, since January the weekly 2 p.m. bingo gathering of primarily senior-aged players at Pizza Hut has been slowly raising money to help make the Christmas holiday merrier for some needy area youngsters...

SWITZ CITY -- Eminence outscored host White River Valley 12-5 in the final eight minutes to come away with a 37-30 victory in a non-conference high school girls basketball game. "We played well for most of the game," said WRV coach A.J. Graves, whose Lady Wolverines lost their eighth straight game to fall to 2-8. "It was a neck and neck game until they got up by four to five points...