Stories from Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Linton-Stockton High School junior varsity and varsity boys basketball teams will host Eminence Friday night, starting with the junior varsity at 6 p.m. The varsity contest will follow. The Daily World incorrectly had the game listed as being at Eminence...

SITUATION UPDATE Despite the improving weather conditions in the wake of the recent winter storm, untreated surfaces may continue to be slick and icy for several days as temperatures will remain below freezing through at least Friday. Travelers are advised to exercise caution over the next couple of days and remain alert for slick and icy areas...

Despite the cold temperatures, crews were still out working to restore electrical power to customers scattered throughout the area Thursday. Wide-spread power loss was part of the aftermath of the recent winter storm that whipped across the Hoosier State and much of the nation this past week...

The Cloverdale at Shakamak varsity only girls basketball game scheduled for Thursday has been postponed because Shakamak was not in school. A make-up date has not been announced.

Bernard F. Brewer, 77, of Carlisle, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. He was born in Sullivan County on March 16, 1933 the son of Foster R. Brewer and Viles Sexton Brewer. Bernard was a Korean War Army Veteran, and a retired teacher for Indianapolis Public Schools, and a member of the Dugger American Legion Post # 224...

For Linton Mayor Tom Jones, managing a city is different than managing a business or family. "I would strongly disagree with (the) statement that managing a city is like managing a family or managing a budget in business," he explained during a recent live stream interview with the Greene County Daily World -- which is archived at www.gcdailyworld.com ...

When storms loom in the forecast and people are urged to prepare, personnel at Greene County General Hospital take those warnings very seriously. Assistant Administrator Randy Padgett says when any type of storm is predicted, hospital staff do double-checks on their supplies and make preparations to handle whatever comes their way...

WRV Lyons and Worthington Elementary schools were recognized by the Indiana Student Achievement Institute as a "Top Gainer" school during the Indiana Conference on Learning on Jan. 25 in Indianapolis. The award is presented to school that demonstrate exemplary improvement the percentage of passing ISTEP + and ECA test over a three year period...

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. from Pasadena, Calif. announced Thursday that it was selected to provide engineering services for Interstate 69 through sections of Greene and Daviess counties under a design-build contract from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)...

The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce wants to take a more visible and active role in drawing people to shop at local businesses. At Thursday's monthly noon luncheon meeting, business owner Jan Yake, of Primitives, Decors and More on East Main Street, was given permission to head up a Spring Break in Bloomfield sales promotion March 11,12 and 13 under the auspices of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce...

Due to the recent bad weather several basketball games over the next two days have been affected. Both the Union (Dugger) boys and girls basketball games slated for this weekend have been canceled along with the Linton-Stockton game with Eminence on Friday night and the Lady Miners game with North Central on Saturday morning...

When it began, 35 years ago, they wore hand-me down jerseys from the boys basketball squad, some sewing their own numbers on at home. When it ended, the 1976 Bloomfield Lady Cardinals had played their way into Hinkle Fieldhouse and the state championship game, uniting the entire town behind them in the first year girls basketball was sanctioned by the Indiana High School Athletic Association...

The Northview at Bloomfield High School girls basketball game scheduled for Thursday has been called off, according to BHS athletic director Ron McBride. The reason was that Clay Community Schools were not in session Thursday. McBride said the game could be made up, but no date has been set yet...

Due to the recent bad weather several basketball games over the next two days have been affected. Both the Union (Dugger) boys and girls basketball games slated for this weekend have been canceled along with the Linton-Stockton game with Eminence on Friday night and the Lady Miners game with North Central on Saturday morning...

JAIL LOG...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included two assists to the utility department after hours with one utility repair, one robbery, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, two medical/illness, one assist to another agency and one domestic dispute...

Friday, Feb. 4 Monday, Feb. 7 Tuesday, Feb. 8 Wednesday, Feb. 9 Thursday, Feb. 10 Friday, Feb. 11 Sunday, Feb. 13 Monday, Feb. 14 Tuesday, Feb. 15 Thursday, Feb. 17 Saturday, Feb. 19 Sunday, Feb. 27 Ongoing Events...

White River Valley dropped its regular-season finale, falling to visiting Washington Catholic 44-35 in a high school girls basketball game Thursday night at Switz City. WC improved to 4-16 while WRV concluded the regular season at 2-18. Maddy Dyer scored a season-high 17 points to lead WRV, who trailed 23-22 at the half...

Seniors Cora Sherfield, Sydney Spice, Mikaela New, Alexis Ray and Sam Reed had their final appearance for Eastern Greene Thursday night, helping the Lady Thunderbirds defeat North Daviess 36-22 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game Thursday night...

A Linton man accused of being drunk and disorderly, making a racket outside then threatening to kill his neighbors would up in jail late Wednesday evening. Richard E. House, 23, will be charged in Greene Superior Court with two counts of intimidation, both class D felonies, and three counts related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated...

It sure wasn't the finish to the regular season Linton-Stockton girls basketball coach Brad McKinney wanted for his Lady Miners. After not being able to practice or play for the last four days the Lady Miners looked like a team that was unprepared for what stood ahead of them -- Class A No. 7 Barr-Reeve and ultimately a 47-23 shelling by the Lady Vikings...