Stories from Friday, December 14, 2012

Friday Bloomfield High School homecoming will take place in the Glover Gymnasium. Crowning ceremonies will take place between the junior varsity and varsity games. Alumni from years ending in "3" will be honored at halftime of the varsity game. Homecoming activities include a school parade and pep session, dress-up days and a Karaoke night...

The Friends of Goose Pond have the 2013 calendar on sale in order to raise funds for the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area (FWA). "Calendar sales have been steady, to slightly dropping off, but it's still a good fundraiser," Friends of Goose Pond president Tom Ciskowski said...

The start of the holiday season has kicked off once again, so don't let the flu stand in the way of your fun. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade with higher-than-normal reports of infection coming from the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas...

Country Porch convenience store will be working with Santa Claus this weekend to provide Christmas for five local families in Greene, Sullivan and Clay counties. Dugger Country Porch manager Patti Danner said store owners Mike and Gary Laycock contacted her a few months ago about organizing a Christmas party...

No one was home when a rural Linton home caught fire just before noon Friday. Brandon Bedwell, whose residence is located at 2646 N County Road 1500W, lost everything in his home from smoke and fire damage. Linton Fire Chief Brad Sparks said the department would be contacting the fire marshal to get an exact cause of the fire...

Luvina Mary (Williams) Hutchens, 88, of Bloomfield, passed away at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Greene County General Hospital. Born March 6, 1924 in Owen County, she was the daughter of Morton Harrison and Mary Frances (Ransford) Williams...

A student and teacher at Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School have turned the lessons learned in a mathematics class project into a loving gift for financially disadvantaged children who suffer from long-term medical hair loss. Teacher Diane Rodriguez and freshman Izzy Haug both had between 10 and 12 inches of hair clipped from their heads Thursday that will be destined for use in the Locks of Love program...

Morris Owen Stivers, Jr., 54 of Linton, went home to be with the Lord on December 13, 2012. He was born May 20, 1958 in Bloomington to Morris, Sr. and Evelyn Skirvin Stivers. He graduated from Bloomington High School North in 1977 and served in the Indiana National Guard. He worked at Coca Cola in Bloomington for several years and at Carlisle Prison as a guard for 15 years. He was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church in Linton...

Richard O. House, 83, of Linton, passed away at 6:34 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at his residence in Linton. He was born in Terre Haute on Nov. 8, 1929, the son of Isaac House II and Bertha I. (Bryant) House. Richard was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a High Line Worker with IBEW Electric Union #1393 and Electricians Local Union #725. He retired from Crane in 1990 as an electrician...