Stories from Friday, November 22, 2013

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners fell to 0-3 on the year after a 75-16 loss at Barr-Reeve in a non-conference girls high school basketball game Thursday night at Montgomery. Avaree Dunn led LSHS with eight points. The Lady Miners return to action Saturday at North Daviess...

Greene County General Hospital hosted the Linton Miners Thursday night team meal. The hospital's Nutrition Services Department prepared a delicious meal for the players and coaches in preparation for Friday evening Class A Semi-State game at East Hancock High.

The Greene County Redevelopment Commission has agreed to a professional services agreement not to exceed $20,000 with Greene County Economic Development Corporation that fills the gap in funding that was created with the county council did not approve a 2014 budget increase by the same amount...

More than a year and a half after an announcement that a Comfort Suites Hotel was going to located near the WestGate at Crane Technology Park, a contract has been awarded for site work. AREXCO, Inc., of Spencer, won the contract with a bid of $739,815 for the site work, located at the intersection of U.S. 231S and County Road 800S ---- near the Battery Innovation Center...

Linton Electric Superintendent Nick House announced there will be a power outage on the northeast part of Linton Sunday morning. The power is expected to be out at 7 a.m. and turn back on by 8:30 a.m.

Nov. 21 -- Amanda Dawn Wheeler, 36, Indianapolis, was arrested on a warrant issued on a preliminary charge of possession of paraphernalia. She was being held without bond. Nov. 21 -- Leslie Lynn Clayton, 49, Switz City, was arrested on a warrant issued for an alleged probation violation. She was being held without bond. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Harvey Holt was the arresting officer...

The Linton Police Department's activity log on Thursday, Nov. 21 including two follow-up investigations, one medical run, one report of a prowler, one harassment complaint, one domestic dispute involving neighbors and three traffic stops...

Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library is hosting a series of Book Talk and Coffee Hour events. The second in the series will feature local author Candice Sue Patterson Monday, Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. according to Circulation Manager Tasha Hudson. Hudson said the Coffee Hour will include a local author or sometimes a musician to discuss their projects with patrons...

Bloomfield School Board members were briefed Thursday night on the anti-bullying and awareness program in the school district headed up by assistant junior-senior high principal Stella Royal. Royal explained that the district, which has had only one substantiated case of bullying since the new anti-bullying legislation went into effect July 1, has been proactive with the staff and students to make them aware of the changes in the law...

The White River Valley School Board approved the reappropriation of runover funds in their regular meeting Thursday night. The board approved the reappropriation of $200,000 in runover money to the general fund. Superintendent Bob Hacker said the corporation started the 2013 budget year with a carry over just over $250,000...

The Class A Football Semistate game featuring the Linton Miners vs. the Eastern Hancock Royals with a kick-off time of 8 p.m. Friday will be livestreamed online at lintonminers.com .

David Lee Sams, 72, of Lyons, passed away at 4 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 at his residence. Born Oct. 9, 1941 in Hazard, KY, he was the son of Jasper Lee and Edna (Nichols) Sams. He was a truck driver for Irving Materials, Inc. Surviving relatives include: his sons, Michael L. ...

Mary Helen Thompson, 74, of Bloomfield, passed away Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 at her residence. She was born June 11, 1939, in Mill Springs, Kentucky to Everett and Flonnie (Withers) Sweet. Mary Helen retired from GE in Bloomington, in 2003 after 17 years of service. She was a member of Worthington American Legion and VFW Auxiliaries...

The Shakamak at White River Valley SWIAC girls basketball game will be a varsity-only high school contest, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Lady Lakers were unable to field a junior varsity team because of a couple of injuries.

BLOOMFIELD -- Chris Hitchcock begins his fifth season as girls basketball at Bloomfield High School. Hitchcock, who is 42-42 at BHS including a 7-14 mark a year ago, is optimistic about his 2013-14 team, which 14 players, including two seniors, one junior, seven sophomores and four freshmen...

BLOOMFIELD -- Matt Britton begins his third season at his alma mater, with a large contingent of players. "We have 32 kids out for basketball," Britton said of the Bloomfield High School boys basketball roster for 2013-14. "We knew we had some larger classes coming in, but there also has been more interest in the program...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Zack Stevens begins his fourth season in charge of the Eastern Greene High School girls basketball program. Brooke Butler and Alex Dubois were the two graduation losses from last year's 9-11 squad, that included a 6-2 mark in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference...

Saturday The City of Linton's trash schedule for next week will be slightly altered due to the holiday. Thursday's trash will be picked up on Friday, and Friday's trash will be picked up on Saturday. The Linton Moose will have a salisburry steak dinner from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and karaoke at 8 p.m. Member and guests are welcome...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- After having just two coaches in 24 seasons, the Eastern Greene boys basketball program will have its second coach in the past two. Bloomfield graduate Jon Neill will take over for Levi Carmichael. "I am very thankful to have this opportunity," said Neill, a 2004 BHS graduate and a graduate of Franklin College. "In assistant coaches Justin Burris and Josh Adams, I feel fortunate to have a good staff to work with...

Because of the length of the Linton-Stockton football, a team picture and roster will appear later in the Greene County Daily World. It's not that Linton-Stockton boys basketball coach Joey Hart doesn't know what he has coming back -- it's more about when...

Hope springs eternal when it comes to the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners basketball team. And this year is no different. "I'm hoping with several key players back -- we only lost Joie Gadberry -- and some young girls that will help us some, I'm hoping we'll show some improvement from last year," Lady Miner coach Brad McKinney said. "We're not the only team with everybody back. There's a lot of teams with players back, so we've got to do a lot to make better strides."...

JASONVILLE -- Steve Brett is set to begin his sixth season at the helm of the Shakamak Lakers with some solid citizens. He's also kicking it off with less experience at the varsity level than he would like to see. "We've got some really good kids," Brett said. "They're working pretty hard here early in practice. If they keep that up we'll have a respectable team."...

JASONVILLE -- Shakamak is coming off one of its most successful girls basketball seasons in school history. The Lady Lakers won its first sectional and advanced to the regional final in Class A. They fished with a 12-12 record, 5-3 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference standings...

DUGGER -- Joe Pigg knows what kind of rebuilding project he faces taking over the reigns of the boys basketball program at Union High School, his alma mater. The Bulldogs will enter the 2013-14 season with a 27-game losing streak. They have posted 13 consecutive losing campaigns, not winning more than eight games in any season since being Class A State Runner-Up in 2000...

DUGGER -- Union girls basketball coach Benji Boyd enters his eighth season at the helm of the Lady Bulldogs and for the first time in a while, he's got something unusual. "For the first time in five years I've got an experienced team back," Boyd said. "I feel like if we can make some noise and keep everybody healthy, keep all six of our experienced players out there we could have a nice year."...

Lady Wolverines look to knock down doors By Rick Curl SPORTS WRITER SWITZ CITY -- When you sit down and discuss the upcoming girls basketball season with White River Valley head coach A.J. Graves, you get a sense that it's time for the team to move forward...

SWITZ CITY -- He might not know just yet what it will mean in terms of wins and losses, but White River Valley boys basketball coach J.B. Neill has plenty of seniors -- nine in all. "We've got a lot of seniors," Neill said. "I hope that's a good thing, a positive thing. Seniors tend to play with a little urgency and they display leadership a little better than underclassmen...

A 59-year-old Bloomfield woman, accused of pushing another woman, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her to the ground, was charged with battery resulting in bodily injury in Greene Superior Court on Friday. Sandra S. Skinner was taken into custody last Saturday and booked into the Greene County Jail by Bloomfield Deputy Marshal Marvin Holt...

Sierra New poured in four 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 16 points, but Eastern Greene fell to visiting Trinity Lutheran 53-50 in a non-conference high school girls basketball game Friday night. "I was extremely proud of how hard the girls worked tonight," said EGHS coach Zack Stevens. "They left every ounce of energy on the court tonight...

Linton-Stockton lost to host Eastern Hancock 37-16 Friday in the Class A Semistate championship football game. Here is a closer look at the game by the unofficial numbers. 0 -- The Miners have yet to win a semistate game in the history of their football program...

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- The end of the high school football for the Linton-Stockton Miners came in a fashion that was as cold as the night air that surrounded Eastern Hancock High School. "Our kids came out and played a great season," Linton-Stockton (13-1) coach Brian Oliver said. "They never expected to be here, but they gutted it out and played their hearts out."...