Stories from Friday, March 8, 2019

My Dearest Spring, If we did something to offend you, we are sorry. When you left last year and we started hanging out with Summer, it was just because you were gone and we were lonely. She meant nothing to us, we swear. We miss you so much it hurts. Just thinking of your comfortable temperatures and the friends you bring, the lilacs and the robins and the bunny rabbits, makes us long for you to come back...

Fans who have attended a Linton Miners away game this season may have noticed the Miner cheerleading squad cleaning up in the stands after the game. During the spring and summer months the cheerleaders stay busy with community service projects and fundraising initiatives. But once football and basketball seasons start, there isn’t much time for community service...

Life as we know it can change in an instant. For Linton-Stockton senior Jaden Chambers, that fateful instant came Thursday, December 12. That day Jaden was seriously injured in an automobile accident. He suffered whiplash and a traumatic brain injury. Jaden was transported to the Intensive Care Unit at Terre Haute Regional Hospital...

Our Pet of the Week this week is Bear. Bear is a four-year-old German Shepard mix. He is neutered, house trained, heartworm negative, current on shots and will be microchipped. The staff at the Greene County Humane Society said ABSOLUTELY NO CATS around Bear because Bear considers cats a delightfully tasty treat as well as a scourge on the planet Earth that must be eradicated at all costs. ...

He holds virtually every Linton-Stockton school record for 3-point marksmanship – career, season, single-game, career percentage, season percentage, you name it. But this year Tucker Hayes has transformed his game. He is now more than just a long-range gunner. Hayes has worked to become a more complete player...

Setting goals for the upcoming season is commonplace for high school basketball teams and their coaches. Winning a conference championship and winning a sectional are two of the most common. The Linton Miners managed to do both, finishing the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference slate undefeated (7-0) for their sixth conference title in the past seven years; and winning the 2A Sectional 47 championship, defeating South Knox 54-39 in the final...

The next step in the Linton-Stockton Miners’ postseason journey could be summed up by the theme song from the cult classic film Slap Shot, the hockey-themed comedy starring Paul Newman: “Right Back Where We Started From.” The season resumes Saturday the way it started – a rematch with the Paoli Rams, the Miners’ season-opening foe in the Linton-Stockton tournament November 24. Linton won the much-anticipated season opener 67-62...

Bloomfield will try to chop down some tall trees this Saturday at the Martinsville Regional. The Cardinals (18-7, ranked 11th in the final Associated Press poll) will face Indianapolis Metropolitan (16-9, 12th) at 12 p.m. Saturday in the second game of the regional. Metropolitan fields a tall lineup that defeated Indianapolis University (21-5, fifth) 39-33 in the championship game of the University Sectional. Bloomfield defeated Shakamak 34-21 to win the Clay City Sectional...

OAKLAND CITY -- Shannon Pittman found a better fit. The former White River Valley standout now plays guard at Oakland City University (14-8). Pittman played her first two years at Earlham College in Richmond. She said she transferred to Oakland City for several reasons, adding it was easy to make the transition to another college...

Tradition. Merriam-Webster defines it as “an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior.” At Bloomfield it means victory. “I’d say it’s very important,” A.J. Sipes said. He and Bloomfield coach Ron McBride noted winning basketball games is expected at Bloomfield. The school has 33 sectional titles to its credit, placing it fortieth on the state’s list of all-time sectional winners. The Cardinals have also won seven regional and two semistate titles...

Character certainly counts for Mitchell Burch. On Friday, Jan. 4, just before the start of Bloomfield’s 56-48 win over Eminence in the second semifinal of the Greene County Invitational, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes presented him with the Character Counts Award. Burch said the FCA presents the award for mental attitude, something he displayed that night as he scored 14 points...

Amazing. That’s how the Bloomfield Cardinals described Saturday night, beating Shakamak 34-21 to win the school’s 33rd sectional title and the second in a row. Mitchell Burch said the Cardinals are a “rock-solid” group of players who hung together against a Shakamak team that played well. Graysen Medina agreed that every Cardinal who took the court played hard...

Greene County Voices for Kids is thinking spring as organizers prepare for the annual Tulip Tuesday fundraiser. Voices for Kids is the fundraising arm of the Greene County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program, which includes a volunteer network representing children who have been removed from their home due to being abused or neglected. Voices for Kids is selling multiple colors of flowers, including cut, potted and bouquets...

Community Notes Friday, March 8 Beta Sigma Phi will be awarding two $500 scholarships to Linton High School Seniors. All Senior students are eligible for the scholarships. Applications can be picked up at the Counselors office. Scholarships will be presented at Senior Award Night...

The Linton Police Department responded to 46 incidents and calls for service March 6-8, including one property damage accident, five animal complaints, one assist to other departments, one assist to the public, one domestic dispute, one civil dispute, three extra patrols, seven fingerprintings, one fire, two fraud, two juvenile complaints, one suspicious, one title check, 17 traffic stops and two welfare checks...

CRIMINAL CASES William R. Moser, 58, Bloomington, Level 6 felony intimidation where the threat is to certain types of people, three counts; Class B misdemeanor public intoxication where defendant endangers his or her life Jonathon D. Blackwell, 3, Sandborn, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine...

James Harrison Harper Jr., age 59, passed away March 3, 2019 at IU Bloomington Hospice, He left this world peacefully with his family at his side. Jim was born April 5, 1959, in Phoenix, Ariz. His parents, Jim and Phyllis Harper, raised him in Indiana...

The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce met at the Casa Sevilla Restaurant in Bloomfield on Thursday, March 7. In attendance were Chamber President Joe Medina, Vice President Sue Sparks, Treasurer Matt Miller, Secretary Connie Anderson and members Tasha Hudson of the Bloomfield Public Library, JR Davis of Paragon Force and Matt Montgomery of Owen County State Bank...

Bloomfield Schools Superintendent Jeff Gibboney is reaching out to the public in order to determine the feasibility of adding a preschool program to the Bloomfield curriculum. Bloomfield has created a short online survey for Greene County residents to express their opinions on the subject...