Stories from Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Mabel I. Moreno, 77, of Linton, passed away at 1:12 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born Feb. 18, 1930, in Indianapolis, the daughter of Alvin and Mary (Williams) Macha. She formerly worked at the Jasonville Cord Factory and the Salvation Army Thrift Shop and currently was employed at the Linton SuperWal-Mart Center for the past 10 years. She was active with the Salvation Army for many years...

The city of Linton has received the rights to actively market the old General Electric property on 12th Street SE, according to an announcement Wednesday morning by Mayor Tom Jones. Jones said he got the go-ahead Friday from Randy Reese, who serves as General Electric's property liquidation manager based in Louisville, Ky...

After being turned down in October, the Bloomfield school's $1.9 million renovation project now has state approval and will begin next spring. Superintendent Dan Sichting explained, "Last Friday the Department of Local Government Finance gave approval for the elementary renovation."...

Camouflaged combat helmets. Body armor. M-4 carbine rifles. M-2 50 caliber machine guns M-9 9 mm pistols. MK (Mark)19 grenade launchers. These are the equipment and weapons of survival for Indiana Army National Guard troops heading to war early next year...

The Linton Library Board of Trustees is being pro-active regarding the use of the old facility. They are currently involved in the process of setting guidelines and parameters for the future of the old building. This is a positive step to insure that another historic building does not fall into disrepair...

To Mabel Moreno, I'd like to say I'm glad I had a chance to meet you. But I can't because Mabel passed on unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon. Almost everyone in Greene County has run into Mabel but they might not know her name. She worked for a very long time, 10 years, at the local Wal-Mart in the maintenance department...

To the editor: I would like to help inform your readers about an environmental air permit proposed for the Duke Energy - Edwardsport power plant. IDEM is holding a public informational meeting and a public hearing today on the requirements for a major modification at the facility...

To the Editor: The cost of living is getting bad. Food is getting high, gas is going to the sky. Doctor's and medical bills, if you're not sick you will become ill. Utilities rising, this is not surprising. Presidents to elect, who do we select? Good jobs are hard to find, it is difficult to be kind...

Ronald L. "Ron" Stone, 74, of Worthington, passed away 11:12 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born Sept. 30, 1933, Linton to Victor and Virginia (Ellis) Stone. Ron worked at Country Mark, formerly HOCO Service Station for almost 30 years in Worthington. He was a member of Worthington Church of Christ, Lions Club, Odd Fellows Lodge and Masonic Lodge No. 577 F. & A. M...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one license plate check, two information only, one juvenile/delinquent, two school/foot patrols, one structure fire, one missing/runaway juvenile, one complaint/reckless driving, two accidents with personal injury, eight medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, one suspicious vehicle/person, two assists to other agencies, one theft-other, two 911 prank/false calls and two traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Donald W. McKee v. Kelly Camden-McKee, dissolution Applied Card Bank v. Carolyn J. Earle AKA Carolyn J. Mollett, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Sean M. Terrell, possession of marijuana State v. Tammy R. Gibbon, check deception...

Christmas trash pick up The Linton trash schedule will change due to the Christmas holiday. Next week, Monday's trash route will be picked up on Saturday and Tuesday's trash route will be picked up on Wednesday. Library to close The Linton Public Library will be closed Dec. 24 and Dec. 25 for the holidays. All returned items may be placed in the book drop and will be back dated to Dec. 22 to avoid overdue fines...

When it came time for the students in Matt McCammon's fifth grade class at White River Valley Lyons Elementary School to start planning their annual gift exchange, they decided they wanted to do something different. Instead of giving gifts to each other, they told their teacher they wanted to give gifts to other people that might need a gift this Christmas season...

Several first responders were called to downtown Linton just before 7 p.m. Wednesday night after a male pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. The incident happened at the intersection of State Road 54 and State Road 59 (Main Street).

Mr. and Mrs. Harley Carmichael of R.R. 6, Bloomfield will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Cincinnati Christian Church. They were married Dec. 21, 1942 in Bloomfield at the home of the Rev. Frank Messersmith, who officiated...

BLOOMFIELD -- The host Cardinals scored a season-low 34 points, but Bloomfield pushed its record in the SouthwesternIndiana Athletic Conference to 5-0 with a 34-23 victory over Eastern Greene here at Glover Gymnasium Wednesday night. The Cardinals, who improved to 5-2 overall, limited the T-Birds (1-5, 0-1) to just six points after intermission...

DUGGER -- Both Linton-Stockton and Union did not have their best games from the free throw line Wednesday night in a double-conference showdown, so it was only fitting that the game came down to the charity stripe, as Linton's Chase Rhoten knocked down 2 of 3 free throws with 1.7 seconds to give the Miners their second victory of the season, 59-57, in boys prep basketball in Dugger...