Stories from Wednesday, January 30, 2008

B.J. Howard, Michael Talpas and Fred Brust all had career nights to lead the Union (Dugger) Bulldogs to a 71-56 victory over host Terre Haute Holy Cross Tuesday night. The victory was the third in a row for the Bulldogs (6-9), who got a career-high 27 points from B.J. Howard...

Cloverdale scored the first nine points of the game and made that lead hold up as the host Lady Clovers defeated Shakamak 63-43 in a high school girls basketball game Tuesday night. "I just don't think we were ready to play at the beginning," said Shakamak coach Jon Miller, whose Lady Lakers slipped to 7-12. "They jumped out to a 9-0 lead and finished out the quarter well, leading 17-8...

(Last week this column discussed how exciting town life seemed to a country boy in the middle of the last century. Today, the saga continues.) Men and older teenagers worked at the Marathon Inn in Worthington. It looked like a great job. They would hustle out of the station with a smile and a spiffy shirt with their name on it. They would always greet customers and ask, "fill'er up?" If you said "yes" or "no just two dollars worth," they would ask, "Ethyl or regular?"...

The first weekend in February will feature nine area high school boys basketball games, including several key conference match-ups. The schedule on Friday night includes Bloomfield at North Daviess, Eminence at Linton-Stockton, North Central at Union (Dugger), Shakamak at Clay City and White River Valley at Eastern Greene...

It's been 30 years since the infamous Blizzard of '78, but some Greene Countians remember it like it was yesterday. Norma Elliott, of Linton, recalled, "When it started it was big, fluffy flakes and you didn't think about it when it came. It snowed about 10 to 12 inches. Then the wind came ... and everything stopped."...

The Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District is ready to begin work on the Busseron Watershed Planning and Implementation Grant. The three-year, $235,000 grant from IDEM will assess the issues in the watershed and create a plan to improve water quality in the 153,000 acre watershed...

INDIANAPOLIS -- District 62 State Representative Sandy Blanton (D-Orleans) announced that she will seek re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives. Blanton was selected by a caucus to serve the remainder of former Rep. Jerry Denbo's term last fall...

Two Linton churches have recently combined food pantries in attempt to service the community better. Saron Church and St. Peter's Catholic Church are now offering their food pantry services at the Linton Community Food Pantry and Thrift Shop-- which is the former St. Peter Food Pantry at 440 E St. NE...

The Linton Public Library children's department is sponsoring a pen pal club for kids who are interested in corresponding with deployed soldiers. The club is open to children in grades kindergarten though fifth grade, explained Becky Deischer, children's librarian assistant...

While Greene County dodged a major weather bullet Tuesday night, the area is bracing for another approaching winter storm. Temperatures reached into the unseasonable 50s before the storm hit Tuesday evening. Temperatures had dropped more than 40 degrees to single digits Wednesday morning in most of the state...

Charges were filed in Greene Circuit Court Tuesday against 17-year-old Lyons teen who will be tried as an adult on two felony burglary counts. Patrick L. Hamm is charged with burglary -- a class C felony -- and theft -- a class D felony -- in connection with the burglary of the Lyons American Legion last July...

Ruth J. Asdell, 89, of Bloomington, passed away at Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 at Brown County Health & Living Center in Nashville. Born Jan. 11, 1919 in Greene County, she was the daughter of George D. and Haddie (Bynum) Blackmore. A retired school teacher, she was a active member of United Presbyterian Church, Tri Kappa and D.A.R...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one title check, five requests for information only, two assists to the utility department after hours, one protective order violation, one school/foot patrol, one disorderly conduct, one brush fire, two accidents with property damage, one funeral escort, six alarms, one animal complaint, one suspicious vehicle/person, two child abuse/neglect, two thefts-other, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit and one ordinance violation.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Patrick Lee Hamm, burglary, theft GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Roger D. Doane, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath...

Help support the Worthington Playground Fund The staff members and students at WRV Worthington Elementary School are raising funds to replace our playground equipment in memory former principal the late Larry Catron. Donations of all amounts are being accepted and engraved bricks are being sold. Call 875-3839 for more information...

After a slow start White River Valley managed to turn up the offense and have a stellar effort on the defensive end and cruised to a 55-31 road victory over Washington Catholic Wednesday night in high school girls hoops action. "I thought that we got off to a bit of a slow start tonight, but really got after it in the second and third quarters," WRV head coach Joe Pigg said...