Stories from Monday, October 18, 2010

The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce held its second annual Fall Festival Saturday, drawing visitors downtown with arts and crafts booths , The evening concluded with a car show and 1950s dance sponsored by Francis Jewel Box. Crystal Woods, president of the Chamber board, said she's pleased with the turn-out, adding at least three of the seven vendors plan to return next year...

Greene County Farm Bureau, Inc. will sponsor a "Meet the Candidate Night" at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service's community building at the fairgrounds. Candidates on the November 2 General Election ballot have been invited...

Otis H. Dowden, 91, of Monrovia, passed away Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. He was born July 29, 1919 in Odon to the late John C. and Pearl (Hassler) Dowden. Otis married the late Reva Nell (Ockerman)Dowden on March 2, 1940. He lived in Monrovia, for most of his life. ...

Season tickets for the Class A White River Valley volleyball sectional are available at the school. Season tickets, good for all four matches, cost $8. Single-session tickets are $5 each and can only be purchased the day of the event. Clay City will play Shakamak at 7 p.m. Thursday...

Advance sale of sectional football tickets for the Linton-Stockton at Springs Valley game will be sold at the high school through noon Thursday, Oct. 21. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22. The tickets cost $6. For more information, contact Lou Baker at 847-6024, ext. 407...

The Southwest Seven Conference football awards program has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the auditeria at Linton-Stockton High School.

The Linton-Stockton High School girls basketball team will be sponsoring a tailgate party and cornhole tournament Saturday, Oct. 23 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at JP's Fish & More in Linton. There will be cornhole contest all day. A hoop shoot fund raiser is set for 4 p.m...

Alumni tournament scheduled at SHS To help the Shakamak Lakers kick off the 2010-2011 basketball season, the Shakamak High School cheerleaders will be sponsoring an alumni basketball tournament at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. The "Battle of the Legends" alumni basketball tournament serves as a fundraiser for the cheerleaders and is open to former boys varsity, junior varsity, and freshman basketball players...

The Linton-Stockton Middle School volleyball team captured the title at Saturday's Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference Tournament at Jasonville. The Lady Miners captured the title following a 25-21, 24-25, 15-7 win over White River Valley. Linton-Stockton made it's way to the championship match after a first round bye and quarterfinal win over host Shakamak 25-17, 25-11...

A Youth Bowling League is now forming at Parkview Lanes in Linton. For more information, call Michelle at (812) 384-4187 or Jamie at (812) 381-1320 for more information.

The Union (Dugger) Lady Bulldogs wrapped up the regular season with a trio of losses in the Union Invitational Saturday at Dugger. Despite dropping all three contests, the winless (0-24) Lady Bulldogs managed to win their first set of the year in a 23-25, 25-15, 23-25 loss in their opening match to Washington Catholic...

Jack Lee Halstead, 71, of Linton and formerly of Bloomington and Spencer, passed away peacefully at home at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 in the care of his loving wife Mae and his daughter Angie, after a long battle with Spinocerebellar Ataxia...

The annual Greene County Pro-Life Dinner was held Saturday evening at the Linton Knights of Columbus Hall. The evening began with a buffet dinner served by Catered Affairs and gospel selections by the Bloomfield First Baptist Men's Trio. Ryan Dillman, pastor of English Wesleyan Church and a Right to Life advocate, was the keynote speaker. He used a power point presentation to better explain his views on abortion...

Dr. Joseph E. Dukes, 91, was a life-long resident of Dugger until retiring in 1993 and moving to Bloomington. He passed away at 9:15 a.m. Monday October 18, 2010 at Bell Trace Health and Living Center in Bloomington. He was born in Dugger, Indiana September 24, 1919, the son of Dr. Fred Dukes and Cecil Weaver Dukes...

Stuart Dowden, Republican, and Rita Sue Hennette, Democrat, are vying for the position of Greene County Recorder in the upcoming general election. Incumbent, Hennette, has served as Recorder for the past four years. Prior to that, she worked in the Greene County Assessor's office for one year and in the surveyor's office for 11 years...

The county-wide burn ban continues as the area remains entrenched in an extended drought. On Monday morning, the Greene County Commissioners voted to keep the burn ban in effect for at least another week. Commissioner's president Steve Lindsey will review the weather/drought situation next Monday and make a determination if the ban will continue until the commissioner's next regular meeting on Nov. 1...

LOUISVILLE, KY -- October 18, 2010 -- (NYSE:GE) -- GE announced today it plans to invest $432 million to establish four U.S.-based refrigeration design and manufacturing centers of excellence and create 500 new "green" jobs by 2014, bringing the company's total U.S. investment announced since 2009 to more than $1 billion and jobs created to 1,300...

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Employment and resignations were the issues at hand during the Linton-Stockton School Board's October meeting. Long-time Junior High Secretary Margo Good was approved for resignation. Good's resignation is effective Jan. 31, 2011. L-S Superintendent Nick Karazsia explained that Good has been employed at the school for 22 years and will be greatly missed...

Pay increases approved by the Linton City Council during a special session Monday amount to $264 total per week or $6,879 for the entire year. The rate of raises varied, and all will take effect Jan. 1. "I do the raises based on merit scores," Mayor Tom Jones explained. "And so, it was kind of all over the board. Did everyone get the same raise? The answer is no."...