Stories from Monday, February 21, 2005

TERRE HAUTE ---- Crane Technology Inc. is up and running with a goal to tap the expertise of the state's only remaining military base in southwestern Indiana in order to benefit growing businesses. Friday, the new statewide not-for-profit board conducted its first quarterly regional meet at Terre Haute on the campus of Indiana State University to launch word of the new concept...

SULLIVAN ---- Linton got off to the start it wanted against Sullivan on Saturday night, and appeared poised to spoil the Golden Arrows' Senior Night. Unfortunately, the Miners forgot to keep their game moving forward in the second quarter. Actually, they took a huge step backwards and never recovered...

EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Two evenly matched teams squared off Friday night in the Eastern Greene High School's Toby Yoho Gymnasium. Shakamak, coming into the game with a record of 10-9, was hoping to send the two Eastern Greene seniors ---- Michael Manion and Chad Weaver ---- off with a final home loss. However, Eastern (11-9) was able to seal up a win for their departing seniors late in the fourth quarter, and pull out an important SWIAC victory, 46-42...

LINTON ---- It was a night of accomplishments for the Linton Miners on Friday night. With a 74-59 win over North Central, Linton clinched a share of the Tri-River Conference title with Clay City, and ensured itself a winning record for the regular season...

PRINCETON ---- Bloomfield coach Ron McBride found the long return trip from Princeton to be less stressful after the Cardinals picked up a 53-38 win over the Tigers. The win is the Cards' 11th on the season, while former Bloomfield standout John Bucher's Princeton team is now 1-20...

ELNORA ---- Bloomfield opened the North Daviess regional with revenge on their minds as the Lady Cardinals took on No. 3 Loogootee. Back on January 8th, the Lions topped Bloomfield by 10, but on Saturday, the Cardinals won the more important game, 50-49, to put the Lady Cards in the championship game of the regional...

ELNORA ---- The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals won their fourth regional title in school history with a 47-32 victory over the Attica Red Ramblers Saturday night at the North Daviess Class A Regional in Elnora. The two teams found their way in the championship tilt after successful semi-final games earlier in the day. Attica took care of Oakland City Wood Memorial (38-37), while Bloomfield pulled out its own one point win over No. 3 Loogootee, 50-49...

Marshall King Jr., 80, of Lyons, passed away at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005, at Greene County General Hospital, Linton. Born March 27., 1924 in Indianapolis, he was the son of Marshall King Sr. and Alice Marley King. He was an electrical mechanic at NWSC Crane and a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Lyons Free Methodist Church where he served as a superintendent, Sunday School teacher, and trustee...

Frances Elizabeth Hall, 67, of Linton, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Center in Jasonville. Born Sept. 14, 1937 in Glasgow, Ky., she was the daughter of Graven and Perna Pearl (Jackson) Harper. She had worked at Keller Aluminum in Linton and was a member of the Worthington Church of Christ. She was a graduate of Temple Hill High School in Kentucky...

Opal L. Carter, 92, of Worthington, passed away at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005 at Lyons Health and Living Center. Born Dec. 26 ,1912 in Daviess County, she was the daughter of Michael Franklin and Nettie Mae (Harned) Hochgesang. She was a homemaker and a member of Worthington Christian Church...

LYONS ---- Members of the White River Valley Lyons Elementary/Junior High School steel drum band are working hard in preparation for the chance of a lifetime ---- to perform at the Indy 500 Festival. The steel drum band, or pan band, began nearly three years ago, according to Virgil Franklin, WRV-Lyons band director...

ELNORA ---- For some school administrators, Saturday night's regional girls basketball tournament win for Bloomfield was the sweet taste of something the community has not consumed in seven years when they captured the state Class A crown. The town enjoyed the tournament ride then, and today they are not ready for it all to end again...

ELNORA ---- Saturday night's Class A girls basketball tournament victory for Bloomfield's parents and fans was very satisfying, and they are hoping the quest for the state championship continues for two more weeks. A Bloomfield mother with a tough job during the games is Lori Thombleson, mother of senior standout Ashley Thombleson...

A 47-year-old Jasonville woman was arrested Friday on a Greene Superior Court warrant charging her with welfare fraud. Linda E. Fox was arrested by Jasonville Police Chief Rick VanHorn on the class D felony charge in connection her illegally receiving $1,617 in food stamps from the Greene County Division of Family and Children for the period June 2003 through July 2004...

The Linton Fire Department received a call early this morning of a structure fire on SE Eighth Street. Fire Chief Lonnie Eberhardt said a call came in at 5:26 a.m. regarding a structure fire at 809 SE 8th St. The house is owned by Mary Barrient. "The fire was contained to one room," Eberhardt said. "The rest of the house had some smoke and heat damage."...

Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded two multi-million dollar contracts to provide shipboard security equipment on Sealift Command and U.S. Navy ships. The Titan Corporation, a leading national security solutions provider, has been awarded a five-year $49.9 million contract by the U.S. Navy's Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center for the installation of shipboard physical security equipment aboard Military Sealift Command and U.S. Navy ships...

SWITZ CITY ---- Cody LaFever and Mike Powell each scored 15 points to lead the White River Valley Wolverines to a 50-39 win over the Union Bulldogs in boys high school basketball action. The win puts WRV at 9-9 overall and 3-4 in the SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference...