Stories from Friday, May 10, 2013

CRANE ---- WestGate at Crane Technology Park has a new defense contractor that provides engineering and technical services support to a wide range of world-wide clients. Camber Corporation is opening a technology office in the tech park. Camber Corporation's customers span the global and federal market place and include Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and state governments as well as wide ranging international clients from Dubai to Japan, the Philippines, Africa, and Asia...

Linton Family Pharmacy Ready to Vaccinate As it stands now, pharmacists in Indiana are allowed to administer vaccinations for shingles and the flu virus in our local pharmacies. Allowing these vaccines to be administered by pharmacists has proven to be cost effective and convenient. It only makes sense that the Indiana General Assembly and Governor Mike Pence have expanded the law to allow pharmacists to administer further vaccinations for meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria, and pneumonia...

There is still time to get involved in the upcoming Greene County Relay for Life, scheduled to kick off Saturday, May 18 at 10 a.m. The event will run 24 hours in the White River Valley High School, and include activities for all ages. Just one week before the event, there are already 19 teams signed up with a total of 168 participants expected to walk the gym to raise awareness for the American Cancer Society...

Local athletes will hit the hardwood on Tuesday to raise money for the Greene County General Hospital Foundation. The charity basketball event -- featuring a girls' game and a boys' game -- will take place at White River Valley High School. The girls' game is set to tip off at 6 p.m., while the boys' game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m...

The Eastern Greene Scrabble team has returned from its weekend competition at the National School Scrabble Tournament in Washington D.C. with plenty of memories. For Eastern Greene students, this was the school's 11 trip to the nationals. While the squad didn't manage a top 20 finish, like the 2012 tournament, sponsor/coach Dinah Fuller says the team played with enthusiasm and integrity...

Preservation efforts by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) along the I-69 corridor are making impressive strides in conservation by INDOT is restoring or preserving 4,100 acres of wetlands, streams and forests in Greene and Monroe counties as part of the Interstate 69 project's unprecedented environmental commitments...

White River Valley's softball team defeated host Loogootee 11-8 in eight innings Thursday. "This was a great win for the girls," said WRV coach Matt Hockman. "They hit the ball very well against a very talented team. "We executed very well. I couldn't be more happy with our performance. We've just got keep taking one game at a time leading into the sectional. I think they believe they can win against anyone they play if they keep hitting well and playing great defense."...

JAIL LOG * May 10 -- Cody Dale Sowders, 28, Bloomfield, was arrested on a preliminary charge of harboring a non-immunized dog, a class B misdemeanor. Bond was set at $500 surety with ten percent allowed.

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included three follow-up investigations, one vandalism, one protective order violation, one death investigation, one civil complaint, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, one harassment complaint, one welfare check or concern, two domestic disputes, one battery and one traffic stop...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Midwest AG Finance Inc. vs. Michael J. Williams, Diann J. Williams, Transcontinent Oil Company et al, mortgage foreclosure CACH, LLC vs. Dthan Eslinger dba Eslinger Welding, collection National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2007-2 vs. David Faning, collection...

Saturday The Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum will host its 11th annual Aluminum Pour in conjunction with a strawberry social on from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be ice cream and strawberry shortcakes from 2 to 4 p.m. available by donation. Voces Novae Chamber Choir, of Bloomington, will perform along the trails starting at 4 p.m...

A Linton woman was in court earlier this week facing charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OVWI). It was the third time she's been in trouble for alleged OVWI. Fawn K. Dove, 31, was arrested on May 2 by Indiana State Police Trooper Richard R. Klun...

Linton-Stockton came away with the boys and girls championships at the Greene County track and field invitational Friday night at Charlie Hoskins Track. The Miners scored 153 points to win the boys meet by 40 points. Linton-Stockton was the surprise winner in the girls event. They had a winning total of 141 points, seven more than last week's SWIAC champion Eastern Greene...

Greene County General Hospital named Brenda Reetz as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Greene County General Hospital Board of Trustees President Harry Huber made the announcement Friday afternoon. Reetz is being promoted from her current position of Chief Operating Officer, a job she started May of 2012...