Culver Community senior wrestler Jeremiah Harvey completed the greatest individual season in school history by winning the State Championship at 285lbs. Jeremiah began the post season by placing 3rd at the Plymouth Sectional. His dominance of the post season began the following week at the Rochester Regional placing 1st overall, he then went on to win the Merrillville Semi-State before advancing to the State Finals. Jeremiah won his first round match against Huntington North’s Andrew Mason, pinning him in :24. The rest of the tournament would not be as easy. Jeremiah pinned Tyler Melby of Westfield in 6:44, then defeated Bellmont’s #1 ranked undefeated Daniel Meyer 3-2 in overtime, before beating Plymouth’s Damon Howe for the third time this season 3-1 in overtime to take the State Title. Jeremiah ended his historic wrestling season with an overall record of 45-4. Congratulations to Jeremiah Harvey of Culver Community High School on bringing home the Kankakee Valley area’s 6th State Title!
Cody Strange State Qualifying Wrestler
John Glenn 160lb senior wrestler Cody Strange qualified for the State Finals this year. His season came to an end in the first round, losing by decision to Tyler Rickenbaugh of Heritage Hills. It was a great year for Cody who advanced out of the sectional for the first time in his career, placing 3rd at LaPorte. He then went on to place 3rd at the LaPorte Regional before placing 3rd at the Merrillville Semi-State and advancing to the state finals. Cody ended his wrestling season with an overall record of 39-9. Congratulations to Cody Strange of John Glenn on an outstanding season!
Don Good Analyzes Gas Prices
Everyone is talking about gasoline prices. We’re seeing oil prices rise and we’re hearing about $150.00 for a barrel of oil when we don’t really see signs of a robust recovery. Is there a reason behind these increases?
Don Good of the Good Oil Company in Winamac explains the prices at the pump.
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Sectional Champion West Central
Regional Champion Culver
The Culver Lady Cavaliers won their first Sectional Championship since 2002. They followed up their Sectional Championship by winning the school’s first ever basketball Regional, defeating Wheeler and Fairfield. Culver will be taking their 25-1 record to the Elkhart Semi-State where they will take on Bishop Luers (22-2).
Tensions Run High in the State Legislature This Session
Hoosiers who enjoy hand-to-hand combat from their legislators certainly have viewed the recent battles in the Indiana House of Representatives with joy.
State Senator Ed Charbonneau (R-Valparaiso) was asked if such animosity could break out in that chamber. Charbonneau said he didn’t think so and thought that was good. He said attacking each other day after day wasn’t good.
South Central Football Players Going to Marian University
Gabi Minix Playing for Marquette
Former Oregon-Davis star Gabi Minix is currently a freshman at Marquette University. Gabi has been averaging about 20 minutes per game for the Golden Eagles. In these pictures you can see Gabi taking on the Louisville Cardinals in Big East play. Gabi will be looked to over the next few years as the face of Marquette Women’s Basketball.
Interstate Shooting Suspect Apprehended
The Indiana State Police, in cooperation with multi-agencies were able to identify, locate and apprehend the suspect in the shooting that occurred on the evening of February 17, 2011 on I-80 westbound at the Lake Station exit.
The Dodge Charger that was suspected to be involved in the shooting was located on I-74 in Montgomery County. A Fountain County Sheriff’s Deputy and Crawfordsville Police Officer were able to get behind the vehicle where a pursuit began. At one point during the pursuit, a 2008 Freightliner semi-box trailer was shot at and hit twice by the suspect in the Charger. The driver of the semi was not injured. Stop sticks were deployed and the suspect’s front tire blew; the vehicle lost control and went off the road into a tree line. The driver then fled on foot into the wooded area. Trooper Jon Eads and his K-9 Nico were able to locate and apprehend the suspect who was hiding in water. A weapon was also located and recovered.
Senator Charbonneau Discusses Important Issues Being Debated during this Legislative Session
More than the Governor Mitch Daniels’ agenda was at stake in last November’s election. Republicans are now in the majority of both the House and Senate, and now stand to be in control of creating House, Senate, and congressional maps. Those maps will influence the outcome of elections for the next 10 years.
“The House is going to redraw their Districts and the Senate is going to draw their Districts,” explained Fifth District State Senator, Ed Charbonneau. “They are going to get together and approve them and gently draw the Congressional Districts.”
Wisconsin Man Dies in Roll-Over
Indiana State Police Troopers responded to a fatal accident Monday night.
John P. Leveque of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin was southbound on I-65 and had slowed down for a crash that was ahead. After clearing the crash, Leveque began to accelerate his vehicle near the Demotte accident when he lost control of his vehicle on an ice patch. Continue reading
Representative Dermody Co-Authors Bill to Prevent Inmates from Obtaining Illegitimate Diplomas
State Representative Tom Dermody (R-LaPorte) has co-authored a bill that changes the requirements for an imprisoned person to earn a reduction in their sentence time. House Bill 1416 would require that the Department of Corrections approve any correspondence courses an imprisoned person wishes to take to earn a high school diploma.
Current law allows an imprisoned person to take correspondence courses to earn a high school diploma and thereby reduce the amount of time they must serve, but it does not provide any oversight as to what courses they take or where the diploma comes from. The bill would require that any courses the person would like to take must first be approved by the IDOC before they can earn a diploma to reduce their sentence time.
The bill now goes to the Senate for further consideration.
Congressman Donnelly Nominates Students for U.S. Service Academies
Congressman Joe Donnelly has nominated 17 students for U.S. Service academies.
Among those nominated is Chance Blankenship, son of Judge Patrick and Teresa Blankenship of Winamac. Blankenship has been nominated for both the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and West Point Academy located on the Hudson River in New York state.
Others nominated in our area are: Cody Strange of Walkerton, Andrea Canacci of Culver and Nathan Turner of LaPorte. Both Canacci and Turner are Culver Academies students.
Week in Review for February 14th-18th, 2011
Here is just some of the news that made the news in the Kankakee Valley this week:
A former Winamac woman was reunited with her baby after her husband took of with him December 22nd. Sandy Young is filing for divorce from her husband, Maurice Young, after the incident kept her away from her 10-month-old son, Jacob.
Tim and Tracey Moore will be moving into their new Habitat for Humanity home today in Winamac. The 1,050 square foot home was built in six months by many volunteers for the Moore family. Continue reading