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2 The Elwood Call-Leader Wednesday, May 4, 2005 Wednesday Survivors include his mother, Norma (Landseadel) Bockover of Tipton; his wife, Sherry (Parker) Bockover of Kokomo; a brother, William Bockover and his wife, Sue of Fishers; a sister, Frances Ronning and husband, Ron of Boise, Idaho; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father; one sister, Marilyn Bockover; and his nephew, Scott Bockover. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2005, at Sunset Memory Garden Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Gohlman officiating.

Burial will folklow in Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Online condolences can be offered at: ww.mem.com. Laura Beyer MARION Laura Beyer, 95, Marion, and formerly of Jonesboro, died May 2, 2005, at Wesleyan Health Care Center in Marion.

She was born Aug. 17, 1909, in Winchester, the daughter of Henry and Barbie (Parido) Patrick. She married Edward Beyer in 1930. She and her husband worked for and later owned the Sweetser Canning Company. They also owned the Summitville Canning Company.

Survivors include her daughter, Barbara Stearns of Albany, two sons, Donald E. Beyer of Jonesboro and Herman Beyer of Sweetser; a sister, Margaret Joseph of. Hardwick, 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and five brothers. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday, May 7, 2005, at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, Storey Chapel, 400 E. Main Gas City, with Buster Stearns officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to noon at the funeral home.

Services A Celebration of Life service for Charles F. Smock, Summitville, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Owens Noffze Funeral Home i in Summitville, with Pastor Nathan Lutterman officiating. Burial will follow in Vinson Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Funeral services for Rudy E. Snipes, Kempton, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Kempton Christian Church, with the Rev. Ed Smith and the Rev.

Richard Sprague officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Tipton. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Young-Nichols Funeral Home in Tipton and from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the church.

playing field," said Wolfred. Bayh said some Chinese competitors likely are able to sell at lower prices because of illegal rent and utility subsidies, an undervalued Chinese currency and other unfair trade practices. He is pushing legislation that would set tariffs to offset such advantages. Bayh also endorses the creation of a federal trade prosecutor to crack down on illegal trade. Marsh to sponsor hot dog eating contest promoting the Tahiti contest, Marsh Supermarket will sponsor a hot dog eating contest at noon Saturday.

The winner will receive a $25 gift card. Those planning to participate are asked to register by noon Thursday by calling Marsh, 552-5644. Fielding the Mouse, the Marsh Mascot, will be at the store. City employees to pick up limbs one more time Beginning Monday, city employees will make one more trip around town to pick up limbs, which should be placed in front of the house. After that, local residents will be responsible for taking limbs to the city garage.

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Anderson was cited by EPD at 8:31 p.m. Tuesday for driving while suspended. Kyle Riley, 18, 132 N. 10th: was cited by EPD at 6:45 a.m. today for disregarding a stop sign.

Arrests Anthony Leisure, 27, of Alexandria, was arrested by EPD at 3 p.m. Tuesday for driving while suspended. Fire department ambulance report 11:20 p.m. Tuesday possible seizure; transported to St. Vincent Mercy Hospital.

3:02 p.m. Tuesday medical emergency; transported to St. Vincent Mercy Hospital. Brother and sister die in Crothersville house fire CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Firefighters pulled the bodies of a sister and brother from a house fire near a community hit by tragedy earlier this year with the murder of a 10-year-old girl.

The fire broke out in the home along U.S. 31 north of Crothersville, about 40 miles north of Louisville, early Tuesday morning. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department identified the fire victims as Hillary Hartwell, 14, and her brother, Harrison Hartwell, 12. Their mother, Cindi Hunter, was working a night shift and was not home at the time, police said. She arrived home while firefighters were there and told them that the children were inside, CrothersvilleVernon Township Fire Chief Steve Murphy said.

He said firefighters pulled the unconscious children from a bedroom. They were taken to the Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, where they were pronounced dead from smoke inhalation. Investigators from the state fire marshal's office said the fire was accidental, caused by a cigarette or a candle, Murphy said. "The fire itself was very small," the chief said. "The damage was confined to a couch and the wall behind it in the living room." Two firefighters suffered smoke inhalation, Murphy said.

Katie Collman's body was found in a creek about 15 miles from her Crothersville home on Jan. 30, five days after she disappeared during a trip to a nearby store. One man has been charged in her death and another has been named as a suspect. Officer stops drugwareness class to arrest student MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) A state police trooper stopped a high school drug-awareness presentation to arrest a student in another part of the school for allegedly trying to sell marijuana.

Detective Darrell Thornburg was speaking to a Delta High School health class when administrators alerted him about possible drug dealing in the school. Administrators said students tipped them off about the alleged deal, Sgt. Rod Russell said. Thornburg found marijuana in the 16-year-old's pockets, packaged in bags for. distribution, Russell said.

The student was taken to a juvenile detention facility and faces charges of possession of marijuaand juvenile delinquency. He was preliminarily suspended for 10 days and could eventually face expulsion, said Pat Mapes, Delaware Schools assistant superintendent. Bride hurt in fatal crash on way to altar PATRICKSBURG, Ind. (AP) A bride-to-be on her way to the altar lost consciousness in a fatal car crash to awake with a fractured jaw, several cracked vertebrae and her groom waiting by her side, ready to exchange vows at a hospital. Ashley Godsey was traveling with her grandmother, Ruth Watt, to a small Coal City church Saturday when a their sports utility vehicle collided head on with a car near Patricksburg on Indiana 246, Village Cale 1422 Main Elwood 557-0490 We've got the NUMBER ONE Breaded or Grilled Tenderloin Only $375 Weather Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s.

Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the in the upper 40s. 60s. Thursday night will be partly cloudy with lows Friday will be mostly sunny with highs in the 70s. Friday night will be clear with the low around 50. Saturday will be sunny with highs in the mid 70s.

Saturday night will be mostly clear with lows in the 50s. Sunday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s. Sunday night will be partly cloudy with lows in the upper 50s. Man who died after bike trip Thomas O. Hobbs Thomas 'Tom" O.

Hobbs, 69, Elwood, died May 3, 2005, at his home. Funeral arrangements are at Owens Funeral Home i in Alexandria. D. Dailey ALEXANDRIA Edward D. 'Ed' Dailey, 97, Alexandria, died May 2, 2005, at St.

Vincent Mercy Hospital. Born May 4, 1907 in Elwood, he was the son of James Ovid and Belle (Farabee) Dailey. He was employed at the former Robinson Lumber Company in Alexandria for several years and at the Idyl Wyld Roller Rink in Marion for 30 years. He served in the United States Army and was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Alexandria American Legion Post 87.

Survivors include a nephew, Ron Dailey of Alexandria; a niece, "Susan Dailey of Alexandria; and several great-nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Noffze Funeral Home in Alexandria, with the Rev. Kal Rissman officiating.

Burial will be in Park View Cemetery with full military rites by the Elwood VFW Post 5782 Color Guard. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Online condolences can be made at: noffzefuneralhome.com Gary L.

Bockover KOKOMO Gary L. Bockover, 65, Kokomo, died May 2, 2005 at St. Joseph Hospital. He was born Aug. 11, 1939, the son of Carlos and Norma (Landseadel) Bockover.

He married Sherry Parker Nov. 11, 1978, in Fort Wayne. He retired from Cuneo Press in 1979 after 18 years of service working on the printing press. He was a member of Good Shepard Lutheran Church and was in the Pioneer Auto Club for seven years. Gary loved to fish, camp and go to the movies.

He also really enjoyed old cars. Bayh continued from page 1 Wolfred said only Bayh responded to letters he wrote to several government agencies after his company lost business to Chinese competitors that sell their goods at a much lower price. "We just have to have a level Bake sale at STAR Bank A bake sale is both branches of Bank to benefit "Invest in Youtl" planned Friday at STAR Financial the YMCA's program. HAPPY BURGERS Flame Broiled, Pure Beef! THURS. FRI.

St. Rd. 28 East Elwood 552-2781 MR. HAPPY BURGER some 25 miles northwest of Bloomington. Two people in the other car, Helen Mathis, 66, and her son, Alex Turpin, 32, died from 1 their injuries, Mathis at the scene, and Turpin on Monday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Godsey underwent surgery at the same hospital Tuesday morning. Godsey and Stefan Minnig had wanted to get married for some time, their family said. They finally did during an impromptu wedding before two dozen guests in the Clay County Hospital lobby, hours after the bride regained consciousness. "There was a sense that something good was happening, in the midst of all this pain and tragedy," said the groom's father, Dick Minnig. Owen County Sheriff's investigators had not yet determined the accident's cause.

Man wants conviction thrown out FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) A man serving a 49-year sentence for smothering his infant son to death with plastic wrap is trying to get his conviction thrown out. Public defender Amy Karozos argued in Johnson Superior Court Monday that Ronald Shanabarger's attorneys did not provide adequate legal counsel before and during the trial and has asked a judge to reconsider the sentence and conviction. If the judge agrees, Shanabarger could potentially get a new trial, enter a plea agreement or. have charges against I him dismissed, prosecutors said.

"That would lead us to step one," said Johnson County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Felix. "The conviction would be vacated, and we'd have to start over." Shanabarger, now 35, formerly of Franklin, some 20 miles convicted south of Indianapolis, was murder in May 2002 for suffocating his 7-month-old son, Tyler, in June 1999. He said he did it to get revenge on his wife for skipping his father's funeral three years earlier, before the couple had married. The death was originally ruled sudden infant death syndrome. But days later, police said Shanabargery walked: into the county jail and claimed he smothered his son.

Karozos 'argued that 'Shanabarger's former, attorneys should have asked for a mistrial or dismissal of a juror who made comments that Shanabarger had tried to plead guilty. She also argued that defense attorneys failed to object to testimony and letters during trial. The case against Shanabarger was based on his nine verbal confessions and dozens of letters he wrote acknowledging his guilt. Special Judge Raymond Kickbush, who presided during the trial, said he plans to issue a ruling after both sides submit briefs by early June. This is Shanabarger's second attempt to appeal his sentence.

In October 2003, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the conviction. He could be paroled by late 2023. Historic site naturalist killed in crash ANGOLA, Ind. (AP) The naturalist for a state historic site was killed in a car crash along U.S. 20, police said.

Patrick J. Bolman, 57, of Angola, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Monday night accident on U.S. 20, about a half-mile east of Indiana 327, some 50 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Steuben County Sheriff's Sgt. Philip Nott said. Bolman was the naturalist for the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site at Rome City, some 25 miles south of where the accident happened.

It is the former home of Gene Stratton-Porter, one of Indiana's most. widely read authors. Order Your Spring Flowers Now For Mother's Day! We Have a Large Selection Fresh Silk Arrangements, Hanging Baskets, Angels, Birdhouses Much More! Also Available are a Large Selection of Silk Saddles Gold-berry 11 Flower Shop 12665 700E Elwood 552-5190 was doing what he loved INDIANAPOLIS (AP) For Broc Bebout, it was the bike ride of his dreams: a six-week, mile journey across America, from the Pacific Coast to the shores of Georgia. A day after finishing the trek, however, the 57-year-old's heart suddenly gave out. Family and friends were shocked by his death on April 28, but they said it was tempered by the active life Bebout pursued after undergoing quadruple bypass: surgery nearly 20 years ago.

"He wanted to get the word out for people to keep moving after heart surgery, that you can be a healthy, productive person. And that's what he did," said Bebout's widow, Patricia Brinkman, from her Anderson, home. "I think the years he had after his bypass surgery were some of the best years of his life." A marathon runner before his surgery in 1987, Bebout had scaled back his running by the time he and his wife wed in 2000. However, he embraced biking and the couple made several trips across Indiana together before he got cleared by his cardiologist to attempt the big ride across the country. Bebout hit the road in Carlsbad, in March with about 25 other members of a Christian-based bicycling group called Wandering Wheels.

Their average age was 62. Along the way, Bebout dutifully took several medications to control his blood pressure and cholesterol. As the riders crossed the Desert Southwest, the Rocky Mountains and the vast southern Plains, he tracked his heart rate with a sophisticated heart monitor attached to his bike. Bebout's riding companions, most of them strangers before the "trip, recalled Mint 'as a macho guy hanno armed with friendly wisecracks Lottery INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Tuesday in the Hoosier Lottery: Daily Three-Midday: 2-8-8 Daily Three-Evening: 9-0-1 Daily Four-Midday: 0-3-6-3 Daily Four-Evening: 5-6-8-5 Lucky 5-Midday: 2-8-21-29-30 Lucky 5-Evening: 3-4-9-21-22 Estimated Hoosier Lotto jackpot: $3 million Water system testing planned in Elwood Thursday and Friday, there will be testing done on the water system in Elwood. Residents could experience discolored water and are urged to flush their lines if this occurs.

and a smile that lit up his face. His only complaint was that his legs wouldn't give him the pedaling power he wanted on the inclines, said Lothar Nitz, a 65- year-old retired bicycle shop owner. "Broc was really excited during the whole trip. He never mentioned feeling bad he was just clipping along like we were," Nitz said. Toward the end of the trip, Brinkman made a surprise visit to join her husband for a 55-mile stretch through Alabama the last time she would see him.

"You just have to believe that God prodded her to come out there. Hopefully she has some comfort that he spent those last days with people who loved him," said Janech Davenport of Wandering Wheels, the Upland, cycling group that organized the trip. After 42 days on the road, the riders rolled into Brunswick, on April 27, and got a police escort to adjacent St. Simons Island on the coast. They posed for photos, celebrated with a steak dinner and soon were heading north in two vans, their bikes and gear following in a truck.

Bebout was still in a good mood early the next day, talking about his next cycling trip and sharing jokes. An hour later, though, he suddenly began gasping for air. Efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. Jim Overbey, a 56-year-old retired executive, said he hoped Bebout died with a sense of accomplishment. "Even though it ended in tragedy, it was the best trip ever for a lot of people, and that was true for Broc too," Overbey said.

"He wanted to finish the trip more than ST "anyone else. And he did. cart Grain Grain INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Estimated grain prices Tuesday at Indianapolis-area elevators: Corn: cash $1.91, new $2.02. Soybeans: cash $6.33, new $6.05. Wheat: new $2.96.

Day Care plans rummage and bake sale Zion Chapel Day Care will have a rummage and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The Day Care is located at North and 14th streets. Diana THEATRE I TONIGHT TOAd Ta at 7:15 "SUSPENSE! COMEDY! ROMANCE! Shrill TODAY ELWOOD CALL LEADER 1 CAL LEADER FAMILY SINCE 100 ANNIVERSARY The Call-Leader.

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