Stories from Friday, November 10, 2006

The celebrity hasn't gone to their heads yet, but friend and producer Tim Hamilton recently told Nathan Lien and Kevin Sanders to just give it time. The two 17-year-old Greencastle High School juniors recently captured first place in the AOL Be a Red Star video competition for their self-produced video, "The MooseBump Show." The video features the two hunting a deer decoy...

ELLETTSVILLE -- The South Putnam Eagles girls' basketball team tried the same trick Friday night at Edgewood that worked so well at Rockville in the season opener. But the Edgewood Mustangs didn't fall for it. Edgewood held off South Putnam's fourth-quarter rally for a 46-37 victory...

SPEEDWAY -- The North Putnam Cougars' football team just keeps on rolling. North Putnam remained undefeated, improving its record to 13-0 after a 23-18 victory over Speedway in Friday night's regional championship. The Cougars came from behind to win for the second consecutive week...

John Ryan Wood, 27, Greencastle, died. Born May 4, 1979, in Putnam County, he was the son of John C. and Brenda C. York Wood. He had worked in construction. Survivors include his parents; a daughter, Riley May Wood; a girlfriend, Samantha Shillings; three sisters, Amanda, Amy and Kimberly Wood, all of Greencastle; and grandparents John N. and Rita Wood, Greencastle...

Oct. 16, 1920-Nov. 8, 2006 Mae Elizabeth (Snapp) Malicoat Smith, 86, Speedway, died Wednesday. Born in Tennessee, she was the daughter of David M. and Minnie A. (Walton) Snapp. She had been a production worker for P.R. Mallory co. as well as manager for Bluebird Cafe and J&H Truckstop for several years...

Nov. 30, 1938-Nov. 9, 2006 Robert "Bob" Wayne Newnam, 67, Lafayette, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette. Born in Bloomingdale, he was the son of Paul and Viola Brown Newnam. He married Kay V. Ringen Aug. 27, 1987, and she survives...

Sept. 9, 1935-Nov. 10, 2006 Robert N. Consamus, 71, Cloverdale, died Friday at his residence. Born in Marion County, he was the son of Joseph G. Consamus and Geraldine O. (Plunkett) Consamus. He married Judy D. (Kammerer) Consamus, and she survives...

A Bainbridge man was given a 20-year sentence Friday after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and causing the death of a Greencastle teen. Jeremy Wayne Crowder, 24, sat in the Putnam Superior Courtroom Friday and listened as family and friends of the late Ricky Johnston reminded him of what they had lost in the car accident that killed the 17-year-old on May 21...

Fillmore water consumers are invited express their comments on a proposed water rate increase to the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor by mail, fax, or the Internet before Tuesday, Dec. 12. The OUCC, the state agency representing consumer interests in all cases before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, had received a request from the Fillmore Municipal Water Utility to increase its rates and charges...

The investigation into the death of a Clay County man in Cloverdale early Wednesday morning is ongoing and officials said it could take up to two weeks to complete. On Thursday, Putnam County Coroner Thomas Miller told the BannerGraphic that Michael Woodall, 46, Brazil, died at 6:35 a.m. Wednesday morning outside of the Days Inn Motel, 1031 N. Main St., Cloverdale...

Patching streets and dog ordinances captured the attention of the Bainbridge Town Council during its meeting Wednesday night. Brian Dickehut from Equipment Marketing Co., Cloverdale, came to talk about using a street patching machine the company provides to patch potholes, alligator cracks, shoulder failures and other common road repairs...

Greencastle High School's Andy Weatherford is trading in his purple and gray for cream and crimson. The GHS senior track and cross country runner signed a letter of intent Friday to run track and cross country for the Hoosiers next fall. "It feels great," Weatherford said after signing his letter. "Not only did I find the school that's right for me, but it's nice to have the whole recruiting process over and done with."...