Stories from Saturday, August 21, 2010

GREENCASTLE -- Community members are invited to join DePauw University President Brian Casey for a conversation about plans to re-envision campus spaces and strengthen connections to Greencastle. Hosted by Mayor Sue Murray in Greencastle City Hall, the Campus Community Planning Forum will occur on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m...

BRAZIL -- A Clay County man and his juvenile girlfriend have been arrested by Indiana State Police after making false allegations of sexual battery against a trooper assigned to the Putnamville Post. Christopher C. Harbaugh, 19, of Poland was taken into custody at 3:30 p.m. Friday on S.R. 340 west of Brazil in Clay County...

GREENCASTLE -- On Sept. 17, American Red Cross Putnam County volunteers will be hosting a Golf Invitational at Old Hickory Golf Course as a day of fun and recreation to raise much needed funds to help support the delivery of the Red Cross mission throughout Putnam County...

Joshua David Hagen and Blaine Elizabeth Johnston of Greencastle have announced their upcoming marriage, which will take place on Sept. 4. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Keith and Tina Johnston of Greencastle. Her fiance is the son of John and Rita Perkins of Greencastle and David Hagen of Mishawaka...

Rick and Brenda DeVylder of Greencastle and Lana Willhite of Crawfordsville would like to announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Joshua DeVylder and Summer Willhite. Joshua graduated from Greencastle High School in 2001 and from Indiana State University in 2006. He belongs to Phi Gamma Delta fraternity...

GREENCASTLE -- A Fillmore woman who stole prescription drugs from the nursing facility where she was employed has been sentenced to 18 months of probation. Kimberly S. Hanks, 30, pled guilty to and was convicted of one count of Class D felony theft...

GREENCASTLE -- A Terre Haute man received a 12-year prison sentence for his involvement in a Jan. 15, 2009 incident in which he stole electronics from an apartment in Greencastle. Judge Matthew Headley ordered that Maxwell T. New, 21, would spend four years in prison and eight years on probation. New has credit for 600 days...

When "Dream Season" premiered on the Outdoor Channel in 2004, it planted a seed in the mind of two Putnam County natives. Mike Marsteller and Jesse Fulwider had been friends since high school at North Putnam. After years of hunting and fishing together, they had, around the time of the show's premiere, begun filming their deer hunts...

FILLMORE -- A Fillmore home was heavily damaged by fire Friday afternoon. Floyd Township Fire Department Assistant Chief Roger Wright said the fire call came in at 1:20 p.m. as a structure fire at 393 Mill Springs, Heritage Lake, Fillmore. "I was first on the scene," Wright said. "I literally live 10 houses away."...

Steven E. Chew, 59, of Greencastle passed away on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. He was born on June 27, 1951 in Clay County to Earl Chew and Betty Langley Chew. Steve was a graduate of Indiana State University, and was a long time employee of Verizon Telephone Company...

Gerald R. Scobee, 65, of Reelsville passed away on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 at the Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born on June 27, 1945 in Putnam County to Herschel O. and Imogene (Arnold) Scobee. He is survived by his daughters, Lynn Fenwick and husband Gary, Kristi Wood and husband Rick, Kara Carroll and husband Paul and Renetta Johnson and husband Ryan; his mother Imogene Scobee; his sisters, Sue Duncan and husband Richard and Lesa Snedegar and husband Gary; his brother, Danny Scobee and wife Cindy; his grandchildren, Kimberlyn Fenwick, Brittaney Wood, Rickie Lynn Wood, Kylea Carroll, Johnathan (Ridge) Carroll, Cameryn Carroll, David Johnson, Kaydence Sharp and Logan Johnson; Several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.. ...

The North Putnam volleyball team lost to Covenant Christian in three sets Thursday. The Cougars lost 19-25, 18-25 and 8-25. North Putnam head coach Jill Schrieber was pleased with her team's performance on the night. "We need to be more aggressive at the net," she said. "We played well overall. I think we did give up on ourselves a little bit in that third game, but overall we're coming together as a team and the more we play the better we're going to be...

The Greencastle boys' soccer team improved to 2-0 on the season following its 4-1 win over Lebanon Thursday on the road. Greencastle dominated play in the first half and led 2-0 on goals by Sonney Basham and Brandon Query. Mitchell Ball scored with 19:30 to play in the second half to extend the lead to 3-0. Lebanon scored on a deflection with 13:13 remaining and Query added his second goal at 12:35...

GREENCASTLE -- The South Putnam Eagles opened their 2010 season with a 34-12 win over visiting Owen Valley Friday. Due to technical difficulties, the game story for the Eagles' win wasn't available at press time. Complete game coverage can be found in Monday's edition of the Banner Graphic...

CLOVERDALE -- It took just one play from scrimmage to prove 2010 is a new year for the Cloverdale football team. On the first play from scrimmage, Donavan Scisney took a counter play 73 yards for the touchdown and a 7-0 lead on visiting Brown County...

ROACHDALE -- The 2010 season got off with a bang -- six bangs to be exact -- for the North Putnam Cougars Friday night. The Cougars scored six times en route to their 40-14 drubbing of Edgewood and look to be a powerhouse once again this season. The Cougars amassed 352 rushing yards on the night, with Travis Franklin carrying four times for 118 yards and a touchdown...

GREENCASTLE -- Greencastle opened the football season with a 10-6 upset victory over Monrovia in a West Central Conference game Friday at Robert L. Harbison Stadium. The Tiger Cubs made a trio of momentous momentum-changing plays in the third quarter and played solid defense to deliver a win for coach Eric Davis in his debut game with the program...