Stories from Thursday, April 25, 2013

A Greencastle man is dead and a Greenfield man seriously injured following a Thursday morning head-on crash on State Road 240 east of Greencastle. Jonathan M. Harrison, 42, of Greencastle, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The other driver, 20-year-old Seth Beeson of Greenfield, was airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis with life-threatening injuries...

Grading Period 3 All A Grade 2: Kylio E. Arnold, Brodie C. Carr, Kelsey Lynn Custis, Elena R. Emmerich, Kimberlee M. Emmert, Julia M. Gabbard, Lilly N. Grimes, Jackson Dean Hayman, Brock Heavin, Caleb I. Heet, Anna M. Helton, Braylon Jobe, Jacob C. Mullins, Madison A. Newby, Lakin A. Ridgway, Sadey J. Snellenberger, Jake Sollman, Jade Marie Speth, Riley C. Stockton, Bobbie Lee Sutherlin and Luke Michael Switzer...

A team of DePauw University students is among 13 groups advancing to the 11th annual U.S. Imagine Cup finals. The Imagine Cup is Microsoft's premier student technology competition and honors student technology innovations that address the world's toughest problems...

Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church recently announced its plans to participate in the Summer Foods Service Program during the church's Summer Enrichment program. Free meals will be made available to all children who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for the mentally or physically disabled. Free meals are made available to all eligible participants...

More than 220 fourth-graders in the Greencastle area will roll up their sleeves and take part in Arbor Day on Friday, April 26. Students from Greencastle's Tzouanakis Intermediate School and South Putnam Central Elementary School will become mebers of Fourth Grade Forester. The project's goal is to help revitalize observation of Arbor Day in America's schools...

BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Huber, will begin its 155th year of continuous operations May 14 and May 21 with rehearsals at Northview High School. The Brazil Concert Band (BCB), which includes 75 members, invites area adult and high school wind and percussion musicians to join one of the oldest concert bands in the United States. All one has to do is show up to the first at 7 p.m. rehearsal...

Military families gather at Greencastle City Hall earlier this month as Mayor Sue Murray proclaimed April the Month of the Military Child.

At 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Brittany May Will, 23, Indianapolis, was booked into the Putnam County Jail for failure to appear, operating while intoxicated and possession of paraphernalia. At 2:32 p.m. Tuesday, Amber N. Hauck, 18, Coatesville, was westbound on County Road 200 North, just east of 750 East, in a 2000 Ford. For unknown reasons, Hauck lost control of the car in the rain...

Mental Health America of Putnam County will be hosting its annual meeting on Tuesday, April 30 at the Lifebuilder Community Center at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will honor "Heroes in the Fight" along with the presentation of Annual Person of the Year and Educator of the Year Awards...

Taking advantage of the soft ground and warm sun of late April, the City of Greencastle kicked off several days of Arbor Day celebrations Tuesday on Albin Pond Road. Mayor Sue Murray gathered with Parks and Recreation Department employees and Greencastle High School students to recognize April 23 as Greencastle Arbor Day and to proclaim the week of May 6-12 as Arbor Appreciation Week...

Tucked behind his Putnam Superior Court bench, Judge Denny Bridges has kept a one-word, Post-it Note reminder so long his staff turned the self-imposed advice into a paperweight. "Patience," it reads. And the judge certainly needed every ounce of that virtue (not to mention the biblical wisdom of Job) Wednesday, perhaps even to keep from throwing that paperweight across the courtroom...

After months of preparation, it is almost time for this year's Relay for Life, which will take place Saturday from noon-midnight in DePauw's Indoor Tennis and Track Center. Due to the ongoing construction at the Blackstock parking lot, there will be a shuttle service provided from three areas, Ohio St. lot, Hogate South and Ridpath Elementary...

Students in the Old National Trail (ONT) Special Services Cooperative landscaping class rework the decorative area at the front of Greencastle High School Tuesday, replacing the rock and putting down new landscape fabric around vegetation planted a year ago.

The Greencastle High School winter sports most vaulable players, as named by their school, were (front, from left) senior basketball player Rayleigh Amis, freshman swimmer Amelia Smith, senior cheerleader Alexis Williams, (back, from left) junior swimmer Nash Firebaugh, senior basketball player Nick Gilliam and senior wrestler Carter Lewis. Amis, Smith and Williams were each named MVPs during the fall season as well...

The Greencastle golf team continued its dual meet domination on Tuesday, beating host Tri-West 145-195. Junior Alec Davis was the medalist. He shot a two-under 34 at the nine hole meet, making three birdies and just one bogey. "A score of 145 on a rainy, cool day is a great score," GHS coach Steve Paquin said. "Our players played through the tough conditions and didn't let it affect their scoring."...

CLOVERDALE -- With the springtime weather finally breaking long enough for some patches of grass to dry out, Cloverdale's baseball squad picked up one of its delayed outings by hammering Cascade 9-1. The win strengthened the Clovers (8-2, 6-1 WCC) position in the West Central Conference race having now completed most of their conference games...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Pacers forward Paul George was quick to credit his teammates for putting him in position to be named the NBA's Most Improved Player this season. George followed up his triple-double in game one with a 27-point, eight-rebound, four-steal, zero-turnover game on Wednesday but teammates George Hill and Gerald Green helped push Indiana to a 2-0 lead over the Atlanta Hawks with a 114-98 win...