Stories from Saturday, August 24, 2013

County Jail Seven people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. At 1:20 p.m. Levi Wade Runnells, 23, Greencastle, was charged with theft, unauthorized entry of a vehicle and criminal mischief. At 2:30 p.m. Megan Ann Bass, 27, Staunton, was held at the jail for intimidation and failure to appear...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale seventh and eighth grade football teams completed a sweet of Edgewood on Thurday. The seventh grade Clovers won 16-0 and the eighth-graders won 14-0. In the seventh grade game the teams were locked in a scoreless tie until through halftime. The Clovers took the kickoff and marched down the field, scoring when Parker Watts punched in a run around the left side...

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The Greencastle volleyball team lost at Crawfordsville on Thursday, 25-12, 25-10, 25-14. The loss drops the Tiger Cubs to 0-2 for the season. Leading the offense was junior Sydney Smiley, who finished with six kills. Juniors Jessica Lenihan and Olivia Divine had four kills each. Divine also had four aces and seven digs...

BRAZIL -- The South Putnam volleyball team is getting closer to finding its rhythm. The Eagles lost at Clay City 25-23, 25-16, 25-20 on Thursday. South Putnam went on a 10-point run in the final game but came up just short. "The Eagles continue to show their tenacity and never-give-up attitudes," SPHS coach Deanna Long said...

ROACHDALE -- On Monday, the North Putnam Cougars girl's golf team made the trek down to take on the Northview Knights in a dual meet. Like every meet that the Cougars will participate in this year, this meet ended in a loss. It takes four scores to qualify for a win. Ten came out for the first meeting and since then the team has dwindled down to just two. Returning to the team are juniors, Jessie Cox and Olivia Zarate. Both members are very excited to participate in this different season...

As I pack the rest of my bags and get ready to head to college, I figured it would be a good time to discuss the course it takes to play a sport at the collegiate level ... mainly golf of course. I knew nothing starting out and had to go to a seminar that Indiana Golf Foundation put on where they invited some coaches and collegiate players to tell us junior players the things we need to do to prepare ourselves for that level of competition as well as get our name out there...

ELLETTSVILLE -- The North Putnam football team opened its 2013 season on the road against the Edgewood Mustangs. The Cougars went home disappointed though losing 34-12. It was the first time North Putnam lost its opening game since a 14-7 defeat at Crawfordsville in 2002...

NASHVILLE -- Outside of their first meeting in 2010, Cloverdale and Brown County have been two football programs separated by little on the scoreboard. The Clovers were looking to snap a two-game losing streak to the Eagles but fell short for the third straight season, losing 14-6 in head coach Jarrod Duff's first game with the school...

SPENCER -- South Putnam coach Troy Burgess' words to his team after the game said it all. "Not our prettiest, but it's a win," Burgess said. While the Eagles opened with a 26-0 shutout of Owen Valley Friday night, there is definitely some work to do Monday, including taking care of 14 penalties for 90 yards and special teams play that lacked sharpness...

The keynote speech given by Andy Frazier during the Aug. 15 Greencastle Summit will air nightly on Channel 3, the local cable access channel in Greencastle, through Sept. 10. Frazier's 40-minute address will air at 8 p.m. nightly until the next City Council meeting on Sept. 10...

As Riva Oellig (above, right) talks her through the process, Ashley Wagner of Greencastle donates blood during the Bloodmobile's Friday visit to Heather Taylor State Farm Insurance in Greencastle. The well-attended blood drive was in honor Ashley's and husband Jacob's son Jace (below), who is in need of a serious operation on his skull. ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann recently welcomed Putnam County to her office to display memorabilia that represents the county in the front display cabinet in her executive office in the Indiana Statehouse. 
 Donated by the Indiana Hardwoods Association, the glass-paneled oak cabinet was built by Jasper Cabinet and given to the Lt. Governor's Office to showcase Indiana products and memorabilia...

Karen Nelson Heavin of Greencastle has been elected to serve a one-year term as president of the board of directors for the Indiana FFA Foundation. Heavin, a highly experienced community leader and effective FFA and agriculture education champion, currently serves as student services coordinator for the Area 30 Career Center in Greencastle, where she teaches career and college development, English ECA remediation...

Since the closing of the Putnam County Humane Society animal shelter two years ago there has been no place to shelter lost or abandoned animals -- a fact that hit home recently when Greencastle City Police officers were called to an Avenue E home that was housing 13 animals...

Orange cones are in position. Heavy equipment is fully engaged. And dust is flying as a summertime facelift for one of Greencastle's busiest roadways remains on schedule. Traveling through Greencastle's East Side may be a bit more tedious these days as construction work continues along Indianapolis Road east of the stoplight at Gas America and Taco Bell (10th Street/Round Barn Road)...

Henry Ernest Myers, 96, of Greencastle passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. He was born on Jan. 8, 1917 in Owen County to Floyd Ernest Myers and Bertha Mae Lanager Myers. Mr. Myers was a longtime member of Greencastle Presbyterian Church, Temple Lodge 47 F &AM, and was a former member of the Greencastle Lions Club...

MONROVIA -- Senior Alec Pettit rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries and senior Tyler Scott passed for 119 yards and two touchdowns to Seth Brown to lead Greencastle to a 34-21 season-opening victory over Monrovia in a West Central Conference game Friday at Gordon Hadley Field...

Lyndie Alspaugh and Shaun Plummer would like to announce their upcoming wedding on Friday, Aug. 30. It will take place at Oakalla Lake in Greencastle. Lyndie is the daughter of Brad and Tama Alspaugh, Greencastle, She graduated from Greencastle High School and Ivy Tech. Lyndie is currently employed in the accounting department at Putnam County Hospital...