Stories from Wednesday, September 18, 2013

City Police Four warrant arrests were made recently by Greencastle City Police officers. -- At 2:13 a.m. Sunday, Jason Lee Jones, 34, Greencastle, was arrested at his residence by Officer Matt Huffman on a warrant for probation violation. He was lodged in the Putnam County Jail...

CLOVERDALE -- The seventh-grade Cloverdale volleyball team beat North Putnam 25-13, 21-25, 15-13 on Monday. Leading the Clovers behind the service line was Makenzie Westell with 12 points, Morgan Allen with six points and Brook Bowling with six points...

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The Greencastle boys' tennis team lost a tight match at Southmont on Tuesday 3-2. The Tiger Cubs got wins from No. 3 singles Jed Fajt and the No. 1 doubles pair of Jake Mangrum and Kaleb Flemming. Fajt beat Wyatt Wadell 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 and Mangrum and Flemming beat Justin Lowe and Clayton Berrisford 6-0, 6-2...

TERRE HAUTE -- The Greencastle boys' soccer team took another step in the right direction on Tuesday, winning at West Vigo 2-0. The Tiger Cubs (3-6-1, 2-1) have had a few unlucky breaks with their schedule and health, but took advantage of their adversities against the Vikings...

LIZTON -- Senior Kyndra Boyce shot a season-best 41 to lead the South Putnam golf team at Tri-West on Tuesday. The Eagles finished at 217 in their final tune-up for Thursday's Putnam County Tournament. Senior Clair Perry finished at 54. Juniors Carlee Schlatter (59) and Allacyn Arnold (72) and freshman Alicia Haywood (63) all competed for SPHS...

ROACHDALE -- The North Putnam boys' soccer team took a one-goal lead into the half, but fell flat against Owen Valley on Tuesday, losing to the guests 4-2. Seniors Nick Kaufman and Bennett Hazelgrove each scored in the first half for North Putnam. Hazelgrove's goal, assisted by sophomore Parker Coffman, gave the Cougars a 2-1 lead in the 27th minute...

Playing its third match in the past four days, the South Putnam volleyball team hasn't had much of a chance to practice and work out their rhythm of late, but that didn't stop the team from making significant changes in the match against visiting Covenant Christian on Tuesday...

MONROVIA -- The North Putnam girls' soccer team earned it's first West Central Conference victory of the season on Tuesday, winning at Monrovia 2-1. Freshman Christa McRoy (7) scored both goals for the Cougars, picking up an assist from Emile Henninger...

BRAZIL -- Twenty-ninth place in a cross country meet rarely garners as much attention as it did Tuesday at the Northview Invitational. Greencastle and the hosts tied at 53-53 but GHS took the invitational title with Cameron Lewis's 29th-place finish the difference as a tie-breaker score...

It was a day of firsts for the Greencastle girls' soccer team on Tuesday but the most important part of the game has happened many times before. The Tiger Cubs (6-3, 2-1) picked up their sixth win of the season, beating West Vigo 4-1. Sophomore Emma Hiigel picked up the win in her first-career varsity start in goal. She made six saves and surrendered only on a penalty kick in the final minutes of the game...

Putnam County officials held their annual property tax sale on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The sale, conducted by Indianapolis-based SRI Incorporated on behalf of Putnam County Auditor Lorie Hallett and Treasurer Sharon Owens, offered 153 parcels to 32 bidders...

INDIANAPOLIS -- In a landmark moment for historic preservation locally, Greencastle and Putnam County were singled out Saturday by the Indiana Landmarks group for its most prestigious award. The Heritage Preservation Society (HPS) of Putnam County was presented the annual Servaas Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in historic preservation in a ceremony at the Indiana Landmarks Center, a nineteenth-century church restored and adapted as theaters, meeting and office space...

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor Electric energy in the 21st century is -- to steal a popular old advertising tagline -- not your father's Oldsmobile. Pondering the fate of the Hoosier energy landscape is akin to the dilemma of either repairing your trusty old car or buying a shiny new vehicle, Duke Energy's Indiana president told Greencastle area business and education leaders Monday afternoon...

With the school year in full swing, the South Putnam School Board got its first taste of the corporation's first of two official count days during its monthly meeting Monday evening. The ADM count counts each student that's enrolled as one student. Kindergarten counts as a half student, which is due to the fact that kindergarten students previously went to school for only a half day...

Incredible fall-like weather and marvelous music -- coupled with offerings of fruits, veggies, kettle corn and the like -- yielded the largest crowd of the year Saturday at the Greencastle Farmers Market. Entertaining the crowd on the east side of the courthouse square, clarinetist Jenny Woodrum and bass player Eric Snoza, members of the Fifth House Ensemble, play a swinging Benny Goodman offering. ...

With school well under way, the official count of students at Greencastle Community Schools is in. Greencastle Superintendent Dawn Puckett announced Monday that even though the number of students attending is up from last year, funding from the state would be lower...

The DePauw University School of Music is busily preparing for the return of DePauwpalooza, the annual coming-together of the School with the College of Liberal Arts at DePauw University. Begun in 2011, DePauwpalooza is an outdoor concert in a picnic setting with free pizza for everyone.

Mary E. Watkins, 87, Quincy, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 at Meadow Lake of Mooresville. She was born on June 13, 1926 in Harlan County, Ky., and was the daughter of the late Lewis G. and Rhoda Catherine (Gibbons) Greene. She was married to Cleo R. Watkins on July 20, 1946, and he preceded her in death on March 7, 1999...

There's nothing I dislike more than feeling like I've been duped. I especially don't like it when it comes to movies. A little misdirection is one thing, but to throw words like Nazis, Frankenstein and monsters at me and then not deliver, well that's just downright mean...

Robert E. Williams, 72, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. He was born on Oct. 18, 1940 in Hartwell, Ga., to Ira Williams and Eula Mae Dyar Williams. He was a graduate of Belle Union High School, and served his country in the U.S. Air Force...

York Chrysler helped to raise $1,200 in funding for Central Elementary with Chrysler brand's Drive for the Kids program. The fundraising event was held on Aug. 20, in conjunction with the meet the teacher night. "The Chrysler brand and our local dealerships are committed to giving back to the communities where we do business," said Mike Dragojevic, director at the Great Lakes Business Center for Chrysler Group...

North Putnam Middle School recently celebrated the following Students of the Month for the month of August, eighth-grader Reuben Edwards, eighth-grader Grace Lake, sixth-grader Abigail Shinovich, seventh-grader Elliot Sabens, seventh-grader Sabrina Toth and sixth-grader Austin Rader...

The Greencastle boys' tennis team lost to visiting Northview on Wednesday 3-2, picking up wins at No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles. Christian Ritchey won for the Tiger Cubs in splits sets, beating Ethan Linton 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Jed Fajt and Nathan Gobert defeated Brenden Ellis and Tyler Leach 6-0, 6-1...