Stories from Thursday, September 4, 2014

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor With the City of Greencastle facing water and wastewater construction projects and system repairs, the Board of Works and Safety Wednesday evening reluctantly recommended rate increases for both municipal utilities. The Board of Works unanimously approved three proposed rate increases that the Greencastle City Council will consider at its 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9 at City Hall...

Margaret M. Southwood, 92, of Indianapolis, passed away Aug. 29, 2014. She was born on June 29, 1922 in Fillmore to Glenn and Iva Hammond, and grew up in Greencastle. Margaret graduated from Indiana Business College. She worked for Indiana Lumberman's Insurance, Ellis Trucking Co. and Winona Hospital as a secretary/receptionist...

Putnam County Hospital Physician Practices, including Family Medicine of Cloverdale, North Putnam Family Healthcare, Putnam Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, and Putnam Surgical Specialties, are now offering the Physician Practices Patient Portal. The portal will allow patients to better manage their health by allowing electronic access to health records, request prescription refills, schedule appointments, receive appointment reminders via email and communicate with their provider through secure messaging.. ...

The repaving and pavement reconstruction project continues on U.S. 231 between Frazier Street on Greencastle's north side and just south of U.S. 36 as traffic control allows one lane of vehicles to use the northbound lane to head south. Meanwhile, a crew from Wabash Valley Asphalt works on the approach from Depot Street to the west as similar finishing touches were done to the intersections at Edgelea Drive and Doc James Road as well as the fairgrounds. ...

"The Breakdown of the Culture and its Effects on Society" will be the topic of discussion at the Monday night meeting of the Greencastle Defenders of Liberty. Dr. Richard Moss, a board certified otolarynologist, head and neck surgeon in Jasper, will be the featured speaker Sept. 8. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Dixie Chopper Business Center loacted at the Putnam County Airport, 102 Ballard Lane, Greencastle...

The Cloverdale girls' golf team traveled to Windy Hill Country Club Wednesday to take on Greencastle along with Monrovia. However the Clovers made the trek without their No. 1 golfer, Harlee Fuetter, who was ill. All the teams played well as Monrovia and Greencastle both scored 214 as a team and the tiebreaker was won by Monrovia...

The Tiger Cubs continued their winning ways with a strong road win over Turkey Run High School on Wednesday evening, 3-2. Greencastle started the match off well; with both doubles teams playing sound with two strong victories, 6-0, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0, respectively. Jake Mangrum and Kaleb Fleming played great tennis at one doubles, while Adam Gerard and Nate Gobert played extremely solid tennis at two doubles...

The score didn't tell the story when Cloverdale's volleyball team visited Greencastle on Thursday. The Tiger Cubs won the match in three straight sets, 18-25, 17-25 and 20-25 but the Clovers made their Putnam County rivals work for everything. "We have to have a lot of energy," said Tiger Cub coach Maggie Walters. ...

By JOHNATHON GOODE For the Banner Graphic ROACHDALE--The Southmont Mounties traveled into North Putnam Cougar boys' soccer territory Thursday night and came away with a 3-1 victory. "I felt this is a team we should've been able to compete with," Cougar coach David Moeller said. "We just made too many mistakes. We had a lot of opportunities. Their goalie is fantastic. He made a lot of great saves."...

With a slight wind and plenty of sunshine the GHS Girls Soccer team played its rescheduled game against South Vermillion on Wednesday beating the Wildcats 6-2. The team played the first half with numerous opportunities to score. Tiger Cub midfielders Hannah Brattain and Katie Rose Parsons maintained a stronghold over the midfield while a bounty of crosses came from Katie Kessler and Bailey Lausee. ...

ROACHDALE--In the WCC opener for both schools, North Putnam made for less than accommodating hosts to South Putnam Thursday night. The Cougars blasted through the opening two sets and only complacency allowed the Eagles to challenge the third set as the home side swept the match in three sets 25-13, 25-7 and 25-23...

A head-on collision occurred Wednesday afternoon on U.S. 231 just south of U.S. 40, requiring Geradine R. Cutright, 64, Cloverdale and Erin R. Chamberlain, 19, Urbana, to be air lifted to area hospitals. Investigating Officer Sgt. Craig Sibbitt explained that the accident occurred at 12:57 p.m. ...

The Apostrophe' Art Space will feature a show by DePauw University art professor Cynthia O'Dell, her husband, local potter Scott Cooper, and their daughter, Maggie Pixel. Titled "Arts & Crafts," the show will feature photography, pottery and paintings. Most of the work on display will be for sale. It's the first time the family members have shown their artwork together...

A fifth-wheel camper trailer carrying firearms and ammunition caught fire near mile marker 31 on Interstate 70 Thursday morning, closing down traffic in both directions for approximately one hour. According to Putnam County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Craig Sibbitt, Michael Hall, 35, Kingston, Okla., stopped along the shoulder of the interstate approximately 10 miles west of Cloverdale after noticing smoke coming from the camper-trailer he was towing...