Stories from Monday, September 7, 2015

Jackie Arnold "Jack" Scanland, 67, of Greencastle passed away on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. Jack was born on Nov. 4, 1947 in Indianapolis to John Arch Scanland and Ruth Matlock Scanland. He was a graduate of Ben Davis High School...

Putnam Pediatrics and Internal Medicine has announced that Michelle Modlin, FNP-C, has joined their practice and is now seeing patients. Modlin will be joining Lisa Martin, MD, Mahesh Sreedasyam, MD, and Andrea Baysinger, FNP-C. Putnam Pediatrics and Internal Medicine is conveniently located inside Putnam County Hospital...

Some major adjustments will soon come into effect for both realtors and buyers in the state's housing market. Beginning Oct. 3, real estate transactions will include, among other modifications, a mandatory three to six day waiting period before closing on the property in question...

Sarah (not her real name) was in kindergarten and acted maybe a bit too impulsively. She ran up to a boy and hugged him. Embarrassed, the boy recoiled and then told his friends. Their response? To spray him with imaginary Sarah germ repellent. They also told other girls. They joined the boys in perpetuating the Sarah germ response, spraying anything she touched...

RUSSELLVILLE -- The annual Russellers' Roundup celebration is scheduled this coming weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12-13. All events will be at the Russellville Community Center with breakfast served both mornings from 8-11 a.m. featuring homemade cinnamon rolls. Lunch/dinner will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m...

The United Way of Putnam County will be holding its 35th annual golf scramble on Friday, Sept. 11, located this year at Clover Meadows Golf Course in Cloverdale. Sponsored by United Way of Putnam County, Endeavor Communications, Hayes-Murphy-Sharp-Brackney Insurance and NSSB, the four-person team golf scramble will feature veterans' discounts, a golf ball drop competition and a hole-in-one competition...

TERRE HAUTE -- In a meet consisting of some of the top cross country teams in the state, Greencastle had a good showing, particularly the girls who netted an eighth-place finish at the Terre Haute Invitational Saturday, with Emma Wilson earning the blue ribbon...

Greencastle recovered two fumbles against West Vigo and converted both into touchdowns. But the Tiger Cubs' only turnover allowed West Vigo to win the Western Indiana Conference football game 20-13 at Harbison Stadium on Saturday morning. West Vigo was clinging to a seven-point lead with 7:50 to play as Greencastle drove from its own 11-yard line to the Vikings' 27...

ROACHDALE - The North Putnam football team had Owen Valley on the ropes heading into halftime Saturday, but after a first-half touchdown the Pats shut down the Cougar offense and took the win 26-19. North Putnam came out hot against the Patriots in its first WIC divisional game. The defense was good on all fronts in the first half, clogging lanes and keeping a blanket over the Owen Valley receivers...

CLINTON -- The South Putnam football players didn't let a weather delay deter them from a big victory Saturday morning. Finishing out a game that was delayed just before halftime due to lightning Friday, the Eagles were already up 34-6 before the break and they scored 13 more points on South Vermillion giving up only two more touchdowns on Saturday...

With classes under way and ensemble auditions now completed, DePauw University music students are hard at work in rehearsals. While they're mastering Mozart, the School of Music has planned a three-day guest-artist residency with the Grammy-nominated ensemble A Far Cry...

A 1.2-acre tract of land adjacent to the People Pathways section that passes in front of the Greencastle Walmart Super Store will become a city park, thanks to a donation by the Ballard family. The parcel, located along the south side of State Road 240 on Greencastle's East Side, is immediately east of the easternmost entrance to the super store and comprises the site where the Ballard family home stood until it was moved south to property along Ballard Lane near the Putnam County Airport...

Chris Weeks hopes to make beer sometime soon in downtown Greencastle. In the meantime, he's already made history. Weeks, who plans to open Wasser Beer Co. brewery and brew pub in the old NAPA store and onetime Packard dealership at 102 E. Franklin St., Greencastle, became the first applicant for a beverage license through the City of Greencastle Downtown Alcoholic Beverage License Committee last week...