Stories from Friday, May 6, 2016

The U.S. Attorney's Office has appealed the resentencing of a former Putnam County sheriff's deputy. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brad Blackington filed the notice of appeal Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Terre Haute in the case of Terry Joe "T.J." Smith...

The Greencastle boys' golf team continued its winning ways this week, defeating Crawfordsville and North Putnam in a triangular match on Wednesday and beating Cascade and Monrovia on Thursday. On Wednesday, Tiger Cubs' coach Steve Paquin said his team played its best nine holes of the season...

Katie Hewitt was born Nov. 9, 1997, to Chris and Brooke Hewitt. She will go to Marian University in Indianapolis next year and will play softball. She is undecided on her major field of study, but is considering biology. Banner Graphic: What kind of things do you like to do outside of school?...

Grady McHugh grew up knowing he wanted to either play college football or college baseball, and the South Putnam senior fulfilled at least one of his dreams on Thursday by signing a national letter-of-intent to play football for the College of Wooster -- a Division III school in Ohio...

Ivy Tech Community College is hosting a student workshop May 10 for final applications to the first cohort of the Associate Accelerated Program (ASAP) at the Greencastle campus. Students may pursue an Associate of Arts degree in liberal arts or an Associate of Science degree in business administration...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division at the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville remind area residents of the ongoing IRS (Internal Revenue Service) scam. The scam appears to be making a resurgence following the conclusion of the 2016 tax period with the Putnamville Post receiving many complaints related to the scam...

DePauw School of Music Events Week of May 9--15 Student Recital Hour Wednesday, May 11 10:20 a.m. Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall The final Recital Hour of the semester is dedicated to the annual School of Music Awards Convocation, including recognition of and performances by this year's talented award recipients...

The DePauw University School of Music's 2015-16 concert season will culminate in a joint choir and orchestra performance of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' moving "Serenade to Music." Featured soloists will be DePauw faculty artists Pamela Coburn (soprano), Caroline Smith (mezzo-soprano) and Kerry Jennings (tenor) with guest soloist Charles Stanton (baritone)...

April Students of the Month at North Putnam Middle School include sixth-graders Brant Sheldon and Handley Everman, seventh-graders Hunter Rudes and Grace Timm and eighth-graders Aaron Fritz and Baylee Osburn.

Eric Wolfe of F.C. Tucker/Schneider Realty recently announced the formation of the Eric Wolfe Team with the addition of Sue McCune as team agent and team assistant. She joins Team Leader Wolfe, who was recently recognized as F.C. Tucker's Greencastle top producer with more than $7 million in combined sales in 2015...

Hope College senior SARAH BEAMS, daughter of Daniel and Brenda Beams of Greencastle, is a candidate for a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and Spanish. Commencement exercises will take place Sunday, May 8. Hope College, located in Holland, Mich., is a four-year, co-educational liberal arts college...

Elianna Boyd of Cloverdale Elementary School recently represented Putnam Count in the Max Ehrmann Poetry Competition in Terre Haute. This is Boyd's second year to win the elementary division. She was selected among 157 poets from across Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties...

Monday, May 9 -- Imagination Portal Unplugged, 9 a.m.-noon. Enjoy the Imagination Portal without monitors, video games or music in the background. -- Computer Class: Heritage Lake Clubhouse, 1-3 p.m. PCPL Technology Director Michael Acsbok will be at the clubhouse to give an overview of the technology services offered by the library...

County Jail One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. At 12:34 a.m. on Friday, Jonathan Daniel Serviss, 35, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a warrant. City Police Two speeding tickets were issued Wednesday evening by Greencastle City Police officers...

County Road 100 East between 25 South and 200 North in Greencastle Township will be closed on or after Monday, May 9 for bridge replacement. The federal aid project will replace Crowe's Bridge, the 113-year-old iron truss bridge spanning Big Walnut Creek. The project has been in the works since 1999...

Music and Mental Health is the theme of the annual meeting of Mental Health America of Putnam County, which takes place Monday, May 9 at Music on the Square (M2), 21 N. Indiana St. The 6:30 p.m. program will feature remarks from D. Mark McCoy, DePauw University's president-elect and current dean of the DePauw School of Music...

Karen Martoglio has always been interested in community service. Between the League of Women Voters, Master Gardeners, school involvement and the Greencastle Farmers Market, Martoglio has been involved since she and husband Rich, a DePauw professor, came to Greencastle...

The old theory that "the whole is greater than that sum of its parts" doesn't always hold true in the criminal justice system. The latest example of that came in Putnam Superior Court this week when a 31-year-old Reelsville man with a long history of felonies accepted a plea agreement that means he will do a six-year sentence in the Department of Correction with four years executed and two years on suspension...

A Roachdale man is charged with a pair of felonies related to accusations he stole checks from an elderly woman. Ronald Edward Porter, 62, was arrested on a warrant Thursday evening and formally charged with Level 6 felony theft and Level 6 felony forgery...

Cloverdale Elementary School Principal Brad Sandy (above, left) serves up a batch of Almost Home's finest burgers Friday as Greencastle initiates its monthly First Friday events on the square. The Lemon Bros. (bottom, right) play for a mingling crowd as visitors enjoy food, drinks and entertainment. Harcourt Racing superstocks race car were also on display Friday for dozens of patrons (bottom, left)...

Greencastle school officials are nothing if not proficient by now in the operations of City of Greencastle government. After all, come Tuesday night the school corporation's transportation facility (aka bus barn) will be going before a city governing body for the fifth time since the project was first proposed for the 10.49-acre site along the south side of State Road 240 (Veterans Memorial Highway) just west of its intersection with Tennessee Street. And a sixth meeting is on the horizon...