Stories from Thursday, August 25, 2016

High school athletes are frequently encouraged to stay hydrated, eat the right foods and get a proper amount of sleep in order to be healthy and perform at the optimum level. Greencastle senior multi-sport athlete Whitney Weinschenk noticed that skin cancer prevention instruction was not normally included in the traditional safety package, though, so she decided to do something about it...

Rita Sharon Garrett, 76, of Cloverdale, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Rita was born June 23, 1940 to the late Bib and Grace (Elmore) Sackett. She married Dewey Garrett on July 7, 1963. Rita played basketball for four years at Indiana State University where she was selected as a member of the All-Decade Team...

Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday At 4:43 p.m. Christian Lynn Hinning, 32, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a Montgomery County warrant. At 1:34 p.m. Ashley Nicole Osborne, 35, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

To the Editor: On behalf of the National Night Out Committee we are proud to announce that over 1,700 community members participated in our 10th annual event on Tuesday, Aug. 2 from 5-8 p.m. at Greencastle's Robe-Ann Park. This year's event was dedicated to the memory of Debbie Murphy, a longtime friend of National Night Out; to those who donated in her memory, Thank you...

Now that the conventions are over, all eyes are on the fall presidential campaign. But I'm going to ask you to shift your focus a bit, to Congress. Don't do it as a favor to me. Do it as a favor to the country. Congress is in the midst of a seven-week break. Its members left Washington in mid-July; they'll be back after Labor Day. They did manage to do a few things, like pass legislation providing resources for combating the heroin and opioid crisis...

Marvin's -- the Greencastle eatery that famously "delivers anywhere" -- has made some noteworthy "deliveries" over the years. There was that time students unfurled a "Marvin's delivers" sign on Red Square in Moscow and found themselves in some Cold War hot water...

Consider this your wake-up call ... Many times those beeping weather alerts on your phone or the TV seem like little more than annoyances that fill your cellphone screen or interrupt "The Bachelor" or ironically "Survivor" or something of like consequence...

Whitney Weinschenk is a senior at Greencastle High School. She competes in multiple sports this fall, in addition to participating in several school clubs, and also competes in track and field in the spring. Banner Graphic: What sports do you play in school?...

With tornadoes dominating the news again (see state story, Page 8A and editorial, Page 4A) following Wednesday's major Indiana incidents, it seemed spooky to see storms dance all around us without doing any major damage in Putnam County. Talk about dodging a proverbial bullet...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale Trustee Dale Monnett asked for an extra $5,000 in funding for the Cloverdale Township Volunteer Fire Department (CFD) during the Town Council's August meeting. The town council was just moving to a vote on whether to grant Clerk-Treasurer Cheryl Galloway permission to submit the town Proposed 2017 Budget when Monnett cut in...

There isn't any pre-game trash talking. No "Meyer Bowl II" T-shirts are being printed up. A boxing match-type press conference? Not happening. Yet tonight's Greencastle-Cloverdale football game does mark the second head-to-head coaching matchup between brothers Mike and Tony Meyer...

Game time: 7 p.m. Location: Southmont High School. The coaches: Greg Barrett is in his eighth year at North Putnam. Desson Hannum is in his 10th year at Southmont. Last week: North Putnam defeated Cascade 20-13. Southmont lost 55-13 at Fountain Central...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Kyle A. Kelly, 23, Greencastle, Level 6 felony theft of a firearm Jeremy C. Wilson, 34, Greencastle, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Level 6 felony driving with a Schedule I or II controlled substance in the body, Class C misdemeanor driving with a Schedule I or II controlled substance in the body, Class A misdemeanor possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia. ...

CLOVERDALE -- The Clovers defeated West Vigo in five sets by the scores of 25-21, 18-25, 25-22, 16-25 15-11 on Thursday night for their first win of the season. Hannah Rady had a season-high 21 points, five aces and 37 set-assists Tori Combs had a season-high 18 kills and five blocks, while Kassie Wade had five kills and Hailey Thomas added a season-high 12 points with six kills, and 18 digs...