Stories from Sunday, September 25, 2016

A local family is seeking help finding a 17-year-old missing for more than three weeks. Marilyn "Joan" Warren was last seen on Aug. 21 on U.S. 40 in Manhattan. Since then, several tips investigated by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department have come up empty...

By Steve Fields For the Banner Graphic GREENWOOD — The high school girls’ golf season came to a close Saturday for Greencastle, South Putnam and North Putnam in the regional at Smock Golf Course in Greenwood. The first Greencastle team in “seven or eight years” to qualify for the regional finished 18th and South Putnam’s Alicia Haywood and North Putnam’s Taylor Dixon both have had, and will have, better days on the golf course...

Robert Wade "Rob" Sims, 27, of Fillmore, passed away due to a tragic kayaking accident. Born Sept. 30, 1988 in Danville, Ind., he was the son of James R. and Rhonda Dee (Sibbitt) Sims. Rob worked at Liberty Industries Inc. in Fillmore. He also did tree trimming and gutter work. He was handy with all motor and transmission repairs...

Rhema C. Gobert, 87, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Arrangements are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Indiana Conservation Officers are offering safety tips to keep Hoosier deer hunters safe during the 2016 season which began this morning in urban zones. Saturday, Oct. 1 is the official beginning of archery deer season. More than 300,000 people will participate in deer hunting activities in the state through Jan. ...

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- This Thursday, Sept. 29, Dr. Howard Miller will present “2016: Lew Wallace, ‘Ben-Hur’ and the Bicentennial of Indiana Statehood” at the Carriage House Interpretive Center of the Gen. Lew Wallace Study and Museum in Crawfordsville. The lecture is free and will begin at 7 p.m...

With another link in the People Pathways system established in Putnam County, citizens gathered to celebrate the opening of the Putnam Nature Trail on Friday not with a ribbon cutting, but with a chain linking. The link was established by Emma Wilson and Malcolm Romine, respectively the youngest and oldest participants in the local section of the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay the day before. ...

Putnam County Officials hosted the annual delinquent property tax sale on Sept. 13, 2016. The sale was conducted by County Auditor Lorie Hallett and County Treasurer Sharon Owens. A property tax sale is required to be held in each Indiana county for those properties on which an owner of real estate fails to pay the property taxes from the prior year’s first property tax bill installment...

Feeling squeamish about College Go week next week because you don’t have adequate savings? Let’s dig deeper into the 529 college savings plan. It does not need to be scary and the most important item is to start a 529 plan which does not demand a large expense to initiate...

NEWPORT -- The 49th Annual Newport Antique Auto Hill Climb is scheduled for Sept. 30 and Oct. 1-2, as the Newport Lions Club prepares for the annual gathering of antique auto enthusiasts. Hoping to stage another record-setting festival, the Lions will hold the event over a 1,800-foot-long, 140-foot-high Newport Hill, once a proving ground for early automobile designs...

BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Huber, will perform during the Brazil Sesquicentennial Saturday, Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. until dusk in Forest Park. The program will feature marches by Jewell, Fillmore and Sousa plus patriotic favorites...

Putnam County Hospital welcomes the community to come enjoy the newly updated Third Floor Outpatient Specialty Clinic during an open house celebration on Thursday, Sept. 29 from noon to 2 p.m. Staff will be on site to visit with attendees and light refreshments will be served. The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 12:15 p.m...

The third annual Oktoberfest is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Greencastle. The Knights of Columbus-sponsored event is intended to bring the community and the parish together. The 4-11 p.m. Oktoberfest is open to the public...

With the International Window Film Tint-Off and Competition taking place Oct. 4-7 in San Antonio, Scorpion Window Film will be in booth 703 at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, showing its full line of automotive, architectural and safety/security films...

For the fourth year, Dr. Dennis Knuth and his staff at Greencastle Hometown Dental will offer a Free Dental Day to the Putnam County community. The Free Dental Day will be Friday, Sept. 30 at the Hometown Dental office, 1113 Indianapolis Rd. Local residents in need of dental services can receive free dental care on a first-come, first-served basis Friday...

ROACHDALE -- On Wednesday, Sept. 28, the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA), in partnership with the Roachdale Revitalization Cooperative Alliance (RRCA), will host the third in a series of community exchanges aimed at bringing together Indiana Main Street organizations, community leaders, downtown groups and economic development professionals...

Fifty years ago a group of local residents saw a need for an independent Christian Church in Greencastle and went to work building something new. The church started out humbly enough, taking out ads in local papers inviting new attendees and promoting aims such as “to build a church of Christ without denominational name, man-written creed or other barrier to Christian unity.”...

The local Walmart Transportation office gave a little girl a ride around town on Saturday afternoon, but the funds they raised should take her a lot farther than that. At six years old, Alexis Stringer has already had 47 surgeries. She suffers from venous vascular malformation, which requires surgery every few weeks just to keep her airway open. That works out to 12 or so surgeries a year...

By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE – Lincoln Park Speedway put the wraps on the 2016 season with back-to-back nights of racing over the weekend after rain had claimed several events in a row. Shane Cockrum was crowned as the sprint car points champion after Friday night’s ninth-place run. ...

DePauw senior quarterback Matt Hunt threw four touchdown passes, ran for one more and totaled 417 yards of offense as the Tigers moved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 66-17 victory over visiting Hiram. The Terriers dropped to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the NCAC. The 66 points were the most by a DePauw team since November 4, 1939, when they scored 74 against Franklin...

Greencastle hosted and won the Tiger Cub Invitational cross country races on Saturday. The Tiger Cubs got a second-place finish from Clayton Wilson to win the boys’ race with 42 points. Crawfordsville was second with 59 points. Emma Wilson won the girls’ race in 18:29.8 as the Tiger Cubs scored 28 team points to 50 for runnerup Crawfordsville. The Tiger Cubs had three of the top five runners and six of the top 12...