Stories from Friday, October 7, 2016

Greencastle’s volleyball team closed out its Western Indiana Conference schedule on Thursday night by defeating South Putnam 25-11, 25-13 and 25-15 to finish 3-2 in league play. The match took a backseat on the night to the “Volley for the Cure” fundraiser and other special activities to support breast cancer awareness...

Game time: 7 p.m. Media coverage: WGRE-FM 91.5 will broadcast the game. The coaches: Nathan Aker is in his third year at South Putnam. Mark Raetz is in his fourth year at Northview. Last week: South Putnam lost 42-7 at Sullivan, while Northview lost 14-0 to Greencastle...

Bronwyn Spencer is a senior at North Putnam, who stays very busy playing volleyball, basketball and softball. Banner Graphic: Your first name is pretty unique. Is there a story behind it? Bronwyn Spencer: “It means ‘pure’, and my parents just found it in a book and liked it.”...

The post-season is now over for Putnam County squads competing in half of the eight IHSAA fall sports. Another round of updates: • Golf ended a couple of weeks ago, while all four soccer teams lost opening-round sectional matches this week. • Greencastle’s boys’ tennis team won the first sectional title of the 2016-17 school year for county schools last week with a pair of 4-1 wins, and was nipped 3-2 by Turkey Run in a tough regional match on Tuesday. ...

In a lunch hour filled with smooth jazz and good food at Music on the Square (M2) Friday, local jazz musicians Steve Snyder (piano) and Randy Salman (saxophone) provide easy listening at no cost to the public during M2’s Lunch Box Music program. The duo, which played both original and well-known favorites, also spoke about jazz music and its legends while patrons ate lunches made available by Bon Appetite...

LOGANSPORT -- Michael D. Clark, on leave as Cloverdale police chief after his arrest last April on three felony theft counts while serving as Galveston town marshal, pleaded guilty to conversion Thursday. In a plea deal with the Cass County Prosecutor's Office, Clark, 55, Cloverdale, pleaded guilty in Cass Superior Court to the lesser-included offense of criminal conversion, a Class A misdemeanor. ...

Scores From Around Putnam County Greencastle 14, North Putnam 17 at the half South Putnam 0, Northview 34 at the half Cloverdale 0, Indian Creek 28 in the second quarter Elsewhere in the WIC Brown County 0, Owen Valley 13 at the half Cascade 20, Edgewood 13 at the half...

A pair of parking lot issues -- linked to the growth of their ownership -- won Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals approval this week. The BZA, meeting for the first time since May, granted unanimous approval to: -- An administrative appeal for the Greencastle Community School Corporation (GCSC) relative to its staff parking area at 310 N. College Ave., adjacent to the old bus barn...

The South Putnam High School FFA will send its Parliamentary Procedures Team to the 89th National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis for the first time on Oct. 19. “We’re a little nervous because it’s a pretty big competition,” Eric Hinkle, a sophomore, said. ...

Eleven sites in seven state forests -- including a pair in the Owen-Putnam State Forest -- are being considered for additional management protection because of their ecological features, DNR director Cameron Clark has announced. “The features found at these locations are similar to what might be found in a Nature Preserve or a High Conservation Value Forest (HCV),” Clark said. “Nature Preserves receive the highest level of conservation protection under Indiana law...

Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail Thursday. • At 3:31 p.m., Cameron Dean King, 22, of Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on charges of driving with a suspended license. • At 3:33 p.m., Frank Adam Roche, 26, of Greencastle, was booked into the jail on charges of possession of marijuana...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Torie L. Hayes, 39, Greencastle, Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia Chelsea R. Gallagher, 25, Greencastle, Level 6 felony auto theft...

Indiana Pacer tickets are going on sale through South Putnam students in support of the South Putnam Community Education Foundation and the continuation of teacher grants and scholarships. This year’s game night is Dec. 12 with some alternate dates in January. Tickets are priced at $15 and $50 with a number of sales awards available to the students...

Pamela Bowman of Greencastle was installed as president of the Kiwanis Club of Greencastle during the club’s Sept. 29 meeting at the Inn at DePauw. Also installed were vice president Andrew Ranck, treasurer Carl Singer and secretary Paul Champion. In addition, Rosalie Bargmann, John Kass and Janet Jayne will now serve on the club’s board of directors:...

Donald H. White, a noted composer and music educator who taught in the DePauw University School of Music for more than 30 years and served as its director from 1974-78, died Oct. 4 in Colorado Springs, Colo. He was 95. Born Feb. 28, 1921 in Narberth, Pa., White studied music education at Temple University, composition at the Philadelphia Conservatory, and earned the M.M. and Ph.D. from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y...

DePauw University will welcome Emilie M. Townes, a distinguished scholar and leader in theological education and dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School, to campus on Monday, Oct. 10. The Rev. Dr. Townes will present the Mendenhall Lecture at 8 p.m. in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church...