Stories from Friday, October 14, 2016

Logan Vandermark is a senior honor student at South Putnam who specializes in running cross country and track. He will also return to the pool this winter on the Eagle swim team. Banner Graphic: What other sports do you do besides running? Logan Vandermark: “I swam as a sophomore, and I’m going to swim again this year to give my knees a break.”...

Game time: 7 p.m. Media coverage: The game will be telecast on wabashvalleysports.com. The coaches: Tony Meyer is in his second year at Cloverdale. Mark Raetz is in his fourth year at Northview. Last week: Cloverdale lost 49-8 at Indian Creek, while Northview defeated South Putnam 40-0...

Sitting in a folding chair after a mid-week practice, Maggie Meyer’s knees are visibly bruised and nicked up. The kneepads the Greencastle junior wears are somewhat effective in protecting her joints, but a few battle scars are inevitable when you spend your matches repeatedly diving onto the court to prolong a point...

By Joey Bennett Sports Editor When comparing times between runners who competed last week in high school cross country sectionals at Ben Davis and South Putnam, it would be easy to think the Ben Davis runners were superior. Their times were much faster than those of the South Putnam sectional participants...

Dr. Dennis Goldberg, 63, of Greencastle, was born into eternal life on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Dr. Goldberg was born June 8, 1953 to Arnold and Dorothy Goldberg. He was a true ISU Sycamore, earning all three of his degrees in education from Indiana State University...

A late-model Chevrolet Tahoe, attempting to avoid stalled traffic while traveling southbound on U.S. 231 just south of Greencastle, left the western side of the roadway on a bend known as Plessinger’s Hill at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday evening. Striking the home of Tim and Debrah Mullens, the driver of the ambling vehicle told Putnam County Sheriff’s Department Capt. ...

Greencastle wins nail-biter as WIC West looks for clean sweep of crossover games.

A 49-year-old Parke County man who admitted having sexual relations with a 14-year-old female employee he hired has been sentenced to six years in the Indiana Department of Correction. Donald Troy Jr. of Rockville, who pleaded guilty back in August to the Level 5 felony charge of sexual misconduct with a minor, was sentenced Wednesday by Putnam Superior Court Judge Denny Bridges to six years in the DOC with five years executed and one year suspended and on probation...

Greencastle Middle School, located at 400 Percy Julian Dr., will be hosting The Amazing Monster Race for Literacy Night on Friday, Nov. 11 for all GMS students and their families. Literacy Night hosts more than 200 people each year so registration by Friday, Oct. 28 is required. The event focuses on families traveling around the school, competing in educational activities together so they can earn “literacy dollars” which they can then use for the prize raffle...

Monday, Oct. 17 -- Imagination Portal Unplugged, 9 a.m.-noon Enjoy the Imagination Portal without monitors, video games or music in the background. -- Community Help Desk, 2-4 p.m. Tech Help Desk has a computer technician available for one-on-one assistance...

City Police One arrest was reported Thursday night by Greencastle City Police. Nycki Eschenburg, 18, a DePauw University student whose address was listed as Locust Street, was arrested at 8:50 p.m. by Officer Matt Huffman following a traffic stop at Locust and Washington streets...

BAINBRIDGE -- The United Methodist Women of Bainbridge will be sponsoring a chili supper with coneys, hot dogs, veggies and desserts on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 5-8 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 302 E. Main St., Bainbridge. Free-will offerings will be accepted and benefit mission trips for members of the church...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Ten troopers who reside within the Putnamville District were among those recognized when the Indiana State Police conducted an awards ceremony for department personnel recently at the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis. Those from the Putnamville Post receiving Commendation Awards were: Lt. Dan Jones, First Sgt. Tom Hannon, Sgt. Joe Rutledge and Troopers Todd Brown, David Petrowski, Michael Taylor, Brent Robinson, Marcus Tow and Tyler Van Ness...

Airman Byron E. Stanley of 322 Training/Flight 676, graduated from the Lackland Air Force Base in Texas on Oct. 8. Stanley, of Coatesville, is a 2012 North Putnam High School graduate. He is also a Master Mason of the Coatesville Lodge. Earning the Thunderbolt Level award for exceptional dedication to physical fitness and esprit de corps laying the foundation for success in the United States Air Force. ...

The Putnam County Museum is trying to solve a local mystery after receiving some information about Alonzo Cook, who reportedly owned a distillery in the Clinton Falls area around 1898. Once prohibition became an issue, Cook reportedly ran into some trouble with law enforcement. Having several run-ins with the law after the closing of his distillery, Cook opened a pharmacy after which liquor sales reportedly brought on more problems...

The scene Friday in Bainbridge proved that the spirit of the Covered Bridge Festival is alive and well in Putnam County. Dozens of vendors, including Larry Campfield (right) and his wife Jody, will continue to dot the landscape on the town’s east side. Located along U.S. 36 near Bainbridge’s East Point Park, goodies such as antiques, floral arrangements, barbecue and kettle corn (from a kettle dating back to the 19th century) will be available for all through Sunday, Oct. 23...

ROACHDALE -- In a boardroom that saw differing opinions Tuesday, a 2-1 decision came to the benefit of a property that has seen more than three years of ordinance violations, cleanup orders, unsafe building orders and, more recently, a warning that a bid had been accepted to finally forgo the owner’s absence and raze the premises...

A 50-year-old Hendricks County man, taken into custody at the Putnam County Courthouse on two outstanding warrants, tried to make a break for it Friday morning as he was being put into a police car. But freedom eluded Carey Carr, Brownsburg, who didn't make it very far after bolting from police custody...

BRAZIL -- A Brazil man was fatally shot Friday and a person of interest in the case is also dead after shooting himself inside a Clay County residence. The person of interest has been identified as Trevor Ray Okulovich, 21, of Brazil. The incidents took place in about a 12-hour span beginning early Friday when 27-year-old Eric Hutton of Brazil called 911 after being shot in the chest. ...