Stories from Friday, November 18, 2016

FRANKLIN — The DePauw University men’s basketball team got 34 points from senior Luke Lattner but failed to put up a W in its season opener in a 86-74 loss at Franklin on Wednesday night. Lattner picked up where he left off last year going 12-of-25 from the field and 6-of-6 from the charity stripe. Nate Jahn added 11 points and was the only other Tiger to reach double figures...

Nailah Ray is a senior at Greencastle who plays for the Tiger Cubs’ basketball team. She is in her second year at Greencastle, and wishes she had moved earlier from Indianapolis. Banner Graphic: How long have you been playing basketball, and what do you like about it the best?...

Bids on a pair of City of Greencastle construction projects were accepted by the Board of Public Works and Safety Wednesday afternoon at City Hall. The board awarded the new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) office building project to Joe Spiker Excavating Inc., Greencastle -- the lowest of six bidders -- at $440,151...

BAINBRIDGE — It was announced Wednesday during the North Putnam school board’s regular public session that Superintendent Dan Noel will be retiring on Jan. 30, 2017. Board attorney Gene Hostetter took some time Wednesday to explain how the search for a new superintendent will take place...

CLOVERDALE — Pat Rady had not seen the film “A Basketball Life” made about his high school basketball coaching career until its premiere on Thursday night at Cloverdale High School. Last week, he was unsure what to expect. “The producers told me there are some surprises in it, but they didn’t say what they are,” he said...

A Cloverdale man is among the 23 people arrested across Central Indiana as part of a multi-county drug sweep spearheaded by federal agencies. FBI agents served warrants in multiple counties, including one that led to the arrest of Alejandro Garcia. According the U.S. District Attorney Josh J. Minkler, the 23 individuals are part of a methamphetamine dealing organization centered in southwest Indianapolis...

One local family is trying to ensure that arts education remains alive and well at Greencastle Community Schools. The ultimate goal of the Gary and Linda Huber Fund for Arts and Learning is to endow two teaching positions in music and art in the local school system...

The pairings for tonight’s Putnam County girls’ basketball tournament at South Putnam match two teams that have had difficult starts to the season in the opener, followed by a game featuring teams who have only lost once between them. Greencastle (1-4) and North Putnam (0-4) meet in the 6 p.m. opener, while Cloverdale (3-1) and South Putnam (2-0) play in the nightcap. The losing teams will play at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the consolation game, while the winner battle for the championship at 7:30...

Cloverdale has won two straight sectional titles, and with one of the state’s top 10 seniors in Cooper Neese and one of the top underclassmen in junior guard Jalen Moore the Clovers look primed to go for a three-peat in March. Neese signed with Butler earlier this month, and is the state’s leading returning scorer with 29.5 points a year ago (third best in the state) along with 9.2 rebounds...

Success breeds success, the popular saying goes. Bryce Rector not only believes in that phrase, but he’s counting on it during his first year as head coach at Greencastle. Several of the Tiger Cubs were members of the school’s highly-successful football team this fall, which had one of the best turnarounds in state history by going from 1-9 the previous season to 9-1 this year before losing a heart-breaking game in the sectional semifinals...

Bill Fenlon has coached college basketball for 31 years, the last 24 at DePauw University. His first team, at the University of the South in 1985-86, had a 9-13 record. Three other teams fell just under the .500 mark at 12-13, but all the rest of them have been at .500...

Collin McCartt has one of the most experienced teams in Putnam County this year, and he’s hoping to use that experience to get over the .500 mark — a place where the program hasn’t been since the 2003-04 season. “We had a good summer and our practices have been good this fall,” said McCartt, in his third year of running the Cougar program. ...

If there were a contest for the youngest varsity basketball team in the state of Indiana, Greg Dean’s South Putnam Eagles would easily win. Last summer, only one player in the program was even old enough to have a driver’s license and transport himself to and from the school...

Gayle Baugh, of Cloverdale, was selected to participate in the Indiana Bandmasters Association’s Central Southwest All Region band this past weekend and this Sunday at 4 p.m. at Owen Valley High School in Spencer. Middle and high school students are selected from 17 schools in the central southwest region. ...

Volunteers from the Greencastle Civic League, A Kinetic Change and the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department spent Saturday, Oct. 29 planting nine trees at Big Walnut Sport Park, three at Tzouanakis Intermediate School and two each at Ridpath and Deer Meadow primary schools.

North Putnam Middle School students of the month for October include (from left) sixth-graders Elleanor Jones and Truman Sabens, seventh-graders Zachary Huff and Hannah Walton and eighth-graders Madison McGuinness and Corbin Catt.

Emma Barnett and Cpl. Nathan Lancaster are engaged to be married in early 2017. Barnett is the daughter of Tony and Donnice Barnett of Harmony. She is an orthodontic lab technician at John’s Dental Lab in Terre Haute. Lancaster is the son of Steve and Rhonda Lancaster of Greencastle. He is currently serving in the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan...

The 34th annual Theta Chapter, Delta Theta Tau Sorority Holiday Home Tour will be staged 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. Admission is $8 per person and tickets are available at Eitel’s, Myers’ Market, Almost Home and Completely Nuts & Candy. Locations on this year’s home tour are:...

ROACHDALE -- North Putnam Middle School student Lexi Fuchs, 11, of Roachdale, has been named a 2017 Riley Champion by Riley Children’s Foundation. Asked how she felt about receiving the award, Lexi said, “I’m ecstatic. I’m trying to work on my vocabulary. I knew I usually end up feeling a lot better sooner than the doctors say I will. I knew if I pushed myself I’d get better.”...

As we prepare to gather with others during Thanksgiving, the DePauw University Orchestra and Music on the Square (M2) are working on two unique collaborations for special Thanksgiving week programs with the Decoda ensemble. Praised by Time Out, New York as “a new collective of some of the brightest young classical musicians in the world,” the New York-based chamber group has served as the ensemble-in-residence at DePauw since fall 2015...

PUTNAMVILLE -- The Indiana State Police is now accepting applications for the 77th Recruit Academy. Individuals who are interested in beginning a career as an Indiana State trooper must apply online at http://www.in.gov/isp/2368.htm. The website will provide a detailed synopsis of the application process as well as information on additional career opportunities with the Indiana State Police...

One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 4:08 p.m. Kyle Anderson Pedigo, 29, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a warrant. Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated 11 recent property-damage accidents. • At 10 p.m. on Thursday, Sandra D. Lucas, 55, Avon, was eastbound on U.S. 40 west of U.S. 231 in a 2012 Ford Escape when she hit a deer...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. William D. Kassaner, 37, Plainfield, Level 6 felony driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Class A misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person...

Beta Psi chapter of Tri-Kappa sorority will stage its 25th annual Breakfast With Santa on Saturday, Dec. 3. The program is scheduled for 8-11 a.m. at Deer Meadow Primary School in Greencastle with breakfast served until 10:30. The morning will include breakfast, crafts, a chance to see Santa Claus and other fun activity...

The Putnam County Public Library will host its first Technology Sale Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will be hosted with the help of the Friends of the Library and will include refurbished computers and peripheral devices for as little as $20. Other accessories are eReaders, routers, printers and keyboards...

A Cloverdale man facing felony charges of sexual misconduct involving a minor female less than half his age pleaded guilty Friday morning during a change-of-plea hearing in Putnam Superior Court. In a plea agreement reached with the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office, James Jason Campbell, 37, pleaded guilty to the Level 4 felony charge of sexual misconduct with a minor. That typically carries a sentencing range of 2-12 years in the Indiana Department of Correction...

At the Library: NOV. 21-26 -- Imagination Portal Unplugged, 9 a.m. to 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 to give one-on-one assistance using software and electronic devices, and can help diagnose and repair computer sand devices...