Stories from Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Unfurling a banner that read “We are not safe #DePauwKKK,” student protesters interrupted the Tuesday evening Ubben Lecture by actress Jenna Fischer at DePauw University. The actress was about 15 minutes into her presentation with moderator Ken Owen when a whistle blew and a number of students stood up and shouted “I am not safe. We are not safe.”...

April is here and along with some hoped-for sunshine April also brings tax time. Who decides how much we pay in taxes? Here in Putnam County the Putnam County Council plays a role in that decision. It is their job to approve annual operating budgets of all county government offices and agencies along with establishing salaries and wages for all county officials and employees. They also have the ability to raise money by adding additional taxes...

Dorothy M. Best, age 99, passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Mrs. Best was a longtime resident of Greencastle. She was born on Oct. 11, 1918 to Harry and Ruth Evans, who preceded her in death. She also had a brother, Renus, who died in 1956. She and her parents moved from Clay County to Reelsville. She met Norman Best there and they were married on Sept. 3, 1940, and later moved to Greencastle...

James Lee Parker, 76, Greencastle, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, April 12, 2018. Parker was born Feb. 2, 1942 in Brazil, Ind., to the late Otis and Mary Geneva (Galbreath) Parker. Parker was raised in Indianapolis on the West Side where he owned and operated Parker's Paint and Body Shop for 35 years. He also co-owned Hendricks County Auto Parts from 1975-1980...

Clifford "Cliff" Eugene Tincher Sr., 83, of Greencastle, passed away at his home Tuesday, April 17, 2018. He was born May 29, 1934 in a Mount Meridian farmhouse, the last of six sons born to Edith Lucille (Lisby) and Wilfred Opal Tincher. He married Hallie Laverne (Woodall) Tincher on Dec. 4, 1950...

Dylan Crum is a senior at South Putnam participates in baseball. He competed in basketball in his freshman and sophomore years. ——— Banner Graphic: What is your history of playing sports? Dylan Crum: “I grew up playing baseball from as far back as I can remember, starting at Reelsville. ...

The South Putnam Eagles softball team made plays when it had to on Tuesday night, defeating the Greencastle Tiger Cubs 7-6 in their final at-bat. The Eagles improved their record to 4-4 and more importantly 2-0 in the Western Division of the Western Indiana Conference. Greencastle fell to 1-5 and 0-2 in WIC play...

South Putnam led Greencastle just 2-0 after four innings in high school baseball action Tuesday evening, but the Eagles pushed across three runs in the fifth and six in the sixth to complete an 11-1 win over Greencastle. Dawson Cash started the fifth-inning rally by reaching on an error, and Aiden LeBlanc walked one out later. Branden Demoret followed with a three-run homer to left to give the Eagles a 5-1 cushion...

Drug Take Back Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 28 in Greencastle from 9 a.m. to noon at the upper parking lot at Greencastle High School, 910 E. Washington St. Meanwhile, this year for the first time, there will be three other locations for the drug take-back effort on the same date and time at Cloverdale, South Putnam and North Putnam high schools...