Stories from Tuesday, June 5, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a three-part series of columns examining baseball in Putnam County. The first part ran on May 29, covering some of the historical date on county teams. The final part will run on Wednesday, concerning steps being taken to improve play in the sport moving forward...

BLOOMINGTON — Cloverdale’s Tyler Kaeff ran up against a tough and fast field on Saturday in the 110-meter high hurdles at the IHSAA state finals. Kaeff finished the preliminary heats with a time of 14.87, missing a spot in the finals by nine places and just .37 of a second...

BLOOMINGTON — Every athlete, no matter how accomplished, always has room for improvement. Even ones as historically elite as Greencastle’s Emma Wilson. The top-seeded Wilson defended her state title in the 3,200-meter run on Friday with an impressive race, while the seeding held pretty true to form in the 1,600. Wilson was seeded third in that event, based upon runners’ best times from the first two levels of the state tourney, and finished fourth in the race...

John Dale "JD" Ellett, 70, Okeechobee, Fla., formerly of Coatesville, passed away Monday, June 4, 2018 in Coatesville. He was born in Greencastle on Sept. 9, 1947, the son of John Ellett Jr. and Genevieve Evans. He was a 1965 graduate of Cascade High School...

Kathy Darlene Hazel, age 61, passed peacefully in her home after a seven year battle with cancer on Monday, June 4, 2018. From her birth in Greencastle on Sept. 3, 1956 to her death on Monday, Kathy thought of others before herself. Her friends and family were most important...

Sheryl Lynn "Sherrie" Fenwick, 55, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018. She was born Nov. 21, 1962 in Greencastle, the daughter of Robert and Patricia (Fitzsimmons) Aubrey. Sherrie was a 1981 graduate of Greencastle High School. Sherrie was a homemaker. She was a member of Eastern Star, Greencastle Alumni Association and the former vice chair of the Republican Central Precinct Committee...

Director Lee Reberger will have two rounds of auditions for the musical "Disney's Beauty and The Beast" at the Putnam County Playhouse. The first session will be Sunday, June 10 at 7 p.m. with a follow-up session on Monday, June 11. Both will be held at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle...

FILLMORE — The fifth annual Charlie Johnston Memorial Ride is set for Saturday, June 9, beginning and ending at the Fillmore Fire Department. Cost is $25 per bike. Sign-ins begin at 9 a.m., with kickstands up at 11 a.m. Non-rider participants cost $5...

Auditions for the sixth annual Putnam County Star competition are set for this weekend at Harris Hall on the Putnam County Fairgrounds. While the competition itself will take place for two nights during the Putnam County Fair, auditions and rehearsals start much sooner...

Author David Wilgus will be at the Greencastle Starbucks from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, selling and signing copies of his two books. Wilgus, of Rosedale, will be selling and signing copies of his latest book “Cub Fan’s Dream Come True” as well as his first published book “Our Father’s Wonderful Mercy.”...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Megan A. Clem, 24, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated Wayne R. Hurley, 43, Greencastle, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

County Jail Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Tuesday • At 5:01 a.m. Kameron Ethan Hayes, 19, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for being a minor in consumption of alcohol. • At 3:12 a.m. Steven Ray Branson, 43, Brazil, was booked in for driving with a BAC of .15 or greater and driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction...

More than 1,200 DePauw University alumni will be returning to campus and Greencastle this weekend for what promises to be an eye-opening Alumni Reunion Weekend of activities. Many of the alums will be seeing a new-look campus with the addition of Hoover Dining Hall, expanded athletic facilities and an upgraded Lilly Center along with laying their eyes on an ongoing renaissance in downtown Greencastle for the first time...

Less than two weeks after graduating from Greencastle High School, Simon A. Foss has been named a college-sponsored 2018 National Merit Scholarship winner. Foss is one of approximately 3,500 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. He will be attending the University of Chicago this fall to study mathematics, linguistics and philosophy and was awarded the National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship...

The dancing is certainly a lot of fun and it was exciting when Andrew Ranck and DuJuan Presley-McFadden were named co-champions of the 2018 Dancing with the Putnam County Stars event. However, the true meaning of the annual event has always been raising money for the Putnam County Youth Development Commission, and the 2018 event was also a success on that front...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final installment of a three-part series on high school baseball in Putnam County. The first two installments can be found at www.bannergraphic.com in the “high school sports” section. _ I love high school baseball. As much as I like many of the traditional and long-standing sports, and as I gain a better admiration for some of the newer ones, most of my favorite athletic memories involve high school baseball...

While Greencastle’s team fully hoped to win last week’s Attica Sectional for the third straight year and advance to Thursday’s Washington Regional, South Putnam’s Tyler Hicks was a bit of a surprise to earn a regional spot as one of the top three individuals advancing without a team...