Stories from Friday, June 22, 2018

Want to share your church’s VBS information? Email it to jjernagan@bannergraphic.com. New Maysville Community Church will be having its vacation Bible school the week of June 25-29 from 6-8 p.m. Children four years and older are welcome. Come learn of God’s love for us and see what exciting things He has to tell us...

EMMA HOLSAPPLE, daughter of Brien and Nancy Holsapple of Roachdale, has received a $1,300 Masonic scholarship from the scholarship board of the Grand Lodge of Indiana Free and Accepted Masons. The Grand Lodge of Indiana Scholarship Board distributes earnings from an endowment, making it one of the largest fraternal scholarship funds in the ocuntry. In the years of its operation, more than $6 million in scholarships have helped more than 7,000 Hoosier students realize their educational goals...

ROACHDALE — Citing a mix of “regret but warm wishes,” Tri-County Bank and Trust has announced the retirement of Executive Vice President Debbie App Muehlenbein. Muehlenbein first came to work at Tri-County Bank right out of high school in 1972 and was hooked on banking from the very beginning...

Representatives of the safety team at Crown Equipment present the Greencastle Fire Department with a Work Assist Vehicle (WAV) recently. Manufactured in Greencastle, the WAV will assist the firefighters in the work they have to do around the station. Members of the emergency response team at Crown chose to make the donation to the fire department...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Matthew S. McCubbins Jr., 22, Crawfordsville, Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy Leeza Rochelle King, 22, Crawfordsville, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct, Class A infraction driving with a suspended license...

City Police One summons and one citation were issued recently by Greencastle City Police officers. • At 7:12 p.m. Thursday, Cortenie Worland, 31, Greencastle, was issued a summons by GPD Officer Brad Hiatt. Stopped on Indianapolis Road, Worland was cited for an infraction of driving with a suspended license...

This summer, 25 different charitable organizations, scholarships and endowments are participating in the Putnam County Community Foundation Share the Dream program. The fundraising program offers proportionally awarded grant prizes to participants who receive at least 10 donations of $25 or more between May 1 and Aug. 31. Each of the 25 organizations will be highlighted in this series...

Bringing music, magic and laughs to the next Music Monday, Jim “Figgy” Hardwick will be performing at Robe-Ann Park on Monday, June 25. The show for children is set for 1 p.m. at Shelter No. 1. You have probably heard Figgy’s voice over the years somewhere around Putnam County as a mobile DJ, host and emcee for many special events...

With a tradition of hosting creative, elegant fundraising dinners, the Friends of James Beard Foundation annually chooses a dozen sites for its dining destinations. In 2018, those momentous meals have been scheduled in such intriguing locales as New Orleans, Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago, Phoenix, Tampa, Dallas, Staten Island and -- wait for it -- Greencastle, Ind...

Eleven recent Putnam County graduates will be competing tonight in the Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game The game will be played at Indiana State’s Memorial Stadium, starting at 7:30 p.m. Competing will be North Putnam’s Ethan Christy, Gage Bell and Hayden Rudes, Greencastle’s Cade Winslow, Jacob Meyer and Brayden Bollman, South Putnam’s Porter High and Christian Zeffel and Cloverdale’s Tyce Jackson, Nick Winders and T.J. Hagymasi...

Greencastle will officially name former Carmel girls’ basketball coach Tod Windlan to that position at Monday night’s meeting of the Greencastle Community School Corporation board. Windlan will replace Bradley Key, who left after nine seasons at GHS to become the new coach at Greenfield-Central...

After two straight weeks of rainouts, Greencastle Civic League members are hoping to hear the sounds of guitars and not thunder on Tuesday evening. Weather permitting, ParkFest will return to Bowman Park on the DePauw University campus from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on June 26...

Donald E. Wager, 92, of Greencastle, passed away Friday, June 22, 2018 in the Mill Pond Rehabilitation Center. Born Oct. 28, 1925 in Dawson, Minn., he was the son of Elmer Wager and Helen (Hanson) Wager. He married Marilyn Brattain, and she survives...

Kaitlin Mindiola’s summer time activities probably aren’t much different than any other college-age student. Hanging out, experiencing new adventures, trying on a kimono, seeing the Sea of Japan from Mount Otaru …. Well, maybe not everything the Coatesville native is doing in the Land of the Rising Sun is similar to her stateside friends...

BAINBRIDGE — The North Putnam School Board moved to approve several new hires for the upcoming school year at their monthy meeting Thursday evening. However, the vote was not without some controversy, as board members weighted the prospect of staff cuts with the need to replace faculty and staff who have left...