Stories from Tuesday, October 2, 2018

PUTNAMVILLE – The final curtain came down on the 2018 racing season at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday as Shane Cockrum, Derek Groomer, Bryce Shidler and Gary Hayden finished the year with victories. For three of the those drivers it was business as usual in getting to victory lane, but for Hayden the win meant a little more...

BRAZIL — The only thing better than winning a sectional title is winning another one. South Putnam pulled off back-to-back crowns in the Northview boys’ tennis sectional on Saturday morning, defeating Owen Valley 4-1 for its second straight title. The Eagles will compete in the Crawfordsville Regional today against Parke Heritage...

Greencastle’s Emma Wilson won the Western Indiana Conference cross country meet for the fourth straight year to highlight Putnam County performances in Saturday’s event at South Putnam. Wilson, the defending state champion, won in a time of 18:16.8 and defeated Edgewood’s Annalyssa Crain by 12.2 seconds...

Betty Marie Whitney Veach, 88, passed away Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 at her home, in Flower Mound, Texas. Betty was born Aug.1, 1930, in Trenton, Mo., to Kenneth and Frances Whitney. She married Ben Veach of Trenton in 1950 and together they raised their children and ran their family owned saddle shops in Fort Worth, Texas, and then Kerrville, Texas...

Robert Wayne Bills Sr., 81, of Brazil passed away Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018 at 10:50 a.m. in his residence. He retired from IBM in Greencastle after 25 years and was also a farmer and a preacher for many years. He was born May 9, 1937 in Indianapolis to John E. Bills and Virginia Lee (Cunningham) Bills...

The Greencastle Fire Department is inviting the public to its 18th annual open house, set for 5-7 p.m. Thursday at 107 S. Indiana St. Besides free food and drink for kids and adults in attendance, the event will also include children's activities such as a bounce house, free glitter tattoos, games, crafts, visits with Patches the Pumper and tours of the fire house...

Ivy Tech Community College Greencastle will host its second annual Ivy Boo, a night of fun and fright for the whole family, on Friday, Oct. 12. Ivy Boo, a free event for all ages, will take place 5-8 p.m. at Ivy Tech Greencastle, 915 S. Zinc Mill Rd...

Wading into the deep end of competition, the City of Greencastle's water is one of four finalists vying for selection as the "Best Tasting Water in Indiana" during taste test competition at the upcoming Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (AIRW) Fall Conference...

Hayden Matthew Salapek, 20, of Coatesville, Ind., and formerly of Warren, Pa., died Sunday morning, Sept. 30, 2018 as the result of injuries sustained in an ATV accident. Hayden was born Sept. 11, 1998 in Potomac, Va. He was the son of Matthew L. and Stacy Miller Salapek who reside in Warren, Pa...

CLOVERDALE -- “Commitment to Our Community,” a Cloverdale High School service learning project, is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 5 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Any community member who needs assistance in gutter cleaning, raking leaves or similar maintenance tasks can get assistance by contacting the Town of Cloverdale Clerk’s Office or Soul Harvest Church...

In its first concert performance of the 2018-19 season, Craig Paré will lead the DePauw University Band in an engaging variety of works for winds, brass and percussion on Sunday, Oct. 7. Featured on Sunday’s 4 p.m. program in Kresge Auditorium will be “Agua Nocturna” by Jess Langston Turner, presented in collaboration with DePauw Modern Languages faculty colleague Alejandro Puga, who will share his insight and expertise into Mexican poet Octavio Paz, upon whose poem Turner’s piece is based...

Anyone wanting a fun Saturday playing a kids’ game is invited to take part in a worthy cause on Saturday. The Smashing Out Breast Cancer Wiffle Ball Tournament is set for Saturday, Oct. 6 on the youth diamonds at Big Walnut Sports Park. All proceeds from the tournament will go to Dee Bumgardner and Lisa Stultz Davis, both of whom are battling the devastating disease...

The 50th annual Cataract Volunteer Fire Department bean dinner festival will take place at the fire department on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Serving will run from 4-8 p.m. Friday and from 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Besides the beans, food will include Tailgater’s Barbecue, Holmes catfish, Jiffy Treat ice cream, Polish sausage, wood-fired pizza, kettle corn, elephant ears, hot dogs and sloppy joes...

As the election approaches, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) reminds Hoosiers that campaign signs are prohibited from state right-of-way according to Indiana Code. INDOT personnel are required by state law to remove all unauthorized signs within state right-of-way...

The Putnam County Youth Development Commission is requesting the public’s support for its 19th annual Coats for Kids campaign. Boxes have been delivered to schools and businesses and have been ready for donations since Monday, Oct. 1. PCYDC is looking for new or gently used coats of all sizes from infants all the way through teen years. Hats and gloves or mittens are also needed...

With the deadline for Indiana voters to register set for Tuesday, Oct. 9, the Putnam County Clerk’s Office will waste no time, with early voting to begin the next day, Wednesday, Oct. 10. Early voting at the Putnam County Courthouse will be open for nearly four weeks, from Oct. 10 through Monday, Nov. 5, the day before the Nov. 6 general election...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Tommy D. Wright, 31, Ladoga, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement Adam J. Purcell, 21, Danville, Class B misdemeanor battery Tori D. Nunn, 22, Greencastle, two counts of Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief...

County Jail One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 11:14 p.m. Dylan Thomas Fulk, 21, Bainbridge, was lodged at the jail on an out-of-county warrant. City Police One recent citation was issued by Greencastle City Police officers...

North Putnam High School 2018 Homecoming Queen candidates for 2018 are (from left) Kaylyn Hankins, Jaden Day, Shalyn Nelson, Kayla Pace and Emma Blanford. The winner will be crowned at halftime of Friday’s homecoming football game versus Greencastle, which starts at 7 p.m...

Ivy Wright is a senior at Greencastle and participates in volleyball and softball. ——— Banner Graphic: How long have you been playing sports, and what have you learned from them? Ivy Wright: “The first sport I played was softball, and I think I started playing it when I was around four years old. ...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association drew pairings for the upcoming sectional volleyball tournaments, which begin on Oct. 9. Greencastle will play the first match at Southmont on Thursday, Oct. 11, against Lebanon. The Tiger Cubs are the defending champions of the Class 3A tourney, which was played at Crawfordsville last year...

Despite a 42-9 loss to Class 4A Northview last week, Greencastle’s football team saw its position relatively unchanged in the Indiana Football Coaches Association and Associated Press state rankings. The 6-1 Tiger Cubs are 12th in the IFCA poll and 11th in the AP poll, reversing their spots in those two rankings last week...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — South Putnam’s outstanding run of boys’ tennis success, and the stellar careers of five Eagle seniors, ended on Tuesday evening with a 3-2 loss to Parke Heritage in the Crawfordsville Regional. “Tonight didn’t go the way we wanted it to,” South coach Johnny Briones said. “Kudos to Parke Heritage — a very talented and well-coached team.”...

Greencastle won its first-round boys’ sectoinal match 7-0 over South Vermillion on Monday night. The Tiger Cubs will play Western Indiana Conference champion Northview at 5 p.m. today at Greencastle. Greencastle scoring: 1st half 38th minute: G: Ivan Glotzbach; A: Hector Lezama, Ben Parsons...

TRAFALGAR — A crazy and turbulent season that saw a coaching change in the first month of the season is winding up pretty well for Cloverdale’s volleyball team. The Clovers won the Western Indiana Conference’s East Divison title with a narrow 3-2 win at previously-undefeated Indian Creek on Monday night...

During what was a relatively short meeting recently, the South Putnam School Board conducted its public hearing on the 2019 budget. With no audience in attendance and no comments or additional input from members, the board closed the hearing. The budget will be tentatively approved at this month’s regular meeting...