Stories from Friday, April 19, 2019

THORNTOWN — Greencastle split a pair of track meets at Western Boone on Monday, winning the girls’ meet 93-37 and losing the boys’ meet 88-44. MONDAY Girls Greencastle 88, Western Boone 44 4x800 relay — 1. Greencastle 11:48.62. 100 hurdles — 1. Stoffregen (G) 17.50, 2. Elam (G) 19.47, 3. Scott (G) 25.30...

BAINBRIDGE — Collin McCartt has coached boys’ varsity basketball for 13 seasons since the 1999-2000 school year, the past five at North Putnam. McCartt resigned following North Putnam’s 7-17 season this winter, citing a desire to be more available to watch the activities of his two children in the Center Grove school system...

Saturday’s Banner Graphic sports section is normally filled with results of sporting events taking place earlier in the week and sometimes not reported the day they happened. Huge thanks to all of our spring sports coaches for getting information to us as soon as they can, and we bring it to you as soon as we can...

The monthly Dine with a Doc program, sponsored by Senior Education Ministries, will feature Dr. Keith Thomae of the Putnam County Hospital Surgery Center on Monday, April 22. The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon at The Waters of Greencastle, 1601 Hospital Drive, in a location change for this month...

City Fire The Greencastle Fire Department responded to nine recent dispatches: • At 11 p.m. on Tuesday, GFD responded to a motor vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of Fillmore Road and East State Road 240. Units arrived on the scene at 11:05 and assisted the patient, as well as performed debris and fluid cleanup. GFD returned to station at 11:43 p.m...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Matthew Montgomery, 38, Greencastle, three counts of Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official Robert M. Noble, 47, Greencastle, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement using a vehicle, Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct...

ROACHDALE — Phyllis Riggle, vice president and mortgage loan officer, has announced that after 34 years of service, she will be retiring from Tri-County Bank on Thursday, April 25. An open house in her honor will be take place at the Tri-County Branch in Roachdale, 18 E. Washington St., from 2-6 p.m. on April 25...

A number of local students were named to the DePauw University dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester. Centerpoint: MORGAN STEARLEY Cloverdale: ABEL BATES and TRINITY RAIRDON Coatesville: DAVID FLANNELLY Greencastle: MEGAN HALTOM, JONAH JONES-STEVENS, ISABEL MARKHAM, QUINCI MILLER, WHITNEY WEINSCHENK, BRAYDEN WHITE, ZACH WILKERSON and SYED MUHAMMAD RAZA ZAIDA...

Malcolm Romine will celebrate his 90th birthday on Saturday, May 4. Friends are invited to share in Romine’s special day from 1-3 p.m. at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle RSVP at 653-8419.

MARSHALL -- Turkey Run State Park is inviting people to explore the wonders of space with six space exhibits until June 22 at the park’s nature center. On the last day the exhibits will be at the park, the Wabash Valley Astronomical Society will have a special telescope that allows for safe viewing of the sun from 3-5 p.m...

BAINBRIDGE -- Among other rather straight-forward items on their agendas, school officials took another step in the continually moving process toward beginning North Putnam’s million-dollar, corporation-wide renovation project. During its regular meeting Thursday evening, the North Putnam School Board approved its design-build contract with Shambaugh & Son, the firm which will complete the repairs over approximately the next 18 months...

Splashes of color are everywhere Friday afternoon on the first day of the annual two-day Fiber Event (nee Fleece Fair) as dozens of exhibitors fill the Community Building at the Putnam County Fairgrounds.

The Putnam County Council and Putnam County Commissioners will meet in a joint session at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24. Set to take place in the Commissioners Room on the first floor of the Putnam County Courthouse, the meeting will include discussion of the county employee handbook and job descriptions as well as Putnam County Operation Life...

The DePauw Jazz Ensemble will take the stage in Moore Theatre one more time before the end of the School of Music’s 2018-19 concert season. The performance, directed by Professor Steve Snyder, will be given at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 in the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, 605 S. College Ave...

Putnam County Hospital staged its second annual Women’s Tea at The Inn at DePauw on Wednesday, April 17 with more than 90 women -- ranging in age from 17 to 90 -- in attendance to learn more about skin cancer prevention and awareness. “The goal of our Women’s Tea is to help further educate women in our community about preventative methods of different types of cancer and signs and symptoms to look for,” PCH Director of Marketing and Community Relations Brooke Trissel said. ...

Another major hurdle has been cleared as the proposed Greencastle community center project gains momentum. The City of Greencastle and its Redevelopment Commission closed earlier this week on the purchase of 73.26 acres of vacant property on the city’s East Side that is proposed as the location for the long-sought community center...

Putnam County schools are sending five teams to the 2019 Indiana Academic Super Bowl state finals Saturday, May 4 at Purdue University. The quintet is led by the Greencastle High School Math Team, which posted the top score in Class 3 competition, answering 23 of the 25 questions correctly in area competition earlier this week at GHS. The math team will be defending its 2018 state title...

It might be a little difficult to gift-wrap, but the Greencastle Fire Department’s new pumper/rescue truck is expected to arrive in time for Christmas. Fire Chief John Burgess, fresh from a visit to the Sutphen Fire Apparatus Co. plant in Dublin, Ohio, told the Greencastle Board of Works and Safety Wednesday that the truck is “still on track” for delivery in mid-November or December...

MANSFIELD -- The historic Mansfield Roller Mill will participate in the Mansfield Mushroom Festival Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28, staying open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visiors can shop, tour the mill or buy or sell bags of morels during the mushroom auction on both days of the festival or view the car show on April 28...