Stories from Sunday, August 18, 2019

Ominous weather Saturday morning could have ended the Stormcrest Festival at Craig Park before it had a chance to open. However, organizers and vendors alike hunkered down to hold on during the furious wind and rain that swept through the area. The weather delayed the festival a couple of hours, but when the clouds cleared up, the curious public came out...

The Brazil Concert Band, directed by Matthew S. Huber, will present “Grand Finale 2019” August 25th at the special time of 7:30 pm at Forest Park rain or shine. The BCB will honor the memory of Steven M. Garlits who played trumpet in the Brazil Concert Band and the Jackson Township Community Band during the past forty-seven years...

Brazil Parks and Recreation Board Treasurer Larry Wyndham (left) and Parks Superintendent Marv Moon go over photos of splash pads in other communities during the August meeting of the parks board. It has been estimated the Forest Park pool has about a year of service left in it and the board is considering alternatives, such as installing a splash pad, a smaller pool or a combination pool and splash pad...

Jo Ann Reel, 88, of Greencastle passed away on August 14, 2019, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Jo Ann was born in Harmony on August 2, 1931, the daughter of William and Flonnie (King) Hedge, and was a graduate of Van Buren High School. She was a life-long member of the Reelsville United Methodist Church...

The Northview Knights did some good things, some things not so good in their high school football scrimmage against Terre Haute South at Bob Clements Stadium on Friday. The Knights enter this season needing to re-boot its offense with the loss of key offensive standouts Trey Shaw (quarterback), Trevor Cook (wide receiver) and M.J. Shelton (running back) to graduation...

Northview was 1-2 to open its volleyball season in a one-day tournament at Indianapolis Brebeuf on Saturday. Seniors Kambree Lucas paced the Knights on the stat sheet, recording 20 digs, 33 kills, 4 blocks and 3 assists, while junior libero Katy Anderson tallied 54 assists...

Join Purdue Extension for our annual Nature Day event! Nature Day is an event that teaches kids and families about the importance of our environment, wildlife, and how we work with them in our daily lives. Our event will host exhibitors showing how we working with our local watersheds, conservation practices to protect our environment, and how the local ecosystem can provide benefits and services to us all. ...

Contributed photo Northview’s new artificial turf installation continues to progress. Turf now covers the field, goalposts are in place and workers were setting numbers and hash marks on Friday.

The Terre Haute South Kickoff cross country event drew a large field of runners from all over the state of Indiana to the LaVern Gibson Championship Course on Saturday morning. Boys and girls teams from Northview and Clay City were among the teams competing in the field of 358 boys and 294 girls entrants...