Archive
June 12th, 2013
Youth golf
Gurtner wins MD Tour event
LaVille’s Zach Gurtner carded a 1-over 73 at Tippecanoe Country Club to win the boys 17-19 division in a Mountain Dew Junior Golf Tour event in Monticello Tuesday.
Gurtner followed up his 37 on the front nine with an even-par 36 on the back to edge Kokomo’s Tyler White by a stroke for top honors, while Plymouth’s Ben Schenk turned in a 9-over 81 to finish in a tie for 10th in the
division, and Nate Kolter, also of Plymouth, shot 85 for 19th.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
• City of Plymouth downtown revitalization meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Plymouth Community Schools administration building.
• There will be an American Red Cross blood drive from 1-5:30 p.m. at Bourbon Christian School in the gymnasium, located at 1325 N. Main St. in Bourbon. To schedule an appointment to donate please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org for more information.
PLYMOUTH — Local Crystal Hutchings had only aspired to be like her parents. Having admired her mother and father running before her, she was determined to do the same as early as age 6.
“It took me awhile to be as passionate about running as I am now,” admits Hutchings.
Hutchings will be making her way to the Mohican 100, a trail run referred to as the MO100 one of the nation’s premier ultra-marathons spanning through Mohican Memorial State Forest in Ohio.
She will be dedicating the run to the Be The Match Foundation.
PLYMOUTH - There is at least one business in Marshall County that is booming - law enforcement.
The Marshall County Council heard a group of additional appropriation requests from both the courts and the Sheriff’s Department at their regular meeting on Monday.
Superior Court I Judge Robert Bowen came before the Council with a request for more money for “Pauper Council”. Each defendant in a court case has a constitutional right to a lawyer, and if the accused cannot afford one he is given a public defender, paid for by the county.
June 11th
Eugene O. Boos
May 17, 1924 - June 8, 2013
PLYMOUTH — Eugene O. “Pappy” Boos, 89, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013, at 10:25 a.m. in RiverCrest Specialty Hospital, Mishawaka.
Born in Pulaski on May 17, 1924, he was the son of Louis and Marie P. (Bond) Boos.
Gene graduated from Pulaski High School with the class of 1942. He then served in the United States Marine Corps in WWII. He was awarded a Purple Heart and one Gold Star for injuries in combat.
On Aug. 5, 1945 in Buffalo, Gene and Ellen VanScoyk were married. The couple moved from Royal Center to Plymouth in 1947.
Amy E. Eisenhour
Dec. 17, 1956 - June 6, 2013
PLYMOUTH — Former Plymouth resident, Amy Elaine Eisenhour, 56, died of a cancer related illness at the Plymouth home of her brother, Al, Thursday evening, June 6, 2013. She has resided in South Bend for the past four years.
Amy was born in Plymouth on Dec. 17, 1956. She was the daughter of the late Richard N. and Silva M. (Snyder) Eisenhour.
She graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1975, attended Manchester College and graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington campus with a four year Bachelor of Science degree.
Bunnie Macbeth
May 21, 2013
NAPLES, Fla. — Bunnie “Bonnie” Macbeth (Brunk), 76, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Bourbon, died May 21, 2013.
She is survived by two sisters, Sherry Brunk and Kerry Sullivan both of St. Petersburg, Fla.; children, Monica Gorecki of Carbondale, Ill., Lisa Long of Naples, Fla., Cheryl Donahue of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., David Alecio of Irvine, Calif.; and eight grandchildren.
Private services were held.
Memorials may be made to AVOW Hospice www.avow.org
Joseph N. Keller
June 10, 2013
PLYMOUTH — A morning battery led to an investigation and arrest by afternoon with a wanted man in jail.
Plymouth Police received a call on Friday morning June 7 from St. Joseph Regional Medical Center regarding a battery victim being treated for injuries to the head and neck.
The victim provided a statement stating that the victim had been battered at the victim’s residence by Otis Young, 32, of Plymouth.
Young was also wanted on an open felony warrant for failing to appear on a possession of methamphetamine charge stemming from a Marshall County Sheriff’s Department arrest.
PLYMOUTH - The new public health care act will bring some changes in employment policy for Marshall County.
Meeting in a joint session on Monday the Marshall County Council and Marshall County Commissioners had Tony Nyers of the Healy Group, insurance brokers for the county, in Plymouth to walk them through new requirements that will have an affect on the county’s bottom line as concerning employee benefits.
Boys basketball
Yeo, Mercer contribute as Indiana Senior All-Stars down Juniors, 106-95
A pair of area players faced off in the Indiana All-Stars series Monday night at Sullivan High School as Triton senior Clay Yeo and Plymouth junior Mack Mercer both took the floor in an exhibition doubleheader between the Indiana Junior All-Stars and the Indiana Senior All-Stars.
