Stories from Friday, August 1, 2008

BY MARIBETH WARD Staff Writer At the Putnam County Museum Thursday afternoon, 10 heads were bent concentrating on pushing a needle under a piece of thread holding long pine needles in place as baskets were being formed during a pine needle basketry program...

By KEVIN CRAFTON Staff Writer Putnamville Correctional Facility is the latest beneficiary in an effort by Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) to be more energy efficient. IDOC had a two-phase program in place that is expected to save $50-million in the next ten years. ...

KIM PUCKETT Summer Intern The June floods have scoured soil from Indiana fields, leaving farmers with barren areas where productive agricultural lands once stood. To combat the loss of one of the most valuable resources on the planet, the Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking to provide guidance for rebuilding soil...

Harlan C. "Ace" Warren, 82, of Greenwood and formerly of Greencastle, died on Wednesday July 30, 2008. Mr. Warren was born on March 8, 1926 in Lexington, Ky. to Harlan and Lucy Foster Warren. He married Pauline Whitlock on Aug. 6, 1943, and she survives...

Jonathan Paul Gibbs, 23, of Twain Harte, Calif., died Saturday, July 19, 2008 in California. Born on March 11, 1985, in Indianapolis, he was the son of Bruce Gibbs and Pamela (Graham) Blaschke. He is survived by his father; a sister, Danielle Gibbs; a step-father, Chuck Blaschke; paternal grandfather, Jack Gibbs; maternal grandparents, Don and Shirley Graham; and step-grandparents, Bud and Jo Blaschke...

The names of two women killed in a crash on I-70 in Putnam County on Thursday have been released. Putnam County Deputy Coroner Brian Hopkins said 23-year-old Cherrie Hall of Noblesville and 24-year-old Megan Hall (no relation) of Anderson were both killed when the vehicle they were in lost control in the westbound lanes and crashed into several trees.