Stories from Saturday, December 3, 2011

Putnam County's Jerod Chew gave the keynote address at the annual meeting of members of Sycamore Trails RC&D, a conservative interest non-profit organization headquartered in Greencastle. Chew, a graduate of South Putnam High School, is currently the director of the Environmental Stewardship Team in the Indiana State Department of Agriculture...

The Putnam County Hospital will be offering a group class for diabetes self-management on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The material will be divided into two sessions, Diabetes 101: Diabetes Basics and Diabetes 201: Proper Nutrition which will include carbohydrate counting...

An early morning crowd Friday celebrated the Putnam County Community Foundation's 2011 fall grant awards in the Community Room of Area 30 Career Center, where it was announced that $82,380 was awarded from the Community Foundation's unrestricted endowments...

SPENCER -- The Cloverdale wrestling team handily defeated Owen Valley 54-24 Thursday. Picking up wins for the Clovers were Max Secrest (120), Jacob Waycott (126), Nick Schwomeyer (132), Eldin Hesselgrave (138), Chris Routh (152), Bill Petrosky (170), Jacob Gibson (182), Cody Stout (195) and Braxton Sinclair (285)...

Greencastle's boys' basketball squad passed their first test in the Putnam County Classic Friday night, dispatching North Putnam in a hotly contested 72-64 win. In the process, senior forward Nick Hutcheson passed the 1,000 point barrier, but it would take more than Hutcheson's 28 points on the evening to beat back a fierce Cougar resistance...

South Putnam found itself in foul trouble early, but was able to overcome it and deal Cloverdale a 42-29 loss to earn a spot in the Putnam County Classic final. "It was a good win. The kids played very hard," first-year Eagles head coach Troy Burgess said...

The Greencastle Farmers Market is back ... the Winter Market that is. Beginning today, Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., the Winter Market will be located indoors at 2 E. Washington St., in part of the old Prevo building (corner of Indiana and Washington streets)...

The speculation is over. The spec building is no longer a shell. Greencastle/Putnam County Development Center Director Bill Dory announced Friday that an agreement has been reached for Magic Circle Corp. -- the corporate name of Dixie Chopper -- to lease the 50,000 square-foot spec building for three years with a two-year additional option...

The Greencastle boys' basketball team won its second straight Putnam County Classic by defeating South Putnam 63-39 in Saturday's championship game. The Tiger Cubs outscored the Eagles 38-18 in the second half to come away with the win. Nick Hutcheson led GHS in scoring with 21 points, followed by Hayden Stuckwisch with 17...

Shortly after Tony Stewart won the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship on Sunday, Nov. 19, racing fans got a small example of the champ's generosity. Stewart, who is also the co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing, had promised to take the team's 160 employees to Las Vegas, the site of Friday's Sprint Cup awards banquet...