Stories from Saturday, May 31, 2014

On Friday, May 9 more than 200 eighth-grade students from North Putnam and South Putnam middle schools attended the inaugural Teen Court Summit sponsored by the Putnam County Youth Development Commission Teen Court Program. PCYDC Director Linda Merkel was thrilled with the results of the day...

The Humane Society of Putnam County (HSPC) has reached a partnership agreement with Putnam County to fund and operate an animal shelter. The Putnam County Board of Commissioners signed an agreement with the HSPC on March 17, establishing a joint operation between both entities that will allow the HSPC to reopen its doors this summer...

The Indiana State-wide 911 Board, working with Putnam County, recently announced that public safety has taken a major move forward. Through Indiana's coordinated approach to public safety, local 911 centers across the state are now providing the public with access to 911 through the use of text messaging from their wireless handset...

Lamps, ramen noodles, futons, 1,367 coat hangers, eight large U-Hauls full and more -- the DePauw Move Out donation program concluded its sixth year on Tuesday. The effort to donate end-of-the-year items from DePauw students to community members just keeps getting bigger...

The Greencastle Middle School Student Council raised $1,000 by conducting a school-wide fundraising event for Beyond Homeless Inc. (BHI), 309 E. Franklin St., Greencastle.

McAnally Center was filled with students, staff, parents and family members celebrating the Greencastle High School graduating class of 2014.

Dana (Ferguson) Haggenjos '03, DePauw assistant women's basketball coach, is moving on to Franklin College where she will be the Grizzlies' head women's basketball coach. That announcement was made this morning and is available here. Haggenjos has served as an assistant at her alma for 10 seasons since graduating and also was an assistant for one season (2006-07) at Nova Southeastern University...

SPEEDWAY--Jake LaBounty of the Covenant Christian Warriors capped off the South Putnam Eagles' baseball season Friday with a 13-0 win and most importantly a no-hitter. "They pitched well," Eagles' coach Zack Love said, "We just hit it at them. We put the ball in play. We just weren't able to capitalize or string anything together. That's what put us in a tough spot."...

Andrew Howard is very accomplished when it comes to achievements at Cloverdale High school. His 3.88 GPA has landed him seventh out of his class at Cloverdale. He has been student of the month, made honor roll, made the Acedemic Al WCC (two years), and been awarded the P.E.D.A.L. award. All this while playing three years of football, four years of baseball and while winning All WCC for his play in football...

SPEEDWAY-- Seven innings of baseball was not enough for North Putnam and Cascade to separate themselves in the first semifinal of the IHSAA Class 2A Baseball Sectional No. 44 at Speedway High School. Eventually, missed chances to score a decisive third run proved costly for the Cougars after the Cadets scored in the bottom of the eighth inning to walk off with a 3-2 win...