Stories from Wednesday, July 9, 2014

A pair of copier contracts and an update on county road repairs constituted basically the entire meeting of the Putnam County Commissioners on Monday morning. Both the assessor's and auditor's office were on the agenda for the commissioners to sign new copier contracts. Both contracts are for Canon copiers through Indiana Business Equipment of Terre Haute...

The Purdue Club of Putnam County has announced its scholarship recipients for 2014, as well as the recipients of the Edward and Barbara Brookshire Purdue Scholarship. The recipients were honored at the club's dinner at Autumn Glen following its annual golf scramble June 25 at Windy Hill Country Club...

County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 10:35 a.m. on Thursday, Dillon Anthony-DeWayne Dotts, 20, Indianapolis, was arrested on a probation violation. At 8:23 p.m., Ted Harris, 32, Indianapolis, was charged with a probation violation...

AVON -- The National Road Heritage Trail Inc. has announced that 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the ambitious initiative to create a 150-mile multi-use trail for non-motorized travel across the width of Indiana, roughly following the Historic National Road corridor...

The Russellville Community Center is needing to install two new furnaces at the center, but will be needing the public's help in accomplishing this goal. Although a $10,000 grant is on the way from the Putnam County Community Foundation, much more is needed...

A tractor-trailer fire on Interstate 70 stopped traffic for nearly an hour Tuesday night. At 7:19 p.m. emergency personnel were dispatched to the report of the fire in the eastbound lanes of I-70 near the 32-mile marker. There was no crash involved and no injuries reported...

The July production at Putnam County Playhouse will be the Robert Harling comedy "Steel Magnolias." It will be presented July 10-12 and July 16-19. All performances will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 each and can be reserved by calling to box office at 653-5880. Regular box office hours are Monday through Saturday, 5-7 p.m...

Scorpion Protective Coatings and the Banner Graphic are still accepting nominations for the Hometown Hero competition until Friday, July 11. The contest will send one deserving Putnam County resident and up to three guests to the Sunday, July 7 Brickyard 400...

Stephen D. "Steve" Hendricks, 66, New Winchester, passed away at home on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. He was born on Feb. 22, 1948 in New Castle, the son of H. Glen and M. Bernadine Marshall Hendricks. He had worked as a butcher most of his life, retiring as a supervisor from Dugdale Meat Co., Indianapolis, in 2008. He previously worked at Danville Wholesale Meats, Danville...

The 2014 Putnam County Fair Queen contest is quickly approaching. The contest will take place on Saturday, July 12 at the Fairgrounds Community Building at 7 p.m. Contestants will be judged on the basis of beauty, poise and personality, which will be determined in both preliminary personal judging and the public contest...