Stories from Sunday, April 5, 2015

Big hits all around, including a home run early, helped the Greencastle girls' softball team take a 4-1 win over Sullivan on Saturday in its home opener. Of course it wasn't just big hits that got the job done on an infield that was at best thick and at worst downright slushy. Defense played a major role in securing the win as the Lady Tiger Cubs committed no errors on the match...

FILLMORE -- The Fillmore Community Volunteer Fire Department's new home is taking shape on Main Street. Fillmore Town Council member Curt Leonard said once the winter weather broke, the work on the grant-funded fire station started showing its form...

Spring cleaning for the Putnam County Sheriff's Department doesn't mean dusting shelves and scrubbing walls, it means getting outside to pick up used mattresses, televisions and other illegally dumped items around the county. "We're going to do as much as we can for the community," Sheriff Scott Stockton said...

An appearance by nationally known consultant Marc Willson is scheduled for Thursday, April 9 at City Hall in Greencastle. A series of three educational seminars, slated for 8-10 a.m., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m., will be sponsored by Main Street Greencastle, the City of Greencastle, Greencastle/Putnam County Development Center, the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce and the West Central ISBDC...

Weekly events at the Library PUTNAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY April 5-11 Monday, April 6 -- Family Quiet Time in the Imagination Portal, noon to 3 p.m. Looking for a little quiet in the library? These hours are for you. Enjoy the without monitors, video games or music in the background...

The annual meeting of the United Way of Putnam County is scheduled for Thursday, April 23 at the Bainbridge Community Building. The 6-8:30 p.m. event will include a silent auction with dessert and program to begin at 7 p.m. Sponsored by DePauw University, the event also features a social hour from 6-7 p.m. with heavy hors d'oeuvres provided and a cash bar...

A representative of the Indiana Office of the Attorney General will present a consumer protection program covering the latest scams Tuesday afternoon at the Putnam County Public Library, 102 E. Poplar St., Greencastle. The free program is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m...

The Putnam County Shrine Club will have its annual all-you-can-eat Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, April 10 at the Greencastle Masonic Temple (southeast corner of Washington and Vine streets). The dinner is set for 4-7 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children age eight and under...

CLOVERDALE -- The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced that State Road 42 will close on or after Tuesday, April 7 for a bridge deck overlay project. The 60-day closure is for the bridge over Mill Creek, located nearly three miles east of U.S. 231...

The Greencastle Civic League will host the inaugural "Best of Greencastle" chili competition scheduled for Saturday, April 25. There is no entry fee for the event slated for 5-7 p.m. on South Indiana Street. Contestants must provide approximately two gallons of chili and be on site between 4 and 4:30 p.m...

Venezuelan flutist and DePauw University alumnus Orlando Cela returns to Greencastle this week at the invitation of the School of Music faculty to offer the next Faculty Select Series concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 in the Green Center's Thompson Recital Hall...

Banner Graphic/ERIC BERNSEE Making like Peter Cottontail hopping down the bunny trail, walkers in the Saturday 5K walk/run to benefit the Putnam County Youth Development Commission (via Dancing With the Stars contestant Rebecka Howard's fundraising effort) hippity hop their way along the People Pathway just east of 10th Street and Indianapolis Road en route to Big Walnut Sports Park on a sunny, brisk morning. ...

A dozen local celebrities to dance for a good cause The seventh annual Dancing with the Putnam County Stars is set for Saturday, April 11. The fundraising event will be hosted at the C Bar C Expo Center in Cloverdale. At 7:30 p.m., the local celebrities will take the stage to dance to raise money for the Putnam County Youth Development Commission, which aids local youth by focusing on delinquency prevention, information and referral services, community education and child advocacy...

CLOVERDALE -- The Putnam County Youth Development Commission welcomes the Putnam County community to its seventh annual Dancing with the Putnam County Stars open dress rehearsal scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, April 9 at C Bar C Expo Center in Cloverdale...

Nationally, agriculture is one of the most dangerous professional occupations. Every year, an estimated one out of nine Indiana farm families has the experience of an injury on the farm requiring medical attention. During the past 20 years, between eight and 42 members of farm families have died each year as a result of farm work-related injuries with an average of about 22 per year in Indiana. ...

In an undertaking perhaps more consistent with an Eagle Scout project, a Greencastle boy who turns 13 next month is proposing a venture that would benefit Big Walnut Sports Park on the city's East Side. Anyone who has ever played or practiced on the north-south field just west of Edgewood Lake Road at the sports park is aware how frustrating it can be for soccer balls to bounce off into the woods and delay play while someone is to sent off to contend with briers, poison ivy and more while retrieving the soccer ball.. ...