Stories from Sunday, December 20, 2015

A Hendricks County man is in custody after allegedly calling a pair of bomb threats to Florida State University from local gas stations. Brandon Wingler, 28, Amo, was booked into the Putnam County Jail on an intimidation charge. He is being held on a $1 million bond...

Gregory Allen Zwager, 53, Cloverdale, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2015. He was born on Jan. 31, 1962 in Shelbyville and was the son of Harry Zwager and Nelda Schilling Zwager. He is survived by his mother, Nelda Zwager; his sister, Brenda Harris and husband Jack; his niece, Samantha Harris; his nephew, Kaleb Harris, and his companion, Renee Dyer...

Ross Warmoth, 88, Eminence, passed away on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 at Hendricks Regional Health, Danville. He was born on April 29, 1927 in Morgan County and was the son of Ray Warmoth and Mae Malinda (McGinnis) Warmoth. He married Emma Lou (Greenwood) Warmoth on June 6, 1951, and she survives...

North Salem State Bank recently hosted its sixth annual food drive at all of its branches and collected food for various food pantries in the communities the bank serves, including Greencastle. Making a donation to the Hendricks County Food Pantry Coalition were NSSB employees Mindy Earley, Ashley Ahrens, Missy Call, Amanda Fulwider, Vicki Deno and Megan Ervin.

The holidays are known to bring forth precious times with family and friends, shared memories and tasteful delights that satisfy our stomachs. It is usually after the holidays that we look to lose any weight gained and/or loose extra pounds we carried for quite some time...

Before we all hibernate for the winter, the Putnam County Public Library (PCPL) is inviting local residents to take time out to explore Animals of the North. There will be a real live reindeer at the library on Tuesday, Dec. 22, from 6-7 p.m. The free show is funded by Friends of the Library and a partnership with the Kroger Community Rewards Program (www.kroger.com/communityrewards)...

Deer Meadow Primary School second-grader Connor Sullivan is certainly dressed the part for holiday cheer as students perform carols before going on Christmas break. Led by music teacher, Jill Dombrowski, the second-graders traveled recently to Autumn Glen, Mill Pond and the Greencastle Community School Corporation superintendent's office to sing...

Looking for that special present for the book lover on your list? Look no further than the Putnam County Public Library for the sixth annual Friends of the Library holiday book sale. Hundreds of fiction and nonfiction titles, many in like-new condition, are available. Like to armchair travel? They've got travel books! Like to cook? They've got cookbooks! Like to read steamy romances? They've got those, too!...

Author and saxophonist Dr. George Wolfe, the former director of the Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and a musician who has become a local favorite through appearances at the Greencastle Summer Music Festival and DePauw University, will sign copies of his new book Tuesday, Dec. 22 in Greencastle...

-- Family Quiet Time in the Imagination Portal, 9 a.m.-noon. Looking for a little quiet in the library? These hours are for you. Enjoy the without monitors, video games or music in the background. -- Community Help Desk, 2-4 p.m. Tech Help Desk has a computer technician available to give one-on-one assistance using software and electronic devices, and can help diagnose and repair computers and devices...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale Elementary School will be offering an additional all-day preschool class for children ages four and five for the 2016 semester. Students must have turned four years old on or before Aug. 1, 2015 and be eligible for kindergarten enrollment next school year...

History was made Saturday as the Putnam County swim teams from Greencastle, North Putnam, and South Putnam faced off in the first-ever December coed county swim championship. Greencastle came away as the champion of the girls' meet with 281 points, while North Putnam came away with the win in the boys' meet with 242 points...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Avenging a loss in the 2014 NAIA football national championship game, Marian University got the better of Southern Oregon on Saturday, taking the 2015 title by a 31-14 score. Meeting for the second straight year at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, the No. 6 Knights (12-2) never trailed the seventh-ranked Raiders (11-3)...

With temperatures poised to possibly hit the 60-degree mark on Christmas Day this Friday, there seems little chance for a white Christmas this year in central Indiana. And actually, that is the case about half the time in this area. There are several ways to define a White Christmas. ...

Seventeen youngsters and 15 adults were on hand Saturday to take advantage of the inaugural Breakfast with The Grinch event, sponsored by the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department at the Putnam County Public Library.

Putnam County and Greencastle have great people we all work with in our daily lives, and the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce believes it is time to let them know the community has noticed all their hard work. The Chamber is asking local citizens to nominate someone they believe has gone above and beyond for the community for its annual Citizen of the Year Award, Chamber Executive Director Brian Cox announced...