Stories from Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Food and cash donations received in exchange for a dozen roses on the annual Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce Friendship Day Sept. 22 are presented to representatives of the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry. On hand to present the donations are (from left) Chamber Executive Director Brian Cox, Main Street Chamber President Kristin Clary, Nancy Michael of First National Bank and (from right ) Noah Pettit and Sandy McCloud of Eitel’s Florist. ...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale High School students will be participating in a community service learning project on Friday, Oct. 6. Called “Commitment to Our Community,” the project is scheduled for 12:30-2:45 p.m. Community partners are Soul Harvest Church, First National Bank Endeavor Communications, POET and Town of Cloverdale...

Represented by Elks Lodge Trustee Patty Evans (left) and Exalted Ruler Danny Wallace, Elks Lodge 1077 donates food items to the Greencastle Fire Department’s 17th annual open house. Representing GFD are Chief John Burgess and GFD administrative assistant Brooke Taylor. ...

The Putnam County Public Library will be offering three computer classes on Oct. 6, 13 and 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at PCPL. The classes being offered are lectures instead of PCPL’s usual hands-on classes and are designed to introduce patrons to the Internet...

CLOVERDALE -- Costumed students from the Cloverdale FFA will do their ghoulish best to give you a frightfully fun night at the C Bar C Haunted Trail every weekend in October at the C Bar C Expo Center, 253 Stardust Rd. in Cloverdale. The walk along the horse trails behind the expo center will last 30 to 45 minutes. The trail will be open from 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays, and from 6-7 p.m. Sundays...

Customers of the Greencastle Tractor Supply store are invited to shop crafts, produce and other local goods at the TSC Farmers Market on Saturday, October 7. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., local farmers and crafters will showcase and sell their homemade and homegrown goods in front of the Tractor Supply store at 25 Putnam Plaza off Indianapolis Road...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Kayla Spiker, 24, Reelsville, Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine, Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 5 felony dealing in a Schedule II controlled substance, Level 6 felony dealing in marijuana, Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe, Level 6 felony maintaining a common nuisance, Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance...

County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 10:30 p.m. Jay Michael Scott, 38, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for possession of paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license. • At 9:29 p.m. Jason Grant Snider, 43, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a court order...

Saturday, Oct. 7 will be the final morning for the 2017 Greencastle Farmers’ Market season. The market is open from 8:30 a.m. until noon on the courthouse square. Buyers can stock up on favorite local goods and seasonal produce one last time. “We hope that you’ll join us for a morning of beautiful fall weather, and say goodbye to the many vendors who spent every Saturday at the market this summer,” Brian Cox, Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce executive director, said in announcing the final date.. ...

DePauw University Theatre and the School of Music will present “The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein” as the first production of the 2017-18 DePauw Theatre season. The musical opens Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Theatre of the Green Center for the Performing Arts followed by a reception in the Great Hall. Performances continue on Friday, Oct. 6 and Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m...

Nearly 1,400 Hoosiers were killed via drug overdose in 2016. And at 548 more overdoses reported than 2008, the state has seen a 40-percent increase in drug-related deaths in less than a 10-year period. With this in mind, and with a country-wide opioid epidemic currently affecting millions of addicts and non-users alike, a national drug-abuse recovery program called “Groups: Recover Together” has set its sights on assisting those struggling with addiction in the Greencastle area, offering services like assessments, various treatment plans and needle exchange programs, to name a few.. ...

Currently featured in the Putnam County Founding Family Corner of the Putnam County Museum is the Vaughn Family of the Belle Union area, a Putnam County founding family since 1850. There are several items featured in the exhibit which opened on Saturday, Sept. 30 with 40 in attendance...

A 49-year-old Greencastle man was arrested early Tuesday after leading local police on a chase that topped 100 mph over U.S. 40, Greencastle City Police officials reported. Anthony J. Hicks was arrested and booked into the Putnam County Jail on at least three charges -- resisting law enforcement with a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and reckless driving. Further charges are pending review by the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office...

Patient Whitney Camarino gets a double dose of dental attention from Dr. Samantha Blaha and husband Dr. Kevin McKenna during the annual Free Dentistry Day Saturday at the Dental Care of Greencastle office on Mill Pond Lane. Whitney was one of more than 80 patients who had been seen by noon by the team at Dental Care of Greencastle, which donated its services for the day to improving the oral health of the community...

Addie Reeves is a senior cheerleader at North Putnam. She won the Outstanding Senior Cheerleader competition at last summer’s county fair. —— Banner Graphic: The routine that you did in the county fair cheerleader competition looked very difficult. How long did it take to put that together and practice it?...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Greencastle’s Sean Ramey defeated Alex Thurston of Benton Central 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday evening in the individual singles state tournament. Ramey will play today against Canaan Sellers of Terre Haute South, who defeated Nate Ferguson of Turkey Run 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday...

When Greencastle and Cloverdale meet on the volleyball court Thursday night for the third time this season, they will have one thing in common — a junior setter with more than 1,000 career assists. Cloverdale’s Hannah Rady surpassed the milestone figure early last week, and Jalyn Duff of Greencastle surpassed that mark a few days later...