Stories from Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Wilfred D. Hurst, 92, Danville, Ind., died on July 23, 2018 at Life's Journey of Avon in Avon. Born March 20, 1926 near Mt. Meridian, he was the son of Alton O. Hurst and Elizabeth Walton Hurst who preceded him in death. He married Nina Goodman Hurst on Sept. 25, 1993, and she survives...

Life Scout Cody Morris led a group of 20 volunteers in completing painting 57 fire hydrants recently in the town of Cloverdale.

Putnam County Farm Bureau Inc. has selected its student scholarship winners for the 2018-19 school year, the organizaation has announced. This year’s local scholarship recipients are Tyler Thompson, Noah Poynter, Daniel Williams, Jack Hutcheson, Preston Headley, Zach Rayce, Jessica Hays, Hannah Cunningham, Emma Holsapple, Sierra Spencer, Collin Berry and Kendra Sutherlin...

BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert Band and director Matthew S. Huber will present “A Mid-Summer Offering” Sunday, July 29. The free concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Forest Park at Brazil, rain or shine. In “Richard Rodgers: A Symphonic Portrait” listeners will enjoy several all-time Broadway favorites in a setting by Frank Erickson...

No one enjoys dutifully tending to their garden all growing season and ultimately ending up with a poor tomato crop. Sadly, tomatoes can fall victim to a number of diseases and funguses that can impact the plant or the fruit itself. Additionally, there are a number of insects that can damage your tomato plants...

This summer, 25 different charitable organizations, scholarships and endowments are participating in the Putnam County Community Foundation Share the Dream program. The fundraising program offers proportionally awarded grant prizes to participants who receive at least 10 donations of $25 or more between May 1 and Aug. 31. Each of the 25 organizations will be highlighted in this series...

County Jail Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 10:51 p.m. Christopher Antwain Burhannon, 32, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 6:54 p.m. Vickie Lyn Roberts, 38, Coal City, was taken into custody for illegal possession of a syringe...

Cheerleaders from 10 participating high schools participate in a group line dance on Saturday night at the conclusion of the Putnam County cheerleading contest while waiting for the final scores to be tabulated.

Area 30 Career Center’s orientation for the 2018-19 school year will be Wednesday, Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Area 30 Career Center, located at 1 N. Calbert Way in Greencastle. Families and students are welcome anytime during those hours to turn in registration paperwork, pay program fees and purchase student driving tags...

The organizer of four opioid epidemic symposiums scheduled across Indiana -- including one set for Aug. 2 at Cloverdale -- says the focus of the gatherings in Putnam, White, Wabash and Daviess counties is “illumination.” Indiana Rural Health Association Network Development Officer Deena Dodd calls the crisis pervasive, but the symposiums could be a catalyst for strategic discussions in communities of all sizes, she said...

Not all the action is always in the show ring or on the midway at the Putnam County Fair. Each of the venues on the fairgrounds is a happening place, witness the varied activity here.

Stevie Baker-Watson, DePauw’s Associate Vice President for Campus Wellness and Theodore Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational Sports, has been selected as recipient of the 2018 Women Leaders in College Sports NCAA Division III Administrator of the Year Award...

Eleven Greencastle Middle School students competed in the Freshman Division of the Putnam County cheerleading contest on Saturday and placed first. Members of the team were Skyler Byrd, Sydney Campbell, Kelsey Carrington, Grace Clodfelter, Laylah Downing, Bryleigh Evans, Madi Moore, Marleah Muncie, Mary Pingleton, Kaylee Rowings and Haley Timcheck...

The Silver Lining Players will be giving a second performance of their script-in-hand plays Friday, Aug. 3 during Mill Pond Health Campus Happy Hour at 3:30 p.m. They will be reading "Overtones" with Martha Wharton, Linda Ford, Carol Moore and Karen Temple. The second play is "Meat "with Ben Dulaski and Bob Jefferson...

With the start of school year barely two weeks away, the Greencastle School Corporation is almost at full staffing levels. The corporation is just one teacher — a middle school special education position — from full staffing for the 2018-19 school year, Superintendent Jeff Hubble told the school board during its monthly meeting Monday...