Stories from Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Teenager Alix Green reached into the pocket of her newly purchased jeans and pulled out a wad of bills. The seven dollars she found in the pants was twice the amount she had paid for the recycled garment picked up at a local resale shop. Green discovered the joy of secondhand shops while on vacation last summer with a friend in Georgia. ...

CLOVERDALE -- Don Albietz voted with the Cloverdale Community School Board for the last time Monday. Monday was Albietz' final meeting as a member of the school board. He was defeated by challenger Tony Hacker in the November election. "It's been very enjoyable," Albietz said following Monday's meeting. "This is a nice group to work with. I've really enjoyed it. It's an easy group to work with."...

Recently, Putnam County 911 Director Dave Costin said that not only will the Putnam County Dispatcher organization (911) receive a new home soon, it will also begin to provide a new service. Beginning immediately, when a county emergency is declared, the 911 organization will update the Putnam County website (http://co.putnam.in.us/) so that a red beacon appears on the website's home page with a button that links to information about the emergency...

Three additional felony charges have been filed against a former Putnam County Sheriff's Department employee charged with the theft of $45,000 in federal grant funds. Perjury and two counts of theft are the new charges against George Alexander, 58, Greencastle, former ombudsman with PCSD, who was arraigned in Putnam Superior Court last month. Alexander remains housed in the Parke County Jail with bond set at $500,000...