Stories from Tuesday, July 24, 2007

PUTNAMVILLE -- With Indiana Sprint Week heading to Haubstadt on Saturday night, several top drivers opted to make the haul to Lincoln Park Speedway following their visit to Bloomington on Friday evening. Dickie Gaines assuredly is glad he made the decision that he did as he outran a solid field, topping Robbie Rice, Jeff Bland Jr., Billy Puterbaugh and Thomas Meseraull...

Fillmore's Jake Zaring may have come up just two inches short of repeating as a Putnam County Fair Truck Pull champion but he was a winner Sunday night nonetheless. Zaring, whose Dixie Chopper Dodge is the reigning 4WD truck national champion, finished second to fellow Hoosier Leann Tormoehlen during Putnam County Fair competition in the Pro Modified 4-Wheel-Drive Truck class on Sunday. ...

May 3, 1932-July 23, 2007 Patricia Ann Pearson, 75, Plainfield, died Monday at St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana. Born in Huntington County, she was the daughter of William E. and Irene (Hamilton) Pearson. She retired from Huntington Bank where she had worked as a teller. She had previously worked for Farm Bureau Co-op as a bookkeeper and had also been a seamstress...

Lloyd Nichols, 61, Greencastle, died Friday. Born in Bloomington, he was the son of George and Anna Lea (McKinney) Nichols Jr. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Surviving are a son , Joe Nichols, Monroe County; siblings Donald Nichols, Floyd Nichols and Georgia McAllister; and a grandson...

Junior E. McClure, 81, Eminence, died Monday at his residence. Born in Owen County, he was the son of John Hayden and Lela Madge (Ferguson) McClure. A farmer, he had been a member of the A&A Township Fire Dept. He married Alice Bailey on March 8, 1947. She died March 7, 2003...

Celetia Helton Celetia Helton, 84, formerly of Quincy, died Tuesday. Arrangements are pending at Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale.

Dr. Rene M. Jacobs Word has been received of the death of Dr. Rene M. Jacobs, 83, formerly of Putnam County, who died June 4 at the home of his daughter. Born in 1924 in The Philippines, he practiced medicine in Coatesville, Greencastle, Hamilton, Ohio, Plainfield, Honolulu, and Sacramento, Calif...

The inaugural National Night Out, sponsored by Putnam County's Police and Community Partnerships is scheduled for 7-10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 at Robe-Ann Park. The National Association of Town Watch, a nonprofit crime prevention organization, developed this national event in 1984. In 2006 more than 35 million people in more than 11,000 communities nationwide were involved. For this first year, the organizers are pleased more than 25 organizations are planning to participate...

Jetton new dean of music Caroline Jetton has been appointed dean of the DePauw University School of Music. A member of the DePauw faculty since 1996, Jetton had been serving as associate dean under Cleveland Johnson, who is returning to his full-time faculty duties in the School of Music. Her appointment is effective immediately...

The Putnam County Museum invites the public to help them celebrate another great year at their annual gala dinner and membership meeting at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4 in the DePauw University Union Building Ballroom...

Tax reassessments along with reinstating the defunct business inventory tax are not likely to occur in Putnam County, according to a Putnam County official. Having just returned from a statewide conference of county trustees and assessors in Indianapolis, County Assessor Wanda O'Neal said she thinks property taxes in Putnam County are in pretty good shape...

Putnam County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. * Chane Bryan King, 23, Coatesville, was booked in at 3:58 a.m. Friday for driving while intoxicated and public intoxication. He was arrested by Greencastle Officer Charles Inman. He was released on bond at 2:32 p.m. Friday...