Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Greencastle Fire Dept. The Greencastle Fire department made four runs on Tuesday, Nov. 6. • Fire officials were dispatched to 1542 Bloomington St. at 1:34 a.m., but the call was disregarded before leaving the station. • At 4 a.m., fire officials were dispatched to assist police on Sycamore Street in Greencastle and returned to the station at 5:02 a.m...

The Fillmore Town Council elected three new members last night. Ward 1 candidate Wes Terhune earned 89 votes to defeat incumbent Curt Leonard, who earned only 32 votes. Ward 2 candidate Alan Jones earned 81 votes, defeating Robert Tyler, with 28, and incumbent Albert Epple, with 14...

Cloverdale Town Council President Don Sublett defeated board member and rival John Davis by a three-to-one margin in Tuesday's election as voters rebuked the backers of the now-disbanded town fire department. Clerk-Treasurer Patti Truax barely held onto her job, defeating her opponent Cathleen Monaco by just seven votes...

There will be more new faces than not when the Greencastle City Council convenes for the first time in January. Incumbent Councilman Russ Evans (D) lost his bid for re-election to first-timer T.J. Smith (R). Adam Cohen (D) outpaced Jeremy Carver (R) to replace current Councilman Tom Roach, who did not run for re-election...

Jeffrey Earl and Kay Diane Bean, Missouri, will celebrate their 25th anniversary from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 with an open house at Faith Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Cloverdale. They were married Nov. 20, 1982 at Zion Baptist Church in Eminence...

Al and JoAnn McClure, formerly of Greencastle, celebrated their 50th anniversary Nov. 1 with a party in their honor at the Sandpiper Community Clubhouse in Lakeland, Fla. They were married Nov. 1, 1957 at First Baptist Church in Greencastle by Kyle Miller...

The 50th anniversary of Donald and Shirley Steward, Heritage Lake, will be celebrated from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 with an open house at the Roachdale Christian Church Family Life Center in Roachdale. Steward and the former Shirley Berry were married Nov. 17, 1957 at Lafayette...

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Collins celebrated their 34th anniversary on Oct. 28 with their family. The couple were married Oct. 28, 1973 at Reelsville United Methodist Church by Rev. Phillip Badger. She is the former Benetta Burk, and has been employed at McClure's, Citgo and McDonald's. He is retired...

Friends and relatives are invited to an open house to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sonny and Millie Sims. The celebration is set for 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Gifts should be omitted.

Nakoa Tatianna Gilson and Nyoman Suartana were united in marriage Oct. 7 in a 2:30 p.m. ceremony at the covered bridge park across from Putnam County Jail. She is the daughter of Tomas and Dana Gilson, Reelsville. She is a 2004 graduate of South Putnam High School and is now an emergency medical technician at Care Ambulance in Indianapolis...

The wedding of Tasheena Duncan and Tony Huff will be celebrated Saturday, Nov. 10 at Immanual Baptist Church, Greencastle. A reception is set for 1-4 p.m. at the church, located at 9 Houck Rd., Greencastle. Reservations should be called to 653-4504.

LIZTON -- Kristin McCammon scored 19 points for Cloverdale Tuesday, but the Clovers could not overcome their own errors, as they fell to Tri-West 55-53. The Clovers (0-1, 0-0 WCC) were just 12-for-28 shooting free throws on the night. "We faltered at the free throw line," Clover coach Bruce Cook said...

BAINBRIDGE -- One thing a team must do to win a game is to take care of the ball. Unfortunately for the North Putnam Cougars, turnovers plagued them throughout their season opener against Crawfordsville. The Athenians defeated the Cougars 50-20. "We turned the ball over a lot," Cougar head coach Kevin Smith said. ...

The South Putnam girls' basketball team held off a late charge from Rockville Tuesday night, to win its opener 45-41 at home. Three-pointers on three straight possessions gave the Rox a 9-2 run and cut the Eagle lead that had been 10 to 43-39 with under a minute remaining...

Coach Bolton, played by Andy Harrison, and Ms. Barbus, Kullan Edberg, wrangle over the age-old question of sports versus theater arts in the Greencastle High School's performance of "High School Musical." The musical runs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, 9 and 10 and at 3 p.m. Nov. 11. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students...

Daniel H. Hanna, 84, Greencastle, died Tuesday evening at the Putnam County Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Concert benefits Food Pantry A special gospel concert to benefit the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at First Assembly of God Church. The concert will feature Chain of Righteousness and The Samaritan Quartet, which organized the event, and solo artists Francie Bond, Jeff VanWinkle and Sarah Higgins...

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