Stories from Saturday, November 1, 2008

SPEEDWAY -- The undefeated North Putnam Cougars football team, currently ranked 2nd in the Indiana Football Coaches Association Class 2A poll, traveled to Speedway Friday night to play the Sparkplugs in the second round of the Class 2A, Sectional 30 tournament...

Christian Women's Fellowship of First Christian Church will meet Thursday, Nov. 13 at 9:30 a.m. at the church. Hostesses will be Pat Miner and Sharyl Caldwell. LaDonna Kelly will lead the study. The service project will be donations of needed items for the Care Net Pregnancy Center. All church women are invited...

The Coatesville United Methodist Women will host a rummage sale and bake sale on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the basement of the church located at the corner of Milton and Hadley streets in Coatesville. For more information, call 765-386-2900...

Club 16 Extension Homemakers will meet at the home of Marjorie Lou Robinson on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Jean Jolly will give the lesson "Linens and Things." Please dress in an unusual costume for the evening.

One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, says the American Cancer Society. It will cause an estimated 29,900 deaths each year. Prostate cancer is most common in men over the age of 50 and in African American men. Age is not the only cause for concern, men with one or more relatives diagnosed with the cancer has an increased risk of also being diagnosed. ...

A Greencastle man will be in court Nov. 6 to answer to charges of Class C felony forgery and Class D felonies theft, identity decepetion and welfare fraud. According to court documents, Christopher J. Mullins, 24, fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and used the money for his own personal gain...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Two inmates at Putnamville Correctional Facility were charged Friday with Class D felony criminal gang activity and battery resulting in bodily injury. The charges stem from an incident in which Aaron W. Wood, 30, assaulted Putnamville Sgt. Kevin Clark, Putnamville executive assistant Alisia Lawrence said, supposedly at the behest of Michael L. Campbell II, 34...

The Putnam County Hospital has boxes -- like this one -- on every floor for their food drive. It begins today and will continue until Nov. 14. Their goal is to donate 1,000 pounds of food to the food pantry at the Senior Center. Donations can include non-perishable food items, toilet paper, soap and other toiletries. The idea is to help the food pantry "stock up" before the Thanksgiving holiday...