Stories from Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Society of Indiana Pioneers is seeking to identify exceptional pioneers to recognize and honor for their efforts in building early Indiana foundations. The Society of Indiana Pioneers was founded in 1916, when Indiana celebrated its 100th anniversary of statehood. In preparation for the 200th anniversary of Indiana statehood in 2016, the society seeks to honor special pioneers from each of Indiana's 92 counties...

The Greencastle Aquatic Center would like to announce upcoming events and the schedule for the final days of the 2010 season. School will be starting soon throughout Putnam County and the Aquatic Center Staff would like to see everyone before they return to school and say good bye to the 2010 Summer Season...

GREENCASTLE -- A DePauw University professor was quoted on "NBC Nightly News" Tuesday in a story about the release of about 90,000 secret U.S. military documents related to the American mission in Afghanistan "It's a brave new world when journalists use sources like WikiLeaks," Andrea Mitchell reported on Tuesday's televised news broadcast...

GREENCASTLE -- A two-vehicle collision just outside the Putnam County Fairgrounds on U.S. 231 North resulted in one woman being sent to Putnam County Hospital Wednesday afternoon. The woman, Samantha Wallace of Van Bibber Lake, driving the Plymouth van suffered injuries from a deployed airbag after she struck the back of a stopped Blazer, driven by Jeffery Wehrman of Roachdale, who was stopped waiting to make a turn...

Eighty-five-year-old Don McCall sat with his son Jeff, a professor at DePauw University, daughter-in-law and daughter Peggy on DePauw's campus recently, recalling just how lucky of a man he is. Don, 85, of Champaign, Ill., is one of the estimated 57 or 58 living survivors of an explosion that occurred 65 years ago almost to the day. ...

GREENCASTLE -- Wednesday was a long, hot day at the fair. At the end of the day, it was all worth it for 4-H'ers like Bailey Shuee, who won rookie showmanship in the sheep show; Garrett Porter, who won the junior showmanship; Hannah Wyttenbach, who won intermediate; and Vittoria Gygi, who won senior...