Stories from Saturday, June 4, 2011

Greencastle sophomore Colleen Weatherford will be making her second IHSAA State Track Finals tonight at the Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex at Indiana University. Last season, Weatherford placed 19th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.59, but this year she sitting in a different position. Weatherford comes into the state meet with the third fastest seed time (2:15.26) behind only Bethany Neely of Eastern and returning state champion and state record holder Abby Farley...

MUNCIE -- Even though it's the third year Hoosier United Methodists will convene June 8-11 for their annual state-wide meeting at Ball State, the Indiana Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church will continue with a number of first including an increase in membership and weekly worship attendance in more than 30 years...

Peace Lutheran School recently graduated three sixth graders, Craig Helmers, Alina Bemish and Laurie Nichols. At the final assembly of the year, all three graduates shared some reflections on their time at Peace Lutheran School. "At Peace Lutheran they try to make what we do fun," Bemish said. ...

City Police A 31-year-old Clove-rdale woman is facing three charges after her arrest Thursday night on Indianapolis Road, Greencastle City Police reported. Jennifer Deerwester was lodged in the Putnam County Jail after being stopped at 8:03 p.m. by Capt. Charles Inman...

Renos G. and Mary C. McKamey of Cloverdale will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on May 31, 2011. Renos and the former Mary Casida were married in the flower garden at her parents' home east of Cloverdale on May 31, 1961. The service was conducted by the late Bro. Clarence Barr. Attendants were Herchel McKamey, brother of the groom, and Sharon Ross, friend of the bride...

Katherine Lynne Sciera and Eric Allyn Snyder were married on the lawn at Magnolia Hall at Piedmont Park on April 30 in Atlanta. Bryan Buck of Atlanta conducted the wedding. The bride is the daughter of John and Mary Sciera of Fayetteville, Ga. She is the granddaughter of the late John and Maria Sciera of Hudson, N.Y., and Dorothy Christopher and the late Verland Christopher of DeMotte...

The Greencastle School Board will have a new member in place when it conducts its July meeting. Michael White, a lifelong local resident and chemist at Buzzi Unicem (formerly Lone Star Industries), has been selected by the Greencastle Township Advisory Board for one of its two appointed positions on the school board...

Hoping to make another big splash with a community project, the Greencastle Civic League has announced plans to organize an effort to put a spray park at Robe-Ann Park. A spray park is essentially an aquatic facility that lacks a pool of water but offers such features as water spray nozzles and jets, dump buckets and even small water slides...

For most households and businesses, saving energy is a simple matter. Less energy usage means smaller bills. For Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), who visited Greencastle Friday, it's a much bigger issue. However, the savings is the key to getting people on board...

North Putnam High School held graduation ceremonies Saturday morning with 112 members of the Class of 2011 receiving their diplomas.