Stories from Thursday, July 7, 2011

James Allen 'Jimmy' Waters Sept. 2, 1989-July 1, 2011 SPC E-4 James Allen ("Jimmy") Waters, 21, died July 1, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was a resident of Cloverdale. James was born on Sept. 2, 1989 in Indianapolis to Garry and Valerie (Aldous) Waters...

The DePauw Girls Volleyball Clinic will take place July 14-15 at the Lilly Center on the DePauw campus. The clinic will be conducted with the DePauw University coaching staff and players. Two sessions will take place both days. Sessions 1 and 3 begin will run from 9 a.m. to noon, while sessions 2 and 4 runs from 1-4 p.m. Sessions 1 and 3 will focus on passing, serve receive and serving, while sessions 2 and 4 will focus on setting, hitting and blocking...

Rhett Miller has written hundreds of songs between his career with the Old 97's and a handful of solo albums, but he's probably never summed them all up so well as he does in the opening lines of "I'm a Trainwreck." I'm a trainwreck I'm a mess. But I'm gonna take you dancing...

County Jail Jesse Randal Hebel, 21, Pershing: Battery with bodily injury, July 5, 1:10 p.m. Benjamin William John Sendelweck, 32, Greencastle: Child exploitation, possession of child pornography, July 5, 2 p.m. City Fire July 6, 1:36 a.m.: Smoke detector activation at 401 W. Washington St. Helped residents reset alarm. Cleared 2 a.m...

The Putnam County Fair Talent Contest will be staged at the Community Building at the fairgrounds on Sunday, July 17. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Entry fees are $20 for solo; duets or trios, $10 for each member; and groups of four or more are $4 per person...

Airport Appreciation Days at the Putnam County Airport has been scheduled for Sept. 10-11, and the Airport Appreciation Days Group is already preparing to make the 12th year bigger than ever before. This event also marks the eighth year the event will allow Young Eagles and children aged 8 to 17 to fly around Putnam County, said Jack Sutton, member of the Appreciation Days Group...

Just as ice cream comes in many flavors to tempt our various palates, a proposed ice cream shop could satisfy several community desires. First and foremost, the proposed project is being undertaken by Putnam County Comprehensive Services as a training effort for its clients...

Tammy York and her family have been waiting a long time. In November of 2007, she and her husband, Rob, finished the paperwork and got the referral to adopt Meilani Angelykotella Ajanel. With paperwork filed, the York family expected to receive the new addition to their family within six months...

A building on the city's south side that has looked on the verge of collapse for some time did just that Wednesday afternoon. At 2:08 p.m., Greencastle police and firefighters were dispatched to a roof collapse near the intersection of Martinsville Street and U.S. 231. Upon arrival at 24 Martinsville St., they found more than half of the main roof of the abandoned church had fallen into the building...

Stephen Edward McClure, 46, of Plant City, Fla., passed away in a peaceful sleep on Saturday, July 2, 2011. He was born on May 10, 1965 in Greencastle. After graduating from South Putnam High School in 1983, he joined the U.S. Army from October 1984 to October 1987 as a transportation specialist in the 197th Support Battalion...

SPC E-4 James Allen ("Jimmy") Waters, 21, died Friday, July 1, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghan-istan. He was a resident of Cloverdale. James was born on Sept. 2, 1989 in Indianapolis to Garry and Valerie (Aldous) Waters. James attended Clark-Pleasant schools and graduated from Whiteland Community High School in the Class of 2008. While in high school he was on the wrestling and football teams...

BY CAINE GARDNER Film Critic For a generation who grew up with George Lucas' space opera "Star Wars", finding new ways to enjoy the films and their impact on our society is a welcomed escape. Seth Green and the other masterminds behind Robot Chicken continue to deliver the goods this time with "Robot Chicken: Star Wars III"...