Stories from Monday, October 29, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS -- Faegre Baker Daniels LLP is pleased to announce that Monica Fennell has joined the firm as pro bono manager. Prior to joining the firm, Fennell was executive director of the Indiana Pro Bono Commission and recently returned from Bangkok, Thailand, where she served as a Rotary Peace Fellow at Chulalongkorn University...

Wilson Cattle Co., Cloverdale, ranked as third largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Indiana having recorded 102 head of Angus with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2012, which ended Sept. 30. Angus breeders across the nation in 2012 registered 315.007 head of Angus cattle...

Hundreds braced the cold weather to participate in this year's PINK Halloween Fun Run on Saturday morning, hosted by the Greencastle Running and Fitness Club and the American Cancer Society. The 5K run and one-mile survivor walk took place at Robe-Ann Park...

City Police Four traffic accidents were investigated recently by Greencastle City Police officers. -- At 2:33 p.m. Thursday, a two-vehicle accident occurred at Bloomington and Seminary streets as Katelyn Stewart, 18, Greencastle, was eastbound on Seminary Street, waiting to cross Bloomington...

Greencastle Christian Church will host a free Harvest Party for families on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Games and candy will be available as well as a "Creeper Town" for kids under age two. Guests will also enjoy a hayride, photos and free food, including hot dogs and sloppy joe sandwiches...

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Putnam County Hospital will be hosting prostate screens for the men of Putnam and surrounding counties. The screen is an annual event sponsored by Putnam County Hospital Cancer Center. A few slots remain for the Nov. 6 effort. The screens will be conducted by appointment only. To schedule a screen, persons must contact the Cancer Center at 655-2581...

Dance Workshop licensed instructors Mary Birt and Martha Sanders just finished becoming licensed for Zumba Gold. This program is a a beneficial alternative for men and women of any age just getting started in a healthy lifestyle including fitness. It's a lower impact beginner level Zumba...

Recent Purdue Extension youth science programs have included several opportunities for hands-on learning providing opportunities for experiential learning and discovery. Earlier in the month, the first seventh-grade Natural Resources Field Day occurred. ...

Members of the DePauw University Chorus invites the community to join them for a passion-filled evening of gypsy music as part of the School of Music's contribution to ArtsFest 2012. The choral concert will take place in Kresge Auditorium at the Green Center for the Performing Arts, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday (tonight)...

The Halloween trick-or-treat schedule will kick off with the annual downtown Greencastle trick-or-treat event from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday on the courthouse square. Local businesses and offices welcome costumed trick-or-treaters during that two-hour period. The downtown effort is sponsored by the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce this year...

Zombie Prom Queen Gayle Baugh learns the moves to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at Dance Workshop's annual "Thriller Time" Saturday. The event raises money and canned food goods for the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry.

Putnam County Giving Tree is under way in its efforts to reach everyone in need this holiday season. Forms have been distributed to the Putnam County schools, Johnson-Nichols Clinic, Care Net Pregnancy Center, Family Support Services, and Putnam County Head Start...

Excitedly modeling her witch's hat, eight-year-old Katie Petrarca, daughter of Anthony Petrarca, Greencastle, and Carissa Payne, Crawfordsville, takes part in Halloween Festival activities Saturday at the Putnam County Fairgrounds Community Building. The festival was hosted by the Putnam County Extension Homemakers Community Service Committee...

Heartland Automotive apparently isn't only good at manufacturing automobile components. It seems it's pretty darn good at fostering relationships as well. That was apparent again Saturday in Greencastle. Earlier this year it was Heartland -- the Ota City, Japan-based company that has called Greencastle home for a quarter-century now -- donating a generous and quite unexpected $100,000 to the City of Greencastle in celebration of its 25 years of operations here. ...

Continuing a community tradition that dates back more than 50 years, Ridpath Primary will open its doors to the community for its annual Pancake Supper on Thursday, Nov. 1. Guests at the event will enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes as well as sausage and drinks...

ArtsFest 2012 continues Tuesday with a performance by the DePauw Chamber Players, composed of School of Music faculty pianist May Phang, violinist Dan Rizner and cellist Eric Edberg. The ensemble will explore the theme "Art and the Other" through compositions by Robert Schumann, Rebecca Clarke and Libby Larsen. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Thompson Recital Hall of the Green Center for the Performing Arts at DPU...