Stories from Friday, March 15, 2013

The Putnam County Public Library will be hosting a program featuring an Iditarod musher, writer and native Hoosier, Karen Land and her dog, Borage, on Tuesday, March 19. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. at PCPL, 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle. Land and Borage have received rave reviews across the country for their presentations in which Land shares her enthusiasm for dogs, life, the wilderness and challenge...

Senior Education Ministries has scheduled Dine With a Doc to be held on the fourth Monday of every month from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Ivy Tech Community College. This free program will feature Dr. Ann Valentine PhD, MPA. Valentine has held faculty and administrative positions in higher education for more than 20 years and was selected in May 2011 to serve as Chancellor for Ivy Tech's Wabash Valley Region...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Town Council got down to business during its monthly meeting Tuesday night, taking care of several utility issues and even getting some good news. Utility manager Rich Saucerman received the OK from the council to go ahead and make some major, but much needed, purchases. Each year, it is recommended that a portion of the water meters be replaced...

A benefit bowl to raise funds toward helping to reopen the Humane Society of Putnam County is set for Friday, March 22 at A 'n J Bowl in Greencastle. Open bowling will be available from 5-9 p.m. at the local lanes, 1250 S. Jackson St. A percentage of the evening's proceeds will be donated by Garry and Valerie Waters of A 'n J Bowl to the Humane Society of Putnam County...

With the 101st anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA occurring March 12, Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray signs a proclamation officially making the week of March 10-16 as Girl Scout Week.

Whether you're building a football program or tackling a sense of community, the process can be quite similar, United Way of Putnam County officials heard Wednesday night. DePauw University football coach Bill Lynch, back in Greencastle for a second tenure in leading the Tiger football program, was the guest speaker for the annual dinner meeting at the Dixie Chopper Business Center...

The Cloverdale eighth grade girls' basketball team became the only team to beat Greencastle in a middle school tournament game this year, winning the 2013 Putnam County Championship with a 32-30 victory in Thursday's final. In the seventh grade game, Greencastle outlasted host South Putnam 26-23...

BRAZIL -- A 53-year-old Brazil man died in a crash on Interstate 70 Thursday night when his semi tractor collided with a large tree that had fallen in the roadway. At 8:30 p.m., emergency agencies responded to a multi-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes near the 24-mile marker...

Arrangements are pending at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle, for Evelyn Gick, 88, of Greencastle. She passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 in Greencastle. A full obituary will run in Monday's Banner Graphic.

DePauw tips off in the Final Four against Williams College at about 7:30 p.m. from the DeVos Fieldhouse in Holand, Mich. Watch the game live by following this link. Or follow sports editor Grant Wieman on Twitter for updates of the game...

The Greencastle Tiger Cubs took the Putnam County middle school wrestling championship Tuesday with a 3-0 record, while 13 young men from all four county schools were crowned weight class champions.