Stories from Saturday, March 23, 2013

Sheriff's Department A Greencastle woman was ejected from her car and seriously injured in a Thursday morning accident. Jessica I. Goins, 23, Greencastle, was eastbound on County Road 250 North in a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo when she spilled a beverage. As she reached to pick it up, her car veered off the south side of the road...

Beatrice Huber O'Conner, formerly of Cloverdale and Greencastle, celebrated her 95th birthday on Tuesday, March 19 with family and friends. She was born at Wallace Junction to Frank and Nellie Huber. Beatrice has one sister remaining, Helen Williams of Greencastle. She also has nine children still living and one who passed away last June...

RUSSELLVILLE -- The Russellville Community Church is pleased to announce the schedule of special services for Holy Week. Each year, the church holds special worship services each night of Holy Week. The theme of this year's Lenten Series has been "The Journey to the Cross."...

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will host Holy Week celebrations on five different days in the coming week. Sunday, March 24: The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Thursday, March 28: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Friday, March 29: Good Friday, noon and 7 p.m...

Wellspring Christian Church has services planned for Good Friday and Easter Sunday during Holy Week. The Good Friday Service is set for 7 p.m. on Friday, March 29. On Easter Sunday, March 31, services begin with a sunrise service at 7 a.m., with breakfast to follow. Sunday school begins at 9 a.m., with worship service at 10 a.m...

New Providence Baptist Church extends a special invitation to everyone to join the congregation for Easter services. The morning will begin with a continental breakfast at 9 a.m., followed by the worship service and children's church at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Brice LeBlanc will be the speaker...

Beech Grove United Methodist Church will have Easter worship services at 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 31, with Pastor Steve Johnson. A pitch-in breakfast will follow the services. Everyone is welcome. The church is located at 8825 W. CR 350 North in Clinton Township, near the Parke County line, three miles south of U.S. 36. Call 653-9815 for information...

Rose Hulman Institute of Technology recently announced its winter quarter dean's list. To be named to the list, students must earn at least a 3.3 grade point average. Six Putnam County students were among those honored. SETH BOWEN of Greencastle is a senior mechanical engineering major. He is the son of Howard and Sondra Bowen...

DePauw University has selected Bon Appétit -- a leading "from-scratch" food-service firm -- as its new dining services partner. When the DePauw community started a formal review of its food service earlier this year, the Dining Service Subcommittee focused on three components in considering a dining serrvice provider:...

Bainbridge Elementary third-grade Girl Scout Troop 02277 sponsored a food drive recently with more than 650 items being collected and donated to the Cougar Food Pantry. Participating in the effort were (front, from left) Lydia Reed, Marin Davies, Maya Bruno, Sophia Gates, Handley Everman, Hannah Walton, Shelby Hilton, Grace Kinkead and Alyson Goddard. In back (from left) are assistant leader Angel Walton and leader Shannon Kinkead...

The Putnam County Community Foundation will bring Jessica White, president of Jessica White Associates, to Greencastle to give attendees tips on creating signature fundraising events. The workshop will take place on April 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be held at the Inn at DePauw...

It wasn't a mumblingly murderous Mafia boss but a rival water company that made the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse to the Greencastle utility superintendent. And today, the City of Greencastle is looking -- not for a new Godfather -- but for a new head of its water and wastewater departments following the resignation of Richard Hedge at Wednesday afternoon's Board of Public Works and Safety meeting at City Hall...

During one of the pivotal moments of the sports film classic "Hoosiers," Gene Hackman, as Coach Norman Dale, asks his Hickory Huskers if they have anything to say before breaking out of the locker room to play for the Indiana state basketball championship...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Furr family of Putnam County was honored Friday with the Hoosier Homestead Centennial Award presented during a ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse. The award was presented by Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann and Agriculture Director Gina Sheets. The Furrs were one of 50 families recognized at the Indianapolis ceremony...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Town Council met for a special session Thursday evening in hopes of resolving several issues, including overtime for town employees. During its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 12, the council made the decision to take away all overtime for town employees in hopes of saving enough money to repay the $100,000 that was mistakenly taken from the general fund to pay for the wastewater fund...