Stories from Friday, April 5, 2013

South Putnam's boys' and girls' track teams kicked off the 2013 season with a four-way opening meet against Northview, Owen Valley and Clay City Thursday night. The boys' squad picked up seven event wins en route to winning the meet over second-place Owen Valley 88.5-72 while the girls' squad also claimed seven events but finished second to Northview, 73-63...

CLOVERDALE -- Senior Austin Mannan did his best to will the Cloverdale baseball team to a win on Thursday, stealing third in the bottom of the seventh inning and vocally rallying his squad at the plate, but it wasn't enough as the Clovers lost to Shakamak 4-3...

The Putnam County girls' softball league is having its final sign-up of the season this Saturday, April 6. The registration is at Mason Jewelers from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Mason Jewelers is located at 18 W. Washington St. For more information call league treasurer Steve Mason at 720-2858...

ROACHDALE -- The North Putnam baseball team has been scoring runs like they're going out of style early this year, but they're still fashionable for now. The Cougars beat Turkey Run on Thursday 7-1. Junior Beau Green got the win for NPHS, pitching a complete-game two-hitter. Green struck out 11 batters against just two walks...

Indiana State Sen. Phil Boots will be the featured speaker on Monday, April 8 at the April meeting of the Greencastle Defenders of Liberty. The 6:30 p.m. meeting, which is open to the public, is scheduled for Dixie Chopper Business Center at the Putnam County Airport, 102 Ballard Lane...

The 23rd annual Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce golf scramble is set for Friday, May 10 at Clover Meadows Golf Course. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. Lunch, sponsored by Comcast Business Class, will be served at 11 a.m., and the shotgun start will follow at noon...

Ivy Tech Community College students will connect with prospective employers at two Job Fairs in April. The second of those will take place Wednesday, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as the Greencastle campus at 915 Zinc Mill Rd. conducts its inaugural job fair. It is open to all Ivy Tech students, alumni and community members...

Legislation sponsored by District 24 State Sen. Pete Miller (R-Avon) to curb bullying in Hoosier schools passed the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development Thursday by a 8-2 vote. House Bill 1423 requires all schools to track and report the nature of bullying incidents, which would be included in the school's annual performance report...

For months (if not years) the Putnam County Commissioners have been hearing from software companies about adding a geographic information system in the county to assist in the planning, plat and 911 departments. For the same length of time, the commissioners' answer has been roughly the same: That would be great, but where do we find the money?...

Dozens of Greencastle and DePauw University community members came out Thursday evening to honor the 2013 NCAA Division III women's basketball champion DePauw Tigers at a public celebration at Eli's Books/Starbucks.

CLOVERDALE -- Senior Katt Raisor's walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in junior Adri Patterson to help the Cloverdale softball team beat Owen Valley 6-5. The Clovers (1-2) and Raisor picked up their first win of the season. Raisor threw a complete game, allowing eight hits and striking out four...