Stories from Saturday, April 6, 2013

PUTNAMVILLE -- Superintendent Stanley Knight and staff recently presented donations totaling $1,000 to the Putnam and Owen County Humane Society efforts. On hand to receive the funds were directors Lynn Bohmer (Putnam County) and Candace Dean (Owen County) at the Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF)...

Britani Wood, daughter of Kathleen Wood, the late Michael Wood and Shanna Wood, all of Greencastle, will wed Conor Frame, son of Charlie and Tina Frame of Reelsville, on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Wasatch Lake in Poland. Britani and Conor both graduated from South Putnam High School in 2009...

County Jail Three people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 3:13 p.m. Thursday, Kyle Alan McCammon, 25, Cloverdale, was arrested for violation of home detention and violating a restraining order. At 6:52 p.m. William Glenn Young, 40, Fillmore, was held at the jail for violation of home detention...

The Putnam Pride 4-H Club conducted a recent toy drive as a community service project to benefit Riley Children's Hospital. Presenting the toys the club collected to Heather Dawes (back, right of center) are (kneeling from left) Erin Thomas, Kaylyn Hankins, Maverick Barnhart, Trace Thomas and Cameron Hankins, and standing (from left) Jaicey Burdine, Jake Robertson, Cauy Thomas, Dawes, Lillian Rambis, Kierston Burdine, Hailey Wood and Sara Roberts. ...

Even though spring is officially under way, Vectren Energy Delivery wants to remind customers their April natural gas bill, which reflects March energy consumption, will likely be higher than normal due to the recent unseasonably cold weather. March weather was 25 percent colder than normal and 200 percent colder than March 2012, based on heating degree-day data...

Brooke Trissel, Mary Kay consultant and community service representative for Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle, helps Opal Arnold put on make-up duringthe recent Muffins and Makeovers program. Muffins and Makeovers is a chance for some ladies to come together and have a bit of fun, Trissel explained as she helped the women in attendance put on some blush. Funds made from fees and part of Trissel's commission from her sales will go to the Putnam County Senior Center...

The Putnam County Board of Realtors (PCBR) will be hosting a night of bingo to benefit local scholarship on Saturday, April 13 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with early bird games at 6 p.m. and the main games beginning at 7...

The North Putnam School Corporation will host kindergarten round-up at its two elementary schools simultaneously on Wednesday, April 17. Bainbridge and Roachdale elementary schools will host their kindergarten round-ups at 6 p.m. that evening. Parents should enroll their children at Bainbridge Elementary or Roachdale Elementary depending on where they reside...

BAINBRIDGE--Most people have at least one person in life who had influence on them and had a hand in guiding who they would become. North Putnam School Corporation is trying to do that for the youth of the community by starting a mentoring program for the four schools in the corporation...

FILLMORE -- As the weather continues to hover somewhere between winter and springtime, the Town of Fillmore seems to be in the same holding pattern. The town council had only a few items to discuss Thursday, but all centered on work that can be done once the weather gets warm and stays that way...

VAN BIBBER LAKE -- Virtually nothing attracts attention like a big, new, shiny red fire engine. Kids swarm all over them at parades and festivals. Men and boys want to ride in them and sound their sirens. And ambulance-chasing adults are drawn like moths to the flame when that red truck rolls out on a rescue mission...

South Putnam got off to a great start and had a strong finish Friday night against South Vermillion. But in between the visiting Wildcats shut down the Eagles offense and teed off on three pitchers to win the high school baseball game 11-4. The loss dropped South Putnam to 0-3 going into Saturday's home game with North Central...

The Greencastle girls' squad is poised for a successful year and part of that is a credit to being more than a just a team. There are three sets of natural kin -- the Mason sisters (Kaitlynne and Annalysse), the Romer sisters (Haylie and Corrie) and the Chadd sisters (Kayla and Rachel) -- but coach Sally Martin the whole team feels like a family...

CLOVERDALE -- While a number of teams around the state began playing games late in the week, the Cloverdale baseball team already has four wins in the book. The senior-laden squad is poised for a big year and they've worked hard to get to where they want to be...

CLAY CITY -- Cloverdale's and Clay City's softball teams are no strangers to dramatic finishes this season. The Clovers, fresh off a walk-off win against Owen Valley on Thursday, took on a Clay City team that has held on despite late-inning rallies by its opponent in both of its wins this year...