Stories from Friday, April 19, 2013

RUSSELLVILLE -- The Russellville Community Center will host a homemade beef and noodle dinner on Sunday, April 21 from noon through 1:30 p.m. The buffet-style meal will also include mashed potatoes, green beans, pineapple and cheese salad, rolls with a variety of dessert and drinks...

Colin Dumbrowski of Greencastle High School serves as a legislative page for District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) during the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly. Dumbrowski, a 14-year-old freshman at GHS, recently participated in the Indiana House Page Program that allowed him a behind-the-scenes look at the legislative process...

County Jail Four people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Joshua Elijah Hoffa, 35, Cloverdale, was arrested for violation of home detention. At 10:50 a.m. Thursday, William Leonard Matthews Jr., 32, Brazil, was charged with failure to appear...

The Extension Homemakers group of Indiana is celebrating 100 years of membership. From its inception in 1913 through today, the groups have been active and vital in the community. To honor this achievement the Putnam County Museum will be displaying an exhibit highlighting the years of Extension clubs' existence...

The recent rainy weather and a forecast for more have resulted in the postponement of two Greencastle Park and Recreation-sponsored events. With a stormy prediction for Saturday, the park's Gone Fishin' class at Jaycee Park has been postponed. "We want the youth to have the best experience possible," Assistant Director Troy Scott explained, "and feel the conditions Saturday outdoors will not be the ideal situation."...

The Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is putting on a 5K Run/Walk to raise money for the Indiana Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors. The run/walk is scheduled Sunday, May 19 at the DePauw Nature Park, 1400 W. CR 125 South, Greencastle...

DePauw University and seven other Indiana colleges and universities have achieved Tree Campus USA status for outstanding management of their urban forests, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced. In addition to DePauw, the honored institutions are Butler, Indiana State, IUPUI, Indiana University, Ivy Tech (Sellersburg), Purdue and Vincennes...

Starting her appearance with a chimp call and ending it with a call to action, one of the world's great conservationists spoke Wednesday night at DePauw University. Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall welcomed the 2,300 spectators at Neal Fieldhouse with a guttural greeting like "you would hear if you came with me to Africa to one of the forests where the chimpanzees live."...

A pair of sinkholes that have emerged in the past week have forced the county to close a portion of Jones Road in southern Greencastle Township. A Putnam County Highway official told the Banner Graphic that the hole in the middle of the road showed up about a week ago in the middle of Jones Road (County Road 300 South) just west of Hospital Drive...

Mary Elizabeth Leslie Reiling, 92, of Burlington, Vt., formerly of Greencastle and Ft. Wayne, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, VT. Mary was born June 21, 1920 in Manchester, N.H., and lived in Ft. Wayne and Greencastle most of her life before moving to Vermont in early 2005...