Stories from Friday, June 14, 2013

The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Huber, will honor retiring bandsman Wayne Parkins in a special edition concert titled "Hail To The Chief" Sunday, June 16 at 8 p.m. rain or shine. Parkins joined the BCB in 1945 as a sousaphone player. His musical mentors in the band were Anton Massinon and Wilford Dobson...

"I think we all want to belong to or be of something. You have that with DePauw," Philip Eskew Jr., M.D., told fellow members of the university's Class of 1963. At the college's annual Alumni Celebration in Kresge Auditorium, Dr. Eskew said DePauw "isn't a place where you're anonymous. ...

County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday Kathy Jane Niewald, 52, Brazil, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs. At 9:25 a.m. on Tuesday Daniel Keith Rutar, 46, Indianapolis, was booked in on a probation violation and possession of marijuana...

The Rocking the Castle free concert will take place from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at the Bob Flanigan Memorial Bandshell in Robe Ann Park. Performances will include the Riley Hedndrixson Band, Bobbie Lancaster and Star Cross. Concessions will be available...

McCloud Nature Park will be having expert stargazers from The Indiana Astronomical Society partnered with Hendricks County Parks and Recreation naturalists for a free monthly astronomy program at McCloud on Saturday, June 15 at 8:45pm. Open to the community, this program will provide emphasis on actual observing, helping beginners find their way around the night sky by learning how a telescope works and how to recognize constellations, planets, galaxies and nebulae of all kinds...

The Indiana National Road Association and the Prosser family invite the public to a special dedication ceremony at Rising Hall at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 17 The dedication will be of the National Road interpretive panel that was installed last fall. Rising Hall is located at 10474 East U.S. 40, Coatesville...

ROACHDALE--Roachdale Town Council held its monthly meeting on Tuesday evening. The town council is continuing to take care of property clean-ups and improve parts of town. The town council brought up the continuing issue of the Williams property. Council member Zach Bowers stated his urge to move forward and to take measures on the town putting the demolition of the property out to bid. ...

Having hired a new superintendent, two principals, an assistant principal and an athletic director since January, the Greencastle School Board filled two more administrator positions at its Wednesday meeting. The board unanimously approved Superintendent Dawn Puckett's recommendation of Jeff Hubble as assistant superintendent and Brian Emmert as Greencastle Middle School assistant principal...

Friday marks four weeks since the fate of a block of historic downtown Greencastle hung precariously in the balance as a ravaging fire gained a mid-morning foothold just east of the courthouse square. That May 17 blaze and the extreme ramifications it might have had and the tactics necessary to bring it under control without loss of life or the structural integrity of the buildings it damaged are still foremost in the mind of Greencastle Fire Chief Bill Newgent...

The Greencastle Moose Lodge will host a Saturday evening dinner and family fun event in honor of Father's Day. The Women of the Moose will be serving dinner from 5-7:30 p.m. The meal will include a turkey manhattan, green beans, salad and desserts...

WASHINGTON -- DePauw University's national championship women's basketball team is in Washington, D.C., where the student-athletes and their coach, Kris Huffman, will attend a ceremony at the White House this afternoon in honor of the Indiana Fever, who will be honored for winning the WNBA championship...

Margaret L. (Spangler) Glotzbach, 95, of Earl Park, died Thursday, June 13, 2013. She was born Dec. 13, 1917. She married Everett Glotzbach in 1942. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Church in Earl Park and belonged to the Altar and Rosary Society...

Dave Nolton, 65, Poland, passed away on June 13, 2013 at Putnam County Hospital, Greencastle. He was born on Jan. 13, 1948 in Anderson and was the son Carl E. and Doris M. (Hawkins) Nolton. He married Debbie (Herrington) Nolton and she survives. He is also survived by his daughter, Miranda Ward and husband Reggie, his grandchildren, Justice and Chole Ward and his mother Doris M. Nolton, Anderson...