Stories from Friday, August 2, 2013

To the Editor: I have two children who are involved in 4-H and one more that will join next year. As a child, I never participated in the 4-H program. I had no clue how wonderful this organization is until five years ago when it became a huge part of our life...

To the Editor: On behalf of the Putnam Co 4-H Parade Committee and the residents of Greencastle we would like to thank the members of Greencastle Civic League, Greencastle Rotary Club, Girl Scout Troop 10307 led by Scout Leader Melanie Welker, the family and friends of Tracy and Denny Bridges and Washington Street families for volunteering their time and energy to clean up the parade route immediately after the parade on July 19...

To the Editor: I would like to thank all of the 4-H'ers who participated in the Foods or Microwave projects for contributing to a successful 4-H Food Auction at the Putnam County Fair. I would also like to thank everyone that purchased food at our bake sale and auction. The proceeds will be used to improve the 4-H exhibit area...

To the Editor: I'd like to take one final opportunity to say thanks to all of the people who help to make our Putnam County 4-H Fair and particularly the Adult Open Class Exhibit Hall the special event that it is. First of all thanks to the Putnam County Fair Board for not only the hundreds of hours they give during the month of July but also for the time they give throughout the year planning and preparing for what is probably the largest community event of the year...

To the Editor: My name is Janie "Speed Bump" Briones (thank you, Ed and Lori Lattonzio). I was recently in a very unfortunate accident and by the grace of God, am doing very well now. I would like to take this time to thank the many people who sent their prayers and well wishes...

County Jail Three people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 6:51 a.m. on Wednesday, Dustin Kent Kennedy, 40, Greencastle, was lodged in the jail, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a prior and public intoxication after being involved in a property-damage traffic accident...

INDIANAPOLIS -- When the Marsh Symphony on the Prairie focuses on jazz for the first time in its 32-year history, a couple of well-known Greencastle musicians will lend their considerable talents to the occasion. With jazz the focal point this Friday and Saturday on the Conner Prairie Amphitheatre stage, vocalist and blues harp man Tad Robinson of Greencastle will be among the performers, along with guitar aficionado Sandy Williams, a Greencastle product...

The Putnam County Public Library recently celebrated the installation of its very first Little Free Library, which is located at the entrance of Robe-Ann Park. The Little Free Library, an idea sparked by Putnam County Library Board Vice President Diana LaViolette, is a miniature library that provides books for all ages. It follows the take a book leave a book policy...

AKRON, Ohio -- Nick and Lauren Zimmerman had top-ten finishes at the World Championship Soapbox Derby races in Akron, Ohio recently. Lauren, a fourth-grader at Cloverdale, finished third in the stock division. Nick, a sophomore at Cloverdale High School, finished seventh in the masters division...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Former South Putnam softball player Jenna Jones competed at the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships this week in Huntington Beach, Calif. Jones's team, the Indiana Shockwaves 18U Gold, was eliminated on Thursday with a loss to in the second round of the consolation bracket with a 10-3 loss to the Virginia Legends...

A proposed downtown parking garage -- seen as the ultimate solution to longstanding Greencastle parking issues and diminished development around the courthouse square -- met an unceremonious death Thursday. After a second round of budget-busting bids were opened on a project that would have provided 146 free parking spaces for city visitors, downtown merchants, courthouse employees and potential shoppers, Mayor Sue Murray pronounced the two-story garage dead in its tracks...

The Cloverdale Marching Band is on the case as it prepares for the Indiana State Fair Band Day. The Clovers are one of 40 bands from across the state to participate today in Indianapolis. This year drum majors (from left) Mitchell Stacy, Kyle Manion and Rae McFadden lead the Clovers in finding the missing "Clover Jewels" stolen by Kess Raiser in an original showcalled "Night Guise" by Rusty Bottomlee. ...

CLOVERDALE -- In celebration of being open for 25 years, Clover Meadows is running a special in August and September of $18 for 18 holes and a cart on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also, it will be hosting the Clover Meadows Shootout on Aug. 17. The Clover Meadows Shootout 4-man scramble is a bring-your-best-team format with a limit of one golf pro per team. The tourney will pay cash to the winning teams...