Stories from Saturday, August 3, 2013

The committee for the sixth annual Greencastle Nation Night Out is putting the final touches for the Tuesday, Aug. 6 event at Robe-Ann Park from 5-8 p.m.

Any boy or girls wanting to participate in cross country are reminded that the first official practice is on Monday, Aug 5 at 3:30 pm at Greencastle High School. Students must have a physical on file with the school to participate.

TERRE HAUTE -- The Terre Haute Heat 13U Travel Baseball team will be holding tryouts from 10 a.m. to noon at Northview High School for all interested players on Saturday, Aug. 10. Prospective players age 13 and under are welcome. For more information contact Gary McCrocklin at (812) 243-4078 or visit the team website at www.eteamz.ocm/terrehauteheat...

Local golfer Jake Bennett finished in second place of the middle school division at the recent Hendricks County Junior Golf Tour Championship. Bennett, who will begin eighth grade this year, shot a 96 at Prestwick Country Club in Avon. (Courtesy photo)

Earlier this summer the oldest members of Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department's S.P.A.R.K. Program, the Purple Group, continued to learn about service to the community.

When opportunity knocks, be ready. And when it knocks for Jody Crum, Stephanie Hogue and Mitch Myers, they'll be ahead of the game. Each has completed the Opportunity Knocks Seminar Series presented by the Ivy Tech Community College Business and Entrepreneurial Services Center (BES Center), the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce and the West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC)...

It's back-to-school time and that meets it's school vaccine season as well. In an effort to help meet the needs of local parents and children requiring back-to-school immunizations, the Putnam County Health Department will offer extended hours, beginning Aug. 12, it was announced Friday...

His first book -- the just-released "Memoirs of a Life" -- will "probably be my last," author and longtime Greencastle resident Pat Aikman acknowledges. The 153-page book "unwinds all 77 years" of Aikman's interesting Hoosier existence, from his birth in the tiny town of Dana (known mostly as the hometown of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle) to his current retirement in Greencastle...

To market, to market to buy some fresh produce.

Just one year after persistent temperatures in the 90s and numerous days of 100 degrees or more prevailed and sent residents running to the city pool for relief, summer 2013 has been just too cool for the pool. And all that means fewer admissions, lesser revenues and no need to extend the pool season this year...