Stories from Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The Putnam County Public Library's Boomers and Beyond group will meet on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The discussion topic for this get together is "Education Back in the Day," and will include best and worst teachers, the classroom environment, punishments, curriculum, cursive writing, extracurricular activities, cliques, technology, etc...

City Police Three recent arrests were reported by Greencastle City Police officers. -- At 5:20 a.m. Sunday, Lance B. Partin, 36, Greencastle, was arrested by Officer Kyle Lee at Washington Street and Hammond Drive. Charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated/refusal, Partin was lodged in the Putnam County Jail...

A new roof begins to take shape Tuesday afternoon at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1550 in Greencastle. Silhouetted workmen hoist new rafters into place and secures them in position as the VFW post is getting a more functional pitched roof to replace the old flat roof on the South Jackson Street facility...

It was only through traveling and experiencing the many different cultures of Europe that DePauw University faculty pianist Wonmin Kim and violinist Wonji Kim of Salzburg, Austria, came to understand the influence of language on a composer's method of articulation, stress and phrasing...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale School Board met for its monthly meeting Monday evening in which board members addressed several routine issues typical for the start of school. Among the issues discussed was the West Central Educational Service Center Annual Plan, which the corporation is required to be a part of in order to be a member of its health insurance trust, The Wabash Valley West Central Insurance Trust or the ESCRIP, which includes the corporations workers comp insurance...

Cringing as the needle penetrates her arm, Marge Buehler, Cloverdale, gets a flu shot Tuesday morning during the annual Putnam County Senior Health Fair at the Community Building on the fairgrounds. Stephanie Purdue of Indiana Home Care Plus in Greencastle administers the injection. An assortment of vendors presented information about needs of senior citizens regarding health, assisted living options, home care and hospice, as well as financial, legal, safety and others...

The Greencastle Chamber of Commerce just recently enrolled its two newest members, a pair of undergraduate entrepreneurs who are bringing new computer and web solutions to the Greencastle and Greater Putnam County communities. The firms' names are ITS For You and Refine Sites...