Stories from Thursday, September 19, 2013

Local Girl Scouts will be hosting a craft fair at the National Guard Armory in Greencastle on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Girl Scouts are looking for participants to have booths at the fair, which costs $35 for a 10x10 booth if registered before Sept. 25 or $40 if registered after...

The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce September Business after Hours will be on Tuesday, Sept. 24 from 5-7 p.m. Autumn Glen Senior Living is sponsoring and hosting the event at 89 N. 10th St. The monthly networking occasion is open to all Chamber of Commerce members and their guests...

The Putnam County Public Library Board of Trustees will be holding a retreat at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 to discuss some of the issues currently facing the library. This meeting will be held off-site. Anyone interested in attending should contact Nancy Zennie, board president, at 765-795-5526...

NORTH SALEM -- McCloud Nature Park will be hosting a free program on Native Americans on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. Children can enjoy making Native American crafts such as dream catchers, God's eyes and rain sticks as they learn about the culture of the Delaware Tribe that once called the land around and including McCloud Nature Park home...

The Cloverdale eighth grade volleyball team beat North Putnam 25-19, 25-23 on Tuesday. Justyce Monnett and Hannah Nichols led the way for the Clovers with their serving, coach Megan Puckett said. The Clovers will travel to Cascade on Thursday to take on the Cadets, beginning at 5:30 p.m...

TERRE HAUTE -- The Greencastle volleyball team lost in straight sets at Terre Haute South on Wednesday 25-19, 25-17, 25-15. The Tiger Cubs were led on offense by junior Quinci Miller, who had seven kills, and sophomore Allison White, who had six. Junior libero Kennedy Downing led the team with 10 digs and junior Taylor Stoltey had nine digs and 15 assists...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale volleyball team beat visiting Shakamak on Tuesday 25-18, 27-25, 25-13. The win pushed the Clovers' record to 4-7 for the season. "It was a nice win for us after the heartbreaker against Greencastle in the county tournament," CHS coach Kathy Moore said. "We played well and everyone contributed at some point during the match."...

When the DePauw football team takes the field for it's home-opener on Saturday, it'll be a familiar opponent to first-year coach Bill Lynch. A quarterback at Butler in his playing days, Lynch knows Wittenberg very well. "I can go all the way back to playing college football against Wittenberg," he said. "I coached against them in the 70s and 80s, and they've always been great, so we know what we're going to get."...

As the final two West Central Conference teams without a WCC loss prepare for Friday's game, the edge appears to lie with Greencastle, the winner of last season's game and undefeated so far this year. But that 20-0 defeat, and the returning, motivated players on South Putnam brings into this season's contest, has the Eagles believing they're ready...

The Greencastle Police Department kicked off National Child Passenger Safety Week with its annual Seat Check Safety Day on Tuesday evening. Dozens of Putnam County residents showed up to take advantage of a free car seat check program at the Putnam County Hospital.

FILLMORE -- The 54th annual Fillmore Volunteer Fire Department Chicken Barbecue is set for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20 and 21 at the fire station. Serving starts at 5 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday. It concludes each evening at 9 p.m. While this is the 54th year of the fundraising event, the department has a particular purpose in mind for funds this year. Having outgrown the current station on Hendricks Street, a new facility will be taking its place...

The third annual Chairish the Children silent auction fundraiser is set for Saturday with one big difference -- this year's event will occur in conjunction with the annual Taste of Putnam County event. Putnam County Family Support Services director Cari Cox said when the opportunity came up to partner with the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce, her organization jumped at it...

Greencastle lost another business downtown this past weekend as Hoods and Capers closed its doors for good Saturday evening after more than three years as its owners pursue other interests. Owners Ryan Gullett, Zach Stewart and Brian Barnes first opened their doors at 18 S. Jackson St. in April of 2010 and quickly became a staple in the Greencastle bar scene...

John Wayne Sutton, age 76, of Greencastle, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. He was born Oct. 15, 1936, in Buchanan, Mich., and grew up in Greencastle, where he spent most of his life. John is survived by Nora Stork of Greencastle, his partner for 34 years...

Today's topic is a real beauty. So go ahead, pick your favorite related axiom ... One man's trash is another man's treasure? ... That's fine, unless you're the trashman. Beauty is truth, truth is beauty? ... Maybe so, if you're checking out a Grecian urn there, Keats...

I have a certified case of baseball fever. I've had it most of my life. I never could play to save my life, but it hasn't gotten in the way of being a fan of the game. When I became a dad three years ago I had hoped that a love of the game (and sports in general) would be something my son and I could some day share. I just wasn't sure when...

The sweet smell of chocolate spoke volumes at the Putnam County Public Library Wednesday night as local chocolatier Anastasia Wells (pouring her creation) conducts a chocolate class in the PCPL Kiwanis Room. About a dozen participants created their own chocolaty treats during the three-hour program, including seven-year-old Mia Kimura, who gets some help from mother Loida Kimura (above, right), in squeezing a caramel creation into a candy mold as Marjorie Schaeffer lends support in the sticky situation.. ...

Sheriff's Department At 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, Fillmore Town Marshal Darrel Bunten, 38, Fillmore, was attempting to make a traffic stop on County Road 100 North in a 2003 Mercury Marauder registered to the Town of Fillmore. The attempted stop was on a 2011 Ford Fusion...

The Putnam County Sheriff's Department recently honored retiring Merit Board member Charlie Roach for more than 25 years of service. Chief Deputy Tom Helmer (left) and Sheriff Steve Fenwick honored Roach with a plaque.

In conjunction to the 226th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States of America Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray (center) proclaimed the week of Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week. In 1955 the DAR petitioned Congress to set aside the week of Sept. ...

A proposal by Indianapolis developers to convert the old Greencastle Miller School building into senior housing units continues to go to the head of the class. One of five proposals submitted to the city on renovation of the old school building last used as classrooms in 1980, the Milestone Ventures plan has won approval of both the Board of Works and City Council following action at the September City Council meeting...

The Putnam County Senior Center and Asbury Towers are sponsoring a day trip to Montgomery, the site of a large Amish area, on Saturday, Oct. 19. A local guide will join the group as it travels through the countryside and visiting an Amish quilt shop, country store, bakery and greenhouse. The area is not as commercialized as some more known Amish settlements in the state...

Nicole Etcheson, professor of history at Ball State University and author of "A Generation at War," will be the featured speaker for the annual Putnam County Extension Homemakers' Achievement Night on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Her book describes how the Civil War affected the home front in a rural community of small towns in a Midwestern county (our own Putnam County)...