Stories from Monday, September 30, 2013

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The North Putnam girls' soccer team learned its sectional fate on Friday morning when the Indiana High School Athletic Association released its draws. The Cougars are matched up with Western Boone. On Saturday, NPHS competed in the Southmont Invitational and drew, once again, Western Boone. The Cougars lost 2-0...

MONTEZUMA -- The South Putnam volleyball team responded from a first-round lost to the hosts to finish the Riverton Parke Invitational in second place on Saturday. The Eagles won three-set matches against Broad Ripple and Eminence. The senior-laden roster got help at the net from sophomore Katie Hewitt and junior Emily Dobson to help lead the team's defense...

GAMBIER, Ohio -- Senior Nikko Sansone rushed for a career-high 116 yards on 18 carries, had two catches for 65 yards and scored three total touchdowns for the DePauw football team on Saturday but it wasn't enough as the Tigers lost at Kenyon 28-26. Freshman quarterback Matt Hunt tossed a two-yard scoring pass to senior Barry Flynn with 3:59 left in the game, but the Tigers' two-point conversion pass failed and Kenyon held on for the North Coast Athletic Conference victory...

The Greencastle Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated its newest member, Felling & Felling Law Office, with a ribbon cutting.

Putnam County Hospital held its annual Staff Appreciation Picnic on Friday, Sept. 20. Lunch and dinner were served for staff members during their meal break, along with a cornhole tournament and prize giveaway. Many local businesses graciously donated services and products...

EVANSVILLE -- Vectren Corp. has released its 2013 corporate sustainability report, Sustainability In Practice, which illustrates the company's commitment to the environment and the communities it serves, as well as investors and employees. The report profiles Vectren's efforts to grow its well-diversified business in economically, environmentally and socially sustainable ways by detailing recent upgrades in pipeline infrastructure, programs to improve the energy efficiency of customers' homes and businesses, as well as efforts to revitalize communities.. ...

This past week Bainbridge Elementary second-grade classes participated in the International Day of Peace.

Communication in any business venture is important, but it is extremely important in farm rental agreements. Historically agreements have been verbal between tenant farmer and landowner, but for some reason we don't want to talk about the terms and conditions of these agreements. Even a verbal agreement needs three months' notice for termination, preferably done in writing. That means that anyone wanting to terminate a verbal lease should do so by Dec. 1 of any given year...

Making his way through the food line Saturday evening at the Putnam County Republicans' annual Hog Roast and Pie Auction fundraiser at the fairgrounds, Commissioner David Berry gets a mound of potato salad, courtesy Tracy Bridges, an announced 2014 GOP candidate for county recorder.

South Putnam Central Elementary will host its 27th annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the school. An all-you-can-eat pizza buffet, carnival games, a bounce house, raffle items and auction will be included in the fun from 5-8 p.m. The night will conclude with the feature presentation of "Pie In The Eye," where students will have the opportunity to toss pies in the faces of school staff members...

Berry Street residents will be hosting their annual flea market this Saturday, Oct. 5, marking their 39th year of welcoming bargain hunters, visitors and former residents to their Greencastle neighborhood. Along with the traditional flea-market treasures visitors will also find a variety of food and sweets, including the traditional bean soup and cornbread being cooked out over an open fire on South College Avenue, just a few feet south of Berry Street...

In celebration of the shop's anniversary, Greencastle Custom Cycle will host a block party on Saturday, Oct. 5. The Halloween-themed party will run from 3-11 p.m. at the cycle shop at 100 N. Indiana St., and festivities will include a chili cook off, a motorcycle burnout contest, a tattoo artist, a costumed ride through town and two live bands...

During the month of October, participating local restaurants will pledge a percentage of one-day's sales to the United Way of Putnam County in a "United We Dine" promotion. "We are excited to announce that October is 'United We Dine' month where area restaurants have selected to pledge a portion of their sales to our United Way here in Putnam County," Jennifer Edwards, executive director of the United Way of Putnam County, said...

Old memories were shared and new memories were made Saturday night at Robe-Ann Park as Sammy Terry came to life for a new generation of Hoosiers while ghoulishly reversing the aging process on a legion of older admirers. More than 40 years since his late father, Bob Carter, graced the old Voncastle Theater stage for a live performance weaved around a spate of horror movies, Mark Carter brought Sammy Terry to the bandshell in the Greencastle park...

As a community, Greencastle has long prided itself on being able to look to the future while embracing the past. And the same can be said of the latest business venture now open just a couple blocks east of the historic courthouse square that defines the city...

Sandra Lynne Mason Hand, 73, formerly of Greencastle, passed away Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Sandra was born Aug. 10, 1940 in Putnam County, near Roachdale, to parents Helen (McMurtrey) and Curtis Mason. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, John and George Mason, and her sisters, Joyce Williams and Rebecca Schlosser...

Joseph Wendell Elrod was born on Nov. 26, 1923, in Putnam County, Indi., near Coatesville. He passed from our world on Aug. 20, 2013, at the age of 91. He was a graduate of Amo High School and Purdue University, where he became an electrical engineer...

Dorothy L. Day, 93, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Dorothy was born on March 19, 1920 in Putnam County to Raymond Flint and Ivyl Ferrand Flint. She was a 1938 graduate of Bainbridge High School, and was a member of First Baptist Church of Greencastle...