Stories from Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The Area 30 Career Center Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on Tuesday morning, during which it discussed the start of new courses. Executive Director Lora Busch came before the board to seek approval of three new courses, Advanced Manufacturing I, Advanced Manufacturing II and Precision Machining. The new program will be introduced in August 2014...

Gravity, as Wikipedia tells us, is a natural phenomenon by which all physical bodies attract each other. Most commonly it is experienced as the agent that gives weight to objects with mass and causes them to fall to the ground when dropped. Not unlike the jaws of author Tess Gerritsen's fans when they find out that the current box-office film smash "Gravity" is not based on the suspense drama of the same name penned by the bestselling writer who visited the Putnam County Public Library Monday afternoon.. ...

Buenos Aires-born pianist and composer Fernando Otero, winner of the 2010 Latin Grammy Award for best classical album, will get DePauw's annual Old Gold homecoming celebration off to a sizzling start Friday, Oct. 11. Otero will be joined in concert by Pablo Asian (bass), Gabrielle Fink (violin) and Juan Pablo Jofre (bandone--n) in the second performance in the DePauw University School of Music 2013-14 Guest Artist Series...

County Jail A number of people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 8:10 a.m. on Friday, Scott Anthony Parker, 29, Avon, was arrested for criminal trespassing. At 8:45 a.m. Timothy Michael Parker, 25, Greencastle, was held at the jail for contempt of court...

Floy A. Black, 82, Quincy, passed away on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 at her residence. She was born on March 24, 1931 in Harrison Township, Owen County, and was the daughter of the late Everrett Freeman and Cleon (Baldon) Freeman. She married Andrew Milton Black on July 22, 1946, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 18, 1998...