Stories from Wednesday, October 9, 2013

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The Greencastle No. 1 doubles team of Jake Mangrum and Kaleb Flemming won its opening match in the Indiana High School Athletic Association individual sectional on Tuesday, beating Covington 6-3, 6-4. The semifinal match is Wednesday at 5 p.m. when the Tiger Cubs will take on South Vermillion at Crawfordsville High School...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale volleyball team beat Eminence in straight sets on Tuesday 25-8, 25-21, 25-10. The win pushed the team's record to 10-10 for the season. "Tonight was a good win for us," Cloverdale coach Kathy Moore said. "We played well, tried to be consistent with our play and we were able to play a lot of players."...

The South Putnam volleyball team--again--got off to a slow start on Monday. The Eagles played an impressive second set to rebound, but they lost the next two to lose to visiting Rockville on Monday 25-14, 17-25, 25-23, 25-11. SPHS coach Deanna Long said the team has gotten in a habit of starting slow, but the Eagles came out of the hole nicely on Monday...

ROACHDALE -- The North Putnam volleyball team welcomed the Fountain Central Mustangs into town and looked to avenge its tough loss against Greencastle last Thursday. The Cougars succeeded in their quest dominating the Mustangs, 25-18, 25-22, and 25-17 to win in straight sets on Monday...

With the 2014 Putnam County budget up for adoption this month, the Putnam County Council will meet twice, forcing an adjustment to the October meeting schedule for both the council and the commissioners. The first county council meeting, to handle regular business, will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The meeting will also feature the adoption of the Greencastle Community School Corporation 2014 budget...

Fiesta Salon Greencastle will join Regis Corporation salons nationwide to take part in the annual Clip for the Cure event on Saturday, Oct. 19. Every year Fiesta Salon, located at 39 Putnam Plaza, joins forces with its parent company for the event. It is an opportunity for the staff, guests and friend to join the 7,000 Regis corporate salons and more than 50,000 stylists across the country to raise money for breast cancer research...

October is breast cancer awareness month, which is why health experts at Putnam County Hospital are encouraging both women and men to educate themselves about breast cancer. Breast cancer is often thought of as something that only women can be diagnosed with. However, all people, male or female, are born with some breast cells and tissue and although it's rare, men can in fact be diagnosed with breast cancer...

The women's committee of the United Auto Workers Local 2382, IAC in Greencastle, recently participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at the ISU stadium in Terre Haute. The team raised a total of $1,185 to help the cause. The funds were raised through pledge participation, union T-shirt sales and donation.

The Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department and the American Cancer Society will be hosting the fourth annual PINK Halloween Fun Run on Saturday, Oct. 26. The 5K run will take place at Robe-Ann Park, beginning at shelter house No. 5. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the run starts at 10 a.m. with survivor recognition at 9:30 a.m. The race is free, but donations are accepted and appreciated...

This year, 220,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. With October being breast cancer awareness month, the Putnam County Hospital Cancer Center is reminding the community to be conscious of its health, as breast cancer is one of the top three cancers seen at the hospital...

For the third time in eight days the North Putnam girls' soccer competed against--and lost to--Western Boone on Monday. The third iteration came in the opening round of the Indiana High School Athletic Association sectional tournament, ending the Cougars' season with a 2-0 defeat...

The Greencastle girls' soccer team was knocked out of the Indiana High School Athletic Association sectional tournament in heartbreaking fashion on Tuesday. The Tiger Cubs took a momentary 3-1 lead in penalty kick goals when senior Melody White ripped her shot past the Crawfordsville goalkeeper and the team, told by a referee that the match was over, celebrated like it had won the game...

1st place -- 17:38 South Putnam 2nd place -- 17:45 Greencastle 3rd place -- 18:01 Greencastle 4th place -- 18:12 Greencastle 5th place -- 18:26 South Putnam 6th place -- 18:35 South Putnam 7th place -- 18:46 Greencastle...

The rain that splintered the Putnam County Meet Saturday was nowhere to be seen Tuesday afternoon as the four county schools reconvened to replay the boys' race and see the middle school races in action. A week after Greencastle had won the West Central Conference, the Tiger Cubs reclaimed the title of Putnam County champions after besting the defending champion Eagles 25-31...

Following more than three months in which he has been the only Putnam County Highway supervisor, Mike Ricketts' title will now reflect his duties. The Putnam County Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to name Ricketts the lone county highway supervisor, removing the "co" prefix from the title...

The DePauw University Performing Arts Series will host three-time Grammy nominee Peter Case this week. Case will present a public talk on songwriting at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Watson Forum of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, and will perform a concert on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Recital Hall in the Green Center for the Performing Arts...

Murder, mystery, mayhem and the macabre quite often are where you find them, although many times disguised well beyond any simple identification or explanation. Take, for example, bestselling author Tess Gerritsen who visited the Putnam County Public Library Monday afternoon...

Life is always full of surprises and eighth-graders from around the area learned what life could bring them during the 2013 Reality Experience at the Putnam County Fairgrounds on Monday. The Reality Experience is a scenario for eighth-graders which gives them a "job" based on their current grades, which could be anywhere from Wal-mart cashier to nuclear engineer. ...

Having a positive outlook on life and having a solid family and group of friends is what got breast cancer survivor and Putnam County resident Angela Kiste and her family through one of the hardest times in her life. Angela was diagnosed in October of 2010 with stage two, triple negative breast cancer, which is one of the worst kinds one can have. Being diagnosed with this type of cancer, there is only one treatment, a successful surgery...

The time-honored economic battle cry of local business understandably has long been "Keep the green in Greencastle." Tuesday night city officials turned their attention not to business, but the environment, honoring some faithful stewards of land, water and air who are helping put a different green in Greencastle...

Everybody everywhere is always looking for the next big thing. The next big music act. The next big food fad. The next big toy for Christmas. And parks departments are no different, Greencastle Park Director Rod Weinschenk assured the Park Board at its October meeting...