Stories from Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Greencastle Kroger store recently presented a $1,500 check to Putnam County Youth Development Commission (PCYDC) for its Coats for Kids program. The program serves all children in Putnam County and coats will be handed out Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Present for the donation were (from left) Sherry Miller of Kroger, CASA Director Patti Harmless, PCYDC Executive Director Linda Merkel, store manager Scott Thornburg and Amanda Miller...

The last workshop in the 2013 Nonprofit Learning Series, sponsored by the Putnam County Community Foundation and the Montgomery County Community Foundation, is titled "Powerful Boards, Purposeful Fundraising." The workshop will take place on Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at the Crawfordsville Country Club...

Betty Lou Kolanowski, 87, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. She was born on July 26, 1926 in Osceola, Ind., to Charles Melvin Gill and Emma Mae Rogers Gill. Mrs. Kolanowski was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clarence Kolanowski; a daughter, Marsha Kay Kolanowski; and six siblings, Madeline Russ, Lewis Gill, Caroline Wirt, Roger Gill and twin infant brothers...

Alice E. "Sally" Cradick, 91, Cloverdale, passed away Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013 at Hickory Creek at Sunset, Greencastle, and went to be with her Lord and Savior. She is hoping that all of her family and friends are "trying to imagine" what glory she is seeing and not grieving as much as celebrating her "new life."...

Thomas "Gene" Cash, 84, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013. He was born on April 7, 1929 in Greencastle to Clyde Cash and Anna Hammond Cash. Gene was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...

If you've thought about going to college but just aren't sure if it's for you or where to begin, you're invited to "test drive" Ivy Tech Community College, 915 S. Zinc Mill Rd., Greencastle, on Saturday, Oct. 26. The first 100 visitors attending the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. event will receive a free Ivy Tech T-shirt...

Aspergillus ear rot is one of the most important diseases in corn. This fungi causes a mycotoxin called aflatoxin inside diseased corn kernels. A mycotoxin is a toxin caused by the organism living within the corn kernels. Aflatoxin is the particular toxin that is produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus which causes Aspergillus ear rot. ...

REELSVILLE -- The Reelsville Volunteer Fire Department will have its annual chili supper fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 4-8 p.m. at the firehouse. All proceeds will go to the fire department for maintenance and equipment. The menu will include chili, vegetable soup, breaded tenderloin sandwiches, hamburgers, hotdogs, onion rings, french fries and desserts...

The 2013 Halloween trick-or-treat schedule will kick off with the annual downtown Greencastle trick-or-treat event from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 on the courthouse square. Local businesses and offices welcome costumed trick-or-treaters during that two-hour period...

DELAWARE, Ohio -- The DePauw University football team scored a touchdown and two field goals in the fourth quarter including Eric Malm's 37-yard game winner with 4.6 seconds left and took a 23-21 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Ohio Wesleyan...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Greencastle junior Elijah Brattain raced in the Indiana High School School Athletic Association Carmel Semi-State as a freshman when his team qualified in 2011. He'll do it again this week, though now he's an individual. Brattain finished the Ben Davis Regional at 16:52 in 20th-place on Saturday, the fifth-best race for an individual on a non-qualifying team...

It happens every autumn. Just like clockwork, days grow shorter. Cooler heads (and air) prevail. And the trees turn to brilliant shades of red, yellow, gold and brown before falling leaves begin piling up on lawns and roadways. Understandably this time every year the Greencastle Street Department's thoughts turn to those leaves. Or perhaps more accurately, getting rid of them...

Putnam County Playhouse will stage its annual meeting on Sunday, Oct. 27. The 3 p.m. event will be in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Barn in Greencastle. Business to be conducted includes annual reports from each Playhouse committee chairman and a discussion of the recently completed 2013 season...

The Greencastle League of Women Voters will host a public discussion of the recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision on the Voting Rights Act. The case in question is Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The discussion will include states' reaction to the decision...

ROACHDALE -- The Roachdale Revitalization Cooperative Alliance (RRCA) will present an evening of music with Bob Milne at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 at North Putnam High School. It marks the inaugural event in the Roachdale music series. A living legend in blues and ragtime piano, Milne began his career playing french horn for the Baltimore Symphony. ...

While the rarity of the towering Civil War Monument in Greencastle's Forest Hill Cemetery has spawned a local movement to have the limestone structure restored and saved for all eternity, the statue itself apparently isn't unique enough to warrant a spot on the National Register of Historic Places...

INDIANAPOLIS -- They can't stop. And they won't stop. They run things -- usually five kilometer, off-road races -- and South Putnam juniors Madison Egold and Ariel Higgins run them well enough to advance as individuals for next week's Indiana High School Athletic Association Semi-State...