Stories from Thursday, October 24, 2013

A semi accident late Thursday morning closed Manhattan Road for more than five hours and sent a Terre Haute man to the hospital with serious injuries. At 11:31 a.m., emergency personnel were dispatched to an overturned tractor-trailer on Manhattan Road northeast of Antioch Baptist Church...

Safety is non-negotiable. That's the motto of the Guardian Firearms Academy, owned by Jerrod Baugh, which offers personalized self-defense training with firearms. The idea to have a range that offered civilian classes came from Jerrod's late father, Jim, who started the Captain Jim Baugh Firearms Range in Greencastle...

The City of Greencastle has 18 months, as of Oct. 7, to comply with a new Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) determination that is expected to require modifications to the city's water treatment plant. New rules went into effect on Oct. 1, requiring a whole new calculation of chlorine contact time, Greencastle Utility Superintendent Robert Lovell explained to the Board of Works and Safety in a special meeting this week...

CORY -- A 49-year-old Clay County man is accused of eight separate charges, ranging from possession of pipe bombs to cultivating and possessing marijuana, following his arrest this week. Facing five felony counts, Steven A. Smith, of Cory, was taken into custody about 11 a.m. Monday by Indiana State Police officers from the Putnamville Post...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Many economically challenged residents in Putnam and surrounding counties will be eating healthier thanks to more than 15,000 pounds of produce donated by the Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF). Under the direction of horticulture instructor Brenda Gullett, 20 Putnamville offenders spent the spring planting, and at summer's end harvested thousands of pounds of ripened vegetables and pumpkin...

They got an offer they couldn't refuse. It wasn't a deal with Don Corleone, but an improvement to the Putnam County Courthouse at no cost to the county that the commissioners felt compelled to accept at their Tuesday meeting. That was when Lee Stewart proposed an idea to install a clock on the north side of the Putnam County Courthouse...

Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Tuesday. At 12:50 p.m. Timothy Darren Tedders, 33, Indianapolis, was arrested for nonsupport of a dependent and probation violation. At 1:25 p.m. Deanna Marie Howard, 35, Indianapolis, was charged with domestic battery and failure to appear...

Suzanne E. McFarland, 68, Lake Holiday, went to be with The Lord on Thursday morning, Oct. 24, 2103 in her home after faithfully fighting her battle with cancer. She was born Feb. 5, 1945 in Indianapolis to Jesse and Helen (Maxfield) Winters. She married Rev. Glen McFarland on Jan. 1, 1963 in Bainbridge. He survives...

Perhaps it's the sharp, cool air that has arrived in the last couple of days that's opened my eyes and heightened my senses. For suddenly I've realized we're in the midst of a full-blown Pumpkin Palooza this fall. Yep, from weeks before Halloween to sometime after Thanksgiving, it's now pretty much all pumpkin, all the time...

To the Editor: As we prepare for the upcoming Christmas mail campaign, Mail for Our Military would like to extend special thanks to American Legion Auxiliary Hurst Collins Unit 281 of Cloverdale, which participated in the most recent campaign. Led by Dora Clark, they were the leading group in Indiana and in the top five American Legion auxiliaries nationally...

The North Putnam High School Fall Festival is set for Halloween night at the NPHS gym. It is designed as an effort to provide a safe environment where children can trick or treat and enjoy other activities with the athletes and club members of North Putnam High School...

Even with the cold and damp weather, that later become snow, the Old National Trail landscaping class and South Putnam Special Education classes were out practicing their green thumbs. Catherine Stockwell received a grant from Wal-Mart that purchased several trees for the classes to plant along the main drive at South Putnam High School on Thursday. ...

FILLMORE -- The Town of Fillmore is attempting to qualify for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grant and is currently seeking grant funding for the construction of a new fire station for the Fillmore Volunteer Fire Department. The CDBG Program is a federally funded grant program intended to benefit a majority of low-to-moderate income persons with various community development public assistance projects such as the purchasing of fire protection vehicles or construction of fire stations and improvements to wastewater, water or stormwater infrastructure.. ...

As cooler air prevails, most Hoosiers have been left to wonder where the summer and fall went. And now with the frost literally on the pumpkin in recent days, one of the local fixtures of warmer weekends -- the Greencastle Farmers Market -- will be calling it quits for the season...

County Jail Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Wednesday. At 12:30 p.m. Chad Michael Clendening, 39, Greencastle, was arrested for bond revocation. At 2:20 p.m. Patricia Finley-Perry, 25, Greencastle, was charged with probation violation...

The Putnam County Public Library Board met for its monthly meeting Wednesday evening to discuss computer issues as well as the children's renovation. The library previously approved the purchase of eight new HP Compaq 6300 Pro computers to replace the outdated ones throughout the library. However, following the installation, it was noted that they were not running properly...

BAINBRIDGE -- North Putnam High School will have a new principal in, now assistant principal, Jason Chew. Chew was approved as the new principal for the 2014-2015 school year. Along with this change Bainbridge Elementary will also be looking for a new principal for the 2014-2015 school year...

DANVILLE -- Beasley's Orchard in Danville is planning a doggone fun event for pet owners, their goes and anyone who loves animals. Dog Daze at the Maze is set for noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at Beasley's Orchard. It encourages pet owners to bring their dogs along for a final adventure through "Corn Dog," an eight-acre corn maze...