Stories from Monday, February 17, 2014

Several local schools will be letting out early due to weather conditions today, Feb. 17. North Putnam Community School Corporation will be dismissing elementary schools at 1 p.m. and all others at 1:15 p.m. today. South Putnam Community School Corporation will be dismissing students two hours early...

Betty J. Zeiner, 92, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Born Oct. 22, 1921 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Blanton) Poynter. Betty was a 1939 graduate of Fillmore High School and a graduate of Indiana Business College, Indianapolis...

Semester 1 High Honor Roll Grade 5: Kiara Mae Boyd, Aubree Jordyn Branigan, Denise Isabella Carrillo, Kedrick Aiden Coon, Ashley Lynelle Cumbee, Jeremy Charles Hess, Brayden David Mann, Phoebe Lynn McDonald, Emma Grace McLaughlin, Lily Grace Monnett, Michaela Marie Nees, Sadie Marie Priest and Hope Louise Roberts...

The Greencastle High School Swim and Dive Team have chosen the American Cancer Society for its philanthropy this season. The varsity swimmers made a much more meaningful Saturday practice as the athletes participated in the second annual "Laps for Life" lap-a-thon event. Each section of practice was dedicated to people in their lives who had been diagnosed with cancer. A Ribbon of Hope was formed in the pool as a tribute to the cause by the swimmers and coach Kent Menzel...

North Putnam Middle School recently honored the following students as is January students of the month, sixth-graders Ian Lawson and Ashley Witty; seventh-graders Jalen Herbert and Sierra Hacker; and eighth-graders Tiffany Collisi and Kaine Benge.

On Saturday, Feb. 8, 30 students from Greencastle High School Band participated in the ISSMA Solo and Ensemble Contest at Terre Haute North High School. The students received 12 gold ratings, and nine silver ratings. Five of the GHS events in Group I received a gold rating and will participate in the State Solo and Ensemble Contest on March 1 at North Central High School in Indianapolis...

The Area 30 Career Center Board met for a short meeting on Tuesday morning, during which it discussed several updates to programs as well as upcoming events. Executive Director Lora Busch started off the meeting by gaining approval to add computer illustrations and graphics as well as graphic imaging technology to the program inventory for 2104-15...

John Alden Curtis, 85, Greenville, S.C., went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014 at his home. Born in Greencastle, he was the son of the late Ansel Jennings and Pina Mae Neier Curtis. He was a retired farmer and a member of Coatesville Missionary Baptist Church...

Dancing to the music of local singer Anthony Mullis, Autumn Glen Assistant Living community resident Chet Fornari and business director Sue McCune cut a rug during the senior living facility's recent Valentine Wine and Chocolate event at the site at 98 N. 10th St., Greencastle...

It's time for the annual Putnam County Master Gardeners Advance Training Seminar, to be held Feb. 22. The group will be exploring the pretty and the practical. Come for an exciting day of increasing your gardening knowledge, vendor shopping, fellowship, door prizes, and of course, the food. Enjoy breakfast and lunch (included in registration fee of $45). The seminar is open to the public, so you don't have to be a master gardener...

BAINBRIDGE -- Even with the snowy weather the Bainbridge Town Council continues to make plans for change once the weather improves. The comprehensive plan steering committee has had a bit of a rocky start. Council member Chuck McElwee had stepped down from the committee after attorney Jim Ensley informed McElwee and town council president Bonnie Osborn that only one town council could serve...

Following Mill Pond's annual Red Jingle Run, which raised money for several local organizations, Community Services Representative Brooke Trissel recently donated $1,479 to the American Red Cross Wabash Valley, which was presented to representative Ginger Scott...

Every year Theta Lambda chapter of Delta Theta Tau sorority in Roachdale sells raffle tickets for a chance to have a Super Bowl party for 12 people delivered to the winner's door. This year, Joey Clampitt of Roachdale had the winning ticket. Clampitt, Vicky Rowe and his grandchildren, Kendal and Tucker, look over the Super Bowl spread, waiting for several others who were on their way. Money raised by the charitable sorority is used for community-based philanthropic activities and donations...

The Greencastle Housing Authority (GHA) has recently been advised by the Indianapolis Field Office of HUD that GHA is no longer permitted to serve Putnam County residents who reside outside of a five-mile radius surrounding Greencastle through the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program...

ROACHDALE -- After receiving an ORCA grant at the beginning of the year, the town of Roachdale has accepted a bid on the new water system project. At the town meeting last week the town board accepted a bid of $687,125 from Likens Construction to redo the water system in the town. This is the group that was recommended by the engineer that evaluated what the town needed in a new water system...

The five inches of snow recorded last Friday plus another inch overnight Saturday into Sunday has made winter 2013-14 into a season of epic proportions in central Indiana. This season's 51.6-inch central Indiana snowfall total has now leapfrogged winter 1981-82 to become the snowiest Indiana winter on record...

Are they pointing at the 2013 national championship banner or are the DePauw women's basketball players reminding everyone that they remain on top of the NCAA Division III standings to this day? It makes little difference...

Two Putnam County students and three members of the Wabash Valley South bowling conference have been named to the Indiana High School Bowling (IHSB) 2013-14 Academic All State Team.

EVANSVILLE -- South Putnam freshman Kyle Shaffer's trip through the IHSAA State Wrestling tournament finally hit its off-ramp in the first round of the semi-state at Evansville's Ford Center. Paired off with 182-pound No. 14 Andy Fischer of Southridge High School, Shaffer led 2-0 after one period and was tied 2-2 going into the third before being pinned for the first time in the 2013-14 season...

Top-ranked DePauw unveiled its 2013 NCAA championship banner and recognized the five seniors prior to tipoff so it was only fitting that the three starting seniors all scored in double figures and led the Tigers to an 80-47 North Coast Athletic Conference win over Kenyon...

The Putnam County Sheriff's Merit Board honored two Putnam County Sheriff's Department officials Friday afternoon for their recent bravery in the line of duty. Board President Bill Newgent honored Sgt. Jon Chadd and Cpl. Josh Boller for their recent actions, which resulted in two people's lives being saved...

The new Beyond Homeless executive director wants the revived Greencastle shelter to be more than just comforting to those in need. "We don't want to be just a feather bed, we want to be a springboard," Tanis Monday told an open house gathering at the 309 E. Franklin St. shelter Thursday night...

The Tigers were back home Saturday afternoon taking on the visiting Kenyon Lords. DePauw was unable to overcome a sluggish start, ultimately falling to Kenyon by a score of 75-67. With the loss the Tigers dropped to 16-7 on the year and 11-5 in North Coast Athletic Conference play, while Kenyon improved to 11-12 overall, and 8-8 in the conference...