Stories from Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Snappers 4-H Club of Fillmore recently donated stuffed animals to the Mill Pond Health Campus for Easter. The club is under the leadership of Penny Long. Taking part in the effort were (from, from left) Siddalee Cox, Megan Arnold, Colin Lundy and (back, from left) Penny Long, Allacyn Arnold, Olivia Arnold, Meridith Trump and Kedric Nees...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Annually the Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF), as well as other state facilities, partners with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to assist in cleaning up trash and debris along Indiana's state highways. From April 5 through April 27 this year the Putnamville team of offender workers covered approximately 31.2 miles and removed 2,517 bags of trash from the sides of area roadways...

To the Editor: If our present government cannot take proper care of our veterans, how can we expect our government to take care of the rest of us under Obamacare? Good question. No good answer. Richard Taylor Greencastle

To the Editor: An open letter to the residents of Putnam County: I'm writing to ask you to join in supporting a proposed ordinance that would approve Trap-Neuter-Return for feral cats in our county. Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only humane and effective approach to feral cats. Please take a few minutes to write or email members of the new Putnam County Animal Care and Control Board, urging them to support this legislation...

To the Editor: The 2014 Tox-Away Day held on May 10 and sponsored by West Central Solid Waste District (WCSWD) saw another successful year. Putnam County residents took advantage of the opportunity to safely and inexpensively dispose of household hazardous waste (HHW), appliances, tires, electronics and unwanted medicines...

Reparation Films has announced an open casting call for extras on Tuesday, June 3 from 1-4 p.m. in Moore Theatre of the Green Center for the Performing Arts at DePauw University. Local residents of all ages may audition. Parents and their children under the age of 11 are needed for a playground scene scheduled for Saturday, June 21...

Two upcoming projects will affect drivers in Putnam County and west-central Indiana, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced. A project to install 40 miles of new cable barriers along Interstate 70 is scheduled to begin next week across Putnam and three other counties, while a project affecting travel along U.S. 40 through Brazil is also due to commence Monday, June 2...

The 53rd season of Putnam County Playhouse will begin with an open house on Sunday, June 1 at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre. The public is invited to the event, which will take place from 1-3 p.m. The season includes "Guys & Dolls" staged in June, "Steel Magnolias" in July, "Little Shop of Horrors" in August, and "The Man Who Came to Dinner" in September...

In June 2006, 26-year-old Kari Faulstich, was using a tractor to pull a stump from the ground when things went terribly wrong. The logging chain tightened as the tractor accelerated in an attempt to pull the stubborn stump from the earth, causing the tractor to flip over backward, pinning her underneath the farming equipment...

When teenagers graduate high school and head off to college, they embark on what can be the among the most exciting years of their lives. However, those years come with inherent dangers as well. With a nod to the danger of attacks to which college students are open, the All American Karate Academy will host three seminars for college-bound students this summer...

The Putnam County Public Library Board had much to discuss during its monthly meeting on Wednesday evening as it continues to make several changes not only with recent hirings, but renovations as well. With the Children's Department preparing to undergo a massive transformation in the coming months, Director Grier Carson announced that they would be closing the department off for the duration of the project...

Heather Goss is a Senior at Cloverdale High School. Born to Gordon and Rachel Goss, she has two sisters, Morgan and Taylor Goss. She has played softball for four years at Cloverdale and has spent two years playing basketball and two years playing volleyball...

Riding a 13-game winning streak into the sectional semi final, there was a belief among the Cloverdale softball team that a sectional final berth was within grasp as the Clovers squared off against Monrovia Wednesday night. Errors in the field proved to be costly, however, as the Bulldogs gained three of their four runs off of Cloverdale mishaps en route to a 4-1 win...

North Putnam High School students restored a cherry-red, 1946 McCormick Farmall tractor over the course of the 2013--14 school year with a little help from Jeff Coffman. Coffman is a third-generation Putnam County farmer with a love affair for antique tractors that spawned this project...

The Greencastle City Council will have two candidates to choose between when it meets to decide its latest appointment to the Greencastle School Board. A special 5:30 p.m. City Council session has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 10 in advance of the 7 p.m. regular monthly meeting at City Hall. Both meetings are open to the public...

Though no Putnam County athlete advanced from the IHSAA Boys' Track and Field Regional at Evansville Central, four athletes placed in the meet Thursday night. Grant Bryan was the highest placer in the county as the North Putnam senior finished sixth in shot put...