Stories from Friday, June 20, 2014

Several local students have been named to the spring 2014 dean's list at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. In order to be named to the dean's list, a student must earn at least a 3.3 grade point average. JAKE GOULD of Greencastle is a senior civil engineering major and is the son of Tim and Mary Gould...

Southern Raised will perform a bluegrass gospel concert at Whitestone Christian Church on Friday, June 27 at 7 p.m. Southern Raised is a family band from Branson, Mo., consisting of three sisters and a brother. They are accomplished musicians, trained in classical music. However, "They saw the light and switched to Gospel Bluegrass."...

The annual Putnamville United Methodist Church ice cream social will begin at noon on Sunday, June 29. Ham sandwiches, hot dogs, chips, ice cream, pie, cake, soda, iced tea and lemonade will be available until 3:30 p.m. A free will offering will be accepted...

In celebration of the ministry of the Rev. Dr. P.T. Wilson as senior pastor, the congregation of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church has planned an event on Sunday, June 29 to honor him. P.T. will be completing his eighth year of appointment as Gobin's pastor, the longest serving in the congregation's history. In July he will begin his new appointment at the Greensburg United Methodist Church...

Cody Storkman and Tasha Brewer were engaged on Thanksgiving 2013. They will be getting married on Sept. 27, 2014 at the home of Tasha's parents. Tasha's parents are Bill and Melissa Brewer of Bainbridge. Cody's parents are Mike and Beth Strube of Heritage Lake and now Greencastle...

Celebrating 50 years of marriage is no small deal. Spending half a century together and here is the moment to rejoice the love and friendship that has lasted 50 years. Friends and family are invited to join Floyd and Gloria Pelfrey as they celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 29 from 1-4 p.m. at their home in Greencastle...

Kenneth and Jane (Hamm) Carpenter will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 28. They met on a blind date and then were married in Ft. Worth, Texas, on June 28, 1954. Kenny retired from Olin Brass and Jane from Magic Circle Corp...

North Putnam held its annual retirement/recognition dinner recently at North Putnam High School, honoring years of service honorees for 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, 35 years and 40 years. Honored were (front, from left) Brenda Kerns, 26 years, Roachdale Elementary cafeteria; Sherri Hughes, 35 years, North Putnam Middle School teacher; Alan Zerkel, 21 years, North Putnam High School principal; Bob Roberts, 38 years, NPHS teacher; back row (from left) Jill Summerlot, school board president; Mark Hoke, school board vice president; Deb Elliott, 37 years, Bainbridge Elementary speech pathologist; Jo Ellen Cook, 14 years, Bainbridge principal; Jan Pennington, 40 years, Bainbridge teacher; Deb Myers, 35 years, Roachdale Elementary teacher; Darrell Wiatt, school board secretary; and Daniel Noel, North Putnam superintendent. ...

Tim Good will conduct a storytelling workshop on Tuesday, June 24 from 5 to 7:45 p.m. at the Putnam County Public Library. Participants will engage in activities designed to create stories. Activity will include play in small groups and as one big group, so no one is ever on the spot...

David Brooks, the New York Times columnist who is a keen observer of the American way of life and a penetrating analyst of present-day politics and foreign affairs, is coming to DePauw University on Saturday, Oct. 4. Brooks, a bestselling author who also serves as a commentator on PBS' Newshour, will deliver an Ubben Lecture in Kresge Auditorium as part of Old Gold Weekend, DePauw's annual homecoming celebration...

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, former Purdue and WNBA star basketball player, will highlight the guests attending the 16th annual Purdue Open Golf Scramble, sponsored by the Purdue Club of Putnam County on Wednesday, June 25 at Windy Hill Country Club. Wisdom-Hylton currently serves as assistant coach for the Purdue women's basketball team. Other Purdue guests attending will be Chad Johnson representing the Purdue Alumni Association and Emily Butler representing the John Purdue Club...

DePauw's Paige Gooch , a May graduate and member of the women's golf team, has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the North Coast Athletic Conference's Pam Smith Award. The award recognizes a senior female student-athletes who has distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership...

A Bainbridge man has been charged with two Class C felonies, four Class D felonies and one Class B misdemeanor following a Tuesday night incident in rural Bainbridge. Donald Inman, 50, appeared in Putnam Superior Court Friday morning, with Judge Denny Bridges reading the counts against him...

ROACHDALE -- Sacred Nations has organized a four-day Sundance that will take place in Roachdale beginning July 1 at sunrise and will have several events leading up to the dance. The Sundance is one of the most sacred dances of the Lakota people and is an opportunity to join in prayer, dance and practice an long-standing tradition of the Lakota people...

The seventh annual Capt. Jim Baugh Memorial Blood Drive is scheduled for Friday, June 27 at the Greencastle Christian Church from 1-6 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the Baugh family and the Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police. The event is also affiliated with the statewide "Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive."...

Ten teams of bowlers from local businesses enjoyed an afternoon of competitive fun Friday in the annual Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce Bowling Bonanza event at A 'n J Bowl in Greencastle.

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor East side, west side, all around the town, portions of nine Greencastle streets are ticketed for resurfacing work this summer in a nearly quarter-million-dollar project. Some of the planned repaving is expected to cure major potholes that have proliferated in several locations, especially along Indianapolis Road in the eastbound lane in front of Super Wash and the westbound side in front of the Old National Bank branch, as well as along Round Barn Road south of Soapy Joe's and on Shadowlawn Avenue between Arlington Street and Dogwood Lane.. ...

Despite the absence of board members Jim Bowlings and Oliver Haste, the North Putnam School Board approved a trial period of Superintendent Dan Noel's K-12 swim program, addressed corporation goals, construction and approved multiple new hires for the 2014-15 school year...