Stories from Monday, September 1, 2014

Mary E. Whitaker, 61, of New York City, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Aug. 20, 2014 at her summer residence at Sherman, N.Y. She was born on Oct. 3, 1952 at Greencastle, and was the daughter of the late John W. and Frances (Snodgrass) Whitaker...

Up until now, First Friday celebrations in Greencastle this summer have focused mostly on music, fellowship and barbecued treats but the September version will have a different flavor. As in salsa. Red, green or fruit. Mild, medium or hot. For this Friday night Main Street Greencastle is sponsoring the Putnam County Salsa Tasting Contest on the north side of the courthouse square...

Many people across the world have seen and/or participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge. This challenge involves people getting doused with buckets of ice water on video, posting that video to social media, then nominating others to do the same, all in an effort to raise ALS awareness...

The first Green Guest Artist Concert of the season, the award-winning "vocal project" Roomful of Teeth, will be offered on Saturday, Sept. 6. The 7:30 p.m. performance will take place in the Green Center's Kresge Auditorium on the DePauw University campus...

None of them have worked together since the 1980s. For some, it's been even longer. But for the formersworkers of the Angwell Curtain Factory, getting together and reminiscing on the old times is still essential -- so essential, in fact, that their yearly reunion will be back by popular demand on Saturday, Sept. 6...

The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce is hosting a half-day seminar on Quickbooks-Tricks and Tips from 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The seminar will take place in the community room at Eli's Bookstore/Starbucks. The Quickbooks class is presented by the West Central Small Business Development Center. The cost is $10 per person, and includes breakfast...

Jayden Simpson takes dog showmanship at Indiana State Fair.

PUTNAMVILLE -- Lincoln Park Speedway was one of the few tracks to avoid a rainy Labor Day Weekend and provided a wealth of excellent racing on Saturday evening. Jesse Cramer won an extremely entertaining 11th edition of the 'Patriot 100' race for UMP Modifieds. Cramer, a Spencer, Ind. native, held off a wild challenge over the final 15 laps from Gabe Menser and Tyler Nicely to win by barely a car length and pocket the $3,000 winners share...

LAFAYETTE--After a week of practicing in rain and high temperatures above 90 degrees the Tiger Cub Cross Country teams competed in cooler temperatures and no rain at the McCutcheon Stampede Cross Country Invitational Saturday. The girls' team finished second to a very strong Lafayette Harrison team while the boys had to settle for fifth place while running against equally strong Lafayette Jefferson, Kankakee Valley, Lafayette Harrison and McCutcheon...

Longtime Director of Athletics Page Cotton and five former student-athletes will comprise the 28th DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame class. The public is welcome to attend the Sept. 6, 10 a.m. induction ceremony in Moore Theatre of the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts...

CLOVERDALE --At 6:50 a.m. Monday, an abandoned modular home caught fire under suspicious circumstances for the second time in as many years. "There was a fire there about a year ago that was suspicious as well," said Fire Chief Kerry Shepherd. The Cloverdale Township Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call at 359 Gentleman's Ln. to find a modular home that had been ignited from the center of the structure...

Plenty to celebrate for 2014 Airport Appreciation Days Putnam County Regional Airport Appreciation Days, always an opportunity to learn about and celebrate aviation in the Putnam County community, will have a little extra meaning this year. Not only did the airport reopen recently, but it did so with a new runway surface, new taxiway, improved markings and signage and even a repaired driving surface on Ballard Lane...