Stories from Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Betty Sue Brummett, 71, Greencastle, formerly of Cloverdale, passed away on Monday, Sept. 15 at Hendricks Regional Health, Danville. She was born on July 13, 1943 in Indianapolis, and was the daughter of the late Freda K. Haltom and Renos Haltom. She is survived by her children, Beth A. ...

Alice Anna "Ann" Monnett, 88, of Indianapolis, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Born April 11, 1926 in Fillmore, she was the daughter of Clifford and Hazel (Larimore) McMains. She is survived by her husband, Gordon L. "Bud" Monnett, whom she married on Oct. 4, 1947...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Shane M. Baker, 30, Bainbridge, Class D felony theft Darren S. Strange, 35, Brownsburg, Class A misdemeanor battery with bodily injury Thomas R. Scott, 26, Ladoga, Class B misdemeanor failure to stop after an accident causing non-vehicle damage...

To the Editor: On behalf of the National Night Out Committee we are proud to announce that over 1,000 community members attended our eighth annual event on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Greencastle Robe-Ann Park. Hot dogs, pizza, snow cones, apples, popcorn and drinks were again shared with everyone attending. We were extremely delighted with the attendance considering all the back to school activities scheduled for the same evening...

To the Editor: Sept. 17-23 is annually designated as Constitution Week in the United States. Sept. 17 was proclaimed in 1952 as "Citizenship Day" to honor those who had come of age, reached the voting age, and those who had naturalized during the past year...

The youth football league was a major topic of discussion for the South Putnam School Board during its monthly meeting Monday evening. Athletic Director Troy Burgess came before the board in hopes of seeking approval for the youth league, which is unrelated to the corporation, to move forward with building a field that the league cannot only practice on, but play its games on as well...

County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 10 p.m. on Friday, Toby Lee Soltermann, 40, Rockville, was arrested for resisting law enforcement and criminal recklessness. At 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, Eve Jackson, 39, Greencastle, was charged with theft...

"Pedal and Pound People Pathways," an event co-sponsored by the Putnam County Health Department to help celebrate the People Pathways Vandalia Trail, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants can help celebrate the trail by walking, running or bicycling on a segment of the developing 12-mile multi-use Vandalia Trail connecting Putnam and Hendricks counties...

The Greencastle Community School Corporation was presented with an update of the McAnally roof project by Superintendent Dawn Puckett Monday night at its monthly board meeting. At the August meeting, concerns were raised and discussion was heavy about whether or not the companies involved with re-roofing the McAnally roof were going to work together or if the project could even be completed before needing to be put on hold and continued in the spring...

With the potential of $50,000 in grant money going toward preservation of the Civil War monument at Forest Hill Cemetery, the Putnam County Commissioners have committed $10,000 to the effort. Phil Gick of the Heritage Preservation Society (HPS) explained to the commissioners on Monday that restoring and preserving the one-of-a-kind monument will take approximately $100,000...

RUSSELLVILLE -- A Putnam County community, grieving the death of a young boy, is choosing to try and take the tragedy and find hope and help for others. When Dalton Thrush of Russellville died on Sunday, Aug. 17, the shock of an 11-year-old's death would have been enough to alarm the town of just 350 people...

A challenging 500-mile bicycle ride -- the inaugural Ride Indiana -- will make its way through Putnam County Friday, Sept. 19 with a planned stop in Greencastle. The five-day ride, which begins in Warsaw and concludes Sunday on Monument Circle in Indianapolis, is being staged as a benefit for Indiana military families...