Stories from Friday, October 9, 2015

EDITOR'S NOTE: The print version of this story and a previous online version contained inaccurate information regarding the location of the North Putnam-Cloverdale game Friday night. The game will take place at Cloverdale at 7 p.m.

Uh-oh, the secret is out ... Greencastle is a great place to live and work. Of course, most of us knew that much, what with an All-America City award in hand, quarterfinalist status in the America's Best Communities competition, and listing in the "100 Best Small Towns in America."...

DePauw School of Music Events Week of Oct. 12--18 Horn Studio Recital --Robert Danforth, coach, and Amanda Hopson, piano Tuesday, Oct. 13 7:30 p.m. Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall An evening of classical and romantic horn literature by the students of the DePauw horn studio...

Several local residents recently earned their degree from WGU Indiana. The university held its sixth annual commencement ceremony at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis on Sept. 26 and celebrated the graduation of 916 graduates. The university awarded 634 undergraduate and 282 graduate degrees in business, information technology, K-12 teacher education and healthcare professions, including nursing...

The Mary Allison Children's Trust Annual School/Trust Patron Luncheon sponsored by Tri-County Bank and Trust Co. and Wabash Capital was held in September at Area 30 Ivy Gallery...

North Putnam Middle School recently honored its September Students of the Month. The students recognized included (from left) sixth-graders Juan Ramirez and Katie Fry, seventh-graders Haylee Greene and Evan Nesbitt and eighth-graders Alexi Sweet and Collin Hines.

Pamela Sue (Holland) Morgan, 58, from Roachdale, residing in Waveland, passed away due to leukemia on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 with her family by her side. Pam is survived by her husband of 24 years Mark (Maniac) Morgan; her son, Shane Young, and wife Donna; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild and her four four-legged fur babies...

County Jail Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. At 11 a.m. Richard Anthony Sandlin, 48, Wilmington, N.C., was lodged at the jail by court order. At 12:30 p.m. Nathan Gregory Gootee, 41, Danville, was charged with probation violation...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Citations and Infractions Holly B. Patterson, 31, Greencastle, speeding Jesse D. Goins, 26, Greencastle, speeding Brian L. Book, 39, Greencastle, speeding Jeffrey L. Stough Jr., 22, Brazil, speeding...

Oct. 11--17 Monday, Oct. 12 The library will be closed in observation of Columbus Day. Tuesday, Oct. 13 Tech Help Desk, 4-7 p.m. The Tech Help Desk has a computer technician available to give one-on-one assistance using software and electronic devices, and can help diagnose and repair computers and devices...

Dr. Kenneth Stover, a 1960 graduate of DePauw University, will present "Fifty Shades of the Nervous System" from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Watson Forum inside DePauw's Pulliam Center. Presented by the Kathryn F. Hubbard Center for Student Engagement, Stover's talk will cover common nervous system disorders and head injuries, including the present-day understanding of concussion...

The library will be closed Monday for Columbus Day, but join Putnam County Public Library the rest of the week in the Imagination Portal for Harry Potter week. Make and take crafts will be available each day from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. On Tuesday, Brick Club will have an extended time period in which youth ages 4-12 can challenge themselves to build scenes from J. K Rowling's fantasy series...

The Greencastle Friends of the Park Association will be selling Butter Braid Pastry as a fall fundraiser to help support youth programming. The pastry item is unique as a frozen product ready to be baked for the enjoyment of homemade freshness. All you have to do is thaw, rise, bake and drizzle with icing, ready to enjoy...

Mayor Sue Murray will be carrying around a purple purse as part of October being declared Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Allstate agent Matthew Welker and licensed sales professional Sally Fowler presented the mayor with the purse on behalf of the Allstate Foundation. The foundation partners with organizations across the country through the Purple Purse Movement, an awareness and fundraising program to help with funding of programs dealing with domestic violence...

The Putnam County Coroner's Office could soon be saving thousands of dollars with a plan proposed by Coroner Dave Brown. Appearing before the Putnam County Commissioners at their first October meeting, Brown set forth a plan that will move many autopsies from Terre Haute Regional Hospital to Putnam County Hospital...

Books are not the only way the library engages the imagination of its young patrons. Putnam County Public Library has welcomed a guest that frequently borrows books returned through the book drop on the wall by the Poplar Street entrance. Circulation Manager Cortina Ziuchkovski and fellow circulation desk employee Conni Wrightsman invited Ollie the Reading Gnome to set up in the half-size door just inside the front entrance of the library, across from the circulation desk...