Stories from Friday, October 23, 2015

MONROVIA -- A Putnam County rivalry sectional matchup between South Putnam's and North Putnam's volleyball teams Thursday, brought out the best volleyball from an Eagle team that has struggled this season. While the Eagles played well, North Putnam took the win in three sets dominating the third game after two close sets...

Anthony Rossok was born on Oct. 10, 1997 to Kim and Derek Rossok. In addition to wide receiver on the Tiger Cub football team, Rossok also pitches for the baseball team. He enjoys watching sports movies and horror movies. Rossok's favorite sports movie is "When the Game Stands Tall."...

After witnessing four decades of burials at Forest Hill Cemetery, a Ford truck with more lives than a movie zombie has finally succumbed to old age itself. That 1988 truck -- called the cemetery's "grave truck" by Forest Hill Superintendent Ernie Phillips -- is being put out to pasture after untold hours of work as the Greencastle Board of Public Works and Safety this week approved purchase of a 2015 Chevrolet 3500 truck for the Cemetery Department...

BAINBRIDGE -- With a Nov. 1 deadline for final approval just around the corner, the North Putnam School Board adopted its 2016 budget Friday night at its October board meeting. The $16.47 million budget passed by a 3-1 margin with aye votes from board members Darrell Wiatt, Travis Lambermont and Mark Hoke and a nay vote from board president John Hays...

County Jail One person was booked into the Putnam County Jail Thursday evening. At 8:45 p.m. Cyle Andrew Duncan, 31, Coatesville, was lodged at the jail for violation of home detention. Sheriff's Department Putnam County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to one recent auto accident...

Criminal Cases Larry G. Farley Jr., 20, Poland, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana Ann L. Owens, 46, Cloverdale, Class A misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated, Class C misdemeanor operating a vehicle with a BAC of .08 or more, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement...

Nothing less than a 20th-century sonic adventure is in store for listeners when they join the DePauw Faculty Woodwind Ensemble -- Anne Reynolds (flute), Leonid Sirotkin (oboe), Randy Salman (clarinet), Kara Stolle (bassoon) and Rob Danforth (horn) -- for its fall Faculty Select recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 in the Green Center's Thompson Recital Hall...

Blues music, a raffle and silent auction are on tap Sunday at the Inn at DePauw to help raise funds for a 22-year-old man recovering from a serious car accident. Doors open for the benefit concert at 2 p.m., with Ben Prestage taking the stage at 3 p.m. to present "booty-shakin', soul-takin', juke-joint blues" in Greencastle for the first time...

Senior Education Ministries of Greencastle has scheduled a Dine with a Doc session on Oct. 26 (fourth Monday, monthly) at Putnam County Hospital with guest speakers Dr. Frank Lloyd and Sgt. Joe Watts set to speak from 10 a.m. to noon. Dr. Lloyd studied at DePauw University and the Indiana University School of Medicine and has completed his surgical residency at the University of Washington, D.C. ...

Monday, Oct. 26 Family Quiet Time in the Imagination Portal, 9 a.m.-noon Tech Help Desk, 3-4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 Tech Tuesday in the Imagination Portal, 4-5 p.m. Youth ages 8-19 are able to create and explore web-based programs, which include creating comics, fan fiction and basic keyboard exercises. Registration is limited to 10 students, with a waiting list for additional sign-ups...

Greencastle Christian Church The upper parking lot at Greencastle Christian Church, 620 Primrose Lane, will be filled with decorated trunks full of treats on Thursday, Oct. 29 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The community is invited to bring their kids and visit the cleverly-designed trunks. Some trunks will feature games as well as candy...

The children of Carolyn and Edgar Branson would like to wish their parents a happy 50th wedding anniversary. Carolyn Michael and Edgar Branson of Reelsville were married on Oct. 22, 1965 in Clay County. They have three children, Terri Neaderhiser of Brazil, Todd and Amy Branson of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Troy and Allison Branson of St. Joseph, Ill. They also have four grandchildren, Kaleigh, Sydney, Reilly and Joel Branson...

Area schools have received a boost in funding for classes focused on career and technology education. Area 30 Career Center director Lora Busch and assistant director Chad Nunley provided a detailed report Thursday morning to the board of directors, consisting of five area superintendents, to show where the schools lost and gained funding...

Putnam County and most of Indiana are stuck in a rut ... a dry rut. Abnormally dry conditions persist in Putnam County, as well as much of the state northeast of a line running essentially from Terre Haute to Madison, the USDA's Drought Monitor indicates...

Despite a monthly jobless rate just one-tenth of a percentage point higher than that of the state's stellar 4.0 mark, Putnam County finds itself stuck in the bottom half of Indiana's latest unemployment rankings. At 4.1 percent, Putnam County ranks 53rd best overall among the state's 92 counties while nonetheless possessing the best September numbers within the west-central Indiana area...

ROACHDALE -- For the first time in recent history, candidates for Roachdale's upcoming Nov. 3 election met to introduce themselves in a Meet the Candidates forum Thursday night, christening the stretch run of political races throughout Putnam County in the process...

Dating back to its earliest days of beautifying and cleaning up the city, one of the Greencastle Civic League's signature projects was the planting of flowers around the city. In the last week the flower planting has returned in a sense with volunteers from the Civic League and Greencastle Arts Council painting a floral mural on the north wall of Eitel's & Co. Florist at 17 S. Vine St...