Stories from Wednesday, May 25, 2016

BLOOMINGTON -- The scene around the finish line of the 3,200-meter run at the Bloomington North girls' track and field regional on Tuesday evening said it all. Emma Wilson was standing in the middle of the track moments after shattering the regional meet record with a time of 10:50.55, incredibly not breathing particularly heavy despite winning her second regional title within the previous hour...

North Putnam 155, North Vermillion 191 -- At Old Hickory, the Cougars got a 35 from medalist Austin Judy and easily defeated the Falcons. "I was pretty pleased with how we played today," NP coach Shawn Alspaugh said. "Our top four guys all improved from our last round here at Old Hickory. Austin [Judy] played a great round, and was actually flirting with the school record, before he got caught up trying to break it and let a couple strokes get away at the end of the match."...

Baseball sectional action gets started tonight at North Putnam, with the host Cougars taking on Monrovia. Cloverdale will be in action on Thursday night, while South Putnam drew a bye and doesn't play until Monday morning. Greencastle also drew a bye in the Indian Creek sectional and won't open play until noon Monday against Indianapolis Washington...

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The euphoria of the first girls' tennis sectional title in 12 years quickly subsided Tuesday at regional for Greencastle High School. In what many anticipated to be a close match, the host Athenians (17-5) dispatched the Tiger Cubs (9-4) by a final score of 5-0...

CLINTON -- If "do-overs" were allowed in high school softball sectionals, like in playground baseball games of days long gone by, Cloverdale could have pulled off a huge upset on Monday in the opening game of the South Vermillion softball sectional...

A small kitchen fire that sent three residents to the Putnam County Hospital as a precautionary measure had citizens of Greencastle speculating its size and severity Tuesday evening. Operation Life and fire departments from Greencastle, Cloverdale, Fillmore, Reelsville and Madison Township responded to a fire alarm at 5:42 p.m. on Tuesday, finding the kitchen of a residence at 1325 E. Rangeline Rd. filled with smoke but few flames...

FILLMORE -- When Brad Hayes arrived on the scene as Fillmore Elementary School principal in 1996, he inherited an old building that leaked every time it rained, a community concerned that its centerpiece school was an endangered species with one foot in the grave, and a job that required him to share time at Central Elementary...

With 80-degree temperatures warming things up locally, three-year-old Krae Ames (left) and four-year-old Luke Neumann enjoy the Bob York Memorial Splash Park, which opened for the season this week at Robe-Ann Park in Greencastle. Grandmother Sharon Hoskins brought the youngsters to the splash park Wednesday afternoon before picking up her granddaughter from school. ...

Greencastle Masonic Temple will have its annual Fish Fry, 118 E Washington St. Thursday and Friday, June 2-3. Serving is scheduled for 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Carry-outs will be available. Persons may call ahead to 655-5220.

BAINBRIDGE -- Around 50 students, staff and faculty members took to the streets (or football field, rather) for an overnight adventure last week in efforts to spread awareness of homelessness and its effects in and around Putnam County. Through a North Putnam High School Key Club event called A Night Without a Home, more than $2,300 and a bus-load of food and supplies were raised on the Friday-the-13th event, to be distributed between three food pantries -- Two Fish, the Roachdale Christian Church and the Russellville Community Church.. ...