Stories from Friday, November 4, 2016

The Central Indiana Porsche Club will visit Greencastle Saturday, Nov. 5. The car club will be in town from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited to join them for a beer and/or lunch or to view the lineup of Porsches at Wasser Brewing, 102 E. Franklin St., Greencastle...

MTC Sports Productions has honored legendary high school basketball coach Pat Rady with a documentary called “A Basketball Life.” The two-hour film, narrated by Greg Rakestraw, includes interviews with former players and colleagues plus footage from many different parts of Rady’s career...

Jessica Vinsko is the only senior member of the South Putnam girls’ basketball team. She has shown great improvement since last year, according to coach Brian Gardner. She admits improving a lot in one specific area that cannot be found on the post-game stat sheet...

CAYUGA — Jarrod Duff knows that molding his North Putnam Cougars into a successful girls’ basketball program will take time. The Cougars opened their season at North Vermillion on Thursday, and battled the hosts tough throughout the game before falling 30-25...

In addition to free film showings and performances at Music on the Square, this week DePaiuw University Bands commemorates the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor with Richard Rogers' stirring sound track to "Victory at Sea" and joins in celebrating Indiana's 200th birthday with music by homegrown Indiana composer Fred Jewell...

Ivy Tech Community College is hosting enrollment events this month at its Greencastle Campus, Avon site and Indy West site for the spring 2017 semester, which starts Jan. 17. Ivy Tech will be hosting enrollment events Nov. 10 at the Greencastle Campus, 915 S. Zinc Mill Rd., or Nov. 15 at its Indy West site and Nov. 17 at its Avon site...

Sons of The Father will be providing music for the Sunday morning worship service at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 13 at New Life Baptist Church. They are full-time music evangelists, ministering across the nation since 1989 in an average of 150 services a year...

The Gospel Servants Quartet will perform at Hanna Street Baptist Church on Sunday. Nov. 6. The concert will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the church, 501 E. Hanna St.

Abel Bates has received scouting’s highest rank of Eagle Scout. Bates, a member of Troop 93, is a 16-year-old junior at Cloverdale High School and has been involved in Scouting for 10 years. Bates achieved the Eagle rank after demonstrating leadership as chaplain’s assistant and assistant senior patrol leader before completing his Eagle project...

The Putnam County Center for Women’s Ministries would like to invite ladies in the community to an open house from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov 12. Light refreshments will be provided. Also, those who attend can enter their name in a drawing for a chance to win a purse filled with various goodies. Three filled purses will be given away and names will be drawn at 1 p.m. Saturday...

Anna Marie (Crawley) Haga will celebrate her 95th birthday on Tuesday, Nov. 8. She resides with her son Bob and daughter-in-law Bonnie at 6852 S. CR 650 West, Reelsville, IN, 46171. She would love to hear from her friends and family.

Scott Friend and Shelia (Hinkle) Parrish are pleased to announce their engagement. The couple is planning a 2017 wedding on the beach in Florida.

Nancy Wells and Wally Steele are looking to reverse 22 years and 10 elections worth of history when Putnam County voters go to the polls on Tuesday. It was on Nov. 8, 1994, when Nancy Michael was re-elected to the Putnam County Council, that a Democrat was last elected to county-wide office...

Mrs. Frances Hendrich Harris Evans, age 94, of Fillmore, passed away on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Arrangements are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Editor’s note: This is another in a series of features on the 12 partners of the Putnam County United Way. What if you could provide a special needs consumer in your community a unique opportunity to grow physically, cognitively and emotionally; promote confidence, self-esteem and social interaction; or could be a part of one-of-a kind technology development that not only educates, but promotes all areas of growth for the special needs in your community; or could support a unique research effort being implemented in Putnam County that will change the therapeutic riding industry globally?. ...

Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 4:06 p.m. Courtland Terrell Harris, 21, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and on a warrant for public intoxication. • At 8:21 a.m. Skyler Daniel Vandevender, 24, Montezuma, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

Monday, Nov. 7 -- Imagination Portal Unplugged, 9 a.m.-noon Enjoy the Imagination Portal without monitors, video games or music in the background. -- Community Help Desk, 2-4 p.m. Desk has a computer technician available to give one-on-one assistance using software and electronic devices, and can help diagnose and repair computer and devices...

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor BAINBRIDGE -- Rolling the dice on a burned-out farm truck and a farm-fresh 1979 Ford Bronco, Greg Adams hit the jackpot in Las Vegas. His 1979 Ford Bronco, converted into a four-door customized version, is center stage at the 50th anniversary Specialty Equipment Market Association or SEMA show that ends Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center...

A puddle of water along Wood Street was only a drop in the bucket for the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department. Finding that puddle along the Wood Street side of Robe-Ann Park when it hadn’t rained for several days, Park Director Rod Weinschenk immediately knew there was a bigger problem at hand, he told the Park Board Thursday evening at City Hall...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Town Council was introduced to Ordinance 2016-18, which concerns placing utility bills in the landlord or property owner’s name. The measure had been discussed and unanimously voted against during the regular October meeting after a long and heated discussion by the council and audience members...

The Willer Timber Ridge Farm was host to the Angus Association National Convention as it made the first stop of its annual tour Friday morning. “This is pretty special,” Ted Willer, owner and operator, said. “It’s just outstanding to have this chance to have over 200 people, and there’s some people here from Scotland and New Zealand. Scotland is where the aberdeen angus came from back in the 1800s to Kansas. It’s really a big day for us to have this many people come to see our program.”...