Stories from Friday, November 25, 2016

Two local emergency vehicles were involved in a crash at one of Greencastle’s busiest intersections Friday morning. Some time around 10:30 a.m., a southbound Operation Life ambulance T-boned a westbound Putnam County Sheriff’s Department SUV at the intersection of Bloomington Street (U.S. 231) and Veterans Memorial Highway...

With December looming and Greencastle Department of Public Works thoughts turning to snow removal preparations, the annual city leaf collection effort will end Wednesday, Nov. 30. Residents within city limits are advised to rake leaves to the edge of the roadway or into the area between the street and sidewalk, where the leaf vacuum can suck them up. Leaves should not be raked into the street...

Chloe Mannan, of Cloverdale, was selected to participate in the Indiana Bandmasters Association’s Central Southwest All-District Honor Band this past weekend and this Sunday at 4 p.m. at Northview High School. High school students are selected from schools in the central southwest region. ...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Having raised $31,000 for the ALS Association in the process, members of DePauw University and Wabash College Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapters presented the game ball to officials prior to the start of the 122nd Monon Bell Classic football game on Saturday, Nov. 12...

Putnamville Baptist Church will host its annual Back to Bethlehem live nativity on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2-4 from 6-8:30 p.m. This is the 12th year for the nativity, which features costumed church members and live animals, as well as live music and free food...

A Franklin College senior has received an Orr Fellowship, making him the first fellow from Franklin College in the 15-year history of the program. Brody Perrine, son of Patrick Perrine of Roachdale and Charleen Zimmerman of Lebanon, will begin his fellowship in June 2017 and complete it in June 2019 as part of the program’s two-year commitment...

PUTNAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Nov. 28 – Dec. 3 Monday, Nov. 28 -- 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. PCPL has a computer technician available to diagnose and help repair computers and electronics. ...

City Fire The Greencastle Fire Department recently responded to three dispatches. • At 5:18 p.m. on Tuesday, GFD responded to a fire alarm at Kroger (521 Indianapolis Rd.). With no problems found, GFD returned to station at 5:35 p.m. • At 8:49 p.m. on Thursday, GFD performed an odor investigation at Dollar General (1520 Indianapolis Rd.). ...

The Greencastle Parks and Recreations Department will conduct its Holiday Gingerbread House/Brickmania Santa’s Sled Contest with judging at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 at Greencastle City Hall, 1 N. Locust St. The event is free and open to the public...

Boosting the numbers involved in the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department Youth Basketball Program could help cure what ails it, the Park Board heard during a special meeting this week. Addressing the board as a new member of the Youth Basketball League Committee, Matt Welker said the goal is “to revamp and rejuvenate the city league.”...

With December looming and Greencastle Department of Public Works thoughts turning to snow removal preparations, the annual city leaf collection effort will end Wednesday, Nov. 30. Residents within city limits are advised to rake leaves to the edge of the roadway or into the area between the street and sidewalk, where the leaf vacuum can suck them up. Leaves should not be raked into the street...

CLOVERDALE -- With the theme “An Old-Fashion Christmas” in tow, the annual Cloverdale Main Street Christmas parade will step off at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Floats will be judged in commercial and non-commercial categories with first, second and third places awarded. Parade line-up is set for noon...

Ah, statistics. They apparently can illustrate both better and worse figures at the same time. Witness the latest Putnam County jobless numbers. While improving its jobless rate to 3.8 percent for October, Putnam County nonetheless slipped backward in the state unemployment rankings in the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development...

The chill in the air means it’s time for the DePauw University School of Music Holiday Gala. Now in its sixth season, the annual gala will be presented in two performances next week in the Green Center’s Kresge Auditorium. Audiences can attend the full-length version of the popular holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. — or they may choose a shorter, one-hour program for families and children on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m...

WASHINGTON, Ill. — At halftime of Cloverdale’s game against Illini Bluffs in the Tournament of Champions on Tuesday night, anyone would have been excused if they thought the worst fear for the Clovers was playing out. The fear was that Cooper Neese and Jalen Moore would have to outscore the entire opposing team practically by themselves this year in order for the team to win against good opponents...