Stories from Sunday, April 16, 2017

Richard Jay Weist, 58, of Fillmore, was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, peacefully at home surrounded by family. He was born to Marilyn Sue (Boatright) Weist (deceased) and Joseph Fredrick Weist. He was a 1976 graduate of South Putnam High School...

Robert R. Cooper, 91, of Brazil and formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 20 at Bittles & Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle, where the family will receive friends from noon until time of services. Interment will follow at Brick Chapel Cemetery...

The next in a series of Drug Take Back Day events is scheduled for Saturday, April 22 from 9 a.m. to noon in the upper parking lot at Greencastle High School, 910 E. Washington St. The Greencastle Police Department (GPD) is again teaming up with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) to take unwanted, expired or unused medications out of residents’ homes and medicine cabinets...

BAINBRIDGE -- Students and teachers alike from North Putnam Community Schools are now collecting canned goods and non-perishable food items for their “Fill the Bus” campaign. The purpose is to fill a school bus with non-perishable foods, toiletries and other supplies to donate to local food shelters...

Senior Education Ministries Inc. (SEMI) has scheduled its next Dine with a Doc session for Monday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to noon at Putnam County Hospital, 1542 Bloomington St., Greencastle. This month SEMI will present Dr. Robin Mendelsohn as its guest speaker. Dr. Mendelsohn grew up in New York and attended the University of Miami to complete the school’s six-year medical program...

Putnam County is full of character, from its many quaint towns to its agricultural industry. No thriving agricultural community is complete without its own collection of family farm barns. Author and photographer Ken Torr has taken on the beautiful task of preserving these treasures in photographs. His newest book, “The Barns of Putnam County” is ready for pre-order until May 1...

Putnam County Comprehensive Services will host “Living with Low Vision” Tuesday, April 18 from 10-11 a.m. at 630 Tennessee St. in Greencastle. Attendees can bring a friend or family member, and the speaker will be Mike Acsbok from the Putnam County Library to talk about how to use the library’s new digital low vision magnifier...

The Gleaners Mobile Food Truck will be at the Bainbridge Community Building parking lot from 10-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 22. Participants are asked to bring their own food bags or boxes. There is no age or ID requirement. Anyone in need is welcome...

The Putnam County Museum will continue exploration of the geological and geographical points of interest in Putnam County on Saturday, April 22. This time, the group will head northwest, visiting Clinton Falls, Morton, Russellville, the former Blakesburg and a glance back at Fincastle...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Justin D. Berish, 17, Greencastle, disregarding stop sign Janice A. Evans, 46, Cordova, Tenn., speeding Kelli D. Hack, 37, Louisville, speeding Derdika Klajic, 45, Crown Point, speeding...

The Putnam County Public Library will host an Earth Day Celebration in the Imagination Portal on Saturday, April 22 at 3 p.m. The group will be baking Earth Day treats and making recycled bird feeders to take home. This event is open to all ages, and everyone is welcome...

Tickets are now on sale to the public for the ninth-annual Dancing with the Putnam County Stars, set for Saturday, May 6 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Tickets are $50 each or $400 for a table of eight. The purchase of a ticket provides a buffet dinner and an evening of dancing in the name of supporting the Putnam County Youth Development Commission...

ROACHDALE -- With technology becoming more and more vital throughout the rural areas of west-central Indiana, one Putnam County community may be on the cusp of satisfying the woes of many a Roachdale citizen, of whom the vast majority experience a complete lack of cellphone signal...

Examination of a draft proposal of the City of Greencastle Public Safety LOIT (Local Option Income Tax) plan produced some interesting City Council discussion, from replacing the aerial fire truck to equipping police cars with AEDs (automated external defibrillators)...

Sheriff’s department detectives continue to investigate a Thursday shooting in Floyd Township. As of Sunday evening, the only publicly-released information in the shooting is that a female victim was shot in the abdomen outside the home at 7207 N. CR 600 East, Bainbridge...

Registration for South Putnam summer swim opportunities will be held April 27 from 5-7 p.m. and April 29 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at South Putnam High School. Any child interested in learn-to-swim lessons, building endurance in the water, or developing fundamental skills of the four competitive strokes is encouraged to register. All ages are welcome, but young children must be potty-trained...

North Putnam entered Saturday’s Putnam County high school baseball tournament with one of the field’s worst records at 2-5. Coach Brian Jeter knew his team was just a few runs away from reciprocating that mark, having lost those games by a total of seven runs...

Cloverdale ripped five home runs in defeating Greencastle 14-2 and North Putnam 14-5 to defend their Putnam County softball championship on Saturday. In the tourney opener, the Clovers got one run in the first, two in the second and nine in the third to break things open...