Stories from Friday, April 21, 2017

BAINBRIDGE — After filling the vacant position of athletic director in March, the North Putnam school board announced during a public session Thursday its decision to hire Sam Carnes as the newest head football coach of the Orange and Blue. Carnes, who most recently coached football in in the positions of junior-varsity head coach and special teams coach for the varsity squad at Avon, accepted his first head coaching position Thursday after the board approved his hiring via 6-0 vote...

DePauw School of Music Events Week of April 24--30 Big Woodwind Bash Tuesday, April 25 7:30 p.m. Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall Woodwinds join forces for an evening of fun music for all. Included are performances by ensembles of clarinets, saxophones, and flutes. We even feature an ensemble that includes oboe, bassoon and horn. What could be better? Music from Ireland, Venezuela, Greece, America, France and Hungary. That's what!...

Three local restaurants are going above and beyond to keep patrons safe. This week, staff at Tap House 24, Wasser Brewing Co. and the Fluttering Duck are all participating in Raise the Bar Indiana training, an innovative program that teaches servers, bartenders and other staff at alcohol-serving establishments how to safely and effectively intervene if they see the potential for violence. These businesses have not had a problem, and they are being proactive to make sure they never do...

The flock of suicidal turkeys recently engaged in an undeclared war on Indiana cars has made its way to Putnam County. Joining at least four known incidents on Indiana roads in recent weeks, a turkey flew into the side an SUV driven by a Spencer man Tuesday evening...

BAINBRIDGE — As a follow-up to their recent endeavors on the technology front at North Putnam Community Schools, each principal within the corporation gave a collective presentation to their school board Thursday during the April public session. The end result of an effort known as the 1:1 Initiative, which has existed for some time but has now retaken the attention of the board members, will include hundreds of Lenovo 11e Thinkpads that will be acquired and implemented over a relatively short period of time.. ...

South Putnam High School is about to see some big changes. At a total cost of roughly $161,180.56, the South Putnam School Board approved three projects and tabled one during its regular meeting on Tuesday. The first was a continuation of the 1:1 take-home device roll-out begun in the high school last August. ...

The Team Riggle Foundation will have its sixth annual free tennis lessons from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday at the DePauw University courts. Tiger athletes will be giving the lessons, and no experience is necessary. T-shirts and bracelets will be available for purchase, with all proceeds benefitting the foundation started by DePauw coach Scott Riggle...

ROACHDALE — North Putnam’s girls’ track team hosted Crawfordsville Thursday on Senior Night and came away with a 70.5-51.5 victory. Emily Gasho and Hannah Sims each won two events. Coach Kevin Lutes thought the team came out “ready to compete” on the special night...

BAINBRIDGE — During its monthly public session Thursday, the North Putnam school board formally recognized an up-and-coming middle school student for his impressive record on the wrestling mats. Kysen Montgomery, 13, was present for the Celebrate Success portion of the meeting, which regularly acknowledges the efforts of Cougars both future and present...

Twelve people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 11:57 p.m. Anna Mae Gross, 51, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for trafficking with an inmate outside a facility, possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction...