Stories from Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Bob Leonard -- who has more than 30 years of diverse business experience, including strategy, business development, finance and operations -- will serve as DePauw University's interim vice president for finance and administration, effective June 1. Leonard will join the DePauw administration as Brad Kelsheimer, senior vice president for finance and administration since July 2009, leaves to become chief financial officer of Lumina Foundation. Kelsheimer's departure was announced May 10...

Putnam County Habitat for Humanity is starting to do home repairs in addition to building homes. The PCHH repair program is for under-resourced homeowners who struggle to maintain exterior/interior of their home. The Home Preservation effort serves families in need using Habitat’s basic tenets of eligibility: Demonstrated need, willingness to partner and ability to pay...

Jason Fuller, associate professor of religious studies at DePauw University, is the recipient of DPU’s 2016-17 Exemplary Teaching Award. Presented by the General Board of Higher Education of the United Methodist Church through a gift from 1942 DePauw University graduates George and Virginia Crane, the award recognizes faculty members who exemplify excellence in teaching; civility and concern for students and colleagues; commitment to value-centered education; and service to students, the institution and the community.”. ...

The official beginning of summer is fast approaching, and it is never too early to begin thinking about proper skin protection. May is National Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Anyone — young or old, and regardless of skin tone — can get skin cancer, so it is important for everyone to learn how to keep your skin healthy and cancer-free...

The owner of a Clinton funeral home is facing criminal charges for his alleged role in a May 16 crash on Interstate 70 in western Putnam County. On Tuesday, the Putnam County Prosecutor's Office filed three misdemeanor charges against 49-year-old Matthew Fitzthum of Clinton...

Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 6:49 p.m. Madonnna Darlene McElwee, 30, Coatesville, was taken into custody on a local warrant. • At 5:23 p.m. Chris Ann Puhala, 48, Greencastle, was arrested on a court order. • At 3:22 p.m. Samuel Ryan Strange, 37, Clinton, was housed at the jail on a local warrant...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Catherine Louisa Robinson, 46, Fort Wayne, two counts of Level 5 felony trafficking with an inmate, Class A misdemeanor possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance...

Bob Leonard -- who has more than 30 years of diverse business experience, including strategy, business development, finance and operations -- will serve as DePauw University’s interim vice president for finance and administration, effective June 1. Leonard will join the DePauw administration as Brad Kelsheimer, senior vice president for finance and administration since July 2009, leaves to become chief financial officer of Lumina Foundation. Kelsheimer’s departure was announced May 10...

The South Putnam School Board approved adopting “Successful Tradition - Innovative Future” as the new motto for the school corporation after a 1:1 technology update during its recent regular meeting. Tona Gardner, director of curriculum and instruction, reported that, as of April, there were only 13 device damage claims (out of 734 devices)...

With a nod to voter convenience, modernization and cost savings, the Putnam County clerk plans to upgrade the county’s voting procedures in 2018. Clerk Heather Gilbert, along with the rest of the Putnam County Election Board, presented a proposal for vote centers at the most recent meeting of the Putnam County Commissioners...

After more than a year of city council, planning commission and zoning board proposals, workshop deliberations and special public-input hearings, the Greencastle school board is now ready to finalize plans surrounding its transportation facility project...