Stories from Friday, June 2, 2017

Malcolm Russ Stewart, 91, of Roachdale, passed away Friday, June 2, 2017. He was born Sept. 8, 1925 in North Salem, son of the late Russ Hobson and Hettie Marie (Tool) Stewart. He married Erna Marie (Lane) Stewart on April 14, 1950. After nearly 60 years of marriage, she preceded him in death on Oct. 6, 2009...

• Imagination Portal Unplugged, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Enjoy the Imagination Portal without monitors, video games or music in the background. • Author’s Talk: Rosemary Gard, 12-1 p.m.: Brown-bag lunch talk and hear Rosemary Gard speak about her historical novels...

With school out and summer getting into full swing, vacation Bible school is either being planned or already starting at local churches. The Banner Graphic will print submitted notices of area VBS dates, times and themes. Send information to jjernagan@bannergraphic.com...

With dignitaries present to help them celebrate, members of the Greencastle Fire Department accept the charter of Greencastle Professional Firefighters Local 5125. With the establishment of the local chapter, 14 GFD firefighters are now members of both the Professional Firefighters Union of Indiana (PFFUI) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF)...

Two local couples and their families and friends will gather next weekend to celebrate 120 combined years of marriage. Verlin and Lois Cash will celebrate their 70th anniversary, while John and Sandy Nees will celebrate 50 years. The gathering will take place from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 11 at the home of Ryan and Jenna Nees, 10469 S. CR 190 West, Cloverdale...

The third show of Putnam County Playhouse "Season of Laughs" will be the musical comedy "The Addams Family." It will be produced Aug. 10-12 and 16-19. Director Ric McFadden will have two sessions of auditions for all roles in the show. The first session will be Sunday, June 4 at 3 p.m. to be followed by a second session on Monday, June 5, at 7 p.m. Both sessions will be on the Main Stage at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle...

ATTICA — Greencastle boys’ golf Steve Paquin had a good feeling going into Friday’s Attica Sectional at Harrison Hills Golf Club, and his feeling proved to be accurate. The Tiger Cubs shot a 332 to repeat as sectional champions, beating Attica by 15 strokes...

The Putnam County Retired Teachers Association has awarded the 2017 Putnam County Retired Teachers Scholarship to Emily Clark Bell. The scholarship is annually awarded to an individual who graduated from a Putnam County high school and is enrolled in an Indiana college or university undergraduate program that will result in a degree in education...

Martin Marietta and the Area 30 Career Center in Greencastle have partnered in hopes of providing students in the Construction Equipment Operator (CEO) program the opportunity to intern at the Cloverdale quarry, owned and operated by Martin Marietta...

BLOOMINGTON — South Putnam’s Kieffer Vittetow ran his best-ever time in the 1,600 meters on a hot and muggy Friday evening at the IHSAA boys’ track and field state finals. Vittetow’s time of 4:22.63 was a couple of seconds short of the school record he was hoping to break and 18 seconds behind the winner, Hamilton Southeastern junior Gabe Fendel...

Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 4:44 p.m. Chelsay Rachelle Dickerson, 24, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 11:56 a.m. Patricia Joanne Shaw, 31, Greencastle, was taken into custody for probation violation...

Putnam County Community Foundation Board President Ken Eitel greeted an early morning crowd of nearly 75 Friday to celebrate the awarding of more than $120,000 in grants at the 2017 Spring Grant Awards Breakfast. Susan Lemon, who chairs the Community Foundation Grants Committee, thanked donors to unrestricted and field of interest endowments that make grant awards possible. ...

As a bustling crowd enjoys the picturesque weather, War Radio kicks off summer for a bustling First Friday crowd on Greencastle Courthouse Square. Among the sights and sounds available to residents were stock cars exhibited by local drivers, a bounce house for kids and steaks from Almost Home, grilled by Brian Carrington and served by his mom Gail Smith, owner of Almost Home and the Swizzle Stick.