Stories from Tuesday, July 11, 2017

A Cloverdale woman was arrested Monday evening on drug charges following a traffic stop in eastern Putnam County. At 6:17 p.m., Indiana State Police Trooper Colton Maynor stopped a 1999 Ford Explorer on eastbound U.S. 40 near State Road 75 for expired registration and failure to signal a turn...

Barbara "Bobbie" Jo Petro, 81, Cloverdale, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 9, 2017, a beautiful and sunny day. She was born on Oct. 6, 1935, to Lester Monroe and Emma Pauline (Allee) Stockwell. She graduated from Quincy High School in 1953, the year the school burned...

As announced by the Roachdale town council on July 5, Tuesday's regularly-scheduled town hall meeting will now take place on Thursday, July 13. Beginning at 7:15 p.m. within Town Hall, located at 205 N. Indiana St., Roachdale, the meeting will resume as scheduled and will be preceded by a Special Meeting...

The Purdue Alumni Club of Putnam County had its annual golf outing on June 28. Members of the winning team were (from left) Mike Dean, Andrew O’Hair, Clint Cooper and Jay Hopkins. Members of the second-place team were Jerry Verplaetse, David Bonebrake, Dick Asbell and Shawn Guerrero, while Chet Clodfelter, Lance Clodfelter, Rick Satterfield Jalen Satterfield comprised the third-place team...

To the Editor: On behalf of the Putnam County Youth Development Commission we wish to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the Putnam County community for the ongoing support of our ninth annual “Dancing with the Putnam County Stars.” Words cannot begin to express how humbled we are to live in such an exceptional community that embraces our mission of serving the children and youth of Putnam County. ...

To the Editor: Summer is in full bloom and with the good weather we have the opportunity to step out of our normal routines and enjoy all the activities our community and state have to offer. We can hike, swim, play, enjoy the farmers’ market and our local county fair etc... and interact with people we might not normally encounter...

In a past life, I was a sports editor. When I’m not working, or even when I am, I’m thinking about sports, specifically the facts, figures and trivia of it all. Numbers like 56, 23 and 5 all have meaning, whether they indicate hitting streaks, jersey numbers or number of NCAA titles won by my favorite college basketball team...

More than three years ago, the community responded with shock at some terrible and damning news hitting the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy T.J. Smith, a three-year veteran of the department who also served on the Greencastle City Council, was accused by the FBI and federal prosecutors of four felony counts of violations of civil rights under color of law — police brutality in layman’s terms...

The Purdue Club of Putnam County recently announced its scholarship recipients. These awards are available to Putnam County students who attend Purdue University. The four students receiving scholarships of $750 each are Allacyn Arnold, a 2015 South Putnam graduate, now a Purdue junior majoring in pharmacy; Nathan Gobert, a 2017 Greencastle graduate, now a Purdue freshman who will major in engineering; Lyndi Parent, a 2017 North Putnam graduate, now a Purdue freshman who will major in pre-medicine; and Alexandria Weliever, a 2017 Greencastle graduate, now a Purdue freshman who will major in engineering.. ...

Ivy Tech Community College Greencastle is offering a Licensed Practical Nursing to Associate of Science in Nursing track beginning in January 2018. Those interested in learning more are encouraged to attend an information session at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at Ivy Tech Greencastle, 915 Zinc Mill Rd...

A special edition of Jazz at the Duck is set for Thursday from 8:30-10:30 p.m. As always, the show will take place at the Fluttering Duck inside the Inn at DePauw. The special summer concert will feature Steve Snyder on organ, Sandy Williams on guitar and Kenny Phelps on drums...

The Putnam County Public Library will host a presentation by Elizabeth Pearl of the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library, a program of the Indiana State Library, Tuesday, July 18 at 1 p.m. The program is a free service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness or a physical disability that prevents them from using regular print. Learn more about the services available and how to apply...

Indiana State Police A Cloverdale woman was arrested Monday evening on drug charges following a traffic stop in eastern Putnam County. At 6:17 p.m., Indiana State Police Trooper Colton Maynor stopped a 1999 Ford Explorer on eastbound U.S. 40 near State Road 75 for expired registration and failure to signal a turn...

Putnam County Playhouse's second production of the 2017 season, "The Foreigner," a comedy by Larry Shue, opens Thursday, July 13. Show dates are July 13-15 and 19-22. Performances begin at 8 p.m. at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle...

Deedie Dowdle has been named vice president of marketing and communications at DePauw University, effective Sept. 3. Currently associate vice president for university communications and marketing at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Dowdle previously worked at Auburn University as well as Kennesaw State University...

Routine discussion of how a new public address system has been working well at the Greencastle Aquatic Center pointed the way to perhaps a bigger issue during the July meeting of the Greencastle Board of Park Commissioners. In reviewing monthly claims, board member Cathy Merrell took note that the new PA system the board had previously approved for the pool had been installed. ...

A new bigger, brighter, bolder sign goes up Tuesday, heralding the now-permanent home of the Putnam County Museum at 1105 N. Jackson St. in Greencastle. Rob McCalister (center) supervises the installation effort by Hutchison Signs and Electric, Indianapolis, as co-workers Michelle Conley (right) and Tony Gorski maneuver in the buckets above the building entrance. ...

Ten young women will vie for the title of 2017 Miss Putnam County Fair Queen on Saturday, July 15. The contest will take place at 7 p.m. in the Fairgrounds Community Building. At night’s end, 2016 Queen Lauren Johnston will crown the 2017 Fair Queen, and thus will begin her preparations for her weeklong reign of the 2017 Putnam County Fair, which is set for July 21-28...

“Pure serendipity.” That’s how a 68-year-old physically challenged Florida man describes his recent unexpected encounter with four Putnam County men vacationing in the mountains of Colorado. And because of that mystical convergence of events that brought Ben Huber, Jonathan Houser, Devon Thrasher and Bruce Thrasher into his life last month, Don Gudzune lives to tell about it -- and perhaps more importantly -- walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding Friday in Baltimore, Md...