Stories from Monday, August 21, 2017

Putting on an adult carnival Saturday, the Greencastle Eagles Lodge raises funds for the Autism Society of Indiana. As part of the fun, 12-year-old Christopher “Bubby” England, who is autistic, investigates two race cars on site as his father, Chris England of Greencastle, helps lift him into the cockpit of Billy Winsemann’s TQ midget, which will be racing in the nationals at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville Sept. ...

“Pulled, Pressed and Screened: Important American Prints,” an exhibition that surveys the activities of artists who put designs on paper during the time period of the 1930s to the 1980s, comes to DePauw University’s Peeler Art Center this fall. Organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection and curated by Domenic Iacono, director, the exhibition includes 51 original prints, including screenprints, etchings, lithographs, aquatints, woodcuts and engravings...

Sarah Hacker Johnson, 78, of Branson, Mo., passed away Aug. 8, 2017 at her home. Sarah was born April 15, 1939 in Morgan County, the daughter of the late T. Sherman Hacker and Alberta Reynolds Hacker. She graduated from Belle Union High School in 1958...

PUTNAMVILLE – A brief rain shower in the middle of Saturday evening’s regular card of racing at Lincoln Park Speedway was not enough to dampen the pursuit of victory for competitors. The four winners that made their way to victory lane were no strangers to taking the checkered flag as the group have a combined 21 feature wins in 2017...

Greencastle girls’ basketball coach Bradley Key is forming one team per grade for girls in grades 3-8 to play in the Indy Hoops league this fall. “Being involved in the Indy Hoops league provides a very competitive environment where players develop their basketball skills and gain experience playing in our ‘system’,” Key said...

WEST TERRE HAUTE — South Putnam got a singles title from Ty VanSickle at No. 2 and a first-place finish its No. 2 doubles team of Austin Arnold and Tanner Pistelli to claim first place in the West Vigo Invitational boys’ tennis match on Saturday. VanSickle defeated Alex Wolfe of White River Valley in the championship match at No. 2 singles, while the team of Arnold-Pistelli won a tough three-set match from Turkey Run’s Connor Crum and Trevor Hardman...

Harold E. Shaner, 80, of Avon, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Born Aug. 6, 1937 in Greencastle, he was the son of Charles Samuel and Elizabeth (Varvel) Shaner. He was a 1955 graduate of Greencastle High School. Harold was a retired machinist and lathe operator, having worked in the aircraft industry for 45 years...

While the opportunity to learn while doing in 4-H project work is of foremost importance, the recognition of achievement through exhibition is certainly an added bonus to being in the 4-H program. The Indiana State Fair (ISF) and the Purdue Extension state staff have listed unofficial results for most projects. Go to www.extension/purdue.edu/putnam and select “Quick Links” where one can find a link to select projects and see the ISF results for both animal and non-animal projects...

In January 2015, ISDH launched the Regional Healthcare Quality Improvement Collaborative grant, a grant which has now funded nine Regional Collaboratives across the state with the goal of improving quality of care in Indiana long-term care (LTC) facilities...

ROCKVILLE – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced that the U.S. 36 bridge over the Wabash River will close next weekend for the contractor to pour the deck. The closure will begin at 11:59 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 and is scheduled to reopen by Sunday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m...

Area artists are invited to participate in the inaugural InteGREATive Art Show and Sale in west-central Indiana. The show and sale of fine arts are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 17 from 5:30-9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Greencastle...

County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Saturday • At 7:40 p.m. Kyle Alan McCammon, 29, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on an out-of-county warrant. • At 2:01 a.m. Dylan Wayne Phillips, 22, Poland, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Mark Monnett, 54, Cloverdale, Level 6 felonhy driving with a BAC of .08 or more, Class C misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .08 or more, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated, Class C misdemenaor driving while intoxicated, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement...

BAINBRIDGE -- Though the natatorium at North Putnam High School will be seeing a renovation, of sorts, in the near future, it will be declared open this Monday, Aug. 21 and is set to be utilized at long last by both middle and high school students after a scheduled audit saw the pool drained for some time...

One of the major local music events of the season will unfold Saturday, Aug. 26 when the eighth annual Greencastle Music Fest takes over the Putnam County Courthouse square. Scheduled for 3-11 p.m., the event will feature live music beginning at 6 p.m., including a third straight appearance by the featured energetic Louisville Crashers, including a special visit from Greencastle native Don Von Tress, who wrote the mega country hit “Achy, Breaky Heart” that made Billy Ray Cyrus a star, and the Music Fest debut of Baby Crasher.. ...

Putnam County will conduct a tax sale on Friday, Sept. 1 for delinquent real properties that have taxes and special assessments due from the prior year’s spring installment. The sale is set for 10 a.m. in the first-floor rotunda at the Putnam County Courthouse...

When the chance to watch a solar eclipse came along Monday, hundreds of Greencastle students were prepared with viewing glasses purchased through the district STEAM grant. Second-graders from Stacy Allen’s class Wade Christopher, Lucas Johnson, Sara Cox and Kadence Smith marvel as the eclipse approaches totality shortly before 2:30 p.m. ...

Several days after the body of a Reelsville man was discovered on a rural Putnam County Road, law enforcement agencies continue their investigation. An autopsy of the body of 24-year-old Caleb Bailey was completed on Friday by medical examiner Dr. Roland Kohr at Terre Haute Regional Hospital...