Stories from Monday, October 30, 2017

Gayle Harlene Brown, 85, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Gayle was born in Greencastle on Dec. 5, 1931, the daughter of Clifton Kendrick and Bessie Olive (Woodworth) Priest. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School. Mrs. Brown worked for more than 20 years as a switchboard operator for DePauw University...

RUSSELLVILLE — The annual Russellville Halloween Social was held on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Russellville Community Center with 171 participants in costume. The grand prize in the contest went to the family costume of Trent, Lexy, Brenden, Kinley and Nikki Oliver...

Sunday, Nov. 5 is a big day to be thinking about education after high school. One statewide event with a local host site is College Goal Sunday. On this day, there is an emphasis for youth to sign up for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, likely more known as that acronym FAFSA. Completing this application is often viewed as challenging to correctly complete and time consuming...

The Greencastle Middle School PTO will host a Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 60 local vendors are expected to showcase their wares, providing an opportunity to buy local this holiday season. Guests will find boutique-style clothing from vendors including LuLaRoe, Dot Dot Smile and Bear Threads, as well as embroidered items and handmade shirts, hair accessories, doll clothes, pot holders, scarves, bags and aprons from vendors such as Bags, Embroidery & More, JTB Creations and Tanglewood Quilted Bags.. ...

Ridpath Primary School will host its annual Pancake Supper on Thursday, Nov. 2 from 5-6:30 p.m. and the Greencastle/Putnam County community is invited to attend. Ridpath students will provide musical entertainment throughout the evening in the gym. Kindergartners will perform at 5:30 p.m., first-graders at 6 and second-graders at 6:30...

The Culinary Arts students at Area 30 Career Center in Greencastle will be creating and serving their second Ivy Gallery lunch of the school year on Friday, Nov. 10. Serving time for the luncheon event will be noon to 1:15 p.m. Cost of the three-course meal, which doubles as a fundraiser for the program, is $11 per person...

Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 10:19 p.m. Gregory Alan Miller, 51, Carbon, was lodged at the jail for driving as a habitual traffic violator. • At 11:27 a.m. David Allen Singer, 34, Indianapolis, was taken into custody on a Marion County warrant...

The First Christian Church at 110 S. Indiana St. in Greencastle will host its second annual New Beginnings Concert Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. Jason Asbury, a native of Putnam County and DePauw University, will perform the concert on organ featuring both DPU students, local high and middle school students and community members. The concert will be centered around song of songs, which will look at music that talks about music...

Online financial literacy courses are now being offered to high school students at no cost through the Indiana Moneywise initiative, State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has announced. After starting as a pilot program in six Indiana counties during the 2016-17 school year, Secretary of State Connie Lawson is expanding the Indiana Moneywise Financial Education Program statewide to all Indiana high school students...

The 100 Women Who Care of Putnam County makes quarterly donations to selected Putnam County non-profit organizations. One-Hundred Women is a group of women who share the desire to give back to the local community. Many can make a small donation to an organization, but in coming together the group is able to make substantial donations...

Editor’s note: This article was written and provided by Putnam County Family Support Services The month of October is known for trick-or-treating and Halloween festivities, but it is symbolic for something else: Domestic violence awareness. The Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence defines domestic violence as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. ...

Interested in learning new recipes? Would you like to hear from culinary arts students and community representatives? Do you want to spend a morning with friends trying new recipes? You are invited to Noodles 101 taking place at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17 in the Area 30 Community Room...

UNION CHAPEL — A Rockville man was airlifted from the scene of a serious single-vehicle accident in western Putnam County on Saturday night. According to a witness and evidence at the scene, 41-year-old Joseph E. Cochran was driving westbound at an extremely high rate of speed...

The primary election may still be seven months away, but you never would have known it Sunday night to have heard the three Democrat candidates for 4th District U.S. Congress go at it. Tobi Beck of Avon joined Joe Mackey and Sherry Shipley of Lafayette in addressing two dozen people during an appearance at the Greencastle Elks Lodge...

Put on by the Greencastle Arts Council in collaboration with DePauw’s ArtsFest, Beginning Again will feature five authors and songwriters performing and discussing their work – in particular how they deal with starting something new or beginning again and how they recharge themselves before taking on new creative endeavors...