Stories from Friday, June 1, 2018

Scammers employing the ever-maddening IRS scam apparently are targeting the Greencastle area, trying to tap into residents' pocketbooks but instead getting a piece of Chief Tom Sutherlin's mind. Greencastle Police Chief Sutherlin said his department took about a dozen calls Thursday from residents reporting the IRS scam in which a caller threatens to send police to arrest residents if they don't pay their back taxes...

BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert Band will present “Beatles, Bayou and Champagne” on opening night, Sunday, June 3 at Forest Park in Brazil. The free concert begins at 8 p.m. at the park’s bandshell (or pavilion if rain). Director Matthew S. Huber, in his 50th year as a member of the BCB, and the 160-year-old Brazil Concert Band offer an evening of classics from The Beatles, Broadway favorites, new compositions and those ever-popular marches...

The North Putnam School Corporation summer feeding program is already under way at two locations and will be expanding to two more in the coming weeks. Roachdale Elementary School, North Putnam Middle School, Van Bibber Lake and Russellville Commmunity Center will all play host to the program, which provides free meels to children up to 18 years of age...

School is officially out, so it is time to let the summer fun begin. Purdue Extension will be hosting two Agriculture and Natural Resource Mini Day Camps for first grade through fourth grade youth as of Jan. 1, 2018. The Mini Day Camps will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Community Building at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Cost of the camp is $10 per day and lunch will be provided...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Bren A. Donaldson, 28, Fillmore, Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia Ryan M. Coble, 20, Greencastle, Class C misdemeanor reckless driving...

The Putnam County Public Library will be conducting a Genealogy Boot Camp for 4-H members interested in becoming family historians. Led by PCPL Genealogist Diana Brumfield, the two-session class will be held on Mondays, June 4 and June 25 in the Local History and Genealogy Department of the library, located at 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle...

County Jail One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 9:44 a.m. Timothy Lee Cheatham, 23, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. City Police Two recent citations were issued by Greencastle City Police Department officers...

The Franklin College business department’s senior class continued a long-standing tradition of excellence on the Major Field Test (MFT). This year’s cumulative class score ranked Franklin College in the top three percent among the more than 400 U.S. colleges and universities that use the test...

This summer, 25 different charitable organizations, scholarships and endowments are participating in the Putnam County Community Foundation Share the Dream program. The fundraising program offers proportionally awarded grant prizes to participants who receive at least 10 donations of $25 or more between May 1 and Aug. 31. Each of the 25 organizations will be highlighted in this series...

Making a pitstop in Greencastle for a bite of lunch and a splash of gasoline, 17 restored antique Model A Fords rolled into town and out Friday. Members of the Prairie A’s Antique Ford Club, based in Champaign-Urbana, Ill., were en route to Brown County Friday as part of their annual multi-day motor tour that included lunch at Charlie’s in Greencastle’s South End...

Music Mondays, a free concert series for kids, will begin Monday, June 4 at Robe-Ann Park. The concerts will be at 1 p.m. each Monday through July 16. The summer feeding program conducted by Greencastle Community Schools will also be at the park, so kids can get a free meal right before each concert starts...

The 25th season of the Greencastle Civic League’s ParkFest opens Tuesday, June 5. The first concert, featuring Steve Gehm as well as the Rolle/St. Pierre Band, will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Bowman Park on the DePauw University campus. Co-sponsored by the Greencastle Parks Department, ParkFest is normally a Robe-Ann Park event, but the series will begin at Bowman Park as construction crews finish the new Robe-Ann Bandshell...

Scammers employing the ever-maddening IRS scam apparently are targeting the Greencastle area, trying to tap into residents’ pocketbooks but instead getting a piece of Chief Tom Sutherlin’s mind. Greencastle Police Chief Sutherlin said his department took about a dozen calls Thursday from residents reporting the IRS scam in which a caller threatens to send police to arrest residents if they don’t pay their back taxes...