Stories from Monday, June 11, 2018

BAINBRIDGE — Coming from a school that wears a lighter shade of blue and white, new North Putnam Superintendent Nicole Singer may need to update her wardrobe to match the Cougars’ navy and orange. For her introduction on Monday night, the current superintendent of Hamilton Community Schools in northeast Indiana improvised, wearing navy and peach. Regardless of the colors, Singer was welcomed by board members, administrators, teachers and parents during a special board meeting that lasted about five minutes...

MORTON -- It never became a tornado. It was never even a funnel cloud. However, the rotating wall cloud that rolled through Putnam County Sunday afternoon was a serious weather situation. Sparking warnings that first went into effect shortly before 4:30 p.m. and lasting until 5:15 p.m., the storm provided for some tense moments for residents of northern and central Putnam County...

After 15 years as the executive director of Old National Trail, Nancy Holsapple is set to fill some bigger shoes for the State of Indiana. The veteran educator will step into her new role on Monday, June 25, leaving a void at the local special education cooperative that serves the Cloverdale, North Putnam, South Putnam, Eminence and Mill Creek school corporations...

The Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues Wednesday, June 13 with a performance by Percussion Group DePauw, faculty and students from the DePauw University School of Music. There is no admission charge for the 7:30 p.m. concert in the sanctuary of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, 307 Simpson St. (corner of Seminary and Locust streets) in Greencastle...

"You are proof that DePauw develops leaders the world needs and it is always good to have you home," DePauw University President D. Mark McCoy declared at Saturday's Alumni Convocation. The event, which was staged in historic East College's Meharry Hall, was part of DePauw's Alumni Reunion Weekend. A total of 1,270 alumni returned to their alma mater for the event...

A Living with Low Vision support group meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 19 at Putnam County Comprehensive Services, 630 Tennessee St., Greencastle. The session is set for from 10-11 a.m. The speaker will be Jessica Tayler from Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabilities. Persons are invited to bring a friend or family member to this meeting...

County Jail Fourteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 4:48 p.m. Casey Ryan Patrick, 33, Clayton, was lodged at the jail for reckless driving. • At 2:10 p.m. John Bradley Inman Jr., 22, Greencastle, was taken into custody for theft...

Poultry has been around for millions of years and has become important in our everyday life. There are approximately 19 billion chickens currently on the planet. The United States is the world’s largest producer in the poultry industry. The term poultry refers to domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. ...

Greencastle High School’s football program will have its annual blood drive on Monday in the lobby area at McAnally Center in conjunction with the Colts Leadership Challenge. Times to donate are available from 2:30 to 8 p.m. To register, go to: https://t.co/KTm2iR5jYY...

By Joey Bennett Sports Editor When Tom Starnes attended Avon High School in the early 1980s, the school campus was much different than the sprawling, college-type setting of today. Before becoming a booming suburban community and increasing its enrollment exponentially, Avon was just a tiny little country school...

Greencastle’s Jake Bennett will tee off at 8:18 a.m. today in the IHSAA boys’ golf state finals at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel. Bennett will be playing along with Brody McCoy of Muncie Central and Ethan Stanley of Bedford North Lawrence. The Marian University-bound Bennett shot a one-under-par 71 at Country Oaks in the Washington Regional on Thursday, and was the highest finisher among players on non-advancing teams...

The senior Putnam County theater group Silver Lining Players currently has three plays in rehearsal -- “Up Words,” “Overtones” and “A Matter of Husbands.” Plays will be performed at nursing homes and other venues throughout Putnam County. Silver Linings, a script-in-hand theater group, will be practicing at the Putnam County Museum every first and third Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Any senior citizen is welcome...

Greencastle American Legion Post 58 will celebrate Flag Day with a variety of activities on Thursday, June 14 at the post on Indianapolis Road. The Legion and VFW Honor Guard will conduct a 21-gun salute and a Flag Day flag-burning disposal ceremony at 6:30 p.m. at the burn pit outside the Legion Post main entrance at 1401 E. Indianapolis Rd. The ceremony is open to the public...