Stories from Monday, June 18, 2018

A jury took three hours Monday afternoon to find an Indianapolis man guilty of nine felonies in a 2017 home invasion in Madison Township. Justin Cherry, 29, was the first of four co-defendants to face a jury trial for the April 2, 2017 robbery of the home of Terry and Pat McCarter...

Claude Cymerman, world-renowned pianist and professor emeritus of music at DePauw University, returns to the Greencastle Summer Music Festival Wednesday evening in a program of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Romantic French composer, Guilliaume Lekeu...

The 12th annual Capt. Jim Baugh Memorial Blood Drive is slated for Friday, June 22 at Greencastle Christian Church. Co-sponsored by the Baugh Family and the Putnam County FOP, the blood drive will take place from 1-5:30 p.m. Affiliated with the statewide Indiana Fallen Officers Blood Drives, the event is conducted in honor of Capt. Jim Baugh, the former Putnam County sheriff who died in the line of duty on Jan. 2, 2004...

Senior Education Ministries Inc. has scheduled the monthly Dine with a Doc program for Monday, June 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at Putnam County Hospital, 1542 Bloomington St., Greencastle. Dine with a Doc is a free program that welcomes the local senior public to hear an educational topic while enjoying a complimentary lunch...

Members of the Putnam County ARES/RACES Inc., PCAUXCOM will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise June 23 and 24 at the Putnam County Emergency Operations Center, 1600 E. CR 225 South, Greencastle. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend...

Ray June Turner, 58, of Roachdale went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 17, 2018, surrounded by loved ones. Ray June was born in Greencastle on June 15, 1960, the daughter of Willard O. and Thelma Nevada (Tucker) Bumgardner. Ray June graduated from Greencastle High School in 1978...

James K. Hinkle, 70, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, June 15, 2018. He was born Nov. 12, 1947 in Greencastle, the son of Kenneth Hinkle and Pauline (Neeley) Blake. He married Gladys Lucille Doan on Aug. 27, 1970. Although the couple divorced after 30 years of marriage, they remained close until Gladys' death in 2013...

With the annual Police Boot Camp effort concluding last Friday at Robe-Ann Park, it’s time to turn to annual emergency services group for the June 25-29 Youth Firefighter Academy. The Greencastle Fire Department will partner with the city Parks and Recreation Department for the program designed for middle school-aged youngsters...

Would you like to be considered for higher paying jobs? Area 30 Career Center will be hosting an event on Thursday, June 28 to share information about getting free industry certifications. Persons are eligible for these certifications if they are going to college, working or unemployed...

PUTNAMVILLE — The annual ice cream social at Putnamville United Methodist Church is set for 12:30-3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24. Enjoy ice cream, sandwiches, drinks and more for a goodwill donation. Music will be provided by the James Family. Visitors are also invited to explore the 1884 Dr. Horn Office/Putnamville Museum as well as a preview of the future Townsend Museum...

BAINBRIDGE — The Gleaners Food Truck will be at the Bainbridge Community Building on Saturday, June 23, from 10-11:30 a.m. Volunteer helpers should arrive by 9 a.m. to arrange tables. To reduce traffic congestion participants are asked to arrive after 9 a.m...

Mill Pond Health Campus will host the Independence from Hunger Cookout from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20. Festivities will included hamburgers, hot dogs, door prizes and outside games, including cornhole, frisbee and hillbilly golf. Cost is only one non-perishable food item...

Silkroad’s groundbreaking Global Music Workshop will take place for the fourth consecutive year at DePauw University June 25–July 1. With a mission of fostering a community of globally minded musicians who learn from one another’s traditions and incorporate them into their own artistic voices, the week will open with intensive workshops and rehearsals, and conclude with five free nights of public concerts June 27-30 and July 1...

After several years of talking about it but always leaving some money on the table, the Greencastle City Council has agreed to capture the maximum assessed value possible from the TIF (tax increment financing) district. Asked to approve a Greencastle Redevelopment Commission (RDC) letter requesting $125 million as the amount of assessed value (AV) to be captured from the Greencastle Economic Development Area -- aka TIF district -- for 2018, payable 2019, the City Council voted unanimously during its June meeting Thursday night to up the ante to the full 100 percent of available AV.. ...

PUTNAMVILLE — Out of state drivers fared well Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway, especially those traveling from the Land of Lincoln. Marion, Ill., hot shoe Carson Short took home the victor’s share of the purse in sprint car action at the Putnamville oval and he was followed across the finish line by fellow Illinois driver Shane Cockrum. Garett Aitken of Paris, Ill., came home fourth ahead of Missouri’s Clinton Boyles...

County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 10:39 p.m. Christina Nicole Kerr, 34, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 10:13 p.m. Katie Sue Collett, 34, Bainbridge, was taken into custody on an out-of-county warrant...

Greencastle High School’s boys’ basketball coaching staff will have a three-day summer skills camp from Wednesday through Friday this week for boys and girls entering grades 1-8 this fall. Grades 1-4 will have camp from 5-6:30 p.m., while sessions for grades 5-8 will be from 7-8:30 p.m.

Cloverdale’s high school football program will have a blood drive today in conjunction with the Indianapolis Colts Leadership Challenge. The event will be from 3-8 p.m. at the Cloverdale High School Gym. Area patients who need blood products rely on 550 Indiana volunteers to raise their sleeve each and every day… the Clover community is responsible for 52 of those spots...

ANDERSON — More than 140 high school basketball players and recent graduates descended upon Anderson University on Saturday to compete in the 10th edition of the Indiana Class Basketball All-Star Classic. Included in those numbers were four players from Putnam County — recent Greencastle grad Colin York and seniors-to-be Tori Combs and Jake Wilkes of Cloverdale and Allen Plunkett of South Putnam...

BLOOMINGTON — Emma Wilson didn’t really know what to expect on Friday evening going into her first-ever attempt at running the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She had run a 2,000-meter event the prior weekend, but had not competed at the longer distance. On Friday, Wilson competed in a field of 10 athletes — seven of whom competed collegiately this spring — in the United States of America Track and Field Junior Championships...