Stories from Friday, June 14, 2019

Floyd Leslie Pelfrey, 74, of Greencastle, went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 7, 2019. Floyd was born on June 29, 1944 to Fred and Jewel Kersey Pelfrey. He was a loving husband, father, grandpa and uncle. He enjoyed watching NASCAR racing, deer hunting, taxidermy, woodworking, eagle collecting and most of all spending time with his family and friends...

Rather than asking the question “What’s wrong with you?”, a shift to “What happened to you?” – brings one closer to recognizing the needs of the individual. This simple shift in thinking leads to insight and understanding of physical and emotional challenges...

More than a year after they joined the team, two firefighters have been officially a part of the Greencastle Fire Department. James Shaw and Benjamin Wright were sworn in by Mayor Bill Dory in a to-the-point ceremony inside the bay area of the firehouse on Indiana Street, with Wright’s family and Shaw’s girlfriend Claudia Porter in attendance...

Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church will host the Charles Wesley Singers Youth Choir of Damascus United Methodist Church on Friday, June 21. The event, planned in part by Gobin choral director and DePauw music student Bryce Taylor, will serve as a fundraiser for the Mary Allison Children’s Trust. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free, but there will be a freewill offering collected during the event...

County Jail Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 9:19 p.m. Eric Steven Barcus, 44, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated. • At 7:45 p.m. Matthew Todd Earle, 21, Greencastle, was taken into custody for battery resulting in bodily injury...

As a husband, father of three, youth minister and fourth-grade teacher, Kevin Johnston plays a lot of roles. On Monday at Robe-Ann Park, he’ll be playing one of his favorites, that of musician and entertainer of children. Johnston will be the feature performer at the weekly edition of Music Mondays, set for 12:30 p.m. at Robe-Ann Park shelterhouse No. 2...

Noble Fry of Roachdale will celebrate his 99th birthday on Thursday, June 20. He operated a dairy farm for 50 years and produced corn and soybeans. Noble has participated in Putnam County Farm Bureau, Pork Producers, Putnam County Fair Board and was a 4-H leader. He is a North Putnam FFA “Hero.”...

The South Putnam School Board approved the following personnel report at its regular session Wednesday evening: • Resignations: Dana Carr, Central Elementary special education teacher; Nicole Morison, MS/HS science teacher; Matthew Thoennes, MS/HS English teacher and MS/HS cross country coach and assistant boys’ track coach; Carlie Nichols, MS/HS instructional assistant; and Paula Hillard, part-time custodian,...

Gov. Eric Holcomb ceremonially signs State Rep. Beau Baird’s bill into law Thursday at the Statehouse.

If anyone noticed a lot of Indiana State Troopers in town Tuesday, there was a reason. The ISP SWAT team conducted tryouts for a new position for their central team at the Putnam County Sheriff’s range. The ISP SWAT team was originally developed in 1975 with only seven team members. ...

Having been inspected and deemed unserviceable in a worthy cause, a retired American flag is disposed of in the burn pit at the Greencastle American Legion Veterans Plaza Friday evening.

Having opted for the first time last year not to leave any money on the table, the Greencastle City Council has again 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 $100 million as the amount of assessed value to be captured from the Greencastle Economic Development Area — the TIF district — for 2019 payable in 2020 the City Council instead chose in a split decision to capture the full 100 percent of the available AV.. ...

An investigation is being conducted after the upper part of a home in Washington Township caught fire before 11 a.m. Friday morning. According to a report dictated by Capt. Jack Giles of the Reelsville/Washington Township Fire Department, Putnam County firefighters, as well as law enforcement and medical personnel, were dispatched on a box alarm to 6990 W. CR 450 South on the north side of the township at about 10 a.m...

CLOVERDALE -- After addressing a change to the speed limit in the Stardust Hills subdivision attracted controversy last month, the Cloverdale Town Council has a compromise on the table. However, it will continue to consider the move’s efficacy and costs...