Stories from Monday, July 22, 2019

Waiting for the showmanship portion of the Putnam County 4-H Fair Dairy Show to begin, Andrea Nees and her Holstein “Bubba” wait in a thin sliver of shade beside the Indoor Arena Sunday afternoon. The steer was also named the reserve champion Holstein. Some extra care and precautions on the part of 4-H members and volunteers kept animals safe through extreme heat on the first three days of the fair.....

Extreme temperatures made for an uncomfortable start to the week at the Putnam County 4-H Fair. It’s what didn’t happen that matters, though. With all animals moved in at the fair as well as four livestock shows taking place during the heat advisory that lasted from Thursday through Sunday, 4-H members and volunteers managed to keep the animals safe and healthy throughout...

Lucille Sinclair, 87, of Cloverdale, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Mill Pond Heath Campus. Lucille was born in Putnam County on July 23, 1931, the daughter of Clyde and Madge M. (Sublett) Sutherlin. She attended Cloverdale Schools. Mrs. Sinclair was a member of the Cloverdale Church of Christ. She helped her husband run their farm. She also helped run the Feed Mill in Cloverdale and helped build Chicago’s Pizza. She was known for her wonderful cooking...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — A fight inside a residence Friday night led to the death of one Crawfordsville man and to the arrest of another. Scott Nichols, 49, was charged with a preliminary count of reckless homicide after allegedly killing Chris Hodges, 46, inside his home on Whitlock Avenue...

Bonnie Jean Moore, 73, Orange Park, Fla., went to be with her Lord and baby girls on Sunday morning, Oct. 21, 2018, after complications from heart surgery. Born July 1945 in Brazil to Eileen and Donald Hoskins, she grew up in Reelsville and graduated from Reelsville High School...

With what Putnam County sheriff’s deputies found Sunday afternoon, a would-be vacationer might just be looking for a missing RV. Or perhaps it was left there on purpose? It’s unclear, but what police do know is they found an abandoned camper trailer on West County Road 875 South on Sunday. They do not know if the trailer was crashed, abandoned or both...

The fair comes around each year, and for many of us who are trying to make healthier food choices, lose weight or maintain fitness, eating at the fair presents us with a special challenge. Fortunately, we do have plenty of healthy (and tasty) food choices at the fair. This makes our mission of maintaining healthy habits possible, if we choose to accept it...

BAINBRIDGE — The Bainbridge Improvement Society will again host the Gleaners Mobile Food Truck at the Bainbridge Community Building from 10-11:30 a.m on Saturday, July 27. There is no age limit or ID requirement. Anyone in need is welcome. Participants should bring their own boxes or food bags to fill with their selections and arrive after 9 a.m...

County Jail Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 4:37 a.m. Christian Jamar Givens, 34, Greencastle, was taken into custody for auto theft and driving while intoxicated refusal. • At 1:25 a.m. Christopher Scott Horn, 45, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail on a local warrant...

Ongoing construction projects on and around the DePauw University campus has traffic patterns continuing to shift in the area. The latest closure, which began Monday, is on Hanna Street. Hanna is closed between Locust and Indiana streets for the installation of campus utility lines and storm sewer work...

Putnam County historian Larry Tippin’s popular small-town series, “Rediscovering Putnam County: Tiny Towns and Vanished Villages,” will continue Thursday, July 25 at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle. The 6:30 p.m. program is free and open to the public...

The North Putnam School Board approved the following personnel report at its regular meeting a week ago: • New hires: Shanda Kelly, instructional assistant at Roachdale Elementary School; Jim Brothers, high school girls’ assistant basketball coach; Bethany Guyer, middle school head cheer coach; Kylee Clodfelter, middle school assistant cheer coach; Craig Reed, sixth and seventh-grade girls’ assistant basketball coach; Terri Daigle, sixth-grade girls’ head basketball coach; Lana Chinn, sixth-grade girls’ assistant basketball coach; and Jennifer Payne, middle school assistant cheer coach;. ...

NEW ORLEANS — A local auctioneer recently walked away with the top prize at an international competition. On Friday, July 12, the National Auctioneers Association hosted its annual International Junior Auctioneer Championship. This year, Tyce Freije, 18, of Clayton, won the title of 2019 International Junior Auctioneer Champion...

The Putnam County Commissioners and the Reelsville Water Authority are attempting to qualify for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA), and is currently seeking grant funding to complete a water construction improvements project...

Heat may have caused moved the annual Putnam County Fair Cheerleading Contest across town to Greencastle High School McAnally Center, but it was a Putnam County Fair fixture who still came away with the top individual prize. Cloverdale High School senior Gayle Baugh, one of the top 4-H exhibitors at the fair every year, was named the Outstanding Senior Cheerleader...

PUTNAMVILLE — A hot and steamy weekend proved to be highly successful for a trio of drivers at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday night. Jordan Wever, Josh Boller and Josh Litton each picked up feature victories at the Putnamville oval to go with their Friday evening wins at Paragon Speedway...

A few years ago, I was at a polling place here in Indiana where a long line of people stood waiting to vote. A woman recognized me and called me over. “Why is it,” she asked, “that you politicians make it so hard and inconvenient to vote?” I thought of this the other day when I read the news reports about presidents Trump and Putin meeting and jestingly accusing one another of election meddling. ...

Fifty years to the day since man first set foot on the moon, a group of DePauw University scientists accomplished a feat of their own on Saturday. Led by physics professor Howard Brooks, a group of faculty members, students and community members showed you can reach the edge of space while barely even leaving the county...