Stories from Monday, July 29, 2019

One of the trends in high school sports increasing in frequency is mobility from school to school. Some are legitimately family-related, whether for parental separations or job changes. No one knows the reason for each move, although most people lump all of them into the same pool of people trying to find the best competitive athletic situations for themselves...

With chip-and-seal work beginning on Monday morning north of Greencastle, U.S. 231 is closed to through traffic between the Putnam County Fairgrounds and U.S. 36. All motorists whose destination does not lie directly on the stretch of 231 in question have been directed around the closure...

This Friday, Aug. 2, Putnam County residents are encouraged to vote online, or in person at First Friday, for one of two options of mural art that will be installed on the four silos on the northwest corner of U.S. 231 and Veterans Memorial Highway on Greencastle’s south side...

Judith Patterson Edberg passed away at age 86 on July 19, 2019 at Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born April 13, 1933 at her parent’s home in Royal Oak, Mich. The funeral service will be held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 520 E. Seminary St., Greencastle, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday July 31, 2019, followed by a reception...

The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Herr von Huber, will present “German Oktoberfest in Staubitzer Park” on Sunday, Aug. 4, rain or shine. The BCB Roving German Band will begin at 7:15 p.m. and the entire concert band will perform at 8 p.m...

The Indiana Election Commission has approved the first voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) for electronic voting systems. This is a security measure that allows voters to independently verify their vote was correctly recorded. In Indiana, almost half of the counties use direct record electronic machines. ...

After having honored mothers in May and fathers in June, Union Chapel United Methodist Church will host another free community dinner on Monday, Aug. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. This meal will be a cookout, with hot dogs and hamburgers, sides and desserts. During the evening, students and school employees (teachers, bus drivers, custodians, cooks, coaches, administrators, etc.) will register for a drawing to win prizes. ...

County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 2:40 p.m. Andrew James Thorstensen-Woll, 48, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated. • At 4:32 a.m. Buffy Marie Heller-Taylor, 44, Greencastle, was booked in for driving while intoxicated...

Music by “Brahms and Friends” (as well as Mozart and Gershwin) will be performed by DePauw School of Music current and emeritus faculty members Nicole Brockmann on viola, Cluade Cymerman on piano, Eric Edberg on cello and Tarn Travers on violin as the Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues its series of free 7:30 p.m. ...

The 13th Annual National Night Out event is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 6 from 5-8 p.m. at Robe Ann Park in Greencastle.

Beyond Homeless, Inc. announced Monday that Executive Director Michelle Boller will step down on Friday, Aug. 2 after three years of service. Current Program Coordinator Doug Cox will step in as interim director. In remarks made to the Greencastle City Council recently, Boller spoke of strides the organization has made...

With First National Bank as the sponsor, the August edition of Greencastle First Friday will have a farmers market theme. The event will feature handcraft vendors from the local Farmers Market, along with some machinery from the Antique Tractor Association...

The 15th Annual Mary Allison Children’s Trust Golf Outing was held on July 12 at Clover Meadows Golf Course. A team from Clover Meadows won first place, while the second-place team was Langdon and a team from Greencastle Community Schools claimed third...

PUTNAMVILLE ­– The second running of the “Baily Hicks Memorial” race for the bomber division had a fitting winner on Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway. One of Hicks’s closest friends, Justin Litton, pulled away from his brother Josh over the final five laps to claim the 25-lap feature win. ...

Greencastle junior-to-be Molly Ramey won the 16-and-under division of the Strawberry Festival tennis tournament recently in Crawfordsville.

BAINBRIDGE -- If motorists driving through Bainbridge look at the small building on West Main Street and see that it is not the Machetes Mexican restaurant anymore, that would be because it is now home to a new place to eat. The Covered Bridge Cafe, owned and operated by Rebecca Alexander and her husband Exar Matute, will still be the only true family restaurant which promises to offer good food in the small northeastern Putnam County town...