Stories from Monday, October 28, 2019

Former Greencastle mayor Michael M. Harmless has been named chairman of the Ivy Tech Foundation Board of Directors. Harmless has served on the Ivy Tech Foundation Board since 2006. He previously served on the Ivy Tech Community College State Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2006...

Susan Brownell Hirt, 86, of Greencastle, died on Thursday morning, Oct. 10, 2019. A celebration of life will be held Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 4-8 p.m., with the service at 7 p.m., at Greencastle Christian Church.

Glenn Arthur Clifton II, 67, of Reelsville, passed away peacefully in his home on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. Glenn was a provider, a thinker, a lover and a solver of problems great and small. Capable, quotable and always available, his company and counsel will be missed by many...

Mary Frances Horn Flint, 96, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. She had resided in Morton, Ill., and Tremont, Ill., for the past seven years. She was born March 15, 1923 in Belle Union to Howard Joesph and Elda Emerald Ray Horn...

William H. Hatfield, 77, Caneyville, Ky., formerly of Greencastle, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 in Hartford, Ky. A memorial service is set for 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at Lifebuilder Community Life Center, 701 E. Washington St., Greencastle...

Anna C. Snider, 72, of Cloverdale, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 surrounded by her family and friend. She was born November 20, 1946 in Long Branch, New Jersey, the daughter of Howard R. and Margaret Ann (Cherney) Bothers Jr. She married Billy D. Snider on August 10, 1963...

County Jail Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 3:17 a.m. John Thomas (Smalley) Crane Jr., 44, Lafayette, was housed at the jail for nonsupport of a dependent. Sunday • At 9:50 p.m. Keith Christopher Barto, 40, Greencastle, was booked in for intimidation...

PUTNAMVILLE — A Plainfield man found himself in the Putnam County Jail Sunday afternoon after he passed an unmarked Indiana State Police car and was found to be under the influence and in the possession of illegal drugs. At about 1 p.m., Spencer S. King, 21 was stopped on U.S. ...

Don’t miss out and check in with the Indiana 4-H Leadership Summit, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16, at the 502 E. Event Centre in Carmel. Registration will be completed via 4honline this year for 4-H members, adult volunteers, general public and Extension staff who will be attending the program. Event registration may occur via the website in.4honline.com where payment may be made via credit/debit card. Registration will close on Nov. 1...

Soon-to-be two-year-old Paisley selects her own coat Saturday at the Putnam County Fairgrounds.

DePauw University’s School of Music will continues its Live from Music on the Square program this Wednesday, with tenor Kerry Jennings and pianist Laura Brumbaugh presenting an evening of musical theater favorites inspired by Linda Eder’s CD “Broadway My Way.”...

Russellville -- The Russellville Community Church annual Country Store and Smorgasbord is set for Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the Russellville Community Church. The country store opens at 4 p.m. with a variety of homemade baked goods and crafts. Smorgasbord starts at 5 p.m., with a large variety of food including ham loaf, turkey, chicken and noodles and dressing, lots of salads and desserts...

Individual Putnam County communities have established trick-or-treat hours for Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31. -- Greencastle -- 6-8 p.m. in neighborhoods following 4-6 p.m. downtown event. -- Bainbridge -- 6-8 p.m. -- Cloverdale -- 5:30-9 p.m. -- Fillmore -- 5-8 p.m...

Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at Ivy Tech Community College in Greencastle and 36 other sites in Indiana to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday. The event is set for 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov 3...

For a group of students coming from the four high schools in Putnam County, last Friday morning was an early day which began at 7 a.m. However, they had a free breakfast to look forward to at the Putnam Inn as they met for this month’s P.I.E. Breakfast. They also had the opportunity to educate their peers on the dangers of vaping...

North Putnam dominated the fall sports standings for the “Putnam County Cup” by placing first or second in all five sports competed by the four county schools. The Cougars placed first in football, boys’ cross country and girls’ golf while finishing second in girls’ cross country and volleyball to earn 18 points in the inaugural year of the year-long points competition for county tournaments...

SHELBYVILLE — Cloverdale freshman Ella Szczerbik competed in the girls’ cross country semistate on Saturday, finishing 93rd among 180 runners with a time of 20:54.9. “Ella ran well,” Cloverdale coach Andy Tyler said. “It was definitely a learning experience for her. She has had a phenomenal freshman year, and she is looking forward to the track season.”...

With contested races for Greencastle City Council in Wards 3 and 4 as well as for three at-large council seats, the Greencastle League of Women Voters recently asked the 10 candidates for these five spots to answer a set of three questions. Each of the candidates responded, with their responses on the following pages...

The opening week of high school football sectional action played out about the way most people expected for Putnam County teams. Greencastle, North Putnam and South Putnam all picked up victories, while Cloverdale showed a lot of fight in falling 60-20 to seventh-ranked Parke Heritage...

It wasn’t so much that it rained that much on Saturday. It’s just that it started and didn’t seem to stop. While an estimated 1.9 inches of rain over the course of the day, according to the Greencastle Middle School WeatherSTEM unit, is not unheard of, a rain that started Saturday morning in Central Indiana and did not let up until evening, followed by overnight winds, caused 18 weather-related incidents in Putnam County between 2 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday...