Stories from Wednesday, August 26, 2020

In a schedule change that will benefit all four schools, Cloverdale has traded high school football opponents with Seeger for Friday night and will now travel to fellow Class 1A team Madison-Grant instead of Class 3A Twin Lakes. Game time is 7 p.m. Originally, Cloverdale added Twin Lakes as its week two opponent in the off-season and Seeger was scheduled to play Benton Central. The Seeger-Benton Central game was canceled, and Seeger picked up Madison-Grant as a replacement...

Any physics student at Greencastle High School should be able to recite Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. On Monday, the law was applied to school scheduling in Greencastle. In delaying the start of school by one week as educators prepared for the combination of virtual and in-person learning, Greencastle Community Schools had to make up for the five missed days somewhere in the calendar...

DePauw University officially welcomed its newest students Wednesday as they moved into their new homes.

As the Democratic nominee to be Indiana’s chief legal officer, Jonathan Weinzapfel has some ideas on reforming the criminal justice system. However, as he talked about police, courts and other matters to a gathering of Putnam County Democrats via Zoom Tuesday evening, the word “defund” never crossed the attorney general candidate’s lips...

One hundred years ago on Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, allowing women the right to vote. Leading up to that moment, the women’s suffrage movement dated back to the Civil War where the country was split in two. Fast forward to today, the Putnam County Museum, the Putnam County Public Library, the Putnam Greencastle League of Women Voters and the Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County together came together in Robe-Ann Park to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the occasion on what has come to be known as Women’s Equality Day.. ...

Life Cycles of Putnam County, a collaboration between Phil the Need, United Way of Putnam County and the Putnam County Wellness Coalition with leadership from Purdue Extension, provides a refurbished bike, new helmet and lock to anyone at least 16 years old who is referred by a community member who isn’t family or a close friend...

The Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association (PCHPCA) has announced the launching of its refreshed website, www.pchpca.org. The website features expanded information on hospice, palliative care and advance care planning designed for the general public, health-care professionals and trusted advisers...

The Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association (PCHPCA) is reminding the community that World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is Saturday, Oct. 10. This year’s public theme is “Palliative Care: My Care, My Comfort..."