Stories from Monday, July 12, 2021

Seven young ladies stand ready to accept the Putnam County Fair Queen crown from 2020 winner Kinzee Wilson. The queen contest is set for 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 17 at the Fairgrounds Community Building. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5 or free for kids six years old and younger...

The latest killing of a police officer last week hit too close to home for members of the Greencastle Police Department. The shooting death of Det. Greg Ferency, a 30-year veteran of the Terre Haute Police Department, was the third slaying of a police officer in Vigo County in recent years...

With a theme of “Hometown Survivors-Staying Strong Together,” the 2021 Putnam County 4-H Fair Parade is set for 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 18. The parade will follow its usual course, Washington Street in Greencastle, starting at the Indianapolis Road intersection and continuing westbound to Putnam County Courthouse Square...

Numbers don’t lie, they say. But a multitude of numbers from statements of benefits from 21 individual abatements may have left city officials’ heads spinning. While the individual abatements -- all of which were approved except for two statements of benefits for IAC Corp. -- offered some intriguing numbers themselves, the big numbers came from Greencastle/Putnam County Development Center Director Kristin Clary, who offered up some surprising totals...

No serious injuries were reported following an incident in which a vehicle was inverted Friday morning. First responders were called to the incident on County Road 350 North at about 8:25 a.m. They found the vehicle on its side blocking the roadway...

ANDERSON – Brach Carrington finished with three tackles and a sack Friday night at the Indiana Football Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game held at Anderson University. The chance to make a bigger impact on the field was limited by the rest of the South defense, which had three interceptions, held the North running backs to eight yards rushing and got a pair of special teams touchdowns in a 45-7 throttling of the North squad...

Having helped South Putnam win three basketball sectionals during her four seasons of play, Chloe Custis has seen her fair share of success on the court. Improving on that will be a challenge that Lake Land College will offer the Eagle graduate as Custis signed on to join the Laker women’s basketball program starting in the 2021-22 school year...

Phil the Need is encouraging Putnam County families to sign up for its Tools for School program. Those wishing to sign up or who know a family in need are encouraged to visit www.PhiltheNeed.net. Each year, Tools for School purchases backpacks and preps them with a grade-specific supply list to be filled by participants...

Getting people together again. This is what local Volkswagen enthusiasts are looking forward to with the Volkswagen Brigade bringing up the rear of the Putnam County 4-H Fair Parade this Sunday. Not only will it be the first parade in two years, as it will be for everyone else. It will be the first one since the passing of Dick Funk — the consummate VW mechanic who worked out of D&K Beetles in Greencastle — in April of last year...

Two motorists were seriously injured in a two-car collision on Greencastle’s east side Saturday afternoon.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Colten Zachary Booe, 31. Born on May 6,1990, he passed away on June 20, 2021. Colten was an employee of Lincare Home Health Services in Bloomington. He was preceded in death by his father, Chad Booe; paternal grandparents Charles and Cheryl Booe and maternal grandfather Wesley “Gene” Lewis...

William “Bob” Robert Boller, of Ladoga, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 9, 2021. He was born on Jan. 12, 1958 in Greencastle, to James Curt and Mary Louise (Hubble) Boller. He worked for R.R. Donnelley and Son in Crawfordsville, where he was a pressman...

Helen Mae Andrews, 93, of Greencastle, passed away on July 4, 2021. She was born on in Fayette County on Jan. 15, 1928 to Clifton and Hazel Hamon. She graduated from Straughn High School. She was preceded in death by her husband ,Robert Andrews, her parents and her siblings, Aaron Hamon, Doris Scott and Thelma Robertson...

A pair of DePauw University athletes were recently earned recognition for their academic prowess. Emma Kennedy (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard), a rising senior at DePauw and midfielder on the women’s lacrosse team, has been selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District® VII Division III Women’s At-Large Team...

It’s almost fair time. The Putnam County 4-H Fair is just one of the many summer activities and events available throughout the county. 4-H members grades three through 12 work hard and diligently to complete a wide variety of projects to showcase during the fair. A 4-H’er can choose from various projects, including foods, clothing and sewing, crafts, photography, dog obedience, the traditional livestock projects, llamas and many more...

Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 9:52 p.m. Matthew A. Linde, 39, Carmel, was lodged at the jail on an out-of-county warrant for resisting law enforcement, refusal to give identifying information and public intoxication...

INDIANAPOLIS — District 44 State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) recently received appointments to serve on the Interim Study Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Interim Study Committee on Environmental Affairs. Throughout the summer and fall, Indiana state legislators serve on interim study committees where they work on policy, examine top issues, gather testimony and recommend legislation ahead of the legislative session kicking off in January...

While seven-year-old Isaac Hastings makes a face, Reelsville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary President Kimberly Stearley can only smile as both enjoy RVFD’s first Kids Carnival Saturday morning...

The former manager of the Cloverdale Casey’s General store is accused of stealing 16 cash deposits from the store in April and May. Erica N. Simpson, 39, Terre Haute, was booked in the Putnam County Jail at 10:58 a.m. Thursday for Level 6 felony theft...

Friends and family are invited to celebrate David and Nancy Landes’ 60th wedding anniversary. The family has reserved the Banquet Room at Putnam Inn in Greencastle on Saturday, July 17 from 2-5 p.m. David and Nancy were united in marriage on July 21, 1961...

The descendants of pioneer family Benjamin and Mary Ann Lisby, who were married in 1872, met June 27 at Swinford Park in Plainfield for their 85th family reunion. Families came from as far away as the state of Virginia, as well as the Indiana towns of Bloomington, Noblesville, Poland, Greenfield, Avon and the local towns of Fillmore and Coatesville...

One of the poisonous hazards that homeowners often deal with this time of year is poison ivy. Some individuals are lucky and never seem to get it, but others can be 10 feet away from it and still end up with it. The best way to avoid the irritation is by learning how to properly identify poison ivy. ...

Local residents are invited to experience the music of “Jason Powell and Divinity” Wednesday night in a free (donations accepted) 7:30 p.m. concert, the seventh in the 2021 Greencastle Summer Music Festival series, at Gobin Church. Powell describes the evening as “a night of inspiring praise and worship music, mainly composed of original and popular contemporary Christian and gospel..."