Stories from Thursday, July 22, 2021

Sharing pointers as she goes, Tatum Straziscar (right) judges the 4-H foods project of young Hailey Strother Friday afternoon at the Putnam County Fairgrounds Community Building as 10-year 4-H’er and Junior Leader Bree Mahoney-Sutherland takes notes...

A dilapidated home on Greencastle’s East Side -- an eyesore and safety issue for more than three years -- finally met its demise Thursday. Well, sort of ... The house at 1008 Avenue C, located on the south side of the street, three homes east of Percy Julian Drive, was essentially knocked down Thursday. ...

With an eye toward managing People Pathways and getting state funding for the county, the Putnam County Council formally created a county park board on Tuesday evening. A matter of discussion in recent months, the creation of the Putnam County Park Board involved a number of factors, but Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Eric Freeman cited two in particular...

As teachers and students get ready for a new school year, South Putnam recently welcomed a new assistant principal who wants to place a value on interacting and supporting students. The South Putnam School Board approved hiring John Skomp to fill the vacancy left by Zach Love at South Putnam Middle/High School during its regular meeting last week...

RUSSELLVILLE — Replacing Russellville’s dilapidated water tower is still waiting in the wings. At this juncture, funding remains the greatest consideration. Brian Bullock of Beam, Longest and Neff (BLN) gave a brief update on the town’s newest bid to replace the water tower Wednesday evening. As he did at the council’s meeting last month, he spoke on the funding options available for the project...

Faith is a graduate of Greencastle and participated in one sport, tennis. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Faith Hartman: “Tennis in particular has become important to me. I’ve met some of my best friends and feel most at home on the court. Growing up, I was not really an athletic kid and didn’t think I’d love a sport like I love tennis. I keep going back to it.”...

For many local high school age students, the next few weeks are a busy stretch with team camps, first practices and fair week all quickly coming to a head before school begins. North Putnam senior Evan Baker is also prepping himself for a busy week, one far different from those of his peers...

4-H Exhibit Hall closes daily at 9:30 p.m. Adult Open Class closes daily at 9 p.m. Jessup Amusements open 5-10 p.m. July 26-30 Putnam County Antique Tractor & Machinery Club hosts a threshing demo Saturday-Friday at 5:45 p.m., followed by a tractor parade at 7 p.m...

Co-Alliance Cooperative recently honored Cloverdale and North Putnam graduates Brayden Mann and Jacob Pearl with $1,000 Solutions Scholarships. This award recognizes 41 local high school seniors who have demonstrated passion for agriculture, planning to study agriculture in college and be involved in agriculture in their local communities. This is the 14th year that Co-Alliance has given out the scholarship...

The Putnam County Public Library recently announced the restoration of its century-old skylight in the historic Carnegie building. This was undertaken in a spirit of recognizing the 25th anniversary of the addition to the library in 1996. The skylight was re-lit earlier this year. However, library staff noticed a large amount of damage to the stained glass and lead framework that make up the skylight...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Larry L. Watters, 36, Martinsville, Level 5 felony carrying a handgun as a felon, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated...

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 9:01 p.m. Linda R. Chiles, 60, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for counterfeiting and deception. • At 9:01 p.m. Ryder T. Chiles, 23, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail on a pair of out-of-county warrants...

The One Stitch at a Time Purdue Extension Quilt Club will begin meeting again at the Putnam County Museum on Tuesday, Aug. 3 and 17 at 10 a.m. Learn to quilt, share your quilting skills or come be a part of the club’s mission of making quilts for our veterans...

Eagles 4388 Auxiliary is helping Phil the Need for kids by having a clothing drive for gently-used and clean clothes for kids going back to school. Clean gently-used clothes can be dropped of at the the Greencastle Eagles Lodge, 307 Elizabeth St., starting Monday, July 26 from noon-8 p.m. each day. Clothes will be handed out to Phil the Need families on Aug. 6 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m...