Stories from Monday, August 2, 2021

Surprise, surprise, surprise. Winners of the Spirit of the Fair Award and the Edith and Noble Fry Memorial Award at the 2021 Putnam County Fair Family Fun Day were both caught unaware when those honors were presented at the Adult Open Class Building portion of the Community Building...

The county’s chief advocacy group for farmers is expressing concern over the state of local county roads. On Monday, Putnam County Farm Bureau Inc. officers Ray Poynter Jr. and Steve Cash, along with other local farmers, attended the Putnam County Commissioners meeting to express their concerns...

“You never miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.” This is what a community member expressed in an October 1993 letter about having a library to serve Greencastle and Putnam County. Underscoring it was whether the Putnam County Public Library needed to expand...

As I sat, half-hunched over and sweltering at the Putnam County Fair last week, it came to me that the fair really ought to have some senior citizen competition. Oh sure, I know the fair offers adult open competition in a number of things from pie baking to quilt making to photography. But it’s missing the boat without a competition where seniors can share their various maladies with the winner getting a blue ribbon in growing old gracefully...

Stepping outside his normal daily duties, Bainbridge Deputy Marshal Adam Logan (above) helps a young lady pick out a dress Friday at the Greencastle Walmart story during the Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police annual Shop-with-a-Cop event...

Created less than two weeks ago by action of the Putnam County Council, the Putnam County Park Board now has a complete five-member board. On Monday, the Putnam County Commissioners, acting at the request of Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Eric Freeman, appointed Darrell Wiatt of Russellville as the fifth and final member of the new board...

CLAYTON — As quick as fall sports arrived, so to did the first match of the 2021-22 athletics year as Greencastle traveled to Deer Creek GC to face Monrovia Monday morning. With the Bulldogs short staffed, the Tiger Cubs won the match by default though among the three scoring players, the hosts were leading by eight strokes with 177 compared to the visitors’ 185...

It’s that time of year again when parents get excited and students are looking forward to going back to school. The Putnamville State Police Post would like to pass along some safety tips to help make sure that this school year is safe for everyone...

SPENCER -- A 55-year-old Putnam County man is facing several drug-related charges after his arrest on five counts Saturday along with a 56-year-old Indianapolis suspect, Indiana State Police reported. James Carr of Bainbridge was arrested by Trooper Iam Portteus on charges of possession of a hypodermic syringe, a Level 6 felony; trafficking, a Level 5 felony; possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor; possession of marijuana with a prior conviction, a misdemeanor; and false informing, a misdemeanor. ...

State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) invites constituents to weigh in on Indiana’s redistricting process during upcoming public meetings. “Redistricting affects all Hoosiers,” Baird said. “I hope citizens take advantage of these meetings and engage in the process.”...

Members of Gobin Church and SAWs (Servants at Work) volunteers gather as the church presents a $1,000 community grant to the ministry. SAWs is a mission of the Greencastle Presbyterian Church that has been providing handicap ramps, steps and safety rails to disabled residents in Putnam County since 2009...

It’s that time of year again when parents get excited and students are looking forward to going back to school. The Putnamville State Police Post would like to pass along some safety tips to help make sure that this school year is safe for everyone...

A new music boutique at 5 W. Franklin St., Greencastle, #harmony will host a grand opening on Friday, Aug. 6, in conjunction with the Greencastle First Friday event. The event will include music and refreshments as well as deals on apparel, accessories, home items and gifts and musical performance supplies...

Maxine Patterson will celebrate her 100th birthday on Sunday, Aug. 8. Friends and well-wishers may take part in a shower of cards and flowers for Maxine, in care of The Waters of Greencastle, 1601 Hospital Dr., Greencastle, IN 46135. Maxine is the mother of Dave Patterson, Linda Mundy and Don Patterson...

The Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues its series of free 7:30 p.m. Wednesday concerts in Gobin Church this week with a program by Percussion Group DePauw, a project established by Ming-Hui Kuo, the DePauw School of Music’s percussion professor, and Ben Hogan...

P.H.I.S.H. (People Helping Improve Soil Health), a local urban soil health working group, will present an end-of-the-year gardening program at the Indiana State University Community Garden, 219 N. 11th St., Terre Haute, on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon...

Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Saturday • At 8:36 p.m. Kellsey L. Keyt, 24, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine, two counts of unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of marijuana, driving with a suspended license and on a local warrant...

James J. Hess, 72, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 31, 2021. He was born April 19, 1949 in Long Island, N.Y., to the late James and Wanda (Ahlm) Hess. Jim married Kathy Lybbert in the Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake, Utah, on April 6, 2009, and she survives...

Steven Ronald Hoopingarner, 70, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at his home. He was born on July 19, 1951 in Brazil to Ronald and Jeannine (Ewing) Hoopingarner. Steve attended Van Buren High School and graduated in the class of 1969...