Stories from Thursday, August 11, 2022

CLOVERDALE — With Town Marshal Steve Hibler relating that the Cloverdale Police Department has had a busy time personnel-wise, the aim recently has been to fill critical vacancies. Part of this is capitalizing on what the department has now...

The City Pool has been drained. The lifeguards are all back at school. And the Greencastle Park Board can begin looking at a bounce-back year for 2023. Planning is under way for a full seven-day week at the pool next season, Assistant Park Director Chrysta Snellenberger told the Park Board at its August meeting. She said the Parks Department hopes to have the SPARK summer program back as well...

Fair fatigue is a real thing. This is especially true here in the ol’ BG newsroom, where eight days of fair fun stretch into three weeks of typing and publishing fair results. (See today’s final set of 4-H results in the special B section.) So it is that in 16 summers here in Greencastle, I had never attended the Indiana State Fair, coming as it does directly on the heels of our Putnam County Fair — or in this year’s case, actually overlapping by a day...

CLOVERDALE — Despite declining enrollment affecting its educational dollars, the goal remains for Cloverdale Schools’ financials to be consistent and take stock of resources. This was the overarching message Supt. Greg Linton had for the Cloverdale School Board Monday evening as it prepares to submit and receive its budget for 2023...

With its financials buoyed by increased enrollment, administration at South Putnam Schools are looking to have a budget that is built on positive trends moving forward. With Brandon Penrod of Equitable Education Solutions having drawn up the report but unable to attend, Supt. Corey Smith broke down the school corporation’s proposed 2023 budget for the South Putnam School Board Wednesday evening...

While I can truly say that getting a glimpse of cutting-edge agriculture from a Roachdale-based family was the highlight of my day at the Indiana State Fair, it wasn’t the only enjoyable part of my day in Indianapolis. I was, first and foremost, looking for anything Putnam County-related that I could find...

There will be a “Living with Low Vision” meeting from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Putnam County Comprehensive Services located at 630 Tennessee St., Greencastle. The guest speaker will be Danny Wayne Beemer, Low Vision Program director from The Wabash Independent Living and Learning (WILL) Center...

BRAZIL — The Brazil Concert Band will present Classics of the BCB, Take Two, directed by Matthew Huber, Sunday, Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. in Forest Park, rain or shine. This week’s free performance will again feature band favorites through the decades. From the pen of John Philip Sousa will come “The Pathfinder of Panama,” which recognized the newly completed Panama Canal, and “Jack Tar March” for the Navy in World War I...

Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • An Indianapolis woman was arrested twice by Cloverdale police in separate Wednesday incidents. At 10:28 a.m., 23-year-old Taylor N. Whitson was taken into custody for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia...

The 2022 Dust Bowl 100, presented by Lithko Contracting, is done and dusted. The 100-mile men’s race came down to a three-up sprint to the line, with Mark Myles (Mark Myles Racing/Be Real Sports) edging out Drew Dillman (Texas Roadhouse) and Trey Shepard (First Internet Bank) for the overall win. And the 100-mile women’s race was nearly as close, with Samantha Clark (Be Real Sports) besting Julia Priest (Greens) by just 10 seconds...