Patricia Rose Bothwell, 83, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013. She was born on Nov. 6, 1929 in Terre Haute to Walter and Katherine Burchfield. Pat retired from IBM with 31 years of service. She was a life member of O.E.S., the American Legion Auxiliary, served as treasurer of EAA Chapter 1374 and as president of the IBM Retirees Club for 11 years...
Virginia L. Harbison, 79, of Crawfordsville passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth at Crawfordsville. She was born April 28, 1933 at Marshall, Ind., to Roy and Lucille Moore Jarvis. She was a member of the Russellville Community Church, Alamo Order of Eastern Star and the Montgomery County Teachers Association...
Improving the Planet is Up to Each of Us, World-Renowned Primatologist Jane Goodall Says in Ubben Lecture "Every single one of us makes an impact on this planet every single day," Jane Goodall told an audience at DePauw University tonight, adding, "and we have a choice as to what kind of impact we're going to make." The world-renowned primatologist, United Nations Messenger of Peace and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute delivered a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture, "Sowing the Seeds of Hope.". ...
Expressing its displeasure with a providing more money to the project, the Putnam County Council denied a pair of requests for additional funding to the Edgelea repaving effort on Tuesday. County Attorney Jim Ensley spoke to the council about a pair of expenses for the project that could be taken from the rainy day fund...
If it seemed like the rain was never going to stop Tuesday, it probably wouldn't surprise you to know that rain fell in record amounts across Central Indiana. Putnam County recorded a total of 2.52 inches from the overall storm at the reporting hour of 7a.m. Wednesday...
Greensburg may have the famous tree in its courthouse, but it's got nothing on the City of Greencastle when it comes to trees. For the 14th straight year Greencastle has received national recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation as a 2012 Tree City USA community. The city was again cited for its continued commitment to effective urban forestry management...
Gym wall improvements seem to be what the South Putnam School Board talks about the most, and during this month's meeting it was no different as the board decided to postpone the start date until June 1. The building repair project has been in the works for the past several months and finally the board made some more headway after it approved that the construction drawings be put out for bid...
INDIANAPOLIS -- District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has congratulated Phoenix Closures Inc., Greencastle, for receiving the WorkOne Achievement Award. In a ceremony Wednesday the Statehouse, 12 Hoosier companies and 12 individuals were recognized for their commitment to job creation as well as utilizing WorkOne's available resources for exceptional career development and personal advancement...
County Jail Four people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Tuesday. At 1:30 p.m. Allen Wayne Buis, 36, Spencer, was arrested for violation of home detention. At 1:40 p.m. Brandon Matthew Springate, 34, Indianapolis, was charged with contempt of court...
NORTH SALEM -- McCloud Nature Park will have an Earth Day celebration Saturday, April 20 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The celebration will include a series of free, family friendly demonstrations, hikes, crafts and environmentally friendly giveaways designed to educate and entertain...
BRAZIL -- A 2012 Indiana Prevention Resource Center Survey indicates that about six percent of Indiana 12th-graders have tried the designer drug ecstasy. Designer drugs are created to have similar effects as hallucinogens or narcotics but evade the current restrictions to illegal substances. Designer drugs include K2, spice and bath salts...
A wide range of musical styles from the 18th-century to the present -- including two new works by Indiana composer Alexis Bacon and by DePauw University student composer Josiah Rushing -- will be featured on the Percussion Ensemble's spring concert "Fire, Fugues and Fandangos" on at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Kresge Auditorium...
The Indiana Smoke 12-and-under travel baseball team won the RBI Preseason Tournament last weekend in Indianapolis. Several of the players are from the Putnam County community. Pictured are (front, from left) Creigh Remsburg, Dylan Kottkamp, Kurtis Ternet, Brian Lux, Jared Stephenson, (middle) Dalton Scott, Jaylen Sprague, Cole Edwards, Sam Tackett, Bryson Phillips, Darrin Tennis and coaches (back) Mike Stephenson, Chad Remsburg and Dale Kottkamp. (Courtesy photo)
While it's far too early to begin handing out post-season, or even mid-season awards, there have been several stars on the diamond in the early going. Too bad the recent rainfall has washed away their chance to shine. Senior Justin Bumgardner is on pace to break the South Putnam school-record for walks in a season and the Eagles have gotten off to a much more competitve start than many believed would happen...
LIZTON -- The Cougars traveled to take on Tri-West on Monday and, more than any meet so far for North Putnam, it proved to be like what golf is all about. After all the rain moved past, the evening turned out to be the nicest the Cougars have played in this year and they beat the Bruins 167-180...
Based on their performance at the Greencastle Rotary Club speech contest, two Putnam County high school students will be representing the club at the Rotary District 6560 speech contest on Saturday at Indiana Wesleyan University in Indianapolis. Greencastle High School student Joseph Fields won the local contest by discussing Rotary's Four-Way Test and how it can serve as a guide for those facing troubles in their lives...
The Cloverdale Middle School recently held a health fair in which a wide variety of vendors attended, bringing their expertise and handouts. The health fair ran from 8:30-11:30 a.m. with 400 students in grades 5 through 8 attending. Among the vendors participating were: Area 30 Health Careers Class, Putnam County Hospital Cancer Center, Elliot Optometry, Putnam County Health Department, US Army Corp of Engineers, Operation Life, Indiana State Police, Cloverdale Fire Department, Payton Manning Children's Hospital- St. ...
On Saturday, April 13 members of the Greencastle High School Band participated in the ISSMA Organizational Contest at Northview High School in Brazil. The 69-member band was entered in Group III. The band performed "The Golden Eagle March" by Harold Walters, "Simple Gifts from four Shaker Songs" arranged by Ticheli, and "Rise of the Firebird" by Steven Reineke...
Students, parents and staff from Cloverdale went to Washington DC over spring break in a trip led by Tim Savini. "Everyone has a lot of fun and really enjoys seeing all the different sites. It's neat for the kids to actually get to touch and see in person what we read and study in our text books. ...
Your beloved friend or relative will try in vain to figure out who it is. Best of all, it can’t possibly be you because you’ll have the perfect alibi: you’re not in Poland. You’re home, wherever that is, doing whatever it is you do when not driving your friends loopy with international mischief.
Buyer should probably understand that on a few occasions the Polish postal system has proven itself to be somewhat lacking: Christmas cards have arrived on Easter and vice-versa. If not all cards arrive promptly, one may blame Poland’s communist past.
Banterist underwent some quiet outpatient procedures yesterday, courtesy Dr. Everitz. Nothing major, just some behind-the-scenes adjustments and a few things you may notice: First off, a shout out to the middle column which now displays the …
Really interesting times we live in. The Drive Someone Insane with Postcards auction got some airtime on Glenn Beck's radio show yesterday. Glenn would be the first to tell you he's got the #3 radio show …