Stories from Sunday, January 11, 2015

Alice C. Cantonwine, age 89, a lifelong resident of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Born March 5, 1925 in Putnam County, she was the daughter of Dwight E. and Dovie (Leucas) Vanlandingham and was a 1942 graduate of Reelsville High School. She married C. Estle Cantonwine on Jan. 14, 1945 and he preceded her in death on October 3, 1986...

Steve Ray Vermillion, 71, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. He was born on March 26, 1943 in Crawfordsville to Wendall Shaw Vermillion and Nettie Duncan Vermillion. Steve served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was the owner of Vermillion Electric and was a member of the Eagles Aerie 4388, Loyal Order of Moose 1592 and American Legion Post 58...

Amanda L. Reiblich, 99, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. She was born on July 19, 1915 in Lizton to Roscoe Leak and Minnie Noe Leak. Amanda was a graduate of Lizton High School and graduated from Central Normal College, and subsequently received her Master of Education degree from the University of Maryland...

Ronald Ray Phillips, 79, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. He was born on Feb. 16, 1935 in Putnam County to Raymond Arnold Phillips and Clara Elsie Flint Phillips. Ron retired from the DePauw University Maintenance Department with 16 years of service...

Steven Michael Joyce, 60, of Roachdale, passed away Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 at his residence. He was born on June 17, 1955 in Indianapolis to the late Joseph M. and Patricia L. (Wehrman) Joyce. Steven was a 1973 graduate of North Putnam High School. He then went to work for UPS as a driver for 34 years, until retiring at the age of 52...

CLOVERDALE--The Cloverdale Clovers seventh-grade boys' basketball team hosted a tournament Saturday with three other teams, Clay City, Eminence and Monrovia. Cloverdale won both of its games to secure a championship title. Cloverdale got to the championship by winning its first game 41-24 over Eminence. ...

ELLETSVILLE--In its continued quest for its second win of the season, the South Putnam boys' basketball team hit the road for a second straight contest, traveling to Edgewood Saturday night. While both teams struggled to get going in the opening minutes, the Mustang offense eventually took off while the Eagles languished behind, falling 66-26...

ROACHDALE--Second half woes continued for the North Putnam girls' basketball team Saturday against Brown County losing 45-20. North Putnam opened the game with a Taylor Nauert two-point field goal on the first possession, but that was the only time they would see the lead in the game...

Greencastle-- The Greencastle Tiger Cub boys' basketball team won its seventh game of the year and second of weekend with an exciting 52-45 win Saturday. Its 11 point win over Rockville Friday night helped the Tiger Cubs get to 7-3 on the year. The opening minutes of the game saw the teams trade three pointers. ...

When all was said and done at Crawfordsville High School Saturday afternoon, Greencastle's swim teams stood tall at the 2015 West Central Conference meet. While the boys' side pulled away from the field of North Putnam, South Putnam and Cascade with a team score of 371, the girls' side needed every point they could muster, edging past the Cadets by the slender margin of 356-352...

The Purdue Extension Putnam County office staff would like to welcome Jenna Nees who will be joining the staff as the new Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Extension Educator beginning on Feb. 1. Since September, the position has been vacant with the departure of Ann Delchambre...

The Putnam County Commissioners recently made their annual appointments of department heads and other appointed employees, choosing to leave the positions largely unchanged. The 2015 appointments include Kathleen VanArsdale, microfilm; Brian Smith, head custodian; Tom Gilson, jail maintenance; Mike Ricketts, county highway supervisor; Robbie Cudnik, plat office/GIS; Doug Ehmen, county planner; Dave Costin, 911 director; Jerry Williamson, veterans affairs; Ken Hutcheson, Doug Crawley and Mike Phillips, custodians; Radene Varvel, highway administrative assistance; and Brenda Turner, highway secretary.. ...

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored Monday, Jan. 19 at DePauw University with a special public presentation. Brian McGowan, assistant professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University, will discuss "Contextualizing the Struggle: Past, Present and Future." His speech will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the auditorium of DePauw's Richard E. Peeler Art Center (southwest corner of Hanna and Indiana streets)...

With Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on Thursday, Jan. 8, Cathy Proctor's second-grade class at Roachdale Elementary School decided to recognize the sheriff's deputies in Putnam County.

In 21 years, money from the Clody's One Eye Golf Scramble has helped kids from around the world. The annual tournament has raised $160,000 for Riley Hospital for Children over that time, with the money not only going to the hospital's ophthalmology department in Indianapolis, but supporting programs teaching pediatric ophthalmology around the world...

The Putnam County Community Foundation has announced that it is accepting applications for Community and Endowment Builder Grants. All 501(c)(3) public charities, churches and units of government are eligible to apply for Community Grants and Endowment Builder Grants...

FILLMORE -- A mostly uneventful first meeting of the year for the Fillmore Town Council was highlighted Thursday by the first official meeting of a new town council member. Third Ward Councilman Meredith Trusty took his place with fellow councilman Curt Leonard and President Alan Jones, as the council eased its way into the new year with a brief meeting...

As sports fans across central Indiana prepped for the Colts' NFL Divisional Round matchup with the Broncos on Sunday, many were also keeping one eye on the weather forecast. With the first precipitation hitting the area around 4 p.m., rain was set to turn to freezing rain later in the evening...

As part of the first project for the new Habitat for Humanity program A Brush of Kindness, volunteers fix the front door of a home in Cloverdale on Saturday.

Aura May Durham, 90, of Greencastle, died peacefully at home on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 after a two-year battle with cancer. She was born on June 30, 1924 in Greencastle, the youngest of six children born to Aura May Sawyer Durham and Andrew E. Durham...