Stories from Monday, March 13, 2006

Paul Lewis Hamilton, 45, Stilesville, died Saturday at his residence. Born in Indianapolis, he was the son of Paul Wade Hamilton Jr. and Dorothy M. (Johnson) Hamilton. A 1979 graduate of Eminence High School and a U.S. Navy veteran, he was a disabled American veteran and a member of Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church at Stilesville...

Jeanette M. "Jan" Jones Dixon, 80, Greencastle, died Thursday at Putnam County Hospital after an extended illness. Born in Kentucky, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones. She had been employed by Batesville Casket Co., and was a server for the Holiday Inn and a long-time employee of the Putnam Inn, and a nursing assistant at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was a member of New Life Baptist Church...

CRAWFORDSVILLE -- Andrew Bretscher took his rapid improvement to a new level in the three-day Indiana Senior Short Course Championship swim meet that concluded Sunday at the Crawfordsville Aquatics Center. The senior from Greencastle, swimming for Sugar Creek Swim Club in its home pool, won the 100-yard backstroke, was second in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle and third in the 100 butterfly. ...

With more than 2,000 people watching Saturday night, the DePauw women's basketball team season came to an abrupt end. Hope College (31-1) defeated DePauw (29-2) 76-60 in the final game of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Quarterfinal. The Tigers struggled in the first half against Hope, only being able to capture the lead a couple of times...