Stories from Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Merle A. Walters, 90, Coatesville, died Monday evening. Born in Putnam County, she was the daughter of George and Etta (McCloud) Stewart. She had worked in housekeeping at Hendricks Regional Health for several years, retiring in 1980. she was the oldest living member of Coatesville Missionary Baptist Church...

Lesia Annette Wager, 45, Greencastle, died Tuesday morning at Putnam County Hospital. Born in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Norman Jones and Jennalee "Jenny" (Moore) Butts. A 1979 graduate of Grencastle High School, she had been a homemaker, and worked at Almost Home for five years and at Eitel's Flowers for two and one-half years...

After being5-through five innings, the South Putnam High School baseball team rallied back to win its season opener, 9-6 in extra frames over Cloverdale Tuesday. It looked like the Clovers were going to get their first win of the season when Michael Neese scored on an Eagle error, giving Cloverdale a 1-0 lead. ...