Stories from Friday, October 27, 2006

Lee Hamilton was quick to point out Thursday that the newly-formed Iraq Study Group is not intended as a solution to the war. Speaking at Meharry Hall in the East College building on the campus of DePauw University, Hamilton took part in the opening of DePauw Discourse 2006 Thursday, with moderator and former ABC News correspondent John McWethy...

Putnam County Museum opens its newest exhibit "In Service to Putnam County: Firefighting History" from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today. The county is indebted to the men and women who have acted as firefighters over the years for their tireless service to the people of Putnam County...

More than 40 percent of the fatalities in motor vehicle crashes on Halloween in 2005 involved a driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...

Oct. 21, 1913-Oct. 26, 2006 Walter H. Fischer, 93, Cloverdale, died Thursday at Mill Pond Health Campus, Greencastle. Born in Lincoln, Mo., he was the son of Ernest and Rosina (Sommerer) Fischer. He married Mary Josephine Coffelt on April 3, 1943. She preceded him in death on June 21, 2003...

March 4, 1929-Oct. 27, 2006 Thomas Guy Mullenix, 77, Carbon, died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born in Clay County, he was the son of Ross "Jack" Mullenix and Ella Dalton Harris Mullenix. He attended Van Buren High School before entering the U.S. ...

DANVILLE -- In football, a team's ability to take advantage of its opportunities can mean the difference between a win and a loss. For the Greencastle Tiger Cubs it meant a loss. The Tiger Cubs' season ended with a 34-7 loss to the Danville Warriors in the second round of Class 3A sectional action...

LINDEN -- The undefeated Class 2A third-ranked North Putnam Cougars' football team traveled to Linden Friday night to play No. 11 in the semifinal round of the Sectional 29 and came away with a 13-6 win. The Cougars entered the game hoping to avenge a 21-20 loss to the Chargers in the first round of the sectional last year and did so, advancing to play in the sectional championship game for the first time since 2003...

Cloverdale's 2006 football season came to an abrupt end Friday night as they were thoroughly dominated by an experienced Cascade group, 55-0 in a Class 2A Sectional 29 semifinal. In a game characterized by deplorable playing conditions, the Cadets won the turnover battle and methodically picked apart the Cloverdale defense en route to a sectional championship match up with undefeated North Putnam next Friday night...