Stories from Tuesday, May 29, 2007

By LISA MEYER TRIGG, Editor County officials will be taking another look at a countywide animal control ordinance to see if federal regulations are better suited to local needs. Putnam County Commissioners considered a local ordinance this week that followed state animal welfare laws. But veteran exotic animal owner Ty Sutherlin told Gene Beck, Kristina Warren and Jim Baird that federal law would work better, in part because of the type of animals it covers...

CLAYTON -- With its only conference loss still lingering, the North Putnam Cougars lit up the host Cascade Cadets in the opening round of the class 2A Sectional 44 Monday, as North run-ruled the Cadets 13-0 in five innings. The win gives the Cougars 21 wins on the season, which is a school record...

CLAYTON -- South Putnam blasted into the Cascade Sectional 44 and trounced the Monrovia Bulldogs, 13-0 and advanced to face county rival Cloverdale on Thursday. "The freshmen aren't freshmen anymore," coach Harold Campbell pronounced after Monday's win. "Everything is clicking and starting to fall into place."...

SPENCER -- When Greencastle's Zac Remsburg homered on the second pitch of the ball game Monday afternoon, it looked like Greencastle's opening round sectional game with Brown County might be a shootout. However, only three more runs were scored in the remainder of the seven innings. Two of those belonged to the Tiger Cubs, and they advanced to Thursday's sectional semifinal with a 3-1 victory over the Eagles...

Died May 24, 2007 Denato Migliorini, 93, Chesterton, formerly of Griffith, died Thursday. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Griffith, and was retired from the Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 with 68 years of service. He was a former scout master of troop 531, a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, and served with the Civilian Conservation Corp...

Dec. 11, 1932-May 27, 2007 Marvel "Joan" Leeke, 74, Roachdale, died Sunday at Hendricks Regional Health. Born at Jeffersonville, she was the daughter of Jesse F. and Marvel Ruth (Dean) Jones. She graduated from Roachdale High School in 1950 and Purdue University in 1956. She later received her master's degree from DePauw University. She taught at Barnard School and then taught kindergarten at Bainbridge Elementary for many years. After high school she worked for Roachdale Bank and Trust...

Aug. 5, 1922-May 27, 2007 Opal M. Burk Eglen, 84, Brazil, formerly of Greencastle, died Sunday. Born in Owen County, she was the daughter of Otis and Laurie (Aubery) Hill. She retired from DePauw University in 1993, where she had been a cook for more than 42 years, most recently at Rector Hall...

Robert S. Eccles, 95, Greencastle, died Sunday at Asbury Towers. Arrangements are pending at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Elizabeth Crockett, 86, Greencastle, died Tuesday at Mill Pond Health Campus, Greencastle. Arrangements are pending at the Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Aug. 23, 1921-May 26, 2007 Marilynn Lee Colvin, 85, Paris, Ill., died Saturday at Paris Community Hospital. Born in Canton, Ill., she was the daughter of Mathias and Addie Haben. She was a homemaker and had also worked several years as a telephone operator and at Zenith in Paris, Ill...

Sept. 26, 1911-May 25, 2007 Eulalia K. Brewer, 95, Monrovia and Stilesville, died Friday at The Waters of Greencastle. Born in Mount Meridian, she was the daughter of Walter and Nettie (Hubble) Tincher. She was retired from Angwell Curtain Factory, Greencastle and was a member of the Crown Center Christian Church and the Cheermakers Club...

Jan. 8, 1948-May 26, 2007 David Lawrence Boston, 59, Cloverdale, died Saturday at his residence. Born in Indianapolis, he was the son of John L. Boston and Margaret J. (Jenkins) Neese. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He was a foreman at Citizen's Gas and Coke Utility, Indianapolis...

By MARIBETH WARD, Staff Writer Putnam County library patrons will soon have the opportunity to access two new online databases which allows them to log onto the same encyclopedia information as Greencastle School Corporation students. And, if they are a library card holder they can access the databases from their home computers. Board members of the Putnam County Public Library Board agreed to purchase two Grolier Online databases...

INDIANAPOLIS -- At the end of the day, it was a tale of two teammates during Sunday's Indianapolis 500. With the wet weather in the area, the day was bound to be rain-shortened. The action on the radar screen was almost as tense as the action on the track as the end of the race approached...