Stories from Saturday, October 17, 2009

ROACHDALE -- Good thing for North Putnam there are two halfs to a high school football game. After a dismal first half plagued by turnovers Friday night, North Putnam pulled it together in the second half for a 20-0 win over Cloverdale to end the regular season...

SPENCER -- Most teams would have folded. Already trailing 13-0 at the half, the Greencastle football team allowed an 88-yard return to Owen Valley's Evan White to open the second half. At 21-0, they could have given up. No one would have blamed them...

GREENCASTLE -- The South Putnam Eagles finished with their best regular season since 2002 after defeating Cascade 28-6 Friday at Wildman Field. With the win, the Eagles enter the postseason with a record of 7-2. The Eagles had every aspect of their game working on Friday. They pounded the ball on offense, performed well on special teams and were punishing on defense. It all added up to a win for SPHS...

GREENCASTLE -- The Putnam County Community Foundation recently announced that the Rotary Club of Greencastle has established an endowment supporting the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Income from the endowment will be used for the maintenance and beautification of the 4-H Fairgrounds sign, originally donated to the Putnam County Fair and 4-H Club Association Inc. by the Rotary Club of Greencastle in 2005...

The Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS) recently announced that Murray Pride, retired North Putnam Superintendent has been named the District IV Superintendent of the Year. Superintendents in each of the eight IAPSS districts nominate and elect a district superintendent of the year based on qualifications and professional accomplishments. This marks the third time Pride has been so honored, having also received the award in 2003 and 2007...

GREENCASTLE -- Over objections from the state, bond for a Greencastle woman charged with four counts of felony battery was reduced. Treva J. Jackson, 35, faces four charges of Class C felony battery by means of a deadly weapon. She could be sentenced to a maximum of eight years in prison on each count...

Thomas "Tom" E. Wilson, 87, of Evansville passed away Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at Cypress Grove Rehabilitation Center in Newburgh. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Dorothy Wilson. Tom was the youngest of three children born and raised in Lewisburg, Tenn. He was the first in his family to finish a bachelor's degree, graduating from the Bowling Green College of Commerce in 1947...

Lloyd "Bode" Bodoh, 87, of Greencastle, formerly of Rockford, Ill., died at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in his home after a courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Born Sept. 17, 1922, in New London, Wis., the son of Jim and Louise Van Vorst Bodoh...