Stories from Sunday, September 11, 2011

After months of fighting to stay open, the Humane Society of Putnam County has become the latest community victim of the poor economy and planned to close its shelter by the end of September. Board members expressed frustration during the lengthy regular meeting before reaching the difficult decision...

Magalene M. "Maggie" Mc Clelland, 87, of Brazil, passed away on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. She was born on Sept. 21, 1923 in Butler County, Kentucky to Willie Shannon Crowder and Mary Elizabeth "Bird" Haynes Crowder. Mrs. McClelland retired from P.R. Mallory Corporation after 15 years of service...

Mrs. Gwendolyn "Gwen" Crawley, 99, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 at Asbury Towers. Born March 24, 1912 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Van Denman and Eula Mae (Bogle) Thompson. She was a graduate of Greencastle High School and attended DePauw University. On Jan. 30, 1931 she married Evan A. Crawley and he preceded her in death on April 3, 2003...

William R. Powell, 77, of Mooresville, died Sept. 8, 2011. William was born to Paul I. and Mary (Randall) Powell on July 2, 1934 in Indianapolis. William married Gloria (Shires) Powell on July 3, 1953. He was a 1952 George Washington High School graduate. Before retiring in 1991, he worked as a machinist for Detroit Diesel Allison for 25 years...

INDIANAPOLIS -- On Saturday, the Greencastle boys' cross country team traveled to Ben Davis High School for the annual Regional Preview and placed 11th out of 20 teams. "We are really happy with where we placed today overall." Callahan said. "If you take out the teams who are not in our regional that competed here today, we were actually fourth. ...

BRAZIL -- The Greencastle boys' soccer team dominated Northview 9-0 Saturday on the road. Sonney Basham continued his offensive onslaught, scoring three goals to push his state-leading goal tally to 30. Teammate Brandon Query also scored three goals on the afternoon, with Mitchell Ball adding two goals and Alec Davis one...

Raymond F. "Ray" Nealon, 80, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. He was born in Binghamton, N.Y. on March 27, 1931 to Raymond and Margaret O'Shea Nealon. After graduating from St. Lawrence University, Ray served in the Army as a First Lieutenant in Germany. ...