Stories from Monday, February 11, 2013

Wabash totaled 133 points and won the men's DePauw Indoor Track and Field Invitational. Rose-Hulman was second with 118.75 points. The host Tigers placed in a tie for 12th with 16 points. In the women's event, Bellarmine totaled 120 points and won the DePauw Indoor Track and Field Invitational on the Hollensteiner Track at the Indoor Tennis and Track Center...

Randy Ollie's bucket in the paint with one second left gave visiting Oberlin a 51-49 North Coast Athletic Conference win over DePauw at the Neal Fieldhouse. DePauw dropped to 14-9 overall and 7-7 in the NCAC, while the Yeomen improved to 6-17 overall and 4-10 in conference play. Six of DePauw's seven NCAC losses have come by four or fewer points...

EVANSVILLE -- Rudy Harris is going further this time. After missing out on a chance to go to the Indiana High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Finals in 2012, the South Putnam junior will make the trek to Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday, Feb. 15 after finishing third in the Evansville Semi-State Saturday...

SPENCER -- The 2013 session of Annie's Project -- a program developed to empower farm women to be better business partners -- is scheduled in Spencer each Tuesday from Feb. 19-March 26. Participants from Putnam County are welcome to join this program if interested...

Whether you like cooking, sewing, crafting, growing or showing, 4-H has something for you. To learn more about the local 4-H program and the Putnam County Fair, come and join the Purdue Extension Putnam County staff at the 2013 Putnam County 4-H Launch to find out where you fit into the 4-H Program...

Board members from the Mary Allison Children's Trust Fund recently accepted a donation from Gobin United Methodist Church in the amount of $2,026.30. The church is a 2013 trust patron for the charity. The money goes to support the Mary Allison Children's Trust Fund, which provides medical and educational assistance to all Putnam County elementary students. It was established more than 100 years ago...

The year was 1919. The year J.D. Salinger was born, Theodore Roosevelt died, Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize, and women had just won the right to vote ... when American arts patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge opted to spend a recent inheritance on sponsoring an international composition competition...

The second Putnam County Farm Bureau Legislative Update program of the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly is scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, beginning in the Farm Bureau boardroom on North Jackson Street in Greencastle. New State Sens. Pete Miller (R-Avon) and Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) will join District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) in a discussion of the current bills being discussed and debated at the Indiana Statehouse...

The Greencastle Civic League is preparing to sponsor its 20th season of Parkfest, a series of concerts that takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m. each summer at the bandshell at Robe-Ann Park. The Civic League offers these free concerts as a way to provide a cultural opportunity for the city and to thank citizens for the support they have shown their organization throughout the year...

Baritone Thomas Hampson, one of the world's greatest classical singers (and bit of a heart-throb), will perform with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in Greencastle on Saturday, Feb. 23. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. concert in the Green Center's Kresge Auditorium are available for advance purchase through the GCPA Box Office for $10...

Deer Meadow Primary School held its annual Winter Fest on Friday evening. Students, family and community members showed up to help raise money, which will go toward the Deer Meadow PTO. Among the activities were an open raffle, which winners were announced by Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray, a second raffle just for the students as well as carnival games...

FILLMORE -- In a town and an era where bad news in state funding has been the norm, Fillmore is on a hot streak. On the heels of the late 2012 announcement of a substantial grant to install storm sewers along Main Street, Fillmore will soon be receiving more than $20,000 for County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) due to the town...

Rita M. Davis, 50, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. She was born on July 26, 1962 in Bunckomb County, N.C., to Don Edward Campbell and Irma Lee DeBruhl Campbell. Her parents and a sister, Donna Campbell preceded her in death. Rita had been employed at Heartland Automotive for 17 years...

Mark A. Pickel, 90, of Boynton Beach, Fla., for the past 14 years, formerly of Crete, Ill., passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Boynton Beach. He was born June 17, 1922 in Roachdale. In 1949 Mr. Pickel graduated from Purdue University. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...

CLOVERDALE -- Following months of speculation the Cloverdale School Board officially relieved John Butler of his football coaching duties on Monday evening. Students and parents showed up in force for the second month in a row to voice their opinions on the issue, in support of Butler...