Stories from Thursday, April 11, 2013

Third Nine Weeks All A Grade 3: Grace Kinkead, Ellis Lyons, Ben Pierce, Bailey Probst, Lilly Dorsett, Hannah Clodfelter, Katharina Hornbuckle and Madison Porter Grade 4: Greeley Eastep, Evan Nesbitt, Hunter Rudes, Hailey York and Erykah Lasley Grade 5: Josie Lyons, Taylor Hensley and Abby Simmerman...

A/B Grade 12: Joshua McGinnis, son of Sean and Kimberly McGinnis of Greencastle; Matthew Watson, son of Tim and Julie Watson of Cloverdale Grade 11: Sean Sutherlin, son of Tim and Debby Sutherlin of Greencastle Grade 8: Elisha McGinnis, son of Sean and Kimberly McGinnis of Greencastle...

Third Nine Weeks All A Jeremy Hass, Michaela Nees, Ruth Ann Mann, Phoebe McDonald, Sadie Priest, Bailey Sanders, Ashley Cumbee, Kiara Boyd, Torrence Farmer, Brayden Mann and Lily Monnett A/B Ashton Betz, Valee Burchett, Shelbie Patton, Melissa Sizmore, Waylon Elmore, Nolan Kelley, Sky Lowe, Anna Powell, Gabriella Roberts, Tiffany Sizemore, Shelby Williamson, Parker Stevenson, Kedrick Coon, Denise Carrillo, Aubree Brranigan, Chase Ashcraft, Nat Monnett, Clay Meek, Emma McLaughlin, Grant Maners, Lexie Lacey and Emma Haywood. ...

Cloverdale High School acknowledged 32 students for perfect attendance and zero discipline referrals for the third grading period. Cloverdale High School promotes a character incentive program called P.E.D.A.L. The program stands for "Promoting Excellence through Discipline and Attendance enhancing Learning."...

TERRE HAUTE -- Indiana State University is accepting applications from talented high school students interested in taking part in this year's Summer Honors program. Summer Honors participants get a complete college experience, including staying in a university residence hall. They will work alongside some of the same experienced professors they will later learn from and conduct research with if they choose to attend Indiana State...

Members of the North Putnam High School Jazz Choir and Show Choir performed for the Prime Timers dinner at Roachdale Christian Church recently.

Travel back in time 400 years in the DePauw University Theatre's final mainstage production of the 2012-13 season, "The Herbal Bed." Set in Stratford-upon-Avon during the summer of 1613, the play is based on actual events that occurred when William Shakespeare's eldest daughter, Susanna Hall, was publicly accused of having a sexual liaison with her married neighbor and family friend...

Putnam County Habitat for Humanity is conducting a short Spring Flower Power fundraising campaign with brochure orders taken until April 20. Online ordering, meanwhile, will continue through April 26. Delivery begins the end of April for spring planting with 50 percent of each order, except shipping, going to benefit Habitat...

Local music lovers will have the opportunity to hear the world renowned recording artists The Canadian Brass perform live at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12 for the final concert in the DePauw University School of Music's 2012--13 Guest Artist Series. Earlier in the day the ensemble will present a free lunch hour lecture/demonstration at 11:30 a.m...

County Jail The following two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, Thomas L. Holzknecht, 72, Plainfield, was arrested for operating while intoxicated. At 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, David McCaslin, 49, Avon, was charged with probation violation...

Legislation expanding veteran-owned, small business opportunities has unanimously passed out of the Indiana House. Senate Bill (SB) 564, sponsored by District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle), will now go to the governor's desk to await his signature before becoming a law...

DePauw Jazz at the Duck will present the Frank Portolese Trio from 8:30-10:30 p.m. today at The Inn at DePauw's Fluttering Duck. The trio features 1975 DePauw graduate Frank Portolese on guitar, along with Fred Withrow on bass and Sam Withrow on drums...

The South Putnam Middle School track team won a three-way meet with Cloverdale and Lighthouse recently, scoring 72 team points. Lighthouse finished second with 36 and Cloverdale third with 29. Event Results Discus -- 1. Brittion, 93-6; 2. Workman, SP, 79-5; 3. Perry, SP, 79-5; 4. High, SP, 77-4...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale girls' track and field team picked up another win on Monday, winning a three-team meet against White River Valley and Eminence with a total score of 86 points. WRV had 57 and Eminence 18. Seniors Amillia Nally, Paige Gruner and Claudia Monnett each had a pair of event wins for the Clovers...

NEW ORLEANS -- Following a perfect 34-0 season including the NCAA Division III title, DePauw head women's basketball coach Kris Huffman has been named the Division III Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The announcement came at the annual WBCA Convention during the women's Division I Final Four. ...

WAVELAND -- The North Putnam boys' golf team was able to put its first mark in the win column after shooting a 171 against Turkey Run and Rockville at Turkey Run on Monday night. The three-way meet was the first regular season meet for all three schools this season...

The South Putnam girls' tennis team improved its season record to .500 on Wednesday after beating Turkey Run 3-2. The Eagles got quick wins at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, then battled for a three-set victory at No. 2 doubles. The match victory came one day after being shutout by Greencastle to open the season...

When local bowler Gary Cofer lined up for his 12th ball last Tuesday, he was locked in. For the second time in his 43 years of bowling, Cofer had a 290 with one ball left. The last time, on Nov. 2, 1998, Cofer came in a little light and left the seven pin standing to finish at 299...

The Girl Scouts South Putnam Service Unit 184 will be hosting a Dark in the Park Glow 5K Walk/Run on Friday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. at Greencastle Sports Park. All proceeds from the glow run will help pay for the girls to be able to attend summer camp. The fee for an adult runner or walker will be $20 during pre-registration and $25 during the day of the race. Children ages 1-15 will be $12 per runner or walker and $14 the day of the race...

The Walk for Wiggins fundraiser that helped build funds for the family that lost their lives in a house fire in February is still giving to the community. Jodi Clodfelter, organizer of the event, gave a final check to Mary Lee Rippy the Putnam County Special Olympics Coordinator. ...

CLOVERDALE -- Clerk-Treasurer Cheryl Galloway went before the Cloverdale Town Council during Tuesday evening's meeting to again make her case that the town is spending far more money than it is bringing in. Galloway presented the board and the audience with estimated income and expenses for 2013, which included taxes, utilities, insurance and more...

FILLMORE -- Planning continues on a storm sewer project on Main Street in Fillmore, and on Wednesday afternoon, the town council had a chance to review the plans. Councilors Alan Jones and Tami VanRensselaer discussed the plans with representatives from Robert E. Curry and Associates, the company doing the engineering work on the project...

The North Putnam High School Music Department and thespians will present the musical "Oklahoma!" on Friday, April 12, Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14. Performances will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the NPHS gymnasium. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door...

The DePauw women's basketball team was honored at halftime of the Indiana Pacers' game on Tuesday night. The Tigers were there to celebrate winning the NCAA Division III National Championship. Nearly every player was in attendance, but the team was without head coach Kris Huffman, who was recently named the DIII coach of the year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. For more on that award, visit Sports, 8A...

Cloverdale Middle School is hosting a health fair on Friday, April 12 for all CMS students. The fair will run from 8:30-11:30 a.m. A number of participants, including health officials, police, nutrition experts and the DNR will be in attendance.

With yet another evidently unpretentious female suspect seated before him to await sentencing for an admitted white-collar crime, Judge Matthew Headley couldn't resist commenting on what has become an unimaginable pattern of local indiscretion. "This is another case in our community of employment theft," the Putnam Circuit Court judge said Wednesday afternoon in pronouncing sentence seemingly not just on Kimberly A. Wright, 46, Cloverdale, alone but on local society as well...

Dorothy Mae Reeves, 88, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Born April 15, 1924 in West Point, Ind., she was the daughter of Virgil D. Akins and Gracie M. (Reynolds) Akins. She was married to Omer H. Reeves on May 17, 1944, and he preceded her in death on April 24, 2000...

To be honest, I probably couldn't separate the details of Obamacare from Osamacare if my life depended on it. Not that I've paid too much attention to the dialogue and rhetoric. After all, it really hadn't hit home for me until just now. With insurance issues and deductible dilemmas and flex spending and co-pays and all of that, I've managed to survive health care on a need-to-know basis. ...