Stories from Monday, May 20, 2013

The Cloverdale baseball team tied a school record for wins in a single season with an 11-1 victory at Eminence on Friday. The Clovers' 20th win of the year was earned by senior Justin Wilson, who is now one away from the single-season record for wins by a pitcher...

The Greencastle junior varsity baseball team came back from a two-run deficit in the seventh inning to beat South Putnam to win the 2013 Putnam County Classic JV baseball championship game on Saturday. The softball championship was decided by a much less clear-cut decision. The three county teams -- Greencastle, Cloverdale and North Putnam -- played a round-robin format tournament and each finished with one win and one loss...

The Putnam County Non-Food Pantry, hosted by St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Greencastle, will be distributing items from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 25 in the parish hall at 520 E. Seminary St. In order to be eligible for these items, persons must bring proof of Putnam County residency...

CLOVERDALE -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced that the resurfacing project on Interstate 70 will close the westbound exit ramp at State Road 243 on Wednesday, May 22. The closure will begin at approximately 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. that same day to mill and resurface the ramp...

LaDonna Saul of Jedele Enterprises Inc. has been named the 2012 Outstanding Manager Award for the Terre Haute McDonald's Co-Op. The Outstanding Restaurant Manager Award is a nationwide honor that recognizes managers from owner/operator and McOpCo restaurants for outstanding performance...

CLOVERDALE -- Endeavor Communications hosted 4th District Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita on Friday, May 10 at Cloverdale. Congressman Rokita learned about the advanced technology Endeavor Communications uses with the building of its fiber optics infrastructure and the challenges rural telecommunications companies are experiencing with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reforms...

On Wednesday, May 29, Dr. John Stephens with Dermatology Inc. will be conducting free skin cancer screens at Putnam County Hospital. The screen is a bi-annual event that is sponsored by the Putnam County Hospital Cancer Center. "Early detection is the key to treating melanoma," Lou Fordice, LPN, stressed. "We offer the free screen to encourage more people to take an interest in their health and to protect themselves from cancer."...

Early on Friday morning, May 17, a fire broke out on the second floor of one of the buildings in our historic downtown. The Greencastle Fire Department was on the scene three minutes later, but in less than 10 minutes dark billowing smoke could be seen from blocks away...

Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Friday. At 10:45 a.m. David Lee Torrence, 53, Greencastle, was arrested for improperly entering a fire area, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct. At 1 p.m. Louis Wampner, 34, Moores-ville, was charged with probation violation...

In delivering his invocation at Sunday's annual Lincoln Day dinner, Pastor Jerry Campbell unknowingly became part of Congressman Todd Rokita's sermon to the Republican Party faithful. Shortly after the meal at the opening of the official program, Campbell prayed that Americans might correct themselves from a moral standpoint so that they might then fix the country economically...

Starting with a bit of a joke, commencement speaker Elisa Villanueva Beard caught the DePauw University Class of 2013 a little off-guard Sunday, and then really took them out of their comfort zone. A1998 graduate of DePauw and co-chief executive officer of Teach for America, Villanueva Beard said despite her Mexican-American heritage, the best advice for the moment at hand came from Irish tradition...

After a Friday fire heavily damaged four downtown businesses, two of the owners did not spend the weekend feeling sorry for themselves. Instead, Dr. Perry Wainman and Lester and Judy Wilson are feeling glad to be walking away with their health and the chance to start over...

Kevin Eugene Dunn, 51, of Fillmore, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Hendricks Regional Hospital. He was born Sept. 1, 1961 in Greencastle to Norman and Rebecca (Simmerman) Dunn. He attended Greencastle schools and worked at Spiker Excavating. He was a member of the Fraternal Order Of Eagles and enjoyed camping, the outdoors and cookouts with his family...

Gail Lyon, 73, Greencastle, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013. Memorial services will be conducted at a later date. A full obituary will be published in the BannerGraphic at that time. Arrangements are being handled by Bousley-Hays Funeral Home, Coatesville...

Betty McGaughey, 88, of Greencastle, passed away at Asbury Towers in Greencastle at 11 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013. She was born on Jan. 20, 1925 at Greencastle to Oscar and Minnie Miller Morlan. She loved her five kids, loved to cook and was well known for her yeast rolls which were fondly called "Betty Buns."...

Andrew H. Cunningham, 89, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Born Aug. 10, 1923 in Putnam County, he was the son of Rayburn and Zella Cunningham. He was a graduate of Amo High School. He married Letha (Petro) Cunningham on Aug. 23, 1947, and she preceded him in death on March 15, 1997. He married Norma (Combs) Sears Cunningham on Feb. 13, 2003 and she preceded him in death on June 17, 2004...