Stories from Monday, October 14, 2013

A Fillmore woman died as a resulted of a single-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on State Road 240 just east of County Road 650 East. The Putnam County Sheriff's Department responded to the call at 3:41 p.m. after a 2012 Chevrolet Impala ran off the road and into a creek...

Gaylord Anson Vaughn, 63, of Belle Union, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. He was born on Oct. 18, 1949 in Greencastle to Robert Louis Vaughn and Mingle Fern Wheeler Vaughn. Gaylord served his country in the United States Marine Corps, and continued his service to his community as an active member of the Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as Firefighter 822...

The South Putnam High School class of 1973 will have its 40th class reunion at the Putnam Inn in Greencastle from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. Classmates should RSVP to Terri Grayson at teg@iendeavor.com.

The Putnam County Hospital Guild will sponsor a scrub sale on Friday, Oct. 18, from 7 a.m.-4 p.m., in the third-floor classrooms at the hospital. Scrubs, shoes and related items will be available. All medical personnel from physician's offices, nursing homes and other such facilities are invited to attend...

Putnam County Hospital will again be offering a group class for diabetes self-management on Monday, Nov. 4. The material will be divided into two sessions: Diabetes 101: Diabetes Basics and Diabetes 201: Proper Nutrition which will include carbohydrate counting...

TERRE HAUTE -- North Putnam's boys' soccer team was facing a familiar and unfamiliar challenge when it stepped back on to the field at West Vigo Saturday morning. The Cougars had already faced and lost to opponent Covington earlier in the season but they had a chance to rectify that result in an unfamiliar situation: a sectional final...

CLOVERDALE -- Lieber State Recreation Area will host Gobble-uns Weekend, featuring campsite decorating, crafts and trick-or-treating on Saturday, Oct. 19. Scheduled activities are include: -- 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.: Hayrides at the campground parking lot; $1 per person...

DePauw Jazz at the Duck will present the Weakley/Clark Group from 8:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday at The Inn at DePauw's Fluttering Duck. The group features Steven Weakley on guitar, Fred Withrow on bass and Lawrence E. Clark II on drums. Lawrence E. Clark III has toured the world with Lionel Hampton, James Moody, Grover Washington, JImmy Witherspoon, David Baker and Pookie Johnson. In 2005 he was inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame...

James Beckel and Robert Danforth, both principals with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and members of the DePauw University School of Music faculty, will present a joint concert of music for trombone and horn at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. A special feature of the Faculty Select Series program will be the premiere of "Concerto for Trombone" to be performed by the composer, James Beckel, with pianist Gregory Martin...

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor Ah, downtown ... New York City coined the term in the early 1800s, forever confusing travelers who never seem sure whether they're uptown or downtown. Petula Clark sang about it in the mid 1960s, implying downtown was some magical place where "things will be great when you're there, no finer place for sure ..."...

The TSC 4-H Paper Clover Campaign conducted each spring and fall is certainly no paper tiger in terms of its national significance and support for the local 4-H program. Nationally, 4-H programs can thank TSC for raising more than $2 million during the Paper Clover campaigns that have occurred over the last four years during each spring and fall...

The building that once housed the Greencastle IGA and Red & White grocery stores before being converted into the A-Way Home Shelter is getting a new lease on life. The property at 309 E. Franklin St. -- still home to the offices of the Greencastle Housing Authority (GHA) -- has been sold to Community Hub LLC, a partnership created by Bob Jedele and Matt Mascioli of Greencastle to facilitate the purchase the building...

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor A return to campus as the featured Old Gold Day speaker and Ubben lecturer Saturday at DePauw University was quite a trip down memory lane for Fox News anchor Bret Baier. The 43-year-old journalist cut his fair-and-balance teeth at DePauw as a member of the Center for Contemporary Media's first anchor team for the newscast "Evening Edition" more than 20 years ago. ...

Following the 1980 season, the DePauw football program was in minor turmoil. The team was experienced and talented and had just wrapped up a seven-win season, but for the fourth time in five years, they needed a new coach. More importantly, the Tigers hadn't beaten archrival Wabash in the last five meetings...

In a wide-ranging presentation that often swung from deadly serious to dead-on humorous, Fox News anchor and 1992 DePauw University graduate Bret Baier entertained and enlightened an Old Gold Day audience Saturday. "Washington is a place where they spin everything," Baier told a Kresge Auditorium Ubben lecture audience estimated at 675. "Every side has an angle. It's like three-dimensional chess."...