Stories from Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Geraldine Ann Havens (Monty), 79, of Coatesville, passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 in the comfort of her home. Born May 25, 1935 in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of George and Lillie F. (Oakes) Tolson. She was married to John W. Havens Jr. for 55 years, and he survives...

The Putnam County Youth Development Commission is requesting public support of its 15th annual Coats for Kids Campaign. Boxes have been delivered to schools and businesses and PCYDC is in need of new or gently used coats of all sizes from infants all the way through teen years. There is also a need for hats, mittens and gloves to ensure local youths are warm during the wintry months ahead...

Dave Wells (center), exalted ruler of Greencastle Elks Lodge 1077, meets with members of the Greencastle Fire Department in anticipation of Thursday's 4-7 p.m. open house at GFD. The Elks Club will again be donating hotdogs, chips and other food for the event. ...

Oakalla Covered Bridge in Madison Township was among a number of covered bridges that were taken over by Model-T cars who were partaking in the 10th annual Parke County Covered Bridge and Wallace Model-T Garage Tour. More than 90 Model-T cars representing 16 different states not only toured the covered bridges in Parke County, but expanded into Putnam County as well on Tuesday afternoon. ...

Mahala Jane Truelove McCarter, 79, surrounded by her family, entered heaven's gates on Sept. 30, 2014. She was born on Dec. 21, 1934 to Ora Truelove and Pauline Keller Truelove in Linton. She is preceded in death by her father and infant daughter. Jane married James McCarter on March 9, 1956. They moved to Greencastle on July 4, 1960, with two small children and built a wonderful life together...

Roland Laverne "Spider" Tincher, 78, passed away September 29, 2014 at Millpond Health Campus. Roland was born July 8, 1936 the son of Wilfred Opal and Edith "Lucille" (Lisby) Tincher. He graduated from Fillmore High School in 1955. He was on the 1955 Fillmore Basketball Team that won the county sectional that year. He was also on the cross country and softball teams...

County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 12:23 a.m. on Saturday, James Hutcheson, 24, Roachdale, was arrested for driving on a suspended license. At 2:03 a.m., Gerald Ray McGuire, 37, Cloverdale, was charged with operating while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance...

The Putnam County Public Library has announced an Imagination Portal Logo Contest. The Imagination Portal is the name for the renovated Youth Services room at PCPL, and it needs a logo. The contest is open to young people up to age 19. Painters, digital artists and collage masters alike are encouraged to use their imagination to create a unique masterpiece...

Continuing a successful six-year collaboration, the cutting-edge string quartet ETHEL and Native American flutist Robert Mirabal, a three-time Grammy Award winner, will present the next evolution of the cross-cultural concert experience in the second Green Guest Artist Concert of the season at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 in Kresge Auditorium...

Momentum is a marvelous thing. It can be as difficult to stop as a cement truck rumbling down Water Works Hill. After all, it has the whole mass times velocity thing going for it. Ask your favorite football coach what momentum means. Check turnover rates and how momentum like that affects the outcome on the gridiron. Momentum usually yields victory...

Having grown up across just across the border from Illinois, I took particular relish in poking any fun I could at the Land of Lincoln. Have you ever heard Illinois called The Sucker State? I have. It's a now antiquated nickname that I was taught it as a child and have never forgotten. Much like "Hoosier," there's no solid explanation for the genesis of "Sucker." If I had to guess, I'd blame it on Missouri...

Often, after the fact, when a child has run away, or exhibited severe behavior problems, is hurtful to himself or others, people will rally around and provide support to the family. That is well and good, and essential for the recovery and day-to-day survival of the family. ...

The Son's Helping Hands clothing ministry is hosting chili suppers each Saturday during October to benefit the ministry. The chili suppers will take place from 4-8 p.m. on Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25 at the facility, located at 5943 E. State Road 240 (across the road just east of Blue Flame)...

WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw University student-run radio station, will be celebrating its 65th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 4. The celebration is set for 5-6 p.m. in the lobby of Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media on South Locust Street. The event is open to the public and everyone is welcome to come out and join in the festivities...

WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw University student-run radio station, will be celebrating its 65th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 4. The celebration is set for 5-6 p.m. in the lobby of Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media on South Locust Street. The event is open to the public and everyone is welcome to come out and join in the festivities...

The Greencastle Farmers' Market will have new fall hours starting this Saturday, Oct. 4 and continuing until the last market on Oct. 25. The farmers' market will now open at 9 a.m. and close at noon on the east side of the courthouse square.

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases David L. Padgett, 54, Bloomington, Class C felony home improvement fraud Gregorio Paniagua-Garcia, 43, Detroit, two counts of Class 2 felony dealing in a Schedule I controlled substance...

Area 30 Career Center will again host the annual Putnam County Area College Fair scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 8. The fair is scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m. at the Dixie Chopper Hotel and Conference Center at the Putnam County Airport on Greencastle's East Side...

ROACHDALE--Even though the Monrovia Bulldogs' athletic department switched conferences this past year, the North Putnam Cougars' volleyball team still kept them on the schedule. The Cougars (8-14 1-2WCC) gave the Bulldogs a going away present Tuesday night. They put their foot down and sent the Bulldogs away in three sets. The Cougars won all three, 25-15, 26-24 and 25-8...

The GHS Athletic Department introduces Coach Charlie Pingleton to lead the GHS wrestling program beginning with this 2014-15 season. Coach Pingleton is certainly no stranger to the Greencastle community, graduating from GHS in 2004. He is also well known for his accomplishments on the wrestling mat as he went 167-9 for GHS and finished as the IHSAA state runner-up in both 2003 and 2004, under Coach Russ Hesler...

Senior Night on the South Putnam tennis courts saw a 3-2 loss but it will be the loss of five seniors that will be missed more for the Eagles' team. Collin Berry, Zane Crosby, Ben Albright, Aaron Cole and Nick Chambers played what might be their last home match on Monday against South Vermillion as the sectional play begins this week...

Although authorities allege an Oklahoma man bashed his head through his truck window, dove face-first out of it onto the pavement, stripped himself naked, got tased in the head and ran off into the woods, the suspect says he recalls nothing of the Sept. 23 incident...