Stories from Sunday, October 19, 2014

Two Greencastle teens reported missing early Friday morning were located at a trailer park in Brazil Monday morning thanks to a tip from a concerned citizen. According to the Greencastle Police Department, the 15-year-old teens, Keegan Bingman and Brittany Davis, were last seen Friday morning between 4-5 a.m. Their whereabouts since then had been unknown prior to being reported to Putnam County Dispatch...

Hubert L. McGaughey, 88, of Morton, passed away October 17, 2014. The son of the late Lafe V. and Ivyl P. (Sutherlin) McGaughey, Hubert was born on March 29, 1926 in Morton. He attended Morton Grade School and graduated from Clinton Center High School in 1944. The enjoyments of his life were family, farming and traveling...

D. Dale Pitts, 82, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. He was born on Nov. 16, 1931 in Putnam County to Donald F. Pitts and Helen C. Cooper Pitts. Dale was a 1949 graduate of Greencastle High School, and served his country in the US Air Force during the Korean War...

Scott B. "Scottie" Hoover, 30, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. He was born on Jan. 19, 1984 in Greencastle to Scott N. Hoover and Patricia M. "Patti" Gorham Hoover. Scottie was a 2002 graduate of Greencastle High School and was employed with his father in the family business, Hoover Painting...

Virginia May Kieffaber, 88, formerly of Reelsville, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 while a resident of Asbury Towers in Greencastle. Virginia was one of two daughters born in Reelsville on Feb. 14, 1926 to Barney and Bertha Ungerer. Her older sister, Martha (Ungerer) Cusick preceded her in death...

Donna J. Lehr, 75, of Cloverdale, passed away Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 at Westridge Health Care, Terre Haute. She was born Nov. 10, 1938 in Star City, Ind. She was the daughter of the late Raymond McCroskey and Ruth (Velken) White. She married Kenneth Lehr on Feb. 28, 1966, and he preceded her in death Nov. 10, 1981...

Area 30 Career Center recently held its second annual Scholarship Golf Scramble

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, an informational reception for Connie Lawson, the current Indiana secretary of state, will be hosted by Gail Smith, owner of Almost Home Restaurant in Greencastle. The public is invited to the free event, which will be from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. and will include a wine, cheese and dessert buffet...

St. Paul's Catholic Church in Greencastle will have an Oktoberfest fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 25. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the fundraiser, which features both indoor and outdoor activity at the church, is set for 4-11 p.m. It is open to the public and will feature food, a beer and wine garden, a country kitchen booth, bingo and pull tabs...

Transformers is extending an invitation to the community to attend an Oct. 29 workshop featuring Phil DeVol. DeVol is a community sustainability expert and the author of "Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities." The goal of this workshop is to build a comprehensive approach to reduce poverty and to build a sustainable community. By understanding that all sectors and economic classes need to speak the same language and work together, this workshop will:...

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

KOKOMO -- Having waited over a week and a half to resume play in the IHSAA Individual Boys' Tennis tournament, Greencastle seniors Kaleb Fleming and Jake Mangrum finally got the chance to play for a spot in the state finals at the Kokomo Regional Saturday morning and afternoon...

Every autumn like clockwork, days grow shorter. Cooler heads prevail. And trees turn brilliant shades of red, yellow and gold before dropping their leaves to pile up on lawns and roadways. Thus it's also annually the time for Greencastle Street Department workers' thoughts to turn to those falling leaves. Or at least thoughts of how to get rid of them...

Indiana residents will have an opportunity to view a partial solar eclipse on Thursday, Oct. 23, but clarity of the eclipse will depend upon weather conditions. The partial eclipse will begin at 5:43 p.m. Thursday -- about an hour before sunset, according to Alexander Komives, professor and chairman of the physics and astronomy department at DePauw University...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Kindness from an unexpected source will likely mean a lot to some Indiana veterans this winter. An offender from Putnamville Correctional Facility, using his own limited means, has donated an afghan to the Greencastle American Legion for the benefit of the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette...

INDIANAPOLIS -- After running at South Putnam three consecutive times at the end of the regular season, South Putnam, Greencastle and two members of the Cloverdale girls' team took part in the Ben Davis Regional Saturday. The event was won by Avon. No local teams advanced, as the Greencastle girls took seventh place and South Putnam placed eighth, but three runners from Greencastle, Brittany Love, Arianna Pershing and Corrine Romer, and Putnam County front-runner Maddie Egold of South Putnam will be advancing to the Carmel Semi-Final.. ...