Stories from Friday, February 27, 2015

North Putnam Middle School seventh-grader Allison Staples recently served as an Indiana House page for District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) during the current session of the Indiana General Assembly...

Jerry D. Andrews, 74, Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Putnam County, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Born April 26, 1940 in Jasper County, he was the son of the late Earl H. and Lucy (Williams) Andrews. Jerry was a Greencastle High School graduate and he earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Indiana State University. He was a teacher and a coach at South Putnam High School and Cloverdale High School in the early 1970s...

Mill Pond Health Campus and the Greencastle Rotary Club are sponsoring a Wine and Canvas event Thursday, March 12. Scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., it will be held at Mill Pond Health Campus, 1014 Mill Pond Lane, Greencastle. Tickets are $50 each and include a buffet of appetizers and desserts, two drink tickets, canvas, paints, an instructor, plus your own masterpiece to take home...

CLOVERDALE -- A chili dinner, Bobbie Lancaster's singing, a purse auction with local auctioneer, Jeff Rich That's all being planned Saturday, March 7 for the Center for Women's Ministries inaugural Chili Dinner and Purse Auction from noon to 2 p.m. at the Cloverdale United Methodist Church...

Duo Damiana, an innovative chamber ensemble from Eugene, Ore., will premiere "Three Recitations," a virtuosic work by DePauw University School of Music Professor Scott Perkins, as part of the next Faculty Select Series concert. The performance will take place Thursday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Recital Hall of the DePauw University Green Center for Performing Arts...

A sign popped up Friday simply stating "We will be open at 5 p.m. today" in front of the new Don Julio restaurant on the north side of courthouse square in Greencastle. More than three-and-a-half years after the closure of Los Martinez restaurant and following months of renovation and public speculation...

City Police Footprints in the newly fallen snow helped Greencastle City Police make a pair of arrests Thursday morning, thwarting two apparent beak-in attempts. At 8:45 a.m., Renegade Vandiver, 21, Danville, was arrested at a Cottonwood Court residence for attempted burglary of a Ridgway Street home...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Johnathan P. McNulty, 33, Greencastle, Level 6 felony theft Renegade B. VanDiver, 21, Danville, Level 6 felony attempted personal entry Troy R. Childers, 40, Roachdale, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated...

Mill Pond Health Campus and the Greencastle Rotary Club are sponsoring a Wine and Canvas event Thursday, March 12. Scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., it will be held at Mill Pond Health Campus, 1014 Mill Pond Lane, Greencastle. Tickets are $50 each and include a buffet of appetizers and desserts, two drink tickets, canvas, paints, an instructor, plus your own masterpiece to take home...

For most of winter 2014-15, Greencastle residents haven't have much snow to play with. In fact, as of the Feb. 5 Park Board meeting the Greencastle Park and Recreation Department had yet to receive its first Snow Sculpture Contest entry. But with the recent snow that's fallen on the Greencastle area (more than a foot during February), the opportunity is there to build a snowman, snow creature or a snow sculpture and submit a photo of your creation to the Greencastle Park and Recreation Department by Wednesday, March 4.. ...

At DePauw University, Percy Lavon Julian stands as one of its most heralded graduates. His name, synonymous with research and lab work, adorns the university's science center. In Greencastle, the street that runs past both the high school and middle school is known as Percy Julian Drive...

A community center or an East Side infrastructure project? One an attractive venture long perceived as a quality-of-life dividend, the other a much-needed shot in the arm for day-to-day life and local traffic management. No decision has been reached yet, the Redevelopment Commission was told this week, on which way the City of Greencastle will turn for a bond issue project necessary to extend the life and usefulness of its TIF (Tax Increment Financing) district...

DELAWARE, Ohio -- The DePauw University men's basketball team rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit Friday night to defeat Ohio Wesleyan, the No. 1 seed in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament, 69-65. With the victory, the Tigers, now 18-9, advance to the NCAC championship against Wooster, 68-55 winners over Wabash College in the opening semifinal game Friday night...

A tough senior night at McAnally Center for the Greencastle boys' basketball team turned into an eight-point loss Friday. North Montgomery took the win 54-46. "It was disappointing for our seniors," GHS coach Troy Greenlee said. "It's the last game that they'll play in the regular season here. We had such a great first half, being up 10. We come out in the second half and I thought we just didn't perform well."...

Rolling Stone Covered Bridge and Floyd Township show their winter beauty on a recent morning.

DePauw University's No. 7-ranked women's basketball team suffered only its second-ever NCAC loss, dropping a surprise 72-65 decision to Ohio Wesleyan in the NCAC Tournament Friday night in Greencastle. The Tigers held a three-point lead at halftime but 29 combined points from Taylor Dickson and Emily Julius in the second half, including seven threes between the pair, sank the hosts as the Battling Bishops outscored DePauw 44-34 in the final 20 minutes...