Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 2015

CLOVERDALE--The Cloverdale girls' and boys' track teams hosted a three-way meet with Lighthouse Christian Academy and North Central Farmersburg on Tuesday. Both Clover teams won with the boys winning with 75 points over Farmersburg's 61 and Lighthouse's 31. The girls won with 80 points over Farmersburg's 34 points and Lighthouse's 15...

CLOVERDALE -- CHS' baseball team fell twice at the hands of WCC rival Cascade both on Monday and Tuesday. Cloverdale played well at times during its first game against conference rival Cascade Monday, according to coach Jarrod Duff. But the Clovers fell 5-2 at home. The second was more one-sided with Cascade wining 7-1...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale's softball team took a come-from-behind win at home Monday against conference rival Cascade but it couldn't' pick up the sweep when it visited the Cadets Tuesday. After winning game one 5-4, it dropped game two 7-5. After two homers put Cascade ahead early Cloverdale had to start the comeback trail...

CLOVERDALE -- On Monday North Putnam's Golf team made the trek to Clover Meadows to face county rival Cloverdale in the breezy weather. The Cougars took the road win against the Clovers 178-192. North Putnam's Jake Holtze was the low man on the evening shooting a 40, four better than anyone on the course. Kylar Galloway and Freddy Fislar notched a 44 and 45 respectively...

ROACHDALE-- The North Putnam Cougar softball team hosted county rival South Putnam Eagles Monday night in the first night of a back-to-back. The Cougars scored in all four innings that they batted to win 17-4 in five innings. The second match saw the Cougars win 13-2...

ROACHDALE-- Conference play resumed Monday night for the North Putnam Cougars baseball team and the South Putnam Eagles. The first night of a back-to-back was held at North Putnam with the Cougars edging out the Eagles 4-3 in nine innings of work. At South Putnam the Eagles took the big win 8-2...

North Putnam High School was recently designated as one of the state's prestigious Four-Star Schools by Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz Tuesday. This is the school corporation's third consecutive Four Star designation, an achievement principal Jason Chew is proud to have earned...

A woman from Alabama drove more than 500 miles last week to donate boxes of letters from people that have been laid to rest in Forest Hill Cemetery for several decades. Trish Robart hand-delivered more than a half dozen boxes of old letters, diaries and scrapbooks dating back to the early 1800s to the Putnam County Library Saturday on behalf of the Anniston, Ala., Salvation Army...

On Monday GHS' softball team was looking for a much needed road victory against Owen Valley. When things looked bleak, down 4-1 in the seventh inning, Greencastle exploded according six runs to take the lead and the game. Regan Keller again came up big with three RBIs and Kenlee Johnson earned two...

Ferdinand Miller Stauch Jr., 95, of Greencastle, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Interment will be at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2 at Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle. Memorial contributions may be made to the Greencastle High School Alumni Scholarship Fund...

For the culminating event of the 2014-15 DePauw University School of Music concert season, Orcenith Smith will conduct DePauw's massed choirs and orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's majestic "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor." The concert takes place this Sunday in the Green Center's Kresge Auditorium at 3 p.m...

The Kiwanis Club of Greencastle will sponsor its second annual SpringFest on the morning of Saturday, May 9 at the Greencastle Moose Lodge. Kiwanis also will be hosting its 56th annual Pancake Breakfast. Cost is $5 for all-you-can-eat pancakes from 7-11 a.m...

May is Mental Health Month, and Mental Health America of Putnam County (MHAPC ) is calling on the community to help the one in four American adults who live with diagnosable, treatable mental health conditions in an effort to understand how important mental health is to overall health...

The John Wood Combo will entertain and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary of Post 1550, Greencastle, will serve barbecue country ribs Friday night, May 1 at the post at 819 S. Jackson St. Serving is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Cost of the meal -- consisting of barbecue ribs, slaw, scalloped potatoes, rolls and dessert -- is $7 per person...