Stories from Sunday, September 27, 2015

Luella Mae (Austin) Horner, 88, of Greencastle, passed away Friday afternoon, Sept. 25, 2015 at her residence. Born Sept. 11, 1927 in Rockville, she was the daughter of Branham Austin and Ella (Mankin) Austin. She moved to Coatesville in 1936. She graduated from Amo High School in 1945. She worked for the Coatesville Bank for one year...

Ray W. Poynter Sr., 60, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Arrangements are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Doris Maxine Callender, 98, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Arrangements are pending at the Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

By Jay Lockett Sports Editor The Greencastle boys' and girls' soccer teams played host to Edgewood and Cascade Saturday for the WIC crossover game. The Tiger Cub boys played first for third-place in the WIC. They fell 3-2 despite a strong surge in the final minutes...

HIRAM -- DePauw improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference after a 45-7 win at Hiram. The Terriers slipped to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in NCAC play. The Tigers totaled 523 yards of offense including 233 on the ground and 290 through the air, while holding the Terriers to just 242 total yards and 60 on the ground...

A former North Putnam golfer is making a splash at the collegiate level so far this year. Mason Asher, a 2014 graduate, has been playing well for Wabash College in Crawfordsville. On the weekend of Sept. 12 and 13, the Little Giants traveled to Anderson to play in the Anderson Invitational, where Asher finished tied for 19th with a 78 on Saturday and an 82 on Sunday...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports stoke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. On average one American dies from a stroke every four minutes. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing brain tissue to die...

Audience members will leave Tuesday's recital of 20th-century brass music with a head full of hummable tunes when DePauw University faculty member Robert Danforth, principal horn of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, is joined by colleague Anthony Kniffen, the ISO's principal tuba, for a varied program of brass music of classical composers Shostakovich and Vaughan Williams, Hollywood film composer Bruce Broughton, and popular song composer Alec Wilder, among others...

3g Bowl is looking for more bowlers from North Putnam and Cloverdale in order to form co-ed teams to compete in the Wabash Valley Conference. Practices are held Monday and Thursday at 4 p.m. Competition does not start until Oct. 21. The cost per member is $150 of which $50 needs to be paid when bowlers start the practice. Fundraisers are available from 3G Bowl to help with finances...

Maggie MacPhail '15 (Indianapolis, Ind./Park Tudor) has been named one of nine finalists for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year award and one of just three from Division III. The 2015 Woman of the Year will be announced at an awards dinner at the Westin Indianapolis on Sunday, October 18, 2015. ...

Here are the latest stray animals currently held at the Putnam County Animal Care and Control Shelter, 4700 E. State Road 240. -- Cat: Adult, male orange tiger, found at VanBibber Lake. -- Cat: Young, male, ticked-coat Tabby, found on Avenue E in Greencastle...

Oct. 18 Purdue Club dinner gets Cardinal visit Former Purdue University basketball standout Brian Cardinal, now assistant director of the school's John Purdue Club, will be the featured speaker at a dinner program sponsored by the Purdue Club of Putnam County on Monday, Oct. 19...

The poet Adonis -- "the greatest living poet of the Arab world" in the words of the UK Guardian -- is coming to DePauw University. Considered one of the most influential and dominant Arab poets of the modern era, Adonis will present a 7:30 p.m. reading on Wednesday, Sept. 30 in Thompson Recital Hall, located within the Green Center for the Performing Arts...

Putnam County residents can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes and other chronic, serious conditions at an upcoming event. Harris Hall at the Putnam County Fairgrounds will host affordable screenings from Life Line Screening on Friday, Oct. 2...

Downtown Greencastle will come alive with music, new activities and grand openings for the monthly First Friday on Oct. 2. If the weather is good -- and the forecast is currently calling for a fall-like high in the upper 60s and low around 45 on Friday -- the bands will both play outdoors on the square...

Another forgotten holiday that golf enthusiasts look forward to is National Golf Lovers Day, a day to leave the office early and head to the greens. The Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department is doing just that, but they're going to the greens of Big Walnut Sports Park to tee off on the disc golf course...

Putnam County Public Library will be offering two computer classes in October. The computer classes being offered are lecture classes instead of the usual hands-on classes and are designed to introduce patrons to new and exciting aspects of the Internet...

Mainstays of the annual Crown Street Jazz Festival Blues Side Up and Tad Robinson took the stage at the Family Youth Community Development Program Community Center Sunday.

The Crown Street Music Festival took place Sunday, benefiting the Family and Youth Community Development Program. Acts included Chris Wurster, Rockology music students, Convergence, Blues Side Up and Tad Robinson.

Berry Street residents will be hosting their annual flea market this Saturday, Oct. 3, marking their 41st year of welcoming bargain hunters, visitors and former residents to their Greencastle neighborhood. Along with the traditional flea-market treasures visitors will also find a variety of food and sweets, including the traditional bean soup and cornbread being cooked out over an open fire on South College Avenue, just a few feet south of Berry Street...

While it may only be the second annual Oktoberfest this Saturday at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Greencastle, organizers are already calling it "an immediate tradition." The success of the inaugural Knights of Columbus-sponsored event last fall at St. Paul's has been the catalyst for plans to develop the fundraiser into more than a church get-together when it unfolds Saturday, Oct. 3 from 4-11 p.m. at 202 E. Washington St...