Stories from Sunday, November 1, 2015

Wilma Irene Galloway, 91, of Spencer, and formerly of Greencastle, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. She was born on Sept. 14, 1924 in London, Ky., to Jim Hale and Zora Virgie Anders Hale. Wilma was a graduate of London (Ky.) High School. She was a member of Good Tidings Tabernacle and had attended Greencastle Grace Tabernacle...

John W. Buck passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31 at Union Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on Oct. 11,1912 on the family farm near St. Patrick (Clark County), Mo. His parents were John Warren and Margaret Jones Buck. He graduated from Purdue University in 1940 and received his master's degree from the University of Chicago in sociology and criminology...

June D. Hadley, 89, Coatesville, passed away Thursday evening, Oct. 15, 2015 at Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle. She was born in Fillmore on Feb. 10, 1926, the daughter of Woodson and Lillian Smith Darnall. She married Lewis E. Hadley, and he preceded her on Sept. 17, 1997...

To celebrate the conclusion of the exhibit of Blue Willow ceramics, the Putnam County Museum invites visitors to enjoy afternoon tea and a conversation with collector Barbara Jackson. The Blue Willow Tea is planned for Thursday, Nov. 5 from 2:30-4 p.m. Guests are invited to bring their own unique pieces of Blue Willow to share...

MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The DePauw women's soccer team claimed the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 3-0 win over Allegheny on Saturday. The win moved the Tigers to 10-6-1 overall and a 7-1 conference record as they head into the conference tournament with home field advantage...

GRANVILLE, Ohio - Marko Adams booted a 42-yard field goal with 2.5 seconds left Saturday to give DePauw a 31-29 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Denison. With the win, the Tigers improved to 7-1 overall and 6-1 in the NCAC, while the Big Red dropped to 6-2 overall and 5-2 in the conference...

The DePauw field hockey team ended its regular season with a 3-2 North Coast Athletic Conference win over Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday. The Tigers did all of their work offensively in the first half, while shutting down the Battling Bishops defensively in the second half...

ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union senior linebacker Hank Spencer, a 2012 graduate of North Putnam High School, has been named a finalist for the 2015 Campbell Trophy presented by Fidelity Investments, the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame...

The Putnam County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will host an open house at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 at the Putnam County Emergency Operations Center, 1600 W. CR 225 S, Greencastle. Interested individuals are encouraged to attend and have the opportunity to learn more about the Putnam County CERT...

By Jay Lockett Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE -- Tiger Cub Emma Wilson competed Saturday as the lone Putnam County representative in the IHSAA State Championship meet at Laverne Gibson Course in Terre Haute. The Greencastle freshman led at one point during the beginning of the race but finished in eight place...

Here are the latest stray animals currently held at the Putnam County Animal Care and Control Shelter, 4700 E. State Road 240. -- Cat: Adult, female, brown tabby, medium-haired, this cat is ear-tipped. -- Cat: Young Adult, male, brown tabby, medium-haired...

Fall is the season for health insurance plan enrollment. You may be like most people -- confused and uncomfortable, when it comes to making decisions about health insurance coverage. Do you know that health insurance helps individuals and families get access to care leading to better health and reduces the risk of high health care costs?...

Due to illness of the group leader, there will be no Caregivers' Support Group this Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Knoy Resource Center in Cloverdale.

The traditions of the fall season are upon us -- leaves are falling to the ground; days are getting shorter, thoughts are turning to preparations for the holiday season; final preparations are being made for the annual Delta Theta Tau Holiday Home Tour, and those famous Delt cheese balls are now available...

The Time Travelin' Genealogy Guild will meet Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the Local History and Genealogy Department. Photographs play a huge role in family research. Preservation, identification and the sharing of photographs are common tasks of family historians. Tony Barger, the library's Archivist, will join us and present an Introduction on scanning. He will demystify the process and give practical solutions to purchasing appropriate equipment...

New Hope Fellowship is set to host the annual spaghetti dinner and basket auction Saturday at 5 p.m. The event will be hosted at the former Little Dude Ranch, 2448 U.S. 231 North, Greencastle. Admission to the event is a new, unwrapped toy or monetary donation...

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which is available to all Putnam County residents by the Friends of the Putnam County Public Library, is a simple and free way for Putnam County children up to age 5 to receive a set of 60 children's books. Learn more about Imagination Library on Nov. 12, from 11-11:45 a.m. Hear "Llama Llama Red Pajama," an Imagination Library book participants received as two year olds, enjoy pajama activities, have a snack and make a craft. Wear pajamas, too...

The Putnam County Extension Advisory Council invites all residents to its annual meeting at the Inn at DePauw on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under. The meal will be a dinner served by the staff of the Inn at DePauw. Contact the Extension office staff (info below) for any special dietary or other accommodations...

Ridpath Primary School will host its annual Pancake Supper on Thursday, Nov. 5 from 5:30-7 p.m. and the Greencastle/Putnam County community is invited to attend. Ridpath students will provide musical entertainment according to grade level throughout the evening in the gym...

A newly-minted plaque destined for the Heritage Wall along South Vine Street in downtown Greencastle will honor the Putnam County Purdue Extension Homemakers for significantly enhancing the quality of life in this area for many decades. President Sharon Baldwin will be presented with the cartouche commemorating their century of history by Mike Murphy, president of the Heritage Preservation Society in a ceremony taking place at 6 p.m. ...

Judson Green, a 1974 DePauw University graduate who was president and CEO of NAVTEQ Corp. and chairman of Walt Disney Attractions Inc., will travel back to campus with his band, Eighth Element, to present two events on Thursday, Nov. 5. The programs are presented as part of ArtsFest 2015 (ongoing through Nov. 8), the theme of which is "Art and Transformation."...

Voters in Roachdale will have a unique treat when they go to the polls. Not only will they be helping shape the direction of their town for the next four years, but they will also witness a victory lap of sorts for a longtime Putnam County poll worker...

When the proverbial smoke clears and the dust settles as political rhetoric goes silent, City of Greencastle voters will elect a new mayor and put a majority of new faces on the City Council. That much is assured as voters head to the polls Tuesday between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to elect a successor to two-term Mayor Sue Murray, along with a clerk-treasurer, and for the first time ever, seven City Council members...

PLAINFIELD -- On a Halloween night when costumed superheroes were a dime a dozen, some real heroes basked in long-overdue glory. More pulse-raising than any old "Thriller" flash mob ever dreamt of being, the arrival of nearly 200 American wartime veterans back from an Honor Flight visit to Washington, D.C., Saturday had everyone in the Plainfield High School gym standing and screaming and choking back emotions...

A full slate of candidates in three towns and contested races for key positions in two others promise to make Tuesday's municipal general election an interesting one in shaping the future of Putnam County's municipalities. The towns of Bainbridge, Roachdale and Russellville each features contested races across the board. In Cloverdale, the clerk-treasurer is facing a challenge, while in Fillmore, the only incumbent council member is in a race with the town's former clerk-treasurer...

Captivated by a ride last year, Keith Patterson of Greencastle had one last request when he passed away recently -- that his body be taken to the cemetery by mules and wagon. John Hood of Greencastle was happy to oblige when the request was made. Hood, also of Greencastle, took Patterson on a wagon ride with the mules last year, and Patterson was so taken by it that he told everyone about it who would listen. ...