Stories from Sunday, November 15, 2015

A true survivor is coming to DePauw University to speak on Monday, Nov. 16. Comedian, writer, actress, tap dancer and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid should have died the day she was born but somehow she survived. The 41-year-old Zayid is a Palestinian-American actress and comic, known as one of America's first Muslim women comedians and the first person ever to perform standup in Israel and Jordan...

The boil order for the Putnamville area has been lifted, the South 43 Water Association announced Saturday. As of late Saturday afternoon, test results confiremd the water was safe to drink for customers on County Road 550 South, County Road 75 West and all of Putnamville...

November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. The number of people living with Epilepsy in the United States ranges from 1.3 million to 2.8 million. Looking at the occurrence of epilepsy over a lifetime, 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some time in their life (Epilepsy Foundation, 2015)...

CLAYTON -- The North Putnam girls' basketball team fought back after an early deficit and had two good quarters defensively but ultimately fell to its WCC Eastern division rival Cascade 63-42. Cascade jumped a 31-13 first quarter lead which placed the Cougars into an early hole. But North Putnam battled back and was able to hold the Cadets to just six points in the second while scoring 13. Shelby Suding led the Cougars in scoring with 10 and Nauert was second with nine...

It wasn't supposed to be like this. Not this year. DePauw came into its annual rivalry game against Wabash with its best team since its 2010 playoff berth, maybe better. Sure, Wabash was favored to retain the Monon Bell, but it was gonna be close, right?...

In listening to dialogue about another possible expansion for Ascena Retail Group's Greencastle facility, the City Council not only got a refresher course in tax abatement but a walk down memory lane at its November meeting. While no action was taken on a request for tax abatement on Ascena's potential $44.5 million project, Greencastle/Putnam County Development Center Director and Mayor-elect Bill Dory explained the process again for the Council, a sparse City Hall audience and anyone watching at home on the cable access channel.. ...

Thanksgiving is a time our nation has set aside to thank God for the many blessings He has given us. However, not everyone in our community has family nearby with which to celebrate. Many do not have the means to purchase food supplies to celebrate Thanksgiving this year...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale School Board voted to approve the 2016-17 school calendar at the regular November board meeting with some date changes for breaks. Superintendent Greg Linton said he met with the teachers, building level administrators and other local superintendents to align the calendar before presenting it to the board...

Students at Area 30 Career Center participating in public safety programs will be able to sharpen their communication skills through a virtual reality. Area 30 Executive Director Lora Busch informed the board this week the career center is the recipient of an Indiana Department of Education Rural Grant, which will provide more than $63,000 to purchase a Meggitt Virtual Training System for the Public Safety Pathway...

The Humane Society of Putnam County is sponsoring a low-cost microchip clinic for dogs owned by Putnam County residents. The clinic will take place on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9 a.m.-noon in the parking area in front of the Rescued Treasures store at 1021 Indianapolis Rd...

For its next concert, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, the DePauw University Jazz Ensemble returns to the Kresge Auditorium stage with a special guest, the Greencastle Middle School Jazz Band. The concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. in DePauw's Green Center for the Performing Arts...

"Arcadia," described by the New York Times in 1995 as Tom Stoppard's "richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and, new for him, emotion," is coming to the DePauw University stage. DePauw Theatre will present a production of "Arcadia," which is, as the Times' Vincent Canby opined, "like a dream of levitation: you're instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think you're about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow.". ...

Students from five local elementary schools will be among the dozens competing at the Elementary Spell Bowl competition Thursday at Central Elementary School. Two teams from Bainbridge, as well as teams from Roachdale, Tzouanakis, Fillmore, Cloverdale and Central, will take part...

Here are the latest stray animals currently held at the Putnam County Animal Care and Control Shelter, 4700 E. State Road 240. -- Dog: Young, male, gray, terrier mix (small), found in Greencastle. The animal was not wearing identification and was not microchipped...

The boil order for the Putnamville area has been lifted, the South 43 Water Association announced Saturday. As of late Saturday afternoon, test results confirmed the water was safe to drink for customers on County Road 550 South, County Road 75 West and all of Putnamville...

Robin Anne Dloniak, 55, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. She was born on Aug. 3, 1960 in Indianapolis to John Edwin Dloniak and Wynnette Mae Hutton Dloniak. Robin had been employed at Chiyoda in Greencastle. She was preceded in death by her father; a brother, Johnny Dloniak; and her grandparents...

Michael David Fields, 34, of Greencastle, went to be with Jesus on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. This was his deepest desire. Michael loved life and had a wonderful sense of humor and never knew a stranger. Anyone who knew him loved him, and was blessed to know him...