Stories from Sunday, March 20, 2016

Gary R. Deem, 64, of Danville, Ill., and formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016. He was born on Oct. 12, 1951 in Greencastle to Virgil R. Deem and Mary K. Phillips Deem. Gary was a 1969 graduate of Greencastle High School, and was a 1973 graduate of Rose Hulman Institute of Technology...

The Cloverdale FFA and the Cloverdale Police Department will be hosting a community Easter Egg hunt Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m. on the baseball diamonds near the Cloverdale School Administration Building. Proceeds will benefit this year's Clovers, Cops and Christmas event. The egg hunt is intended for children under 15, but all are welcome to attend...

Main Street Greencastle is sponsoring a Downtown Easter Egg/Scavenger Hunt for children 10 and under on Thursday, March 24. The 4-6 p.m. event is free of charge and requires no registration. Prizes will be awarded at participating businesses. The bunny trail will lead to 13 downtown locations -- The Inn at DePauw, Cricket's, Eitel's and Co. ...

BAINBRIDGE -- Indiana gubernatorial candidate John Gregg will be in town on Sunday, April 3 when the Putnam County Democratic Party sponsors its 2016 Putnam County Kickoff. An evening of fun, door prizes, music and more has been scheduled to kick off the campaign of Greencastle resident Kim Fidler for District 44 state representative...

Snowfall in Putnam County for winter 2015-16 was just half the average winter season but probably a little more than we remember. Local weather observer Diana Foust agrees as she closed the book on winter 2015-16 with the official arrival of spring at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday...

The annual South Putnam Community School Corporation kindergarten orientation for the 2016-17 school year will be conducted April 5 at Fillmore Elementary and April 7 at Central Elementary. Students and parents should attend the orientation session of the school they will be attending in the fall. A variety of information and activities are scheduled...

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced that State Road 240 will close on or after Friday, April 1 for a bridge rehabilitation project, east of Greencastle over Deer Creek. Duncan Robertson Inc. was awarded the $341,882 contract for work on the Chadd Valley area bridge...

People interested in how Indiana's State Forests operate can share their views at a series of open houses this spring. Throughout the year, open houses will be held at the following state forests (SF) and state recreation areas (SRA): Clark SF/Deam SRA, Ferdinand SF, Greene-Sullivan SF, Harrison-Crawford SF, Jackson-Washington SF/Starve Hollow SRA, Martin SF, Morgan-Monroe/Yellowwood SF, Owen-Putnam SF, Pike SF, Salamonie River/Frances Slocum SF and Selmier SF...

DePauw senior Blake Lehmann capped off his collegiate career with an honorable mention all-America performance in the 100-yard freestyle at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. Lehmann, who tied for 10th in the prelims in 44.88 seconds, finished 13th in the finals in 45.01 seconds. in the four-day Championships he also collected all-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the 100 butterfly and an eighth-place showing in the 50 free...

PUTNAMVILLE -- A 39-year-old Coatesville man has been arrested in connection with a Friday evening bank robbery in Clay County. Bryan E. Anderson was arrested in Putnam County less than 30 minutes after the reported bank robbery. Indiana State Police at Putnamville have confirmed that Anderson is a Putnam County resident from the Heritage Lake area...