Stories from Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Robert "Bob" Earl Matthews, 92, passed away on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 at Asbury Towers Retirement Community in Greencastle. Robert was born to Richard Earl Matthews and Ella (Masten) Matthews Rogers in Greencastle at 1022 S. College Ave., on March 6, 1924...

Paul Edward "Pud" Giddings, 92, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Arrangements are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Carla Sue Powell, 64, of Reelsville, passed away Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 at Rosegate Village in Indianapolis with her husband by her side. Carla was born April 18, 1952, the daughter of Gilbert and Imogene (Heckman) Bultemeier. She married John Powell in 1994...

An opening reception and artist lecture with Jason S. Yi are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 6 at 4:15 p.m. in the auditorium of the Richard E. Peeler Art Center. An investigation of our terrestrial existence and experience critically affect Yi’s work. ...

Director Grier Carson reported that the library officially closed on the house at Walnut Street and College Avenue at a cost of $78,000. He also said that the library is currently seeking bids to demolish it. “We know what the preferred plan for the use of the property is,” Carson said, “but we still need to have a lengthy discussion about how and when we want to do it.”...

An Ohio teenager who -- as the Putnam County prosecutor surmised -- made the fatal mistake of “bringing a gun to a fist fight,” was sentenced Monday to nine years in the Indiana Department of Correction. In a plea agreement Aug. 30, Markus S. Yeanay, 18, Columbus, entered a guilty plea to a Level 3 felony charge of aggravated battery causing death in the fatal May 8 shooting of his 33-year-old uncle, Mario Edwards, also of Columbus...

The Greencastle Kitchen Cabinet Co. made its lovely cabinets in the early 1900s. It is a Hoosier-type kitchen cabinet. “Hoosier” was the brand name of kitchen cabinets made by the Hoosier Cabinet Co., located in New Castle. The name “Hoosier” became synonymous with any upright, all-in-one kitchen centers that were marketed as a must-have for busy women...

The third time was a charm for Phil Gick and the Heritage Preservation Society (HPS), scoring big in their third round as finalists for financial support from the 100 Plus Men Who Care of Putnam County. The $12,300 awarded to HPS at the September meeting of the 100 Plus Men Who Care will assist with the completion of an ambitious effort to celebrate Putnam County’s participation in the Indiana Bicentennial...

With her beloved Chicago Cubs having the best record in baseball and about to embark on the playoffs Friday, Oct. 7, Gail Smith is creating the Friendly Confines -- as Wrigley Field is known -- at The Swizzle Stick. Baseball fans of all teams are invited to make The Swizzle their home away from home to watch the 2016 baseball playoffs beginning this Friday when the Cubs host the winner of the one-game Mets-Giants Wild Card playoff in a 9 p.m. start...

Sixteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 7:47 p.m. Samuel Joseph Weekly, 36, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 6:33 p.m. Aarikan Nicole Orosco, 24, Roachdale, was taken into custody for operating while intoxicated...

Local jazz geniuses Randy Salman and Steve Snyder will give a free lunch hour concert for your listening pleasure beginning at noon Friday, Oct. 7 at Music on the Square (M2), 21 N. Indiana St., in downtown Greencastle. Salman will play tenor saxophone, while Snyder, plays the piano for the M2 Lunch Box Music program...

Three-time Grammy-winning artist Hilary Hahn will debut at the DePauw University Green Center for the Performing Arts as guest soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Hahn will reprise her performance of Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major...

After law enforcement was able to catch up with his mustard-covered marijuana ploy, a 52-year-old California truck driver is being held on $20,000 cash bond at the Putnam County Jail. Richard Sherman of El Cajon, Calif., who was arrested in Putnam County Thursday, Sept. ...