Stories from Monday, October 10, 2016

The death of golfing legend Arnold Palmer last month at age 87 did not necessarily come as a shock to the sport and its followers, due to his age and declining health, but presented a final chance to honor Palmer for his contributions to the sport. Palmer won 62 times on the PGA Tour, his last victory coming in the 1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic. He won the Masters four times, along with two titles at the British Open and one at the U.S. Open...

Katherine Marie (Skinner) Scott, 83, of Bloomington, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 with her loving family by her side. Born Friday the 13th of January 1933, the daughter of Forrest Herschel and Nancy Louise (VanVactor) Skinner. She was a 1952 graduate of Greencastle High School...

W. Craig Nees, 67, of Poland, Ind., passed away at Union Hospital on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 following a brief battle with cancer. He was born July 2, 1949, in South Bend, the son of Harold and Betty (Pitts) Nees. He graduated from Brazil High School with the class of 1967. He graduated from Indiana State University with a Bachelor's Degree in economics...

Donald H. White, 95, passed away in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Oct. 4, 2016. He was born in Narberth, Pa., on Feb. 28, 1921 to Howard and Leona K. White. Following graduation from Temple University in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science in music education, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and served as a navigator on a B-17 with the 8th Air Force in World War II...

Signup forms for the South Putnam Elementary Basketball program should be turned in this Thursday. Boys in grades 3-6 should turn in the forms to the school office. The North Putnam boys basketball program will be hosting its inaugural trivia night competition on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in the middle school commons...

Greencastle’s Lindsey Bridgewater, Gabby Selvia and Alex Weliever were among 18 seniors selected to the Indiana High School All-Academic State Golf Team.  The selections were based on grade-point average and test scores.  “This is the first time that three girls from the same school were selected to this elite team,” Greencastle coach Robert Hedge said. ...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases John S. Schultz, 18, Greencastle, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana Denny Vincent Berry-York, 28, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class C misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .08 or more...

Each time I go to my parents’ house I am reminded of one of the most meaningful gifts I have ever received. I received the gift of a pin oak tree when I graduated from undergrad as a reminder from a family friend to never forget where I came from. When I received the tree, I thought it was neat, but I didn’t exactly want to take the time to read the instructions on how to plant it and care for it. My dad did and looking back now, I am glad he did...

When the DePauw Jazz Ensemble, led by DePauw University professor Steve Snyder, takes the stage for its first fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Green Center’s Kresge Auditorium, debuting along with it will be a new octet. Wednesday’s program is inspired by a gift from DePauw alumnus Anthony Minstein, a 1974 graduate, who recently provided the group with many classic arrangements for this unique, new eight-piece instrumentation...

The town of Roachdale has announced that town employees will be flushing water lines throughout city limits on Wednesday, Oct. 12 and Thursday, Oct. 13 as part of a system revamp to improve water quality for its residents. As reported as the town’s September public meeting, tap water quality may lower during the flushing process...

The Putnam County Hospital Cancer Center will host a balloon release in honor of loved ones who battle breast cancer. The public is invited to join PCH representatives to release a balloon on Friday, Oct. 14 for a loved one who has battled or is battling breast cancer...

Mary Allison’s memorial to her daughter Molly, which began more than 125 years ago, continues to do good things for the students of Putnam County. Each of the eight Putnam County elementary schools annually receives a sum of $1,000 from the Mary Allison Children’s Trust Fund. Teachers and counselors at each school determine how the money is spent and it can be used for any purpose as long as it benefits the students of their respective schools...

The Mark Gordon Company has acquired the feature rights to DePauw University English Professor Lili Wright’s debut novel “Dancing with the Tiger,” and will finance the thriller with eOne, reports Deadline.com. Wright’s book was published in July by Marian Woods Books/Putnam. The author, who lived in Paris, Italy and Mexico, tied it all together in the book...

For those not able to make it to the polls on Nov. 8 or just hoping to get this election cycle behind them, absentee voting is available starting Wednesday. With today as the deadline to register to vote, absentee voting will open at 9 a.m. Wednesday on the second floor of the Putnam County Courthouse...

In a vote among middle school students attending the Reality Experience Monday at the Putnam County Fairgrounds, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump emerged a clear winner. The vote was conducted among Putnam County and Eminence eighth-graders visiting the Greencastle League of Women Voters booth in the Community Building...

Spin the Wheel of Life. Pick a card, any card. Roll the dice. Glimpse your future. Leave your past behind. And above all, get a reality check. That was the mission Monday for nearly 500 eighth-graders from all four Putnam County schools and Eminence who experienced a dose of reality in a Milton Bradley “Game of Life” sort of way at the annual Reality Experience at the Putnam County Fairgrounds...

Greencastle advanced both of its cross country teams and South Putnam will be sending its boys’ team to Saturday’s Ben Davis regional following competition on Saturday at South Putnam. Chad Stevens and Chelsie Edwards of Cloverdale also advance after being among the top 10 individuals on non-advancing teams, along with South Putnam’s Maddie McHugh, Ally Nichols and Samara Young...

The DePauw University School of Music will present the distinguished Russian-born pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky in concert for its Faculty Select Series on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Green Center's Thompson Recital Hall. Since making his first public appearance at the age of six, Gliadkovsky has toured extensively on three continents, performing piano and organ recitals and as a soloist with orchestras in Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi, Maliy and Rachmaninoff Halls, St. ...