Stories from Friday, October 21, 2016

Shelby Kallem is a senior member of the girls’ cross country team at Greencastle High School who is homeschooled for most of the day. She and her family, which includes sophomore cross country teammate and younger sister Sydney Kallem, moved to Greencastle this summer...

Game time: 7 p.m. Media coverage: The MTC Sports Network will telecast the game online at www.mtcsports.net. The coaches: Tony Meyer is in his second year at Cloverdale. Steve Spinks is in his first year at Cascade. History: Cloverdale won 8-6 earlier this season in a game delayed by weather and finished on Saturday evening to break an eight-game winning streak by the Cadets...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Greencastle’s volleyball team has had its share of ups and downs this year, playing well at times and showing its youth on others. More than half of the Tiger Cubs’ roster consists of freshmen and sophomores, and such inconsistency is not surprising...

DePauw School of Music Event Week of Oct. 24--30 DePauw Faculty Woodwind Ensemble Anne Reynolds, flute; Randy Salman, clarinet; Leonid Sirotkin, oboe; Kara Stolle, bassoon; Rob Danforth horn Tuesday, Oct. 25 7:30 p.m. Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall...

Today is Friday, Oct. 21, the 295th day of 2016. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and some 20 houses in Aberfan, Wales...

MANSFIELD, Ind. (AP) - Authorities have seized tens of thousands of suspected counterfeit items from several booths at the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival in Indiana, resulting in the arrests of 24 people. Indiana State Excise Police officers say they executed search warrants Wednesday at the event in Mansfield. Charges include forgery and counterfeiting. Those arrested are from states including Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas...

The Cloverdale Lions Club recently celebrated its 73rd year of service to the Cloverdale community and installed officers for the 2016-17 term. Officers are (from left) Brady Stockwell, president; James McKee, treasurer; Lyssa McKee, vice president; Jenna Lewis, secretary, and Becky Mannan, Tail Twister. ...

The Area 30 and Ascena Retail Group 4th annual Scholarship Fund Golf Scramble was a success on Oct. 1 at Clover Meadows. Fourteen teams competed, with the winning team consisting of Zane Earles, Scott Hunt and Jake Busch. Ascena Retail Group served as the co-sponsor, and more than 57 sponsors donated to provide sponsorships, lunch, golf shirts and an insurance policy for the hole-in-one. ...

Raccoon State Recreation Area will have its 23rd annual Halloween Camping Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 29. The Raccowl Egg Hunt begins at 10 a.m. behind the camp store across the street from the modern campgrounds. Crafts and face painting run from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Chapel Shelter...

Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department Director Roderick Weinschenk (center) was recently recognized and inducted into the Green Light Legacy Hall of Fame in Terre Haute. Weinschenk earned the honor for his part in promoting a sustainable tomorrow with projects like replacing light fixtures with more energy-efficient ones on the Robe-Ann Park softball field, conserving water by recirculating the water at the Bob York Splash Park, planting trees at both Joanne Haymaker Tree Grove and 19-hole disc golf course at Big Walnut Sports Park and providing healthy opportunities through the construction and maintenance of the People Pathways trails. ...

With Veterans Day approaching, the Putnam County Museum has issued a call-out to all Putnam County veterans and families of veterans to bring in artifacts the museum could borrow. The museum wants to see what you have held onto over the years and why such items are special to you...

Collaborative, low-cost workspace is coming to Greencastle with the introduction of Launch Putnam County, a co-working space for entrepreneurs, small business owners and anyone else who wants to experience the benefits of a community work area. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house is set for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 16 S. Jackson St. Lunch will be provided by Putnam Inn and sponsored by Comcast Business. A special partnership will be announced at that time...

Thanks to PNC Bank and the efforts of its employees, the Putnam County Head Start program has received a check for $6,000 to use for furthering educational opportunities locally. The funds were donated recently through the PNC Grow Up Great program, a $350 million, multi-year initiative that began in 2004 to help prepare children from birth to age five for success in school and life. To date, the program has served approximately 2.3 million children...

TERRE HAUTE -- On behalf of the Indiana Arts Commission, Arts Illiana will award 12 arts organizations and arts providers -- including Putnam County Playhouse and the DePauw University Peeler Arts Center and School of Music -- grant funding for the 2016-17 fiscal year...

Certainly, as he grows up, baby “Crasher” is going to have one heck of an interesting story about how he got his name. Born Crasher Brendon Michael Buttery to Kaili Smith and Brent Buttery of Greencastle at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, he weighed in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 20 inches long...

Rebecca Sue "Becky" Buis, 59, Coatesville, passed away Thursday evening, Oct. 20, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Greencastle on June 19, 1957, the daughter of Everett Miller Jr. and Flora L. Smith Miller Joslin. She had worked in the bakery at Kroger, formerly at Plainfield, and most recently at Greencastle. ...

Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 7:01 p.m. Michael Ryan Runnells, 31, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail on a local warrant. Wednesday • At 7:07 p.m. John Ingomar Maynard, 54, Reelsville, was arrested on a local warrant...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Brandi L. Bruce, 29, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony theft Seairah S. Delaney, 20, Bloomington, speeding Valerie M. Tippin, Greencastle, and Dustin M. Tippin, Terre Haute Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Beth Angela Cavaness...

-- Imagination Portal Unplugged, 9 a.m.-noon Enjoy the Imagination Portal without monitors, video games or music in the background. -- Community Help Desk, 2-4 p.m. Tech Help Desk has a computer technician to give one-on-one assistance using software and electronic devices, and help diagnose and repair computers and devices...

Three Putnamville Correctional Facility staff members were recognized during the recent Indiana Criminal Justice Association (ICJA) Conference held in Michigan City. Superintendent Brian Smith was given the Distinguished Service Award for his superior leadership skills, guidance, and direction to peers...

Putnamville United Methodist Church will host its second annual trunk or treat event from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at the historic church at U.S. 40 and Indiana 243 in Putnamville. The event will be canceled if it is raining.

The members of 100 Women Who Care (WWC) Putnam County are ready to learn about local nonprofit organizations to support with a charitable gift of a potential $10,000. It takes 100 women to reach that $10,000 gift, and with four meetings a year that’s $40,000 going back to Putnam County...

INDIANAPOLIS — A nine-member Indiana redistricting commission, instead of the General Assembly, should direct how congressional and legislative district boundaries are drawn. That’s the recommendation issued Monday by a state study committee that’s spent the past two years reviewing the uses and abuses of legislative redistricting in Indiana, and across the country...

DePauw University’s 15th annual celebration of the arts, ArtsFest, begins Wednesday, Oct. 26, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 6. The 2016 edition of ArtsFest brings together a variety of events, performers and thinkers centered on a unifying theme: Art & Utopia...

CLOVERDALE -- The recent Cloverdale Town Council meeting saw a heated exchange between the council and audience members over a large utility bill write-off and a proposal to amend Ordinance 2012-4 Section 9-15. “In your pamphlet you will see some information that I gave you,” Clerk-Treasurer Cheryl Galloway began. ...

Singing the blues for a Friday night crowd at Wasser Brewing Company, Alex Puga of Gravel Road takes a break from the harmonica and lets the emotion of the song take over. Puga and bandmates Jeremy Sprague (center) and Brian Peterson played a three-hour set at the downtown Greencastle restaurant on Friday.

HAZELWOOD -- A multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 sandwiched a rental van in between a semi and a school bus Friday afternoon, resulting in the death of a Utah man and minor injuries to a reported seven students on the Missouri bus. The accident, which occurred shortly before 1 p.m. Friday, shut down I-70 at the State Road 39 interchange in western Hendricks County for more than three hours...

Leland and Shelba Jean (Bailey) Zellers of Greencastle will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday, Nov. 3. They were married on Nov. 3, 1956 at the First Christian Church in Palestine, Ill. David and Mary Norton were best man and matron of honor...

Robert and Mary Gaston will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 26. They were married on Oct. 26, 1956 at New Providence Baptist Church. They have one daughter, Myrna Scheuermann, and one son, Rick Gaston. They have eight grandkids and nine great-grandkids...

Heading into the 2016 election homestretch, Democrat candidates John Gregg for governor and Christina Hale for lieutenant governor are taking their campaign on the road with a statewide bus tour that will make a Halloween afternoon stop in Greencastle...