Stories from Sunday, October 30, 2016

Lillian K. Ellett, age 93, passed away Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Indianapolis on Oct. 16, 1923, the daughter of Ernest and Lois McAnich Kersey. She married Clayton "Dick" Ellett on Nov. 27, 1943, and he preceded her on Dec. 4, 1987...

Henry "Lee" Martin, 88, of Russellville, passed away at his beloved country home surrounded by his family on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. Lee was born Jan. 17, 1928 to Jesse Martin and Era Bales Martin in Parke County. He married Charlotte Taylor on April 27, 1952 and she survives...

Celeste "Skip" Carey, 87, of Danville, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. She was born on Aug. 13, 1929 in Lake Wales, Fla., to W.V. and Mary Alice Collins, and they preceded her in death. Survivors include her loving daughters, Debra (Mark) Walls and Alice Morgan; grandchildren Eric Morgan, Summer Walls, Wesley Morgan and Nicholas Walls; a great-grandchild, Paxton Ahoton; one sister, Dottie Gilbert, and ex-husband and very dear friend, Herbert Carey...

Jocie Elizabeth Kircher, age 97, of Greencastle, died on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. She was born Jan. 18, 1919 in Sheldon, Vernon County, Mo., and was the daughter of Roy and Eulalia Mary (Phipps) Cunningham. She graduated from Sheldon High School, Sheldon, Mo., in 1937. After high school she studied cosmetology and hairdressing and was licensed by the state of Missouri to practice in 1941...

CLOVERDALE -- Putnam County Hospital Physician Practices has announced that physician assistant (PA) Kelsey Futter has joined Family Medicine of Cloverdale and is now seeing patients. Family Medicine of Cloverdale is located at 51 E. Market St. Futter joins Keith Landry, MD, and PAs Jessica Archer and Sara Taylor...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of informational article focusing on the United Way of Putnam County partners in the 2016 ThanksGIVING campaign under way. As we look to the future of MHAPC, we are reminded of the touching stories where our services have made an impact...

The Ridpath Primary School will host its annual Pancake Supper on Thursday, Nov. 3 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at the school on 711 S. Central Ave. in Greencastle. Pancakes will be served with sausage and milk. Ridpath students will provide musical entertainment in the gym throughout the evening, with kindergartners to perform at 5:45 p.m., first-graders at 6:15 p.m. and second-graders at 6:45. There will also be a raffle put on by teachers and staff and a book fair in the PTO room for parents...

Among a feast of arts offerings this week during DePauw University’s campuswide ArtsFest 2016, “Art & Utopia,” will be four performances by the DePauw School of Music. Those will begin Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 10:20 a.m. with a free Student Recital Hour, specially curated for the festival by senior Alec Barker, which will be followed on Thursday, Nov. ...

RUSSELLVILLE -- A large crowd was in attendance Saturday for the annual Russellville Halloween Social at the Russellville Community Center. Darrell Wiatt, president of the Russellville Community Center, announces the winners as follows: Best Animal category -- Melody Tate, first; Zoe Frazier, second; Osiris Toepp, third; Sidney Hodgen, fourth; Savannah Boler, fifth; Kaylan Stampley, sixth; Carlee Hodgen, seventh; Kyra Stine, eighth; Trinity Rossock, ninth; and Jada Stine, tenth...

Not that you ever get to choose, but I’ve sometimes wondered whether losing by a wide margin in a season-ending sporting event would be better in some ways than the heartbreaking defeat that Greencastle suffered in high school football on Friday. Danville was pinned on its own 1-yard-line with about four minutes to go in a tie game, and pulled off a seemingly impossible 99-yard touchdown pass to escape with a 21-14 victory...

A Greencastle woman and her dog escaped unscathed when an SUV crashed into her west side home Saturday morning. The front porch of her 501 W. Washington St. home wasn’t quite so lucky. At approximately 10 a.m., Betty Bruner and Ruben, her pet Maltese, were sitting in the living room of the historic home when the peaceful morning was suddenly shattered...

The Greencastle Fire Department recently responded to 15 dispatches. • At 1:07 a.m. on Friday, GFD responded to a fire alarm at 1 Taylor Pl. The alarm, which toned out again shortly after (then handled by the DePauw Police Department), was likely set off due to smoking in the building...

The Culinary Arts students at Area 30 Career Center will be creating and serving their second Ivy Gallery lunch of the school year on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Culinary Arts instructor Mary Anne Birt has announced. Serving time for the luncheon event is noon to 1 p.m...

TERRE HAUTE — Unseasonably warm temperatures and gusty winds helped keep the times down at the Indiana High School Athletic Association state cross country meet on Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course. The physical environment was much different than a year ago, but one thing remained the same — Greencastle’s Emma Wilson finished eighth for the second straight year to earn all-state honors...

It is once again time to recognize Putnam County citizens, organizations and businesses for protecting the environment. The Greencastle Commission on Sustainability is seeking nominations for awards that will be presented prior to the Greencastle City Council meeting in January...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges have been filed against two Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF) inmates in the July 13 beating death of a third offender at the prison. Andrew L. Perry, 24, sentenced to PCF for drug-related offenses out of Johnson County, and Justin A. ...

State representative District 44 candidates Jim Baird and Kim Fidler share their thoughts on issues facing the area and the state.

D. Mark McCoy was formally installed as DePauw University’s 20th president Saturday morning in a public ceremony in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for Performing Arts. “Ralph Waldo Emerson told us that to know even one life has breathed easier because you existed is to have succeeded,” McCoy said. ...

A superhero-themed 5K walk/run will be hosted Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Greencastle Sports Park to help the parents of Nolan O’Hair, a local seven-year-old with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and developmental delay, purchase a certified service dog. “He is close to the happiest kid you could ever meet,” Ashley Lytle, Nolan’s mother, said. ...