Stories from Sunday, November 27, 2016

Vance Allen Abney, 46, of Rockville, passed away Friday morning, Nov. 25, 2016 at his residence. He was born on Oct. 23, 1970 in Crawfordsville to Dewey (Dude) Abney and Sheryl (Sherry) Johnson Green. Vance attended North Putnam High School. He loved to ride his motorcycle and working at Greencastle Custom Cycles, Baker's Camp Taxidermy, hunting with his kids and loving his family...

Janet K. Erwin, 72, Coatesville, passed away Thursday evening, Nov. 24, 2016. She was born Hendricks County on June 18, 1944, the daughter of Charles Farrell and Geneva Esther Stanley Shelton. She had worked at Dixie Chopper for 30 years and attended Stilesville Christian Church...

Lucreshia "Tish" Jane Bond, 72, of Reelsville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 at Union Hospital with her family by her side. Tish was born July 6, 1944 in Crossville, Tenn., the daughter of the late Dalie Barnett and Hazel (Oakes) Taylor...

Francis Edward "Frank" Waldon, 88, of Roachdale, passed away at Kindred Hospital in Indianapolis on Friday morning, Nov. 25, 2016. He was born on Sept. 25, 1928 at Huntington, W.Va., to Jewel Everett and Julia Kathryn Dougherty Waldon. Frank graduated from Thomas Carr Howe High School in Irvington in 1946...

Albert Hans Reutemann passed away peacefully in his home on Nov. 16, 2016, after a brief illness. He was born to Albert and Gertrude (Brutschy) Reutemann on Oct. 22, 1932, in Ashippun, Wis. He married Lena Denise Tillett on Oct. 20, 1956, in Newbury, England...

Mildred I. Gorham, 90, of Greencastle, passed away on Nov. 22, 2016 at her home at Autumn Glen in Greencastle. She was born on Sept. 22, 1926 in Indianapolis to Perry and Ruth Huffman. In 1945 she graduated from Stilesville High School. Milly was employed by Eli Lilly for several years...

Ralph M. Paris, 94, Greencastle, formally of Cloverdale, passed away Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 at Hendricks Regional Health. He was born Sept. 5, 1922 in Owen County and was the son of the late Ross M. and Mary (Pullen) Paris. He is survived by his sister, Rose Hageman, Rensselear, and many nieces and nephews...

CHICAGO — DePauw and Chicago went in different directions in the second half in the final game of the University of Chicago Tournament on Sunday as the Tiger men suffered a 78-56 loss. DePauw held a 35-34 advantage at halftime before being outscored 44-21 in the second half...

CLOVERDALE — The Cloverdale Lady Clovers were not hospitable to the visiting Eastern Greene Thunderbirds over Thanksgiving weekend. Cloverdale pounded the boards and held the Thunderbirds under 30-percent shooting to gain a non-conference high school basketball victory. Cloverdale pulled away in the third quarter for a 51-40 win...

Many things have impressed me about the quality of young people in Putnam County whose paths I have crossed over the past seven months in various athletic endeavors, but none more so than the outstanding academic successes that these athletes are also able to achieve...

The arrival of Santa Claus on Courthouse Square will kick off First Friday events as Main Street Greencastle marks the beginning of the holiday season in downtown Greencastle on Friday. First Friday events run from 6-8 p.m. with events at the courthouse and merchants around the square...

DePauw University has moved up one spot and now ranks fourth among the nation’s four-year baccalaureate colleges for the percentage of students studying abroad, according to the 2016 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Released by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in partnership with the U.S. ...

Putnam County Farm Bureau invites the public to its 2017 Legislative Update sessions to be conducted Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and March 18, which are the third Saturdays of each month. The programs, which will begin at 8 a.m., are set to feature District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle), District 37 State Sen. Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) and District 24 State Sen. John Crane (R-Avon)...

In a year when the “lesser of two evils” argument was invoked in the presidential race more than ever before, nearly 100 Putnam County voters did some outside-the-box thinking and pulled the lever for a candidate not on the ballot. The three candidates on the Indiana ballot — Republican Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Libertarian Gary Johnson — just weren’t enough for some Putnam County voters, who instead opted to use the write-in option to cast their votes...

After 62 years in business and in its fourth generation of family operation, it wouldn’t seem like there’s much more to prove for Greencastle’s Headley Hardware. But the nuts and bolts of all that is this: The hits just keep on coming. For example, Headley’s being characterized by Popular Mechanics magazine in its November issue as one of “America’s Best Hardware Stores.”...

CLOVERDALE -- A Saturday, Dec. 3 craft and talent show will help raise funds for the Cloverdale Community Clothe-a-Child program. The Clothe-a-Child program has been thriving in Cloverdale since the 1970s and last year helped about 80 children in the Cloverdale Community School Corporation district...

End of year is a time that many begin to finalize tax considerations and reflect on the past calendar year. You may receive a direct deduction of 50 percent off your tax bill when donating up to $200 per individual and $400 for couples filing jointly, given to an Indiana-funded university...

Don’t have time to bake homemade cookies this holiday season? Then come to the 25th annual Holiday Cookie Sale at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 8 a.m. to noon. Customers will don a plastic glove and make their own selections from trays of delicious and colorful homemade cookies. ...

It is that time to help needy children locally, and the Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police is asking for the public’s help again. For the past 20 years the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 92 has delivered toys to needy children in Putnam County in a program known as the “FOP Santa Drop.”...

United We Give, a holiday fundraiser with proceeds benefiting the United Way of Putnam County, is set for Saturday, Dec. 3 at Mill Pond Health Campus, 1014 Mill Pond Lane, Greencastle. The 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. event will include food, fun, bingo, crafts and raffles...

Britt E. Quisenberry of Roachdale, passed away Friday night, Nov. 25, 2016 at St. Vincent Hospital on 86th Street, Indianapolis. He was 21 years old, having had his first heart surgery at 18 months and having endured many surgeries in his life. Born May 17, 1995 in Danville, Ind., he was the son of Britt K. Quisenberry and Heather Crosby...

The number “30” is a common factor on the 2016 all-Putnam County football team, as both of the top two honorees coincidentally wore those digits. Greencastle senior Devin Clar, the Offensive Player of the year, used that number to reach an even more impressive one — a total of 1,874 rushing yards that ranked him 12th in the state...