Stories from Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Carolyn June Flint, 81, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. Born March 10, 1935 in Rockville, she was the daughter of Elbert Gail and Frances Margritte (Thornton) Irwin. She was a 1953 graduate of Greencastle High School. Carolyn was a homemaker. She had also worked seven years at IBM, in the kitchen at Northeast School, and was a demo product sampler at Walmart, Kroger and Marsh...

Fount Thomas "Tom" Brock, 73, of Bainbridge, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. Fount was born Aug. 1, 1943 in Danville, Ind., to George and Susie (Lovins) Brock. He served his country in the United States Army in Germany from Aug. 14, 1961 until July 18, 1964...

Donald L. Perrigo, 86, of Plainfield, passed away Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. He was born Dec. 13, 1930 to the late Jessie and Leah (Webb) Perrigo. Donald married Dina Rairdon on Aug. 18, 1950, and she preceded him in death. Donald was a retired abstractor for the state of Indiana...

Greencastle High School’s baseball program is sponsoring its inaugural “Holiday Hitting Camp” on Dec. 30. The camp will be from 1 to 3 p.m. in the high school gymnasium, and will be for any students in grades 1-7 (not limited to Greencastle students)...

Two days after winning the Putnam County wrestling championship, Greencastle’s Tiger Cubs hosted and won the Greencastle Holiday Tourney. The Tiger Cubs went 4-0 to win the Saturday event, while Monrovia placed second at 3-1, Sullivan was third at 2-2, Turkey Run was fourth at 1-3 and Cloverdale was fifth at 0-4...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Putnamville Correctional Facility, Supt. Brian Smith, along with the Promoting Positive Correctional Culture (PPCC) Committee were able to assist nine of fellow staff members this year with gifts for their children. The PPCC set up a Christmas tree and placed anonymous “Angel” ornaments with the gender, age and items needed for children of families in need employed at Putnamville on it...

Putnam County will be looking for a new planning commission director in 2017 after the commissioners chose not to retain current Planner Brett Wagner. While considering annual personnel appointments during their regular meeting on Monday, the commissioners renewed all appointees seeking retention except for Wagner...

MECCA — Collin McCartt’s North Putnam Cougars needed a win on Monday night to close out the pre-Christmas portion of their boys’ basketball schedule. The Cougars had struggled to a 1-5 mark in the first six games, losing a majority of those games to bigger schools such as Brownsburg, Northview and Sullivan...

TUESDAY'S GAMES: Boys-Cascade 64, Greencastle 56. Girls-Greencastle 60, Cloverdale 37; Riverton Parke 59, North Putnam 13.

Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently...