Stories from Thursday, December 22, 2016

Charles “Chuck” Carvey, 55, of Plainfield, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Services will be at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, Dec 27 in Hall-Baker Funeral Home, Plainfield, with burial to follow in Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 26 at the funeral home...

Tom Price, 62, of Rogersville, Mo., passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. Born Nov. 7, 1954, in Vallejo, Calif., he was the son of James Price and Verna Lillian (Cummins) Price. He was preceded in death by his mother and his grandparents, Ira and Stella Price and Lester and Cora Cummins...

The Putnam County Public Library will be offering four computer classes in January 2017. The computer classes being offered are hands-on classes and are designed to introduce patrons to productivity tools. On Thursday, Jan. 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Introduction to Word Processing will introduce patrons to using typewriter like word-processing software like Microsoft Word and discuss cheaper and free alternatives to Microsoft...

CLOVERDALE -- Endeavor Communications has launched its new Tech Home internet cybersecurity service offering, providing free cybersecurity protection to its customers. The new service reinforces Endeavor’s commitment to take the torture out of technology and make new technology easy and safe to use...

Christmas tree recycling is becoming a natural part of the way Putnam, Parke and Montgomery County residents can give back to Mother Earth. Residents of the district wanting to recycle their natural trees may do so for free by dropping them off at any of the approved locations between Dec. 26 and Jan. 29...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Town Council will have a year-end special meeting on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Cloverdale Town Hall. It is open to the public.

County Jail Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 4:29 p.m. Corey Len Duff Jr., 20, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 12:13 a.m. Jennifer Roseanna Keller, 30, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

INDIANAPOLIS – Secretary of State Connie Lawson has joined the list of distinguished Hoosiers receiving the Sagamore of the Wabash. Vice President-Elect Mike Pence presented Lawson with the award at a ceremony in his Statehouse office today. The Sagamore of the Wabash award is considered the state’s highest civilian honor and is given to individuals who have gone above and beyond in their service to Indiana. ...

District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has been reappointed to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means, on which he was also named chairman of the Health and Medicaid subcommittee. Rep. Baird was also named to the House Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the House Statutory Committee on Ethics and the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety...

The changing face of the Greencastle Fire Department continued this week with the swearing-in of three new firefighters and the promotion of two others. In a ceremony at City Hall Tuesday evening, Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory swore in Matt Rubenstein, Tyler Hatfield and Jeremy Gary as new firefighters and presided over the promotions of Rob Frank and Jason Simonson...

SAN JUAN, P.R. — Five DePauw players scored in doubles figures as the Tigers wrapped up play at the Puerto Rico Clasico with a 70-59 win over Vassar on Tuesday. The Tigers improved to 10-1, while the Brewers dropped to 3-6. DePauw closed the first period with an 11-3 run to take a 21-12 lead at the quarter break. The Tigers opened the second quarter with a 9-3 stretch for their biggest lead of the game at 30-15. The teams went to the intermission with DePauw holding a 37-24 advantage...

Lauren Meek is a three-sport athlete at Cloverdale — competing in volleyball, basketball and softball — who is also ranked in the top five of her class academically. Last spring, she was the Putnam County “Pitcher of the Year.” She is active in National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, was the school Wendy’s Heisman Award winner, and was a finalist for the Owen County Community Foundation scholarship.”...

Bradley Key has not had a losing record in his seven full seasons as the Greencastle girls’ basketball head coach. After the first two weeks of the girls’ high school basketball season, that streak looked to be in jeopardy for year eight. A season-ending injury to a key returning player in Mia Stevens, several sophomores making the sudden transition to varsity basketball and a killer early schedule all contributed to an 0-4 start to the season...

CLOVERDALE — Bigtime players make bigtime plays to win games, and Cloverdale used huge individual efforts from its two team leaders to hold on for a 74-71 overtime win over Monrovia on Wednesday night in boys’ high school basketball action. Cloverdale’s Cooper Neese, who led his team with 29 points, gave his team new life at the end of regulation...

During the recent General Advisory Board meeting, Area 30 students Bryce Whitney (WIRED, Welding, GHS student), Emma Taylor (Teacher Education, GHS student) and Morgan Miley (EMT, Health Careers, CHS student) met with Senator John Crane and Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory to talk about how their two years at the Area 30 Career Center has helped them earn dual credits and prepare for life after high school. ...