Stories from Thursday, March 9, 2017

Lucille Reininga Ricketts died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 at Bell Trace in Bloomington, where she had lived since 2001. Her death was preceded by a brief illness. She had celebrated her 90th birthday in August 2016. She was born in Evansville and was raised in Washington, Ind. She was the daughter of the president of the First Citizen’s Bank, Ted Reininga...

Kathryn Thompson, 102, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Born Feb. 15, 1915 in Crown Point, the daughter of Wells and Helen (Woodcock) Ainsworth. She was a 1933 graduate of Greencastle High School. Kathryn retired from P.R. Mallorys in 1983, where she had worked for 17-1/2 years. She had previously worked at the Angwell Curtain Factory for 12-1/2 years. She had been a volunteer at the Putnam County Senior Center for 28 years...

Richard Allen Wilson, 73, of Indianapolis, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017. He was born on April 25, 1943 in Indianapolis to the late Arthur Wilson and Bertha Redfern. He was a finisher at Herff Jones for more than 38 years when he retired. Richard is survived by his wife, Karen S. Wilson; children Julie (Bruce) Dorsett, Kelly Wells, Jason Wilson and Christopher (Amanda) Wilson; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Penny Oakey...

Betty Jean Williams, 79, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, She was born July 6, 1937 in Ladoga, the daughter of Harley B. and Lorna (Barker) Servies. Betty was a 1955 graduate of New Market High School. Betty was a homemaker and had worked several years with PR Mallorys and Taylor Graphics. ...

Wilma "Sis" Pauline Curtis, 95, of Stilesville went to be with the Lord Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Born Nov. 29, 1921 to the late Cola and Bernice (Buis) Clearwater. She married Emezire "Bud" Curtis on Nov. 13, 1940, and he preceded her in death Nov. 28, 2007...

The fifth annual VFW Auxiliary Post 1550 cancer benefit is scheduled for Saturday, March 11 at the Greencastle VFW Post, 819 S. Jackson St. The 5-11 p.m. event is open to the public. All proceeds go the Putnam County Hospital Cancer Clinic. A pulled pork meal with all the trimmings will be served 5-7 p.m. for $8 a plate...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Tammy L. Dickerson, 45, Greencastle, Class D felony theft, Level 5 felony theft, Class D felony official misconduct, Level 6 felony official misconduct Michael A. Kessler, 69, Greencastle, Level 6 felony maintaining a common nuisance-controlled substances, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

February may make us shiver but February 2017 belied that old song-lyric notion with temperatures 10 to 13 degrees above normal on average across central Indiana, the National Weather Service Indianapolis Office reports. The month, however, started out on the cool side with highs the first four days largely below 40 degrees...

Unofficial local historian Jinsie Bingham took Putnam County Museum members on a tour of the county’s 13 townships without ever leaving the building during the museum’s 15th annual membership meeting this week. Titling her presentation “Putnam County: Believe It or Not,” Bingham offered tales of crime, passion and whimsy as she detailed people and events from each of the county’s townships (with the exception of Greencastle Township)...

Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 5:11 p.m. Johnathan Ramirez, 22, Bloomington, was lodged at the jail for possession of marijuana. • At 4:51 p.m. Angel Monique Viera, 23, Pomona, Calif., was taken into custody for resisting law enforcement...

Things have been busy at the Putnam County Animal Shelter — busy enough to warrant more hours for one key employee. Having already received a positive report from Animal Care and Control Officer Randy Patrick, the Putnam County Commissioners learned that there more work than can be done by a part-time veterinarian tech...

Aleah Duncan is a senior at North Putnam, and competes in volleyball (all-county player) and basketball. She is the third oldest of nine children, and would have competed in track and field this year if not for an injury. Banner Graphic: Talk about your background in sports and how long you’ve been competing...

CLOVERDALE — After leading his team to its fourth consecutive sectional title last weekend, Northeastern senior guard Tyler Smith is ready to help his team make the next step. The first step in that journey is at 10 a.m. Saturday against Cloverdale in the opening game of the Greenfield-Central Regional...

CLOVERDALE — Being overlooked as the “other” half of your basketball team’s two-person senior class is understandable when the other one is the seventh-leading scorer in state history. While Butler-bound Cooper Neese draws the headlines and heads toward the 2,500-point mark in career scoring, Cloverdale’s Seth Pfaff is happy doing the dirty work down low...

CLOVERDALE —Saturday morning’s opening game of the Greenfield-Central boys’ basketball regional tourney will pair two similar teams in Cloverdale and Northeastern. Not only do both teams like to get up and down the court and score points, but between them they have made five regional appearances over the last three years without either bringing home the title...

CLOVERDALE — Indianapolis native Karl Turk thoroughly enjoyed his time coaching basketball in Texas, and understandably so. Turk was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Texas-Corpus Christi in 2006, and the following year he helped the team to a rare berth in the NCAA tournament...