Stories from Sunday, April 2, 2017

F. Eloise Masten, 76, of Bloomington, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 in IU Health, Bloomington Hospital. She was born June 22, 1940 in Freedom, Ind., to Frank Martin and Dorothy Bingham Martin. Eloise was retired from Sears and had previously worked for Indiana Bell...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — New Albany’s Romeo Langford couldn’t bring his school a second straight state championship, but he’s still widely considered the best high school basketball player in Indiana. For the second consecutive year, the star junior earned the most votes on this year’s Associated Press All-State boys’ team. Fort Wayne Homestead’s Karissa McLaughlin earned the top honor on the girls’ all-state team. The selections were released Saturday...

If Cooper Neese’s English teacher at Cloverdale assigns an essay this week on the topic of “What I Did on Spring Break,” his subject matter would be hard to top. The Clover senior took a rare break from basketball early last week and spent a few days relaxing in Mexico, then jetted to Phoenix for the American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships...

The four winners of the 35th Annual DePauw Concerto Competition will be featured in concert with the DePauw University Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, April 9 at 3 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium of the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts at DePauw...

Clinton Falls is a small, quaint community in Clinton Township on the west side of Putnam County, described as “charming and historic.” It has a rich history, with deep roots going back to 1825. It has a history, as thick as the woods surrounding it, and is just as beautiful too...

On Saturday, April 8, the Putnam County Museum will present Putnam Travels, an Icelandic travelogue with local photographer Lynne Tweedie. Known as “The Land of Fire and Ice,” Iceland is home to both some of the largest glaciers in Europe, and some of the most active volcanoes in the world...

Wasser Brewing Co. will mark the first weekend in April with two nights of live music at the 102 E. Franklin St., Greencastle, establishment. Friday, April 7 enjoy a double dose of original Americana music with The Hammer and The Hatchet, a duo with Bloomington roots, followed by the return of Greencastle’s own Black Market Vinyl. The show starts at 8 p.m...

Greencastle Middle School student Trenton Snow shows off his skills Sunday at Robe-Ann Park during what was officially realized as the last day of spring break. Students from all schools, including DePauw University, will be back in session today, signifying the last leg of the 2016-17 school year...

Attempting to model the success of a March pub crawl as well as momentum from previous First Friday events, Main Street Greencastle is kicking off First Friday a month earlier than last year with a Friday Downtown Business Crawl. Slated to take place from 5-7:30 p.m. on and around courthouse square, participants will be challenged to “crawl” to nine locations, collecting stickers from each one...

Dexter Filkins, called “the premier combat journalist of his generation” by the Washington Post, is coming to DePauw University on Wednesday, April 5. Filkins will keynote DePauw’s Hampton and Esther Boswell Symposium, “New Ways of Writing War.” His 8 p.m. talk in Thompson Recital Hall, located within the Green Center for the Performing Arts, is free and open to all...

The Gleaners Senior Mobile Pantry will return to Greencastle on April 6 at the National Guard Armory, located at the corner of Shadowlawn Avenue and North Arlington Street. The food giveaway, open only to seniors age 55 and older, will be conducted from 10 a.m.-noon. Participants are asked not to arrive before 9:30 a.m...

An estimated 7,000 plastic eggs, filled with candy, goodies or coupons, will be up for grabs Saturday, April 8 during the annual Greencastle Park and Recreation Department Easter Egg Hunt. The free event for youngsters age 1-11 will begin promptly at 10 a.m. at Robe-Ann Park...

With area students needing assistance to make it to a national culinary competition, Greencastle’s All-American Karate Academy is again kicking in its support. The Area 30 culinary arts program and instructor Mary Anne Birt are trying to raise $5,000 to send five students to Charleston, S.C., for the National ProStart Invitational on April 28-30...

How do you celebrate a culinary arts state champion? With another dining experience, of course, you foodies. A fete to commemorate a feat perhaps. On Monday, April 10 Almost Home restaurant in Greencastle will partner with the Area 30 Career Center culinary arts class to host a fundraising dinner for instructor Mary Anne Birt’s award-winning students -- Caleb Basore, Mikayla Campbell, Jonas Ray and Tyler Smith, all of Greencastle High School, and Zach York of South Putnam...

A call from a former Putnam County sheriff’s deputy removed a major safety concern from the side of a Greencastle road Saturday afternoon. Mike Johnson was walking along Albin Pond Road just west of Round Barn Road when he noticed a grocery bag and other debris in ditch...

The Putnam County Board of Realtors will host a bingo night Saturday, April 8 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds Community Building to benefit the Board of Realtors Scholarship Fund. Prizes and more than $1,500 cash will be awarded. Drinks and snacks will be on sale; no outside food or drinks will be allowed...