Stories from Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Donald Lee Cloncs, 85, of Roachdale, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Hendricks Regional Health. He was born on April 15, 1931 in Roachdale to the late Clifton and Alma (Scheckles) Cloncs. On July 7, 1992 he married Carole Whetstone in Roachdale. Mrs. Cloncs survives...

Beryl V. Castle, 84, of Coatesville, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 in her residence at Heritage Lake. Born Oct. 30, 1932 in Aberdeen, Wash., she was the daughter of Roy N. Woods and Beatrice (Canaris) Woods. She married Henry Castle and he preceded her in death...

Local mother Cassandra Felix (above, left) watches as daughter Abigail Felix pulls the thread through on her dreamcatcher during the Putnam County Public Library's "Making and Baking" program last Wednesday. Madison Prather, of Porland, Ore., (below) rejoices over the beads on her dreamcatcher.The program is hosted by Bridgette Lang, also a DePauw student and Bonner Scholar. "I've always been sort of crafty," Lang said. "You can buy one at the store, but how often to do you get to make one?"...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Michael E. Skinner, 44, Greencastle, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine James Michael Mink, 28, Roachdale, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement, Level 6 felony driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class A misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .15 or more...

Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 12:56 p.m. Matthew Ryan Eversole, 35, Brazil, was lodged at the jail for nonsupport of a dependent. • At 12:41 p.m. Nahosha Danille Love, 32, Indianapolis, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

This Saturday, April 15, is the first of four Free Fishing Days in Indiana in 2017. On these special days, Indiana residents can fish public waters without needing a fishing license or a trout stamp. Free Fishing Days are opportunities for families to learn to fish because adults don’t need a license...

Indiana young people are getting engaged in a project called Climate Recovery, and cities are starting to awaken to the need to act on climate now. Jim Poyser will appear at the Putnam County Public Library on Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. to talk about these young people and advise how your town can get involved in Climate Recovery...

The Waters of Greencastle and Millpond Health Campus are sponsoring a trip to the casino at Shelbyville for seniors on Thursday, April 20. Cost of the trip is $15. Participants will have $10 credit for lunch as well as for gambling money. Stop by the Senior Center at 9 W. Franklin St., Greencastle, to sign up for the day trip...

Assistant Director Chad Nunley announced during the Area 30 Governing Board’s Tuesday meeting that the Super Mileage Club had placed fourth in the Engineering/Technology Educators of Indiana Super Mileage Challenge hosted by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the weekend...

Buoyed by 100 percent occupancy in the 94-unit first phase of Zinc Mill Terrace, another 90-100 units are being planned for Phase II, the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals learned at its April meeting. Developer Brad Emmert of Emmert Group Properties LLC, of Brazil, called the second phase “a carbon copy” of Phase I of the apartment complex off Tennessee Street at Veterans Memorial Highway (across the road from the Greencastle Middle School)...

ROACHDALE – North Putnam pushed three runs across the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull out a 16-15 win over South Putnam on Tuesday evening in high school softball action. The game was a preview of Saturday’s matchup in the second game of the Putnam County tournament...

Balancing two trays of food, Tammy York gets ready to leave the Fillmore Elementary School cafeteria to eat in the gym with granddaughter Lilly Russell and her friend, Emma Moore, both first-graders, during Grandparents Day recently at Fillmore. Meanwhile, after enjoying lunch in the school gym, grandmother Kathy Sibbitt turns it into a Kodak moment for second-grade grandson Bransyn Hansley and his great-grandmother, Jane Sibbitt. Grandparents also visited classrooms, enjoyed recess and accompanied youngsters to a book fair in the school media center.