Stories from Thursday, November 23, 2017

BAINBRIDGE —South Vermillion got a school-record 43 points from sophomore Mallory Hawkins on Tuesday night to help defeat North Putnam 77-47. The Cougars fell to their third straight defeat after starting the season 3-1. Payton Lyons scored 13 points to lead North Putnam, while Jaden Day added eight...

Game time: 1:30 p.m. varsity tipoff The coaches: Matthew Langdon is in his seventh year at Cloverdale with a record of 52-88. Justin Burris is in his first year at Easten Greene. So far: Cloverdale beat Turkey Run 85-20, beat Riverton Parke 65-34, beat North Central 89-56, beat Shakamak 81-30, lost 55-50 to South Putnam and beat North Putnam 57-27...

NEW MARKET — Leading Southmont 51-41 with 5:30 to play on Wednesday night, North Putnam was in a good position to win its boys’ basketball season opener. The Mounties dominated the game from that point, however, outscoring North Putnam 21-4 over the remainder of the game and winding up with a 62-55 victory...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale FFA Chapter will host its annual Seed Auction on Monday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. in the high school cafetorium. The FFA has received donations from several seed companies and local businesses for this year’s auction. The auction will be offering lots of various amounts and various products so that producers can sample as many products as you like...

Clayton Peterson, a student in Katie Mosley’s class at Cloverdale Middle School, is the grand prize winner of the Putnam County Community Foundation’s 2017 Darrell Wiatt Family Philanthropy Essay Contest. Clayton’s prize-winning essay described his grandfather William F. Peterson as being the philanthropist he admires most...

Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Tuesday. • At 2:45 p.m. Paul Henry Lantzy, 44, Rockville, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 5:42 a.m. Sillon Obenson, 19, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Brandon P. Rumley, 40, Greencastle, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Level 6 felony driving with a Schedule I or II substance in the body, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class A misdemeanor driving with a Schedule I or II substance in the body, Class B misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident...

CLOVERDALE -- Town Marshal Steve Hibler announced at the Cloverdale Town Council’s recent regular meeting that the Cloverdale Police Department (CPD) is looking to hire two more full-time officers by the end of the year. CPD currently has four full-time officers, five reserve officers and one full-time crime scene investigator and code enforcer...

Thaddeus (Ted) Gerard Jelen of Las Vegas, Nev., passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 at Infinity Hospice in Las Vegas. Ted was born on April 30, 1952 in Evergreen Park, Ill., to the late Thaddeus Andrew Jelen and Francis (Kowalczyk) Jelen. He is survived by his wife, Marthe Chandler of Greencastle; his mother Francis Jelen of Darien, Ill.; his sister, Nicolette Jelen Rhode; brother-in-law Ron Rhode of Burr Ridge, Ill.; niece Corinne Rhode; brother Mark Jelen; sister-in-law Patti Jelen of Woodridge, Ill.; brother John Jelen and sister- in-law Karen Becker Ryder of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and stepsons Christopher Chandler of Santa Monica, Calif., and Robert Chandler of Chicago.. ...

For more than 250 local residents Thursday, the giving of thanks probably should have started with the folks at Greencastle Christian Church and their holiday volunteers. Often putting their own holiday on hold or delaying their own cooking and celebrating or putting off a trip to grandma’s house for a couple of hours, a record number of 64 volunteers helped feed 263 Putnam County residents in the annual Thanksgiving Outreach Dinner at Greencastle Christian...