Stories from Saturday, January 20, 2018

Carolyn Jean Varvel Nichols will celebrate her 80th birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 23. She was born in an upstairs apartment on Wood Street, Greencastle in 1938. She is the proud mother of two children, Joyce and Jason. Carolyn has eight grandchildren, Michelle, Martina, Jamie, Victoria, Samantha, Aaron, Lyndsay and Jacob; as well as eight great-grandchildren, Silas, Jocelyn, Zoey, Matthew, Madison, Calvin, Alexis and Isabella...

Clay City (3-10) at Cloverdale (9-4) The coaches: Vance Edmondson is in his ninth year at Clay City. Patrick Rady is in his third year at Cloverdale. Season recap: Clay City has lost five of its last six games. Cloverdale has won its last two games...

The pairings for the 43rd Indiana High School Athletic Association girls’ state basketball tournament will be revealed on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m.. The two-hour program will stream exclusively on the IHSAA’s video portal at IHSAAtv.org (no television) and via affiliates of the IHSAA Champions Radio Network with Bob Lovell and Greg Rakestraw serving as hosts...

ELLETTSVILLE — After losing a late lead Friday night at Edgewood, the North Putnam girls’ basketball team came away disappointed but with something to build upon. Leading the Mustangs by three points with about 2:30 to play, the Cougars wound up falling to Edgewood 39-33 in a Western Indiana Conference ninth-place game...

CLAYTON — The South Putnam Eagles avenged an earlier loss to the Cascade in girls’ high school basketball Friday night. The Eagles defeated the Cadets 49-41 in a tough, physical contest that boosted the Eagles to fifth place in the Western Indiana Conference...

SPENCER — Greencastle’s Bradley Key knew his team would have to play well to beat Class 3A No. 5-ranked Owen Valley in the championship game of the Western Indiana Conference playoffs on Friday night. The Patriots had beaten the Tiger Cubs 50-22 in the same gymnasium in November, and have an impressive roster of athletes talented on both ends of the court...

Robert Dale Pruett, 83, of Indianapolis, passed away Jan. 18, 2018. He was born Oct. 7, 1934 in New Castle, Ind., to the late Jasper and Carrie B. Pruett. Robert was a 1953 graduate of New Castle High School. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and attended Ball State University. Robert was employed in Quality Control for Delco-Remy for 30 years, retiring in 1986. He was a member of Little Flower Catholic Church...

Ruby Mae Heavin, 85, of Coatesville, went to meet our Lord on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at Mill Pond Rehabilitation Center. Born March 18, 1932 in Virginia, she was the daughter of Roy E. Johnson and Ellie F. (Fischer) Johnson. She married Bennie G. Heavin on March 22, 1952 in Spencer and he preceded her in death...

Dennis Lee Troth, 76, of Greencastle, died suddenly Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, of a cerebral hemorrhage at Putnam County Hospital. Dennis was born in Lebanon on March 4, 1941, the son of Floyd and Helen Marie (Kettering) Troth and was a graduate of Speedway High School...