Stories from Friday, January 26, 2018

BAINBRIDGE — The North Putnam Lady Cougars picked up a win in their final regular season contest against the Eminence Eels, 50-26. The Cougars improved their record to 8-14 on the season. The eight wins marked the best season since 2004-05 for North Putnam. The wins are key for the Cougar program, according to head coach Jarrod Duff...

CLOVERDALE — South Putnam rode the strong offensive performance of senior Lillie Stein to a 61-45 win over Cloverdale in the final regular-season girls’ basketball game for both teams. Each team finished the season with a 17-5 record, and they could potentially meet in the Cascade Sectional semifinals next Friday if the Clovers win their opening-round game against Western Boone...

3rd place: Indian Creek (10-4) at Greencastle (9-4) Media coverage: WREB-FM 94.3 will air the game. The coaches: Drew Glentzer is in his first year at Indian Creek. Bryce Rector is in his second year at Greencastle. Season recap: Indian Creek has lost to Cloverdale, Martinsville, Greenfield-Central and Center Grove this year. Greencastle has won six straight games...

CLOVERDALE – When Cloverdale’s Jalen Moore scores his 21st point tonight at Northview, which should come sometime early in the third period based upon the normal pattern, he will become the 52nd player in Indiana boys’ high school basketball history to have scored 2,000 points in his career...

CLOVERDALE -- In November representatives from all branches of local Cloverdale government and several organizations met in the first of what is sure to be many “roundtable discussions” on how to market and improve Cloverdale. The result was the formation of the Business Leadership Team (BLT), which has met twice in January, and at its most recent meeting set goals for the coming year...

John Charles Kessinger, 80, of Bainbridge, went to be with our Lord and Savior Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. He was born May 27, 1937 to John C. and Faye Van Hook Kessinger. He married Margaret (Tippin) Oct. 14, 1956. She survives. Survivors also include daughters Susie (David) Trinkle of Naples, Fla., and Deborah (Curtis) Rhea of Greeneville, Mo.; sons Bryan (Kim) Kessinger of Crawfordsville, and Kevin (Debra) Kessinger of Waynetown; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren...

Ora Wagle Jr., 79, Indianapolis, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Rita Coats-Wagle; daughters Debbie Wilson and Cheryl Stevens, both of Stilesville; and son Michael Wagle of Eminence. He also leaves four stepchildren, Rick Beckner of Spencer, Cindy Baxter of Cloverdale, and Cathy Phillips and Karen Anderson, both of Indianapolis, and 13 grandchildren...

Interim board members of the Putnam Pride Initiative gathered Sunday, Jan. 21 at the Center for Diversity and Inclusion on the campus of DePauw University. It has been a goal of the group to solidify the presence of the Putnam Pride Initiative (PPI) in Putnam County by moving the board from interim status after a year in existence, to appointing officers and board members...

In December, Megan Harris of Teachers Credit Union coordinated a fundraiser with her co-workers to donate to the Clothe-A-Child program. Harris and her co-workers were able to raise $1,603.33 in the short span from Dec. 7-22 with the help of the community and TCU members...

JESSICA COPELAND of Coatesville was recently named to the dean’s list at Maryville University for the fall 2017 semester. A cybersecurity major, Copeland was among the students completing at least 12 credit hours with a minimum 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale...

Mary Irene Williams, 93, of Poland, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Born June 2, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Mary (Schroer) Rubeck. Mary married Harvey Williams, and he preceded her in death...