Stories from Friday, February 2, 2018

Rodney A. Kendall, 60, of Camby, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Mooresville Eagles Lodge. Cremation Society of Indiana is entrusted with these arrangements.

Gerald L. Roberts, 75, formerly of Greencastle, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 at Cape Coral Hospital in Cape Coral, Fla. Gerald was born on June 9, 1942, the son of Russell and Iva Roberts. Mr. Roberts worked for Eagle Valley Construction for 52 years until his retirement...

Max Keith Nichols, 83, of Coatesville, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Born Oct. 17, 1934 , he was the son of the late Earl and Nellie (Heavin) Nichols. Max married Jackie Stevens, the love of his life, on June 16, 2006. She's a gospel singer from Muncie who travels nationwide...

The Mission and Service Leadership Team of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church has announced SAWs (Servants at Work) as the recipient of its first small community grant of $1,000. SAWs is a mission of the Greencastle Presbyterian Church that has been providing handicap ramps, steps and safety rails to disabled residents in Putnam County for the past nine years. This work is provided to most recipients at no cost, and SAWs never charges for labor...

Apart from the ubiquitous First Piano Concerto, not many of Tchaikovsky’s piano pieces are performed with any frequency outside of Russia. Their intimacy, however, makes them especially suitable for performance in a smaller venue — such as DePauw University’s Thompson Recital Hall...

Science meets art in “The Art of Data” an exhibition now open at DePauw University’s Richard E. Peeler Art Center. Remaining on view through July 15, it is free and open to all. Under the guidance of Dan Gurnon, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and in collaboration with the Peeler Art Center curatorial staff, 11 seniors in DePauw’s Science Research Fellows program have selected representations of scientific data from their respective disciplines for this exhibition...

Suddenly, there’s a race for District 2 County Commissioner. One week ago, no candidates had filed for the position currently held by Board of Commissioners President Rick Woodall. As of Friday afternoon, not only is Woodall, of Greencastle, set to appear on the May 8 primary ballot, but so is an additional Republican challenger as well as a Democrat...