Stories from Thursday, January 31, 2019

Sam Jones had a lot of great medical assistance last fall in recovering from a serious auto accident that forced him to miss several weeks of teaching at Cloverdale Middle School and a majority of the season for the Clover varsity volleyball team he coached. There were first responders immediately after the wreck, doctors and nurses at two different hospitals plus numerous physical therapists afterward to help him regain his mobility. Yet, he credits some other people with perhaps being the most important to his recovery. None of them can perform the medical tasks of the others, but they sure can bump, set and spike.

Eleven Putnam County wrestlers will be competing in the IHSAA Mooresville Regional on Saturday after placing in the top four in their weight classes in sectional competition. Four wrestlers in each weight class advanced from the Mooresville and Avon sectionals to compete in the regional, which will cut that field in half. The top four in each weight class advancing to the Evansville Reitz Semistate on Feb. 9...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Indiana 4th District U.S. Congressman Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has announced the hiring of Tanner Dean and Jackson Hammond to his first congressional staff. Dean, a Greencastle native and Purdue University graduate, will work in the Washington, D.C. office as staff assistant for Baird...

Eugene Perry Schwartz, 85, of Greencastle, died on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle. Arrangements are pending at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle.

CLOVERDALE — With traditional television changing rapidly, Endeavor Communications on Thursday announced a major change to the services it offers. Responding to what it calls a “new wave of innovation,” Endeavor will no longer offer traditional cable television to new customers...

While the Wind Chill Warning that was in effect since 10 p.m. Tuesday has been canceled, a new Winter Weather Advisory has been issued that will continue through Friday morning. The Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 7 p.m. Thursday through 10 a.m. Friday as snowfall is expected to impact portions of central Indiana, including Putnam County, the National Weather Service says...

Action finally gets under way tonight in the Class 3A Southmont Sectional tournament. Scheduled to begin on Tuesday, the first-round games were delayed until tonight due to weather. Tonight’s winners will play the teams who received first-round byes, and Saturday’s winners will meet on Monday night in the championship...

Touch is our common language. Through holding, comforting, stroking — one can heal or reassure, relieve pain or soothe away tension. Above all, touch conveys the fact that we care and tells us we are not alone. Especially during times of transition — loss, divorce, illness, aging, moving, retiring or other life-changing circumstances — learning to be fully present through touch can sometimes be the best medicine...

Three outstanding vocal students from Greencastle Middle School were chosen to participate in the Indiana Music Educators Association Middle School All-State Honor Choir at the IMEA professional development conference conducted Jan. 17-19 in Ft. Wayne...

Greencastle Middle School instrumental students competed in the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) Solo and Ensemble competition on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Terre Haute North High School. The students spent many hours preparing a solo or ensemble piece and performed before a highly qualified judge. There are five different groups that a student could enter in from Group V (easier music) to Group I (very difficult)...

In celebration of Indiana Farm Bureau’s 100th anniversary, all 92 county Farm Bureaus are hoping to donate at least 100 pounds of food to a local charity by March 12. Putnam County residents can help the local Farm Bureau collect its “100 pounds for 100 years” by dropping off non-perishable donations at the Putnam County Farm Bureau Insurance office, 1001 N. Jackson St., Greencastle...

Putnam County Hospital hosted a community-based Emergency Preparedness tabletop exercise Tuesday, Jan. 29 focused on a weather-related event. The exercise was a requirement for long-term care facilities to work with organizations within their community to prepare for different types of emergencies. ...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Robert F. Moore III, 29, Terre Haute, Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official, Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief Anthony R. Stone, 20, Cloverdale, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana, Class C misdemeanor driving a vehicle without ever receiving a license...

County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 1:13 a.m. Timothy Stephen McCullough, 32, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. Wednesday • At 1:54 a.m. Ryan Damone Martin, 30, Terre Haute, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

The first change in 52 years to the way Indiana school funding is handled came at a tricky time for Greencastle Community Schools. Besides dealing with changes in how to handle money received from the State of Indiana, GCSC was doing so without a permanent corporation treasurer...

He was the last Republican candidate left opposing Donald Trump’s 2016 nomination for president and he’s often the first mentioned in speculation that someone in the GOP might oppose the president in the 2020 primary. But if John Kasich has designs on again running for president, he wasn’t revealing anything on his visit to DePauw University on Thursday...