Stories from Monday, February 11, 2019

GENEVA, Ohio — Greencastle High School senior Emma Wilson dominated the prestigious MileSplit/SPIRE Scholastic Showcase running event on Sunday at the SPIRE Institute, recording a personal best in winning the 3,200-meter run and setting a meet record...

EVANSVILLE — Greencastle sophomore Brach Carrington won his opening match in the Evansville Reitz Semistate wrestling tournament on Saturday, defeating senior Trent Brown of Jeffersonville by fall in 2:49. Carrington then advanced to the “money round,” in which the four winners all earn spots in the state finals next weekend...

Janet Mae Chartrand, 87, of Greencastle, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 at her residence. Janet was born in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 7, 1931, the daughter of Timothy and Clara Mae (Brown) Ellingwood. Mrs. Chartrand graduated from cosmetology school, and worked as a beautician for more than 35 years until her health would not let her continue...

HIGH SCHOOL Today Basketball (boys) – North Putnam at North Montgomery, 6 p.m. (JV-V). Thursday Swimming (boys) – Swimming trials in Plainfield Sectional, 5:30 p.m. Friday Basketball (boys) – Cloverdale at Indianapolis Manual, Bloomington South at Greencastle, North Putnam at Covington and South Putnam at Owen Valley, 6 p.m. (JV-V)...

DELAWARE, Ohio — DePauw shot 54 percent from the field and outrebounded host Ohio Wesleyan by 29 on the way to an 85-55 North Coast Athletic Conference win over the Battling Bishops on Saturday. With the win, the Tigers clinched a share of their seventh North Coast Athletic Conference title in eight years...

Students from North Putnam High School absorb a lot of useful information as they visit local businesses and DePauw University Friday for input on a multi-faceted project.

County Jail Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 6:25 p.m. Justin Edward Reedy, 30, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 11:02 a.m. William Joseph Cox, 45, Greencastle, was taken into custody for domestic battery...

CLOVERDALE -- Indiana Conservation Officer Nathan Lutz, who serves Parke County, has been selected the 2018 District 5 Officer of the Year. Headquartered in Cloverdale, District 5 includes Putnam, Parke, Clay, Owen, Vermillion, Vigo, Sullivan and Greene counties...

Mary Allison came to Putnam County with her family in 1826. She saw a need to help the children of the county. She opened an orphanage in the late 1800s along with five trustees to manage the home and begin raising funds to provide for the children...

The Putnam County Public Library will be closed on Monday, Feb. 18 in honor of Presidents’ Day. The library, 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle, will resume normal hours on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The library’s regular hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday...

In anticipation of their 35th anniversary, current members of the Greencastle Civic League want to make sure they have a complete history. In looking to update its records, the Civic League is trying to get in touch with any former members. All former members are asked to send their approximate years of service, email address and physical address to greencastlecivicleagueinc@gmail.com...

Thomas E. Wartenberg, who is known for his work in teaching philosophy to young children, will come to the campus of DePauw University on Friday, Feb. 22. His talk, “Doing Philosophy with Frog and Toad: Introducing Children to Philosophy,” will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the ballroom of the Memorial Student Union Building at Seminary and Locust streets. Free lunch will be provided to those attending...

A highly ethical group of Greencastle High School freshmen may have a very bright future ahead of them, based on the results of a recent Ethics Bowl event at DePauw’s Prindle Institute for Ethics. GHS fielded three teams of the fifth annual State of Indiana Ethics Bowl contest, but it was a team composed entirely of freshmen — Casey Crary, Ben Huff, Iris Mackenzie, Maiesah Rashid and Dale Thomas — that found itself second in the state at day’s end...

A population health study from IUPUI and the Regenstrief Institute has identified striking socioeconomic and racial disparities in health behavior and in the receipt of cancer screening in 34 of the 92 Indiana counties with cancer death rates higher than the state’s average, a new study reports...

North Putnam (5-15) at North Montgomery (5-14) The coaches: Collin McCartt is in his fifth year at North Putnam. So far: The Cougars have lost their last three games since winning at Brown County on Jan. 25. Per-game averages: Offense – NP 46.4, NM 43.5. Defense – NP 57.8, NM 52.9...

Benton Central, winner of the Class 3A Crawfordsville Sectional last week, knocked off two frequent Putnam County opponents on Saturday to win the Danville Regional. The Bison trailed Indianapolis Chatard by five points after three quarters in the first regional contest, but were able to come back and pull out a 59-58 victory...

CLOVERDALE — A wrong-way crash early Saturday morning on Interstate 70 sent three people to the hospital and has two drivers facing misdemeanor charges. Forrest E. Thompson, 23, Terre Haute, told Deputy Robert Soilleux he had been westbound in the right lane following a semi in a 2007 Pontiac G6. He said that he pulled into the fast lane and was in the process of passing the semi when he saw eastbound headlights coming toward him...

Eugene Perry Schwartz, Greencastle, 85, son of Otto and Marian (Koleman) Schwartz, died on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Born in Fremont, Ohio, on April 17, 1933, he attended public schools in that city. He attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, under full scholarship and majored in chemistry and minored in physics and mathematics. ...