Stories from Monday, April 15, 2019

Marilyn Ann Shoemaker, 85, of Greencastle, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Marilyn was born in Roachdale on Sept. 29, 1933, the daughter of Charles and Chloe Byrd. Mrs. Shoemaker was a member of Fillmore United Methodist Church...

On Saturday, April 27, Greencastle residents are encouraged to celebrate Clean City Day. An initiative spearheaded by the Greencastle Civic League in partnership with the City of Greencastle, this is a day dedicated to bringing people together to make our city clean, welcoming and inviting to its residents, businesses and visitors...

Richard Kelly, 84, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at his residence. Richard was born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Aug. 28, 1934, the son of Joseph and Helen (Barnes) Kelly. He was a graduate of Mineola High School in New York. Richard earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Purdue University. He did his undergraduate studies at Hofstra University...

Ray Keith Black, 83, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019. He was born Oct. 29, 1935 in Greencastle, the son of Paul and Louisa (Lewis) Black. He was a 1954 graduate of Greencastle High School. Ray retired from Teamsters Local 135, where he had worked several years as a truck driver...

Jewell Wayne Grimes, 62, Greencastle, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019 at his residence surrounded by his family and friends. Wayne was born in Greencastle on May 7, 1956, the son of Frank W. and Wanda M. (Chadd) Grimes. He attended Greencastle High School...

Jerry Lewis Humphreys, 89, of Waveland, passed away April 12, 2019 at Life's Journey of Avon. He was born on Oct. 30, 1929 in Parke County to the late Carl and Ferris (Heslar) Humphreys. He married Grace M. (Gibbs) Humphreys on Dec. 4, 1949 in Milligan, Ind. She passed away on Oct. 6, 2013...

County Jail Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • 12:58 a.m. Kenneth Paul Harrington, 31, Brazil, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. Sunday • At 7:59 p.m. Matthew A. Montgomery, 38, Greencastle, was taken into custody for resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct, battery on law enforcement, battery on a firefighter and battery on ambulance personnel...

The Greencastle Police Department will be participating in the annual National Drug Take Back Day event on Saturday, April 20 at Greencastle High School. Unused or outdated medications will be collected for safe disposal from 9 a.m. to noon in the upper parking area just outside the main entrance to GHS, 910 E. Washington St...

A lot of young guitarists pick up the instrument to get girls. Greencastle High School senior Parker Black wasn’t much different, but he put that behind him years ago. Wiser than his 18 years, Black now has different goals for his musical talents — as well as his budding management skills...

Kindergarten round-up dates have been set for students entering kindergarten in the Greencastle Community School Corporation for the 2019-20 school year. Ridpath Primary School round-up will take place Tuesday, April 23 from noon to 7 p.m. Round-up for Deer Meadow Primary School will take place Thursday, April 25 from noon to 7 p.m...

Easter egg hunters at Greencastle’s Robe-Ann Park make fast work of some 7,000 plastic eggs Saturday as they charge across the lawn and even leap off the stone wall (at left) in pursuit of candy and prizes that included four bicycles. Meanwhile, after the dust settles, all that’s left of one plastic egg, stepped on and shattered, is one unwanted chewy lemon Starburst.

Grand prize winners of new bicycles during the annual Greencastle Park Department Easter Egg Hunt are (front, from left) 11-year-old Levi Smiley, son of Charles and Sandra Smiley, of Greencastle.

WEST TERRE HAUTE South Putnam competed in the West Vigo Invitational on Saturday, along with Linton-Stockton and Parke Heritage. The Eagles’ No. 2 doubles team of Morgan Dixon and Keira Wells won both of its matches to claim the tourney title.

Greencastle’s Ben Wells had some rebuilding to do when he took over the Tiger Cub baseball program in the 2017 season. The Tiger Cubs may not yet be at the status for which they aspire, but they took a huge step forward on Saturday by winning their second straight Putnam County championship...

Putnam County tournament matchups are often full of emotion, but Saturday’s Putnam County Softball tournament may have provided more emotions than any tournament in recent memory, with the North Putnam Cougars outlasting the competition with a 2-1 victory over the Cloverdale Clovers in the championship game on Saturday...

The 27th annual Fiber Event, once commonly known as the Fleece Fair, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 19-20 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds in Greencastle. The event is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free...

CLOVERDALE -- Town officials were recently met with disputes and little in the way of trust between some residents in Cloverdale. Two issues which where brought up at the Cloverdale Town Council’s regular meeting last week were centered on Don Gedert, who is the developer of the Stardust Hills subdivision...