Stories from Monday, June 17, 2019

ANDERSON – For some players, the format and structure of all-star basketball games perfectly fits their style. Lots more fast breaks leading to easy points, not nearly as much defense and much higher scores than normal high school games. Reggie Bass of Muncie Central, for example, has a game fit for such contests. ...

Former Greencastle standout lineman Trever Wood wil be rejoining longtime teammate Jacob Meyer at Millikin University this fall as teammates. Meyer recently completed his freshman year at the Division III school in Decatur, Ill., and Wood was glad to have someone from whom to get inside information on the program...

Cloverdale Tori Combs, volleyball/basketball, Lincoln Trail College Holly Garretson, softball, Olney Central College Jake Wilkes, football, Culver-Stockton (Mo.) Hannah Rady, volleyball, Anderson Chelsie Edwards, track and field, Indiana State Parker Watts, baseball, Vincennes...

The 17th annual boys’ IBCA/IHSAA Underclass Showcase events will be Saturday at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. This event is being held during the NCAA’s new “scholastic viewing period” in June this year after being held in July in previous years...

NASHVILLE — Brown County State Park and Abe Martin Lodge closed to the public at about 4 p.m. MONday due to a lack of usable water supply caused by the heavy rainfall over the last several days. The park remained closed to the public Tuesday. The decision about closure beyond Tuesday is day-to-day...

he Purdue Alumni Club of Putnam County will host its 21st annual golf outing on Wednesday, June 26 at Tiger Pointe Country Club (formerly Windy Hill) in Greencastle. Among the Purdue guests will be Leroy Keyes, named “Purdue’s All-Time Greatest Player,” a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and an NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, and Bob Ford, retired Purdue sports broadcaster and a member of the Indiana High School and Purdue University basketball halls of fame.. ...

The 20th annual Greencastle Fire Department golf scramble will take place Saturday, June 29 at Tiger Pointe Country Club. The outing, presented by Greencastle Professional Firefighters Local 5125 and the Friends of the Greencastle Fire Department, will again benefit the Hoosier Burn Camp. Entry fee is $200 per four-person team. The fee includes two drink tickets per person...

The Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with Duo Diez, Norwegian guitarist Espen Jensen and violist Donna Lively Clark. The program includes arrangements of folk music from Haiti, solo guitar works by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, a new work by Vidar Christensen, original compositions by Jensen and tangos by the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla...

FILLMORE — A truck driver turned factory worker turned baker and owner of a local Putnam County bakery. Three combinations you wouldn’t expect to mix well, but in actuality, this mix has created a masterpiece. In Fillmore, a new bakery is making waves. Tom Arthur is the baker and owner of Tom’s Cookies & Stuff, making cookies and other baked goods from to turtles to Bundt cakes to banana bread to even cheesecakes...

Greencastle and Putnam County residents may soon be able to enjoy a new mural if a crowdfunding campaign launched this week reaches its fundraising goal of $30,000 by July 15. The campaign for the Putnam County Mural Project is using the CreatINg Places program sponsored by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA)...

A damp, though not quite rainy, day can’t put a damper on the fun as Kevin Johnston entertains the kids at the third installment of Music Mondays at Robe-Ann Park.

Van Bibber Lake Estates, Greencastle, is hosting a cookout from noon-6 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Lunch will be served from noon-2 p.m. Music will be playing throughout the day. All are invited for free food, fellowship and fun.

Linda L. Wesley, 76, passed away in her home on Thursday, June 13, 2019. She was born on July 21, 1942 to Robert and Joyce Hadley, who preceded her in death. She was raised in Brazil, along with her two surviving sisters, Judy (Mike) Ford of Nashville and Cathy (P.J.) Davenport of Terre Haute...

County Jail Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 8:57 p.m. Talmas Allen, 31, Phillipp, Miss., was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated-refusal, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia...

The following cases were filed recently in Putnam County courts: Criminal Cases Tammy L. Miller, 47, Martinsville, Level 6 felony theft of a firearm, Level 6 felony theft with a prior conviction Cory E. Smith, 34, homeless, Level 6 felony theft Zakkary M. Osburn, 27, Poland, Class B misdemeanor inhaling toxic vapors...

Besides the problems an extraordinarily rainy spring caused for farmers, it also did no favors for the condition of roads in Putnam County. A record-setting rainfall on Saturday made the local road situation even worse. A day of heavy rains left streams swollen to beyond their banks and even over roads in certain parts of Putnam County...