Stories from Monday, December 2, 2019

Mark Allen Cassida, 69, of Quincy, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 17, 1950 in Putnam County to Wilbur Woodrow Cassida and Melva Pauline (Dyar) Cassida. Mark was a 1968 graduate of Cloverdale High School and attended ISU until 1970...

ou Ella Hendrich, 90, born Jan. 18, 1929, passed away at Mill Pond Health Care on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 with her family by her side. She was a lifelong resident of Fillmore, and graduated from Fillmore High School in 1947. She was active in the Order of the Eastern Star and a member of Fillmore Methodist Church...

Rev. Verl Wesley Winslow, 100, passed peacefully from earth to Heaven at 9:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, from Heritage Pointe, Warren, Ind. He was born on Aug. 8, 1919, in Kokomo to Otto Wesley Winslow and Edythe Mae (Harrell) Winslow. He was united in marriage to Lois Jean Fowler on Jan. 25, 1941 in Kokomo...

Robert G. Rice, 82, of Cloverdale, passed away Sunday Dec. 1, 2019. Born Jan. 21, 1937 to the late Verlie and Dorothy (Cooper) Rice. Bob graduated from Purdue University with a degree in electrical engineering. He was an Air Force Veteran and a member of the American Legion...

As the weather turns colder and families gather for the holidays, the DePauw School of Music prepares for the annual Holiday Gala. This Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7- 8, local residents are invited to join the School of Music for a concert of holiday favorites, memorable moments and hilarious hits...

TERRE HAUTE – Cloverdale High School graduate Sarah Elizabeth Neeley has been selected for the Daniel J. Bradley Medal for Leadership, Scholarship and Service at Indiana State University. The award is one of the highest honors given at Indiana State and is named after Dan Bradley, the university’s 11th president, who served from 2009 to 2018...

Sparks fly as construction work continues at the site of the new Breadworks by Bridges bakery at the southeast corner of Indiana and Walnut streets in Greencastle.

As we transition from Thanksgiving to the holiday season, the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department invites local bakers to participate in its Seasonal Pie Baking Contest on Friday, Dec. 6. The contest is a fundraising effort to raise money for community youth programs...

A Reelsville woman is accused of driving with more than four times the legal limit of alcohol in her bloodstream following a recent hit-and-run crash. Brittany L. Price, 32, tested at .36 alchol concentration equivalent when police were investigating the Nov. 25 incident...

County Jail Eighteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 12:43 a.m. Sirena Y. Stowe, 35, Poland, was lodged at the jail on a warrant. Sunday • At 4:35 p.m. Michael A. Johnson, 40, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for driving with a suspended license...

Displaying their winning pumpkins recently at the Putnam Inn are (front from left) Cece and Clara Miller, (back) Whitney Hutcheson, Luke Brotherton, Patrick Meadows and Danielle Miller

Keeping her eyes on the glass, Area 30 Career Center culinary arts student Sara Goddard, a North Putnam High School pupil, refills the water glasses for a table of noontime diners at the most recent Ivy Gallery luncheon.

PUTNAMVILLE — Off duty at the time, a Putnam County sheriff’s deputy nonetheless answered the call of duty following a single-vehicle accident Sunday evening. Injured, trapped in his car and unsure of his location, a Terre Haute man called his wife when he wrecked on State Road 243 near the Deer Creek bridge just south of U.S. 40 around 6 p.m...

If it hasn’t begun to already, it will certainly begin to look and feel a lot like Christmas in Cloverdale this weekend with holiday events slated through next weekend. Putnam County’s second-largest community will spring into the holiday spirit this Friday with this year’s theme reflecting a “Small Town Christmas.”...

RUSSELLVILLE — To help Russellville and nearby communities bring in the Christmas season, the 18th-annual Community Christmas Choir will present “The Star Still Shines” Dec. 6-8 at the Russellville Community Center. On Dec. 6 and 7, The annual Christmas cantata will include a dinner at 6 p.m., with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. On Dec. 8, a lunch will be served at noon before a 1:30 p.m. performance...

A staple on the first Friday of December in recent years, Santa Claus will make his annual visit to the Putnam County Courthouse a bit later this year. Santa will be at the courthouse from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18. More details will be printed when the date gets closer...

Highlighting a new start for both the organization and a Putnam County family, members of Putnam County Habitat for Humanity recently came together with the Hubbard-Hoagland family to break ground on a new home on Albin Pond Road. The home is being constructed for Chase Hubbard and Olivia Hoagland, along with their children Henry and Charlotte...

HIGH SCHOOL Today Basketball (girls) — Cloverdale at North Putnam and Tri-West at Greencastle, 6 p.m. (JV-V). Swimming — Tri-West and Cardinal Ritter at South Putnam, 5:30 p.m.; North Putnam at Southmont, 6 p.m. Wrestling — Cascade at Cloverdale, Indianapolis Washington at South Putnam and Greencastle at Tri-West, 6 p.m...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Sydney Kopp’s layup with three seconds left propelled 11th-ranked DePauw to a 69-67 win over Illinois Wesleyan in the Midwest Challenge championship game at WashU. The Tigers improved to 6-1 with the win, while the Titans, ranked 21st by D3hoops.com and 24th in the latest coaches’ poll, dropped to 5-2...

BOYS Alexandria 51, Liberty Christian 30 Angola 45, Wawasee 36 Avon 63, Mooresville 51 Batesville 68, Jac-Cen-Del 57 Bellmont 58, Woodlan 54 Bethesda Christian 64, Clinton Central 54 Blackford 70, Bluffton 48 Bloomfield 58, Owen Valley 40 Bloomington South 68, New Albany 43...

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Top 10 basketball teams, for games through Nov. 30, with first-place votes in parentheses and previous rankings: Class 4A Others receiving votes: North Central, West Lafayette Harrison. Class 3A Others receiving votes: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Greensburg, Angola, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Garrett, West Lafayette, Chatard, Northwood, Washington, Vincennes Lincoln, Fort Wayne Concordia.¤...

The coaches: Matthew Langdon is in his ninth year at Cloverdale. Lukas Haworth is in his first year at North Putnam. So far: Cloverdale’s losses have come 54-39 to South Putnam and 43-33 to No. 5-ranked Monroe Central. North Putnam has lost 45-31 to North Vermillion, 28-27 to Cloverdale in the county championship game and 42-37 to Southmont...

NEW CASTLE —The Cloverdale Clovers traveled to one of Indiana’s basketball meccas at New Castle for the 2019 New Castle Girls’ Basketball Shootout on Saturday afternoon. The first three games featured five teams ranked in the top 11 of the Class 2A rankings. The Clovers, ranked No. 11, took on No. 7 Monroe Central in the third game of the day and competed well before losing a 43-33 defensive struggle to the Golden Bears...

CLOVERDALE – The annual Cloverdale Community Clothe a Child fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7 at Cloverdale High School. Featuring the Covered Bridge Harmony Chorus and the students of Dance Workshop, the event includes the Just Dessert benefit show at 4 p.m. with doors opening at 3...