Stories from Monday, January 20, 2020

A month after winning the title of “Greatest of All Time” – or GOAT – on the popular television game show “Jeopardy!,” Ken Jennings will come to DePauw University Tuesday, Feb. 25, for a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture. Jennings’s speech, “Winning Where It Matters Most,” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, Green Center for the Performing Arts...

After a tough loss on Friday, the last thing Greencastle needed was to play a hot team Saturday. But that’s exactly what happened as Edgewood rolled over the Tiger Cubs 69-54 in a non-conference contest at McAnally Center. Edgewood (9-6) burned the Tiger Cubs with 66 percent shooting from the floor while winning its fifth straight game...

Greta Lee Smith Stadler, 87, of Ladoga, passed away on Jan. 17, 2020 at Danville Regional Rehabilitation. She was born to the late John P. and Ethel Foxworthy Smith on June 7, 1932 in Fithian, Ill. Greta graduated from Crawfordsville High School with the class of 1950. Later that same year, she married Ross E. Stadler Sr...

David Rhea Young, 73, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. He was born on April 3, 1946 in Greencastle to the late Melvin and Norma (Jeffers) Young. David graduated from Reelsville High School in 1964 and went on to serve in the United States Army during the Vietnam War...

On Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, Raymond Edward “Ray” McGaughey heard Jesus say, “Well done, good and faithful servant” as he ran through the gates of Heaven. For 71 years, Ray has been an example of unfailing love, passionate devotion to Jesus and a dedicated family man...

Dr. David L. Rice, 90, founding and first president of the University of Southern Indiana, died at 7:10 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 in York, Pa. A native of New Market in Montgomery County, Dr. Rice was born April 1, 1929 to the late Elmer J. and Katie Tate Rice, one of 14 children...

Mary Elizabeth Wood, 89, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Mary was born in Ocala, Fla. on Feb. 16, 1930, the daughter of Paul R. and Laufa (Moore) Kendle, and was a graduate of Petersburg High School...

John Samuel Mace, 96, of Clay County, Ind., passed away at The Villas of Holly Brook, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. John was born in Clay County on Nov. 4, 1923, the son of Lewis and Opal (Butler) Mace. He graduated from Bridgeton High School with the class of 1941. Shortly thereafter he was drafted into World War II. He served in the Army, Company G, 291 Infantry, 75th Infantry Division in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central European theaters...

City Fire The Greencastle Fire Department responded to three recent dispatches: • At 7:11 p.m. on Friday, GFD was dispatched to 418 Anderson St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 7:13 and determined the alarm was due to cooking. The alarm was then reset. GFD left at 7:20 p.m...

THORNTOWN — Trailing 35-27 after three quarters, North Putnam’s girls put forth a strong fourth-quarter comeback to pull out a 43-38 win. The Cougars had defeated Greencastle early Friday evening before taking the road on Saturday afternoon to battle the Stars...

BAINBRIDGE — North Putnam’s boys’ basketball team recovered well for the first three quarters against Monrovia on Saturday night, on the heels of its emotional comeback win over county rival Greencastle on Friday night. The Bulldogs had played a tough game the night before against Plainfield, but had more left in the tank and were able to pull off a 63-53 comeback win over the Cougars in overtime...

MARSHALL — The Cloverdale Clovers couldn’t sustain a hot start against one of the better boys’ basketball teams in West Central Indiana on Saturday night. The host Parke Heritage Wolves rallied from an early deficit and used a big second half to defeat the Clovers 54-35...

Organizers are hoping for 500 attendees for the Sunday, Jan. 26 Brickmania: Lego Birthday Bash at the Putnam County Museum. Jan. 26 is the 62nd anniversary of the Lego building block, and visitors can celebrate by enjoying creations by brick artists and engineers from the Indiana Lego User Group and collections from local Lego fans, too...

FILLMORE -- The interior of a home on East Street in Fillmore was heavily damaged in a Monday afternoon fire. However, no injuries have been reported. At approximately 12:05 p.m., an alarm went out to fire personnel advising of an intense conflagration at 321 East St....

Dennis “Wayne” Buis, 75, of Stilesville, passed from this life on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Hendricks Regional Health Hospital in Danville. He was born on April 30, 1944 in Greencastle to the late Dennis and Donnis (Bennett) Buis. Graduating from Belle Union High School with the class of 1962, Wayne was a lifelong resident of Putnam County...

DELAWARE, Ohio - DePauw senior Sydney Kopp scored 15 straight points for the Tigers in a 3:06 stretch of the third period and finished with a school-record 42 as DePauw won its 12th straight with a 73-53 North Coast Athletic Conference victory at Ohio Wesleyan...

CLOVERDALE -- Getting set to tackle another year, the Cloverdale Town Council addressed and heard about different issues during its January meeting. As its first order of business, the council voted to retain Larry Fidler as council president through 2020. Councilman Greg Jay was then voted in as vice president, though at-large member Gary Bennington was also nominated for the position...