Stories from Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Clifford “Cliff” Earl Phillips, 89, Greencastle, was called to heaven on Jan. 31, 2020, in Punta Gorda, Fla. He was born Nov. 1, 1930, the youngest of seven children to Olney and Hazel (Figg) Phillips of Coatesville. Cliff was the beloved husband to S. Louise (Stienecker) for 61 years and she survives. He was much-loved father to daughters Cheri (John) Janssen and Susie (Jim) Curtis...

Kenneth Leroy St. John, 75, of Greencastle, formerly Mt. Zion, Ill., passed away on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Kenneth was born on Aug. 18, 1944, the son of Lloyd and Mary (Peters) St. John in Mattoon, Ill. Kenneth was united in marriage on Feb. 18, 1966 to Virginia Kay St. John. This union was blessed with three children, Michael, Scott and Heather...

ROCKVILLE -- Parke County REMC will sponsor students on the annual Indiana Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., and Touchstone Energy Camp. Parke County REMC’s member’s children are eligible to apply. Students entering their senior year in the fall of 2020 are eligible to attend the June 18-25 youth tour and are selected by their local cooperative to participate in the weeklong trip...

DePauw University’s art program ranks in the top 10 percent of art programs offered by four-year colleges and universities, according to College Factual, a website that gathers what it calls “unique insights” into higher education. The website placed DePauw’s program at No. 47 out of 512 schools nationwide...

The Putnam County Public Library will present “Everglades Terror! Student Distracts Alligator with Paddle: Saves Trip!” as part of the PCPL Travel Series on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The free program is scheduled for 11:40-12:20 p.m. in the Kiwanis Room at the library...

A group of interested wood carvers from the Greencastle area have arranged with Lisa Mock at the Putnam County Museum to meet the fourth Wednesday each month at the museum to learn and carve wood. Meeting time will be noon to 3 p.m. Any interested person is welcome Sack lunches are welcome...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Naomi A. Stuckey, 22, Indianapolis, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class C misdemeanor driving a vehicle with a Schedule I or II substance in the body...

County Jail Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Tuesday • At 1:57 a.m. Alexis C. Bean-Gwinn, 22, Cloverdale, was booked in on an out-of-county warrant. • At 12:20 a.m. Tonya L. Sage, 53, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine...

The Greencastle Music Fest, hosted each summer by Almost Home Restaurant, is set to add another annual event to their calendar. The ShamROCK 5K will take place on March 7 in downtown Greencastle, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The 5K will serve as a fundraiser for the 2020 Greencastle Music Fest...

Taking down the old water slide at the Greencastle Aquatic Center piece by piece, a crew from Graves Construction clears the way for new slides to be installed at the pool later this year.

South Putnam is making plans for Saturday’s regional girls’ basketball tournament. Pre-sale tickets are available in the front office for $10. Also, orders are being taken for sectional championship T-shirts. Contact the front office to place an order...

Two DePauw basketball players have been named as the North Coast Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week. For the third time this season and sixth in her career, DePauw senior guard Sydney Kopp has received the award. In road wins at Allegheny (73-69/OT) and Hiram (65-62), Kopp totaled 48 points and 18 rebounds. ...

Putnam County Monrovia 71, Cloverdale 32 Statewide scores Alexandria 71, Muncie Burris 42 Argos 43, Caston 32 Austin 62, Charlestown 60 Avon 61, Indpls Perry Meridian 51 Barr-Reeve 71, Washington Catholic 14 Bedford N. Lawrence 51, Loogootee 33 Blackford 75, Northwestern 65...

The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school boys basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous rankings: Class 4A Others receiving votes: Indpls Cathedral 46. S. Bend Adams 24. Northridge 23. Ft. Wayne Snider 17. Hamilton Southeastern 8. Jeffersonville 7. Columbus North 6...

Cloverdale senior Kassie Wade is among 16 players nationwide competing for a spot in the American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships will be determined by a public online voting contest. Cooper Neese of Cloverdale competed in the 2017 event in Phoenix, Ariz...

South Putnam emerged as the only girls’ sectional winner among the 11 teams in the Western Indiana Conference. The maximum number of sectional titles that WIC teams could have won was five, since the three Class 2A Putnam County teams were all in the Cloverdale Sectional and five WIC teams (Brown County, Northview, West Vigo, Owen Valley and Edgewood) were all in the Owen Valley Sectional...

MONROVIA The Cloverdale Clovers traveled to Monrovia on Tuesday night to play a boys’ high school basketball game and the outcome certainly wasn’t what the Clovers wanted. The host Bulldogs dominated most of the game for a 71-32 win. The loss dropped the Clovers to 7-12 on the season, while Monrovia improved to 14-4...

Greencastle will be looking to repeat its Putnam County Classic championship of a year ago when the annual tourney begins on Thursday at McAnally Center. While the Tiger Cubs enter the tourney on a six-game winning streak with a 12-4 overall record, they will need to avenge a 53-50 December loss at North Putnam in the championship game should both teams win their openers...

FILLMORE -- The Fillmore Town Council had an uncomplicated regular meeting last week in considering some financial decisions. The council first addressed updating a handheld water meter and its accompanying software. Council President Meredith Trusty said both were unreliable, with Town Maintenance Director Joe Cash encountering consistent issues and having to estimate...

CLOVERDALE -- Going through its agenda in a half-hour session Monday evening, the Cloverdale School Board heard an update concerning online learning. Cloverdale High School Principal Sonny Stoltz spoke on the trends of students who use the Edmentum Learning Environment program (formerly known as Plato), as well at its overall purpose...

DePauw University political science professor Bruce Stinebrickner spent five days in Iowa recently, observing the Iowa caucuses. What follows is Part 1 of a three-part series of Stinebrickner’s observations. I teach and write about the American presidential selection process, so it should not be surprising that I am interested in the Iowa caucuses. ...