Stories from Monday, January 24, 2022

For the second time in 19 months, the Greencastle City Council finds itself with a vacancy on its seven-member panel. Jake Widner, who in June 2020 was sworn in to replace at-large Republican member Tyler Wade as the youngest member of the City Council, has himself resigned the position...

An 80-year-old woman died Sunday evening when her car crashed into a tree. Louella Burnett of Fillmore was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Around 7 p.m., police, firefighters and EMS were dispatched to the intersection of County Road 50 South and County Road 300 East...

TRAFALGAR — It would be unfair to call the WIC Swimming and Diving Championships the second Putnam County Meet but when it came down to who would win team titles, Greencastle, North Putnam and South Putnam found themselves battling for every point in their quest to top the podium...

Mary Edna Cummings, 77, of Fillmore passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. Mary was born on May 19, 1944 and was the second of four children of Clarence Cleon and Rosetta Alice (Clark) Cummings. Mary spent her childhood years in the countryside near Belle Union and graduated in 1962 from Belle Union High School, where she played trombone in the marching band...

Tami Lee Maslyk, 57, of Carmel, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 at her home after battling cerebellum atrophy for the past four years. When she got Covid at the beginning of the week, her long battle came to an end, and Heaven received a special angel...

Most of the time when DePauw University students wander into City Hall on City Council night they are there to either fulfill a class assignment or to request a noise ordinance waiver or street closure for their fraternity’s latest party or philanthropic endeavor...

Dona Mitchell, 54, of Cloverdale, went home to heaven on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 at home, surrounded by her husband, kids and grandson. Dona was born in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 6, 1967 to David and Rose Ann Marlow. Dona was the loving wife of David Mitchell and loving mother to Erin and Jesse Mitchell. Dona’s grandson Jaxson (Erin’s) was the light of her life and her pride and joy. He made her final day brighter...

Charlene (Wheeler) Legan, 86, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. She was a lifelong resident of Union Township, Ind. She was born on Jan. 16, 1936 in Johnson County, Ind. She married Henry Nelson Legan in 1959. He preceded her in passing in 2005...

Barbara F. Wallace, age 81 of Reelsville, went to be with the Lord Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. She was born Nov. 23 1940 in Cloverdale to the late Dennis and Edith (Russell) Williams. Barbara married William Wright Wallace on June 16, 1956 and he preceded her in death Nov. 28, 2008...

AVON — Continuing its 14 years of tradition, Co-Alliance Cooperative will open the Co-Alliance Scholarship program to the class of 2022, offering thirty $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors planning to pursue an agricultural degree in college...

To the Editor: Twice this week, while walking on our trails, I have had a bike rider come up from behind and yell a warning, which they should. They each stated “Passing on the right.” I was walking on the right side of the trail each time, and they had me, a walker, move out of their way...

Having a sense of a return to normalness, the 4-H Grows Knowledge event that has been at Cloverdale High School for several years is returning to in-person format and will occur on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. One can register at https://bit.ly/4HGrowsReg and sign up for sessions. The cost is $20 and 4-H volunteers from Putnam County will have their cost covered by the Diana Thomas Memorial Endowment held via the Putnam County Community Foundation...

Twelve people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 3:33 a.m. Jessica D. James, 39, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphatamine, possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction and on an out-of-county warrant...

The Putnam County Community Foundation recently said farewell to our outgoing board members who completed their terms of service with the Community Foundation on Dec. 31. We extend our deepest gratitude to these departing board members: Jeff Blaydes, Mike Goss, Alan Zerkel, Liz Cheatham, Jim Jackson and Jeff Kiger...

The final two teams in the Putnam County Youth Development Commission (PCYDC) second-annual Lip Sync Battle will represent Teacher’s Credit Union and the Merkel family...

Led by five individual wins, DePauw totaled 147 points and won the five-team Friday Night Spikes hosted by Rose-Hulman. Erin Pasch was a double-winner for the Tigers in the the 60-meter hurdles (9.31) and with a school record in the 400 meters (1:00.36). Pasch was second in the high jump (1.47m/4-9.75) and 200 meters (26.83)...