Stories from Monday, June 20, 2022

A calm and sunny morning was pierced with a surprise announcement coming out of Cloverdale Monday. Patrick Rady announced on social media in the morning that he would be stepping down as head coach of the Clover boys’ basketball team ahead of the 2022-23 school year, a day before the next Cloverdale Community School Board meeting. Rady was 100-77 at Cloverdale in seven seasons at the school and 141-147 in 12 years as head coach, including five years at Southwestern (Hanover). Rady also spent time at Terre Haute South, Sarah Scott Middle School, Honey Creek Middle School and at the Terre Haute Boys’ Club in different coaching capacities, many spent as an assistant to his father Pat Rady, Sr. ...

The Washburn chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invites the public to celebrate Putnam County’s bicentennial with a picnic at Robe-Ann Park on Saturday, June 25. The event will be held in the front yard of the DAR log cabin between 11 a.m.-2 p.m...

Contingent upon approval by the Putnam County Fair Board Monday night, a plan is in place to repave the main entrance of the County Fairgrounds. The question that remains is if the work can be done in time for this year’s Putnam County Fair. Representing the Fair Board during Monday morning’s Commissioners meeting, members Jim Smith and Jerrod Baugh presented the proposal...

ROACHDALE — When they proposed in May of last year to co-teach a class for students who had fallen behind, Bainbridge Elementary teachers Jeanine Peterson and Jessica Ajibade had little concreteness about what they were getting into. What they did know is that besides these students having struggled with foundational reading and math skills, they recognized that they were uneasy with bonding with their peers...

The annual Putnam County Playhouse Youth Theatre Workshop Shakespeared! is under way. Students from high schools and middle schools around the county have been working since June 13 on two productions of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” The performance for the middle school group will be Friday, June 24 at 7 p.m. The high school group will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 25...

PUTNAMVILLE — A Pennsylvania man died Sunday after crashing his motorcycle in western Putnam County. At approximately 1:40 p.m., the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post responded to an area of Interstate 70 eastbound near the 37-mile marker to investigate a single-vehicle crash...

PORTLAND MILLS — The washout of a double culvert on the Putnam-Parke county line caused quite the issue on a road in western Russell Township recently. Though identified locally as Putnam County Road 900 West, the road is technically the responsibility of the Parke County Highway Department, as counties are in charge of the roads and bridges on their eastern and southern borders...

Emma Kennedy (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard), a May 2022 DePauw graduate and a midfielder on the women’s lacrosse team has been selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Division III Women’s At-Large First Team. A summa cum laude graduate and biochemistry major, Kennedy graduated with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average. She is one of 12 repeat selections as she was a third team Academic All-America® selection last year...

DePauw University has appointed new directors of the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics and the Eugene S. Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, the result of two nationwide searches. Jeffrey Dunn, associate professor of philosophy at DePauw, was named to the position at Prindle, while JP Olsen, former director of original programming at HBO, is taking over at the Pulliam Center...

Janet Kay (Duncan) Smith, 73, of Russellville, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022 at her residence. She was born on July 27, 1948, in Crawfordsville to the late Richard and Mildred (Davies) Duncan. Janet graduated from Roachdale High School with the class of 1966. She was a member of and baptized at Russellville Christian Church...

Kenneth Wayne Pittman, 83, of Russellville, passed away Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. He was born on Aug. 15, 1938, in Crawfordsville to Roy Glenn Pittman and Edna Lucille Wasrud Pittman. He was a 1956 graduate of Russellville High School, playing baseball and starring in basketball – in one game making 18 straight free throws...

Betty Jean Giddings, 101, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at Autumn Glen. Betty was born in Platte, S.D., on June 28, 1920, the daughter of Wilbur D. and Fanlou (Priest) Grimes. She was a 1938 graduate of Greencastle High School...

Putnam County Emergency Operations will host opportunities for amateur radio operators as part of American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Day events across the country. ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the U.S. and Canada. Thousands of radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or with friends to operate from remote locations...

The Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Gobin United Memorial Methodist Church with Duo Cantabile, made up of cellist Simona Barbu and her husband, pianist Nariaki Sugiura, a former Greencastle resident who was a collaborative pianist and part-time faculty member at the DePauw School of Music earlier in his career...

Indiana is very blessed to have overall an excellent working relationship between FFA ag science programs and 4-H youth development programs. While both offer different programs and vary in delivery, the career development events are very much shared events for youth in both organizations to develop career and life skills...

Since joining the Putnam County Community Foundation just over six weeks ago, I’ve learned many things about the people of Putnam County. First, they are incredibly welcoming. I’ve never had a job at which so many people from the community have stopped by just to say hello to the new girl...

Several railroad crossings in Greencastle, Marion and Floyd townships will be closed for railroad repairs beginning in late June. CSX will close five different crossings from June 27 through July 9 as maintenance is performed at these locations. The affected roads will be:...

Nineteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 1:49 a.m. Isach M. Osborn, 19, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for battery. • At 1:27 a.m. Christopher M. Foster, 36, Coatesville, was taken into custody on a petition to revoke probation...

With two weeks of Parkfest summer concerts now complete, the Greencastle Civic League has announced performers for the rest of the series. Parkfest takes place each Tuesday in June and July from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Robe-Ann Park bandshell. The concerts resume Tuesday evening with Connor Barcus followed by Derek Chastain & the Country Dwellers...

The Madison Township Volunteer Fire Department will host a craft fair, silent auction and a barbecue and ice cream social this Saturday, June 25 at the firehouse, 4271 W. CR 125 South, Greencastle. The craft fair will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., while the silent auction will go from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Meanwhile, the social will be held from 4-8 p.m. Entry is free...