Stories from Monday, May 22, 2023

With temperatures forecast in the mid-80s early next week, a warm welcome is expected for swim season at the Greencastle Aquatic Center. The pool in Robe-Ann Park will officially open its seven-day-a-week schedule on Monday, Memorial Day. Daily hours are 12-7 p.m. Admission price remains at $5...

ROACHDALE — With an analysis in hand, school leaders are still weighing whether a new water connection to the North Putnam High School/Middle School campus is needed. With it stated that the campus’ water is safe as it is now, the North Putnam School Board revisited connecting a water main from Bainbridge’s utilities Thursday evening...

Baseball Cloverdale 7, Brown County 1 The Clovers closed the regular season with back-to-back wins after a balanced scoring run against the Eagles Thursday night. Layton Allen pushed the first run across with a bases-loaded fielder’s choice in the opening inning and though Brown County tied in the bottom of the first, Cloverdale would move in front for good in the following inning on an error...

NEW MARKET – Against a team that hasn’t lost in sectional play for six years, South Putnam needed an ideal start and to keep South Vermillion within arms’ reach in the opening game of IHSAA Softball Class 2A Sectional No. 44 play Monday. The Wildcats instead started with three runs in the first and played add-on after the second inning, opening postseason play with a 10-0 win over the Eagles in six innings...

Betty Louise (Scott) Wheeler, 93, of Belle Union, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2023. She was born on April 23, 1930, in Hammondsville, Ohio, in Jefferson County to Verlin H. Scott and Dorothy Elizabeth (Call) Scott. She attended schools in Brilliant, Steubenville and Wintersville, Ohio before moving to Belle Union in 1943, where she graduated from Belle Union High School in 1948...

United Way of Central Indiana has awarded $50,000 in special grants to five Putnam County nonprofits. Funding will help the organizations address the basic needs, education, housing and economic mobility of local residents. During this funding cycle, grants went to Beyond Homeless, Family Support Services of West Central Indiana, Food for Life Food Pantry (New Life Church), Servants at Work and Transformers of Putnam County...

Nancy Jane Rosa, 74, of Greencastle, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2023 at her residence. Nancy was born in Connersville on July 4, 1949, the daughter of Earl and Ellen Jane (Ziegler) Dickey. She was a graduate of Rushville High School. Mrs. Rosa worked for the State of Indiana as an accountant for 35 years until her retirement. ...

In a beautiful morning ceremony on East College lawn, DePauw University celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2023, adding 360 new members to its alumni community. Ross Gay, an award-winning poet, essayist and professor at Indiana University, delivered the keynote address, encouraging DPU graduates to be “curious about all this care.”...

ROACHDALE — In the aftermath of the tornado that struck Sullivan, it came on Principal Beth Waterman’s heart, as she put it, to do something for the students there. She recognized that they and their families were impacted in different ways. It hit home personally, as Waterman used to live and work in Sullivan, while a brother-in-law and a niece lost their homes...

The Putnam County Non-Food Pantry will distribute cleaning and hygiene products this Saturday, May 27 from noon-3 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 520 E. Seminary St., Greencastle. This will be a drive-through distribution. As such, those attending should enter the church’s parking lot from Bloomington Street...

A memorial service for Beverly Meal Wagoner will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3, 2023, in Waldron, Ind., at the Waldron United Methodist Church. A meal will follow the service. Beverly died Jan. 10, 2021, and was interred at the Moscow Indiana cemetery on Sept. 25, 2021...