Stories from Tuesday, September 12, 2023

CLOVERDALE — Area 30 Career Center’s 10th-annual scholarship fund golf scramble will be Saturday, Sept. 23 at Clover Meadows Golf Course, 1999 E. CR 1100 South. Check-in will begin at 11:30 a.m. with lunch provided to all teams. The event will get under way with a gunshot start at 1 p.m...

Somewhere Edith Browning is smiling that impish little grin of hers, looking down from heaven where she’s probably still passing out sticks of Juicy Fruit gum to kids shorter than her 4-foot, 11-inch frame. Smiling no doubt at her second act on earth as part of the Mt. ...

If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is. That simple statement was passed down to us from my favorite author, Kurt Vonnegut. Amid his particular brand of sardonic humor, our fellow Hoosier was telling us to practice gratitude — if you’re happy, take notice...

Sixteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 1:40 a.m. William C.J. Smith, 33, Brazil, was taken into custody on a local warrant. • At 1:38 a.m. Lena L. Warrum, 44, Brazil, was housed at the jail on a local warrant...

Robert Lee “Bob” Chastain, 76, of Bainbridge, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was born Nov. 26, 1946, in Salem, the son of Hobart and Harriet (Branaman) Chastain. He was a graduate of Medora High School. Bob was a timber cutter and log truck driver, working for Pingleton Sawmill for several years. He also served in the Army National Guard...

Lila M. Jones, 85, formerly of Greencastle, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, at Wellbrooke of Avon in Avon. She was born in Brazil to Daniel and Ruth (Allen) Eaglin. Lila worked as a sales clerk for Prevo, a teller at First Citizens Bank, a customer service clerk for the Indiana BMV and a customer service representative for Duke Energy before retiring...

Freda Maxine Thrasher, 90, of Morgan County, passed away Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, at Life’s Journey in Avon. She was born Friday, Dec. 16, 1932, to the late Carl and Dorotha (Beck) Pursell in Fillmore. Freda spent her life raising and caring for her family, having successfully raised five children. ...