Stories from Friday, June 21, 2024

Summer arrived just in time to great players and coaches ahead of the 2024 Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game. Players from 36 schools in the Wabash Valley have been participating in the week of practice leading up to the game, which takes place at Cook Stadium on the campus of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology...

Part of a team of more than 1,600 volunteers across Central Indiana on Friday, Xander Stone and Putnam County Community Foundation Executive Director Neysa Meyer rake the crushed shells that will comprise the new bocce ball court at Robe-Ann Park. The local effort, which included a half dozen PCCF volunteers, is part of Go All IN Day, hosted by United Way of Central Indiana and the Indianapolis Colts...

On a day in which burgers might otherwise have cooked on the asphalt on which they stood, Walter Colvin (left) and Dalton Smith of North Salem State Bank opt for the more traditional grill route as the bank celebrates Customer Appreciation Day at its Greencastle East branch...

Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 1:49 a.m. Kyle E. McIntosh, 39, Spencer, was booked in for driving while intoxicated. • At 1:20 a.m. Tristan C. Owen, 36, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail for trafficking with an inmate, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance...

Dorothy Jean Snow Riley Allee left this world to her heavenly home on June 20, 2024. She was born to Cletus Snow and Gladys (Alford) Snow on July 6, 1943. Both parents preceded her in death along with daughters Sandra K. Riley Cummings and Lisa D. Allee Rumley, sister Edna McCorkle, brothers James Snow and Donnie Snow, two other brothers and one grandson. She was also preceded in death by first husband James H. Riley...

Esther Ann (Northerner) McGillem, 93, of Monrovia, peacefully passed away just before sunrise on Thursday, May 23, 2024. She was born on March 27, 1931 in Oakland City to parents Roy Northerner and Birchie May (White) Northerner. Esther was a longtime resident of Camby and employed for many years by Flanner-Buchanan Funeral Home in Valley Mills...

Earl Keith Stearley, 68, passed away unexpectedly on June 21, 2024. Earl was born to the late Donald and Elizabeth (Steinberger) Stearley on March 25, 1956 in Brazil. Earl graduated from South Putnam High School. Earl worked as a supervisor at Great Dane for 40 years until retirement. After retirement, he decided to become a security guard for Securitas at the rear gate of Great Dane...

The Waters of Greencastle celebrates Strawberry Shortcake Day recently by serving homemade versions of the pastry as well as ice cream to guests, residents and staff.

I am writing this the day after the Monday evening Adult Book Club at the Putnam County Public Library, still embracing all the good feelings after sharing thoughts and laughter with some really smart women. We spent the last year reading serious literary fiction, some Pulitzer Prize winners addressing pandemics, plagues, race relations, poverty and addiction. We are ending this period with David Sedaris, popular humorist and satirist...

With a little help from Legacy Lane leader Amanda Waller, Mill Pond resident Ethel Modglin has a “live the dream” wish fulfilled recently. Modglin’s dream was simply to get to milk a cow again. Waller was able to help make that dream come true.

I’m doin’ smoothies to satisfy the summertime creamy, cool, cravings without the harmful effects of processed sugar. I’m doin’ smoothies to feel healthy, light and energized. I’m doin’ smoothies as a nutritious fast food option for on-the-go breakfasts, lunches or snacks. Quick prep. Easy clean-up. And out the door...