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Cloverdale High School Sports Calendar
April 5
10 a.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Crawfordsville at Cloverdale.
April 7
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Union-Duggar at Cloverdale.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Union-Duggar at Cloverdale.
April 8
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track vs North Putnam and Eminence at Cloverdale.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Eminence at Eminence.
6 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs White River Valley at Cloverdale.
April 10
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Clay City at Cloverdale.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Bloomfield at Bloomfield.
April 12
10 a.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs White River Valley at White River Valley.
10 a.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track at Hall of Fame Patriot Invitational at Owen Valley.
1 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf at Northview Invitational at Northview.
April 14
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track vs White River Valley and Lighthouse Christian Academy at White River Valley.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Monrovia at Cloverdale.
April 15
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs West Vigo at West Vigo.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs West Vigo at West Vigo.
April 17
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs South Putnam at Cloverdale.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs South Putnam at Cloverdale.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs Linton-Stockton and North Central-Farmersburg at Linton-Stockton.
April 19
10 a.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball at the County Tournament at North Putnam.
10 a.m. – Varsity girls’ softball at the County Tournament at North Putnam.
April 21
4:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs Shakamak at Shakamak.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Indian Creek at Cloverdale.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Indian Creek at Cloverdale.
April 22
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Greencastle at Greencastle.
5 pm. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Greencastle at Greencastle.
April 23
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track vs South Putnam, Lighthouse Christian Academy, and Owen Valley at Cloverdale.
April 24
4 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs Monrovia at Cloverdale.
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Northview at Cloverdale.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Northview at Cloverdale.
April 25
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Shakamak at Cloverdale.
April 26
9 a.m. – Varsity boys’ golf at Bob Arnett Invitational at Rea Park in Terre Haute.
10 a.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track vs Edgewood at Edgewood.
April 28
4:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs North Putnam at Cloverdale.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Bethesda Christian at Bethesda Christian.
April 29
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track vs North Central-Farmersburg at North Central-Farmersburg.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Owen Valley at Cloverdale.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Owen Valley at Cloverdale.
May 1
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Parke Heritage at Cloverdale.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Parke Heritage at Cloverdale.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track vs Cascade and Tri-West at Cascade.
May 5
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs South Putnam at South Putnam.
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Clay City at Clay City.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs South Vermillion at Cloverdale.
May 6
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ and girls’ track at County Track Meet at Cloverdale.
6 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Eastern Greene at Cloverdale.
May 8
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs North Putnam at North Putnam.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs North Putnam at North Putnam.
May 9
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Monrovia at Cloverdale.
Owen Valley Middle School Sports Calendar
April 7
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade baseball vs Cloverdale at Owen Valley.
6 p.m. – Co-ed track & field vs Batchelor at Owen Valley.
April 8
5:30 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs White River Valley at White River Valley.
April 10
5:30 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs Monrovia at Monrovia.
April 12
11 a.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball at Early Bird Tournament.
April 14
5 p.m. – Co-ed track & field vs Linton-Stockton at Owen Valley.
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs North Daviess at Owen Valley.
April 15
5:30 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade baseball vs Monrovia at Owen Valley.
April 16
5:30 p.m. – Co-ed track & field vs North Clay at North Clay.
April 17
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade baseball vs John Wooden Middle School at Owen Valley.
April 21
5:30 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade baseball vs Edgewood at Edgewood.
5:30 p.m. – Co-ed track & field vs South Putnam and Greencastle at South Putnam.
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs Cloverdale at Owen Valley.
April 22
5:30 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs Eminence at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Co-ed track & field vs Eastern Greene at Owen Valley.
April 23
5:30 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade baseball vs Greencastle at Greencastle.
April 24
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs Batchelor at Batchelor.
April 28
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs Brown County at Owen Valley.
April 29
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball vs Edgewood at Owen Valley.
6 p.m. – Seventh and eighth grade baseball vs Bedford at Owen Valley.
May 1
5:30 p.m. – Co-ed track & field vs Jackson Creek at Owen Valley.
May 3
8:30 a.m. – Co-ed track & field at Patriot Invitational at Owen Valley.
9 a.m. – Seventh and eighth grade softball at Eminence Invite at Eminence.
Owen Valley High School Sports Calendar
April 2
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Bloomington South at Owen Valley.
April 3
11 a.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs North Central-Farmersburg at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity co-ed track & field vs Edgewood at Edgewood.
7 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs North Central-Farmersburg at Owen Valley.
April 4
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs South Knox at South Knox.
April 8
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Bloomfield at Bloomfield.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Eminence at Owen Valley.
7:30 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs Eminence at Owen Valley.
April 9
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Monrovia at Owen Valley.
6:30 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs Monrovia at Owen Valley.
April 10
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs North Central-Farmersburg at Owen Valley.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf three-way match vs South Putnam and Indian Creek.
5 p.m. – Varsity co-ed track & field vs South Putnam, Northview and Clay City.
April 11
6 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball at Lady Braves Bash at Terre Haute South.
April 14
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Linton-Stockton at Linton-Stockton.
April 15
4:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ tennis vs Edgewood at Owen Valley.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf three-way match vs North Central and Eastern Greene at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs South Putnam at South Putnam.
7 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs South Putnam at South Putnam.
April 16
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Brown County at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Brown County at Owen Valley.
7 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs Brown County at Owen Valley.
April 17
4:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs. Edgewood at Owen Valley.
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Linton-Stockton at Linton-Stockton.
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ tennis vs Northview at Owen Valley.
5 p.m. – Varsity co-ed track & field vs Monrovia at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Junior varsity boys’ baseball vs Monrovia at Monrovia.
7:30 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs Linton-Stockton at Linton-Stockton.
April 19
12 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Shakamak at Owen Valley.
12 p.m. – Junior varsity boys’ baseball vs Shakamak at Owen Valley.
9:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ tennis at Sullivan Invitational.
April 21
4:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ tennis vs North Daviess at North Daviess.
April 22
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs Northview at Owen Valley.
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Northview at Northview.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Northview at Northview.
7:30 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs Northview at Northview.
April 23
4:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs Terre Haute South at Terre Haute South.
5 p.m. – Varsity co-ed track & field vs Cloverdale at Cloverdale.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs West Vigo at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs West Vigo at Owen Valley.
7 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs West Vigo at Owen Valley.
7 p.m. – Junior varsity boys’ baseball s West Vigo at Owen Valley.
April 24
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ tennis vs West Vigo at Owen Valley.
April 25
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Eastern Greene at Eastern Greene.
April 26
12 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Clay City at Owen Valley.
April 28
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ tennis vs Indian Creek at Indian Creek.
5 p.m. – Varsity co-ed track & field vs Eastern Greene at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Monrovia at Owen Valley.
April 29
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Cloverdale at Cloverdale.
5 p.m. – Varsity boys’ golf vs North Putnam at North Putnam.
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Cloverdale at Cloverdale.
7 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs Cloverdale at Cloverdale.
April 30
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ softball vs Greencastle at Owen Valley.
5 p.m. – Varsity girls’ tennis vs South Vermillion at Owen Valley.
5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys’ baseball vs Greencastle at Owen Valley.
7 p.m. – Junior varsity girls’ softball vs Greencastle at Owen Valley.
COLUMN: Ramblings : Stroll through a meadow
Last month, I said I’d take my readers on a stroll through a summer meadow to enjoy sun-loving wildflowers. Although most of the plants I am going to mention thrive in a meadow environment, they also will thrive in a small garden space.
Most of us do not have large expanses of land to grow our favorites. These plants will thrive in a small yard or in containers on a patio. I hope you will give a few of them a try this year. Growing native plants invites the pollinators and the birds to visit you. They are easy to grow and most of them self-seed.
One of my favorite native plants is Butterfly Weed. Asclepias tuberosa is that fiery orange bloom that attracts butterflies along most of our country roads. This prairie plant grows well in full sun and likes average, well-drained soil. It has a long tap root and does not like to be transplanted. The plant will reach a height of 30 inches. It is an important larval food source for monarchs. I have grown it in the Owen County clay. It behaves well in a bed of mixed natives.
Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, is a plant that most people recognize. The tall plants are covered with big purple daisy-like flowers all summer and well into fall. In the fall, the spiky-orange seed heads attract small birds. The plant, which can reach heights of 40 inches, does well in a small garden space. I am going to try it in a pot this year.
We can’t have a meadow without grass. My favorite grass is Little Bluestem. Some of the old folks in Owen County call it poverty grass, probably because it will grow in any kind of soil. It seems to love the clay covered hills and fields of Owen County. Schachyrium scoparium is the most widespread grass of the prairie. It is native to every state except Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada. The tiny shoots emerge a rich bluish green in the spring. In autumn the three-foot-tall grass turns pale orange-red. A snow-covered field of Little Bluestem grass is a fantastic sight. Plant a single clump in a mixed perennial bed for a focal point or along a fence for some winter color.
Other grasses that could add interest would be bottle brush grass (Hystrix patula) with its unusual seed head or Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis). Ground feeding birds and small mammals love the seeds; they smell like popcorn.
A meadow or a garden needs some yellow blooms. Black-Eyed Susans or Kansas sunflowers do well in a mixed garden or a meadow. They bloom all season.
I love goldenrod, especially the variety called Wreath or blue-stemmed goldenrod. Solidago caesia has lance-shaped leaves on an arching branch. The small yellow blooms grow in the leaf axis.
A mixture of these plants will give you blooms for months. Getting them established will take some work, but you will have years to enjoy them. A bonus is that you are helping all the pollinators and the birds.
‘til next time,
Annie
COLUMN: Reflections: OCPL director to retire in April
The time has come for me to write my last newspaper article as Director of the Owen County Public Library; I am about to embark on that new adventure called “retirement.” My last day at OCPL will be Friday, April 25.
I am so thankful to have had the privilege of serving as Director of the library these last 12 plus years. I am very proud of the work we have done at OCPL, and the part I was able to play in our accomplishments here, all the things we have built and services we have added.
I want to thank the OCPL Board that hired me: Frank Coffin, Don Taylor, David Weaver, Dodie Schinske and Myrna Fields. Barbara Winders joined the board within a year or two, joining a core group that I called my Dream Team Library Board. I was so pleased to find that they were all library users, which makes such a difference in the viewpoint of a library trustee. I came to rely on them so much for advice, guidance, encouragement and eventually, friendship.
I am so blessed to have worked for and with such caring people. They have been supportive of our desire to be of service to this community in all the various ways we have endeavored to serve. They have shown concern for our staff and have lived up to their responsibility to monitor the way taxpayer money is spent. I think that our new director will find that she is serving with her own “dream team” of board members.
Our four administrators, each manage their own department, their own staff, and their own budget. They order their own materials and services, hire their own staff and never go over the budget I give them each year. Thank you so much, Debbie, Anne, Brad and Amy for your commitment to the library. I have enjoyed these 12 years of working together.
Thank you, programmers, past and present, your work requires so much coordination, commitment, patience, imagination, at times empathy and the ability to see patrons’ needs and the heart to want to meet those needs. Thank you, Cyndi, Brooke, Hannah and most especially, Jenn for all that you all put into being so amazing, and Scott, our Bookmobile driver extraordinaire!
Thank you to all our clerks from past years, and our current and new clerks for the great customer service you provide. Thank you all for your friendly smiles, listening ears, and great book recommendations. For the extra responsibilities you have taken on, thank you, Nikota, Jessica, Jennifer and Nick.
Fond memories of Laura continue as we welcome Shannon. I am confident she is going to excel at the genealogy position.
Thank you to both of the hard-working, driven Adult Education directors we have had, for preserving this much-needed program. You change lives.
We threw so much work at our bookkeeper, Ale, when she first started here! It’s a wonder she ever took the job. But she faced every difficulty as a challenge, with patience and unbelievable competence.
Thank you, Tyler, for keeping our technology up to date, secure and running smoothly.
Thank you, B.J., for all you put into teaching and meeting the needs of your students.
Thank you to the many individuals, businesses and organizations who have donated in various ways to the work of the library. Special thanks to Tom and Kaye Earney for making the library pavilion possible; to the Owen County Community Foundation, for helping us with project after project. To Cook and Boston Scientific for your donations. To the more than 62 individuals who help fund testing fees for the Learning Center students working for their GED.
Thank you to our very dear Friends of the Library group, for all your hard work and support. You are all wonderful, and I don’t know what we would do without you.
To our patrons, I have come to know and love so many of you and will miss seeing you on a regular basis. Thank you for making this job such a happy experience.
Remember that the library is here to uphold the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom to peaceably assemble for every resident of Owen County. If you can walk through the library and not find any books you agree with, we aren’t doing our job. If you can walk through the library and can’t find any books you disagree with, we aren’t doing our job. A public library should provide different points of view for your consideration.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve Owen County for the last 12 years. Please welcome our new Director, Brittany Van Hook.
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