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Local resident to appear on classic CBS game show 'The Price is Right'
(Local News ~ 02/23/10)
Greencastle resident Elizabeth Jensen has an opportunity to win exotic vacations, appliances and even a car when she appears on the CBS television show "The Price is Right" on March 2. "We can't tell you whether your newly --minted hometown celebrity will take home the showcase, but nobody leaves the show without a great prize," said Courtney Smith with FremantleMedia North America and the "Price is Right."...
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Foundation matching grants available
(Local News ~ 02/23/10)
GREENCASTLE -- The Putnam County Community Foundation has announced the availability of matching grants for endowments benefiting charitable organizations in Putnam County to help them become self-sustainable and attract major gifts. Matching grants are available for an organization's existing or soon-to-be created endowment at the Community Foundation...
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Feb. 22-March 1 proclaimed LWV Making Democracy Work Week
(Local News ~ 02/23/10)
Ninety years ago, Carrie Chapman Catt first proposed a League of Women Voters to "finish the fight" and work to end all discrimination against women. And so the League of Women Voters was founded on Valentine's Day in 1920, six months before the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote...
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Buford Curtis
(Obituary ~ 02/23/10)
Buford Ray Curtis, 81, of Greencastle passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 at his residence. Born Sept. 10, 1928 in Plainfield, he was the son of Bruner Ray and Dora (Tooley) Curtis. He was a graduate of Plainfield High School with the class of 1947. He married Dorothy (Faulkner) Curtis in 1953 and she preceded him in death on Aug. 5, 2008...
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Wilbert Eckardt
(Obituary ~ 02/23/10)
Wilbert Joseph Eckardt of Northfield, Minn. passed away February 19 at the age of 93 in the company of long time family friend Marilyn Will. Wib was born Jan. 1, 1917 in Greencastle, the son of Lisgar and Ethel (Wilson) Eckardt. He attended public schools in Greencastle and in Belchertown, Mass., before graduating from Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, N.J., in 1934...
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Dona Murphy
(Obituary ~ 02/23/10)
Dona Ruth Murphy, 83, of Greencastle died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 at home. Mrs. Murphy was born Feb. 1, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio to Paul and Clara (Burns) Elbert. She married Jewell Ervin Murphy on Dec. 31, 1944, and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Marshall, Mo. Quilting Guild...
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Harvey Smith
(Obituary ~ 02/23/10)
Harvey W. "Junior" Smith, 76, of Poland died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born July 21, 1933 at Bowling Green, Ky. and was the son of the late Harvey D. and Mary (White) Smith. He married Anna Jane Sanders on Feb. 14, 1982, and she survives...
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Rebecca Taylor
(Obituary ~ 02/23/10)
Rebecca L. "Becky" Taylor, 46, of Cloverdale passed away Feb. 19, 2010 at the Putnam County Hospital. She was born July 19, 1963 in Pettis County, Mo. And was the daughter of Gerald W. Bird and Virginia Lee (Fisher) Bird Monnett. She was married to Kevin Taylor on Sept. 4, 1982, and he survives...
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MHAPC, The Waters partner for program
(Local News ~ 02/23/10)
GREENCASTLE -- A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can be devastating and frightening not only for the patient, but for his or her family as well. To help bring awareness of the topic, The Waters of Greencastle and Mental Health America of Putnam County are partnering to offer the educational session "Alzheimer's Disease: Identification and Treatment." The session will take place Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle...
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