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Saunders - 60th Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 07/07/12)
Dick and Jean Saunders will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on July 13. They were married at First Christian Church in Greencastle by Rev. Ralph Saunders. They have two sons, Jeff (Linda) of Brownsburg, and Rob (Marge) of Englewood, Florida...
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Euchre Players Say Thanks
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
Lillian Riley wants to thank Wilda Wray (not pictured), Joann Shocklee, Bernie Mohler and the Saturday night Euchre players for making it possible to contribute lap robes, games and other items to our well deserving veterans at the V.A. hospital. Pictured are Lillian Riley, Alix Walker, amputee physical therapist, Bernie Mohler and Joann Shcoklee...
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Russellville Community Church marks 50th anniversary retreat
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
A sign as you exit the gate of Cledfelters Pond says, "Take Only Your Memories, & Leave Only Your Footprints." For campers of the 50th Anniversary Russellville Community Church Retreat it might just as well add "Bring Only Your Imaginiation." For one weekend each year area youth enjoy the solitude of a spiritual nature and rejoice in the beauty of the simple things in life...
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Giving it 110 percent
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
Temperatures continued to climb on Friday, having hovered over the century mark for more than a week. The thermometer in front of Indiana Home Care Plus on U.S. 231 North registered 110 degrees in the early afternoon Friday.
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ISP graduates first K-9 class trained by staff
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
The Indiana State Police will have four more K-9 partners patrolling the roads of Indiana with their handlers after graduation ceremonies were held Friday at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis. This is the first K-9 class completely instructed by Indiana State Police trainers Master Trooper Kevin Waters and Senior Trooper Mick Dockery, under the direction of Master Instructor Sgt. Dennis Wade, a former Putnamville trooper...
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Scanner for July 7
(Police Logs ~ 07/07/12)
County Jail A number of people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. Also at 10 a.m, Daniel Ray Paul, 37, Indianapolis, was charged with nonsupport of a dependent. At 5:13 p.m. Warren Kyle Smith, 27, Brazil, was booked on a warrant from another authority...
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McCormick's Creek State Park hit by field fire
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
SPENCER -- At approximately 3 p.m. today, several 911 phone calls were dispatched through the Owen County Sheriff's Department of a large fire visible from U.S. 231 near Spencer. The fire was determined to be located within McCormick's Creek State Park in a large field located in the northern portion of the property. ...
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Hosta presentation at the Cloverdale Market
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
So sweet, stained glass and blue mouse ear are just a few of the hundreds of varieties of hostas, a popular plant that grows in a variety of shapes and sizes. On July 7 at 10 a.m. Vicki Price of RTM Unique Country Gifts and Garden Shop will give a presentation on the versatile plant at the Cloverdale Farmers' Market...
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In The Memory Of...
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
Friends and neighbors have put together a tribute at Maple Berry Park for Charles Aaron Brousard, a 28-year-old Greencastle man who died early Sunday morning after being shot by a GPD officer during a struggle. A graveside service is planned for 1 p.m. today at the Coatesville Cemetery...
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Fillmore to add extension to People Pathways trail
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
The Fillmore Town Council kept its monthly meeting short and sweet on Thursday evening. Joy Marley of People Pathways came before the council to discuss the new extension to the existing People Pathway. "There's such an opportunity to use this for a positive purpose," explained Marley. "I'm proud of this, it's an initiative to pass it on."...
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No joke, city pool reaches its capacity on holiday
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
Remember the old Johnny Carson-Ed McMahon comedy set-up? Carson would say something about it being hot, leaving an opening for sidekick McMahon to jump in and bellow, "How ... hot ... was it?" "It was so hot," Carson would say, pausing for the audience to catch up, "that Burger King was singing, 'if you want it your way, cook it yourself.'"...
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Grand Old Handiwork
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
Using handprints, participants in the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department's SPARK program recently completed a 9-by-12 foot American flag, which is being displayed on the north side of the bandshell at Robe-Ann Park. Approximately 125 youngsters are taking part in the SPARK program this summer with just two weeks of SPARK remaining in the season...
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Union Chapel gives back
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
Pastor John O'Neal of Greencastle Union Chapel United Methodist Church and his wife Penny recently spent three days working in Henryville. They also spent time in the Pekin area with a group from Noblesville doing tornado clean-up.
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Armed robbery suspect nabbed in Florida Walmart shoplifting incident
(Local News ~ 07/07/12)
A 38-year-old former Greencastle man who managed to elude capture for three months in an armed robbery case, has been tripped up by an ill-advised shoplifting scam at a Florida Walmart store. Timothy V. Giles, wanted in connection with a March 31 armed robbery at The Pawn Store, 22 E. Washington St., was arrested by police in Ormond Beach, Fla., earlier this week in a shoplifting incident...
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