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Greencastle Middle School track beats North Clay
(Community Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Greencastle Middle School girls' track team set three stadium records on its way to beating North Clay 86-23. The boys' team also beat the Knights, 86-23. Emma Wilson broke her own record for the 2400-meter run, finishing at 8:58. She also broke the stadium record in the 800 by more than six seconds, finishing at 2:36...
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Clovers can't be slowed by S. Vermillion
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale varsity baseball team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back against South Vermillion on Monday. The Clovers won 8-2. Senior Austin Mannan hit his sixth home run of the young season and finished with four RBIs, helping senior Justin Wilson pick up the win...
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Eagles split dual meet with Rox
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
South Putnam's track and field squad, originally scheduled for a three-way meet on Monday, competed solely against Rockville Monday night. The Eagles split the meet with the boys' squad winning 74-57 while the girls' squad was edged out by the Rox 62-60...
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Clovers top field at three-team meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Cloverdale boys' golf team used its home course to its advantage on Monday, beating visitors Tri-West and South Putnam 176-199-199. Rylan Mattocks and Chase Snyder of Cloverdale and Derek Chestnut of South Putnam each tied for the lowest score of the day with 43s...
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Cougars' golfers get win over Covington and Fountain Central
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
COVINGTON -- The North Putnam boys' golf team took a road trip to Covington on Monday to play for the first time ever at River Crest Country Club. The Cougars had beginners' skill as they came away with a win, shooting 177 to beat out Covington's 185 and Fountain Central's 195...
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Greencastle golfers stay dominant against Danville
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Greencastle boys' golf team continued a solid stretch on Monday, beating Danville 148-201. Alec Davis shot a two-under 33 to lead the Tiger Cubs, but Luke Brotherton finished close behind with his even-par 35. "The Tiger Cubs had two outstanding rounds by Alec and Luke," GHS coach Steve Paquin said. ...
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Cougars tripped up by WCC champion Cascade
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
ROACHDALE -- The North Putnam softball team met its match Tuesday when the shorthanded Cougars lost to Cascade 11-1 in five innings. NPHS (8-6, 4-3) was without starting pitcher Sabrina Surber, who played first base to rest, and regular second baseman Lauren Johnston, who missed the game with an illness...
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Cougars' baseball rocks Cadets
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Senior Brody Perrine reached base three times and smashed a three-run home run in the second inning to help the North Putnam baseball team beat Cascade for the second time in as many days. The Cougars (12-1-1, 7-0 WCC) won at home on Tuesday, 11-1 in five innings...
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Eagles get back to work with win over Eels
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Class 2A No. 10 South Putnam had sat for over a week, waiting for a chance to get back out on the diamond and did so Tuesday night against Class A No. 10 Clay City. The Eagles, last seen hammering North Putnam, strung enough hits together at the right times and kept the Eels restricted to a solitary hit in a 7-1 win...
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Tiger Cubs fall short of Monrovia sweep
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
Greencastle mounted comebacks in the sixth and seventh innings against Monrovia on Tuesday, but it fell short in a 9-7 loss in a West Central Conference baseball game on the Tiger Cubs' field. Nick Gilliam's long drive to left field with one run in and Brandon Gierke on second in the seventh inning was caught by Monrovia's Brandon Roy, who stretched out with his glove over his head, to end the game...
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IHSAA announces new athletic sectionals for 2013-14 school year
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/13)
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced in February that several local schools would be playing in a different class-size. On Monday the sectional pairings were announced. For the majority of sports, Greencastle will compete in 3A as a member of Sectional 27. This includes Beech Grove, Danville, Indian Creek and Tri-West and applies to boys' basketball, baseball, girls' basketball and softball...
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DPU senior who did PCH drug project wins Walker Cup
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
Senior Mark A. Fadel was honored Monday night as the 2013 recipient of the DePauw University Walker Cup. Awarded to the senior who has contributed the most to the DePauw community during his or her four years on campus, the Walker Cup was presented to Fadel at DePauw's Academic Awards Convocation in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for the Performing Arts...
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Hamms Aid Charity
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
Former Greencastle resident Jon Hamm (right) presents a check for the Alzheimer's Association to South Florida celebrity Jason Martinez of WPLG-TV.
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PCF inmate's spouse arrested attempting to pass him drugs
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
PUTNAMVILLE -- A 31-year-old Marion County woman was arrested Sunday at the Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF) for allegedly trafficking a controlled substance to an offender. Indianapolis resident Jakkia Baker was arrested at the prison on felony charges of conspiracy to traffic, trafficking with an Inmate and possession of a controlled substance...
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Evans follows Obama's path to her own meteoric career rise
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
In late spring 2007, an Illinois resident with an eye toward a big-time career in politics came to the Iowa Caucuses a virtual nobody and emerged riding a political destiny that would soon include the White House. Sound familiar? You're right. It is the story of President Barack Obama...
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Match Game
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
The live auction fundraising event The Match raised more than $11,000 for the Putnam County Museum Friday night at the Bainbridge Community Building.
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Defendant in confinement case accepts plea agreement
(Local News ~ 05/01/13)
Less than a week after advising the court he wanted to represent himself in a Putnam Superior Court bench trial, a 34-year-old Cloverdale man has reversed field and accepted a plea agreement in a controversial confinement case. Michael Shane Witt, facing two felonies and a misdemeanor as a result of a Dec. 29 incident at the Cloverdale home he shared with six children, has agreed to plead guilty to neglect of a dependent, a Class C felony punishable by up to eight years in prison...
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Retta Maxine O'Neal
(Obituary ~ 05/01/13)
Retta Maxine O'Neal, 80, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, April 26, 2013. She was born on Oct. 17, 1932 in Greencastle. Retta was the daughter of Robert Joseph Parrish and Mildred Alvord Parrish and stepmother of Lola Margaret Parrish. Retta married Albert Floyd O'Neal in 1950 and he preceded her in death on June 10, 1986...
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Putnam Scanner for May 1, 2013
(Police Logs ~ 05/01/13)
Several people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 11:40 a.m. Friday, William Wayne Johansen, 47, Indianapolis, was arrested for nonsupport of a dependent and contempt of court. At 12:09 a.m. Saturday, Holly Celeste Nussbaum, 48, Greencastle, was held at the jail for operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction...
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Freda K. Haltom
(Obituary ~ 05/01/13)
Freda K. Haltom, 90, of Cloverdale, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at her residence. She was born on Sept. 9, 1922 in Oaklandon and was the daughter of the late Fred Herman and Pearl Estella (Offenbacker) Day. Freda was a member of the Millgrove United Methodist Church and a member of the former Quincy Methodist Church and Ladies Aid Society and the Harrison Township Extension Club...
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