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Cloverdale High School earns $1,000 in FFA Chapter Challenge
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
Members of the Cloverdale High School FFA chapter not only learned first-hand about agricultural livelihoods but also earned $1,000 for their FFA program by participating in the third annual FFA Chapter Challenge. "Farmers serve as valuable resources for the FFA members in our community and it is important for us to establish strong ties with them," said Tiffany Douglas, Cloverdale High School FFA chapter advisor...
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COLUMN: Stevens' economics background may pay dividends in NBA
(Sports Column ~ 07/11/13)
While talking to DePauw basketball coach Bill Fenlon the other day, he said something interesting about one of the reasons his former player might be interested in the NBA. Aside from the paycheck and challenge and talent-level, Stevens will have a chance to put his economics background to the test for the first time since he went into coaching...
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Scanner for July 11
(Police Logs ~ 07/11/13)
City Police Twelve traffic citations were issued recently by Greencastle City Police officers. -- At 10:35 p.m. Sunday, John Alexander, 45, Poland, was cited at Washington and Durham streets by Officer Matthew Huffman for driving with a suspended license with a prior offense...
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Beef-and-noodles dinner Sunday to raise funds for Russellville Center
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
RUSSELLVILLE -- The Russellville Community Center will host a beef-and-noodles dinner on Sunday, July 14 from around noon until 1:30 p.m. The cost is a free-will offering. All proceeds will go to help support the Russellville Community Center, a not-for-profit organization. Everyone is invited...
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CERT Training
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
Several people recently attended the Community Emergency Response Team class, which teaches basic fire suppression, very basic medical triage and treatment, search and rescue, disaster psychology and overall CERT organization. Attending were David Costin, James Spore, Vernon Bothwell, Clyde Siddons, Robert DiRocco, Larry Jones, Todd Zeiner, Anita Edenfield, George Edenfield, Patrick Quillan, Nancy Knapp, Carl Knapp, Michael Foster, Debra Robinson and Steve Shotwell. ...
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Roachdale council puts condemned property out to bid
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
ROACHDALE -- In an effort to tidy up the town, the Roachdale Town Council has been trying to get a number of properties to either be cleaned up or torn down. One of those properties in question belongs to Shelia Williams. At Tuesday night's board meeting Council Member Zach Bowers made a motion for the town to move forward on getting bids for clearing off the Williams property...
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IAC adding 53 jobs with $5.3 million in equipment
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
In what has become almost a monthly occurrence recently, another local industry went before the Greencastle City Council with good news and a tax-abatement request Tuesday night. This time it was International Automotive Components (IAC) Greencastle, which will be adding 53 jobs and $5.3 million in new equipment yet this year at its 750 S. Fillmore Rd. facility...
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New Cloverdale town marshal looks to make improvements
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
CLOVERDALE -- The new Cloverdale town marshal was busy during his first month on the job. Town Marshal Michael Clark came before the Cloverdale Town Council Tuesday evening to update the progress he has made with the Cloverdale Police Department. "A lot of things have happened in my first month," Clark said...
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Local brothers experience rare meeting in Afghanistan
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
A chance meeting in Afghanistan is not something that generally happens. It's a country roughly the size of Texas, with the added factors of rough terrain and constant war. That makes the recent opportunity for two soldiers, brothers Glen and Phillip Fenwick from Bainbridge, to spend a couple of hours together all the more special -- and on the Fourth of July, no less...
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Clinton Arthur McKinney
(Obituary ~ 07/11/13)
Clinton Arthur McKinney, 81, of Knightsville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. He was born in Marion County Jan. 9, 1932, the son of Arthur and Jessie (Watson) McKinney. He and his family moved to Poland, Ind., when he was nine years old. There, he worked on the family farm until he turned 18 and gained employment at Allison's General Motors. He worked for GM for about two years before joining the U.S. Army in 1952. He was honorably discharged as a corporal in 1954...
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Roachdale citizen takes park in own hands
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
ROACHDALE -- Tammy Folck took her grandkids and some neighborhood children to Roachdale park one day, and what she saw at the park didn't make her happy. "I asked, 'Who takes care of the park?'" Folck said. Her one question led her to find out that while the town itself took care of trash and some maintenance, the park was mostly left alone...
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2013 Putnam County Fair queen contestants: Part IV
(Local News ~ 07/11/13)
The 2013 Putnam County Fair Queen contest is quickly approaching. The contest will take place on Saturday, July 13 at the Fairgrounds Community Building at 7 p.m. Contestants will be judged on the basis of beauty, poise and personality, which will be determined in both preliminary personal judging and the public contest...
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