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2013 Bakers' Best
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
The winners of the 2013 Bakers' Best Contest are Jennifer Romalia (front, left), Reserve Champion Stephanie Hurt, Champion Dee Hudson, Rachel Curtis who won the Rookie Award, (back, left) Lisa Taylor, Mary Anne Birt, Larry Holzer, Sue Holzer and Melanie Mangrum. Not pictured: Jessica Casteel. Judging took place on Thursday in the York Automotive Exhibit Hall...
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2013 Horticulture Awards
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
Among the winners for the 2013 Horticulture Awards are (from left) Kathy Ritter, Nicle Mercer, Sharon High, June Albright, Anna Harris, Charlene Nichols, Terri Harris, Carol Thompson, Rachel Cloncs, Christina Van Arsdale, Betty Henson, Jennifer Romalia, Bob Zarin, Dale Cantonwine, Dallas Nichols, David Evens and Sandra Evens...
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Prep 3-on-3 tournament to be held in Fillmore
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/13)
A three-on-three basketball tournament for middle school and high school students will be held in Fillmore on Saturday. The Champs Chumps 3 on 3 Tournament begins at 7484 E. Range Line Rd at 9:30 a.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Participants will be divided into two age brackets: sixth-eighth grade and ninth-12th grade...
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Roachdale Library to celebrate its 100th anniversary Tuesday
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
ROACHDALE -- The Roachdale Public Library will be celebrating 100 years on Tuesday with a birthday party from 5-6 p.m. The birthday party is to commemorate the past 100 years of history of the Roachdale Library. There will be historical items on display during the event, including the original Carnegie letters from New York when the library was established...
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Peoples' Choice
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
Bonnie Hemmerling (right) accepts the 2013 Peoples' Choice Award from Adult Open Class Superintendent Shelly Tahtinen for an entry in memory of the winner's father. The Peoples' Choice Award, given by Joe and Jackie Baumann in memory of Glendon and Betty Sendmeyer, went to Hemmerling for her entry in the Heritage category in the Scrapbooking Department at the Putnam County Fair...
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Cross and McCullough get wins at Lincoln Park Speedway
(Professional Sports ~ 07/29/13)
Chad Boespflug has had quite a summer piloting the famed No. 57 Paul Hazen sprint car and Saturday night's event at Lincoln Park Speedway provided the next chapter. Boespflug blasted to his 21st top-10 finish of 2013 and scored his fourth victory of the season when he made a superb slider stick on the final lap to edge Shane Cottle at Lincoln Park Speedway for the Putnamville Clash victory that garnered the team a $2,000 payday...
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YMCA afterschool effort aids in academic, social needs of youth
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
Providing youth with opportunities to continue to learn and engage in meaningful activities at the end of the school day can boost their academic success. To help motivate and inspire kids to learn, the Clay County YMCA is offering an afterschool program to school-aged children throughout Greencastle Community School Cooperation and has announced the opportunity to expand services to North Putnam Community School Cooperation this fall...
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'Bad Boys of Baroque' theme of Music Festival Wednesday
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
Violinist Allison Edberg and her colleagues in Ensemble Voltaire will present "Bad Boys of the Baroque" Wednesday, July 31 as the Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues in the sanctuary of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. The free 7:30 p.m. concert will explore the music of composers who are known to have been misfits, subversives, ne'er-do-wells or even criminals...
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Library to host water show on parking lot Wednesday afternoon
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
Family Time Entertainment will put on a Water Show on the parking lot of the Putnam County Public Library Wednesday, July 31 from 3-4 p.m. Those who attend are urged to wear a bathing suit or swim trunks (or any other clothes you don't mind to get wet)...
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Cloverdale Civic Award nominees sought from public
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
CLOVERDALE -- Nominations are now being accepted for the Cloverdale Civic Award. The award, sponsored by the Cloverdale Lions Club, will be presented to an individual who has made a positive difference in the Cloverdale community. The winner will have his or her name engraved on the permanent plaque that is on display in the Cloverdale Town Hall and will also receive a plaque to keep...
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Ron Paul to visit DePauw Sept. 10
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
Three-time presidential candidate and former congressman Ron Paul will visit the DePauw University campus on Tuesday, Sept.10 to deliver a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture, "Our Lives, Your Liberty and America's Future." The speech will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, located within DePauw's Green Center for the Performing Arts (605 S. College Ave.). As with all Ubben Lectures, the event is presented free of admission charge and the public is invited...
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Faux Fowl
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
Poultry Barn superintendent Jason Keeney holds daughter Merileigh after the youngster won the crocheted chicken she is holding onto for dear life in a raffle held in the Poultry Barn during the 2013 Putnam County Fair. The yarn chicken showed up in one of the 4-H Poultry Barn cages the first night of the fair, complements of the sneaky Greencastle Night Stalkers...
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John Mark Logan
(Obituary ~ 07/29/13)
John Mark Logan, 85, Indianapolis, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Mr. Logan was born in Clay County on March 26, 1928 to John and Mary Logan. He graduated from Cloverdale High School in 1945, and then completed a bachelor's degree in education and a master's in education administration...
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Wanted On Fire featured on ParkFest stage Tuesday
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
With the end of the annual Putnam County Fair comes the resumption of ParkFest on Tuesday at 7 p.m. This week the free concert series will feature Wanted On Fire performing with special guest emcee Carly Rhine in the Bob Flanigan Banshell at Greencastle's Robe-Ann Park...
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Streetscape work under way spawns concerns, questions
(Local News ~ 07/29/13)
A construction project designed to upgrade the Washington Street area between downtown and Bloomington Street is under way in Greencastle. New, wider sidewalks and 12 new decorative streetlights and improved drainage are part of an effort to give Washington Street "more of a neighborhood feeling rather than a truck route," project engineer Leah M. ...
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