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McCormick's Creek State Park hosts Wild about Wildlife event
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
SPENCER -- McCor-mick's Creek State Park is partnering with WildCare Inc. again this year to present the 13th annual Wild about Wildlife event on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the park's nature center. Representatives from WildCare Inc. and park naturalists will introduce visitors to several different live animals, which due to injuries are now animal ambassadors for public programs...
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Adult Open Class Winners
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
Top exhibitors in the Adult Open Class Exhibit Hall during the 2013 Putnam County Fair were (from left): Top First Time Exhibitor Amy Robinson, Adult Open Class Superintendent Shelly Tahtinen, Overall Top Exhibitor Tanya Pearson and Runner-Up Top Exhibitor Kim Lawrenz (also named the 2013 Spirit of the Fair Winner)...
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These are the Champions
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
Adult Open Class Champions who were on hand last Friday night to receive their awards are: Front row (from left) Bill Arnold, Stephanie Hurt, Ella Marie Torr, Tanya Pearson, Saraellen Peters, Charlene Nichols and Mary Alice Harcourt. Second row (from left) Tami Handy, Kim Lawrenz, Betty Henson, Bonnie Hemmerling, Mitzi Shepherd, Becky Roach and Emily Cherry. Back (from left) Hollie Earnest, Alisha Staples, Amber Beams and Sharon High...
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Scanner for July 31
(Police Logs ~ 07/31/13)
County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 5 a.m. on Saturday, Hanna Louise Jordan, 21, Greencastle, was charged with domestic battery. At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, William Leonard Matthews Jr., 33, Greencastle, was charged with domestic battery and public intoxication...
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Aug. 12 workshop next in Nonprofit Learning Series
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
The next workshop in the 2013 Nonprofit Learning Series, sponsored by the Putnam County Community Foundation and the Montgomery County Community Foundation, is set for Monday, Aug. 12 at the Crawfordsville Country Club. Titled "Successful Planned Giving: Talking to Real People about Real Gifts and Including the Topic in Every Conversation," the workshop will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m...
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Golden Arches knowledge earns gold medals for McDonald's crew members
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
Knowing how to keep their eyes on the fries, the ABCs of adding condiments to the bun and other McDonald's secrets to success has made All-Americans out of three Putnam County residents. In other words, Golden Arches know-how translated into gold medals for Gaven Shrout and Trevor Troyer of Greencastle and Michelle Stevens of Cloverdale in the McDonald's All-American Crew Competition at Washington, Ind...
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Committee gearing up for Sixth Annual National Night Out
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
For its sixth year the National Night Out event will bring the youth of Putnam County school supplies and information about county programs on Tuesday, Aug. 6 from 5-8 p.m. at Robe-Ann Park. This year's event will give area students and families a night out to get supplies for this upcoming school year. The National Night Out Committee has purchased more than $1,500 worth of school supplies to hand out to students this year...
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Street Scrape
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
The sidewalk along the south side of Washington Street is removed Tuesday afternoon as Greencastle's streetscape project continues work in the Vine-to-Bloomington street corridor of Washington Street. The general contractor, OLCO of Batesville, started the job Thursday and is due to complete the work by Sept. ...
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Cardiac rehabilitation patients donate new equipment to PCH
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
Putnam County Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Department is now home to a new piece of rehabilitation equipment, a NuStep, thanks to two very generous patients and friends, Charles and Karen Cooper. Karen Cooper started her journey with PCH Cardiac Rehab in 2005 after having bypass surgery. Karen began her cardiac rehabilitation with Putnam County Hospital and continues to come three times a week...
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Judy on the Green (With Ribbon)
(Community Sports ~ 07/31/13)
North Putnam's Austin Judy won the Hendricks County Junior Golf tournament at Prestwick Country Club in Avon recently. Judy battled tough conditions to shoot an 81 and won the event in a playoff. (Courtesy photo)
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'Fun at every turn' theme of Indiana State Fair Aug. 2-18
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
INDIANAPOLIS -- It's a Hoosier tradition: Salivating over the sweet smell of roasted corn on the cob wafting through the warm summer air; hearing high-pitched screams mixed with laughter all over the massive midway; and watching a child's eyes open wide as he gets his first close-up look at a majestic Clydesdale or a playful piglet...
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