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Charles E. Diel
(Obituary ~ 05/01/14)
Charles E. Diel, 86, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at The Waters in Greencastle. He was born Feb. 4, 1928 in Reelsville, the son of John Roy and Ruby (Moss) Diel. Mr. Diel had been an operator for Standard, Sinclair and Arco oil companies. He retired as a South Putnam school bus driver...
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Candace L. Parker
(Obituary ~ 05/01/14)
Candice L. Parker, 68, passed away April 27, 2014, at her home in Islamorada in the Florida Keys with her husband at her side. Candy was born July 17, 1945, in Greencastle to Cass and Madonna Balay. She graduated from Greencastle High School, Indiana University and the Kent School of Law in Chicago...
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Youth Philanthropy Committee funds county youth-led projects
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
The Youth Philanthropy Committee of the Putnam County Community Foundation has approved four grants in support of projects led by students in Putnam County. The grants were made to projects for Greencastle High School's recycling program, the Putnam County Band Festival, an Eagle Scout Project at Camp Friend, and to rehab Tzouanakis Intermediate School's playground...
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Advanced technology initiative effort includes Area 30, Ivy Tech
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
An initiative to promote and increase the number of advanced technology jobs in Putnam County and western Indiana is now under way through a partnership of area manufacturers, schools and others. Among those involved in the project announced Wednesday are Area 30 Career Center in Greencastle, Twin Rivers CTE Area, Parke-Vermillion Education and Training Interlocal, Region 35 CTE District Clay Community Schools and the Vigo County School Corporation, Ivy Tech Community College and the Western Indiana Workforce Investment Board Inc.. ...
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Retirement open house May 13 for Bainbridge Elementary educators
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
BAINBRIDGE -- A retirement open house will be hosted by Bainbridge Elementary School for its special retirees on Tuesday, May 13 in the school cafeteria. Honored will be retirees Principal JoEllen Cook, Richard Lyons, Deborah Elliott and Jan Pennington...
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Cloverdale Elementary School Honor Roll
(Other Record ~ 05/01/14)
Third Nine Weeks All A: Audrie Fulkerson and Lauren Zimmerman A/B: Veronica Carter, Xavier Evans, Kendall Faletic, Katie Freund, Kendal Hamilton, Brady Koosman, Nate Ladd, David Lundy, Casey Miller, Isaac Nees, Nate Nees, Hagon Spurrier, Hallie Spurrier, Kyle Thomas, Chloe Watkins, Ethan Wright and Abbi Yartz...
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The Top Ten
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
Greencastle High School's Top 10 percent students for 2014 were feted at a recent banquet. The honored GHS students were (front, from left) Emily Wheeler, Jenna Berry, Alec Davis, Lucas Eckrich, Mary Pearl Ivy, Elise Merrell, Liz Johnson, (back, from left) Tanner Dean, Ethan Gill, Dustin Williams, Nathan Lancaster, Isaac Harms, Hannah Gellman and Melody White...
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May City Park Dept. offerings range from Legos to airplanes
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
Coming in May are several special events offered by the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department and their partners. Starting the week of May 5 is the park's Men's and Women's Tennis League designed for those 16 and older who like get out and play a little tennis, get a little exercise and meet some new friends...
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Woodworking workshop set for Saturday at fairgrounds
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
The International Wood Collectors Society (IWCS) and Purdue Extension Putnam County are partnering to host a wood science workshop on Saturday, May 3 in Harris Hall at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. The meeting is designed to provide education and information for both adults and those enrolled in the wood science and wood craft 4-H project areas. Demonstrations on wood turning, wood finishing and other techniques will be shown...
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First Christian Women's Fellowship to host plant sale
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
The Christian Women's Fellowship of First Christian Church will host its annual plant and bake sale from 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday, May 10 at the Greencastle Moose Lodge. Tables of plants for spring and summer gardens will be available as well as home-baked goods, including pies, cakes, cookies, jelly rolls and more...
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Mental Health America to hold annual meeting Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/01/14)
Mental Health America of Putnam County will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Life Builder Church Community Center. The program for the evening will begin with the awarding of the MHAPC Person of the Year Award and Educator of the Year Award...
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Pair of grand slams lead Tigers' baseball to game one win
(College Sports ~ 05/01/14)
With gusty winds blowing out most of the afternoon, DePauw and visiting Anderson combined for 42 runs and 48 hits as the teams split their doubleheader at Walker Field. DePauw won the opener, 22-7, and the Ravens took the nightcap, 8-5. The Tigers are now 16-18 on the season, while Anderson is 23-12...
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Tiger Cubs' team effort get the track win
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/14)
It was Senior Night at Greencastle when the track team took on West Vigo. The high winds caused the times and measured events to be slower and shorter. Once again senior Isaac Harms had several nice runs against a very good runner, Jonah Eckert from West Vigo. ...
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No. 11 Tigers women's tennis team wins third consecutive NCAC Title, into NCAA tourney
(College Sports ~ 05/01/14)
The 11th-ranked Tigers women's tennis team completed an impressive three-day run through the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament and captured their third straight NCAC title with a 6-0 victory over 26th-ranked Denison. The Tigers improved to 18-4 and earned the conference's automatic qualification into the NCAA Division III Championship. DePauw will appear in the national tournament for the 10th straight year and 13th overall...
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Greencastle softball suffers tough loss at Mooresville
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/14)
MOORESVILLE -- Rain preceded an outpouring of runs at Mooresville's North Madison Elementary School softball diamond Wednesday night and, at first, Greencastle was the beneficiary of the conditions. The Pioneers replied in kind and quickly were out of sight, winning 12-2 in five innings...
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Featured Athlete of the Week: Jake Schroer, Baseball South Putnam High School
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/14)
Jake Schroer, 17, was born on September 15th, 1996 to Steve and Lisa Schroer. He is a student athlete at South Putnam High School and he has a 14-year-old sister, Ashley Schroer. He is in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 4-H, Interact, Student Council, Teen Court and is involved in youth group. In school, Schroer's favorite subject is US History and his favorite teacher is Zachary Love. He is a member of the honor roll...
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Cougar golf play well at Cascade, take first
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/14)
It seems like the Cougars just can't escape strong, gusty winds and chances of rain for most of their matches this season. Tuesday night's match at Cascade against Cascade and Owen Valley was no different. Considering all the conditions for the night, the team fared well and carded a 172 for the match beating Owen Valley by 21 strokes....
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South Putnam baseball wins split at home vs North Putnam
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/14)
A sloppy day for North Putnam meant a high-scoring day for South Putnam. The Eagles were able to get the the victory and the split against the Cougars. They won 14-9. The game was close through the first two innngs even with the solo homer by Tyler Long...
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South Putnam track team comes in third at Danville
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/14)
South Putnam's boys' and girls' track teams found the competition far hotter than the temperatures Thursday night at Danville, with both squads finishing behind Monrovia and the host Warriors. In the boys' meet, Danville took a comfortable 65-56-45 win over the second place Bulldogs and Eagles...
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