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DePauw School of Music Events: Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
The School of Music will soon be welcoming everyone back to campus on Monday and as classes resume, so does itsu Spring 2017 event schedule --beginning with the weekly Student Recital Hour and first Lunch Box Music offering at Music on the Square.
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Cloverdale Candidates
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
Between games of Friday night’s Sullivan-Cloverdale high school boys’ basketball contests, Cloverdale will crown a winter homecoming king and queen, along with class princes and princesses. Senior candidates in the front row (from left) are Mara Meise, Sean Johnson, Sincere Gaston, Sawyer Hunter, Lillian Boyd and Noah Winings. ...
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County schools recognize students as ‘Rising Stars’
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
As part of the Indiana Association of School Principals’ (IASP) Rising Stars of Indiana program, the Greencastle, Cloverdale, North Putnam and South Putnam school districts have recognized three to four juniors for their academic achievements. “Please join IASP in congratulating these students on all they have already achieved, as well as offering support and encouragement as they continue their accomplishments and expand their knowledge, growth and leadership skills well into the future,” the IASP release reads.. ...
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PCPL appearance set Feb. 1 for local author Doug Bedwell
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
The Putnam County Public Library will welcome local author Doug Bedwell for a Wednesday, Feb. 1 appearance. The 6 p.m. program is free and open to the public. The library is located at 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle. Bedwell will discuss his creative process and the challenges of making the shift from writing drama to writing narrative fiction. He will read an excerpt from his new novel and will conclude by taking questions from the audience...
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Ghost Ranch subject of Jan. 31 Travel Talk at county library
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
Tuesday, Jan. 31, DePauw University students returning from a three-week Winter Term visit to the Ghost Ranch will share their experiences in a 6-7 p.m. program at the Putnam County Public Library, 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle. Students will discuss their immersive experience in canyon country that included courses in Pueblo-style beadwork; Rocks, Ruins and Bones; Desert Light digital photography; and Writing the Southwest...
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Award-winning author coming to DePauw Feb. 8
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
Shulem Deen, whose memoir “All Who Go Do Not Return” won the 2015 National Jewish Book Award and the 2016 Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) Award for Nonfiction, will come to DePauw University on Wednesday, Feb. 8. His 7:30 p.m. appearance, presented by DePauw’s James and Marilou Kelly Writers Series, will take place in the auditorium of the Richard E. Peeler Art Center, located at 10 W. Hanna St. (the southeast corner of Hanna and South Jackson streets), Greencastle...
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Founding Family Fun
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
A new Founding Family exhibit featuring the Fordice Family is opening Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Putnam County Museum. At the Saturday opening, Judy Fordice Proctor will speak about the family history in Putnam County from the 1840s until present day. The opening is free and open to the public. The museum is located at 1105 N. Jackson St. in Greencastle. Persons may call 653-8419 for more information...
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Court News for 1-27-2017
(Court News ~ 01/26/17)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Andrew Chattin, 24, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 5 felony battery resulting in bodily injury to a public safety official Michael J. Vance, 26, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy...
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Putnam Scanner for 1-27-17
(Police Logs ~ 01/26/17)
County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 10:56 p.m. Megan Sue Sassaman, 36, New Albany, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated and driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction. • At 2:42 p.m. Ricki Lynn Cline, 22, Indianapolis, was booked in on a local warrant...
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Antique tractor group changes meeting date, officers
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
The Putnam County Antique Tractor and Machinery Association has recently reorganized with new officers and has moved its meetings to the second Thursday of each month beginning at 7 p.m. at the Putnam County Farm Bureau board room. Justin Haddon was elected president with Jim Call as vice president and Larry Parker as secretary/treasurer...
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Victim’s condition delays gunshot case investigation
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
With one of the involved men still in an Indianapolis hospital, Putnam County Sheriff’s Department detectives are still waiting to conclude the investigation of a Sunday-morning shooting at a Bainbridge business. As was reported on Sunday, deputies responded to King Tiger British Motorcycle Repair around 1 a.m. when one man reportedly shot another...
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Cloverdale schools earn good marks
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Community School Corporation has passed its AdvancED Accreditation examination with flying colors. A team of five evaluators consisting of a communication director, superintendent, curriculum and instruction specialist and a fifth-grade teacher have spent three days interviewing school board members and visiting classrooms. The team also interviewed administration, teachers, students, parents and community members...
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Montgomery County police seek help locating missing Crawfordsville man
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the disappearance of an adult from Crawfordsville. Kaden Cravens is a 19-year-old white male, 5 feet 2 inches tall and 115 pounds with brown hair or possibly shaved head and blue eyes. A statewide Silver Alert for Cravens was declared late Thursday afternoon, he is believed to be in danger...
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Three-million-mile man ‘Stoney’ gets royal welcome at Walmart
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
In theory, Walmart Transportation driver Jim Stone has been to the moon and back. Six times. And without putting a dent, a ding or a scratch on his semi. That’s three million miles driven without an accident for “Stoney.” Or the equivalent of 120 circumnavigations of the Earth...
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Birds of Prey soars at Deer Meadow, Tzouanakis schools
(Local News ~ 01/26/17)
Did you know that owls aren’t actually wise? That throwing up can be a defense mechanism for vultures? That in captivity a golden eagle can live to be 50 years old? Students at Deer Meadow Primary and Tzouanakis Intermediate schools heard these facts and more during the Birds of Prey program presented by the American Eagle Foundation...
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