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7,000 eggs up for grabs at annual Robe-Ann Park hunt on April 8
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
An estimated 7,000 plastic eggs, filled with candy, goodies or coupons, will be up for grabs Saturday, April 8 during the annual Greencastle Park and Recreation Department Easter Egg Hunt. The free event for youngsters age 1-11 will begin promptly at 10 a.m. at Robe-Ann Park...
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Annual Easter egg hunt slated at Putnamville UMC April 15
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
PUTNAMVILLE — The annual Easter egg hunt at Putnamville United Methodist Church is set for 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 15. Toddlers through sixth-graders are welcome to join the fun on the church lawn. In case of rain, the hunt will be inside the church...
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What’s happening at your church?
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
With the Easter holiday approaching, the Banner Graphic welcomes announcements from local churches of how their congregations will be celebrating Holy Week. Beyond this, we want to know what’s going on at your church throughout the year. Church notices are printed, free of charge, each Saturday...
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Fillmore churches to celebrate Holy Week with joint services
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Fillmore Christian Church and Fillmore United Methodist Church will join together for three Holy Weekworship services at Fillmore Christian Church this year. A Maundy Thursday worship service will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. Holy communion will be served...
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Greencastle natives spend spring break in service of Tennessee wildfire victims
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
VINCENNES — There were no spring break beaches for six Vincennes University students last month. Instead they chose to dig holes and carry heavy construction materials. And they wouldn’t have had it any other way. In a trip organized by the VU Christian Campus Fellowship, the four students headed to to Gatlinburg, Tenn., where they began work to rebuild a home that was lost in the Nov. 28 wildfires...
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Brody Perrine named Orr Fellow
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Roachdale native Brody Perrine has been selected for membership to the Orr Fellowship. The two-year program seeks to develop Indiana’s next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Perrine looks at Orr Fellowship as an extension of his education...
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Trustworthy
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Mary Allison Children’s Trust board member Mike Goss says thank you with a firm handshake to Brent McColgin, president of Tri-County Bank & Trust, for the bank’s continued support of the trust as 2017 Trust Patron in the amount of $500. Generosity such as that of Tri-County allows the trust to serve the children of Putnam County from preschool to high school. ...
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Political scientist to give international relations program Tuesday
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Charles Lipson, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, will come to DePauw University Tuesday, April 4 to deliver the Walker Horizon Lecture in political science. Lipson will discuss “Security in Three Dimensions: A New Theory of International Relations.”...
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Geranium order time here for Delta Theta Tau
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Delta Theta Tau sorority of Roachdale has announced that its annual spring geranium sale has officially started. There will be no public sale, but orders will be taken. Premium zonal four-inch geraniums are $4 apiece, in the colors of red, salmon, pink and violet...
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Registration now open for April computer classes
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Putnam County Public Library will be offering four computer classes in April and early May. The computer classes being offered are lecture classes instead of the usual hands-on classes and are designed to introduce patrons to using the Internet. On Friday, April 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Introduction to the Internet will start right at the beginning and introduce patrons to search engines, browsers and some of the best websites on the Internet...
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Veterans Home Donation
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Greencastle American Legion Post 58, the Legion Women’s Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion (SAL) recently donated more than $600 worth of supplies to the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette for use by veterans residing there. SAL Squadron 58 adjutant Richard Coffin (second from left) delivered the items to Betty Westfall at the Ernie Pyle Hall. ...
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Association for Practical and Professional Ethics selects Prindle Institute as new home
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
DePauw University’s Prindle Institute for Ethics will be the new institutional home for the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), the largest practical and professional ethics association in the nation with more than 100 institutional members and 858 individual members...
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Upcoming Events at Peeler Art Center
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
The DePauw University Peeler Art Center will host the following events: • Curator Bowie Zunino on “Nature Loves Courage,” April 4 at 4:15 p.m. in the auditorium • Knitting Lunches in partnership with The Hartman House, April 6 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...
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Dream catchers topic for April 5 library program
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
The third event in Putnam County Public Library’s five-part “Making and Baking with Bridgette” series will be do-it-yourself dream catchers. Dream catchers are a traditional object that originated with the native American Ojibwe people from north of the Great Lakes. ...
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Putnam Scanner for 4-1-17
(Police Logs ~ 03/31/17)
County Jail Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 10:48 p.m. Larry Conley Price, 34, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on charges of possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. He was also wanted on an out-of-county warrant and for parole violation...
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Youth Philanthropy Committee announces local grants, projects
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Over the past nine months, the Putnam County Youth Philanthropy Committee has approved eight grants for projects led by local students. The Youth Philanthropy Committee is a program of the Putnam County Community Foundation designed to encourage student leadership and philanthropy...
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POET employees going to Kenya on mission trip
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
This year the local POET Biorefinery will send two employees -- Dana Syrus (maintenance clerk) and Jake Rittzle (maintenance supervisor) -- to Kenya to help improve the classrooms and grounds of an all-girls’ school there. “When I went last year for the first time, I did not know what to expect,” Syrus said. “This time I’m going back just so happy to take part in it again, and to see some of the girls that I met. I can’t wait to see some of these girls again.”...
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Old court case catches up to suspect, system
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
A 12-year-old Putnam County crime -- abetted by a case of mistaken identity and accompanied by an ever-changing cast of characters -- has finally made its way through and out of the local court system. The old case ended up before Putnam Superior Court Judge Denny Bridges recently as defendant Jeffrey N. Hallett, now 50, of Indianapolis, appeared for a change of plea and sentencing in a 2005 theft and criminal mischief case...
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Tie-Dye Donation
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
After selling T-shirts he tie-dyed to raise money for the Humane Society of Putnam County, Maddox Gibbons, 8, of Greencastle presents $600 to Sandra Grimes, HSPC president. “I wanted to help our community’s animals because I love animals,” he said. “My mom taught me the purpose of life was to find your gift and give it away.” The money will be used to buy comfort items for shelter dogs in memory of the recent loss of Gibbons’ beloved dog...
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Neese misses making finals in national 3-point contest
(High School Sports ~ 03/31/17)
PHOENIX —Collin Sexton of Mableton Ga., Chasity Patterson of Houston and Victor Bailey Jr. of Austin, Texas won their respective events on Friday at the 2017 American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships. The seventh annual event featured 24 of the nation’s top high school basketball players entertaining a packed gym of students at Greenway High School in Phoenix...
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BENNETT'S MINUTES: IHSAA realigns six sports classes
(High School Sports ~ 03/31/17)
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced new classifications for IHSAA member schools last week. New baseball and softball classifications will be announced this week. The alignments will apply to state tournament competition for the next two school years. Exact sectional groupings will be announced later this spring...
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Exercise a learning opportunity for agencies
(Local News ~ 03/31/17)
Spring break didn’t prevent a learning experience Thursday at South Putnam High School. The pupils, though, were local emergency responders, most notably the Putnam County Health Department, Putnam County Hospital and the Citizens Emergency Response Team (CERT)...
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