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Edwin 'Ed' J. Cook
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
Edwin "Ed" J. Cook, 90, of McCordsville, Ind., passed away on July 4, 2017. He was born on April 19, 1927 in Greencastle to the late Homer and Martha Lucille Cook. Ed was a graduate of Reelsville High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945-46, and received the rank of corporal...
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Julia Katherine Swope
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
Julia Katherine Swope, 60, of Bloomington, Ill., passed away and won the victory in Jesus at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2017 with her husband and daughter by her side. She was born on Feb. 20, 1957, in Greencastle, to James Poor and Barbara Feld. She married Jerry Swope on May 2, 1987. He survives...
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Blanche M. Sutherlin
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
Blanche M. Sutherlin, 89, of Greencastle, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2017. She was born on Aug. 5, 1927 to Jacob and Sarah (Lawson) Cox in Parke County, Ind. Blanche married C. Frederick Sutherlin on Oct. 11, 1968, and he preceded her in death May 29, 1990...
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County quartet headed to Top 100
(High School Sports ~ 07/06/17)
Each Putnam County high school will be represented next week at the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Top 100 Underclass Showcase at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. Cloverdale junior Tori Combs is the only county representative in the girls’ Top 100 on Tuesday...
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Reelsville Class of 1967 marks 50th anniversary
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
The Reelsville Class of 1967 was honored at the Reelsville Alumni Dinner as 15 members of the class enjoyed the 50-year reunion dinner June 3 at Central Elementary. At the banquet Cheryl Steuerwald shared information about the Reelsville Memories Project at the Putnam County Public Library...
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United Way grant helps change lives
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
Collaboration is what makes Putnam County a great place to live as neighbors work together to help neighbors. The Putnam County United Way offered a grant this spring for agencies to work together, making Putnam County a better place to live. The $10,000 grant was awarded to a team made up of Transformers, Beyond Homeless, Delta Theta Tau and Shuee and Sons. ...
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200 plus attend 103rd annual Bainbridge Alumni Assn. banquet
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
BAINBRIDGE -- More than 200 alumni and friends attended the recent 2017 Bainbridge High School (BHS) Alumni Association’s 103rd annual banquet at the Bainbridge Community Building. The evening was highlighted by the presentation of the BHS Alumni scholarship to Lyndi Parent who graduated from North Putnam High School this spring and is the daughter of Doug and Staci Parent. She plans to attend Purdue University to major in pharmacy...
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Scholarships, grants awarded at South Putnam Alumni Banquet recently
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
Several awards, grants and scholarships were passed out at the recent South Putnam Alumni Banquet. The Administrator/Teacher Hall of Fame award went to the late James Hammond. The award was accepted by his wife and family. The newest Alumni Hall of Fame member was Boyd Goodson who currently serves as a professor at Southern Illinois University where he is working on ways to improve medical diagnosis by improving the MRI machines to give a better picture of the patient...
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T.K. McGuire exhibit to open Friday at museum
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
Currently featured on the Putnam County Museum Art Walk is its newest art exhibit, “Catharsis” by artist T.K. McGuire. The opening will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday evening, July 7 at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle. In the words of the artist McGuire, “‘Catharsis’ is a collection dedicated to art therapy and mental health awareness. ...
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I-70 traffic stop in Morgan County nets $1.25M in drugs
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
The section of Interstate 70 that runs through Morgan County isn’t more than a few miles wide but that was big enough to land a big catch Wednesday, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department reported. During a traffic stop along I-70 between Little Point and Monrovia exit, about 12 miles east of Cloverdale, the Morgan County Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement (P.A.C.E.) Team seized an estimated $1.25 million in drugs...
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Three Putnam principals selected for Principal Leadership Institute
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
The Indiana Principal Leadership Institute at Indiana State University’s Bayh College of Education has selected 60 principals -- including three from Putnam County schools -- to participate in the fifth cohort that begins later this month. Debbie Steffy of Fillmore Elementary School, Dawn Tucker of Cloverdale Middle School and Beth Waterman of Roachdale Elementary have been selected to participate, the Leadership Institute has announced...
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Applicants sought for Madison Township position on school board
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
According to a public notice recently released by the Madison Township Advisory Board, applications are now being accepted for its appointee on Greencastle Community Schools’ five-member school board. A seat held by board member Dale Pierce since July 2013, the position represents the township’s lone voice in the happenings at GCSC. Pierce previously spent 17 years on the board and was again appointed by the Madison Township trustee in 2013, replacing three-term member Mike Dean...
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Preparing for Launch
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
From the parking lot of North Montgomery High School, DePauw physics and astronomy Professor Howard Brooks (right) and students Kobby Van Dyck (left) and Zach Wilkerson inflate a weather balloon with helium Thursday morning for launch as BASE 96, denoting the 96th such experiment launched by the DePauw Balloon Assisted Stratospheric Experiments project...
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Putnam Scanner for July 7, 2017
(Police Logs ~ 07/06/17)
Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 11:39 p.m. Cory Levi Johnson, 29, Paragon, was housed at the jail for driving with a suspended license. • At 10:48 p.m. Jessica Michelle Graves, 30, Brazil, was taken into custody on a warrant...
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Three men arrested after citizen’s tip in Cloverdale
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
CLOVERDALE — A 911 call from a concerned citizen led to the arrest of three Terre Haute men Wednesday afternoon in Cloverdale. Around 1:30 p.m., Putnam County Dispatch received a call of a male lying in the back seat of a Cadillac parked at the Cloverdale Subway restaurant...
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