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Tiger Cubs plan breakfast event for Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/17)
The Greencastle boys’ basketball club will be hosting a pancake breakfast followed by an open practice on Saturday. The pancake breakfast will start at 9:30 a.m. in the hospitality room on the west end of McAnally Center. The breakfast is free of charge...
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Leoma Ruth Hornback
(Obituary ~ 11/16/17)
Leoma Ruth Hornback, 80, of Greencastle, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Born March 15, 1937 to the late James Juddy Franklin French and Ruth Lanelle (Robinson) French. Leoma was a former member of the Cloverdale Church of Christ...
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DePauw places three on all-NCAC football honor squad
(College Sports ~ 11/16/17)
CLEVELAND — Wooster senior quarterback Gary Muntean, Wittenberg senior defensive lineman Chandler Ferko and Oberlin freshman punter Bryant Walker have been named the Players of the Year to highlight the 2017 All-North Coast Athletic Conference football selections...
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DePauw men start strongly in win over Franklin
(College Sports ~ 11/16/17)
Four of DePauw’s starters scored in double figures and recorded career-highs as the Tigers defeated Franklin 90-72 in their home and season opener Wednesday. David Vogel led the way with 22. Mason Hankins followed with 16, Andrew Kus scored 14 and Luke Steinhart recorded 10...
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BENNETT'S MINUTES: Intrigue aplenty in girls’ county
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/17)
If recent history holds true, any team that wins the Putnam County Classic girls’ basketball tourney this weekend other than Greencastle will also win it next year. Since 2000, each of the four county schools has won two or more titles in a row at least once, and each time a different team it won at least two straight times...
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COLLEGE PREVIEW: Balanced Tigers looking to improve on rebounding, defense
(College Sports ~ 11/16/17)
By Joey Bennett Sports Editor DePauw men’s basketball coach Bill Fenlon was pleased with his team’s performance on Wednesday night in its season opener, a 90-72 win over Franklin. But, Fenlon was quickly able to find some areas of improvement as his team looks to return to the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time since 2014-15...
- BOYS' PREVIEW: Eagles ‘no longer young’ as they build upon 2016-17 experience (High School Sports ~ 11/16/17)
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BOYS' PREVIEW: Cougars look to keep focusing on defense behind Gross, Smith
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/17)
North Putnam returns two of its top three scorers from last year’s 10-14 team in seniors Elliot Gross (17.5) and Treyton Smith (9.0), plus promising 6-6 big man Andrew Pickel. Beyond that trio, though, varsity experience is limited — but coach Collin McCartt is confident some of his younger players are ready to take up the slack...
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BOYS' PREVIEW: Tiger Cubs looking to take steps forward behind York, Bollman
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/17)
Greencastle coach Bryce Rector took over in late June last year, and wasn’t able to take advantage of one of the most important months of the year on the Indiana high school basketball calendar. This year, Rector had the full allotment of time to work with his team and he is pleased with the prospects entering the season...
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BOYS' PREVIEW: Successful Clovers ready to take everyone’s best shot this year
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/17)
Cloverdale has won Putnam County titles the past two seasons and sectional crowns for the last three seasons. The Clovers embark to extend those streaks without the services of graduated standout Cooper Neese, an Indiana All-Star selection who finished his career ranked as the seventh-leading scorer in state history...
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Scholarship applications now being accepted by PCCF
(Local News ~ 11/16/17)
The Putnam County Community Foundation had big news to share with administrators and guidance staff members of the county’s four school districts on at the recent annual Guidance Forum. It was announced that more than $340,000 will be available in scholarship funding for the 2018-19 academic year. ...
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HHSB to sponsor trip with Holocaust survivor Eva Kor for one North Putnam teacher
(Local News ~ 11/16/17)
CRAWFORDSVILLE – Hoosier Heartland State Bank is sponsoring up to four trips for teachers interested in going on the trip of a lifetime in 2018. Winners will walk side by side with Holocaust survivor Eva Kor and hear her account of what happened inside the concentration camps...
- GMS Spells Success (Local News ~ 11/16/17)
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Putnam Scanner 11-17-17
(Police Logs ~ 11/16/17)
Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 12 a.m., Misha K. Romandine, 57, of Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on two counts of theft. Wednesday • At 9:28 p.m., Derone D. Lake, 33, of Indianapolis, was booked into the jail on charges of unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of methaphetamine and possession of paraphernalia...
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Cloverdale School Board accepts STEM grant for elementary
(Local News ~ 11/16/17)
CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale School Board accepted a $6,250 STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) grant from the Owen County Community Foundation to the Cloverdale Elementary School (CES) during its regular meeting on Monday. “We appreciate Mrs. (CES Principal Mary) Elkins’ efforts in completing the application process and receiving the award,” Superintendent Greg Linton said. “It’ll be used for K-2 STEM development at the elementary in conjunction with the Knoy program.”...
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Old church goes from ‘Rock of Ages’ to Rockology School on BZA vote
(Local News ~ 11/16/17)
Rock on ... That’s the directive the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) gave Rockology Music School in approving a special exception use variance for the Jeremy Black-Julianna Goldsmith enterprise to operate in the old G.T. Haywood Memorial Pentecostal Church at 804 Albin Pond Rd...
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GPD warns of scam involving bogus Duke Energy calls
(Local News ~ 11/16/17)
Greencastle City Police Chief Tom Sutherlin is warning local residents about the latest scam making the rounds in central Indiana. Several businesses in town have received a phone call from an individual claiming to be with Duke Energy, the chief advised Thursday...
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Roads a hot topic at 2nd Community Conversation
(Local News ~ 11/16/17)
While canvassing for votes three years ago, then-commissioner candidate Rick Woodall heard some prescient words from a gentleman at Heritage Lake. According to Woodall, the man told him, “33 percent of your job is dealing with roads, but 99 percent of your calls will be, ‘Come fix my road.’”...
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Safety changes coming soon for Waterworks Hill
(Local News ~ 11/16/17)
In the face of requests from local officials and public outcry following the death of a Greencastle woman, the Indiana Department of Transportation is set to install safety enhancements on Waterworks Hill on Tuesday. INDOT announced the changes to the area of U.S. 231 just north of Greencastle on Thursday afternoon...
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