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COLLEGE REPORT: DePauw golfer gets NCAC honor
(College Sports ~ 09/07/18)
DePauw senior Rachele Miller was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Athlete of the Week for her performance last week. Miller, a graduate of Pleasant Valley High School in Princeton, Iowa, earned medalist honors at Denison’s Lynn Schweizer Invitational last weekend...
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Airport Appreciation activities canceled for Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
Saturday activities at Putnam County Airport Appreciation Days have been canceled due to inclement weather. Ginger Scott, a member of the event’s planning committee, made the announcement Friday morning. “With much regret, due to the weather and the safety of the vendors and the participants, we will need to cancel Saturday’s activities,” Scott said...
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58 years later, historic national study returns to Bainbridge to follow up with original participants
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
BAINBRIDGE -- In 1960, the students of Bainbridge High School became part of a landmark study called Project Talent. The Putnam County teenagers joined more than 400,000 peers from across the country in the study, including 13,306 students from 29 schools in Indiana...
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National Recovery Month celebration moved to Greencastle Christian Church
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
A Saturday celebration of National Recovery Month, scheduled for Saturday from 4-7 p.m., has been moved to Greencastle Christian Church. Putnam County Voices of Recovery and the Putnam County Substance Abuse Committee (PCSAC) made the announcement Friday afternoon...
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Busy September for Greencastle Park Dept.
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
The pool may be closed for the season and summer may be over meteorologically, but that doesn't mean it's all quiet on the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department front. In fact, the month of September looms quite busy, Assistant Park Director Erin Ray reports, detailing several upcoming programs:...
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Sandra Faye Winger
(Obituary ~ 09/07/18)
Sandra Faye (Crawford) Winger, 55, passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 at her mother's home in Roachdale with her family by her side. She was the daughter of the late William R. Crawford, and surviving Lorene Faye (Bonifacius) Bartlett. On July 3, 1988 she married Kevin Winger. He survives...
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O’Brien - 50th Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 09/07/18)
Jim and Sheila (Sutherlin) O’Brien will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 9. They were married at the Andalusia, Ala., courthouse. Sheila was a homemaker. Jim is retired from the U.S. Air Force after serving our country for 20 years. He also retired from Target...
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Soul Harvest presents Sept. 15 simulcast featuring Beth Moore
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
CLOVERDALE — Soul Harvest Church will present the Living Proof Simulcast event with Beth Moore on Saturday, Sept. 15. Along with Moore, one of today’s top women’s ministry leaders, worship pastor and Dove Award recipient Travis Cottrell will lead worship via simulcast...
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Friday's high school football scores
(High School Sports ~ 09/07/18)
Northview 42, W. Vigo 0 Edgewood 66, Owen Valley 6 Greencastle 12, S. Putnam 0 Cascade 14, Cloverdale 8 Sullivan 48, North Putnam 21 Indian Creek 55, Brown County 0 Adams Central 41, Jay Co. 0 Angola 21, W. Noble 7 Batesville 45, Rushville 22 Bedford N. Lawrence 41, New Albany 40...
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Faculty Select Series brings string virtuosos together in concert Wednesday
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
DePauw violin faculty and Ensemble Dal Niente member Tarn Travers will be joined by Ensemble Dal Niente’s founding cellist Chris Wild to present an evening of contemporary works for violin and cello that, while sounding completely new, are grounded in the past...
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Community Christmas Choir still seeking singers
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
RUSSELLVILLE -- Practices have begun but interested persons who enjoy singing and would like to be part of a Christmas choir are still invited to take part in the Community Christmas Choir at the Russellville Community Center. The Community Christmas Choir will perform “The King is Here” on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. and on Dec. 2 at 1 p.m...
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St. Pierre to speak to low vision group
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
A “Living with Low Vision” meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Putnam County Comprehensive Services, 630 Tennessee St., Greencastle. Speaker for the 10-11 a.m. meeting will be Steve St. Pierre of All-American Karate Academy in Greencastle. St. Pierre will be demonstrating basic self-defense. Attendees are invited to bring a friend or family member to this meeting...
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Busy September for Greencastle Park Dept.
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
The pool may be closed for the season and summer may be over meteorologically, but that doesn’t mean it’s all quiet on the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department front. In fact, the month of September looms quite busy, Assistant Park Director Erin Ray reports, detailing several upcoming programs:...
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Court News for September 8, 2018
(Court News ~ 09/07/18)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Tiffany L. Mingo, 35, Indianapolis, Level 3 felony attempted dealing in methamphetamine, Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 5 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 4 felony dealing in cocaine, Level 6 felony possession of cocaine and Level 6 felony trafficking with an inmate outside a facility...
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Putnam Scanner for September 8, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 09/07/18)
County Jail Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 11:20 p.m. Timothy Ray French, 47, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a Montgomery County warrant. • At 6:01 p.m. Kandice Geree Shalayev, 33, Greencastle, was taken into custody for obstruction of a drug screen, possession of a device to obstruct a drug screen and violation of home detention...
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Crowning Achievement
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
The deluge that left the game and football field waterlogged lets up long enough for seniors Andrew Fajt and Kensie Bumgardner to be crowned the 2018 Greencastle High School Homecoming King and Queen Friday night at Robert Harbison Stadium.
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Cloverdale postpones homecoming events
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
With the weather not cooperating Friday and more rain on the way tonight, Cloverdale High School has made a decision to move its homecoming parade and royalty crowning ceremony to next Tuesday, Sept. 11. The CHS king and queen ceremony that night will be staged in between the junior varsity and varsity volleyball games...
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Taste of Putnam County postponed to October as outdoor First Friday activities canceled
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
With rain rolling into the area Friday morning and the high likelihood of more precipitation Friday evening, outdoor First Friday activites have been canceled. “Due to inclement weather, Taste of Putnam County, outside bands and vendors have been postponed until October,” First Friday organizer Tami Van Rensselaer announced just after noon on Friday...
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100+ Men assure that Real Men Read is fully funded for 2018-19
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
ROACHDALE — The generosity of one group of men in the community has ensured that another group of men continue to bring the gift of literacy to the children of Putnam County. Representatives of 100 Plus Men Who Care of Putnam County and Real Men Read recently gathered at Roachdale Elementary School as 100 Plus Men awarded $12,400 to Real Men Read to support its mission of putting books in the hands of every kindergarten student in Putnam County...
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Remnants of Hurricane Gordon wreak havoc on weekend events
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
With the aftermath of Hurricane Gordon rolling into Central Indiana on Friday and expected to stick around all weekend, a weekend overflowing with events has all but floated away. As the deluge loomed late Friday morning, news of cancellations, postponements and relocations began to roll in...
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It’s sink-or-swim time for city aquatic center revenues
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
Faced with a tight budget on the horizon for 2019 and pool revenues that don’t even cover expenses, it’s sink-or-swim time for the Greencastle Aquatic Center. Assistant Park Director Erin Ray, who manages the aquatic center at Robe-Ann Park, presented preliminary 2018 financial figures on the pool season Thursday night as the Greencastle Park Board began to ponder where additional revenues might come from in the future...
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Fillmore Town Council hears updates, follow-up on Liberty Industries
(Local News ~ 09/07/18)
Staff Writer FILLMORE -- With the absence of one council member and its attorney, the Fillmore Town Council heard updates regarding recent police activity and the town’s upkeep at its monthly meeting Thursday evening. Town Marshal Darrel Bunten attended the meeting and informed the council that unlawful activity has been kept at a minimum. He said that no burglaries or theft had been recently reported, but that drivers continue to speed through town...
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