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DePauw prof Gary Lemon offers Black Friday shopping advice
(Local News ~ 11/26/19)
It comes as no surprise that DePauw University economics professor Gary Lemon would exhort people to do their homework. But this time, Lemon is not talking to his students but rather readers of WalletHub, a personal finance website. WalletHub asked Lemon and three other experts, in advance of this week’s “Black Friday” shopping promotions, to “share some of their shopping smarts with budget-conscious consumers.” The feature was a sidebar to an expansive article in which WalletHub, having surveyed nearly 8,000 Black Friday deals, lists the best deals in various product categories.. ...
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Delores ‘Dee’ Ernestine Simmons
(Obituary ~ 11/26/19)
Delores “Dee” Ernestine Simmons, 81, of Hampstead, N.C., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. She passed in peace, surrounded by family. Dee was born on March 5, 1938, in Somerset, Ky., to the late Ernest and Violet (Measel) Price. After her family moved to Indiana, she attended school at Cloverdale and married and raised her family there...
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Chamber, Main Street reward shopping small on Small Business Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/26/19)
The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Greencastle are urging residents to shop locally, particularly on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30. “Our community is a lucky one when it comes to the great small businesses that we have,” Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Brian Cox said. “We continuously ask for them to give to our non-profit organizations, our silent auctions and our fundraisers, and they do it with a smile...
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Turkey Run claims top two spots on Indiana’s best hiking trails list
(Local News ~ 11/26/19)
State park trails swept all 10 places in the Indiana Office of Tourism Development’s 2019 Best of Indiana people’s choice campaign for best hiking trails. Turkey Run State Park took the top two spots. Its Ladders Trail took first. Trail 2, which goes along the Lusk Earth Fill as well as along cliffs, took second. Trail 2 at Clifty Falls State Park, which traverses Clifty Creek, took third. ...
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Putnam Scanner for November 27, 2019
(Police Logs ~ 11/26/19)
County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 8:33 p.m. Brittany Leann Price, 32, Reelsville, was lodged at the jail for leaving the scene of a property-damage accident and for driving while intoxicated. • At 5:30 p.m. Austin Ray Chadd, 25, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for probation violation...
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Court News for November 27, 2019
(Court News ~ 11/26/19)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Jacob E. Williams, 24, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery, Class B misdemeanor battery Dylan R. Hart, 21, Greencastle, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...
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Citation issued in fatal accident on U.S.36 bridge
(Local News ~ 11/26/19)
ROCKVILLE – A 66-year-old Danville man has been cited for failure to yield the right of way in a Nov. 2 accident that claimed the lives of an Amish woman and her two-year-old son. Parke County sheriff’s deputies have completed their investigation into an accident involving a van and Amish buggy on U.S. 36 east of Raccoon Lake Bridge near Hollandsburg, west of the Parke-Putnam county line...
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It’s our Bell but not my Bell
(Column ~ 11/26/19)
Traveling westbound on Washington Street Monday morning, I was greeted by an unexpected sight. As I approached the Masonic lodge, I noticed two pedestrians rounding the corner from Vine onto Washington. I recognized one as DePauw Athletic Director Stevie Baker-Watson, while the man with her was unfamiliar to me...
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Fabe mines literary gold for latest novel from visit to Copper Country
(Local News ~ 11/26/19)
Combining vacation with avocation, local author Stuart Fabe spent early June in the upper reaches of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and came home a winner. “My trip brought me two things – my book and a photograph of the night sky,” he told an Author’s Talk audience of about two dozen Monday night at the Putnam County Public Library...
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Prosecutor declines filing charges in election cases
(Local News ~ 11/26/19)
Thought it was determined last month that laws were broken, no criminal charges will be filed in a pair of local election law violations. Putnam County Prosecutor announced this week that his office will not pursue the cases. “I have reviewed both challenges sent by the Putnam County Election Board to the Prosecutor’s Office to consider whether criminal charges should be filed,” Bookwalter said. “The State of Indiana declines prosecution in both case.”...
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Local man thankful for Asbury Towers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/26/19)
To the Editor: Thanks, Asbury Towers. I would like to think, at this Thanksgiving, that we offer thanks for the service we receive at 102 W. Poplar St. We are thankful for Family, Country, Church. Those three ladies had a vision for what we see today and are to be thanked...
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