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COLLEGE REPORT: Combs earns national academic honor
(College Sports ~ 07/20/20)
Cloverdale graduate Tori Combs was one of 32 Lincoln Trail College student-athletes honored recently for their work in the classroom during the 2019-20 academic year by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Nineteen LTC players earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team honors by having a GPA of 3.6-3.79, including Combs...
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Support the Local Journalism Sustainability Act
(Editorial ~ 07/20/20)
Bipartisan. A strange word to say these days. Almost seems archaic — a product of a bygone era, like thou or perchance or knave or hornswoggle. But, nay (there’s another one), bipartisanship is alive and ... we won’t say well exactly. She’s holding her own, though. Todd Young, the Hoosier State’s senior U.S. senator, has co-authored of a number of bipartisan bills during his time in Washington...
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City ponders water tower repainting
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
It seems pretty difficult to lose track of a huge water tower. You know, like the standpipe that towers above Forest Hill Cemetery on the Greencastle’s southwest side, providing water service and fire protection to the city and surrounding areas. City officials want to repaint the standpipe, a bit of routine maintenance that takes places every 20 years or so...
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A Fair Shake
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
Taking part in a Putnam County Fair unlike any other, Haley Smith (left) chats with the judge during boer goat senior showmanship Saturday morning at the Putnam County 4-H Fair...
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Pomp and (Unusual) Circumstance
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
Greencastle High School graduates in the class of 2020 finally got to participate in a socially distanced ceremony last Thursday.
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Burger Time
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
Unable to sell their legendary product due to the limited fairgrounds activity at the Putnam County Fair this year, members of America Legion Post 58 in Greencastle conduct a drive-through at the post on Indianapolis Road Saturday...
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Brazil Concert Band around the world this Sunday
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
The Brazil Concert Band and its director Matthew Huber will proudly present “Around the World in 60 Minutes” this Sunday, July 26 at 8 p.m. in Forest Park, rain or shine. John Philip Sousa’s “The Circumnavigators Club” salutes those who have traveled the world and was premiered in New York City in 1931...
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Duke Energy plans gradual return to standard business operations while extending assistance for customers in need
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
PLAINFIELD – Duke Energy Indiana will continue to suspend service disconnections for nonpayment for an additional month beyond the state’s current moratorium on disconnection for nonpayment. Customers who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic now have until Sept. 15 to settle their accounts or make payment arrangements...
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Doris J. Shuler
(Obituary ~ 07/20/20)
Doris J Shuler, 81, of Greencastle, passed away peacefully March 30, 2020 with family by her side. She was born to the late Maudie and Claire Gorham, July 16, 1938 in Stilesville. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Paul Robert Shuler, and son Brian Shuler...
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John Kenneth Huber
(Obituary ~ 07/20/20)
John Kenneth Huber, 79, of Greencastle, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, July 17, 2020. Born on Feb. 11, 1941 to Edward and Gladys Huber, he grew up in Cloverdale. He graduated from Cloverdale High School in 1959. He proudly served his country in the Army National Guard from 1963-69...
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DePauw No. 4 in nation for helping grads up income ladder
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
DePauw University is the fourth most adept university in the country at setting its graduates on a path of upward mobility, a new study says. For a study called “Winners and Losers/Universities and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” researchers compared household income data for more than a million people who attended 1,107 public and private nonprofit universities during the 2001-02 through the 2003-04 academic years to earnings data in 2014, when those former students were in their late 20s or early 30s.. ...
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High school sports nationwide face tough obstacles
(High School Sports ~ 07/20/20)
The same pandemic-related questions that have bedeviled professional and college sports are front and center for high school administrators across the country -- and they are far more complicated. Setting up expensive, tightly regimented bubbles for professional athletes or setting protocols for thousands of college athletes who answer to a handful of coaches is not happening at the high school level. ...
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BENNETT'S MINUTES: IHSAA allows virtual students to compete in fall sports, maybe
(Sports Column ~ 07/20/20)
With the growing uncertainty over the prospect of athletics taking place at Indiana high schools this fall due to the COVID--19 pandemic, plans are being formulated for how to handle things in some difficult circumstances. While most school corporations are moving ahead with lengthy lists of guidelines and policies for traditional education in the school building, many are offering virtual alternatives (e-learning) for parents who are not comfortable sending their children to school buildings containing potentially harmful bacteria.. ...
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West Central Indiana named 21st Century Talent Region
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
TERRE HAUTE – Indiana Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo joined state and local officials Monday to announce the West Central Indiana Region Indiana’s seventh 21st Century Talent Region, a statewide designation awarded to Indiana communities focused on working collaboratively to attract, develop and connect talent...
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Mackey: Don’t rush to reopen schools
(Column ~ 07/20/20)
As Indiana joins with other states to reopen our schools too many questions are being left unanswered. According to the AASA and (School Superintendent Association) and the ASBO (Association of School Business Officials) the added cost of reopening is estimated to be around $1.8 million in added safety measures and 40 school busses. This cost is averaged for a school system with 3,659 students, 329 staff. ...
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NP FFA adviser Kate Skirvin nominated for Honorary American FFA Degree
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
ROACHDALE -- Marking another distinction for the successful FFA program at North Putnam, adviser and agriscience teacher Kate Skirvin has been nominated to receive the organization’s Honorary American Degree. The award recognizes individuals who have “provided exceptional service on a national level to agriculture, agricultural education or FFA.” Teachers who have developed “high-quality agricultural education programs which inspire and motivate their students” are also eligible for the award...
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Putnam Scanner for July 21, 2020
(Police Logs ~ 07/20/20)
Thirteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 1:14 a.m. Michael A. Smith, 38, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Sunday • At 11:02 p.m. Richard A. Jordan, 30, Greencastle, was booked in for possession of marijuana and driving while intoxicated...
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Apartment fire prompts evacuation
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
Several local fire departments were lined up on Walnut Street in Greencastle Saturday evening as firefighters worked to control a fire in an apartment building. At approximately 8:55 p.m., a box alarm went out for a fire located at 409 E. Walnut St., located not far from this street’s intersection with Locust Street.
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Broadband group says, ‘Get Connected Putnam County’
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
The Putnam County Broadband Task Force, now a formally named initiative, Get Connected Putnam County, has met four times and is in the process of pursuing the GEER (Governor’s Emergency Education Relief) Grant to assist community schools and families with a widespread challenge related to use of technology and the changing landscape of education due to COVID-19...
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Putnam jobless rate a not-so-perfect 10.0 for June
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
A perfect 10.0 is terrific if you’re an Olympic gymnast or you happen to be Bo Derek or her lookalike. However, a 10.0 rating in the unemployment world is not where you want to land these days. But that’s where Putnam County finds itself today -- at 10.0 percent unemployment -- a rate is actually better than the 11.3 percent Putnam number posted for May...
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