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Gail Smith named Citizen of the Year
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
Credited with a big share of responsibility for the revitalization of downtown Greencastle, longtime Greencastle restaurateur Gail Smith was named Putnam County Citizen of the Year by the Putnam County Chamber on Saturday evening. Besides owning Almost Home for the last 33 years, Smith has also spearheaded the Greencastle First Friday program, the annual Greencastle Music Fest and the Sham Rock 5K...
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Coming together a renewed focus for Putnam County Chamber
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
After being able to come together this time last year after facing definite challenges in 2020 and 2021, change continues to be the guiding element for businesses to grow in Putnam County. That change has included a renewed commitment from leadership in the Putnam County Chamber. Also part and parcel is up-and-coming and seasoned business leaders prospering together, as was evidenced at the Chamber’s annual dinner Saturday evening...
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Brian Cox to seek mayor’s seat
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
With the deadline to file as a candidate in the 2023 municipal primary election approaches on Friday, the Democrat party has a candidate for mayor. Former Putnam County Chamber of Commerce Director Brian Cox has filed to seek the Democratic nomination for mayor...
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Clover Crowns
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
Selected as 2023 Cloverdale hardwood homecoming royalty, Queen Rebecca Ponzano and King Alex Baker celebrate their crowning moment Saturday evening during homecoming festivities at Cloverdale High School.
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Russellville council reorganizes Thursday
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
RUSSELLVILLE — The Russellville Town Council had organization as its primary business after rescheduling its regular meeting to Thursday evening. Tony Riggen took over his seat from Bill Spiegel, who has filled the spot since earlier last year when Norma Jean Gross retired from the council. However, it considered Cathy Jones’ remaining on the council with her open spot having been uncontested in the recent election...
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Rippy grateful for community support, Chamber award
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
When Eric Rippy founded Recovery Raw almost six years ago, it was with a tough but empowering motto. We can’t drag you through recovery, but we will walk next to you. It’s the model that Recovery Raw has followed, with lots of accountability and few boundaries for people struggling with addiction and so much that comes with it...
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Larry G. Truesdale
(Obituary ~ 01/30/23)
Larry G. Truesdale 73, of Plainfield, passed away Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. He was born Oct. 5, 1949, in Greencastle to the late Harold and Jessy (Gentry) Truesdale. He graduated from Greencastle High School in 1967 and loved to travel the country. For several years Larry was an OTR driver. His favorite was the mountains...
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Vicki Lynn Rollings
(Obituary ~ 01/30/23)
Vicki Lynn Rollings, Carmel, tied together the threads of her earthly life on Jan. 26, 2023, at age 73 due to amyloidosis. She was born June 5, 1949. The determination she applied battling cancer was nurtured growing up on a farm west of Greencastle and treasuring the outdoors. Whether playing piano, hunting squirrels with her father, Paul W. Aker, or climbing trees, she savored her rural childhood...
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DePauw names new VP for communications, strategy
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
Sarah Steinkamp, chief of staff for DePauw University President Lori White since July 2020, has been appointed the university’s vice president for communications and strategy and chief of staff. Steinkamp has held a similar position as interim since July 2022...
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Expert to give groundhog presentation Thursday
(Local News ~ 01/30/23)
The groundhog (Or is it a woodchuck?) has plenty of myth surrounding it. Groundhogs are not, in fact, nature’s meteorologists. Likewise woodchucks (another name for these large ground squirrels) do not chuck wood. Anyone wanting to gain some scientific knowledge about these creatures, though, is invited to DePauw University on Groundhog Day, Thursday, Feb. 2, for a talk by one of the country’s foremost authorities on the subject...
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Putnam Scanner for Jan. 31, 2023
(Police Logs ~ 01/30/23)
Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 3:21 a.m. Avery L.C. Dotson, 29, Brazil, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for failure to appear. Saturday • At 12:03 a.m. Daniel S. Hayes, 65, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail on a warrant...
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