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Robert M. Branham Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/22/13)
Robert M Branham Jr., 65, Greencastle, was born on March 23, 1948 to Robert Sr. & Margaret (Kean) Branham and entered Heaven's gates on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013. He is survived by two children and three stepchildren, son Charles Branham Sr. and wife Lori of Carbon, daughter Tricia Branham and fiancé Lodell of Greencastle, stepson Bradley Hanlon of Greencastle and stepdaughters Cindy Palmer and husband Matthew of Evansville and Christy Riney of California; three sisters, Mary McCracken, Carolyn (Jay) Sutherlin and Connie (Gregg) Query Servies; uncle David Branham; three grandchildren, Bryce Gibson, Charles Branham Jr. ...
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Sheriff's Department Haunted Trail is Friday, Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
The Putnam County Sheriff's Department will host its ninth annual Haunted Trail on Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26. The trail runs from dark until 10 p.m. each evening at Fenwick Park, just south of the Putnam County Jail. Cost is $1 and kids 10 and younger are free. All kids will receive a candy bag...
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Halloween social set Saturday at Russellville Community Center
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
RUSSELLVILLE -- The annual Russellville Community Center Halloween Social will be Saturday, Oct. 26. The meal of chili, coneys, hot dogs, sloppy joes, nachos and cheese, fish, tenderloins, potato chips, brownies and drinks will begin at 5 p.m. Registration for the masquerade is from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Categories for the costumes prizes are best character, best Halloween character, animal, prettiest, ugliest, best couple or group, most original and miscellaneous...
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New Maysville Soup and Song Fest
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
NEW MAYSVILLE -- The inaugural New Maysville Soup and Song Fest is set for 1-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. The event will take place in the lot east of the New Maysville Community Church, 6817 E. CR 900 North, Roachdale. There will be ham and beans as well as chili, along with cornbread and all the fixings. Desserts and drinks will also be served...
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Robert Lee Lamb
(Obituary ~ 10/22/13)
Robert Lee Lamb, 87, of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Born July 4, 1926 in Tuscola, Ill., he was the son of James Reuben and Leone (Frazier) Lamb of Tuscola. He was a graduate of Tuscola High School and attended the DeVry Institute...
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80 years ago today, Dillinger and gang woke Greencastle up
(Column ~ 10/22/13)
Even in the midst of a generation gap, you can never underestimate the value of a proper frame of reference. It hasn't been too many years ago that a college professor friend noted that he had then taught long enough that students in his class had all been born after the end of the Vietnam War. (Of course, he's also the same guy who confided that he'd been teaching so long, it was now the mothers of the campus coeds that caught his eye each fall)...
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Chilly outside? Put some chili inside
(Column ~ 10/22/13)
Chili season is upon us. There is certainly a nip in the air, and if you're feeling that chill this weekend, you'll have ample opportunities to warm your insides with a delicious bowl of ... well, whatever you consider chili to be. That always seems to be a topic of some contention. What exactly is chili?...
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Scanner for Oct. 23
(Police Logs ~ 10/22/13)
lCounty Jail Five people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, Shawn Michael Schwartz, 40, Gosport, was arrested for operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction. At 1:45 a.m. Michael James Baker, 23, Greencastle, was held at the jail for parole violation...
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Friends of Girl Scouts to host Halloween dance Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
The Friends of Girl Scouts Halloween Dance will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 5-8 p.m. at the National Guard Armory in Greencastle. During the dance there will be costume and dance contests along with a live DJ, food for purchase and pictures. The cost is $3 per person...
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GCSC asked to be part of Indiana schools lawsuit
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
The Affordable Health Care Act ha been on many minds lately, especially in the school systems, Greencastle Community Schools is no exception. At Monday's monthly school board meeting, Superintendent Dawn Puckett brought to the board a request from an attorney about becoming part of a lawsuit trying to rescind certain parts of the act...
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South Putnam debates joining statewide health care lawsuit
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
Like most area schools, the South Putnam School Corporation has been approached to join a lawsuit, which is challenging the fines to employers if they do not meet certain requirements of the Affordable Health Care Act. Currently, 15 school corporations across Indiana have joined the lawsuit and it continues to gain popularity...
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Eagles prepare for pass-happy offense of Trinity Lutheran
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/13)
The South Putnam football team is in the midst of the one of the most dominant stretches of play in years, winning its last seven games by an average margin of 41.4 to 12.1. Starting the playoffs with momentum is important, but starting with a good team is even better and the Class A Eagles (8-1, 5-0 WCC) have both...
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Clovers can't will win over Warriors in sectional quarterfinal
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/13)
CLOVERDALE -- The season came to an abrupt end for the Cloverdale volleyball team on Tuesday with the Clovers losing in the first round of sectionals to Covenant Christian 25-16, 17-25, 25-22, 25-10. It was the first time since 2009 that the Clovers, hosting for the first time, have failed to make it to Saturday of the sectional tournament...
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Meet and Greet
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
Residents of the Asbury Towers cottages Tuesday were among the first to meet and greet the Greencastle facility's new executive director, Tony Mundell, who arrived Monday to begin his local tenure. With more than 30 years in the continuing care and retirement community field, Mundell chats with cottages residents Joanne Kissinger (left) and Judy Aikman. Originally from Terre Haute, Mundell resides in Brownsburg with his wife and three children...
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World Polio Day: Rotary Club fights to end polio worldwide
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
In honor of World Polio Day, which is widely recognized on Oct. 24, the Rotary Club of Greencastle is members will be wearing blue and yellow ribbons in recognition of Rotary's 27-year mission to eradicate the crippling childhood disease polio. The club has also pledged $1,040 toward the 2013-14 campaign...
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Let There Be Lights
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
The first of 12 new ornamental streetlights -- being installed along Washington Street between Vine and Bloomington streets as part of the streetscape project -- is set in place Tuesday in front of 122 E. Washington St. as Devon Doss of James Drew Corp., Indianapolis, removes the light from a crane operated by Jeremiah Eads. ...
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Council approves 5-percent raise for county employees
(Local News ~ 10/22/13)
With state approval of local budgets not expected before March, some questions about the 2014 Putnam County budget will remain unanswered until spring. One thing is clear about county finances in 2014. County employees will receive a 5-percent pay raise...
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