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Extension Leadership program set for week of Aug. 25-Nov. 2
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
Leadership is defined as the office or position of a leader, capacity to lead, and the act or instance of leading. Putnam County is fortunate to have successful leaders. We firmly believe every resident in Putnam County has the capability to lead and enhance their leadership skills. So much so that we have designed the Purdue Extension Leadership Community Program...
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Pancake Profits
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
Putnam County Ag Day Breakfast Group representatives Ken Carrington (left) and Stacey Baird (right) present a check to Putnam County Fair Board members recently, donating $1,000 to the Putnam County Fairgrounds Endowment. Representing the Fair Board at its recent meeting are (from second left) Steve Vaughn, secretary; Val Haddon, president, and Curt Krominaker, treasurer...
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At the Library
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
June 6-11 Monday, June 6 Community Help Desk, 2-4 p.m. -- Tech Help Desk has a computer technician available to give one-on-one assistance using software and electronic devices, and can help diagnose and repair computers and devices. Tuesday, June 7...
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Space Week at DePauw to run June 5 to 13
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
DePauw University will be hosting Space Week from Monday, June 6 to Monday, June 13. Throughout the week, visitors can view NASA artifacts, a meteoriate collection and memorabilia from "Kids of the 1960s" in display cases on the first floor of the Percy L. Julian Science and Mathematics Center, which is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Prevo Science Library -- open Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday, June 11 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. -- will house a NASA timeline along with more artifacts...
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Gleaners senior food giveaway returns to Armory
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
The Gleaners Senior Mobile Pantry will return to Greencastle on Thursday, June 9 at the Greencastle National Guard Armory The food giveaway for seniors age 55 and older will be conducted from 10 a.m.-noon Thursday. Participants are asked not to arrive before 9:30 a.m...
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Girls Scout pool party on tap Wednesday
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
The Putnam County Girl Scouts will hold their annual Early Bird Registration Pool Party on Wednesday, June 8 from 6-8 p.m. at the Greencastle Aquatic Center. Families are welcome, admission is $3 per person whether swimming or not. Girls may also sign up for Girl Scouts for the upcoming school year. The fee is $15...
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Harris Hall wants folks to enter exhibits
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
This year at the 2016 Putnam County 4-H Fair, think about entering an exhibit in the Horticulture Building, Harris Hall. You don't need to have a rabbit or a cow or a pig to show at the fair. You probably already have something you could exhibit at Harris Hall...
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Summer Music Festival at Gobin continues with Chilean pianist
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
The award-winning virtuoso Chilean pianist Eugenio Urrutia-Borlando performs music by Franz Liszt and Ludwig van Beethoven in Wednesday's 7:30 p.m. Greencastle Summer Music Festival concert at Gobin United Methodist Church. Weekly free programs are sponsored by local individuals, businesses including the Inn at DePauw, and an endowment at the Putnam County Community Foundation...
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Community garden plots available at PCH
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
Putnam County Hospital, in partnership with the Greencastle Sustainability Commission, now has six 15-by-30 foot garden plots available for community use. Located in the open field behind the hospital, these plots offer an alternative for those wishing to have a larger plot for growing...
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Sweet eyes top prize in Outlaws' LPS return
(Other Sports ~ 06/05/16)
Winged sprint car racing used to be a weekly occurrence at Lincoln Park Speedway, but the non-wings have been king of Indiana for more than a decade. However, Wednesday night will see a return of the winged warriors as the World of Outlaw Series returns to the Putnamville oval for the first time since 1988. Eighteen long years have passed since the series last visited the high-banked 5/16th mile oval...
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Gus Moon, Bridge 19 perform at ParkFest
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
Week two of ParkFest will feature a couple of veteran acts to the free summer concert series. The 6:30-8 p.m. show in the Bob Flanigan Bandshell at Robe-Ann Park will feature Gus Moon and Bridge 19 on Tuesday, June 7. Like every week of ParkFest this summer, the event will feature food for sale from Anthony's New York Style Pizzeria...
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District 44 candidate Fidler to host event for Gregg Saturday
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
Democrat candidate for Indiana governor John Gregg will make his second campaign appearance in Putnam County this spring when Kim Fidler, the Democrat candidate for the District 44 seat in the Indiana House of Representatives, hosts a meet and greet for him Saturday, June 11...
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Lisa Mock elevated to museum director
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
The Putnam County Museum Board of Directors has announced the selection of Lisa Mock as the museum's new executive director. Having served as assistant to previous director, Kit Newkirk, Mock's familiarity with the museum and the community will allow for a seamless transition, museum officials noted...
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Lots of golf, Emma's sixths highlight hectic day
(Sports Column ~ 06/05/16)
Friday was an incredibly lengthy day, but it was worthwhile to be able to capture both the Greencastle and North Putnam boys' golf teams having great days at the Attica sectional and then hotfoot it to Bloomington in time to see Emma Wilson of Greencastle place sixth in the 3,200-meter run...
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Allen brothers to share stories -- from small towns to outer space
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
Former NASA astronaut Joe Allen and his brother Dr. David Allen, a noted public health administrator and advocate, will be speaking at the Putnam County Museum Thursday, June 9. Their comments will begin at 2 p.m. and extend until about 4 p.m. as part of the museum Bicentennial Speaker Series...
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Woods Edge standoff ends with arrest after almost 13 hours
(Local News ~ 06/05/16)
A standoff with police that began late Friday night ended peacefully Saturday afternoon in the Woods Edge Subdivision on Greencastle's southeast side. The nearly 13-hour incident ended with the arrest of Wesley January, 25, Greencastle, on a Putnam County arrest warrant...
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Blundell closes out career in 13th
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/16)
BLOOMINGTON -- Nick Blundell ran like there was no tomorrow to his track career, because there wasn't one. The recent Cloverdale graduate entered Saturday night's Indiana High School Athletic Association's boys' state finals seeded dead last in the 800-meter run among the 27 participants, although just .07 of a second behind No. 26...
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