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2023-24 BOYS' BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Cloverdale Clovers
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/23)
For the first time since the 2004-05 season, there was no one named Rady pacing the sideline at a Cloverdale basketball game. It was a season of sea change for the Clovers as Karl Turk took over a squad that, for the first time in several years, didn’t have a flagship player to build a team around, nor the kind of experience prior rosters had...
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2023-24 BOYS' BASKETBALL PREVIEW: South Putnam Eagles
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/23)
For the first half of the 2022-23 season, South Putnam started to piece things together and put on the kind of displays that showed a team that had a chance to have a statement season. On their fourth coach in four season, the Eagles, even in some tough losses, were competitive against the better teams in the WIC and the sectional...
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2023-24 BOYS' BASKETBALL PREVIEW: North Putnam Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/23)
Any thoughts that North Putnam might fall off with only a single senior and a group that was largely untested proved to be unfounded in the 2022-23 season. The Cougars finished 16-10, winning the Putnam County Bucket in their second game of the season, winning the Putnam County Classic for a third-straight year and reaching a sectional final for the third time in four years, though bettering Parke Heritage in the championship game still eludes the squad...
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2023-24 BOYS' BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Greencastle Tiger Cubs
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/23)
Growing pains were inevitable for Greencastle in the 2022-23 season. Having graduated five seniors from the prior year and only bringing back two starters while integrating a strong freshman class, the Tiger Cubs struggled for most of the year until February, where the young squad picked up five of its seven wins on the season...
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PCPL roof replacement reported complete
(Local News ~ 11/17/23)
With the issues being detailed in June, an overhaul of the roof at the Putnam County Public Library has been completed. Director Matt McClelland reported Wednesday to the library’s board of trustees that the project was wrapped up by last week. He noted that the last “order of business” was awaiting an assessment from Duro-Last, which provided the materials...
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Fillmore council approves pavement plan, OCRA submittal
(Local News ~ 11/17/23)
FILLMORE — The Fillmore Town Council moved forward on addressing road and stormwater needs at a special session Wednesday morning. Respectively, the council approved updating the town’s pavement asset management plan (PAMP), as well as adopted a resolution to commit to a local match with a grant through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA)...
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PUTNAM COUNTY GIRLS' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Cougars use depth to down Clovers in opener
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/23)
The weight of numbers told a story in the opening act of the Putnam County Girls’ Basketball Tournament Friday night. North Putnam’s deep lineup allowed it to bring in fresh players throughout the evening, wearing down a Cloverdale team that kept plugging away but was unable to close a nine-point first quarter deficit in a 50-36 loss...
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PUTNAM COUNTY GIRLS' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Eagles put four in double figures to reach final over Tiger Cubs
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/23)
The South Putnam Eagles used balance, consistency, teamwork and overall solid play in their opening game of the Putnam County Girls' Basketball Tournament to defeat the Greencastle Tiger Cubs 50-31. The Eagles placed four players in double figures, scored efficiently in all quarters, were effective from different areas of the court offensively and defensively stifled the Cubs to improve to 3-2 on the season, advancing to the championship game of the tournament against North Putnam...
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Area 30 Board discusses 2024-25 calendar needs
(Local News ~ 11/17/23)
The goal being aligned as much as possible, Area 30 Career Center’s interlocal board put 2024-25 calendars together at its regular meeting Tuesday morning. With Executive Director Chad Nunley noting first that their calendars are set before he looks at Area 30’s, the superintendents came to a consensus especially with breaks as students are out of school...
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SENIOR LIFE ODYSSEY: Are you an elder law expert?
(Local News ~ 11/17/23)
Have your Facebook friends ever sent you one of those quizzes? The ones that promise to tell you how smart you are, which movie star you’re most like, or whether you’re “a kid who grew up in the ’50s?” Well if you’re a senior citizen, here’s a true/false quiz that will tell you some important facts about “elder law.” What you don’t know can hurt you...
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SENIOR LIFE ODYSSEY: Nature calls again
(Local News ~ 11/17/23)
In September I began a discussion about the healing power of spending time in nature, specifically forests. Shinrin Yoku or forest bathing (widely practiced in Japan) is becoming popular due to the scientific research that is proving the physical and mental health benefits of the practice...
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SENIOR LIFE ODYSSEY: Trick or Treat
(Local News ~ 11/17/23)
Residents and staff at The Waters of Greencastle await trick-or-treaters on Halloween. The facility had more than 400 kids visit on the big night.
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Putnam Scanner for Nov. 17, 2023
(Police Logs ~ 11/17/23)
Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 9:37 p.m. Christopher D. Howe, 40, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for battery, resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and a Morgan County warrant. • At 5:41 p.m. Kade R. Schroer, 27, Cloverdale, was booked in for driving with an ACE of .15 or greater and for driving while intoxicated...
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Daryl Lee Staley
(Obituary ~ 11/17/23)
Daryl Lee Staley, 78, of Fort Myers, Fla., was called home on Nov. 9, 2023. He was born to Jean (Hurst) and Stanley Staley on June 22, 1945, in Greencastle. Daryl was a 1963 graduate of Cloverdale High School. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history education from Indiana State University. ...
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