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Fly Like an Eagle, Run Like a Deere
Photo by JARED JERNAGAN, Editor
In celebration of National FFA Week, several members of the South Putnam Middle School/High School FFA chapter drove tractors to school on Thursday, including (from left) a John Deere 3010 Diesel driven by sixth-grader Garrett Hutcheson, a Case IH 485 driven by freshman Eli Chandler, a Case IH 75C driven by junior Bryce Chandler and a John Deere...
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    New NPHS course descriptions approved
    ROACHDALE — Students at North Putnam High School will have more classes to consider moving forward. However, adding them does not mean they will be offered next school year. This is the caveat that Principal Jason Chew gave the North Putnam School Board during its rescheduled regular meeting Tuesday evening with his request to add several new courses...
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    Library Board approves parental leave policy
    After not having one spelled out, the Putnam County Public Library now has a policy for staff members when it comes to paid parental leave. The library’s board of trustees approved new language for this policy during its regular meeting held Wednesday evening...
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    Telehealth use is up, likely here to stay
    Earlier this year, the Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that telehealth interactions had increased from nine percent, prior to the pandemic, to 51 percent during quarantine. Similarly, the CDC recently reported a 50-percent increase in telehealth services during the first quarter of 2020, compared to the same period of 2019...
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    Second annual Sham Rock 5K set for March 6
    The 300 or so folks who attended the inaugural Sham Rock 5K in downtown Greencastle might just remember it as the last time things felt “normal” in the community. The event took place on March 7, 2020, about a week before COVID-19 restrictions began changing the way local residents learned, worked, shopped and lived and about two weeks before the first confirmed case in the county...
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    Haywood finishes fifth at diving finals
    South Putnam's Lee Haywood finished fifth at Saturday's IHSAA Boys' Swimming and Diving State Finals, finishing his senior season with a total of 494.15. The finish represents Haywood's best finish at the finals, having finished 17th as a freshman, ninth as a sophomore and 13th as a junior...
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    Dale Addean Bowles, 72, of Greencastle, passed away Feb. 24, 2021. He was born on October 11, 1948 in Rushville to the late Eleanor Pugh and Ivan Russell Bowles. Dale graduated from Ben Davis High...
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    David Joseph Jay
    David Joseph Jay, 86, of Greencastle, passed away on Jan. 27, 2021 at home with family at his bedside. “Dave” was born in Moorhead, Minn., to Norbert “Bud” and Doris Jay on Aug. 15, 1934. He...
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    Max Kent Hetzel
    Max Kent Hetzel, 73, of Greencastle, passed away at home on Dec. 14, 2020. Born Jan. 1, 1947 in Greenville, Ohio, he was the son of Charlene (Shaw) and Kenneth Lewis Hetzel. Max was a graduate of...
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    Ronald Earl Barger
    Ronald Earl Barger, age 84, passed away Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 at Hendricks Regional Health. Ronald (Ron) was born in Indianapolis at Methodist Episcopal Hospital on June 9, 1936. His parents were...
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    Norma Lucille (Poynter) Gaston
    Norma Lucille (Poynter) Gaston returned to the Lord on Wednesday, February 24 at The Waters in Greencastle. Norma was 92 years old. Norma was born on June 21, 1928 in Greencastle, the daughter of...
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  • Putnam Scanner for Feb. 26, 2021
    Sixteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 5:58 a.m. Lisa M. Stehle, 50, Brazil, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. Wednesday • At 10:38 a.m. Jason R....
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    Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 2:44 a.m. Jessica M. Faulkner, 32, Brownsburg, was lodged at the jail for theft and on a writ of body attachment. Saturday •...
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  • Court News for Feb. 26, 2021
    The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Keith J. Wolfe, 33, Indianapolis, Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine – 10 or more grams, Level 3 felony possession of...
  • Court News for Feb. 23, 2021
    The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Andrew G. Thompson, 23, Indianapolis, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement using a vehicle Bobby Standifer-Forey, 31,...
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