Lifestyle

Officials hope 'shotgun wedding' will draw more tourism (04/24/08)
A group of wild and wooly hillbillies is set to make a ruckus for a group of tourists headed to Putnam County next week. Officials with the Putnam County Convention and Visitors' Bureau are billing the 20-minute play as a "Hoosier Hillbilly Wedding" and it promises to be a rip-roaring good time for all...

Sears confirms it has plans to open Greencastle store (04/23/08)
Michael R. Hausman is planning to open a new Sears store in Putnam Plaza in part of the old vacated Wal-Mart building. Hausman told the BannerGraphic he is shooting to open on June 27. The store will feature hardware, lawn and garden, appliances, tractors and Craftsman tools. There will also be an on-line service for customers to order any Sears catalog product...

'Save a Life Tour' teaches students alcohol awareness (03/24/08)
Local students are invited to attend the Save a Life Tour at Indiana University, 900 E. 7th Street, Bloomington on Wednesday, March 26 from 1-6 p.m. The tour is a high impact national campaign promoting alcohol awareness and demonstrating the debilitating results alcohol has on the motor and nerve centers of the human body...

North Putnam students learn to shop ... and share (03/24/08)
Resource students from North Putnam Middle School (NPMS) not only learned how to shop for groceries but also give to the community. The students, under the guidance of teacher Pat Schrieber, shopped for food and paper goods by actual experience. Based on their level of capability, students looked at menus, made shopping lists and headed for the grocery store. They found the items on their lists and loaded them into carts...

Clinton greets diners in Terre Haute (03/21/08)
TERRE HAUTE -- No signs were allowed in the restaurant Thursday. But it didn't matter. Supporters came out in droves as presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton (D-NY) paid a visit to the Saratoga Restaurant, 431 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute. Clinton visited the Vigo County city with Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) who called Terre Haute his "native city."...