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County council votes to add income tax
(Local News ~ 08/23/07)
A new county income tax intended to offset property taxes received mixed approval from the Putnam County Council Wednesday. On a 4-3 vote, the council agreed to consider a three-part County Option Income Tax at a rate of 1.55 percent for all Putnam County wage earners when they meet again in September. If approved, that tax would go into effect Oct. 1...
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Council approves 2008 budget; 4 percent pay raise
(Local News ~ 08/23/07)
For the first time in years, the budget submitted to the Putnam County Council would have been on target without any cuts. The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance estimated that the $16.8 million 2008 budget total will meet this year s revenue, Council President Mitchell Proctor said...
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DePauw Students Meet and Greet
(Local News ~ 08/23/07)
Every year there is an annual event for new DePauw students and local merchants to meet and greet one another. Tuesday evening over 690 new students filled the downtown as they toured the area with guides who gave them the ins and outs of downtown Greencastle...
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Putnam County cheerleading squads place at Indiana State Fair
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/07)
SP varsity places third in division The South Putnam varsity cheerleaders placed third in the large varsity division at the Indiana State Fair Cheerleading Competition. Team members include Bri Bartly, Rose Bartly, Tiffani Cox, Lindsey Hettich, Sarah Holloway, Shelby Johnston, Alonna Lawson, Alyssa Lollar, Amanda Lund, Melissa Miles, Alissa Priest, Caitlyn Russell, Melissa Scales, Paige Truxal, Brittany Wood and Jessica York...
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GHS tennis wins at Rockville
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/07)
ROCKVILLE -- The Greencastle boys' tennis team turned in a dominating performance over the home-standing Rox, winning 5-0 Wednesday evening. The most competitive match of the night came at No. 2 doubles, where the team of Logan Grzesiek and Xander Hazel defeated Rockille's Trent Sauter and Dakota Baysinger 7-6, 4-6, 7-5...
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GHS volleyball gains experience in loss
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/07)
Every time the Greencastle volleyball team has taken the floor this season, it has done so with a mostly inexperienced team. The trick is, though, as those "inexperienced" players continue to play, the label no longer applies. The Tiger Cubs lost to Sullivan in three games Wednesday, 25-14, 30-28, 25-17. However, with the season only about a week old, coach Trish Lowe is already seeing a greatly improved team...
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NPMS football teams lose openers
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/07)
BAINBRIDGE -- North Putnam Middle School's seventh and eighth grade teams opened the season Tuesday, losing two games to Tri-West. The Cougar eighth grade fell 28-20. The seventh grade lost 22-0. In the eighth grade, Jake Smerage scored the opening touchdown for the Cougars on a three-yard run...
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