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PCPL program to feature new Putnam photo history book
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
The Putnam County Public Library will host an upcoming reception, talk by contributors and photo exhibition for the recently released book "Putnam County Indiana Looking Back: A Photographic History from the 1800s-1939." The program is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Kiwanis Room at PCPL. The library is located at 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle...
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Quail Unlimited silver anniversary banquet Feb. 23
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
The 25th annual West Central Indiana Quail Unlimited banquet and fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 23 in the Dixie Chopper Business Center at the Putnam County Airport, located off State Road 240 at Ballard Lane in Greencastle. Dixie Chopper is the corporate sponsor of this event...
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Dine with a Doc to feature pharamacist
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
This month's Dine with a Doc program, spnosored by Senior Education Ministries Inc., will feature Lisa Hettich Barnhart-Pharm D. Doctor of Pharmacy on Monday, Feb. 25 from 10 a.m.-noon at the First National Bank in Greencastle. Dine with a Doc is a free program that welcomes the local senior public to hear the doctor of the month present an educational topic while enjoying lunch...
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Cloverdale council continues to make improvements
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
CLOVERDALE -- It was business as usual for the Cloverdale Town Council on Tuesday evening. Among the issues discussed were police vehicles, the downtown vision, Branneman property and the town marshal. Interim Town Marshal Charlie Hallam provided the board with some input on purchasing two new police vehicles, as was requested last month...
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Chili Supper
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
The American Red Cross recently announced its annual chili supper and auction on Friday, Feb. 22 at the National Guard Armory. The event will go from 6-8 p.m. with a free will offering at the door. Chili, cornbread, dessert and drinks will be served. ...
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Putnam County Farm Bureau sets annual meeting for Feb. 22
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
Julie Volbers-Klarich, Indiana Farm Bureau program director for professional development, will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 annual meeting of the Putnam County Farm Bureau. The annual meeting is set for Friday, Feb. 22 at the Community Building on the Putnam County Fairgrounds, beginning at 11:30 a.m...
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GHS to honor football, golf on senior night
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
Greencastle High School will honor its undefeated golf and football teams from last season on Friday, Feb. 22 as part of senior night for the boys' high school basketball game. Teams will be presented a plaque during the evening, that includes JV and varsity games against North Montgomery...
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Tiger women move to 4th, set records
(College Sports ~ 02/15/13)
CANTON, Ohio -- The DePauw University women's swimming and diving team wrapped up the first full day of competition at the North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships in fourth place with 230 points. Kenyon leads with 498, followed by Denison with 494 and Wittenberg with 234...
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DePauw men now in third at NCAC
(College Sports ~ 02/15/13)
CANTON, Ohio -- The 11th-ranked DePauw men's swimming and diving team totaled 299 points and are in third after the first full day of competition at the North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. Kenyon leads with 498 points and Denison is second with 494...
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Tiger Cubs begin regional quest Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
The Greencastle girls' varsity basketball team looks to end a 33-year regional championship drought on Saturday when it takes on Indian Creek. The Tiger Cubs face the Braves at noon at Danville, with the winner moving on to face the Lebanon-Mt. Vernon victor on Saturday at 8 p.m., also at Danville...
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Boys' basketball sectional pairing show this Sunday
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
First-round sectional matchups for the Indiana High School Athletic Association boys' basketball state tournament will be announced Sunday, Feb. 17 beginning at 5 p.m. Six IHSAA television affiliates will air the 90-minute show throughout the state, originating from the Indianapolis studios of WTTV-4, and will air on Fox 59 locally...
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Team, individual wrestling state champions decided this weekend
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
South Putnam junior Rudy Harris (195) won't be alone in his quest for a championship this weekend. Four state champions, including three from last year, along with 21 undefeated wrestlers lead the parade of wrestlers into the 75th Annual IHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals this weekend at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis...
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Eagles backstrokers carry the day for SPHS at swim prelims
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
PLAINFIELD -- With the hard part over, the South Putnam boys' swimming team can get comfortable. Saturday's sectional final is nothing to worry about. The team was preparing for Thursday, Eagles' coach Matthew Edwards said, and they proved why. SPHS qualified five individuals and the 200-yard relay into Saturday's sectional final...
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Cougars advance relays, five individuals to Saturday's final
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
PLAINFIELD -- The North Putnam boys' swimming team is looking for a strong showing at Saturday's regional final, and qualified enough racers Thursday to do just that. The Cougars will send all three relays and five individuals -- seniors Joe Lehr and Jacob Hendershot and juniors Dane Gray, Nick Kaufman and Trevor Troyer -- into Saturday's competition with a chance for more postseason success...
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Bainbridge council looks into park events
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
BAINBRIDGE -- Bainbridge Town Council Wednesday made friends with friends in the park, approved two ordinances and decided to look at coming up with a comprehensive plan. The Friends of the Park is an organization that holds an annual event during October during the Covered Bridge Festival. The event takes place at the same time as Parke County's Covered Bridge Festival and attracts visitors traveling along U.S. 36...
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Aramark employee arrested for trafficking
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
PUTNAMVILLE -- A contractual worker at Putnamville Correctional Facility was arrested Thursday morning for attempted trafficking with an offender. Aaron Flora, 44, of Brazil, was arrested on a preliminary charge of trafficking with an inmate, a Class C felony...
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Watergate journalist shares how 'detective story' unfolded
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
If you ever doubted the Watergate scandal unfolded in a different time, in a different America, in an era of void of virtually all the technology we take for granted today, all you need do is watch a few moments of the movie "All the President's Men."...
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Relay for Life sign-ups now under way
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
Spring is on its way and with the nicer weather comes the annual Putnam County Relay for Life event, which helps the fight against cancer. The organization held its first event, a kick off breakfast, on Tuesday morning to begin getting event information out to the community and sign up teams...
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Board moves 2013 GCSC fall break forward one week
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
The Greencastle School Board met on Wednesday and appr-oved a change to the 2013-'14 school calendar, bringing the Greencastle Community Schools fall break in sync with Area 30 Career Center and the other Putnam County schools. Fall break will now be Oct. 14-18, which acting Superintendent Dawn Puckett said will serve the career students much better...
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Firebaugh paces butterfly field in prelims: GHS swimmers will pursue sectional glory on Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
PLAINFIELD -- Greencastle junior Nash Firebaugh qualified with the fastest 100-yard butterfly time at Thursday's swimming sectional preliminary at Plainfield and he will lead a strong group of Tiger Cubs into Saturday's final. Firebaugh also qualified second in the 50 free, and will be joined Saturday by seniors Alex Asbell and Tyler Hudson, juniors Isaac Harms, Brant Mangrum and Nathan Gardner, sophomores Elijah Brattain, Taylor Secrest and Jason Ummel and freshman Jacob Kessler...
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Ray E. Wells
(Obituary ~ 02/15/13)
Ray E. Wells, 84, of Sebring, Fla., went to be with his Lord on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Sebring following a brief illness. Mr. Wells was born on Sept. 10, 1928 in Greencastle to parents Louis E. and Eula Grace (Hutcheson) Wells. He graduated from Reelsville High School in 1947, where he was a member of the 1946 Reelsville High School basketball team that was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame...
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Herbert Louis Wehrheim
(Obituary ~ 02/15/13)
Herbert Louis Wehrheim of Camby, Ind., and Naples, Fla., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at the age of 71, surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 18, 1941. Herbert served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1965. He retired after 45 years as an electrician for IBEW Local 481...
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