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Clovers 10th at Martinsville golf sectional
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/13)
MARTINSVILLE -- With rearrangement of the IHSAA Boys' Golf Sectionals seeing the rest of the Putnam County schools moved to Crawfordsville, Cloverdale was left to fend off the Hendricks County big drivers at Martinsville Golf Club alone. No. 7 Avon won the sectional with a team score of 298, edging out Brownsburg's 301 and Mooresville 307. The Clovers finished 10th with a team score of 360...
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Chestnut misses regionals by one stroke, South Putnam finishes 11th
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/13)
CRAWFORDSVILLE -- When the finals scores were posted and the team totals for Monday's sectional boys' golf tournament came in at Crawfordsville Municipal Golf Course, it was clear the South Putnam team was short of qualifying for regionals. The Eagles finished in 11th place with a 391 total. But SPHS coach Brian McClure still studied the board intently. The top three teams get a pass to regionals, but so do the top three individual golfers who aren't on a qualifying team...
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Cougars advance to first golf regional, Hazelgrove gets 82
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/13)
CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The North Putnam boys' golf team began the season with a confidence they'd never had before. The group believed they could make it to regionals. On Monday, for the first time in school history, that became a reality. The Cougars finished second at the Crawfordsville regional, just behind Greencastle, and shot a 345...
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Tiger Cubs win first sectional in 24 years, Dean medalist
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/13)
CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The Greencastle boys' golf team knew it had dodged a mammoth challenge when it was moved to the Crawfordsville sectional for this season. The Tiger Cubs didn't know it would pay off with their first sectional championship since 1989...
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Indiana Conservation Officers Honored
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
wo Indiana Conservation Officers assigned to District Five were honored on May 29 at a ceremony in Indianapolis. Senior Officer Dale Clark of Spencer was awarded the coveted James D. Pitzer Officer of the Year Award for 2012. The award's namesake was a veteran Indiana Conservation Officer who was killed by gunfire in the line of duty on January 2, 1961 while conducting an investigation in Jay County...
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'Vocal Throwdown' offers amateurs chance to sing at Indiana State Fair
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State Fair will be hosting its first-ever 'Vocal Throwdown' competition this year and is now accepting video entries for the contest, which will crown one champion in each of two divisions. The contest is open to any non-professional performer who is 21 years old or younger and a current Indiana resident. The Junior division consists of anyone ages 6 to 15; the Senior division is for anyone ages 16 to 21...
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Celebrate Kids Fishing Day with a Kids Fishing Derby
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
Join Greencastle Parks and Recreation at Jaycee Park on Saturday, June 8 for a kids fishing derby. This event will offer the Kids All-American Fishing Derby, Kids Casting, Biggest Fish, Smallest Fish, Most Fish Contests and Huckleberry Finn Costume Contest...
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Great barbershop harmony
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
Greencastle's own Covered Bridge Country Barbershop Chorus will be hosting Harmony Inc.'s Area 4 Convention and Competition on Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8 in Terre Haute. The quartet contest will be held Friday evening beginning at 7 p.m. followed by the chorus contest on Saturday beginning at noon...
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Award honors PCH donor rate
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
On May 14 the Putnam County Hospital nursing staff was presented with an award honoring Putnam County Hospital's donor rate with the Indiana Eye and Tissue Transplant Bank.
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June 5 scanner
(Police Logs ~ 06/05/13)
Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 5:20 p.m. on Friday, Eric Lee Cummings, 36, Roachdale, was booked in on a probation violation. At 7:13 p.m. on Friday James Douglas Benge Jr., 34, Greencastle, was charged with possession of marijuana, two counts of invasion of privacy and harassment, criminal mischief and a probation violation...
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South Putnam starts summer swim team
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/13)
There will be a summer swim team at South Putnam High School for anyone interested in participating. The team began practice on June 3 and will go the whole month of June. Swimmers practice daily from 7-8:30 a.m. Anyone interested in the program is encouraged to contact Jill McCammack at 246-2301...
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I-70 Project will close the eastbound exit ramp to SR 243
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
PUTNAMVILLE -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announcedthe resurfacing project on Interstate 70 will close the eastbound exit ramp to State Road 243 (Exit 37), from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. on Thursday to mill and resurface the ramp. This project will resurface the interstate from three miles west of S.R. 243 to just over half of one mile west of U.S. 231. The work was awarded to Rieth-Riley Construction for $7.2 million...
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Brazil concert band presents 'Don't Rain On My Parade'
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Huber, presents "Don't Rain On My Parade" at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 9 in Forest Park, rain or shine. The title comes from "Funny Girl" the musical by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill written 50 years ago. The songs include "People," "Who Are You Now?", "The Music That Makes Me Dance" and "You Are Woman, I Am Man," all arranged by Robert Russell Bennett...
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'Operation Blue Light' I-70 patrol begins in Indiana and Ohio
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
A joint law enforcement effort along Interstate 70 in Indiana and Ohio began on Tuesday. "Operation Blue Light," a joint enforcement project between the Indiana State Police and the Ohio Highway Patrol, will concentrate on reducing crashes and curtailing criminal activity along the I-70 corridor across both states...
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Advisory board chooses Pierce for school board seat
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
The Greencastle School Board will lose its most experienced member at month's end. In his place will be a "new" member who also has more than a decade of experience. Madison Township Trustee Jeff Alexander met with the township advisory board on Thursday, May 30 and chose former board member Dale Pierce over incumbent Mike Dean...
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Monday accident
(Local News ~ 06/05/13)
An accident occurred Monday afternoon at 4:19 p.m. on U.S. 231 near the Putnam-Montgomery county line.
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Fred William Tucker
(Obituary ~ 06/05/13)
Fred William Tucker, 45, a lifelong resident of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Fred was born on Aug. 14, 1967 in Greencastle to James W. "Red" Tucker and Mary Tucker. He was a 1986 graduate of Greencastle High School and had been employed at Ray's Trash Service in Clayton for many years...
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Bette Cornwell
(Obituary ~ 06/05/13)
Bette Cornwell, devoted wife and beloved mother and grandmother walked through heaven's gates early on the morning of Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Born June 20, 1921 she was days away from celebrating her 92nd birthday. Bette was a devout Catholic and often spoke of the joy she would feel when finally she would be reunited with family and friends who had gone before her...
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Patti J. Paris
(Obituary ~ 06/05/13)
Patti J. Paris, 68, Cloverdale, passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Putnam County Hospital. She was born on Nov. 20, 1944 in Putnam County and was the daughter of Leon "Mike" Haltom and Ione (Clupper) Haltom. She was married to Robert K. Paris who preceded her in death...
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