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Putnam Scanner 8-16-17
(Police Logs ~ 08/15/17)
Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 2:16 p.m. Susan Marie Burrows, 35, Brazil, was lodged at the jail for failure to appear. • At 1:31 p.m. Jacob Edward Montgomery, 21, Fillmore, was taken into custody for burglary. • At 11:44 a.m. Matthew Charles Lecleir, 24, Greencastle, was booked in for sexual battery...
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Court News 8-16-17
(Court News ~ 08/15/17)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Summer Elise McCandless-Brown, 22, Reelsville, Class C misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .08 or more, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated Billy Dulworth, 38, Indianapolis, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana...
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Cloverdale Town Council to have special meeting
(Local News ~ 08/15/17)
The Cloverdale Town Council will have a special meeting Monday, Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Cloverdale Town Hall, located at 154 S. Main St. in Cloverdale, to open bids for repair of the Cloverdale Township Volunteer Fire Department’s roof. Public welcome...
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North Putnam School Board set for change of venue
(Local News ~ 08/15/17)
The North Putnam Community School Corporation announced Tuesday it will be hosting its public session for the month of August on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. inside the North Putnam High School media center. The school, located at 8869 County Road 250 East, is set to host the monthly meetings through the month of October...
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Putnam Pride Initiative sets up for non-food pantry
(Local News ~ 08/15/17)
Members of the Putnam Pride Initiative (PPI) recently came together to help set up for the non-food pantry at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Advent House. It marks the first time as a group that PPI has come together to work in the community. “Putnam Pride Initiative members want to be known in the community for the uplifting, positive things that we are doing, “ states Denise Thede, interim board member of PPI...
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CCSC to publish proposed 2018 budget, plans
(Local News ~ 08/15/17)
CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale School Board approved publishing the proposed 2018 budget, capital projects plan and school bus replacement plan during Monday’s regular meeting. Superintendent Greg Linton reported that the average daily membership (ADM) for the 2016-17 school year was 1,176 students, a decrease from 2005-06 of 207 students...
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Mystery event at PC Museum to test sleuthing skills
(Local News ~ 08/15/17)
Just in time for Halloween, a Museum Mystery will be staged at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle. The evening of Saturday, Oct. 7 participants will try to solve a witchy who-done-it. The interactive event features attendees playing the various parts of the Museum Mystery story...
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Foodie Tour offers Class of '67 unique look at restaurants, town
(Local News ~ 08/15/17)
The Greencastle High School Class of 1967, celebrating its 50th reunion, got a glimpse of the past while enjoying a taste of the future this past weekend. Thirty members of the 50-year class -- visiting from such diverse places as Maryland, Washington State, Florida, Iowa, New York City, Chicago, Carmel and Bloomington -- took part in the first-ever “Taste of Greencastle Historical Foodie Walking Tour,” incorporating stops at five Greencastle restaurants in the process...
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Clovers primed to make history, snap long streak of futility
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/17)
CLOVERDALE —Most local football fans know of Cloverdale’s lack of success on the football field, with no winning seasons since 1996. Some coaches may take the approach to just ignore that fact, and not let it affect the confidence of the team. Tom Winders, the fifth different coach to try to snap that string since Jamie Steffy directed the Clovers to a 7-3 mark more than 20 years ago, is using it to his advantage...
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Tiger Cubs looking to build upon memorable 2016 campaign
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/17)
Greencastle pulled off one of the best year-to-year turnaround in state history last fall by going from 1-9 to 9-2, only to be eliminated from the sectional tourney by a 99-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of a tie game. While several key performers from that team return this season, many others were lost to graduation and leave some big holes to fill...
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Cougars adapting quickly to new coach’s methods, philosophies
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/17)
Sam Carnes wanted his first head coaching job to be at a school with a good tradition and a solid foundation, not necessarily a complete rebuild of a struggling program. So when Greg Barrett departed North Putnam this spring for South Vermillion, Carnes was attracted to the Cougar job and has loved how things have come together for his team in such a short time...
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Eagles looking to get back on winning track with great leaders
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/17)
Coach Nathan Aker is hopeful that his team can return to its winning ways after a 4-6 record last year that broke a streak of seven straight winning seasons. There will be some familiar faces back, but some of the most prominent Eagles will be stepping into the spotlight for the first time...
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Tigers have many replacements set to fill graduation openings
(College Sports ~ 08/15/17)
DePauw ended a long winning streak last fall by Wabash in the long-standing rivalry between the two schools. Now, the Tigers have their eyes set on winning the North Coast Athletic Conference championship and earning a spot in the NCAA Division III playoffs...
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BENNETT'S MINUTES: New county football coaches glad for opportunity
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/17)
North Putnam’s Sam Carnes and Cloverdale’s Tom Winders find themselves in one common position — that of a first-year varsity football coach in Putnam County this fall. Other than that, however, there are many differences between the two men. Carnes was an assistant coach at Avon for three years after graduating from Taylor University, where he played on the offensive line...
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PREP ROUNDUP: Tiger Cubs, Cougars ranked in first AP poll
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/17)
Both Greencastle and North Putnam are included in the top 20 high school football rankings by the Associated Press. The Tiger Cubs are in a three-way tie for 20th in Class 3A, while North Putnam is ranked No. 15 in Class 2A. Several other future or potential opponents of Putnam County schools are also included in the rankings...
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