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Take the Putnam 4-H Education Pledge
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
Huge, life-defining decisions are in play when one begins to plan and consider post high school education. There are many options and choices that families have for consideration. Doing nothing or making no plans is a decision. Ideally, one would want to be the most informed as possible to make sound and wise decisions...
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National Recovery Month
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
September is proclaimed National Recovery Month by Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory with the theme “Join the Voices for Recovery: Invested in Health, Home, Purpose and Community.” Cummins Behavioral Health Systems joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in inviting local residents to participate in National Recovery Month through appropriate programs, activities and ceremonies.
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Reports says DePauw grads’ student debt second-lowest among all Indiana colleges
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
A national analysis of more than 1,000 colleges and universities finds that the average student loan debt load of DePauw University students is the second-lowest in Indiana and well below the national averages. LendEDU found that nationally, the average borrower in the Class of 2017 graduated $28,288 in debt, an increase of $313 from the 2016 graduating class...
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Round Barn Daycare hosts Silly Safari for local families
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
Did the rain mess up your plans this past weekend? You weren’t the only one. Greencastle’s Second Saturday event had to be postponed but the fun is still on. Round Barn Daycare is hosting a Silly Safari at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. All families in the community are invited to this entirely free event at Greencastle Presbyterian Church at 653 S. CR 100 East for an evening of wild animals sure to delight and surprise kids...
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Faces of Addiction and Recovery panel discussion set Sept. 17
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
The Putnam County Public Library will host a panel discussion for the Faces of Addiction and Recovery on Monday, Sept. 17. The 6-7:30 p.m. panel discussion will focus on the reasons behind addiction, the impact of addiction on families and communities, and the recovery process, including what is working and what steps can be implemented to improve the recovery process...
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Putnam Scanner for September 11, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 09/10/18)
County Jail Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 1:26 a.m. Kyle Fisher, 24, Fillmore, was lodged at the jail for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. Sunday • At 5:06 p.m. Samuel Andrew Robertson, was taken into custody on a pair of local warrants...
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Court News for September 11, 2018
(Court News ~ 09/10/18)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Zachary L. Benassi, 25, Bainbridge, Level 6 felony theft Samantha Rachelle Stinson, 26, Greencastle, Level 6 felony domestic battery James E. Stevens II, 41, Greencastle, Class B misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident, Class A misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated...
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Sepsis Awareness Day
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
Flanked by Putnam County Hospital officials, Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory signs a proclamation supporting Sept. 13 as Sepsis Awareness Day in the City of Greencastle, urging citizens to note the occasion as the life-threatening illness is responsible for a quarter-million American deaths each year with more than 1.5 million cases of sepsis occurring in the country.
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Kelly Writers Series to present author Alexander Chee on Sept. 19
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
“Two-thirds of the way through Alexander Chee’s ‘How to Write an Autobiographical Novel,’ I abandoned my sharpened reviewer’s pencil in favor of luxuriating in the words,” opined NPR’s Martha Anne Toll. “Chee’s writing has a mesmerizing quality; his sentences are rife with profound truths without lapsing into the didactic.”...
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Duke rewards Putnam County Hospital for efficiency efforts
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
In making upgrades that will actually save on its Duke Energy bill, Putnam County Hospital recently received a large incentive from the energy provider. Representatives from Duke and Siemens Building Technologies recently visited the Greencastle hospital to present a check for $114,263...
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Difference Makers to be toasted in Sept. 27 event
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
Perhaps one of our 10 finalists for the 2018 Difference Maker awards presented by the Banner Graphic said it best: “Your greatness is not what you have, but what you give.” On Thursday, Sept. 27, the Banner Graphic will honor 10 Putnam County residents whose greatness shows through in what they give...
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Playhouse season to end with Neil Simon comedy 'Barefoot in the Park'
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
The 2018 "Season of Hits" at Putnam County Playhouse is coming to a close with a production of the Neil Simon comedy "Barefoot in the Park" to be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13-15 and again Sept. 19-22 at the Hazel Day Longden Theater off Round Barn Road in Greencastle...
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Glass no longer being accepted for recycling by Greencastle hauler
(Local News ~ 09/10/18)
Recycling's glass ceiling has cracked. With more and more recycling companies no longer accepting glass as a recyclable commodity, the City of Greencastle's waste hauler, Republic Services, is the latest to join that list. City residents' monthly utility bills, which were due Monday, carried a notation of the glass recycling change in a yellow announcement box, it was noted...
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DePauw loses 10-0 lead, season opener
(College Sports ~ 09/10/18)
DePauw grabbed an early 10-0 lead in its first-ever meeting with visiting Central (Iowa) on Saturday, but the Dutch evened the score in the second quarter and scored the eventual game-winning points on their opening drive of the second half for a 16-10 victory over the Tigers...
- JV volleyball county champs (High School Sports ~ 09/10/18)
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Cubs win county volleyball crown sixth straight time
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/18)
CLOVERDALE — Greencastle won the first set 25-23 in the Putnam County volleyball tourney finals on Saturday, before Cloverdale bounced back with a more decisive 25-13 win in the second set. The Clovers jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the final set, only being played to 15 points, and led 13-11 needing just two more points to snap Greencastle’s county title string...
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Eagle tennis rolls over Danville as WIC finals near
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/18)
South Putnam continued rolling along in boys’ tennis on Monday evening, blanking Danville 5-0 by winning all five matches in straight sets. “Everyone played really well,” coach Johnny Briones said. “We this evening, playing with a lot of confidence and being aggressive. It was a good way to start a busy week, playing Owen Valley tonight, Crawfordsville on Thursday and Owen Valley again on Saturday for the conference championship.”...
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