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For all the marbles: Cubs, Knights set to battle for West
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/18)
Greencastle will host Northview tonight in a high-stakes high school football game - the kind of which every team aspires to have. Your destiny is in your hands. Win, and you are the champions, at least of your division. Nothing else matters. Northview enters the game ranked No. 9 in Class 4A in the Associated Press media poll and No. 13 in the Indiana Football Coaches Association poll...
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Friends of the Library set annual meeting Oct. 9
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
The Friends of the Putnam County Public Library organization has scheduled its annual meeting for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 in the Local History Department at the library, 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle. The public is invited to attend the meeting, which will include voting on the proposed slate of officers for the coming year...
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Putnam Scanner for September 28, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 09/28/18)
Putnam County Jail Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently Wednesday • At 10:50 p.m. Zachary Scott Hayman, 54, Reelsville, was housed at the jail for battery. • At 8:59 p.m. Lana Lee Morrell, 48, Brazil, was lodged at the jail on three local warrants...
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Inaugural Transformers breakfast challenges community to get involved
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
In its mission of engaging the community to end poverty, Transformers of Putnam County recently brought together more than 130 community leaders and concerned residents together for its inaugural fundraising breakfast. The event took place Sept. 20 at 3 Fat Labs Retreat Center near Greencastle...
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Pay raises expected for all but Greencastle City Council members
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
You get a raise! And you get a raise! And you get a raise! ... At least that’s how Oprah might have said it. But not you, Greencastle City Council members. Not you. In a special meeting Tuesday night, the City Council passed on first reading a pair of ordinances dealing with city salaries for the coming year. Second and final readings are scheduled for adoption at the Council’s regular meeting on Thursday, Oct. 11...
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Myers named 2018 Difference Maker of the Year
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Volunteer does not grow weary of doing good
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Finalists share gifts, talents for better community
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
More than 150 people attended the inaugural Putnam County Difference Makers Banquet Thursday evening, honoring 10 friends and neighbors whose efforts have made the community a better place to live. But before the audience at Greencastle Christian Church rose as one to honor Ruth Myers as the first-ever Putnam County Difference Maker of the Year in the Banner Graphic-sponsored program, they got a little takes-one-to-know-one advice from another special community activist, Linda Merkel, executive director of the Putnam County Youth Development Commission.. ...
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County runners set to vie for WIC honors on Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/18)
Putnam County’s eight cross country teams will return to South Putnam on Saturday for the Western Indiana Conference meet, just four days after competing for the county title. North Putnam will be looking to repeat its two county titles against several other strong opponents, while the other schools will be looking to unseat the Cougars for supremacy...
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GAME DAY PREVIEWS: Friday, Sept. 28, 2018
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/18)
Kickoff: 7 p.m. Coaches: Mark Raetz is in his sixth year at Northview. Mike Meyer is in his ninth year at Greencastle. On the airwaves: WREB-FM 94.3 and WAMB-FM 99.5 will broadcast the game on radio. The Indiana Sports Network will have a video broadcast at www.wabashvalleysports.com...
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Greencastle School Board looking to get back to normal with Oct. 10 special meeting
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Greencastle school officials are hoping it’s time to get back to regular business. The last two meetings of the Greencastle School Board dominated, and rightly so, by discussions of mold issues at Tzouanakis Intermediate School. In the interest of catching up on some other items, the board has scheduled a special meeting for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at GCSC Central Office, 1002 Mill Pond Lane, Greencastle...
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Georgia Lynn Kester
(Obituary ~ 09/28/18)
Georgia Lynn Kester, 59, of Brazil, passed away at Union Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 following a lengthy battle with diabetes She was born on July 2, 1959, in Clay County, the daughter of Glen Lee and Rosanna (White) Lawrence. She graduated from VanBuren High School with the class of 1978...
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Library Board approves telephone update, discusses elevator issue
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
At its monthly meeting Wednesday evening, the Putnam County Public Library Board took a big step to improve phone services at the library. After a rigorous discussion concerning the cost of the new service, the board approved a new phone plan with MetroNet, which has an office in Greencastle...
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GPD, PCH partnering again for annual car seat clinic Tuesday
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
The Greencastle Police Department (GPD) will conduct its annual Car Seat Clinic Tuesday, Oct. 2 as part of the department’s Permanent Fitting Station Program. GPD is again partnering with Putnam County Hospital for the event. The Car Seat Clinic will be conducted from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The clinic will be set up just outside the Surgery Department, north of the main drive coming into the hospital off U.S. 231 south of Greencastle...
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GFD golf scramble tees it up on Oct. 6
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Presented by Greencastle Professional Firefighters Local 5125, the 19th annual Greencastle Fire Department Golf Scramble is set for Saturday, Oct. 6 at Old Hickory Golf Course. Proceeds from the event benefit Hoosier Burn Camp. Cost is $200 per four-person team, as well as $60 for hole sponsorships or $100 for two-hole sponsorships...
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Busy fall schedule looms ahead for Silver Lining Players
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
A busy fall ahead schedule looms ahead for the Silver Lining Players. The senior theater group has scheduled fall performances of “He Said and She Said” by Alice Gerstenberg and Ferenc Molnar’s “A Matter of Husbands” on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 2:30 p.m. at Hickory Creek at Sunset and on Monday, Oct. 8 at 2:30 p.m. at The Waters of Greencastle...
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Court News for September 29, 2018
(Court News ~ 09/28/18)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases William J. Bollman, 30, Bainbridge, Level 3 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor carrying a handgun without a permit, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license...
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Putnam Scanner for September 29, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 09/28/18)
County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 9:55 p.m. John Anthony Krause Jr., 40, Mishawaka, was booked in on a local warrant. • At 6:41 p.m. Josephus Allen Crank, 29, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...
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Free speech panel discussion slated Thursday at DePauw
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Free speech will be the topic for a Thursday, Oct. 4 panel discussion in Watson Forum of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media at DePauw University. The program, “Taking Offense: Free Speech, Safe Spaces and Campus Conversations,” is scheduled for 6:45-7:45 p.m. at the Media Center, 609 S. Locust St., Greencastle...
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Foundation names interim director
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
The Putnam County Community Foundation Board of Directors has engaged Ruth M. Purcell-Jones as interim executive director of the organization, it was announced Friday. She will serve the Foundation and community as the organization initiates an extensive search for a permanent executive director to succeed Elaine Peck, who recently stepped away from her position after 17 years with the Foundation...
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Risk paying off as Myers’ Market celebrates five-year anniversary
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
For anyone in the Greencastle community who had doubts about the viability of a local butcher and sandwich shop, don’t feel guilty. Mitch Myers had his doubts too. Manning a grill Friday afternoon during the week-long Myers’ Market fifth anniversary celebration, Myers admitted that he knew he was taking a risk when he opened the shop in late September 2013...
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Ford Tri-Motor visiting Putnam County Airport
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
As the skies began to become cloudy and a coolness was in the air Thursday afternoon, this reporter and others were given a little excitement as they flew in an historic airplane that signaled the beginning of commercial flight. The Liberty 1928 Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-B aircraft is visiting the Putnam County Regional Airport as part of a tour by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting recreational flight...
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