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Fillmore boy recognized as hero for saving mom with 911 call
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
FILLMORE -- In the film adaptation of the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” the Elven queen Galadriel says that, “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” Though Galadriel was talking about Frodo Baggins’ quest to destroy the One Ring, that sentiment certainly applies to the deeds of one Fillmore boy that helped save his mother’s life...
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Merl E. Grimes
(Obituary ~ 10/23/18)
Merl E. Grimes, 92, Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. He was born June 18, 1926 in Kokomo, the son of Albert Lee and Martha Luvinnie (Norris) Grimes. Merl was a veteran, having served in the United States Army. He was a maintenance supervisor with DePauw University for more than 50 years, retiring in 1991...
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Pearl M. Robinson
(Obituary ~ 10/23/18)
Pearl M. Robinson, 83, of Plainfield, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. She was born Aug. 28, 1935 to the late Steve and Margaret (Honeycutt) Ward in Van Lear, Ky. She married Dale Robinson on Nov. 5, 1952, and he preceded her in death in 1980...
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Jewelry Roadshow on tap Saturday at Putnam County Museum
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
Antique and vintage jewelry evaluator Ann Rambo, accompanied by local jeweler and gemologist Steve Mason, will answer the public's questions about jewelry Saturday at the Putnam County Museum's first-ever Jewelry Roadshow. The 11 a.m. program is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27 in the new event room at the museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle...
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DePauw School of Music opens ArtsFest 2018 Sunday with gala concert
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
Students, faculty and staff campuswide will join in collaboration and celebration of DePauw University's 17th annual ArtsFest, Oct. 28--Nov. 4. A gala concert Sunday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Green Center's Kresge Auditorium, featuring all of the School of Music's major student ensembles -- band, choirs, jazz ensemble and orchestra -- will open the eight-day festival...
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FEATURED ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Helen Eaglin, South Putnam
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/18)
Helen Eaglin is a senior at South Putnam and participates in softball while also serving as a girls’ basketball team manager. ——— Banner Graphic: How long have you played softball, and what do you think you have learned from it? Helen Eaglin: “I have played for as long as I can remember. ...
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BENNETT'S MINUTES: Case against football playoff reduction, seeding
(Sports Column ~ 10/23/18)
Seven Western Indiana Conference football teams remain alive as the Indiana high school sectional tournaments head to the semifinal round on Friday night. Three WIC teams were guaranteed to be eliminated with the head-to-head matchups of Cloverdale-North Putnam, Sullivan-West Vigo and Northview-Owen Valley in the first round...
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Halloween social set Saturday at Russellville Community Center
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
RUSSELLVILLE -- The annual Russellville Community Center Halloween Social will be Saturday, Oct. 27. The evening will begin with a meal at 5 p.m. This year the menu consists of chili, potato soup, coneys, hot dogs, sloppy joes, fish, tenderloin, french fries, nachos and cheese, potato chips, homemade desserts and drinks...
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InteGREATive Art Show set Nov. 16-17 at PCCS
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
Green Light Studios and the Greencastle Arts Council have announced the second annual InteGREATive Art Show and sale scheduled for Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17. The free, public event is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Putnam County Comprehensive Services, 630 Tennessee St., Greencastle. Persons should enter through the back (south) side of the building...
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Fourth GHS Color Run slated for Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
Greencastle High School’s fourth annual color run is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27. Registration is at 8 a.m. at the GHS parking lot. The race start time is 8:30 a.m. Prices include adults $25 and students 12 and under $20. All proceeds will benefit Riley Hospital for Children...
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Putnam Scanner for Oct. 24, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 10/23/18)
Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Tuesday • At 3:04 a.m. Kelly Terese Mervar, 47, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated-refusal. Monday • At 9:01 p.m. Melvin Reece Young, 39, Reelsville, was taken into custody for domestic battery and invasion of privacy...
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Drug Take Back event set Saturday at GHS
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
Again partnering with the Greencastle School Corporation and the Drug Enforcement Agency Office, the Greencastle Police Department will participate in the National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to noon. GPD officials will be set up outside Greencastle High School, 910 E. Washington St., in front of the GHS main office area...
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Townsend/Layman Museum provides link to early history of Putnamville
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
PUTNAMVILLE — If a place can really have a soul, then Lee Stewart believes he’s come close to finding the soul of Putnamville in the last year or so. Handling thousands of bricks for the reconstruction of the summer kitchen/freed slaves quarters from the old Townsend Inn gave Stewart a link to the small town’s distant past...
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‘Port of destiny’ key in life, Santos tells DPU crowd
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
Juan Manuel Santos not only dreamed the impossible dream -- peace in Colombia -- he made it happen. “The peace is not my peace. It is not the government’s peace. It is the peace of all Colombians,” Santos, who won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the more than half-century war in his native country, told an audience at DePauw University Monday night...
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Optimistic Donnelly helps Putnam Democrats open headquarters
(Local News ~ 10/23/18)
Just two weeks away from Election Day in a race considered a virtual deadheat by several pollsters, incumbent U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly was nothing but optimistic Monday afternoon as he helped Putnam County Democrats open 2018 campaign headquarters in Greencastle...
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