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Greencastle's Carrington earns wrestling semistate trip
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/19)
MOORESVILLE — Greencastle sophomore Brach Carrington placed second in the 145-pound weight class of the Mooresville Regional on Saturday. Carrington earns a trip next Saturday to the Evansville Semistate. Ten other Putnam County wrestlers also competed in the regional, but lost their first-round matches to just miss a spot in the final four...
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Robert Orr Weiss
(Obituary ~ 02/04/19)
On Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, Dr. Robert Orr Weiss of Greencastle, long-time DePauw University professor, loving husband and father of four children passed away at the age of 92. Dr. Weiss was born on April 8, 1926, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to Nicholas John and Ruth (Orr) Weiss...
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Lela Mae (Eggers) Hedge
(Obituary ~ 02/04/19)
Lela Mae (Eggers) Hedge, 91, left us to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Hickory Creek at Sunset in Greencastle. Lela was born on Oct. 16, 1927, in the Groveland area of Putnam County. She was the daughter of William Franklin and Lela Alice (Allgood) Eggers...
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Reita Wray Wood
(Obituary ~ 02/04/19)
Reita Wray Wood, 86, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. She was born on Jan. 31, 1933 in Greencastle, the daughter of Gilbert and Kathryn (Wilson) Heath. She was a 1950 graduate of Greencastle High School. Reita had owned and operated Wood Produce Stand with her husband, John for 25 years. She had also been a cashier with Kroger for 10 years and previously worked at Coan's Pharmacy...
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Frank Eugene Allen
(Obituary ~ 02/04/19)
Frank Eugene Allen, 56, Greencastle, passed away Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at his residence. Frank was born in Chicago, Ill., on Feb. 20, 1962, the son of Frank E. Sr. and Rosie (Tignor) Allen. Mr. Allen worked for 30 years as a mechanic at Bumgardner's Auto. He would do anything for anybody...
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Family Support Services accredited for quality service by Prevent Child Abuse America
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) has announced that the Healthy Families America (HFA) affiliate, Family Support Services of West Central Indiana, has been accredited as a provider of high-quality home visiting services to families who want to improve their child’s health, nutrition and developmental outcomes in Putnam, Owen, Montgomery and Boone counties...
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Area 30 open house to mark CTE Month Thursday
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
Area 30 Career Center is hosting an open house for the community on Thursday, Feb. 7 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The open house will give individuals the opportunity to: • Explore the 19 career and technical education programs available to juniors and seniors who attend Cloverdale, Eminence, Greencastle, North Putnam and South Putnam schools...
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DePauw Opera brings to life magic of Massenet’s ‘Cinderella’ Feb. 7-10
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
The DePauw University School of Music will present an imaginative production of Jules Massenet’s 1899 fairy tale opera “Cinderella” in four performances Thursday, Feb. 7, through Sunday, Feb. 10, in Moore Theatre at the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts...
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Champion Bull
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
WCC Scrappy E57, led by Chad Wilson of Wilson Cattle Co., Cloverdale, won reserve intermediate champion bull at the 2019 National Western Stock Show’s Super Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show in Denver. Wilson Cattle Co. and HVF Cattle Farm LLC, Magnet, Ind., own the winning bull.
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Putnam Scanner for February 5, 2019
(Police Logs ~ 02/04/19)
County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 1:39 a.m. Stefanie Marie Wells, 33, Jasonville, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. Sunday • At 9:33 p.m. Donte Emmanuel Lonberger, 35, Terre Haute, was taken into custody on a local warrant...
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Crop Marketing and Farm Finance Workshop set Feb. 14
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
Purdue Extension is exciting to be offering a Crop Marketing & Farm Finance Workshop in February. This workshop will focus on helping improve farm profitability in 2019. It will provide farmers an opportunity to improve both their crop marketing and financial management skill sets...
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North Putnam FFA Parlie team wins Section III contest
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
North Putnam High School’s Novice Parliamentary Procedure team won the Section III contest on Jan. 24 at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center. This is the second year in a row the NPHS team has won both district and section contests and advanced on to statewide competition...
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REMC helps OL buy two radios
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
The REMC Multi-County Community Trust Board awarded $16,277.99 through the Operation Roundup program during its recent January meeting. Putnam County Operation Life EMS was awarded $2,444 to help with the purchase of two Viking Series 800MHz portable radios which are critical for the crews to deliver emergency care to residents...
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Patching Time
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
Taking advantage of springlike weather Monday afternoon, Greencastle Department of Public Works employees Matt Jordan (left) and Keith Troxal apply cold patch to some of the chuckholes along Indianapolis Road near the stoplight at the Kroger entrance.
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Commissioners opt not to contribute to WCIEDD in 2019
(Local News ~ 02/04/19)
Even as they voted to increase their annual contribution to local economic development efforts, the Putnam County Commissioners have opted not to contribute to the regional economic development district to which it belongs. In approving the 2019 Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT) plan during their meeting Monday, the commissioners agreed to send no money to the West Central Indiana Economic Development District...
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DePauw wins three of four weekend NCAC games
(College Sports ~ 02/04/19)
DePauw scored the final five points of the third quarter and the first eight of the fourth and pulled away from visiting Hiram for a 69-52 North Coast Athletic Conference win. The 20th-ranked Tiger women improved to 18-4 overall and 12-1 in the NCAC, while the Terriers dropped to 9-13 overall and 3-10 in conference play...
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Moore records unusual stat line
(College Sports ~ 02/04/19)
alen Moore had a rather unconventional statistical line in Saturday’s 101-79 win at Southwestern Illinois. The No. 17-ranked Olney Central Blue Knights improved to 20-2 on the season with their third straight win. Moore did not score a point, missing all four of his field goal attempts, but dished out 16 assists...
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Second-quarter run dooms Cloverdale at Clay City
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/19)
CLAY CITY – Cloverdale’s boys' basketball team opened the New Year with a double-digit loss on the road against a talented Owen Valley group, but seemed to find its stride soon after the buzzer sounded. The Clovers rattled off four wins in a row before seeing their winning streak come to a screeching halt with a 32-point loss to Danville Saturday...
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