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Bernhardt to retire at end of school year
(Local News ~ 09/10/20)
It is rare for an educator to spend his or her entire career in the same school system. It is certainly special for one to do so for more than four decades. South Putnam Superintendent Bruce Bernhardt has done both, serving as both a teacher and an administrator during his time with Putnam County’s third-largest school corporation...
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LAST MINUTE MUSINGS: An image fit for King? It’s a work in progress
(Column ~ 09/10/20)
If you’ve been reading this paper for very long, you’ve seen the picture. And what a picture it is ... of one of the most recognizable faces of the 20th century, a civil rights icon, on the short list of greatest orators in our nation’s history. Not only that, but he’s obviously in Greencastle. If you’ve ever been in Gobin Church, it’s clear. It’s absolutely the same pulpit. The arches behind him? The very same...
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Lisa Zeiner named Putnam County planner
(Local News ~ 09/10/20)
The sudden retirement of Don Hatfield from his post as Putnam County planner earlier this summer left the county commissioners scrambling to find his replacement. On Tuesday, they did just that, selecting Lisa Zeiner as the new planner...
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South Putnam board approves superintendent search company
(Local News ~ 09/10/20)
With Superintendent Bruce Bernhardt announcing that he will retire at the end of the 2020-21 school year, the South Putnam School Board will soon begin the search for his replacement. During its regular meeting Wednesday evening, the board approved the hiring of Administrator Assistance, based out of Brookston, to assist with the search for and selection of the new superintendent...
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County leaning toward demolition of Jones School
(Local News ~ 09/10/20)
Eventually Mary Emma Jones School is going to come down, one way or another. With the building having served 47 years as an elementary school and 10 more as the Putnam County Courthouse Annex, the 66-year-old building has spent the last nine beginning to fall down from neglect...
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Overnight closures of I-70 in Hendricks County as bridge demolition begins next week
(Local News ~ 09/10/20)
MONROVIA – Interstate 70 will have various overnight closures next week at the State Road 39 interchange in Hendricks County between 12:01 a.m. through 5 a.m. each night, The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. The demolition of the existing State Road 39 bridge over I-70 begins Thursday, Sept. 17 for I-70 eastbound. Traffic will be detoured up the ramp across State Road 39 and back onto the interstate utilizing the ramps. Weather permitting, the schedule currently follows;...
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James ‘Jim’ Robbins
(Obituary ~ 09/10/20)
James “Jim” Robbins, 86, of Roachdale, passed away Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born on Oct. 30, 1933 in Roachdale, to the late Lodelle and Alma (Gilmore) Robbins. On Jan. 19, 1952 he married Julia Jean (Coffman) Robbins. She preceded him in death Feb. 20, 2002...
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Lisa A. Gerlach
(Obituary ~ 09/10/20)
Lisa A. Gerlach, 57, of Clayton, passed away Sept. 6, 2020. She was born Oct. 1, 1962 in Indianapolis to Gerald and Patricia (Murray) Grimes. She married Jim Gerlach on July 7, 2019, and he survives. She worked for IU Health as a mammographer in the Women’s Center, and was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend...
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Who’s News for Sept. 11, 2020
(Local News ~ 09/10/20)
Nearly 1,700 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh students graduated in May, when the 146th spring commencement ceremony was conducted in a first-ever virtual format. Among these was DANIELLE BANIA of Fillmore, who graduated from the College of Letters and Sciences with an AAS degree at the Fond Du Lac campus...
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Third Putnam County school corporation reports COVID cases
(Local News ~ 09/10/20)
While the diligence of local educators and students seems to be paying off, with few COVID-19 cases reported in local schools, three of the county’s four school corporations have now had students test positive. The Putnam County Health Department reported Thursday there have been two cases in the South Putnam School Corporation...
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Putnam Scanner for Sept. 11, 2020
(Police Logs ~ 09/10/20)
Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 3:08 a.m. Richard C. Waggoner, 36, Greencastle, was taken into custody for possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction, possession of marijuana, driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction and on an out-of-county warrant...
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Stephen Shoemaker Pierson
(Obituary ~ 09/10/20)
The family of Stephen Shoemaker Pierson, 73, of Seymour, sadly announces his passing on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. He was born in Camden, N.J. to the late Howard Wilson and Mary (Shoemaker) Pierson Doyle. On Feb. 24, 2002, he married Norma Arlene (Scott) Pierson...
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Tiger Cubs looking to extend volleyball county title streak
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/20)
Greencastle volleyball coach Maggie Walters has led each of her eight previous teams to Putnam County volleyball championships. On Saturday, Walters and the Tiger Cubs will look to extend that streak as they will compete in the annual event at Cloverdale.
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