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Meyer named 2020 Putnam County Player of the Year
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/20)
In a season of uncertainty, there was always one certainty when Greencastle took to the volleyball court: Lilly Meyer. The senior all-around player kept ticking on as if there was nothing else going on in the world once on the floor and was named as Putnam County’s volleyball Player of the Year...
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North Putnam out of next three games; South Putnam-Brown County scheduled
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/20)
North Putnam has postponed its first three boys' basketball games due to COVID concerns, affecting Wednesday night's game against Southmont as well as the Dec. 4 game against South Putnam and the Dec. 5 game against Edgewood. All reschedule dates are TBA...
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Local spike in COVID positives continues
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
Putnam County saw its recent increase in COVID cases continue on Monday, with 48 new positives. That marked the biggest single-day increase during the coronavirus pandemic. There was also an additional death reported on Tuesday, bringing the total to 27 since the pandemic began. However, 19 of these has been since Sept. 15...
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Greencastle, South Putnam split swim dual
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/20)
Three of the four outfits at the Greencastle natatorium were getting their first swims of the season in as Greencastle hosted South Putnam Monday night. The Tiger Shark girls competed last week and showed their strength with a 113-62 win over the Eagles while the visitors had plenty of good swims of their own in a 105-59-10 win over Greencastle and Cloverdale...
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Credit card, Social Security scams take on another form
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
While there’s certainly nothing new about scammers preying on people — particularly senior citizens — in the name of a quick buck, the scams seem to be constantly evolving. Some recent methods, reported to the Banner Graphic by a local resident, involves either offering to pay off a credit card for the would-be victim or informing the target that there is a problem with his or her Social Security...
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Virtual Music Festival to celebrate Thanksgiving Wednesday
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
This week the Greencastle Virtual Music Festival celebrates Thanksgiving with an all-new program that debuts at gvmf.live at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25. The program features music from DePauw School of Music professors Ming-Hui Kuo (percussion) and May Phang (piano), a song from Bobbie Lancaster, a jazz tune from Sandy Williams (guitar) and bassist Jesse Wittman (who were a hit last week,) and a poem written by Joe Heithaus just for the occasion...
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DePauw President White joins free speech task force
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
DePauw University President Lori S. White has been named to a task force of academic leaders who will identify practices, programs and policies to foster free expression on college campuses. Academic Leaders Task Force on Campus Free Expression is the creation of the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., think tank that merges ideas from both political parties to solve issues of health, security and opportunity for all Americans...
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Mounties hold off Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/20)
ROACHDALE – Entering Tuesday night’s matchup with North Putnam, Southmont girls’ basketball coach Dan Burkman knew his team would have to slow down a high-powered Cougars’ offense that was averaging nearly 70 points per game. The Mounties were able to hold the Cougars under their scoring average and keep their perfect record with a 76-63 win...
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Small Business Saturday being celebrated Nov. 28
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
Small Business Saturday falls on Nov. 28 this year. “This has been one of the most difficult years ever for some of our locally owned businesses,” Putnam County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Brian Cox said. “That is especially true for local restaurants, boutiques and the entertainment industry.”...
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Winter Walking Group set for January, February
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
Looking for a way to stay active this winter? Look no further. Purdue Extension-Putnam County and Putnam County Hospital are hosting the second annual Winter Walking Group. Walking is a popular form of physical activity – and good for your health. Only half of all American adults get the recommended amount of physical activity...
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Teacher evaluation as growth process motivates Whitlock
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
Dianna Whitlock, a Cloverdale resident and vice president of higher education initiatives at Standard For Success, recently authored a book titled “Teacher Evaluation as a Growth Process.” While this book focuses on evaluation of teachers, it is actually a book about fostering professional growth and improvement...
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Safe Haven Baby Box
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
The Theta chapter of Delta Theta Tau presented a $500 check Tuesday to Putnam County EMS toward a Safe Haven Baby Box to be installed at its headquarters in Greencastle...
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Fourth grade students prepare emergency kits
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
Fourth grade students in Michelle Hendershot’s class at Tzouanakis Intermediate School recently fnished a unit on natural disasters and how to prepare for them. Each student in the online class made a disaster kit for their family to prepare for any emergency that might occur...
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Allison Skirvin wins 2020 Darrell Wiatt Family Philanthropy Essay Contest
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
The Putnam County Community Foundation recently announced North Putnam student Allison Skirvin as the winner of the 2020 Darrell Wiatt Family Philanthropy Essay Contest. The essay contest is specifically for seventh-grade students enrolled in the four county middle schools. Each school submitted two essays to the Foundation for judging...
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Court News for Nov. 25, 2020
(Court News ~ 11/24/20)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Kenneth E. Ridge, 42, Terre Haute, Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement Anthony J. Alamo, 33, Greencastle, Level 6 felony residential entry, Class A misdemeanor criminal trespass...
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Putnam Scanner for Nov. 25, 2020
(Police Logs ~ 11/24/20)
One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 6:29 p.m. Jolynn F. Hausdorfer, 22, Bloomington, was lodged at the jail for theft. Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated one recent property-damage crash. • At 6:37 p.m. on Monday, Trent D. Thompson, 53, Cloverdale, was northbound on U.S. 231 just north of U.S. 40 in a 2015 Toyota Highlander when he hit a deer...
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GCSC keeps COVID-19 contingencies open
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
With students learning virtually during this two-day holiday week and Greencastle Community Schools moving to Stage 2 of its COVID-19 protocol next week, school administrators are trying to prepare for whatever comes next. Now if they only knew what that was...
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Putnam jobless figure dips to 3.9 percent for October
(Local News ~ 11/24/20)
Just when you thought there might not be any good news coming out of 2020, the latest unemployment figures arrive. Following jobless numbers as high as 11.3 percent for May and 10.0 for June, Putnam County has settled into a more normal jobless pattern recently, posting its latest figure of 3.9 percent, according to October unemployment totals compiled by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development...
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