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Shirley A. VanHook
(Obituary ~ 12/01/13)
Shirley A. VanHook, 77, of Russellville, passed away at Putnam County Hospital on Nov. 30, 2013. She was born in Spartanburg, S.C., to Eugene and Ruby Mason Biggs on March 5, 1936. Shirley graduated from Russellville High School and worked as a Matron at Putnam County Home...
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Discover agriculture at Ivy Tech College
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
Recently there was an opportunity to visit with Jim Luzar, Purdue Extension Vigo County Educator and Ivy Tech Partnership Coordinator, to learn about classes and subject matter offerings with the Wabash Valley Ivy Tech Campus. One of the thrusts of 4-H both locally and on an area basis is to enable more youth to have a post-secondary (high school) education experience. There are many options that can benefit one other than what many consider the standard four-year college degree...
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Join Santa for breakfast at Lieber SRA, Dec. 7
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
Children can share their wish list with Santa over breakfast at Lieber State Recreation Area on Dec. 7. The event is at the nature center at 9 a.m. Breakfast will cost $1 per person. Photos will cost $2. The entrance fee has been waived for the event...
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Shoe Sensation accepting Soles4Souls donations
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
Shoe Sensation, with a store at Putnam Plaza in Greencastle, has announced its commitment to help individuals in need through a holiday giving program. From Dec. 3-9, Shoe Sensation will aid Soles4Souls Inc., a global not-for-profit institution dedicated to fighting poverty, by accepting donations on behalf of the organization...
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DPU alums make $2.5 million gift to support need-based scholarship initiative
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
DePauw University has announced that Michael L. and Susan L. Smith have committed $2.5 million to support The DePauw Trust, a new and developing university initiative to strengthen and considerably expand the DPU's endowment dedicated to need-based financial aid...
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Scholarship application season offering more than $300,000
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
The Putnam County Community Foundation is now receiving applications for scholarships for academic year 2014-15. To kick off the scholarship season, local education leaders met with the Community Foundation staff and committee members in the Ivy Gallery at Area 30 Career Center to hear about the more than 60 different scholarships that are available through the Community Foundation in 2014...
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Inn at DePauw, Low Road partner for night of jazz
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
The weekly dose of music that is Jazz at the Duck will start early this week, as The Inn at DePauw and the Low Road Gallery partner for Jazz Night. The evening will begin with a Speak Easy party and silent auction fundraiser at Low Road Gallery at from 6-8 p.m...
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Seventh-grade philanthropy essay winner announced
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
Jonathon DeHaan, a student in Caitlynn Bryan's class at South Putnam High School, is the grand prize winner of the Putnam County Community Foundation's 2013 Darrell Wiatt Family Philanthropy Essay Contest. Jonathon's prize winning essay, "Philanthropy in a Nutshell," described his grandmother, Brenda McCullough, as being the philanthropist he admires most because of her wish to help mankind become smarter, wiser and stronger...
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Gobin to host annual cookie sale Dec. 7
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
The 22nd annual Holiday Cookie Sale at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church is set for 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Dec. 7. Customers will don a plastic glove and make their own selections from dozens of trays of delicious and colorful homemade cookies. They can choose the kind, number and size of the cookies to put in a decorated container...
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Public Information Forum on health reform from rural health perspective set Dec. 12
(Local News ~ 12/01/13)
The Affordable Care Act affects the entire health care industry, or one-fifth of our nation's economy, and it will alter how every individual accesses, purchases and utilizes health care. With such changes come many questions. To help add clarity to the issues at hand, Putnam County Hospital, the Putnam County Board of Health, Purdue Extension Office and the Banner Graphic will be holding a public information forum to discuss health reform and how it affects rural communities such as Putnam County.. ...
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No. 1 Tigers top No. 2 Bears 74-62
(College Sports ~ 12/01/13)
The DePauw University women's basketball team leads Washington University-St. Louis in the finals of the Midwest Challenge at halftime 42-30. DPU senior Ali Ross, 4-for-4 from the field, is the game's high-scorer with 11 points at the break. Melissa Gilkey, a second-team preseason all-American for teh Bears, is 1-for-7 with two points. Jordan Thompson leads Wash U with 9 points, including a 3-pointer from near half court as the half expired...
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Linda S. Phillips
(Obituary ~ 12/01/13)
Linda S. Phillips, 72, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. She was born on April 17, 1941 in Clay County to George Treash Sr. and LuElla Neal Treash. Linda had been employed in the Jewelry department at Wal-Mart and had worked in Food Services at DePauw for 16 years...
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