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Greencastle students earn money for college in contest
(Local News ~ 06/25/14)
Hoosier students -- including two Greencastle high schoolers -- are being rewarded for planning how they will pay for education beyond high school. Learn More Indiana, an outreach initiative led by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, is awarding 13 students -- one in each grade from kindergarten through high school seniors -- with $529 in an Indiana College Choice 529 Savings Plan...
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Scanner for June 25
(Police Logs ~ 06/25/14)
County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 6:50 p.m. on Friday, Thomas Matthew Roberson, 55, Cloverdale, was arrested for operating while intoxicated. At 12:20 a.m. on Saturday, Alice Marie Payne, 49, Cloverdale, was charged with domestic battery...
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Beefcake Burger challenge event added to local July 4 festivities
(Local News ~ 06/25/14)
Like Charlie's Beefcake Burgers? Then Celebrate 4 has the perfect event "stacked up" for you and your organization. The "All-American 10-Stack Burger Challenge" eating contest, hosted by the Celebrate 4 Committee, is set for Friday, July 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the bandshell at Robe-Ann Park in Greencastle...
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Roachdale trucker dominates Indiana driving championship
(Local News ~ 06/25/14)
INDIANAPOLIS -- A Roachdale truck driver, making his first appearance in the Indiana Truck Driving Championships, has driven away as a winner and will motor on to the American Trucking Association National Truck Driving Championships. Shane Hendricks, a nine-year veteran OnLine driver, captured the Indiana Five-Axle Sleeper Championship in competition June 21-22. His nearest competitor was more than 30 points back...
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Al Tucker named Spirit of Philanthropy winner
(Local News ~ 06/25/14)
More than 140 community members gathered at the Inn at DePauw for the Putnam County Community Foundation's annual meeting as Al Tucker of Cloverdale was presented the 2014 Spirit of Philanthropy Award. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the Foundation Board of Directors...
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Local collectibles club being formed with July 7 open house set
(Local News ~ 06/25/14)
A new antique/collectibles club is being organized locally with an open house scheduled for Monday, July 7 at the Purdue/Putnam County Extension Office, 12 Central Square, Greencastle. The open house is slated for from 4-6 pm. For more information, persons may call 765-739-6101...
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Storm spotter: Putnam dodges weather bullet again
(Local News ~ 06/25/14)
Amid the news reports of tornadoes and damage in Hendricks, Marion and Hamilton counties Tuesday afternoon, Putnam County appears to have avoid serious storms. Chris Edwards, severe weather specialist for the Putnam County Emergency Management Agency, said he had received no serious weather reports as of late afternoon, outside of some minor flooding...
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'Shakespeared' Playhouse youth workshop presentation Saturday
(Local News ~ 06/25/14)
The 2014 edition of "Shakespeared" will have its show on Saturday, June 28 at 7 p.m. at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle. Tickets are $3 and are available only at the door. Children under twelve are admitted free. Two groups of Putnam County Playhouse Youth Theater Workshop participants will each present a production of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth."...
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Richard L. 'Dick' Powell
(Obituary ~ 06/25/14)
Richard L. "Dick" Powell, 83, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. He was born on Sept. 7, 1930 in Owen County to Arthur M. Powell and Frances V. Walbring Powell. Dick was a graduate of Cloverdale High School, and had served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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Thyra Fay Frost
(Obituary ~ 06/25/14)
Thyra Fay Frost, 87, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Born Sept. 10, 1926 in Sioux City, Iowa, she was the daughter of Hazel (Brown) and John Sass and Clyde Lucart. She married Norman A. Frost on Aug. 26, 1944, and he preceded her in death on July 7, 1996...
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Lucy Velma Fenwick (Brown) Lyons
(Obituary ~ 06/25/14)
Lucy Velma Fenwick was born in Jasper County on Feb. 27, 1917 to J. Frank and Anna (Wortley) Fenwick. She and her eight siblings were raised on the farm which remained in their family for more than100 years. Velma graduated from Rensselaer High School and Indiana Business College, after which she worked at the Diamond Chain Co. in Indianapolis...
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Basil Calvin Deck
(Obituary ~ 06/25/14)
Basil Calvin Deck, 104, New Market, was called home by his Angel and the Lord at 12:27 a.m. Tuesday, June 24 in the Mill Pond Health Campus, Greencastle, where he resided. He was born March 16, 1910, near Alvin, Ill., to John and Anna Jeanetter (Logan) Deck. The youngest of nine children, they migrated to Montgomery County in 1913...
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