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Counselor opens office in Greencastle
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
Deanne Collins, Master of Arts in Counseling, is now holding office hours in Greencastle. She is available for appointments each Wednesday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and other hours by prior arrangement. Collins is working toward her Indiana certification as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She has a general practice for both men and women. Her special interest is issues of abused women...
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New Eagle Scout
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
During his recent Court of Honor Ceremony, Brady B. Bundy (left) became the 32nd Eagle Scout in the history of Boys Scout Troop 97. Eagle Scout rank is the highest rank in scouting and fewer than 4 percent reach this rank during their scouting career...
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Turner - 50th Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 12/26/14)
Bob and Martha Turner will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Jan. 3. Martha (Jordan) was originally from Greencastle and Bob was raised in Cory. The two met on a blind date and were later married in Greencastle. They have made Cory their home ever since...
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Caroling Kids
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
Second-graders at Ridpath Primary School in Greencastle recently shared holiday music with the residents at The Waters and at the Millpond Healthcare Campus. Lauren Dibble and Emma Callahan help provide the music while Emma's grandmother, Diana Callahan (standing), and her great-grandmother, Norma Gaston, a resident at The Waters, enjoy the entertainment.
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Charles P. Branham Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/26/14)
Charles P. Branham Sr., 40, of Carbon, entered Heavens Gates on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born March 12, 1974 in Putnam County, the son of Robert Branham Jr. and Patricia Terry Branham Pleake. He graduated from Greencastle High School...
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Charles Jackson 'Mac' McCalister IV
(Obituary ~ 12/26/14)
Charles Jackson "Mac" McCalister IV, 77, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. He was born in Terre Haute on Dec. 8, 1937. Mac served his country in the United States Air Force during Korea and Vietnam. He was a graduate of Indiana State University, and had been employed at Putnamville Correctional Facility for 33 years, where he was a vocational teacher...
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Leavitt slated for Dine with a Doc
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
Senior Education Ministries Inc. presents Dine with a Doc on the fourth Monday of every month from 10 a.m.-noon at Putnam County Hospital. Dine with a doc is a free program that welcomes the local senior public to hear the doctor of the month present an educational topic while enjoying a complimentary lunch...
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Acclaimed writer Bass coming to DPU for spring semester
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
Rick Bass, described as "one of this country's most intelligent and sensitive short story writers" by the New York Times, will come to DePauw University in the 2015 spring semester as the Mary Rogers Field Distinguished University Professor of Creative Writing...
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Thanks for supporting 'The Pulse'
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
After four months and dozens of insightful comments from local residents, the Banner Graphic will be discontinuing "The Pulse of Putnam County" in 2015. The staff would like to thank the readers who used this opportunity to get engaged in a conversation about our community and the direction it should take moving forward...
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Special prosecutor: No further false reporting charges expected
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
No further false reporting or perjury charges are expected against Putnam County Sheriff's Department deputies in relation to the 2012 arrest of Cletus Warren. Parke County Prosecutor Steve Cvengros, serving as special prosecutor in the case, told the Banner Graphic that the Class B misdemeanor charge filed Monday against former Deputy Philip Troyer is likely the only one...
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Court News for 12-27-2014
(Court News ~ 12/26/14)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Citations and Infractions Darwin B. Leiva, 25, Indianapolis, failure to dim headlights David M. Sears, 52, Jamestown, operating off-road vehicle in or upon flowing river, stream or creek...
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Putnam poets invited to enter Max Ehrmann contest
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
Art Spaces Inc. and the Indiana State University Community School of the Arts have announced the 2015 Max Ehrmann Poetry Competition. Competition is open to individuals of all ages, living, working or attending school in Putnam, Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion or Vigo counties...
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Extension clubs support police with blanket effort
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
A local woman who had wondered for quite some time what to do with all the fleece stored in her house is now using the material to support local law enforcement agencies. Julie Burns of Greencastle said she had been trying to think of a way to support the police and realized that she and others could use their skills with needle and thread to make a generous donation to the agencies...
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Commissioners and council approve 2015 meeting dates
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
The Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Council approved their 2015 meeting dates recently at the final meeting of the year for the respective boards. Meeting dates and times unchanged, with a few individual exceptions, from recent years. The commissioners meet twice a month, on the first and third Mondays. The first Monday meeting is at 9 a.m., with the third Monday meeting at 6 p.m...
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'Unbroken' movie of survival includes Greencastle connection
(Local News ~ 12/26/14)
"Unbroken" -- Hollywood producer Angelina Jolie's holiday gift to movie audiences that opened Christmas Day -- tells an incredible true story of human will and survival. The film focuses, and rightfully so, on the legendary Louis Zamperini, an Olympic long-distance runner whose life and spectacular track career are interrupted by World War II, where as an Army Air Corps bombardier, he is captured and tortured by the Japanese...
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Cloverdale boys' basketball wins big in Pizza Hut opener
(High School Sports ~ 12/26/14)
TERRE HAUTE-In front of a record crowd the Cloverdale basketball team opened its play in the 15th annual Wabash Valley Pizza Hut Classic playing Riverton Parke. It was a rematch of an early season match up that the Clovers won easily. The second time round was much like the first game as the Clovers won 81-34...
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Rady honored at Terre Haute South
(High School Sports ~ 12/26/14)
TERRE HAUTE --Thursday morning prior to the start of the 15th annual Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic, Terre Haute South High School named its floor after Cloverdale head coach Pat Rady. The floor will now be known as Pat Rady Court. Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett read a proclamation declaring Thursday, Dec. ...
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