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Registration is open for April computer classes at PCPL
(Local News ~ 03/19/15)
Putnam County Public Library will be offering three computer classes in April. The computer classes being offered are lecture classes instead of our usual hands-on classes and are designed to introduce patrons to the Internet. On Thursday, April 2, Introduction to the Internet will introduce patrons to search engines, browsers and some of the best websites on the Internet...
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Literacy effort earns first check from 100-Plus Men Who Care group
(Local News ~ 03/19/15)
A literacy program inspired by a woman who cares will benefit from the inaugural assembly of the 100-Plus Men Who Care Putnam County. The more than 60 men in attendance Thursday night at the Inn at DePauw voted to present their first $10,000 check to the Imagination Library, a Dolly Parton-inspired project of the Friends of the Putnam County Library that provides a book a month to children under the age of five...
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Charles Edward Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/19/15)
Charles Edward Jones, 93, Knightsville, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at his home. Charles was born in Bruceville, Ind., on Oct. 19, 1921 to Leo and Ileen (Patterson) Jones. He married Karen (Bauer) Jones on June 14, 1970, and they moved to Greencastle in 1971, relocating to Knightsville in 1991...
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Agnes Jackie Funke
(Obituary ~ 03/19/15)
Agnes Jackie Funke, 84, of Greencastle, passed away early Monday morning, March 16, 2015 at Putnam County Hospital. She was born in Germany on Nov. 15, 1930. Surviving family members are son Peter Bellew; daughter-in-law Izumi Ballew; three stepchildren, John Funke, Richard Funke and Maria Starnes; four grandchildren, Kenny Ballew, Matthew Ballew, Sherry Rightsell and Arthur Scott; and six great-grandchildren, Trevon, Kayla, Faith, Cheyenne, Tristiana and Daelon...
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Scanner for 03-20-2015
(Police Logs ~ 03/19/15)
County Jail One person was booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Jacob Michael Alexander, 22, Poland, was arrested on charges of probation violation, narcotic possession of a syringe and receiving stolen property. Sheriff's Department...
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PCPL materials delivery continues in Bookmobile's absence
(Local News ~ 03/19/15)
The discontinuation of Bookmobile service on March 1 certainly brought about a change in the way the Putnam County Public Library does community outreach. Yet even as residents were questioning the wisdom of pulling the plug on the Bookmobile after 55 years of service, the staff and administration at the library were working on the next phase of materials delivery...
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County grapples with nearly $1M price tag for 911 software
(Local News ~ 03/19/15)
One thing was abundantly clear coming out of recent meetings of the Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Council: 911 Dispatch needs new software and it needs the upgrades soon. The all-important next step is less clear: How does the county pay for the proposed $960,000 system?...
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Flora F. Roe
(Obituary ~ 03/19/15)
Flora F. Roe, 77, of Greencastle, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at IU Methodist Hospital. She was born Aug. 30, 1937 to Homer G. and Vivian Phillips Newhouse at Indianapolis. A farm girl, Flora was raised on her parents' dairy farm and she and her husband raised chinchillas and emus...
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