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Lilly Scholarship finalists announced by Community Foundation
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
Six Putnam County high school seniors have been named as finalists for the Putnam County Community Foundation's 2016 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar. The prestigious award goes to the most outstanding graduating high school senior in Putnam County. The Lilly Endowment Community Scholar will be awarded a full-tuition scholarship, including a $900 book stipend per year, for four years to any accredited school in Indiana...
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Congressman swings by Home
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
With an approach that hearkened back to the days of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" and "We Like Ike," 4th District Congressman Todd Rokita visited folks at Almost Home restaurant in downtown Greencastle Wednesday as he prepares for yet another election bid...
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Smith resentencing set April 15
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
TERRE HAUTE -- A former Putnam County sheriff's deputy and Greencastle City Councilman will be resentenced in federal court on April 15. T.J. Smith, 39, Greencastle, was released from federal custody in January after serving less than a year of the 14-month sentence he was originally given by Judge William T. Lawrence...
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Rokita visits South Putnam students
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
During a visit to South Putnam High School Wednesday afternoon, SPHS seniors gave Congressman Todd Rokita mixed reviews as he delivered a speech and answered their questions. Students' comments after the speech consisted of "I feel he skirted around the questions that everybody had. ...
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Eva L. Foutz
(Obituary ~ 03/10/16)
Eva L. Foutz, 88, of Anderson, passed away, Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Edgewater Woods in Anderson. Arrangements are pending at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Service and Crematory, Anderson.
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Author, New Testament Prof. Candida Moss to give Mendenhall Lecture Wednesday
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
Candida R. Moss, whose first book was the winner of the 2011 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise and who served as an academic consultant to the television series "The Bible," is coming to DePauw University. She will present the spring Mendenhall Lecture on Wednesday, March 16 in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. Her speech is titled "Heavenly Bodies: Disability, Infertility and Bodily Values in Early Christianity."...
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DePauw School of Music Events
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
DePauw University School of Music Events Week of March 14--19 Faculty Select Series: DePauw Chamber Players Monday, March 14 7:30 p.m. Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall Join the DePauw Chamber Players -- Tarn Travers, violin; Eric Edberg, cello; and May Phang, piano -- for an exciting evening of live music as part of our Faculty Select Series at the DePauw School of Music...
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Pharez Whitted to headline DePauw School of Music Jazz Festival Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
Love jazz? Steve Snyder, director of jazz studies at DePauw School of Music, has lined up a full day of nothing but for DePauw Un iversity's first jazz festival on Saturday, March 12. The festival will include performances from high school and middle school jazz ensembles across Indiana, valuable clinics, and master classes with professional jazz musicians...
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Second man charged with threatening Judge Headley
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
For the second time this week, a man has been charged with making threats against the Putnam Circuit Court judge. In a case unrelated to a Monday incident that landed a Greencastle man in jail, Patrick S. Zaborski, 44, Indianapolis, has been charged with Level 5 felony intimidation...
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Rosemary Brozenske
(Obituary ~ 03/10/16)
Rosemary Brozenske, 89, of Cloverdale, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Putnam County Hospital. She was born Oct. 25, 1926 in Indianapolis. She was the daughter of Frank and Mary (DiLarenzo) Stone. She is survived by her sons, Charles A. Migliano and wife Tricia, Cloverdale, and Vincent M. Migliano, Cloverdale; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; brothers, Charles Stone and Don Stone...
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Spring fashion forward at Myers 5 East Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
The Fashion Forward Pop-Up Shop offered at Myers 5 East this Saturday evening will provide an opportunity to freshen up your spring wardrobe. Featuring four local vendors with fashionable offerings, the Myers 5 East event space will be filled with boutique clothing, jewelry and accessories...
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Local teams in top 10 of M.A.T.H. Bowl
(Local News ~ 03/10/16)
Two Putnam County teams finished in the state top 10 of their M.A.T.H. Bowl divisions. Tzouanakis Intermediate School placed sixth in the state in Orange Division, while Central Elementary finished seventh in the Red Division. Central played host to 13 other schools on Thursday, Feb. 25 as part of the statewide competition sponsored by the Indiana Association of School Principals...
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Time to reconsider state's time zone
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/10/16)
To the Editor: In March 2006, Indiana experienced a major change in its sunlight schedule when Eastern Daylight Time was adopted forcing our students to go to school in the dark. Now, 10 years later, statistics are painting a dismal picture for Indiana's students and our state's educational future. ...
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Unintended consequences
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/10/16)
To the Editor: A Jew, a Muslim and a lesbian walk into a restaurant in Indiana. No one gets served because the owner has a "sincerely held religious belief." Gov. Mike Pence and our Indiana Republican legislators have determined that it is okay to discriminate because of who you are...
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New DePauw president looking to leave his mark on community
(Column ~ 03/10/16)
As zero hour neared for the DePauw University Board of Trustees to put an official stamp of approval on the 20th president in the storied history of the college Monday afternoon, some behind-the-scene posturing was evolving. The news of Mark McCoy's ascendancy from dean of the School of Music to president of the university would be embargoed for news media release until 7:45 p.m. ...
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We got lucky
(Editorial ~ 03/10/16)
Close may only count in horseshoes and hand grenades, but a Monday close call at the Putnam County Courthouse had better count for something. That was when a Greencastle man burst into Putnam Circuit Court, threatening Judge Matt Headley and eventually making an aggressive move toward the judge before he was felled by a Cloverdale police officer (see story, page 1A)...
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