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GCSC announces superintendent selection process, timetable
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
A schedule for the selection of a new superintendent, to succeed Dawn Puckett, was approved Monday during Greencastle School's monthly public session. Puckett, who will maintain her current role as superintendent until Aug. 31 to help with the start of the upcoming school year, spent nearly 30 years as an educator, including the past four years as GCSC superintendent...
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Spear Corp. to seek abatement on second warehouse building
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
Two years into a tax abatement agreement with Putnam County, things are going well for Spear Corp. Things are going so well, in fact, that the Roachdale-based manufacturer of commercial pool equipment is looking to expand again. Founder Jim Spear told the Putnam County Council on Tuesday that the company has already exceeded the employment growth estimated when the last abatement was approved...
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Archie W. Neese
(Obituary ~ 06/23/16)
Archie W. Neese, 90, of Inverness, Fla., passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016 under the care of Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast in Lecanto, Fla. He was born in Paragon, Ind., on Nov. 21, 1925 to the late Walter and Mary (Broyer) Neese. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II...
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Baird to serve on Agriculture, Natural Resources summer study committee
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) will be serving on the Interim Study Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. In preparation for the 2017 legislative session, which begins in January, interim study committee members meet to examine assigned topics, gather testimonies and identify potential legislation...
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Norma Louise Hurst
(Obituary ~ 06/23/16)
Norma Louise Hurst, 84, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Norma was born July 13, 1931 in Greencastle to the late George and Frances Belle (McDonald) Johnson. She was a 1950 graduate of Greencastle High School. She was born into a family of loyal St. Louis Cardinals fans but on May 12, 1951 pledged her loyalty to the Chicago Cubs when she married her loving husband of 65 years, Wendell Hurst...
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One last hurrah for many in WVFCA All-Star game
(High School Sports ~ 06/23/16)
TERRE HAUTE -- Some players in Saturday night's Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game at Terre Haute North will be continuing their careers in college this fall, but for the majority of the players this week is the last time they will ever suit up in pads and play in a competitive game...
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Putnam County unemployment rate best in months at 4.3%
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
Recording its best jobless rate in more than nine months, Putnam County posted a 4.3 percent mark for May in the latest figures released this week by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD). That 4.3 percent figure -- the county's best mark since posting an identical jobless number nine months ago -- puts Putnam County near the middle of the pack among Indiana's 92 counties...
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Putnam County Scanner for 6-24-16
(Police Logs ~ 06/23/16)
Nineteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. -- At 9:16 p.m. on Tuesday, Richard Paul Bailey II, 46, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for failure to register. -- At 6:37 p.m. Jared Anthony Pentz, 26, Fillmore, was arrested on a warrant...
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Fireworks July 2 at Raccoon SRA
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
Raccoon State Recreation Area will have its annual Beach Bash and fireworks display on Saturday, July 2. The fireworks display this year will be the largest ever held at Raccoon SRA. It will celebrate not only Independence Day, but also Indiana State Parks' 100th anniversary and the 200th anniversary of Indiana statehood...
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Brazil Band to feature Hoosier Broadway link
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert Band presents "Hoosier Band: Marching Down Broadway" Sunday June 26, starting at 8 p.m., rain or shine in Forest Park. The Brazil Band and Director Matthew S. Huber will continue the Indiana Bicentennial with "Super Service" written by Brazil native J. Gus Davis, honoring all his musicians and "Abraham Lincoln March" by Edwin Franko Goldman who spent time in Terre Haute as a child...
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Greencastle area kids to receive free dental care
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
Local children will have the opportunity to receive free dental services from Dr. John Wadas, Dr. Samantha Blaha and their dental team at Dental Care of Greencastle as part of Kids' Free Dentistry Day. The event will take place on Friday, July 15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dental Care of Greencastle office, 1012 Mill Pond Drive, Suite A...
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Area 30 adds seven courses to programs
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
The Area 30 Career Center board has approved the addition of seven courses to the 2016-17 program inventory for Area 30. Eminence High School added "Agriculture Power Structure and Technology" and Greencastle High School added "Mechanical Drafting and Design."...
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Keeping Kids Safe
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
In support of the annual Child Safety, Bullying and Drug Education program, Putnamville Correctional Facility Superintendent Brian Smith (right) presents a $500 check to Putnam County Sheriff Scott Stockton. Conducted in concert with the National Child Safety Council, the program is an effort by the sheriff's department to keep kids safe and drug free...
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In the Spirit of Shakespeare
(Local News ~ 06/23/16)
A pair of Putnam County Playhouse Youth Workshop productions will tackle Shakespear's "Julius Caesar" with a few special touches of their own. The plays are set for 7 p.m. Saturday on the Hazel Day Longden Theatre stage in Greencastle. The middle school production features actors taking a stab at Caesar (played by Brenigan Warren). ...
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Warning of dangerous weed invasion
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/23/16)
To the Editor: I am writing this letter to alert the people of Putnam County and the surrounding areas of the invasion of an obnoxious weed called Poison Hemlock. You can see it wildly growing along roadsides and fields now. It is a very large, sturdy plant, growing three- to eight-feet tall with white blooms which can produce millions of seeds, so it spreads readily...
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SPHS Post Prom thanks sponsors
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/23/16)
To the Editor: The 2016 South Putnam Post Prom Committee would like to thank our sponsors for their support. We would also like to thank the Indiana National Guard and Capt. Tom Helmer of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department for donating their time for our event...
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For those eligible, voting should be easy
(Column ~ 06/23/16)
The elections process is not usually grist for inflammatory rhetoric. But this year has been different. Republican Donald Trump labeled the GOP primary process "crooked." Democrat Bernie Sanders suggested his party's use of super-delegates made its nominating process a "rigged system." For many voters, the intricacies of voting rules quickly became a topic of overriding interest...
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Nothing for kids to do here? Better look again ...
(Editorial ~ 06/23/16)
Perhaps nothing is quite as irritating as listening to people making sweeping generalizations without pausing to ever consider the facts. One of our favorites among those comments -- favorites, as in fingernails-scraping-the-chalkboard favorites -- is the tired, old complaint: "There is nothing for kids to do in this town."...
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