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DePauw School of Music Events: Week of March 6-12
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
Student Recital Hour with Olivia Block Wednesday, March 8 10:20 a.m. Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall DePauw's weekly recital hour features talented School of Music students -- and occasional guests! This week's guest is Chicago-based multimedia artist and composer Olivia Block, who uses analog and digital recording technology to capture the overlapping sounds, voices, images and textures of specific urban environments, transforming them into audio-visual installations. ...
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Robert L. Scobee
(Obituary ~ 03/03/17)
Robert L. Scobee, 96, passed and went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Marquette Manor in Indianapolis. He was born on Dec. 30, 1920 in rural Greencastle to Molly Opal Quinton Scobee and Artie M. Scobee. He was reared on the family farm of 160 acres along with the other five children, Milton, Reece, Artie, Wilma, Alma and Clifford. Surviving him are Wilma Richard of Greencastle, Alma Akers of Phoenix, Ariz., and Clifford (Billie) Scobee of Danville...
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Report: DePauw will not host Colts camp
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
In the sweepstakes to host Colts training camp this summer, DePauw finds itself with no Luck. As first reported by Indianapolis Star Colts beat writer Stephen Holder Friday afternoon, the Colts will conduct training camp at its 56th Street team headquarters on the northwest side of Indianapolis...
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Night of the Irish
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
Everyone was Irish -- or wanted to be -- at the Putnam County Public Library’s second annual Irish First Friday. In addition to hor d’oeuvres and photographs of the Irish landscape (by Melanie Finney), the evening featured a band of local musicians and students from the Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance (above left). ...
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CTE Awards for Excellence
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
Second-year welding student Grace Willard (NPHS, senior) and the Area 30 Law Enforcement Program both recently received the Indiana Career and Technical Education Awards for Excellence. Each recipient must be nominated, and the awards are given for outstanding performance in a student or program’s chosen field. ...
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South Putnam Corp. counseling tells how Lilly funds may be used
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
During the South Putnam School Board’s recent regular meeting, school counselors Kristen Hendrich and Brian Gardner delivered a report on how the corporation’s counseling department will use the Lilly Endowment funds the corporation received last month...
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Employees take on new roles at Putnamville Correctional Facility
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
PUTNAMVILLE -- A veteran Department of Correction employee was promoted at Putnamville Correctional Facility, while the prison also announced the hire of a new employee. On Wednesday, Supt. Brian Smith announced the promotion and return of Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) Health Services Division contract monitor Esther Hinton to unit team manager...
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Christian Motorcyclists plan Greencastle chapter
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
The Christian Motorcyclists Association is forming a new chapter in Greencastle and will be having an informational meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 18. The meeting will take place at Jackson’s Family Restaurant, 1058 Indianapolis Rd., Greencastle. All food orders will be at the guests’ expense...
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Williams - 65th Anniversary
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
Cleo and Dorothy Williams of Greencastle recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married March 1, 1951 in Indianapolis. They are the parents of three children, Sherry Sanders, deceased October 2016, Tammy Page (Bud) and Lisa Perdue (Donny), all of Greencastle...
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Spring cleaning planned at Forest Hill Cemetery
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
The staff of Forest Hill Cemetery will be cleaning up the cemetery and is asking for the cooperation of the public. Any families with ground decorations they wish to save should pick them up by March 15.
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Girl Scouts seek donations for Exotic Feline Center
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
As a Girl Scouts service project, Troops 3700 and 1734 will be collecting items for the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Centerpoint on Saturday, March 11. Needed items included straw for bedding, plywood, non-clumping kitty litter, bleach, rubber totes and office supplies. Monetary donations are also accepted...
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Superintendent contract subject of GCSC meeting
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
The Greencastle Community School Corporation has announced a special meeting will take place on Monday, March 6 within the district’s administrative offices (located at 1002 Millpond Ln.) at 3:45 p.m. A notice from GCSC reads “Signing of Greencastle Community School Corporation superintendent’s contract” and is expected to see the school board vote either for or against a contract to begin effective March 1 for current superintendent Jeffrey Hubble, who will then sign the contract in the event of a favorable vote.. ...
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Work of Prof. Zirbes on display at Peeler Art Center March 10-April 9
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
The work of DePauw University alumna Georgette Zirbes, Class of 1962, will be on display at the Richard E. Peeler Art Center March 10 through April 9. “Conversations: A Retrospective Exhibition” is presented free of charge and is open to the public...
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Public invited to Court of Appeals session Thursday, March 9 at DPU
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
For the 12th time in the last 13 years, the Indiana Court of Appeals will come to campus of DePauw University and will hold a session which the public is invited to observe. On Thursday, March 9, the court will hear oral arguments in the case of DeFries, et al v. Board of Commissioners of Posey County, et al...
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Putnam Scanner for 3-4-17
(Police Logs ~ 03/03/17)
County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 5:35 p.m. Michael Jason Muse, 34, Gosport, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 3:58 p.m. Jennifer Gail Pritchard, 40, Greencastle, was taken into custody for theft and criminal trespass...
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County highway retooling with several large equipment purchases
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
With $200,000 recently allocated to purchase a new piece of heavy equipment, the Putnam County Highway will make the first of several large equipment purchases over the course of 2017. County Highway Supervisor Mike Ricketts went before the Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Council last week to request the money be moved from the Cumulative Bridge Fund to equipment replacement in order to purchase a dirt loader...
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Bandshell Committee formed to ponder future of park amenity
(Local News ~ 03/03/17)
Now that the Bob Flanigan Bandshell at Robe-Ann Park has met its demise and been torn to pieces that all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could never put back together again, attention has turned to how, when and where to replace it. Greencastle Park Director Rod Weinschenk has already started down that trail. ...
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