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Florence Peggy Ford
(Obituary ~ 03/26/18)
Florence Peggy Ford, 98, of Cloverdale, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, March 22, 2018. She was born Jan. 12, 1920 to the late Henry and Florence (Thorn) Thompson. Peggy married Harvey B. Ford on May 5, 1943 and he preceded her in death March 20, 1997...
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Rebecca E. Sprinkle
(Obituary ~ 03/26/18)
Rebecca E. Sprinkle, 85, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018. She was born June 16, 1932 in Perry County, Ind., the daughter of Alvin and Dora R. (Koch) Garland. She was a graduate of Birdseye (Ind.) High School. Becky retired from PR Mallory's where she had been a line supervisor and later retired from Walmart, where she had worked as an associate for several years...
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Curtis Hughes
(Obituary ~ 03/26/18)
Curtis Hughes, 78, Danville, Ill., formerly of Greencastle, died on Sunday, March 25, 2018. Curtis was born June 11, 1939 in Richmond, the son of Duffy and Almeda Woods Hughes. Curtis was a longtime resident of Greencastle, where he enjoyed bowling, fishing and playing softball. He also retired from Lobdell Emery in Greencastle...
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Bertha Ann 'Bert' Littrell
(Obituary ~ 03/26/18)
Bert (Bertha Ann) Littrell, 70, joined her Savior from her home on Sunday morning, March 25, 2018. The wife of Steve Littrell of nearly 53 years; Mom to Sandy (John) Thompson and Ken (Shelby) Littrell; and Meme to Emma, Anna, Erin, Grace, Abigail, Megan, Avery and Addison, she was reunited with her parents, Ernest Franklin Bridges and Edna Marcella (Myers) Bridges, and eldest sister Betty Jo Lightle...
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Donald A. Hess
(Obituary ~ 03/26/18)
Donald A. Hess, 79, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2018. Born Aug. 2, 1938 in Indianapolis, the son of Robert C. and Mary E. (Campbell) Hess. He was a graduate of Broad Ripple High School and Butler University, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity...
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Michael Paul Campbell
(Obituary ~ 03/26/18)
Michael Paul Campbell, 41, of Cloverdale, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018. He was born July 17, 1976 in Greencastle, the son of Marvin D. Campbell and Dawn E. (Harper) Campbell . He had attended South Putnam High School. Mike had been a temporary employment coordinator with Benefit Resources and previously worked in human resources for Coca-Cola. He also owned and manufactured jewelry for S & M Designs...
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Harlean Marie Branam
(Obituary ~ 03/26/18)
Harlean Marie Branam, 84, of Greencastle, passed away at home, surrounded by family, on Sunday, March 25, 2018. She was born Oct. 2, 1933, in Indianapolis, the daughter of Harley and Eslie (Fowler) Jines. Harlean married James Branam on Dec. 10, 1951...
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Youth farm and rural safety is no accident
(Local News ~ 03/26/18)
Warm weather will arrive … surely one of these days ... Youth will be outside more where physical injury would be more likely to occur where safety precautions and rules have not been established. Flowing grain, riding insecurely on a tractor draw bar, using equipment improperly or extracting stuck equipment inappropriately, are a few ways rural youth become in deep trouble as they play, live and work while experiencing situations that urban counterparts do not experience...
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Candidate Forums set April 3, 10 for local primary hopefuls
(Local News ~ 03/26/18)
The Greencastle League of Women Voters, WGRE Radio and the Banner-Graphic are co-sponsoring two Candidate Forums for the Putnam County community in advance of the primary election in May. They will be held on Tuesday, April 3 and Tuesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Watson Forum of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, 609 S. Locust St., on DePauw's campus...
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DPU students, F.A. Wilhelm Construction build kids up
(Local News ~ 03/26/18)
In a special community partnership, students from the DePauw University chapter of College Mentors for Kids and employees from F.A. Wilhelm Construction are exposing local children to careers in construction through estimating, planning, safety and other aspects...
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Russellville Community Center sets Easter activities
(Local News ~ 03/26/18)
RUSSELLVILLE -- The Russellville Community Center will host Easter activities on Saturday afternoon, March 31. A bake sale is set for noon on Saturday, featuring homemade pies, cakes cookies and more. At 1 p.m. promptly will be the annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Russellville Community Church...
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Candidates can send bios in for publication
(Local News ~ 03/26/18)
Political signs have begun populating yards throughout the county ahead of the Tuesday, May 8 primary elections. The Banner Graphic wants readers to be able to make informed decisions on their choices for who will lead local government for the next four years or more. But to do so, we will need the help of both the local candidates and their political parties...
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Director Carson takes final bow
(Local News ~ 03/26/18)
After announcing his departure last month, Director Grier Carson agreed to one last question-and-answer session with the Banner Graphic. Banner Graphic: What does it take to be a library director? Grier Carson: To be a library director you need an overall vision for the role of public libraries in society, and in your given community in particular, as well as an understanding for what people want from their libraries. ...
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Putnam Scanner for March 27, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 03/26/18)
County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Saturday * At 3:47 a.m. Caitlin Marie Abdon, 23, Bainbridge, was taken into custody for possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction, possession of marijuana, possession of a legend drug, false informing and on two local warrants...
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Spring snowfall officially tops total for winter
(Local News ~ 03/26/18)
So much for the Palm Sunday tornadoes. With one very late “winter” storm this Palm Sunday weekend, spring snowfall in Putnam County has exceeded winter snowfall. Spring officially began last Tuesday, but the date didn’t matter when 6.5 inches of snow and ice fell on the area between Friday night and Saturday evening...
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