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Boil orders lifted by Reelsville Water
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
REELSVILLE — The two recent boil orders issued by Reelsville Water Authority have been canceled. Reelsville Water contacted the Banner Graphic Thursday afternoon with the information that both orders — one for Cloverdale customers and the other for customers along County Road 150 West, Manhattan Road and Poland Road — had been lifted...
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Museum plans Roaring 20s murder mystery for New Year’s Eve
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
The Putnam County Museum is going back in time for its New Year’s Eve celebration. The museum will host a Roaring ‘20s New Year’s Eve Museum Mystery on Monday, Dec. 31. Doors will open at 9 p.m. with a toast to the new year at midnight. The event is for those ages 15 and over with wine alternatives for anyone under 21. Costumes are suggested but not required...
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Veterans Day program set Monday at CHS
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Community School Corporation will hold its annual Veterans Day Program on Monday, Nov. 12, beginning at 9 a.m. The event will be held at Cloverdale High School, 205 E. Market St., and is open to the public. Guest speaker will be U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Chris G. Durcholz, command chief master sergeant for the 181st Intelligence Wing, Hulman Field, Indiana Air National Guard, Terre Haute...
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Delta Theta Tau cheese balls now available
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
Members of Theta Chapter, Delta Theta Tau sorority have prepared hundreds of your favorite cheese balls again this year – cheddar, beef and onion and dill for their annual fundraiser. Each cheese ball still costs $6. They were frozen immediately after being made so they can be thawed for your next movie night or game day snacks or kept for upcoming Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s celebrations...
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Annual Roachdale VFD bean supper set Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
ROACHDALE — The 50th annual bean supper hosted by the Roachdale Volunteer Fire Department is set for Saturday evening. The supper will take place at the fire station beginning at 5 p.m. Supporters may eat what they want and pay what they want. Besides the food, there will be plenty of door prizes...
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Putnam Scanner for November 9, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 11/08/18)
County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Tuesday • At 9:37 p.m. John William Bruce, 34, Terre Haute, was booked in on a local warrant. • At 2:07 a.m. James Franklin Day Jr., 28, Greenwood, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...
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DWD awards $1.5 million in grants to help address regional workforce issues
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) awarded the Western Indiana Workforce Investment Board Inc. a $59,396 performance grant to help address critical workforce issues in the region. It plans to use the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant to develop Career Connections training and pre-apprenticeship programs...
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Court News for November 9, 2018
(Court News ~ 11/08/18)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Jesus E. Perez, 43, Indianapolis, Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license, Class A misdemeanor carrying a handgun without a license...
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Many State Park properties to close temporarily for deer reductions
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
Select Indiana State Park properties will close temporarily for controlled deer reductions in the coming weeks. Two reduction efforts will take place. The first is Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12-13. The second is Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 26-27. The participating state park properties will close to the general public on the evening before each of the two efforts...
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CHS students selected to play with the All-Region and All-District honor bands
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
CLOVERDALE -- The Indiana Bandmasters Association will host the All-Region Honor Band Nov. 10-11 and the All-District Honor Band Nov. 17-18, involving students from many schools from across Central Southwest Indiana. This year Owen Valley is hosting the All-Region Honor Band, while Northview High School in Brazil is hosting the IBA Central Southwest All-District Band. ...
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DePauw’s Sego featured in new diabetes awareness campaign
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
November is American Diabetes Month, and a new campaign launched by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) features Hunter Sego, a senior student athlete at DePauw University. The campaign, “Everyday Reality,” brought a video crew to campus recently to capture scenes of Sego in the classroom, on the football field, and at his fraternity, Phi Delta Theta...
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Annual Veterans Day program set Sunday
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
The traditional 11th-hour, 11th-month, 11th-day Veterans Day program is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Putnam County Courthouse in Greencastle. The ceremony will be conducted on the north side of the courthouse, where it was moved to three years ago when construction prohibited use of the south-side location. The resulting move has distanced the ceremony from the noise and danger of highway traffic, while making speakers easier to hear during the program...
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Tiger volleyball team rallies for NCAA First Round win
(College Sports ~ 11/08/18)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Facing a 2-1 deficit, DePauw rallied for fourth and fifth set wins to top Hope 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-9) in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Championship at Calvin College Thursday. The Tigers will face conference foe Wittenberg after it opened play with a 3-0 victory over Carthage. Today’s second-round match is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. DePauw improved to 18-10 with the win, while Hope finished at 25-8...
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‘CSI Guy’ credits benefactors like Purdue Club for student success
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
The Purdue Club of Putnam County didn’t turn a 1960s small-town kid into the “CSI Guy,” but it might as well have. Never mind that David Tate, retired director of medical laboratory and forensic sciences at Purdue, is from the wrong county and that he began his matriculation at the West Lafayette campus more than 30 years before the local club was founded...
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DePauw, Wabash set for 125th gridiron meeting
(College Sports ~ 11/08/18)
CRAWFORDSVILLE — DePauw wraps up the 2018 season by traveling to Wabash College on Saturday in the 125th gridiron meeting between the two schools and 87th for possession of the Monon Bell. Kickoff from Hollett Little Giant Stadium in Crawfordsville is set for 1:07 p.m...
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REGIONAL GAME DAY PREVIEW: Nov. 9, 2018
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/18)
Kickoff: 7 p.m. The coaches: Former North Putnam coach Dave Pasch is in his 11th year at Lutheran. Nathan Aker is in his fifth year at South Putnam. On the airwaves: WREB-FM 94.3 will air the game. So far: Lutheran lost 34-26 to Beech Grove, beat Cardinal Ritter 32-21, lost 31-0 to Triton Central, beat Oldenburg Academy 47-22 and Park Tudor 35-6, lost 50-7 to Indianapolis Scecina and beat Monrovia 22-10, Speedway 39-7, Indianapolis Shortridge 46-0, South Decatur 42-12, North Decatur 27-12 and Hagerstown 32-13.. ...
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Eagles confident they can win
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/18)
Seventeen years ago today, the South Putnam defeated Frankton 26-22 to win the fifth regional football championship in school history. The Eagles of legendary coach Mark Wildman had a stocky lineman on that team named Nathan Aker. Fast forward to tonight, when Aker will lead the Eagles in the regional championship game against visiting Indianapolis Lutheran as head coach...
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Website upgrades on county radar
(Local News ~ 11/08/18)
In a world where a strong online presence garners attention, the same may be true of a bad website. Although no bids have been requested for upgrades to the Putnam County website (www.co.putnam.in.us), a vendor was on hand Monday to make a pitch to the Putnam County Commissioners. Meanwhile, another has contactedCommissioner Rick Woodall about her company’s services...
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