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Rose Garden, bean dinner connect Bush to Greencastle
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
The history of Putnam County isn’t exactly rife with mentions of interactions with U.S. presidents. A few brushes with greatness have occurred and a bit of anecdotal information suggests a possibility or two long, long ago. And while it doesn’t exactly have the cache of those old “George Washington slept here” claims, George Herbert Walker Bush did once attend a bean dinner in Putnam County...
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Santa Claus to visit DAR cabin Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
Following multiple local appearances in Putnam County on the first weekend of December, Santa Claus will be back in Greencastle on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 8. The jolly old elf will arrive the DAR Log Cabin at Robe-Ann Park at 10 a.m. with candy canes in tow, available to chat with local children until noon...
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Soren James Gram
(Obituary ~ 12/03/18)
Soren James Gram, Greencastle, born March 29, 1930 in Gary, Ind., was the son of Loyal and Violet Gram, and passed away on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 at home with his family. Jim was a 1948 graduate of Greencastle High School. He married Charlotte Hammond on May 21, 1950...
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John O. Danberry
(Obituary ~ 12/03/18)
John O. Danberry, 89, Greencastle, passed away Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale.
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Greening of Greencastle
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
Bringing even more Christmas spirit to downtown, Main Street Greencastle volunteers Bruce Clute, Mike Richmond and Tami Van Rensselaer decorate a concrete pot on North Jackson Street Monday morning. A team of volunteers spent part of the morning adding white pine and poinsettias to the birch poles pounded in last week by Ricky Long, as well as LED lights that should illuminate when it gets dark each evening.
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Patricia 'Patti' Carrell
(Obituary ~ 12/03/18)
Patricia "Patti" Carrell, 67, of Crawfordsville, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born on Feb. 19, 1951 in Iowa, La., to the late Paul and Sybil (Cochran) Lejeune. On Oct. 21, 1983 she married the love of her life, David Warren Carrell. He survives...
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Larry Keith Wells
(Obituary ~ 12/03/18)
Larry Keith Wells, 75, of Greencastle passed away on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. Arrangements are pending at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.
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Ella Mae 'Ellie' Hoke-Ostien
(Obituary ~ 12/03/18)
Ella Mae "Ellie" (Mattingly) Hoke-Ostien, 89, passed away at her residence on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, surrounded by her family. Ellie was born in Indianapolis on Oct. 23, 1929, the daughter of Patrick and Mary Christine (Rhodes) Mattingly. Mrs. Ostien was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Greencastle...
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Realtors raise $5,000 with latest bingo
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/03/18)
To the Editor: On behalf of the Putnam County Board of Realtors I would like to thank everyone that attended our Fall Bingo Event on Saturday, Nov. 10. It was our biggest and best event – raising more than $5,000 with over 190 in attendance and lots of cash prizes awarded...
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Reminder of school bus dangers needed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/03/18)
To the Editor: This morning as I was stopped waiting for a school bus to load three children, I noticed that not one of them looked for traffic before walking across the street to board the bus. They just trusted that since the bus had stopped and that the stop signs on the side of the bus were extended, that it was safe to walk into the street. I have noticed similar behavior several times in the past...
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Real learning goes beyond standardized scores
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/03/18)
To the Editor: Kudos to those Putnam County schools that scored above average on the state accountability exams. By now most people know that Greencastle Schools scored average on those exams. Does this performance make them inferior schools? I would like to offer the following in their defense. The situation certainly is not as dire as the president of the Greencastle School Board presented it at their last meeting...
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Two great income tax-deduction options
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
End of year is a time that many begin to finalize tax considerations and reflect on the past calendar year. You may receive a return of a 50 percent direct credit to your tax bill when donating up to $200 per individual and $400 for couples filing jointly, given to an Indiana-funded university...
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Putnam Scanner for December 4, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 12/03/18)
County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Saturday • At 2:14 a.m. Paul Edwin McKinney, 36, Cloverdale, was booked in on a local warrant. Friday • At 10:35 p.m. Teresa Kim Rousch, 57, Coatesville, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated...
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DAR Good Citizen winner to be named Dec. 11 at PCPL
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
Administrators and faculty from the four Putnam County high schools are again working with the Washburn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), to select one member from each senior class to represent his or her school in the annual Putnam County DAR Good Citizen competition...
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Civic League wrapping fundraiser set Friday
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
The public can drop off presents anytime after 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7 at the Putnam County Visitor Bureau, 12 W. Washington St., and Greencastle Civic League members will wrap throughout the day. Wrapped presents must be picked up by 8 p.m. at the conclusion of First Friday...
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Santa to arrive on fire truck for last First Friday
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
In a local holiday tradition, Santa Claus will arrive in downtown Greencastle at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 to ring in December First Friday festivities. Taking a seat in the Putnam County Courthouse rotunda, Santa will be on hand to listen to the Christmas wishes of girls and boys until 7 p.m...
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DePauw teams win NCAC openers
(College Sports ~ 12/03/18)
GAMBIER, Ohio — DePauw trailed by as many as 11 in the opening seven minutes of its North Coast Athletic Conference game at Kenyon, but went on a 24-8 run on the way to an 83-75 victory. The Tiger men’s team improved to 5-0 overall for the first time since the beginning of the 2009-10 season and 1-0 in the NCAC, while the Lords dropped to 0-7 overall and 0-2 in conference play...
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Wilson places 32nd at Nike
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/18)
PORTLAND, Ore. — Greencastle senior Emma Wilson competed in the Nike Cross National cross country meet on Saturday, running 15 seconds faster than her 14th-place time of a year ago. With increased competition and much faster, times, Wilson — representing the Miles to Go running club — finished 32nd in a time of 17:47 to miss out on repeating her All-American status of last year...
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Mid-week basketball previews
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/18)
GIRLS No. 7 Danville (6-3) at Greencastle (7-3) The coaches: Kaley May is in her sixth year at Danville. Tod Windlan is in his first year at Greencastle. So far: Danville has lost to Avon and Brownsburg since starting the season 6-1. The Tiger Cubs have alternated wins and losses since starting the season 5-1...
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PREP ROUNDUP: North’s Baker joins county’s top trio on IFCA all-state team
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/18)
North Putnam defensive back Aidan Baker was chosen to the Indiana Football Coaches Association Class 2A junior all-state team. Baker was honored by the IFCA along with Gavin Bollman and Damon Moody of Greencastle and South Putnam’s Dalton Scott. Baker made 54 tackles (28 solos and 26 assisted) this season, while also deflecting two passes...
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Bollman, Scott, Moody take top all-county honors
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/18)
Three of Putnam County’s top senior football players brought home top honors on the 2018 all-Putnam County team. Greencastle’s Damon Moody was named the offensive player of the year, while teammate Gavin Bollman and South Putnam defensive leader Dalton Scott were named co-winners of the defensive player of the year award...
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Santa Claus came to town!
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
Despite the ongoing threat of a downpour, the town of Cloverdale reveled in the start of this year's Christmas in Cloverdale festivities Saturday afternoon...
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Breakfast with Mr. Claus
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
Candy cane in hand, Alivia McKinney (above) can barely conceal her glee in meeting jolly old Santa Claus Saturday morning at the annual Tri-Kappa Breakfast With Santa program at Deer Meadow Primary School.
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Giving Tree effort in full swing at Kroger, Goody’s
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
The Putnam County Giving Tree is in full swing with trees at Kroger and Goody’s filled with tags where you can pick up a tag or tags to sponsor a child. Once you have purchased the item(s) on the tag, you attach the tag to it and bring it back to the store it was picked up from...
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Christmas Breakfast set before food pantry Dec. 13 at New Life
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
The food pantry at New Life Baptist Church has been supplying local residents with faith, hope and ingredients for a few good meals each Thursday. On Dec. 13, the Greencastle church mission will be cooking for them, too. In fact, everyone is invited to the Christmas Breakfast at the church, 51 Ridgeway St...
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Commissioners prepare 2019 county calendar
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
It’s barely December, but 2019 was on the minds of the Putnam County Commissioners during their first bi-monthly meeting. Between county holidays, meeting dates and county highway bids, next year was the main topic of discussion Monday morning. Perhaps the oddest quirk of the 2019 calendar is that it will feature 27 payrolls, which will affect the take-home pay of salaried employees in particular, as their yearly wages will be divided into 27 paychecks instead of 26...
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Banner Graphic will not publish Wednesday
(Local News ~ 12/03/18)
Due to the national day of mourning for President George H. W. Bush proclaimed on Wednesday there will be no mail delivery from the United States Postal Service. With no mail delivery, there will be no Banner Graphic published on Wednesday. However, we will be publishing on Thursday, Dec. 6 instead...
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