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FEEL GOOD FRIDAY: Life moving along quickly for Taylor
(College Sports ~ 03/15/19)
For Greencastle’s Callan Taylor, the end of her basketball career at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College might indicate that things will start slowing down. That’s not exactly the case. But she’s enjoying her foray into “adulting,” even though the rest of 2019 will be non-stop crazy for her...
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Tiger Cubs top winter WIC standings; Knights lead overall
(High School Sports ~ 03/15/19)
Greencastle showed good balance across the board in the five winter sports to win the overall all-sports title with 84 team points. The strong performance allowed the Tiger Cubs to move up one spot to fourth place in the cumulative all-sports competition...
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Donald Roger Steward
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
Donald Roger Steward, 84, Plainfield, passed away Wednesday, March 13 at Life's Journey Hospice in Avon. He was born August 18, 1934, in Lafayette, Ind., to the late Roger Malcolm Steward and Helen Virginia (Forbes) Steward. He was a 1952 graduate of Lafayette Jefferson High School. He received a BS in Industrial Education from Purdue University in 1965 and a Master of Science from Purdue in 1969...
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Ivy Tech hosting enrollment event in Greencastle for summer, fall registrations
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
Ivy Tech Community College Greencastle is hosting an Express Enrollment Day on Tuesday, March 19 to help prospective students complete their enrollment steps for the summer and/or fall semesters. The event is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Greencastle campus, 915 S. Zinc Mill Rd...
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DePauw Ensemble Jazz makes big sound Sunday with 'Little Big Band'
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
The DePauw Jazz Ensemble, led by Professor Steve Snyder, will present the first of its two spring concerts Sunday, March 17 at 4 p.m. in the Green Center's Moore Theatre on the DePauw University campus. Three arrangements by Bob Florence, originally created for the Phil Norman Tentet, are planned for the first performance, featuring "Little Big Band" music. ...
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Virgil Eugene Thompson
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
Virgil Eugene Thompson, age 94, died on Friday, March 15, 2019. He was born in St. Marie, Ill., on Sept. 24, 1924. He was the son of the late Daisy Gerber Thompson and Edward Thompson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Ellen Thompson, and his second wife, Madeline Thompson...
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James Edward Adams
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
James Edward Adams, 71, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at his residence, surrounded by his family. James was born in Greencastle on March 11, 1948 the son of Virgil and Virginia (Hayworth) Adams, and was a 1967 graduate of Greencastle High School...
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Faculty Select Series brings artists together Tuesday
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
Before taking a brief hiatus for spring break, DePauw University will present “Percussionist Ming-Hui Kuo and Friends” for its final Faculty Select series concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 in the Green Center’s Thompson Recital Hall...
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EMA hosts storm spotter training
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
The Putnam County Emergency Management Agency will host storm spotter training at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20. The training will be at the Emergency Operations Center, 1600 CR 225 South. EMA severe weather specialist Chris Edwards will conduct the training, which will include interpretations of cloud structure and radar images associated with severe weather...
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Putnam, Indiana teachers associations offering scholarship opportunities
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
The Putnam County Retired Teachers Association will award a $500 scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year to a current Indiana college/university sophomore or junior who aspires to become a future educator. Applicants must be Putnam County high school graduates and enrolled in a undergraduate education degree program...
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Ivy Tech hosting enrollment event in Greencastle for summer, fall registrations
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
Ivy Tech Community College Greencastle is hosting an Express Enrollment Day on Tuesday, March 19 to help prospective students complete their enrollment steps for the summer and/or fall semesters. The event is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Greencastle campus, 915 S. Zinc Mill Rd...
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Putnam Scanner for March 16, 2019
(Police Logs ~ 03/15/19)
City Police Two recent citations were issued by Greencastle City Police officers • At 8:42 p.m. Monday, Michael Moran, 59, Greencastle, was ticketed by Officer Alec Pettit. Stopped along Indianapolis Road, Moran was cited for having no financial responsibility...
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Cloverdale town employee honored with water system award
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
CLOVERDALE -- Richard Saucerman, water treatment manager for the Town of Cloverdale, was presented with Water System Operation Specialist of the Year Award from Alliance of Indiana Rural Water during its recent spring conference in French Lick. Saucerman began working for the Town of Cloverdale in 1995...
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April 1 bridge project will close State Road 75 south of U.S. 36
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
COATESVILLE -- Traffic in Putnam, Hendricks and Montgomery counties will be affected by a bridge deck overlay project on State Road 75, south of U.S. 36, the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. The bridge deck project on State Road 75, to be undertaken approximately three miles south of U.S. 36, will close the roadway on the bridge over CSX Railroad, beginning on or after Monday, April 1...
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South Putnam Board approves cafeteria purchase, facility use
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
During a meeting which took less than half-an-hour, the South Putnam School Board addressed only a couple of actionable items on its agenda Wednesday evening. Superintendent Bruce Bernhardt first brought a request for the use of the softball diamonds and the football field at South Putnam High School by the Youth League teams. The board approved the request...
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I Scream, You Scream ...
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
Under the watchful eye of Greencastle McDonald’s owner Tim Jedele (above), Ridpath Primary School first-grader Haiden Bandy proves quite handy with the ice cream machine, creating the perfect cone during a field trip to the local restaurant.
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Work set to begin on new first-year residence at DePauw
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
Site preparation work is scheduled to begin next week at the southwest corner of Locust and Olive streets, where the first of four proposed residence halls for DePauw University’s first-year students is set to be built. “The new residence hall will begin transforming South Quad and the first-year living experience at DePauw,” Bob Leonard, vice president for finance and administration, said. ...
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Council tables DePauw request to close portion of College Ave.
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
The closing of College Avenue is no open-and-shut case for the Greencastle City Council. Admonishing DePauw University officials for being unresponsive to previous questions and not coming forward with a request to close College between Hanna and Olive streets until their timetable was already narrow, the City Council Thursday night voted to table first reading of an ordinance to vacate that portion of the north-south street...
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