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Facebook posts cause stir in city council race
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
What one Greencastle City Council candidate is calling hateful and even threatening rhetoric is being classified by her opponent as simple jokes. Voters in the city’s Third Ward are left to sort out what they believe. The controversy involves memes and statements on Facebook by Third Ward GOP candidate Haywood Ware...
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Condoleezza Rice provides perspective on global topics
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
Speaking with the air of experience being in the thick of volatile global foreign policy, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to a large crowd inside Kresge Auditorium Tuesday evening. Invited to DePauw University to speak as part of the Ubben Lecture Series, Rice initially provided comments about conflicts in places such as the Middle East, as well as their potential causes. ...
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Setchell to leave DePauw for new post at Whitman College
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
Steven Setchell, a 1996 graduate of DePauw University currently serving as its vice president for development and alumni engagement, has been appointed vice president for development and alumni relations at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash. Also making the move will be his wife Cara, currently the dean of experiential education and executive director of DePauw’s Hubbard Center for Student Engagement...
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Greencastle native missing on mountain-climbing excursion in Mongolia
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
A 39-year-old Greencastle man has been missing for three weeks after failing to return from climbing Altai Tavan Bogd Mountain in Mongolia. Patrick Baumann, son of Jackie and Joe Baumann of Greencastle, set out on his climb Sept. 18 in the mountain range within the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park that follows Mongolia’s western border with China and Russia...
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Donald E. Lowe
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Donald E. Lowe, age 74, of Coatesville, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 7, 2019 in the IU West Hospital. Born Oct. 11, 1944 in South Bend, he was the son of Ogle E. Lowe and Leona Schwable Lowe. He married Odetta L. “Dee” Snyder on Sept. 20, 1969. Dee preceded him on Aug. 15, 2019...
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DePauw choirs to present ‘collage’ Thursday
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
The DePauw University choirs will present “Collage,” a night of choral selections, at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Featuring an array of styles performed in a multitude of spaces, a special addition to this concert is 83 pairs of non-slip socks...
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FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Jordan Meyer, Greencastle
(High School Sports ~ 10/08/19)
Jordan Meyer is a senior at Greencastle and participates in football and baseball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? JM: “I have grown up around sports, and they are really important to me. My dad, uncle, brother and my cousins have all played sports. It’s kind of a family thing. I enjoy it a lot. I have learned discipline, and to not be a jerk.”...
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PREP ROUNDUP: Greencastle, North Putnam pick up girls’ soccer sectional wins
(High School Sports ~ 10/08/19)
Greencastle and North Putnam each picked up 1-0 victories on Tuesday night in girls’ soccer sectional action. At Crawfordsville, the Tiger Cubs scored the only goal of the match with one minute left in the second overtime to advance to Thursday’s semifinal match against North Montgomery...
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FOOTBALL NOTES: Cougars get votes in both polls; Summers sixth in state passing
(High School Sports ~ 10/08/19)
North Putnam continues to get attention from high school football pollsters for its 6-1 start to the season. The Cougars are tied for 14th in the Associated Press poll with Andrean and Triton Central, getting votes in that ranking for the first time this season...
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Silver Linings Players plan upcoming performances
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
The Silver Linings Players, a senior script-in-hand theater group, has announced upcoming performances in October for Greencastle’s assisted living residents. Families and the public are always invited to attend. Having already completed a performance at Mill Pond Health Campus and Autumn Glen Assisted Living this month, the plays will continue at Asbury Towers at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22 and Hickory Creek at Sunset at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 28...
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Court News for October 9, 2019
(Court News ~ 10/08/19)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Timothy R. French, 48, Coatesville, Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement Tremaine Tatum, 26, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 5 felony trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate, Level 5 felony conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance with an inmate...
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Putnam Scanner for October 9, 2019
(Police Logs ~ 10/08/19)
County Jail Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 10:34 p.m. Travis Harold Tomey, 31, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction. • At 7:23 p.m. Jonathon Paul Franck, 29, Martinsville, was booked in on an Owen County warrant...
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Larry L. Miller
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Larry L. Miller, age 74, of Clinton Falls, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in his residence. Born Feb. 10, 1945 in Greencastle, he was the son of Willard A. Miller and Dorotha (Neff) Miller. He married Louise Buttery and she survives. He attended Clinton Center School and graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1963. Larry owned and operated two gas stations in Bainbridge...
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Rev. Philip Henderson Badger
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Rev. Philip Henderson Badger, 89, of Greencastle, passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, at his residence. Philip was born in Graysville, Ind. on Jan. 12, 1930, the son of Frank and Beulah (Raines) Badger. He was a graduate of Graysville High School. Rev. Badger earned his bachelor’s degree in theology from Butler University and his master’s degree in criminology from Indiana State University...
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Nancy J. Cole
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Our mother Nancy J. Cole received the best birthday gift ever when she entered heavens gates on Monday, October 7, 2019. She was surrounded by her family. She was born Oct. 7, 1939 in Salt Lake City to Ralph and Cleo Solomon. She lived in many places during her life including Anchorage, Alaska, where she met and married Morris Taylor on Jan. 12, 1957...
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