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By Their Example
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
Leading in his turnout gear, Engineer Paul Hinton and fellow Greencastle firefighters (from top) Brandon Watson, Darrick Wiatt and Jonny Newgent climb the stands at Blackstock Stadium Saturday morning.
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DePauw ranked top liberal arts school in Indiana
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
DePauw University ranks No. 46 on the preeminent list of the best national liberal arts institutions in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 college rankings published Monday. DePauw ranked No. 1 in Indiana and one of the seven best in the Midwest. It also scored well in rankings compiled by College Factual, which likewise were released Monday...
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Liberty Trailers recipient of grant for robotic welding technology
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
FILLMORE — Having grown greatly this year and now employing just over 60 employees, Liberty Trailers in Fillmore is set to have the ability to increase production thanks to a manufacturing-focused grant. The trailer manufacturer was recently announced as a recipient of a $100,000 matching grant toward investing in autonomous robotic welding and increasing its internal fabrication capability...
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Art Takes Flight
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
Different kinds of unique and colorful artwork were on display at the 2021 Putnam County Green Light Art Festival Saturday. Alex Hirt showed her work including original paintings of pets...
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Rhiannon Giddens begins DePauw residency with jam session, vocal workshop
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
Arriving at the DePauw University School of Music as the 2021-22 artist-in-residence, Rhiannon Giddens will open her time in Greencastle with a pair of events this week. Giddens is a multi-Grammy Award-nominated musician whose work encompasses banjo playing, singing, acting, composing and advocating for previously-erased contributions to American country music...
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City awarded $700,000 for water project
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
The City of Greencastle has been awarded a $700,000 grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) for improvements to the local water system. The project will include: -- A new generator for the city’s water treatment plant to take care of an issue in which the current generator does meet demands during power outages...
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Council ponders tying 2022 city bonuses to being vaccinated
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
With news that less than 50 percent of City of Greencastle employees have been vaccinated against COVID-19, a move to tie their potential bonuses to being vaccinated was suggested at the September City Council meeting at City Hall. With the city salary ordinance (2021-12) up for first reading, City Clerk-Treasurer Lynda Dunbar announced that salaried city workers would receive a 1.9 percent increase in pay next year, while hourly workers will get a 1.8 percent pay hike for 2022...
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Ex-New Yorker shares 9/11 memories for DAR event
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
Like virtually everyone, former New York lawyer Brian Gilmartin recalls dawn’s early light the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 as ”an absolutely spectacular day.” “Not unlike today,” Gilmartin, who now resides at Cloverdale, added Saturday morning as guest speaker for the Washburn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) 20th anniversary remembrance of the attacks of Sept. 11...
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Show ‘n’ Shine
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
With one of about 50 vehicles that made it out Saturday, Tim Monday of Speedway wipes down his slammed 1967 Volvo Amazon during Smokin’ Rides ‘n’ Rods at the Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department...
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Season Finale
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
Getting up close and personal with the snakes in the Vanderhof house, visiting in-law Mrs. Kirby (Holly Pritchett) is taken aback as Martin Vanderhof (Ric McFadden) tries to calm her in a scene from the Putnam County Playhouse production of the comedy,”You Can’t Take It With You...
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Royals in Waiting
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
The king and queen and princes and princessess of the 2021 Cloverdale High School Homecoming will be crowned on Friday...
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Hoggin’ the Honors
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
As the first new champion of the event in three years, Hogg Wild BBQ has been crowned the 2021 champion of the Taste of Putnam County. The family event took place in downtown Greencastle on Friday, Sept. 3, with music and kids activities in addition to the food...
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Ride the Pony
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
With ponies being the main attraction during the monthly Second Saturday festivities on South Indiana Street, five-year-old Jolene Storkman of Bainbridge rides Lucy the unicorn as she is led along by Lucy Hildebrand of Life Vantage Farms Saturday evening.
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Jean Hunter Beilby
(Obituary ~ 09/13/21)
Jean Hunter Beilby, 79, of Greencastle, passed away on Sept. 12, 2021 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Jean was born in Fredericksburg, Va., on Sept. 12, 1942, the daughter of Douglass Gordon and Alice Rouzie Gouldman Jr., and was a graduate of James Monroe High School in Fredericksburg, Va...
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Margie Larkin
(Obituary ~ 09/13/21)
Margie Larkin, 76, of Cloverdale, passed away Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. She was born in Cincinnati on Jan. 16, 1945 to the late Ernst and Violet (Meazel) Price. Margie married Don Larkin on Sept. 18, 1966, and he survives. Margie was a clerk at Cloverdale Drugs for 20 years...
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North Putnam class of 1971 reunion postponed
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
The planned reunion for the North Putnam Class of 1971 has been postponed due to the recent COVID-19 resurgence. The 50-year reunion originally scheduled for Oct. 9 is on hold until 2022. The specific date will be decided later. While the decision was a difficult one for the reunion committee, the members concluded it was a necessary precaution for the well being of attendees and the North Putnam community...
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Putnam County Park Board seeking input on five-year plan
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
The Putnam County Park Board will hold three sessions in October for the community to provide ideas about needs and wants for Putnam County’s park spaces. A team from Purdue University will lead the sessions through its Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces program to create county-wide outdoor recreation goals. These goals will guide a five-year plan the Park Board, Friends of the Park of Putnam County, Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Putnam Parks and Pathways can pursue...
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Fillmore Chicken Barbecue to return Friday, Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
FILLMORE -- After being canceled last year due to COVID precautions, the annual Fillmore Chicken Barbecue will be held this weekend at the Fillmore Volunteer Fire Department. Serving will begin this Friday at 5 p.m. and then at noon on Saturday. Meanwhile, the traditional parade will get under way at 1 p.m. Saturday...
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Court News for Sept. 14, 2021
(Court News ~ 09/13/21)
The following cases were filed recently in Putnam County courts: James J. Campbell, 42, Greencastle, Level 6 felony failure to register as a sex or violent offender David S. Branagin, 49, Greencastle, Level 6 felony failure to register as a sex or violent offender...
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GHS class of 1971 plans reunion
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
The 1971 graduating class of Greencastle Senior High School has announced its 50th anniversary reunion weekend Saturday and Sunday, October 16 and 17. An outdoor soiree (rain or shine) occurs on Saturday afternoon and the actual reunion on Sunday evening...
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Putnam Scanner for Sept. 14, 2021
(Police Logs ~ 09/13/21)
Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 11:16 p.m. Sherri V. Alexander, 33, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail for trafficking with an inmate. • At 7:06 p.m. Justin S. Walsh, 35, Ladoga, was taken into custody for unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction and driving with a suspended license...
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Pink Out 5K moved to Robe-Ann
(Local News ~ 09/13/21)
With the original location to be Big Walnut Sports Park, Putnam County Hospital will host its Pink Out 5K on Saturday, Oct. 2 at Robe-Ann Park in Greencastle. “Big Walnut is hosting several events that day, and with our large number of registered runners and walkers, we have decided to move to Robe-Anne Park to allow for more room,” PCH Director of Marketing Brooke Trissel said...
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Stemming fall armyworm attacks
(Column ~ 09/13/21)
It’s gone. They ate everything. Nothing is left. Those are phrases used to describe the destruction caused by fall armyworms recently in Putnam County and throughout the state of Indiana. So, what have these fall armyworms ate? To be exact, we have heard reports of them damaging lawns, eating alfalfa fields and destroying a deer plot. Normally, this pest is not of big concern in Indiana; however, this year it has done significant damage...
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