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They Smell Children
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
In cahoots with Cloverdale Main Street, the “Sanderson Sisters” and company pose with a werewolf as they greet revelers along Market Street Saturday. Cloverdale hosted its trick-or-treat festivities early, with other communities joining the fun on Monday evening.
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Dixie Chopper: ‘Stronger, better than ever’ and still here
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
Reports of Dixie Chopper’s demise have, apparently, been greatly exaggerated. That was the message, if not the exact quote, delivered to the Greencastle Rotary Club during its meeting at the Inn at DePauw on Wednesday. Presenting to the group of local leaders were new RhinoAg President Lisa Tubbs, who leads the team at both RhinoAg and Dixie Chopper for Alamo Group Inc., as well as Dixie Chopper Business Unit Manager Wes Evans and Dixie Chopper Marketing Manager Eli Kean, both members of the founding family of one of Putnam County’s great success stories of the last 40 or so years.. ...
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North Putnam School Board Candidates
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
This is the third of three sets of biographies on the candidates for school boards in the Nov. 8 election. While the current issue features candidates for North Putnam School Board, the candidates for Cloverdale School Board were featured on Oct. 21, and South Putnam was featured on Oct. 28...
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Maria Ressa to deliver Ubben lecture Wednesday
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
International journalist Maria Ressa, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner, will deliver the Timothy and Sharon Ubben lecture at DePauw University on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Ressa, whom Vogue magazine described has spent decades challenging corruption and malfeasance in her native Philippines...
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Veterans Day programs set at Cloverdale HS
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
CLOVERDALE — A Veterans Day breakfast and a Veterans Day program are scheduled Friday, Nov. 11 at Cloverdale High School. The Veterans Day breakfast is set for 7:15- 8 a.m. at CHS. Everyone is asked to enter through the front doors of the high school...
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Veterans Day to alter Banner Graphic print schedule
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
Due to the Veterans Day holiday (Nov. 11) falling on a Friday, the Banner Graphic will be published on an alternate schedule next week. The second publication of next week will be published and delivered Thursday, Nov. 10, rather than the normal Friday publication date...
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Dorothy Jane Beams
(Obituary ~ 10/31/22)
Dorothy Jane Beams, 95, of Greencastle, passed away Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 at Hickory Creek at Sunset. Dorothy was born in Greencastle on Jan. 23, 1927, the daughter of Virgil and Zelah (Tarr) Varvel. She was a 1945 graduate of Greencastle High School. She attended Indiana Business School in Indianapolis...
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Richard ‘Rick’ Parker
(Obituary ~ 10/31/22)
Richard (Rick) Parker, 76, of Greencastle, passed away Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Rick was born in Greencastle Dec. 24, 1945, to the late George and Freda (Hurst) Parker of Belle Union. He graduated from Filmore High School in 1964 and received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from Purdue University...
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Ardith Columbine Sutherlin Nevins
(Obituary ~ 10/31/22)
Ardith Columbine Sutherlin Nevins, 92, of Greencastle, passed away Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, at Valyrian Place in Greencastle. She was a retired operator for Indiana Bell Telephone and an office assistant for Shetrone’s Real Estate. She was born July 30, 1930, in Parke County to the late Arthur Randolph Sutherlin and Jeannette Ellen Moore Sutherlin...
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Thrive West Central announces housing analysis results
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
Thrive West Central has announced the preparation of its West Central Indiana Housing Analysis, which investigates growth in the housing markets throughout Clay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties. The analysis was developed with input and guidance from the organization’s board of directors and other stakeholders in the region’s private, public and nonprofit sectors...
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Backyard Gold Mine to present inaugural performance Friday
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
Backyard Gold Mine, the newly-formed DePauw University faculty chamber music ensemble that celebrates the wealth of local art-making rooted in Greencastle, will present its inaugural performance, “Dawn,” Friday Nov. 4. Tickets are free for the 7:30 p.m. concert in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for the Performing Arts and can be reserved online at dpugreencenter.eventbrite.com...
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Parke REMC breaks ground
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
ROCKVILLE – Construction has officially started for the new facility of Parke County REMC and Parke Professional Services LLC with a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the occasion. The new facility will be located at 5001 E. U.S. Highway 36, Rockville, approximately four miles east of Rockville. All employees, materials and equipment of Parke County REMC and Parke Professional Services will be housed at this new location upon completion...
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Bergen - 70th Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 10/31/22)
John and Barbara Bergen will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The couple are parents to Michael, Theresa (Wade) and Polly (Shuee) and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Cards of cheer my be sent to 208 S. Market St., Greencastle...
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Bugging Clues
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
Adding another skill set, Deputy Coroner Jack Smith (right) is presented an award of completion from forensic entomologist Neil Haskell after completing a workshop on studying insects in investigations recently. Smith said the workshop was Haskell’s last after 35 years in the field.
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Rethinking lactose intolerance
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
Everyone can digest some lactose. For those who are lactose intolerant, the most important factor to consider when drinking milk is dose: How much milk at a time and how you drink it. Drink eight ounces (one cup) or less of milk with a meal • Research suggests that you will tolerate milk fairly well if it is eight ounces (one cup) or less. ...
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Russellville country store, smorgasbord set Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
RUSSELLVILLE -- The annual Russellville Community Church country store and smorgasbord will be held Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Russellville Community Church. The country store opens at 4 p.m. with a variety of homemade baked goods and crafts for sale. The smorgasbord starts at 5 p.m. with a large variety of food, including ham loaf, turkey, chicken and noodles and dressing and lots of salads and desserts. Cost of the meal will be a free-will offering...
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Mind Your Health 5K Saturday at Big Walnut Sports Park
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
The annual Mind Your Health 5K Run/Walk is set for Saturday, Nov. 5 at Big Walnut Sports Park, Greencastle. On-site registration will be at 10:30 a.m. with the event getting under way at 11 a.m. Registration is $20 prior to the event and $25 for on-site registration. Persons may register online at getmeregistered/MindYourHealth5K...
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Russellville Halloween Social Costume Winners
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
RUSSELLVILLE — The Russellville Halloween Social was held on Saturday at the Russellville Community Center. The $50 masquerade grand-prize winner went to the group of McKinley, Lexi, Nicki and Brandon Oliver, Carli and Sidney Hodgen and Billy Butcherson. Meanwhile, the reserve grand prize went to Brent Kockert...
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Purdue Club to hear from Karpick at Nov. 16 dinner
(Local News ~ 10/31/22)
Alan Karpick, president and publisher of GoldandBlack.com, the online Gold and Black Illustrated, will be the featured speaker at a dinner sponsored by the Purdue Alumni Club of Putnam County on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The 6 p.m. dinner will be held at the Inn at DePauw...
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