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Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Who will be the county state’s attorney? Christina Judd Mennie
Bradley Popurella
Position for which you are running: Putnam County State’s Attorney Town of residence: Hennepin Where you work now: Present Putnam County State’s Attorney. Age: 38 Education: Graduated from the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana with a Bachelor of Science in Business. Graduated from Northern Illinois University College of Law with the degree of Juris Doctor. Experience: I worked for Boyle and Bolin while attending law school and after until 2010. I served as assistant public defender so I was able to see the other side of the coin. I think it is important and helpful to have worked both sides of the isle. While working at Boyle and Bolin, I was involved first hand with two murder trials, one in Putnam County and one in Marshall County.
Position for which you are running: Putnam County State’s Attorney. Town of residence: McNabb. Where you work now: Popurella Law Office, owner and operator, and Bureau County Public Defender’s Office, assistant public defender. Age: 40. Education: LaSalle Peru High School, Class of 1994. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: BA - History, 1998. Northern Illinois University College of Law: Juris Doctorate, 2001. Experience: Licensed to practice in Illinois, Nov. 8, 2001. Licensed to practice in Wisconsin, April 2002. Licensed in federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin. Law clerk, LaSalle County, 1999-2000.
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‘Henna’-pin
Library program leaves its mark on patrons
A ton of help
FFA class collects 2,000 pounds of food for Putnam County Food Pantry
By Dave Cook
By Dave Cook
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HENNEPIN — A several thousand year old art form recently came to the Hennepin Library for the first time, and it left its mark on more than a dozen Putnam County residents. Used by a variety of cultures, but most recognizable as part of Indian celebrations, Henna is the art form of applying elaborate and often floral designs to the skin using a paste derived from the Henna plant. Kristi Gehrt, artistic director and professional body artist for Wild Style Design Co., visited the library on Oct. 26. She’s been doing commercial make-up and body painting for 12 years and applying Henna designs for six. She said she’s done several Indian weddings, where she’s spent up to three days applying designs to entire wedding parties.
GRANVILLE — As volunteers of the Putnam County Food Pantry stepped through the front doors on the morning of Oct. 26, they received a nice surprise — 2,000 pounds of food was waiting for them. For the fourth consecutive year, the Putnam County High School (PCHS) FFA class has canvased Mark, Magnolia, McNabb, Standard and Granville as part of their annual trick-or-treat canned food drive. PCHS Ag Science teacher John Heiser said the amount of food donated has increased each year, especially throughout the last two years.
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RIGHT: Professional body artist Kristi Gehrt creates a lotus flower design with Henna paste for a library patron during Hennepin Library’s program on Oct. 26. ABOVE: Once dried the designs chosen by Diana Brandstatter (left) and Doris Miller will be visible for the next one to three weeks. Henna, an important art form for thousands of years in many parts of the world, has more recently become popular with people of all ages in this country. Vol. 149 No. 10 One Section - 20 Pages
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FFA member Jack Buffington helps sort the thousands of pounds of food recently donated to the Putnam County Food Pantry.
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