Serving Carroll County, Indiana since 1974
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CUTLER NEIGHBOR WATCH will meet at 7 p.m. March 25 in the Cutler Presbyterian Church social room. Postal Inspector Robin Bankhead will be the speaker. Come and learn how to be a part of a safe community. This is a change of meeting place. More ... Republican party The Carroll County Republican Party met at the Flora- Monroe Public Library on March 9. The meeting itinerary included discussion of an upcoming party event and a caucus date to fill recent city and county office vacancies. More ... This week, Madisonbased Reciprocal Sciences, with funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is launching a new study to learn more about the problem of rural asthma in the Midwest. The study follows a recent report by the CDC that rates of asthma in rural areas have been underestimated. More ... American agriculture is responsible for providing the necessities of everyday life…food, fiber, clothing, and even fuel. That’s the message of National Ag Day, which is celebrated this year on March 20. More ... While every day should celebrate agriculture, National Ag Week is the perfect opportunity for the community to gather to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by the American farmer. Because American consumers have become further and further removed from the farm, it is vital to agriculture that we do as much as possible to promote the industry that we care so much about. More ... Co-Alliance LLP offers up to $20,000 a year in Solutions Scholarship Awards. The application is on its website at www.co-alliance.com. The one-time awards are designated for high school seniors who plan to go into the study of agriculture. More ... RANK RANK 2007 Census Population 19,921 73 2007 Cash Receipts $158,347,000 10 2007 Total Land Area (acres) 238,227 64 Crop Receipts More ... More than three million people farm or ranch in the United States. Individuals, family partnerships or family corporations operate almost 99 percent of U.S. farms. Over 22 million people are employed in farm or farm-related jobs, including production agriculture, farm inputs, processing and marketing and wholesale and retail sales. More ... As the amount of mechanization and horsepower in farm machinery has increased, the time needed to complete tasks has decreased. Combines, huge machines used to harvest grains such as corn, soybeans and wheat, have dramatically changed agriculture. In the 1930s, before the machines were available, a farmer could harvest an average of 100 bushels of corn by hand in a nine-hour day. More ... Camden American Legion will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Legion Home. Camden Community Club “All You Can Eat” Fish Fry will be Saturday with serving from 5 to 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted for the Carroll County Food Pantries. More ... The Church of Christ Food Pantry is open on Mondays from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. Several items are needed: dry navy beans, corn muffin mixes, flour, and canned fruit. Fifty percent of the proceeds from the April 3 Kiwanis Club Tenderloin Supper will benefit the Carroll County Food Pantry. More ... Deer Creek Presbyterian Church Lenten Service will be held Thursday evening at 6:30. Everyone is invited. Faith Lutheran Church will have a Lenten Service on Wednesday evening at 6. A light supper will be served followed by the worship at 6:45. Everyone is invited for the supper and worship. More ... Friday evening the Indiana State Police Lafayette Post will conduct an enforcement check point targeting impaired drivers in Carroll County. More ... Programming for March 18 – 22 is listed below: Thurs., March 18 – 7 p.m., Master Gardeners. Sun., March 21 – 10 a.m., Flora First Baptist Church (Live). Mon., March 22 – 7 p.m., Flora First Baptist Church (taped). More ... Delphi Public Faith Based Book Club will meet March 18 at 9 a.m. to discuss “Edge of Eternity” by Randy Alcorn. This selection is a vivid and well-written picture of Heaven, Hell and choices we make day-today on this earth. Copies are available at the main desk. More ... Q. This past season I planted about 10 green bell pepper plants along with banana, cayenne and jalapeño peppers. More ... Master Trooper Bill Brooks, assigned to the Lafayette State Police Post, recently was presented a 1,000,000-mile safe driving award. Brooks has been assigned as a road trooper at the district since 2004. More ... Members of the Delphi American Legion Post learned of the “Get to know us before you need us” program of the American Red Cross at their last meeting. Newly appointed Service to the Armed Forces Program Manager Dieter Hantschel presented information of his office’s efforts to extend the Red Cross’ outreach to families of deployed service members. More ... Camden pork producer Sam Moffitt served as a delegate at the Pork Act Delegate Assembly held March 4-6 in Kansas City, Mo. More ... Homestead Consulting Services helped over 440 clients in 2009 with foreclosure issues. As a HUD approved counseling agency, services are free to the client. One of the ways Homestead funds this program is by fundraising. The State of Indiana helps with this by providing state tax credits to funders through their Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP). More ... Community RSS feed |
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