March 15, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

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Officiating is his game

By Jennifer Archibald Staff writer
Gordon McCain has been a sports official for more than 47 years. More...

Sewer district defends easements

By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

Twin Lakes Regional Sewer District (TLRSD) Attorney Donald Tribbett announced at the March 9 sewer district meeting that no matter what property owners do with easements requested by the sewer district, the project will continue. More...

Local News

Germond to play in concert

Comet staff report Ti p p e c a n o e C h a m b e r Music Society Young Artists Concert will be March 19, and a local girl, H a n n a h Germond, will More...

Delphi enforces parking limits

By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

According to Delphi City Police Chief Ed Chapman%27s report submitted at the last city council meeting, 20 parking tickets were issued in February. No tickets were issued in the month before and only five were issued in February 2005. More...

CC Road Report

By Ron Francis Highway superintendent

The highway department appreciates the many citizens who offer constructive comments and provide information on road problems and areas in need of improvement throughout the county. Currently, the department is concentrating work in three areas. More...

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Sports

End season undefeated

Carroll's 7th grade girls basketball team went undefeated this year, winning all 17 of their games. Team members are pictured, from left: Front Victoria Henderson, Cayla Macaluso, Jessica Yoder, Quinci Eller. More...

Scoreboard

Swimming Delphi M.S. 144, Pioneer 41 DELPHI RESULTS 200 Medley Relay: 1st Abbey Mose, Casey Keen, Monica Hutsell, Alex Price. 2nd Payton Windell, Jordan Hudelson, Grace Currie, Vaneissa Rohrman. More...

Winter Sports Summaries

Delphi Middle School swimmers break records The Delphi Community Middle School swim team won two of three recent meets. More...

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Education

Area homeschoolers to present children's musical

Area homeschoolers will present "Penny and the Magic Medallion on Friday, March 31, at the Wabash and Erie Canal Park Interpretive Center in Delphi, at 6:30 p.m. More...

Footloose' on stage at Carroll

Carroll High School Drama Department will present the musical, "Footloose," this weekend in the John A. Bush Memorial Auditorium. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at at 2 p.m. on Sunday. More...

Science teachers sound off

By JenniferArchibald Staff writer

Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School science teachers told about pressing needs of their department at the Carroll School Board meeting March 7. More...

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Public Records

Circuit Court

Judge Donald Currie

A complaint on note and to foreclose mortgage was filed in Honee Q. Servicing DBA The Money Store vs. Jeffrey W. Huddleston. More...

Superior Court

Judge Jeffrey Smith

New Filings The following are the misdemeanor charges filed by the Carroll County Prosecutor, on behalf of the State of Indiana. More...

Marriage Licenses

Allen S. Hettinger, 21, and Stephanie L. Brown, 19, both of Flora. More...

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Yeoman to move forward with community center project

By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

The Town of Yeoman has wanted a community center for more than two years and town leaders applied for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to fund the project. More...

Council commits to new highway truck financing plan

By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

Carroll County Council endorsed a plan by county highway supervisor Ramzi Awwad to purchase six new trucks by March 14, three of which will be financed for three years. The endorsement came at a special council meeting March 9. More...

Ag Hall of Fame inductees are honored Monday night

Comet staff report The 2006 class of inductees into the Carroll County Ag Hall of Fame is Brad Burton, Dave Lambert and Larry Trapp, the youngest class ever. More...

Community

HOOSIER HOME COOKIN'

with Allison Meadows

Here%27s a quick and easy, light and fit pasta dish that will earn rave reviews from your family. It%27s a personal favorite that I adapted from a higher calorie counterpart. Honestly, it doesn%27t taste low-cal at all. More...

Bridge A Rama

High scores for Round 7 were: Cleone and Ed Gruber, 4,100; Rita Wingard and Donanabelle Sieber, 3,500; and Joanne Vianco and Helen Schilling, 3,360. More...

Engagements

Mosak-Simpson Mark and Kathy Mosak of Valparaiso announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Leigh, to Tyler Jay Simpson. He is the son of Mark and Stacy Simpson of Flora. More...

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Opinions & Letters

Midwest Memo

by Alan Shultz Cardboard confusion

At the office supply stores I shop I regularly purchase cardboard storage boxes that I assemble at home. The boxes are inexpensive yet very sturdy when put together. More...

Letters to the Editor

The Comet welcomes letters to the editor responding to articles and events in the news. They must include the author%27s name, address and telephone number. The letter writer%27s name and city/town will appear in the paper no exceptions. More...

Let the sunshine in

The second Sunshine Week open government initiative is being observed this week (March 12-18). More...

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Faith

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY

The danger of inheritance
By Dr. James Dobson

UESTION: My wife and I are approaching our retirement More...

Pray for people who were in hurricanes

...he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,...Luke 2:28 More...

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Obituaries

Vance L. Fincher

Vance Leroy Fincher, 77, formerly of Camden and Flora, died at 7:30 p.m. March 13, 2006, at Milner More...

Ruth M. Schultz

Ruth M. Schultz, 80, of 1961N 1100W, Medaryville, died at 6 a.m. on March 9, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette. More...

Catherine Peterson

Catherine Peterson, 75, died at 6 a.m. Feb. 27, 2006, at Milner Community Health Care Center. She had resided there since Dec. 15, 2005. More...

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