GARY AND PAM ENNIS and JODI STRASSER, all of Delphi, have purchased Connie's restaurant in Flora from Fred Collins.

The owners are calling it Gracie's Restaurant & Bakery, and plan to open it sometime in April.

Pam Ennis and Strasser both will be working in the restaurant. Strasser will be cook.

The restaurant will be open for breakfast and lunch, and can be scheduled for groups at other times. Lunches will feature sandwiches and meal specials.

Both Strasser and Pam Ennis have had restaurant experience. Ennis currently sells real estate, and she said she will continue to do that, along with the restaurant.

The owners have been doing basic remodeling, including painting and putting in a bakery case. They say the restaurant will offer "a lot of good home cooking."

School board members and administrators from around the state, including representatives from the Delphi Community School Corporation attended the Indiana School Boards Association (ISBA) regional meeting held Monday in Lafayette. The ISBA is conducting meetings in each of its 10 regions across the state to discuss the effect the 2006 Indiana General Assembly will have on the operation of Indiana's public schools.

Delphi Community School Corporation board members attending were JIM GARRISON, JERRY SPARKS and MIKE SHOEMAKER.

ISBA is a non-profit organization with 290 members, including every public school board in the state.