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DCSC Kindergarten Round-Up is next week
     Delphi Community School Corporation has scheduled Kindergarten Round-Up in April. Hillcrest will hold the event on April 5 and Camden Elementary on April 6.
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NHS inductees
     New members were initiated into the Carroll chapter of National Honor Society last week. They are (r-l): Front: Kyle Forgey, Amanda Fields, Kristen Myer, Courtney Rinehart, Courtney Hall, Kolette Gillam, Jennifer Hardyniec, Adam Bonner, Dillon Carter; Middle: Cory Mahan, Lydia Hedde, Nicole Spesard; Back: Lindsey Stiller, Chelsea DeVos, Emily Kistler, Kyle Wallace. Susan Abbott is the NHS sponsor. Wyndham Traxler-Carter photo
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Middle school Battle of the Books Carroll wins by one point
     Comet staff report Cheers, grimaces, and groans echoed throughout the Delphi Middle School media center on March 20 as the Bacon Bits Battle of the Books paired the best of the best from Carroll and Delphi. The middle school competition matched reading comprehension over the same ten books for each
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DCHS honor roll is announced
     Delphi Community High School honor roll for the third nine weeks has been released by principal Keith Brakel. Students earning academic recognition include:
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Carroll team
     The Carroll team, which called itself the "Geek Squad," won the recent Bacon Bits Battle of the Books. Members of the team, pictured l-r, are Blake Mills, Samantha Pickens, Elise Walker, Holly Peters, Alexa Stout, Rachel Parker, Shelby Spray, Emma Packard, Aaron Spesard, Jon Bush. All are seventh graders except Elise Walker, who is an eighth grader. Photo provided
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Fourth graders recite at Riley Poetry Night
     Comet staff report All Carroll Elementary fourth graders took part in Poetry Night on March 16 at the school.
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Delphi team
     The Delphi Community Middle School team pictured above won its school's Battle of the Books to qualify for the final competition against Carroll. Team members shown, l-r, are: Front row Allee Flora, Erika Matricia, Jordan Hudelson. Second row Grace Currie, Chelsea Marcotte, Taylor Flora, Kara Laxson. Third row Kaley Saul, Chelsey Flores, Grace Mears. Photo provided
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Horsing around in the Dog Pound
     Hillcrest Elementary School held their carnival on March 10. Principal Bill Shidler said several hundred people enjoyed games, raffles, door prizes, good food and friendship and supported the school. Some of the kids who were horsing around in the Dog Pound, pictured in the front row left to right,
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Musical to be presented
     Master%27s Voice Players Drama Club will present the musical, "Penny and the Magic Medallion," on Friday night at the Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center, Delphi. Two performances are scheduled - 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. A limited number of free tickets are available at Delphi Public Library and the
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Visiting Farmer Kremer
     Hillcrest kindergartners learned their lessons at a field trip to Kevin Kremer's farm on Carrollton Road. Donna Newell and Ruth Van Matre's classes visited the farrowing barn. They learned about the special care given to the piglets and about the stages of growth. Students took a hayride to the pastures, where they met the cows and new calves. Kindergartners take the trip annually to supplement lessons about Spring, nutrition and farm animals. Photo provided
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