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CHS, DCHS to hold baccalaureate on Sunday
     Baccalaureate and Commencement services for both Carroll County school corporations will be held May 21 and May 27, respectively.
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Beale retires from Delphi Community High School
     1 David Beale will retire from Delphi Community High School this month, after 38 years of teaching.
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1,000,000 pop tabs for Ronald's house
     Camden Elementary School students collected over one million pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. The tabs weighed about 1,000 pounds and are worth somewhere around $400. The 52-room house hosted 1,600 families last year, six of them from Carroll County. It is located on the IUPUI campus, one block from Riley Hospital for Children. It takes about $1.2 million per year to operate the house, and $66,000 normally comes from pop tab contributions. Pictured left to right are: custodian Marion Blocher, who weighed and handled the tabs; teacher Pam Minier, who started the project six years ago; Ronald McDonald; and Debby Williams, principal. Photo provided
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     During a May 5 luncheon, the Indiana University Kokomo School of Business announced the winners of eight scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year. Among the four scholarships who were designated for undergraduate business students was EFFIE JONES of Flora. An accounting major, she received the F
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Senator asks students to submit essays about fathers
     U.S. Senator Evan Bayh invites children across Indiana to take part in an effort to pay tribute to Outstanding Hoosier Dads by writing essays about what makes their father an outstanding dad. Bayh, a long-time leader in promoting responsible fatherhood, hopes to use the essays to recognize Hoosier m
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