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Appreciates Flora's efforts

This is a note of praise to the Flora Town Council. On Oct. 2, the Flora Senior Center had a fire and I received a phone call that we would be unable to use that building for a meal site for the seniors for a while. I traveled to Flora that evening and was able to retrieve our paperwork and make plans for everyone to receive a meal delivered to their home the next day. Council members were on hand at the fire scene and very encouraging to me. By the next morning the town council had arranged for us to be able to use the Fireside Building for a meeting place for the seniors to eat. A call to the Carroll County Board of Health, which also worked with us to make everything work, and we were set to serve meals again.

Carroll County should be very proud that they have good town councils and county agencies that can work together for the good of their community. It was such a wonderful feeling to have everyone pulling together for very little interruption in service.

We are once again meeting at the Flora Senior Center and although there is still a little more work to be done on an office area for us, we are settling in. The board of directors for Mid-Land Meals has passed a resolution of thanks to the Flora Town Council for their help in making what could have been a devastating event into a solution resulting from teamwork.

A big thanks to the Flora Town Council.

Elaine Brovont, executive director on behalf of

Mid-Land Meals

Board of Directors

Define development

So we want to extend state road 75 out to state highway 25. And we want to do this for the sake of development. I guess the question here is, "What is the definition of development?"

Before we answer this question, let's look at some other concerns. First, as its been stated before, why would we want to extend a road a few miles through prime farm land to make it easier to get somewhere that's already easy to get to. Secondly, why would we want to build more roads when we are completely incapable of taking care of our roads that already exist.

Have any of you met those people who max out a credit card and then, instead of buckling down and committing themselves to paying it off, just go out and get another credit card and start charging on that one!

Tell me, commissioners, does this remind you of anyone you know? Need a mirror to figure it out?

Mr Awwad, (county highway department supervisor), does Carroll County have at this time the resources needed to maintain and keep in good condition the existing roads of Carroll County? And if so, why do so many of our roads look like someone called in an air strike on them? We can't even pave our roads properly. I think most of this is due to lack of a purchase plan, poor management, and improper equipment care.

Mr. Mears, I"ll leave it up to you to explain your definition of development and for the sake of your re-election it had better be towards the better development of farming. If you folks in office are so easily swayed by the sight of state or federal funds that you would readily and willingly give up the quality of living in this county, then do us all a favor and resign today. If you really do want to live in an area with "development," then move to Marion County.

Carroll County will grow and will develop, this is certain. But hear this commissioners, it will do so at the will and the rate of its citizens - all of them, not just an exclusive few. We are a farm community and we know the developers in Tippecanoe County are starting to drool over our land. No deals will be made in back rooms or behind closed doors. All aspects of government shall be kept in the light where all can easily see what is occurring.

In closing, citizens of Carroll County, I have stated our expectations. It is now the responsibility of you to uphold it.

Kevin McCarthy Carroll County resident