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Local News March 21, 2007
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Council approves early financial audit
By Debbie Lowe Staff writer
      Carroll County Council established an internal finance committee in February to investigate a suspected decline in the county cash reserve over the past four years. After seeking professional assistance from the Indiana State Board of Accounts (SBA), committee members Ann Brown, Steve Ashby and Ro...
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Delphi high school blood drive sets records
Comet staff report
      Records were set in volunteer participation and collection totals at the 12th annual Delphi Community High School blood drive held earlier this month.
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Library News
      Flora-Monroe Township Portraits, a spring art class taught by Brenda Daly Reid, will be offered Monday evenings, April 2-30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Attention will be paid to creating a complete portrait that is an exciting visual experience. Emphasis goes beyond the likeness and three-dimensional as...
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What's Happening Elsewhere
      CENTRAL INDIANA PURRR-FECT CAT FANCIERS, INC. will have a show April 14-15 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, 5220 E. CR 200 S. (Haggerty Lane), Lafayette.
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Ivy Tech will host Indiana Court of Appeals hearing
Comet staff report
      In an effort to bring the workings of the judicial system closer to the people it serves, the Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the case of American Arbitration Assoc. et al v. North Miami Community Schools at 10 a.m.
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Correction
      Information was incorrectly supplied to the Comet regarding the children of Kenneth Pyle, who was an inductee into Carroll County's Agriculture Hall of Fame. His son, Michael, is a general surgeon. An article appeared in last week's issue.
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Delphi is named Tree City USA
Comet staff report
      As a result of resurrecting its Forestry Commission last year, the City of Delphi has recently earned the National Arbor Day Foundation's designation of Tree City USA. A year of organizing and working to meet designated standards preceded the designation given in cooperation with the National Asso...
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County to receive snow storm costs reimbursement
Comet staff report
      Carroll County is one of several counties that will receive federal disaster funds to supplement costs for responding to the record snowstorm that hit the state last month. Governor Mitch Daniels had requested federal reimbursement for state and local governments for expenses incurred in response ...
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Curts marks 10 years as weather observer
      The National Weather Service recently honored Dick Curts of Flora for 10 years of service in the Cooperative Weather Observer Program. Curts routinely records and reports daily amounts of precipitation, including snowfall and snow depth from official NWS equipment located at his home in Flora.
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After-school art
March is Youth Art Month
After-Story and photos by Jennifer Archibald Staff writer
      A class of Art Enrichment students at Carroll Elementary tackled individual projects as big as they are. They made life-size soft sculptures that look a lot like themselves. Instructor Grace Woodruff said the sculptures are a blend of puppet, scarecrow, and doll.
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