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Carroll County's 7th annual Relay for Life, which raises funds for the American Cancer Society, will be June 27 and 28 on the Carroll High School track. It will start at 6 p.m. on Friday and conclude at noon on Saturday. Teams and individuals will be walking on the track during that time. More ... A Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School student conducted a food drive to help with a winning project in the WRTV 6/"Oprah's Big Give Indiana" contest. The winning project (one of two in Indiana) was Operation Heartland, submitted by Indianapolis residents and Air Force veterans, Scott and Katie Taylor. More ... For more than 30 years, the Indiana State Police has offered young people an up-close look at law enforcement and the criminal justice system through its youth camps. The camps help students gain respect for themselves and others through programs, which demonstrate the rewards of hard work and dedication. More ... Clichés seem to never go away. "It always happens to someone else, it will never happen to me," "Locks are for the honest people," or "I never would have guessed." We have heard them all. Law enforcement officers have heard them time and again. More ... Lockport Church members have provided a ministry to Carroll Manor for many years, but not on a regular schedule. And one a year ago, the Friends of Carroll Manor did not exist. However all of that changed when church members were told earlier this year by Manor staff that funding for the facility was in jeopardy. More ... Greg Norman, vice president of the Delphi Preservation Society (DPS), presented four recognition awards during the society's annual meeting May 29 at the Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center. Award categories were added this year. More ... Public works employees Fred and Steve Michael are "working beyond the call of duty," said Burlington Council president Stan Moore at the council's June 10 meeting. "They are working a lot of hours per week and spending their own money for the town," he said. "They have been catching up on years and years of work and they are working for pennies on the dollar. More ... The Town of Camden will officially receive a Community Focus Fund grant in the amount of $525,000 at an award ceremony to be held at the State Capital on June 30 at 1 p.m. Camden Town Council president Pete Wagoner made the announcement at last Thursday night's meeting. It was Camden's third attempt to win a grant to improve the town's wastewater treatment plant. More ... Like many, Delphi resident Gloria Sterrett is a working woman. She juggles job and life, trying to make ends keep meeting. Though exactly what she does and how is unique to her, in many ways her life closely resembles that of many women across America. More ... Boilermaker Special Visitors to the Heritage Transportation Festival in Delphi on Saturday could take a shuttle back and forth between downtown Delphi and Canal Park. They had their choice of traveling by trolley, the Boilermaker Special (pictured here), a hay wagon, or air conditioned van. Both locations had a full day of activities. Comet photo by Jennifer Archibald More ... Camden Early Childhood Center Principal Carol Coon said a good way for a school to attain the best educational tools for its students is to host a seminar and inv ite top-notch speakers to share their ideas and resources. Through such an event, she explained, the host school's teachers can receive the latest available information and resources for free. More ... Several students from Carroll County will be receiving help with the cost of going to college this fall through scholarships awarded by the Carroll County Community Foundation. The Foundation has awarded approximately $212,000 in scholarships for the 2008-2009 school year, including the two Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships. More ... A past title holder in The Guinness Book of World Records took part in Delphi's Heritage Transportation Festival last weekend. Steve Carter of Plainfield and fellow members of the Indiana Wheelmen, a vintage bicycle organization, were on hand at Canal Park in Delphi. They brought with them several oldfashioned bicycles, all built before 1900. More ... |
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