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Five Carroll County businesses and organizations were honored Thursday as 2009 Community Enhancement Award winners. The awards were presented at a luncheon hosted by the Carroll County Economic Development Corp. (CCEDC) and Carroll County Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) at the Wabadh & Erie Canal Conference Center in Delphi last Thursday. More...

Emergency Medical Services Director Mike Durr realized his dream when the Carroll County Council adopted the proposed 2010 budget. Durr’s request to fund staff needed for a third ambulance to better serve county residents was approved with the county’s spending plan for next year. More...

The Carroll School Corporation had its first confirmed case of H1N1 last week. Superintendent John Sayers made the announcement at the Oct. 20 school board meeting. He said the news came earlier that day. Sayers said Carroll’s absenteeism had been running five to six percent, but he doesn’t expect that to last. More...

Four bands will perform Nov. 7 at a benefit concert for the Idaville First Church of God Youth Outreach Center. The concert will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Bee Hive Community Center, located at the corner of Sixth and Logan streets in Burnettsville. More...
Desiree Nipple of Rockfield is the grand prize winner in First Financial Bank’s fourmonth Visa Check Card “Success” sweepstakes promotion. Nipple was presented the keys to her brand new Ford Escape Hybrid during a surprise celebration held last Wednesday at the Delphi banking center. More...
Menu memory
Editor’s note: Reprinted from Jan. 30, 2008 Apples, crisp green apples cut in little wedges and set out on a blue china plate. Popcorn, white and hot from the stove, fluffy and overflowing the large yellow Pyrex bowl. And eggs, hard boiled eggs, peeled and slippery and rolling about on a white platter. Apples and popcorn and eggs, oh my. More...
Delphi Lady Oracles won their first-ever Volleyball Sectional championship last weekend at Fountain Central. They began their road to victory on Thursday when they beat the host team, Fountain Central, in three sets, 25-10, 25-17, 25-10. More...
Speaking the Truth in Love
Would not it be a wonderful thing if we had the type of safeguards on our tongues that we have on our email? Spell check would not really help much unless we were in a spelling bee but some kind of a phrase or word usage check would be nice. Having a chili pepper or two pop up before our eyes before the words come out might be very useful. More...
Opal Disinger Timberman McKinley will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house hosted by her daughter, Shirley Nichols, and family. The event will be Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Delphi Senior Housing Recreation Room, 637 N. Market St. in Delphi. Mrs. McKinley was born Nov. 17, 1919. More...
10 YEARS AGO Robert and Ellen Herr of Washington Township have been presented the Hoosier Homestead Award. This is given to qualifying Hoosier families who have owned the same farm for 100 years or more. More...
LYDIA HEDDE has recently been chosen to serve as the vice president of community service of the Kent State University (Ohio) Chapter of Sigma Alpha Lambda. More...
Jerry Lynn Cottrell, 54, of Monticello, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at his residence. Born Oct. 18, 1955, in Frankfort, he was the son of Chester and Mary (Bonham) Cottrell. He graduated from Frankfort High School with the Class of 1973. He married LaBrenda McGlothlin and they later divorced. More...
The Comet publishes government meetings weekly to provide understanding of which government meetings are happening, when and where. Wednesday, Oct. 28  Delphi Park Board: 4 p.m., Stone Barn  Delphi Tri-Township Fire Territory: 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29  Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan: 6 p.m., Flora Community Center More...