July 13, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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A new queen is crowned

Comet staff report
Eighteen-year-old Susanna Taylor of Flora is Miss Carroll County 2011. She was crowned Saturday night at the 54th annual pageant held in the show arena at the 4-H fairgrounds in Flora. More...

No muss, no fuss garden-fresh veggies

By Debbie Lowe
Staff writer

Not everyone who wants to eat fresh fruits and vegetables from a home garden has the opportunity to grow them due to space, time and sometimes skill limitations. More...

Local News

Former Delphi fire chief falls, suffers serious injuries

Comet staff report

The family of Bill Schock wants to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers after the former Delphi Tri- Township Fire Department Fire Chief suffered an accident last Saturday. More...

Flora to try for OCRA grant again

Comet staff report

The Flora Town Council is in the process of revising its application for the next round of grants to be awarded by the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). More...

Jumpers move to Delphi Airport

By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

A report by Delphi Municipal Airport Manager Brian Stirm indicates that Air Indiana Skydive Center, which was formerly based at Flora Municipal Airport, has been operating, by agreement, at the Delphi airport for the past three weeks. More...

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Sports

Call Outs

Carroll 7th&8th football The Carroll Football coaching staff will host a football clinic July 18-21 for all incoming 7th and 8th grade football players. The clinic will run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. each day at the high school practice field. More...

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Looking Back

Looking Back

From the files of Hoosier Democrat, Delphi Journal, Journal-Citizen and Carroll County Comet. Photo provided by Carroll County Historical Museum. 10 YEARS AGO More...

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Education

DCMS honor roll is released

Principal Kyle Trebley has announced the 4th quarter honor roll for Delphi Community Middle School. Students earning academic recognition are: All A’s More...

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Obituaries

Virginia Evernham

Virginia Skillen Evernham, 87, of Flora, formerly of rural Buffalo, died at 6:20 p.m. July 9, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Center in Delphi. Her marriage was in 1942 to Boyd Evernham, who preceded her in death in 2005. More...

Frances M. Bodell

Frances Marie “Fannie” Bodell, 71, formerly of Logansport and Flora, died at 7:40 a.m. July 9, 2011, in Milner Community Health Care Center, Rossville. More...

Elmer ‘Buck’ Weaver

Elmer R. “Buck” Weaver, 90, of Grand Ledge, Mich., passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, surrounded by family. He was born April 21, 1921, in Litchfield, Minn., son of Ross and Sylvia (Anderson) Weaver. More...

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DCSC to advertise for G.O. bond

Susan Scholl
Editor

Delphi Community School Board proceeded Monday night with plans for a general obligation (G.O.) bond project to make needed renovations and improvements around the campus. The principle amount of the bond is $780,000. More...

Zook re-elected Carroll School Board president

By Jennifer Archibald
Staff writer

Carroll School Board reorganized at its July 5 meeting, with the following officers elected: Sam Zook, president; Dave Lambert, vice president; and Michelle Simmons, secretary. More...

Community

Hershman to chair Commission on State Tax Financing Policy

State Senator Brandt Hershman (R-Buck Creek) has been named as chair of the Commission on State Tax and Financing Policy. More...

Rep. McClain ranked as ‘pro-jobs’ legislator

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce released its annual Legislative Vote Analysis, ranking Rep. Rich McClain (R-Logansport) as a pro-jobs legislator. Rep. More...

Greater Lafayette Commerce launches ‘Community of Choice’ activities

With an eye toward enhancing the area’s appeal to the next generation of young professionals, representatives of Benton, Carroll and Tippecanoe counties - the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - announced Monday that Greater Lafayet More...

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Opinions & Letters

Midwest Memo

by Alan Shultz

Wrinkle free I once observed a laundress ironing shirts at a local dry cleaners. The ironing was done in full view of the public just behind the store’s big ceiling to floor windows. A kind of dry cleaning/laundering as theater, I suppose. More...

Political Cartoon

Full Story

Rural America shortchanged

By Chuck Hassebrook

The decisions we make in this time of economic and budget crisis - about what is cut and what is cast off – define who we are as a nation and shape our future. Policy makers in Washington are about to make cuts in farm and rural spending. More...

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Public Records

Circuit Court

Judge Donald Currie

FIA Card Services filed a complaint against Mark Cooper. Credit Acceptance Corporation filed a complaint against Michelle Riley and Ryan Riley. Capital One Bank (USA) NA filed a complaint against Brett Hollenbeck. More...

Marriage Licenses

William L. Peek, 26, and Samantha J. Jenkins, 22, both of Delphi. Loren A. Skiles, 20, Rossville, and Rebecca E. Kinzie, Delphi. More...

Restaurant Inspections

Inspection information submitted by the Carroll County Health Department More...

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