Retiring superintendent is going back to school




“I love school. It’s one of the reasons I got into this profession,” said retiring Carroll superintendent John Sayers. He is retiring at the end of December, and plans to start classes next summer. He has a bachelor’s, master’s, and an educational specialist degree, but he would like to get his doctorate in education. He said the degree will come […]

Delphi to purchase more land for airport




The City of Delphi will soon own more acreage near the Delphi Municipal Airport for airport expansion, according to Delphi Airport Board minutes obtained by the Comet. The minutes were received after issuing two Freedom of Information Act letters for them. The requests also included other notes and memoranda concerning the purchase of the land. A copy of the purchase […]

Music at the canal



DCSC chooses John Smith to represent Deer Creek Township




Delphi Community School Board appointed Deer Creek resident John Smith to fill a vacancy on the board created when Representative Rob Aldrich moved out of the district. Aldrich’s resignation was accepted Nov. 14 and board members had 30 days from that date to name his replacement. The board decided to hold a special Dec. 6 meeting to interview applicants. Because […]

DCSC to open alternative school

Legal input may help students succeed


The Delphi Community School Board approved the concept of hosting an alternative school next year. Middle and high school principal Kyle Trebley presented the proposal at Monday night’s meeting. He said the measure would offer students who are or ready to be expelled from school another alternative to being out of the school system and losing academic time. Trebley explained […]

Hike to Monon High Bridge set for day after Christmas



Each year on the day after Christmas, the Wabash & Erie Canal Association in Delphi offers an afternoon hike on one of its trails. This year the focus will be on the Monon High Bridge area. This is a “rail trail” that goes out to the second highest railroad trestle in Indiana and cannot be accessed by automobile. The 1880s […]

94th birthday



Mary Ellen Johnson of Deer Creek will celebrate her 94th birthday on Sunday at a family dinner at the rural Deer Creek home of her son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Kathi Johnson. She was born Dec. 18, 1917, the daughter of Ralph and Maud Jones of Camden. She married Lawrence Johnson, a Washington Township farmer, who died in 2005. After […]

Delphi VFW to host Santa



The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #9383, 304 N. Market St., Delphi, will host Santa Claus Saturday at 2 p.m. for a children’s gift give away. All children in Carroll County are welcome to attend and visit with Santa and receive a gift. Gifts have been donated by the VFW members and Carroll County residents, along with the help […]

HOOSIER HOME COOKIN’



You can’t vision sugarplums without thinking candy! The sweets make the holidays! One of my fondest memories of living in Flora were a couple of cooking sessions with Beatrice Nipple. I absolutely loved her homemade noodles, but nothing was better than her peanut brittle. I’ve shared her recipe before, but maybe she would think Maple Cashew Brittle is a winner […]

Announcements



ALANON for Carroll and White counties meets the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Faith Covenant Church, 570 S. Maple St., Monticello. The next meeting is Dec. 19. OAKLAWN ACRES CHRISTMAS LIGHTS are on now through Dec. 31. Viewing hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 6 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The […]