Delphi Chamber cancels July 4th fireworks display

No decisions for Flora or Burlington


Carroll County Emergency Management Agency Director Dave Mc- Dowell, Flora Fire Chief Mike Titus, Delphi Tri-Township Fire Protection Territory Chief Darrell Sterrett and Delphi Chamber of Commerce President Dale Seward met at the end of last week to discuss the public safety issue concerning the launching of fireworks next week, given the extremely dry conditions. According to IC 22-11- 14-10.5, […]

Check your mailbox Monday for ConneXion



Monday, Carroll County residents will find a new publication in their mailboxes – Carroll County ConneXion. The ConneXion is a free total market coverage product, created by the Carroll County Comet, for advertisers who want to reach a higher density of Carroll County homes. The ConneXion will be delivered to 9,700 residences, saturating the entire county, with some spillage into […]

Proposed CCHS Transportation Museum



‘Smoke-Free Air’ law takes effect July 1

New law explained

According to the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission’s (ATC) Web site, the State’s new Smoke-Free Air Law, which prohibits smoking in most public places and places of employment, takes effect July 1. House Enrolled Act 1149, will also prohibit smoking within eight feet of a public entrance to a public place or a place of employment. Smoking is defined as […]

Local emergency responders discuss, ‘What if?’



Editor’s note: The following was written by Carroll County Emergency Management Agency Director Dave McDowell. It is intended to help residents understand how their community leaders strive to become aware of various possible emergencies and how they might react to them in order to ensure the safety of those they are tasked to protect. Emergency responder professionals and private industry […]

Nursing home alternatives would be spelled out when hospitals discharge patients



After her husband spent 14 months in a nursing home, Naomi Clark had enough. Paralyzed on his left side from a stroke, Douglas Clark was not getting the care she felt he needed. “I was there most of the time providing 75 percent of the work,” Naomi, 76, said, patting her husband’s right foot as he dozed in their Muncie […]

New report estimates nearly 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S. by 2022

Growing, aging population & increased survival driving trend

The number of Americans with a history of cancer, currently estimated to be 13.7 million, will grow to almost 18 million by 2022, according to a first-ever report by the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The report, Cancer Treatment & Survivorship Facts & Figures, 2012-2013 and accompanying journal article published in CA: A Cancer […]

VFW applauds Arlington National Cemetery improvments



The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. was critical of the Army when in 2010 it was confirmed that America’s most revered national cemetery was failing to do its job. At its 111th national convention in Indianapolis that year, the VFW even passed a national resolution to support transferring Arlington National Cemetery away from the Army and into the […]

Hildebran 65th anniversary



George R. and Mary A. Hildebran will observe their 65th wedding anniversary on July 12. Hildebran and the former Mary Martin were married July 12, 1947, at the bride’s home near Burrows, by the late Rev. James Ault. He was a World War II veteran and retired from farming after over 40 years on their farm near Brookston. She worked […]

Announcements



CANAL DAYS in Delphi will be July 7 and 8 at Canal Park. All buildings in the Pioneer Village will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from noon until 4 p.m. on Sunday. Besides old-time craft demonstrations, there will be a historic flag display and a program on flags at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Other highlights […]