What’s Happening Elsewhere



WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION will hold its midyear rally April 20 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Akron Public Library in Akron. The theme this year is “Open Doors of Opportunity.” For information contact Shirley Richardson at (765) 345-2683 or at Ric- Shir77@aol.com.

Professional Briefs



PATRICK ELLIOTT has achieved advanced level recognition in the Parts & Service Sales Repres entative program through John Deere University. This level of achievement was accomplished by completing extensive training and in recognition, he received a plaque to honor his accomplishment. Elliott is employed by Tri Green Tractor, Flora. Flora resident RICHARD DIEFFENBACH is the general manager of the Mary […]

Taxable domestic product

Midwest Memo

It is this week, each year, after the taxes are done and mailed, and the dining room table is cleared of receipts, pencils and calculators, that my wife and I traditionally eye each other carefully. I, very casually rifle her sock drawer to see if I can find the gold Krugerrands that she must have been buying up over the […]

Political Cartoon



Let’s celebrate volunteering



April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week, a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things through service. In Carroll County we are blessed with people who know what an impact sharing of time and talents can make in our communities. To those individuals who make volunteering an important part of your lives, we salute you. You demonstrate through being engaged in […]

We’d be better off if the parties were still relevant

Comments on Congress

A few weeks ago, the Republican National Committee issued a 100-page report aimed at reviving the GOP after its poor showing in last November’s elections. It was remarkably blunt about the specifics of the party’s shortcomings — its lack of inclusiveness, its hapless data initiatives, its poor grassroots organizing. What it did not take on, however, was an issue the […]

Superior Court



Default judgments for the plaintiff were entered: Household Finance Corporation III vs. Brandi Welker, Brian Welker et al, $189,298.14, (foreclosure); and LVNV Funding LLC vs. Jennifer Miranda, $6,923.20. The following cases were dismissed by the State of Indiana: vs. Elizabeth A. Lind, 29, Burnettsville; vs. Joseph E. Gibbs, 32, Kokomo; vs. Garth D. Lybrook, 20, Chalmers; vs. Kathy E. Ross, […]

Circuit Court



The following cases were dismissed: First National Bank of Omaha vs. Gordon J. Waligorski; Bank of America N.A. vs. Midland Funding LLC and Ramon Rodriguez; Midland Funding LLC vs. Bonnie Lamb; Midland Funding LLC vs. Ronald Pettengill; PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Kevin L. Handy, State of Indiana and Jody J. (Handy) Fife a/k/a Jody J. Nelson; Shentel Alford vs. Michael […]

Marriage Licenses



Rodney A. Johns, 36, and Elizabeth J. Chapman, 31, both of Monticello.

Looking Back



From files of Carroll County Comet, Journal-Citizen, Hoosier Democrat, and Delphi Journal. Photos and captions are provided by the Carroll County Historical Museum. 10 YEARS AGO Jim Shaffer, owner and operator of Shaffer’s Marathon, will celebrate his retirement on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. with an open house at the Delphi Tri-Township Fire Station. In April 1950, Shaffer bought […]