2019-06-05 E-Edition

Commissioners to address problem properties



Carroll County Commissioners, Bill Brown and Loren Hylton, decided it is time for the county to get tough on dilapidated and neglected properties at their Monday morning meeting. County Health Department Environmental Sanitarian, Angie Brown, reported there are approximately eight houses and structures in the county that need remediated. She displayed photos of a house on Horseshoe Bend and one […]

Carroll, Rossville ‘Top of the Class’


Carroll’s 2019 graduating class was led at Sunday’s 58th annual Commencement by Valedictorian Marlena Joy Seward and Salutatorian Grace Krom. The two honor students are both recipients of the President’s Award for Educational Excellence and were “Top Ten” academic award recipients all four years of high school. Marlena plans to attend Purdue University’s Honors College and major in Health Sciences […]

Delphi’s Trolley facts come to light



There has been a question about ownership and management of the Delphi Trolley on the part of some City Council members for several months. The question of ownership was posed by Councilmember Dale Seward months ago and the matter was given by Mayor Shane Evans to his attorney, Makenzie Martin, to discover the answer. Each month since the initial question […]

New lights for Flora park walking trail



Flora Community Park’s walking trail will soon have new LED lights. The Flora Town Council at its meeting Monday night approved the purchase of 75 new trail lights at a cost of $34,125, plus additional wiring. Utilities foreman Ron Fritz said the cost to replace the current style of trail lights is $1,462 per light. The new upgraded lights can […]

Professional Briefs

JAMES R. “JIM” SULLIVAN of Fisherville KY, received his 60-year Service Pin at the Indiana Funeral Directors Assoc iation President’s Gala Awards and Recognition Dinner held May 8 during the Association’s 139th annual convention in Noblesville. Sullivan, a native of Camden, graduated from Indiana College of Mortuary Science, Indianapolis, in August 1958. He owned Sullivan Funeral Home in Camden from […]

Rochelle’s graduation & more Meandering Melodies


It has been three weeks now since we flew to Colorado for Rochelle’s second-year graduation from Charis Bible College. We enjoyed the beautiful snow-covered mountains of Colorado once again. In fact, it snowed every day we were there! We even left in the midst of a snowstorm! They got over a foot of snow the night we left. You all […]

Lions Awards Night

Delphi Lions Club recently held its Awards Night. Those recognized were, from left: Ron Israel, Lion president; Susan Kahler, Teacher of the Year; Makenzie McClain, High School Scholarship winner; Bill Schooler, Lions Presidential Medal Award winner (second highest award a Lion can receive); Frank Herron, Lions W.P. Woods Award winner; Bill Penn, Lions Presidential Certificate of Appreciation winner (fourth highest […]

DCHS offers Summer Food Service Program

The Indiana Department of Education announced last week it had kicked off the 2019 Summer Food Service Program. In partnership with nearly 250 school and community sponsors, children 18 and younger across the state will have access to free meals and snacks throughout the summer break. “Providing children access to wholesome and nutritious meals during the summer months is important […]

50th anniversary open house

Dan and Cindy Gottschalk of Delphi will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house on Saturday, June 15. The event, hosted by their children, will be from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Delphi Opera House on Washington St. Gottschalk and the former Cindy Scroggs were married June 1, 1969, at the Idaville United Methodist Church. He is […]