Daleville News

Independence Day will be Saturday, July 4. Town offices in Yorktown and Daleville will be closed Friday, as will Yorktown Town Court.

For The Herald Bulletin ANDERSON - When attending a new film directed by a filmmaker whose work is well-known and universally touted, it is nearly impossible not to compare that shiny new product to past craftsmanship.

DALEVILLE -- The Daleville and Cowan school districts are looking for more ways to combine forces, without actually combining schools.

On Cross Street sits a house that was built around 1926. Down the hill sits the present day Coon Hunter's Club.

Birthday: 90 years old March 19. Family: Wife of 60 years, the late Marie Smith.

Local schools are bidding farewell to several staffers who are retiring after working for the Daleville and Yorktown schools districts.

Daleville Community Schools Supt. Paul Garrison will retire today , but he might return next school year if the board chooses to rehire him.

Daleville Christian Church will have its annual Block Party 2-4 p.m. Sunday in front of the Youth Center building, 14220 W. Daleville Road.

ANDERSON -- Mounds State Park will celebrate the summer solstice, the start of the summer season, with activities this weekend.

MUNCIE -- Six Delaware County food establishments were cited recently by the county health department for temperature violations, while five others were among those that passed their inspections with no violations.

Another governmental entity failed to provide adequate notice for a public meeting, The Star Press determined, but with little bite to state law, it's unlikely anything will come of it.

YORKTOWN -- The Yorktown Mount Pleasant Township Historical Alliance will meet at 7 p.m. June 23 to hear Gary McManus, pastor of the Daleville Christian Church, talk about Daleville history.

DALEVILLE -- An audience of about 30 people kept a mostly open mind to the concept of consolidating city and county government during a Tuesday forum on the topic.

YORKTOWN -- BJ's Sports Bar has opened at 9123 W. Smith St., in the downtown Yorktown storefront that previously housed Donnovan's Glenn and before that Brother Jimmy's Restaurant.

DALEVILLE - Walter Mills, passed away Monday at his residence unexpectedly. He was born in Delaware County, January 21, 1930, the son of Jessie and Grace Stout Mills.

A California man convicted of killing another man's wife for money in 1993 has been sentenced to 100 years in prison.

To save money, Daleville Junior-Senior High School is replacing a departing administrator with three other people -- sort of.

High school graduation. It's a rite of passage, a measure of achievement, shared by countless millions, yet is nonetheless a day of unique celebration, and intense reflection, for the young men and women whose time has finally come.

MUNCIE - The Muncie-Delaware County Government Reorganization Committee has set forums starting this week to seek public comment about the possibility of consolidating city and county government.

YORKTOWN -- The Yorktown-Mount Pleasant Public Library's 2009 Summer Reading Program started May 26, with the theme 'Be Creative at your Library.) Kids from age 2 through grade 12 can register at the library through June 22.