ALBION â A strong case could be made that no one in the area has literally affected the quality of life for more people in the Albion-Cromwell area than Dr. Ken Cripe.
But after 50 years of chiropractic service to children as young as 3 days and adults as seasoned as 98, Cripe is retiring.
An open house for Cripe will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church in Albion.
âOriginally, I was going to retire when I was 55,â Cripe said. âMy dad died when he was 59, so I wanted some time to enjoy life.â
But as that tentative deadline came and went, he kept at it. He moved to part time when Sarah Ragan purchased his Albion location and equipment in 2018.
45 years ago, Oct. 6, 1976
â4-H-Room to Grow,â was the theme for National 4-H Week to be observed by nearly 900 Noble County members from Oct. 3-9, 1976. Alan Ader, Extension youth agent, said there would be no formal celebration of the observance in Noble County, but each of the 30 4-H clubs in the county would continue with their general activities. Several townships were going to be conducting their 4-H achievement programs during the week.
Angela Lortie, 17, was one of some 22 youths representing Indiana as delegates to the 22nd Annual National 4-H Dairy Conference at Madison, Wisconsin. Angela was a senior at Central Noble High School and had completed eight years in the 4-H dairy project.
ALBION â With plenty of pomp and plenty of circumstance, Central Noble High School graduated 97 seniors Friday night in the high school gymnasium.
In her welcome to Fridayâs commencement proceedings, Central Noble Principal Shawn Hoover said that across this nation there are hundreds of graduations going on this spring. Some of them had large classes. Some of them smaller. Some ceremonies were likely impersonal, while others might evoke a tear or two.
But the graduates themselves?
âThey all had something in common,â Hoover said. âThey had someone who cared about them, supported them and held them accountable.â
Hoover encouraged the graduating seniors to thank those who had done this for them. With the last year and a half affected by the coronavirus, plenty of assistance was needed.
45 years ago, Sept. 1, 1976
The Central Noble football team whipped Fremont in its opening game, 12-6.
The Adrian Lortie family, R. R. 1, Kimmell, would be hosting Miss Magdelena Stehli of Switzerland, as part of the International 4-H Youth Exchange.
The Central Noble cheerleaders placed second in the State Fair Cheerleading contest. Warren Central of Indianapolis was first and Spring Valley third. Lori Kochlenger of Warren Central was named Miss Cheerleader.
The son of a Wawaka couple had achieved the rank of Airman First Class in the U. S. Air Force. Airman Kevin R. Alexander, whose parents were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Alexander of Rt. 1, Wawaka, was a security police specialist at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, and served with a unit of the Pacific Air Force.