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Let's 'limit' Congress' damage In today's same ole politics of 2010 we find our local representative, U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, and his opponent, Republican Jackie Walorski spending millions to convince us who is worse. In reality they are bookends and it matters not which waddles up to the trough. The winner will go about seeking funds for the next re-election and the loser will become a lobbyist. The people's business will continue unattended. I'm bummed at the Democrats in Marshall County, really bummed. And I'm a Democrat. I made that decision in 1938 when I flipped that switch in the kitchen of our farmhouse and the single bare bulb lighted up. In the last several years the Democrat Party has had trouble fielding candidates for county offices. Why? There is certainly a need to challenge the one-party system. And there's a need to challenge the decisions made by just a few people in the ruling party.

Don't be offended. Your companion is probably a bird watcher who can't quite tune out her bird-song antenna. Local birders find avian- minded companionship at Charleston's own bird club, the Handlan Chapter of the Brooks Bird Club. Several annual bird counts put the visual skills of club members to the test, [Cindy Ellis] said. Bird watchers gather each December for the Christmas Count, an Audubon Society tradition. In May, members compete with other state groups participating in the Century Day Count. Results are sent to the Audubon Society for its North American Migration Count. Ellis said enthusiastic newcomers often eclipse the experienced birders who take them under their wings for instruction. When Ellis first joined the Handlan Chapter, a trio of elderly gentlemen helped her get her start. Today, whenever someone she has helped surpasses her own skills, she said she considers it a tribute to her early instructors.

Members of the Handlan Chapter of the Brooks Bird Club hope to attract wood ducks and bluebirds to the large grassy area on the northern side of the locks area by installing nesting boxes, said chapter member and Putnam County resident Cindy Ellis. Handlan Chapter member Kim Kazmierski did the research on wood duck boxes, and Ellis' husband, David, who is also a chapter member, made them out of red cedar lumber. Kem Shaw of the state Division of Natural Resources advised the chapter on the project. Ellis became a member of the Handlan Chapter 22 years ago. \"I had a bird feeder, and I wanted to know more about feeder birds. Happily for me, I live in a rural area of Putnam County, and I can see a lot of birds from my home.\"

Grade-school students at the Sierra Vista School will be introduced to orchestral music this year through a number of visits by Cindy Ellis, a flutist with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.

CP photo: [Victoria Grace] Ellis with parents [Cindy Ellis] and Jon and big sister [Jennifer] yesterday in hospital yesterday, a day after her spectacular birth. Honking his horn, Ellis's husband, Jon, 31, began passing cars and drove over the cement median into oncoming traffic before reaching grandfather David Johnson's gas station.

I am a \"high-maintenance Mama\" where my cats are concerned. [Diane Wilhalf] cared for me and my anxieties with the same patience and love as she showed for the \"kids.\" When Elizabeth was diagnosed with kidney disease several months ago and I was sobbing in the office, Diane said she was going to retire before anything happened to Elizabeth or any of Susie's (her assistant's) cats. Diane gave 110 percent to those under her care - the \"kids\" and their families who trusted her implicitly and came to love her for her compassion, expertise and personal involvement. She made house calls for final good-byes and took very ill cats to her home for the night. Two years ago, she took my little old lady Elizabeth to her home overnight. Elizabeth was in a large carrier on a dining room chair pulled up by the couch, where Diane could watch over her during the night and perhaps doze a little.

Michael Higbie, 17, of 19 Main St., was accused of firing a paintball gun from a vehicle in the Nathan Hale Ray High School parking lot, state police at Troop K said. The paintball struck another vehicle, nearly hitting the driver in the face. Police said a passenger in the victim's car wrote down the license plate of the car in which Higbie was a passenger. Police said further investigation led to Higbie's arrest. He was charged with reckless endangerment and second-degree disorderly conduct and released on a $500 non-surety bond for appearance Nov. 16 in Middletown Superior Court. The bus driver, Margarete M. Grover, 45, of Shaefer Road, Middletown, told police her foot got stuck between the gas pedal and brake pedal as she turned on to Wadsworth Street from Long Lane.

Gaylen Brouhard and his mother-in-law, Cindy Ellis, contemplate the possibility of regaining their electricity Friday afternoon after talking with a passing limb removal crew. In her third full day without electricity, Ms. Ellis, a double amputee, had lost all of the food in her refrigerator, was unable to treat her sleep apnea, was unable to get around her home with her electric wheelchair, had no telephone and hung her insulin in a sock on her front door to keep it cold. Gaylen Brouhard and his mother-in-law, Cindy Ellis, contemplate the possibility of regaining their electricity Friday afternoon after talking with a passing limb removal crew. In her third full day without electricity, Ms. Ellis, a double amputee, had lost all of the food in her refrigerator, was unable to treat her sleep apnea, was unable to get around her home with her electric wheelchair, had no telephone and hung her insulin in a sock on her front door to keep it cold. Aquila still had another almost 13,000 homes and businesses without power in other Northwest Missouri communities Friday night, according to the Web site. Aquila personnel will continue working through the weekend despite the anticipated snow.

Handlan Chapter President Cindy Ellis of Red House said the chapter is pleased to find a home for its collection in the South Charleston library, where it would be cared for properly and where the public could have access to it. \"These, from the early 20th Century, give a great perspective on how bird studies and populations have changed. An example is their treatment of birds such as Bewick's Wren, once numerous in West Virginia and the Northeastern states, but no longer much seen. Some of the featured books also include illustrations by famous bird artist George Miksch Sutton, who spent much of his early years in Bethany,\" Ellis said. Each year, the chapter also participates in bird counts - the Christmas Count and Century Day. The chapter includes members from Kanawha, Putnam and Lincoln counties. Meetings are at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month, September through May, in First Presbyterian Church, Kanawha Boulevard and Leon Sullivan Way, in Charleston.