Early voting begins Oct. 19 in county

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THURSDAY
July 30,
2015
IN BRIEF
Deadline is
Friday for 5K
early sign-up
The deadline for early
registration for the North
Adams 5K Run/Walk
Wellness Challenge, to
be held Aug. 8 at Bellmont
High School campus, is
Friday.
The race, to start at 8:15
a.m., will be a road race,
located on the Bellmont
campus. The race will be
chip timed, with results
posted on the Adams
County 5K website.
Awards will be presented to the top male
and female finishers and
to the top three male and
female finishers in each
age group. Age group
categories are: 14 and
younger, 15-18, 19-29,
30-39, 40-49, 50-59,
60-69, and 70 and older.
The cost of the race is
$20, which includes a
t-shirt, for early registration by Friday. Race day
registration is $25 and
includes a t-shirt while
supplies last. Registration
will be held from 7:308:15 a.m. on race day.
Strollers are welcome but
no pets will be permitted.
Registration forms can
be found on the Adams
County 5K Challenge
website at http://www.
adamscounty5kchallenge.com; click on the
Races tab and download
the entry form.
Registration forms can
also be found on the
North Adams website at
http://www.nadams.k12.
in.us/index.cfm; click on
Bellmont High School.
The event is the eighth
of 12 races in the Adams
County 5K Challenge
Series. For more information on the Challenge
Series, visit the Adams
County 5K Challenge
Series website.
Concert will
benefit fight
vs. cancer
Adams County Relay
for Life “Team Crazy A’s”
will host a benefit concert to help raise funds
and awareness for The
American Cancer Society.
The concert will be held
from 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday
at The Bridge Community
Church, 1403 Winchester
Road, Decatur. The featured entertainment will
be Brent A. Cooper’s
“King of Diamonds” Elvis
Presley/Neil
Diamond
tribute. Doors open at 5
p.m.
Tickets are currently on
sale for $10 at The Bridge
office, Monday through
Friday from 10 a.m-4
p.m., or by contacting
Jeannie Adkison at 7247247 or Kim Baumann
at 728-4070 or 223-7394.
Tickets will also be available at the door.
Proceeds will go to The
American Cancer Society
Relay for Life of Adams
County to help in cancer
research funding.
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Early voting begins Oct. 19 in county
By J SWYGART
Early voting for this year’s November
general election will begin Oct. 19, members of the Adams County Election Board
determined at their meeting Wednesday
afternoon.
The general election, which this year
will feature only candidates for municipal
offices, will be held Nov. 3. Local election
officials typically allow two weeks prior to
election day for residents to cast early ballots, and that will be the case again this
year.
Early voting will take place in the firstfloor hallway of the county courthouse
starting at 8 a.m. Oct. 19 and continuing
through noon on Nov. 2. During the weeks
of Oct. 19-23 and Oct. 24-30, votes may
be cast between the hours of
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the courthouse. Additionally, the courthouse will be open on two
Saturdays — Oct. 24 and Oct.
31 — from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. to
accommodate early voting.
This year’s ballot will feature
24 candidates seeking elected
office in Decatur, Berne and
Monroe. Of the 18 seats to be
filled in three municipalities,
only five will be determined in contested
races. Voters in Decatur will have choices
in races for mayor, the at-large seat on
City Council as well as the District 1 and
District 2 council seats. In Berne, contested
races will be held for the District 4 and at-
large seats on the city council.
No contested races are
on the ballot in the town of
Monroe, and for that reason
Monroe voters may be denied
the opportunity to cast their
ballots at all. County Clerk Jim
Voglewede said the town may
opt out of the election process,
if the town council adopts a
resolution on or before Aug. 8
stating the desire to forego the
election process this year.
“I think it’s their choice,” Voglewede
said.
In other election-related business,
the board adopted a resolution nearly
See ELECTION, Page 3
Registration
is Tuesday
for students
at S. Adams
Beating the heat
After what has been a mostly cool
and wet summer, a recent spell of
hot and humid conditions boosted
attendance at the Decatur swimming pool. Above, Cole Arnold,
Macy Arnold and Ellie Johnson
enjoyed a dip earlier this week.
Also enjoying the pool were Miles
Johnson, left, and Jack Johnson,
right.
Photos by Ashley Bailey
Coats backs efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator
Dan Coats, R-IN, has joined a
group of 24 senators to offer legislation to protect women’s health and
defund Planned Parenthood. The
legislation, introduced by Senator
Joni Ernst, R-IA, follows what
a press release issued by Coats
terms “gruesome footage showcasing Planned Parenthood’s role
in harvesting organs of aborted
babies.”
“We need to let Planned
Parenthood know that the
American people do not support
these inhumane practices,” Coats
said in his press release. “I urge all
senators to support this bill and
affirm that life is a sacred and precious gift that must be protected.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell stated that the Senate
will vote on this legislation before
departing for an extended state
work period next month.
In addition to defunding
Planned Parenthood, this legislation ensures the preservation
of federal funding for women’s
health services including relevant
diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child care,
prenatal and postpartum care,
immunization, family planning
services including contraception,
sexually transmitted disease testing, cervical and breast cancer
screenings, and referrals.
Funds no longer available to
Planned Parenthood will continue
to be offered to other eligible entities to provide women’s health
care services.
The
legislation
prohibits
Planned Parenthood Federation
of America and any of its affiliate organizations from receiving
federal funding while ensuring
there is no reduction in overall
federal funding available to support women’s health services.
Ohio cop indicted on murder charge in traffic-stop shooting
CINCINNATI (AP) — A
University of Cincinnati
officer who shot a
motorist during a traffic stop over a missing
front license plate has
been indicted on murder charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday,
adding that the officer
‘‘purposely killed him’’
and ‘‘should never have
been a police officer.’’
Hamilton County
Prosecutor Joe Deters
announced the grand
jury indictment at a
news conference to discuss developments in
the investigation into
the July 19 shooting
of 43-year-old motorist Samuel DuBose by
Officer Ray Tensing.
Tensing has said
he was dragged by
DuBose’s car and forced
to shoot after he pulled
over DuBose for a missing front license plate,
according to a university police report. Tensing
said in his radio call to
a dispatcher that the
car almost ran over him
and he fired one shot,
striking DuBose in the
head.
Deters said
Wednesday that
Tensing’s contention
that his arm got stuck
in the car was ‘‘nonsense.’’
The officer wasn’t
dragged by the car,
Deters said. ‘‘He fell
backward after he shot
(DuBose) in the head.’’
Deters said a warrant has been issued for
Tensing’s arrest.
Registration for students entering kindergarten through 12th grade
at South Adams School
will be held Tuesday from
9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6
p.m. Registration for all
students will be held in
the cafeteria.
Counselors will only
assist new high school
students,
making
sure they get situated.
Returning students may
call Allison Evans at
589-3131 or email her
at aevans@southadams.
k12.in.us to schedule an
appointment later that
week.
Registration
will
include completing enrollment forms for each student and paying book
rental fees. Students will
also receive the student
handbook and free- and
reduced-lunch and textbook assistance forms.
Parents of kindergarten
students must turn in
medical forms at this
time. Middle and high
school students will also
receive their class schedules and locker combinations. All-Sports passes
will be sold ($35 for students, $70 for adults,
$25 for senior citizens
and $190 for families).
High school laptops
may be picked up on registration day. Students
and their parents must
sign the agreement before
students may take their
laptop. The student/parent agreement form must
be signed in the cafeteria first before picking up
laptops in the high school
library.
School lunches for elementary students will be
$1.85. Middle and high
school student lunches
will cost $1.95. Extra
milk will cost 40 cents,
and adult lunches will
cost $2.90. Mealtime
payments may be made
during the registration on
Tuesday but should not
be included in the same
check as book rental payments, school officials
said.
South Adams School
also now offers an optional electronic payment service through a third-party service provider. There
is a nominal fee for that
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Area state parks plan weekend events
Go for the gold
at Ouabache SP
Olympiad Saturday
Go for the gold at the
fourth annual Ouabache
State Park Olympiad on
Saturday.
Sponsored
by
Upper
Wabash
Interpretive
Services,
the Olympiad begins at
8 a.m. at the pool lawn
with registration and a
team picture.
Events
include:
Opening ceremony, 8:45
a.m.; run/walk, 9-9:30
a.m.; archery and air rifle
shooting, 9:30-11 a.m.;
swimming,
11-11:45
a.m.; cycling, noon-12:45
p.m.; basketball, tennis
and volleyball, 1-2:30
p.m.; canoeing, 3-4 p.m.;
hiking, 5-6 p.m.; closing
ceremony, 6 p.m.
Participate in five
events and earn the
bronze. Participate in
seven events and earn
the silver. Participation
in all 10 events will bring
home a gold medal.
Participation is free
after paying park admission, $7 per in-state vehicle or $9 per out-of-state
vehicle.
Campsites can be
reserved at camp.IN.gov
or 1-866-622-6746.
Ouabache State Park
is located at 4930E S.R.
201, Bluffton.
state vehicle.
For more information,
call 468-2127.
Upper
Wabash
Interpretive Services is
located at 3691 S. New
Holland Road, Andrews.
DNR News
and Notes
The Indiana Department
of Natural Resources
Win prizes in
S’mores in Outdoors
social media game
Indiana’s state parks
have a sweet deal for people who love s’mores, the
iconic campfire treat.
Facebook and Twitter
followers of the DNR
Division of State Parks can
participate in the 2015
S’mores in the Outdoors
Adventure for a chance to
win prizes, including an
annual entrance pass for
2016, state park inns gift
cards, Outdoor Indiana
magazine subscriptions
and camping gift cards.
Each day in August,
parks staff will post a
photo on Facebook and
Twitter of a s’more “visiting” iconic features
of Indiana State Parks.
Participants who correctly identify which park
each s’more is visiting on
each day and write those
answers on an “Adventure
Card” will be entered in a
drawing for prizes.
The Adventure Card –
essentially a calendar of
August – is available for
download at interpretiveservices.IN.gov.
The DNR Division of
State Parks Facebook
page is at facebook.com.
Pond study set
for Saturday at
Salamonie Lake
Families are invited to
get muddy and explore
the diversity of life at
the Wildlife Management
Pond at Salamonie Lake
on Saturday.
The pond study meets
at 10:30 a.m. at Salamonie
Interpretive Center and
runs for about an hour.
Participants should wear
clothes they don’t mind
getting dirty.
The program is free
after participants pay the
standard property admission of $7 per in-state
vehicle or $9 per out-of-
Birding expert to
speak Monday
at Salamonie center
Persons aged 50 and
older are invited to the
monthly senior carryin luncheon Monday at
Salamonie Interpretive
Center.
After the noon meal,
John Velasquez will present a program on tropical
birding. For the past 10
years, Velasquez has traveled outside the United
States in search of birds.
He will present a collection of photographs.
Velasquez is a board
member for Indiana
Audubon Society and
was recently elected president of the Mississinewa
Audubon Club.
Attendees should bring
their table service, a prepared dish to share and
a $1 donation to help
defray costs of the provided main dish.
To register, or for more
information, call Upper
Wabash
Interpretive
Services at 468-2127.
St. Francis seeks partners for entrepreneurship program
The University of
Saint Francis offers
opportunity to local
businesses and organizations to work with
students to complete
creative initiatives.
The university is currently accepting proposals from community
businesses, organizations and other entities
that may be interested
in collaborating with
students to complete
organizational initiatives. The university’s
Media Entrepreneurship
Training in the Arts
program utilizes experiential learning to provide hands-on education opportunities while
building relationships
within the community.
META students have
participated in projects
for a wide range of organizations and companies, from large corporations to startups. The
program is designed to
uniquely address the
changing landscape of
all industries and potentially foster the growth
of
small
business.
The META program
has created a Request
for Proposal (RFP) for
potential META clients
to submit proposals
for projects during the
2015-2016
academic
year.
The deadline to submit a proposal is Aug.
10. Accepted fall 2015
projects will be notified
no later than Aug. 31
and projects selected for
spring 2016 will be notified by Dec. 4.
For more information,
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More students than housing
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
(AP) — Indiana University
officials say there are
more students signed up
for campus housing than
the amount of available
beds the school has on
its Bloomington campus.
That means more than
225 freshmen currently have ‘‘pending’’ room
assignments as the beginning of the fall semester
nears. The school’s vice
provost for strategic initiatives says the problem resulted from a large
freshman class of as
many as 7,900 students,
combined with residence
hall renovations.
He
tells
The
(Bloomington)
Herald
Times that he’s hesitant
to refer to the problem
as a shortage, because
it’s not unusual and the
school has always been
able to accommodate
students in the past.
contact META Director
Andrea Robinson Hinsey
at 260.399.7700, ext.
8018
or
ahinsey@
sf.edu.
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He says the students
with
pending
room
assignments will stay
temporarily in dorm
lounges or they’ll move
into a Willkie residence
hall tower.
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R ecord
Latest GOP in-fighting targets Boehner
WASHINGTON (AP) — When
Republicans took full control of
Congress this year, they were
determined to show voters they
Robert (Bud) Williamson, 67, Mesick, Mich., passed could govern responsibly. Instead
away July 26, 2015, at his residence with his family they’ve been tearing each other
by his side.
apart in extraordinarily public
Private family services will be held.
displays, delighting Democrats
Memorials may be sent to Hitesmann-Holdship and giving some in the GOP
Funeral Home, Cadillac, Mich.
heartburn as the party aims for
the White House in 2016.
Just a few days ago, Texas Sen.
Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor
to accuse Republican Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell of lying,
provoking a public dressingdown from top GOP senators.
A second tea party-backed
senator, Mike Lee of Utah,
had to dispense mea culpas to
McConnell and others after an
Robert Williamson
Fed holds line on
interest rates, but
hike may be coming
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— The Federal Reserve
appears on track to
raise interest rates later
this year but signaled
Wednesday that it wants
to see further economic
gains and higher inflation before doing so.
A statement from the
Fed after its latest policy meeting provided no
timetable. Many analysts
foresee the first hike
in September, though
Fed Chair Janet Yellen
has stressed that any
increase will be driven
by the latest economic
data.
The statement noted
that the job market,
housing and consumer spending have all
improved. The Fed still
expects inflation to rise
gradually toward its 2
percent target.
Wednesday’s
statement made only slight
changes in the wording
of the previous statement in June. The few
modifications suggested
a healthier economy.
Describing the job
market, the Fed for the
first time pointed to
‘‘solid’’ job gains and
declining unemployment.
The unemployment rate
has reached a seven-year
low of 5.3 percent.
In addition, the Fed
said it needs to see only
‘‘some further’’ improvement in hiring, rather than the ‘‘further’’
improvement it said last
time — a hint that the
job market is nearing full
health.
Michael Hanson, an
economist at Bank of
America Merrill Lynch,
said the Fed’s more
upbeat language about
the job market suggests
that policymakers are
nearing the point where
they will raise rates. He
expects that to occur in
September.
‘‘They haven’t made
up their minds, but ...
we’re getting that much
closer to satisfying their
criteria’’ for a rate hike,
Hanson said.
Yellen has stressed
that when the Fed begins
to raise rates, it will do
so only gradually. The
idea is to avoid weakening an economy that’s
still benefiting from low
borrowing rates resulting
from the Fed’s policies.
Senate poised to approve shortterm extension to highway bill
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Facing a Friday deadline,
the Senate is on track to
shore up federal highway
aid and veterans’ health
care, leaving a raft of
unresolved issues for a
jam-packed congressional agenda in the fall.
The Senate planned to
take up a House-passed
bill on today that would
extend spending authority for transportation
programs through Oct.
29 and replenish the federal Highway Trust Fund
with $8 billion. That’s
enough money to keep
highway and transit aid
flowing to states through
mid-December.
Authority
for
the
Transportation
Department to process
aid payments to states is
slated to expire at midnight Friday.
Just before leaving
for its August recess on
Wednesday, the House
overwhelmingly approved
the three-month extension on a vote of 385-34.
Lawmakers said they
were loath to take up
yet another short-term
transportation funding
extension — this will be
the 34th extension since
2009. But Republicans
and Democrats don’t
want to see transportation aid cut off, and
they are eager to pass
an amendment to the
extension bill that fills
a $3.4 billion hole in the
Department of Veterans
Affairs’ budget.
Blotter
Two individuals were
arrested Wednesday by
local law enforcement officers and were booked into
the Adams County jail.
Zachary L. Brown, 19,
Geneva, was arrested
by Geneva police on a
charge of domestic battery. Bond was set at
$350 cash and $7,000
surety.
Walter A. Folgar, 32,
Convoy, Ohio, was arrested by Decatur police for
operating a motor vehicle
without ever receiving a
license. Bond was set at
$200 cash and $1,500
surety.
aide’s email surfaced suggesting outside groups should punish fellow Republicans for their
votes.
And in the latest episode of
Republican vs. Republican savagery in less than a week, a conservative lawmaker, Rep. Mark
Meadows of North Carolina, filed
a resolution Tuesday evening
aimed at unseating GOP House
Speaker John Boehner of Ohio.
Meadows’ move, which infuriated House party leaders, is
highly unlikely to oust Boehner.
The speaker dismissed it as of little consequence and made clear
he would not allow it to come to
a vote.
‘‘You got a member here and
a member there who are off
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man who
owns a piece of Indiana’s short stretch
of Lake Michigan shoreline and said
he had ‘‘complete and exclusive ownership’’ of its beachfront holds no
such right and cannot deny the public access to that space, a judge has
found.
Long Beach property owner Don
Gunderson sued the state of Indiana
and the state Department of Natural
Resources last year, contending that
his lakefront property along Indiana’s
45-mile shoreline extends to the water’s
edge in the exclusive community some
30 miles east of Chicago.
Gunderson argued that the deed
to that property gave him ‘‘complete
and exclusive ownership’’ of its beachfront and that the public had no right
to fish, swim, sunbathe or otherwise
enjoy those sandy shores.
A LaPorte County judge ruled July
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that the public has the right to access
that beachfront and by extension
the rest of the state’s Lake Michigan
beaches — was not released until this
week.
Gunderson had argued that Indiana
had surrendered the public’s right of
access to the Lake Michigan shoreline
by excluding it from Indiana code dealing with the preservation of the state’s
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But LaPorte Superior Court Judge
Richard Stalbrink Jr. found that while
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its code pertaining to the state’s freshwater lakes it ‘‘did not surrender the
public’s rights’’ to Lake Michigan’s
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landowners cannot deny the public
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP)
— Three University of
Virginia graduates and
members of a fraternity
profiled in a debunked
account of a gang rape in
a retracted Rolling Stone
magazine story filed a
lawsuit against the publication and the article’s
author Wednesday, court
records show.
The three men, George
Elias IV, Stephen Hadford
and Ross Fowler, filed suit
in U.S. District Court in
New York. They are also
suing Rolling Stone’s publisher, Wenner Media.
A lawyer for the men
said they suffered ‘‘vicious
and hurtful attacks’’
because of inaccuracies
in the November 2014
article, which was written by journalist Sabrina
Rubin Erdely.
Also Wednesday, The
New York Times reported
that Will Dana, Rolling
Stone’s managing editor,
will be leaving the magazine next month. Dana
said in a statement to
The Times that after 19
years at Rolling Stone,
‘‘I have decided that it is
time to move on.’’
When asked whether
Dana’s departure was
linked to the retracted
story, a spokeswoman
for the magazine’s publisher, Jann Wenner, said
that ‘‘many factors go
into a decision like this,’’
according to the report.
In the lawsuit, the
three 2013 graduates
said the article ‘‘created a
simple and direct way to
match the alleged attack-
ers’’ from the alleged gang
rape to them based on
details provided in the
story.
‘‘Upon release of the
article, family friends,
acquaintances, co-workers and reporters easily
matched (Elias) as one
of the alleged attackers
and, among other things,
interrogated him, humiliated him, and scolded
him,’’ the lawsuit said,
adding that Hadford and
Fowler ‘‘suffered similar
attacks.’’
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approved prior to the
primary election in
May to combine two
polling sites for the
November election. No
primary was held in
Adams County this
year, but the decision
to combine Decatur
Precincts 3 and 4, as
well as Monroe A and
B, was applied to the
general election. The
combined Monroe precincts could prove to
be a moot point if town
officials decide to opt
out of the fall election.
Also discussed by
board members was
the status of residents
of Woodcrest retirement
community,
which recently was
annexed to the city of
Decatur.
Voglewede
said
he was uncertain if
Woodcrest residents
would be eligible to
cast ballots in the
Decatur
municipal
races in November
and said he would get
in contact with City
Attorney Tim Baker to
discuss the transition
process. “It’s a situation we
may have to deal with
this fall,” Voglewede
said.
Baker was unavailable for comment this
morning.
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At 5:04 p.m. Austin
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block of Mercer Avenue.
Two
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But the effort was enthusiastically cheered by some conservative groups that promised to use Congress’ upcoming
August recess to pressure House
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Creeping out
of the foxhole
By Donald Kaul
At long last Republican presidential hopefuls crept
out of their foxholes, where they’d been cowering and
maintaining radio silence, to attack Donald Trump.
With one or two exceptions, the field went AWOL
as Trump trashed immigrants, calling them drug runners and rapists. But as soon as Trump said “I like
people who weren’t captured,” suggesting that Senator
John McCain was less than a hero, they pounced.
Senator Lindsey Graham fumed that Trump’s had
“crossed a line.” Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush
condemned his “slanderous attacks.” Former Texas
Governor Rick Perry called on Trump to exit the race
altogether.
How noble of them.
Of course, it helped having some truth on their side.
As a Navy pilot, McCain was shot down and wounded
during a bombing mission in the
Vietnam War. The future Arizona
Where
senator spent five and a half years
in a Hanoi prison, two of them in
was all the
solitary confinement.
Republican
He was tortured and beaten and
his injuries were allowed to go
outrage
untended. Yet when his captors
when one
offered him release after discoverof their own ing that his father commanded
slandered a the entire Vietnam theater of the
he refused. He was bound by
Democrat’s war,
military code to wait until everywar record? one captured before him had been
released.
That should settle the argument.
Whatever you think of the Vietnam War, McCain
showed tremendous integrity. Trump is an idiot.
But I wonder where these Republicans and their ilk
were in 2004, when John Kerry was the Democratic
Party’s presidential nominee. He was another hero
whose patriotism was assailed. The only difference: He
was a Democrat and his assailants Republicans.
The GOP built a well-financed machine to tell lies
about Kerry’s war record. His opponent, President
George W. Bush, raised not a hand in protest at this
slander.
As a matter of fact there was only one prominent
Republican who spoke out in protest of the scummy
Republican campaign: John McCain.
What’s happened to Republicans? They used to
be such nice people. Sure, they favored the moneyed
interests and disliked unions and taxes, but they supported good causes too — like public schools.
Some Republicans were environmentalists and
internationalists. And, never forget, it was under a
Republican president, Dwight Eisenhower, that we
undertook the greatest public works project in our
history — the interstate highway system.
And it was another Republican, Teddy Roosevelt,
who inaugurated our national parks system.
That kind of Republican either doesn’t exist anymore or is sheltered in a witness protection program.
Your current brand of Republicans wouldn’t pave a
road unless it ran in front of their houses. Even then
they’d pay for it by cutting Social Security payments.
They’re against opening up relations with Cuba,
negotiating with Iran, cutting the military budget to
bring it more in line with our needs, and raising the
minimum wage. They don’t believe in climate change
because to do so would mean going against the oil
interests that generously fund their electoral campaigns.
Look at the gang that’s running for the Republican
nomination: The worst of them seem deranged and
the best appear fearful that they’ll do something to
raise the ire of the party’s tea party wing. Like criticize
Donald Trump when he slanders immigrants.
It’s not like the Democrats are white knights. They
have more than their share of hypocrisy and cowardice. But the Republicans are talking it to a whole new
level.
Even Ronald Reagan must be spinning in his
grave.
The fact that more than one in
four children under the age of 18
were living in poverty in Adams
County in 2013 is disturbing, to
put it mildly. That the child poverty rate rose more than 8 percent
between 2009 and 2013 is even
more confounding.
Those figures were among a
slew of statistics included in the
most
recent
publication
of
Kids Count, a
social scorecard
released annually
by the Annie E.
Casey Foundation
of Maryland. All
in all, it for the
most part offers
a depressing look
lone at our county and
the communities
with
it encompasses.
According to the
By J Swygart
report, 19.9 percent of children
in Adams County were living in
poverty in 2009. Five years later
that number had climbed to 28.6
percent. Both numbers exceed the
statewide average.
During that same period, per
capita income for Adams County
families trailed not only the state
average but also fell below that
of two neighboring, mostly rural
counties with similar populations
and demographics.
According to the Kids Count
authors, per capita income figures, obtained from the Bureau
of Economic Analysis, represent
the total personal income of the
residents in the state (or county)
divided by the resident population
in the state (or county).
In 2009, the per capita income
for all Hoosiers was $33,687.
Adams County, at $27,000, fell
below not only the state average, but also trailed the counties of Wells ($31,687) and Jay
($27,628).
Five years later, the per capita
income among Adams County residents had risen only slightly — to
$32,459 — but still lagged behind
its neighboring counties ($37,854
in Wells; $34,497 in Jay) and was
more than $6,000 lower than that
statewide average.
These figures are starkly disproportionate to unemployment
figures during the same period.
In August of 2009, the jobless rate in Adams County stood
A
J
Morton Marcus, an economist,
writer and speaker formerly with
the Kelley School of Business at
Indiana University, wrote in a col-
The writer is the managing editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat.
He may be reached via email at: j@
decaturdailydemocrat.com
— in principle — but the
Supreme Court ruling
turned the protection of
those rights over to state
and local authorities.
Since
the
ruling,
states such as Arizona
and Kansas have passed
restrictive voter ID laws.
And North Carolina
ended early voting and
same-day registration.
They’re far from alone,
and this voter suppression isn’t limited to the
states that joined the
Confederacy. But I can’t
help wondering how
jurisdictions that still
wrap themselves in the
rebel flag can be counted
on to safeguard fair voting rights.
To protect against discrimination, Congress
must pass the Voting
Rights Advancement Act.
The bill would repair the
damage the Supreme
Court inflicted two years
ago on voter protections.
The Senate version,
July 30, 2015
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If we seem to have gotten
off track here, perhaps apologies
to the reader are in order. But
it’s impossible to look at child
poverty rates without looking at
the broader economic standing of
state and local government.
There is no quick fix to ending child poverty. If that were the
case, surely it would have been
remedied long before now.
But the numbers are rising,
and that’s simply unacceptable.
Someone’s got to take notice —
starting with politicians from
Indianapolis to Adams County.
Each and every year governmental
entities talk about tightening their
belts, only to throughout the year
appropriate funds for projects
that, at least on the surface, seem
frivolous at best and unnecessary
at worst.
Children in Adams County —
lots of children — are going to bed
hungry each night.
The solution to that nightmare
admittedly is difficult and a little
overwhelming to ponder. But it
starts with the admission that a
problem does exist.
Based on the numbers, that
seems impossible to deny.
To fight racism, protect the right to vote
By LeeAnn Hall
The cold-blooded murder of nine people at a
Charleston church made
it impossible to deny the
persistence of racism
across the nation. So do
the symbols of support
for slavery and segregation that remain emblazoned on public property
throughout the South,
and scattered among
some Northern states as
well.
What will it take to
bring real racial justice
to our country? For starters, protecting the right
to vote.
A century after the
end of the Civil War,
Southern
segregation
thrived because of lynch
laws, poll taxes and other
institutional restrictions
on African Americans.
One of the great achievements that finally broke
the back of Jim Crow was
the Voting Rights Act of
1965, which enshrined
OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann the right to vote in federal
statute for the first time.
Arbor, Mich.
The Voting Rights Act
mandated federal review
of any new voting rules in
15 states, most of them
in the South, with histories of discrimination
at the polls. Two years
ago, the Supreme Court’s
5-4 decision on Shelby
County v. Holder effectively gutted the enforcement tools of the federal
voting law.
The right to vote is
still the law of the land
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umn this month that according to
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
and the Indiana Department of
Workforce Development, average
weekly wages in 42 of Indiana’s 92
counties were lower (after adjustment for inflation) in 2014 than
in 2008. Indiana’s real average
weekly wages rose only 0.7 percent in those six years; nationally
the increase was 2.6 percent.
Statewide, public safety workers, teachers, librarians and others who work for us and live
in our neighborhoods saw their
real wages drop 2.8 percent. At
the same time, local government
workers across the nation realized a decline of 0.8 percent,
Morton wrote.
Citing a report from the Bureau
of Economic Analysis, The
Indianapolis Star reported last
month that Indiana’s economy
made some of the smallest gains
in the country last year, growing
only 0.4 percent compared with
national growth of 2.2 percent.
at 14.1 percent, down from 15.2
percent in July but nonetheless
the sixth highest in the state. At
the time, 2,087 members of the
county workforce were out of a
job. Fast-forward to July of 2013.
The county’s unemployment rate
had been cut in half — 7.4 percent
— with 1,008 county residents
jobless.
So what’s to be made of this
seemingly endless string of numbers? There are several possibilities. One is that monthly unemployment figures in Indiana —
and nationally — must be taken
with a certain grain of salt and
can often be more misleading
than informative. Another is that,
while unemployment in Adams
County currently is at its lowest
level (4.1 percent last month) in
recent memory, the number of
county residents who are underemployed — earning wages in
either full-time or part-time jobs
that are well below their skill set
and insufficient to continue an
adequate standard of living —
remains largely unknown. But it’s
almost certain that number is
growing.
Indeed, there are those who
choose not to seek employment,
relying instead on state and federal safety nets to survive. Those
numbers, whatever they may be,
do not bode well for local child
poverty rates. It’s not a problem
unique to Adams County.
But the Kids Count report
shows it could be a Hoosier problem. Indiana ranked 32nd in the
country for overall child wellbeing in the Casey Foundation’s
latest report. The state fell five
spots from last year’s report.
And, while most statistics in the
most recent report stop in 2013,
there’s little reason to believe
Indiana will fare any better in
next year’s report. During the
past few sessions, the Republican
supermajority in the Statehouse
have muscled in a Right To Work
law, effectively crippling labor
unions — and the living wages
those unions helped to secure.
Other legislation enacted in the
General Assembly has been far
from worker-friendly. As a result,
Indiana is losing pace.
Today is the 211th day of 2015
and the 40th day of summer.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1619,
America’s first legislative assembly met in Jamestown, Virginia.
In 1956, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower signed a resolution
establishing “In God We Trust” as
introduced by Vermont
Democrat Patrick Leahy,
would provide federal
observers where necessary. It would also
require federal permission for states to change
their voting laws, and
it mandates bilingual
voting materials where
appropriate.
You’d think that following a tragedy like
the one that struck
the Emanuel African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church, a bill protecting
voting rights would sail
through Congress. Sadly,
you’d be wrong.
What are the stonewalling legislators so worried about? The answer
is clear: The black vote
threatens them.
Black voters accounted for 12 percent of the
national electorate in the
2014 elections, up from
11 percent in 2010 but
below the significant 13
percent in 2012. That
the national motto of the United
States.
In 1965, President Lyndon B.
Johnson signed the Social
Security Act into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon
released subpoenaed White
House recordings related to the
Watergate cover-up.
In 1975, former Teamsters Union
president Jimmy Hoffa disap-
year — when President
Barack Obama was running for reelection —
black turnout eclipsed
white turnout by about 2
points.
In some Southern
states, such as North
Carolina,
AfricanAmerican voters make
up over 20 percent of the
electorate. Black voter
turnout in that state has
increased dramatically in
the last 15 years.
With the 2016 election
right around the corner,
maybe that’s something
Southern Republicans
are worried about. After
all,
they’ve
already
denied residents of most
Southern states access
to Medicaid expansion
and a living wage. Now
they’re threatening their
voting rights too.
By all means, take
down those Confederate
flags. Move the monuments to museums. But
more importantly, begin
addressing the deeper
issues those symbols
represent — both in the
South and throughout
the country. Legislators
must raise a flag guaranteeing the right to vote
for everyone.
LeeAnn Hall is the
executive director of the
Alliance for a Just Society,
a national research, policy, and organizing network striving for health,
racial, economic and
social equity.
peared from suburban Detroit.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of
peace; I wanted all to sparkle and
dance in a glorious jubilee. I said
his heaven would be only half
alive; and he said mine would be
drunk: I said I should fall asleep
in his; and he said he could not
breathe in mine.” — Emily Bronte,
“Wuthering Heights”
C ommunity
Girls pampered at Church of God Daycare
The Church of God
Daycare Ministry had a
special day on Monday
for all of the children
who attend.
The Classic Crimper
came to the facility and
pampered each girl by
doing their hair and
nails in various ways.
The girls each received
a princess bag with surprises in them before
the day was over.
While the girls were
having fun, the boys
were as well. Teachers
painted the faces of the
boys and gave the boys From left, Jazzlyn Brown, Audrey Reef, Abby Conrad, Zoey Elzey, Sydney Bible and
tattoos so that they Taylor Baker show off their new looks after a day of pampering courtesy of the The
could enjoy the day, Classic Crimper.
Photo provided
too.
Bowens celebrate 60th Anniversary
Robert Heath and Gloria Lillian
(Hormann) Bowen, Decatur, were
married July 31, 1955, in the
Concordia Lutheran Church, Fort
Wayne. The Rev. Osmar Lehenbauer
officiated the ceremony. Standing
with the couple was best man, Allen
Bowen, brother of the groom, and
honor attendant, Millie Hormann,
sister of the bride.
The Bowens have two children,
Jim Bowen and Diane (Timothy)
Zeser, both of Decatur; two grandchildren, Jennifer (Chad) Arnold and
Jonathon Zeser; and four greatgrandchildren; Jillian and Oliver
Arnold, and Harper and Maddox
Zeser.
Robert retired from Phelps Dodge
Rod & Wire Company after 32 and
a half years of service and North
Adams Community Schools with 10
years of service. Gloria retired from
Gerber's Fine Foods following 29
years of service and Manley Meats
with 7 years of service. They are
members of Zion Lutheran Church
in Decatur.
Robert and Gloria are celebrating
with a family dinner honoring them.
According to a
press release, the
Zion
Lutheran
School
student
registration for the
2015-16
school
year is 4-7 p.m.
Tuesday.
The school will
also host a scholarship and SGO
informational
meeting at 6:30
p.m. Sunday.
The purpose of
this meeting is to
provide information about available scholarships
for the upcoming
school year.
Closed for
remodeling
Couple announce upcoming wedding
Makenna Hamilton,
Medaryville, and Ryne
Lehrman, Hoagland,
are pleased to announce
their upcoming wedding.
The bride-elect graduated from West Central
High School in 2010
and from Manchester
University in 2014.
The groom-elect grad-
Registration
set for Zion
uated from Heritage
High School in 2010,
and from Manchester
University in 2014.
Currently, both are
in the Trine University
Doctor
of
Physical
Therapy program.
The
wedding
is
planned for Aug. 8 at
Marion Hills Farm, Fort
Wayne.
A
spokesper son for St. Vincent
de Paul at 1209
Village
Green
Drive, announced
that the store will
be closed Aug. 3-8
for remodeling.
The store will
resume
normal
business
hours
after the remodeling is complete.
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Community Calendar
THURSDAY, July 30:
Rotary Club, noon, Back 40 restaurant.
Monroe United Methodist Church Farmer's Wagon,
1 p.m., line is to form no earlier than noon.
Senior citizens play cards, 1 p.m., Riverside
Center.
Zumba, Southeast Elementary School, 4-5 p.m.
TOPS Club weigh-in, 5:30 p.m.; meeting 6:15 p.m.,
Woodcrest Activity Building.
Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., weigh-in; 6:30 p.m. meeting, Adams Memorial Hospital Decatur Room.
Sober Beginnings, 6:30-8 p.m., Adams Memorial
Hospital Berne Room. Divorce Care4Kids, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Decatur
Church of God.
A.A. (open) Big Book meeting, 7 p.m., First Church
of the Nazarene, Berne.
Yoga for Stretching and Strength, Hope United
Methodist Church, 6608 Hoagland Rd., Hoagland, 7
p.m.
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Immanuel House, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 8545N C.R. 500E,
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bring your own bags.
A.A. Happy Hour Discussion Group (closed), 5-6
p.m., Decatur Church of God.
Reformers Unanimous Addiction Recovery Program,
7-9 p.m., Grace Fellowship Church.
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Sensitivity
By HARRIETTE COLE
Reader Questions Friend’s
Club Affiliation
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am Jewish and have known
that there are anti-Semitic country clubs in the nation.
I live in Long Island and am surrounded by plenty of
accepting country clubs. I have recently found out one of
my friends belongs to a club that, although not explicitly
stated, has no Jewish members due to a history of antiSemitism. No one in her family is Jewish, and I doubt
she knows how widespread the discrimination can be. I
find offense with their choice of country club. Is it inappropriate for me to suggest she change clubs? Should
I assume she is anti-Semitic? -- Anti-Friend, Commack,
New York
DEAR ANTI-FRIEND: I will start by saying you
shouldn’t be so quick to jump to conclusions. You are
already judging your friend because of this affiliation,
and it may not be valid. She may not be aware of the history of her country club. Unless you know that it currently
practices anti-Semitism, you should tread lightly. That
doesn’t mean you shouldn’t talk to her about it. But don’t
come with hearsay. What have you concretely learned
about this club’s history and its current status? You can
share with her what you know and how you learned it.
Tell her how uncomfortable it makes you.
I do not think you should immediately ask her to
change clubs. You can open her eyes to your discomfort
about the club’s history and that she is part of its community.
I remember as a young woman complaining to my
mother about certain stores that she frequented in our
hometown of Baltimore. One that she liked a lot had
been rude to her when I was a child, and I remembered
the racist incident. When I asked my mother why she
continued to patronize that store, she told me that if she
were to boycott all of the stores that had been discriminatory against African-Americans in the past, she would
have virtually nowhere to shop. So, she chose to forgive
those that had changed their ways.
Obviously, it is unwise for your friend to patronize a
club that continues to discriminate. I say find out if that
is actually true, though, before you press her to rescind
her membership.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am invited to spend the weekend at a friend’s summer house in Massachusetts. I
have never done this before, so I’m not sure what to
bring. Should I bring food and linens? Do I offer her
money to contribute to the cost of the weekend? I’m
stumped. -- Moving Up, Philadelphia
DEAR MOVING UP: Start by asking your friend what
you should bring with you. Chances are, you won’t need
sheets. You may need a bathing suit, casual clothing for
the daytime and cocktail wear for the evening. It is smart
for a man to bring a jacket in case you go to a restaurant or club that requires it. Ask about the activities you
may be participating in so that you are ready for them in
terms of wardrobe. You can bring a bottle of wine as a
host gift. And, as things are purchased, you can offer to
contribute.
W eekly B uzz
Sock Hop, Cruise-In
set at Rockford Belle
The Rockford Belle,
135 Market Street,
Rockford, Ohio, will
hold its sixth annual
Sock Hop and Cruise-In
Saturday. The street in
front of the venue will
be closed and activities
will take place outside
in front of the Belle.
The cruise-In starts
at 4 p.m. and a live
concert is set for 6 p.m.
A food tent will be available. There will be no
judging or entrance fee
for the cruise-in. Door
prizes will be available for cruise-in participants, and a 50/50
drawing will be conducted.
“Cruise-In
participants are welcome to
bring their classic motorcycles, cars and trucks;
come, shine and show,”
a release from the Belle
stated. Local favorite
Jerry Bolenbaugh has
been invited to perform
with the band and there
will be a special appearance with Elvis Aaron
Presley Jr.
A free-will offering
will be conducted. For
more information on
the event, call Nancy
Ritz at 567-259-9211.
The pioneer encampment is always a popular attraction at the Kekionga Festival in Decatur.
Open auditions are Sunday
for VW civic theater play
Kekionga Festival is Aug. 19-23 in Decatur
Now that the 2015 Adams
County 4-H Fair and Swiss Days
festival are in the record books,
it’s time for area residents to look
toward the next summer party:
The 2015 Kekionga Festival.
This year’s festival will be held
from Aug. 19-23, however organizers noted some activities will
be held the weekend of Aug. 15.
Following is a partial list of
activities planned for the festival.
A full list of events will be printed as soon as the information is
made available.
Wednesday August 19:
7 p.m. — Old Fashioned Praise
and Worship Service under the
tent at Riverside Center.
Thursday August 20:
4-8 p.m. Taste of Decatur at
Riverside Center.
Friday, August 21:
Education Day — This event
is open to all public, private
and home school students. The
encampment opens to the public
at 4 p.m.
Saturday, August 22:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Pioneer
Encampment / Living History
Village, educational exhibits, downtown sidewalk sale,
flea market, craft show,
Callithumpian car show.
Sunday, August 23
Pioneer Encampment /
Living History Village, Kekionga
/ Edward Jones Greenway
Gallop.
‘The Book of Mormon’ a big hit in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
The biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons
received a rousing reception Tuesday in its firstever showing in the heart
of Mormonlandia, kicking off a sold-out, twoweek run at a Salt Lake
City theater.
The audience cheered
wildly as the Tony Awardwinning ‘‘The Book of
Mormon’’ began, with
the show’s gleefully naive
missionaries singing in
front of a backdrop of
the Salt Lake City skyline
and Mormon temple that
resembles the real one
just two blocks away.
They laughed loudly as the jokes played
out, many touching on
Mormon lingo and culture that is intimately
familiar in Utah. Some
of the most raucous
applause came during a
scene when an African
character sings, ‘‘Salt
Lake City, the most perfect place on Earth.’’ At
the conclusion, attendees at the Capitol Theater
crowd gave the actors a
standing ovation.
Despite the jokes and
jabs that create a caricature of Mormon beliefs,
there were no protests
outside and no mass
walkouts during opening
night. The playbill did
include three advertisements from the Mormon
church, including a picture of a smiling man
with the words, ‘‘You’ve
seen the play, now read
the book.’’
The audience included
a cross-section of nonMormons, ex-Mormons
and some practicing
Latter-day Saints like
Omar Ledezma Soto,
a student at Mormonowned BYU. He drew
attention by coming
dressed as a missionary,
wearing a white shirt,
tie and the name tag
he wore when he was
an actual missionary.
He said he knew other
BYU students who were
planning to attend other
showings.
‘‘The humor is crude
and offensive, but I don’t
think it’s meant to attack
or belittle Mormons,’’ said
Soto. ‘‘It’s just a means to
talk about the silly situations we put ourselves in.
That’s why I think this is
so funny and lethargic
and freeing to me.’’
The show’s creators,
Trey Parker and Matt
Stone of ‘‘South Park’’
fame, weren’t at the show
but told The Associated
Press this week that
bringing the show to Salt
Lake City feels like validation and also brings
the creative process full
circle.
‘‘It feels like a really
cool thing that it finally
gets to play Salt Lake
City,’’ Stone said. ‘‘It just
feels very much like it’s
coming home.’’
They were hopeful that
the show’s jokes would
get even bigger laughs in
Whitley County Autumn Art Festival approaching
The Whitley County
Autumn Art Festival is
gearing up for the 14th
annual event, in downtown Columbia City,
with art, music and more
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept.
12 on the Whitley County
Courthouse lawn.
New to the festival this
year are evening events,
starting at 5 p.m. till 10
p.m. including live bands
with Trent Boston and
a popular band from
Warsaw, He Said She
Said. There will also be a
beer tent, cornhole tournament, art activities and
food vendors on site.
The family-oriented
fine arts festival draws
juried
artists
from
around the region, showcasing their artwork for
sale. Come and take a
look and shop for a variety of mediums including
ceramics, photography,
metalwork,
painting,
drawing and more.
During the day, musicians featuring a variety of styles will perform
at the gazebo. Amateur
and professional dancers
liven up the streets as
they tap, clog and strut
their stuff. A Children’s
Art tent will allow kids to
have their special place
at the festival as well,
creating masterpieces of
their own. The goal of
the festival is to offer
our community a day
filled with opportunities
for appreciating, exploring, and experiencing the
arts in a fun, festive setting. Other activities at
the festival will feature a
student art show inside
City Hall, a silent art
auction — “Art in the
Trunk,” carriage rides,
art demonstrations and
a chalk walk event.
A portion of the proceeds from the festival
will be designated to
a graduating art student in Whitley County.
Admission is free for this
family event, with free
parking downtown.
a crowd likely to be more
familiar with Mormon
culture than most audiences. ‘‘It’s like playing
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to a
bunch of Jews,’’ Parker
said.
That certainly seemed
to be the case, as audience howled at jokes
about Mormon beliefs,
practices and idiosyncrasies. ‘‘It pokes fun without being mean,’’ said
Eric Kriss, of Draper,
after the show.
Two hours before
the opening, about 100
people lined up in a
ticket lottery, a group
that included ex-Mormon Brandon Haden.
The 26-year-old theater
teacher, hoped to see
the show again after
attending a production
in Los Angeles, but he
said his parents have no
plans to attend. (Prices
range from $26-$160,
not including fees).
‘‘My parents said they
wouldn’t come see something that makes fun
of their religion, which
I totally get,’’ Haden
said, adding, ‘‘I don’t
think they make any like
sacred, doctrinal jokes,
they just poke fun at the
stereotypes.’’
He didn’t win tickets,
but 24-year-old Kate
Hickam did.
Hickam, who isn’t
Mormon, had seen the
show in Denver but was
anxious to watch the
hometown crowd’s reaction. ‘‘They have so many
inside jokes that Utahans
will appreciate,’’ Hickam
said.
Off Stage Productions,
Van Wert, a community
theatre company, has
announced open auditions for its fall production of “Murder Inn”, written by Howard Voland
and Keith McGregor. The
comedy/murder mystery
will be directed by Dan
Bulau.
Open auditions are set
for 7 p.m. Sunday at the
Van Wert Senior Center,
220 Fox Road, Van Wert.
The dinner theatre company is looking to cast 12
(four men, eight women)
of various ages. No prior
acting experience is necessary to audition.
Performance dates for
“Murder Inn” will be Oct.
24, 25, 30, 31 and Nov.
1, 6 and 7.
“Murder Inn” is set
in New England at the
Barnsley Inn, a dilapidated eighteenth century
inn, which is supposedly haunted by Marco,
a knife-throwing poltergeist. A group of tourists
— on a tour-Ghosts and
Ghouls of New England
— is forced by a storm
to make an unscheduled
stop at the Barnsley.
What looks to be an
unpleasant and uncomfortable detour soon turns
into a night of mayhem
and madness as knives
begin to pop up… in the
most unexpected places.
As the storm builds and
the body count rises, the
survivors try to figure
out who done it. And
even more important —
who’s likely to have it
done to them next?
Call 419-605-6708
for additional infor mation.
Of f
Stage
Productions may be
found online at http.
www.offstagetheatre.com
and
on
Facebook at https://
www.facebook.com/
OffStageProductions.
Arts Place fund drive deemed successful
Arts Place Campaign
2015 ended on June 30
by reaching and surpassing the goal of $410,000
in private support. Arts
Place ended the campaign the moment they
passed the goal, which
was on June 29 with
$410,043 raised.
By the end of the next
day, another $1,500
was pledged due to two
responses on a last
ditch effort by Blackford
County Arts Center volunteers.
All monies raised for
this campaign came from
private grants and private contributions.
Campaign Chair Paula
Sibery said, “Meeting
the Campaign 2015 goal
clearly demanded much
of many. The gifts of
time, energy and financial resources of every
one of our volunteers
made it possible to reach
the goal.
“Whether you served
as a volunteer solicitor, a
member of the cabinet, an
acknowledgment caller, a
campaign unit leader, a
worker at a fundraising
event, or helping with a
mailing, be assured that
it made a difference. We
simply could not have
done it without each and
every one of you,” Sibery
concluded.
Adams Public Library System
Decatur-Geneva
www.apls.lib.in.us / 724-2605 / 368-7270
Summer Reading
continues for all ages!
Story Times every week
Music in Storybook Park
4:00-6:00
July 26: Nuvo Bosso
Next week is the final week
to get summer reading
books and pages recorded!
TAI CHI IN STORYBOOK
PARK Wednesdays @ 9:00
Wheels of Yesteryear
Antique Power Show & Festival
August 7-9, 2015
Wells County 4-H Park • Bluffton, Indiana
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sale
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August 7 - Div. I & Div. II @ 5 p.m.Adams Public Library System
Decatur-Geneva
August 8 - Classic Antique @ 6 p.m.
www.apls.lib.in.us
/ 724-2605 / 368-7270
August 8 - Consignment Auction @ 9 a.m.
Music in Storybook Park
August 8 - Homemakers Bake Sale @ 9Summer
a.m. Reading
continues for all ages!
4:00-6:00
August 8 - @ 7 P.M. , MICHINDOH Truck &
Story Times every week
July 26: Nuvo Bosso
Tractor Pull, Paid Admission
August 9 - Garden Tractors - Stock
and Modifi
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Science
Central
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21 in Decatur
PARK Wednesdays @ 9:00
Gas Engine Display, Machinery Field Display, Harvest Demonstrations
Farm & Garden Tractor Display, Large Flea Market, Parts & Toy Vendors
Antique Farm Tractor Pulls & Garden Tractor Pull, Antique Vehicle Display
Kiddie Peddle Pull, Kids Games, Pre-1840 Pioneer Encampment
Quilt Show, Plenty of Good Food and Live Entertainment
Camping on Grounds, Fun and Activities for All Ages.
Car & Truck Show August 9
For more information contact Dorrance Stinson, President @ 260-466-1157
Chad Captain, Vice President @260-417-6488
www.wheelsofyesteryear.com
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NUMBERS GAME
Victory Lane celebrations are becoming old hat for Kyle Busch, though this one, coming at the fabled Brickyard, might have been the biggest.
All photos by Action Sports, Inc.
BUSCH, AGAIN
Kyle Busch Makes It Four Wins in Five Starts for the No. 18
K
NEWS & NOTES
second Xfinity Series win on Saturday before Busch passed Ryan
yle Busch continued an improbable run toward
championship contention Sunday at the IndianapBlaney on the last lap to begin his eventual weekend sweep.
olis Motor Speedway, leading three times for 19
“You know, you come to Indy, it’s all about the win, either win
laps to win the 22nd Brickyard 400. It was Busch’s
or finish last,” Logano said. “It doesn’t really matter anywhere in
fourth win in five races and it put him within 23
between. At least that’s the way I race when we come to a racetrack
points of allowing those race wins
like this, Daytona and Indy. It’s all about getting troto qualify his No. 18 for NASCAR’s Chase for the
phies and rings and making out with bricks. UnfortuGeoffrey Miller
Sprint Cup postseason.
Athlon Sports contributor
nately we came up a little bit short.”
Beyond the numbers, Busch said the win felt like
As the laps clicked toward the race’s completion,
@GeoffreyMiller
something more. “To come home with a victory here
the race looked to be in Kevin Harvick’s control. The
at the Brickyard 400 there’s nothing else like it,”
2003 Brickyard 400 winner led a race-high 75 laps
Busch said. “It’s probably the biggest one of my caand had a comfortable lead until a caution for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s
reer so far, and hopefully there’s more wins here at the Brickyard
crash on Lap 148 of 160. Busch passed Harvick on the ensuing
and bigger wins in the series yet for me.”
restart, and Harvick couldn’t manage any comeback before settling
The Indianapolis win marked Busch’s first win in NASCAR’s
for third.
unofficial “majors” that include the Brickyard, the Daytona 500,
Harvick was one of many drivers unsure about the new rules
and the Coca-Cola 600. To earn it, Busch twice held off challengpackage. “I think everybody put in a lot of effort to really try to
ers on late-race restarts for debris (with four laps left in the schedmake everything a lot better, spent a lot of money, but I don’t know
uled distance) and a Trevor Bayne crash on the ensuing restart.
that we accomplished everything that we were looking to accomIt was the restarts that seemed to matter most at Indianapolis all
plish,” Harvick said. “(The) cars are extremely hot inside. That was
day, thanks largely to the modified aerodynamic package NASprobably the biggest surprise that crept up on everybody. I know
CAR implemented on all cars for the race. All 43 entrants sported
everybody spent a lot of money to get the cars here and put a lot of
a 9-½” rear spoiler with a wicker bill attached to the top that NAStime and effort into putting the puzzle together.”
CAR hoped would add drag and permit more passing at a track
more suited to single-file racing. Instead, the total number of green
SPRINT CUP STANDINGS
flag passes during the race dwindled by nearly 600 year-to-year
POINTS BEHIND
DRIVER (WINS)
POINTS BEHIND DRIVER (WINS)
and drivers nearly in unison felt that passing was tougher.
575 -202
1. Kevin Harvick [2]
777
-- 11. Jeff Gordon
Passing difficulty was evident late in Sunday’s race. Once the
563 -214
2. Joey Logano [1]
708
-69 12. Ryan Newman
pack of cars emerged from Turn 2 after a restart, the leader typi558 -219
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2] 677 -100 13. Paul Menard
cally had an overwhelming advantage because cars behind would
558 -219
4. Jimmie Johnson [4] 675 -102 14. Kasey Kahne
get loose if they followed too close. Busch used that knowledge to
538 -239
5. Martin Truex Jr. [1] 668 -109 15. Clint Bowyer
519 -258
6. Brad Keselowski [1] 638 -139 16. Carl Edwards [1]
hold off Joey Logano during a desperate charge before the white
508 -269
7. Matt Kenseth [1]
615 -162 17. Aric Almirola
flag. Logano got a strong draft from Busch’s car exiting Turn 2 and
462 -315
8. Kurt Busch [2]
612 -165 18. Greg Biffle
pulled tight to his bumper and tried to swing low before Turn 3, but
453 -324
9. Jamie McMurray
602 -175 19. Austin Dillon
Busch went low at the same time — stifling Logano in a manner
452 -325
10. Denny Hamlin [1]
591 -186 20. Kyle Larson
similar (and at the same point) to Ryan Hunter-Reay’s defensive
move on Logano’s Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves in
XFINITY STANDINGS
TRUCK STANDINGS
the 2014 Indianapolis 500.
“I felt like I was a really good race car. I felt like I had the car to
DRIVER (WINS)
POINTS BEHIND
DRIVER (WINS)
POINTS BEHIND
beat,” Busch said. “But then when you got back in traffic, whether
1. Chris Buescher [2] 651
-1. Matt Crafton [4]
452
-2. Chase Elliott
626 -25
2. Tyler Reddick [2]
438 -14
you were behind a guy or behind a group of cars, you were hor3. Ty Dillon
621 -30
3. Erik Jones [1]
428 -24
rible. It was just absolutely so hard to handle in traffic. It’s not
4.
Regan
Smith
600
-51
4.
Johnny
Sauter
381 -71
sometimes such a bad thing, but you don’t want to feel like you’re
5. Elliott Sadler
594 -57
5. John Wes Townley
360 -92
going off into the corner and you’re going to crash every time.”
6. Darrell Wallace Jr. 568 -83
6. Cameron Hayley
351 -101
Logano’s bid for the win came after starting second to polesitter
7. Daniel Suarez
558 -93
7. Daniel Hemric
347 -105
Carl Edwards and leading 28 laps. Had the No. 22 gone to victory
8. Brendan Gaughan 537 -114
8. Timothy Peters
343 -109
lane, Logano would have given car owner Roger Penske his first
9. Brian Scott
527 -124
9. Spencer Gallagher 335 -117
win at Indianapolis in Sprint Cup stock cars. The legendary car
10. Ryan Reed [1]
526 -125
10. Ben Kennedy
329 -123
owner has 16 victories in the Indianapolis 500 and nearly had a
BRICKYARD ATTENDANCE WOEFUL For a race that featured nearly full grandstands for its first 15+ years of existence, seeing the overwhelming majority of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 230,000+ seats empty in recent years is still shocking.
Sunday’s race was likely the worst yet with roughly 60,000 to 70,000 fans on site.
Fortunately for NASCAR, the race played decently on television, garnering an average
of 4.7 million viewers — the highest ever for any show on NBCSN.
CHASING KURT Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson have all won
races this season, and prior to Sunday’s race at Indianapolis had earned enough points to
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By HOWIE RUMBERG
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) —
Wilmer Flores wiped away
tears as he warmed up at
shortstop for the eighth
inning, thinking he was
being traded from the
organization he joined as
a teenager.
Manager Terry Collins
left the rookie out there.
He was trying to win a
game and had no idea
why Flores was crying.
It turned out Flores
became emotional over a
rumor: General manager
Sandy Alderson said there
was no trade after the
New York Mets lost 7-3 to
the San Diego Padres on
Wednesday night despite
three homers from a suddenly hot Lucas Duda.
‘‘You think these guys
are stone-cold robots.
They’re not,’’ Collins
said. ‘‘They’re human
beings and they have
emotions.’’
Word spread throughout Citi Field in the middle innings about a deal
that would’ve brought
Carlos Gomez to the Mets
from Milwaukee. Flores
was one of the players
included in the tweets and
internet chatter about the
trade.
When Flores came to
bat in the seventh fans
gave him a standing ovation that in the context of
the game was unusual —
the Mets were trailing 7-2
and there was no one on
base.
‘‘It was a little bizarre
from inning three to
inning eight,’’ Alderson
said.
When he came out to
shortstop for the top of
the eighth, Flores began
to cry as he warmed up.
His eyes were watery and
red after the game, too,
even though Alderson
had apologized to Flores.
‘‘During the game I
heard there was a trade
and I got emotional,’’
Flores said. ‘‘I heard from
the fans. When I came up
to hit I heard everybody
cheering. ... It was difficult.’’
Generally when a player is traded mid-game,
he is pulled. Collins
sent Flores back out to
his position because he
was not informed of any
swap.
‘‘Somebody came to me
and said, ‘Wilmer’s crying.’ I said, ‘Why?’ ‘Well
he got traded.’ ‘To who?
For what?’ I didn’t know,’’
Collins said, incredulous.
‘‘I said, ‘I don’t know
what’s going on, we’ve got
a game to play.’’’
Alderson blamed modern technology.
‘‘There
is
no
trade,’’ Alderson said.
‘‘Unfortunately
social
media, etc., got ahead of
the facts and it may have
had an adverse affect
on one of the players
rumored to be involved. It
was an unfortunate situation.’’
After six straight losing seasons, the Mets are
in a pennant race. The
loss snapped a threegame winning streak and
dropped New York two
games back of Washington
in the NL East.
The Mets quickly fell
behind in this one.
Justin Upton homered
and drove in three runs
and Yonder Alonso also
connected for the Padres.
Matt Kemp, Yangervis
Solarte and Will Venable
all drove in early runs as
San Diego chased Bartolo
Colon (9-10) after only 2
1-3 innings, his shortest
start since 2012.
By BARRY WILNER
AP Pro Football Writer
Alshon Jeffery proved
himself last year as a
prime target in Chicago.
Everson Griffen showed
his stuff as a sackmaster
in Minnesota.
Both moved from the
‘‘show us what you’ve got’’
category to Pro Bowl consideration.
Here’s a road map to
players who need to make
the same kind of on-field
statements this year — an
All-Prove It Team, if you
will — or could find themselves spending plenty of
time away from the field.
QB—Robert Griffin III,
Redskins.
Injuries, inconsistency,
some strange coaching
decisions by the previous
regime have all plagued
RG3 since his 2012
Offensive Rookie of the
Year honors. Is he a franchise QB?
R B — D a r r e n
McFadden,
Cowboys;
Joseph Randle, Cowboys.
The league’s top rusher
has left Big D for Philly.
That places ample pressure
on
McFadden,
recently a disappointment in Oakland, and the
inconsistent Randle to
boost the running game
behind the NFL’s best
blocking unit.
WR—Dwayne Bowe,
Browns; Tavon Austin,
Rams.
Bowe never could lift
the Chiefs’ aerial game
beyond mediocre, and
there are questions about
his work ethic.
Austin can be dynamic.
He hasn’t been and might
not even start in St. Louis
in his third pro season.
TE—Tyler
Eifert,
Bengals.
Cincinnati has built a
nice receiving corps on
the outside. Eifert needs
to step up in Year 3 after
an injury-ruined season.
OG—Richie Incognito,
Bills; Jonathan Cooper,
Cardinals.
Incognito gets his last
chance after the bullying
scandal. If he can’t play
for Rex Ryan in Buffalo,
forget it.
Cooper was the seventh overall selection in
2013 and was hurt all
season. He played in 14
games last year, now he
has to show his worth.
C—Gino Gradkowski,
Broncos.
This one is simple:
Gradkowski is snapping
to the most demanding of
quarterbacks. Step up or
step out.
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DE—Michael Johnson,
Bengals; Adrian Clayborn,
Falcons.
Johnson was a bust in
his only season in Tampa
after signing a huge contract. He’s back where he
established himself and
must do so again.
Clayborn had two productive seasons with the
Bucs, two injury-ravaged
ones. Atlanta desperately needs him to come
through as pass rusher.
DT—Sylvester
Williams, Broncos; B.J.
Raji, Packers.
Williams moves in to
replace departed Terrance
Knighton, a force on
Denver’s D-line. Does
Williams bring more pot
roast, or a cheaper grade
of beef?
Raji missed 2014 with
a right biceps injury. He
played five physical years
in the trenches before last
Major League Baseball
National League
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 53 46 .535
—
New York
52 49 .515
2
Atlanta 46 55 .455
8
Miami 42 59 .416
12
Philadelphia 38 64 .37316 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis
64 37 .634
—
Pittsburgh 59 41 .590 4 1/2
Chicago 53 47 .53010 1/2
Cincinnati 45 54 .455
18
Milwaukee 44 58 .43120 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles
57 45 .559
—
San Francisco 56 45 .554 1/2
Arizona 49 51 .490
7
San Diego
48 53 .475 8 1/2
Colorado 43 56 .43412 1/2
———
Tuesday’s Games
Baltimore 7, Atlanta 3
Philadelphia 3, Toronto 2
N.Y. Mets 4, San Diego 0
Miami 4, Washington 1
Colorado 7, Chicago Cubs 2
Pittsburgh 8, Minnesota 7
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 0
Arizona 8, Seattle 4
Oakland 2, L.A. Dodgers 0
Milwaukee 5, San Francisco 2
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado 2
San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 0
Toronto 8, Philadelphia 2
San Diego 7, N.Y. Mets 3
Washington 7, Miami 2
Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0
L.A. Dodgers 10, Oakland 7
Thursday’s Games
San Diego (Cashner 4-10) at N.Y.
Mets (Niese 5-9), 12:10 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 10-8) at Miami
(Haren 7-6), 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta (S.Miller 5-7) at Philadelphia
(Harang 4-11), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Burnett 8-4) at Cincinnati
(Holmberg 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Rusin 3-4) at St. Louis
(C.Martinez 11-4), 7:15 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 11-6) at Milwaukee (Nelson 8-9), 8:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Atlanta (Wisler 5-1) at Philadelphia
(Hamels 6-7), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 5-6) at Cincinnati
(Lorenzen 3-5), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Miami
(Phelps 4-7), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-4) at N.Y.
Mets (Harvey 9-7), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at
Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 8:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-5) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 5-2), 8:10 p.m.
Colorado (K.Kendrick 4-11) at St.
Louis (Wacha 11-4), 8:15 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A.
Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct
New York
57 43 .570
GB
—
Listing the NFL’s ‘bubble guys’
season and must prove he
has something left.
OLB—Quinton Coples,
Jets; Sean Lee, Cowboys.
There might not even
be a starting job for the
Jets’ top selection of 2012
under new coach Todd
Bowles. He needs to be
more active, more versatile.
Injuries have stymied
a Pro Bowl-caliber career
for the leader of the Dallas
defense. He returns from
a wrecked knee that cost
him all of 2014.
CB—Dre Kirkpatrick,
Bengals; D.J. Hayden,
Raiders.
Terence
Newman
has
left
Cincinnati.
Kirkpatrick, a 2012 firstrounder, improved his
game a bit through the
last two seasons. Time for
a big move.
Hayden was a risky
high pick in 2013 after a
near-fatal injury. Oakland
has some defensive talent
in front of him, so he
needs to come through.
S—Matt Elam, Ravens;
Chris Conte, Buccaneers.
Elam is another firstrounder (2012) on this
squad. He lost his starting
position last season, so
he’s in prove-it territory.
Conte played plenty
for four years on a Bears
defense that didn’t scare
anyone. Now he goes to a
Bucs D that doesn’t scare
anyone.
Baltimore Toronto Tampa Bay
Boston Central Division
Kansas City
Minnesota Chicago Detroit Cleveland West Division
Houston Los Angeles
Texas Seattle Oakland 51
51
51
44
49
51
52
58
.510
6
.500
7
.495 7 1/2
.431
14
W
61
52
49
49
46
L
39
48
50
52
54
Pct GB
.610
—
.520
9
.495 11 1/2
.48512 1/2
.460
15
W
57
55
48
46
45
L
45
45
52
56
57
Pct
.559
.550
.480
.451
.441
GB
—
1
8
11
12
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Tuesday’s Games
Philadelphia 3, Toronto 2
Chicago White Sox 9, Boston 4
Tampa Bay 10, Detroit 2
Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1
N.Y. Yankees 21, Texas 5
Houston 10, L.A. Angels 5
Oakland 2, L.A. Dodgers 0
Wednesday’s Games
Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1
Cleveland 12, Kansas City 1
Toronto 8, Philadelphia 2
Chicago White Sox 9, Boston 2
Texas 5, N.Y. Yankees 2
Houston 6, L.A. Angels 3
L.A. Dodgers 10, Oakland 7
Thursday’s Games
Detroit (Simon 9-6) at Baltimore (Mi.
Gonzalez 9-6), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (D.Duffy 4-4) at Toronto
(Estrada 7-6), 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-5) at
Boston (S.Wright 3-4), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 9-7) at Texas
(Gallardo 7-9), 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-7) at
Houston (Kazmir 6-5), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Happ 4-5) at Minnesota
(P.Hughes 9-6), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Carrasco 10-8) at Oakland (Bassitt 0-3), 10:05 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Baltimore
(W.Chen 5-6), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Cueto 0-0) at Toronto
(Hutchison 9-2), 7:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-4) at Boston (E.Rodriguez 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at
Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-8) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 4-3), 8:10
p.m.
Seattle (T.Walker 7-7) at Minnesota
(Milone 5-2), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Salazar 8-6) at Oakland
(Graveman 6-7), 9:35 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A.
Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.
WNBA Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct
New York
12 6 .667
Washington 10 6 .625
Chicago 11 7 .611
Indiana 10 8 .556
Connecticut 8 8 .500
GB
—
1
1
2
3
Atlanta 7 11 .389
5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 13 4 .765
—
Phoenix 10 7 .588
3
Tulsa 10 8 .556 3 1/2
San Antonio
6 12 .333 7 1/2
Seattle 5 14 .263
9
Los Angeles
3 14 .176
10
———
Tuesday’s Games
Indiana 75, Connecticut 73, OT
Phoenix 89, Chicago 87, OT
Wednesday’s Games
Washington 87, Seattle 74
Indiana 84, New York 72
San Antonio 102, Atlanta 85
Minnesota 82, Los Angeles 76
Thursday’s Games
Phoenix at Tulsa, 8 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Seattle at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Washington at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
OF BASEBALL — Suspended New
York Yankees RHPs Anderson
Acevedo, Anthoniris Santana and
Carlos Santana (DSL) 72 games
each after positive tests for metabolites of Stanozolol in violation of the
Minor League Drug Prevention and
Treatment Program. American
League
BOSTON RED SOX — Placed CF
Mookie Betts on the seven-day DL.
Recalled CF Jackie Bradley Jr. from
Pawtucket (IL). Added INF Josh Rutledge to the major league roster.
Designated INF Jemile Weeks for
assignment.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed
INF Emilio Bonifacio on the 15-day
DL. Recalled INF Leury Garcia from
Charlotte (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled
OF Tyler Holt from Columbus (IL).
Acquired LHP Jayson Aquino from
Pittsburgh for cash considerations
and optioned to the Lynchburg (Carolina).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Traded
RHP Joe Blanton to the Pittsburgh
Pirates for cash considerations.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS —
Optioned OF Daniel Robertson to
Salt Lake (PCL). Designated OF
Efren Navarro for assignment. Activated OFs David Murphy and David
DeJesus.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Selected
the contract of RHP Caleb Cotham
from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
Designated LHP Chris Capuano for
assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled
LHP Alex Claudio and RHP Jon
Edwards from Round Rock (PCL).
Optioned RHP Phil Klein to Round
Rock. Designated LHP Wandy Rodriguez for assignment.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Placed RHP
Neil Ramirez on the 15-day DL.
Optioned RHP Dallas Beeler to Iowa
(PCL). Recalled RHP Yoervis Medina
from Iowa. Selected the contract of
RHP Ben Rowen from Iowa. Designated INF-OF Mike Baxter for assignment.
COLORADO ROCKIES —
Optioned INF Cristhian Adames to
Albuquerque (PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS —
Optioned LHP Sammy Solis to Syracuse (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed F
Chris Copeland.
TORONTO RAPTORS — Named
Jerry Stackhouse, Rex Kalamian and
Andy Greer assistant coaches. Women’s National Basketball Association
WNBA — Suspended San Antonio
F Danielle Adams three games for an
unspecified violation of the league’s
anti-drug program. CYCLING
International Cycling Union
ICU — Suspended Italian team
Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec from
international races for 30 days,
beginning Aug. 1, after Fabio Taborre
and Davide Appollonio tested positive for doping.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed OL
DeMarcus Love.
CHICAGO BEARS — Announced
the retirement of G Chad Hamilton.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed
WR James Wright on the injured
reserve list.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Resigned DB Landon Feichter.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed
CB Raymon Taylor.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS —
Released RB Cyrus Gray.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DT
Calvin Barnett, WR Kai De La Cruz
and OT Chris Martin. Waived DT Ellis
McCarthy. Placed S Don Jones and
WR DeVante Parker on the PUP list
and TE Gerell Robinson on the
active/non-football injury list.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS —
Signed CB Tarell Brown.
NEW YORK JETS — Placed G Willie Colon, RB Stevan Ridley and DL
Kevin Vickerson on the PUP list.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS— Activated RB Carlos Hyde from the the
active/non-football injury list.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS —
Agreed to terms with LB Ryan Kerrigan on a multiyear contract extension.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ARIZONA COYOTES — Named
Corey Schwab goaltending coach.
Signed G Niklas Treutle to a oneyear contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed F
Dainius Zubrus on unconditional
waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract.
COLLEGE
EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE — Accepted Mercy
College as an associate member of
the ECAC Division II Field Hockey
League, beginning in the 2015-16
academic year.
CHATTANOOGA — Named Troy
Van Zile assistant athletic director for
development.
CLEMSON — Named Brian Yale
volunteer assistant volleyball coach
and Alexa Rand volleyball graduate
director of operations.
FURMAN — Named Mike Buddie
athletic director.
GEORGE MASON — Named
Emma Thomson women’s assistant
soccer coach.
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Brady, Patriots take to the defensive, ‘I did nothing wrong’
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
FOXBOROUGH,
Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady
took the fight over his
‘‘Deflategate’’ suspension
to social media and federal court Wednesday, and
New England Patriots
owner
Robert
Kraft
backed the three-time
Super Bowl MVP, saying
‘‘I was wrong to put my
faith in the league.’’
One day after NFL
Commissioner
Roger
Goodell rejected Brady’s
appeal, the star quarterback posted a 507-word
statement on Facebook
with his firmest denial
yet, writing: ‘‘I did nothing wrong.’’ Kraft followed
with an unscheduled
address to the media
gathered
at
Gillette
Stadium for the opening of training camp and
the team’s defense of its
fourth Super Bowl championship.
‘‘It is completely incomprehensible to me that the
league continues to take
steps to disparage one of
its all-time great players,
and a man for whom I
have the utmost respect,’’
the Patriots owner said. ‘‘I
have come to the conclusion that this was never
about doing what was
fair and just.’’
Just before the courts
closed in Minnesota, the
NFL Players Association
asked the court to overturn Brady’s four-game
suspension — or at least
put it on hold until the
case can be heard. The
union asked the court
to throw out the suspension before Sept. 4; that
would keep Brady from
missing any practices
before the Patriots’ Sept.
10 season-opener against
the Pittsburgh Steelers.
‘‘We need to free him up
for that first week,’’ union
attorney Jeffrey Kessler
told
The
Associated
Press. ‘‘We don’t believe
this discipline can ever
be sustained.’’
The lawsuit argues
that the NFL made up
its rules as it went along
and misapplied the ones
that were already on
the books. In an interview with the AP, Kessler
called it ‘‘offensive’’ that
the league accused Brady
of destroying his cellphone to obstruct the
investigation, a claim
NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell made in upholding the suspension on
Tuesday.
‘‘We believe they highlighted this issue solely
to inflame the public, to
suggest there is some
secret information being
withheld, and that’s
wrong,’’ Kessler told the
AP. ‘‘It’s an unfair character assassination of
a player who has done
nothing but be a model
citizen for this league.’’
Brady
defended
the cellphone swap on
Facebook.
‘‘To suggest that I
destroyed a phone to
avoid giving the NFL
information it requested
is completely wrong,’’ he
Travel baseball teams set
tryout times upcoming
Three area teams have announced their plans
for the 2016 travel baseball season as well as times
for their tryouts in the near future.
Dox's Baseball will be holding tryouts for next
year for a 14-under squad. The team will meet
Saturday, August 15 from 1-4 p.m. at the Bellmont
High School baseball field. For questions, contact
Doug Baker at (260) 413-6384.
The Indiana Bandits travel teams are having
tryouts on Saturday, August 8 at Roush Park in
Bluffton. Next year's 10-under team will be trying
out at 10:30 a.m., while the 11-under and 12-under
squads will be trying out at approximately 11:30
a.m. The 13-under and 14-under teams will be
trying out at approximately 1 p.m. To register,
please arrive 15 minutes prior to the time/age
group your are trying out for. The Summit City Sluggers youth baseball
organization will be holding open tryouts for the
summer of 2016 on Sunday, August 16 at Homier
Park in Huntington. Tryouts for the 12, 13, and
14-under teams will be held at 1 p.m. Tryouts for
the older teams, 15, 16, and 17-under will be held
at 4 p.m.
These tryouts are open to all area baseball
players. Players can register ahead of time for
the tryouts at (www.summitcitysluggers.com). As
a special note, the 12-under Sluggers team will
traveling to the Cooperstown Dreams Park as a
part of their schedule next summer. Please contact
Mark DeLaGarza ([email protected]) or
Todd Armstrong ([email protected]) if you
should have any questions or concerns regarding
this information.
BHS fall practices to begin
The Bellmont High School Athletic Office has
released their practice schedules for the fall
season.
Girls golf is set to start tomorrow (July 31) from
8-10 a.m. at Cross Creek, while all other sports will
begin on Monday, August 3.
Both boys and girls cross country will meet at
the BHS course from 8-10 a.m., while the football
team will meet at 2:30 p.m. with a practice from
4-6:30 p.m. at the stadium. Soccer boys will meet
from 7-9 a.m. and 5-7 p.m. on Monday, while the
said. ‘‘There is no ‘smoking gun’ and this controversy is manufactured
to distract from the fact
they have zero evidence
of wrongdoing.’’
Brady was suspended four games and the
Patriots were docked $1
million and two draft
picks in May for what
the league found was
a scheme to provide
improperly inflated footballs for the AFC championship game against
the Indianapolis Colts.
Investigator Ted Wells
zeroed in on two equipment managers — one
who called himself ‘‘The
Deflator’’ — and said
Brady was ‘‘at least generally aware’’ of the illegal
deflation scheme.
Kraft said the Patriots
did nothing wrong, but
the team fired the two
equipment managers. He
said he didn’t fight the
team’s penalty because
he thought the league
would go easy on the star
quarterback.
Now, he said, he
regrets his decision.
ALL-AREA SUCCESS— The Indiana Bandits, a 14-under team comprised of players in the northeast
Indiana area, won the Noblesville Invitational as well as the Noblesville Battle of the Bats Tournament in
the last two weekends. This past weekend Indiana Bandits beat a tough Richmond Reds team 13-4 to
take the title. The team is seen above starting in the front row (L-R): Gavin King (Bluffton), Grant Besser
(SA), Dave Fife (HN), Dom Jojola (Bluffton), Shane Elam (Blackford). Back: Michael Schlechty (Jay County),
Mason Huffman (So Wells) Ryan Schlechty (Jay County), and Kevin Brown (AC). Coaches (not shown) are
Troy Jojola and Chris Fife. (Photo provided)
Sports Highlights
By Dylan Malone
girls will have the field from 8-9:30 a.m. and 7-8:30
p.m. Tennis boys will meet up at the courts from
5-7 p.m., while volleyball tryouts will be held in the
auxiliary gym from 6:30-9 p.m.
All prospective athletes must have an IHSAA
approved physical, a medical consent card,
concussion acknowledgement form, and the BHS
athletic and extracurricular code of conduct waiver
form. The office will be open from 8 a.m. until 3
p.m. during this week and next.
Cross Creek men’s league
Still making up for a lost week of golf in the
second half, Cross Creek's Monday and Thursday
divisions met up for their fourth and fifth weeks
recently on the course.
In the Thursday league, Shifferly Dodge holds a
narrow lead atop the standings with 31 points after
a 7-3 win over Bluhm & Reber/Bixler Insurance
(24). Ideal Realtors sits two points behind at 29
after a 7-3 victory over Stanley Steemer (9), while
Ideal Suburban (26) are in third after a 7-3 victory
over Complete Flooring (7).
Hometown Health Care (25) are alone in fourth
following an 8-2 blasting of Tritech (13) as Wet Spot
Bar (20) fell victim to BCI Remodeling (16).
Jeff Manley finished with a below par 33 to lead
the individuals playing, while Scott Ainsworth fired
off a 35. Mike Ainsworth ended with a 36 with
Todd Kiser ending with a 36. Tom Tussing, Steve
Pilkington, Joel Mishler, and Kermit Summers all
ended with 38s, while Jeff Bauermeister shot a 39.
Ending with 40s were Drew Norby, Jim Manley,
Tom Trauthwein, Gary Sheets, and Joel Massoth.
Monday's group pulled double duty to get their
fourth and fifth weeks of play in and after the dust
settled, The Galley leads with 34 points atop the
standings after a 7-3 win over Krave-It (19) and a
10-0 win over then first place Hi-Way Service (31)
to catapult them into first.
Hi-Way also lost to Abel Painting (26) by an 8-2
score losing their large lead over first. WZBD (29)
sits alone in third place following an 8-2 win over
Paul Baker Drywall (16) in the first match and a
6-4 victory over Eichhorn's Jewelry (23) the second
DECATUR DAILY
D E M O C R A T
match. Mr. Grumpy Pants (27) bested NAPA (26)
6-4 in the opener, then lost 6-4 to Double Eagle
(17) in the night cap.
In other scores, Double Eagle was downed by
Eichhorn's 6-4, NAPA blasted Paul Baker's crew
8-2, and Krave-It bested Abel Painting by a 6-4
score.
Individually in the first matches, Scott Ainsworth
fired off a 35 to pace the group, while Jimmy Baker,
Luke Ainsworth, Drew Phegley, and Jon Kline all
ended with 38s. Paul Baker and Kraig Hart shot
39s, while Randy Colclasure and John Carpenter
fired off 40s. In the second match, AJ Kalver led
the group on a shortened 34 par back nine with
a 33, while Mike Macke and Colclasure shot 36s.
Steve Feasel shot a 37, while Hart, Ainsworth, and
Bob Ladd finished with 38s. Nate Reinking and
Kline shot 39s with Bill Carpenter shooting a 40.
Thursday will pull double duty tonight to catch
up their schedule.
Ultimate Frisbee heads into
playoffs stacked at the top
The playoff picture became clear by the end of
the Wednesday regular season finale at Homestead
Park as the Hi-Flyers will be the top-seeded squad
heading into the Decatur Ultimate Frisbee League
tournament on Saturday.
The Hi-Flyers did enough to ensure the seed
after an 11-2 win over Old School and an 11-5 loss
at the hands of second-seeded Furious Fuchsia.
Top Gun bested the Compton Crusaders 9-7 to
ensure the three-seed with the tie-breaker, while
Pink Lawnchairs are the five-seed following a pair
of wins over Squirtle Squad and Tune Squad.
The full standings are below with the tournament
starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at Homestead
Park. Top Gun and Tune Squad hold tie-breakers
in the standings over Compton and Red Rebels
respectively due to their head-to-head results:
1. Hi Flyers 15-3 +73
2. Furious Fuchsia 14-4 +68
3. Top Gun 13-5 +38
4. Compton Crusaders 13-5 +61
5. Pink Lawnchairs 12-6 +56
6. Tune Squad 8-10 +9
7. Red Rebels 8-10 +13
8. Squirtle Squad 4-14 -101
9. DISCiples 2-16 -110
10. Old School 1-17 -108
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