Dunkirk falls short of Stellar

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Monday, August 17, 2015
The Commercial Review
Portland, Indiana 47371
75 cents
www.thecr.com
Dunkirk falls short of Stellar
By RAY COONEY
INDIANAPOLIS — Dunkirk’s
dream projects will have to wait.
During an event at the Indiana
State Fair today, local officials
learned the city did not receive
the Stellar Communities designation.
“I’m
devastated,”
said
Dunkirk Mayor Dan Watson. “I
don’t know what else to say. I didn’t see it coming at all. I thought
we were a shoo-in.
“It’s just a shame because
North Liberty earns designation for
cities with a population of less than 6,000
there’s been so much community involvement and community
participation and everyone has
worked so hard.
“It definitely was a shock to
us. I just didn’t see it coming at
all.”
North Liberty, located southwest of South Bend in St. Joseph
County, got the nod over Dunkirk
in the division for communities
with a population of 6,000 or
fewer.
Crawfordsville was selected as
the Stellar winner in the large-
city division, beating out Decatur
and Marion.
The designation and the funding that comes along with it
would have allowed Dunkirk to
complete several major projects,
most notably moving the library
and glass museum to the Stewart
Brothers building downtown and
constructing a senior housing
facility. Also included were downtown lighting with Safe Routes to
School, as well as a variety of
complementary projects.
See Stellar page 2
Second surprise
Bomb
blast
hits in
Bangkok
By JERRY HARMER
and ANUSONADISAI
NATTASUDA
Associated Press
The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney
Leearah Eldridge hugs fellow junior Whitney Lowe Saturday evening after the Jay County High School cheerleading
squad was announced as the runner-up at the Indiana State Fair competition. It marked the eighth straight year in which the
Patriots have finished in the top three.
JCHS is runner-up at state fair
By RAY COONEY
INDIANAPOLIS — They were
prepared for fourth, hoping for
third.
What they got was even better.
After Mooresville was named
in fourth place, the Patriots
were ready. They knew their
routine in the finals was not as
strong is it could have been, so
third place was their target.
Then, the announcement:
Third place, the Mount Vernon
Marauders.
Jaws dropped.
“How can this be happening,”
said sophomore Breea Liette,
eyes wide and mouth agape.
Emotions quickly turned
from shock and surprise to elation Saturday as the Jay County
High School cheerleading squad
claimed second place in the
large varsity without music
West Jay finishes in fourth
By RAY COONEY
formance. But some struggles with stunts in the
evening took the Eagles out
of contention for a championship repeat.
Meanwhile, East Jay
missed out on a top-five spot
in the preliminaries and did
not advance to the finals.
For Jay County’s junior
high cheerleading squads, it
was a day of mixed emotions.
West Jay Middle School
advanced to the finals with
a standout preliminary per-
division at the Indiana State
Fair cheerleading competition.
“I was so shocked,” said senior Sierra Trobridge. “I was
going to be happy for third
place, but then I was ecstatic
when we got second.
Still, West Jay’s fourthplace finish behind champion Fall Creek, Perry Meridian and Mount Vernon
marked the first time since
2006 that the squad finished
in the top four in consecutive seasons.
See Finishes page 6
“I got chills when they
called Mount Vernon and not
us.”
The only team to top the
Patriots was defending champion Pendleton Heights.
JCHS continued its every-
other-year streak of runnerup finishes, following secondplace efforts in 2013, ’11 and
’09. It was the eighth straight
year in which the Patriots finished in the top three.
See Surprise page 6
‘Jamie Squared’ dances to the title
By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHT
Most Stars in the Park
performers were singers,
but dancers came out on
top in Saturday night’s
finals.
Jamie Squared — the
clogging duo of Jamie
Harshman and Jamie
Razo — took the talent
competition title, while
tap dancing pair Nathan
Brelage and Karaline
Bolka came in second
place.
The winners earned
the top prize of $1,250,
while the runners-up
earned $500.
Harshman, 16, and
Razo,
15,
weren’t
strangers to the Stars in
the Park finals, having
placed second last year.
This year, they danced
their way to first with a
performance of “Proud
Mary.”
“I was shocked (to place
first) because there’s so
much talent here,” Harshman said.
They’ve been dancing
together for eight years,
currently through Razz M’
Deaths
Weather
In review
M a r t ha
Bro wn,
89,
Ridgeville
Kelvin Hirschy, 34, Monroe
Details on page 2.
The high temperature Sunday in Portland was 82 degrees,
and the overnight low was 68.
Tonight’s low will be 65, and
the high Tuesday will be 83.
There is a chance of thunderstorms beginning this afternoon and continuing through
Wednesday night.
For an extended forecast,
see page 2.
Fort Recovery sophomores,
juniors and seniors can pick
up their schedules from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Wednesday through
Aug. 25 in the high school
office. The first day of school
is Aug. 26.
Jazz Dance Studio in
Decatur, and have attended
camps and performed at
various festivals, including one in the Bahamas.
Harshman’s family goes
there for vacation, and
took Razo along one year.
See Dances page 2
BANGKOK — A bomb
exploded at a popular
shrine near a key political
protest site in central
Bangkok today, the government said, reportedly
killing more than a dozen
people and injuring many
others.
The bomb exploded
inside the Erawan Shrine,
and another undetonated
bomb was found near the
complex, said Maj. Gen.
Weerachon Sukhondhapatipak, a spokesman for
Thailand’s ruling junta.
The shrine is a tourist landmark also popular with
Thais.
Thai PBS television said
at least 15 people were
killed. Weerachon said
dozens were injured, and
that some foreigners were
among the hurt.
The shrine is located at
Rajprasong intersection,
the center of many contentious political demonstrations in recent years.
Security video showed a
powerful flash as the bomb
exploded.
“We still don’t know for
sure who did this and why,”
Deputy Prime Minister
Prawit Wongsuwon told
reporters. “We are not sure
if it is politically motivated,
but they aim to harm our
economy and we will hunt
them down.”
Anusit Kunakorn, secretary of the National Security Council, said Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha,
the former army chief, was
closely monitoring the situation.
Thailand’s capital has
been relatively peaceful
since a military coup ousted a civilian government in
May last year after several
months of sometimes violent political protests
against the previous government. However, there
has been some tension in
recent months as the junta
has made clear it may not
hold elections until 2017
and wants a constitution
that will allow some type of
emergency rule to take the
place of an elected government.
Car bombs are almost
unknown in Bangkok, but
have been used in southern
Thailand, where a Muslim
separatist insurgency has
been flaring for several
years. The last major bombings in Bangkok occurred
on New Year’s Eve 2006,
when a series of bombs at
celebrations around town
killed at least three people
and wounded dozens.
See Hits page 5
Coming up
Tu esday — Coverage of
today’s Portland City Council
and Jay School Board meetings.
Thursday — Column takes
a look at the JCHS football
team’s first game of the season. Line Drives.
Local
Page 2
Stellar ...
Continued from page 1
Throughout
the
Stellar
process this year — Dunkirk’s
third attempt at the designation
and first time making the finalist
list — the city has focused on its
“do-it-yourself ” attitude.
Its application emphasized the
efforts of the city, Dunkirk
Industrial Development Corporation and Dunkirk Investment
Group, as well as the fact that all
of the projects involved are
ready to begin. The city already
has site control for the properties involved and has completed
environmental evaluations.
Watson noted repeatedly that
Dunkirk had done a lot on its
own — working toward rehab-
bing the Stewart Brothers and
Depot buildings, separating sewers and completing renovations
to its water and wastewater
treatment plants — and was in
need of some help to take the
next steps.
“There’s a lot of good things I
think that are happening,” he
said when the city turned in its
application in March. “And if we
could just get a break and get one
of these major programs going, I
think we could start seeing some
positive change. We just need
that one break.”
In its final plan, Dunkirk
sought $5.18 million in tax credits from Indiana Housing and
Community
Development
CR almanac
Authority for the Crown Crossing Senior Housing Development, $2.06 million from Indiana
Department of Transportation
for lighting and safe routes and
$1.84 million from the Indiana
Office of Community and Rural
Affairs to renovate the Stewart
Brothers building.
Crown Crossing Senior Housing Development, which the city
has been working toward with
Buckeye Community Hope Foundation of Columbus, Ohio, would
be built on the west side of Main
Street between the railroad
tracks and Center Street. The
facility was proposed to have 28
housing units, a courtyard,
kitchen, social hall, library, laun-
dry room, computer room and
administrative office space.
The proposal included continued renovation of the Stewart
Brothers building to allow the
library and glass museum to
move there from their current
site on Washington Street. Safe
Routes to school are planned to
connect West Jay Middle School,
Westlawn Elementary, Dunkirk
City Park and West Jay Community Center.
The complementary projects
in the final proposal included a
“Message in a Bottle” tourist
attraction to highlight the city’s
ties to the glass industry, a pedestrian trail along Highland
Avenue, downtown wifi connec-
tivity, demolition of the current
library/glass museum and a
mural on the Weaver building.
Those projects would be completed with local funding.
Dunkirk was announced as a
Stellar finalist in April and
turned in its final plan in June. A
group of state officials visited the
city July 30 for a final evaluation.
Jay County is the only county
to have had two different cities
named finalists for the designation with Dunkirk this year and
Portland in 2011. Previous Stellar
winners were Huntingburg and
Wabash last year, Bedford and
Richmond in 2013, Princeton and
Delphi in 2012 and Greencastle
and North Vernon in 2011.
Obituaries
Kelvin Hirschy
Sept. 11, 1980-Aug. 11, 2015
Kelvin R. Hirschy, 34, Monroe,
died Tuesday at his home. He was
the grandson of a Geneva woman.
Born in Bluffton, he was the son
of Kevin and Dorene (Coffin)
Hirschy, and worked for FCC in
Adams County.
Surviving in addition to his parents are two brothers; grandparents, including Deloris HirschyMoore, Geneva; a niece and two
nephews.
No services will be held. Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral
Home in Decatur handled the
arrangements. Condolences may be
expressed at http://www.hshfuneralhome.com.
Martha Brown
Martha
Jane
Brown,
89,
Ridgeville, died Saturday at her
home. Funeral arrangements are
pending at Walker Funeral Home in
Winchester.
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Hospitals
Jay County Hospital
Portland
Admissions
There
were
four
admissions to the hospital on Friday, including:
Portland — Karla
Weesner.
Portland — Vicky L.
Bash, George Hutchens
and Karla Weesner.
Dunkirk — Kelab N.
Clark and Eric R. Redwine.
Hartford City — Kyle
A. Crabtree.
Emergencies
Dismissals
There were 58 people
treated in the emergency rooms of JCH,
including:
There were six dismissals, including:
Richmond — Victoria
S. Maddox and son.
Citizen’s calendar
Today
5 p.m. — Portland
EDIT Advisory Committee, city council chambers, fire station, 1616 N.
Franklin St.
5:30 p.m. — Portland
City Council, council
chambers, fire station,
1616 N. Franklin St.
6 p.m. — Jay School
Board, administrative
offices, 1976 W. Tyson
Road, Portland.
7:15 p.m. — Fort Recovery Records Commission, village hall, 201 S.
Main St.
7:30 p.m. — Fort Recovery Village Council, village hall, 201 S. Main St.
Tuesday
6:30 p.m. — Fort Recovery School Board, board
meeting room, FRHS,
400 E. Butler St.
Wednesday
3:30 p.m. — Portland
Board of Aviation,
Portland
Municipal
Airport, county road
100 North, Portland.
6 p.m. — Jay County
Soil and Water Conservation District, USDA
Service Center, 1331 W.
Indiana 67, Portland.
Thursday
6 p.m. — Redkey
Town Council, former
town hall, 20 S. Ash St.
Aug. 24
9 a.m. — Jay County
Commissioners, commissioners’ room, Jay
County
Courthouse,
120 N. Court St., Portland.
3:30 p.m. — Jay County Solid Waste Management District Board,
district office, 5948 W.
Indiana 67, Portland.
7 p.m. — Dunkirk
City Council, city hall,
131 S. Main St.
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The Commercial Review/Kathryne Rubright
After earning a second-place finish last year, “Jamie Squared” — Jamie Razo and Jamie
Harshman — danced their way to the 2015 Stars in the Park title. Another dance duo, Nathan Brelage
and Karaline Bolka, took the runner-up spot during the third year of Jay County Chamber of Commerce’s
summer talent competition at Hudson Family Park in Portland.
Dances ...
Harshman’s friends there had
been encouraging her to dance in
the Coconut Festival, and the girls
performed in it together.
“Dance is really fun,” Razo said.
“It’s basically our life.”
The pair agreed that it was nice to
have other dancers performing in
this event too. In some ways, they
said, it was probably an advantage
for the dancers that they could
stand out among the field of mostly
singers.
Brelage, 17, and Bolka, 15, thought
being in the minority of dancers
was a benefit to them as well,
though it may have made the judges’
jobs more difficult.
“I feel like it would’ve been hard
to be judges,” Brelage said. “It’s a
different talent. … You have to look
for different things.”
Bolka said she was surprised that
the top two spots were taken by
dancers.
Brelage and Bolka, who have each
been dancing for 11 years, chose to
do tap because it’s where they overlap, but each has experience in
other styles too.
At the finals, they danced to
“Moses Supposes” from the musical
“Singin’ in the Rain” after performing “Step in Time” from “Mary Poppins” at the quarterfinals and semifinals.
“Our dance teacher really likes
musicals,” Brelage said, explaining
the song choices.
It was their first year in Jay County Chamber of Commerce’s Stars in
the Park talent competition, but
they’ve been competing through
their studio and at other events for
years.
Third place and $250 went to Bella
Chorvas, who performed Kristin
Chenoweth’s “The Girl in 14G.” Paul
Wickey, who sang Queen’s “Somebody to Love” was the fan favorite for
the 18-and-older division.
Karlie Bullard and Matalin Racster won the fan favorite award in
the 17-and-younger division. They
sang a mash-up of “My Songs Know
What You Did In The Dark” by Fall
Out Boy and “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons.
Felony arrests
Drug charges
A Pennville man was
arrested on drug charges
Saturday.
Joshua M. Best, 295 S.
Washington
St.,
was
arrested on bench warrants for possession of a
narcotic drug, a Level 6
felony, and possession of
marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor.
ed for operating a vehicle
with an alcohol concentration level of 0.08 percent
or higher, with a prior
offense, a Level 6 felony.
She was booked into Jay
Intoxicated driving
A Bluffton woman was County Jail at 4:02 a.m.
arrested for operating a and is being held on a
vehicle while intoxicated $3,000 bond.
Sunday.
Chelsea Harpter, 1023 S. Intoxicated driving
A Portland woman was
Mulberry St., was arrestHe was booked into Jay
County Jail at 12:36 p.m.
and is being held on a
$10,000 bond.
arrested for operating a
vehicle while intoxicated
Sunday.
Michelle Lee Miller, 911
W. Arch St., was arrested
for operating a vehicle
while intoxiated, a Level 6
felony.
She was booked into Jay
County Jail at 12:03 a.m.
and is being held on a
$3,000 bond.
Capsule Reports
Rear-ended
Two Portland drivers were
involved in an accident near the
intersection of Votaw and Meridian
streets Saturday.
Charlotte J. Devoss, 60, 6046 S.
Como Road, was stopped facing east
on Votaw to turn into the Arby’s
parking lot, 701 N. Meridian St.
George G. Meehan, 80, 303 E.
Votaw St., was driving east behind
her and struck the rear of her 2013
Toyota with his 1999 Chevrolet Malibu.
Damage in the 6:46 p.m. accident
was estimated to be between $1,000
and $2,500.
Off road
A Portland driver went off the road
Saturday morning in Knox Township.
Rachelle D. Boolman, 19, 1581 S. 300
West, said she was running late for
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work and tried to pass a southbound
vehicle on Indiana 1 south of county
road 200 South, but swerved back into
her lane because of oncoming traffic.
She overcorrected and her 2010
Ford Focus went into the ditch and
struck a utility pole. She came back
onto the road and to a stop in the
northbound lane.
Damage in the 8:57 a.m. accident
was estimated to be between $5,000
and $10,000.
Family
Page 3
Insecurities have mellowed with time
By DIANA DOLECKI
Special to The Commercial Review
It was a perfect summer
evening. Our carving club was
hosting its annual cookout. I
had spent the day baking a cake.
I had considered making something more complicated but forgot to obtain all the needed
ingredients.
We loaded the still warm cake
into the car and hoped we
remembered how to get there.
When we saw the wizard and the
red, white and blue eagle in the
front yard, we knew we were in
the right place.
Only one couple had arrived
before us and I worried that
nobody else was coming. A
cream colored horse watched as
we parked in front of the barn.
A couple of dogs barked from
inside a horse trailer. A bevy of
As I
See It
wooden creatures in various
sizes and stages of completion
stared silently at us.
More people trickled in and
the buffet table filled up. A multitude of tiny sweat bees delighted in exploring all the visitors.
Two of the insects committed
suicide in my lemonade. I fished
them out and drank it anyway.
Conversation flowed. Someone
crashed the party and I was surprised that it was someone I
knew.
After a heartfelt prayer, we all
settled down to eat. The food
was delicious and the conversation was better. It is the only
time, other than Christmas, that
the spouses join our group
although they are always welcome. I was reminded of how
much I like the wives of these
men who play with knives for
pleasure.
After we ate, we explored the
small shop in front of the barn.
It was packed floor to ceiling
with evidence of a serious
addiction to wood. I was
impressed by the sheer talent
displayed on the shelves. I was
also impressed that anything
actually stayed on those shelves
as they were in dire need of support.
Eventually, people started
leaving for home and we gathered the remains of the cake
and said our goodbyes.
There was a time, not so long
ago, when I couldn’t have envisioned such an evening. I have
always been happiest by myself.
Groups of people make me
panic. It doesn’t matter if I
know them or not. I hide in the
background, looking for a
chance to escape. I would pretend to belong while struggling
with the urge to flee. I would not
speak, lest others around me
would realize how dumb I am.
Over time, I have become
more adept at convincing
myself that I don’t have to pretend. Everybody else is too busy
worrying about whatever is
going on with their own lives to
be concerned with me. We all
have insecurities. And, surprisingly enough, we all belong. We
are all in this world together.
The whole point of all this, is
that whatever life hands you,
nothing is forever. Everything
changes. Sometimes it changes
for the better, sometimes not.
Change is a sneaky thing. One
minute we are young and pretty,
the next, old and wrinkly. One
minute we are happiest while
hiding in a book, the next, we
are relishing a summer evening
spent in the presence of good
people.
If you swallow your apprehension and allow new experiences
into your life, one day you might
be surprised at how much you
enjoy being surrounded by
friends on a perfect summer
evening.
Woman fears
exposing her
imperfections
Photo provided
Reserve champion
Makinsey Murphy picked up reserve champion honors in the long hair adult cat division
for her cat Henry on Aug. 10 at the Indiana State Fair. She was also the champion in that division
for cage decoration, earned a blue ribbon for interactive demonstration and finished as reserve
champion in junior showmanship. Murphy also competed as a rabbit ambassador at the state fair,
placing fourth out of 34 in the novice division.
DEAR ABBY: I met an
amazing man and have
been dating him for about
three months. It was
almost love at first sight. I
say “almost” because I
was hesitant to get
involved since I am his
boss.
My problem is, for six
years I was in an emotionally and physically
abusive relationship. My
ex threw me through a
wall, leaving me with broken ribs and lacerations
on my face. I was constantly called “fat” —
especially when I was
pregnant.
Now that I’m with this
new guy, I feel awkward.
He tells me how pretty I
am, and I don’t know how
to respond. It makes me
uncomfortable when he
says it, and I have no idea
why. I have fallen so hard
for him, but feel like I
hurt his feelings when I
don’t respond. It’s not that
I think I’m ugly or anything; I just feel like I am
not as pretty as he constantly says I am.
How can I overcome
this so it doesn’t become a
problem in the future? I’m
scared to death that one
day he will wake up and
realize that I’m not as perfect as he thinks I am. —
NOT PERFECT IN ALABAMA
D E A R N O T P E R F E C T: I
Dear
Abby
don’t know whether your
s el f -e ste em probl em is
l on g - s t a n d i n g a n d d e e p seated, or if it stems from
the abusive relationship
you had with your ex. But
a way to conquer it would
be to discuss your feelings
w i t h a li c en s ed m e n t a l
health professional.
On a related subject, it
i s c o m m o n k n ow l e d g e
that workplace romances
— while not uncommon
— can tur n into disasters
i f they don’ t work out.
T h ey s o m et i m es f a i l
because of the imbalance
of power in the relations h i p i f o n e p e r so n h a s
economic control of the
other. While you’re talking to your therapist, this
is something that s hould
also be discus sed.
———
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips.
Contact Dear Abby at
www.DearAbby.com
or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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Thank you for help during illness
To the editor:
As many of you know, my husband Lloyd Weesner has been
facing serious medical problems, including multiple hospital stays and surgies. Though he
still has to go for regular testing,
he is back to work and doing
good.
Through this journey our
faith in God has been strengthened. We witnessed his healing
touch. We felt his love surround
us both when we were scared
and when we were rejoicing.
Letters to
the Editor
Along the way many people
have been there to lend a helping hand. I would like to take a
moment to offer our gratitude.
Our family and friends were
very supportive.
Thank you to:
•Our family, our children were
with us every step of the way
even when they were physically
unable to be there.
•My school family at General
Shanks Elementary — co-workers, supervisors, Karmella VanSkyock, Craig Campbell and the
central office staff.
•Denise Swingley and Jodi
McKee’s third grade classes for
awarding us their Care and
Share project.
•Our church family — Pastor
Billy and Marjorie Stanton (who
traveled to be with us), Pastor
Randy Smith and Paston Dwight
Kroeger and their congregations. Thank you for all the
prayers, cards and gifts.
•My brother and sister-in-law
Dan and Sheila Krieg, my
daughter and son-in-law Melinda and Jonathan Porter and all
of the vendors and bikers who
helped make the benefit a success.
•Also, all those that made
donations, including Margret
Schwartz and Collett Church of
the Nazarene for the bake sale
and Randy and Mary Bickel for
the bounce house.
So many in this community
reached out to us and we greatly
appreciate each and every one of
you. Saying thank you seems so
small, but we are very grateful.
God bless everyone that has
been there for us throughout
this journey.
Thank you and Gold bless,
Lloyd and Teresa Weesner
Portland
Job excitement
is unwarranted
By MORTON J. MARCUS
What’s important to
watch in the economy?
If you listen to the
politicians,
it’s
the
monthly number of jobs
nationally, statewide or
locally. They generally
try to take credit for all
the gains and avoid comment about any losses.
However, if you pay
attention to the media,
it’s the Dow Jones Industrial
Average
that’s
important. This daily
stock market figure is
often
inconsequential
and understood by fewer
people than ordinarily
attend Indiana University football games.
Yet the political season
is upon us again (did it
ever leave us?), so let’s
talk Hoosier jobs.
The average of the
monthly number of jobs
in Indiana for 2014 was
just 11,000 shy of three
million. Several pols and
their pundit pals were
ecstatic about being so
close to Indiana’s peak
jobs number reached
back in 2000 at just over
three million.
With the hot temperatures of the season, we
prefer not to chill the
enthusiasm of Hoosiers
in heat. Nevertheless, it
should be noted that in
2000 there were nearly 6.1
million residents of Indiana. At that time, the
number of jobs equaled
49.4 percent of the total
population. If that same
percentage is applied to
the 2014 population, then
our
state
“needed”
3,259,000 jobs, or 270,000
more than we actually
realized in 2014.
We don’t want any
politician
traveling
around declaring Indiana
has a “shortage” of
270,000 jobs. But let’s not
hear that we’re close to
our all time high number
of jobs. That previous
peak may be meaningless
in an economy where
major
changes
have
taken place in the intervening 15 years.
Now it is true that, by
2014,
Indiana
added
196,000 job from its 2009
low. But this “achievement” is largely a
rebound from the sharp
employment decline we
call the “Great Recession.”
This bust and boom
was clearly evident in the
Elkhart-Goshen metro
area. Here was the highest percentage job gain in
the state (26 percent)
from the 2009 low. Yet,
while adding 25,800 jobs
in the recovery, ElkhartGoshen workers will not
forget the loss of 34,400
jobs from the 2006 peak to
that low point in 2009.
Columbus placed second
in the recovery with a 20
percent rise in number of
Eye
on the
Pie
We don’t
want any
politician
traveling
around
declaring
Indiana has a
“shortage” of
270,000 jobs.
But let’s
not hear that
we’re close to
our all time
high number
of jobs.
jobs, followed by the megametro
(IndianapolisCarmel-Anderson) where
the rebound was 13 percent. In all the joy exuded
by our political leadership
about the state’s recovery,
you might have missed the
fact that four Hoosier
metro areas in 2014 had
fewer jobs than they did in
2009.
Terre Haute was short
1,000 jobs (down 1.4 percent), Michigan City-La
Porte was off 1,400 jobs
(down
3.2
percent),
Evansville down 14,400
jobs or 8.5 percent and
Bloomington trailed with
a deficit of 7,200 jobs or
8.7 percent lower than its
2009 level.
Yes, it’s always good to
be encouraged by signs
of improvement in our
economic
condition.
However, the euphoria
pouring from the Statehouse over the past
months has been unwarranted.
But what else do they
have to trumpet?
••••••••••
Marcus is an economist,
writer, and speaker who
may be reached at [email protected].
What is right should prevail
By ROBERT C. KOEHLER
Tribune Content Agency
“Each of the Parties to the Treaty
undertakes to pursue negotiations in
good faith ...”
What if words like this actually
meant something?
This is Article VI of the Treaty on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, which the United States
signed in 1970. It continues: “... on
effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an
early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and
complete disarmament under strict
and effective international control.”
Please read it again, slowly, understanding that 190 nations have
signed onto these words: “a treaty on
general and complete (nuclear) disarmament.” Here’s a wild thought.
What if they were recited aloud
every Sunday in churches and other
public spaces across the nation, the
way congregants at my parents’
church recited the Apostle’s Creed
when I was a boy? Each word, slowly
uttered, welled up from the soul. The
words were sacred. Isn’t a world free
of nuclear weapons — and beyond
that, free of war itself — worth
believing in?
The treaty’s preamble also calls for
“the cessation of the manufacture of
nuclear weapons, the liquidation of
all their existing stockpiles, and the
elimination from national arsenals
of nuclear weapons and the means of
their delivery ...”
What if these words could stand up
to the geopolitics of cynicism and
military-industrial profit? What if
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons — the NPT —
weren’t simply a verbal coffin in
which hope for humanity’s future lay
interred? What if it could come to life
and help reorganize global culture?
I ask such questions only because I
suddenly believe it’s possible, thanks
to an unlikely player in the geopolitical realm: a nation with a population
of about 70,000 people. Recently I
wrote about the fact that the Republic
of the Marshall Islands has filed suit
in both the International Court of
Justice in the Hague and U.S. federal
court against the five NPT signatories — the United States, the U.K.,
China, Russia and France — that possess nuclear weapons, demanding
that they comply with the treaty they
Robert C.
Koehler
signed. For good measure, the lawsuit demands compliance from the
other four nuclear nations as well —
Israel, India, Pakistan and North
Korea — on the grounds of international law and, well, sanity.
Here’s the thing. This audacious
lawsuit is a disarmament wedge.
Since I wrote that first column, I’ve
been in touch with Laurie Ashton,
the lead attorney for the case in U.S.
federal court, and have read the brief
appealing the suit’s dismissal, which
was filed last month. To get this close
to the case — to its language, to its
soul — is to feel possibility begin
pulsing in a unique way.
As Ashton put it, “The NGOs and
protesters are just talk, talk, talk.
When you sue them, then they listen.”
Attesting to the seriousness of this
suit, she noted: “The Marshall
Islands are on record. They have a
mission to make sure this never happens to another people again.”
This tiny nation of coral reefs in
the middle of the Pacific Ocean, once
a U.S. trust territory, was the site of
67 above-ground nuclear tests
between 1946 and 1958. These tests, so
cynically perpetrated on an “expendable” people, turned much of the
area into radioactive wasteland,
wrecked a way of life and created terrible health problems for the residents, which they are still struggling
with two generations later.
“No nation should ever suffer as
we have,” said Tony de Brum, foreign
affairs minister of the Republic of
the Marshall Islands.
Speaking of the appeal of the decision dismissing the U.S suit, he
declared: “We are in this for the long
haul. We remain steadfast in our
belief that nuclear weapons benefit
no one and that what is right for
humankind will prevail.”
Only as I began to grasp the
courage and determination behind
the lawsuits did the words of the NPT
start to come to life for me. In nearly
half a century, no other nation or
organization has sued for the
enforcement of this treaty, which has
been contemptuously ignored by the
nations that possess and continue to
upgrade their nuclear arsenals. The
U.S. routinely invests tens (or hundreds) of billions of dollars annually
into its nukes. The NPT, for all practical purposes, doesn’t exist — not for
the haves.
But it does exist.
“At the time” — in the 1960s, as the
NPT was being negotiated — “there
was intent to negotiate nuclear disarmament,” Ashton said. “At the time,
(the nuclear danger) was much more
in the consciousness. It was a different era. The level of complacency we
have now was not the case then.”
That intent was encased in legal
language, then filed under the heading “irrelevant.” It disappeared for 45
years. But now it’s back.
In the case in U.S. federal court,
which challenges only the U.S. arsenal, the Marshall Islands are claiming injury in two ways: 1. As a signatory of the treaty themselves, they
are owed U.S. participation in disarmament negotiations, as per its
agreement. 2. Without that participation, as the U.S. continues to upgrade
and enhance its nuclear arsenal and
maintain hundreds of weapons on
hair-trigger alert, the Marshall
Islands — and all the rest of the Planet Earth — are in “a measurable
increased risk of grave danger” from
nuclear weapons use, either intentional or accidental.
Oral arguments in the U.S. case are
likely to begin sometime next year.
There’s no telling what will happen,
of course. But this is not mere powerless, symbolic protest of a great
wrong. The Marshall Islands suits
challenge the nuclear states at a level
that could yield real, not symbolic,
victory and change.
As the website Nuclear Zero puts
it: “The Republic of the Marshall
Islands acts for the seven billion of us
who live on this planet to end the
nuclear weapons threat hanging over
all humanity. Everyone has a stake in
this.”
••••••••••
Koehler, who is substituting for
Leonard Pitts Jr., is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and
nationally syndicated writer. Contact
him at [email protected].
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Database to make tracking easier
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — New
requirements
regarding
a
statewide database are making
the jobs of nurses easier in
terms of keeping track of students who need vaccinations
before the new school year
begins in Indiana. The state’s
Children and Hoosier Immunization Registry Program has
been used in the past by state
and county health departments.
But its effectiveness was limited
because only a handful of health
care providers used the database.
A new state law went into
effect last month requiring all of
the state’s hospitals, medical
offices and health departments
to use the database for all vaccination records, the (Franklin)
Daily Journal reported.
Nurses
previously
were
responsible for ensuring students were up to date on vaccinations and contacting the parents of students who needed
shots. Nursing departments
would call, email or sent letters
to parents about six months
before the upcoming school year.
“Our goal is to work alongside
our families to ensure that the
students receive the immunizations they may need and minimize absences from school,” said
Amanda Martin, health services
coordinator for the Franklin
Community Schools.
Beginning this year, nurses
have extra help ensuring all stu-
dents receive the vaccinations
they need. Instead of relying on
parents to remember what shots
their child has or hasn’t
received, school officials can
now use the database to see what
shots students need in order to
meet state requirements for
their grade, Greenwood schools
nursing coordinator Libby
Cruzan said.
In the past few years, it had
become more challenging to
make sure every child had the
right shots since the state has
updated and added to the list of
requirements, said Lisa Brown,
Johnson County Health Department director of nursing. No
shots were added to the list this
year, she said.
The state database keeps a
record of all immunizations
until a child turns 19. With the
new requirements, medical
offices must update their
records within a week of giving
a child a vaccine.
In review
Backing
Republican
John
Kasich has landed the
endorsement of fellow
governor Robert Bentley of Alabama, as
Kasich seeks to build
support for the GOP
presidential nomination.
The endorsement
was announced today
at the Alabama Sports
Hall of Fame in Birmingham.
The 72-year-old Bentley was a past supporter and delegate for
Mike Huckabee, the
ex-governor
of
Arkansas who’s also
running for president,
and was at one time
considered a potential
White House contender himself.
Police investigate the
scene after an explosion
in
Bangkok,
today
Thailand.
A
large
explosion rocked a
central
Bangkok
intersection during the
evening rush hour, killing
a number of people and
injuring others, police
said.
Fewer
INDIANAPOLIS —
State records show
that Indiana officials
have been issuing
fewer waivers that
would let state employees take related jobs in
the private sector
before a yearlong wait.
Data show about 10
were granted each
year over the past
decade, but just one
has been allowed so far
this year. The Indianapolis Star reports
that the waivers to the
state’s ethics requirement could continue to
decline because the
General
Assembly
recently adopted a new
approval process.
In 2013, Gov. Mike
Pence attempted to
control waivers by
advising state department heads to run
them through his
office.
Carrying
JAYAPURA, Indonesia — An airplane
with 54 people on
board that crashed in
the mountains of eastern Indonesia was carrying nearly half a
million dollars in government cash for poor
families to help offset
a spike in fuel prices,
an official said today.
Smoldering wreckage of the Trigana Air
Service
turboprop
plane was spotted from
the air this morning in
a rugged area of the
easternmost province
of Papua, rescue officials said. There was
no immediate word of
any survivors from
Sunday’s crash, which
happened
in
bad
weather.
Driving
STILLWATER, N.Y.
— Police say an
upstate New York man
had his 10-year-old
drive his pickup truck
while he was sitting in
the passenger seat
drunk.
The Times Union of
Albany reports police
in the Saratoga County town of Stillwater
were contacted by a
motorist on Saturday
who saw the child driving the truck on Route
9P. Police say officers
pulled over the truck
and found that the 10year-old was behind
the wheel while his
father,
46-year-old
John
Barling
of
Saratoga Springs, was
intoxicated in the passenger seat.
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Hits ...
Those bombings occurred just
three months after a military
coup ousted Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra, and there
was speculation that his supporters carried out the attacks in
revenge. However, the bombings
were never solved.
The 2006 coup set off a battle for
power among Thaksin’s support-
ers and opponents, sometimes in
the form of violent protests.
Protesters from both sides
sometimes faced armed attacks by
unknown groups, with more than
90 people killed in 2010 during
pro-Thaksin demonstrations that
were quashed by the army. The
focus of the 2010 protests was the
same intersection where today’s
blast took place, a bustling area in
Skydiver dies
after collision
CHICAGO (AP) — A
U.S. Army skydiver who
had served five tours of
duty
in
Iraq
and
Afghanistan died Sunday
from injuries suffered in
a midair collision with
another jumper during a
stunt at the Chicago Air
& Water Show, authorities said.
Sgt. 1st Class Corey
Hood of
Cincinnati,
Ohio, who had recently
turned 32, was pronounced dead Sunday
afternoon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in
Chicago, said Mario
Johnson, a Cook County
medical
examiner’s
investigator.
Hood had logged more
than 200 free fall jumps
and 75 military static line
jumps during his career,
according to his Army
biography.
The
Army
Golden
Knights and Navy Leap
Frogs parachute teams
were performing what is
known as a “bomb burst”
Saturday when the collision occurred, Golden
Knights spokeswoman
Donna Dixon said. During the stunt, parachutists fall with red
smoke trailing from
packs and then separate,
creating a colorful visual
in the sky.
Dixon said Hood collided with a member of the
Navy’s precision skydiving team.
Hood was knocked
unconscious,
“which
resulted in an uncontrolled offsite landing,”
Dixon said in a statement.
Spectator
Heather
Mendenhall told the
Chicago Tribune on Saturday that she was
watching the show from a
rooftop and saw Hood
strike the roof of a highrise building next door
with his feet and then fall
— his parachute trailing
behind him.
“His legs caught the tip
of the roof, and then he
fell over. It was horrible,”
she told the newspaper.
The other parachutist,
who has not been identified, landed on North
Avenue Beach near the
main viewing area for the
show, Fire Department
spokesman Juan Hernandez said Saturday. He was
treated for a broken leg.
The accident is under
investigation, the Army
said. The team did not
perform again on Sunday.
“The Knights are a
very close knit team and
the military skydiving
community is equally
close; we will support
Corey’s family and each
other during this difficult time,” Col. Matthew
Weinrich, commander of
the U.S. Army Parachute
Team, said in a statement.
Hood served five tours
of duty in Iraq and
Afghanistan and had
earned
numerous
awards, including two
Bronze Stars. He is survived by his wife, Lyndsay.
Chicago Mayor Rahm
Emanuel called Hood “an
American hero,” saying
in a statement late Sunday, “He defended our
freedom, he amazed so
many as a member of the
Golden Knights, and he
will be missed.”
Specialists such as the
Army and Navy jumpers
can reach speeds of up to
180 mph during freefall
by pulling their arms to
their sides.
They typically open
their
parachutes
at
around 5,000 feet, joining
their canopies together
in formation and setting
off smoke grenades to
send red smoke trailing
behind them.
The annual two-day air
show draws millions of
people to Chicago’s Lake
Michigan
shoreline.
Headliners included the
U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
the heart of Bangkok’s main
shopping district. Several fivestar hotels are nearby.
In March this year, several
arrests were made in connection
with a grenade that was tossed at
Bangkok’s Criminal Court. Those
detained were apparently sympathizers of the pro-Thaksin Red
Shirt movement. Critics of the
current military government say
some of the bombings may have
been carried out by the junta to
justify its continued suppression
of basic rights and liberties. The
government denied that.
In April, a car bomb exploded at
a shopping mall on the resort
island of Samui, injuring seven
people. The motive was unclear,
though the government suggested
it was linked to politics.
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“Their first performance was phenomenal,”
said first-year WJMS
coach Brea Burcham.
“They had a few flaws
during the second performance, but the girls
still gave it their all.
“I’m very proud.”
The Eagles nailed their
morning routine and
looked like a contender to
win back-to-back state
titles. They earned 268
out of a possible 300
points, including a perfect 10 from one judge for
crowd appeal/voices.
After a strong set of
jumps to start the finals,
three of West Jay’s four
building groups in the
opening stunt fell. The
squad recovered to still
post some solid numbers,
but the miscues left it low
in stunts/pyramids/tosses
and overall routine/synchronization/transitions.
“I think the girls were
just really nerved up and
the nerves got the best of
them there,” said Burcham. “But they came
back and they hit their
pyramid ... So I think
once they got through
that nerves they were
fine.”
The Eagles’ best marks
across the board came in
tumbling, where they
picked up 64 out of a possible 80 points. They
added 63 out of 80 for
jumps and also picked up
a nine out of 10 from one
judge for motion technique/execution.
East Jay’s best marks
came
for
crowd
appeal/voices and degree
of difficulty, earning 23.5
out of a possible 30 in the
preliminary
round.
Lower marks came for
tumbling and stunts,
keeping the Chiefs out of
the finals.
Coach Sarah Ullom,
whose squad had been
fourth each of the previous two years, said her
girls were “heartbroken”,
but also emphasized the
aspects of team building
and showing support for
the WJMS and Jay County High School squads.
“It wasn’t what I
expected to see,” she
added in reference to the
score sheets. “Nerves got
the best of us I believe,
but overall I was very
happy with what we did.
West Jay Middle School cheerleaders, including Calli Stigleman
We performed better than
(center),
yell
to the crowd in the Indiana State Fair grandstand at the
we have all summer, so I
was happy with that rou- conclusion of the preliminary performance Saturday. The Eagles went on to a
fourth-place finish. At left is Paige Howell, and at right is MaKenna Davis.
tine.”
Jay County High Shcool senior Sierra Trobridge (center) cheers during the Patriots’ preliminary
performance Saturday at the Indiana State Fair. JCHS went on to finish second in the finals, trailing only
Pendleton Heights and finishing ahead of Mount Vernon, Mooresville and Greencastle. The Patriots
moved up on spot from their third-place finish last season. They were second at the state fair in 2013,
and also finished second at the Indiana Cheerleading Championships last year. Pictured with Trobridge,
from left, are Leearah Eldridge, Whitney Lowe and Alexus Liette.
Taylor Walker hits a high V for the East
Jay Middle School cheerleading squad during its
preliminary performance Saturday morning at the
Indiana State Fair competition.
Surprise ...
“Honestly I didn’t think our routine stuck like it should’ve. Our
evening performance, not that it
was bad, but our morning performance was a lot better. I was
expecting top three, definitely, but
I was expecting third, and getting
second was the greatest feeling
that I could have ever felt,” said
junior Samantha Link. “I’ve never
been in tears that fast before … It
was a great surprise.”
It was a surprise because the
Patriots knew they weren’t perfect.
Their preliminary routine about
noon Saturday had been the best
of the summer, the culmination of
a consistent pattern of improvement throughout their final week
of preparation. In the finals, a couple of stunts fell and there were
bobbles on others.
But while the scores for
stunts/pyramids/tosses
were
lower than they would have liked,
they excelled elsewhere.
Out of a possible 80 points for
jumps, Jay County pulled in 71.5.
That included a 19 out of 20 from
one judge, and 18 from two others.
“That’s what picked us up,” said
JCHS coach Abby Champ. “We
don’t stunt as difficult as Tri-West
or Pendleton, and we knew that. So
we have to make up for it.”
They also posted high totals — 33
out of a possible 40 — in the
motion technique/execution category, including a 9 out of 10 from
‘I was expecting top three,
definitely, but I was expecting third,
and getting second was the greatest
feeling that I could have ever felt
I’ve never been in tears
that fast before …
It was a great surprise.’
—Samantha Link, JCHS junior
one judge. It’s that area where the
little things make a big difference,
and where the Jay County’s traditional focus on performing as
clean and precise a routine as possible pays off.
“Before we go on, Abby always
pumps us up and she reminds us
of all the little things that we need
to fix,” said Liette. “Doing all those
things right must have boosted the
points … It just helped us a lot.”
The tumbling also came through
for JCHS, which has the entire
squad performing triple jump
handsprings. Add to those 14
roundoff handspring tucks, 10
handspring tucks and nine roundoff tucks and the Patriots give the
judges a lot to take in.
“Our tumbling went super well,”
said senior Miranda Hibbard.
The Past
“We’re just all timed. We basically
look like one.”
“We have about as much variety
as you can get without putting a
standing tuck in there,” added
Champ. “And we show lots of big
groups, which is huge in cheerleading. A lot of teams don’t do that.”
Those things — outstanding
jumps, attention to detail and
strong tumbling — helped the Patriots overcome some hiccups, lifting
them from what they thought might
have been a fourth-place finish to
second at the state fair.
“I feel like we definitely put our
all out there on that mat,” said
Link. “We gave it our everything,
and sometimes things don’t work
out like they should. But even
then, obviously, the results can be
fantastic.”
Madison Miller, a Jay County High
School senior, hugs sophomore Breea Liette after
the Patriots were announced Saturday as the
runner-up squad at the Indiana State Fair
cheerleading competition.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
Thursday
August 20, 2015
4:30 pm
Location: Jay County
Fairgrounds
Whirlpool and Maytag
Washer/dryers; 5pc oak
twin size bedroom;
dinette table w/4 chairs;
McCoy teapot; old and
collectible dishes; Corelle
dishes; baking pans; ping
pong tables; cases of Tea
Party china; many other
items not listed.
Louise “Beeler” Barrett,
Owner
Rachel Stultz, Owner
Loy Real Estate and
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260-726-2700
Gary Loy
AU01031608
Scott Shrader
AU010301015
Ben Lyons
AU10700085
Aaron Loy
AU11200112
Travis Theurer
AU11200131
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POWERWASHING
FERGUSON & SONS
Houses, walks, decks,
fences, etc. Spring pricing - ranch style onestory house. $165.00.
260-703-0364 cell. 260726-8503
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Landscaping & Mowing.
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PORTLAND CLOCK
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North Meridian, Portland, IN 47371. 260251-5024, Clip for reference
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PUBLIC AUCTION
Saturday, August 22,
2015
10:00 am
Located: 109 W 2nd
Street Ridgeville, Indiana
Duncan Phyfe table
w/6 chairs, 3 extensions, buffet, coffee
table and drum table;
Civil war books; Haviland pitcher and bowl;
Tempus-Fugit grandfather clock; (2) 3-cushion sofas;
blankets/linens; full size
bed, complete; baby
bed; 2 Tell City maple
dressers; porch swing;
patio loveseat; Murray
lawn mower.
Floyd (Bus) McCune,
Owner
Pete Shawver
AU01012022
260-726-9621
Pete D. Shawver
AU19700040
260-726-5587
Zane Shawver
AU10500168
260-729-2229
110 HELP WANTED
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Meridian St. 260-7262888
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CHALET
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please apply in house at
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46711. Any questions call
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If interested, please apply
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full-time position. Essential duties include providing outstanding customer
coordinating
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130 MISC. FOR SALE
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TIRED OF NON-PAYING RENTERS? For
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Heather Clemmons 765748-5066
REAL ESTATE Before
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or book your Auction
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Estate & Auctioneering
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ONE-BEDROOM
UPSTAIRS
APARTMENT 313 1/2 W Penn
Street, Portland. Stove/
refrigerator & water/ gas
furnished, no pets. $375
monthly,
deposit
required. 260-251-9797.
APARTMENTS
FOR
RENT 2 bedroom close
to Ardaugh, Dunkirk and
1 bedroom efficiency
located in Portland. Call
765-789-0044.
SMALL HOUSE FOR
RENT two bedrooms.
920 South Vine St. $600/
month plus deposit and
utilities. No pets, references required. Included
is washer, dryer, stove
and refrigerator. Call
260-251-1544
LARGE TWO BEDROOM apartment, off
street parking, deck.
Washer and dryer hook
up. $ 700.00 a month
plus deposit, utilities
included in rent. No pets,
260-729-1803 or 260251-2305
FOR SALE: Black &
brown mulch. Top soil.
Will deliver. 260-2511596. Donnie
2 BEDROOM, Bloomfield school, stove,
fridge, storage included,
washer/ dryer hook up.
No
pets/
smoking.
$400.00 plus deposit.
260-729-2323
LAUNDRY
DETERGENT Fundraiser for
travel baseball. Like
Tide, Gain, Downy products. Five gallon buckets
$45. 260-729-1142
311 E. VOTAW. Newly
remodeled, three-bedroom, one-bath house
with a yard; good neighborhood, no garage; no
pets. Call 260-251-7497.
150 BOATS, SPORTING EQUIPMENT
TWO
BEDROOM
HOUSE, stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer
included. No pets, $
450.00 monthly plus
deposit and utilities. 958
South Shank, 260-2510101
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Sun. 9-3 For information
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INMAN U-LOC Storage.
Mini storage, five sizes.
Security fence or 24
hour access units. Gate
hours: 8:00-8:00 daily.
Pearl Street, Portland.
260-726-2833
WHY RENT when you
may be able to buy for
zero money down. Call
for more information.
Heather
Clemmons.
765-748-5066.
MAPLE
HEIGHTS
APARTMENTS at 701 S
Western Avenue, Portland, Indiana, is now
taking applications for
one and two bedroom
apartments. Rent based
on 30% of adjusted
gross income. Barrier
free units. 260-7264275, TDD 800-7433333. This institution is
an Equal Opportunity
Provider and Employer.
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work under deadlines. Must respond to
customers in a professional and positive
manner.
Send resumes to
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P.O. Box 1049
Portland, IN 47371
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION
1
bedroom,
upstairs apartment. All
utilities furnished. $425/
month. Deposit required.
No pets/smoking. 212 E.
Main St. Portland. 260729-5000
FOR RENT/RENT TO
OWN Jay, Blackford,
Randolph,
Delaware,
Madison, Henry Counties. Over 200 Houses
apartments.
and
Heather Clemmons 765748-5066
COUNTRY HOME Four
bedroom, three bath.
Total Remodel. Open
concept. 1.2 acres. Call
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Realty 260-729-5152.
WELCOME
HOME!
Newly remodeled 2 and
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260-726-7705.
sale.
Oakwood Mobile Park
FOR SALE BY OWNER
3 bedrooms, 1 bath, all
electric. 710 East Arch
St., $36,000.00. 260729-3001
HOUSE FOR SALE ON
CONTRACT 927 E
Votaw, Portland. 3 bedrooms, big yard. Needs
a little work but great
potential. Reasonable
down payment and
monthly payment. For
more information call
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Public Auction
Located: 109 W 2nd Street Ridgeville, Indiana
Saturday August 22, 2015
10:00 A.M.
ANTIQUES – PRIMITIVES – COLLECTIBLES
Duncan Phyfe dining room table with 6 chairs, 3
extensions and matching buffet; salesman sample
table; pull out desk; oak drop leaf table; marble top
washstand; oak round table; oak 3-drawer dresser;
postal cabinet from Ridgeville Post Office; steamer
trunk; organ stool; brass flower stand; Duncan
Phyfe coffee table; Duncan Phyfe drum table; 4
string miniature banjo; Civil War books; rocking
chair; marble and brass lamp; pictures and frames;
Mirror Scope view master; book collection; Muncie
Star
newspapers
from
1911;
political
advertisements; box cameras; silver candle stick
holders; Rogers Silver Co pitcher; kerosene lamps;
12 place setting of Community silverware; brass
candle stick holders; base rocker; pink depression
ware; blue ware; Haviland pitcher and bowl; crock
pitcher; ice cream set with 2 chairs; kitchen chairs;
crock bowls; John Deere toy tractor and elevator;
Ruby ware
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS
Tempus-Fugit grandfather clock; Wurlitzer spinet
piano with bench; full size bed with dresser; full
size bed complete; blankets and linens; electric
reclining sofa; (2) 3-cushion sofas; 2pc glass top
oval coffee table; 7-drawer knee hole desk; Kimball
electric organ with bench; jewelry cabinet; bakers
rack; utility cabinet; Paul Revere cookware; maple
dining room table with 4 chairs; cane back chair;
beveled glass wall mirror; oriental stool with
mirror; (2) Tell City maple dressers; baby bed;
picnic table; porch swing; patio loveseat; 40 foot
wooden extension ladder; Murray self propelled
lawn mower; lawn and garden tools
NOTE: Bus is 96 years young lived at this address
for most of his life, something of interest for
everyone
Terms: cash or good check
Not responsible for accidents
Statements made sale day take precedence over
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Owner
Auctioneers
Pete Shawver
Pete D. Shawver
License# AU01012022 License# AU19700040
260-726-9621
260-726-5587
Zane Shawver
260-729-2229
License# AU10500168
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Floyd (Bus) Mccune, Owner
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Kenseth in control at Michigan
Became
IDAHO
FALLS,
Idaho — It had been a
long day and night for
David Denson, in so
many ways.
His team had been
swept in a doubleheader in the low-level Pioneer League, he didn’t
have much luck hitting
and he’d made a throwing error, too.
Hours earlier, the
Milwaukee Brewers
minor leaguer had
become the first openly
gay active player on a
team affiliated with
Major League Baseball. The news broke in
the middle of the second game, after he
reached out to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
In June, pitcher Sean
Conroy of the Sonoma
Stompers of the independent Pacific Association revealed he is gay.
The Pacific Association is not affiliated
with MLB. Denson’s
coming out follows
similar disclosures of
late across sports:
Michael Sam (NFL
draftee); Jason Collins
(NBA); Derrick Gordon
and Edward Sarafin
basketball,
(NCAA
football) and Dale Scott
(major league umpire).
Closed
PORTLAND, Ore. —
Brooke Henderson won
the Cambia Portland
Classic by eight strokes
to become the thirdyoungest champion in
LPGA Tour history at
17 years, 11 months, 6
days.
The Canadian closed
with a 3-under 69 at
Columbia Edgewater
to finish at 21-under
267, the lowest total
since the event went
from 54 holes to 72 in
2013.
Lydia Ko set the age
record as an amateur
in the 2012 Canadian
Women’s Open at 15
years, 4 months, 2 days.
She also won the Canadian event in 2013 at 16,
and won four times at
17. Lexi Thompson won
the 2011 Navistar
LPGA Classic at 16
years, 7 months, 8 days.
Beat
MONTREAL
—
Andy Murray beat topranked
Novak
Djokovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on
Sunday in the Rogers
Cup for his fourth tournament victory of the
year and third title in
the Canadian event.
The second-seeded
Murray also won the
tournament in 2009
and 2010. The Scot
ended an eight-match
losing streak against
Djokovic since the 2013
Wimbledon final.
Murray dedicated
the victory to his
coach, Amelie Mauresmo,
the
former
women’s star who gave
birth to a boy Saturday.
Djokovic, the champion in 2007, 2011 and
2012, lost for only the
fourth time in 56
matches this year. The
Serb failed in his bid to
tie the ATP Tour record
for consecutive Masters 1000 event titles at
five.
—Associated Press
Joe Gibbs Racing
earns fifth win
in last six races
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Sports Writer
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Matt
Kenseth had little to say about how
NASCAR's rules package affected
his race at Michigan International
Speedway.
"I didn't see much of the race,
which was totally fine with me," he
said. "We were up front the whole
time."
Kenseth started in the lead,
stayed there for most of the race
and finished with his third Sprint
Cup victory of the season Sunday,
beating Kevin Harvick by 1.7 seconds.
It was the second race under
NASCAR's high-drag aerodynamic
package, which was also in place at
Indianapolis last month in an
effort to improve passing. At
Michigan, Kenseth won while leading 146 of 200 laps — so whatever
excitement there was occurred further back in the pack.
"Cars could really, at the end of
the straightaway, gain on others,
two or three car lengths," said
Jason Ratcliff, Kenseth's crew
chief. "But they just couldn't do
much once they got there, and they
got down in the corner. They were
kind of helpless. On the restarts, it
got exciting. ... I'd say eighth place
back, it was fun to watch. Like Matt
said, I'm glad he was watching it in
the rear-view mirror."
Kenseth led for 73 percent of the
laps Sunday, the highest percentage by anyone in a Cup race this
year. He'd led for only 147 laps all
season before dominating this 400mile race in his No. 20 Toyota.
Associated Press/Carlos Osorio
Matt Kenseth raises his arms in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series
auto race at Michigan International Speedway Sunday in Brooklyn, Mich. It was his third victory this
season.
It was his 34th career victory,
and Joe Gibbs Racing has won five
of the last six Cup races — two by
Kenseth and three by Kyle Busch.
"You really need to enjoy it,
because about 10 races back, we
were struggling, trying to get
there," Gibbs said. "You just hope
now that we'll be able to hold some
momentum here and head into the
Chase, but it's very hard to do. In
pro sports, it can come and go in a
week."
JGR came into the race with the
top three qualifiers in Kenseth,
Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards.
Hamlin finished fifth and Edwards
was sixth.
Martin Truex Jr. finished behind
Harvick in third. Austin Dillon,
who was sent to the back at the
beginning of the race because of
an engine change, managed a
fourth-place showing, and Kyle
Busch took another step toward
wrapping up a spot in the Chase
with an 11th-place run in his backup car.
Kenseth had a comfortable lead
before a caution with 17 laps
remaining tightened things up, but
he had little trouble holding off
Harvick after the restart.
NASCAR used a special highdrag aerodynamic package for this
race and last month's at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was supposed to improve passing, but aside
from one brief duel at the front
between Kenseth and Dillon with
about 55 laps left, there was little
drama in terms of lead changes.
Kenseth led for the first 22 laps,
and there were 16 lead changes
after that.
Clint Bowyer's Chase chances
look more tenuous after he went
into the wall Sunday and finished
41st. He's now 15th in the standings.
Busch came into the race in 30th
place, needing to avoid major mistakes because although he has four
wins in 2015, a top-30 ranking is
required for entry into the Chase.
Busch wrecked his car in practice
Saturday and had to start the race
from the back, but he had a solid,
uneventful day, even leading for a
couple stretches.
He's now 29th in the standings, 23
points ahead of 31st-place Cole
Whitt.
Sharp ...
But the NL West-leading
Dodgers responded in the
bottom half with their
fourth set of back-to-back
homers
this
season.
Greinke’s drive to left-center landed in almost the
exact same spot that Pederson’s 23rd did one pitch
earlier.
“I gave it everything I
had. I tried mixing it up,
but Pederson and Greinke
put two good swings on the
ball and it ended up costing
us
the
game,”
DeSclafani said. “So it’s on
me, but I knew I had to be
pretty good today, throwing against Greinke.”
The Dodgers lead the NL
with 146 home runs, 12
Wins ...
1.16 ERA over his last 11
starts.
The Dodgers are 113-54
in 167 combined starts by
Greinke and Clayton Kershaw during their three
seasons as teammates.
The rest of the time, the
club has gone 140-135.
Greinke is 45-14 with a 2.34
ERA in 84 starts since
signing with the Dodgers
as a free agent in December 2012.
Kenley Jansen got four
outs for his 24th save in 25
chances and 130th of his
career — just hours after
becoming a father for the
second time.
Kaden Isaiah Jansen
checked in at 8 pounds, 9
ounces and 19.5 inches at
9:58 a.m. local time, giving
dad enough time to get to
the ballpark and overtake
Jeff Shaw for second place
on the Dodgers’ all-time
saves list behind Eric
Gagne (161).
struggles and you need to
find a way to get through
that.”
Leyva’s spill was flat-out
weird. He was swinging up
over the bar when one hand
released and the other did
not, briefly hanging him up
on top of the bar with
nowhere to go. Leyva gingerly reset himself but was
hit with a .3 deduction
because it took him longer
than 30 seconds to salute
the judges and continue,
the difference between a tie
for fifth and a tie for sixth
in the all-around.
The scariest moment by
far belonged to Alec Yoder.
Performing in front of his
hometown, the 18-year-old
gave himself an outside
shot to make the world
team with an elegant pommel horse routine in the
opening round on Friday.
He appeared to be in the
process of doing it again
when he lost momentum
and strength during his dismount. His hands came off
the horse and Yoder’s head
hit the mat well before the
rest of his body. The arena
fell silent before Yoder managed to get up and walk
away, though his 13.950 was
nowhere close to his best.
“Honestly, I wish I knew
what happened,” Yoder
said. “It’s just one of those
freak accidents you can’t
control.”
While Mikulak is easily
the top American — he
cruised through his final
five events to rob the proceedings of any actual
drama — the group behind
him is crowded, which
might not be a bad thing.
“We know any one of us
can go out and hit,” Mikulak said.
Brooks managed to avoid
the mishaps on high bar
and ended up reviving his
career. The 28-year-old, an
alternate on the 2012 U.S.
Olympic team, has spent
most of the last three years
battling a series of injuries.
He was one of the few to
escape the high bar
unscathed, his 15.750 good
enough to win gold on the
event and serve notice he’s
not quite done yet.
TV schedule
Southern Open – Round of 16 (ESPN2)
3 p.m. — Little League Baseball:
World Series – Northwest vs. Southwest
(ESPN)
World Series – Australia vs. Venezuela
(ESPN)
World Series – Great Lakes vs. West
(ESPN2)
8 p.m. — NFL Preseason Football:
Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns (ESPN)
9 p.m. — ATP Tennis: Western &
Southern Open – Round of 16 (ESPN2)
Center and the finish line will be at Hudson Family Park.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with
the race set to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Cost is $20, and the price increases
to $25 on race day.
For more information, contact (260)
726-6477.
‘I gave it everything I had. I tried
mixing it up, but Pederson and
Greinke put two good swings on
the ball and it ended up costing
us the game.’
—Anthony DeSclafini
Cincinnati Reds pitcher
more than they had all of
last season with 44 games
still remaining.
Greinke (13-2) allowed a
run on six hits, struck out
eight and walked one. The
right-hander is 8-0 with a
Claims ...
Not this time, and the
thin rod 9 feet off the
ground had a lot to do with
it. High bar is the gymnastics’ version of a slamdunk contest, a chance to
show off with a series of
daredevil moves that can
make the X Games seem
tame. This time, they
fought the bar and the bar
won.
Whittenburg went splat
in the first routine of the
day. Mikulak, Horton,
Leyva and Ruggeri soon followed.
“I wonder if I put a curse
on the bar or something,”
Whittenburg said. “That’s
just how this sport is.
You’re going to have some
Sports on tap
Scoreboard
M a jo r L e a g u e B a se b a l l
L.A. Dodgers 2, Cincinnati 1
Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1
Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1
Houston 6, Detroit 5
Toronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 1
Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 1
Atlanta 2, Arizona 1 F/10
Baltimore 18, Oakland 2
Seattle 10, Boston 8 F/12
Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 1
Miami 6, St. Louis 4
Texas 5, Tampa Bay 3
San Francisco 5, Washington 0
Colorado 5, San Diego 0
Kansas City 4, L.A. Angels 3 F/10
Local schedule
To day
Jay County — Golf vs. Anderson – 5
p.m.; Volleyball at Randolph Southern –
6 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Boys golf vs. Minster at Mercer County Elks – 4 p.m.;
Girls golf vs. Minster at Arrowhead Golf
Club – 4 p.m.
South Adams — Volleyball at Blackford – 6 p.m.
Tu es d ay
Jay County — Golf vs. Union (Modoc)
– 4:30 p.m.; Girls soccer vs. Richmond
– 5 p.m.; Boys soccer at Muncie Central – 5 p.m.; Volleyball at MadisonGrant – 6 p.m.; JV boys soccer at
Muncie Central – 6:30 p.m.; JV soccer
vs. Richmond – 6:30 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Boys golf vs. Fort
Loramie at Arrowhead Golf Club – 9
a.m.
South Adams — Tennis vs. Winchester – 4:45 p.m.; Golf vs. Bishop Luers –
5 p.m.; Girls soccer at Norwell – 5 p.m.
We d n e s d a y
South Adams — Tennis at Muncie
Central – 4:30 p.m.
T hu r s day
Jay County — Tennis vs. Norwell – 5
p.m.; Volleyball vs. Delta – 6 p.m.; Boys
soccer vs. Heritage – 6 p.m.; Girls soccer at Heritage – 6 p.m.; JV girls soccer
at Heritage – 7:30 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Girls golf vs. Versailles at Mercer County Elks – 4:30
p.m.; Boys golf vs. Versailles at Stillwater Valley Golf Club – 4:30 p.m.
South Adams — Golf vs. Fort Wayne
North Side and Fort Wayne South Side
at McMillen Golf Club – 5:30 p.m.; Volleyball at Canterbury – 6 p.m.; Girls
soccer at Blackhawk Christian – 6:30
p.m.
Tod ay
3:55 p.m. — Soccer: Futbol Supercopa de Espana – FC Barcelona vs. Athletic Club, 2nd leg (ESPN2)
8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:
San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals (ESPN)
Tu esday
7 p.m. — Little League Softball:
World Series – Semifinal (ESPN2)
9:30 p.m. — Little League Softball:
World Series – Semifinal (ESPN2)
Local notes
We dnesd ay
6:55 p.m. — Women’s Soccer: International Friendly – United States vs.
Costa Rica (ESPN2)
7:30 p.m. — NASL Soccer: Tampa
Bay Rowdies at Indy Eleven (WISH-8)
8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:
Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs (ESPN,
WNDY-23)
9 p.m. — Little League Softball:
World Series – Final (ESPN2)
R a c e i s Au g . 2 3
The Adams County Run/Walk Challenge continues Aug. 23.
The next race is the Edward
Jones/Kekionga Greenway Gallop 5K.
The race is slated for Aug. 23 at Riverside Center in Decatur.
For more information, contact Linda
Morris at (260) 724-2604, or visit
www.adamscounty5kchallenge.com.
Thur sd ay
World Series – Dominican Republic vs.
Uganda (ESPN)
1 p.m. — ATP Tennis: Western &
Run J ay County co ntinues Sept. 12
The Run Jay County 5K Circuit continues with the Hudson Family Park Fun Run
5K on Sept. 12.
The race begins at Jay Community
Tic ket s on sal e
Jay County High School athletics
super and season tickets are available
for purchase.
They will be on sale from 7:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. in the athletics office.
Super tickets will be $75 for adults,
$45 for seniors and $30 for students.
Season tickets for football only are
$20 and basketball only season tickets
are $40.
For more information, call the JCHS
athletics office at (260) 726-9806.
Get your ques tion s ans we red
Do you have a question about local
college or pro sports?
Email
your
question
to
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subject line for a chance to have it
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What really mattered
was that shiny Wanamaker Trophy at his side.
He shared the 54-hole
lead at the U.S. Open and
the British Open and had
to watch someone else celebrate.
“Not being able to finish, it would have been
tough for me mentally to
really kind of come back
from that,” Day said.
“Even though I feel like
I’m a positive person, I
think that in the back of
my
mind
something
would have triggered and
I would have gone,
‘Maybe I can’t really finish it off.’
“It felt like I was mentally
and
physically
grinding it out as hard as
I could,” he said. “I wasn’t
going to stop fighting
until it’s over.”
Spieth gave it his best
shot, but even the Masters
and U.S. Open champion
could tell what he was up
against the way the 27year-old Australian powered one drive after
another and didn’t let
anyone closer than the
two-shot lead with which
he started the final round.
“He played like he’d
won seven or eight
majors,” Spieth said. “He
took it back. He wailed it.
It was a stripe show.”
Spieth has the greatest
consolation
possible.
With his runner-up finish, he replaced Rory
McIlroy at No. 1 in the
world.
“This is as easy a loss as
I’ve ever had because I felt
that I not only couldn’t do
much about it as the
round went on, I also
accomplished one of my
lifelong goals in the sport
of golf. That will never be
taken away from me now.
I’ll always be a No. 1 player in the world.”
Spieth set a record of
his own. By closing with a
68, he set a record by playing the four majors in 54under par, breaking by
one the mark that Woods
set in 2000. The difference
is that Woods won two
majors by a combined 23
shots.
That also speaks to the
depth of golf in this generation, and Day is the latest example. He moved to
No. 3 in the world, meaning the top three in the
world are all under 27 and
have combined to win five
of the last six majors.
Jay County girls soccer
opens season Tuesday,
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DeSclafini sharp
in Reds’ 2-1 loss
By JOE RESNICK
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — At age
25, Anthony DeSclafini is
the graybeard in the
Cincinnati Reds all-rookie
rotation. Because of his
poise and control on the
mound, manager Bryan
Price holds him up as an
example for David HolmRaisel
Iglesias,
berg,
Keyvius Sampson and John
Lamb.
“Disco’s like the veteran
rookie, if there is such a
thing,” Price said Sunday
after DeSclafini’s 2-1 loss to
Zack Greinke and the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
“I mean, he’s not really a
veteran, but he handles
himself like one. He’s not
as vulnerable as the other
guys who get emotional in
the middle innings. It never
feels like when he’s on the
mound that he’s in the middle of a crisis.”
DeSclafani (7-8) allowed
two runs and six hits in six
innings and struck out six.
The right-hander was 2-0
with a 2.60 ERA in his previous eight road starts following back-to-back losses
in Atlanta and Pittsburgh
on May 1 and 7.
“He’s had some games
where he hasn’t pitched
very well, but at no point in
time have I felt like he didn’t have control of his environment,” Price said.
“That’s important — and
something that will be key
for the other four to look at
— how Disco handles himself in those high-leverage,
high-pressure situations.
He just keeps coming after
you.”
It was Cincinnati’s 18th
consecutive game with a
rookie starting pitcher —
the longest such streak by
any club since September
1997, when St. Louis Cardi-
Right-hander
allows two
runs and six
hits in six
innings
nals manager Tony La
Russa used a rookie starter
in 19 straight games.
“I’m always mentally in
the game, but you know
you’ve got to be extra sharp
against Greinke because
there’s no room for error,”
said DeSclafini, who won
his big league debut at
Dodger Stadium on May 14,
2014 with the Miami Marlins.
In all, eight rookie pitchers have started a combined
64 games for the Reds this
season, the most by their
rotation since 2001 (77).
“Disco was terrific,”
Price said. “A game like
that under different circumstances, you’ve got a
chance to win. He didn’t
today because Greinke was
a little bit better and we
weren’t able to get anything
going. You’ve got to take
advantage of your opportunities. And if Greinke’s
pitching well, there’s going
to be limited opportunities.”
DeSclafani
matched
zeros with Greinke through
four innings before the
Reds scratched out a run on
Billy Hamilton’s sacrifice
fly. Marlon Byrd led off the
fifth with a single, and
Tucker Barnhart followed
with a sinking line drive to
right field that got past a
diving Yasiel Puig for a double.
See Sharp page 9
Associated Press/Michael Perez
Philadelphia Eagles' Tim Tebow passes during the second half of a preseason game against
the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, in Philadelphia. Tebow threw for 69 yards and ran for a touchdown in his
first game in two years.
Tebow, Eagles beat Colts
By ROB MAADDI
AP Pro Football Writer
PHILADELPHIA — Tim Tebow
got a warm Philly welcome.
Tebow threw for 69 yards and ran
for a touchdown in his first game in
two years, Kenjon Barner returned a
punt 92 yards for a touchdown and
ran for a score and the Philadelphia
Eagles beat the Indianapolis Colts 3610 Sunday.
Tebow got a standing ovation
when he entered midway through
the third quarter and the crowd
roared so loud when his name was
introduced he had to quiet them
down because he was taking the snap
in a shotgun.
“It’s very humbling, a blessing. I
appreciated it,” Tebow said.
‘Did some things decent and some things
we have to work on. I have to
be more consistent.’
—Tim Tebow
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback
Tebow completed his first four
passes and fans chanted “Tebow!
Tebow!” during his first series.
He dove into the pylon on a 7-yard
TD run late in the fourth quarter and
finished with 15 yards rushing on
four carries. He completed 6 of 12
passes and was sacked twice.
“I liked how Timmy threw it,”
Eagles coach Chip Kelly said.
Tebow hadn’t played since the 2013
preseason with New England until
the Eagles (1-0) signed him to compete with Matt Barkley for the No. 3
spot behind Sam Bradford and Mark
Sanchez. Barkley was 12 of 20 for 192
yards and one interception.
“Did some things decent and some
things we have to work on,” Tebow
said. “I have to be more consistent.”
Quarterback Andrew Luck was 5
of 6 for 43 yards for the Colts (0-1).
Australian Day wins
PGA championship
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. —
Given a third straight
chance to finally win a
major, Jason Day promised
a fight to the finish in the
PGA Championship.
Turns out the biggest
fight was to hold back the
tears.
Worried that this year
might turn out to be a
major failure, Day never
gave Jordan Spieth or anyone else a chance Sunday.
He delivered a record-setting
performance
at
Whistling Straits that
brought him a major championship he started to wonder might never happen.
Day was in tears before
he even tapped in for par
and a 5-under 67 for a threeshot victory. He sobbed on
the shoulder of Colin Swatton, his caddie and longtime coach who rescued
Day sets record by shooting
20-under par for tournament
Day as a 12-year-old struggling to overcome the death
of his father.
And then came high
praise from Spieth in the
scoring trailer when golf ’s
new No. 1 player told him,
“There’s nothing I could
do.”
“I didn’t expect I was
going to cry,” Day said. “A
lot of emotion has come out
because I’ve been so close
so many times and fallen
short. To be able to play the
way I did today, especially
with Jordan in my group, I
could tell that he was the
favorite. Just to be able to
finish the way I did was
amazing.”
Three shots ahead with
three holes to play on a
course with trouble everywhere, Day blasted a drive
down the fairway on the
par-5 16th and hit a towering 4-iron into 20 feet. He bit
his lower lip, swatted his
caddie on the arm, knowing his work was almost
done.
The two-putt birdie put
him at 20-under par, and
two closing pars gave him
the record to par in majors,
breaking by one shot the 19
under of Tiger Woods at St.
Andrews in the 2000 British
Open. Day finished at 20under 268, not knowing
until it was over that it was
a record.
See Wins page 9
Mikulak claims U.S. title
for third year in a row
By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS — Sam Mikulak felt his
hands slip off the high bar and knew trouble was coming. A split second later the
best male gymnast in America found himself face down on the mat. What better time
for a little internal pep talk?
“I was like, ‘Get in the game again. Don’t
mess up again,’” Mikulak said.
Done and done, if not exactly as crisply
or as cleanly as Mikulak would like.
The 22-year-old easily won his third
straight U.S. gymnastics title Sunday, overcoming his baffling miscue to secure a spot
on the U.S’s world championship team.
Mikulak posted a two-round score of
183.650, a whopping 4.35 points ahead of
Donnell Whittenburg.
A resurgent Chris Brooks was third followed by Alex Naddour and Marvin Kimble in what amounted to the gymnastic
equivalent of
a three-touchdown
blowout.
Mikulak gladly accepted the medals, just
not the overall performance after falling
on two of 12 events during the two-day
meet. Then again he had plenty of company on the mat during a weekend in which
the world championship team looked vulnerable.
“Something was in the air tonight,”
Mikulak said.
The U.S. hope whatever it was evaporates sometime in the next two months.
Whittenburg, Naddour, 2012 Olympic
bronze all-around medalist Danell Leyva,
Paul Ruggeri and Brandon Wynn were
named to the world team Sunday night,
with Brooks as the replacement athlete
and Kimble as the alternate.
That group hopes to head across the
Atlantic with steadier hands than the ones
they used in their final showcase before
the biggest meet of the year.
Maybe it was nerves. Maybe it was
fatigue. Maybe it was just one of those
days. Whatever the explanation, it wasn’t
close to what will be required if the U.S.
wants to improve on the bronze medal it
won last fall and make serious inroads on
powers China and Japan.
“There were a lot of struggles today,”
said two-time Olympian Jon Horton, who
slid to eighth after his own issues on high
bar and missed the world team. “Usually,
everybody comes blasting out on Day 2.”
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