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Thursday, February 5, 2015
The Commercial Review
Portland, Indiana 47371
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Health
insurer
hacked
By TOM MURPHY
AP Business Writer
—
INDIANAPOLIS
Health insurer Anthem
said hackers infiltrated its
computer network and
gained access to personal
information for “tens of
millions” of customers
and employees, including
CEO Joseph Swedish.
The nation’s secondlargest health insurer said
it was contacting customers affected by what it
calls a “very sophisticated” cyberattack that the
company discovered last
week. It said hackers
gained access to names,
birthdates, email address,
employment details, Social
Security
numbers,
incomes
and
street
addresses of people who
are currently covered or
have had coverage in the
past.
The Indianapolis-based
insurer said credit card
information wasn’t compromised, and it has yet to
find evidence that medical
information such as insurance claims and test
results were targeted or
obtained. It was still trying
to determine exactly how
many people were affected.
A spokeswoman said the
insurer was working with
federal investigators to figure out who was behind
the attack.
Anthem Inc., which
recently changed its name
from WellPoint, runs Blue
Cross Blue Shield plans in
more than a dozen states,
including California, New
York and Ohio. It covers
more than 37 million people.
The insurer said all of
its product lines were
affected. It sells mainly private individual and group
health insurance, plans on
the health care overhaul’s
public
insurance
exchanges and Medicare
and Medicaid coverage. It
also offers life insurance
and dental and vision coverage.
Affected brands include
Anthem Blue Cross, Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of
Georgia, Empire Blue
Cross and Blue Shield and
Amerigroup.
Anthem said Wednesday
evening that the FBI is
investigating and the company has hired Internet
security company Mandiant to improve its network
defenses.
See Hacked page 8
The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald
Community and Family Services executive director Andy Glentzer stands in the building that will be the
organization’s new home by the end of this year. CFS will move to the former Chevrolet dealership at the southwest corner
of Meridian and Race streets in Portland from its current location on Wayne Street just south of Hudson Family Park.
CFS is on the move
By JACK RONALD
A new home and a new level
of service, that’s what Community and Family Services is
looking for as it goes into its
50th year.
CFS executive director Andy
Glentzer said this week the sixcounty anti-poverty agency is
purchasing the former Chevrolet dealership property on
North Meridian Street in Portland as its new headquarters
and the site of expanded programming.
“This will be our central
office for all six counties,” said
Organization will take over
former Chevrolet location
Glentzer, a Jay County native
who has been in the leadership
role at CFS for about a year.
CFS serves Jay, Blackford,
Huntington, Adams, Wells and
Randolph counties with a broad
range of programs including
Head Start, WIC (Women,
Infants and Children), home
weatherization, energy assistance, blight elimination, a
thrift store and Helping Hand
Food Pantry.
“It’s a little bit of everything,” said Glentzer.
To that list, CFS plans to add
two new programs and house
them in the former dealership
building at the southwest corner of Meridian and Race
streets.
The former auto showroom
will become home to an entrepreneurship center. Eight
offices will be available with a
receptionist and utilities provided.
The goal, Glentzer said, is not
only to provide an additional
revenue stream for CFS but also
to help individuals improve
their economic situation via
entrepreneurship.
See Move page 2
Plane’s engine ‘did not feel right’
By RALPH JENNINGS
Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan —
From the start of the
flight in Taiwan’s capital,
survivor Huang Jin-sun
suspected trouble.
“There was some sound
next to me. It did not feel
right shortly after takeoff. The engine did not
feel right,” the 72-yearold man told ETTV television today from his hospital bed.
Huang was one of 15
people who survived
when the TransAsia Airways turbojet carrying 58
people crashed Wednesday into a river minutes
after taking off in Taipei.
At least 32 people died
and 11 are still missing.
Moments before the
plane banked sharply and
crashed, one of its pilots
told the control tower,
“Mayday, mayday, engine
flameout,” according to
an aviation official who
asked not to be identified.
flameout”
“Engine
refers to flames being
extinguished in the combustion chamber of the
engine, so that it shuts
down and no longer
drives the propeller.
Causes could include a
lack of fuel or being
struck by volcanic ash, a
bird or some other object.
“Mayday” is an international distress call.
The airline and the Taiwan Civil Aeronautical
Administration
have
declined to speculate on
the cause of the crash,
the latest in a series of
disasters befalling Asian
airlines.
The ATR 72-600 plane,
less than a year old, had
one of
its engines
replaced by Pratt & Whitney Canada last April
before it went into service because of a glitch
with the original engine,
the airline said.
The plane’s black boxes
were recovered overnight
and are likely to provide
more clues.
Video images of Flight
235’s final moments in
the air captured on car
dashboard
cameras
appear to show the left
engine’s propeller at
standstill as the aircraft
turned sharply, its wings
becoming vertical and
clipping
a
highway
bridge before plunging
into the Keelung River in
Taipei.
See Feel page 5
Lawyers: Saudis were involved
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
Associated Press/Chronicle-Tribune/Jeff Morehead
Snack time
A robin eats berries from a tree near
downtown Marion, Ind., on Wednesday. Temperatures
are expected to fall to the single digits overnight in
Central Indiana.
NEW YORK — Lawyers for
victims of the Sept. 11 attacks
say they have new evidence that
agents of Saudi Arabia “directly
and knowingly” helped the
hijackers, including sworn testimony from the so-called 20th
hijacker and from three principals of the U.S. government’s two
primary probes of the attacks.
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia
in Washington said in a statement Wednesday that Zacarias
Moussaoui’s claims come from a
“deranged criminal” and that
there is no evidence to support
them. It said Saudi Arabia had
nothing to do with the deadly
2001 attacks.
The lawyers filed documents
in Manhattan federal court to
buttress claims Saudi Arabia
supported al-Qaida and its leader
at the time, Osama bin Laden,
Documents
filed in
9/11 lawsuit
prior to the attacks. They have
always said “the Saudi government directly and knowingly
assisted the 9/11 hijackers,” but
now say facts and evidence supporting the assertion “are compelling.”
They said an “expansive volume” of new evidence — including U.S. and foreign intelligence
reports, government reports and
testimony from al-Qaida members — support lawsuits seeking
billions of dollars from coun-
Deaths
Weather
In review
Mar jorie Hough, 86, Portland
Mary Newton, 75, Portland
Joyce Coulson, 80, Portland
Mitchell Farber, 52, Phoenix
Roger Ruble, 85, Redkey
Details on page 2.
Portland’s weather station
measured about 3 inches of
snow Wednesday. The high
temperature was 38, and the
overnight low was 5.
Tonight’s low will be 8, and
skies will be mostly sunny Friday with a high of 31.
For an extended forecast,
see page 2.
The deadline to file to run
in this year’s municipal elections is noon Friday. There are
currently contested primary
races for both the Republican
and Democratic nominations
for mayor of Portland. For a
complete look at filings, read
Saturday’s edition of The
Commercial Review.
tries, companies and organizations that aided al-Qaida and
other terrorist groups.
They said evidence likely to be
released soon includes a congressional report detailing evidence
of Saudi 9/11 involvement and
nearly 80,000 pages of material
relating to an FBI probe of Saudis who supported 9/11 hijackers
in Florida.
They also cited their own
research, including last year’s
Moussaoui interview at the maximum-security prison in Florence, Colorado.
Moussaoui repeated some
assertions made previously,
including that a 1990s plot by alQaida to shoot down Air Force
One and assassinate President
Bill Clinton was assisted by a top
Saudi Embassy employee, along
with claims there were direct
dealings between senior Saudi
officials and bin Laden.
Coming up
Friday — Jay County High
School hosts girls swimming
sectional preliminaries.
Monday — Fort Recovery
woman donates a kidney to
her father.
Local
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Obituaries
Mary Newton
Mary Newton, 75, Portland,
died Wednesday at Bluffton
Regional Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements are
pending at Baird-Freeman
Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to
www.bairdfreeman.com.
Joyce Coulson
Joyce J. Coulson, 80, Portland, died today at Persimmon
Ridge in Portland.
She retired from The Commercial Review in 2000 after 20
years of service.
Funeral services are pending
at Williamson and Spencer
Funeral Home in Portland.
Marjorie Hough
Aug. 7, 1928-Feb. 3, 2015
Services for Marjorie M.
Hough, 86, 745 Patriot Drive,
Portland, are 2 p.m. Saturday at
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home
in Portland with Pastor Joe
Hines officiating.
A former Bryant and Geneva
resident, she died Tuesday at
Persimmon Ridge Healthcare
in Portland.
Born in Jay County to Alve
and Gladys (Coon) Binegar, she
was preceded in death on Nov.
6, 1996, by her husband William
E. Hough whom she married on
Nov. 25, 1945.
She was a homemaker and
had helped on the family farm
and was a member of True
Holiness Church.
Surviving are a sister, Joanna Bailey, Beechgrove, Tennessee; and several nieces and
nephews.
Visitation is one hour prior
to services on Saturday at the
funeral home.
Memorials may be sent to
True Holiness Church. Online
condolences may be sent to
www.bairdfreeman.com.
“Dick” and Janet Farber, he
was a 1981 graduate of Jay
County High School, attended
Ball State University and graduated from Vincennes University with a degree in printing
technology.
He had formerly lived in Florida, South Carolina, Indianapolis
and
Laguna
Beach, California.
He was a call
Farber
center lead for
Teletech
for
three years, and worked in
media sales for VSG, Next Generation Median and Allied
Vaughn for almost 17 years.
Surviving are his mother,
Janet Farber, Portland; a sister,
Lisa Cook (husband: Mark),
Bryant; two brothers, Brad Farber (wife: Julie), Noblesville,
Mitchell Farber
and Jeff Farber (wife: ShanOct. 10, 1962-Jan. 31, 2015
non), Gaston; and five nieces
Mitchell Dean Farber, 52, and nephews.
Phoenix, died Saturday at his
A memorial service is pending at Williamson and Spencer
home.
Born in Portland to Richard Funeral Home in Portland.
Roger Ruble
June 2, 1929-Feb. 3, 2015
Roger D. Ruble, 85, Redkey,
died Tuesday at Bluffton
Regional Medical Center.
Born in Plum Tree, he was a
1947 graduate of Warren High
School.
Retiring from McCammon
Trucking Inc., in rural Hartford City, he was
former
owner
and operator of
the
Torchlight
Restaurant
in
Fiat and Ruble’s
Hum Dinger in
Montpelier (now
Frosty’s).
Surviving are a
Ruble
son, Doyle Ruble
(wife: Charleen),
Warren; three stepdaughters,
Bev Duinkerken (husband:
Steve), Monticello, Florida,
Debbie Thiery, Muncie, and Lu
Ann Pemberton, Montpelier; a
sister, Norma Gale Chambers,
Warren; nine grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren; and
his former wife Paula Ruble,
Montpelier.
Visitation is noon to 3 p.m.
Saturday, followed by 3 p.m.
services at Glancy — H. Brown
& Son Funeral Home in Warren with Pastor Gerald Moreland officiating.
Memorials may be sent to
Jay County Humane Society,
302 N. Meridian St., Portland
IN 47371 or Lighthouse of
Jesus Christ, 8116 W. Jackson,
Yorktown, IN 47396.
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Closing prices as of Wednesday
Corn ........................3.92
March corn..............3.95
Beans........................9.64
March crop ..............9.64
Wheat ......................4.89
March crop ..............4.94
Cooper Farms
Fort Recovery
Corn ........................3.91
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There was one admission to the hospital
Wednesday.
gency rooms of Jay
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including:
Dunkirk — Miranda
Thompson.
Pennville — Linda
Pierce.
Emergencies
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There were 15 people
treated in the emer-
There were four dismissals.
Citizen’s calendar
Today
6 p.m. — Redkey Town
Council executive session, former town hall,
20 S. Ash St.
7 p.m. — Redkey Town
Council special meeting, former town hall, 20
S. Ash St.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP)
— The Indiana Bicentennial Commission has chosen Purdue University’s
College of Engineering to
design a torch to be used
in a relay throughout the
state’s 92 counties.
The Lafayette Journal
begin this spring with full occupancy by October.
“That’s a big if,” acknowledged
Glentzer. “They told me when I
took this position I would learn
patience.”
There is one underground storage tank on the property, but it has
been filled with sand and capped
off. Glentzer said it has been
cleared by the Indiana Department
of Environmental Management.
When completed, the building
will house all CFS local programs
and Courier reports each
county will come up with
a unique way to use the
torch along its route. For
example in Marion County the torch could be
mounted on of a speeding
race car.
The route will start in
Sign struck
A Redkey man was involved in a
collision Wednesday morning in
Portland.
Royce Champ, 79, 112 W. Grandview Ave., was turning left in the
Wal-Mart parking lot, 950 W. Votaw
St., when his 2013 Toyota Tundra hit
a cement sign base.
Damage in the 11:35 a.m. accident
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Richland Township
Hospitals
Jay County
Hospital
Portland
Admissions
—Andy Glentzer,
CFS executive director
with the exception of Head Start
and the weatherization program.
The current CFS offices on South
Wayne Street just south of Hudson
Family Park will be put on the market for sale.
The North Meridian Street property over the years has been the
site of Hardy Chevrolet, Milligan
Chevrolet,
Coby-Brookbank
Chevrolet and Kunkle Chevrolet.
Its most recent owner was former
State Rep. Bill Davis, an auctioneer.
Indiana’s first state capital in Corydon and end in
Indianapolis.
Purdue professor Timothee Pourpoint says he
and eight students have
to create “a torch with a
real flame that goes 200
mph.”
Mark Newman is director of Indiana’s tourism
development office. He
says organizers are excited by the Purdue students’ enthusiam for the
project.
Plans for the bicentennial are still in the works.
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‘It will allow people to go to
work and still take care
of their parents.’
Purdue chosen to design torch
6 p.m. — Bryant Town
Council, town hall, 107
E. Main St.
Monday
9 a.m. — Jay County
Commissioners, commissioners’ room, Jay
County Courthouse.
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The north side of the center section of the building will be the site
of a new adult day care center,
which will offer Level 1 care for the
elderly five days a week from 7 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
“It will allow people to go to work
and still take care of their parents,” said Glentzer.
The need for an adult day care
facility surfaced during the Jay
County 20/20 planning process,
and CFS is stepping up to fill that
gap, he said.
The food pantry and thrift shop
will be located at the west end of
the building, and Glentzer said it’s
“highly likely” that an addition of
1,500 to 2,000 square feet will be
built at the west end.
“We’ve already outgrown it,”
said Glentzer. “We’ve got other initiatives starting.”
Architect Michael Halstead of
Marion is working on plans for the
building, and CFS officials are
hopeful that remodeling work can
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was estimated to be between $2,500 when she lost control of her 2005
and $5,000.
Cadillac HF6. Her vehicle slid on the
icy road and went off the west side
of the road, hitting a tree.
Ran off road
Miller’s son was transported to
A boy was injured during an accident this morning in Wayne Town- Jay County Hospital for minor
bleeding from cuts on his face.
ship.
Damage in the 5:15 a.m. accident
Ashley Miller, 31, 120 Oak St.,
Huntington, was driving north on was estimated to be between $5,000
U.S. 27 near county road 400 North and $10,000.
Additional funding sought
for shelters and treatment
By ANDI TENBARGE
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS — Funding for domestic violence treatment and shelters
would double over the next two years and
rape crisis centers would get new money
as well under legislation approved
Wednesday by a House committee.
The Family, Children and Human
Affairs Committee passed House Bill
1007 unanimously and sent it to the budget-writing Ways and Means Committee
for further review.
The bill would mean $5 million in Fiscal Year 2016 and another $5 million in
2017 for domestic violence programs.
The current budget allocates $2.5 million
each year, which was an increase from
the previous budget.
Laura Berry, executive director of the
Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, told the committee Wednesday
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that the funding is important because
more shelters are turning away victims
because the resources aren’t always
available.
“We served 1,500 victims of domestic
violence in a 24 hour period of time,”
Berry said. “The most disturbing part
was that we turned away 150 of those victims because we didn’t have bed space for
them.”
An amendment approved Wednesday
adds $1 million annually to help fund
rape crisis centers.
Rep. Woody Burton, R-Whiteland,
shared his personal experience with
domestic violence — and an event that
made national headlines during his
childhood — with the committee.
“My mom was 5’ 1’’ weighed about 100
pounds and my dad was 6’ 8’’ and
weighed 240 pounds, and he used to
knock her unconscious,” Burton said.
Family
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Chocolate milk can help muscle recovery
By GABRIELLA BOSTON
Special to The Washington Post
No gluten, no meat, no
dairy: You know the story.
The don’t-eat-any-foodsfrom-your-childhood diet
has been in vogue for a
while now, but one “bad
guy” seems to be making a
comeback, at least among
athletes: milk.
“I think it’s great.
Chocolate milk has a lot of
benefits for muscle recovery,” says Ingrid Nelson, a
personal trainer in Washington. “It helps replenish
the muscle tissue and
actually gives you a shorter recovery time.”
So, chocolate milk over
regular milk? Both are
good choices unless they
cause digestive issues,
says Rebecca Scritchfield,
a Washington nutritionist.
But flavored milk — be
it chocolate, strawberry or
vanilla — has a more beneficial ratio of carbohydrates to protein for muscle recovery and rebuilding, Scritchfield says.
In other words, there is
nothing magical about the
cacao itself in chocolate
milk; it’s the extra carbs
— the sugars — that create
the perfect potion.
“Milk alone may not be
enough carbs or calories,
but it can be enhanced to
be adequate,” Scritchfield
says.
The ratio to aim for is 4
grams of carbohydrates to
1 gram of protein, according to Joel Stager, professor of kinesiology at Indiana University and the
author of several research
papers on milk as a recovery drink for sports performance.
Nelson says that immediately on entering the
body, milk creates spikes
in insulin (in this case,
these are good for you)
that help transport sugar
into the muscle, where it
becomes glycogen. It also
stimulates muscle protein
repair and growth.
The amount of carbinfused milk recommended can range anywhere
from 8 to 16 ounces
depending on the intensity, frequency and duration
of the exercise as well as
the person’s gender, size
and age.
So, let’s do the math on
milk vs. flavored milk to
reach the right 4:1 ratio.
An eight-ounce glass of
2 percent milk has 12
grams of carbohydrates
and 8 grams of protein.
Nowhere near the recommended 4:1 ratio.
That means — should
you choose to make your
own post-exercise milk
drink — you would need to
add about 20 grams of carbohydrates. For example,
a small banana has about
20 grams of carbs. Voila!
There is your flavored
post-exercise sports drink.
Speaking of which, why
not just buy Muscle Milk
or one of the other sports
drinks?
“Why not go with the
real thing instead of the
designer
product?”
responds Stager, adding
that milk offers a host of
other nutrients. These
include electrolytes —
important for hydration —
as well as calcium, magnesium and vitamins A, D
and B.
Not only that: When you
start looking at the labels,
you’ll notice that many of
the designer sports drinks
don’t have the the 4:1 ratio.
A 14-ounce container of
Muscle Milk, for example,
has 25 grams of protein
and only 11 grams of carbohydrates.
And then there is the
price.
Let’s say you made your
own carb-infused milk
sports drink: about 25
cents for the eight ounces
of milk (probably nonorganic at that price) and
another 25 cents for the
banana. That would be
total of 50 cents. (Another
way to infuse milk with
carbs would be to add 1.5
tablespoons of maple
syrup.)
A commercial sports
drink would run you up to
10 times that amount.
At the other end of the
4:1 ratio spectrum are the
non-dairy milks such as
rice milk and almond
milk. They are great on
certain nutrients but low
— 1 or 2 grams — on protein.
Dairy might not work
for you digestively. Many
Americans suffer from
lactose intolerance, and
others feel icky and bloated when they consume
dairy. Others are vegan.
For
these
people,
Scritchfield suggests tim-
ing the workout so they
can have a well-balanced
meal afterward and skip
that post-exercise recovery drink.
Just remember that
milk — along with the
carbs and the protein — is
also a great way to hydrate
because of its sodium and
potassium levels. So add
hydration to the post-exercise meal or snack.
Which brings us to the
all-important timing for
the best muscle recovery.
“Quickly after the exercise. First 30 to 45 minutes
is the window of opportunity,” Stager says.
Nelson calls it “the
power hour” — the window when the muscles are
most receptive to sugar
and protein in order to
rebuild, Nelson says.
Milk protein consists of
whey and casein, both of
which
help
muscle
rebuilding but in different
ways. The whey is fast-acting, and the casein is slowacting, Nelson says.
The amount of milk recommended can be anywhere from one to two
cups, depending on the
size of the individual and
the type of activity, Nelson
says. Same goes for the fat
content. It depends on
duration, frequency and
intensity along with age
and gender, Stager says.
For an elite athlete,
whole milk might be
preferable, while a middleaged weekend warrior
might do better with skim
or 2 percent.
Also, says Scritchfield,
if you’re exercising for
less than an hour at a low
to moderate level (such as
low-key yoga), you’re
probably fine with just
water and your regular
healthful
meals
and
snacks. “Recovery is most
important for intense
workouts lasting longer
than 60 minutes — think
endurance and intense
team sports.”
In the end, it seems milk
has made a legitimate badguy/good-guy turnabout,
if not among the general
population, then at least
among fitness folk. And
who doesn't like a good
comeback story?
Boston is a fitness trainer and freelancer. She can
be found at www.gabriellaboston.com.
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an awful divorce DO NOT want
to hear anything about their ex?
We don’t want to hear — again
and again — how much better
the ex did in the settlement than
we did. We don’t want to hear
that the ex was seen with his
girlfriend the other day.
I have a friend who tells me
every time I speak with her how
much better he made out in the
settlement than I did. People
also need to realize that even
though the divorce was years
ago, it still hurts. — HURTING
IN MASSACHUSETTS
DEAR HURTING: I’m passing
along your message. However,
when it firs t happened, you
should have told the woman to
drop the subject because it was
hurtful. If you didn’t, please do
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Abby
that. But if you did say it and
your request was disre garded,
recognize that this person isn’t
a “f riend,” that she probably
gets a kick out of causing you
pain or agg ravation, and you
should avoid her.
DEAR ABBY: I’m 17 and
adopted. I have a wonderful new
family, but a very dark past. I
was beaten every day for seven
years and was bulimic for five.
The abuse finally ended when
my stepfather went to jail for
trying to murder my mother
and me. I was bullied in school
and went home to more abuse.
Now, even though I’m out of
the situation, I still get scared
when people yell at me, or at
school when someone raises
their hands like they are about
to hit me. Everyone tells me I
need to “grow up,” but how am I
supposed to do that when I’m
still scared of my past? —
CAN’T GET PAST IT
DEAR CAN’T GET PAST IT:
After the amount of trauma you
have experienced, it may take
he l p f r o m a l i c e n s e d m e n t a l
health professional to get past
what was done to you. If your
family is unable to provide it,
discuss this with a counselor at
school and ask for help, because
the counselor may be able to
refer you to someone.
DEAR ABBY: My adult son
and his wife have had a dog for
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CELEBRATE RECOVERY — A 12-step Christian
recovery program, the
group will meet at 10 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m. each Thursday at A Second Chance At
Life Ministries, 109 S.
Commerce St. in Portland.
For more information, call
Judy Smith at (260) 7269187 or Dave Keen at (260)
335-2152.
RANDOLPH COUNTY
TEA PARTY — Will meet
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at
the Moose Lodge, 181 N.
Middle School Road in
Winchester.
PORTLAND
LIONS
CLUB — Will meet the
first Thursday of the
month at Portland Lions
Civic Center, 307 W. 100
North. The meal will be
served at 6:30 p.m. and the
meeting will begin at 7
p.m.
FORGET-ME-NOT — A
support group for parents,
friends and relatives who
have lost a baby through
miscarriage, birth or illness will meet from 7 to 9
p.m. at St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, Winchester, in community room 1.
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Thursday at Church of the
Brethren
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Floral
Avenue in Portland. New
members are welcome.
Friday
CINCINNATUS
LEAGUE — Will meet at
noon Friday at Harmony
Café in Portland.
Saturday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS — Will meet at 10
a.m. upstairs at True
Value Hardware, North
Meridian Street, Portland.
(260) 729-2532.
WIDOW TO WIDOW —
Will meet at noon in the
east room at Ponderosa.
All widows are invited to
attend.
MUSEUM OF THE SOLDIER — Is open from noon
to 5 p.m. the first and third
Saturday and Sunday of
the month. It is located at
510 E. Arch St., Portland.
Monday
PORTLAND BREAKFAST OPTIMISTS — Will
meet at 6:45 a.m. for breakfast at Richards Restaurant.
BRYANT AREA COMMUNITY CENTER —
Walking from 9 to 10 a.m.
every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
two years. I do not want a dog in
my house, but I also don’t want
to prevent them from visiting
(they live six hours away). We
have tried keeping “Puddles” in
the basement, but she whined
all night, and my son ended up
sleeping on the basement floor
with her.
They think I’m going to give
in because she’s so cute, but I
don’t like little animals running, jumping and yapping.
(OK, I’m high-strung, and holidays make it worse.) My husband doesn’t support me and
tries to sneak Puddles in when
I’m not looking.
This is not fair! I’m the one
who keeps the house nice, but I
love my son. Any suggestions?
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your son should find a pet sitter
or board Puddles for the time
when he visits you. And if necessary, offer to pay for it. That
way the poor animal won’t be
isolated in unfamiliar surroundings and will have companionship, you’ ll have peace of mind
and your son will get a good
night’s sleep.
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It’s crazy to dismiss mental illness
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
Tribune Content Agency
He had his first major breakdown when he was 26.
A man who had been known
for his sunny, outgoing temperament became suddenly
sullen, silent and withdrawn.
He spoke openly of suicide. It
got so bad that a couple took
him into their home to ensure
he did not hurt himself.
His second breakdown was a
few years later. He could not get
out of bed. He lost weight and
became emaciated. Again, he
talked about killing himself.
One friend was alarmed
enough to confiscate all his
razors.
“I am now the most miserable
man living,” the depressed man
wrote. “If what I feel were
equally distributed to the whole
human family, there would not
be one cheerful face on earth.”
Luckily for him, Abraham
Lincoln did not write those
words to Tom Sullivan.
Sullivan, a Fox “News”
Radio host, hasn’t much
Leonard
Pitts Jr.
patience for claims of mental
disability. At least, not to judge
from his dismissal last week of
a caller who told him she has
bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorder, Sullivan
retorted, is “the latest fad. ...
Last time I checked, we all
have good days and we all have
bad. And I don’t consider that
an illness and I don’t consider
it a disability.” The affliction,
added Sullivan, is “something
made up by the mental health
business” in order to soak
their patients.
If you are tempted to buy
into those ignorant natterings,
please be advised: Bipolar disorder, once known as manic
depression, is one of the oldest
diagnoses in psychiatry. It was
first described in 1854 by
French doctors Jules Baillarger (who dubbed it “la folie a
double forme” or “dual-form
insanity”) and Jean-Pierre Falret, (who called it “folie circulaire,” or “circular insanity”).
Both described it as an affliction characterized by moods
that cycled wildly between
mountain highs and oceanic
lows. So bipolar disorder is
hardly a fad.
But our concern here is not
just Sullivan’s dismissal of one
woman’s mental illness but,
rather, an emerging narrative
that seems to question the very
idea of mental illness.
That was the subtext of Sen.
Rand Paul’s claim last month
that many people are “gaming”
disability programs, though
they suffer nothing more incapacitating than anxiety.
Then there’s one Neil
Munro, “reporter” for a rightwing website, who in 2013
accused doctors of inventing
new mental illnesses for profit.
He claimed that we have
pathologized “stress” and “sadness,” made diseases out of
ordinary moods that need no
treatment more exotic than
good old American “stoicism,”
“hard work” and “personal initiative.”
The anti-science KnowNothingism of the political
right has seldom seemed more
dangerous. In the wake of the
Virginia Tech massacre, the
Columbine massacre, the Navy
Yard massacre, the Binghamton massacre, the Tucson massacre, the Aurora massacre, it
is grotesque to deny the reality
of mental illness or stigmatize
those who seek help as somehow lacking in stoicism. And it
is staggering that, according to
USA Today, as states impose
drastic cuts on mental health
services, 40 percent of those
with severe mental illness
receive no treatment. So by
what logic do these people discourage those who need help
from getting it?
Even Lincoln knew he need-
ed treatment — and sought it.
Granted, the options available
to his doctor — bleeding, quinine, purgatives, black pepper
drinks — would not have done
much good. But the point is,
the future president felt it no
reflection on his character to
seek help when he needed it.
“If I be in pain,” wrote Lincoln, who would suffer depression — what Munro trivializes
as “sadness” — most of his life,
“I wish to let you know it and
to ask your sympathy and
assistance ...”
Yet so modern and enlightened are we, 150 years later,
that some of us deny not only
sympathy and assistance but
even illness itself. Suck it up,
the radio host tells the woman
with bipolar disorder.
Now that’s insane.
••••••••••
Pitts is a columnist for The
Miami Herald. He won a
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
in 2004. Readers may contact
via
e-mail
at
him
[email protected].
Hopefuls must
offer substance
By JENNIFER RUBIN
The Washington Post
Congress needs to be involved
Bloomberg News
Chances are, your company’s computers will come under attack sometime soon. The perpetrators may
want to steal personal information.
They may want trade secrets or intellectual property. They may simply
want to annoy you.
Whatever their motives, by one
estimate cybercrime is already costing the global economy more than
$400 billion a year. After years of
unproductive debate, the U.S. government finally looks ready to get serious. A big cybersecurity bill is likely
to be introduced soon.
The question that springs to mind
is whether that remedy might be
more harmful than the disease.
When it comes to digital security, the
government — to put it mildly — can
no longer take the country’s trust for
granted. A systematic assault on
cybercrime is necessary, but the policy must have safeguards and oversight built in from the start, not
tacked on as afterthoughts.
A main component is likely to be
new ways for companies to share
information about attacks and vulnerabilities with the government and
with one another, most likely
through the Department of Homeland Security. On the whole, that
would be a good thing. Better pooling
of information should help companies detect threats, boost their
defenses and develop countermeasures more quickly. It could help
them avoid replicating security
efforts or persisting with dubious
technology. And it could help make
the market for cybersecurity products more efficient.
Guest
Editorial
The government, for its part,
should be able to share technical
know-how and advice, assimilate
diverse threats into a bigger picture,
and chase cybercriminals more
effectively.
Fine. Yet building a new government-run colossus for collecting and
disseminating private information
isn’t to be done lightly. The cyberguardians will have to follow some
rules.
For starters, as far as possible, any
personally identifiable information
that is shared must be anonymized.
Data should be held only for a limited and specified time, and shared
only with clearly defined recipients.
Penalties for the improper use or disclosure of information should be too
serious to ignore.
More important, the government
should be strictly limited in what it
can do with the data. A legislative
proposal recently released by the
White House suggests the information should be used only to prevent
computer crimes, respond to threats
of death or injury, and protect
minors. That’s a start, but as certain
agencies have demonstrated, such
language is susceptible to surprisingly capacious interpretation. Congress should insist on a sophisticated oversight system, so that people
can be sure they aren’t being spied
on.
Even with such safeguards in
place, companies will hesitate to get
involved if, because of the data they
divulge, they could face onerous regulatory meddling or lawsuits over
privacy violations. So, for any information shared for cybersecurity purposes, the government should consider offering businesses an antitrust
exemption, protection from regulatory action and exclusion from Freedom of Information Act requests. As
long as companies are acting without
malice or gross negligence, they
should get liability protection.
Meanwhile, the Department of
Homeland Security ought to keep
investing in promising technologies
that can help businesses share information in a standardized format and
automatically anonymize data. Such
innovations could go a long way
toward protecting privacy.
Admittedly, all this is just a start.
Preventing attacks in the first place
will also require better technology
and greater expertise. It will demand
that governments around the world
assent to new norms of corporate
and official conduct. And, ultimately,
it will require educating the public,
building a workforce with better
cyberskills and persuading companies to take security far more seriously.
None of this Congress can do
overnight, and some of this Congress
can’t do at all. It will take time,
money and — more than likely — the
forceful encouragement of more and
worse attacks. Sadly, that part can
indeed be taken for granted.
The most interesting
part of the Mason-Dixon
Florida Poll may not be
that 59 percent of Republicans there want Jeb
Bush to run for president.
He was, after all, a successful Florida governor.
Rather, two other figures pop out: A large
share of the Hispanic
vote in both parties (44
percent) and of independents (50 percent) want
him to run.
It is a telling reminder
that saying you want to
reach out, after deciding
you want to be president,
is a far different thing
than having an established appeal with nontraditional GOP voters.
Bush got 61 percent of the
Hispanic vote in his first
gubernatorial election
and 56 percent in his
reelection campaign.
Sen. Rand Paul, Ky.,
gets applause from the
mainstream media (who
love his Obama-ish foreign policy and antipolice rhetoric during
recent racial incidents)
for speaking to college
kids, African American
students and Hispanics.
But he has no record of
getting these groups to
vote for him.
In 2010, he got 13 percent of the African American vote.
New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie got about half
the Hispanic vote in 2013
(up from 32 percent in his
first election) and 21 percent of the African American vote (up from 9 percent) as he won reelection
in New Jersey.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich
got about a quarter of the
African American vote in
his last election, up from
8 percent in his first election.
Sen. Marco Rubio, Fla.,
got 20 percent of the
African American vote
and 55 percent of the Hispanic vote in his 2010 Senate race.
And in his last election,
former Texas Gov. Rick
Perry won 38 percent of
the Hispanic vote.
It is noteworthy that, as
impressive as some of
these figures are, these
elections did not take
place in a presidential
year, when the minority
Jennifer
Rubin
For a
candidate
to do well
with those
not already
in the
GOP camp,
it is not
enough
to devise
a token
outreach
campaign.
turnout
is
highest.
Whether any of these
candidates can hold his
own against Hillary Clinton in a presidential contest remains in doubt.
But it would seem that if
the candidates are going
to claim the ability to
expand the base, then
some record of having
done so would be in order.
For a candidate to do
well with those not
already in the GOP camp,
it is not enough to devise
a token outreach campaign. You need (literally,
in some cases) to speak
their language, offer
something other than
abstractions and antigovernment rhetoric and
show how what you are
offering delivers results
for these voters.
You cannot offend these
voters from the get-go
with your tone or rhetoric, or they won’t wait
around to hear the rest of
the pitch.
••••••••••
Rubin is a conservative
blogger for The Washington Post’s “Right Turn.”
Her Twitter handle is
@JRubinBlogger, and she
can be reached at
[email protected].
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Jordan launches new airstrikes
By KARIN LAUB
Associated Press
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanian warplanes bombed Islamic
State targets today, state TV
said, after the country’s king
vowed to wage a “harsh” war
against the militants who control large areas of neighboring
Syria and Iraq.
The military confirmed the
airstrikes, but did not provide
details. Jordan TV, quoting military officials, reported that the
strikes targeted Islamic State
positions, but did not say in
which country.
Jordan is part of a U.S.-led
military coalition that has
bombed IS targets in both countries since last fall, but until
now Jordanian warplanes are
only known to have carried out
raids in Syria.
King Abdullah II pledged to
step up the fight against the IS
group after the militants
burned a captive Jordanian
pilot in a cage and released a
video of the killing earlier this
week. The images have sent
waves of anger across the
region.
Today, warplanes roared overhead as the king paid a condolence visit to the family of the
pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh,
in his village in southern Jordan. The king pointed upward,
toward the roar of the planes,
as he sat next to the slain pilot’s
father, Safi al-Kaseasbeh.
Al-Kaseasbeh told the assembled mourners that the planes
had returned from strikes over
Raqqa, the de facto capital of
the militants’ self-declared
caliphate. His son had been captured near Raqqa when his F-16
fighter plane went down in
December.
Earlier this week, Islamic
State displayed the video of the
killing of the pilot on outdoor
screens in Raqqa, to chants of
“God is Great” from some in the
audience, according to another
video posted by the militants.
On Wednesday, Abdullah
warned that Jordan’s response
“will be harsh because this terrorist organization is not only
fighting us, but also fighting
Islam and its pure values.” He
pledged to hit the militants
“hard in the very center of their
strongholds.”
In Washington, leading members of Congress have called for
increased U.S. military assistance to the kingdom. Currently, the United States is providing Jordan with $1 billion annually in economic and military
assistance.
In review
Reshaping
DUBAI,
United
Arab Emirates —
Saudi Arabia’s new
monarch isn’t wasting time.
Since assuming the
throne Jan. 23, King
Salman has elevated
some of his closest
relatives and sidelined previous powertightened
brokers,
decision-making and
promised lavish payouts designed to win
early goodwill.
While
his
new
administration gives
greater prominence
to younger generations, it remains to be
seen whether the
swift housecleaning
will lead to greater
political rights and
other reforms in the
ultraconservative
kingdom.
Failed
BERLIN — Greece’s
new finance minister
failed to convince his
skeptical
German
counterpart to immediately back a new
approach on Greece’s
debt as the two met
for the first time since
the
anti-bailout
Syriza swept to power
in Athens.
Germany’s
Wolfgang Schaeuble said
he and Greece’s Yanis
Varoufakis, “agreed
to disagree” at their
meeting today in the
German capital, and
that a writedown, or
haircut of Greece’s
debt, wasn’t on the
negotiating table.
Germany’s views
matter as it is the
biggest European contributor to Greece’s
five-year bailout program.
—Associated Press
Facing
CANBERRA, Australia — Less than
half way into his
term,
Australian
Prime Minister Tony
Abbott is facing the
kind
of
internal
squabbling over his
leadership that saw
the opposition Labor
Party evicted from
office 17 months ago.
Some of Abbott’s
own lawmakers are
publicly calling for a
vote on his future as
soon as next week,
sending his LiberalNational
coalition
into chaos at a time
it’s struggling for
traction on its parliamentary agenda amid
slumping
opinion
polls.
Author dies
Martin
Gilbert,
who documented the
life
of
Winston
Churchill, the events
of World War II and
the Holocaust, the
founding of the state
of Israel and the
course of the 20th
century in more than
80 volumes that made
him known as a preeminent historian of
his era, died Tuesday
in London.
He was 78.
The cause was sepsis, according to his
wife, Esther Gilbert.
Gilbert had previously suffered a brain
injury caused by a
heart arrhythmia.
—Washington Post
Hill
help
An Afghan man
pushes a donkey up a
hill today on the
outskirts of Kabul,
Afghanistan.
Associated Press/Rahmat Gul
Civilians are being killed
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Boko
Haram fighters have shot or burned to
death about 90 civilians and wounded 500
in ongoing fighting in a Cameroonian
border town near Nigeria, officials in
Cameroon said today.
Some 800 Islamic extremists attacking
the town of Fotokol have “burned
churches, mosques and villages and
slaughtered youth who resisted joining
them to fight Cameroonian forces,” Infor-
mation Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakari
said.
The insurgents from Nigeria also looted
livestock and food in the fighting that
began Wednesday and was continuing
today, Bakari told The Associated Press.
Boko Haram is using civilians as shields,
making it difficult to confront them
although reinforcements have arrived in
Fotokol, according to military spokesman
Col. Didier Badjeck.
Leaders push
new peace plan
By MATTHEW LEE
and SYLVIE CORBET
Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine — In a
new push for peace, the
leaders of France and Germany headed today to Kiev
and Moscow with a proposal to end the fighting in
eastern Ukraine. The surprise
move
appeared
aimed at heading off U.S.
considerations of giving
Ukraine lethal weapons,
something Europeans fear
could spark even wider
hostilities.
The flurry of high-level
diplomacy comes as resurgent fighting in eastern
Ukraine is threatening
Europe’s overall security.
In Moscow, President
Vladimir Putin’s aide
welcomed the new European initiative and said
the Kremlin was ready
for a constructive discussion. NATO defense ministers in Brussels, however, were ready to boost
the military alliance’s
forces in response to the
fighting in Ukraine and
Russia’s increased mili-
tary forcefulness.
Russia has vehemently
denied backing the rebels
with troops and weapons,
while acknowledging that
some Russians are fighting
with the separatists. Western military experts scoff
at the Russian denial. The
top NATO commander, U.S.
Air Force Gen. Philip
Breedlove, said today that
Russia continues to supply
the separatists with heavy,
state-of-the-art weapons,
air defenses and fighters.
Calling it a “very critical
moment in our history,”
Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko today warmly
welcomed U.S. Secretary
of State John Kerry to
Kiev, the Ukrainian capital.
In a joint news conference after their talks,
Kerry urged Russia to
show its commitment to a
peaceful, diplomatic solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine by ceasing its
military support for the
separatists and bringing
them to the negotiation
table.
Feel ...
Huang said he helped
four other passengers
unbuckle their seatbelts
after the plane crashed and
began sinking in the water.
“I saw others were
drowning,” he said. “If I
did not move quickly
enough to help them, soon
they would be dead.”
Also among the survivors was a family of
three, including a 2-yearold boy whose heart
stopped beating after three
minutes under water. He
recovered after receiving
CPR, his uncle Lin Ming-yi
told reporters.
The pilots’ actions in the
flight’s final moments have
led to speculation that they
attempted to avoid highrise buildings by following
the line of the river and
then banked sharply in an
attempt to bring it down in
the water rather than
crash on land.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je
praised pilot Liao Chientsung as a hero for having
avoided crashing into
buildings or major infrastructure.
“We really have to thank
that pilot,” Ko said. “He
really tried his hardest.”
Divers searched the
river today for the remaining 11 people on board,
including the two pilots. A
crane was used to bring
the rear section of the
plane to the shore Wednesday night.
Police diver Cheng Yingchih said search was hampered by low visibility in
the turbid river and cold
water temperatures that
forced divers to work in
one-hour shifts.
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Area churches are listed
with location, pastor and
phone number, as well as
email address and Web site
where available.
All services are Sunday,
unless otherwise indicated.
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217 E. Pearl St.
Portland, IN
(260) 726-2833
Asbury United
Methodist
204 E. Arch St., Portland
Tim Dilley
(260) 726-8464
Services: 8 a.m., 10:15
a.m.
Sunday school: 9 a.m.
Director of youth and
young adult ministries:
Julie Tarr
www.asburyministries.o
rg
Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday through Friday
“Moments of Devotion”
can be heard each Sunday
at 7 a.m. on WPGW radio.
The church has a nursery
available.
Handicapped accessible.
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Special Lenten services set
The Jay County Ministerial
Association invites area residents
to enjoy worship and fellowship
at Community Lenten services.
Services will be held at 6:30 p.m.
each Sunday beginning Feb. 22
and continuing through March 29
and will be held at a different
church in Jay County each week.
The Feb. 22 service will be held Guest singers
Calvary United Methodist
at Faith Evangelical Church, 9560
Church will have special guests
W. 200 South, Dunkirk.
from Taylor University at its 5
p.m. Sunday 2 Praise service on
New church
Redkey Faith Builders Min- Sunday.
Students Ryan Lanier and Jack
istry will hold services at 4 p.m.
each Sunday with Pastor Ken Rose will provide worship and
Fuller officiating. The church is praise through songs and musical
located at 422 N. Union St. in Red- instruments.
The church is located at 301 N.
key.
For more information, call (765) Main St. in Dunkirk.
524-5378. A breakfast scheduled
for Saturday at the church has To speak
Catholic speaker and author
been postponed.
Church
roundup
John R. Wood will present the
program
Ordinary
Lives,
Extraordinary Mission at 6 p.m.
Feb. 15 at Immaculate Conception
Church, 506 E. Walnut St. in Portland.
Wood will speak on prayer and
spirituality, work, dating and
marriage, personal finances,
health and parenting.
For more information, see
www.extraordinarymission.com.
Free meal
Bread of Life Community Family Meal will be served Monday
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Asbury
United Methodist Church, 204 E.
Arch St., in Portland. Everyone is
welcome to share a meal and conversation. The meal this week
will be prepared and served by
Fellowship Baptist Church in
Portland.
Banner Christian
Assembly of God
1217 W. Votaw St., Portland
Michael Burk
(260) 726-4282
Services: 10:30 a.m.
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m.
Bible study: 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
A nursery and children’s
church are available.
SUMAN BROS.
Transportation is avail- Dunkirk Nazarene
able (two hour notice).
226 E. Center St.,
Handicapped accessible. Dunkirk
Tom Fett
(765) 768-6199
Church of
Services: 10:30 a.m., 6
the Brethren
Floral and Chicago p.m.
avenues, Portland
Prayer service and ChilKevin McClung
dren’s Ministry: 7 p.m.
Services: 10 a.m.
Sunday school: 9:15 a.m. Wednesday
Bellefountain United
Dunkirk Food Pantry,
Nursery care is provided
Methodist
for children age 5 and located at the church, is
440 South 600 East
open the second and
younger.
Gordon Jackson
The church accepts non- fourth Thursday of each
Services: 9 a.m.
perishable food items, soap month from 1 to 3 p.m.
and paper products for the
food bank.
Erastus United
Bethel United
Handicapped accessible. Methodist
Methodist
Erastus-Durbin Road,
Ind. 167, 4 miles north of Church of
Celina, Ohio
Dunkirk
the Living God
Allan Brown
Edward Armantrout
South Broad Street,
(419) 678-2071
Dunkirk
Services: 9 a.m.
Rev. Theodore Wagoner
Bible study: 7 p.m. TuesServices: 7 p.m.
Assistant pastor: Rev.
day
Sunday school: 9:45 a.m. David Gordon
“River of Life” may be
Bluff Point Friends
heard each Sunday at 8 Evangelical
80 East 650 South
a.m. on WPGW radio sta- Methodist
Services: 10 a.m.
tion.
930 W. Main St., Portland
Steve Arnold
Clear Creek
(260) 251-0970
Boundary St. Paul
Congregational
Church
Christian Church
p.m.
Corner of Treaty Line
5016 North U.S. 27, WinSunday school: 9:30 a.m.
Road and 300 East
chester
Bible study: 6 p.m.
Ava Gannon
Tom Sells
Wednesday
(260) 726-2373
(765) 584-1564
The church radio broadServices: 9:30 a.m.
Services: 9:30 a.m., 7 p.m. cast can be heard at 9:15
Wednesday
a.m. Saturday on WPGW.
Bryant Wesleyan
209 S. Hendricks St.
Paul VanCise
Collett Nazarene
Fairview United
(260) 997-6231
450 South, 1 mile west of Methodist/Jay County
Services: 10:30 a.m., 6 U.S. 27
2875 East 200 South
p.m.
Billy Stanton
Gordon Jackson
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
(260) 251-2403
Lay
leader:
Beth
bryantwesleyan@embarServices: 10:30 a.m., 6 Stephen
qmail.com
p.m.
(260) 726-9184
There is also children’s
church, “The Garden” for
preschoolers and a staffed Wednesday
nursery.
Youth director: Cassi
Handicapped accessible. Alberson
Fairview United
A nursery and children’s
Methodist/
Calvary United
church are available.
Methodist
The church accepts non- Randolph County
Ind. 28, 2 miles east of
301 N. Main St., Dunkirk perishable food items, soap
Susan Durovey-Antrim
and paper products for the Albany
Ryan Campbell
(765) 499-0368
food bank.
(765) 789-8959
Services: 10 a.m.
Services: 9:30 a.m.
susan.duroveyantrim@i
Sunday
School: 8:45 to
numc.org.
Cornerstone Baptist
Fellowship breakfast, 9
211 E. Main St., Portland 9:15 a.m.
a.m. first Sunday of month.
Wayne Ward
Wednesday
Calvary Women in Mis(260) 726-7714
A nursery is available.
sion, 11:15 a.m., second
Services: 10 a.m.
Sunday.
Sunday 2 Praise, 5 p.m.,
Services can be seen on Faith Evangelical
second Sunday.
9560 West 200 South,
cable channel 7 on Sundays
Divorce Care support at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Dunkirk
group meets each Sunday, 6 Monday and Friday at 7
Harold Miller
p.m.
(260) 894-2257
p.m.
A nursery is provided.
Center United
Prayer/Bible study: 6:30
Methodist
p.m. Wednesday
County road 500 West The Cross
and Ind. 26
122 E. Race St., Portland
Bruce Stong
Evangelist: Phill Jellison
(765) 768-7540
Family
(260) 726-7237
Services: 9 a.m.
Independent,
non- Worship Center
denominational, Wesleyan200 E. Elder St., Portland
Arminian doctrine
David Wade
Church of the Living
(260) 726-4844
Cross Community
Services: 11 a.m.
God (Miracle
Bible study: 9:45 a.m.
Church
Missions, Inc.)
Service:
7:30
p.m.
315 W. Main St., Berne
8472 South 800 East,
Rev. Joseph Gerkin Wednesday
Union City
Associate pastor: Sue
(interim pastor)
Wade
(260) 589-2752
www.thefamilyworshipServices: 10 a.m.
center.org
Church of God
Radio broadcasts can be
Bible study: 7 p.m.
of Prophecy
heard at 8:30 and 9 a.m. on
797 N. Creagor Ave., Port- Wednesday
Sunday on WPGW-AM and
[email protected]
land
Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to FM.
Nanette Weesner
(260) 766-9334 (24-hour noon Monday through Friday
calls and texts)
A staffed nursery is Fellowship Baptist
Services: 10 a.m., 6 p.m.
available for children age 3
289 South 200 West
Prayer: 9 a.m.
Hugh Kelly
Bible Club: 3-5 p.m. Mon- and younger.
(260) 726-8895
day
Bible study: 6 p.m. Thurs- Deerfield United
Methodist
day
Assistant pastor: Mitch
U.S. 27, south of Ind. 28
www.portlandcogop.org
Corwin
Belinda Pinkstaff
[email protected].
Transportation is avail(765) 789-4511
Office hours: 9 a.m. to 2
able.
Services: 9:30 a.m.
p.m. Monday through Friday.
[email protected]
First American
Baptist
Fort Recovery United
Methodist
309 E. Boundary St., Fort
427 S. Main St., Dunkirk
Recovery
(765) 768-7157
Rev. Allan Brown
(419) 678-2071
p.m.
Services: 9 a.m.
Assistant pastor: David
Bible study: 7 p.m.
Gordon
Wednesday
First Baptist
Geneva First United
601 N. Charles St., Port- Methodist
100 W. Line St., Geneva
land
Barry McCune
Dr. Ron Ross
(260) 368-7655
(260) 726-8762
Services: 9:30 a.m.
Services: 10 a.m.
Bible study: 7 p.m. Mon601firstbaptist@centuday (for women)
rylink.net
Lord’s Table Food Pantry
is open each Wednesday
First Church of Christ from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
1049 Union City Road,
Fort Recovery
Geneva Nazarene
Gary Snowden
225 Decatur St., Geneva
(419) 375-2860
Brenda Haddix
(260) 346-2172
Bible classes: 9:30 a.m.
Office hours: Tuesday
and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1
Prayer meeting: 7 p.m.
p.m.
Wednesday
[email protected]
www.fccftrecovery.org
Gilead Church
County road 650 North,
one-quarter mile east of
First Community
Balbec
Baptist Church
Paul Isch
341 S. Meridian St., Red(765) 369-2928
key
Everett Bilbrey Jr.
p.m.
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. Grace Bible
P.O. Box 67
Prayer service: 7 p.m.
6626 Village Way, Berne
Wednesday
Jeff Gaskill
Radio broadcast “Gospel
(260) 589-2687
Truth” can be heard on
Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on
WPGW.
Bible study: 7 p.m.
Wednesday
First Free Will
Baptist
Harvest Time Bible
12369 West 600 South,
11015 South 600 East,
Dunkirk
Keystone, Wells County
Delmar McCowan
Tony Robles
(260) 273-0877
Services: 10 a.m.
Prayer service: 7 p.m.
Bible study: 7 p.m. ThursWednesday
day
First Missionary
Hickory Grove
950 South U.S. 27, Berne
Church of
Rev. Don Williams
the Brethren
(260) 589-2991
Ind. 1 and Ind. 26
Services: 9 a.m., 10:15
Earl Doll
a.m.
(260) 731-4477
Sunday school: 8 a.m., 9
a.m., 10:15 a.m.
www.fmcberne.com.
First Presbyterian
High Street United
Methodist
402 N. Ship St., Portland
435 High St., Geneva
C. Stanley Gockel, interRev. Jim Bontrager
im pastor
Services: 9 a.m.
(260) 726-8462
Services: 9:30 a.m.
www.firstpcportland.org
Holy Trinity Catholic
7321 East Ind. 67, Bryant
p.m. Monday through
Rev.
David
Hoying,
Thursday
C.PP.S.
Services: 7:30 a.m. and
Handicapped accessi- 9:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. Saturday
ble.
Confessions are heard on
Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and
Fort Recovery
8:30 p.m. or by request.
Church of Christ
501 S. Wayne St.
A.J. Snively
P.O. Box 314, Fort Recovery
(419) 375-2220
Bible class: 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
[email protected].
fortrecoverycofc.org.
Fort Recovery
Church of the
Nazarene
Hopewell of Life
Ministries
County road 200 South, 2
miles east of Ind. 1
Rev. Ruth Funk
(260) 251-8581
p.m.
Bible study: 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Immaculate
Conception Catholic
401 E. Boundary St., Fort
506 E. Walnut St., PortRecovery
land
Rev. Dennis Kelley
Robert Moran
(419) 375-4680
(260) 726-7341
Services: 8 a.m., 10 a.m.,
p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Saturday
(meal at 6:45 p.m.)
Bible study: 11:10 a.m.
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. Sunday
[email protected].
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CCD: Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Penance: 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Latter Day Saints
Ind. 167, 2 miles north of
Dunkirk
Mike Baker
(765) 760-2432
Services: 10 a.m.
Youth: Wednesday, 6:30
p.m.
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Services: 11 a.m.
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Rev. Thomas E. Dorn
(419) 375-4153
Services: 5 p.m. Saturday,
9:30 a.m. Sunday
Mount Tabor
United Methodist
216 W. Pleasant St.,
Dunkirk
Randy Davis
(765) 768-7273
Services: 9 a.m.
p.m. Monday and Thursday
Mount Zion
United Methodist
County roads 600 East
and 200 North
Rev. Darrell Borders
(260) 726-4786
Services: 9 a.m.
New Beginnings
Holiness Church
of Blaine
122 East Adams
Portland, IN
The Washington Post/Katherine Frey
Josh Harris, left, talks Jan. 27 with Cyress Javid about a new book he has been reading
at WholeFoods in Kentlands, Md. Harris is leaving the megachurch, Convenant Life Church, where
he's worked for the past 17 years to go back to divinity school.
Going to seminary
Pastor decides to get formal training
By MICHELLE BOORSTEIN
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — For most of
his career, Joshua Harris was the
kind of evangelical pastor who
chuckled at the joke that “seminary” should really be called
“cemetery.”
The son of a national homeschooling leader — home-schooled
himself — Harris by his mid-20s
had become a prominent pastor as
well as a best-selling author on
religion and sex, despite having no
4017 West 200 South
Interim pastor: Randy
Smith
(260) 251-2406
Youth group: 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Youth pastor: Garrett
Smith
Bruce Bryan
www.nbholiness.com.
(765) 964-3664
There is a nursery and
children’s church. Transschool: 10:30
Sunday
portation is available.
a.m.
Bible study: 7 p.m.
Wednesday
New Covenant
www.mypleasFellowship
anthillchurch.org
1238 West 450 South
Terry Bye
Plymouth United
(260) 726-6247
Services: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 Church of Christ
Main
and
Pleasant
a.m.
streets, Dunkirk
Rev. Mary Dobson
Prayer service: 6:30 p.m.
(765) 768-6924
Wednesday
The church radio broadSunday school: 9:45 a.m.
cast may be heard on
WPGW at 2 p.m. each SunPortland First Church
day.
of Nazarene
920 S. Shank St., Portland
(260) 726-8040
New Life Ministries
415 S. Helen St., Portland
p.m., and 6:30 p.m. WednesDr. Kay Fairchild
day
(260) 755-6354
Services: 6 p.m. Sunday; 7
www.portlandnaz.com
p.m. Thursday
www.drkayfairchild.com
New Mt. Pleasant
United Methodist
5905 South Como Road
Bruce Stong
(260) 726-2462
Noble Congregational
Christian
1964 N. 800 East
Jim Nichols
Bible study: 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Youth: 6:30 Friday.
Oak Grove
United Methodist
829 South Ind. 1
Jason Rice
(260) 729-2798
Pennville Friends
Maple Street and Ind. 1,
Pennville
Dee Hartman
Pennville
United Methodist
190 W. Main St., Pennville
Gary Phillips
(260) 731-3801
Office hours: Monday
through Thursday from 8 to
11 a.m.
Food pantry hours are
Wednesday from 9:30 to 11
a.m.
Pleasant Hill
9945 N. 800 East, Union
City (Jay-Randolph county
line)
(260) 726-7435
formal theological training. He
immediately became a darling of a
movement that took off in the
1990s called nondenominationalism, largely made up of conservative evangelicals who view religious institutions and denominations as often lifeless and unopen
to God’s spirit.
And for 17 years, Harris
preached the power of outsiderdom as pastor of Covenant Life, a
3,000-member church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, that is well-
Services: 10 a.m.
Children’s church and
youth will meet after offering prayer on Sunday.
Wednesday service: 6:30
p.m.
www.RedkeyFaith.org
Redkey First
Christian
known — and sometimes controversial — on the national nondenominational scene.
That is, until Sunday, when the
40-year-old announced that he is
leaving to go to seminary, saying
he needs formal education and
training and more exposure and
connection to other parts of Christianity.
“That, my friends, is a crazy,
backwards life,” Harris said in his
sermon about his career.
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& Spencer
Funeral Homes, Inc.
Todd & Rob Penrod
“Serving As We Would Be Served”
From 2 Convenient Locations
PORTLAND (260) 726-7111
PENNVILLE (260) 731-8811
ROCKids ministry direcServices: 10:30 a.m., 6
p.m.
tor: Heather Keller
[email protected]
Bible study: 7 p.m.
The ROCK is a missionary church. Activities are Wednesday
provided for children nursery through fifth grade.
Salamonia United
Church of Christ
3900 South 600 East
Bruce Phillips
(260) 335-2017
Services: 9 a.m.
Union and Malin streets,
Redkey
Jeff Hammers
(765) 468-6172
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. Second Chance at
Bible study: 7 p.m. ThursLife Ministries
day
109 S. Commerce St.,
Portland
Redkey United
Dave Keen and Mike
Methodist
Eads.
122 W. Main St., Redkey
(260) 335-2152
Randy Davis
Bible study and brunch,
(765) 369-2085
10:30 a.m.
Bible study: 7 p.m.
Southside
Wednesday
Office hours: 7 to 11 a.m. Church of Christ
1209 S. Shank St., PortMonday through Friday
land
The Redkey Community
Flint Redwine
Food Pantry at the church
Portland Friends
(260) 726-7777
226 E. Main St., Portland is open each Wednesday
Services: 10:20 a.m., 6:30
from
9:30
to
10:30
a.m.
Byron Dealey, Herb HumMartha’s Pantry is open the p.m.
mel
Bible study: 7 p.m.
second Wednesday of each
(260) 726-7978
Wednesday
month
from
9:30
to
10:30
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. a.m.
St. James Lutheran
Bible study: 6 p.m. ThursCounty road 600 East,
Redkey Church of the
day
south of county road 400
Nazarene
www.friendscare4othSouth
801 W. High St.
ers.net.
Sharon Stonerock
Rob Farris
(765)
369-2676
p.m.
St. Joseph Catholic
Praise Chapel
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
1689 St. Joe Road, Fort
Church of God
Service:
6:30
p.m.
Recovery
4527 East 1000 North (Jay,
Wednesday
Rev. Thomas E. Dorn
Randolph County line)
Transportation
is
availServices:
7:30 p.m. SaturPastor Gerald Roesly
able.
day, 8 a.m. Sunday
(765) 584-7045
(alternates with St.
Peter)
p.m.
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. River of Life
722 W. Main St., Portland St. Mary’s Catholic
Prayer meeting: 6 p.m.
Pastor Paula Hunnicut
346 S. Broad St., Dunkirk
Wednesday
(260) 273-3144
Rev. Dave Newton
Redeemer Lutheran
Bible study: 6 p.m. ThursMalin and Elm streets,
day
St. Paul Catholic
Bryant
517 Meiring Road, Fort
Pastor Robert Abner
The ROCK
Recovery
(260) 997-6787
115 E. Water St., Portland
Rev. Thomas E. Dorn
Services: 10 a.m.
(Jay Community Center)
Services: 11 a.m. Sunday
Office: 111 N. Meridian
St., Portland
St. Peter Catholic
Jeff Horsman
1477 Philothea Road, Fort
Redkey Faith
(260) 726-7474
Recovery
Builders Ministry
Services: 10 a.m.
Rev. Thomas E. Dorn
422 N. Union St., Redkey
[email protected].
7:30
p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.
Ken Fuller
Connection pastor: Mark
Sunday
(765) 524-5378
Hinshaw
(alternates with St.
Services: 4 p.m.
[email protected]
Joseph)
Youth pastor: Brian
Redkey Faith
Henry
Ministries
Youth: Wednesday at 7 Sugar Grove
Nazarene
9811 West Ind. 67, south- p.m. at the office
County roads 400 North
west of Redkey
[email protected]
Rev. Craig and Robin
Worship leader: Garhett and 550 West
Rev. Dan Sickels
Cotherman
Blackford
(765) 369-2920
[email protected]
(260) 731-4733
Sugar Grove
United Methodist
County roads 600 South
and 1150 West
Edward Armantrout
Services: 9 a.m.
Temple Baptist
Ind.
167,
between
Dunkirk and Albany
Collins Glenn
(765) 768-7708
Services: 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., 7 p.m. Wednesday
Baldauf
Garage
973 1/2 S. Meridian St.
Portland, IN
(260) 726-8348
Trinity Lutheran
301 N. Wayne St., Fort
Recovery
Sharon Stonerock
(419) 375-4498
Services: 9 a.m. (contemporary service, 4th Sunday)
Adult Sunday school:
10:15 a.m.
Youth Christian Education: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
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127 Detroit Ave.
Portland, IN 47371
(260) 726-8001
Trinity United
Methodist
323 S. Meridian St., Portland
Jason Rice
(260) 726-8391
Services: 9 a.m.
Youth: 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
[email protected]
www.portlandtrinity.com
p.m., Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday.
The food cabinet is open
the second and fourth
Wednesday of each month
from 9 a.m. to noon.
Union Chapel
6238 N. 375 West, Bryant
Rev. Michael Morgan
(352) 425-5914
p.m.
Youth: 5 p.m. Sunday
Adult Bible study: 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Son Shine Club, Teen
Bible study: 7 p.m. Wed.
There is a nursery and
children’s church on Sunday.
The church is nondenominational.
See Church page 8
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Available
112 W. Walnut St.
(St. Rd. 67)
Albany, IN
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The FBI urged Anthem customers contacted by the insurer
to report suspected instances of
identity theft.
In 2013, the insurer agreed to
pay $1.7 million to resolve allegations it left the information of
more than 612,000 members available online because of inadequate safeguards. The U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services said that security weaknesses in an online application database left names, birthdates, addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers,
and health data accessible to
unauthorized users.
The Health and Human Services Department said then that the
insurer didn’t have adequate policies for authorizing access to the
database, didn’t perform a needed
technical evaluation after a software upgrade, and did not have
technical safeguards to verify
that the people or entities seeking
access were authorized to view
the information in the database.
In 2008, the insurer offered free
credit monitoring after it said
personal information for about
128,000 customers in several
states had been exposed online. In
2006, backup computer tapes containing the personal information
of 200,000 of its members were
stolen from a Massachusetts vendor’s office.
Swedish, who was not running
the company when those security
breaches occurred, apologized to
customers on a website that the
insurer established to explain the
latest problem, www.anthemfacts.com.
By JIM FITZGERALD
and JENNIFER PELTZ
Associated Press
Associated Press/Seth Wenig
A worker cuts Wednesday through a steel rail that
pierced a Metro-North Railroad train when it collided with an
SUV in Valhalla, N.Y. The packed commuter train slammed into
a SUV stuck on the tracks and erupted into flames Tuesday
night, killing some and injuring others, sending hundreds of
passengers scrambling for safety, authorities said.
VALHALLA, N.Y. — An
investigation into what caused
a fiery crash that killed a
motorist and five rail riders is
focusing on how a mother of
three described by friends as
safety conscious ended up
between two crossing gates in
her SUV as a commuter train
barreled toward her.
“The big question everyone
wants to know is: Why was this
vehicle in the crossing?”
Robert Sumwalt, a National
Transportation Safety Board
vice chairman, told reporters
in suburban New York a day
after the deadliest accident in
the 32-year history of MetroNorth Railroad, one of the
nation’s busiest commuter
railroads.
NTSB investigators were
working today to examine the
tracks, interview the crew and
find out whether Ellen Brody’s
Mercedes SUV had a data
recorder of its own.
Service on the Harlem Line
resumed today with delays, as
trains slowed down through
the crash site area.
Brody, 49, was driving home
from her jewelry-store job
Tuesday night when a witness
said she got out of her vehicle
to check after a guardrail came
down on top of it. She then got
back into the car, driving forward onto the tracks just
before she was struck by the
Going ...
In an interview, Harris said the isolation of Covenant Life, and of a
small cluster of churches of which it
was a part, may have fed leadership
mistakes, including the decision of
pastors — himself among them — to
handle a child sexual abuse case
internally instead of going to police.
A former Covenant Life youth
group leader was convicted last year
of molesting three boys in the 1980s.
Trial testimony showed that the victims or their families had gone to
church leaders for help and that the
church officials did not call police.
Harris said the thinking of the
church was that such allegations
should be handled as an internal,
spiritual issue. A lawsuit filed by
alleged victims was dismissed
because the statute of limitations
had expired.
It is not a given that being part of a
denomination or having more academic training would have fixed all
errors, he said, but they would have
had much more outside input.
The church “was sort of a momand-pop structure that grew exponentially,” he said.
Now “I’m looking at my own training and saying: ‘I want to get a broader perspective. … I want to learn
other ways of how pastors and other
leaders deal with all these things.’ …
We need to learn from the historic
church about ways that there is better accountability and responsibility.”
Experts on American religion say
Covenant Life in some ways is a case
study of nondenominationalism — a
part of U.S. religion that can be difficult to measure but that experts
believe is expanding — and the possible ramifications of the dissolution
of religious structures. Such communities believe passionately in the
effectiveness of evangelizing and the
idea that God — not man or some academic credential — bestows control.
About 10 percent of U.S. churches
are nondenominational evangelical,
research shows.
‘I want to
learn other ways
of how pastors
and other
leaders deal
with all
these things.’
—Josh Harris
“If I had been seminary-trained
with established convictions about
church polity, pastoral leadership
and other topics, I don’t think I would
have been chosen to lead our church.
But I believe that it was God’s purpose for me. I think it was God’s will
for me,” Harris said in his Sunday
sermon. Now, however, “we have
needed to repent and change in many
ways and that is an ongoing process.
… We’re like an overweight guy who
goes to the gym. It feels like the trainer is killing us, but we’re actually just
getting healthy.”
Covenant Life was the flagship congregation of Sovereign Grace, a cluster of churches founded in the 1980s
by a former hard-core partier named
C.J. Mahaney. The church’s theology
is charismatic and imagines God as
disciplinarian and man as needing
oversight. Followers called Mahaney
“apostle,” and critics said he behaved
like a cult leader.
Building criticism from other
evangelicals over Mahaney’s leadership style and the sex abuse allegations brought national controversy to
Sovereign Grace, which in 2011 Harris preached was “being publicly
spanked … humiliated and being
brought low.” He removed the
Gaithersburg church from Sovereign
Grace the next year, but the sex abuse
allegations and criticism about the
way pastors had handled victims continued at Covenant Life.
All of this led Harris, he said, to
reconsider his own journey and
whether formal education might help
him.
About half of nondenominational
pastors have a seminary or theology
degree, compared with 72 percent of
all Protestant pastors, according to
Barna Research. Mahaney, like Harris, had no formal theological training.
Harris went on to write several
other books about dating, and his
stance is more nuanced now, no
longer opposed to dating but in favor
of deeper commitment in relationships.
His family, like home schooling,
has moved to the mainstream. Two
of his brothers — twins Alex and
Brett — wrote a best-selling self-help
book for parents called “Do Hard
Things.” Alex is now at Harvard Law
School. Joshua Harris said that when
he moves his family to Vancouver,
B.C., for seminary school, his children will probably go to public
school.
Harris said he expects studying at
Regent College, a graduate school of
theology, will broaden his perspective, including on accountability.
Ed Stetzer, executive director of
Lifeway Research and an adviser to
evangelical churches, said Harris
and the cluster of Sovereign Grace
have been on an evolutionary journey — one that other nondenominational congregations might learn
from.
“There has been a move from
what’s been a historically unhealthy
and insular Christian movement to
kind of engaging in a broader evangelical world with some more healthy
preparation. Josh said he did these
things in reverse, and I think he’s
right,” said Stetzer. “You have this
explosion of nondenominational
movements, and the question is: How
do we educate ourselves? How do we
evangelize? Some are answering
well, some badly. Josh just
announced to the world what he
thinks the answer should be.”
Church ...
Union Chapel Church p.m.
Sunday
of the Nazarene
school: 9:30
a.m.
County road 900 North,
Bible study: 7 p.m.
Jay-Wells Co. Line Road
Wednesday
Rev. Jamie McBride
Westchester
p.m.
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. United Methodist
Bible study: 7 p.m.
4487 E. 400 North
Wednesday
Darrell Borders
(260) 726-6311
Vineyard Christian
Fellowship
Office hours: 8 a.m. to
101 S. Meridian St.,
Portland (John Jay Cen- noon, Monday through
Friday
ter)
There is a staffed nursKevin Culy
ery.
(260) 251-2843
Handicapped accessiServices: 10 a.m.
ble.
Gil Alicea
(260) 726-4691
Services: 10 a.m.
Youth minister: Gene
Hummel (Bible study: 7
p.m. Wednesday)
Bible study: 6:30 p.m.;
CHAOS (youth): 7 p.m.,
both on Sunday
Women’s Bible study: 7
p.m., first and third
Thursday.
www.westwalnutchurchofchrist.org
noon, Monday through
Friday
Pre-school and a nursery are available.
Word of Life
Worship Center
1395 Ellis Road, Union
City, Ohio
Rev. George Hughes
(937) 968-5544
Services: 10 a.m.
The service can be
heard on Joy FM (88.9)
broadcast at 10 a.m.
Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church
218 E. High St., Portland
Mark Strietelmeier
(260) 726-8832
Services: 10 a.m.
White Chapel
Walnut Corner
Church
County roads 200 North West Walnut
County roads 725 East noon Monday through FriChurch of Christ
and 500 West
day.
204 W. Walnut St., Port- and 500 North, Albany
Steve Rogers
(765) 728-5227
Todd Castor
land
train, motorist Rick Hope told
The Journal News.
“She wasn’t in a hurry at all,
but she had to have known that
a train was coming,” Hope told
the newspaper, adding he
backed up and motioned for
her to do the same.
The crash happened in the
dark in an area where the
tracks are straight but drivers
exiting or entering the adjacent Taconic Parkway had to
turn and cross them.
Traffic also was backed up
because of an accident on the
parkway.
Investigators had no evidence the crossing gates
weren’t working properly, but
their examination was just
beginning, Sumwalt said.
Brody was a mother of three
grown daughters and an active,
outgoing member of her synagogue. She was “not risky
when it came to her safety or
others,” said family friend
Paul Feiner, the town supervisor in Greenburgh.
The crash was so powerful
that the electrified third rail
came up and pierced the train
and the SUV, and the SUV was
pushed about 1,000 feet,
Sumwalt said. The blaze consumed the SUV and the train’s
first car.
Sumwalt said the NTSB
would also examine the adequacy of the train’s exits and
the intensity of the fire, which
investigators believe was
sparked by the SUV’s gas tank.
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Notice is hereby given, that the City of Portland, Jay County,
Indiana, by and through its Parks Board herein referred to as
the Owner, will receive sealed proposals for the construction
of the Portland Waterpark project.
Sealed proposals are invited and may be delivered or
forwarded by mail or other courier services addressed to the
City of Portland Attention: Michele Scott, Clerk-Treasurer at
the Portland Clerk-Treasurer’s office, 321 N. Meridian Street,
Portland, IN 47371 by February 24th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (local
time). All bids shall be opened and publicly read at the Parks
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1616 N. Franklin Street, Portland, IN 47371 on February 24th
at 6:00 p.m. (local time) Proposals received after 4:00 pm will
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attend and should any citizens require special provisions,
such as handicapped modifications or non-English translation
personnel, the City will provide such provisions as long as the
request is made by February 23rd, 2015.
A pre-bid meeting will be held on February 11th, 2015 at
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1616 N. Franklin Street, Portland, IN 47371. All prime
contractors, subcontractors, small, minority or women owned
enterprises and other interested parties are invited to attend.
The contract will consist of the demolition of the existing
pool and bathhouse, construction of a new beach entry pool,
25 m competition pool, lazy river, water slide structure,
bathhouse and concessions buildings, site improvements and
related amenities.
Plans and Specifications for the Projects are on file and
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29th, 2015
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Page 11
Drives ...
“We’ve been extremely
blessed with our feeder systems,” said Slavik. “We’re
lucky to have a program
that people have bought
into.
“We’ve just been able to
replenish what we’ve lost.
I’ve been very fortunate to
have an outstanding group
of kids year in and year
out.”
For senior Katy Smeltzer,
who has seen the program
grow into the sectional
favorite this season — sectional preliminaries begin
at 5:30 p.m. tonight at Jay
County — the reason for
the success is simple.
“I think it’s been an attitude change this year,” she
said. “From what I’ve seen,
each year we work a little
bit harder. The practices
this year compared to freshman year are completely
black and white.
“It kind of gets everyone
excited and hyped up about
it. It’s brought a new positive attitude, a very confident attitude and that’s
exactly what we need going
into (sectional).”
Still not impressed?
Let’s take a look at the
record book.
All of the swimming
records are from members
of the 2014-15 team.
In fact, four swimmers
have a part in all of them.
Better yet, only one is a
senior.
Smeltzer, one of three
seniors on the team, is a
member of all three recordholding relay teams, which
set new school marks this
season.
Juniors Anne Vormohr
and Sophie Bader each
have their hand in six
records — three individual
races apiece and all three
relays.
Vormohr broke the
record in the 100-yard backstroke as a freshman, set a
new school mark in the 50
freestyle as a sophomore
and beat her record in the
100 freestyle at the ACAC
championships this season.
Bader set school records
in the 200 freestyle and 500
freestyle at the state finals
as a freshman, and at this
year’s conference meet she
broke her own record in the
100 butterfly.
Alex Bader, a freshman,
is the fourth member of the
relays, and also owns two
individual school records.
One of those — the 100-yard
breaststroke — she set Nov.
22 at the Westfield Invitational, her first high school
meet. She also holds the
‘(A sectional
title) will
bring a
whole new
atmosphere
into this
pool and this
team for
future years.’
—Sophie Bader,
JCHS junior
best time in JCHS history
for the 200 individual medley, having broken her sister Sophie’s record at the
ACAC championships.
Seeing their names on
the board is a testament to
the work they’ve put in.
“I take a lot of pride in it
because I know at this pool
and through this high
school we’ve had a lot of
fast swimmers,” Vormohr
said. “To know that I’ve put
in a lot of work, to see my
name up there and the
three other girls, I think it
means a lot and it shows
you that hard work, time
and dedication pays off in
the end.”
Smeltzer, on the other
hand, is quick to shake off
her accomplishments.
“I probably wouldn’t be
on the board, honestly,
without these three girls,”
she said in reference to Vormohr and the Bader sisters.
“I’ve been swimming with
them since I started, so it
makes it a little more special.
“It’s been an awesome
ride.”
Four
girls.
Eleven
records.
Dominating.
But it won’t mean as
much without a sectional
championship. And as
favorites to win the program’s first sectional title,
they have a burning desire
to hoist a trophy.
“Personally, and as a
team, it’s exciting because
it’s never been done
before,” Sophie Bader said.
“I’ve experienced (sectional
titles) twice through soccer,
but I really want to experience it through swimming.
“It will bring a whole
new atmosphere into this
pool and this team for
future years.”
The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz
Jay County High School senior Bre McIntire (12) goes up for a tip against Leo in the Allen
County Athletic Conference tournament semifinal Oct. 9, at Heritage High School in Monroeville. McIntire
bounced back from tearing her ACL as a sophomore to become Jay County’s best server as a senior.
Important ...
It was her junior season on the
hardwood that McIntire really started to improve. All the work she put
perfecting her shot while she was
sidelined allowed her to become an
impact player. She led the team in
scoring (9.3 points per game) and
was third in rebounds (5.1), and her
75-percent mark from the free-throw
line was the highest on the squad.
“When you have an ACL tear, obviously you can’t get up and down (the
court) but what you can do is shoot a
basketball,” said Krieg. “She spent
hours working on her shots and it
paid off because she led us in scoring.
“It was all because she spent
hours just shooting a basketball
(and) working on her form.”
As one of two seniors this season,
McIntire continues to produce. She
has reached double figures in scoring eight times, is third on the team
in scoring (8.3), second on the team
in rebounds (4.6) and shooting percentage (43 percent), and leads the
team in free-throw percentage (79
percent) yet again.
Her performance from the charity
stripe has solidified her as the player Krieg wants at the line in crucial
moments.
“All coaches want a post player
that can make free throws,” he said.
‘I definitely think it helped me not take
so much for granted. I wanted to make
sure I took every practice to the fullest
because I never know when it’s gone.’
—Bre McIntire,
JCHS senior
“With Bre, she’ll score around the ethic).”
“The kids love her (and) the coachbasket (and) she is a great free-throw
shooter. That is what you want out es love her,” added Krieg. “She’s just
a great person. She works extremely
of the post players.”
hard to get where she’s at.
“We’re excited to have that in a
Leader
With her play on the court, McIn- player like Bre.”
Her injury has helped shape her
tire has proven herself to be a leader
to both the volleyball and basketball attitude toward practicing and playteams. The soft-spoken senior is not ing in games. She realized she
one to be vocal, but her coaches note wouldn’t be able to play forever.
In a sense, she saw hurting her
that she works hard and gives it her
knee as a blessing.
all whenever she’s on the floor.
“I definitely think it helped me not
“She has it in her mind what she’s
got to do and she knows what it takes take so much for granted,” she said.
for her to play at that level,” said “In a way, not be lazy. Not that I was
Medler, adding that if at any point a lazy player, but (to) always make
the volleyball team would lose focus the most of it.
“I wanted to make sure I took
she was the one to restore order.
“The others were just the kinds of every practice to the fullest because
kids that bought into (her work I never know when it’s gone.”
Break ...
dual meet with Bethel College and
host Campbellsville (Kentucky).
Lykins touched the wall in 1
minute, 8.43 seconds, for the Blue
Raiders, who defeated Campbellsville
139-31 and Bethel 140-16.
He also placed third in the 500
freestyle with a time of 27.62 seconds,
Erin Hunt
and joined Zac Patzer, Gage Setzer
Jay County – 2011
Has scored in double figures in two and Jose Prado De Lima to finish runof her last three games for the Bethel ner-up in the 200 freestyle relay
College women’s basketball team, (1:47.3).
including an 11-point effort Wednesday in a 74-60 loss to ninth-ranked St. Erica Waugh
South Adams – 2011
Francis.
Racked up a series of second-place
Hunt had a team-high four assists
in addition to her scoring output, and finishes Jan. 24 in her final home
added three rebounds and two steals. meet for the Calvin College women’s
She had 14 points, a team-best five swim team.
Waugh was second in both backassists, three steals, two rebounds
and a block Jan. 28 as the Pilots (9-16) stroke events, posting times of 1 minutes, 1.23 seconds, in the 100-yard race
fell 81-79 to Goshen.
The senior totaled eight points, five and 2:13.09 in the 200 as the Knights
assists, five rebounds and two steals knocked off Hope 157-143. She was
in Saturday’s 70-61 loss to Spring also the runner-up in the 1,000
Arbor and notched seven points, four freestyle in 11 minutes, 20.69 seconds.
She joined Megan Schroder, Klara
assists, three rebounds and a block in
an 87-59 Jan. 24 loss to No. 6 Indiana Oh and Lexi Scott for second place in
the 200 medley relay in 1:53.15.
Wesleyan.
He totaled five points, four assists
and two rebounds Jan. 27 in a win
over Taylor and 10 points, three
assists, two rebounds and a steal in a
win over Mount Vernon Nazarene.
Michigan Tech.
Gelhaus grabbed five boards to go
along with his eight points and one
assist for the Cardinals (17-4). He
added four points, four rebounds and
an assist Jan. 26 in a 101-68 destruction of Grace.
The junior scored two points in
each of SVSU’s last two games — a
win over Hillsdale and a loss to Ferris
State — and had one in a Jan. 29 victory over Grand Valley State.
Neal Fennig
Jay County – 2011
Competed for the Ball State University men’s swim team Jan. 23 in its
171-71 loss to Milwaukee.
Fennig’s top individual effort came
in the 100-yard freestyle as he placed
eighth in 49.16 seconds. He was also
10th in the 200 freestyle in 1 minute,
47.05 seconds, and teamed with Jake
Eckert, Zach Toman and Nate Slack
for sixth in the 400 medley relay in
3:38.43.
The senior finished in 4:48.97 for
ninth in the 500 freestyle as the Cardinals finished last in a six-team field
at the Jan. 25 Butler Invitational. He
Josh Lykins
Wade Gelhaus
was 16th in the 100 backstroke in 54.42
Jay County – 2014
Fort Recovery – 2013
and fifth in the 400 freestyle relay
Placed first in the 100-meter butterLed the Saginaw Valley State Uni- along with teammates Cole Smith, JD
fly for the Lindsey Wilson College versity men’s basketball team in Middleton and Austin Green in
men’s swim team Jan. 24 in a double- rebounds Jan. 24 in a 66-58 loss to 3:10.74.
Sports on tap
Local schedule
Today
Jay County — Girls swimming sectional preliminaries – 5:30 p.m.; Girls basketball vs. Delta – 6 p.m.; EJMS wrestling
vs. South Adams – 5:30 p.m.; WJMS sixth
grade boys basketball at Blackford – 6
p.m.; WJMS sixth grade girls basketball at
Blackford – 5:30 p.m.; WJMS wrestling
vs. Blackford – 6 p.m.; East Jay sixth
grade girls basketball vs. Delta – 5:30
p.m.
Fort Recovery — Girls basketball vs.
Minster – 6 p.m.; FRMS boys basketball
at Minster – 5 p.m.; FRMS eighth grade
girls basketball in MAC tournament vs.
Coldwater at St. Henry – 5:30 p.m.
South Adams — Girls swimming sectional preliminaries at Jay County – 5:30
p.m.; Freshman boys basketball at Black-
ford – 6 p.m.; SAMS wrestling at East Jay
– 5:30 p.m.
Friday
Fort Recovery — Boys basketball at
Minster – 6:30 p.m.
South Adams — Girls basketball at
Bellmont – 6:15 p.m.
Saturday
Jay County — Wrestling hosts regional
tournament – 8:30 a.m.; Girls swimming
sectional finals – 9 a.m.; Boys basketball
vs. Yorktown – 6 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Girls basketball vs.
Mississinawa Valley – 1 p.m.; Boys basketball vs. Mississinawa Valley – 6:30
p.m.; FRMS seventh grade girls basketball
in MAC tournament vs. Coldwater – 1:45
p.m.
South Adams — Wrestling regional at
Jay County – 8:30 p.m.; Girls swimming
sectional finals at Jay County – 9 a.m.;
Boys basketball tripleheader vs. Woodlan –
6 p.m.; SAMS wrestling at West Side triple
dual – 9 a.m.
TV schedule
Today
8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Los Angeles
Clippers at Cleveland Cavaliers (TNT)
10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Phoenix
Suns at Portland Trail Blazers (TNT)
Friday
7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Cleveland
Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers (FS-IN); Los
Angeles Clippers at Toronto Raptors
(ESPN)
9 p.m. — Men’s College Hockey: Ohio
State at Minnesota (BTN)
9:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Miami
Heat at San Antonio Spurs (ESPN)
Saturday
1 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:
Notre Dame at Duke (CBS-4,7,15)
Georgetown at Villanova (FOX-4,55,59)
Purdue at Minnesota (BTN)
Nebraska at Penn State (ESPNU)
4:30 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:
Arizona at Arizona State (FOX-45,55,59)
5:30 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:
Northwestern at Wisconsin (BTN)
Louisville at Virginia (ESPN); Alabama at
LSU (ESPN2)
Hill, Pacers
beat Pistons
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
George Hill gave the Indiana Pacers a boost, from
the first basket to the final
minute.
Hill returned to the starting lineup and contributed
20 points and six assists,
sending the Pacers past the
Detroit Pistons 114-109
Wednesday night.
Hill got off to a quick
start, making a layup 12
seconds into the game and
adding a 3-pointer for a 5-0
lead. His jumper and two
free throws at the end kept
Indiana ahead in its highest-scoring game of the
season.
“Certainly George leading the way is a big difference for us,” Pacers coach
Frank Vogel said. “He creates things for others and
get us organized. He is
great playing with the basketball and without the
basketball.”
Hill made just his fourth
start of the season, and
first in six games after
being sidelined by a
strained left groin. Slowed
by a knee injury, he’s been
limited to 11 games overall
Roy Hibbert had 16
points and 12 rebounds and
C.J. Miles added 15 points
for the Pacers.
Andre Drummond had
18 points and 16 rebounds
and Greg Monroe scored 16
for the Pistons.
Miles made back-to-back
3-pointers that helped give
the Pacers a 102-96 lead,
and they led the rest of the
way.
The Pacers went on a 17-
2 run in the third quarter
to take a 70-58 lead.
Miles finished with four
3-pointers, including a 3
that tied it at 56 and
sparked the run. Hill’s
layup put the Pacers ahead.
Indiana dropped the first
two games to Detroit of the
four-game series in the regular season, including a 9896 loss on Jan. 16 when
Drummond scored on a
last-second basket to win it.
Hill was inactive that
game with the strained
groin. Indiana’s first loss to
Detroit, 119-109 back on
Dec. 26, was just Hill’s second game of the year.
Still, Hill isn’t where he
wants to be.
“My conditioning is at an
all-time low,” he said. “But
I felt fine physically. It is
still going to take a couple
game to get my legs back
under me.”
Monroe scored just
before halftime to give the
Pistons a 49-48 lead at the
break.
“We were terrible defensively,” Pistons coach Stan
Van Gundy said. “We
defended for four minutes
in a 48-minute game. We
defended the last four minutes of the first half and
that was it.”
After Indiana’s big run
early in the second half, the
Pistons went on a 10-2 run
late in the third quarter to
get back within two.
John Lucas III hit a 3pointer and Anthony Tolliver made another to make
74-72 with 1:31 remaining
in the third quarter.
JCHS to host wrestling
regional on Saturday,
see Sports on tap
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Sports
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George Hill leads
Pacers over Pistons,
see Story page 11
From injured to important
Line
Drives
McIntire overcomes ACL tear to be crucial player for Jay
Patriots
having a
special
season
By CHRIS SCHANZ
The Jay County High
School girls swim team is
good.
How good?
Just take a look at the
record book.
But I’ll get to that later.
With its victory last
week over the Marion
Giants, the girls finished
the year with a record of
15-1, tying the mark for
wins in a season set in
2012-13.
Almost all of them have
been convincing victories,
too.
The biggest margin for
the ladies was the season
opener against new Allen
County Athletic Conference rival Adams Central.
The Patriots scored a
whopping 221 points to
just 76 for the Jets.
They went on to win
eight more dual meets —
by 52, 85, 14, 82, 33, 89 and
58 points respectively,
including a forfeit by Liberty Christian — before
suffering their first loss in
nearly two years.
The Yorktown Tigers
defeated Jay County 97-89
on Jan. 13. The last time
they lost a dual meet was
Jan. 15, 2013, to the
Muncie Central Bearcats.
The girls took the loss to
the Tigers hard.
“They responded like
I’d hope they’d respond,”
said JCHS swim coach
Matt
Slavik.
“They
responded with a renewed
interest. They came in,
buckled down and got
back to practicing.
“Our intensity levels
went way up and the girls
did an outstanding job
responding. It made me
extremely proud of them
to see the way they
responded. It could have
been an easy point to hang
their heads.”
But they didn’t.
The next time they got
in the pool to compete, it
resulted in a 189-115 victory over Bellmont Jan. 15.
Five days later the Patriots snapped a 15-year losing streak to Muncie Central, beating the Bearcats
by 38 points.
The momentum continued, as they handled Celina, Blackford, Muncie
Burris and Marion, all the
while securing the inaugural ACAC championship.
The success this year,
however, is no anomaly.
Jay County has been good
for quite some time.
Over the last four seasons, the Patriots are a
stunning 55-5, including a
perfect 11-0 last year. In
the last three years,
they’re 41-2. The last two?
26-1.
Pretty remarkable.
What has made this
team so good over the last
four years?
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teammates too, getting together
in an open gym to practice.
By CHRIS SCHANZ
On Jan. 12, 2014, then-Jay
County High School sophomore
Bre McIntire was in the lane as
a Connersville player drove to
the hoop.
The Spartan ball-handler collided with McIntire, who
absorbed the majority of the
impact.
“It was weird. It was a pain I
have never felt before, but it was
only for a minute,” McIntire,
now a senior, said of the sensation in her right knee. “I’m on
the floor crying. Coach (Chris)
Krieg and (athletic trainer) Rita
(Bollenbacher) come out, and
Coach Krieg has me laughing,
telling me that I’m fine.”
As the tears stopped, McIntire
thought she was overreacting,
that she was exaggerating a
knee-to-knee hit. Sitting on the
bench with ice on her knee, she
watched her teammates finish
off a come-from-behind victory
over the Spartans. It was a Saturday, and she figured she
would just rest up and be ready
to play the following Tuesday.
Much to her dismay, she was
forced to miss the rest of the
season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
She sat out the final six games
of the season, and the Patriots
struggled without her. She was
second on the team in points
(7.7) and rebounds (4.9) per
game.
“She was playing a ton of
minutes and a big part of our
team,” said Krieg. “She was by
far our best skilled player
around the basket and one of
the better girls that can handle
pressure.”
Back in action
Time off
Sitting out wasn’t the only
thing on her mind as she went
through physical therapy in the
spring.
Also a volleyball player, she
wasn’t sure if she’d be able to
return to the court for her junior season.
“I remember thinking that I
might have to choose one or the
other,” she said. “There for a
while I considered not playing
volleyball, taking it easy and
trying to play basketball.
“Then I got released and it
ended up working out.”
Even before then, prior to
being cleared by doctors and
Bollenbacher, McIntire was
The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz
Jay County High School senior Bre McIntire, right,
goes up for a shot against a Leo defender during their game
Dec. 6 at JCHS. McIntire, who tore her ACL during her
sophomore season, has become a crucial player for the
Patriots following her injury.
already rehabbing so she could
play volleyball.
“I spent a lot of time doing my
exercises, doing everything I
could,” she said. “Before I was
even released — which I probably shouldn’t have done — I
worked out with a personal
trainer.
“He specifically gave me stuff
to do to get that leg stronger so I
could come back and perform.”
Aside from strengthening her
knee, she spent her time off
improving her volleyball and
basketball skills. During Craig
Teagle’s “Body Conditioning”
class she would shoot free
throws. She would work on
serving with her volleyball
When volleyball season rolled
around, JCHS coach Fred
Medler anticipated he would be
without McIntire and prepared
to fill the void. She had cracked
the lineup as a freshman and
played ever since, and he was
counting on her leadership on a
team that didn’t have any seniors.
“We were looking at other
options,” he said, “just trying to
plug that hole.”
If McIntire was able to return,
he didn’t think it would be immediate.
“I was there the night Bre got
hurt, sitting in the crowd watching her go down,” he said. “Just
from my experiences, watching
her go down did not look good.”
Medler spoke with McIntire
before and after her surgery, trying to convince her that he was
going to ease her back into playing. Five games into the season,
McIntire hit the court for the
first time in a match against
Adams Central.
“It was a really good feeling,”
she said of her return. “I was a
little bit apprehensive. I had to
wear a brace. It was awful. It
pinched me, I felt like I was going
to be slow.”
But as the season progressed,
she regained more lateral movement and began playing at a
higher level. She also turned into
one of the team’s best servers. As
a senior, she led the team in
serves (380), points (185), aces (58)
and serving percentage (94.2)
The nervousness as a junior
went away, and the knee brace
did too, until basketball season,
at least.
During the volleyball sectional
championship against Homestead, McIntire dove for a ball
and thought she tweaked her
knee. Not taking any chances,
she went back to the doctor and
missed a handful of practices at
the start of basketball season.
Impact player
Before her injury as a sophomore, McIntire was tops on the
team in free-throw percentage
(70) for players with 40 or more
attempts. She had also set her
career-high in scoring with 17
points, Dec. 6, 2012, against
Frankton.
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Miller, Back break school records
While the possibility of the
biggest snowstorm of the winter
threatened outside Saturday, a
pair of former Patriots loomed
large indoors.
Jay County High School graduates Eme Miller and Tyler Back
each broke a school record at Saturday’s Don and Riley Zimmer
Indoor Classic at Trine University. Hannah Moore, a 2012 South
Adams graduate, added a firstplace finish.
Miller dominated the women’s
mile run for Defiance College,
taking the top spot in the race in 5
minutes, 21.31 seconds. The junior, who also owns the Yellow
Jackets’ cross country records,
had set the previous record of
5:25.2 last season.
Back set a career best in the
weight throw for the second
straight week while breaking the
Goshen College record in the
process. The sophomore posted a
distance of 46 feet, 6 ¾ inches,
posted a time of 1:26.25.
Miller and Back also competed
at the Jan. 24 Defiance College
Invitational, with the former winning the 5,000 run with a time of
19:03.61. Back set a pair of career
bests by placing sixth in the
weight throw at 44 feet, 4 ¾ inches, and eighth in the shot put at 42
which was good for fourth place feet, 4 inches.
and qualified him for the National Christian College Athletic Elijah Kahlig
Association National Champi- Fort Recovery – 2014
Turned in some late-game heroonships.
He was also fifth in the shot put ics to lead the University of Findlay men’s basketball team to a 71at 43 feet, 5 ¾ inches.
Moore led the Foresters to a 67 overtime victory Monday
dominating effort in the 5,000 run against Great Lakes Intercolleas they took three of the top four giate Athletic Conference foe
spots. She won the race in Wayne State.
Kahlig had back-to-back 319:18.43, with teammates Rosie
Ditzler and Natalie Spahr second pointers in the final 90 seconds to
erase a 57-51 deficit, and then had
and fourth respectively.
And Tim Lehman (South a block and rebound on the final
Adams – 2012) added a fifth-place possession of the game to force
finish for the Goshen College overtime. He started the extra
men’s team in the 600 run. He period with a lay-up, and added a
Collegiate
Check-up
pair of free throws to help the
Oilers (9-9, 6-8 GLIAC) get the
win.
He finished with 10 points, five
rebounds and one steal.
Kegan Comer
Jay County – 2013
Turned in his highest scoring
game in two months Tuesday to
lead the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics No. 13
University of St. Francis men’s
basketball team to a 77-68 victory
over seventh-ranked Bethel.
Comer hit a trio of 3-pointers as
he posted 19 points, his most
since scoring 25 Dec. 2 in a win
over Taylor. He added four
rebounds, two assists and a steal
for the Cougars (19-6).
The sophomore also had eight
points, four assists, two rebounds,
a block and a steal Saturday in a
one-point loss to No. 1 Indiana
Wesleyan.
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