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Friday, May 8, 2015
The Commercial Review
Portland, Indiana 47371
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Plant will
get upgrades
By DEVIN ZIMMERMAN
The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney
Flag raising
Jeff Pogue and Merylin Strohl of Portland Evening Optimist Club prepare to place a new
flag Thursday in the northwest corner of the lawn around Jay County Courthouse in Portland.
The Portland Board of
Works approved paying
more than $20,000 for
improvements to the
wastewater
treatment
plant, and also forgave a
sewer tap fee at Jay County Fairgrounds.
Wastewater treatment
plant superintendent Bob
Brelsford presented board
members with quotes for
surge protection equipment for the plant and
repairs that need to be
performed on an intermediate pump at the facility.
The board approved the
purchase and installation
of surge protection equipment for a price of $12,590,
and Guston Controls LTD
will carry out the work.
Brelsford said the equipment is necessary to protect machinery throughout the plant from electrical surges, and it should
be installed in about a
week.
“I think it’ll pay for
itself in two years,” said
board member Bill Gibson.
Brelsford concurred,
saying, “Most of this stuff
is computer operated and
it’s very sensitive to (lightning damage).”
Xylem Water Solutions,
Indianapolis, will also be
carrying out repairs on
one of the plant’s intermediate pumps after the
board approved the work’s
$10,518 price tag.
pump
being
The
repaired is about 10 years
old, and one of three
responsible for moving
water to the plant’s aeration tank. Brelsford said
two of the pumps are running at all times, and the
pump in need of maintenance is already at Xylem.
The wastewater superintendent said repairing
the machine is cheaper
than purchasing a new
pump, which was $19,453.
Work should be done on
the pump in a few weeks,
and both the surge protector and pump repairs are
being paid for out of
sewage operating funds.
In addition to work at
the wastewater plant, the
board waived fees for running new lines into the
city sewage system at Jay
County Fairgrounds
New lines were being
run out of an existing tap,
which was installed in
1995. When the tap was
first installed, the city
elected to waive charges
for it.
Because of this precedent, and because a new
tap wasn’t necessary for
the additional lines, the
$750 fee was waived by the
board members.
While the sewage fees
were dismissed, the board
decided the fairgrounds
should still pay for two
new water taps that were
installed, which cost $500
each.
In other business, board
members Gibson, Jerry
Leonhard and Mayor
Randy Geesaman:
•Approved a reimbursement agreement for Portpolice
officer
land
Michael Theurer, who
must pay the city a fee if
he leaves the department
before serving for three
years.
•Approved
changing
how Jay County Highway
Department is billed for
its water usage. Prior to
the new agreement, the
department’s water bill
was calculated using a formula that factored in how
many employees worked
for the facility. A water
meter will be installed at
department
and
the
charges will be based
purely on usage in the
future.
Redkey fire station roof approved
By VIRGINIA CLINE
REDKEY — The Redkey Fire
Station will finally be getting a
new roof.
Council agreed Thursday to
have Hatzell Brothers install a
metal roof at a cost of $15,750.
Also
Thursday
council
learned the town’s sewer separation project is set to begin
this fall, decided to advertise
again for a part-time employee
at the Redkey Wastewater
Treatment Plant and hired an
employee to mow town properties.
The town received $11,196
from Jay County Commissioners earlier this year and
approved spending that money
on the new roof, but the quote
from Hatzell Brothers was more
than $15,000.
Council
members
Mike
Wright, Ted Friddle, Greg
Curme and Charles Coons,
absent Kyle Champ, decided to
have Hatzell Brothers, a Redkey
company, install the roof with
the balance being paid out of
the building fund.
Mitch Hansel of Fleis and
Vandenbrink Engineering presented council with an update
about the sewer separation project, saying work is slated to
begin in September or October.
The amount of sewer line to be
separated has been reduced to
7,800 feet because more lines
were found that were already
separated. The cost of that portion of the project has been
reduced to $3 million.
“We want this to be a 40-year
fix,” Hansel said.
Dave Harvey, project designer
for the wastewater treatment
plant, brought the final drawings that were sent to Indiana
Department of Emergency
Management for a permit and
received approval Thursday.
Improvements will include
expansion of the lab, a new
emergency backup generator,
new headworks building, electrical room and dumpster room.
Council agreed to table a decision to hire a part-time employee at the wastewater treatment
plant after only one application
was received.
See Roof page 2
Haynes to be inducted
By JACK RONALD
Portland’s native son
Elwood Haynes will be
inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in
July.
Haynes, inventor of
America’s first commercially successful automobile, will be honored
along with Roger Penske,
founder and chairman of
Penske Corporation and
head of Team Penske
Racing; Lucas di Montezolo, former chairman of
Ferrari; and Ratan N.
Tata, founder of Tata
Motors of India and the
United Kingdom.
A gala, black-tie, $500
per seat ceremony is set
for 6 p.m. July 23 at the
Detroit Marriott at the
Renaissance Center in
Detroit, Michigan.
Announcement of the
hall of fame induction
was made Thursday.
The nomination of
Haynes to the Automotive Hall of Fame was
shepherded by Tim
Rivers, curator of the
Elwood Haynes Museum
in Kokomo.
Born in 1857, Elwood
Haynes was one of six
surviving sons of Judge
Jacob March and Hilinda
Haynes. Though he
struggled as a student
during his youth, he
graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
in Massachusetts and
returned to Jay County
to teach school.
He later served as principal of Portland High
School, and with the discovery of natural gas in
Portland he was made
superintendent of the
local gas company. The
Gas Boom then took him
to Kokomo, where his
later experiments led not
only to the development
of his Pioneer automobile but also the alloy
known as Stellite.
The date of the first
test drive of the Pioneer
is sometimes listed as
1893 and sometimes as
1894. Haynes automobiles were produced in
Kokomo until 1925.
Also to be recognized
by the Automotive Hall
of Fame is Rodney
O’Neal, former chief
executive officer and
president of
Delphi
Automotive, who will be
honored as Industry
Leader of the Year.
The Automotive Hall
of Fame is located in
Dearborn,
Michigan,
next to The Henry Ford
Museum.
Deaths
Weather
In review
A lta Gee saman, 88, Pennville
Paul Keller, 87, Fort Recovery
S ue Roon ey, 65, Orlando,
Florida
Mar jorie Cunningham, 76,
Celina, Ohio
Details on page 2.
Portland’s weather station
measured a high temperature
of 85 degrees Thursday. The
overnight low was 57.
Tonight’s low will be 64, and
the high Saturday will be 81.
There is a chance of rain
beginning tonight and continuing through Monday.
For an extended forecast,
see page 2.
The Indiana Rural Letter
Carriers’ Association will
partner with several other
organizations for a food drive
Saturday. Residents are asked
to leave a bag of non-perishable food items by their mailboxes Saturday. The items will
be delivered to a local food
bank.
Illustration courtesy of the Elwood Haynes Museum
Elwood Haynes and the Haynes
Pioneer are shown in this promotional poster
dating from about 1910 after the first Haynes car
had been donated to the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington.
Coming up
Saturd ay — Former CR
reporter Steve Garbacz offers
a guest column as he makes a
move to Kendallville.
Tu esday — Coverage of
Monday’s Jay County Commissioners and Dunkirk City
Council meetings.
Local
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Friday, May 8, 2015
Obituaries
Alta Geesaman
Alta M. Geesaman, 88, Pennville, died Wednesday at Miller’s
Merry Manor in Hartford City.
Arrangements are pending at
Williamson and Spencer Funeral
Home in Portland. Online condolences may be expressed at
http://www.williamsonspencer.com.
Paul Keller
May 15, 1927-May 7, 2015
Mass of Christian burial for
Paul F. Keller, 87, Fort Recovery, is
10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Paul
Catholic Church with the Rev.
Thomas Dorn officiating. He died
Thursday at his home.
Born in Sharpsburg, Ohio, to
Charles and Elizabeth (Clune)
Keller, he was a 1945 graduate of
Fort Recovery High School.
He married Berdella Schmitt
on Aug. 16, 1951, and she preceded
him in death on Jan. 11, 2003.
A veteran of the United States
Army serving during the Korean
War, he retired from New Idea in
Coldwater, Ohio, and was a
farmer.
He was a volunteer for State of
the Heart Hospice, Mercer County Cancer Association and American Red Cross.
Memberships
include Veterans
of Foreign War
Post No. 6515,
American Legion
Post 345 where he
Keller
served as chaplain
since 1973, Ohio
Progressive Sportsman Club and
Fort Recovery Gun Club and St.
Paul Catholic Church in Sharpsburg.
Surviving are five sons, Don
Keller (wife: Sandy), David Keller
(wife: Kathy) and Gerard Keller
(Charlotte St. Myers), all of Fort
Recovery, Steven Keller (wife:
Jane), New Weston, Ohio, and
Paul W. Keller (wife: Carol),
Maria Stein, Ohio; two daughters,
Ann Wendel (husband: Jerry),
New Weston, and Janet Rindler
(husband: John), Burkettsville,
Ohio; 19 grandchildren; 22 greatgrandchildren; and three in-laws.
Visitation is 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday,
with an American Legion and
V.F.W. prayer service at 6:45 p.m.,
and 9 to 9:45 a.m. Monday at
Brockman-Boeckman Funeral
Home in Fort Recovery. Burial
will be in St. Paul Cemetery in
Sharpsburg with military graveside honors conducted by the
American Legion.
Condolences may be expressed
at http://www.brockmanboeckmanfh.com.
Sue Rooney
Sue E. Rooney, 65, Orlando,
Florida, died at her home following a long battle with cancer. She
was the sister of a Portland man.
Born in Richmond to Dolphus
and Jessie Stephens, she is sur-
vived by her husband Timothy J.
Rooney.
She retired from Ball State
University in 2007 after 15 years
and also worked at Industrial
Trust and Savings Association
and was a member of St.
Lawrence Catholic Church in
Muncie.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are two sons; two brothers, including Dolphus Stephens
(wife: Nora), Portland; a half sister; four grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, greatnieces and great-nephews.
Visitation is 3 to 5 p.m. Monday
at St. Lawrence Catholic Church,
820 E. Charles St. in Muncie, followed by a Mass of Christian
burial at 5 p.m. with the Rev. Dennis Goth officiating. Burial will
be in Elm Ridge Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to St.
Jude Hospital for Children, 262
Danny Thomas Place, Memphis,
TN 38105. Online condolences
CR almanac Felony court news
Lotteries
Ohio
Midday
Pick 3: 5-5-8
Pick 4: 3-9-0-4
Pick 5: 6-8-4-8-1
Evening
Pick 3: 5-2-3
Pick 4: 4-6-4-4
Pick 5: 3-9-4-1-7
Rolling Cash 5: 01-0515-27-30
Estimated
jackpot:
$110,000
Daily Four: 1-2-1-6
Evening
Daily Three: 1-7-7
Daily Four: 1-3-9-2
Quick Draw: 03-09-1013-21-27-28-31-35-41-44-4849-56-58-60-70-76-78-80
Cash 5: 18-19-21-26-37
Estimated
jackpot:
$170,000
Poker Lotto: KC-JD10C-4H-5H
Powerball
Hoosier
Midday
Quick Draw: 02-03-1215-17-26-33-35-42-46-47-5462-64-71-72-73-74-76-77
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Estimated
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jackpot:
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Estimated
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jackpot:
Markets
Closing prices as of Thursday
Trupointe
Fort Recovery
Corn..........................3.75
June corn ................3.72
Beans ........................9.61
June crop ................9.61
Wheat ......................4.52
July crop ..................4.47
Cooper Farms
Fort Recovery
Corn..........................3.72
June corn ................3.72
July corn ..................3.72
Oct. corn ..................3.52
POET Biorefining
Portland
May corn ..................3.68
June corn ................3.73
July corn ..................3.67
August corn ............3.65
New crop ..................3.68
Central States
Montpelier
Corn..........................3.61
New crop ..................3.56
Beans ........................9.86
New crop ..................9.24
Wheat ......................4.78
New crop ..................4.78
The Andersons
Richland Township
Corn..........................3.59
July corn ..................3.59
Beans ........................9.79
July beans ................9.79
Wheat ......................4.65
July wheat................4.67
Hospitals
Jay County Hospital
Portland
Admissions
There
were
four
admissions to the hospital Thursday, including:
Dunkirk — Brittany
Springer.
Redkey — Joel Taylor.
Dismissals
There were four dismissals.
Births
There was one birth:
Roberta Taylor, a
daughter.
Emergencies
There were 45 people
treated in the emergency rooms of JCH,
including:
Portland — Carla
Rinker.
Redkey — Joel Taylor.
Citizen’s calendar
Monday
Tuesday
9 a.m. — Jay County
Commissioners, commissioners’ room, Jay
County Courthouse, 120
N. Court St., Portland.
4 p.m. — Jay County
Public Library Board,
community
room,
JCPL, 315 N. Ship St.,
Portland.
7 p.m. — Dunkirk City
Council, city building,
131 S. Main St.
6 p.m. — South
Adams School Board,
high school meeting
room, 1000 Parkway St.,
Berne.
Meth plea
Intoxicated
Norman Peterson Jr., 32, 224 W.
Water St., Portland, pleaded guilty
in Jay Circuit Court to dealing in
methamphetamine, a Level 4
felony. A sentencing hearing is
scheduled for June 1. He is facing a
possible sentence of six years in
Indiana Department of Correction
with three years and six months
suspended and two years and six
months executed. Peterson could
also be placed on formal probation
for four years and six months.
Brandon Norris, 41, 225 W. Walnut St., Apartment 1, Albany,
entered a plea of guilty in Jay
Superior Court to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, which was
enhanced to a Level 6 felony, with
the charges of operating a vehicle
with an alcohol concentration
equivalent of 0.08 percent or more
and driving while suspended dismissed. He was sentenced to one
year in Jay County Jail with all but
60 days of his sentence suspended
may
be
expressed
at
http://www.meeksmortuary.com.
Marjorie
Cunningham
June 27, 1938-April 30, 2015
Marjorie L. Cunningham, 76,
Celina, Ohio, died April 30. She
was the stepmother of a Fort
Recovery woman.
Born in Celina, to Stanley and
Marjorie “Ada” (Davis) Nottingham, she was preceded in death
on Feb. 12, 1998, by her husband
Frank Muhlenkamp whom she
married on March 3, 1988.
She retired from Reynolds and
Reynolds in 1999 after more than
45 years of services.
Private graveside services will
be held at a later date. Cisco
Funeral Home is handling the
arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed
at
http://www.ciscofuneralhome.com.
and was given four days credit for
two days served. Norris is to serve
the remaining 56 days of his sentence on electronically monitored
home detention while receiving
day for day credit. He was also
assessed court costs of $168.50 and
fined $100. Norris was also ordered
to pay an alcohol and drug countermeasures fee of $200 and a Jay
Superior Court substance abuse
program fee of $400, and was
placed on formal probation for 10
months.
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They will advertise the
job again.
Two bids were received
to mow all properties in
town and council accepted
a contract with Kesler
Excavating of Dunkirk at a
cost of $398 per mowing.
The areas will include the
former and present town
hall, Redkey Town Park
and ball diamonds, areas
around walking paths to
school, the gazebo, fire
department, street depart-
ment garage, water plant
and Pioneer Cemetery.
In other business, the
council:
•Heard letters will be sent
to residents Monday about
junk ordinance 2015-1.
•Changed the location of
the recycling dumpster
from Will’s I.G.A. to the
parking lot of the old city
building at 20 S. Ash St.
•Learned that hydrant
flushing will be from 8 to 4
p.m. Monday through May
15.
Felony arrests
Dealing
A Portland woman was arrested
Tuesday on Jay Circuit Court bench
warrants for dealing methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine.
Cara Honeycutt, 909 W. Walnut
St., was charged with dealing
methamphetamine, a Level 4 felony,
and possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony.
The bench warrants for her
arrest were issued following a
death investigation March 11 at 721
E. High Street, Portland. Drug Task
Force and Portland Police Department officers allegedly found items
associated with methamphetamine
production at the residence, along
with some of Honeycutt’s personal
items. Residents in the area also
indicated she had been staying at
the property.
She was arrested and booked
about 4:38 p.m. in to Jay County
Jail, and was released Thursday on
a $20,000 bond.
Capsule Reports
Office will be open
The treasurer’s office at
Jay County Courthouse
will be open from 8 a.m. to
noon on Saturday for payment of property taxes. It
will also be open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday,
which is the deadline for
payment.
Shred and dump
Jay County Solid Waste
Management District will
hold a pair of spring
clean-up events Saturday.
A free shredding day is
scheduled for 9 a.m. to
noon at the district office,
5948 W. Indiana 67, Portland. There will also be a
free dump day from 7 a.m.
to noon at Jay County
Landfill.
Failure to yield
Two Jay County residents were involved in an
accident about 7:30 p.m.
Thursday on Votaw Street
in front of Wal-Mart in
Portland.
Jackie Welsh, 44, 1237 N.
U.S. 27, Portland, attempted to turn east onto Votaw
Street as she pulled out of
Wal-Mart’s parking lot.
The 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe,
registered to Peggy and
Roger Smitley, 407 E. Main
St., Bryant, Welsh was
driving was then struck by
a 2008 Pontiac G6 GT driven by Courtney Finnerty,
17, 10347 W. Indiana 26,
Dunkirk. Finnerty was
westbound on Votaw
Street and the vehicle she
was driving is registered
to Sherri Finnerty, same
address.
Damage in the accident
was estimated to be
between $2,500 and $5,000.
up his 1999 Ford F-350 in
his driveway and struck a
1999 Pontiac BVS, registered to Michael Peterson,
511 E. Seventh St., Portland.
was estimated to be
between $1,000 and $2,500.
Farmer fined
Driver distracted
A Jay County farmer
has agreed to pay a fine to
settle a complaint filed by
Indiana Department of
Environmental Management.
Greg Broering, who
owns a farm at 8419 E. 200
South, will pay a $7,000
fine to settle the complaint
that accused him of constructing/operating
a
silage
pad
without
approval, failing to have
manure level markers on a
storage lagoon and failing
to keep a current copy of
his manure management
plan. The complaint also
stated he that did not have
a current manure analysis
report providing recommendations to minimize
leaching of nutrients into
ground water, with the
last such analysis conducted in 2010.
Two rural Portland residents were involved in a
collision about 5:25 p.m.
Thursday at the intersection of Votaw and Ship
streets.
Trevor Homan, 20, 1947
E. Division Road, was
westbound on Votaw
Street in a 1997 Chevrolet
truck,
registered
to
Thomas and Kimberly
Homan, same address,
when, according to a
Portland Police Department report, he looked
south and when he looked
back at the road the vehicle in front of him was
stopping. Homan could
not stop in time and
struck a 1990 Ford Tempo
driven by Rebecca Rodden, 27, 46 N. 300 East,
Portland. The Tempo was
registered to Seth Rodden, same address as
driver.
Parked car hit
A Portland man struck a was estimated to be less
parked car with his vehi- than $1,000.
cle about noon Thursday.
Jeffrey Shawver, 51, 1688 Clean-up set
W. 550 South, was backing
Bryant will hold its
spring clean-up day Saturday.
There will be a special
trash pick up beginning at
8 a.m. Saturday. Residents
may dispose of household
solid waste, but items such
as batteries, tires, medical
waste and demolition
debris will not be accepted.
Trailers coming
Jay County Solid Waste
Management District will
have recycling trailers
from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday:
•Marsh parking lot,
Portland. Judan Judo.
•Jay Emergency Medical
Service
base,
Dunkirk. West Jay Optimist Club.
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Songs are still special after singer’s death
By DEVIN ZIMMERMAN
In high school, some seven
years ago now, I misplaced
myself musically.
I was stuck in a time warp
smack dab in the early ’90s amid
a grunge symphony.
When Chad Kroeger was complaining about his dad and
Chamillionaire was ridin’ dirty,
I was still obsessing over Eddie
Vedder’s stage dives from stadium rafters and Layne Staley’s
wail.
I’m not saying this to sound
like a trendy know-it-all who
took pride in cruising against
the grain. In fact, most of my
friends hated the music I
enjoyed in high school so I didn’t bring it up too often. It’s simply what appealed to me.
At the heart of it all was “Nevermind,” Nirvana’s second
album. Its release, and the hit
Interruption
in Routine
track “Smells Like Teen Spirit,”
catapulted the group into fame
in 1991. That same album caught
my ear freshman year of high
school, in 2004, and didn’t let go
for years.
Eventually that all was
replaced by Led Zeppelin and
Queens of the Stone Age, but it
all just came back to me.
Director Brett Morgan recently released a documentary on
Kurt Cobain, Nirvana’s late lead
singer. Titled “Montage of
Heck,” the film draws its
essence from Cobain’s personal
effects and interviews with
those who knew him. While
watching the film, Cobain’s
hand-written journal entries
filled my television screen, putting the singer’s personal
doubts and inner turmoil on full
display, along with his addiction
to heroin.
Overall, the entire presentation was extraordinarily well
done. It seemed to fuse the grit
and grime of the grunge era
with Cobain’s life, using dark
animations and washed-out
home videos to depict his beginnings and his end. It was
intriguing. And somewhat
sobering.
It all felt a bit like flying too
close to the sun.
I adored Cobain and Nirvana
in my more formative years, and
at some points during the documentary those idols cracked and
crumbled for me. I’ve always
known the man was no saint,
with heavy drug abuse gripping
the man’s steering wheel until
his death in 1994, but actually
seeing his decline was hard to
watch.
The documentary depicted
the rock superstar bouncing
around a disgusting apartment
with his pregnant wife, both
high as kites. In home movies I
could see scabs on his face, a
tell-tail sign of drug use. In a
few shots the rock star looked
emaciated and sickly.
It was all a far cry from the
Rolling Stone covers I always
associated with Cobain.
The nostalgia was still there
when concert footage was
shown though. At one point in
the film, Cobain threw down his
microphone stand and curled-up
next to it on the stage floor. He
didn’t miss a beat. He continued
to belt a tune and rip on his guitar the whole time.
Despite all I’d seen in the documentary, I still wanted to be in
those seething crowds, watching
Cobain dive into drum sets and
demolish guitars.
I’ll always enjoy Nirvana’s
music. I may not listen to them
as much anymore, but songs
like “Dumb” and “Where Did
You Sleep Last Night?” will
always hold a special place in
my heart.
I suppose, if I got anything out
of the documentary other than a
trip down memory lane, it’s that
you can adore the art and not
the artist.
After all, Cobain wouldn’t be
alone on a long list of people
who’ve produced great things,
but fell short in their personal
lives.
Wife falsely gave up free cruise
DEAR ABBY: I represented
my daughter “Stacy” and her
husband as their real estate
agent. When any of my children purchase a home, I waive
my commission. My daughter
knew I had been trying to
finance a trip to South America
for my husband so he could
complete his “bucket list.” She
gave me a cruise on one of the
most expensive cruise lines and
airfare to South America as a
gift for helping with their home
purchase.
After my husband reviewed
the itinerary, he said it wasn’t
the trip he had in mind and
wanted to know if my daughter
could change it. I was embarrassed to ask her after receiving such a gracious gift. He
became indignant and said if
she really wanted to give him
something he wanted, she
wouldn’t mind changing the
trip.
I told Stacy I couldn’t accept
her gift because it was too
much money. My husband is
now angry with me because he
Dear
Abby
feels I am the person at fault for
the loss of the trip. Is my husband right that we should
request a gift exchange from
the giver, or was I justified for
not accepting it in light of the
fact that it was too much
money? — JUST WANTS
PEACE
DEAR JUST WANTS PEACE:
Your hus band s ounds li ke a
handful. HE was at fault. Your
mistake was allowing him to
put you in the middle.
I’m sorry you fibbed to your
daughter about why you
refused her generosity, because
the expense had nothing to do
with it. Your husband’s ing ratitude had everything to do with
it. Because the cruise didn’t
suit him, HE should have spoken to her and asked if the itinerary could be adjusted. That
way nothing could have been
l o s t i n t r a n s l a ti o n , a n d h e
might have gotten his wish.
DEAR ABBY: During WWII,
while I was overseas in the
Navy, I received a “Dear John”
letter. It was devastating, especially because I was so far away
and unable to immediately
respond. Do you think it is
appropriate for a person to send
such a letter while the person is
far away, especially while in the
service, or should the person
wait until the service member
returns home and say it’s over
face-to-face?
After all these years, I have
heard many pros and cons
about this question. I can think
of no one else with such a
wealth of knowledge in this
area to ask but you. After hearing from you, I will finally put
this to rest. — JOHN IN
VINELAND, N.J.
DEAR JOHN: A decade ago I
would have said — and DID tell
someone — to wait until the
person came home. My thinking was the news might demoralize the recipient and distract
t h e p e r s o n e n o u g h to g e t
her/him killed.
I CHANGED MY MIND after
hearing from service members
s tationed in the Middle East
who told me I was wrong — that
it’s better to get the word while
there were buddies close by
who could be emotionally supportive. They suggested that if
the service member hears the
n e ws wh e n h e g e ts b a c k —
alone and possibly traumatiz ed
by what he or she has been
through — that it could make
the person more vulnerable to
suicide.
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Should Know.” Send your name
and mailing address, plus check
or money order for $7 (U.S.
funds) to: Dear Abby, Teen
Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount
Morris, IL 61054-0447.
Births
Wellman
Daxton Boone, a son,
was born April 15 at IU
Health Ball Memorial Hospital to Lisa and Andrew
Wellman, Portland.
He weighed 8 pounds, 6
ounces.
Maternal grandparents
are Paul and Cindy
Weitzel, Portland.
Paternal grandparents
are Ken and Karen Wellman, Portland.
Great-grandparents are
Mary Ann Weitzel, Fort
Recovery, and Harriet and
Donald Adair, Portland.
Johnson
Cash Eujene, a son, was
born May 5 at Jay County
Hospital to Ashlee Black
and Derrick Lee Johnson,
Albany.
He weighed 6 pounds, 4
ounces.
Maternal grandparents
are Norma and JB Black,
Albany.
Paternal grandparents
are Carolena and Gary
Johnson.
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Saturday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS — Will meet at 10
a.m. upstairs at True
Value Hardware, North
Meridian Street, Portland.
For more information, call
(260) 729-2532.
JAY COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM — Open
house from 1 to 4 p.m. This
will be the only Saturday
in May to do genealogy
research.
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.
PORTLAND CITIZENS’
POLICE
ACADEMY
ALUMNI — Will meet at 11
a.m. the second Monday of
each month at the Portland Police Station. For
more information, call
Pastor Steve Arnold at
(260) 251-0970 or (260) 7264900.
WEST JAY COMMUNITY CENTER GROUP —
Doors open at 11:15 a.m.
Bring a sack lunch for talk
time. Euchre begins at 1
p.m. Cost $1. For more
information, call (765) 768-
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HOPE GARDEN CLUB —
Will meet at 12:30 p.m.
Monday in the north parking lot of Asbury U.M.C.
Cancel with Jane at (260)
726-7283.
PREGNANCY
CARE
CENTER of Jay County —
Free pregnancy testing
with ongoing support during and after pregnancy.
The center is located at 216
S. Meridian St., Portland.
Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For
more information or an
appointment, call (260)
726-8636. Appointments or
walk-ins accepted.
BREAD OF LIFE COMMUNITY FAMILY MEAL
— Will be served from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. at Asbury
United Methodist Church,
204 E. Arch St. in Portland. Everyone is welcome.
TAKE OFF POUNDS
SENSIBLY (TOPS) — Will
meet for weigh-in at 5:30
p.m., with the meeting at 6
p.m., in the fellowship hall
at Evangelical Methodist
Church, 930 W. Main St.,
Portland. New members
welcome. For more information, call (260) 726-5312.
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CHILD
ABUSE OF JAY COUNTY
— Will meet at 6 p.m. the
second Monday of each
month at Pennville Community Center. For more
information, call Lisa
Bunch at (260) 729-1540 or
email
[email protected].
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Will meet at 6:15 p.m. Monday the Jay County Public
Library
Community
Room. Please bring your
own table service. The
theme is potluck and this
is the last meeting until
the fall. For more information, call Shirley Ping at
(260) 729-2787, Bev Pyle at
(260) 726-2070 or Jane
Gagle at (260) 726-8650.
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CENTER EUCHRE — Will
be played at 1 p.m. each
Tuesday. The public is welcome.
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Friday, May 8, 2015
Dunkirk, are you ready to shine?
To the editor:
By now you have heard the
news.
Dunkirk has been selected as
a Stellar Communities finalist.
The Stellar Communities program began in 2011, and there
are currently eight Stellar Communities throughout Indiana.
It has changed this year to
include those communities
with a population under 6,000 in
one group and those over 6,000
in another group. That being
said, Dunkirk was selected
along with North Liberty as a
finalist in the under 6,000 category.
What is Stellar?
Stellar is not a grant. It is a
designation that pools the
resources of several state agencies to provide many unique
Letters to
the Editor
opportunities to the selected
community.
Among those agencies are the
Office of Community and Rural
Affairs, Indiana Housing and
Community
Development
Authority and Indiana Department of Transportation.
To be eligible, a community
must show comprehensive planning, community support and
the ability to accomplish their
goals. Over the past several
years, Dunkirk has developed a
comprehensive downtown Revitalization plan as well as a
library study plan.
We have accomplished much
as a community, but now is our
time to take that “next step.” As
mayor, I am ready to lead us on
that “journey.”
As part of our Stellar application, the library/glass museum
relocation to the former Stewart
Brothers building is one of the
top projects on our list. Another
high priority project would be
the development of the proposed senior housing complex
just north of the railroad tracks
on the west side of Main Street.
Also included would be a
streetscape plan for Main Street
to include decorative lighting
and the construction of new
sidewalks to connect the schools
to downtown as well as West Jay
Community Center, the park
and pool. Several other complementary projects will be included in our application as well.
I believe we are well positioned to move into that Stellar
designation.
With the help of our team of
dedicated individuals, we will
submit our Strategic Implementation Plan on June 30. This will
be followed up by a visit of the
Stellar Team to Dunkirk on July
30. Selection of the winning
community will take place at
the Indiana State Fair in
August.
What can you do as a member
of our community?
Take pride and ownership of
your city.
Be sure to do your part to
clean up your community. This
includes picking up junk and
trash, mowing your yard,
becoming active and involved in
your community.
As an ambassador for the City
of Dunkirk, I have the privilege
of welcoming Lt. Gov. Sue
Ellspermann to our city on May
19 from 4 to 5 p.m. for a visit to
congratulate us on becoming a
finalist as well as touring the
downtown area. It will be vital
that we present a clean and united community during her visit.
As mayor, I know that we can
become a Stellar Community
and begin to turn Dunkirk
around.
I need your help. Are you
ready?
Dan Watson
Mayor of Dunkirk
Money shouldn’t
go to Mayweather
By KAVITHA DAVIDSON
Bloomberg News
Project should move ahead
By JOHN GUY
TheStatehouseFile.com
You propose a new judicial center? Fine. I oppose it.
Democracy is messy, but the rule
of development is established. The
rule is: You are in power. You spend
intellectual effort and millions of
dollars to create a solid proposal. I
am out of power. I will criticize
whatever you do, until, of course, I
am in power.
The current example in Indianapolis is a plan to construct a
new judicial center for $405 million
(or, if measured over 35 years, $1.1
billion.) Details were released and
an
owner/manager/contractor
retained in the last few months.
Since then, critics came out of the
closet.
Mayoral candidate Joe Hogsett
said, “Let’s postpone. It is going too
fast.” Sheila Suess Kennedy, a professor in the Indiana University
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, stated that the selection
and planning process was flawed,
not transparent, the cost too high.
Then came a letter to The Indianapolis Star by Donna Sink purporting to represent the views of
the American Institute of Architects, Indianapolis. She raised concerns about transportation and
traffic patterns, “the vibrancy of
the urban core,” and the relationship to “The Indy ReZone process,”
whatever that is. Sink wants to
start over, from scratch, though
millions already have been spent.
Missing from critics commentaries is a proposal. If the planned
location is wrong, what is better?
If the financing is too expensive,
what is the economical alternative? If sale of tax-exempt bonds
works best, do we need voter
John
Guy
approval? Do we need a new
agency? Do we somehow extend
the full faith and credit of our city?
What tax revenue is lost by generating tax-free interest income compared to interest income on taxable
financing? Do we hire new citypaid personnel to build and manage the project instead of personnel
of
the
named
contractor/owner? Do we decide
under a future mayor who will
have new deputies and department
heads? Do we again open the project to the inevitable chaos of
countless business people seeking
involvement? Do we do all this for a
project that has been openly discussed at least since 2005? Can we
legitimately ask critics “where
have you been for 10 years?”
Under the headline “Justice
Served? Building New Courts Center May Help,” a story cited deficiencies in facilities. This was in
The Indianapolis Star, Nov. 27,
2005. Here is that commentary:
John Maley calls 200 E. Washington St. [site of most current judicial facilties] the most dangerous
block in the city. “The reality is
someone is going to die in the
building,” says Maley. The former
president of the Indianapolis Bar
Association and partner in the
Barnes & Thornburg law firm is
talking about Indianapolis’ CityCounty Building, home to not only
criminal courts but also government offices that handle everything from handing out marriage
licenses to collecting tax payments.
About 700 emergencies are
reported each year in the building.
More than 500 people are arrested.
Chain gangs of jail inmates shuffle
past jurors, witnesses and the general public in the building’s hallways. Inmates even pass by a childcare center on their way to court.
Maley and current Bar President
John Kautzman argue that the
building’s inadequacies pose an
even broader risk to public safety,
contributing to the early release of
thousands of jail inmates because
the court system lacks enough
space and judicial officers to efficiently handle the caseload.
On Monday, a Bar Association
task force will ask the Marion
County Criminal Justice Planning
Council, a group that includes
most of the key players in public
safety, to support a resolution that
would begin movement toward a
new criminal courts building.
What’s the cost? Between $100 million and $200 million.. Debt service
on the high end would be about $12
million a year; the money could
come from an already approved
increase in the county option
income tax. At least three studies
in the past 15 years have made the
case for a larger, more up-to-date
courts building.
What? Studies began in 1990?
Critics today say the project is
moving too fast? Critics offer no
solid aleternatives? Forget it. Let’s
get on with it.
••••••••••
Guy is a wealth manager and
author of “Middle Man, A Broker’s
Tale.”
All last week, people
asked me where I planned
to watch The Fight. I didn’t.
I couldn’t, in good conscience, let one dollar of
my money — certainly not
100 of them — support
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
More than any other
sport, boxing’s viewers
directly reward athletes,
because final purses are
determined by pay-perview revenue. More than
any other sport, boxing is
built on a glorification of
violence that is also
steeped in a rich tradition
of racial tension. And
more than any other sport,
boxing seems capable of
not just ignoring, but
enabling — even encouraging — violence against
women.
There are four big reasons why Mayweather
have
been
shouldn’t
allowed to step in the ring
Saturday night: the four
women he has beaten.
This is where I have to
point out that yes, he’s been
convicted; yes, he’s served
jail time; and no, there
aren’t photos. Because if
the Ray Rice incident finally gave voice to anti-domestic-violence advocates, it
also brought out the antivictim crowd, quick to call
every accuser a liar and
demand visual proof of an
attack. If you really need
something to look at, read
what Mayweather’s then10-year-old son wrote in a
Las Vegas police report:
“My dad was hiting my
mom”; “my dad kick my
mom”; “then my mom told
me to run.”
The incident report provides even more sickening
details on the attack on the
boy’s mother, Josie Harris,
who was not in a relationship with Mayweather at
the time: “Harris awoke to
Mayweather over her striking her in back of her head
with a closed fist several
times. Mayweather also
pulled Harris hair and
twisted her left arm. ... During the incident Mayweather told Harris, ‘I’m going to
kill you and the man you
are messing around with.’
He also stated ‘I’m going to
get someone to pour acid
on you.’ Harris yelled for
her children to call police.
Mayweather threatened
them with violence if they
did call police.”
Mayweather denies it all,
calling his victims —
including his children —
liars, using the lack of
visual evidence to his
advantage. “No bumps, no
bruises, no nothing,” he
said. “You guys have yet to
Kavitha
Davidson
Mayweather
has been
allowed to
skate by
with a
prehistoric
attitude
toward
women ...
see any pictures of a battered woman.”
“He is a coward,” his son
told USA Today last year.
And he’s allowed to continue being one by those who
find him so darn profitable.
Even without the accusations of at least seven
attacks on five different victims, Mayweather has been
allowed to skate by with a
prehistoric attitude toward
women, comparing them to
cars and saying a woman is
“asking to be disrespected”
if she dresses a certain way.
He even uses the linguistic
trademark of misogynists
everywhere: referring to
women as “females.”
But there’s no such thing
as a gaffe, a misstep or a
career-ending domesticviolence scandal in the
Mayweather
empire,
because in boxing, money
is the only thing that talks.
The Nevada State Athletic
Commission approved his
boxing license last week; it
has denied licenses to other
fighters for offenses far less
egregious than Mayweather’s. When ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” asked an
official about the glaring
inconsistency and oversight, she simply stated
that the commission felt
Mayweather had been properly dealt with in the
courts.
We should ask ourselves
why that answer is acceptable from the NSAC when
it’s unacceptable from
Roger Goodell — and why
Mayweather should be
allowed to walk away with
some $150 million.
••••••••••
Davidson writes about
sports for Bloomberg View.
Follow her on Twitter
@kavithadavidson.
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In review
Indiana/World
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Rating system changes OK’d
Signed
By LAURYN SCHROEDER
LEBANON, Ind. —
A new state budget
that includes a modest
increase in school
funding, along with
significant shifts in
how that money is distributed to school districts, was signed by
Republican Gov. Mike
Pence on Thursday.
The two-year state
spending plan that
was approved by the
General Assembly last
week directs slightly
more than half of its
$31 billion toward K-12
education, with that
funding going up 2.3
percent each year.
Pence stood before
bleachers full of a few
hundred youngsters at
Perry-Worth Elementary School as he
praised the budget for
making a “historic
investment” in education with a $480 million boost over the
next two years.
INDIANAPOLIS — The State
Board of Education approved
changes to the rating system for
Indiana schools after a lengthy
debate over procedural steps just
hours before Republican Gov. Mike
Pence signed bills overhauling the
board membership and giving it
more authority.
The board’s vote in favor of the
new A-F school accountability system has been a long-awaited step
forward after about two years of
debate and public comment about
the changes.
The new framework gives equal
weight to both student improvement and performance on standardized tests — a factor not
reflected in the current system.
School grades were previously
determined by student perform-
Associated Press
ance on the state’s ISTEP+ test,
with additional points awarded for
student growth.
Democratic state schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz, who is the
board’s chairwoman, called the
vote a success since members were
able to agree on a solution after
spending much of Thursday’s
meeting arguing over last-minute
edits to the language.
“This was a great day for schools
to be honest,” Ritz said. “We’re
going to have a fair and transparent accountability system.”
The new approach could make it
harder for schools to earn A’s,
based on projections using last
year’s data and guidance from the
U.S. Department of Education.
Schools that earn consistent F
grades over several years could
face potential state takeover or
intervention.
Several members of the board,
such as Brad Oliver and Andrea
Neal, expressed concerns about
Ritz’s Department of Education
altering the A-F rules so late in the
game, rather than what the edits
would do.
Oliver said he did not receive the
new information until late Wednesday night and didn’t feel comfortable voting on something he wasn’t
able to examine.
Neal said the department bringing in new edits at the end of a twoyear process “is the very definition
of dysfunction,” which is a description many Republican legislators
used this year in pushing for
changes in Ritz’s authority over
the board.
Ritz argued that the proposed
edits didn’t introduce new concepts, but simply aimed to clarify
certain language.
“I don’t want to operate under
anything that is not clear,” she
said, but Ritz later agreed to hold
off on additional changes until the
original framework has been
approved by the attorney general’s
office.
The board currently consists of
Ritz and 10 Pence appointees. A bill
signed by Pence on Thursday will
take away two of Pence’s 10
appointments to the board, and
give one appointment each to the
Indiana House and Senate leaders.
The terms of the current board
appointees end June 1.
Ritz will remain the board’s
chairwoman as Republican lawmakers delayed a contentious
change sought by Pence to allow
the board to elect any member as
its leader until 2017, which is after
the next state superintendent’s
election.
Obama
pitches
trade
Seven killed
—
ISLAMABAD
The ambassadors to
Pakistan from the
Philippines and Norway and the wives of
the ambassadors from
Malaysia and Indonesia were among seven
people killed today
when a Pakistani
army helicopter carrying foreign dignitaries crash landed in
the country’s north.
The Pakistani air
force said a technical
failure had caused the
crash and that a fire,
which broke out on
the aircraft after the
crash, had caused the
high number of fatalities — one of the
worst aircraft crashes
in Pakistan that killed
and injured such a
high number of foreign dignitaries.
By JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press
Associated Press/Stefan Rousseau
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha are applauded by staff upon
entering 10 Downing Street in London today as he begins his second term as Prime Minister following
the Conservative Party's win in Thursday's General Election.
Allowed
FORT WAYNE, Ind.
— Fort Wayne has
joined dozens of countries across the globe
allowing the ride-hailing service Uber to
transport residents
around town.
Customers
could
start getting rides on
the Uber smartphone
app starting Thursday
afternoon, and the
company already has
partnered with hundreds of drivers in the
area, according to an
Uber spokesman.
Bracing
OKLAHOMA CITY
— As the nation’s midsection braces for
another bout of severe
weather, many residents in Oklahoma
are still reeling from a
rare combination of
tornadoes and flash
flooding
spawned
from the latest round
of thunderstorms that
rumbled across the
state.
Conditions appear
to be ripe today and
Saturday for storms
that could produce
even more powerful
tornadoes across an
area covering southern Kansas, western
Oklahoma and parts
of North Texas, said
meteorologist John
Hart of the Storm Prediction Center in Norman.
—Associated Press
A surprise victory
By JILL LAWLESS
and DANICA KIRKA
Associated Press
LONDON — The Conservative
Party swept to power today in
Britain’s parliamentary elections,
winning an unexpected majority
that returns Prime Minister David
Cameron to 10 Downing Street in a
stronger position than before.
In announcing his majority Conservative government, Cameron signaled a conciliatory tone, paying
tribute to his former coalition partner, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg,
and the opposition Labour Party’s
Ed Miliband. Both resigned as leaders of their parties today after disappointing election results.
“We can make Britain a place
where a good life is in reach for
everyone who is willing to work and
do the right thing,” Cameron said.
He promised to counter the rise of
Scottish nationalism with more powers for Scotland and Wales, saying he
would govern as the party of “one
nation, one United Kingdom.”
Cameron announced his new government after meeting with Queen
Elizabeth II. It came much quicker
than expected; pre-election polls had
shown the Conservatives locked in a
tight race with the opposition
Labour Party, raising the possibility
of days or weeks of negotiations to
form a government.
Labour took a beating, mostly
from energized Scottish nationalists
who pulled off a landslide in Scotland.
“I’m truly sorry I did not succeed,”
Miliband said. “We’ve come back
before and this party will come back
again.”
With the Conservatives winning
With Pride
‘We can make Britain a place where
a good life is in reach for everyone who
is willing to work and do the right thing.’
—David Cameron, British Prime Minister
an outright majority in the 650-seat
House of Commons, the election
result looked to be far better for him
than even his own party had foreseen. With all 650 constituencies
counted, the Conservatives had 331
seats to Labour’s 232.
The surprise victory ushers in a
new era in British politics, as more
than a dozen veteran lawmakers
found themselves on the sharp side
of voter anger over politics as usual.
The new class inherits a country
divided by negative campaigning
and infighting about the future of
the United Kingdom.
The election was fought over the
economy and the question of
whether the Conservative-led government charted the right course
through the aftermath of the 2008
economic crisis, the worst recession
since the 1930s. Cameron argued his
party needs more time to cement
successes after five years of budget
cuts designed to shrink the deficit
and bolster growth.
Miliband focused the debate on
inequality, saying the recovery
hasn’t trickled down to the poorest
in this nation of 64 million. Heaping
further pressure on the working
poor has been an influx of thousands
of migrants from the European
Union, particularly from the former
eastern bloc countries that have
recently joined the 28-nation freetrade zone.
The influx has changed Britain
and strained schools, hospitals and
other public services. Cameron’s
promise to hold a referendum on
Britain’s membership in the EU and
to win concessions from Europe
plainly resonated with voters worried that their country is losing its
grip on its borders.
Labour was routed in Scotland by
the Scottish National Party, which
took almost all of the 59 seats. SNP
leader Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC
that the vote represented “a clear
voice for an end to austerity, better
public services and more progressive politics at Westminster.”
“The Scottish lion has roared this
morning across the country,” said
former SNP leader Alex Salmond,
who was elected in the seat of Gordon.
Cameron’s coalition partner, the
Liberal Democrat Party, faced electoral disaster, losing most of its seats
as punishment for supporting a Conservative-led agenda since 2010.
Clegg did hold onto his seat.
PORTLAND, Ore. —
President Barack Obama’s
case for international
trade agreements is built
on three main arguments:
The right trade deal can
create jobs at home, counter China’s economic influence abroad and raise
labor and environmental
standards by U.S. trading
partners.
A visit to Nike headquarters today allows Obama to
address at least two of the
three.
The giant athletic apparel company is pledging to
create 10,000 jobs in the
United States over 10 years
with its manufacturing
partners if Congress gives
Obama “fast-track” trade
negotiating authority that
ultimately leads to the 12country Trans-Pacific free
commerce agreement.
The company says a
Trans-Pacific trade deal
would allow it to benefit
from lower tariffs on shoes
and speed up company
investments in footwear
manufacturing in the U.S.
But the 10,000 jobs would
be a small fraction of the
overseas workforce Nike
relies for manufacturing.
Of Nike’s slightly more
than 1 million factory contract workers, more than 9
out of 10 are in Asia, with
the largest number in lowwage Vietnam.
Nike, with such massive
outsourcing of manufacturing, also provides
Obama with an opportunity to talk about labor standards he seeks to enforce
with trade partners, particularly Vietnam where the
U.S. concedes that workerrights protections fall
short of international
standards. Of the 11 countries the U.S. is negotiating
with in the Trans-Pacific
talks, seven have manufacturers that contract with
Nike for shoes or apparel.
Still, Obama’s visit to
Oregon has created a backlash. Nike represents what
many liberal groups and
labor unions criticize
about trade deals: the
potential for shifting U.S.
jobs to other countries
with cheap labor and few
worker protections. What’s
more, Nike has had to overcome a bad image over its
foreign contractors.
Outside a Democratic
Party fundraiser Thursday
night, more than 200 protesters greeted the president’s arrival with chants
of: “Hey, hey, ho, ho, fast
track has got to go.”
The list of awards from the Hoosier
State Press Association, Inland Press
Association, and the Associated Press
Managing Editors is too long to
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Agriculture
Friday, May 8, 2015
India’s
farmers
are not
deterred
By PRATIK PARIJA and
PRABUHUDATTA MISHRA
Bloomberg News
Field work
Rex Pinkerton plows the field in the area bordered by Indiana 67, Indiana 26 and county road 200 West near Jay
County High School on Thursday evening.
Bird flu has claimed four million
By JEFF WILSON
and MEGAN DURISIN
Bloomberg News
CHICAGO — American clubsandwich lovers have no need to
fear the bird flu. For turkeys, it’s
another story.
More than 4 million of them
have died nationwide in the worst
U.S. outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Even so, the lost supply so far
amounts to less than 2 percent of
annual production, U.S. Department of Agriculture data show.
“One to two percent isn’t nothing, but in terms of overall supply,
I don’t think we’re at a real risk
right now,” Will Sawyer, an
Atlanta-based vice president of
animal-protein
research
for
Rabobank International, said in a
phone interview. “This may take
some of the growth that the indus-
try was expecting a little bit off
the table.”
It started with a few cases in
wild birds along the Pacific Coast
in late 2014. Now at stake is the
roughly $48 billion in poultry and
eggs produced annually, government figures show. Buyers in Mexico, Central America and Asia
have placed restrictions on U.S.
shipments, and Hormel Foods has
said sales may be hurt at its Jennie-O division, which sells turkey
burgers and sausages.
Bird flu has been found in more
than 60 flocks in Minnesota, the
biggest domestic turkey producer.
Once the disease is confirmed in a
flock, all the birds are destroyed
and don’t enter the food system,
according to the USDA. There’s a
low risk to humans from the
strains of the virus that have been
detected in the country, the agency
has said, citing the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Flocks of almost 24 million U.S.
chicken, turkeys and other birds
have been infected this year. The
disease has been most virulent in
Minnesota turkeys and in egg-laying hens in Iowa, the top U.S. producer. The USDA has authorized
$330 million in assistance to farmers.
U.S. turkey production was set
to rise 4.7 percent this year, so
farmers’ plans to expand output
will help to cushion supplies. And
with export restrictions on American poultry, there will be more
turkey, especially dark meat, available for the domestic market.
Warm summer weather will help
stem the spread of the disease,
though it could rebound again in
the fall, according to Tom Elam,
the president of FarmEcon LLC,
an agricultural consulting firm in
Indianapolis.
While the supply impact has
been minimal so far, there have
been some price gains since
March, when the disease spread
from Minnesota to turkey flocks in
six other states. Wholesale prices
for boneless, fresh turkey-breast
rose to an average $3.3003 a pound
in the week ended of May 1, up
from $2.9233 in the week to March
6, USDA data show. Costs are still
down from $3.45 at this time last
year.
Sandwich lovers who balk at
higher costs will have plenty of
ham available as a lunch-pail
alternative. Pork production is
expected to reach a record in 2015,
and wholesale-ham prices have
tumbled more than 40 percent
from a year earlier, USDA figures
show.
Pesticide gains approval
SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, oyster
growers in southwest Washington have
battled to control native shrimp that burrow in the mudflats and make it hard for
oysters to grow.
Now, after getting state approval, a
group of shellfish farmers plan to spray a
widely-used neurotoxic pesticide on up to
2,000 acres of commercial shellfish beds in
Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay. They insist
it’s a safe way to keep in check a threat to
the area’s multimillion-dollar shellfish
industry.
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But critics, including the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, worry
about unintended harm to other species.
The plan is premature, they say, with too
many unknowns about the pesticide’s
effects on other organisms, including
those that are a food source for threatened
species.
With public and customer concerns rising, one of the big players, Taylor Shellfish
Farms, said late Friday that it would back
away from treating its oyster beds.
By Steve Becker
NEW DELHI — Sugar
production in India will
probably exceed demand
for a sixth year as farmers
maintain plantings in spite
of the $3.2 billion they’re
owed by mills.
Output in the 12 months
starting Oct. 1 may match
the 28 million metric tons
estimated for this year,
according to the National
Federation of Cooperative
Sugar Factories. The crop
was planted on 9.6 million
acres as of April 22, almost
the same as 4 million
hectares a year earlier, government data show.
The largest producer
after Brazil is poised for
another bumper year as
prices set by state governments make sugar one of
the most profitable crops
for farmers. Mills are racking up debt to the growers
as the price they sell to the
local market doesn’t cover
their raw material costs,
the Indian Sugar Mills
Association says. As the
government
announces
steps to help mills clear
their debt, farmers are
sticking with the crop.
“Cane is just like a hen
that lays golden eggs,” said
Dhanbir Shastri, a farmer
from Rasoolpur village in
Uttar Pradesh, the biggest
cane-growing
state.
“There’s no alternative to
sugar, as the return from
rice or potatoes doesn’t
even cover the cost of production. We are sure that
arrears will be cleared with
government help.”
While Shastri has yet to
be paid about $1,966 by a
mill for this year’s crop, he
recently
received
the
money owed to him for the
previous harvest. That
helped the 61-year-old
farmer plant cane on half
of his four-acre farm.
Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar,
Balrampur Chini Mills and
Shree Renuka Sugars have
reported losses for at least
three straight quarters as
states fix cane rates to help
farmers. Mills nationwide
owe growers 201 billion
rupees, according to official
data.
The gap between raw
material costs and sugar
prices threatens the financial status of mills and will
turn India into a producer
with a structural surplus,
said Tom McNeill, a director at Brisbane, Australiabased Green Pool Commodity Specialists Pty.
Planting pace
hasn’t changed
Purdue Ag News
WEST
LAFAYETTE,
Ind. — Despite advances
in farm machinery and
crop management practices, the maximum number of Indiana corn and
soybean acres planted per
week in 2015 is not much
different than 20 years
ago, according to a new
article by Purdue Extension corn specialist Bob
Nielsen.
“Certainly, individual
farmers can plant more
acres of corn and soybeans per day with
today’s large field equipment than 20 year ago,”
Nielsen said. “This fact
encourages optimism that
delayed starts to the
planting season can be
overcome by the ability of
today’s modern planters
to plant a greater percentage of the state’s crop per
week when ‘push comes
to shove.’”
Nielsen’s review of historical statewide planting
progress as reported by
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s National
Agricultural Statistics
Service, however, suggests that there has been
little improvement in the
pace of planting much of
the state’s total crop
acreage. He said a possible reason could be that
there are fewer farmers
planting a similar number of acres statewide
today compared with
years ago.
“The number of corn
and soybean growers in
Indiana has decreased
over time, and those
remaining are farming
more acres than they did
20 years ago,” he said.
“Even
though
farm
machinery is larger today
and covers more acres per
day than 20 years ago,
fewer farmers are farming
more acres and so total
planting progress, in
terms of percent of total
acres per week, remains
fairly unchanged.”
The article, “Corn and
Soybean Planting Progress
in Indiana Over the Years,”
appears
online
at
http://www.kingcorn.org/
news/timeless/PlantingPace.html.
Nielsen said the quickest corn planting week in
the past 20 years was in
2001, when 2.9 million
acres were planted in a
single week, accounting
for half that year’s total
crop.
In 2014, Hoosier corn
farmers planted 2.4 million acres in a single week,
or about 41 percent of the
total crop.
The most soybeans
acres planted per week
also happened in 2001,
when 2.4 million acres
were planted in a week,
about 42 percent of that
year’s crop.
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250 PUBLIC NOTICE
State of Indiana
County of Jay, SS:
In The Jay Superior Court
2015 Term
Case No. 38D01-1504-PL-19
Peggy Renner, Plaintiff
vs.
Jerry Binegar; Resurgent
Capital Service LP, and
All Others Who May Claim
Any Lien on or Interest in
the Real Estate Described
Herein,
Defendants
Summons
This summons is to the Defendants above named and to
any other persons who may be
concerned.
You are notified that you
have been sued in the Jay Superior Court, Jay County, Indiana, in the case set forth in the
caption above, by the person
named above as Plaintiff. This
summons by publication is
specifically directed to the
Defendants named above and
all others who may claim any
lien on or interest in the Real
Estate described below.
The named Plaintiffs are
represented by Philip A.
Frantz, P.O. Box 1013, Portland, IN 47371.
The nature of this suit
against you is to quiet title in
Plaintiffs to the Real Estate
described below against the
named Defendants and the
world and the Real Estate is
located in Jay County, Indiana:
Lot Number Fifty-eight (58)
in Cartwright and Headington's Sub-division to the
City of Portland, commonly
known as 217 East Elder
Street, Portland, Indiana.
(for information purposes
only, the Real Estate is
commonly known as 217 E.
Elder Street, Portland, IN)
An answer or other response in writing to the complaint must be filed either by
you or your attorney within
thirty (30) days after the last
notice is published and if you
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you for the relief demanded
by the Plaintiff.
If you have a claim for relief against the Plaintiff arising from the same transaction
or occurrence, you must assert it in your written answer
or response.
Dated: April 21st, 2015.
Ellen Coats
Clerk of the Jay
Superior Court
Coldren & Frantz
Attorneys at Law
MainSource Bank Building
P.O. Box 1013
Portland, IN 47371
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Notice of Sheriff's Sale
By virtue of a certified copy
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from the Clerk of Jay Circuit
Court of Jay County, Indiana,
in Cause No. 38C01-1410-MF46 wherein Federal National
Mortgage Association was
Plaintiff, and Tamara M.
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Huey was a Defendant, required me to make the sum as
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day of June, 2015, at the hour
of 10:00 AM, or as soon thereafter as is possible, at Jay
County Courthouse/3rd Floor
- Main, Portland, IN 47371, the
fee simple of the whole body
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Indiana.
Lot Numbered Thirteen
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More commonly known as
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47373
Parcel No.
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Together with rents, issues,
income and profits thereof,
said sale will be made without
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Dwane Ford, Sheriff
Alan W. McEwan, Plaintiff
Attorney
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State of Indiana
County of Jay, SS:
In The Jay Superior Court
2015 Term
Case No. 38D01-1504-PL-18
Jeff Upp,
Plaintiff
vs.
John D. Schisler;
L1nnie B. Schisler; Citimortgage, Inc., and All Others
Who May Claim Any Lien on
or Interest in the Real Estate
Described Herein,
Defendants
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concerned.
You are notified that you
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caption above, by the person
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all others who may claim any
lien on or interest in the Real
Estate described below.
The named Plaintiffs are
represented by Philip A.
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The nature of this suit
against you is to quiet title in
Plaintiffs to the Real Estate
described below against the
named Defendants and the
world and the Real Estate is
located in Jay County, Indiana:
Lot Number Fifty-three (53)
in the Woodlawn Park Addition to the town, now City
of Portland, Indiana.
(for information purposes
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by the Plaintiff.
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or occurrence, you must assert it in your written answer
or response.
Dated: April 21, 2015
Ellen Coats
Clerk of the Jay Superior
Court
Coldren & Frantz
Attorneys at Law
MainSource Bank Building
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Portland, IN 47371
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Sports
Friday, May 8, 2015
Jay girls tennis falls to AC
Spoil ...
The next three Bluffton
hitters recorded a walk, a
double and a single before
the Patriots recorded a
force out at second base
after dropping a pop-up.
Koltan Moore’s ground
out back to pitcher Jake
Carpenter gave JCHS two
outs and a chance to minimize the first-inning damage.
“I thought, ‘Well, if we
can keep this at three …’
But, I don’t know, we just
couldn’t get anybody out,”
said Selvey.
Hilton followed with the
first of his two home runs,
a two-run line drive to left
field, to give his team a 5-0
lead. The visitors then
loaded the bases thanks in
part to a hit batsman and
a walk, scored once on
another walk and pushed
the lead to nine on Dane
Hoffman’s bases-clearing
double.
Hoffman had two doubles and four RBIs in the
first inning on the way to
a 3-for-6 effort in which he
drove in five runs, scored
once and helped set the
stage for Hilton’s grand
slam by hustling down the
first base line on a
dropped third strike in the
third inning. Mitchel
Drew followed with a single, Mitchell Kuhlenbeck
walked
and
Moore
grounded into a fielder’s
choice, loading the bases
for Hilton.
The
No.
7
hitter
launched a fly ball to left
center that sailed over the
fence again, this time
about 5 feet left of the
scoreboard, for a 14-4 lead.
He finished 3-for-5 with
two home runs, seven
RBIs and two runs, with
his
courtesy
runner
adding another run in the
fifth inning.
“He was in the four spot
for us for a little while
then Mitchell (Kuhlenbeck) starting hitting the
ball pretty well so we
moved him up early in the
season,” said Bluffton
assistant coach Stacy Herrold, noting that Hilton
had struggled at the plate.
“From there on out we
were just trying to find a
place for (Hilton) to actually see fastballs. …
“He put himself in a
good position (tonight).”
Prible added four hits,
three runs and a stolen
base.
The game looked as if it
would be over in five
innings with Bluffton
leading 17-5.
The Tigers (4-11, 2-3
ACAC) got within one out
of ending the game early
before
hitting
Andy
Kohler with a pitch, allowing a single to Cole Stigleman and walking Levi
Stant. That set the stage
Page 9
Box score
Jay County Patriots
vs. Bluffton Tigers
Bluffton (4-11, 2-3 ACAC)
ab r
h bi
6 3 4 0
Prible 2b
Jojola cf
3 3 0 1
6 1 3 5
Hoffman ss
Drew dh
4 2 2 2
Kuhlenbeck 1b 3 3 0 0
5 2 1 0
Moore lf
Hilton c
5 2 3 7
1 1 1 0
Wenger cr
Vitatoe 3b
2 1 0 0
0 0 0 1
Garrett ph
Walborn rf
3 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
Norman p
Thompson p
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Collins rf
38 19 14 16
Totals
Jay County (8-10, 2-2 ACAC)
ab r
h
4 1 1
Stigleman ss
Stant 2b
2 2 2
3 2 2
Long cf
Reynolds 3b
4 1 1
4 1 1
Vaughn 1b
3 1 1
Geesaman c
0 0 0
JMyers cr
3 1 1
Jacks lf
Carpenter p
0 0 0
2 0 0
EMyers
Brackman rf
2 0 0
1 1 0
Kohler rf
Totals
28 10 9
Bluffton
Jay Co.
914
401
bi
0
0
5
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
9
032 0 — 19
050 0 — 10
LOB — Bluffton 7, Jay County 6.
2B — Bluffton 2 (Hoffman 2), Jay
County 2 (Stant, Jacks). 3B —
Bluffton 1 (Prible). HR — Bluffton
2 (Hilton 2), Jay County 1 (Long).
SB — Bluffton 2 (Prible, Hoffman),
Jay County 2 (Stant, EMyers).
IP H
Bluffton
Norman 1+ 5
Thompsn 3.2 4
Wlbrn, W 2.1 0
Jay Co.
Crpntr, L
EMyers
Stiglemn
Long
Jacks
0.2
0
2.1
2+
2
4
2
4
3
1
R ER BB SO
4
6
0
4
5
0
1
4
0
0
2
1
6
3
5
5
0
5
3
0
2
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
4
2
2
for Long, who blasted his
own grand slam to left
field to close the gap to
eight runs.
“The time before, he
took one looking,” said
Selvey, referencing Long’s
fourth-inning strikeout. “I
challenged him a little bit
to just come up swinging.
That’s what he’s got to do.
He thinks too much. If he
just reacts, he’s a real
good player.”
But the Patriots never
got another runner on
base, as reliever Garrett
Walborn entered after
Long’s bomb and retired
seven consecutive batters
to close the game and earn
the win.
Long finished with two
hits, five RBIs and two
runs, and Stant added two
hits, including a double,
two runs and a stolen
base. But the strong effort
at the plate wasn’t supported in the field as
JCHS committed five
errors to allow eight
unearned runs.
Carpenter took the loss,
allowing six runs — five
earned — on four hits and
a walk in two-thirds of an
inning. Bluffton cycled
through three JCHS pitchers in the first inning and
five in all.
Kyra Braun was two
games away from completing a rally after dropping
the first set.
Instead, Adams Central’s No. 2 singles player
Anna Burkhart won the
final three games, holding
off the Patriot junior as
the Jets swept the Patriots,
5-0.
Braun dropped the first
set to Burkhart 6-4, then
won the second 7-5. She
had a 4-3 lead against
Burkhart before falling 6-4
with the other four matches already completed.
At No. 1 singles, JCHS
senior Jessica Kerrigan
lost to Jenna Lehman 6-4,
6-1. Adams Central’s Dharma Steffen beat Michelle
Wellman 6-1, 6-0.
The Patriots’ No. 1 doubles team of Faith Parr
and Emily Westgerdes lost
to Whitney Peterson and
Meghan Manley 6-3, 6-1.
Abby Saxman and Abby
Reier fell to Jenni Baumer
and Lezi Harkless at No. 2
doubles, 6-0, 6-2.
Jay County’s junior varsity team also lost, 5-0.
High school
roundup
the Bluffton Tigers 7-3 on
Thursday.
Bluffton had a 2-1 lead
after the first inning, and
scored three in the second
for a 5-1 advantage. Jay
County (10-9, 3-2 Allen
County Athletic Conference) scored two in the top
of the fifth, but the Tigers
answered with a pair in
the bottom of the frame.
The Patriots weren’t able
to string much offense
together in the final two
innings in the loss.
Chloe Steigerwalt led
the Patriots with three
hits and a run, and Courtney Finnerty hit a single
and a double, scoring once
as well.
Catherine Dunn took
the loss pitching by giving
up seven runs — six
earned — on 11 hits. She
had two singles and drove
in a run. Gabby Hart and
Tigers top Patriots
Jay County’s softball Catera Gierhart also talteam couldn’t rally from lied singles for the Patrian early deficit, losing to ots.
Jay County travels to Adams baseball team
Muncie at 5 p.m. tonight to exploded for 17 hits in a 125 victory on Thursday
take on the Bearcats.
against Southern Wells.
Stars hang on
South Adams (9-8, 3-2
PONETO — Maddie ACAC) fell behind 2-0 after
Morgan supplied the the first inning, but struck
for two runs in the second
offense.
Morgan Alberson made and three in the third to
sure the Raiders didn’t get take a lead it would not
relinquish.
production of their own.
The Starfires extended
Morgan drove in Alaina
Johnston twice, and Alber- their lead to 7-2 before the
son limited Southern Raiders got within two
Wells to one unearned run thanks to three runs in the
on three hits Thursday as fifth. But South Adams
the South Adams softball put the game out of reach
team defeated the host with a four spot in the
sixth and tacked on one
Raiders, 2-1.
South Adams (19-8, 1-4 more on the seventh for
ACAC) plated a run in the good measure.
Conner Sealscott, Skythird inning thanks to a
double by Morgan, but lar Schoch and Kyle Cox
Southern Wells answered each had three hits for the
by tying the game in the Stars. Schoch hit a double
fourth. Johnston scored in and a solo home run, with
the fifth on a fielder’s Sealscott and Cox each
choice to give the Starfires smacking doubles.
Corbin Blomeke drove
the lead for good.
Lauren Smith had a in three runs on two hits,
multi-hit game with a pair and Sealscott also tallied
of singles. Loren Sparks three RBIs. Chandler Ingle
and Cindy In’t Groen also and Derek Wanner had
tallied hits for the two hits each.
Jayden Dull pitched five
Starfires. Alberson struck
out five and walked two in strong innings to get the
the complete-game effort. win, giving up five runs —
three earned — on five
SA offense explodes hits to get his fourth win
PONETO — The South of the season.
Struggles ...
Houck’s fourth shot reached the
green to the left of the cup, and he
played the downslope perfectly to
make bogey.
Two days after shooting a careerbest 39, Kyler Hudson shot a 45 for
the Patriots’ No. 2 score. Aside from
a double bogey, a triple bogey and
two pars, the sophomore played
bogey golf. Hudson had a shot for a
third par on the 150-yard, par-3 13th,
but his par putt was left 4 feet short,
and his bogey attempt missed just to
the left of the cup.
Graham Haines, a junior, and his
freshman brother Collin turned in
matching rounds of 46 to close out
Jay County’s team score. Bellmont’s
Grant Ainsworth earned match
medalist honors with a 4-over 39.
Playing from the No. 2 spot, Graham finished with par on two holes
— the par-4 11th and the par-3 18th.
His tee shot on 18 landed just off the
green on the fringe behind the hole,
and his subsequent chip shot was 2
feet short. He found himself once
again at the fringe behind the green
on 11. For a chance at birdie, his chip
was three 3 feet long.
Collin made par once, doing so on
18. Nick Hayden finished with a 47,
and birdied the 344-yard par-4 17th,
the only birdie of the night for Jay
County.
“I know they’re working hard, and
they’re doing everything they have
to do,” Gray said. All five Patriots
were visibly frustrated many times
during their rounds, upset with the
way they were playing. “We’re to the
little things — 100-yards in.
“We just have to gut it out. We
have the push now for the (Allen
County Athletic Conference meet)
on (May 23) and the sectional. I said
The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz
Graham Haines, a Jay County High School junior, chips from
the fringe on the 11th hole during a match against Bluffton and
Bellmont on Thursday at Portland Golf Club. Haines finished with a 46
as the Patriots placed third.
at the beginning of the year, the don’t care what you’re coaching — to
thing I was worried about was the perform your best come sectional
end of the year. You always want — I time.”
West Jay girls tie for first, East Jay fourth
The West Jay Middle School
girls track team tied for first
place on Thursday at Adams
Central.
The Eagles tied the host Jets
with 84 points. South Adams
was third with 75.5 points, and
East Jay finished fourth with 56
points. Bluffton (42.5) and
Southern Wells (19) were fifth
and sixth respectively.
Kendall
Garringer
and
Kensey Litton each won an
event for the Eagles. Garringer
events for East Jay. She beat
West Jay’s Molly Ault to win the
shot put, and also finished first
in discus.
East Jay also won the distance
medley relay.
Local
roundup
Eagle Archers set record
placed first in high jump. And
Litton beat out teammate Calli
Stigleman to win the 100-meter
dash.
Gwen Omstead won a pair of
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — West
Jay’s archery team set a new
school record Thursday at the
NASP national championships
at Kentucky Exposition Center
Sports on tap
Local schedule
Today
Jay County — Tennis vs. Leo – 5 p.m.;
Softball at Muncie Central – 5 p.m.; Boys
and girls track at Madison-Grant – 5 p.m.;
JV softball at Muncie Central – 6:30 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Boys and girls track in
Mercer County meet at Coldwater – 5 p.m.;
Softball doubleheader at Houston – 5
p.m.; Baseball vs. St. Henry – 5 p.m.; Middle school track in Mercer County meet at
Coldwater – 5 p.m.
South Adams — Boys and girls track
host Starfire Invitational – 5 p.m.;
Saturday
Jay County — JV golf at New Haven Invitational – 7:30 a.m.; East Jay track hosts
EJ relays – 11 a.m.; East Jay track hosts
East Jay Relays at Jay County High School
– 9 a.m.
Fort Recovery — Softball doubleheader
vs. Delphos Jefferson – 11 a.m.
South Adams — Baseball hosts
Starfire Invitational – 9 a.m.; Golf at
Bluffton Bi-County Tournament – 9 a.m.;
Softball doubleheader at Bellmont – 10
a.m.;
TV schedule
Today
7 p.m. — NHL Playoffs: Washington
Capitals at New York Rangers – Game 5
(NBCSN)
8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Cleveland
Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls – Game 3
(ESPN)
9 p.m. — Boxing: Friday Night Fights –
Joey Dawejko vs. Amir Mansour (ESPN2)
9:30 p.m. — NHL Playoffs: Anaheim
Ducks at Calgary Flames – Game 4
(NBCSN)
10:30 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Houston
Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers – Game
3 (ESPN)
Sat urday
1 p.m. — College Softball: ACC Tournament final – TBA (ESPN)
2 p.m. — College Softball: AAC Tournament final – TBA (ESPN2)
2 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: The Players
Championship – Third round (NBC2,13,33)
3 p.m. — College Softball: Oklahoma
State at Oklahoma (ESPN2)
3:30 p.m. — IndyCar Racing: Grand
Prix of Indianapolis (ABC-6,21)
4 p.m. — Boxing: Premier Boxing
Championships (CBS-4,7,15)
5 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Atlanta Hawks
at Washington Wizards – Game 3 (ESPN)
8 p.m. — College Softball: SEC Tournament final – TBA (ESPN2)
8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Golden State
Warriors at Memphis Grizzlies – Game 3
(ABC-6,21)
9 p.m. — Boxing: Saul Alvarez vs.
James Kirkland (HBO)
Local notes
S o c ce r l e a g u e r e g i s t r a t i o n o p e n
Registration is ongoing for the Pennville Soccer League.
The league is open to boys and girls
aged 3 through 12. Games will be held
on Saturdays at Pennville Park from May
30 through June 20.
Cost is $35 and the deadline is Saturday. There will be an open registration
at the park Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
For more information, contact Troy
Shimp at (404) 444-7812 or
[email protected].
Challenge c ont inues S aturday
The Adams County Run/Walk Challenge continues Saturday.
The series features 10 races within
Adams County.
The next race is the CG Sports Run
With Endurance 5K. The race will begin at
9 a.m. May 9 at Common Ground Church,
655 N Piqua Road, Decatur.
For more information, contact Tim
Powell at (260) 241-4875, or visit
www.adamscounty5kchallenge.com.
in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Eagles set a new school
mark with 3,092 points.
Makayla Templeton led the
West Jay effort with a high score
of 276. Conner Benter finished
with a 268, and Hunter Harrison
and Joey Littler tied one another with 267 points.
Gabe Blankenship and Alex
Davis both finished with 263,
and Travis Garringer had 251
points.
Blowers homers in win
Landon Blowers hit an insidethe-park home run on Thursday,
helping Pioneer Packaging to an
18-4 win against Pak-A-Sak in
Portland Junior League Rookie
action.
Pioneer’s Maddox Huffman
and Dominick Bright each went
4-for-4.
Austin Jellison and Mason
Johnson both had two hits for
Pak-A-Sak.
Friday, May 8, 2014
Patriot tennis team
swept by Adams Central,
see High school roundup
Page 10
Eagle girls track team
ties Jets for first place,
see Local roundup
Sports
www.thecr.com
Tigers spoil
senior night
By RAY COONEY
Levi Long blasted a
grand slam in the fifth
inning to lead the Patriots
to a 10-run effort.
It wasn’t nearly enough.
Bluffton’s Matt Hilton
hit two home runs, including his own grand slam, to
power the visiting Tigers
to a 19-10 victory Thursday and spoil the Jay
County High School baseball team’s senior night
celebration.
Nine of those runs came
before the Patriots swung
Jay County High School sophomore Jacob Geesaman rounds third base during the third inning a bat, as Bluffton sent 13
Thursday at Don E. Selvey Field. The Patriots gave up nine first-inning runs in a 19-10 loss to the visiting batters to the plate in the
Bluffton Tigers.
top of first inning.
“If you had told me
beforehand we would get
10 runs tonight, I would
have said, ‘OK, we’ll take
that,’” said JCHS coach
Lea Selvey, whose team
lost its fourth in a row
despite posting the doubledigit run total. “It’s frustrating. I kind of expected
us to be like this early, but
not now.”
Jay County (8-10, 2-2
Allen County Athletic
Conference) was on its
heels from the start as the
Tigers’ Grant Prible led
off the game with a triple
to the gap in left-center
field.
See Spoil page 9
JC golf struggles
at home course
By CHRIS SCHANZ
The Patriots’ home
course was not kind on
Thursday.
Jay County High School’s
golf team placed third in a
meet with the Bellmont
Braves and Bluffton Tigers.
“I know they can all go
back and look at penalty
strokes,” said JCHS coach
Butch Gray, whose team
totaled 180. The Braves won
with a score of 172, and
Bluffton was second, beating Jay County by one
stroke.
“I think the kids are physically and mentally tired,”
Gray said, noting his team
has had six matches in 12
days. “It’s probably a good
thing they have (Friday)
night off and Saturday off.”
Jay Houck led the Patriots with a 43, even though
he struggled on the par 5s.
He began his round on the
498-yard, par-5 12th, shooting a triple bogey before
making par on 13. He followed that up with a double
bogey and bogey on 14 and
15, then made par on three
consecutive holes.
On the 354-yard, par-4
16th, Houck’s second shot
from about 90 yards sailed
long, coming to rest at the
back right of the green. He
chipped his third shot 10
feet from the cup, and sank
the putt to save par.
On the par-4 10th, the
sophomore hit his second
shot into the Little Salamonie River for a penalty
stroke.
See Struggles page 9
BENEFIT
To help with medical expenses due to
treatments for stage 4 Brain Cancer
CONCERT • SPAGHETTI DINNER • SILENT AUCTION
Saturday, May 9th
at Jay County High School
DINNER - $5.00
4:00pm - 5:30pm
CONCERT - FREE
6:00pm
SILENT AUCTION
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Mel Smitley will auction off
whole hog - All expenses paid
FOR
featuring:
New Me rcy
The
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