Dunkirk named Stellar finalist

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Dunkirk named Stellar finalist
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The Commercial Review
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Dunkirk named Stellar finalist
By RAY COONEY
The Commercial Review
The news was worth the wait.
Dunkirk Mayor Dan Watson
learned Tuesday in a call from Lt.
Gov. Sue Ellspermann that
Dunkirk has been selected as a
finalist for Stellar Communities
grant funding.
“It’s awesome,” said Dunkirk
Mayor Dan Watson. “And it felt
better that there’s only two finalists in our group. So we have a
50/50 chance. You can’t beat that.”
“It’s pretty darn sweet,” added
Jay County community development director Ami Huffman, who
City is seeking
$2.6 million
for local projects
has worked with the city on its
application. “It’s exciting because
they work so hard and they’re
such a team. It’s exciting to take
that next step.”
The decision was originally
scheduled for Thursday, but state
officials instead sent an email
last week announcing a five-day
delay.
Dunkirk and North Liberty,
which is about 15 miles southwest
of South Bend in St. Joseph
County, are the lone finalists in
the division for municipalities
with populations of fewer than
6,000.
OCRA had planned to select
three finalists in each division,
but decided those two were bestsuited to move forward with the
process.
“I think we’re farther along
than most communities … as far
as having a revitalization plan.
Even though we haven’t been
awarded the last two years, we
still try to keep moving forward,”
said Watson. “We’ve secured all
the buildings. We’ve got control
of all the properties. We’ve got all
the environmental (studies).
Everything is done. We’re just
ready to go. The only thing we’re
lacking is funding.”
Dunkirk will now begin work
on the next step of the process,
which includes a final application
book that is due June 30 and a
visit from state officials. There
are also several more rounds of
paperwork that must be submitted to the state.
See Named page 2
JCDC
hoping
to start
program
Initiative
would help
start college
savings plans
By RAY COONEY
The Commercial Review
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Rolling about
Zach Nuckols, 10, and his brother Joey Nuckols, 19, enjoy some fun on wheels Tuesday afternoon in front of
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church near the intersection of Hayes and Walnut streets in Portland.
Moore resigning as Geneva clerk
By DEVIN ZIMMERMAN
The Commercial Review
GENEVA — The clerk-treasurer is stepping down.
Barry Moore announced Tuesday night during the Geneva
Town Council meeting he will be
resigning his position as clerktreasurer, effective May 1. He
cited multiple reasons for the
departure, including the difficulty of the position and the accompanying stress.
“I underestimated how much
there is to the office, and overestimated my ability to learn it
all,” read a resignation email
Moore displayed during the
meeting. “The resultant stress
has lead to insomnia and irritability. I thought that my handling of the stress would
improve as I learned the ropes,
but the symptoms are still with
me.”
While speaking to council
members and attendees of the
meeting, Moore said he will help
train his replacement once one is
selected. He has held the position
since January.
Council members also passed a
motion allowing Geneva Volunteer Fire Department to purchase a new equipment van.
Fire chief John Patch presented quotes he received from Marshal Motors, based out of Monroe. The van, which is a 2006
model with a Ford transmission
and motor, will cost $25,209. However, it has to be outfitted for the
fire department’s use.
Patch said decals and reflectors have to be installed, in addition to lights and a radio. Even
though the department plans to
move the radio from their old
van to their new one, there are
still costs involved with retuning
and installation.
See Resigning page 2
U.S. soldier killed
By LYNNE O’DONNELL and
RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan —
An Afghan soldier opened
fire at a group of U.S.
troops in the city of Jalalabad
in
eastern
Afghanistan today, killing
an American soldier and
wounding at least two others before he was shot
dead, a U.S. official said.
The incident happened
after a meeting between
Afghan provincial leaders
and a U.S. Embassy official
in the compound of the
provincial governor in
Jalalabad. All U.S. Embassy
staff were accounted for
and returned safely to their
mission headquarters, the
embassy said.
It was the latest in socalled “insider attacks” —
instances in which Afghan
soldiers or policemen have
turned their weapons on
their fellow American or
other NATO colleagues.
The attack was also the
second fatality suffered by
NATO since the beginning
of the year, when the coalition launched its new mission in Afghanistan called
Resolute Support after foreign combat troops withdrew from the country.
The last previous incident in which an American
Associated Press/Rahmat Gul
soldier was killed in
Afghanistan was on Dec. 13,
Afghan policemen patrol today at the site
when a roadside bombing
of
a
deadly
attack by an Afghan national army soldier
killed two U.S. troops in
who opened fire on U.S. troops, in the compound of
Parwan province.
the provincial governor, Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
See Killed page 5
Weather
In review
There was 0.36 inches of
rain Tuesday at Portland’s
weather station and the high
temperature was 59. The
overnight low was 40.
Thunderstorms are expected to continue tonight and
Thursday, and the high Thursday will be 72.
For an extended forecast,
see page 2.
Portland Board of Works
will hold an executive session
and special meeting Friday.
The executive session is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the mayor’s
office at city hall, 321 N. Meridian St., with the special meeting to follow.
More education generally leads to better jobs,
and a local group is hoping to start a program to
make paying for higher
learning easier.
Jay County Development Corporation executive director Bill Bradley
announced Tuesday that
the group and several
local partners want to
launch a program during
the 2015-16 school year to
help area students start a
college savings account.
Also at its meeting
Monday, the JCDC board
heard economic development news from Bradley
and got updates on several projects from community development director
Ami Huffman.
Bradley relayed plans
for a “Promise” program
to encourage students to
start CollegeChoice 529
Direct Savings Plans
beginning in kindergarten. The 529 accounts
are a way to save taxdeferred money to pay for
education after high
school.
He said the hope is to
launch the plan during
the coming school year.
The idea came after he,
John Jay Center for
Learning executive director Rusty Inman, The
Portland
Foundation
executive director and
county
commissioner
Doug Inman and Jeremy
Gulley of Jay School Corporation made a trip to
Wabash County to learn
about the program it
piloted and has since
expanded to several other
counties.
The Wabash County
version of the program
involves a five-minute
registration process for
kindergarten
through
third graders to open at
529 account. Parkview
Health, which is a sponsor, makes an initial donation of $25 to all accounts.
Students
are
then
encouraged each September to raise $25 in contributions to their accounts.
They receive a match
from public and private
partners if they reach
that goal.
See Hoping page 2
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Coming up
Page 4 — Columnist sends
special message from long distance.
T hursday — Coverage of
tonight’s Jay County Council
meeting.
Page 10 — JCHS girls track
team opens with wins over
Bruins, Raiders.
Saturday — JCHS baseball
and softball teams play at
home. Stories, photos.
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Watson noted that it will
take the entire community
coming together, especially during the site visit, for
Dunkirk to be selected for
the funding.
“That’s going to be the
key,” he said. “It’ll have to
be a pretty elaborate show
of support.”
Dunkirk is requesting
$2.6 million in grants and
tax credits that would be
used for projects such as
relocation of the city’s
library and glass museum
and construction on a senior housing complex.
Crown Crossing Senior
Housing
Development,
which Dunkirk is pursuing in partnership with
Buckeye
Community
Hope
Foundation
of
Columbus, Ohio, is the
largest part of the proposal. The $3.4 million facility,
to be built on the west side
of Main Street between
Center Street and the railroad tracks, would include
28 units, a courtyard,
kitchen, social hall, laundry room, library, computer room and administrative office space.
The Stellar funding
would also allow the city
to move the library and
glass museum from their
Washington Street location to the Stewart Brothers building on Main
Street.
“It would be awesome.
The No. 1 issue I think is
the library and glass muse-
um, getting that moved,”
Watson said. “That’s been
our No. 1 priority … I envision the Stewart Brothers
building as the Weiler
building (John Jay Center)
to Portland. That’s what it
could do.”
Lighting in the downtown area and Safe Routes
to Schools are also part of
the city’s Stellar application.
Finalists in the division
for municipalities with
6,000 or more residents are
Decatur, Marion and
Crawfordsville.
The winners in each
group will be announced at
the state fair in August.
“Each year the selection
of the finalist is becoming
more difficult as the applications are including more
creative plans with greater
private sector investment,”
said Ellspermann in a
press release Tuesday.
“The 2015 finalists represent some extraordinary
work and collaboration
among the public and private sectors in each community.”
Dunkirk had applied for
Stellar funding twice
before, missing the finalist
list in 2013 and ’14. Portland was a finalist in 2011,
when North Vernon and
Greencastle were selected
as winners.
Other Stellar winners
were Princeton and Delphi
in 2012, Richmond and Bedford in 2013 and Huntingburg and Wabash in 2014.
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“Studies have shown that when
kids have money invested in the
early years toward college, it
increases the chances of going to
college
considerably,”
said
Bradley.
As of 2013-14, 72 percent of
Wabash County students in
kindergarten through third
grade had a 529 account.
Prior to the establishment of
the “Promise” program, that
number was 6 percent.
Local officials plan to attend a
workshop April 24 at Manchester
University to continuing learning about the program.
Bradley also relayed the news
of the planned $15.5 million
expansion and investment at FCC
that was announced at Monday’s
Portland City Council meeting,
and noted investments by ATI
Forged Products (Portland Forge)
and Moser Engineering. He said
there was been interest in the former Walmart and International
Paper buildings, which were previously used by Sonoco for storage purposes but are now vacant.
Huffman noted that a pre-construction meeting for Portland’s
west side sewer project is set for
Friday and bidding for blight
elimination in Dunkirk and
sewer separation in Redkey will
begin in May. She is also working
with Redkey on a grant application for a new fire station.
In other business, board members:
•Heard from Bob Lyons that he
believes progress is continuing
on the Bluff Point Wind Farm
project. He said he hopes developer NextEra Energy will be
able to begin construction of the
proposed wind farm, which
would included 70 turbines and
an investment of $240 million in
southern Jay and northern Randolph counties, in the first half
of 2016.
•Learned
from
Portland
Mayor Randy Geesaman that a
meeting to plan for Indiana’s
bicentennial celebration is
scheduled for 10 a.m. April 28 at
Arts Place.
•Heard from Huffman that
there will be a meeting May 7
with Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs representatives about Portland becoming
an Indiana Main Street (IMS)
community. IMS focuses on providing economic revitalization
and professional assistance in
downtown areas.
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Closing prices as of Tuesday
Corn..........................3.85
May corn ..................3.93
Beans ........................9.61
May crop ..................9.63
Wheat ......................5.01
May crop ..................5.01
Cooper Farms
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Hospitals
Jay County Hospital
Portland
Dismissals
There were two dismissals.
Emergencies
There were 30 people
treated in the emergency rooms of JCH,
including:
Tyson donates $100,000
Tyson Foods, Inc. donated $100,000 Tuesday for the Portland Water Park project. Pictured
from left are Tyson representative Roger Engle, Rob Weaver of the water park fundraising committee,
Tyson representatives Andy Pfeiffer, Vicky Brown and Dee Farra, John Young of the water park
fundraising committee and The Portland Foundation executive director Doug Inman.
Felony arrests
OWI
A Portland woman was
arrested early this morning for operating a vehicle
while intoxicated.
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Dunkirk
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Bowler and Brittaney
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Ridgeville — Rayleigh
Heniscey
Admissions
There were two admissions to the hospital on
Tuesday.
Dawn Dasher, 101 S.
Pierce St., Apt 11, was
arrested and booked into
Jay County Jail at 12:24
a.m., and is preliminarily
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Council, commissioners’ room, Jay County
Courthouse, 120 N.
Court St., Portland.
Thursday
6 p.m. — Bryant Town
Council, town hall, 107
E. Main St.
Friday
2 p.m. — Portland
Board of Works executive session, mayor’s
office, 321 N. Meridian
St.
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five years, the charge is
elevated to a Level 6
felony.
She is being held on a
$3,000 bond.
Capsule Reports
Stolen vehicle crash
An allegedly intoxicated Muncie
man crashed what is being reported
as a stolen vehicle into a pole near
Paradise Pointe Jefferson Township.
Christopher Elmore, 910 S. Vine
St., was traveling west on a bridge
near 3965 550 South when he ran into
a pole. The 2006 Chevrolet Impala he
was driving was allegedly stolen.
Damage in the accident was estimated to be between $2,500 and
$5,000. Elmore is preliminarily
charged with operating a vehicle
while intoxicated, a Class A misde-
meanor, failure to stop at an accident, a Class C misdemeanor, receiving stolen property, a Class A misdemeanor, driving while suspended
with priors, a Class A misdemeanor
and receiving stolen property, a
Class A misdemeanor.
He is being held at Jay County Jail
on a $7,000 bond.
East, Union City was attempting to
turn west onto Votaw Street from
Meridian Street when his 2001
Chevrolet Impala was struck by an
oncoming 1999 Pontiac Grand prix,
driven by April Rogers, 33, 6452 S.
700 East, Bluffton.
Thompson told Portland police he
could not see the oncoming traffic
because of a truck that was making
Failure to yield
A crash occurred Tuesday morn- the turn in front him.
Damage in the 6:32 a.m. accident
ing at the intersection of Meridian
was estimated to be between $5,000
and Votaw streets.
Ronald Thompson, 49, 9373 N. 400 and $10,000.
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Once Marshall Motors
completes all of the work
being done to the van, the
total cost will be about
$31,800, said Patch.
In other business, council members Dick Clutter,
Jim Timmons and Agnes
Schoch:
•Approved the purchase
of wireless meter readers
for Geneva Water Department. The purchase of 24
meters and the equipment
necessary to read the
meters via wireless transmissions came in at $9,950
•Accepted bids for work
that will be done to the
fire station. Work is
planned to be done to the
outside of the building,
including the installation
of new siding and electrical work. The council
received four bids, ranging from $23,500 to $28,420.
The matter was tabled so
clarification could be
received on several of the
bid prices.
Citizen’s calendar
Today
charged with operating a
vehicle while intoxicated.
Because of prior driving
under the influence convictions within the last
Family and Friends are invited to
a surprise birthday party for
Louise Corle
On April 11, 2015 from 2pm - 4pm
at the Holiday Inn Express, Portland
Call 260-251-9323 for more info
•Addressed an ordinance about sewer use
that requires residents to
stop running water from
gutters and sump pumps
into the city’s sanitary
sewer system, and instead
run the water into storm
sewers.
The
council
warned that it will need to
start enforcing the ordinance soon, because not
doing so could result in
$1,000 fines and the termination of water service.
•Approved the motion
allowing for the advertisement of the sale of a city
owned lawn mower.
•Approved ordinances
2015-1 and 2015-2, which
mandated, per state regulations, that all fines incurred
from moving violations
must be paid to the Adams
County clerk.
Family
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Learn lessons;
Clueless dad needs to know
and don’t let go
BY TED KOOSER
U.S. Poet Laureate
American
Life in Poetry
I don’t think I’ve ever
sold anything that, later, I
didn’t wish I had back,
and I have a list of
regrets as long as my
arm.
So this poem by Melissa Balmain really caught and her most recent book
my attention. Balmain is Walking in on People,
lives in New York State, from Able Muse Press.
Love Poem
The afternoon we left our first apartment, we
scrubbed it down from ceiling to parquet. Who knew
the place could smell like lemon muffins?
It suddenly seemed nuts to move away.
The morning someone bought our station wagon,
it gleamed with wax and every piston purred.
That car looked like a centerfold in Hot Rod!
Too late, we saw that selling was absurd.
And then there was the freshly tuned piano we
passed along to neighbors with a wince. We told ourselves we’d find one even better; instead we’ve missed
its timbre ever since.
So if, God help us, we are ever tempted
to ditch our marriage when it’s lost its glow,
let’s give the thing our finest spit and polish —
and, having learned our lesson, not let go.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by
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Poetry magazine. It is also
supported by the Department of English at the
University of NebraskaLincoln. Poem copyright
©2014 by Melissa Balmain, “Love Poem,” from
Walking in on People,
(Able Muse Press, 2014).
Poem reprinted by permission of Melissa Balmain and Able Muse
Press. Introduction copyright © 2015 by The Poetry
Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted
Kooser, served as United
States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the
Library of Congress from
2004-2006. We do not
accept unsolicited manuscripts.
DEAR ABBY: I’m the mother
of an 18-year-old daughter. Her
dad and I are divorced and she
lives with him. We were married 20 years and I know he’s a
good parent, except for one
thing. My daughter has told me
her father and his partner sometimes engage in very loud lovemaking when she’s in her room,
and it embarrasses her. She’s
shy to begin with, so she hasn’t
said anything to him.
I feel angry and frustrated
because I don’t know if I should
say something to him about it. I
have suggested she put on some
loud music or use headphones if
she can’t bring this up with
him. I think she wants me to
intercede, but I don’t feel it’s my
business to do so. Can these
adults be that clueless? Please
help. — CAROL ON THE EAST
COAST
D EAR CAROL: Yes, adults can
be that “clueles s.” Her f ather
and his partner may not realiz e
how m uch noi s e the y m ake.
He adp hone s and tur ni ng on
l o u d m u s i c a r e go o d s u g g es ti ons. But rem ember that clear
communication is important in
relations hips both personal and
prof es sional.
A t 18, your daughter is old
e no ug h t o s t a r t s p e a k i ng up f o r
he r s e l f . E nc o ur a g e he r t o t a l k
a b o u t t h i s p r o b l e m p r i v at e l y
with her f ather. But i f she can’ t,
then you should handle this for
her.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
had an affair 18 years ago. We
Dear
Abby
worked through it and are doing
well in our marriage.
My question concerns my
mother-in-law and sister-in-law,
both of whom continue to
remain in contact with the
“other woman.” They still worship at the same church, bought
her baby gifts, etc. I have mentioned how it hurts me that they
are Facebook friends with her,
but it has fallen on deaf ears. I
know they have known her
longer than me, but I am FAMILY.
Abby, I would like to know if I
am crazy for letting this bother
me. Should I let it go? I have forgiven my husband, but what
they are doing makes it hard for
me at times. What should I do?
— MY HEART HURTS
D E A R HE A RT HU RT S : By
now you should have realized
that you can’t control your husband’s m other or s is ter. That
t h e y c ho s e t o c o nt i nu e t o m a i nt a i n t he i r r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t hi s
woman in s pite of the f act that
she nearly wrecked your marriag e is re g rettable.
But all this happened 18 years
ag o, and your m ar ri ag e s urvived it. If you can let this go, I
think you s hould. A wis e pers on
o n c e s a i d t h a t we c a n b e a s
h a p p y a s we c h o o s e t o b e .
Less en your em otional de pendence on your in-laws, and I predict you will be happier.
DEAR ABBY: I find it difficult
to lie. This trait suits me well
except in one area. When
friends or family share information about being ill, experiencing a death or any sort of
tragedy, almost everyone else
responds with, “You’re in my
prayers.”
I am an atheist and do not
claim I will pray for those individuals because that would be
lying. So what is the proper
response when prayer is off the
table? — TEXAS READER
D E A R R EA D E R : A p r o p e r
respons e would be, “I’m sorry
for what you’ re going through,”
“I’ ll s end pos itive thoughts for
So-and-So’s recovery,” or, “How
sad. I’m s or ry to hear it.”
———
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April 9, 1941
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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) 726-9187
or Dave Keen at (260) 3352152.
AMERICAN LEGION
AUXILIARY NO. 211 — Will
meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at
the legion for regular meeting.
COMMUNITY
RELATIONS TEAM — Play
euchre at 6 p.m. the second
refreshments and visitors
are welcome. For more
information, call Paula
Confer at (765) 369-2656 or
Judy Crull at (260) 726-9887.
JAY COUNTY TRAILS
CLUB — Will meet at 7 p.m.
the second Thursday of
each month at the offices of
The Portland Foundation.
Friday
CINCINNATUS LEAGUE
— Will meet at noon Friday
at Harmony Café in Portland.
Monnie Lou Tarter, 73, of
Portland, went to be with
the Lord on Resurrection
Day. She was born on April
9, 1941 in Grayson, Kentucky to Lovie and Cleo
(Jessie) McDavid.
She was an antique
dealer and enjoyed antiquing and spending time
with her family. Monnie
was a firm believer in God.
Due to her health issues she
wasn’t able to attend
church in her later years.
She tried to instill these values to those close to her.
Survivors include three
sons, Dave P. Tarter of
Winchester, Mark (Sue)
Tarter of Sebring, FL and
Jonathan Tarter of Portland, IN; seven grandchildren, Matt (Jen) Tarter,
Brody (Christina) Tarter,
Kelsey (Bryant) Gentry,
Missy (Brian) Jameson,
Katie Tarter, Cody (fiancée
Emily Taylor) Tarter and
Hanna (fiancée Evan
James) Tarter; fourteen
great grandchildren; three
brothers, Harry McDavid
of New Castle, IN, Paul
McDavid of Portland, IN
and Garrett (Linda) McDavid of Lynn, IN; three
sisters, Betty (Jim) Jenkins
of Winchester, IN, Carra
Faye Chalfant of Winchester, IN and Lovie Ann
Moystner of Winchester,
IN and several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; a son,
Matthew J. Tarter and four
brothers, Jack, Jim, Larry
and Billy McDavid.
Funeral services for
Monnie will be held on Friday, April 10, 2015 at
11:00 a.m. at the Walker
Funeral Home in Winchester with Pastor Craig
Cotherman
officiating.
Burial will follow at
Saratoga Cemetery in
Saratoga, Indiana.
Friends and family may
gather and share from 5-8
p.m. on Thursday, April 9,
2015 and one hour prior to
services on Friday at the funeral home. Online condolences can be made at
www.walkerswinchester.co
m.
Opinion
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The Commercial Review
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Happy birthday; I’ll be home soon
By JACK RONALD
The Commercial Review
Some dates are special.
Today is one of those.
It’s my wife’s birthday, and
it’s a big one in the grand
scheme of things.
And I won’t be there to celebrate the occasion with her.
That’s because I’m working
overseas again on a project
intended to promote international free press. That may
sound like a lofty goal, but
when you weigh it against
missing your wife’s birthday it
seems a little puny.
Connie and I met in 1968, 47
years ago by my count, on the
day before her birthday.
She was a freshman in college. I was a sophomore.
Our paths had crossed a couple of times, but we didn’t really know each other at all.
Back
in the
Saddle
It had been — to say the least
— an eventful spring.
Martin Luther King had
been assassinated. Lyndon
Johnson had announced — in
the face of an insurrection
within the Democratic Party —
that he wouldn’t seek re-election.
And downtown Richmond
had blown up. A natural gas
leak under a sporting goods
store full of ammunition transformed the downtown.
Those add up to a pretty
remarkable
landscape
in
which to get to know the
woman you would marry.
The circumstances were
pretty mundane.
I’d made arrangements for a
guitarist buddy of mine to
audition with a group that
involved my roommate and
another good friend.
The guitarist buddy had
been interested in Connie and
invited her to his audition. I
was there trying to play entrepreneur/impresario. Both of
us listened for a while, then I
suggested we go for a walk.
That led to getting a Coke
together and walking her back
to her dorm.
Two weeks later I asked her
to marry me. She said yes.
In between, however, came
her birthday party. And I wasn’t invited.
Though I may have been on
the social radar after our Coke
date, I wasn’t really part of her
social circle. So when she and
her friends and an assortment
of guys I didn’t know went out
sledding and partying, I stayed
home.
It must have been a rollicking party, and I’m sorry I
missed it.
But I figure we’ve made up
for that over the past 47 years.
So, today, even though I
won’t be home where I belong,
I’ll be celebrating all that has
happened since: Our wedding
in 1971, only a week after she
graduated from Earlham; our
decision in 1974 to move to Jay
County so I could accept a position at the newspaper here (the
plan was to stay for two years,
but we have stayed for more
than 40); the birth of our twins
in 1977; surviving the blizzard
of 1978 with tiny twins at
home; the birth of our
youngest daughter; the loss of
our parents; three addresses in
Portland, one rental and two
houses; health scares; Connie’s
journey back to college to get
her master’s degree; dozens of
vacations together in New
Hampshire; sunset cruises;
mountains climbed together;
walks in the woods; dishwashers emptied; home improvement projects argued over;
trees planted; trees cut down;
birdfeeders filled; books discovered; art collected; concerts
relished; and many moments
far too intimate to share with
you here.
You get the picture.
So, I’ll just leave it at this:
Darling, happy birthday! I’ll be
home as soon as possible.
Ban undermines
energy security
Bloomberg News
It’s a pernicious bit of
American
mythology
that is used to justify the
law against domestic oil
producers selling their
crude overseas: The U.S.
needs “energy independence.”
Never mind that the
law actually undermines
this goal, or that the goal
is
practically
itself
impossible to achieve.
It’s the wrong goal.
What the U.S. should be
striving for is not independence, but energy
security.
The story behind the
myth goes something like
this: If the U.S. doesn’t
hoard all its oil, then it
can’t hope to attain energy independence. And
until it does that, it has to
keep buying oil from
politically unstable or
unfriendly
regimes.
Therefore
U.S.
consumers must tolerate
volatile prices for gasoline and heating oil.
The tale is false, but it
brushes against one
truth: When instability
in other countries affects
the price of oil, the U.S.
economy can suffer. Just
last month, the price
jumped almost 5 percent
when Saudi bombs began
to fall on rebel targets in
Yemen.
Such
unpredictable spikes make it
difficult for many U.S.
businesses to plan ahead,
and this means less
investment and less hiring.
The way to lessen U.S.
vulnerability, however, is
not to withdraw from the
world oil market altogether (if that were even
possible).
It’s to sell more of the
U.S.’s expanding crude
stores abroad. As a bigger player, the U.S. would
have a greater influence
on price.
This reality was not
obvious when Congress
imposed the export ban
in the 1970s in response
to the Arab oil embargo.
Back then, no one foresaw that the U.S. could
become such an enormous producer.
Now, however, technologies
such
as
hydraulic fracturing and
horizontal
drilling
enable the U.S. to produce
more than 9.2 million
barrels of crude per day,
up from 5.5 million just
five years ago.
This oil — much of it
from shale deposits in
North Dakota and Texas
Guest
Editorial
— is light, sweet crude,
which would fetch a relatively good price if it
could be sold abroad. But
it’s stuck in the domestic
market, where many
refineries are configured
to
process
heavier
crudes, which they can
buy from Venezuela,
Canada or Mexico at
lower prices.
At the moment, the difference between oil’s
global benchmark price
for May delivery (about
$57) and its U.S. price
(about $51) is a considerable spread.
It could grow as U.S.
storage facilities fill up.
This makes things unnecessarily difficult for U.S.
producers.
Meanwhile, the situation does nothing to keep
U.S. consumer gasoline
and heating oil prices
low, because the export
ban doesn’t include those
refined products.
They’re exported and
imported freely, so their
prices are set on the global market. The discount
that U.S. refiners get for
American crude isn’t
passed along to consumers. If U.S. oil could
be exported, it would
help keep oil and gasoline prices down worldwide.
It’s true that the oil
bonanza has enabled the
U.S.
to
reduce
oil
imports.
Still,
they
amount to more than 7
million barrels a day.
And while exporting
would cause that amount
to increase, U.S. producers would produce more
oil, and net imports
would fall.
So why not just lift the
ban?
Because members of
Congress are basically
afraid that if they were to
do make that change, and
the price of gasoline
were to rise, they would
get the blame.
Balanced against the
reward of a more stable
and reliable energy market — and the reality of
currently low gasoline
prices — that doesn’t
seem such a huge risk.
In any case, it’s the
kind of risk politicians
are elected to take.
In politics, money talks
By ABDUL HAKIM-SHABAZZ
IndyPoltics.Org
You know what the big takeaway
was from the controversy over the
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(RFRA)?
No, it wasn’t the adage “it’s not
what it is, it’s what it looks like.”
Nor was it “be careful what you
pray for, you just might get it.”
No, the big lesson from this
week’s RFRA controversy was that
“money talks and b******* walks.”
(My uncle taught me that.)
To translate that into something
less urban, that basically means
that when you want to get somebody’s attention, start messing with
his or her money. Or, to put it in a
more positive light, capitalism can
be the cure for what ails us.
There were examples of this all
over Indianapolis: Gen Con, Angie’s
List, SalesForce, the National Collegiate Athletic Association. A lot of
big names were expressing their
concerns over what they thought
the potential discriminatory impact
of RFRA could be.
I know: this is where you say
RFRA didn’t allow for discrimination. That RFRA, or laws similar to
it were already on the books. That
the federal version of RFRA was
signed into law by Bill Clinton in
the mid 1990s. That Barack Obama
voted for a similar version of RFRA
when he was in the Illinois legislature.
Yes, all that is true, and this is
where I remind you of my first
adage. Enough people made enough
noise about what they would do
with their money if something wasn’t done about RFRA. Lawmakers
heard the message loud and clear
and started down the road of fixing
the problem.
And the problem was getting bad
and Indiana was on the verge of the
Abdul
HakimShabazz
beginning of a major economic
meltdown. And this was a meltdown everyone would have felt
It wasn’t just my friend who was a
downtown nightclub owner who
lost a $10,000 event because of the
RFRA controversy. Luckily, the
folks changed their minds after lawmakers changed the bill.
But it was also Moody’s credit
agency sounding the alarm. The
agency called the reaction to the
law a “negative credit development” for the city and the state, saying in its credit outlook report that
there was “increased risk to its hospitality-related revenues” because
of a possible downturn in tourism
and convention business.”
And keep this in mind, the Indianapolis convention business generates about $4.4 billion for the
state. The taxes from those dollars
help pay for schools and other services. And a lot of those schools and
services are not in Indianapolis, but
in
Richmond,
Warsaw,
Charlestown, Greenwood, just to
name a few.
And it wasn’t just the RFRA opponents who took advantage of capitalism. Remember the story about
the pizza place in Walkerton, Indiana, whose owners said they would
not cater a gay wedding because it
violated their religious beliefs.
(Granted I don’t know any selfrespecting couple, gay or straight
that would do that, but I digress).
Well, a bunch of people got mad
Lawmakers
heard the
message
loud and clear
and started
down the road
of fixing
the problem.
(to put it mildly) and the owners
had to close the place down. Then a
bunch of people got mad at the
bunch of people who got mad at the
pizzeria and started a GoFundMe
campaign, and, as I write this column, they’ve raised at least
$800,000 for the owners. Once again
folks, the magic of capitalism
worked.
Now does this mean we can
scrape all anti-discrimination laws?
Of course not.
And I don’t have a problem
adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s civil
rights code. But if there’s one thing
this experience should have taught
us, its that you can talk crazy all
you want, but when you start, as
my uncle used to say, “messing with
other folks’ money, it’s about to get
deep and it’s about to get real.”
And it got real.
••••••••••
Hakim-Shabazz is an attorney
and the editor and publisher of
IndyPoltics.Org. He is also a frequent contributor to numerous
Indiana media outlets. He can be
reached at abdul@indypolitics.org.
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In review
Backing
INDIANAPOLIS —
Legislators are backing Indiana’s first regulations for the liquids
used in electronic cigarettes and the practice known as “vaping.”
State senators voted
33-15 on Tuesday to
endorse the proposal.
Its provisions include
banning sales to those
younger than 18, establishing manufacturing
safety standards and
requiring child-proof
and tamper-proof caps
on containers.
Several owners of
vaping-related businesses have said it
could cost them thousands of dollars to
comply with the proposed regulations.
Indiana/World
Page 5
Video shows deadly shooting
By BRUCE SMITH
and JEFFREY COLLINS
Associated Press
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. —
Dramatic video that shows a
white South Carolina police officer shooting a fleeing black man
after a traffic stop has led authorities to file a murder charge
against the officer amid public
outrage over a series of deaths of
unarmed black men at the hands
of law enforcement agents.
A protest began with about 40 to
50 people today in North
Charleston, led by a group formed
after the fatal shooting of another
black man in Ferguson, Missouri.
The video, provided to the dead
man’s family and lawyer by an
unidentified person who shot the
footage, shows North Charleston
Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager
firing eight shots at the back of
Walter Lamer Scott as he runs
away. The 50-year-old man falls
after the eighth shot, fired after a
brief pause.
Scott’s parents appeared separately on TV shows today morning, a day after the officer was
charged.
Walter Scott Sr. told the NBC
“Today Show” that his son may
have run because he owed child
support and didn’t want to go back
to jail.
Scott Sr. said that in the video,
the officer “looked like he was trying to kill a deer running through
the woods.”
Judy Scott called the video “the
most horrible thing I’ve ever
seen.”
“I almost couldn’t look at it to see
my son running defenselessly,
being shot. It just tore my heart to
pieces,” she said on ABC’s “Good
Morning America.”
Attorneys for the family said the
man who shot the video is assisting
investigators. The person has not
been identified.
North Charleston Mayor Keith
Summey announced the charge at
a news conference Tuesday.
Summy said Slager had made “a
bad decision.” Authorities said
Scott was shot after the officer had
already hit the man with a stun
gun after a traffic stop Saturday
that began over a faulty brake
light.
“When you’re wrong, you’re
wrong,” Summey told reporters.
“When you make a bad decision,
don’t care if you’re behind the
shield or a citizen on the street, you
have to live with that decision.”
Slager, who has been with the
North Charleston police for five
years, was denied bond at a first
appearance hearing Tuesday. He
was not accompanied by a lawyer.
If convicted, he could face 30 years
to life in prison.
The shooting comes amid ongoing public issues of trust between
law enforcement and minority
communities after such prominent
deaths as those of Michael Brown
in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric
Garner on Staten Island, New
York.
House approves
budget measure
Ships sent
By TOM DAVIES
SANAA, Yemen —
Iran dispatched a
naval destroyer and
another vessel today to
waters near Yemen as
the United States
quickened weapons
supply to the Saudi-led
coalition
striking
rebels there, underlining how foreign powers are deepening
their involvement in
the conflict.
Iran’s English-language state broadcaster Press TV quoted
Rear Adm. Habibollah
Sayyari as saying the
ships would be part of
an anti-piracy campaign “safeguarding
naval routes for vessels in the region.”
—
INDIANAPOLIS
Republican Gov. Mike
Pence’s request for a proposed balanced budget
amendconstitutional
ment cleared a legislative
committee on Tuesday
following a couple hours
in a Statehouse rut.
The House Judiciary
Committee advanced the
proposal to the full House
by a 7-5 margin when two
Republican
members
arrived for the panel’s
meeting after members
originally deadlocked 5-5
on it.
The proposed amendment would prohibit the
state from spending more
than its anticipated tax
collections. Lawmakers
could
suspend
that
requirement with twothirds approval in both
the House and Senate.
Pence first asked for
constitutional
the
amendment during January’s State of the State
speech, saying it would
ensure
responsible
spending and catch Indiana up with many other
states that have similar
requirements.
Its potential impact on
the state budget is
unclear, given that Indiana’s 1851 constitution
already largely bans the
state from incurring debt,
except for in times of war.
Democrats have main-
Suit filed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A lawsuit has been
filed against General
Electric over a fire at
its Appliance Park last
week.
The Courier-Journal
says the lawsuit was
filed Monday in Jefferson County Circuit
Court by a resident
who lives near the
complex and claims
the company was negligent in storing flammable material in its
warehouse.
—Associated Press
Associated Press
Associated Press/B.K. Bangash
Double dive
Pakistani men take a plunge into a stream today to beat the
heat at an outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Killed ...
Continued from page 1
Also, an Afghan soldier
killed three American contractors on January 29. The
shooter was also killed in
that incident.
NATO confirmed that
one of its soldiers died in
today’s attack, without providing the nationality of
the slain soldier, as is the
coalition’s policy. The
Washington official spoke
on condition of anonymity
because he wasn’t authorized to speak before the official announcement was
released.
Gen.
Fazel
Afghan
Ahmad Sherzad, who is
police chief for eastern
Nangarhar province where
the shooting happened,
said it took place immediately after the meeting in
the governor’s compound
and the embassy official
had left.
“Right after the U.S. official had left, suddenly an
Afghan
army
soldier
opened fire on the U.S. soldiers who were present in
the compound,” Sherzad
told The Associated Press.
The American troops
returned fire, killing the
Afghan soldier, whom
Sherzad identified as Abdul
Azim, from Laghman
province.
The motive for his attack
was
not
immediately
known and no group
claimed responsibility for
the assault. In past attacks,
Taliban insurgents have
been known to wear
Afghan police or military
uniforms to stage attacks
on the international troops.
tained that Pence and
Republican
legislative
leaders have pushed the
amendment solely for
political reasons.
“We’re pretending to
solve a problem that
doesn’t exist in order to
write an ad,” said Democratic Rep. Ed DeLaney
of Indianapolis. “This
does not improve our
constitution, does not
improve our behavior
and is a waste of legislative time.”
Micah Vincent, general
counsel for the state’s
Office of Management
and Budget, said the
amendment would help
ensure that Indiana continues its practice in
recent years of having
balanced budgets.
“It is much more difficult to come back in and
to enshrine these kind of
policies when you’re
actually out of line with
them,” he said. “That’s
why I would say now is
the time to do this.”
If lawmakers endorse
the amendment this year,
the same language would
have to be approved by
the General Assembly
elected in 2016 in order
for it to go before voters
in a statewide referendum on the November
2018 ballot.
The Senate approved a
similar version of the
amendment by a wide
margin in February.
Entertainment
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Local group seeks to bring back ’50s
Harmony Players want
to take music fans back to
the 1950s.
The local theatre group
will present a 1950s-themed
musical revue April 16
through 19 at Harmony
Café in Portland.
The show, which will
include a few sing-alongs, Performers will be Emma
will feature songs from the Rodden, Greg Ashley, Linda
Platters, Elvis Presley, Rodden and Brett Hall.
Doris Day and Pat Boone.
Shows are scheduled for
Events
roundup
6 p.m. April 16 through 19 at
Harmony Café, 121 N.
Meridian St. There will
also be matinee performances at 1 p.m. April 18 and
19.
Tickets, which include
dinner, are $22. Reservations are required and
can be made by contacting harmonycafeandstudio@gmail.com or (937)
768-2892.
Author to visit
Author Imari Douthit,
10, will hold a book signing
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Jay County Public Library, 315 N. Ship St.,
Portland.
Douthit is the author of
“Be Calm, Be Brave, Don’t
Be Afraid” about sister
and brother adventure
team Ally and Max. Her
mom, Cara (Shreeve)
Douthit, grew up in Port- Anniversary Performance
land.
Series. The show is set in
April 1955 and features
Winston Churchill agonizChurchill show
Arts Place in Portland ing over whether to resign
will present “Churchill”, a as prime minister of Great
one-man play, at 7:30 p.m. Britain.
Advance tickets are $9 for
April 11 in Hall-Moser Thestudents and $18 for adults
atre.
Edmund Shaff will star and are available at the box
in the play, which will be office at 131 E. Walnut St. in
the final event in Arts Portland, http://www.arts2014-15
40th land.org or (260) 726-4809.
Place’s
Brooks dedicates Riley ‘zone’
By RICK CALLAHAN
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Country
music star Garth Brooks became
teary-eyed Tuesday as he dedicated a new child play zone at an
Indianapolis children’s hospital,
praising the colorful, game-filled
space as a “miracle” that allows
ailing youngsters to forget their
illnesses and just have fun.
Brooks arrived at Riley Hospital for Children in a race car driven by IndyCar driver Charlie
Kimball, then waded into a crowd
that filled the hospital’s atrium.
Dressed in jeans and sporting a
black cowboy hat, he greeted a
long line of young patients, their
families and hospital staffers,
some of whom cheered once they
saw Brooks approaching.
After a ribbon-cutting for the
hospital’s Child Life Zone, the 53year-old singer entered that 4,200square-foot space, which was
funded through the Teammates
for Kids foundation, which
Brooks co-founded in 1999. The
space, which includes billiards,
foosball, a video game wall, an
arts and crafts area and even a
recording studio, is the nation’s
11th and largest hospital Child
Life Zone.
Brooks, a father of three,
Country music star Garth
Brooks
greets
children
Tuesday at the Riley Hospital
for Children in Indianapolis.
Brooks attended the Child
Life Zone ribbon cutting at the
hospital Tuesday, which was
funded
through
the
for
Kids
Teammates
foundation, which Brooks cofounded in 1999.
Associated Press/Indianapolis Star/Kelly Wilkinson
became
emotional
as
he
described the impact the play
areas have on children by allowing them to momentarily forget
grueling treatments and frightening medical procedures.
“What you’re witnessing here
in these zones is truly a miracle.
It’s a place in a hospital where no
doctor and no needles are
allowed. It’s a place where a kid
gets to be a kid,” he told hospital
staffers and donors whose gifts
paid for the space, which opened
in late 2014.
Brooks said research suggests
young patients who enjoy
moments of fun need less pain
medication and have faster recovery times than patients who
don’t.
Eleven-year-old Chloe Alexan-
der of Sullivan, Indiana, got both
a hug and an autographed cowboy hat from Brooks and spent a
moment talking to him.
“I told him that my dad will be
jealous and that it was so nice to
meet him. He said that he loved
me. He also said that I have a
great spirit,” the young country
music fan, who had just completed five days of chemotherapy
treatments for Ewing sarcoma,
said.
Chloe, who left the hospital
with her mother, Jerri, after
Tuesday’s event to return to Sullivan, said she loved visiting the
Child Life Zone during her stay.
She excitedly described the day
she recorded her own music
video there — her own version of
James Brown’s “I Feel Good.”
Upcoming events
Regional Student
Art Exhibition
Opening
Today
4 to 6:30 p.m.
Arts Place
131 E. Walnut St.
Portland
Singinʼ in the Rain
Musical
7:30 p.m.
Thursday
Versailles High School
280 Marker Road
Versailles, Ohio
University Singers
Concert
7:30 p.m.
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8 p.m.
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220 E. Main St.
Muncie
Undiscovered Worlds:
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Planetarium event
7 p.m.
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Jimmy Fortune
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C2G Music Hall
323 W. Baker St.
Fort Wayne
Churchill
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Arts Place
131 E. Walnut St.
Portland
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The Three Pigs
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Muncie Civic Theatre
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University Singers
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Emens Auditorium
Ball State University
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Minnetrista Center
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Singinʼ in the Rain
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Another Round
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C2G Music Hall
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Fort Wayne
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Franke Park
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The Three Pigs
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Muncie Civic Theatre
220 E. Main St.
Muncie
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New Bremen High School
901 E. Monroe St.
New Bremen, Ohio
Beethoven Lives
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Auer Performance Hall
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne
William Heath
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The History Center
302 E. Berry St.
Fort Wayne
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7 p.m.
Blackford County
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107 W. Washington St.
Hartford City
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Sursa Hall
Ball State University
Muncie
Jersey Boys
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Embassy Theatre
125 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Fort Wayne
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7:30 p.m.
Sursa Hall
Ball State University
Muncie
April 15
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New Bremen High School
901 E. Monroe St.
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Jersey Boys
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7:30 p.m.
Embassy Theatre
125 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Fort Wayne
Theresa Caputo
Interactive show
7:30 p.m.
Allen County War
Memorial Coliseum
4000 Parnell Ave.
Fort Wayne
Empower Her World
Fashion event
6 p.m.
Auer Center
300 E. Main St.
Fort Wayne
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Penn
Pennville Dunkirk Bearcreek Bryant
Greene
Jackson Jefferson Knox
Madison SalamoniaNoble
Pike
Richland Redkey
Wabash Wayne
Portland
Co Cum Capital Dev
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
0.0451
JEMS
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
0.0288
County General
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
0.3961
County Health
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
0.0099
Cumulative Bridge
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
0.0600
Jay Co Jail Lease Payments 0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
0.1073
Reassessment
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
County
Total
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
0.6472
Twshp Cum Fire
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0181
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
Twshp Fire fighting
0.0203
0.0000
0.0000
0.0222
0.0000
0.0174
0.0140
0.0181
0.0139
0.0091
0.0000
0.0111
0.0241
0.0217
0.0000
0.0146
0.0477
0.0000
Twshp General
0.0300
0.0300
0.0000
0.0097
0.0097
0.0067
0.0198
0.0089
0.0133
0.0111
0.0111
0.0107
0.0266
0.0000
0.0000
0.0147
0.0073
0.0073
Twshp Poor
0.0178
0.0178
0.0310
0.0235
0.0235
0.0026
0.0101
0.0009
0.0000
0.0043
0.0043
0.0121
0.0000
0.0310
0.0310
0.0082
0.0163
0.0163
Twshp Recreation
0.0241
0.0241
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
Township Total
0.0922
0.0719
0.0310
0.0554
0.0332
0.0267
0.0439
0.0279
0.0272
0.0426
0.0154
0.0339
0.0507
0.0527
0.0310
0.0375
0.0713
0.0236
Library Debt Service
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
0.0095
Library General
0.0339
0.0339
0.2418
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
0.0679
Library
Total
0.0339
0.0339
0.2418
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
0.0774
School Bus Replacement 0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
School Capital Projects
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
0.3039
School Debt Service
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
0.3599
School Pension Debt
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
0.1012
School Transportation
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
0.2296
School
Total
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
0.9946
Corp Aviation/Airport
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0493
Corp. Cum Cap Improve
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0973
0.0000
0.0000
0.0500
Corp Cum Capital Dev
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0370
Corp Fire Pension
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
Corp General
0.0000
0.9136
1.7673
0.0000
0.3521
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.1589
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
1.3953
0.0000
0.0000
0.8859
Corp Parks & Recreation 0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0073
0.0000
0.0000
0.1417
Corp Park Bond
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0212
Corp Street(MVH)
0.0000
0.0000
0.1791
0.0000
0.2303
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0073
0.0000
0.0000
0.1917
City
Total
0.0000
0.9136
1.9464
0.0000
0.5824
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.1589
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
1.5072
0.0000
0.0000
1.3768
Total Tax Rate
1.7679
2.6612
3.8610
1.7746
2.3348
1.7459
1.7631
1.7471
1.7464
1.7618
1.8935
1.7531
1.7699
1.7719
3.2574
1.7567
1.7905
3.1196
State of Indiana, Jay County, SS:
I, Anna M Culy. Culy, Auditor of Jay County, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of all tax levies for the taxes collectible in the year 2014 pay 2015.
Anna M. Culy, Jay County Auditor
CR/NS 3-25, 4-1, 8-2015-HSPAXLP
The Commercial Review
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Classifieds
Page 9
STATEWIDE
90 SALE CALENDAR
STATEWIDE
110 HELP WANTED
STATEWIDE
110 HELP WANTED
30 LOST, STRAYED OR
200 FOR RENT
N,
70 INSTRUCTIO
200 FOR RENT
70 INSTRUCTION,
200 FOR RENT
80 BUSINESS
230 AUTOS, TRUCKS
PUBLIC AUCTION
Saturday,
April 11, 2015
10:00 AM
Located: 3430 West
State Road 67 Portland
or 3 1/2 miles west of
Portland at the corner of
Highway 67 and County
Road 200 South.
Farm Tractors, farm
equipment, construction
equipment, hay equipment, manure spreader,
trucks, trailers, vehicles,
riding mowers and
ATV’s - attachments,
and miscellaneous.
Now accepting consignments.
Area Contractors &
Farmers, Owners
Pete Shawver
AU01012022
260-726-9621
Pete D. Shawver
AU19700040
260-726-5587
Zane Shawver
AU10500168
260-729-2229
WALKING ROUTES in
Portland. Also Motor
Route. Contact Kim at
260-726-8141 between
1pm and 6pm or stop in
and fill out an application
between 8 am to 4 pm.
Commercial Review, 309
West Main, Portland.
N,
70 INSTRUCTIO
MOSER ENGINEERING needs a qualified
individual to package
auto rear end components and other duties
such as chop sawing.
Must be organized and
able to lift up to 90
pounds. Send resume to
info@moserengineering.com or by mail to
Moser Engineering, 102
Performance Dr., Portland Indiana 47371.
Moser Engineering is an
equal
opportunity
employer.
LEASE SPACE available, Coldwater, OH.
Manufacturing, warehousing, assembly, distribution, offices, inside
and outdoor storage.
Easy access to major
highways and railroad
access with loading
docks and overhead
cranes available. Contact Sycamore Group,
419-678-5318,
www.sycamorespace.c
om
PENNVILLE AREA Taking applications for a
three bedroom, one bath.
Washer/ dryer hookup,
carpet, basement; wood
heat; detached garage.
$600/
month
plus
deposit. 260-731-2481
LARGE 3 BEDROOM, 1
1/2 bath home with 2 car
detached garage in Portland. $750/month plus
utilities. DD, no pets. Call
260-729-2155. Leave
message.
THE CLASSIFIEDS
Find it - Buy It - Sell It!
260-726-8141
PUBLIC AUCTION
Saturday,
April 11, 2015
10:30 AM
Located at: Blackford
County Fairgrounds.
Maytag washer,
Whirlpool dryer, magic
chef refrigerator, Kenmore natural gas cooking stove, Oak dining
table with 6 chairs,
cherry entertainment
center, 2 double beds,
recliners, Vera Bradley
purses, dressers, book
shelves, end tables and
floor lamps.
Katherine Pulley,
Deceased
By Barbara Shrader
Loy Real Estate and
Auction
Gary Loy
AU01031608
Ben Lyons
AU10700085
Scott Schrader
AU01030105
Aaron Loy
AU11200112
Travis Theurer
AU11200131
100 JOBS WANTED
LOCAL MOTHER looking for children to baby
sit, home cooked meals,
daily activities, clean
and safe environment,
phone 260-251-0744.
Public Notice
250 PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Sheriff's Sale
By virtue of a certified copy
of a decree to me directed
from the Clerk of Jay Circuit
Court of Jay County, Indiana,
in Cause No. 38C01-1412-MF000049 wherein Wells Fargo
Bank, NA. was Plaintiff, and
Richard L. Witt and Sylvia D.
Witt were Defendants, required me to make the sum as
provided for in said Decree
with interest and cost, I will
expose at public sale to the
highest bidder, on the 30th
day of April, 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
of Real Estate in Jay County,
Indiana.
Part of Lot Numbered
Three (3) in Thomas' Addition to the Town, now City
of
Dunkirk,
Indiana
bounded and described as
follows, to-wit Commencing
at a point on the North line
of said Lot Three (3) in said
Addition One Hundred
Fifty-four (154) feet Westward from the Northeast
comer of said Lot Three (3)
in said Addition; thence
Southerly and parallel with
the West line of said Lot a
distance of Seventy-five (75)
feet to a point; thence Easterly and perpendicular to
the last described line a
distance of Two Hundred
(200) feet, more or less, to
the East line of said Lot
Three (3); thence Northerly
on and along the East line
of said Lot, a distance of
Ninety (90) feet, more or
less, to the Northeast
comer of said Lot Three (3);
thence Westerly on and
along the North line of said
Lot Three (3) to the place of
beginning and being a part
of said Lot Three (3) in said
Thomas' Addition in Jay
County, Indiana.
More commonly known as
140 Arlington Ave, Dunkirk,
IN 47336-9430
Parcel No.
38-09-08-402-036.000-014
Together with rents, issues,
income and profits thereof,
said sale will be made without
relief from valuation or appraisement laws.
Bruce G. Arnold
Attorney # 21525-49
Feiwell & Hannoy, P.C.
251 N. Illinois Street,
Suite 1700 Indianapolis, IN
46204-1944
Dwane Ford, Sheriff
CR 3-25,4-1,8-2015
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MANPOWER PORTLAND Hiring for production workers. 609 N.
Meridian St. 260-7262888
DUNKIRK
PARK
BOARD is accepting
applications for the following positions: Park
laborer, March 23 until
April 17. Pool manager,
Assistant manager, Certified lifeguards, Concessions, and Admissions,
March 23 until May 1.
Applications can be
picked up at the City
Building 131 S Main,
Dunkirk,
between
8:30am and 4:30pm
Mon- Fri. Must be able to
pass background check.
EOE
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES: Pro
Resources in Portland is
looking for individuals to
work general labor in the
Portland, Berne, Albany,
and Fort Recovery
areas. Interested candidates can apply online at
proresources.com or call
our office at 260-7263221.
PENNVILLE CUSTOM
CABINETRY is hiring
crafts people. Starting
wage is $10.50 / hour.
Benefits include insurance and matching
retirement. Apply in person at 600 E. Votaw
Street, Portland, IN or email
resume
to
Mark@PennvilleCabinetry.com.
PIPE LAYER, diesel
mechanic, general construction labor, roofing
positions
available.
Apply in person at Bruns
Building & Development,
1429 Cranberry Road,
St. Henry. EOE
25 DRIVER TRAINEES
NEEDED NOW! NEEDED NOW! Learn to drive
for TMC Transportation.
Earn $800 per week!
Local 15 day CDL training. TMC can cover
costs. 1-877-649-9611
VILLAGE PANTRY is
now hiring Sales Associates, Shift Leaders, and
Assistant Managers for
the Portland, IN location.
This individual must be
exceptional at customer
service, honest, dependable and energetic. This
individual must also be
able to lift 35 pounds,
stand for an 8 hour shift
and be able to work
independently. Starting
rates are $7.75 - $8.75.
Please apply at 704 N.
Meridian Street, Portland, IN.
Public Notice
250 PUBLIC NOTICE
To the owners of the within
described real estate and all
interested parties
Notice of sheriff's sale
By virtue of a certified copy
of a decree to me directed
from the Clerk of Jay Superior
Court of Jay County, Indiana,
in Cause No.: 38D0l-1308-MF000037, wherein Bank of
America, N.A., was Plaintiff,
and Aaron E. Stephen AKA
Aaron Eugene Stephen, Dawn
M. Stephen AKA Dawn M.
Study, was/were Defendant(s),
requiring me to make the sum
as provided for in said Decree
with interest and cost, I will
expose at public sale to the
highest bidder, on the 30th
day of April, 2015 at the hour
of 10:00 AM, or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 120 N.
Court Street, Suite 305, 3rd
Floor Courthouse, Portland,
IN 47371, the fee simple of the
whole body of Real Estate in
Jay County, Indiana.
A part of Out Lot Four (4) in
Wood Lawn Park Addition
to the City of Portland, Indiana, described as follows:
Commencing at a Point 239
Feet South of the Northwest Corner of Out Lot 4;
thence South 71 3/4 Feet;
thence East 145 Feet;
thence North 71 3/4 Feet;
thence West 145 Feet to the
place of beginning.
More Commonly Known As:
245 North Charles Street,
Portland, IN 47371
38-07-20-203-023.000-034
Together with rents, issues,
income, and profits thereof,
said sale will be made without
relief from valuation or appraisement laws.
Dwane Ford
Jay County Sheriff
Jennifer L. Snook
Marinosci Law Group, P.C.
2110 Calumet Avenue,
Valparaiso, IN 46383
CR 3-25, 4-1, 8-2015 -HSPAXLP
130 MISC. FOR SALE
PLACE YOUR OWN
CLASSIFIED AD
ONLINE!
Go to www.thecr.com
and click the
“Classifieds” link.
Next, you enter your
information, create your
ad, review it, and pay
with a credit card.
Proper grammar,
punctuation and
spacing is necessary.
All ads must be
approved prior to
appearing online and
in the newspaper.
Our Classified Deadline
is noon the day before
you want the ad to run,
and noon on Friday
for Monday’s paper.
Call us with questions,
260-726-8141.
NEED EXTRA CASH?
Sell unwanted items in
The CR Classifieds. Call
Linda at 260-726-8141
or go online to
www.thecr.com Simply
click on “Classifieds” to
place your ad!
LOST OUR LEASE!
Everything must be
gone by April 30th. Lumber, furniture, glass,
books/magazines,
Graphic newspapers,
shelving.
Grandma’s
Attic, 422 E Water 260726-0614
150 BOATS, SPORTING EQUIPMENT
GUN SHOW!! Kokomo,
IN - April 11th & 12th,
Ivy Tech Kokomo Event
Center, 1500 N. Reed
Rd., Sat. 9-5, Sun 9-3
For information call 765993-8942 Buy! Sell!
Trade!
190 FARMERS
COLUMN
WANTED, PASTURE
for rent, prefer Pennville
area. 260-731-2181.
200 FOR RENT
INMAN U-LOC Storage.
Mini storage, five sizes.
Security fence or 24
hour access units. Gate
hours: 8:00-8:00 daily.
Pearl Street, Portland.
260-726-2833
TIRED OF NON-PAYING RENTERS? For
just 10% of monthly rent/
life could be 100% better. Property managing.
Heather Clemmons 765748-5066
Public Notice
250 PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Portland applied
to Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority’s
("IHCDA")
Blight
Elimination Program ("BEP").
Our application was successful. We have received an
award of $126,000.00.
Working in conjunction with
Community and Family Services we intend to acquire and
demolish the following residential structures:
808 North Franklin Street
902 East North Street
120 West McNeil Street
1007 West Main Street
704 South Bridge
952 South Bridge
316 Jaqua Avenue
The goal of the Blight Elimination Program is to reduce
the number of blighted and
abandoned homes in our community and neighborhoods.
We believe the acquisition
and demolition of these structures will stabilize neighborhood property values, prevent
avoidable foreclosures, and
assist us in our efforts to keep
our community and neighborhoods safe. We invite you to
attend a public hearing at 5:30
p.m., May 18, 2015, at Council
Chambers,
1616
North
Franklin Street, Portland IN
47371 to discuss the positive
impact this program will have
on our community.
If you have questions about a
specific property listed in this
Notice, please contact Randy
D. Geesaman, Mayor at 260726-9395. If you have questions
about the Blight Elimination
Program, please feel free to
visit
http://www.877GetHope.org/blight or email feedback@ihcda.in.gov.
CR 4-8,9,10-2015-HSPAXLP
WHY RENT when you
may be able to buy for
zero money down. Call
for more information.
Heather
Clemmons.
765-748-5066.
MAPLE
HEIGHTS
APARTMENTS at 701
S Western Avenue,
Portland, Indiana, is
now taking applications
for one and two bedroom apartments. Rent
based on 30% of
adjusted gross income.
Barrier free units. 260726-4275, TDD 800743-3333. This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and
Employer.
NEED MORE STORAGE? PJ’s U-Lock and
Storage, most sizes
available. Call 260-7264631.
NEED A NICE VACATION? Have timeshares
with extra weeks to use.
Will rent to responsible
adults. Serious inquiries
only. 260-726-4859.
ONE LARGE BEDROOM duplex. Corner
of
Shackley
and
Palmer, Geneva. Washer/ dryer, no pets. $360
plus deposit. 260-2231997.
Public Notice
250 PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that
the Board of School Trustees
of the Jay School Corporation
("Board" and "School Corporation," respectively) will hold a
public hearing in accordance
with Indiana Code 20-26-7-37
an the Jay School Corporation's Administrative Service
Center at 1976 W. Tyson Road,
Portland, Indiana, on April 20,
2015 at 6:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) regarding the proposed the acquisition of various energy
efficiency improvements, including but not limited to
heating and cooling equipment and various related
components, that are currently installed at West Jay
Middle School and being purchased by the School through
an installment contract dated
June 22, 2012 (the "Energy Efficiency Portion"); (B) one or
more of the following additional projects: (i) paving improvements at the Jay County
High School, (ii) roof repairs
at the Jay County High School,
(iii) sidewalks at the West Jay
Middle School, (iv) roof repairs at the East Jay Middle
School, and (v) paving improvements at the East Jay
Middle School (the "New Improvements", together with
the Energy Savings Portion,
the "Project"); at a total combined cost in excess of
$1,000,000, but not to exceed
$2,000,000. At this hearing, the
Board will give explanations
of the potential value of the
proposed Project to the
School Corporation and to the
community, including its purposes and its estimated costs,
tax impact and funding
sources; and interested parties may present testimony
and questions concerning the
proposed Project, including
objections to, and support for
the proposed Project, and the
Board will discuss and hear
such objections and support.
Notice dated April, 2015.
Board of School Trustees of
The Jay School Corporation,
Jay and Blackford County, Indiana
CR/NS 4-8-2015-HSPAXLP
Public Notice
Public Notice
Notice is hereby given to all
property owners in the Town
of Redkey, Indiana that are
connected to the Town’s sewer
system. You are hereby notified that any illegal connections to the Town's sewer
system must be removed before June 1, 2015. Failure to
remove said connections may
subject the property owner to
a penalty as set out in the
Town's Ordinance.
Illegal
connections consist of those
connections which are not
specifically approved by the
Town of Redkey. Such connections may include, but are
not limited to, downspouts,
drains, and/or tiles which are
connected to the Town's
sewer system.
If a property owner has any
questions regarding such connections or their removal,
please contact the Town of
Redkey.
Dated March 19, 2015
Debbie James 3/20/15
Redkey Town Board
Ted Friddle
Greg Curme
Charles Coons
Mike Wright
3/20/15
CR 4-1,8,15-2015 -HSPAXLP
PORTLAND: 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment. Newly remodeled.
Stove/ refrigerator furnished. $375/ month plus
deposit. No pets. You pay
utilities. 260-251-2305 or
260-729-1803.
TWO-BEDROOM
APARTMENT: 712 N
Main, Dunkirk. Stove/
refrigerator furnished.
Total electric. $325 plus
deposit. Section 8 OK.
765-748-2379.
W
SECOND
220
STREET PORTLAND
Newly renovated 3 bedroom home. Call 260251-7497 or 260-9976732
ONE-BEDLARGE
apartment.
ROOM
Stove, refrigerator furnished. No pets. References and damage
deposit. 770-356-6843 or
260-703-0478
220 REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE Before
you list your Real Estate
or book your Auction
Call Mel Smitley’s Real
Estate & Auctioneering
260-726-0541 cell, 260726-6215 office. Laci
Smitley 260-729-2281,
or Ryan Smitley 260729-2293
FOR RENT/RENT TO
OWN Jay, Blackford,
Randolph,
Delaware,
Madison, Henry Counties. Over 200 Houses
and
apartments.
Heather Clemmons 765748-5066
HOUSE FOR SALE
PORTLAND, 423 East
Main Street. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, single
family home, 1,792
square feet, hardwood
floors. Lease program, $
750.00 down, $ 415.00
per month. 855-6715655
FUQUA
CHRYSLER
DODGE JEEP RAM:
New and Pre-owned
cars, trucks, minivans,
SUV’s. Full service and
parts department 127
East Commerce Street,
Dunkirk, 765-768-6224.
Monday- Friday 8-6; Saturday
8-2
www.
FuquaChrysler.com
CA$H PAID FOR JUNK
CARS Any year, any
condition. Running or
not. We tow away. 765578-0111 or 260-7265143 Massey’s Towing
AUTO PARTS SWAP
MEET, Sunday May 3, 8
a.m.-4 p.m. at the fairgrounds in Wapakoneta,
OH. Info: 419-394-6484.
2011 DODGE CARAVAN dark gray, 62,000
miles, excellent condition, newly serviced,
new tires, $ 12,000 or
best offer. 260-729-2903
√ Out
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260 PUBLIC AUCTION
Public Auction
Located: 3430 W State Road 67 Portland, In Or 3 ½ Miles West Of Portland
At The Corner Of Hwy 67 And County Road 200 S.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
10:00 A.M.
Crawler - Farm Tractors
CAT- D4E crawler with 4 way blade, rops, winch, good under carriage; John
Deere 4430 tractor with cah, hub mount duals, weights; Case International
Harvester 885 utility tractor with International Harvester 2250 loader;
International Harvester 674 D. tractor with International Harvester 2250 loader
(low hours); Massey Ferguson 85 tractor; 445 Mineapolis Moline tractor with
hydraulic loader; Ford 3000 tractor; Ford 600 tractor; Ford 8N tractor; Farmall
M tractor with loader;
Farm Equipment
John Deere 336 baler; John Deere 24T baler; New Holland 347 baler; New
Holland stack carrier; John Deere 17 foot disc; (3) hay wagons; John Deere FBB grain drill; John Deere 145 5 bottom plow; International Harvester 5 bottom
plow; Hiniker 1530 30 foot field cultivator; John Blue 9 knife applicator with
500 gallon tank; John Blue 4955 ground driven fertilizer spreader; International
Harvester 4 bottom plow; International Harvester mounted 18 foot field
cultivator; International Harvester flatbed wagon with hoist; International
Harvester grain drill; (2) 250 bu. hopper wagons; John Deere 709 rotary
mower; 5 foot and 6 foot rotary mowers; 6 foot grader blade; hydraulic log
splitter; John Deere 7000 planter frame 40 foot; John Deere 550 sprayer with
hydraulic pump with 45 foot boom; Brunning 4 inch seed vac, with accessories;
10 horse-power bin fan with dryer; Remlinger 3 bar harrow; 2500, 1600, and
250 gallon poly tanks; (3) 500 gallon fuel tanks with pumps; 250 gallon fuel
tank; International Harvester fast hitch; International Harvester wheel weights;
18.4 x 38 axel mount duals; 18.4 x 30 T-rail duals; (2) new Hiniker 8605
monitors, complete; Chem farm pto spray pumps; hopper wagon seed auger
attach.; Bradco 6 foot skid steer mower; Clipper 248 DCC grain cleaner with
screens.
Trucks – Trailers – Vehicles
1985 Kenworth W-900 semi with 350 big cam Cummins,13 speed Trans; 1985
Ford single axel dump truck, Cat engine Auto transmission Air brakes;1990
Ford F-650 box truck; 1993 Ford F-350 dually with 351 engine 5 speed
transmission 28,000 actual miles; 1999 Tempte 40 foot hopper bottom trailer,
air ride, new tarp; 40 foot air ride drop deck trailer with (2) 2,000 gallon poly
tanks and pump with mixing cone; 2009 Trailerman 24,000 lb. 25+5 gooseneck
trailer; 1999 Bee 3 horse slant gooseneck trailer with large living quarters;
1988 Mac-lander 20,000 lb. 36 foot gooseneck box trailer; tandem axel
gooseneck trailer with 250 bu. hopper wagon bed and Brunning 4 inch seed vac
and accessories; 2007 Royce 6 foot x 12 foot enclosed trailer with ramp door;
tandem axel utility trailer with ramp; 2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 4x4 super
crew, 5.3 L. engine; 2003 Ford F-250 4x4 super cab 6.0 L. turbo diesel; 2003
GMC Sierra 2500 HD 6.0 L. engine; 2001 Dodge 3500 4x4 5 speed
transmission; 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4 extended cab; 2002 Chevy Silverado
1500 4x4 extended cab; 1998 Chevy S-10 4x4 extended cab; 1995 S-10 4.3 L
engine.; 1994 Ford Ranger; 2007 Pontiac G6 GT hard top convertible; 2003
BMW Z-3 convertible, 36,000 actual miles; 2007 Buick Lucerne; 2003 Isuzu
Ascender 4x4; 2006 Saturn Ion; 1997 Lincoln Town Car.
1988 Pontiac Fiero, with t-tops; 2003 Nomad Scout camper, sleeps 6.
Riding Mowers - Atv’s- Misc.
John Deere 2920 A with 26 horse-power engine. 60 inch cut 170 hrs; Scag 33
horse-power Liq. Cooled, with 72 inch cut; Scag 26horse-power Liquid Cooled
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inch cut; Snapper 25horse-power with 48 inch cut; Simplicity 20horse-power
with 48 inch cut; 1872 Cub Cadet Super Garden tractor with 50 inch and 60
inch decks; 502 and 854 Wheel Horse tractors; Simplicity Broadmore with 44
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seat, lift kit; 2001 EZ Go 48v. golf cart with rear seat, lift kit; 2002 EZ Go gas
golf cart; 3 horse-power Craftsman snowblower, Troy Built rear tine tiller, 4
person paddle boat; Job Site 5 inch gutter making machine with 2006 12 foot
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JCHS softball team
to host Delta Thursday,
see Sports on tap
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Acheson,
Heitkamp
lead FR
in victory
Boys finish
runner-up
in meet at
Southern Wells
PONETO — Jay County High
School’s girls track team
opened its outdoor season
Tuesday with a commanding
victory in a three-team meet at
Southern Wells.
The Patriots fought the cold,
windy and drizzly conditions to
win 14 of the 15 events, scoring
96 points. The host Southern
Wells Raiders were second with
46 points, and the Blackford
Bruins were a distant third
with nine points.
Jay County’s boys scored 48
points to place second. Southern Wells won with 78 points,
and Blackford scored 16 points
for third.
First-year runner Ava Kunkler was the lone dual winner
for the Patriot girls. The junior
finished with a time of 2 minutes, 43.43 seconds, to win the
800 run, and was first in the
1,600 with a time of 6:01.3.
In the sprints, sophomore
Taylor Homan and junior
Emma Laux earned victories
in the 100 and 200 dash races.
Homan had a time of 14.41 seconds, and Laux crossed the finish line in 29.84 seconds. Erika
Kunkler, a sophomore, won the
400 in 1:06.74.
Senior Malarie Houck won
the 100 hurdles with a time of
18.43 seconds before suffering a
leg injury during the long
jump. Alli Campbell, a sopho-
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Malarie Houck, a Jay County High School senior, jumps over a hurdle during the
110-meter hurdle race Tuesday at Southern Wells. She won the race in 18.43 seconds, as
the Patriots were victorious in a three-team meet with the host Raiders and Blackford
Bruins. Houck, who has been the Patriots’ top scorer each of the last three seasons,
injured her leg competing in the long jump during the cold, windy and drizzly conditions.
more, stepped up to win the 300
hurdles in 1:02.23 in Houck’s
absence.
Kellie Fortkamp (3,200 12:49.23), Lucy Laux (long
jump), Sydney Robbins (shot
put) and McKensie Muhlenkamp (discus) also won individual events for the Patriots.
Erika Kunkler also had her
hand in two winning relays. She
joined Megan Wellman, Audrey
Shreve and Fortkamp to win the
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Jay girls track wins opener
FORT RECOVERY, Ohio —
Hannah
Heitkamp
and
Rachel Acheson both won a
pair of individual races Tuesday as the Fort Recovery Middle School girls track team
won a quad meet.
The Tribe scored 68 points,
edging the Jackson Center
Tigers by six. The Houston
Wildcats were third with 49.5
points, and the Butler Trojans
were fourth with 31.5 points.
The Trojans won the boys’
side with 79 points. Fort
Recovery was the runner-up
with 66 points, with Houston
(47.5) and Jackson Center
(19.5) placing third and
fourth respectively.
Heitkamp won both the 800and 1,600-meter runs. She finished with a time of 2 minutes, 54.5 seconds, in the 800,
and had a time of 6:19.9 in the
1,600. Acheson finished first
in the 200 hurdles (35.3 seconds) and the 200 dash (31.7
seconds).
Cassidy Martin earned the
other individual victory for
the Tribe girls, winning the
400 in 1:11.7.
Martin and Heitkamp
joined Elise Gehle and Chloe
Will to take first in the 4x400
relay in 5:12.3.
Robby LeFevre was the lone
dual winner for the FRMS
boys. He was first in both the
110 and 200 hurdles, crossing
the finish line in 17.5 and 29.1
seconds respectively. Noah
Lennartz also picked up a victory in the high jump, leaping
5 feet, 2 inches.
LeFevre and Lennartz
joined Nolan Thobe and Jared
Timmerman to win the 4x200
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Jeanne, Maralene, Lindsey
4x800 relay (11:23.19), and
teamed with Lexi Myers, Kelsey
Burden and Courtney Cox to
finish first in the 4x400 (4:51.49).
Myers, Homan and the Laux
sisters won the 4x100 relay in
56.91 seconds.
Aaron Neal and Travis Barton
accounted for the only victories
for Jay County’s boys squad.
Neal earned the top spot in the
300 hurdles (48.6 seconds) and
the long jump (17 feet, 7 inches),
and Barton won the 3,200 in
11:52.
Earning runner-up finishes
were Lucy Laux (100), Ava Kunkler (high jump), McKensie
Muhlenkamp (shot put), Taylor
Muhlenkamp (discus), Campbell (300 hurdles) and Wellman
(1,600).
Placing second for the boys
were Nathan Heitkamp (long
jump and 200), Alex LeMaster
(3,200) and Neal (110 hurdles).
Homestead’s Swanigan
named Mr. Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Caleb Swanigan of Class
4A state champion Fort
Wayne Homestead was
named Tuesday as Indiana’s Mr. Basketball.
The 6-foot-9, 260-pound
senior was selected on 177
of the 373 ballots submitted by coaches and media,
the Indianapolis Star
reported
Tuesday.
Carmel’s Ryan Cline was
second with 69 votes and
Indianapolis Howe’s Harris Brown finished third
with seven votes.
As a senior, Swanigan
averaged 22.6 points and
13.7 rebounds. He scored
21 points and grabbed nine
rebounds in the Class 4A
Sectional 6 championship
game against Jay County.
He set school records for
scoring in a career (1,649
points) and season (704)
and rebounds in a career
(1,048) and season (424). He
also made 364 free throws
and 625 field goals to set
school records.
“Caleb is a phenomenal
player who has worked
extremely hard to put himself in a position to not
only be the best player in
the state of Indiana, but
one of the best in the
nation,” Homestead coach
Chris Johnson said.
Recruiting sites Scout,
Rivals and 247sports rank
Swanigan between No. 11
and 17 in the 2015 recruiting class. Swanigan said
he will announce his college choice Saturday at the
Hoop Summit in Portland,
Oregon. The finalists
include Purdue, California, Duke, Michigan State,
Arizona and Kentucky.
“I have a pretty good
idea,” Swanigan said. “It’s
just hard to eliminate any-
one with the few that I
have left.”
Swanigan said he never
focused on winning Mr.
Basketball but figured it
was a possibility if his
team accomplished its
goal of winning the state
championship. The Spartans came back from a 10point fourth quarter
deficit to defeat Evansville
Reitz 91-90 in overtime.
“The way the game was
going, I never felt like it
was over,” Swanigan said.
The next chapter for
Swanigan will be at the
college level and then, possibly, professional basketball. But he won’t soon forget the journey of his senior year.
“I’ll have a lot of memories,” he said. “The way
the team and the school
pulled
together
was
great.”
Sports on tap
Scoreboard
Women’s college basketball
NCAA National Championship
UConn 63, Notre Dame 53
Major League Baseball
Atlanta Braves 12, Miami 2
Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 5
Colorado 5, Milwaukee 2,
Arizona 7, San Francisco 6
Texas 3, Oakland 1
L.A. Angels 2, Seattle 0
San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 3
NBA Bas ketball
Atlanta 96, Phoenix 69
Miami 105, Charlotte 100
San Antonio 113, Oklahoma City 88
New Orleans 103, Golden State 100
Sacramento 116, Minnesota 111
L.A. Clippers 105, L.A. Lakers 100
Local schedule
Today
South Adams — Tennis at Winchester
– 4:45 p.m.; Softball vs. Blackford – 5
p.m.; Baseball at Winchester – 5 p.m.; JV
softball vs. Blackford – 6:30 p.m.; JV baseball vs. Concordia – 5 p.m.
Thursday
Jay County — Softball vs. Delta – 5
p.m.; Tennis at Bellmont – 5 p.m.; Boys
and girls track at Bellmont/Adams Central
– 5 p.m.; JV baseball at Shenandoah – 5
p.m.; JV softball vs. Delta – 5 p.m. at Portland Junior League fields; East Jay track at
Heritage – 5 p.m.; West Jay track vs. South
Adams – 4:30 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Softball vs. St. Mary’s
– 5 p.m.
South Adams — Softball vs. Winchester – 5 p.m.; Boys and girls track vs. Winchester – 5 p.m.; JV softball vs. Winches-
ter – 6:30 p.m.; Middle school track at
West Jay – 4:30 p.m.
Friday
Jay County — Baseball vs. Elwood –
5:30 p.m.; Softball vs. Elwood – 5 p.m.; JV
softball at Union – 5 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Baseball vs. Houston
– 5 p.m.; Softball at Arcanum – 5 p.m.
South Adams — JV baseball at Churubusco – 5 p.m.
TV schedule
Today
7 p.m. — Major League Baseball:
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies
(ESPN2)
7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Toronto Raptors at Charlotte Hornets (ESPN)
9:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Phoenix
Suns at Dallas Mavericks (ESPN)
10 p.m. — Major League Baseball: San
Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
(ESPN2)
Thursday
3 p.m. — Golf: 2015 Masters Tournament – First round (ESPN)
5 p.m. — Men’s College Hockey: NCAA
Tournament – Nebraska-Omaha vs. Providence (ESPN2)
8:30 p.m. — Men’s College Hockey:
NCAA Tournament – Boston University vs.
North Dakota (ESPN2)
Friday
1 p.m. — ATP Tennis: Family Circle Cup
– Quarterfinal (ESPN2)
3 p.m. — Golf: 2015 Masters Tournament – Second round (ESPN)
4 p.m. — Major League Baseball:
Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies (WNDY23)
9 p.m. — Boxing: Friday Night Fights
(ESPN2)
Local notes
R u n /Wa l k c h a l l e n g e b e g i n s S a t u r d a y
The Adams County Run/Walk Challenge will begin Saturday in Berne.
The series features 12 races within
Adams County.
The first race is the Swiss Village 5K
Lauf/Spaziergang. The race is at 9 a.m.
at the Wellness Pavilion, 1021 Emmental
Drive, Berne.
For more information, contact Sarah
Conrad (260) 589-4496, or visit
www.adamscounty5kchallenge.com
Ch a m b e r to h o ld g o lf o u tin g
The Jay County Chamber of Commerce will hold the Chamber Classic Golf
Outing May 1 at Portland Golf Club.
Cost for the four-person tournament
is $250 per team, which also includes
lunch. Sponsorship opportunities are
also available.
Registration for the tournament will
begin at 10:30 a.m., with a shotgun start
at 11:30 a.m.
For more information, contact the
chamber office at (260) 726-4481.
S t a r f i r e s se e k i n g c o a c h
South Adams High School is seeking
a wrestling coach for the 2015-16 season.
Candidates should have varsity
coaching experience, a strong knowledge
of wrestling techniques and fundamentals.
Candidates must also demonstrate
the ability to work with the administration
and successfully lead student athletes,
the coaching staff and the middle school
and youth programs.
Individuals interested should contact
SAHS athletics director Jason Arnold at
(260)
587-8231,
or
jarnold@southadams.k12.in.us.