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There was about 1.2 inchesof rain Sunday and the hightemperature in Portland was63 degrees.The forecast calls for a

chance of rain tonight with alow of 47 and possible fogTuesday morning. The highTuesday will be 70.For an extneded forecast,

see page 2.

The Jay County Ag Break-fast is scheduled fro 5:30 to 9a.m. Tuesday in the Jay Coun-ty 4-H Exhibit Hall at JayCounty Fairgrounds. Ticketsare $1.Farmers Night is 6:30 p.m.

Thursday in the exhibit hall.Tickets are $5 for adults and $3for children younger than 12.

TTuueessddaayy —— Coverage oftonight’s Jay School Boardand Dunkirk City Councilmeetings.

TThhuurrssddaayy —— CollegiateCheck-up takes a look at howlocal athletes are performingat the next level.

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The Commercial ReviewMonday, March 14, 2016

By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewAs McKenna Daniels steps

into position, it’s clear she’s notquite ready.Her eyes widen. Her face tens-

es. Her body stiffens.Kaleb Newell takes a step

back and reassures her. It’sgoing to be just like a regularback tuck on the floor, he says.Actually, it’ll be easier, he con-tinues, pointing out that therewill be plenty of time to com-plete the rotation because she’llbe so high in the air.Daniels takes a deep breath,

still unsure, but ready to try.Newell places his hands on herhips, and as she jumps helaunches her into the air. Sheperforms the back tuck, Newellcatches her by the hips as shecompletes it and Daniels isbrought safely back to the mat.One by one, fellow Jay County

High School cheerleaders BreeaLiette, Dara Grove and SydneeLee take the same position andgo flipping through the air. It’sthe latest step in a process thatstarted in October as the fourPatriot cheerleaders, who havebeen joined in recent weeks byGiannina Perod, have beenlearning coed partner stunts.“We have a lot of girls who are

really dedicated and want to dothe other things,” said JCHScheerleading coach AbbyChamp. “They want to competemore. They want to go to thenext level. And to do that theyneed to be more versatile.”That’s where Newell comes in.A cheerleader first for two

years at Ball State Universityand for the last two with theIndianapolis Colts’ Blue Stam-pede, Newell has been visitingJay County once a week forabout five months to help thePatriots with their coed stunt-ing skills.Those skills when he began

were nonexistent.

“Day one they could barely getto my hands, barely get off theground,” said Newell, who hadplanned to walk on to the foot-ball team at Indiana Universitybefore getting involved in cheer-leading during his senior year atPendleton Heights High School.

“Now, anything that goes wrong,they know what to do.”By their final practice in Feb-

ruary, Daniels, Liette, Lee andGrove were all hitting rewinds— a stunt in which the girl per-forms an airborne back tuckand lands it on the hands of her

partner. It’s a skill Champthought her girls might be ableto achieve next year.“We didn’t expect any of them

to be at rewinds this year,” shesaid. “They’ve just progressedso much faster.”

See CChheeeerr page 5

Cheer dedicationBy SUZAN FRASERAssociated PressANKARA, Turkey —

Turkey’s air force hit Kur-dish rebel targets in north-ern Iraq today, hours aftera suicide car bombing inthe capital killed 37 peopleand heightened tensionswith the militants.Nine F-16s and two F-4

jets raided 18 positions ofthe Kurdistan Workers’Party, or PKK, in northernIraq, including the Qandilmountains where thegroup’s leadership isbased, the state-runAnadolu Agency reported.Ammunition depots,bunkers and shelters wereamong the targets hit.Anadolu, citing

unnamed security sources,said four people suspectedof direct links to the bomb-ing were detained in thesoutheastern city of Sanli-urfa on Monday. Thereport did not say in whatway they were suspectedof involvement. Police,meanwhile, carried outraids in the southern cityof Adana, detaining 38 sus-pected PKK rebels, theagency reported. Fifteensuspected Kurdish mili-tants were also detained inIstanbul, Anadolu said.Health Minister Mehmet

Muezzinoglu said threemore people diedovernight from woundssuffered in Sunday night’ssuicide attack that target-ed buses and people wait-ing at bus stops in theheart of Ankara. Around125 people were woundedin the blast, with 71 peoplestill hospitalized. Of those,15 were in serious condi-tion.A senior government

official told The AssociatedPress that authoritiesbelieve the attack was car-ried out by two bombers —one of them a woman —and was the work of Kur-dish militants. He spoke oncondition of anonymitybecause the investigationwas continuing.It was the second deadly

attack blamed on Kurdishmilitants in the capital inthe past month and Presi-dent Recep Tayyip Erdo-gan vowed to bring “terror-ism to its knees.”On Feb. 17, a suicide car-

bombing in the capital tar-geted buses carrying mili-tary personnel, killing 29people. A Kurdish militantgroup, which is an offshootof the PKK, claimedresponsibility.

See SSttrriikkeess page 5

Turkeystrikesrebeltargets

By ROXANNA HEGEMANAssociated PressCIMARRON, Kan. — At least 29

people were injured when anAmtrak passenger train derailedin rural southwest Kansas earlytoday, authorities said.The train was traveling from

Los Angeles to Chicago when itcame off the tracks just after mid-night about 20 miles west ofDodge City, Amtrak said. KansasHighway Patrol communicationspecialist Patricia Munford saidfive train cars derailed. GreyCounty spokeswoman AshleyRogers said no one has life-threat-ening injuries.

The rail company did not sayhow fast the train was travelingat the time of the derailment.Kelsey Wilson, 21, said she

was awoken when she felt theride “getting really bumpy” andthe train started to shake. Wil-son, who was returning to Tru-man State University inKirksville, Missouri, afterspending spring break at homein Pueblo, Colorado, said her cardisconnected from the one infront and that she hit her headas it overturned.Wilson said she escaped

through the top of the flippedcar then slid down the side

before she “passed out.” She wastaken to a hospital and releasedwith a neck brace.The derailment occurred near

Cimarron as the train was head-ing east to its regular Dodge Citystop, about 160 miles west ofWichita. Passenger DanielSzczerba described the confu-sion as the cars derailed.“All the lights went out, it was

dark,” Szczerba told Wichita TVstation KWCH. “People travelingin groups (of) four or five gotthrown around the car as itturned over and lost people asthey were trying to get out of theemergency exits.”

Derailment injures 29

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Jay County High School sophomore McKenna Daniels performs a rewind asinstructor Kaleb Newell prepares to catch her during a practice Feb. 24. Watching, from left,are Patriot cheerleaders Dara Grove and Sydnee Lee, and assistant coach Ashley Loucks.

Extra workfocuses on

competition,college

The Associated PressLawmakers in every

state have adopted lawsrequiring most govern-ment meetings and recordsto be open to the public. Butin some states, lawmakershave exempted themselvesfrom complying.The Associated Press

sent open-records requeststo the top lawmakers in all50 states and most gover-nors, seeking copies oftheir daily schedules andemails from the govern-ment accounts for theweek of Feb. 1 through 7.The AP received moredenials than approvals

from lawmakers. It did notgenerally request emailsfrom private accountsbecause rules and prac-tices on those vary widelyfrom state to state.Indiana’s Access to Pub-

lic Records law states that“all persons are entitled tofull and complete informa-

tion regarding the affairsof government.”But lawmakers argue

that their “work product”is exempt.The Indiana Supreme

Court will hear argumentsMarch 17 in a case broughtby advocacy groups thatsued House Republicans

for refusing to release pos-sible email exchanges withenergy industry lobbyists.GOP leaders who con-

trol the Legislature sayreleasing the emails wouldreveal constituents’ sensi-tive and personal informa-tion.

See VVaarriieess page 5

Open records compliance varies

Associated Press/Daniel Szczerba

Emergency personnel work on a train that derailedtoday near Dodge City, Kan.

Bryant fireA fire was reported at 11

a.m. Saturday to BryantFire Department.The call was made after a

report of smoke at 1141 800North off of U.S. 27.The property owner was

attempting to get rid of anold greenhouse by way of acontrolled burn. By thetime the five firefightersand one truck made it onscene, the fire was almostout.Firefighters returned at

11:20 a.m. to the station.

Ritz alarmPortland Fire Depart-

ment responded to a firecall, which became a falsealarm, Saturday evening atthe Ritz Theater, 202 N.Meridian St.A call was made at 8:51

p.m. and seven firefightersand two trucks were onscene at 8:53 p.m. as movie-goers were evacuated out-side.The cause of the alarm

was accidentally burnedhamburger in a third floorapartment.The firefighters were

back in service at 9:05 p.m.

Wal-mart theftA theft was reported at

10:10 p.m. Friday at Wal-mart, 950 W. Votaw St.An employee called Port-

land Police Departmentsaying a lady was headingfor the exit and allegedlystuck something in herpurse and began to leave ina gray minivan with a malesubject.The items included camp

fuel coffee filters, lithiumbatteries and clothingworth $55.49.Police stopped the sus-

pect and she was arrested.Sarah Mangas, 32, 217 W.

Division St., Union City,was arrested for theft:receiving stolen property, aClass A misdemeanor.She was booked at 11 p.m.

into Jay County Jail on a$1,000 bond but has sincebeen released.

Backing crashTwo Jay County drivers

were involved in a collisionSunday afternoon afterbacking into each other inthe parking lot of GreatClips, 1041 W. Votaw St.Ryan M. Burkett, 17, 117

E. Sixth St., Portland, andAmber M. Yadon, 26, 304 S.Franklin St., Dunkirk, tolda Portland police officerthey were backing fromparked positions in the lot.Burkett backed intoYadon’s 2012 Dodge GrandCaravan Crew.Burkett was driving a

2007 Cadillac DTS, regis-tered to Keith W. Burkett,same address.Damage in the 12:20 p.m.

crash is estimated between$1,000 and $2,500.

Rear endedA Portland man’s car

crashed into the rear end ofa Bryant driver’s vehicleSaturday morning inBearcreek Township.Ernie, F. Whitacre, 59,

7758 E. Indiana 67, Bryant,told Jay County Sheriff ’sOffice he was travelingnorth on U.S. 27 near coun-ty road 300 North when twovehicles abruptly stoppedin front of his 2013 Ford F-250. He said he swerved tothe right to avoid collidinginto the other vehicles andwas able to do so but wasstruck in the rear by a vehi-cle driven by Nicolas E.Lairson, 18, 6582 S. StateLine Road, Portland.Lairson said he saw traf-

fic stop suddenly in front ofhim but didn’t want toswerve into oncomingtraffic. He was unable tostop before hitting theleft rear of the Ford withthe 2001 VolkswagenJetta he was driving.The Jetta is registered

to Aaron D. Lairson, 1451

N. U.S. 27, Portland.Damage in the 10:05 a.m.

collision is estimatedbetween $2,500 and $5,000.

Rear endedA woman reported at

11:12 p.m. Sunday eveninganother driver struck hercar while it was parked inthe lot of Ponderosa, 1002N. Meridian St., Portland.Kelly Casey told a Port-

land police officer the acci-dent happened while shewas at work from 9:40 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. at Ponderosa onSunday.The car, a 2006 Nissan

Murano, is registered toCarletta S. Brunson, 310 E.Walnut St., Portland.Damage is estimated

between $1,000 and $2,500.

Deer strikeA Union City, Ohio, driv-

er hit a deer with his carSaturday evening in PikeTownship.Leo J. Schwieterman, 75,

1021 Converse Road, toldJay County Sheriff ’s Officehe was heading south onU.S. 27 near county road 800South and did not see a deerin the middle of the road.He said he was unable toavoid hitting the deer withhis 2010 Mercury GrandMarquis.Damage in the 10:05 p.m.

crash is estimated to be lessthan $1,000.

Deer crashA Parker City man

struck a deer with the SUVhe was driving at 9:35 p.m.Friday in Richland Town-ship.William L. Hardwick, 62,

12300 E. Jackson St., toldJay County Sheriff ’s Officehe was traveling north onIndiana 1 near county road900 South when a deer ranonto the road. He said hecould not avoid striking thedeer in the 2002 Ford Wind-star he was driving.The Windstar is regis-

tered to Rebecca A. Hard-wick, same address.Damage is estimated

between $2,500 and $5,000.

In area courtsBenjamin J. Hendricks,

29, Fort Recovery, entered aplea of no contest in CelinaMunicipal Court to acharge of telecommunica-tion harassment. Hereceived a 10-day suspend-ed jail sentence on the con-dition he has no contactwith the victim for twoyears. He was also assessedcourt costs. He also pleadedno contest to failure to filevillage income tax and wasassessed court costs.In the same court, Austin

T. Bergman, 20, Geneva,entered a plea of no contestto underage possession orconsumption of alcohol. Hewas fined $50 and assessedcourt costs. He also pleadedno contest to having ficti-tious plates. He wasassessed court costs.Gregg A. Spivey, 79, Fort

Recovery, pleaded no con-test in Celina MunicipalCourt to disorderly con-duct. He was assessed courtcosts, which were coveredby time served in jail.In the same court, San-

dra J. Stein, Fort Recovery,was fined $38.50 for speed-ing.

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I went to the Post Office the other day. Seen a false deed from the School Board to Redkey. I

knew it was false when it didn't have a book number or page number or the Recorder's

signature on it and looked across the street and somebody stole my Veteran's pictures. Reckon them two things went together like

love and marriage. Like the Good Book says, when the righteous runs the country the people rejoice, but when the wicked runs the country the people mourn. Jesus said nothing done in

the night he can't bring out in the light. Nothing covered he can't uncover. To see the true deed go to Jay County Court House look at book 136 page 688 it's 26 ft. 45 ft. 22 ft. 58 ft. and recorded

by Grant Smitley.Jim Phiilips

Capsule Reports

ObituariesRobert CummingsApril 2, 1919-March 11, 2016Services for Robert E. Cum-

mings, 96, Portland, are 11 a.m.Thursday at Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home, Portland,with Pastor Herb Hummel andPastor Ruth Funk officiating. Hedied Friday at Albany Health andRehabilitation in Albany.Born in Redkey, he was the

son of Ervin and Grace (Berry)Cummings. A U.S.Army veteran ofWorld War II, heworked as amechanic formany years. Hewas a member ofHopewell of LifeMinistries, ruralPortland.He was married

on Oct. 9, 1948, to Alta Vander-linden. She died Aug. 1, 1995. Hewas later married to MarilynSue Adney on Sept. 21, 2000.Surviving are his wife, Marilyn

Cummings, Portland; three sons,Robert L. Cummings (wife: Pat),Cabot, Arkansas, David L. Cum-mings, Gulfport, Mississippi, andDarrel E. Cummings, Indianapo-lis; a daughter, Sandra Bilbrey,Tennessee; three step-sons, ScottRoll, Marion, Randall Roll, Port-land, and Todd Roll, Indianapolis;a brother, Charles Cummings,Parker City; a sister, Mary Den-ney, Ridgeville; several grandchil-dren and several great-grandchil-dren.Visitation will be from 3 to 7

p.m. Wednesday at the funeral

home. Burial will be in ClaycombCemetery, west of Portland.Memorials may be made to the

Jay County Cancer Society.Online condolences may beexpressed athttp://www.williamsonspencer.com.

Verl WilliamsonJan. 16, 1929-March 12, 2016Verl D. Williamson, 87, rural

Portland, died Saturday atLutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.Born in Portland, he was the

son of Darwin and Alta (Orr)Williamson.A member of Trinity United

Methodist Church in Portland,he was retired as a funeraldirector with Williamson andSpencer FuneralHome, where heworked for morethan 60 years.A U.S. Army

veteran, heserved during theKorean War.He was a 1949

graduate of Port-land High Schooland a graduate ofthe Indiana College of Mortu-ary Science, Indianapolis.He was a member of the Port-

land Odd Fellows Lodge, theMuseum of the Soldier, the Indi-ana Funeral Directors Associa-tion and the National FuneralDirectors Association.Surviving are two brothers,

Leoris Williamson (wife: Betty),Portland, and Darrel

Williamson (wife: Faye), Port-land; and several nieces andnephews.Services will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home, Port-land, with Pastor Jason Riceofficiating. Burial will be inGreen Park Cemetery, Portland.Visitation will be from 3 to 7

p.m. Tuesday at the funeralhome. Odd Fellows Lodge 281will conduct a memorial serviceat 7 p.m. Tuesday.Memorials may be made to

the Museum of the Soldier orthe Mary Helen Strohl Scholar-ship Fund at Trinity UnitedMethodist Church.Condolences may be

expressed athttp://www.williamson-spencer.com.

Naomi McCordJune 25, 1939-March 11, 2016Naomi Ann McCord, 76, Red-

key, died Friday at Albany Healthand Rehabilitation.Born in Muncie, she was the

daughter of Robert Anderson andMary Alice (Wright) Mangus.A member of Glad Tidings

Assembly of God, she served 12years with the U.S. Postal Service.Surviving are her husband,

Gail Lee McCord, Redkey; twodaughters, LeAnn Brummet(husband: Leland), Anderson,and Holly Garrett (husband: Ste-vie), Dunkirk; a brother, RobertMangus (wife: Jessie), Redkey;and five grandchildren.Services will be at 11 a.m. Tues-

day at Glad Tidings Assembly ofGod, Muncie, with Pastor KevinHolt officiating. Burial will be inGardens of Memory Cemetery,north of Muncie.Visitation will be from 4 to 8

p.m. today at Garden View Funer-al Home and one hour prior toservices Tuesday at the church.Memorials may be made to

Glad Tidings Assembly of God.Condolences may be expressed athttp://www.gardenviewfuneral-home.com.

Lester SheetsJan. 5, 1938-March 10, 2016Lester Lee Sheets, 78, Decatur,

died Thursday at Adams Memo-rial Hospital.Born in Decatur, he was mar-

ried on Jan. 20, 1957 in JayCounty to Mary L. Knittle, whosurvives.Also surviving are three sons,

a brother, two sisters, 16 grand-children, and 23 great-grand-children.Services were today at Zwick

and Jahn Funeral Home,Decatur, with burial in DecaturCemetery.Memorials may be made to

Union Chapel United MethodistChurch Tape Ministry.

Carolyn FinchMarch 29, 1937-March 13, 2016Carolyn J. Finch, 78, 1107 S.

Bridge St., Portland, died Sun-day at Albany Healthcare andRehabilitation.Born in Richmond to Lewis

and Ruth (Byrd) Wiley, she was agraduate of Governor I.P. GrayHigh School.She married Glen “Bud”

Finch on June 19, 1955, and hesurvives.She had been manager and co-

owner of Finch’s Grocery, secre-tary and treasurer of CenterCemetery for many years and amember of WestWalnut StreetChurch of Christin Portland.Surviving in

addition to herhusband are ason, Robin Finch,Stow, Ohio; fourdaughters, Con-nie McClain (hus-band: John), Vir-ginia Beach, Virginia, TeresaMcIntire, Monticello, BrendaRyan (husband: Marty),Lawrenceburg, and KristyInman (husband: Aaron), Port-land; a sister, Lucinda Shawver(husband: Mike), Portland; eightgrandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday

at West Walnut Street Churchwith Pastor Gil Alicea officiating.Burial will be in Center Ceme-tery.Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday

at Baird-Freeman Funeral Homein Portland and one hour prior toservices on Wednesday at thechurch.Memorials may be sent to Cen-

ter Cemetery Maintenance Fund.Condolences may be expressed athttp://www.bairdfreeman.com.

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Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were five

admissions to the hospi-tal over the weekend.

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missals.

EmergenciesThere were 78 treated

in the emergency roomsof JCH.

Today4 p.m. — Jay County

Public Library Board,JCPL community room,315 N. Ship St., Port-land.6 p.m. — Jay School

Board, administrativeoffice, 1976 W. TysonRoad, Portland.7 p.m. — Dunkirk

City Council, city build-ing, 131 S. Main St.

Tuesday6:30 p.m. — Fort

Recovery SchoolBoard, high school

meeting room, 400 E.Butler St.7 p.m. — Portland

Park Board, councilchambers, fire station,1616 N. Franklin St.

Thursday6 p.m. — Redkey Town

Council, former townhall, 20 S. Ash St.

Friday4 p.m. — Jay County

Election Board, clerk’soffice, Jay CountyCourthouse, 120 N.Court St., Portland.

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Lotteries

Violates probationSandra K. Smith, Geneva, was

found guilty in Adams SuperiorCourt of violating her probation.She pleaded guilty to possession ofmethamphetamine, a Level 6 felony,and was sentenced to 912 days in jailwith all but 182 days suspended. The

balance will be served on homedetention with the sentence to runconsecutively with a previous sen-tence.

Probation violationJohn M. Orick, 43, rural Pen-

nville, was ordered in Wells Circuit

Court to serve two years with theIndiana Department of Correctionafter violating his probation on twocounts of dealing in a schedule I, IIor III controlled substance, bothClass B felonies. He violated his pro-bation by failing a random drug testfor marijuana.

Felony court news

Cummings

Williamson

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TodayBRYANT AREA COM-

MUNITY CENTER —Walking from 9 to 10 a.m.every Monday, Wednesdayand Friday.PREGNANCY CARE

CENTER of Jay County —Free pregnancy testing

with ongoing support dur-ing and after pregnancy.The center is located at 216S. Meridian St., Portland.Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday. Formore information or anappointment, call (260)726-8636. Appointments orwalk-ins accepted.BREAD OF LIFE COM-

MUNITY FAMILY MEAL— Will be served from 5:30to 6:30 p.m. at AsburyUnited Methodist Church,204 E. Arch St. in Port-

land. Everyone is wel-come. TAKE OFF POUNDS

SENSIBLY (TOPS) — Willmeet for weigh-in at 5:30p.m., with the meeting at 6p.m., in the fellowship hallat Evangelical MethodistChurch, 930 W. Main St.,Portland. New memberswelcome. For more infor-mation, call (260) 726-5312. COOKBOOK CLUB —

Will meet at 6:15 p.m. thesecond Monday of eachmonth in the Jay CountyPublic Library Communi-ty Room. Please bringyour own table service.For more information, callShirley Ping at (260) 729-2787, Bev Pyle at (260) 726-2070 or Jane Gagle at (260)726-8650.

Tuesday BRYANT COMMUNITY

CENTER EUCHRE — Willbe played at 1 p.m. eachTuesday. The public is wel-come.

WednesdayWEDNESDAY MORN-

ING BREAKFAST CLUB— Will meet at 8 a.m. inthe east room of RichardsRestaurant. All womenare invited to attend.Includes activities anddevotional time.PORTLAND ROTARY

CLUB — Will meet at nooneach Wednesday at Har-mony Cafe, 121 N. Meridi-an St. ALCOHOLICS ANONY-

MOUS — Will meet from6:30 to 7:30 p.m. eachWednesday upstairs atTrue Value Hardware,North Meridian Street,Portland. For more infor-mation, call (260) 729-2532.AL-ANON FAMILY

GROUP — New Begin-nings, a support group forfriends and families ofalcoholics, the group will

meet at 6:30 p.m. eachWednesday in the ZionLutheran Church, 218 E.High St., Portland. Formore information, call(260) 726-8229.

ThursdaySTITCH ‘N CHATTER

QUILT CLUB — Will meetat 10 a.m. Thursday atChurch of the Brethren,Portland. Tickets will beassembled. Regular meet-ing will be at 1 p.m. Newmembers are welcome. CELEBRATE RECOV-

ERY — Will meet at 10 a.m.and 6:30 p.m. Thursday atA Second Chance At LifeMinistries, 109 S. Com-merce St. in Portland. Formore information, callJudy Smith at (260) 726-9187. JAY COUNTY REPUBLI-

CAN WOMEN — Will meetat noon Thursday at JayCounty Public Library.Candidates will be speak-ing. THE EN AVANT CLUB

— Will meet at 1 p.m.Thursday at the PennvilleI.D.C. Restaurant. Hostessis Janice James and pro-grams are by BarbaraLawrence and Jane Wolfe.SENIOR CITIZENS

CARD CLUB — Will meetat 1 p.m. the first and thirdThursday of the month atJay Community Center.All seniors are welcome.

JAY COUNTY HUMANESOCIETY — Will meet at5:30 p.m. the third Thurs-day of each month at JayCounty Public Library.The public is welcome.PORTLAND LIONS

CLUB — Will meet at 6:30p.m. the third Thursday ofthe month at PortlandLions Civic Center, 307 W.100 North. MISSISSINEWA CHAP-

TER, DAUGHTERS OFTHE AMERICAN REVO-LUTION — Will meet at6:30 p.m. Thursday at JayCounty Historical SocietyMuseum, 903 E. Main St.,Portland.

FridayCINCINNATUS LEAGUE

— Will meet at noon Fri-day at Harmony Cafe inPortland.

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Rain helps world awaken from its nap By DIANA DOLECKISpecial to The Commercial ReviewI love rain. I love it even more

since I don’t have to be out in it.As I stood at the window

watching the rain softly falling, Icould almost see the springbulbs pushing their leaves closerand closer to the sun. Bits ofsunshine and rainbows settledon the muddy ground. We callthem crocuses but they are real-ly sunshine and rainbows wecan touch. Sunny yellow winteraconite appears among theremains of last year’s weeds.Fragile snowdrops cluster at theborder between the lawn and anovergrown flower bed. It isMarch in Indiana.Grandson, Jacob, turns seven

this week. It seems like only yes-terday that he was a toddler. Ihave a train set and a dinosaurbook for him if I can figure out

how to wrap them. I still have togather all the shards of the flow-erpots he shattered while he washere for Mom’s funeral. I don’twant to throw them awaybecause I use them in the bottomof the flowerpots that escapedhis boyishness. Plus, theyremind me that he was here notthat long ago.His birthday is the day after

St. Patrick’s Day. I still remem-ber when Mom and Harvey werein the early days of their mar-riage. My brothers were littleand life was good. Harvey would

come home after a long, hard,day’s work and wash up at thepump outside the little house.Then he would come in anddance Mom around the kitchen.They did this every St. Patrick’sDay, and sometimes on otherdays. Their laughter still ringsin my memory.I wonder if they will dance on

St. Patrick’s Day this year sincethey have both gone on to theafterlife. It is a mystery.The rain is still softly falling.

There are even more springbulbs pushing leaves up throughthe mud. I am anxious to seehow many of the things I plant-ed last year have survived thewinter. I don’t worry that anoth-er spate of cold will harm them.They are designed to survivelate frosts. It always amazes mehow hardy plants are. They lookso fragile, yet manage to thrive

despite rough weather.I stop myself from picking up

the phone to call my mother tosee if her flowers are coming up.It will be a long time before thaturge to talk to her fades away.The rain has helped the irises

settle in. I moved them from thefront of her house to mine eventhough it wasn’t the ideal time totransplant them. I chose a frac-tion of them to take with therationalization that they neededto be divided. Now they sharethe same space with the ones mylate mother-in-law gave me yearsago.I also relocated some succu-

lents known as hens and chick-ens. These are in a set of pots Itook from her place. She hadbeen trying for year and years toget me to take some hens andchickens home. She finally gother wish.

The water falling out of thesky and the warming weatherhave awakened more than theflowers. The grass is turningfrom drab winter brown tovibrant spring green. The treesand shrubs are starting to devel-op buds. The pussy willow hassoft catkins just waiting to bepetted. The world is awakeningfrom its winter’s nap.As I watch the rain, I feel an

urge to relinquish the lethargyof winter. Life has changed dras-tically in the last few months. Imust find a way to fill the hole inmy heart from Mom’s passing.The rain is slowly washing awaythe bad things and replacingthem with sunny blossoms.After the rain comes the rain-

bow. And as everyone knows, arainbow is a promise of hope.But there can be no rainbowwithout rain.

As I See It

DEAR ABBY: I havebeen married for 14 years.My wife is a liar and liesabout small things. I real-ized it about 10 years agoand have tried to reasonwith her. We have twodaughters, and the olderone is like her mom andalso has a habit of lying.Over the last few years I

have started calling mywife on it whenever shelies to me. For the lasteight months, we have nottalked and we sleep in dif-ferent rooms. She hasnever made an effort to fixour relationship. I want adivorce, but for the kids’sake I am not talking aboutit or forcing the issue.I’m very depressed and

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Lies and drinking aredestroying marriage

To wed in June

Carly Clineand

ZechariahLanders

Carly Cline and Zechariah Lan-ders are planning a June 18 wed-ding.The daughter of Tracy and Vir-

ginia Cline, Portland, Carly is a2011 graduate of Jay County HighSchool. She is pursuing a nursing

degree at Ball State University andworks as a server at Texas Road-house in Muncie.Zec is the son of Sharlee Lan-

ders, Portland, and the late StevenLanders. He graduated from Jay County

High School in 2012 and will grad-uate from Jacob’s School of Musicat Indiana University in May witha bachelor’s degree in music per-formance (guitar). He plans toattend law school in the fall.

Carly Cline and Zec Landers

DearAbby

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By LEONARD PITTS JR.Tribune Content AgencyWe should probably start

thinking about what we’regoing to do after Trump.Of course, if the nation

decides it really does want avulgar, narcissistic bigot withthe impulse control of a sleep-deprived toddler as its 45thpresident, the options left tothinking Americans will befew, but stark:Either curl up in a fetal ball

for four years or jam the pedalto the metal on the northboundinterstate and don’t stop tillyou see moose. Try to get therebefore the Canadians buildtheir border wall.If, however, the more likely

scenario prevails and the elec-torate rejects Donald Trump,we will face a different set ofoptions. The first is to finallytake a stand against the forcesthat brought us here.Those forces — economic

insecurity, ignorance, bigotryand fear — are hardly new.Many observers, this one

included, have bemoaned themfor years.Trump’s innovation has

been to drag the last three intothe light, to render dog whis-tles and codes obsolete with hisfull-throated, wide-openembrace of all that is ugly andshameful about us.Assuming his rebuke in

November, the natural tenden-cy will be to mop the brow andsigh in relief at the bullet wejust dodged. This would be amistake.Defeating Trump would not

erase the forces that made himpossible.As the last few years have

shown, those forces, like somevirulent cancer, tend to redou-

ble after setback and returnstronger than before.You thought George W. Bush

was a piece of work? MeetSarah Palin.You think Sarah Palin was

scary? Meet Trump. It wouldnot be a good idea to waitaround and see who trumpsDonald four years from now. Soafter Trump, there are thingswe must do:1. Confront economic insecu-

rity. We need to elect leaderswho understand that corpora-tions are not people. Only peo-ple are people, and they arestruggling. Their wages arestagnant, their finances pre-carious and the wealth that issupposed to trickle down fromthe grotesquely overfed moneypigs at the top always seems toevaporate en route. It is timefor this to change.2. Confront ignorance. It is

no coincidence Trump is espe-cially popular among the lesswell-educated. The less youknow, the more fearsome andconfounding the world can

seem, and the more susceptibleyou are to the authoritarianfigure who promises to makeeverything all right again.Education must be rescuedfrom the anti-science, anti-his-tory, anti-logic, anti-intellectagendas of conservative schoolboards around the country.Knowing things is important.Facts matter.3. Confront bigotry. Stop pre-

tending it doesn’t exist. Stopmaking excuses for it. Stop act-ing as if it will go away if youonly ignore it. In our schools,civic groups, mosques, church-es and synagogues, we mustevolve some form of truth andreconciliation that allows us towalk through disparate painup to common ground. Only inthis way can we diminish thepower of bigotry as a cudgel.4. Confront fear. Fear is big-

otry’s firstborn child. Both areheightened in an era whereinthe majority feels itself, itsposition and prerogatives,under siege by the ascendanceof various minorities — racial,

religious and sexual. So itbecomes ever more importantto find strategies that help usto locate in one another ourshared humanity.And oh, yes —5. Confront apathy. Vote.This is how we can change

the paradigm, cool the temper-ature, drain the swamp.Or we can pretend this tem-

per tantrum, this nationalnervous breakdown, meansnothing once Trump is gone.But to embrace that option isto miss the point. DonaldTrump is a reflection of theugliness within us, but onlythat. The ugliness itself isours, and we are long overdueto face it.The day after he is gone

would be an excellent time tostart.

••••••••••Pitts is a columnist for The

Miami Herald. He won aPulitzer Prize for Commentaryin 2004. Readers may contacthim via e-mail atlpitts@miamiherald.com.

Trump issues must be addressed

By MORTON J. MARCUSLast Thursday, the peo-

ple of Goshen gathered tocelebrate the nearly 18years Allan Kauffmanspent as mayor.It was a joyous occa-

sion recognizing a hum-ble man of honor.There may not be a

more demanding job thanmayor of an Indiana city.Starved of revenue andauthority by an anti-urban state legislature,yet bearing all theresponsibilities of main-taining a civil city, aHoosier mayor is hard-pressed to sustain on-going approval by theelectorate.Allan Kauffman

achieved that approval asa city council member for13 years before hisappointment as mayor in1997.He then was elected

and re-elected mayor fourtimes. Respectedstatewide, Kauffmanfocused, as mayors must,on the daily demands ofstreets, sanitation andsafety. But ever-presentwas his pragmatic visionof a better community ina more inclusive society. Long after the warm

memories and funny sto-ries of the evening fade,Goshen residents willhave the Allan Kauffman“Good for Goshen”Award to reflect his civicachievements and Kauff-man Park to enjoy hisenduring legacy.On the same day, the

Indiana General Assem-bly was irresponsiblybringing its latest sessionto a close — disgracingand disappointing thepeople of Indiana. To understand the leg-

islature, let’s take amoment to consider that,according to myresearch, no Hoosiermayor has ever beenelected governor of thestate.Mayors who became

legislators over the past200 years have been few,although I do not havethe numbers.If Indiana governors

and legislators have notexperienced leading acity, are they likely tounderstand the diverseand complex problems ofour many localities? In

addition, can those whorevere the agriculturalpast, and persist inbelieving in the glory ofthose times, function suc-cessfully in the economythat has characterizedIndiana for the past 100years?As they left the State-

house last week, legisla-tors once again failed toresolve pressing needs ofthe state, while embar-rassing us in the eyes ofthe world and provingtheir resistance to mod-ern life.They failed to provide a

stable funding source forour many infrastructureneeds.They did manage a

patchwork, temporary fixfor some local road andbridge projects. However,they failed to considerthe status of our waterand sewage systems, ourlocal airports, and our21st century communica-tion needs.They also voted to

increase public intoxica-tion in state parks whiledeferring minimal pro-tection for our stateforests.Talk to them — these

neighbors of ours — andthey’ll tell you about theshort session, the elec-tion year and the need tocompromise.If we doubled the

length of the session, ifwe had no elections andthey were not subjectedto the bullying of themajority caucus, stillnothing would be accom-plished.The predominant

belief of the Legislatureis the irreverent motto,“Ain’t God good to Indi-ana?” What’s good about Indi-

ana more often is foundin our city halls than inthe corridors of theStatehouse.

••••••••••Marcus is an economist,

writer and speaker whomay be reached at morton-jmarcus@yahoo.com.

Best of Indianais found locally

LeonardPitts Jr.

Eyeon the

Pie

The Washington PostWhen Belgian police searched the

home of a suspected member of theIslamic State after the Paris terrorattacks in November, they found inthe suspect’s apartment a curiousvideo.It appeared to be a surveillance

recording, made by the suspect, of asenior researcher at a Belgiannuclear center. The authorities spec-ulate that it might have been part ofa terrorist plot to capture nuclearmaterials from the center, perhapsby kidnapping the researcher. Theepisode has prompted Belgianauthorities to deploy armed troopsto protect nuclear sites, replacing aprivate security force.The potential threat is clear. Much

has been done to reduce nuclearweapons stockpiles and materialsover the past 25 years, but hazardsremain from highly enriched urani-um and plutonium spread aroundthe globe. Some 1,800 metric tons ofweapons-useable material is storedin hundreds of facilities, includingcivilian research reactors and mili-tary stocks.Starting in 2010, President Barack

Obama cast a spotlight on the prob-lem with international summits atwhich leaders were pressed to act,including the cleanup of materialsthat could be used for building a so-called “dirty bomb,” a conventionalexplosive combined with nuclearmaterials that, while not a nuclearblast, would nonetheless cause con-siderable mayhem and disruption.

In 2010, when the summits began inWashington, 35 nations hadweapons-usable materials; threesummits and six years later, it isdown to 24.But now comes the difficult part.

Leaders of more than 50 nations willgather in Washington at the end ofthis month for the fourth and finalnuclear security summit. Thenwhat?The summit process has not given

rise to an effective global system forsecuring these nuclear materials. Itwill take some real imagination anddetermination to keep up the pres-sure. We hear the coming summitwill produce “action plans,” pledgesfrom the leaders to pursue nuclearsecurity in existing internationalorganizations. It may also set upsome kind of smaller, ongoing con-tact group. But will these be suffi-cient to sustain the sense of urgencyand political drive that the summitsgenerated? A detailed index published by the

Nuclear Threat Initiative shows tan-gible progress was achieved between2012 and 2014, but since then effortshave stalled, due to political issuesthat have diverted attention, bureau-

cratic inertia, lack of resources andcultural factors. None of these aregoing away any time soon. The rapid deterioration of U.S.

relations with Moscow has taken atoll, too. Russia has declared it willnot attend the summit. Cooperationon nuclear security has all but col-lapsed under the weight of Presi-dent Vladimir Putin’s ill-fatedadventure in Ukraine. Former sena-tor Sam Nunn, D-Ga., who pioneeredthat cooperation, said recently thereis a “corrosive lack of trust”between Washington and Moscow,and channels of communication are“few and far between.”Without in any way easing the

pressure on Putin over Ukraine orSyria, the United States and Russiaought to realize that Islamic Stateterrorists interested in nuclearmaterials in Belgium are a threat toall countries, and one worth talkingabout.

U.S. and Russia need to talkGuestEditorial ... hazards

remain fromhighly enricheduranium and

plutonium spreadaround the globe.

The Commercial ReviewMonday, March 14, 2016 Local/World Page 5

Talks startGENEVA — The

U.N. special envoy forSyria restarted peacetalks between the gov-ernment and the oppo-sition today, warningthat the only alterna-tive is a return to warand describing politi-cal transition in thecountry now led byPresident BasharAssad as “the motherof all issues.”Moments before

meeting with a Syriangovernment envoy,Staffan de Misturalaid out both highstakes and low expec-tations for what isshaping up as themost promising initia-tive in years to end theconflict that movesinto its sixth year onTuesday. At least aquarter of a millionpeople have beenkilled.

Officer killedCHEVERLY, Md. —

Police and the publicwere seeking answerstoday after a gunmanopened fire outside apolice station in aMaryland suburb ofthe nation’s capital,killing an officer inwhat the police chiefcalled an “unpro-voked attack.”The shooter opened

fire on the first offi-cer he saw outsidethe station around4:30 p.m. Sunday inLandover, a suburbabout 10 miles north-east of downtownWashington, D.C.,according to PrinceGeorge’s Countypolice chief HankStawinski.

No actionINDIANAPOLIS —

The Indiana Demo-cratic Party says itwon’t file a courtchallenge to U.S. Rep.Todd Young’s place-ment on the ballot forU.S. Senate.Party Chairman

John Zody said Fri-day that it’s in theparty’s best interestnot to pursue thematter further.Democrats as well

as Young’s GOP pri-mary opponent, U.S.Rep. Marlin Stutz-man, had challengedYoung’s candidacy,arguing he hadn’tgathered the 500required petition sig-natures from each ofthe state’s nine con-gressional districts.

AttackedGRAND-BASSAM,

Ivory Coast — Armedmen attacked anIvory Coast beachresort Sunday, killingat least 16 people andsending tourists flee-ing through the his-toric town of Grand-Bassam in an attackclaimed by al-Qaida’sNorth Africa branch.Bloody bodies were

sprawled on thebeach and witnessesdescribed horrificscenes as a lazy week-end afternoon wasshattered by the WestAfrica’s latestextremist strike.—Associated Press

In review

Continued from page 1Turkey is grappling with a host

of issues, including renewed fight-ing with Kurdish rebels, tensionswith a Syrian Kurdish militiagroup which is affiliated with thePKK, threats from the Islamic Stategroup and a Syrian refugee crisis.About 210 people have died in

five suicide bombings in Turkeysince July that were blamed eitheron the Kurdish rebels or the Islam-ic State group.“All five attacks are linked to the

fallout of the Syrian civil war,”said Soner Cagaptay, a Turkeyexpert at the Washington Institutein emailed comments. “Ankara’sill-executed Syria policy ... hasexposed Turkey to great risks.”“The question, unfortunately, is

not if there will be a terror attackagain, but when the next attackwill be,” Cagaptay said.Sunday’s blast came as Turkey’s

security forces were preparing tolaunch large-scale operationsagainst militants in two mainlyKurdish towns after authoritiesimposed curfews there, promptingsome residents to flee. The opera-tion in the town of Nusaybin, onthe border with Syria, began today,Anadolu reported. Tanks have alsobeen deployed at the town of Yuk-sekova, near the border with Iraq,but it wasn’t immediately clearwhen the offensive there wouldstart.Authorities today announced

another curfew, to go into effect at2100 GMT (5 p.m. EDT) in the city

of Sirnak, near the border withIraq, signaling that the militarywas also preparing to battle Kur-dish militants there.Turkey has been imposing cur-

fews in several flashpoints in thesoutheast since August to root outmilitants linked to the PKK, whohad set up barricades, dug trench-es and planted explosives. The mil-itary operations have raised con-cerns over human rights viola-tions and scores of civilian deaths.Tens of thousands of people havealso been displaced by the fight-ing.Last week, Turkey’s military

ended a three-month operationagainst the militants in the his-toric Sur district of Diyarbakir —the largest city in the country’s

mostly Kurdish southeast. OnSunday, authorities eased the cur-few in some streets and one neigh-borhood of Sur, but the siege overthe district’s main areas was stillin place.The PKK has been designated a

terror organization by Turkey, theU.S. and the European Union. Afragile peace process between thePKK and the Turkish state col-lapsed in July, reigniting a battlethat has cost tens of thousands oflives since 1984.As Turkey today began to hold

funeral services for at least 17 ofthe people who lost their lives,details emerged about some of thevictims, which included the fatherof Galatasaray soccer team playerUmut Bulut.

Strikes ...

Continued from page 1And they say their

schedules contain detailsfrom their private livesthat are not related to statebusiness.Republican Gov. Mike

Pence’s office says arequest for one week ofemails by The AssociatedPress was “too broad” andthat his schedule is exemptfrom public records law.Meanwhile, minority

Democrats are split on theissue. Senate MinorityLeader Tim Lanane saidGOP Senate leadersinstructed him not torelease the documents.House Minority LeaderScott Pelath said his officeis reviewing his records tosee what may be released.The state’s public access

counselor, Luke Britt, dis-agrees with lawmakers’decision not to releaseemails: “There is noexemption in publicrecords law for historicalpractice or longstandingpolicy,” he said.Ohio law requires the

Legislature, governor andother state agencies andoffices to release most pub-lic records, including offi-cial calendars and emails,that serve to document thefunctions, policies, activi-ties or decision-making ofthe office.Certain exceptions exist

for records or portions ofrecords considered to raiseprivacy, proprietary orsecurity concerns. Legisla-tors also are allowed towithhold work-related doc-uments that are exclusive-ly for personal use, such aspersonal calendars, meet-ing notes and personalpapers.

Continued from page 1The rewind is just the begin-

ning.As practices continue, the Patri-

ots will continue to add more diffi-cult elements to their stunting.Those could include a back hand-spring into the rewind, twisting inthe air or landing the stunt on justone of Newell’s hands instead ofboth.Newell’s trips to Jay County

began because a group of Patriotcheerleaders expressed an interestin cheering in college. And theywere willing to put in the work toprepare themselves to get there.“I care so much about cheer and

I just want to do really well and doit for the rest of my life becauseI’m really passionate about it,”said sophomore Breea Liette, whoaspires to be a UCA coach likeNewell, Champ and JCHS assistantcoach Ashley Loucks. “So everytime I get a chance, I take it …“In order to … cheer in college I

can’t just do what a normal teenag-er would. I need to go beyond that.”In addition to the college aspira-

tions, Champ has set a goal ofexpanding her squad’s competi-tion schedule beyond the annualAugust trip to the Indiana StateFair. She has hopes of her squadcompeting in a qualifying eventlate this year in order to earn aberth to the UCA National Cham-pionships in February 2017 inOrlando, Florida.Not only has the group of girls

been working with Newell, but alarger group has also been travel-ing to Westfield a couple of times amonth since October in order towork on tumbling.All of the extra effort will have

an impact when the Patriotsreturn to the mat to begin prepar-ing for this year’s state fair compe-tition.“It’s going to make them much

more versatile for us,” said Champof the coed stunting. “If they’reoff at all, there aren’t two people tohelp them out. There’s just oneperson. So it has to be perfect orthey have to adjust. They can’t relyon somebody else to adjust.”That hasn’t always been easy.The girls use the words “scary”

and “horrifying” to describe theirfirst time trying a new stunt.They’ve all had that look on theirface like Daniels did on her firstattempt at a rewind.But over the weeks, a trust has

developed. There’s still fear whenthey try something new, but theyknow Newell will be there to catchthem.“I feel more comfortable the more

we do it,” said Lee, who has alwaysbeen a base for the JCHS squad.“It’s giving us all more experiencewith different things and not justwhat we’re used to doing.”“It’s just by practicing it more

and more. You realize he’s notgoing to drop you,” said Grove.“You get more confident.”It’s that confidence that they

hope will take them where theywant to go — to a state fair cham-pionship, a berth at nationals, acollege cheerleading career.That they’re preparing so early

— Perod is a junior, Liette, Lee andDaniels are sophomores and Grove

is a freshman — speaks volumes tothose possibilities, said Newell.“It’s definitely been a real joy to

teach them and see how far they’veprogressed in such a short amount

of time,” he said. “To take thosesteps, two, three, four years out …says a lot of character about theirdrive and determination and whatthey want to do.”

Cheer ...

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WINCHESTER, Ind.(AP) — A couple is buyingand plans to renovate ashuttered drive-in movietheater in eastern Indi-ana.Pauletta and Shawn

Hummel are buying theAirline Twin Drive-In,which has been acrossfrom the Randolph CountyAirport east of Winches-ter for decades. It closed inlate 2014.Pauletta Hummel told

The (Muncie) Star Press(http://tspne.ws/1RAJG-gM) that the sale is pend-ing. She said the two-screen theater is “a stapleof our community” andcould reopen by the end ofthe summer.“We really want to bring

it back to what it wasbefore,” she said.The drive-in was “some-

thing worth investing in,”Hummel said. Shedeclined to say how muchthey were paying for theland and its amenities, butsaid it was a significantinvestment. The coupleplans to operate the drive-in themselves and mayhire high school studentsas part-time employees.An overhaul of the site

is in order, including onthe run-down concessionstand near the westscreen, and the couple alsohopes to improve a play-ground area. PaulettaHummel said just onescreen will reopen at first,with plans to use the sec-ond screen as businessincreases.

By BILL BARROWand KATHLEEN RONAYNEAssociated PressHANOVERTON, Ohio — GOP

front-runner Donald Trump triedto prove over the weekend that noperceived misstep can derail hismarch to the Republican presi-dential nomination.Trump enjoyed a relatively con-

troversy free multi-state tour Sun-day ahead of primaries that coulddetermine whether he wins theGOP nomination without a con-tested summer convention.Perhaps most critical to that

equation is Tuesday’s winner-take-all contest in Ohio, where thereal estate mogul and the populargovernor, John Kasich, have

intensified their focus on oneanother — Trump calling his rival“a baby” and Kasich suggestingTrump and the violence at someof his rallies represent a “darkside” of American society.Besides Ohio, candidates are

readying their closing argumentsin Illinois, Missouri, North Car-olina and Florida, with the totalnumber of delegates at stakeTuesday accounting for morethan a quarter of the 1,237 neces-sary for nomination.Texas Sen. Ted Cruz argues that

only he can keep Trump fromreaching the required majority,while Florida Sen. Marco Rubiotries merely to remain relevant,hoping his home-state voters defy

the polls and give him justifica-tion to extend his candidacy.Trump tried Sunday to shift

attention away from the intensecriticism that followed harrowingscenes Friday of a melee in Chica-go, where he canceled a scheduledrally amid a near-riot among hissupporters, protesters and author-ities.“If we can win Ohio, we’re

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PORTLAND, INDIANA CAUSE NO.

38C01-1511-MF-000055 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

PLAINTIFFvs

KENNETH R. CURTIS,DECEASED; TONYA E.

CURTISDEFENDANTS

By virtue of an Order of Sale,directed to me from the Clerk ofthe Jay Circuit Court and pur-suant to a Judgment of Foreclo-sure entered on February 26,2016, I will expose to public saleto the highest bidder for cashin hand, at the office of the Sher-iff of Jay County, in Jay County,Indiana, located at Courthouse,3rd Floor, Portland, IN 47371 onApril 21, 2016 at 10:00 am, LocalTime, the fee simple title to-gether with the rents, profits, is-sues and income or so muchthereof as may be sufficient tosatisfy said judgment, interest,costs and accruing costs of thefollowing described real estatelocated in Jay County, Indiana,to-wit: Part of the West Half of theSouthwest Quarter of Section 6,Township 24 North, Range 13East, in Jay County, Indiana,more particularly described asfollows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeastcorner of the West half of theSouthwest Quarter of Section6, Township 24 North, Range13 East for the point of begin-ning; thence West One Hun-dred and Seventeen (117) feeton and along the south line ofthe said Southwest Quarterto a point; thence North FourHundred Eighty three andfive tenths (483.5) feet parallelto the east line of the saidWest half of the SouthwestQuarter to a point; thenceEast One Hundred and Sev-enteen (117) feet parallel tothe south line of the saidSouthwest Quarter; thenceSouth Four Hundred Eightythree and five tenths (483.5)feet on and along the east lineof the said West half of theSouthwest Quarter to thepoint of beginning. Contain-ing 1.30 acres, more or less. Commonly known as: 6232West State Road 18, Bryant,IN 47326-9096 State ParcelNumber: 38-02-06-300-008.000-023

This sale is to be made in all re-spects pursuant to an act of theGeneral Assembly of the Stateof Indiana, approved March 7,1931, and entitled An act con-cerning proceedings in actionsto foreclose real estate mort-gages, providing for the sale andcustody of the mortgaged prem-ises and repealing all laws con-flicting therewith (see IndianaCode). It is further provided by lawthat there shall be no redemp-tion from such sale, and the pur-chaser at such sale, upon com-plying with the terms of hispurchase, shall be entitled toimmediately receive from theundersigned, Sheriff of JayCounty, a deed conveying tohim, the purchaser, the fee sim-ple title in and to said real es-tate. Taken as the property of the De-fendant(s) stated above at thesuit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Said sale to be without relieffrom valuation and/or ap-praisement laws.

Dwane FordJay County Sheriff

Attorney for PlaintiffUnterberg & Associates, P.C.

8050 Cleveland PlaceMerrillville, IN 46410

(219) 736-5579Atty File: 1022646

CR 3-14,21,28-2016-HSPAXLP

Public Notice NOTICE OF

SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of a certified copy of adecree to me directed from theClerk of Jay Circuit Court of JayCounty, Indiana, in Cause No.38C01-1503-MF-15 wherein PHHMortgage Corporation wasPlaintiff, and Kevin D. Craigwas a Defendant, required meto make the sum as provided forin said Decree with interest andcost, I will expose at public saleto the highest bidder, on the 21stday of April, 2016, at the hour of10:00 A.M., or as soon thereafteras is possible, at Jay CountyCourthouse/3rd Floor - Main,Portland, IN 47371, the fee sim-ple of the whole body of RealEstate in Jay County, Indiana.

A part of the Southwest Quar-ter of the Northwest Quarterof Section Two (2), TownshipTwenty-two (22) North, RangeThirteen (13) East in Jeffer-son Township, Jay County, In-diana, described as follows:Beginning at a 1/4 inch pipe atthe Southwest corner of theSouthwest Quarter of theNorthwest Quarter of SectionTwo (2), Township Twenty-two(22) North, Range Thirteen(13) East; thence North 01 de-grees 55 minutes 17 secondsEast 275.00 feet (assumedbearing) along the West lineof said Quarter Quarter Sec-tion to a spike; thence South90 degrees 00 minutes 00 sec-onds East 355.00 feet parallelwith the South line of saidQuarter Quarter Section to a5/8 inch rebar; thence South01 degrees 55 minutes 17 sec-onds West 275.00 feet to aspike on the South line ofsaid Quarter Quarter Section;thence North 90 degrees 00minutes 00 seconds West355.00 feet to the point of be-ginning. Containing 2.24acres, more or less. More commonly known as3984 W 350 S, Portland, IN47371-7212 Parcel No. 38-10-02-200-003.000-024

Together with rents, issues, in-come and profits thereof, saidsale will be made without relieffrom valuation or appraisementlaws.

Dwane FordJay County Sheriff.

ELYSSA M. MEADE, PlaintiffAttorney

Attorney # 25352-64 FEIWELL & HANNOY, P.C. 8415 Allison Pointe Blvd.,

Suite 400 Indianapolis, IN 46250

CR 3-14,21,28-2016-HSPAXLP

Public Notice TO THE OWNERS OF THEWITHIN DESCRIBED REAL

ESTATE AND ALLINTERESTED PARTIES: NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S

SALE By virtue of a certified copy ofa decree to me directed fromthe Clerk of the Superior Courtof Jay County, Indiana, inCause No.38D01-1512-MF-58wherein US Bank NA wasPlaintiff, and Martha Dearduffwas the Defendant, requiringme to make the sum asprovided for in said Decreewith interest and costs, I willexpose at public sale to thehighest bidder, on the 14 day ofApril, 2016, at the hour of 10:00A.M., or as soon thereafter asis possible at the Jay CountySheriffs Department 120 NorthCourt Street; 3rd FloorCourthouse; Portland, IN 47371in Jay County, Indiana, the feesimple of the whole body ofReal Estate in Jay County,Indiana. Beginning at the Northwestcorner of lot #2 in block #28in the annexed plat of anaddition to the Town ofDunkirk, Indiana, the plat ofwhich is recorded in platbook "A", page 68, in theOffice of the Recorder of JayCounty, Indiana, andrunning thence East 65 feetto the Northeast corner ofsaid lot #2; thence South103.175 feet along the Eastline of said lot #2; thenceWest 65 feet parallel with anEast and West alley throughsaid block #28 to the Westline of said lot #2; thenceNorth 103 feet to the place ofbeginning. More Commonly Known As:217 East North Street,Dunkirk, IN 47336 ParcelNo. 38-09-08-104-009.000-017

Together with rents, issues,income, and profits thereof,said sale will be made withoutrelief from valuation orappraisement laws.

Dwane Ford Sheriff of Jay County

Phillip A. Pluister #26544-64 Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP

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Close callAVONDALE, Ariz.

— For the second timein a month, two carscrossed the finish lineseemingly togetherand no one was surewho won.Electronic scoring

and slow-motionreplays put Kevin Har-vick in a familiar spoton top at PhoenixInternational Race-way, and NASCAR cel-ebrated anotherthrilling race to startthe season.Harvick and Carl

Edwards twicebumped on the finallap before Harvickinched over the finishline first by 0.01 sec-onds in an overtimefinish Sunday for hisrecord eighth SprintCup victory at themile oval.It was the same mar-

gin of victory asDenny Hamlin’s overMartin Truex Jr. lastmonth in the Daytona500.

Pacers loseATLANTA — Al

Horford and Paul Mill-sap each scored 18points, Kyle Korveradded 14 and theAtlanta Hawks used ablistering third quar-ter to rout the IndianaPacers 104-75 on Sun-day night.The Pacers’ 75

points were a seasonlow for the team andfor an Atlanta oppo-nent.Indiana had won

three straight to move1 1/2 games behindAtlanta for the sixthEastern Conferenceplayoff spot, but thePacers fell apart aftertrimming the lead toeight early in thethird.Indiana rookie

Myles Turner, whoscored a team-high 19points, was the onlystarter for either teamto play in the fourth.

Penske rollsST. PETERSBURG,

Fla. — There seemedlittle doubt that aTeam Penske driverwould win the Indy-Car season-openingrace even after WillPower was sidelinedSunday with a concus-sion.Juan Pablo Montoya

won on the streets ofSt. Petersburg for thesecond consecutiveyear to continue theTeam Penske domi-nance at this event.The win by Montoya

was the eighth in 12tries for Penske driv-ers. Simon Pagenaudfinished second tomake it a 1-2 Penskefinish, but RyanHunter-Reay spoiledthe sweep by passingHelio Castroneveswith three lapsremaining.

HRs leadPEORIA, Ariz. —

Zack Cozart and JakeCave hit back-to-backhome runs, leadingthe Cincinnati Reds toa 5-3 spring win overthe Seattle Marinerson Sunday.Cozart connected

for a two-run shotagainst Nathan Karnswith two out in thethird inning. Cave fol-lowed with a drive toright-center.Cozart is coming

back from right kneesurgery.

—Associated Press

In review

ANDERSON — The Patriotboys had a winner. The girlsbroke a record.Andrew Trewyn and the girls

4x400 relay team provided thehighlights Saturday as the JayCounty High School trackteams hosted the Patriot Invita-tional at Anderson University.Trewyn was the lone Patriot

victor at the indoor meet, tak-ing the boys high jump at 6 feet,5 inches. He bested Con-nersville’s Mason Sullenbergerby an inch as only four athletescleared the 6-foot mark.Emma Laux, Taylor Homan,

Britlyn Dues and Erika Kunklerposted the top finish for thegirls team as they took third in

the 4x400-meter relay. Theirtime of 4 minutes, 22 secondsbroke the previous JCHS indoorrecord.Dues also tied the indoor

school record in the 60 hurdlesin 10.41 seconds.Kendra Muhlenkamp, Kelsey

Burden, Kellie Fortkamp andMegan Wellman were fifth in

the distance medley relay in13:55, and Emily Muhlenkamp,Gabby Kunkler, Erika Kunklerand Megan Wellman placedsixth in the 4x800 relay in 11:16.Kellie Fortkamp had the top

individual finish for the girls asshe took sixth in the 3,200 run in12:59. Audrey Shreve andKendal Garringer tied for sev-

enth in the high jump at 4 feet, 6inches, and Laux was 10th inthe 60 dash in 8.45.Jay County’s boys posted a

runner-up finish in the 4x200relay in 1:51.74. Trewyn was16th in the shot put with a dis-tance of 39 feet, 4.5 inches, andTravis Barton finished 21st inthe 3,200 run in 11:35.21.

Trewyn wins; JC girls set record

POINT OUTLOOK, Mis-souri — Kegan Comer is awin away from playing fora national championship.When he steps on the

floor again, he’ll see afamiliar face on the oppos-ing bench.Comer, a 2013 Jay Coun-

ty High School graduate,was one of four players toreach double figures Sat-urday as his University ofSt. Francis men’s basket-ball team cruised pastKeiser 80-53 in the quar-terfinal round of theNAIA Division II Tourna-ment.The No. 1 seed Cougars

(32-4) will play seventh-seeded Indiana UniversityEast (22-13) in the nationalsemifinal at 6 p.m. tonightat University of theOzarks’ Keeter Gymnasi-um. IU East assistantcoach Tyler Rigby is also aJCHS graduate and wasteammates with Comer’sbrother, Corey, on thePatriots’ 2006 state run-ner-up squad.Comer put together

another strong shootinggame in the semifinals,hitting 7-of-12 from thefield including both of his3-point attempts for 16points. He added fourrebounds and two blocks.The junior is averaging

16 points per game in thetournament thus far.

SVSU 92,Parkside 77SOMERS, Wisconsin —

Fort Recovery High Schoolgraduate Wade Gelhauswas at his best in his team’sbiggest game of the yearSunday, putting up a sea-son-high scoring total tohelp carry the Cardinals toan upset of the No. 1 seededRangers to earn a berth inthe Sweet 16 in the NCAADivision II men’s basketballtournament.Gelhaus, FRHS class of

2013, shot 7-of-10 from thefield and made four of hisfive free-throw attempts toscore 18 points for SaginawValley State University (24-7). His previous seasonhigh was 11.The junior also had six

rebounds in 21 minutes offthe bench.Gelhaus totaled five

points, five rebounds andtwo assists in the Cardi-nals’ 80-65 opening-roundwin Saturday over Lewis.Fifth-seeded SVSU

advances to play No. 7 seedFerris State at 8 p.m. Tues-day in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Local scheduleTTooddaayy

Jay County — Middle school swim-ming at Blackford – 5:30 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Detroit Pis-tons at Washington Wizards (ESPN)

10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Cleve-land Cavaliers at Utah Jazz (ESPN)

TTuueessddaayy7 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

NIT Tournament first round (ESPN,ESPN2)

7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: BostonCeltics at Indiana Pacers (FSIN)

9 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:NIT Tournament first round (ESPN,ESPN2)

11 p.m. — Men’s College Basket-ball: NIT Tournament first round(ESPN2)

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BERNE — The Chiefsare champions.East Jay Middle School’s

wrestling team rolled to theAllen County Athletic Con-ference title Saturday, scor-ing 135 points to beat run-ner-up Southern Wells bymore than 30 in the meet atSouth Adams. The hostStarfires were fourth with56.5, and West Jay placedseventh in the eight-teamfield with six.The Chiefs walked away

with six individual titles,including three in the fourheaviest weight classes.Derrick earned the crownat 160 pounds, CooperJacks was first at 195 andLevi Peterson took thechampionship at 220.EJMS also took back-to-

back titles at 80 and 85with winning efforts fromBlayne Daniels and Daw-son Hundley. GarrettMann earned the 140-pound championship.

Adding second-placefinishes for the Chiefswere Dyllan Garringer(75), Jackson Lyons (125),Braden McIntire (132)and Hunter Mills (150).Zakk Atkins (110) andBrian Newman (117)placed third, and ZackTwigg (95) and DakotaLairson (175) werefourth.Individual results from

West Jay were not avail-able at press time.

Continued from page 10He thwarted one of Purdue’s

runs by stripping the ball fromJohnny Hill, driving the length ofthe court and drawing a foul. Then,after losing his balance on a drive,Valentine somehow flipped analley-oop pass to Deyonta Davis

almost from his knees for a dunk tomake it 48-41.After Hammons’ dunk got the

Boilermakers within 52-51 with7:48 to go, Valentine grabbed arebound and quickly found BrynForbes open for a 3-pointer. Twicein the final minute, when Purdue

had a chance to take the lead andtie the score, Valentine came upwith defensive rebounds to seal it.The Boilermakers got as close as

62-61 when Davis made two freethrows with 2:50 to play beforeValentine made a seeminglyimpossible 16-foot double-clutch

jumper, but they couldn’t tie thescore or take the lead.“We had a good fight to us today,”

coach Matt Painter said. “We hadsome plays there at the end wherewere attacking the rim, doing somegood things and it just didn’t go ourway.”

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The East Jay Middle School wrestling team won the Allen CountyAthletic Conference championship Saturday at South Adams. The Chiefsscored 135 points to finish ahead of runner-up Southern Wells.

The home girls team left no ques-tion that it is the best.Jay County’s middle school girls

swim team won nine events Satur-day, including all three relays, totake the top spot as they hosted theAllen County Athletic ConferenceChampionships.It scored 461 points to defeat run-

ner-up Bluffton by 153. SouthAdams was third in the four-teamfield with 277.Jay County was third in the boys

competition with 278 points to fin-ish behind Bluffton (413) and SouthAdams (294).

Erica Hathaway, Ashlyn Dowand Eliza Bader all won two indi-vidual events for Jay Countywhile also contributing to a pairof relay wins.Hathaway and teammate Rieley

Brewster went one-two in both oftheir individual events, withHathaway winning the 200freestyle by 3.34 seconds in 2 min-utes, 20.41 seconds, and the 400freestyle by about the same mar-gin in 5:00.08.Dow took the 100 breaststroke

in 1:12.22 with teammate EmmaJames in second place and was

also first in the 50 freestyle in26.45. Bader posted a time of 28.48as she went one-two with LillianClemmons in the 50 butterfly andalso claimed the title in the 100individual medley in 1:06.47.Clemmons joined Hathaway,

Dow and Bader to take the 300freestyle relay, 3:01.8, and Hath-away, Bader, Clemmons and Brew-ster were first in the 200 freestylerelay in 1:55.21. Elayna Paro, Dow,Brewster and James started therelay sweep by taking the 200 med-ley relay in 2:10.56.The lone victory for the Jay

County boys was in the 200freestyle relay as Konner Som-mers, Tait Longsworth, SamuelCrump and Chase McFarland fin-ished in 2:06.94. Juan Pablo Wig-gins was the runner-up in the 200freestyle by five hundredths of asecond in 2:22.36.The South Adams boys got indi-

vidual wins from Trey Lehmanwith a time of 27.23 in the 50freestyle and Tyler Yoder with116.85 points in diving. Isabel VonGunten was first for the SAMSgirls in the 100 freestyle by nearlyfour seconds in 1:03.92.

Jay County swimmers earn title

By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS — Indi-

ana fans have spent fouryears waiting for a rematchwith Kentucky.They might be about to

get their wish.If the fifth-seeded

Hoosiers get past 12th-seed-ed Chattanooga and theSEC champion Wildcatsbeat No. 13 Stony Brook,the two border-state rivalswould meet Saturday inDes Moines, Iowa. Whilethe tantalizing second-round matchup betweentwo of college basketball’sblue-blood programs quick-ly stirred up conversationsoutside Assembly Hall, thetopic was virtually off lim-

its for almost anyone asso-ciated with the program.“We are all focused on

Chattanooga on Thursday,”athletic director Fred Glasswrote in a text message toThe Associated Press.Most others in this bas-

ketball-rich state are look-ing ahead to a contestbetween two storied pro-grams, which have com-bined for 13 national cham-pionships.They’ve met 56 times

since 1924 and played annu-ally during the regular sea-son from 1969 through 2011.Butler (21-10) made it

safely into the field as a No.9 seed in the MidwestRegion and will face BobKnight’s former school,

eighth-seeded Texas Tech(19-12), on Thursday inRaleigh, North Carolina.If the one-time tourna-

ment darlings make anoth-er postseason run, theycould have a rematch withBig Ten tournament run-ner-up Purdue (26-8) in theSweet 16. Butler won 74-68in December.The fifth-seeded Boiler-

makers face Sun Belt cham-pion Little Rock (29-4)Thursday in Denver.Notre Dame, the team

that eliminated Butler lastMarch, faces either Tulsaor football rival Michiganon Friday in Brooklyn,New York. The two No. 11seeds square off Wednes-day in Dayton, Ohio.

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INDIANAPOLIS —Mallory Winner is thebest in the state.Winner led a group of

Jay County wrestlers whocompeted in the IndianaState Wrestling Associa-tion Folkstyle Tourna-ment this weekend. Shewas one of five local ath-letes to place in the topfour.No one was better than

Winner in her weightclass in the girls folkstyletournament. She finishedas the champion in the 78-79 pound weight class.She was also fourth in

the intermediate class at80 pounds.Her brother Mason was

the runner-up at 138pounds in the cadet divi-sion. Spencer Smitley fin-ished second in the pee-wee 65-pound class.Memphis Torre (pee-

wee – 45) placed fourth,Blayne Daniels (school-boy – 77) was fifth, TonyWood (novice – 60) tookseventh and Bailey Ludy(cadet – 285) finishedeighth.Also competing this

weekend were LandonBlowers, Cody Rowles,David Confer, Sean Bai-ley, Cameron Clark,Austin Myers, TylerManor, Jordan Schricker,Ivan Hemmelgarn, Xan-der Torre, Sylas Wenk,Bryce Wenk, Peyton Ludy,Mason Ludy, ThomasHemmelgarn, Seth Fugi-ett, Gavin Hare andBradin Daniels.

Winnerearnsstatecrown

By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS — Purdue

relied on its big men to wingames all season.On Sunday, they came up

short.Big Ten player of the year Den-

zel Valentine kept finding waysto stymie the Boilermakers’ sec-ond-half charges and led No. 2Michigan State past No. 13 Pur-due 66-62 for the Big Ten Tourna-ment title. With their NCAATournament opener set forThursday in Denver, the Boiler-makers can’t afford to let thisloss linger.“It stings, but we have to get

rid of it and get ready for thetournament,” Vince Edwardssaid after scoring 19 points. “Ifwe can take them down to thewire, we know we can play withanybody in the country. We did-n’t get our results, but we stillhave momentum.”Purdue (26-8) earned the No. 5

seed in the Midwest Region andwill face 12th-seeded Little Rock(29-4).Had they completely overcome

a 13-point second-half deficit,they might have moved up anoth-er line in the bracket.Together, Vince Edwards, A.J.

Hammons and Caleb Swaniganmade a valiant effort to get theBoilermakers back in the game.

But Valentine and his teammatesrefused to give up the lead overthe final 25 minutes.Edwards finished with 19

points, while Hammons andSwanigan each had 11. Now it’stime to focus on the bigger pic-ture.“We’re going to have to put a

lot of work in this week and getready for a good team,” RaphealDavis said. “Just go out there and

play as hard as we can, try tomake a statement.”The biggest problem Sunday

was Valentine, who took out hisfrustration at finishing second inthe Big Ten standings by flirtingwith a triple-double for the thirdstraight day. He finished with 15points, 10 rebounds and nineassists and made all the big playslate before learning the Spartans(29-5) would be a No. 2 seed.

The Spartans open the tourna-ment in St. Louis on Fridayagainst Middle Tennessee State.He was an easy choice as the

tourney’s Most OutstandingPlayer, and if Valentine keepsplaying this well, there’s notelling how far he could carry theSpartans.But Valentine did much more

than score.See BBiigg page 9

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Purdue's Vince Edwards (12) and A.J. Hammons (20) block a shot by MichiganState's Alvin Ellis III (3) during the second half Sunday in the finals at the Big TenConference tournament in Indianapolis.