LLiilllliiaannnn LLooyydd, infant, GenevaEEiilleeeenn MMiillllss, 81, PortlandNNoorrbbeerrtt MMeettzzggeerr, 90, Fort

RecoveryJJaammeess HHaarrkkeerr, 88, DunkirkEEddnnaa SSttrraahhmm, 92, Hartford CityPPaauull MMuulllleenn, 97, Hartford CityJJaaccoobb SScchhwwaarrttzz, infant, BryantWWiillddaa MMoooorree, 94, Hartford CityDetails on page 2.

After a chilly Saturday, thehigh temperature climbedback to 70 degrees Sunday. Theovernight low was 51.Tonight’s low will be 53

with patchy fog expected Tues-day morning. Tuesday’s highwill be 75.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

Jay County Chamber ofCommerce will hold a pair ofmayor debates this week.The Dunkirk debate between

Dan Watson and Gene Ritter isscheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday atWest Jay Community Center,and the Portland debatebetween Randy Geesaman andMilo Miller Jr. will be 7 p.m.Thursday at Arts Place.

TTuueessddaayy —— Coverage oftoday’s Jay County Commis-sioners and Portland CityCouncil meetings.

TThhuurrssddaayy —— Jay Countyboys soccer team playsMuncie Central in sectionalsemifinal.

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By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHTThe Commercial ReviewA local veteran will visit Wash-

ington, D.C, for the first timethanks to Honor Flight North-east Indiana.Francis “Salty” Stults will fly

to the capital Wednesday on atrip planned by the chapter of thenational organization, whichtakes veterans to see the city’smemorials for free.Accompanying the World War

II veteran will be his son-in-law,Christian Bader, who attended an

orientation for the trips“guardians” in preparation forthe visit.“They basically stressed to us

that we’re not tourists,” Bader

said “We’re there for (the veter-ans), to take care of them.”Some veterans will be less

mobile than the 89-year-oldStults, who walks unassisted.

Others have a strict medicationschedule to keep in mind. The veterans will visit the

World War II, Korean War Veter-ans and Lincoln memorials,among other stops. Police willescort them at every stop, Badersaid.Bader learned about honor

flights when Bonnie Muh-lenkamp, one of his employees atPortland Veterinary Clinic,served as a guardian last year forone of their clients, Ernie Gier-hart. After their trip, Muh-

lenkamp told Bader he shouldaccompany Stults on a similartrip. But Muhlenkamp and Baderhad to convince Stults to go.“I wasn’t thinking about going

until he says ‘I will go and helpyou,’” Stults said.The Army veteran said he still

isn’t very excited, and isn’t look-ing forward to any of the stops inparticular. He’ll be on the 18th flight that

the Fort Wayne chapter of HonorFlight has organized.

See FFlliigghhtt page 5

Veteran will take Honor FlightStults is set to travel to

Washington on Wednesday

The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald

Festive weekendEarl Evans, above, a gunsmith and

historic re-enactor, speaks to visitors at JayCounty Historical Society’s museum Sundayduring the annual Heritage Festival on themuseum grounds. A former Jay Countyresident, Evans returns annually for thefestival. At right, Trent Paxson showsyoungsters how to make a birdhouse from ahollow gourd Saturday at the festival. Raw,windy, rainy weather forced the festival to moveindoors on Saturday. Better weather prevailedon Sunday.

By DAVID NAKAMURAThe Washington PostATLANTA — The Unit-

ed States, Japan and 10other Pacific Rim nationsreached agreement todayon the largest free-tradeaccord in a generation, anambitious effort led by theObama administration toknit together economiesacross a vast region.The deal capped more

than five years of arduousnegotiations on a projectcentral to PresidentObama’s economic agendaand potentially hand him alegacy-defining victorylate in his presidency.Negotiators spent a

feverish week of talks tofind consensus on termsfor the Trans-Pacific Part-nership (TPP). On Sunday,plans to publicly announcea deal were delayed severaltimes as the parties wran-gled over the technicaldetails related to marketaccess for dairy productsand new-generation bio-logic medicines.Those are just two sec-

tions of a sprawling, mul-tiple-chapter pact thataddresses tariff reduc-tions for agriculture andautomobiles as well asintellectual-propertyrights for pharmaceuticaldrugs and movies, the freeflow of information on theInternet, wildlife conser-vation, online commerceand dispute settlementsfor multinational corpora-tions.During the crunch-time

talks, the sense of urgencywas elevated by politicalelections in Canada thismonth and the UnitedStates next year. Oppo-nents of the deal havestaged demonstrationsinside and outside a West-in hotel in Atlanta, wherethe negotiators are meet-ing.The Obama administra-

tion has cast the accord asa historic effort to estab-lish new rules of interna-tional commerce among adozen nations at a timewhen evolving technolo-gies are disrupting oldindustries and creatingnew ones. The 12 TPPnations — the others areAustralia, Brunei, Chile,Malaysia, Mexico, NewZealand, Peru, Singaporeand Vietnam — accountfor a combined 40 percentof the world’s grossdomestic product.Obama, who announced

in 2011 that his adminis-tration would take a lead-ing role in the negotia-tions, stands to realize amajor victory with justover a year left in office.

See RReeaacchheedd page 6

Pacifictradeaccordreached

By SEANNA ADCOXand JEFFREY COLLINSAssociated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Days of tor-

rential rains kept much of SouthCarolina and its capital gripped byfloodwaters early today as emer-gency responders promisedrenewed door-to-door searches foranyone still trapped after a week-end deluge and hundreds of res-cues.At least seven weather-related

deaths have been blamed on thevast rainstorm.

Heavy rain kept falling into theearly hours today around the Car-olinas from the storm that beganswamping the Southeast late lastweek, part of an unprecedentedlow pressure system that dumpedmore than 20 inches on one spotalone in Columbia, the South Car-olina capital.Sunday was the wettest day in

the history of Columbia, accordingto the National Weather Service.The rainfall total at the ColumbiaMetropolitan Airport was 6.87inches, the most rain that’s ever

fallen there in one day. The rain-storm dumped so much water onSouth Carolina and parts of sever-al surrounding states that even theweather experts said they wereastonished.“The flooding is unprecedented

and historical,” said Dr. MarshallShepherd, a meteorologist anddirector of the atmospheric sci-ences program at the University ofGeorgia, in an email to The Associ-ated Press.He said the unique double punch

of the upper level low — aided by a

“river” of tropical moisture in theatmosphere from HurricaneJoaquin spinning far out in theAtlantic — gave the monster rain-storm its punch.The deluge made for otherworld-

ly scenes in the state capital ofColumbia as floodwaters nearlytouched the stoplights Sunday atone downtown intersection. Rain-water cascaded like a waterfallover jagged asphalt where a roadsheered apart and many cars weresubmerged under flooded streets.

See SSwwaammppss page 6

By BRIAN SLODYSKOAssociated PressINDIANAPOLIS — As

Indiana House Republicansprepare to elect a newmajority leader, they arestanding by their decisionlast fall to give that leader-ship post to a representa-tive with known ethicalissues who abruptlyresigned from his seat.

Speaker Brian Bosmatold The Associated Pressthat Republicans knew ofthe issues surroundingRep. Jud McMillin whenthey elevated him to thechamber’s No. 2 post lastNovember, but were satis-fied he had addressedthem.“I heard them and there

are explanations for them

all,” Bosma said, addingthat McMillin was chosenbecause he is “articulate,well-spoken, thoughtful —those are some of the keyingredients for a floorleader.”McMillan, 38, surprised

colleagues when he steppeddown from his House seatlast week, later posting onFacebook that he had made

“mistakes” that needed tobe remedied with his fami-ly. It came a week after hesent a text message toacquaintances, apologizingfor “anything offensive”sent to them from his cell-phone, without elaborating.He has not responded to

phone calls, voicemails ortexts from the AP.The resignation left

Republicans with theembarrassment of havingto replace on Tuesday anoutspoken House leaderwho was a vocal proponentof the state’s religiousobjections law, which drewa national backlash overconcerns it could lead todiscrimination against gayand lesbian couples.

See GGOOPP page 5

Heavy rain swamps South Carolina

State GOP is standing by decision

Helen Marie Shawver,deceased, Nancy M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative, to Karen S.Shawver, personal repre-sentative deed, 3 partialacres, Section 21, PikeTownship. Helen Marie Shawver,

deceased, Nancy M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative, to Diane M.Shawver, Tamra J.Shawver, Nancy N.Shawver, Karen S.Shawver, Peter M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative deed — 12.28partial acres, Section 21,Pike Township.Helen Marie Shawver,

deceased, Nancy M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative, to Diane M.Shawver, Tamra J.Shawver, Nancy N.Shawver, Karen S.Shawver, Peter M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative deed — 50 par-tial acres, Section 22,Pike Township.Helen Marie Shawver,

deceased, Nancy M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative, to Diane M.Shawver, Tamra J.Shawver, Nancy N.Shawver, Karen S.Shawver, Peter M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative deed — 1050/100 partial acres, Sec-tion 22, Pike Township.Helen Marie Shawver,

deceased, Nancy M.

Shawver, personal repre-sentative, to Diane M.Shawver, Tamra J.Shawver, Nancy N.Shawver, Karen S.Shawver, Peter M.Shawver, personal repre-sentative deed — partialacre, Section 22, PikeTownship.

Lilliann LloydAug. 20, 2015-Sept. 29, 2015

Services for Lilliann Grace Lloyd,1½ months old, Geneva, were heldSaturday at Yager-KirchhoferFuneral Home in Berne with PastorMichele D. Isch officiating. She diedTuesday at Caylor-Nickel Clinic inBluffton.Born in Bluffton, she was the

daughter of Courtney R. Lloyd ofGeneva.Surviving in addition to her moth-

er are grandparents, Mary Lloyd,Geneva, and James Lloyd (wife: Bon-nie), Willshire, Ohio; great-grand-parents, Gaye Lindsey (husband:John), Geneva and, Jim Lloyd,Decatur; and great-great-grandparents, Grant and ImogeneLindsey, Geneva. Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery

in Geneva. Memorials may be sentto the donor’s choice.

Eileen MillsEileen Mills, 81, 620 N. Commerce

St., Portland, died Sunday at IUHealth Ball Memorial Hospital.Funeral arrangements are pendingat Baird-Freeman Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed at

http://www.bairdfreeman.com.

Norbert MetzgerNorbert A. Metzger, 90, Fort

Recovery, died Sunday at MercerCounty Community Hospital inColdwater, Ohio. Arrangements arepending at Brockman-BoeckmanFuneral Home in Fort Recovery.

James HarkerJames E. Harker, 88, Dunkirk, died

Saturday at IU Health Ball MemorialHospital in Muncie. Arrangementsare pending at Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home in Portland. Condolences may be expressed at

http://www.williamsonspencer.com.

Edna StrahmJan. 17, 1923-Oct. 3, 2015

Edna L. Strahm, 92, Hartford City,died Saturday at Miller’s MerryManor in Hartford City. She was aformer Pennville resident.Born in Clark County to Paul L.

and Minnie (Montgomery) Smith,she was preceded in death by herhusband Raymond Strahm whomshe married on June 26, 1948.She had worked at Montpelier

Glove Factory, Indiana Box of Mont-

pelier for 13 years and cared for theelderly. Memberships include Inter-national Society of Poets and AARP.Surviving are a son, Steven

Strahm (wife: Linda), Hartford City;a sister, Hazel Spaulding, Montpe-lier; four brothers, Robert Smith(wife: Arlene), Amboy, James Smith(wife: Janet), Bluffton, David Smith(wife: Treena), Daleville, and TomSmith, Gas City; two grandchildren;two stepgrandchildren; and ninegreat-grandchildren.Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at

Walker & Glancy Funeral Home inMontpelier with Pastor Don T.Paden officiating. Burial will be inBrookside Memorial Park in Mont-pelier.Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday

and one hour prior to services onWednesday at the funeral home.Condolences may be expressed at

www.glancyfuneralhomes.com.

Paul MullenJuly 8, 1918-Oct. 3, 2015

Paul Wayne “Moon” Mullen, 97,Hartford City, died Saturday atParkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.Born in Portland, he was the son

of Daniel Mullen and Lena (Bash)Mullen-Harmon and was a 1936graduate of Portland High School.He married Marjorie A. “Marg”

Townsend on June 30, 1939, and shepreceded him in death on March 18,1993. A World War II veteran of the

United States Navy, he earned theVictory Ribbon and the AmericanArea Asiatic Pacific 2 Stars forJapan Operation. He retired from GM-Delco Battery

in Muncie in 1980 after 37 years ofservice and was a member of FirstChristian Church (Disciples ofChrist) in Hartford City, Delco Sym-pathy Club, UAW of Muncie, ElksLodge and Moyer Pooler AmericanLegion, both in Hartford City. Surviving are three daughters,

Julie A. Carpenter, Hartford City,Mary Jo Nuller, Muncie, andSueAnne Dill (husband: Frank),Yorktown; four grandchildren; 11great-grandchildren; and severalnieces and nephews.Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at

Keplinger Funeral Home in Hart-ford City. Burial will be in HartfordCity Cemetery.Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today and

9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeralhome.Condolences may be expressed at

www.keplingerfuneralhome.com.

Jacob SchwartzPrivate graveside services for

infant Jacob J.L. Schwartz, Bryant,were held today at Bearcreek Ceme-tery, Bryant, with Bishop MervinWickey officiating. A member of theOld Order Amish, he died Friday atLutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.Surviving are his parents, Joseph

and Elizabeth E. (Weaver) Schwartz;grandparents, Eli Weaver, KathrynWeaver and Elizabeth V. Schwartz,all of Bryant; five brothers, JosephSchwartz, Eli Schwartz, MennoSchwartz, Matthew Schwartz andStephen Schwartz, all of Bryant;three sisters, Elizabeth Schwartz,Kathryn Schwartz and ClaraSchwartz, all of Bryant.Downing & Glancy Funeral Home

in Geneva is in charge of thearrangements. Condolences may besent to http://www.glancyfuneral-homes.com.

Wilda MooreFeb. 1, 1921-Oct. 3, 2015

Wilda J. Moore, 94, Hartford City,died Saturday in Dunkirk.Born in Hartford City to John and

Stella (Flowers), Kravis, she was pre-ceded in death by husbands EdwardCain Jr. and Harry Miles Jr. and issurvived by her husband NathanMoore Jr.She had worked at Lennon’s Meat

Market and Fisher Meats.Surviving are a son, Jack Cain

(wife: Becky), Montpelier; threedaughters, Sondra Sondae (hus-band: Stanley), Kokomo, MarilynnPrice (husband: John), HartfordCity, and Cynthia Whiteneck (hus-band: Greg), Portland; two step-daughters, Nancy DeWitt (husband:Dennis), Sarasota, Florida, andSusan Deskins (husband: Dave),Fishers; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; five stepgrandchil-dren and five stepgreat-grandchil-dren.A Mass of Christian burial will be

2 p.m. Wednesday at St. John theEvangelist Catholic Church, 209 S.Spring St. in Hartford City, with aChristian wake service at 7 p.m. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday

and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday atWaters Funeral Home, 501 W. Wash-ington St., Hartford City. Memorials may be sent to the

Alzheimer’s Association, AmericanHeart Association or Masses at thechurch. Condolences may be expressed at

www.watersfuneralhomes.com.

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Jay County HospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were three

admissions to the hospi-tal over the weekend:Winchester – Sydney

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EmergenciesThere were 53 people

treated in the emer-gency rooms of JCH,including:Portland — Marilyn

Shaneyfelt, Tyler E.Abels and Sadie M.Manson.Dunkirk — Tracy L.

Fogle, Katie J. Bran-scum and Zayne Lisby.Redkey — Katheryn J.

ClinePennville — Nichole

Seeley. Muncie — Misti Lan-

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missals.

Today5:30 p.m. — Portland

City Council, councilchambers, fire station,1616 Franklin St.5:30 p.m. — Jay School

Board special meeting,administration office,1976 W. Tyson Road, Port-land.7:30 p.m. — Fort Recov-

ery Village Council, vil-lage hall, 201 S. Main St.

Tuesday4 p.m. — Jay County

Development Corpora-tion, CommunityResource Center, 118 S.Meridian St., Portland.6:30 p.m. — Geneva

Town Council, town hall,411 E. Line St.7 p.m. — Portland Park

Board, council cham-

bers, fire station, 1616Franklin St.7 p.m. — Pennville

Town Council, town hall,105 N. Washington St.7 p.m. — Salamonia

Town Board, School-house Community Cen-ter.

Wednesday5:30 p.m. — Geneva

Board of Works execu-tive session, town hall,411 E. Line St.

Thursday6 p.m. — Bryant Town

Council, town hall, 107 E.Main St.7 p.m. — Jay County

Plan Commission, audi-torium, Jay CountyCourthouse, 120 N. CourtSt., Portland.

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Lotteries

Obituaries

An Ohio court has denied aclaim by a former Fort Recoveryteacher that he had ineffectivecounsel.Christopher Summers, 35, is

serving a 21-year prison sentencefor sexually assaulting a studentwhen he was a teacher and coach.He was originally charged with

47 counts, including rape and sex-ual battery. Under a plea agree-ment, he entered a plea of guiltyto eight counts of sexual battery,all third degree felonies.He was sentenced to 30 months

in prison on each count, to be

served consecutively. He was latersentenced to another year inprison by a Darke County courton the same charge.

Deer accidentsTwo rural Portland man were

in accidents involving deer Sat-urday.Randy D. Noles, 59, 7443 W. 50

South, told Jay County Sher-iff ’s Office he was driving his1950 Ford east on county road200 South before reaching coun-ty road 825 West, when a deerran in front of his vehicle. Hesaid he was unable to avoid col-liding with the deer.Damage was estimated

between $2,500 and $5,000.Todd K. Barry, 43, 7988 E. 200

South, was driving south onU.S. 27 north of county road 200

North when he said another cardriving northbound swervedinto his lane to avoid hitting adeer. Barry said his vehicle, a2015 Chevrolet, went into aditch to avoid hitting the north-bound car, which did not stop.Damage was estimated

between $1,000 and $2,500.

Flushing hydrantsThe City of Dunkirk will be

flushing fire hydrants thisweek.Hydrants will be flushed

from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily

through Friday. Residentsshould watch for discoloredwater.

In area courtsZachary L. Brown, Geneva,

entered a plea of guilty inAdams Superior Court to aClass A misdemeanor charge ofdomestic battery. He was sen-tenced to one year in jail withall but 126 days suspended andwas given credit for timeserved. He was placed on proba-tion for eight months and wasordered to receive counseling.

Ohio Court denies Summers’ claimCapsuleReports

VOTE ForVOTE For“MILO”

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Notices will appear inthe Community Calendaras space is available. Tosubmit an item, call fami-ly editor Virginia Cline at(260) 726-8141.

TodayPREGNANCY CARE

CENTER of Jay County —Free pregnancy testingwith 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.TAKE OFF POUNDS

SENSIBLY (TOPS) — Will

meet 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. PORTLAND EVENING

OPTIMIST CLUB — Willmeet at 6 p.m. the first andthird Monday of eachmonth at Richards Restau-rant.JAY LODGE NO. 87

F.&A.M. — Will meet Mon-day at the lodge hall. Din-ner will be served at 6:30p.m., with lodge opening at7:30 p.m. ALPHA GAMMA CHAP-

TER, PSI IOTA XI — Willmeet at 7 p.m. Monday atJay County Public Library.

Bring $2 to participate inDucky Daze. Cancel withLisa Craiger at (260) 726-5726 or Lisa Manor at 766-9156.

Tuesday BRYANT COMMUNITY

CENTER EUCHRE — Willbe played at 1 p.m. eachTuesday.

WednesdayWEDNESDAY MORN-

ING BREAKFAST CLUB— Will meet at 8 a.m. in theeast room of RichardsRestaurant. All women areinvited to attend. Includesactivities and devotionaltime.PORTLAND ROTARY

CLUB — Will meet at nooneach Wednesday at Harmo-ny Cafe, 121 N. MeridianSt. 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 willmeet at 6:30 p.m. eachWednesday in the ZionLutheran Church, 218 E.High St., Portland. Formore information, call(260) 726-8229.PENNVILLE FAIR

BOARD — Will meet at 7p.m. the first Wednesdayof each month at the Pen-nville Community Center.

ThursdayCELEBRATE RECOV-

ERY — A 12-step Christianrecovery program, thegroup will meet at 10 a.m.and 6:30 p.m. each Thurs-day at A Second Chance AtLife Ministries, 109 S.Commerce St. in Portland.For more information, callJudy Smith at (260) 726-9187 or Dave Keen at (260)335-2152. JAY COUNTY HOSPI-

TAL OSTOMY SUPPORT

GROUP — Will meet from5:30 to 7 p.m. the secondThursday of each monthin Jay County HospitalConference Room B. Thegroup is for ostomy andintestinal diversionpatients and their friendsand family, to offer mutualsupport. AMERICAN LEGION

AUXILIARY NO. 211 —Will meet at 6 p.m. at thelegion for a regular meet-ing. COMMUNITY RELA-

TIONS TEAM — Will playeuchre at 6 p.m. the secondand fourth Thursday ofeach month at the tele-phone warehouse, 301 E.Sixth St. in Portland. Thepublic is invited. JAY COUNTY TRAILS

CLUB — Will meet at 6p.m. Thursday at theoffices of The PortlandFoundation.

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Festival was a fun end to summerBy DIANA DOLECKISpecial to The Commercial ReviewWhat a difference a day

makes.Saturday it was cold, rainy

and windy. Sunday it was warmand sunny. I like to think thebrief cold spell is MotherNature’s reminder that we needto quit dilly-dallying and pre-pare for winter.It is also the time for our com-

munity’s fall festival. The Her-itage Fest is our official goodbyeto summer. It is typically heldon the nastiest weekend in Octo-ber. In previous years there hasbeen wind, cold, rain borderingon snow, and several combina-tions of the above. This does notstop people from coming out forone last get-together before theweather compels us to stayindoors.I was scheduled to sit with the

Master Gardeners on Saturday.As the festivities had alwaysbeen outdoors, I dressed inextra layers and dug out mywinter coat. I was pleasantly

surprised to find that our desig-nated space was inside the JayCounty Historical Museum. Wehad been assigned to share aroom with an iron lung, an olddentist chair and other ancientmedical equipment. A man-nequin modeling a nurse’s uni-form stood guard at the door.She had a pronounced rash ofmysterious origin.I was stunned by how many

people braved the dreary weath-er to check out the exhibits anddisplays. The place was packed.Several people stopped by withgardening questions. Othersstopped by just to talk.At one point I got up and

walked around. I passed the

band playing a medley of tunes.I ducked into a room containinga bunch of quilters. To the quil-ter who asked if she could applyweed killer to her flower bedcontaining bulbs, I would like toamend my answer. Yes, she canapply herbicide but it would bebetter to target the weeds bybrushing the product onto theunwanted plants. There is lesschance of inadvertently mur-dering her bulbs that way thanby spraying them.I stopped by one display creat-

ed by an ultimate recycler. Theretired Navy veteran had takenwheels from old chairs, weldedthem to a spark plug, a coupleof bent nails and some odds andends to create a collection of toymotorcycles. Spoons and forksmagically became frogs or flow-ers. All sorts of things normallyfound at garage sales gainednew life with the application ofhis welding talent and more cre-ativity than I will ever have.Sadly, he does not give lessons.Across from the Master Gar-

dener booth a couple was givinga reverse mastectomy to acutout of a cow. A plastic con-tainer with, shall we say, “spig-ots,” was being set in place sothat people could pretend tomilk a cow.I haven’t milked a cow by

hand since I was a little girl. Istill remember the procedure.The easy part was calling thecows. They trudged to theirassigned places. Then the funbegan. Most of the time thingswent well but sometimes a cowwould wait until the bucket wasalmost full before kicking itover. I doubt if the fake cow wasrigged to kick.After my shift was done, I

stopped at a food booth for somebean soup and corn bread totake home for my husband’ssupper. I can’t stand bean soupso I thought it would be a treatfor him. Plus, it got me out ofhaving to fix supper.Sunday was warm and sunny.

I went back to the festival, onlythis time I sat with the wood-

carvers. I brought along a puz-zle I was making. It is a castlecontaining dragons. I encour-aged several groups of childrento touch my carvings and letthem take the puzzle apart andthen try to get all the dragonsback into the box. It wasn’t aseasy as they thought it wouldbe. Only one of them gave upcompletely.I munched on cracklins made

by a very nice guy who also didsome amazing woodburnings. Ibought some apples and a can-taloupe from a man who under-charged me. I brushed away awhole passel of bees who mayhave been attracted to a displayof handmade soap. I watchedchildren try to walk on stiltswhile others had sword fightswith weapons made from bal-loons. There were plenty ofother wholesome activities forone and all.What started out as a dreary

weekend ended up being adelightful way to end the sum-mer.

As I See It

DEAR ABBY: My wifeused the search feature forthe Ashley Madisonemails and discovered anold account I had signedup for late one night,before we were together. Ihad forgotten all about it.When she brought it up, Ipanicked and lied becauseI was embarrassed, butimmediately told her whatit was. She was upset, but Iexplained the situationand that I hadn’t eventhought about it since wehave been together.Now I feel hurt that she

didn’t trust me and felt theneed to check, using theguise that “some emailswere hacked.” But she did-n’t check hers, just mine. Iam upset that she checked,as I have never done any-thing to deserve this. Howdo I get over it withoutstarting a huge fight? I amnow more irritable andclosed off, and this is hurt-

ing our marriage. — HURTIN PENNSYLVANIADDEEAARR HHUURRTT:: RRaatthheerr

tthhaann aavvooiidd aa ffiigghhtt,, tteellll yyoouurrwwiiffee hhooww hhuurrtt yyoouu aarree tthhaattsshhee ffeelltt sshhee nneeeeddeedd ttoocchheecckk uupp oonn yyoouu,, aanndd iinnssiisstttthhiiss bbee ddiissccuusssseedd wwiitthh tthheehheellpp ooff aa lliicceennsseedd mmaarr--rriiaaggee ccoouunnsseelloorr ssoo yyoouu ccaannbbootthh llaayy yyoouurr ccaarrddss oonn tthheettaabbllee.. YYoouu nneeeedd ttoo uunnddeerr--ssttaanndd wwhhyy yyoouurr ffiirrssttiinnssttiinncctt wwaass ttoo lliiee ttoo hheerr,,aanndd sshhee nneeeeddss ttoo lleevveell wwiitthhyyoouu aabboouutt wwhhyy sshhee ffeellttccoommppeelllleedd ttoo sseeee iiff yyoouuwweerree iinn tthhaatt ddaattaabbaassee..TThheerree aarree ttiimmeess wwhheenn aaccoonnffrroonnttaattiioonn ccaann bbee

hheeaalltthhyy,, aanndd tthhiiss mmaayy bbeeoonnee ooff tthheemm..DEAR ABBY: Our beau-

tiful, talented teen daugh-ter started cutting severalyears ago. She is gettinghelp for her depressionand the bullying that con-tributed to it, but she nosooner lets one set of cutsheal than she makes more.Sometimes I think shedoes it to try to limit peo-ple’s expectations of her.Abby, we talked to her

about drugs, sex, distract-ed driving, all the thingswe thought were impor-tant, but cutting wasn’teven on our radar! We havenow learned cuttinginvolves more than 14 per-cent of young girls, and tosome degree is a socialissue, in that they learnabout cutting as a copingmechanism from eachother. At a young age it canseem exciting, edgy andrebellious — even a way to

“fit in” with a group.Please advise other par-

ents to talk to their chil-dren about this and,please, ask for feedbackfrom people who are for-mer cutters. She may lis-ten to what they have tosay, as opposed to herdumb old parents. —HEARTBROKEN MOMFROM ANYWHEREDDEEAARR HHEEAARRTTBBRROOKKEENN::

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into a large sum of moneybecause of an accident arelative of mine was in

about a year ago. I spent iton a variety of items formyself, my husband andmy mother. I paid off somedebt and medical bills, andwe also made two signifi-cant purchases as well asmany small ones. Seventy-five percent of the moneyhas been spent. I am OKwith that and so is my hus-band.My financial adviser,

who has been managingtwo of the beneficiaryaccounts from the acci-dent, has asked me aboutthe other funds I received.I know to some people Iwas irresponsible and Ishould have saved as muchas I could. I’m nervousabout telling him what Ichose to do. I’m afraid he’lljudge me for not beingmore frugal with themoney.Truth be told, it isn’t his

business how that moneywas spent because he was-

n’t managing it for me.How should I tell himabout it? I feel like a typedletter is my best bet. —NERVOUS IN KOKOMO,IND.DDEEAARR NNEERRVVOOUUSS:: II hhooppee

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Page 4 Opinion The Commercial ReviewMonday, October 5, 2015

JEANNE LUTZAdvertising Manager

By LEONARD PITTS JR.Tribune Content AgencyWhat can I do?Not quite six months ago, a read-

er named Tracy posed that ques-tion to me and I, in turn, posed itto you.Tracy, a 55-year-old white

woman from Austin, said she wassick of hearing about unarmedAfrican-American men beinginjured or killed by police.“What can be done?” she asked.

“What can I do? I’m sincere in thisquestion. I want to DO something.What can that be?”Well Bob has some ideas. In an

email, he describes himself as a“retired professional firefighterfrom a metropolitan area” whose20 years as a paramedic oftenrequired him to work closely withpolice.“I witnessed many cases of

police brutality,” he writes. “Astressed patient or family memberwould call 911 for medical assis-tance. We would respond as well asthe PD. A situation that required acalm and caring presence and anambulance ride to a care center orpsych ward would end up in aphysical altercation with maceand cuffs.”Bob says he and his partner

would talk about what they hadseen on the way back to the sta-tion, “but knew better than to alertour superiors or file complaintsbecause we did not dare open a riftwith the local PD. We (and para-medics on other shifts) needed PDbackup on potentially dangerouscalls. So we all kept quiet.”Based on that experience, Bob

has two suggestions.One is that we should push for

more thorough screening of policeapplicants.“We need cops to DEFUSE situa-

tions,” he writes, “not escalate. Weneed cops with people skills. Nomore bullies. Very intense psychexaminations should be part ofpolice applicant training.”Bob’s other suggestion?Require that non-sworn civilians

be part of any investigation ofpolice brutality. Just as you wouldnever assign a 7-year-old to solvethe mystery of the broken cookiejar, he thinks it makes little senseto ask police to investigate theirown.“Do we really think cops will

give an unbiased and honest effortwhen investigating other cops?NO! It is always the same old game.Make the investigation last formonths until it is back-page news.Discount or do not document dam-aging statements. Intimidate con-vincing witnesses. Convenientlyforget to note damaging facts.When all else fails, lie or plant evi-dence to close cases.”From where I sit, both of Bob’s

suggestions have merit, but as weapproach the first anniversary ofthe shooting of 12-year-old TamirRice with no one yet held account-able, his second carries particularresonance. Even granting the needfor thoroughness, it strainscredulity to believe it takes thebetter part of a year — and count-ing — to decide whether to prose-cute Cleveland police officer Timo-thy Loehmann, especially giventhe surveillance video that showsLoehmann shooting the boy, whohad been holding a realistic-look-ing toy gun, within two secondsafter the patrol car skids to a stopin front of him.Would the decision on prosecu-

tion proceed at such a leisurelypace had it been Loehmann whowas shot? Would the prosecutor beagonizing like Hamlet almost ayear later?You know the answer as well as I

do.The impulse to cut cops some

slack — “Hey, he was only doinghis job” — is understandable. It isalso wrong and, more to the point,shortsighted.One of the most important

weapons in a cop’s arsenal is hisauthority. But authority presup-poses legitimacy and trust. Howmuch of either can a police officer— or a police force or the institu-tion of policing itself — commandwhen they operate under such ablatantly different set of rules? Arequirement that outside eyes beinvolved in investigations of seri-ous allegations of police miscon-duct would go a long way towardrectifying that.At the very least, it’s a conversa-

tion we are long overdue to have.••••••••••

Pitts is a columnist for TheMiami Herald. He won a PulitzerPrize for Commentary in 2004.Readers may contact him via e-mail at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

Outside eyes should take a look

Most of us never have to facethe horror.We go through our daily lives

oblivious to the awfulness thatseems to lurk just beneath thesurface. We go to work, we hug our

kids, we worry about things thatseem big at the time — finances,the weather, politics, our jobs —but are really trivial when itcomes to matters of life anddeath.We are the lucky ones.

Others — by calling, by profes-sion, by instinct — have atougher path.They’re the ones called out in

the middle of the night on an

ambulance run to pick up thecooling corpse of an infant.They’re the ones who notice

the wounds. And they’re the ones trying to

piece together the facts in aninterrogation room.They’re the ones trying to coax

the truth out of its hiding place.They’re the ones who don’t

want to believe what they areseeing and hearing, even as theysee and hear it.And they’re the ones who must

exert superhuman control when— in an instant — the truth doescrawl out into the light and thehorror is laid out before them inall its awfulness.They’re the ones who must sti-

fle screams and fight back theimpulse toward violence and ret-ribution.The rest of us just read about

it in the headlines.We shake our heads, mutter

our words of dismay and wonderwhat the world is coming to.

But before we turn the page,before we move on to the sportssection or the comics, we — thelucky ones who don’t have to facethe horror head-on — need topause for a moment or two toreflect on those we rely upon todo just that: The people whonotice the wounds, who piecetogether the facts and who coaxtruth out from the darkness.And then we need to thank

them for their courage in takingthe tougher path. — J.R.

Horror faced by courageous fewEditorial

By MORTON J. MARCUSThursday was a beauti-

fully bright day in the cap-ital city.At the Statehouse, the

Interim Study Committeeon Redistricting held itsfirst meeting. Thus begana process likely to deter-mine the services, taxesand regulations for everybusiness and household inthe state.As expected, some elect-

ed members of the com-mittee questioned theneed for changing the waycongressional and legisla-tive districts in Indianaare drawn. That makessense since it is the self-perpetuating GeneralAssembly that benefitsfrom the current systemin which the party inpower (whichever partythat is) draws the linesevery 10 years after thefederal census.Likewise, it was to be

expected that the publicmembers of the commit-tee stressed the need toreexamine the currentsystem that results in lowvoter turnout when thereis little competition inHoosier elections. Forinstance, 44 of the 50 statesenators in the 2014 Gener-al Assembly won by land-slides in excess of 55 per-cent of the votes.Both sides called for

facts. But facts are of littleconsequence when we dis-agree on the interpreta-tion of those facts. Thetemperature is reading 40.Dad says it’s cold, wear ajacket. The kid says it’snot cold; no jacket orsweater is needed. What do we want from

elections? Some people,particularly elected peo-ple, and the people whosupport and are, in turn,supported by them, wantto win.Others want an election

to be a contest, notbetween parties or person-alities, but a referendumon ideas represented bythose parties and person-alities. Winning this yearis desired, but establish-ing ideas in the minds ofcitizens is the long-termgoal.That’s how, in the 1960s,

John Kennedy and Barry

Goldwater shook up con-ventional politics.Indiana voters, in 2014,

turned out in record lownumbers when half themembers of our House ofRepresentatives ran unop-posed. When political par-ties decide they cannotwin and do not put forthcandidates to establishideas, they lose — this yearand into the next decade. When election districts

are drawn to give oneparty overwhelming oddsto win, voters will be lessinclined to appear at thepolls. But is that thoughtsupported by the data? Arepersistently weakturnouts destructive todemocracy? These ques-tions may be beyond rea-sonable expectations forthe Legislative ServicesAgency, which providessupport to the committee,to offer definitive answers.As I talked about these

matters in several coun-ties during the past week, Ifound great interestamong members of thepublic. However, there isoverwhelming skepticismabout politicians yieldingany part of their powerover the redistrictingprocess to a non-partisancommission. If Hoosiers are to

achieve non-partisanredistricting throughoutthe state, they must over-come the sloth induced byskepticism and becomeactive supporters ofchange. If a more respon-sive legislature is impor-tant to you, open discus-sions about non-partisanredistricting with yourneighbors and legislators.And contact the Interim

Study Commission, Indi-ana Common Cause or theLeague of Women Voterswith your thoughts.

••••••••••Marcus is an economist,

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

Become anactive voice

LeonardPitts Jr.

Eyeon the

Pie

‘We need copsto DEFUSE

situations ...not escalate.

We needcops with

people skills. No more bullies.

Very intensepsych

examinations should be part

of policeapplicanttraining.’

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Open to residents of Jay, Randolph, Adams, Delaware, Blackford and Wellscounties in Indiana also Mercer and Darke counties in Ohio. Former arearesidents who are subscribers to The Commercial Review may also enter.

Selected entries will be published in the CR’s annual Christmas Greetingstabloid supplement. The first-place entry will also receive $250.

Original short stories with a Christmas theme or setting should be sent toThe Commercial Review, P.O. Box 1049, Portland, Indiana 47371 by Dec. 11,2015. Entries should be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with suf-ficient postage if the manuscript is to be returned. All entries should betyped, double-space, or be a clear computer printout. Dot matrix printercopies are not acceptable. Each entry should bear the writer’s name, com-plete address, and telephone number.

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AnnouncingThe Commercial Review’s

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To upgradeINDIANAPOLIS —

Rolls-Royce hasannounced plans tospend $600 million overthe next five years toupgrade the Indianapo-lis plant where itbuilds aircraft engines.The British compa-

ny said Monday that itsmodernization of theplant on the city’ssouth side will reduceits costs by replacingoutdated infrastruc-ture and equipmentdating back to WorldWar II.Rolls-Royce says the

upgrade will addadvanced manufactur-ing methods and con-solidate the Indianapo-lis operations where itsworkers make enginesfor a wide range of mil-itary and commercialaircraft, as well asmarine propulsion sys-tems.

HonoredFORT WAYNE —

The 2016 IndianaTeacher of the Year isliterary specialist JeanRussell of HaverhillElementary School inFort Wayne.Indiana Superin-

tendent of PublicInstruction GlendaRitz made theannouncement Mon-day morning.Russell has been an

educator for 25 years.She worked as a class-room teacher for 21years before shebecame a literary spe-cialist. Ritz says Rus-sell creates “a cultureof readers both in andoutside the class-room.”

PlanningINDIANAPOLIS —

A planned $20 millionrenovation of CircleCentre mall in down-town Indianapolisaims to modernize itslook and add nonretailuses, including apotential residentialtower.The 20-year-old mall

is managed by Indi-anapolis-based SimonProperty Group andhas leased space to ten-ants such as BrownMackie College andThe Indianapolis Starnewspaper to fillvacant areas.Simon officials are

looking “very serious-ly” at adding apart-ments or condos to themall, either in theexisting shell or as anaddition to the two-square-block complex,but a decision hasn’tbeen made, the compa-ny’s president of U.S.malls, David Contis,told the Star.

—Associated Press

In reviewContinued from page 1

Stults, Bader and about 100 otherpairs of veterans and guardianswill leave around 8 a.m. Wednesdayand arrive in Washington an hourlater for the full-day event.As a World War II veteran, Stults

will be in the minority. This is firsthonor flight out of Fort Wayne to

have more Korean War veteransthan World War II veterans, Badersaid. Terminally ill veterans, nomatter their age, get priority onhonor flight wait lists, heexplained. They’re followed byWorld War II veterans, and the listmoves chronologically throughveterans of each era.

Some of the stops throughoutthe day will be live-streamed sofamily and friends can check in onthe veterans via Facebook, Badersaid.They’ll be back the same night,

welcomed home by TV cameras,family and friends. Only potential rain from Hurri-

cane Joaquin could put a damperon the special day, Bader said.“If it’s crummy out it won’t be

near as enjoyable,” he said.Regardless, he thinks the cur-

rently-unenthusiastic Stults willhave a good time on the trip.“He’ll enjoy it more than he

thinks he will,” Bader said

Continued from page 1Among the ethical ques-

tions McMillin faced wasan accusation that in2005, while a county pros-ecutor in Ohio, he had asexual relationship with avictim in a domestic vio-lence case he was han-dling. McMillin acknowl-edged the relationship butsaid it occurred only afterhe resigned.And two years ago,

media reports said he hadsteered a $600,000 grant toa hometown business inBrookville that he previ-ously owned but latertransferred to familymembers and friends. Thegrant was cancelled afterhis ties were revealed.Bosma said McMillin,

who has a wife and youngfamily, was not asked toresign but made the deci-sion on his own, “whichwas the right thing to do.”He said he did not havefirsthand knowledge ofthe “offensive” cellphonemessages, but assumedthey were serious.“I don’t think it was

(about) a baseball game,”he said.Republicans picked the

charismatic yet untestedpolitician from southeast-ern Indiana for the lead-ership role just four yearsafter he was first elected.His quick rise to promi-nence came amid a mas-sive turnover as Republi-cans seized control of theHouse from Democratsand established a super-majority. In addition tothe religious objectionslaw, he helped rewrite thestate’s criminal code,pushed to shift authorityaway from the Democrat-ic state schools superin-tendent and advocated todrug-test welfare recipi-ents.“When I met Jud he was

already a chairman,” saidRep. Dave Ober, R-Albion,who was elected in 2012.“I saw him as a seriousguy working on seriousissues.”McMillin also listened

to rank-and-file concernsand sought to help themget legislation passed,lawmakers say.“When lawmakers have

certain strengths, thesekinds of flaws are notgiven significant weight,”said David Orentlicher, aformer Democratic law-maker who now teacheslaw at Indiana University.“Then something like thishappens and people real-ize you pay a price for notbeing more scrupulous.”

GOP ...

Flight ...

Double offenseA Redkey man was arrested at 2:14

a.m. Saturday for possession of mari-juana and intimidation.John Thomas Mangus, 42, 4107

South Younkin Drive, was arrestedfor intimidation and possessing mar-ijuana, both Level 6 felonies.Mangus is being held on a $4,500

bond for the marijuana charge and a$4,500 bond for the intimidationcharge.

OWI arrestsTwo Jay County men were

arrested recently for operatingtheir vehicles while intoxicated.Robert S. Duckworth, 51, 508 E.

North St., Dunkirk, was arrestedat 2:18 a.m. today for OWI, a Level6 felony. He is being held on a $4,500

bond.A Bryant man was arrested at

1:33 a.m. Saturday for operating avehicle while intoxicated.Jeremy L. Canterbury, 36, 414

North Hendricks St., Bryant, wasarrested for OWI, a Level 6 felony.He is being held on a $4,000 bond.

Dealing marijuanaA Richmond man was arrested at

1:21 p.m. Saturday for dealing mari-juana.Michael A. Tarnecy, 45, 1224 Butler

St., was arrested for dealing marijua-na, a Level 6 felony. There was a war-rant for his arrest from ElkhartCounty. He was arrested by Portland police

and Jay County Drug Task Force atWal-Mart, 950 W. Votaw St., and theyallegedly found 211 grams of marijua-na and $750 in his possession.He is being held on a $4,500 bond.

FraudAmber R. LeMaster, 27,

Portland, pleaded guilty inJay Superior Court tofraud, a Level 6 felony. Shewas sentenced to sixmonths in Jay County Jail,given 54 days credit for 27days served and assessedcourt costs of $183. As partof a plea agreement, acharge of attempted fraudwas dismissed.

TheftKyle C. Hunt, 28,

Dunkirk, pleaded guilty inJay Superior Court to theft,enhanced to a Level 6felony. He was sentenced toone year in Jay County Jailwith all but 120 days sus-pended, given 120 days cred-it for 60 days served,assessed court costs of $183and placed on formal pro-bation for eight months.This violated the condi-

tions of Hunt’s probationimposed March 12 after hepleaded guilty to operating

a vehicle while intoxicated,enhanced to a Class Dfelony. He was sentenced toserve an addition 120 daysof his original 18-monthsentence and given 116 dayscredit for 58 days served.

Dealing methDawn D. Golder, 43, Port-

land, pleaded guilty in JayCircuit Court to dealing inmethamphetamine, a ClassB felony. She was sentencedto 14 years in the IndianaDepartment of Correction,with all but eight years sus-pended, given credit fortime served from March 27to Sept. 28, assessed courtcosts of $183, ordered to paya drug abuse, prosecution,interdiction and correctionfee of $200 and placed onformal probation for sixyears.

Probation violationConnor Hull, Dunkirk,

violated the conditions of

his probation imposed Feb.7, 2013, after he was convict-ed of dealing in a ScheduleIII controlled substance, aClass B felony. He will servean additional five years ofhis original sentence in theIndiana Department of Cor-rection and was given cred-it for time served betweenSept. 3 and Sept. 25.

UnlicensedKyle R. Witt, 30, address

unavailable, pleaded guiltyin Jay Circuit Court to car-rying a handgun without alicense, a Level 5 felony. Hewas sentenced to threeyears in the IndianaDepartment of Correction,given credit for time servedbetween April 9 and Sept.23 and assessed court costsof $183. As part of a pleaagreement, charges of pos-session of an altered hand-gun, a Level 5 felony, andpossession of parapherna-lia, a Level 6 felony, weredismissed.

Narcotic dealingMichael Irelan, Portland,

pleaded guilty in Jay Cir-cuit Court to dealing in anarcotic drug, a Class Bfelony. He was sentenced to10 years in the IndianaDepartment of Correction,given credit for time servedbetween June 16 and Sept.21, assessed court costs of$183 and ordered to pay adrug abuse, prosecution,interdiction and correctionfee of $200.

Probation violationCourtney Jo Snyder-

Merry violated the condi-tions of her probationimposed after she was con-victed of unlawful posses-sion of a syringe, enhancedto a Class C felony. She willserve the remaining threeyears of her original sen-tence in the IndianaDepartment of Correctionand was given credit fortime served between Sept.11 and 22.

Felony arrests

Felony court news

Firesafety

A boy steps out of afiretruck afterexploring its innerworkings Saturdayduring Portland FireDepartment’s fireprevention event. Theevent includedhearing from JeffOwens of the KaseyProgram, which usesLabrador retrievers todemonstrate firesafety skills.

The Commercial Review/Debanina Seaton

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By SARAH EL-DEEBAssociated PressBEIRUT — Syrian activists

said late Sunday that IslamicState militants have destroyed anearly 2,000-year-old arch in theancient city of Palmyra, the lat-est victim in the group’s cam-paign to destroy historic sitesacross the territory it controlsin Iraq and Syria.The Arch of Triumph was one

of the most recognizable sites inPalmyra, the central city affec-tionately known by Syrians asthe “Bride of the Desert,” whichthe IS group seized in May. Themonumental arch sat atop thefamed colonnaded streets of the

ancient city, which linked theRoman Empire to Persia and theEast.The Britain-based Syrian

Observatory for Human Rightssaid the IS group blew up thearch but left the colonnades inplace.An opposition activist who

uses the name Khaled al-Homsialso posted on Twitter late Sun-day that the militants destroyedthe arch. Al-Homsi was anephew of Khaled al-Asaad, the81-year-old antiquities scholarand long-time director of thePalmyra site who relatives andwitnesses say was beheaded byIS militants in August.

Palmyra’s sprawling ancientcomplex, which also includesremains of temples to local godsand goddesses, has been underattack from the Islamic Stategroup. The Sunni extremistsimpose a violent interpretationof Islamic law across a self-declared “caliphate,” declaringsuch ancient relics promoteidolatry and saying they aredestroying them as part of theirpurge of paganism. However,they are also believed to sell offlooted antiquities, bringing insignificant sums of cash.In recent weeks, IS militants

blew up two famed temples inPalmyra. Satellite images

showed the temples, each nearly2,000 years old, reduced to rub-ble. Three ancient tower tombswere also eradicated.The temple of Baalshamin, a

structure of giant stone blocksseveral stories high fronted bysix towering columns, was dedi-cated to a god of storm and rain— the name means literally“Lord of the Heavens.”The even larger and slightly

older Temple of Bel, dating backto 32 AD, was a unique mergingof ancient Near Eastern andGreco-Roman architecture. Itwas dedicated to the Semitic godBel and is considered one of themost important religious build-

ings of the first century. Thetemple consisted of a centralshrine within a colonnadedcourtyard with a large gateway,within a complex that has otherruins, including an amphithe-ater and some tombs.The Islamic State group’s tar-

geting of priceless cultural arti-facts has sparked global outrageand accusations of war crimes.In addition to pre-Islamic sites,the militants have also targetedchurches, mosques and muse-ums.UNESCO, the U.N. heritage

agency, has called the destruc-tion an “intolerable crimeagainst civilization.”

Activists: Palmyra arch destroyed

Continued from page 1Initially skeptical of

large trade deals when heentered the White House,Obama came to embracethe Pacific Rim pact as away to bolster his strate-gy of rebalancing U.S. for-eign policy toward Asiaand maintaining an eco-nomic edge in the face ofChina’s growing clout.“We can promote

growth through tradethat meets a higher stan-dard,” Obama said in aspeech at the UnitedNations in New York lastweek. “And that’s whatwe’re doing through theTrans-Pacific Partner-ship — a trade agreementthat encompasses nearly40 percent of the globaleconomy, an agreementthat will open marketswhile protecting therights of workers andprotecting the environ-ment that enables devel-opment to be sustained.”The president personal-

ly intervened in the finaldays of talks, havingphone conversations withseveral leaders, includingAustralian Prime Minis-ter Malcolm Turnbull.The final sticking pointsin Atlanta centered onthe length of market pro-tections for an emergingclass of pharmaceuticals,tariffs for dairy productsand rules governing howto classify where automo-biles are manufactured.Obama’s work is not yet

done, however. Though hewon new “fast-track”trade powers from Con-gress in the spring to helpsmooth negotiations, thepresident still must getthe final pact ratified by avote in Congress, whichprobably will take placeearly next year.Lawmakers will not be

allowed to amend or fili-buster the TPP deal, butthe vote will come duringthe presidential primarynominating contests.

Reached ...

By JASON DEARENand JENNIFER KAYAssociated PressJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The

Coast Guard said Monday that aU.S. cargo ship carrying 33 peoplethat has been missing since itencountered high winds andheavy seas from HurricaneJoaquin sank, but that planesand ships will continue search-ing for the missing crew.Chief Petty Officer Jon-Paul

Rios said the Coast Guard andthe owner of the 790-foot contain-er ship El Faro concluded that

the vessel sank after debris, con-tainers and an oil sheen werefound.“We’re definitely still looking

for survivors at this time,” Riossaid. “It’s still a very activesearch and rescue operation.”Three Coast Guard cutters, two

C-130 aircraft, helicopters and aU.S. Navy plane were searchingacross a wide expanse of AtlanticOcean near Crooked Island.Another Coast Guardspokesman, David Schulein, saidsearchers found a significantdebris field 88 miles off Samana

Cay believed to have come fromthe El Faro.The vessel’s owner said previ-

ously that a container thatappears to have come from theship was found, along with adebris field that included whatappeared to be pieces of contain-er. Searchers also spotted an oilsheen and found a life ring fromthe El Faro.The El Faro departed from

Jacksonville, Florida, on Sept. 29,when Joaquin was still a tropicalstorm. The ship had 28 crewmembers from the United States

and five from Poland, and it washeading to Puerto Rico on a regu-lar cargo supply run when it raninto trouble. It was being bat-tered by winds of more than 130mph and waves of up to 30 feet.Contact was lost early Thursday.The crew reported that the ship

had lost power, had taken onwater and was listing 15 degreesbut that the situation was “man-ageable,” in their last communi-cation on Thursday morning,according to ship owner TOTEMaritime Puerto Rico. They havenot been heard from since.

Search for ship’s crew continues

Continued from page 1The flooding forced hun-

dreds of weekend rescuesand threatened the drink-ing water supply for hun-dreds of thousands inColumbia, with officialsthere warning some couldbe without potable waterfor days because of watermain breaks. Electricaloutages affecting thou-sands also were reported.Elsewhere, nearly 75 milesof Interstate 95 — the mainlink from the SoutheastU.S. to the Northeast —had to be closed for a time.Officials counted several

hundred water rescues atone point Sunday. ButColumbia Fire ChiefAubry Jenkins said in aninterview that there werequickly too many rescuesto even tally. Among thoserescued were a woman andbaby lifted to safety by hel-icopter.Police in the flooded

South Carolina capital ofColumbia say they andother emergency crewswould continue with “con-centrated search and res-cue operations” early Mon-day.Columbia Police Chief

William Holbrook issued astatement saying the oper-ations would check for anypeople in the city and near-by Richland County stillneeding evacuation fromflooded areas. He urgedanyone still needing helpto call 911, saying theywould be taken out on mil-itary vehicles and bused toshelters.“The operation will also

include overall welfarechecks,” he said, addingcrews will mark the frontdoors of homes checkedwith a fluorescent orangeX once searched.After a nightmarish

weekend marked by scenesof swift-water rescues,bridge washouts and smalldams giving way, realitywas setting in Monday aspeople waited and hopedfor the rains to ease. Somereports indicate the suncould peek out Tuesday.Many recovery tasks layahead.Several schools and col-

leges, including the Uni-versity of South Carolina,canceled classes Mondayand some businessesplanned to stay shuttered.Numerous roads and

bridges around the state

were washed out or underwater. All will have to bechecked to see if they arestructurally sound orrepaired.“It’s going to be week or

months before all of theroads are assessed,” stateAdjutant General Bob Liv-ingston Jr. said.People were told to stay

off roads and remainindoors until floodwatersrecede, and a curfew wasin place overnight forColumbia and two sur-rounding counties. Thecapital city told all 375,000of its water customers to

boil water before drinkingbecause of water linebreaks and rising waterthreatening a treatmentplant. Nearly 30,000 cus-tomers were withoutpower at one point.One of the hardest hit

areas in Columbia wasnear Gills Creek, where aweather station recordedmore than 20 inches ofrain — or more than athird of the city’s averageyearly rainfall — from Fri-day through Sunday. Thecreek was 10 feet aboveflood stage, spilling flood-waters that almost reached

the stoplights at a four-laneintersection. Shaw AirForce Base, east of Colum-bia, has seen more than 19inches of rain over the lastfew days.Rescue crews used boats

to evacuate the family ofJeff Whalen, whose housebacks up on the creek.“I got up around 6:15 and

a neighbor called to tell uswe should get out as soonas we can,” Whalen said.“About that point it wasabout a foot below the doorand when we left it was afoot in the house. It camequickly obviously.”

Swamps ...

Associated Press/Chuck Burton

A man paddles a kayak Sunday down a flooded street in Columbia, S.C. The rainstormdrenching the U.S. East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina, cutting power tothousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing many roads because of floodwaters.

Typhoon hitsBEIJING — Authori-

ties in China and thePhilippines said Mon-day that a typhoon thattore through the north-ern Philippines beforeroaring ashore insouthern China haskilled at least nine peo-ple and left dozens offishermen missing.Typhoon Mujigae

also prompted severalstrong tornadoes whenit landed in the south-ern Chinese provinceof Guangdong on Sun-day, killing at least sixpeople and injured 168people, local authori-ties said.In one case, a torna-

do swept up a car andkilled the personinside, the civil affairsdepartment of Guang-dong said.

ExplodedNEW YORK —

Debris is beingremoved from aBrooklyn buildingwhere an apparent gasexplosion killed awoman and injuredthree others.Authorities say

they’re conducting athorough search Sun-day of the three-storyhouse in the BoroughPark neighborhood.Brooklyn Borough

President Eric Adamsis proposing new gassafety measures thatwould tighten regula-tions affecting pipesand utility installa-tions.

AwardedSTOCKHOLM —

Three scientists fromthe U.S., Japan andChina won the NobelPrize in medicine onMonday for discover-ing drugs to fightmalaria and othertropical diseases thataffect hundreds of mil-lions of people everyyear.Tu Youyou — the

first-ever Chinesemedicine laureate —was cited for discover-ing a drug that’s nowthe primary treatmentagainst malaria, sav-ing millions of livesworldwide. Inspired byChinese traditionalmedicine, she madeher discovery whileworking on an anti-malaria project for theChinese military.

Cyclist diesSANTA ROSA, Calif.

— An amateur cyclistwas killed after losingcontrol on a windingCalifornia mountainroad during Levi’sGranFondo charityride, an event foundedby former nationalchampion LeviLeipheimer, authori-ties said.Edward Lund was

traveling about 35 mphdownhill when he mis-judged a curve, flewoff the road and land-ed in a dry creek bedSaturday in SonomaCounty, the CaliforniaHighway Patrol said.The 54-year-old Fres-

no resident, who waswearing a helmet, diedof a head injury, theSanta Rosa PressDemocrat reported.

—Associated Press

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Local scheduleTTooddaayy

Jay County — West Jay sixth grade vol-leyball vs. Delta – 5 p.m.; East Jay volley-ball vs. Monroe Central – 5 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Freshman footballvs. Minster – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Girls soccer section-al opener vs. Woodlan at Bellmont – 6p.m.; JV football at Jay County – 6 p.m.

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sectional semifinal vs. Delta at Yorktown– 5 p.m.; Volleyball vs. Woodlan AllenCounty Athletic Conference tournamentat Heritage – 6 p.m.; West Jay football atSouth Adams – 5 p.m.; West Jay seventhand eighth grade volleyball at Blackford –5 p.m.; East Jay football vs. Woodlan – 6p.m.

Fort Recovery — Middle school volley-ball vs. Versailles – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Volleyball vs. BlufftonAllen County Athletic Conference tourna-ment at Heritage – 6 p.m.; Middle schoolvolleyball at East Jay – 5 p.m.; Middleschool football vs. East Jay – 5 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayyJay County — Boys soccer sectional

semifinal vs. Muncie Central at Yorktown– 7 p.m.

South Adams — Boys soccer section-al opener vs. Heritage at Bellmont – 7p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayyJay County — Volleyball vs. South

Adams or Bluffton in Allen County Athlet-ic Conference tournament at Heritage – 6p.m.; West Jay seventh and eighth gradevolleyball at Adams Central – 5 p.m.;West Jay cross country at Muncie North-

side – 5 p.m.; East Jay football vs. (Win-chester) Driver – 5 p.m.; East Jay volley-ball at Muncie Southside – 5 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Volleyball at Ver-sailles – 5:30 p.m.; Cross country inLion’s Club Invitational at Coldwater – 5p.m.; Freshman football at Minster – 5p.m.; Middle school volleyball vs. Cold-water – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Girls soccer section-al semifinal vs. Bellmont at Bellmont – 5p.m.; Volleyball vs. Jay County or Woodlanin Allen County Athletic Conference tour-nament at Heritage – 6 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

8:15 p.m. — NFL Football: DetroitLions at Seattle Seahawks (ESPN)

TTuueessddaayy8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:

American League Wild Card (ESPN)8 p.m. — WNBA Basketball: Finals

Game 2 (ESPN2)

WWeeddnneessddaayy8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:

National League Wild Card (TBS)

TThhuurrssddaayy8 p.m. — College Football: Southern

Methodist at Houston (ESPN2)8:25 p.m. — NFL Football: Indianapo-

lis Colts at Houston Texans (CBS-4,7,15)

Local notesRRuunn JJaayy CCoouunnttyy ccoonnttiinnuueess SSaattuurrddaayy

The Run Jay County 5K Circuit contin-ues with the Loblolly Marsh 5K on Satur-day at Loblolly Marsh Nature Reserve inBryant.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., withthe race set to begin at 9:30 a.m.

Cost is $20, and those who pre-regis-ter will receive a shirt. The price increas-es to $25 on race day, and a shirt is notincluded.

For more information, contact (260)368-7428.

FFrriieennddss ooff tthhee AArrttss ttoo hhoosstt 55KKFort Recovery Friends of the Arts will

host a Run With The Music 5K on Oct.17.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. atFort Recovery Museum, and the race willbegin at 9:30 a.m.

Cost is $22, and the price includes ashirt. Registration without a shirt is $15,and the price will increase to $18 on raceday.

To register, go to www.speedy-feet.com or www.fortrecoveryfriendsoft-hearts.com.

For more information, contact KarenMeiring at (419) 375-4000.

RRaaccee iiss OOcctt.. 2255The Adams County Run/Walk Chal-

lenge continues with the CallithumpianCanter 5K.

The race will begin at 2 p.m. Oct. 25at Bellmont High School, 1000 N. AdamsDrive, Decatur.

For more information, contact LindaMorris at (260) 724-2604, or visitwww.adamscounty5kchallenge.com.

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Sports on tap

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapo-lis’ over-the-hill gang still looks prettyspry to the injured Andrew Luck.Pretty darn good, too.With a right shoulder injury keep-

ing Luck out of an NFL game for thefirst time, the Colts quarterbackpumped his fist repeatedly as 40-year-old quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and42-year-old kicker Adam Vinatieri cel-

ebrated their personal throwback day. Hasselbeck led the Colts on a 53-

yard drive in overtime Sunday andVinatieri finished it with a 27-yardfield goal for a 16-13 victory over Jack-sonville.“We kind of hugged it out for a sec-

ond,” Vinatieri said. “He (Hassel-beck) does a great job. Watching himhave the opportunity to go out there

— hate saying ‘at his age’ because he’syounger than I am — but I know hewanted that.”Not bad for a couple of guys who

some thought were already on bor-rowed time.Hasselbeck deftly managed his first

start in nearly three years, going 30 of47 for 282 yards with one TD and nointerceptions.

‘Old’ Colts beat Jaguars in OT

Continued from page 10McIntire was his typically domi-

nant self, running all alone throughthe second half of the race. He post-ed a time of 16:05.9 with Bluffton’sJared Reckard well behind in secondin 16:52.49.South Adams took five of the top

nine positions, with Wyatt Millerfifth in 17:16.17, Daniel Steffen sixthin 17:19.13, David Steffen eighth in17:26.1 and McGerran Clouser ninthin 17:32.7.Kellie Fortkamp, returning from a

hamstring injury, gave the Patriotgirls two runners in the top 10 as shefinished in 21:19.75 for seventh place. Erika Kunkler was 15th in 22:21.02,

Taylor Homan finished 24th in23:25.65 and Gabby Kunkler madeher season debut in 29th with a timeof 24:31.65.Travis Barton shrugged off the

brutal conditions for a career-besttime of 18:17.71 to finish in 17thplace. Alex LeMaster was two spots

behind in 18:48.93, and TaylerSmeltzer (23rd – 19:18.36), DallasDudelston (30th – 19:58.71) and

Matthew Cox (33rd – 20:06.72) filledout the remainder of the top five.The top seven competitors in each

race earned All-ACAC first-team hon-ors, while those in eighth through14th were named to the second team.

Junior highThe girls race was all South

Adams, with Megan Miller, IsabelVon Gunten and Mckenzie Sturwoldjoining Patch to sweep the top four asthe Starfires finished with 19 pointsand cruised to victory ahead ofAdams Central (77) and East Jay (81).Luke Gerber won the boys race to

lead the Starfires (43 points) to a 16-point win over East Jay. West Jay waslast out of seven scoring teams with163.Patch ran away with the girls race

by more than 15 seconds over Miller,finishing in 12:15.35. Miller was sec-ond, three seconds ahead of VonGunten (12:33.66), and Sturwold tookfourth in 12:36.41. Carlie Sealscott fin-ished off the SAMS team score in10th with a time of 13:11.41.Gerber took the boys race in

11:05.41 followed by Carson Harris

(11:14.6) of Southern Wells andMason Winner (11:34.44) of East Jay.Trey Lehman (12:03.08) was the onlyother Starfire in the top 10, but RaceAnderson (12:20.43), Clancy McIntire(12:21.78) and Aidan Von Gunten(12:33.08) were 12th, 13th and 17threspectively to secure the title.Sophia Fugiett, West Jay’s only

female competitor, led all Jay Countyrunners in the girls race in ninthplace with a time of 12:59.01. MirandaAlig led East Jay in 12th place with atime of 13:16.04 followed by LindyWood (14th – 13:35.98), Ella Roessner(13:47.82), Cheyenne Liette (21st –14:08.85) and Jocelyn Reed (14:11.97).Mitchell Winner followed his

brother for East Jay in the boys racein 10th place in 12:12.91, and BraydenSprunger (16th – 12:26.56), FlintSchmiesing (19th – 12:37.94) and BenStrausburg (20th – 12:43.17) roundingout the top five.Ethan Andreshak (26th – 13:12.51)

led West Jay ahead of Cody Bivens(30th – 13:16.97), Gage Baker (31st –13:24.88), Dallas Workman (44th –14:47.48) and Colton Green (46th –15:27.01).

Continued from page 10Alexis Miestowski, a

Lake Central sophomore,was the individual statechampion with a two-daytotal of 145, one shot overpar.Hadley Walts (Evansville

North) and defendingchampion Cherise Otter ofBloomington South tied forsecond at 151. Emma Kief-fer (153) of EvansvilleNorth and Seeger’s KileySwisher (155) rounded outthe top five.Top-ranked Evansville

North won the team title forthe second consecutiveyear. Its two-day total was651 (332, 319). No. 2 West-field (677) and 10th-rankedChesterton (692) were sec-ond and third respectively.“(Willis) just couldn’t

really get anything going,”said SAHS coach SethSprunger. “The conditionswere very difficult for all ofthe competitors out here.Just never really got intoone of those grooves, and asa result things started topile on top of each other.“(It) just wasn’t to be this

weekend.”Friday featured cold,

windy but dry conditions,and the weather Saturdaywasn’t any more coopera-tive. Temperatures hoveredin the mid-50s, with gustywind and intermittent rain.Willis began her round

with a double bogey on the310-yard, par-4 10th holeand made par on 11. Shethen birdied — it was theonly one of her weekend —the par-3 12th, and madepar again on 13.The 336-yard, par-4 14th

was where her round fellapart. She hit out of boundsand ended up taking a nine.“Taking that quintuple

bogey certainly took a lotof wind out of the sails,”Sprunger said. “At thatpoint it is just tough torecover knowing that yourwhole intention is to come

(to state) and place well.”Willis, who also qualified

for the state finals as asophomore, finished herfirst nine holes with a 45 for9-over par. After four holeson the front nine she was13-over par, and she stayedthere after rattling offthree consecutive pars. Shetook a triple bogey on thepar-4 eighth, bumping herup to 16-over par.On her final hole as a

high school golfer, herbirdie putt from 30 feetaway had the correctamount of power but itbroke to the right a little toomuch. She then sank a 4-foot par putt to finish withan 88.“There are so many parts

of me that were just like‘Stay positive,’” Willis saidabout her feeling as shewalked off the ninth green.“I have to be honest, it isjust real disappointing.”Fighting back tears,

Willis said she was proud tofinish her high schoolcareer at the sport’s highestlevel despite the two high-est scores of her senioryear.“I don’t feel like I really

showed anything here,” shesaid. “But at least I made it.(It’s) still not enough of anaccomplishment for me.”For Sprunger, it was a bit-

tersweet moment whenWillis’ round was complete.“She is by far the best

golfer that South Adamshas ever had,” he said, not-ing that she and classmateJaci Gorrell will be difficultto replace next year. “Thefact that she started hercareer as a sophomore atSouth Adams and went tostate and has come backagain (as a senior) it is kindof full circle.“It’s tough to see her go

… my two seniors weregreat leaders and it’s goingto be tough to have to fillout a scorecard withoutthose two.”

Jay County had a big lead athalftime.It held on down the stretch for

a season-ending victory.The Jay County High School

boys soccer team picked up a 4-3victory against the Oak HillEagles on Saturday in its regu-lar season finale.Nathan Heitkamp scored two

goals — his 12th and 13threspectively — in the openinghalf, finding the back of the netjust three minutes into the con-test. Trevor Moeller, a former goal-

keeper, scored his first goal ofthe season to give the Patriots (7-6) a 3-0 lead before halftime.Oak Hill scored twice after

intermission to cut the deficit to3-2, until Zach Chaney talliedhis third goal of the season toput Jay County ahead 4-2 withfive minutes remaining. The Eagles scored two min-

utes later to get back within one,but the Patriots hung on for itssecond win in as many games.Jay County’s junior varsity

team also won, 1-0. Freshman

Daniel Fugiett scored the onlygoal of the game.

Stars 1-2 at inviteCONVOY, Ohio — South

Adams’ volleyball team went 1-2at the Crestview Invitational onSaturday.The Starfires (16-9) lost to the

Marion Local Flyers (25-17, 25-16) before knocking off the hostKnights 25-17, 25-23. SouthAdams then dropped its match25-7, 25-19 to the Ottawa-Glan-dorf Titans.Addie Wanner had a team-

high 16 kills, with Madi Wursterand Cindy In’t Groen addingnine and eight kills respectively.Kylea Pierce had 24 digs defen-

sively, and Kylie Grabau talliedsix blocks. Julia Grabau totaled42 assists.South Adams’ junior varsity

squad went 3-0 at the AdamsCentral Invitational in Monroe.The Stars beat Allen CountyAthletic Conference foes AdamsCentral, Bluffton and SouthernWells. Stats and scores were notprovided.

JC freshmen winMUNCIE — It took a half for

the Patriots and Bearcats to gettheir offense going.Once they started clicking,

Jay County came out on top.Gabe Faulkner ran for one

touchdown and threw for anoth-

er Saturday as the Jay CountyHigh School freshman footballteam defeated the Muncie Cen-tral Bearcats 20-12. After a scoreless first half, the

Patriots (4-3) took a 6-0 lead afterthree quarters. Jay Countyoutscored Muncie Central 14-12in the final period for the victory.Faulkner was 2-of-7 passing

for 83 yards, with WyattGeesaman hauling in both com-pletions. Thomas Hemmelgarnadded the other score for thePatriots, and he had 19 yards on10 carries. Ryan Schlechty had ateam-high 71 rushing yards onseven carries.Hemmelgarn had seven tack-

les to lead the JCHS defense.

Patriots boys win regular-season finaleLocalroundup

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Jay County and South Adams runners take off Saturday at the start of the Allen County AthleticConference cross country meet. Bailey McIntire led the host Starfires to the boys title, while Travis Bartonturned in a career-best time for the Patriots.

Shine ...

Finishes ...

CongratulationsCongratulationsACAC regular-season

championJay County Patriot

volleyball team“Simply the Best!”

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SportsMonday, October 5, 2015

Colts beat Jaguars16-13 in overtime,see story page 9

Jay County boys soccerends season with win,

see Local roundup

Prior to 2014, the Patriotshad not won 20 matches inmore than a decade.Now, the Jay County

High School volleyballteam has reached the markin back-to-back seasons.Jay County went 3-0 on

Saturday to win its PatriotInvitational for the secondconsecutive season.The Patriots, who

improved to 21-3, defeatedthe Union City Indians (25-13, 25-9) and FranktonEagles (25-22, 25-8) in thefirst two rounds. Jay Coun-ty dropped the first setagainst the Carroll (Flora)Cougars 26-24, but rallied towin the final two 24-19, 25-14.Junior Abby Barcus led

the Patriot offense with 38kills, including a 19-killeffort against the Cougars.She also reached doubledigits with 10 againstFrankton.Seniors Kylie Osborne

(15), Abby Wendel (13) andAva Kunkler (10) alsoreached double-digit killtotals. Osborne and Wendelpaced the defense with 16digs apiece. Lizzy Schoen-lein totaled 65 assists.

Junior varsityJay County needed only

two sets to win all threematches, improving to 16-4on the season.The Patriots defeated

Union City (25-11, 25-20),Frankton (25-19, 25-12) andthe Kokomo Wildkats (25-11, 25-21).Olivia Kunkler tallied 19

kills as the only Patriotplayer to reach double fig-ures. Hanna Dillon andSarah Walter followed witheight and nine kills respec-tively.Hanna Ault had team

highs in aces and digs,totaling a dozen in each cat-egory. Kailee Denney had38 assists in the tourna-ment.

Middle schoolThe West Jay Middle

School eighth graders went3-0 to win the East Jay Invi-tational Saturday at JCHS.The East Jay Chiefs were

1-2 for the tournament.West Jay defeated

Bluffton (25-13, 25-8) andSouth Adams (25-23, 11-25,15-9) before knocking offEast Jay (25-24, 23-25, 15-4).The Chiefs lost to South

Adams (25-16, 22-25, 15-9)and beat Bluffton (25-22, 25-14).Kymia Hankins led West

Jay with 41 service points,including a 21-point effortagainst East Jay. HallieFields had a team-high 18kills.Elyse Bost led East Jay

with 21 points. Sara Hem-melgarn had a team-high 14kills.East Jay’s seventh grade

squad finished second in itsinvitational. The Chiefsdropped their first matchagainst South Adams 25-19,25-18, then outlastedBluffton (18-25, 25-18, 15-10)before topping West Jay 25-6, 25-10.Natalie Miles led the

Chiefs with 18 kills.

Jay Co.reaches20 wins

By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewWind was gusting to 30 miles

per hour with temperatures inthe 40s and gloomy skies above.Eventually, an icy drizzle beganto fall.But everything was bright

and shiny for the Starfires.Completing races at their new

finish line while hosting theAllen County Athletic Confer-ence Meet for the first time, theSouth Adams cross countryteams swept Saturday’s compe-tition with individual and teamwins in every high school andjunior high race.“We pulled something off

today that we’ve never done inthe history of our program, andthat was to sweep all four,” saidSouth Adams coach ClintAnderson. “I know more atten-tion is paid to the high school,but it was a huge day for usfrom top to bottom.”Bailey McIntire and Olivia

Von Gunten won the individualhigh school titles, with LukeGerber and Kailee Patch takingthe junior high races.Von Gunten and Jay County’s

Megan Wellman went back-and-forth in the girls race, with theformer eventually taking con-trol late to win by seven sec-onds. The Starfires claimedthree of the top five spots toscore 34 points and finish aheadof Adams Central (47) andJCHS (71).McIntire was unchallenged as

he won by more than 45 secondsto set the pace for the SouthAdams boys team’s 29-pointeffort. It was 10 points ahead ofrunner-up Adams Central in theseven-team field, with Bluffton(67) a distant third.Jay County was fifth with 122

points, trailing fourth-placeHeritage by six.“I’m very happy with how

they ran, considering the ele-ments,” said JCHS coach LeahWellman of her teams. “Goingin we just talked about how a lotof it was just how mentallytough they were. I was gladalmost that we had that racelike that to prep them for sec-tional and regional and hopeful-ly further, because that’s what itcomes down to a lot of times inthe state tournament is justbeing mentally prepared.”While McIntire ran away

from the field after the first kilo-meter of the boys race, VonGunten and Wellman staged abattle from start to finish.It was Von Gunten who took

control in the early going, lead-ing the field as it made the turn

along a cornfield at the south-west corner of the South Adamsfacility. By the mid-point of therace, however, Wellman hadpulled ahead and opened a 10-meter lead.But Von Gunten closed the

gap and locked in close behindthe Patriot senior as they hit theeastbound stretch along countyroad 700 South with the windblasting them in the face. Sheeventually took the lead andpulled away down the homestretch to post a winning timeof 19 minutes, 35.5 seconds,with Wellman about seven sec-onds behind.“She has developed quite a

confidence this year in herkick,” said Anderson. “There

was a point where it looked likeMegan was going to pull awayfrom her a little bit, and Ithought it was nice to see Oliviarespond and get herself back upthere … By the time they gotback heading east, we had madethat up and got to sit on her tailand ride the draft all the waythrough that. That was a keypart of Olivia.”The rest of the field was more

than a minute behind, withSouth Adams’ Kara Seffernickthird in 20:58.47. Acacia Ander-son was sixth in 21:15.92, OliviaMason placed 13th in 22:16.56and Katelin Hawbaker complet-ed the Starfires’ team score in14th in 22:17.81.

See SShhiinnee page 9

Stars shine at conferenceSouth Adams getsindividual, team

wins in allfour races

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Sydney Willis, a South Adams High School senior, hits her third shotfrom below the green on the third hole Saturday during the second round ofthe ISHAA Girls Golf State Finals at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel. Willisfinished with a two-day total of 175 to finish tied for 43rd.

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Olivia Von Gunten of South Adams runs ahead of Jay County’s Megan WellmanSaturday early in the Allen County Athletic Conference cross country meet at SAHS. Wellmanlater took the lead, but Von Gunten surged at the end to win the ACAC title. In the backgroundare Kara Seffernick of the Starfires and Kellie Fortkamp of Jay County.

By CHRIS SCHANZThe Commercial ReviewCARMEL — One hole is

all it takes.It can make or break a

round.Unfortunately for Syd-

ney Willis, it was the lat-ter.Willis, a South Adams

High School senior, was 1-over par through her firstfive holes, but had a quin-tuple bogey on the 14thhole and wasn’t able torecover the rest of the daySaturday as she finishedwith an 88 at the secondround of the IHSAA GirlsGolf State Finals atPrairie View Golf Club.“Having that early and

having to work from that

and recover from that wasnot the best experienceever,” said Willis, whosetwo-day total was 175 aftershooting an 87 on Friday.She finished tied for 43rdwith Brook Moser of Leo.

See FFiinniisshheess page 9

Willis finishestied for 43rd

Senior shootsin 80s duringback-to-back

rounds