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Portland’s weather stationmeasured a high temperatureof 45 degrees Monday. Therewas 0.2 inches of rain, and theovernight low was 30.There is a chance of rain

and snow tonight with a low of28. Wednesday’s high will be 32.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

The Portland Foundation isaccepting grant and scholar-ship applications for 2015.Applications are available athttp://www.portlandfounda-tion.org. For more informa-tion, contact Jessica Cook atjcook@portlandfoundation.org or (260) 726-4260.

TTooddaayy —— West Jay MiddleSchool choir Christmas con-cert – 6 p.m.; Jay County Chris-tian Academy Christmas pro-gram – 6:30 p.m.

FFrriiddaayy —— Visit with Santa - 6to 8 p.m., Santa house on EastMain Street in Portland.

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By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewSheriff-elect Dwane

Ford and Jay County Com-missioners tentativelyagreed on a new contractMonday that sets Ford’ssalary at $98,000 and con-tinues to send revenuesfrom prisoner meals andtax warrant collection feesto the county’s generalfund.The agreement, which

will receive formalapproval Dec. 22, also callsfor an annual 2 percentraise, though Ford has theoption of declining a payincrease.“I have a problem with a

raise every year,” Ford toldthe commissioners. “Ifemployees don’t get araise, it’s kind of tough forthe sheriff to sit there (andreceive an increase inpay).”Sheriff Ray Newton had

a contract with the countyfor his eight years inoffice, which started at$79,000 and rose to about$103,000 because of hissuccess bringing in addi-tional revenue.“It’s been very beneficial

to the county to have a con-tract,” said commissionerFaron Parr.Ford’s contract amount

is within the amount bud-

geted for 2015, so no actionis required by the countycouncil. Commissioners also

noted there will be a sav-ings to the county sinceFord will not be part of theits health insurance cover-age.Ford, who was unop-

posed in the general elec-tion after winning theRepublican primary inMay, told commissionershe is appointing Rob Bick-nell to continue in the roleof chief deputy.He and Newton present-

ed information on plans totrade in two police cars.

See SSeett page 5

The Commercial Review/Kelly Lynch

O Christmas treeSecond graders Emma Will, left, and Lillian Reed, right, perform a musical number Monday

evening during Fort Recovery Elementary School’s presentation of “The Littlest Christmas Tree”.

By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewBerne Ready Mix is coming to

Portland.In requesting two tax abate-

ments at Monday’s Portland CityCouncil meeting, officials fromthe company said they plan torun a pre-cast concrete manufac-turing operation in the formerJay Products building at thenortheast corner of MeridianStreet at county road 100 North.Berne Ready Mix sales manag-

er Matt Subler told council thecompany, which is under theumbrella of St. Henry Tile Com-

pany in St. Henry, Ohio, and alsoincludes Pennville Sand andGravel and four building supplystores, has outgrown its space atits current locations. It had been

looking for a site at which toexpand, and has chosen the for-mer Jay Products location.“This is a real opportunity for

us to have a location that’s some-

what centralized between Berneand St. Henry and will give usplenty of room to grow,” he said.“The building is pretty ideallysuited for what we need.”In addition to the pre-cast con-

crete manufacturing, he saidplans for the future also call fora storefront to sell supplies forthe concrete and masonryindustry.The company’s goal is to add

11 new jobs in Portland over thenext five years.Jay County Development Cor-

poration executive director pre-sented Berne Ready Mix’s

request for a five-year tax abate-ment on $1.155 million on per-sonal property and a 10-yearabatement on $225,000 on realestate. The abatements wouldsave the company $72,000.Council members Bill Gibson,

Judy Aker, Kip Robinette, MarkHedges, Don Gillespie, KentMcClung and Michael Brewsterforwarded the request to the taxabatement advisory committeefor its consideration. They planto act on the committee’s recom-mendation at their Jan. 5 meet-ing.

See CCoommiinngg page 2

Business is coming to PortlandBerne Ready Mix plans toadd 11 jobs at pre-cast

concrete manufacturing plant

By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewJay Schools will move

forward with refinancingabout $13.8 million in debtrelated to the 2006 renova-tion project at Jay CountyHigh School. But the schoolboard has not yet decidedhow to put to use the esti-mated $1.6 million in sav-ings.Board members empha-

sized Monday their focus ison reducing school corpo-ration debt rather than tak-ing on new projects. Theschool system has about $47million in outstandinglong-term debt.“This 2006 bond issue

was in the 4 percent range,”business manager BradDeRome told the board. “Itis now estimated that wecan refinance this debt inthe 2-percent range andsave approximately $1.6million over the remaininglife of this debt issue.”The 2006 project will be

paid off by 2027.“Obviously we’d like to

retire debt,” board presi-dent Michael Masters said.One of the options

DeRome presented woulduse the savings to retiredebt for one of the HVAC(heating, ventilation andcooling) energy savingsprojects. That obligation iscurrently being paid off viathe capital projects fundbut would be moved to thedebt service fund after refi-nancing.“We would like to free up

capital projects fund moneyif we can,” said superin-tendent Tim Long.Without settling on an

option, the board author-ized DeRome and schoolattorney Phil Frantz tomove forward on theprocess, working withfinancial consultantsGeorge Baum and Co. andbond attorneys Krieg-Devault.

DeRome told the boardthe school corporation’s2015 budget has beenapproved by the Depart-ment of Local Govern-ment Finance, whichtrimmed it from the adver-tised amount of $37 mil-lion to just over $35 mil-lion.“The good news for the

taxpayer is that the overallschool tax rate dropped 13cents compared to theprior year,” DeRome said.That’s because of a $66

million jump in the coun-ty’s total assessed valua-tion. The 2015 school taxrate will be 99 cents per$100 assessed valuation,compared to $1.12 in 2014.DeRome also said he’s

monitoring the impact ofHouse Enrolled Act 1062,which limits operating bal-ances in the debt servicefund.

See LLooookkiinngg page 2

Jay lookingto refinance

The Commercial Review/Kelly Lynch

Jay County Commissioner Milo Miller Jr., center, receives a round ofapplause from county employees Monday afternoon for his 24 years of servicewhile attending the county’s Christmas dinner at Jay County Courthouse. Besidehim are fellow commissioners Jim Zimmerman, left, and Faron Parr, right.

Deal set with sheriff

By KELLY LYNCHThe Commercial ReviewFORT RECOVERY — An archeol-

ogist is seeking the village coun-cil’s help in acquiring a grant toeducate residents about FortRecovery’s historical battle-ground.Christine Thompson from Ball

State University’s Applied Anthro-pology Laboratories asked FortRecovery Village Council mem-

bers Monday to sign letters in sup-port of a grant application to fundthe planning and design of inter-pretive signs around the village. The idea is to place “wayside

exhibits” — which are signs thatinclude more maps and graphicsthan text — around the village toallow visitors and residents to edu-cate themselves about the Battleon the Wabash and the Battle ofFort Recovery, even if the Fort

Recovery State Museum is closed,explained Thompson. She addedthe signs would help to show howthe village’s landscape played apart in the battles.“It was significant,” said

Thompson, who added the grant ismeant specifically for land that isnearly untouched by time. “It’shighly competitive … the moresupport, the better.”

See GGiivveess page 5

FR council gives its support

Seekingsavings

Jay School Board approvedMonday to move forward withplans to refinance debt relat-ed to the 2006 Jay CountyHigh School renovation proj-ect. Below is a look at theschool corporation’s debt andprojected savings.

$47million in total debt

$13.8million in debt

from 2006 project

$1.6million in projected

savings through refinancing

Continued from page 1Jay Products, which

produced steel con-densers and coolers forautomotive steeringunits, closed its Port-land operation in Sept.2013 after announcingplans to do so fourmonths earlier. In other business,

council:•Approved carrying

over $1.23 million inencumbrances formoney allocated in the2014 budget that willnot be spent until 2015.Included is $258,701.75for Portland WaterPark construction and$346,412.75 for SafeRoutes to School andother transportation-related constructionprojects.•OK’d conflict of

interest disclosurestatements for 2015 forMayor RandyGeesaman, whose wifeCarol serves as his

administrative assis-tant; Aker, who worksfor Mark Aker Plumb-ing; and redevelop-ment commissionmembers MarkClemens, who runsCommunity FiberSolutions.•Learned from

Geesaman that the bid-ding process for theGeesaman Industriesremediation projectwest side sewer work isunderway. PortlandBoard of Works plansto open and review bidsat its Jan. 15 meeting.•Heard Geesaman

and Aker complimentthe Christmas decora-tions that are on dis-play at Hudson FamilyPark. Barry and Eliza-beth Hudson donatedthe decorations to thecity for use at the facil-ity.•Transferred funds

to cover year-endexpenses.

Continued from page 1“This may or may not

be an issue as we lookahead to pay debt serv-iced payments from acash balance standpointin the first six months of2016,” he said.In other business, the

board:•Heard DeRome say Jay

Schools is likely to have a$2 million cash balance atthe end of the calendaryear, about the same aslast year. “That’s thegoal,” he said.•Honored outgoing

school board memberLarry Paxson, who servedeight years on the boardand had a long career as ateacher, principal andcentral office administra-tor for Jay Schools.•Reviewed a number of

policies to bring theminto compliance withchanges in state law.•Authorized advertising

for bids for a new three-quarter ton heavy dutypick-up 4x4 with a utility

box bed. The truckreplaces one that was atotal loss in an accident inNovember. It is used byschool bus mechanics.•Learned from director

of testing and assessmentTrent Paxson that JaySchools has beenapproved for a Title 1grant of just over $1 mil-lion for elementary edu-cation based upon thenumber of students eligi-ble for free and reducedlunches.•Learned Pennville Ele-

mentary School willreceive a grant of $6,000from the Indiana Depart-ment of Education as a“focus school” to helpbring up the school’s let-ter grade.•Hired Stacy Phelps

and Sabrina Corwin asbus aides and TimothyClegg as a long-term sub-stitute business teacherat JCHS.•Accepted the resigna-

tions of instructionalassistants Adolfo Solis at

JCHS and Tiffany Math-ias at General Shanks Ele-mentary School.•Approved transferring

instructional assistantJoni Ostrowski to EastJay Middle School andinstructional assistantDanielle Newell to Gener-al Shanks.•Approved leaves of

absence for instructionalassistant Helen Walterand JCHS businessteacher Courtney Clay.•Approved extracurric-

ular assignments forMitch Corwin as boys’basketball coach at Gen-

eral Shanks, Cori Vor-mohr as assistant girls’swim coach at JCHS andErik Hammers and Cur-tis Little as sixth gradeboys’ basketball coachesat West Jay MiddleSchool.•Accepted the extracur-

ricular assignment resig-nations of Kyle Bischoffas seventh grade boys’basketball coach at EastJay and Tiffany Mathiasas assistant girls’ swim-ming coach at JCHS.•Approved field trips by

FFA members and art stu-dents.

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Trupointe Fort RecoveryCorn ........................3.98Jan. crop ..................3.95Beans......................10.09Jan. beans ..............10.09Wheat ......................5.90Jan. wheat ..............5.95

Cooper Farms Fort Recovery Corn ........................3.99Jan. crop ..................3.99

POET BiorefiningPortlandDec. corn..................4.01Jan. corn..................4.02Feb. corn ..................4.04

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Closing prices as of Monday

Jay County HospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were four

admissions to the hospi-tal Monday.

EmergenciesThere were 50 people

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

Portland — KaylynElzey, Robert King, Ash-ley Hosier and FosterBrooks.Bryant — Lydia Hilty

and Vernon Hilty.Geneva — Michael

Kelly and Haleigh Kelly.

DismissalsThere was one dis-

missal.

Today5:30 p.m. — Portland

Park Board specialmeeting, city councilchambers, fire station,1616 N. Franklin St.6:30 p.m. — Fort

Recovery SchoolBoard, high schoolmeeting room, 400 E.Butler St.

6:30 p.m. — GenevaRedevelopment Board,public hearing to con-firm resolution, townhall, 411 E. Line St.

Wednesday3:30 p.m. — Portland

Board of Aviation,Portland MunicipalAirport.

Lotteries

Markets

Hospitals

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CR almanac

Weather courtesy of American Profile Hometown Content Service

Jay Circuit CourtJudge BrianHutchisonJudgmentsCrossroads Financial

Federal Credit Union wasgranted $2,324.97 fromHeather Moser, civil collec-

tions.

Cases dismissedRobert Micheau vs.

Willard Micheau and Patri-cia Kern, civil tort.MainSource Bank vs.

Joyce Duke, mortgage fore-closure.

Cases filedDiscover Bank vs. Aron

Jordan, civil collections.Wells Fargo vs. R. and S.

Witt, mortgage foreclo-sure.Wells Fargo vs. C. and K.

Sager, et al, mortgage fore-closure.Donna Stephens vs. Link

Stephens, dissolution.

Capsule Reports

Obituaries

Left turn collisionA Dunkirk man and a

Pennville man wereinvolved in a collisionMonday afternoon inWayne Township.Alexander Toney, 18,

364 E. North St., Dunkirk,told Jay County Sheriff ’sOffice he was stopped fac-ing east on county road200 West at the intersec-tion with Ind. 67. He said

he thought he had theright of way and attempt-ed to turn his 1998 FordF150 north onto Ind. 67.As he was turning, his

vehicle collided with a2008 Ford F250 that wasattempting to cross Ind.67 from Tyson Road tocounty road 200 West.Kevin Sills, 51, 2277 N. 500West, Pennville, was driv-ing the Ford F250, which

is registered to KevinSills Farms Inc., sameaddress.Damage in the 3:25 p.m.

accident was estimated tobe between $2,500 and$5,000.

In area courtsA Fort Recovery man

was recently sentenced inCelina Municipal Court.Daniel Harrell, 18, 316

N. Wayne St., pleaded nocontest to operating avehicle while intoxicated,failure to maintain laneof travel and failure todisplay license plates andwas sentenced to threedays in jail. He was giventhe option to attend alco-hol school in lieu of jailtime. He was fined $375,and his license was sus-pended for six months.

Joann ReesApril 13, 1935-Dec. 14, 2014

P. Joann Rees, 79, Hartford City,died Sunday at IU Health BallMemorial Hospital.Born in Portland, she was the

daughter of J. Waldo Gegenheimerand Dorothy (O’Brien) Gegen-heimer-Odle. She graduated fromRedkey High School in 1953 andElkhart University in 1954.Surviving is her husband Ken-

neth D. Rees whom she married onFeb. 27, 1955, in Redkey.A member of Hickory Grove

Church of the Brethren, she worked

as a medical secretary and lab tech-nician.Surviving in addition to her hus-

band are three sons, Ken Alan Rees(wife: Jean), Muncie, Cary StuartRees (wife: Linda), Joliet, Ill., andCraig Arthur Rees, White Pigeon,Mich.; a brother, Jerry Gegen-heimer (wife: Kay), Vincennes; 10grandchildren; three great-grand-children; and three stepgrandchil-dren. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at

Keplinger Funeral Home, 509 N.High St. in Hartford City. Burial willbe in Hillcrest Cemetery in Redkey.Visitation is 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday and 9 to 11 a.m. Thurs-day at the funeral home. Memorials may be sent to Dollars

for Scholars-Blackford County Com-munity Foundation, P.O. Box 327,Hartford City, IN 47348 or HickoryGrove Church of the Brethren, 9169W. Ind. 26, Dunkirk, IN 47336.Condolences may be sent to

www.keplingerfuneralhome.com. ••••••••••

The Commercial Review runs itsstandard obituaries free of charge forthose with a connection to its cover-age area. They include birth anddeath date as well as names of par-ents, spouses, siblings and children.

Felony arrestsPossessionA Portland man was arrested

Monday on a Jay Superior Courtwarrant.Russell Haffner, 52, 310 E. Elder

St., is charged with possession of acontrolled substance, a Class Dfelony.

He was arrested and booked at6:24 p.m. into Jay County Jail. Hewas released Monday evening on a$15,000 bond.

Neglect of dependentA Portland woman was arrested

on Monday on a Jay Circuit Court

warrant.Cassie Priser, 21, 817 E. Arch St.,

is charged with neglect of a depend-ent and battery, both Level 5felonies.She was arrested and booked at

5:01 p.m. into Jay County Jail, whereshe remains under a $10,000 bond.

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The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald

Members of the Jay School Board applaud outgoing board member and longtime educatorLarry Paxson Monday evening. From left are board members Greg Wellman, Kristy Betts, and MichaelMasters, Paxson, superintendent Tim Long, and board members Ron Laux, Mike Shannon, and BethKrieg.

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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.

TodayALZHEIMER'S CARE-

GIVER SUPPORT GROUP— Will meet at 5:30 p.m.the third Tuesday of eachmonth at Jay County Pub-lic Library communityroom. For more informa-tion, call Deb Tipton at(260) 726-3220 or ElashaLennartz at (260) 726-1139.

FRIENDS OF JAYCOUNTY LIBRARY —Will meet at 6:30 p.m. thethird Tuesday of eachmonth at the library.

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

ThursdayNOBLE BUSY BEES —

Will meet at 9:30 a.m. Mon-day at Ponderosa. ElsieDeboy is hostess and JudyCampbell will have devo-tions. Roll call: Name astate Santa Claus will visitChristmas Eve. Pleasebring paper products.CELEBRATE RECOV-

ERY — A 12-step Christian

recovery 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. SENIOR CITIZENS

CARD CLUB — Will meetat 12:30 p.m. the first andthird Thursday of themonth at Jay CommunityCenter.

STITCH ‘N CHATTERQUILT CLUB — Will meetat 1 p.m. Thursday atChurch of the Brethren,Portland, for a regularmeeting. THE EN AVANT CLUB

— Will have its Christmasparty at 1 p.m. Thursdayat the Pennville I.D.C.Restaurant. Committeemembers are Barbara,Janice and Sharon.JAY COUNTY

HUMANE SOCIETY —Will meet at 5:30 p.m. the

third Thursday of eachmonth at Jay County Pub-lic Library. The public iswelcome.PORTLAND LIONS

CLUB — Will meet at 6:30p.m. the third Thursday ofthe month at PortlandLions Civic Center, 307 W.100 North. STITCH ‘N CHATTER

EVENING QUILT CLUB— Will meet at 7 p.m.Thursday at Church of theBrethren, Portland. Newmembers are welcome.

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Cross will have two blooddrives in Jay County.The first will be held

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri-day at Jay County Hospi-tal.Also a drive will be

held from 2 to 7 p.m. Mon-day at Bryant WesleyanChurch, 209 S. Hendricks

St. To schedule an appoint-

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By LESLEY WEIDENBENERTheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — Republi-

cans are talking big about boost-ing state funding for publicschools over the next two years,but it’s not clear yet whether thecash will be available to makethat happen.Already, House Speaker Brian

Bosma, R-Indianapolis, has saidthat his caucus wants to provide alarger overall increase for schoolsthan the 2 percent boost theyreceived in Fiscal Year 2014 andthe 1 percent increase they’rereceiving this year.He also wants to shift the way

that money is distributed amongdistricts. But he said thosechanges can be mitigated ifthere’s more money put into edu-cation overall.Republican Gov. Mike Pence

also said recently that additionalmoney for education will be keyfor the 2015 session.“I believe the coming session of

the Indiana General Assemblyshould be an education sessionand we should focus on our kidsand our teachers and what’s hap-pening in the classrooms of Indi-ana,” Pence said at the IndianaLegislative Conference.But he acknowledged that his

administration won’t put a dollaramount on its education commit-ment until state leaders find outhow much they have available tospend. That answer — or at least aprojection — should come nextweek when a bipartisan commit-tee forecasts state tax revenuethrough Fiscal Year 2017.The numbers will be important

because K-12 education fundingmakes up nearly half of thestate’s $15 billion budget. Nearly$6 billion alone goes into what’scalled tuition support, which isthe money distributed to schoolsto pay teacher salaries and otherbasic expenses.Boosting that funding by 3 per-

cent over two years will costabout $560 million. That’s right.That’s more than half a billiondollars to merely keep up withinflation, let alone provide dis-tricts with enough new money tosignificantly improve programs.It’s also the increase DemocraticSuperintendent Glenda Ritz isproposing to give schools for theirgeneral funds.But it’s not clear the state will

have enough money even for thatkind of increase.So far this fiscal year — which

started July 1 — tax revenue isrunning about 2.6 percent behindthe projections used to write thecurrent budget. That may not

sound like much but it totalsnearly $148 million with aboutseven months left in the fiscalyear.Tax receipts are ahead of last

year, which means the state istaking in more revenue than itdid in Fiscal Year 2014. That’sgood news. But because the budg-et is based on the estimates, thePence administration musteither spend less or take moneyfrom the state’s surpluses tomake ends meet.“Revenue hasn’t exactly per-

formed in the last year and a halfthe way we thought it would,”said State Budget Director BrianBailey. “And we’ve been able tomanage that.”Bailey said the new projections

— scheduled to be releasedThursday — are “absolutely criti-cal for our discussions” about thenext budget.“So much of what we can do

depends on what that forecastsays,” Bailey said.

It may be most critical to thosebudget leaders who are hoping torewrite the formula that distrib-utes revenue to schools. Republi-cans plan to close the gapbetween the schools that receivethe highest per-pupil funding —which tend to be urban schoolswith declining enrollments —and those that receive less per-student, which tend to be subur-ban, growing districts.That could cause budget shifts

from urban districts to suburbanones. But if there’s a lot moremoney to go around, the urbanschools are less likely to feel a lotof pain. That’s the hope at least,one that’s tied to the revenue pro-jections coming next week.

••••••••••Weidenbener is executive edi-

tor of TheStatehouseFile.com, anews website powered byFranklin College journalism stu-dents.

Funding depends on fiscal forecastLesley

Weidenbener

By NOAH SMITHBloomberg NewsIt’s almost a cliche at this point —

the United States needs to spend moreon infrastructure. Other countriesare running circles around us in theinfrastructure department. It’s fash-ionable to blame this on the Republi-cans’ scorched- earth tactics againstPresident Barack Obama, and on con-servative distrust of governmentspending in general. And those arecertainly factors. Problems with stateand local government finances areanother issue.But there is a third big factor that

many people ignore: America’sabnormally high infrastructurecosts. As in the health-care industry,we pay through the nose but get verylittle bang for our buck.A recent example is the price tag of

the World Trade Center Transporta-tion Hub in New York. The new trainstation’s cost has soared to double theoriginal estimate, and is now almostat $4 billion, and still climbing. That’s$4 billion. For a train station.If you think that’s an isolated

example, think again. Blogger AlonLevy has compiled an amazing list ofrail projects in the U.S. and othercountries, and found that U.S. costsare much, much higher than those ofother rich countries. For example,New York’s East Side Access projectin Manhattan and Queens — connect-ing the Long Island Rail Road toGrand Central Terminal — has costanywhere between $4 billion and $8.1billion per kilometer (six-tenths of amile) of rail line. The 7 train subwayextension to Manhattan’s west sidehas cost about $1.7 billion per kilome-ter. By comparison, Tokyo’s ToeiOedo subway line cost only about $350million per kilometer. A train line in

Denmark, by the way, cost only about$170 million per kilometer.With costs like these, you don’t

have to be a small- government liber-tarian to throw up your hands andcancel an infrastructure project. Ifwe don’t figure out how to bring thesecosts down, we’re going to continuesuffering from subpar infrastructureand all the economic problems thatresult from that — slower growth,lower productivity and impairedurbanization.What are the reasons for the

insanely high costs? As with healthcare, there are a lot of causes. BloggerScott Beyer rounds up a few suspects.These include:1. The Davis-Bacon Laws, which

mandate high wages for infrastruc-ture workers;2. Government-labor agreements

that mandate the hiring of unionworkers;3. “Buy America” laws;4. A torturous environmental

review process that is used by oppor-tunistic landowners to drive up thevalue of their property;5. The Transportation Alternatives

Program, which mandates things likebike lanes;6. Mysteriously high administra-

tive costs; and7. Toll bans on most interstate high-

ways.Some of these seem more impor-

tant, some less, but three main

themes emerge. First, we force upwage costs intentionally. Second, wevalue the pocketbooks of landownersmore than other countries. And final-ly, we have a more inefficient bureau-cracy.The first of these is something that

conservatives and libertariansshould want to attack, since they aregenerally opposed to unions and towage floors. The second is somethingthat liberals should want to curtail,since boosting property values isn’ton any liberal’s to-do list. And thethird is something that should appealto third-way moderates who want tomake American government moreefficient.So I see room for a political bargain

on infrastructure costs. Democratscould agree to curtail union power,repeal wage-floor laws and slashadministrative costs, while Republi-cans would agree to curtail the abilityof NIMBYs to hold up review process-es, and to spend a lot more on infra-structure in general. Of course, ifthat kind of bargain is going to hap-pen under Obama, it will require theRepublicans to overcome theirimpulse to engage in destructive par-tisan politics, and that’s reason forpessimism. But if we keep raisingawareness and pushing for this issue,something might get done in thefuture.Infrastructure is reaching the point

where it’s too important to be used asa political football. As with healthcare, we can no longer afford not tocut costs.

••••••••••Smith is an assistant professor of

finance at Stony Brook Universityand a freelance writer for a numberof finance and business publications.Follow him on Twitter @Noahpinion.

KPC NewsHoosiers think job cre-

ation should be the toppriority for state govern-ment, according to a just-released survey of ouropinions.We rate crime reduction

as the second-highest pri-ority, followed closely byimproving local schools.Those conclusions come

from the seventh annualHoosier Survey conductedby The Bowen Center forPublic Affairs at BallState University andWISH-TV of Indianapolis.While creating jobs

ranks first on our list,with 78 percent calling it apriority, its importanceslid from 83 percent a yearago. Maybe that’s becauseunemployment is easing.The high support for

improving public schoolscomes at a time whenmany think state govern-ment is doing more harmthan good. In spite ofsquabbles over testing,funding and vouchers, 75percent of Hoosiers saythey’re very satisfied orsomewhat satisfied withpublic schools. That’s upfrom 66 percent a yearago. People who actuallyhave children in schoolstend to be more satisfiedthan others.Staying on the topic of

education, a whopping 82percent of Hoosiers sup-port pre-kindergartenprograms for all children.The state is starting apilot program involvingfive counties, but Hoosiersalready believe it shouldspread to all counties.Just more than two-

thirds of us support freetextbooks to students inpublic schools. Indiana isreported to be one of onlyeight states where fami-lies pay for their chil-dren’s textbooks. Morethan two-thirds of peoplesurveyed would agree to a3 percent increase inschool funding to covertextbooks.Next year, legislators

are likely to have enoughmoney for a modestincrease in school fund-ing, so they’ll face toughchoices. Should theyspend it on more pre-school, free textbooks or aboost for overall schooloperations?That gets to the ques-

tion of what to do withIndiana’s highly prizedbudget surplus. The sur-vey finds no majorityopinion. It shows 39 per-

cent of us want to save thesurplus for a rainy day.Another 31 percentbelieve in spending someof the surplus on educa-tion, job creation andretraining, fire and policeprotection, highways androads — a long list. Usingthe surplus to help cut thebusiness personal proper-ty tax is favored by 22 per-cent — although somemight count that as jobcreation.Interpreted another

way, more than 60 percentof us support spendingsome of the surplus onsomething. But amongRepublicans, 49 percentwant to save the surplus.The survey finds sup-

port for same-sex mar-riage in Indiana is hold-ing steady at 47 percent.Age and political partymake a big difference onthis question. What’smost telling is that sup-port runs at 77 percentamong people ages 18-24and 56 percent amongages 25-34. Ten years fromnow, this might barely becontroversial.If you’ve ever tried to

explain the logic of Indi-ana’s unique and confus-ing alcohol laws, don’tbother. They make senseonly to fiercely competingalcohol retailers. The sur-vey finds 52 percent of ussupport allowing Sundaysales of liquor and 57 per-cent favor permittingsupermarkets to sell coldbeer. That’s probably notenough to motivate achange.Whatever they do, state

leaders can feel goodabout the way Hoosiersview them. The surveyfound 45 percent of peopletrust the state govern-ment to do what is rightall or most of the time,while only 21 percent feelthat way about the nation-al government. Gov. MikePence enjoys an approvalrating of 62 percent, andthe Legislature gets athumbs-up from 57 per-cent of us.Here’s hoping that in

2015, our state leadersmake decisions that justi-fy those high approval rat-ings.

Hopefully leaderswill earn ratings

Infrastructure should matter

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SearchingPENNSBURG, Pa.

— The manhunt for aMarine veteran sus-pected of killing hisex-wife and five of herrelatives amid a childcustody dispute hasspread to two subur-ban Philadelphiacounties.Some schools were

closed today, hospitalsand other publicplaces increased secu-rity and residentsremained on height-ened alert, even asofficials lifted a shel-ter-in-place order forparts of Bucks Coun-ty, where a knife-wielding, fatigue-cladman resembling sus-pect Bradley WilliamStone attempted a car-jacking Mondaynight.

EliminatingINDIANAPOLIS —

Dozens of Indianaschool districts arereplacing snow dayswith virtual learning,but concerns fromstate education offi-cials could put thepractice on ice.The Department of

Education has grant-ed 37 public schooldistricts and 13 pri-vate schools permis-sion to offer onlineinstruction in casesof inclement weatherthis school year. Sup-porters say the prac-tice will ensure stu-dents don’t miss criti-cal instructional timeahead of the springISTEP+ test and willhelp districts avoidextending the schoolyear to make upmissed days.

To confirmWASHINGTON —

No longer impeded byRepublican blockingtactics, Democratsare on track to winconfirmation of up to88 of PresidentBarack Obama’s topjudicial nominationsthis year, a total thatwould be the highestfor any president intwo decades.Last year, Democ-

rats made it harderfor Republicans toderail Obama’s nomi-nations by weakeningthe Senate’s rule onfilibusters. So far thisyear, the chamber hasapproved 76 federalcourt of appeals anddistrict court judges,all of them lifetimeappointments. SenateMajority LeaderHarry Reid, D-Nev., ishoping to confirm adozen more beforeadjournment laterthis week.

RequestedMUNCIE, Ind. — A

state commission onMonday requestedthe immediate sus-pension of a Munciecity court judge whofaces misconduct alle-gations includingabuse of judicialpower.The Indiana Com-

mission on JudicialQualifications askedfor the state SupremeCourt to suspendJudge Dianna Ben-nington with pay.—Associated Press

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Continued from page 1They will seek to trade in

a 2009 model with 135,000miles and a 2010 modelwith about 100,000 milesearly next year and acquireone new police cruiser anda police-equipped four-wheel drive SUV.“Put it out there for

quotes,” said commission-er Milo Miller Jr.“I’ll send them every-

where,” responded New-ton.Commissioners thanked

Newton for his eight yearsof service as sheriff.In other action, commis-

sioners:

•Approved the purchaseof two Western Star dumptruck chassis from Stoops,New Haven, at a cost of$99,899 each and the pur-chase of two underbodyunits and beds for thedump trucks from W.A.Jones, Columbia City, at acost of $39,780 each.•Approved the purchase

of two Henke snow plowunits from Hoosier Equip-ment, Plymouth, at a costof $8,450 each.•Re-appointed Dr. Eric

Betts and Sue Hilfiker tothree-year terms on theJay County Board ofHealth.

Continued from page 1Ball State’s Applied

Anthropology Laborato-ries has worked in FortRecovery since 2010 toidentify historic sites anddiscover the size of thebattlefield, which is nowbelieved to cover morethan 630 acres. The 2015 American Bat-

tlefield Protection Pro-gram Interpretive Sig-nage Development Grantapplication will be sub-mitted in January, with anaward given in July.Thompson estimates aneed for $40,000 to $50,000for the project.As a two-year grant,

designing the signs wouldstart this summer andneed to be finished byAugust 2017. After thedesign process is com-plete, more funding willneed to be found for themanufacture and installa-tion of the signs, saidThompson, who sees apossibility for more than12 to be made.Mayor Roger Broering,

council president RodThobe and village admin-istrator Randy Dilleragreed to write and/orsign letters in support ofthe application. Thomp-son will also be asking forsupport from local organi-zations such as the FortRecovery CommunityClub, Fort Recovery His-

torical Society and theFort Recovery Chamberof Commerce.In other business, coun-

cil members Cliff Wendel,Al Post, Dave Garman,Dave Kaup, Dave Bretzand Thobe: •Were informed that a

project to pave Ohio 119from the state line to St.Henry has been put onOhio Department ofTransportation’s schedulefor 2015. Diller told coun-cil members the project isscheduled to go to bid inJuly, with a quick comple-tion date of September. •Heard from delivery

truck driver Harold Betzabout a recent traffic tick-et he received after driv-ing on Fort Site Street. Anordinance was passed pro-hibiting commercialtruck traffic and parkingon that street, and every-one must abide by that,explained council mem-bers. “That’s the rule, and we

changed it for a reason,”said Bretz.The only exception is if

a delivery is being madeto a business or residenton that street, said Diller.•Approved on third and

final reading retainingDave Bruns as villageattorney and a wageincrease for villageemployees, averaging 2.59percent.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —Attorneys for a 13-year-oldOhio girl hurt when a stage col-lapsed at the Indiana State Fairargued Monday that the state’scap on liability damages isunconstitutional and should bethrown out by the IndianaCourt of Appeals.Jordyn Polet of Cincinnati

rejected Indiana’s offer of$1,690 to challenge the $5 mil-lion cap on total damages paidto victims of the 2011 collapse,which occurred when highwinds blew down rigging beforea concert by the country duoSugarland. Seven people were

killed and more than 100 wereinjured.The teen’s attorney, Robert

Peck, argued the cap on totaldamages from a single incidentmeans people are unconstitu-tionally denied equal treatment,WIBC and WISH reported. Hesaid that if she had suffered thesame injury but had been theonly casualty, she could havesought up to the $700,000 in indi-vidual damages.“The court understands the

issues,” Peck said after the hear-ing. “It’s now in their hands.”The three-judge panel did not

rule immediately after hearing

the arguments from the teen’sside and Indiana Solicitor Gen-eral Thomas Fisher, who defend-ed the state cap.Jordyn, who was 10 at the

time of the collapse, sustainedleg and ankle injuries and suf-fers from post-traumatic stressdisorder, court documents state.Her sister and mother sustainedmore serious injuries and bothaccepted settlements. The $5million paid to about 62 victimswas supplemented by an addi-tional $6 million for 59 victimsapproved by the General Assem-bly in 2012.Because the maximum

amount of money approvedunder state law already hadbeen paid, Marion CountyJudge Theodore Sosin ruled inMarch that the cap is constitu-tional and the state and otherdefendants were not liable topay Jordyn’s claims. Her appealof that ruling was the basis forMonday’s oral arguments.Judges questioned whether

the cap violates the law requir-ing open access to courts. Oncethe teen turned down the settle-ment, there was no money leftfor her to sue for.Fisher argued Jordyn’s offer

was equal to everyone else who

did not suffer serious perma-nent injuries: 65 percent of hermedical bills, with no compen-sation for emotional distress. Heargued the Indiana SupremeCourt has explicitly given legis-lators the power to limit thestate’s liability, to ensure a cata-strophic incident doesn’t bank-rupt the treasury.If the appeals court sides with

the teen, other state fair victimscould be allowed to file claimsfor additional compensation.The case could also set newprecedent for the amounts offinancial damages awarded intort lawsuits in Indiana.

Ohio girl is challenging damage cap

By GARY FINEOUTAssociated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush today tookhis most definitive step yet towardrunning for president, announc-ing plans to “actively explore” acampaign and form a new politicaloperation allowing him to raisemoney for like-minded Republi-cans.In a holiday message posted on

Bush’s Facebook page and Twitteraccount, the son and brother ofpast Republican presidents saidhe discussed the “future of ournation” and a potential bid for theWhite House with members of hisfamily over the Thanksgiving hol-iday.“As a result of these conversa-

tions and thoughtful considera-tion of the kind of strong leader-ship I think America needs, I havedecided to actively explore the pos-sibility of running for presidentof the United States,” Bush wrote.He added, “In the coming

months, I hope to visit with manyof you and have a conversationabout restoring the promise ofAmerica.”Kristy Campbell, a spokes-

woman for Bush, 61, said he hasnot yet made a final decision onwhether to seek the RepublicanParty’s presidential nominationin 2016. She said that he willannounce his decision next year“after gauging support” for a run.“This is a natural next step and

represents a new phase of his con-sideration process,” Campbellsaid.That phase will include an

expansion of Bush’s political oper-ations. He said today he will starthis own leadership political actioncommittee in January, which willallow him to raise money and useit to support candidates in otherraces.In his statement, Bush said the

committee “will help me facilitateconversations with citizens acrossAmerica to discuss the most criti-cal challenges facing our excep-tional nation. The PAC’s purposewill be to support leaders, ideasand policies that will expandopportunity and prosperity for allAmericans.”Bush’s announcement is sure to

reverberate throughout Republi-can politics and begin to help sort

out a field that includes more thana dozen potential candidates, noneof whom have formallyannounced plans to mount a cam-paign.Should he ultimately decide to

run, Bush can tap into his family’svast political network and hiscampaign would attract strongsupport from the same donor poolthat other establishment-mindedRepublicans — New Jersey Gov.Chris Christie among them —need to fuel their own prospectivecampaigns.A Bush candidacy also has the

potential to affect the plans ofFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio, whocame up through Florida politicsas a strong Bush supporter and isconsidering whether to seek re-election to the Senate or run forpresident in 2016.Richard Schwarm, a former

Iowa state Republican Party chair-man, said he expected Bush to runin the Iowa caucuses, as did hisfather and brother. Schwarm wasamong the earliest supporters ofGeorge W. Bush, and among thosewho went to Austin, Tex., to courtthe then-Texas governor in 1999.“I think if you’re going to be a

national candidate you have to gowhere the ballots are and not beafraid to trust your campaign toIowa voters, New Hampshire vot-ers, Nevada voters and South Car-olina voters,” said Schwarm, whoconsiders Bush among his top con-siderations for president.

Bush to explore running

Associated Press/Susan Walsh

In this Nov. 20 file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bushlistens before speaking at the National Summit on EducationReform in Washington. Bush today took his most definitive stepyet toward running for president, announcing plans to “activelyexplore” a campaign.

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FallingMOSCOW — The

Russian ruble cameunder intense sellingpressure today, fallingat one point by a cata-strophic 20 percent toa new historic lowdespite a massive pre-dawn interest ratehike from Russia’sCentral Bank. Russianofficials were clearlyrattled even thoughstate television urgedcitizens not to panic.The Central Bank’s

surprise decision toraise the interest rateto 17 percent from 10.5percent in the middleof the night todayappeared to be a des-perate attempt to propup the troubled cur-rency. The ruble hasfallen sharply inrecent weeks and isdown more than 60percent since January.

DevelopingROME — Secretary

of State John Kerrymet Monday withIsraeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahuas the U.S. and Israeldeveloped theirresponses to a draftU.N. resolution thatwould set a two-yeartimetable for anIsraeli-Palestinianpeace accord.Before departing for

the talks in Rome,Netanyahu took ahard line and said hewould not allow oth-ers to dictate condi-tions for negotiationsthat might compro-mise Israel’s security.For the U.S., however,the issue is trickier.

Reaching outVATICAN CITY — A

sweeping Vaticaninvestigation ofRoman Catholic sis-ters in the UnitedStates that began fiveyears ago amid criti-cism they had becomesecular and overlyfeminist ended upmostly praising nunsfor their contributionsto the church, a signof the shift in toneunder Pope Francis.The report released

today praised the sis-ters, thanked them fortheir selfless work car-ing for the poor andpromised to valuetheir “femininegenius” more, whilegently suggestingways to survive amida steep drop in theirnumbers.

PurchasedPARIS — When

diplomacy and a pleato return sacred cere-monial masks to anAmerican Indian tribein the United Statesfailed, officials fromthe Navajo Nationtraveled to the Parisauction house sellingthe items and startedbidding for them.They fended off a

French art collectorMonday, winningseven masks for morethan $9,000. NavajoVice President RexLee Jim said the Nava-jo delegation wasunable to determinethe exact provenanceof the artifacts butsaid they had to facethe reality of the auc-tion and buy them.

—Associated Press

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By KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated PressSYDNEY — Horror over a

deadly siege morphed into angertoday as leaders of a grievingnation demanded to know how aman with a violent criminal his-tory slipped through the cracksand ended up in the downtownSydney cafe where he took 17 peo-ple hostage.The 16-hour siege ended in a

barrage of gunfire and screamsearly this morning when policestormed into the Lindt ChocolatCafe in a desperate bid to free thehostages. Two of the hostageswere killed, as was the gunman,

Man Haron Monis, a 50-year-oldIranian-born, self-styled clericdescribed by Australia’s primeminister as a deeply disturbedperson carrying out a “sick fanta-sy.”“How can someone who has

had such a long and checkeredhistory not be on the appropriatewatch list? And how can someonelike that be entirely at large in thecommunity?” Prime MinisterTony Abbott asked at a news con-ference. “These are questions weneed to look at carefully andcalmly and methodically. That’swhat we’ll be doing in the daysand weeks ahead.”

Monis was convicted and sen-tenced last year to 300 hours ofcommunity service for sendingwhat a judge called “grosslyoffensive” letters to families ofsoldiers killed in Afghanistanbetween 2007 and 2009. He laterwas charged with being an acces-sory to the murder of his ex-wife.Earlier this year, he was chargedwith the 2002 sexual assault of awoman. He had been out on bailon all the charges.That history prompted a flurry

of questions that remained unan-swered more than a day after thesiege began Monday morning.Why was Monis out on bail? Why

was he not on a terror watch list?How did he get a shotgun in acountry with tough gun owner-ship laws?“We are all outraged that this

guy was on the street,” NewSouth Wales Premier Mike Bairdsaid. “We need to ensure thateverything is done to learn fromthis.”Alongside the fury and confu-

sion was an outpouring of grief,as crowds of tearful mournersflocked to Martin Place, a plaza inthe heart of Sydney’s financialand shopping district where theLindt cafe is located. The mourn-ers left mountains of flowers in

honor of the two hostages whowere killed: Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old lawyer and mother ofthree, and Tori Johnson, thecafe’s 34-year-old manager. Offi-cials have yet to say whether thetwo died in crossfire as policestormed in or were shot by theircaptor.“I’ll never forget this day as

long as I live,” said Jenny Borov-ina, who was in tears with twofriends while carrying whiteflowers to the site. She predictedthat the standoff would leave apermanent scar on Australia’spsyche: “Our laid-back naturehas just changed.”

Horror turns to anger in Sydney

PESHAWAR, Pakistan— A spokesman for thePakistani military saysthat 141 people, most ofthem children, were killedin a Taliban assault on aschool.Asim Bajwa told a news

conference today that 132of the dead were childrenand another nine werestaff members.He said there were seven

attackers, who all woreexplosive vests.He said they didn’t

appear to want to take any-one hostage but insteadstarted firing indiscrimi-nately when they enteredthe school.The school attack is one

of the worst in Pakistan’shistory.Taliban gunmen

stormed a military-runschool for grades onethrough 10 in the north-western Pakistani city ofPeshawar. Pakistani PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharifcondemned the assaultand rushed to Peshawar toshow his support for thevictims.As darkness fell on the

area, officials said theyhad cleared the school ofmilitants.“The operation is com-

pleted,” said Bilal AhmadFaizi, the head of the state-run rescue organization,speaking to reporters after

leaving the school area.An intelligence official

said nine militants hadbeen killed. He spoke oncondition of anonymitybecause he was not author-ized to speak to the media.Earlier reports from thechaotic situation said thatan estimated six to eightattackers had carried outthe violence. It was notimmediately clear if themilitants were all killed bythe soldiers or whetherthey blew themselves up.The horrific attack, car-

ried out by a relativelysmall number of militantsfrom the Tehreek-e-Taliban, a Pakistani mili-tant group trying to over-throw the government,also sent dozens of wound-ed flooding into local hos-pitals as terrified parentssearched for their chil-dren.The attack began in the

morning hours, withabout half a dozen gun-men entering the school —

and shooting at random,said police officer JavedKhan. Army commandosquickly arrived at thescene and started exchang-ing fire with the gunmen,he said. Students wearinggreen school uniformscould be seen fleeing thearea on Pakistani televi-sion.Outside the school, two

loud booms of unknownorigin were heard comingfrom the scene in the earlyafternoon, as Pakistanitroops battled with theattackers. Armored per-sonnel carriers weredeployed around theschool grounds, and a Pak-istani military helicoptercircled overhead.Details were sketchy in

the face of the overwhelm-ing tragedy. Pakistani tele-vision showed soldierssurrounding the area andpushing people back.Ambulances streamedfrom the area to local hos-pitals.

Associated Press/Mohammad Sajjad

A plainclothes security officer escorts students evacuated from aschool today as Taliban fighters attack another school nearby in Peshawar,Pakistan. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwesternPakistani city, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the worst attack tohit the country in over a year.

By SIMON DENYERThe Washington PostDays after strident criticism of the

United States for “brutality” and“hypocrisy” over its treatment of terror-ism suspects, China admitted today that it“has not been rare” for its own police toextort forced confessions from criminalsuspects by torture.The unusual admission came after a

teenager executed for rape and murder 18years ago was finally cleared of the crimeon Monday. The statement also wasintended to reinforce the CommunistParty’s recent promise to strengthen therule of law.Huugjilt, then 18, was arrested for rap-

ing and murdering a woman a public toi-let in Inner Mongolia in 1996. After 48hours of interrogation, he confessed tothe crime and was executed two monthslater. But doubt was cast on the verdict in2005 when an alleged serial killer con-fessed to murdering the woman.Huugjilt’s parents spent nearly a decade

campaigning for justice, finally winningtheir son’s exoneration.“It has not been rare for higher author-

ities to exert pressure on local publicsecurity departments and judiciary tocrack serious murder cases,” the state-run China Daily said in an editorial. “Norhas it been rare for the police to extortconfessions through torture. And sus-pects have been sentenced without solidevidence except for extorted confessions.”Huugjilt’s friend, Yan Feng, insisted the

pair had heard someone cry out whenpassing the toilet. Huugjilt went to inves-tigate, only to discover the woman’s body.Despite his friend’s advice not to getinvolved, Huugjilt reported the crime tothe police, according to the state-run Xin-hua news agency. His conviction cameduring a national crackdown on crime,with detectives in the regional capitalHohhot admitting their performance wasrated by an “annual quota” of how manycriminal cases they solved, Xinhuareported.

The Yomiuri Shimbun TOKYO — Japan and

the United States havedecided to delay revisingthe Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation,which the two countrieshad earlier agreed to doby the end of this year, itwas learned today.According to Japanese

government sources,Tokyo and Washingtonhave agreed to postponethe release of a finalreport on the revision ofthe defense cooperationguidelines and insteadaim to compile it in thefirst half of next year.The Japanese and U.S.

governments decided tohold up action on the doc-

ument because work todraw up security legisla-tion, which reflects theCabinet decision in Julyto allow limited exerciseof the right of collectiveself-defense, has beendelayed by factors includ-ing Sunday’s election.The two governments

will make arrangementsto release the new defensecooperation guidelinesafter unified local elec-tions scheduled for April,the sources said. The offi-cial announcement todelay the revision of thedefense cooperationguidelines will be madeby the two governmentsas early as later thisweek.

U.S. and Japandelay revisions

Attack kills 141Taliban militantsassaulted schoolwith explosives

China admits torture

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Defendants Notice of Sheriff's Sale By virtue of a certified copy

of a Judgment and Decree tome directed from the Clerk ofthe Jay Circuit Court in thecaptioned case, the Sheriffwill expose at public auctionto the highest bidder on the22nd day of January, 2015, at10:00 o'clock A.M. at the officeof the Sheriff of Jay County lo-cated on the third floor of theJay County Courthouse, Port-land, Indiana, the followingdescribed real estate locatedin Jay County, Indiana:

All that piece or parcel ofland situate, lying andbeing in the NortheastQuarter of Section 23,Township 22 North, Range12 East, Jay County, Indi-ana and being more partic-ularly described as follows: To Find the point of begin-ning, commence at the in-tersection of the centerlineof Walnut Street with thesoutherly line of CentralStreet as they are platted inRedkey's First Addition tothe Town of Redkey, Indi-ana; thence go, South 89 de-grees 54'20" East, along saidsoutherly line of CentralStreet, a distance of 576.70feet to a point, said pointbeing the point of begin-ning for the herein de-scribed parcel of land;thence, continuing alongsaid southerly line of Cen-tral Street, South 89 de-grees 54'20" East, a distanceof 271.07 feet to a point onthe southwest property lineof Pennsylvania Lines LLC;thence, South 58 degrees29'55" East, along saidsouthwest property line ofPennsylvania Lines LLC, adistance of 144.15 foot to apoint in the northwest lineof Norfolk Southern Rail-way Company, said pointbeing 90.00 feet, measurednormal to the centerline ofthe main track of said Nor-folk Southern RailwayCompany, as it runs be-tween Lima, Ohio andMuncie, Indiana; thence,South 44 degrees 41'50"West, along said northwestline of Norfolk SouthernRailway Company, at allpoints being 90.00 feetnorthwestwardly from, asmeasured normal to, saidcenterline on the maintrack, a distance of 357.34feet to a point, said pointbeing the intersection withthe common line betweenHammond and Francis Si-mons; thence, South 89 de-grees 15'50" West, along thecommon line betweenHammond and Francis Si-mons, a distance of 170.88feet to a point in the westline of Francis Simons;thence, North 04 degrees52'31" East, along the west-erly line of Francis Simons,a distance of 332.28 feet tothe point of beginning. Said parcel containing 2.25acres, more or less. (For information purposesonly, the address is CentralAvenue, Redkey, IN 47373) Said sale will be for cash,

certified check, cashier’scheck or money order only atthe time of sale; without relieffrom valuation or appraise-ment laws; without any rightof redemption from said sale;subject to all real estate taxesand assessments which are alien at the time of the sale andsubject to any rights or re-strictions set forth in said De-cree, including the Right ofRedemption of The UnitedStates of America. Immedi-ately after said sale, the Sher-iff, will execute and deliver tothe purchaser a deed of con-veyance for said real estate. Dated this 4th day of Decem-ber, 2014.

Larry R. Newton, JrSheriff of Jay County

Coldren & Frantz Attorneys at Law

MainSource Bank Building P.O. Box 1013

Portland, IN 47371CR 12-9,16,23-2014-HSPAXLP

Public NoticeJay County Sheriff’s Office To the owners of the withindescribed real estate and all

interested parties By virtue of a certified copy

of a decree to me directedfrom the Clerk of SuperiorCourt of Jay County, Indiana,in Cause No.: 38D01-1407-MF-000033 wherein The Bank ofNew York Mellon FKA TheBank of New York as Trusteefor the Certificateholders ofCWABS, Inc., Asset BackedCertificates, Series 2004-AB1was Plaintiff and Estate ofMary A. Chase was Defendantrequiring me to make the sumas provided for in said Decreewith interest and cost, I willexpose at public sale to thehighest bidder, at the hour of10:00 am on January 15, 2015,or as soon thereafter as possi-ble, at the Jay County SheriffsDepartment. 120 N. CourtStreet, 3rd Floor, Portland, IN47371, the fee simple of thewhole body of Real Estate inJay County, Indiana:

Lot Six (6) in Denney’s Sub-division of Out Lots 1 and 2in the West Addition to thetown, now City of Portland Commonly known as: 503 WHigh Street, Portland, IN47371 Parcel ID: 38-07-20-103-062.000-034 Together with rents, issues,

income and profits thereof,said sale will be made withoutrelief from valuation or ap-praisement laws.

Larry R. Newton, JrSheriff of Jay CountyJason Eugene DuhnAttorney for PlaintiffMorris/Schneider/Wittstadt. LLC

Attorney’s Law Firm CR 12-2,9,16-2014-HSPAXLP

Public NoticeNotice of Sheriff's Sale By virtue of a certified copy

of a decree to me directedfrom the Clerk of Jay CircuitCourt of Jay County, Indiana,in Cause No. 38C01-1406-MF-30 wherein PennyMac Mort-gage Investment TrustHoldings I, LLC was Plaintiff,and Amy J. Dillon and CraigR. Dillon were Defendants,required me to make the sumas provided for in said Decreewith interest and cost, I willexpose at public sale to thehighest bidder, on the 8th dayof January, 2015, at the hour of10:00 am, or as soon thereafteras is possible, at Jay CountyCourthouse/3rd Floor Main,Portland, IN 47371, the feesimple of the whole body ofReal Estate in Jay County, In-diana. Seventy-two (72) feet off ofand along the entire Eastside of Lots 29 and 30 inHaynes Addition to the Cityof Portland. Also, the Westpart of Haynes Streetheretofore vacated, adjoin-ing said Lots on the Eastside thereof. More commonly known as504 W North St, Portland,IN 47371-1330 Parcel No. 38-07-20-102-023.000-034

Together with rents, issues,income and profits thereof,said sale will be made withoutrelief from valuation or ap-praisement laws.

Larry R. Newton, JrSheriff of Jay CountySusan M. Woolley, Plaintiff AttorneyAttorney# 15000-6

Feiwell & Hannoy, P,C. 251 N. Illinois Street,

Suite 1700 Indianapolis, IN 46204-1944 CR 12-2,9,16-2014-HSPAXLP

Public NoticeNotice of Sheriff’s Sale By virtue of a certified copy

of a decree to me directedfrom the Clerk of Jay CircuitCourt of Jay County, Indiana,in Cause No. 38C01-1206-MF-31 wherein Bank of America,N.A., Successor by Merger toBAC Home Loans Servicing,LP fka Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing LP was Plain-tiff, and Charissa J. Ham-brock, Travis J. Hambrock,Worldwide Asset PurchasingLLC and State of Indianawere Defendants, requiredme to make the sum as pro-vided for in said Decree withinterest and cost, I will exposeat public sale to the highestbidder, on the 8th day of Janu-ary, 2015, at the hour of 10:00am, or as soon thereafter as ispossible, at Jay County Court-house/3rd Floor - Main, Port-land, IN 47371, the fee simpleof the whole body of Real Es-tate in Jay County, Indiana.

Commencing at the North-east Corner of the North-east Quarter of SectionNineteen (19), TownshipTwenty-two (22) North,Range Thirteen (13) East;thence south ten (10) rods;thence west eight (8) rods;thence north ten (10) rods;thence east eight (8) rods tothe place of beginning andknown as school lot num-ber 4, and containing insaid school lot one-halfacre, more or less.More commonly known as6028 S 700 W, Redkey, IN47373-9456 Parcel No.38-10-19-100-004.000-024

Together with rents, issues,income and profits thereof,said sale will be made withoutrelief from valuation or ap-praisement laws.

Larry R. Newton, JrSheriff of Jay CountyBruce G. Arnold, Plaintiff Attorney Attorney # 21525-49

Feiwell & Hannoy, P.C. 251 N. lllinois Street,

Suite 1700 Indianapolis, IN 46204-1944

CR 12-2,9,16-2014-HSPAXLP

Public NoticeTo the owners of the within

described real est ate and allinterested parties State of Indiana County of Jay, SS:

In The Circuit Court of Jay County

Portland, Indiana Cause No.

38C01-1406-MF-000032Green Tree Servicing LLC

PlaintiffVs

Betty Ross, Deceased; DavidRoss, Heir of Betty Ross;Garry Ross, Heir of Betty

Ross; Diana Ross-Logue, Heirof Betty Ross; Unknown

Heirs And Devisees of BettyRoss; Estate of Betty Ross

DefendantsNotice of Sheriff’s Sale of

Real Estate By virtue of an Order of

Sale, directed to me from theClerk of the Jay Circuit Courtand pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure entered on No-vember 6, 2014, I will exposeto public sale to the highestbidder for cash in hand, at theoffice of the Sheriff of JayCounty, in Jay, County, Indi-ana, located at Courthouse,3rd Floor, Portland, IN 47371on January 8, 2015 at 10:00 amLocal Time, the fee simpletitle together with the rents,profits, issues and income orso much thereof as may besufficient to satisfy said judg-ment, interest, costs and ac-cruing costs of the followingdescribed real estate locatedin Jay County, Indiana, to-wit:

Lot Numbered Two (2) andthe West Half of Lot Num-bered Three (3) in R.C. Wil-son’s Addition to the City ofPortland, Indiana, in theOffice of the Recorder ofJay County, Indiana. Commonly known as: 409 East Water Street, Portland, IN 47371-2225 State Parcel Number: 38-07-21-301-002.000-034; 38-07-21-301-003.000-034 This sale is to be made in

all respects pursuant to an actof the General Assembly ofthe State of Indiana, approvedMarch 7, 1931, and entitled Anact concerning proceedings inactions to foreclose real es-tate mortgages, providing forthe sale and custody of themortgaged premises and re-pealing all laws conflictingtherewith (see Indiana Code).

It is further provided bylaw that there shall be no re-demption from such sale, andthe purchaser at such sale,upon complying with theterms of his purchase, shall beentitled to immediately re-ceive from the undersigned,Sheriff of Jay County, a deedconveying to him, the pur-chaser, the fee simple title inand to said real estate.

Taken as the property ofthe Defendant(s) stated aboveat the suit of Green Tree Serv-icing LLC. Said sale to bewithout relief from valuationand/or appraisement laws.

Larry R. Newton, JrJay County Sheriff

Attorney for Plaintiff Unterberg & Associates, P.C.

8050 Cleveland Place Merrillville, IN 46410

Atty File: 1017128 CR 12-2,9,16-2014-HSPAXLP

250 PUBLIC NOTICE

250 PUBLIC NOTICE

The Commercial ReviewTuesday, December 16, 2014 Sports Page 9

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Continued from page 10The No. 1 seed getting

the only first-round bye inaddition to home-fieldadvantage throughout theplayoffs would give teamseven more for which toplay.

The badWhile it would be nice

for all 10-win teams tomake the playoffs,expanding the field to 14teams would also let someundeserving squads in.While last season Ari-

zona would have made thetournament in the NFC,the AFC would haveadded mediocre 8-8 Pitts-burgh teams in both 2012and ’13. In some years thecut-off would remain at 9-7, but most of the time atleast one of the additionalplayoff teams would be asquad that barely brokeeven.In professional sports,

making the tournamentshould be an accomplish-ment. This is an areawhere the NFL and MajorLeague Baseball have hadthe right approach.In MLB, 10 of the 30

teams (33 percent) play inthe postseason. In theNFL, it’s 12 out of 32 (38percent). Meanwhile,more than half of theNBA and NHL teamsadvance.In the last two years the

Atlanta Hawks and Mil-waukee Bucks were in theNBA tournament despite38-44 regular-seasonrecords. In 2011 the Indi-

ana Pacers advanced witha 37-45 mark.A playoff berth should

be a reward for a strongseason, not a participa-tion prize.

The solutionThe two main reasons

for playoff expansion areobvious — rewardingdeserving teams and mak-ing money.To handle the first

issue, require that allplayoff teams must finishabove .500 even if theywin their division. Nolonger would 8-8 (orworse) division winnerstake playoff positionsfrom more deservingteams.To solve the second

issue, return to an 18-week regular season witheach team receiving twobye weeks.This change would give

the NFL not just two addi-tional playoff games, butan entire extra week offootball without puttingany additional strain onthe players. It would also allow the

league to fix its Thursdaynight problem — thegames with teams onthree days rest have beenterrible — by strategical-ly giving teams the byeprior to their mid-weekgames.In the case of playoff

teams, more would not bebetter.But more weeks of foot-

ball? Count me in.

Continued from page 10Keen won both the 200 and 100 freestyle.

The senior has not lost an individual racethis season.Picking up wins for the Starfires were

David Steffen (50 freestyle), Zach Teeple(100 backstroke), Daniel Steffen (100breaststroke), Rupp (diving) and LeFever(100 butterfly). Teeple, LeFever and theSteffen brothers teamed up to win the 200medley relay.For Jay County’s girls team, Monday

night was another notch in the win col-umn.“It was a real good win for us,” said

JCHS coach Matt Slavik, whose teamimproved to 6-0 (3-0 ACAC). “We were ableto do some things against a very goodSouth Adams team. They surprised me ina few areas.”The Patriots won six of the nine indi-

vidual events, with Sophie Bader andAnne Vormohr taking two races each.Bader was first in the 200 freestyle and 100butterfly, and Vormohr earned victories inthe 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.Alex Bader swam new career bests in

the 200 individual medley and 100freestyle. The Patriot freshman won theformer in 2:14.03, and finished second(54.81) to SAHS senior Cady Farlow in thelatter.It was the first of two victories for Far-

low, a Purdue University commit. She fin-ished the 100 freestyle in 53.65 seconds, andthen won the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.27.She also anchored the winning 400freestyle relay team with Ashton andBrette Klopp and Caroline Kloepper.Brette Klopp won the 500 freestyle for

the Starfires (5-1, 1-1 ACAC), and JCHS jun-ior Heather Stinson won the diving event.Jay County senior Katy Smeltzer joined

Vormohr and the Bader sisters to win boththe 200 individual medley and 200 freestylerelays.“It was a fun meet,” Slavik said. “I love

coming in here and competing againstSouth Adams. It’s been a rival since I’vecome to Jay County and it’s good to walkaway on the winning side of it.”

Continued from page 10Kobe Bryant led the Lakers

in scoring with 21 points, mak-ing 8 of 26 shots from the floor.Nick Young scored 18 pointsand Carlos Boozer had 13points and 10 rebounds.“They jumped out to a quick

lead on us and we just com-pounded it that we couldn’tthrow the ball in the ocean sit-ting on a boat,” Bryant said.

“Sometimes you just have topat yourself on the back for anatrocious job. We didn’t haveour legs at the start of the ballgame. We just could not get our-selves activated.”The loss snapped a three-

game winning streak for theLakers. Los Angeles had justfour points with a little overtwo minutes remaining in thefirst quarter and eight of their

15 first quarter points werefrom the foul line.The Pacers biggest lead was

39 points and it came duringthe second quarter when theyled 60-21. The Lakers cut that lead to

60-27 at halftime. The Lakersshot 16 percent from the floorfor the entire first half andended the game shooting just33 percent.

“I didn’t think we cameready, mentally or physically. Ithought they were a desperateteam,” Coach Byron Scott said.“They came out and jumped onus and we didn’t react real wellto it. The second half, obvious-ly, we came out with more ener-gy. We felt that we were embar-rassed the way we played thefirst half. They were just kick-ing our butts.”

Continued from page 10Guards Hugh Thornton

(knee) and Joe Reitz(ankle) missed all lastweek and Pagano saidboth continue to take stepsin the right direction.Receiver Reggie Wayne

has also recently battledinjuries to his elbow andtriceps and Pagano saidplayers can sit out torecover, but the Coltswon’t sit players to keepthem healthy for the play-offs.“If we see a window, not

only for Reggie, but any-body else who’s got somenagging injuries,” Paganosaid. “Between our doc-tors and our trainers andour coaching staff, if wefeel like somebody needssome time to mend if aguy needs some timebecause he’s injured andhe needs some time to healup, then we’ll make thatdecision whatever’s bestfor the player, whatever’sbest for the team.”The next two games on

the road give the Colts anopportunity to fix prob-lems, but also a chance tofind ways to win awayfrom home, where theyare 4-2. And this weekagainst the Cowboys willgive Pagano an idea ofwhere the team is at.“It will be a great meas-

uring stick to go on theroad,” Pagano said. “Weknow what kind of teamthey have, and what kindof players they have.We’ve got to go on the roadand play a darn good foot-ball team.”

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Local scheduleTTooddaayy

Jay County — Swimming vs. Delta – 6p.m.; Girls basketball at Blackford – 6p.m.

Fort Recovery — Boys basketball atWaynesfield-Goshen – 6 p.m.; FRMS girlsbasketball vs. Delphos St. Johns – 5p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayyJay County — Wrestling quad at

Adams Central – 5:30 p.m.; Freshmanboys basketball vs. Muncie Central – 6p.m.; WJMS seventh and eighth gradeboys basketball at Winchester Driver –5:30 p.m.; WJMS seventh and eighthgrade girls basketball vs. WinchesterDriver – 5:30 p.m.; EJMS seventh andeighth grade girls basketball at SouthernWells – 6 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Girls basketball vs.St. Johns – 6 p.m.; FRMS girls basket-ball at Mississinawa Valley – 5 p.m.;FRMS boys basketball at Delphos St.Johns – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Wrestling quad atAdams Central – 5:30 p.m.; Swimmingat Norwell – 5:30 p.m.; Girls basketballvs. Delta – 6 p.m.; SAMS girls basketballvs. Eastbrook – 5 p.m.; SAMS boys bas-ketball at Randolph Southern – 5:30p.m.

FFrriiddaayyJay County — Boys basketball triple-

header at Leo – 5 p.m.; Swimming atConnersville – 6 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Swimming atGreenville – 6 p.m.; Boys basketball atDelphos St. Johns – 6:30 p.m.

South Adams — Boys basketballtripleheader at Heritage – 6 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

7 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:North Carolina at UNC-Greensboro(ESPN2)

8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: GoldenState Warriors at Memphis Grizzlies(ESPN)

9 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:Alabama at Wichita State (ESPN2)

10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Okla-homa City Thunder at Sacramento Kings(ESPN)

WWeeddnneessddaayy7 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

Tennessee at North Carolina State(ESPN2)

8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Brooklyn

Nets at Toronto Raptors (ESPN)9 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

San Diego State at Cincinnati (ESPN2)

TThhuurrssddaayy8 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

UConn vs. Duke (ESPN)8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: New York

Knicks at Chicago Bulls (TNT)10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Okla-

homa City Thunder at Golden State War-riors (TNT)

Local notesCCoommmmuunniittyy sswwiimm ooppeenn

The community swim schedule for the2014-15 school season is underway.

Each swim will be Sundays from 2 to4 p.m. at Jay County High School and isopen to the public.

Cost is $2 per swimmer, and childrenunder the age of 12 must be accompa-nied by an adult.

For more information, contact BarryWeaver at bweaver@jayschools.k12.in.us.

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Chicago Bearsquarterback Jay Cutler (6)is sacked by New OrleansSaints inside linebackersDavid Hawthorne (57) andRamon Humber (53)during the first halfMonday in Chicago. TheSaints won, 31-15.

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By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewIs more always better?Roger Goodell seems to

think so, at least when itcomes to the playoffs.On a day loaded with

games with playoff impli-cations, the NFLannounced Sunday that itsowners will vote in Marchon a proposed new playoffsystem that would expandthe field to 14 from the cur-rent 12.The base of the new sys-

tem is simple.Four division winners

and three wild card teamsfrom each conferencewould make the playoffs.The No. 1 seed in each con-ference would receive afirst-round bye, and theremaining teams would allplay on what is now wild-card weekend.There has been some dis-

cussion of whether thebracket would be re-seed-ed, with the lowest remain-ing seed playing the No. 1seed in round two, as iscurrently done. But thatissue has yet to be decided.So, is having more play-

off teams better?

The goodThe positives of adding a

team are fairly clear.It would make sure vir-

tually every deservingteam advances to the post-season, rather than leavingout those with 10 or morewins. The Arizona Cardi-nals were in that positionlast season, having won 10games while playing in thebest division in football.This is a story that plays

out frequently, a 10-6 teamsitting at home during thetournament. In 2012 it wasChicago, and in 2010 it wasTampa Bay and the NewYork Giants. The 2008 NewEngland Patriots came upshort despite going 11-5with Matt Cassel filling infor an injured Tom Brady.In a 14-team playoff for-

mat, most of those squadswould have advanced.The other key benefit

would be giving a biggerreward to the No. 1 seeds.Currently, the top two

seeds in each conferenceget a first-round bye. Theonly real advantage toowning the conference’sbest record is getting tohost the championshipgame.

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By CHRIS SCHANZThe Commercial ReviewBERNE — From the moment

the boys left the blocks to beginthe 400-yard freestyle relay, thesound was deafening.Teammates were screaming.

Fans were cheering.With the Jay County High

School boys swim team clingingto an 85-84 lead, the winner of themeet came down to who wouldwin the final race.South Adams’ second swim-

mer, junior Drew LeFever, wasahead of Jay County juniorTravis Barton by nearly two bodylengths.The screams got louder. An

elderly couple in the front row ofthe bleachers had to cover theirears.As he waited for Barton to

touch the wall so he could dive in,Sok Vormohr of Jay Countyknew he had to swim fast. XavierRupp, the Starfires’ third leg ofthe relay, was already in the pool.Vormohr didn’t disappoint.He took the lead over Rupp in

his last 10 yards, and James Keenput the race away in the final 100as the Patriots held on for a 93-90victory Monday night at SouthAdams.The win quieted the home

crowd and gave the Patriots theirfirst Allen County Athletic Con-ference victory.Jay County’s girls also won,

109-76. “I knew it was going to be a

close race,” said Vormohr, addinghe had no idea he passed Rupp. “Iknew I had to get caught back up

so James could get the win.”As his team spent most of the

meet behind the Starfires (2-2, 1-1ACAC) JCHS coach Barry Weav-er thought the meet wasn’t goingto go in his favor.“It started to look a little bleak

but some of the kids stepped up,”said Weaver, whose team movedto 3-2 overall and evened itsACAC record at 1-1. “(We) got afirst in the 500 (freestyle), whichwas a great race back and forth.”Like his relay team did to close

out the meet, Cody White camefrom behind to win the 500

freestyle. The Patriot seniortrailed Starfire junior DanielBurson by nearly two seconds atthe midway point of the race.But during the next 250 yards,

White, who also won the 200 indi-vidual medley, closed the gap andfinished in 5 minutes, 33.35 sec-onds. He beat Burson by less thanhalf a second.Jay County then won the 200

freestyle relay thanks to ConnerDaniels, Keen, Barton and White.South Adams got back withinstriking distance, however, withvictories by Zach Teeple in the

100 backstroke and Daniel Stef-fen in the 100 breaststroke.It set the table for a showdown

in the final race of the night.South Adams coach Andy

Lehman thought it was going tocome down to the final race too.“I expected it, especially after

Saturday at the Norwell Invite(and) losing by 18 points to JayCounty,” Lehman said. “We justdon’t have the numbers. Weswam really well and I couldn’task for a better meet from ourguys tonight.”

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Jay boys edge Stars

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Alex Bader, a freshman at Jay County High School, swims the breaststroke leg ofthe 200-yard individual medley Monday at South Adams. She won the race with a career-besttime of 2 minutes. 14.03 seconds, finishing ahead of Starfire sophomore Ashton Klopp,pictured in the background. Jay County beat the Starfires 109-76.

Patriot girls move to 6-0 with a 109-76

victory

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Indiana Pacers' Rodney Stuckey (2) isfouled by Los Angeles Lakers' Ronnie Price (9)during the second half Monday in Indianapolis. ThePacers won 110-91.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rodney Stuck-ey had a points and rebounds double-dou-ble just twice in the last seven seasons —the last one coming almost two years ago.On Monday night he got his second in 48

hours, getting 20 points and 10 reboundsand adding seven assists to lead the Indi-ana Pacers over the Los Angeles Lakers110-91.With the victory over Los Angeles, Indi-

ana snapped an eight-game losing streak.That was more important to Stuckey.“I don’t even care about that kind of

stuff,” he said, regarding the back-to-backdouble-doubles. “It was just important forus to get a win tonight before we go on thisWest Coast trip. We have some toughgames coming up and it was an importantwin.”Stuckey is averaging 12.8 points, 3.4

rebounds and 2.8 assists a game. On Mon-day night, he was one of Six Pacers whoscored in double figures. CJ Miles scored20, Roy Hibbert added 10, David West C.J.

Watson each contributed 12 and DonaldSloan scored 17 points for Indiana.Indiana has been shuffling its rotations

while battling injuries, relying heavily ona mixture of starters and role players. ThePacers jumped out to a 34-15 lead at theend of the first quarter. The Lakers made3 of 20 shots, shooting 15 percent from thefloor, allowing Indiana to pull away.“We had great energy, we were the more

energized team tonight,” Coach FrankVogel said. “We just have to understandthat the game is going to change. Theywere going to pick up their pressure andintensity. We have to handle that better,clearly. We still had a 31 point lead at theend of the third quarter, so we did enoughand kept our foot on the gas.”The Pacers out-rebounded the Lakers

53-38 and their bench outscored the Lak-ers’ 52-46. West and Lavoy Allen eachgrabbed nine rebounds and Hibbert andSolomon Hill each had seven rebounds.

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Stuckey leads Pacersover Kobe, Lakers

By JIM JOHNSONAssociated PressINDIANAPOLIS —

Colts head coach ChuckPagano isn’t quite ready toput all of his focus onpreparing for the playoffs.Indianapolis clinched

the AFC South with Sun-day’s win over Houston,but before the Colts lookahead to the postseason,Pagano wants to close outthe regular season on awinning note.“Just because we’re sit-

ting where we’re sittingdoesn’t mean we’re goingto take our foot off thegas,” he said.So the approach is to

win each game whether ithas any significance to theoverall outcome of theseason or not, includingSunday’s game at Dallasand at Tennessee in the

regular-season finale.“We’re going to play 16

games, and we’re going toprepare to try to go winthis football game,”Pagano said. “Forgetbeing in the playoffs ornot, that’s just our mind-set. That’s how we roll.”Still, with the playoffs

just weeks away, the Coltsare well aware of the needto find solutions to prob-lems. Pagano specificallypointed out Monday thatpenalties and turnoversare issues the Colts con-tinue to face.Indy committed two

turnovers against Hous-ton on Sunday, includingan interception the Tex-ans returned for a touch-down early in the game.The Colts have strug-

gled to get off to a faststart, another issue that

Pagano acknowledged as aconcern. Against Hous-ton, it was nearly halftimebefore Indy took a leadand the Colts have trailedin the first quarter in fourof the last five games.“If we’re going to get to

where we want to get to,take the next step in theplayoffs, those type ofthings, we’ve still got somethings obviously to cleanup,” Pagano said. “We’llgo to work on that.”An MRI came back neg-

ative for receiver T.Y.Hilton, who suffered ahamstring injury late inSunday’s game. Paganosaid the Colts expectHilton to return to prac-tice this week.Hilton is just one of sev-

eral players with nagginginjuries.

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Colts to continuepush toward playoffs