DDoonnaalldd AAlliigg, 91, PortlandPPaattrriicciiaa CCooffffmmaann, 62, Gene-

vaMMaarryy LLeewwiiss, 91, DunkirkDetails on page 2.

Portland had a high temper-ature of 46 degrees Monday.The overnight low was 39.Tonight’s low will be 41, and

there is a chance of showersWednesday with a high of 49.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

TTooddaayy —— “Christmas in theWest,” 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,Bloomfield Elementary, 350 E. 500North, Bryant; Redkey Elemen-tary Christmas program, 1 and6:30 p.m., 500 W. Main St.; The Lit-tlest Christmas Tree, 8 p.m., FortRecovery Elementary School, 865Sharpsburg Road.

WWeeddnneessddaayy —— MusicWorksHoliday Concert, 7 p.m., ArtsPlace, 131 E. Walnut St., Port-land.

FFrriiddaayy ——Fort Festival of Trees,9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fort RecoveryPublic Library, 113 Wayne St.There will be refreshments.

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The Commercial ReviewTuesday, December 8, 2015

The Commercial Review/Kathryne Rubright

Vehicles including a Blackford County Sheriff’s Office car block the entrance Monday afternoon after a robbery atCitizens State Bank, 714 N. Main St., Dunkirk.

By KATHRYNERUBRIGHTThe Commercial ReviewPolice are searching

for the man who robbeda Dunkirk bank Mon-day afternoonA man wearing a dark

hooded sweatshirt, graysweatpants, a wig and aknit hat entered Citi-zens State Bank, 714 N.Main St., and demandedmoney around 1:40 p.m.A Blackford CountySheriff ’s Office pressrelease says the employ-ee he interacted with“believed the suspectwas armed after beingthreatened by the sus-pect.”Janet Reynolds, the

mother of that employ-ee, said her daughterhad called after the rob-bery and said the manhad pointed a gun ather. She and her hus-band Earl Reynoldswere waiting in the

bank’s parking lot Mon-day afternoon untiltheir daughter, MirandaMontero, was done talk-ing with police.“Oh, that burns me

up,” Janet said, think-ing of her daughterbeing threatened atgunpoint.

Montero kept assur-ing her parents she wasOK during the call,which came about anhour after the robbery. “She was still upset,

scared,” Earl said.Roger Wells, senior

vice president of thebank, told the Eaton

couple their daughterhad followed her train-ing, which teachestellers to give up money.The amount of cashstolen will not be dis-closed, according to thepress release.Janet and Earl

Reynolds said theirdaughter told them thesuspect had demanded$20,000.“Like he said,

money’s not worthsomeone’s life,” Earlsaid.The suspect ran west

on Shadyside Streetafter leaving the bank.Westlawn Elementary

School, 234 Pearl St.,Dunkirk, was on lock-down for about 30 min-utes until students werereleased at 2:30 p.m.And West Jay MiddleSchool, 140 HighlandAvenue, Dunkirk, wason lockdown until itsdismissal at 3:10 p.m.

Police supervised asstudents left. When Blackford

County Sheriff ’s Officeposted a photograph ofthe suspect on Face-book, it was alongside apicture of the suspectin a Dec. 1 robbery atOld National Bank inWinchester. The postindicated both securitycamera images were ofthe same suspect, butdid not explain whypolice suspect the sameman in both cases.An Eaton Police

Department post saysthe same man is sus-pected in a Nov. 23 rob-bery of First MerchantsBank in Eaton.Anyone with informa-

tion about the suspectcan contact the Black-ford County Sheriff ’sOffice at (765) 348-0930or Dunkirk PoliceDepartment at (765) 768-6061.

Police are seeking Citizens State suspect

The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald

Spirited performanceThird graders from Westlawn Elementary School perform “Hear

Those Bells” during a rehearsal for Monday’s pageant, “The Spirit ofChristmas.” Playing the glockenspiel and xylophone are, from left, BenCrouch, Benson Ward, Rylee Sollars and Elayna Knipp.

By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHTThe Commercial ReviewJay County Hospital sur-

passed several of its goalsthis year, hospital CEODave Hyatt told the JayCounty Commissioners onMonday.The commissioners, who

appoint the hospital boardof trustees, were told thehospital was given five outof five stars by theMedicare Beneficiary Qual-ity Improvement Project.The project is essentially

“a fancy way of saying, ifyou don’t do well, Medicaretakes money away,” Hyattsaid.Jay County Hospital con-

sistently outranked theIndiana average for patientsatisfaction with nursingcommunication, doctorcommunication, respon-siveness of staff, pain man-agement and communica-tion about medicine. Indi-ana’s numbers exceededthe national averages.Patient satisfaction isn’t

just about doctors smilingat them, Hyatt said. Thereal point is to improvehealth by preventing com-plications later.“If you have that connec-

tion with your nurse andyour doctor and you’re notstressed out about the pro-cedure that you just had,you can probably hearinformation a little bit bet-ter, which means you mightunderstand how to takecare of yourself betterwhen you get home. Thatmeans you’re less likely tocome back to the hospitalwith an infection or a med-ication error,” Hyatt said.On satisfaction surveys,

patients rated the hospital 9or 10 nearly 76 percent ofthe time.“If you give us an 8, it

might as well be a 0,” Hyattsaid. “We set the bar prettyhigh.”As far as employee satis-

faction, 86.6 percent ofteam members were verysatisfied or satisfied withtheir job. That’s statistical-ly no different than 85.4 per-cent of employees choosingone of those options lastyear, Hyatt said.

See HHiittss page 5

JCHhitsgoals

This photo posted onthe Blackford CountySheriff’s OfficeFacebook page showsthe suspect in aMonday robbery atCitizens State Bank inDunkirk. Police believethe same man may beresponsible for bankrobberies Nov. 23 inEaton and Dec. 1 inWinchester.

Robbery in Dunkirk

Photo provided

By DEBANINA SEATONThe Commercial ReviewPortland City Council unanimously

approved payment of claims at Mondaynight’s meeting, but something smelledfishy to one council member.Before it was approved, the docket —

totaling $1,744,376.02 — raised concernswith council member Mark Hedgesbecause a fine for sewage overflow fromIndiana Department of Natural ResourcesDivision of Fish and Wildlife. Hedgeswanted to know the conditions of the over-flow and ways to prevent future problems.

Portland Mayor Randy Geesamaninformed council members Bill Gibson,Kip Robinette, Kent McClung, Judy Aker,Michael Brewster, Don Gillespie andHedges that the fine was levied because thecity water department was flushing waterhydrants that overflowed one of the com-bined sewers. When the sewer waterflushed into the Salamonie River, deadminnows were discovered in the water.The state DNR was contacted, and it

fined the city $2,500 for “wild animalkilled.”

See FFiinneedd page 2

By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHTThe Commercial ReviewFort Recovery Village

Council took care of someend-of-year business at itsMonday night meeting.It passed ordinances

setting salaries foremployees and electedofficials. Employeesreceived a 2 percent raise,which puts hourly rates at

$30.13 for the villageadministrator, $20.91 forthe police chief, $19.25 forthe villagesolicitor/grants adminis-trator, $17.85 for the fiscalofficer and $15.67 for thetax administrator.Elected officials will not

see a raise next year. Themayor will receive $4,500,the council president

$2,450 and other councilmembers $2,250.Council also passed an

ordinance funding the vil-lage Christmas party upto $750, though villageadministrator RandyDiller said it shouldn’treach that amount. Lastyear’s party cost about$450.

See SSeettss page 5

City fined for fish kill

FR council sets salaries

Capsule Reports

Felony arrestsDrug arrestA Portland man was

arrested at 1:32 p.m. Mon-day on multiple drugcharges.Harley D. Arnold, 24,

323 W. Arch St., wasarrested for possessionof paraphernalia, posses-sion of marijuana orhashish and possessionof cocaine, narcotics ormethamphetamine, aLevel 6 felony.He was booked to Jay

County Jail and laterreleased on a $4,500 bond.

Bench warrantA Muncie man was

arrested at 5:19 p.m. Mon-day on a bench warrant.Christopher M. Batt, 40,

2904 S. Vine St., wasarrested on a warrant wasissued out of Jay Countyfor violating his parole forfailing to pay restitution.He is being held at Jay

County Jail on a $10,000bond.

Drug arrestA Petroleum man was

arrested at 2:24 p.m. Mon-day for possession of anillegal substance.Caleb A. Fear, 30, 3600

E. Market St., was arrest-ed for possession of para-phernalia and possessionof cocaine, narcotics ormethamphetamine, aLevel 6 felony.He is being held at Jay

County Jail on a $4,000bond.

Multiple chargesA Berne man was

arrested at 2:10 p.m. Mon-day for several charges.Justin L. Miller, 26, 65

Deborah Lane, wasarrested for possessionof cocaine, narcotics ormethamphetamine, pos-session of a syringe, bothLevel 6 felonies, and pos-session of parapherna-lia.He was booked to Jay

County Jail and is being

held on a $4,500 bond foreach charge.

Multiple chargesA Dunkirk woman was

arrested at 2:02 p.m. Mon-day for several charges.Jessica Deann Watson,

25, 277 E. Commerce St.,was arrested for posses-

sion of paraphernalia,possession of cocaine,narcotics or metham-phetamine and posses-sion of a syringe, Level 6felonies.She was booked to Jay

County Jail and remainsthere on a $4,500 bond foreach charge.

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Trupointe Fort RecoveryCorn ........................3.94Jan. corn ................3.98Beans ......................8.68Jan. crop ................8.70Wheat ......................4.44Jan. crop ................4.47

Cooper Farms Fort Recovery Corn ........................4.00Jan. corn ................4.00Feb. corn ................4.01March corn ............4.03

POET BiorefiningPortlandDec. corn ................4.03Jan. corn ................4.07

Feb. corn ................4.09Mar. corn ................4.13

Central StatesMontpelierCorn ........................3.93Jan. corn ................3.94Beans ......................8.85Jan. beans ..............8.86Wheat ......................4.68New crop ................4.72

The AndersonsRichland TownshipCorn ........................3.94Jan. corn ................3.94Beans ......................8.83Jan. beans ..............8.78Wheat ......................4.72Jan. wheat ..............4.72

Closing prices as of Monday

Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were seven

admissions to the hospi-tal on Monday.

DismissalsThere were three dis-

missals.

EmergenciesThere were 32 treated

in the emergency roomsof JCH.

Today6 p.m. — South Adams

School Board, highschool meeting room,1075 Starfire Way,Berne.7 p.m. — Portland

Park Board specialmeeting, council cham-bers, fire station, 1616 N.Franklin St.

Wednesday1 p.m. — Jay County

Sheriff ’s Office meritboard, Jay County Sher-iff ’s Office, 224 W. WaterSt., Portland.4:30 p.m. — Jay Coun-

ty Hospital Board ofTrustees executive ses-sion, conference room

B, JCH, 500 W. Votaw St.,Portland.7 p.m. — Jay County

Council, commission-ers’ room, Jay CountyCourthouse, 120 N.Court St., Portland.

Thursday7 p.m. — Jay County

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

Monday9 a.m. — Jay County

Commissioners, com-missioners’ room, JayCounty Courthouse,120 N. Court St., Port-land.

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Lotteries

Mary LewisMary Ruth Lewis, 91, a former

Redkey resident, died Saturdayat Miller’s Merry Manor inDunkirk.Visitation is 10 a.m. to noon

Wednesday at MJS Mortuaries-Redkey Chapel. Graveside serv-ices will follow at PennvilleI.O.O.F. Cemetery with MikeShannon officiating.

The following obituary isbeing republished to includeinformation omitted by TheCommercial Review.Donald AligMarch 29, 1924-Dec. 5, 2015Donald I. “Don” Alig, 91, Port-

land, died Saturday at Jay Coun-ty Hospital.Born in Portland, to John and

Hilda (Droesch) Alig, he mar-ried Vera (Muhlenkamp) Aligon Feb. 9, 1952, and she survives.

A veteran of the United StatesArmy Air Corps serving duringWorld War II, he retired fromfarming and had also worked atMersman Brothers in Celina,Ohio. He was a mem-

ber of FraternalOrder of Eaglesin Coldwater,Ohio, AmericanLegion Post No.345 and Knightsof ColumbusCouncil No. 3324,both in FortRecovery, and a lifelong memberof St. Anthony (Ohio) CatholicChurch.Surviving in addition to his

wife are three daughters,Karen Bailey (husband: Dave),Portland, Mary Ann Schwi-eterman (husband: Nick), St.Henry, Ohio, and LorraineHowey (husband: Dan), Bonita

Springs, Florida; three sons,Roger Alig of Muncie, WilliamAlig (wife: Katie) of Celina,Ohio, and Gary Alig (wife:Annette), Fort Wayne; two sis-ters, Rosemary Heitkamp,Coldwater, Ohio and DorothyHein, Montezuma, Ohio; abrother, Richard “Dick” Alig(wife: Jeanette), Coldwater;two sisters-in-law, 13 grand-children and 15 great-grand-children.A Mass of Christian burial

will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday atSt. Anthony Catholic Churchwith the Rev. Tim Ralston offi-ciating. Burial will be in St.Anthony Cemetery, with mili-tary graveside honors conduct-ed by the American Legion.Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday and 9 to 9:45 a.m.Thursday at Brockman-Boeck-man Funeral Home in FortRecovery, with an American

Legion prayer service at 7:45p.m. Wednesday, followed by aKnights of Columbus prayerservice.Condolences may be

expressed at http://www.brock-manboeckmanfh.com.

The following obituary isbeing republished to correct anerror by The CommercialReview.Patricia Coffman

Feb. 18, 1953-Nov. 28, 2015Patricia D. Coffman, 62,

Geneva, died Nov. 28 at herhome.Born in Muncie, she was the

daughter of Milton and Bar-bara (Wheeler) Coffman.She had worked at Red Gold

in Geneva and was a memberof Dunkirk Moose Lodge No.743 and American Legion Aux-iliary No. 227.

Surviving are two sons, GaryWesley (wife: April), Dunkirk,and Scott Moon (wife: Becky),Littleton, Colorado; six daugh-ters, Hope Resler, Portland,Holly Knight (husband: Bill),Dunkirk, Heather Wesley-Brown, Berne, Heidi Clear(husband: Jason), Decatur,Haley Moon-Orcutt (husband:Matt) Hoagland; and CheyannaWesley-Coffman, Geneva; a sis-ter, Debra Staton, Muncie; twobrothers, Marty Coffman (wife:Sherri), Texas, and Doug Coff-man (wife: Barb), HartfordCity; 19 grandchildren; severalnieces, nephews and cousins.Memorials may be sent to the

family in care of DunkirkMemorial Chapel, 317 N. MainSt., Dunkirk, IN 47336.Condolences may be

expressed athttp://www.wilsonshookfuner-alhome.com.

Alig

Deer accidentA St. Henry, Ohio, driver was

involved in an accident with a deerMonday afternoon in Noble Town-ship.Isaac G. Lefeld, 21, 4329 Lange

Road, was driving east on countyroad 300 South when a deer enteredthe roadway just west of countyroad 800 East. Lefeld could not avoidhitting the deer with the 2001 FordF-150 he was driving.The pickup is registered to Lefeld

Plumbing and Heating, 132 W. MainSt., St. Henry.Damage in the 5:45 p.m. accident

was estimated between $1,000 and$2,500.

Backing accidentA Portland man backed his vehi-

cle into a parked car at 12:20 p.m.Monday at Family Practice of JayCounty, 428 W. Votaw St., Portland.Gerald L. Bradburn, 77, 316 W.

Walnut St., backed his 2000 ToyotaCamry into the rear of a parked 2003Ford F-150.The Ford is registered to Randy

M. Turner, 3405 S. 875 East,Dunkirk.Damage was estimated to be less

than $1,000.

Ran off roadA Fort Recovery teen suffered

injuries in an accident at 4:40 p.m.Nov. 30 on Watkins Road inGranville Township.Michelle Kunkler, 17, 4443

Watkins Road, Fort Recovery, told

Mercer County Sheriff ’s Office shewas driving a 2009 Chevrolet east onAtkins Road when it traveled off tothe south side of the road beforegoing into a ditch, overturned andcame to rest in a field.Kunkler was transported to Mer-

cer County Community Hospital inColdwater, Ohio, for treatment.

Stolen medicationA Portland woman said her med-

ication and vitamins were stolen inNovember.An employee of Crown Pointe, 745

Patriot Drive, told Portland PoliceDepartment one of its residents,Wynona Jean Bantz, had medica-tion stolen from her around Thanks-giving. Bantz said 100 tablets of her med-

ication were stolen from her room.The employee said Bantz set a trapto see if someone would steal fromher again and about three vitaminswere stolen from her last Friday.

Deer crashA Portland woman struck a deer

with her SUV at 5:56 p.m. Mondayon Indiana 1 in Wayne Township.Theresa C. Clingenpeel, 49, 905

Old Colonial Drive, Portland, toldJay County Sheriff ’s Office she wasdriving north on Indiana 1 when adeer ran onto the roadway. She saidshe could not avoid hitting the ani-mal with the 2010 GMC Acadia shewas driving.Damage is estimated between

$1,000 and $2,500.

Rear end crashTwo Portland residents were

involved in a vehicle crash at 6:05p.m. Monday at the intersection ofVotaw and Commerce streets inPortland.Emily C. Devoe, 21, 639 E. Water

St., Portland, told a PortlandPolice Officer she was stopped onVotaw Street and was preparing toturn onto Commerce Street when avehicle struck the 2008 PontiacGrand Prix she was driving.Colton D. Compton, 17, 415 W. HighSt, Portland was driving the 2014Dodge Ram that struck Devoe’scar.The Dodge is registered to George

O. Lopez, 3177 W. 200 South, Port-land.Damage is estimated between

$1,000 and $2,500.

Ran off roadA Portland driver’s car ran off the

road at 9:15 p.m. Monday, on countyroad 800 North in Bearcreek Town-ship.Corbin L. Swygart, 18, 514 E.

Franklin St., told Jay County Sher-iff ’s Office, he was traveling weston county road 800 North nearcounty road 100 East when his 2002Chevrolet Cavalier lost power andcaused him to lose control of thecar.The Cavalier ran off to the south

side of the road, striking a fence andtearing out several fence posts.Damage is estimated between

$1,000 and $2,500.

Fined ...Continued from page 1Geesaman said the fine

will be compensated out ofthe city’s sewage fund andmust be paid immediately. “So it was basically a

fluke issue, not a waterplant issue,” said Hedges.Geesaman agreed with

that assessmentIn other business, coun-

cil:

•Heard from owner JimHeister of W & M Manu-facturing that the compa-ny has invested $2.15 mil-lion in an ongoing project.He also noted the companyhas hired 40 of the 60employees it planned tohire and is about 85 per-cent finished with theexpansion and installingnew equipment.

•Approved transferringfunds from severalaccounts for city projects.Council transferred$24,500 into the park capi-tal outlays fund to build anew restroom at PortlandMemorial Park, $10,000into public safety salariesand $13,000 into contractu-al services for the SafeRoutes to School project.

•Heard Gibson askproperty owners withcatch basins in front oftheir homes to keep themcleaned out to preventflooding in spring.•Learned area mer-

chants will have anothershopping event —“Moonlight ShoppingSpree” — from 5 to 8 p.m.Thursday.

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

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.BRYANT/NEW CORY-

DON SENIOR CITIZENS— Will meet at 11:30 a.m.Wednesday at the BryantCommunity Center for acarry-in dinner. Meat isprovided.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.

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 SUPPORTGROUP — Will meet from

5:30 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 and learn aboutthe latest products andinformation. AMERICAN LEGION

AUXILIARY NO. 211 —Will have a Christmas

carry-in at 6 p.m. Thurs-day. Meat and table servicewill be provided. Therewill be a $5 gift exchange.Bring canned goods forfood pantry. 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 TRAILSCLUB — Will meet at 6p.m. the second Thursdayof each month at theoffices of The PortlandFoundation.PIKE FRIENDS AND

NEIGHBORS — Willmeet at 6 p.m. at the homeof Sandy Cable. BringChristmas gift, stockingstuffers and Christmascards for the RetirementCenter.

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Optimist newsPortland Breakfast Optimists recently donated $500 for the

Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Pictured above from left arecommittee members Dolphus Stephens and Carol Smith accepting thecheck from Optimist president David Cramer. Pictured below withCramer, from left, are new Optimist members Justin Starr, Gail Franksand Jo Peters.

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Dad needs support to deal with change

By VIRGINIA CLINEThe Commercial ReviewDue to the busy holiday sea-

son, blood donations are usuallydown in December.To encourage donors to give,

the American Red Cross is giv-ing away long-sleeved t-shirts atits upcoming blood drives. Blood drives will be held from

2 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 21 at BryantWesleyan Church, 209 S. Hen-dricks St., and from 10:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. on Dec. 28 at Jay Coun-ty Hospital, 500 W. Votaw St.To schedule an appointment,

download the American Red

Cross Blood Donor app, visitredcrossblood.org or call (800)733-2767 A blood donor card or dri-

ver’s license or two otherforms of identification arerequired. To save time on donation day,

use RapidPass to complete thequestionnaire before the visit atredcrossblood.org/RapidPass.

Arts Place AuctionArts Place, Portland Center,

raised $23,520.50 at its recentbenefit auction.More than 200 people attended

the event that kicks off the 2016annual fundraising campaign.

Holiday show Cornerstone Center for the

Arts in Muncie will host a Holi-day Show & Sale from 2:30 to 5p.m. on Sunday. The event will coincide with

Cornerstone’s recital and openhouse that features dance andmusic performances and art dis-plays from students enrolled inclasses and lessons at Corner-stone.Venders will be in the Colon-

nade Room and performances

will be held in the E.B. BallAuditorium.

Library eventsSeveral events are coming up

at Jay County Public Library.SNA (special needs adults)

Live Music and Movement ses-sion will be held at 10 a.m. onThursday. There will be Christ-mas carols and action gamesand craft bags will be sent home.The Cookbook Club will meet

at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Thetheme is Cookie Swap.Friends of the Library will

meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,

Dec. 15 and a Senior Tech Labwill be held from 1 to 3 p.m. onThursday, Dec. 17.Books given in memory of

Joseph Grogg by Betty Daileywere “The Crossing” by MichaelConnelly, “Make Me” by LeeChild, “Andy and Don” by DanielDeVise, “Brothers Vonnegut” byGinger Strand and “IndianaBarns” by Marsha Mohr. Given in memory of Bill Milli-

gan by Joyce Milligan was“Where I Am” by Billy Graham. The library will be closed

from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. onWednesday.

Red Cross to hold two drives in December

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JEANNE LUTZAdvertising Manager

To the editor:The month of December is

National Impaired Driving Pre-vention Month.Conservative estimates indi-

cate that 20 percent of crashesin the U.S. are directly related todrugged driving. This accountsfor approximately 6,761 deaths,440,000 injuries and nearly $60billion in costs each year.In a recent national survey,

results indicated that drugswere present more than seventimes as frequently as alcohol

among weekend nighttime driv-ers in the US. This surveyrevealed 16 percent testing posi-tive for drugs while 2 percenttested at or above the legal limitfor alcohol.

Drugged driving continues topose a danger along the lines ofthe better-known drunk drivingproblem. A recent study of seri-ously injured drivers revealedthat 51 percent of the study sam-ple tested positive for illegaldrugs, compared to 34 percentwho tested positive for alcohol.In 2009, statistics indicatedapproximately 10.5 million peo-ple operated a vehicle under theinfluence of drugs.Recent data indicates that

young drivers are especially at

risk for being impacted bydrugged driving as they routine-ly participate in higher riskbehaviors. This data indicatesthat nearly 28 percent of highschool seniors had put them-selves at risk by being in a vehi-cle where the driver had usedmarijuana or other illicit drugs,or had consumed five or morealcoholic drinks, in the twoweeks prior to taking the survey.In addition, the survey indi-

cates about one in eight or 12.4percent of high school seniors

reported driving after they hadused marijuana, while 8.7 per-cent reported driving afterdrinking alcohol. Nearly one infour participants also indicatedthey had recently been a passen-ger in a car operated by animpaired driver.For more information and/or

data sources, please visithttp://stopdruggeddriving.org/.Respectfully,PJ CorwinJay County Drug Prevention

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Drug use leads to traffic accidentsLetters tothe Editor

By CASS SUNSTEINBloombergDo you think that this is

a profound statement?“Intention and attentionare mystery’s manifesta-tion.” What about this one?

“Hidden meanings trans-form unseen beauty.”Both statements are, of

course, nonsense, under-stood in a particular sense:not a lie, but a kind of ver-bal smokescreen, designedto suggest depth andinsight but actually vague,vacuous or meaningless.As we’ll see, an under-standing of pretentious-sounding gibberish and itsfrequent power tells ussomething importantabout contemporary poli-tics. But we need a littlesocial science first.Gordon Pennycook, a

psychologist at the Univer-sity of Waterloo in Ontario,recently led a team ofresearchers in an investi-gation of how people reactto “pseudo-profound” non-sense. As an initial test,they presented 280 under-graduates with 10 sen-tences that consisted, likethe two sentences above, ofvague, randomly chosenbuzzwords.The researchers asked

students to use a five-pointscale to rate the profound-ness of each statement,defined as “of deep mean-ing” (which was, of course,entirely absent from all ofthem). On the scale, onemeant “not profound atall,” two meant “somewhatprofound,” three meant“fairly profound,” fourmeant “definitely pro-found,” and five meant“very profound.”The average rating was

2.6, meaning that most peo-ple agreed that randomlychosen buzzwords wereclosest to “fairly pro-found.” In a follow-upstudy, some people wereeven willing to say thatcompletely vacuous state-ments — such as “Mostpeople enjoy at least somesort of music” — were atleast somewhat profound.Pennycook and his col-

leagues also investigatedthe individual characteris-tics that lead people toregard baloney as pro-found. Not surprisingly,they found that people aremore receptive to it if theydo less well on measures ofanalytical thinking, suchas numeracy and verbalintelligence. They alsofound that people are moreopen to this stuff if theyalso hold paranormalbeliefs, endorse alternativemedicine or accept conspir-acy theories.These results are not

simply a measure of thepiffle radars of Canadianundergraduates. In its vari-ous forms, the same kindof thing can be readilyfound in academic circles,especially in the humani-

ties. From the influentialFrench theorist JacquesDerrida: “Surviving — thatis the other name of amourning whose possibili-ty is never to be awaited.”From the even more influ-ential Michel Foucault:“Death left its old tragicheaven and became thelyrical core of man: hisinvisible truth, his visiblesecret.”But as Pennycook and

his colleagues note, somekinds of nonsense are alsocommon in the politicaldomain, usually in theform not of pseudo-profun-dity, but of ambiguity orvagueness. Donald Trumpon health-care reform:“Repeal and replace withsomething terrific.” BenCarson on Islamic State:“So we have to be saying,how do we make them looklike losers?” BernieSanders on the Parisattacks: “Together, leadingthe world, this country willrid our planet of this bar-barous organization calledISIS.”The paper downplays an

important reason for theeffectiveness of this kindof thing, which is how itmakes people feel.Pseudo-profound state-

ments work when theymake people feel that theyare being given access to adeep secret: They producea kind of awe, even rever-ence, and so it’s all the bet-ter if the meaning of thosestatements is unclear.When it is effective, politi-cal baloney makes peoplefeel that they are listeningto someone firm, confidentand strong. The vaguenessof the statement isn’t aproblem; what matters isthe favorable emotion thatit produces.In academic life or in pol-

itics, the problem with thisstuff is the same: It doesn’ttreat people with respect.It’s a lot like a lie; it’s cer-tainly a form of manipula-tion. Sometimes it works,in which case voters can betaken in, at least for awhile. But they deserve bet-ter than that, and in theend, majorities tend todemand it.Whether or not that’s so,

one thing remains quiteclear: A good column is likea silent breeze on themountain’s sightless peak.It does not ebb; it saunters.

••••••••••Sunstein, a Bloomberg

View columnist, is directorof the Harvard LawSchool’s program onbehavioral economics andpublic policy. Follow himon Twitter @CassSunstein.

Vaguery is inlack of detail

By JOHN KRULLTheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — The older I

get, the better Frank Sinatrasounds.I first started listening to the

singer who named himself “OldBlue Eyes” when I was a kid. Myfather was and is a fan. Dad wouldcroon along with Sinatra songs asthey played over the AM radios inthe VWs, Fords and Buicks my par-ents hauled my siblings and mearound in in the late 1960s andearly ‘70s.I didn’t care for Sinatra then. It

wasn’t a great time for him. Attimes, he struggled to seem rele-vant — even young — by wearingNehru jackets and love beads andinstead looked ridiculous. At othertimes, he became a self-parody, thefinger-snapping, leering prototypefor the stereotypical lounge lizardthat comedians have been sendingup ever since.I didn’t begin to appreciate Sina-

tra until I was in my 20s and 30s.His earliest recordings for

Columbia — the ones that drovebobby-soxers crazy in the ’30s and’40s — didn’t wow me.Sinatra’s sound was almost cloy-

ing then, about as sickly sweet assugared apple juice. His voiceneeded to ripen, become morelived-in. And his technique neededto mature.That is what happened when he

moved to Capitol and then formedhis own label, Reprise.From the 1950s through the mid-

1960s he recorded a series ofremarkable records, virtuallyinventing the idea of the conceptalbum in the process. His geniuscame from understanding thatdevelopments in recording — long-playing records, stereo sound, etc.— expanded the canvas uponwhich an artist could paint.LPs, in Sinatra’s hands, became

more than collections of songs.Albums could tell stories, explorethemes. Sinatra’s gift was trans-forming art into life, making aseries of pop standards becomebiography, both his and his audi-ence’s.And all of it told in that mar-

velous voice, an instrument asrich, smoky, supple and texturedas 50-year-old single-malt Scotch.My favorites of his are “Frank

Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely”and “September of My Years.”“Only the Lonely” is a harrow-

ing album, a deep meditation onisolation, despair and regret. It isa record to which those who havebeen bruised a bit by life — and bythe time we reach a certain age,who hasn’t? — can cling. Thealbum’s signature song is “One forMy Baby (And One More for theRoad),” but every cut serves asboth salve and release, a reminderthat we all experience moments ofdesolation — and that there iscomfort in that.“September of My Years” is the

kind of record a man such as me —one who has seen more than a half-century of seasons march by — isexpected to appreciate. Its mostfamous song is “It Was a VeryGood Year,” which tells the storyof a man’s life by recounting hisromantic adventures as he ages.Some critics dismiss “Septem-

ber of My Years” as an exercise inpaunchy sentimentality, a middle-aged lecher’s boasting about long-ago liaisons.They miss the point.The record is about aging —

about understanding, and appreci-ating, that moments, good and bad,should be valued because theybuild and shape a life.There’s much about Sinatra that

doesn’t merit admiration.His dabbling with organized

crime (although his most discern-ing biographers make clear he wasmore wannabe tough guy thanactual player) and his compulsiveskirt-chasing are impossible toignore, much less condone. It’shard not to wonder whether he

was trying to prove to others —and maybe himself — that he was-n’t a mama’s boy from New Jersey,the skinny Hoboken 4-F who didn’tserve in World War II, the definingmoment for his generation ofAmerican men.Like Ernest Hemingway, another

seminal American artist, it wasalmost as if Sinatra felt compelledto cloak and obscure surpassingsensitivity with cartoon-likehyper-macho loutishness.Saturday is the 100th anniver-

sary of Frank Sinatra’s birth.I’ll mark the occasion by putting

on one of his records. I’ll pour aglass of fine cabernet or a cup ofgood tea. Maybe I’ll read from agreat book or ask my wife for aslow dance in front of the fire-place’s warm glow.Whatever I do, it will be a drink

to sip, not gulp, a moment to savor,not hurry.Think of it as my homage to —

and our gift from — the man whocalled himself “Old Blue Eyes.”

••••••••••Krull is director of Franklin Col-

lege’s Pulliam School of Journal-ism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1Indianapolis and publisher ofTheStatehouseFile.com, a newswebsite powered by Franklin Col-lege journalism students. Emailhim at Jkrull@franklincollege.edu.

Sinatra was a gift to savorJohnKrull

CassSunstein

Sinatra’s giftwas transforming

art into life,making a seriesof pop standardsbecome biography,

both his andhis audience’s.

The Commercial ReviewTuesday, December 8, 2015 Local/World Page 5

FoundANKARA, Turkey —

Six Afghan childrendrowned after a rubberdinghy carryingmigrants to Greecesank off Turkey’sAegean coast today, thestate-run news agencyreported.Five other migrants,

including a 12-year-oldboy, were rescued fromthe sea off the resort ofCesme, and were foundfloating in lifejackets,Anadolu Agency said.Rescuers were search-ing for two othermigrants who werereported missing.The Turkish coast

guard recovered thebodies of the six chil-dren. Anadolu didn’treport their ages, butsaid one of them was ababy.

RememberedPEARL HARBOR,

Hawaii — A few dozenelderly men who sur-vived the Japanesebombing of Pearl Har-bor 74 years ago gath-ered at the site toremember fellow ser-vicemen who didn’tmake it.The U.S. Navy and

National Park Servicehosted Monday’s cere-mony in remembranceof those killed on Dec.7, 1941. More than 3,000people joined the sur-vivors.Adm. Harry Harris,

the top U.S. militarycommander in thePacific, said the day“must forever remainburned into the Ameri-can consciousness.”“For 74 years, we’ve

remembered Pearl Har-bor. We’ve remainedvigilant. And today’sarmed forces are readyto answer the alarmbell,” said Harris, wholeads the U.S. PacificCommand.

MeetingISLAMABAD —

Indian and Afghan offi-cials are expected toattend a two-day con-ference in Pakistan.India’s Foreign Min-

ister Sushma Swarajarrived today as theconference got under-way. Pakistani PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharifand Afghan PresidentAshraf Ghani plan tojointly launch the mainevent, a ministerialconference, on Wednes-day. Sharif was alsoexpected to meet withSwaraj.Envoys from more

than two dozen coun-tries are attending the“heart of Asia” initia-tive, which was inaugu-rated in Istanbul in2011.

—Associated Press

In review

Continued from page 1The difference is a drop in the

top category; 33.3 percent werevery satisfied this year comparedto 39.5 percent last year.The main issues are communi-

cation, which Hyatt said has beentrue at any hospital he hasworked at, security concernsrelated to drug usage in the coun-ty and compensation.Hyatt said the hospital is work-

ing to keep employees informedby sending memos and visitingthem after board meetings to dis-cuss changes. The hospital will

be talking with Jay County Sher-iff ’s Office and Portland PoliceDepartment about securityoptions. As far as compensation,the hospital gave a 2.5 percentraise this year and has imple-mented an $11 per hour mini-mum wage.Hyatt also summarized the hos-

pital’s major purchases in 2015,including 19 acres of land northof the hospital, giving it flexibili-ty for future expansion, and med-ical equipment including a newCT scanner and a scope that pro-vides a 330 degree view during

colonoscopies, an improvementover the old 170 degree view.In other business, the commis-

sioners:•Learned from county engineer

Dan Watson that “spot paving”on county road 300 South shouldbe complete today. “It’ll get us through the win-

ter,” he said of patching areasdamaged by concrete mixers andother vehicles related to con-struction of Green ValleyRanch’s confined feeding opera-tion at 2104 E. 300 South. Morepermanent repairs will happen

after construction is completenext year.•Signed a proclamation inviting

Jay County residents to “celebratethe entire year of 2016 as the Indi-ana Bicentennial Year.”•Learned highway superintend-

ed Ken Wellman would like toreplace some of the department’solder trucks, particularly two from1987 and 1995 that are approaching200,000 miles. He expects to havequotes next week and encumberleftover equipment and equipmentrental money to make the purchasenext year.

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The Commercial Review/Kathryne Rubright

Members of Jay County’s Bicentennial Committee were present Monday morning as Jay County Commissioners Faron Parr,Jim Zimmerman and Doug Inman signed a proclamation inviting residents to celebrate the bicentennial. Front row behind thecommissioners are Cindy Denney, Bob Lyons, Kathy Bird, Sandy Bubp, Janice Stucky, Randy Geesaman, Jane Spencer, Vicki Tague,Gyneth Augsburger and John Boggs. In the second row are Dan Watson, Bill Bradley, Dean Sanders and Blake Watson.

Continued from page 1The village has again

filed its Tree City USAapplication. It would bethe city’s seventh year toreceive the Arbor DayFoundation designation.Qualifying cities have atree board, tree care ordi-nance, spend at least $2per capita on tree care andobserve Arbor Day, includ-ing by issuing a proclama-tion.Council also looked

ahead at 2016. One of itsfirst acts will be to appointa replacement for RodThobe, who is currently

council president and isresigning effective Dec. 31.The council will speak toall interested residents atan upcoming meeting andappoint a new memberafter Jan. 1. Fort Recoveryresident Jerry Byramcame to the meeting toexpress interest in theseat.In other business, coun-

cil members Dave Bretz,Dave Garman, Dave Kaup,Allen Post, Cliff Wendeland Thobe:•Received an update

from villagesolicitor/grants adminis-

trator Erin Minor on theprocess of annexing landin Gibson Township. Ahearing was held Dec. 3,and the Mercer CountyCommissioners will issuea decision within 30 days,though Minor expects it tocome before Christmas. The village has 14 days

from Dec. 3 to submit apost-hearing brief reiter-ating the village’s reasonsfor wanting to annex theland. Minor plans to turnit in this week. Not annex-ing the properties wouldleave an “island” of non-village land between Fort

Recovery and a subdivi-sion that will be part ofthe village.The commissioners’

decision can be appealedwithin 30 days by the vil-lage, the township, Dilleror property owners. Thecase would then go theMercer County CommonPleas Court.•Heard from Diller the

intersection wideningproject at Butler (Ohio119) and Elm streets (Ohio49) is complete. The finalcost was almost $104,000.•Learned Diller expects

a final draft of a commu-

nity plan from consultantPaul Sullivan this week.The plan deals with whereand how Fort Recovery’sresidential, industrial andcommercial areas shouldexpand. Citizen input —solicited first by survey —will be sought againbefore village councilapproves a final plan.•Heard from Diller that

the Environmental Protec-tion Agency surveyed FortRecovery’s water and isrequiring a filter studybecause of the amount ofbuildup on filters at thewater plant.

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By JILL COLVINand BRUCE SMITHAssociated PressMOUNT PLEASANT,

S.C. — Donald Trumptoday stood by his call toblock all Muslims fromentering the United States,even as the idea was wide-ly condemned by rivalRepublican presidentialcandidates, party leadersand others as un-Ameri-can.“I don’t care about

them,” Trump told CNNwhen asked about denun-ciation of the idea by GOPleaders. “I’m doing what’sright.”He defended his plan for

a “total and complete shut-down of Muslims enteringthe United States” by com-paring it with PresidentFranklin Roosevelt’s deci-sion to intern Japanese

Americans during WorldWar II.“This is a president who

was highly respected byall,” Trump said today. “Ifyou look at what he wasdoing, it was far worse.”The idea announced by

Trump Monday eveningdrew swift rebukes, somefrom abroad. British PrimeMinister David Cameronslammed it as “divisive,unhelpful and quite simplywrong.” Muslims in theUnited States and aroundthe world denounced theidea unconstitutional oroffensive.

House Speaker PaulRyan told his Republicancolleagues that Trump’scomments on Muslims is“not who we are” as a partyor American people.The front page of the

Philadelphia Daily Newspictured Trump holdinghis right hand out as if in aNazi salute with the head-line “The New Furor.” Inmorning TV interviewstoday on ABC and CNN,Trump was asked aboutbeing compared to Hitler.The candidate didn’t

back down, saying that ban-ning all Muslims “until our

country’s representativescan figure out what the hellis going on” is warrantedafter attacks by Muslimextremists in Paris and lastweek’s shooting in SanBernardino, California,that killed 14.“We are now at war,”

Trump said, adding: “Wehave a president who does-n’t want to say that.”Trump’s proposed ban

would apply to immigrantsand visitors alike, a sweep-ing prohibition affecting alladherents of a religionpracticed by more than abillion people worldwide.Trump announced his

plan to cheers and applauseat a Monday evening rallyin South Carolina.“Until we are able to

determine and understandthis problem and the dan-gerous threat it poses, our

country cannot be the vic-tims of horrendous attacksby people that believe onlyin jihad, and have no senseof reason or respect forhuman life,” Trump said ina written statementexplaining his position.At the rally he referred to

the 9/11 attacks, warningthat without drastic action,“it’s going to get worse andworse, you’re going to havemore World Trade Cen-ters.”Since the Nov. 13 attacks

in Paris that killed 130 peo-ple and wounded hundredsmore, a number of Republi-can presidential con-tenders have proposedrestrictions on Syrianrefugees — with severalsuggesting preference forChristians seeking asylum— and tighter surveillancein the U.S.

Trump supports Muslim banOther candidates, leadersblast idea as un-American

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By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewSteph Curry is the NBA.With few exceptions —

Kobe Bryant’s retirementannouncement being themost obvious — talk aboutthe association this yearhas revolved around Curryand his Golden State War-riors.That’s for good reason,

given the truly eye-poppingstats that have been postedby both the player and theteam.Individually, Curry is on

pace to make 424 3-pointersthis season. That wouldobliterate the record — 286— he already holds.Meanwhile, Golden State

has opened the year with 22consecutive wins. It hasalready surpassed therecord for wins to begin aseason, and the overallstreak of 33 victories in arow set by the Los AngelesLakers in the 1971-72 sea-son seems to be in danger.(The 72-10 record of the1995-96 Chicago Bulls couldalso be in real jeopardy.)With all of that in play

for Golden State headinginto tonight’s game againstthe Pacers in Indianapolis,it makes sense that thefocus is on the Warriors.But we shouldn’t allow

one great story to over-shadow the other playersand teams that are shiningin the NBA this year.More specifically, we

shouldn’t allow it to over-shadow Paul George.The Pacers’ star small

forward has made it all theway back from the brokenleg he suffered during aUSA Basketball scrimmagemore than a year ago. Theinjury kept him out formost of the 2014-15 season,a year in which a healthyIndiana team would havehad a real chance to com-pete for the Eastern Confer-ence title.In the six games George

played late last season, heaveraged 8.8 points. It wasunclear what the formerMVP candidate mightbring to the floor this sea-son.What he’s brought is an

MVP-caliber effort thatisn’t getting the attention itdeserves only becauseCurry has been so tran-scendent.A year after his grue-

some injury, George is tiedfor third in the league inscoring with OklahomaCity’s Kevin Durant at 27.6points per game. That’snearly six points per gamemore than he posted whenhe finished ninth in theMVP voting in 2013-14.He’s putting up those

scoring numbers whilematching the highest field-goal percentage of hiscareer. And he’s shownhuge improvement fromlong distance, hitting for 45percent from 3-point range.His 8.2 rebounds and 4.2

assists per game are alsoon pace for career bests.And unlike some of the

other top scorers in theleague — Damian Lillardof Portland and AnthonyDavis of New Orleansamong them — George’seffort is leading his team tosuccess. The Pacers, at 12-7,are tied for the second-bestrecord in the Eastern Con-ference behind Cleveland.Sure, Curry and the War-

riors are great, andtonight’s game in the CircleCity is a hot ticket. But thecomeback of the Pacers’leader has been truly spec-tacular.Don’t forget about Paul

George.

Don’tforgetaboutGeorge

Raysof

InsightFor the second time in

three years, a Jay CountyHigh School football playerwas given IFCA all-statehonors.A pair of Patriot seniors

also made the IndianapolisColts Academic All-Stateteam.The Indiana Football

Coaches Association onFriday named senior defen-sive end Mario Rodriguezto the Class 4A All-Stateteam.The last Patriot to receive

the honor was 2013 gradu-ate Eric Hemmelgarn, whonow plays for University ofSaint Francis.Rodriguez totaled 38

tackles in seven games forJay County (4-6). He alsohad five tackles for loss, ledthe team with four sacksand returned a fumble 50

yards for a touchdown.Drew Huffman and Levi

Hummel were named tothe Colts’ all-state team.They will be honored Dec.20 at Lucas Oil Stadium inIndianapolis during theColts’ game against theHouston Texans.To be considered aca-

demic all-state, playersmust meet the followingcriteria: play in 70 percentof his team’s games, haveat least a 3.3 GPA and be inthe top 5 percent of theirgraduating class.

Hunter Prescott (2014)and Collin Saxman (2013)are the last two Patriots tobe named to the Colts’ aca-demic all state squad.

Stars 2-3 at inviteBERNE — The South

Adams wrestling team fin-ished 2-3 at the SpencerHaworth Invitational ithosted Saturday.South Adams opened

with wins against theBluffton Tigers, an AllenCounty Athletic Confer-ence opponent, and theEastbrook Panthers. TheStarfires defeated theTigers 42-32 and the Pan-thers 54-30.South Adams then fell to

Triton (60-28), ACAC foeWoodlan (43-42) andLafayette Harrison (45-30).Wyatt Miller (4-0) and Isa-

iah Baumgartner (3-0) werethe lone Starfires to goundefeated on the day.Logan Hicks and TaylorCuellar were both 2-1, andBrandon Wynn and CorbinBlomeke were both 2-2.Dylan Zuercher was 1-2 forthe tournament.

JC freshmen winANDERSON — Jay

County’s freshman boysbasketball team moved to 3-0 Monday with a 40-33 victo-ry against the AndersonIndians.The score was tied at 10

after the opening quarter,but an 8-5 Patriot advantagein the second gave them thelead. Jay County scored 16points in the final period topull away from the Indians.Parker Grimes led the

Patriots with 15 points,

eight of which came in thefinal period. Gabe Faulknerand Matt Franks were bothsecond on the team withnine points. Wyatt Geesaman added

five points, and Gavin Ran-dall added two.

’Dogs top StarsNEW HAVEN — South

Adams’ freshman boys bas-ketball team lost Monday tothe New Haven Bulldogs,55-39.Grant Besser led South

Adams with 15 points. JoeStuber followed with ninepoints, and Spenser Clarktallied six. Mason Sell and Josh

Price added five and fourpoints respectively.

The Chiefs had a comfortablelead heading into the final period.The Panthers came clawing

back, but fell short.East Jay Middle School’s sev-

enth grade girlsbasketball teamheld off a surge bythe Muncie South-side Panthers onMonday for a 34-29 victory.The EJMS eighth graders also

won, 30-20.East Jay’s seventh grade squad

(5-1) exploded for 13 points in thesecond quarter to lead the pan-thers 19-10 at halftime. The Chiefsextended the advantage to 13points, 30-17, after three quarters.Southside scored 12 points in thefinal quarter, but could not com-plete the comeback.Natalie Miles led East Jay with

15 points. Pacie Denney followedwith eight, and Alana Kunklerchipped in with five points. GraceSaxman tallied four points, andAubrie Schwieterman and Madi-son Fouch had one point each.Stout defense in the second and

third quarters gave the EJMSeighth graders the win. With thescore tied 9-9 after the first quar-ter, the Chiefs gave up one pointin the second and none in thethird quarter on their way to thevictory.Mikele Suman led the Chiefs

with eight points. BritneyMullins and Macey Weitzel fol-lowed with six and four pointsrespectively.Taylor May totaled three

points, with Shadie Canterbury,Mackynzie Fairchild, AsilynDavis and Sara Muhlenkampadding two points apiece.

EJ boys loseMUNCIE — East Jay’s seventh

and eighth grade boys basketballteams lost to the Muncie North-side Titans on Monday.The seventh grade Chiefs fell

52-12, and the eighth graders weredefeated 53-20.Bailey Cox led the seventh

graders with six points. Giovanni

Perod, Griffin Mann and DrakeImel had two points apiece.Noah Arbuckle and Gabe Link

paced the eighth graders withseven points respectively. GavinLambert tallied three points,Sheldon Upp notched two andBrian Williams had one.

SA tops HeritageMONROEVILLE — An 18-point

second quarter helped the SouthAdams eighth grade boys basket-ball team to a 41-26 victory Mondayat Heritage.Nic Stuber led the Starfires with

18 points, and Braden Baumer tal-

lied six points. Ben Amstutz andLuke Yoder had five points each,and Dylan Irving totaled four.Curtis Sprunger chipped in with

two points, and Collin Schaffermade one free throw.South Adams meets Adams Cen-

tral on Thursday.

Jay Co. seniors named all-stateHigh schoolroundup

East Jay 7th hangs on to beat Panthers

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

East Jay Middle School seventh grader Grace Saxman drives around Gabriela Booher-FIelds of the Muncie Southside Panthers during the fourth quarter Monday at EJMS. Saxman hadfive points as the Chiefs won, 34-29.

By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS — First,

Andrew Luck went down.Now backup Matt Hassel-

beck is hurting.Less than 24 hours after

the 40-year-old Colts quar-terback left a blowout lossin Pittsburgh with neckand shoulder pain, coachChuck Pagano said Hassel-beck was diagnosed with astiff neck and a mild ribseparation.However, those injuries

should not keep him out ofSunday’s game at Jack-sonville.“He was at the doc and in

the scanner when we met,so I haven’t had a conversa-tion with him yet,” Paganosaid Monday. “They tell mehe’ll be on the practice field

Wednesday. If we have tomonitor his reps, we’ll dothat, but he should be allright.”That’s better news than

initially feared.After Sunday’s embar-

rassing 45-10 defeat, Hassel-beck had X-rays on his neckand shoulder area and wasmoving slowly around thelocker room. He said he wasinitially hurt on a hit in thefirst quarter and then washurt again after takinganother big shot in thefourth.

Only then did Hassel-beck leave the game, giv-ing way to backup CharlieWhitehurst who finished 4of 8 with 51 yards in hisfirst action since beingclaimed off waivers byIndy on Nov. 12.Neither Hasselbeck nor

Whitehurst spoke withreporters Monday.But the Colts have been

short at quarterback formore than a month.Luck hasn’t played since

suffering a lacerated kid-ney and partially torn

abdominal muscle in a vic-tory over Denver on Nov. 8.At the time, the Colts saidLuck was expected to misstwo to six weeks.While he began throw-

ing at practice last week,he hasn’t yet been clearedto go full throttle.In a Twitter post last

week, team owner JimIrsay indicated the targetdate for Luck’s return wasDec. 20 when Houston vis-its Lucas Oil Stadium in amatchup between the AFCSouth’s co-leaders.Hasselbeck has been

one of the best backupsthis season. He startedand won two games earlierthis season when Luckwas out with an injuredthrowing shoulder.He then won his first

two starts after Luck wentout for the second timethis season to become thethird quarterback in theSuper Bowl era to win fourstraight games at age 40 orolder.Against Pittsburgh,

though, Hasselbeck lookedevery bit his age. He was16 of 26 with 169 yards, onetouchdown and two inter-ceptions. He was sacked twice and

took two big hits that puthim on an already longinjury list.“I got hit on the top of

the head and kind of justgot my head compressedinto my neck, or into my,you know, whatever,” Has-selbeck said after thegame in describing thesecond hit.

Hasselbeck expected to play through injury

40-year-old quarterbackhas mild rib separation

Local scheduleTTooddaayy

Jay County — Girls basketball vs.Muncie Central – 6 p.m.; Swimming vs.Oak Hill – 6 p.m.; Wrestling at Centerville– 6:30 p.m.; West Jay seventh and eighthgrade boys basketball at Adams Central –5 p.m.; West Jay seventh and eighth gradegirls basketball vs. Adams Central – 5p.m.; East Jay seventh and eighth gradeboys basketball vs. Union City – 5:30 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Girls basketball vs.Marion Local – 6 p.m.; FRMS girls basket-

ball at Delphos St. John’s – 5 p.m.South Adams — Swimming vs. Concor-

dia – 6 p.m.; Girls basketball vs. Winches-ter – 6 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayyJay County — Swimming at Norwell –

5:30 p.m.; Freshman boys basketball vs.Winchester – 6 p.m.; East Jay seventh andeighth grade boys basketball at Bluffton –5 p.m.; West Jay seventh and eighth gradegirls basketball vs. Union City – 5:30 p.m.;East Jay seventh and eighth grade girlsbasketball vs. Bluffton – 5:30 p.m.

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