DDeebboorraahh DDaallee, 62, OssianWWiilllliiaamm HHaannsseenn, 70,

BlufftonJJoohhnn CChhaammbbeerrss, 78, Largo,

FloridaDetails on page 2.

The high temperature Tues-day at Portland’s weather sta-tion was 24 degrees. Theovernight low dropped to 1.Tonight’s low will be 28, and

there is a chance of freezingrain. Snow and sleet areexpected Thursday with ahigh of 39.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

Redkey Town Council willhold an executive session at 6p.m. Feb. 5 at the former townhall, 20 S. Ash St., to receiveinformation about prospectiveemployees.

TThhuurrssddaayy —— Coverage oftonight’s Jay County HospitalBoard meeting.

SSaattuurrddaayy —— Jay CountyHigh School boys basketballteam takes on the BlufftonTigers. Story, photo.

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Portland Mayor Randy Geesaman speaks during his state of the city address Tuesday at Jay County Hospital aspart of this month’s Jay County Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Geesaman praised economic and community developmentefforts while placing his future focus on downtown revitalization.

By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewPortland has made progress,

but there is still work to do.That was Mayor Randy

Geesaman’s message at Tues-day’s state of the city addresshosted by Jay County Chamberof Commerce at Jay County Hos-pital.Geesaman touted positive eco-

nomic development news and avariety of public works projectsin recent years while putting thefocus for the future on downtownrevitalization.“As a community we’ve tack-

led many important issues andcome up with solutions,” saidGeesaman. “There’s some thatwould say, ‘Gosh mayor, you’vespent a lot of money.’ Well, Iwould simply say that we’veinvested in our community for a

great place to live for our chil-dren and grandchildren.”The mayor praised the quality

of the Lafayette Street extensionand said that he plans to contin-ue a program that provides fund-ing to replace sidewalks. He also

noted improvements that havebeen made to the restrooms andhorseshoe pits at Haynes Park.He’s looking forward to the

northwest sewer, Indiana 26 East(Water Street) and PortlandWater Park projects, which arescheduled for this year.The sewer project is designed

to help alleviate flooding on thewest side of Portland, while theIndiana 26 work will include newwater and sewer lines, paving,sidewalks and lighting fromMeridian Street to the easterncity limits.

See PPrrooggrreessssiinngg page 5

Portland progressing

A methamphetaminelab bust Tuesday after-noon in Redkey resultedin seven arrests.Jay County Drug Task

Force officials received acall Tuesday morningfrom the Indiana Depart-ment of Child Services,which had been giveninformation that resi-dents at 252 E. High St. inRedkey were manufactur-ing or using methamphet-amine in front of a child.DCS representatives

and Redkey PoliceDepartment officers vis-ited the home around 1:30p.m., and when speakingto those inside throughthe open door, the officerallegedly smelled mari-juana.Seven individuals were

detained at that time, aswell as a child present inthe home. DCS transport-ed the child to an areahospital for testing.The drug task force

learned Kevin Miller, 49,one of the residents ofthe home who has a histo-ry with methampheta-mine, had recently pur-chased pseudophedrine,a key ingredient in man-ufacturing meth, at aMuncie store.Redkey PD and DCS

contacted the drug taskforce for assistance, andJay Circuit Court issueda search warrant toinvestigate the home.The search warrant

was served shortly after 3p.m. Officers allegedlylocated an active methlab inside the home, aswell as allegedly findingmeth on Miller and mari-juana.An illegal gambling

machine was also found,prompting a call to theIndiana Gaming Commis-sion, which confiscatedthe machine.The Indiana State

Police lab team respond-ed to the scene around7:30 p.m. to conduct fieldtesting. It removed allvolatile precursors.Multiple other agen-

cies, including RedkeyFire Department,Dunkirk Police Depart-ment, Jay County Sher-iff ’s Office and PortlandPolice Department, wereinvolved in the bust.All seven of those pres-

ent at the scene werearrested and preliminari-ly charged Tuesday.

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Sevenfacingmethcharges

By KARIN LAUBand ELAINE KURTENBACHAssociated PressAMMAN, Jordan — Jordan is

willing to swap an Iraqi womanprisoner involved in deadly 2005hotel bombings for a Jordanianpilot captured in December byextremists from the Islamic Stategroup, a government spokesmansaid today.Such a swap would run counter

to Jordan’s hardline approachtoward Islamic militants and tothe position of its main ally, theUnited States, of not negotiatingwith extremists. An exchangealso would set a precedent fornegotiating with Islamic Stategroup militants, who in the pasthave not publicly demanded pris-oner releases.

However, Jordan’s governmentfaces domestic pressure to bringthe pilot home, while its partici-pation in a U.S.-led military coali-tion against the Islamic Stategroup is widely unpopular amongJordanians.The government spokesman,

Mohammed al-Momani, did notsay whether a swap would actual-ly take place. He also made nomention of Japanese journalistKenji Goto, who is also being heldby the Islamic State group.Efforts to release the pilot and

the journalist gained urgencywith the release Tuesday of a pur-ported online ultimatum claim-ing the Islamic State group wouldkill both hostages within 24 hoursif the Iraqi woman was not freed.Today, al-Momani said “Jordan

is ready to release the Iraqi pris-oner, Sajida al-Rishawi, if the Jor-danian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseas-beh, is released unharmed.” Hiscomments were carried by Jor-dan’s official Petra news agency.Al-Rishawi was sentenced to

death in Jordan for her involve-ment in a 2005 al-Qaida attack onhotels in Amman that killed 60people. Her release would be amajor propaganda coup for theIslamic State group.Jordan is reportedly in indirect

talks with the militants throughreligious and tribal leaders inIraq to secure the hostages’release. Goto, a freelance journal-ist, was captured in October inSyria, apparently while trying torescue Yukawa, 42, who wastaken hostage last summer.

Jordan is willing to swap

By ASHLEY SHULERTheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — Fed-

eral officials have approvedGov. Mike Pence’s plan toexpand health insurancecoverage to lower-incomeHoosiers, despite provi-sions that require someparticipants to pay part ofthe premium.

Coverage under theexpanded Healthy IndianaPlan — dubbed HIP 2.0 —will begin as early as Feb.1 for individuals whoqualify and apply.As many as 350,000

Hoosiers are expected toqualify for the program.“This is a great day for

Indiana and it is a great

day for Hoosiers just get-ting started on the ladderof success,” Pence said.“With this decision ourstate can begin coveringour uninsured workingpoor the Indiana waybased on personal respon-sibility and consumerdriven health care.”The plan applies to all

non-disabled adults ages19 to 64 who earn between23 percent and 138 percentof the federal povertylevel. That means a maxi-mum income of no morethan roughly $16,000annually for an individualand $33,000 for a family offour.According to the gover-

nor’s office, the U.S.Health & Human ServicesAdministration requiredonly a small change to theplan — lowering the mini-mum monthly contribu-tion from $3 to $1 for HIPPlus, a plan that includesdental and vision insur-ance.

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HIP 2.0 coverage to begin Feb. 1

Mayor touts improvements,notes there is more work to do

Associated Press/Shizuo Kambayashi

Junko Ishido, mother of Japanese journalist KenjiGoto who was taken hostage by the Islamic State group, speakstoday during a press conference at her home in Tokyo.

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Trupointe Fort RecoveryCorn ........................3.81Feb. corn ..................3.82Beans........................9.52Feb. crop ..................9.52Wheat ......................4.82Feb. crop ..................4.82

Cooper Farms Fort Recovery Corn ........................3.83Feb. crop ..................3.83March crop ..............3.86

POET BiorefiningPortlandJan. corn..................3.86Feb. corn ..................3.88March corn..............3.91

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Closing prices as of Tuesday

Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were three

admissions to the hospi-tal Tuesday.

DismissalsThere were four dis-

missals, including:

Portland — AshleyRockwood and baby boyRockwood.

EmergenciesThere were 20 people

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

Hough.

Today4:30 p.m. — Jay Coun-

ty Hospital Board exec-utive session to engagein strategic planning,conference rooms A&B,500 W. Votaw St., Port-land.6 p.m. — Jay County

Hospital Board, confer-

ence rooms A&B, 500 W.Votaw St., Portland.6 p.m. — Jay County

Soil and Water Conser-vation District, USDAService Center, 1331 W.Indiana 67, Portland.6:30 p.m. — Dunkirk

Park Board, city hall,131 S. Main St.

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Obituaries

DeedsThomas Homan and Kimberly

Homan to Thomas Homan, TravisHoman and Trevor Homan, warran-ty deed — 3.05 acres, Section 23,Wayne Township.Quad Developers to Davis Devel-

oper LLC, warranty deed — 2.3acres, Section 8, Wayne Township.Quad Developers to Davis Devel-

oper LLC, warranty deed — 1.73acres, Section 9, Wayne Township.Wilma Davis and James Davis

(deceased) to Donna Stickley, war-ranty deed — Lots 45, 46 and 47,Grisells Second Addition, Pennville.John Crawmer to Shirley

Crawmer, quit claim deed — 2.27acres, Section 33, Richland Town-ship.Vicky Money to Vicky Money,

death deed — Lots 30 and 31, Flem-ing Third Addition, Portland.Kyle Champ to A and R Construc-

tions LLC and Ronnie Reynolds,

quit claim deed — Lot 3, Spahr FirstAddition, Redkey.Nedra Warren (deceased) to

Thomas Warren and ElizabethThornburgh, deed affidavit — 4acres, Section 28, Pike Township.Jayne Mann to Dennis Ontrop

(trustee), Sharon Ontrop (trustee)and Dennis and Sharon OntropFamily Revocable Trust, warrantydeed — 2.222 acres, Section 7, WayneTownship.

Felony court newsPurchaseA Portland man was

found guilty Monday dur-ing a jury trial in AdamsCounty Superior Court.Paul M. Camp, 36, Port-

land, was found guilty oftwo counts of

pseudophedrine purchaseviolation by a convictedoffender in dealing inmethamphetamine, bothClass D felonies, by a sixperson jury.Convicted of dealing in

methamphetamine in 2010

in Jay County, Camp boughtpseudophedrine at a Wal-greens in Adams County ontwo separate occasions inAugust 2013, after a lawchange in July 2013 made itillegal for someone convict-ed of such a crime to do so

without a prescription.Camp was taken into cus-

tody of Adams CountySheriff ’s Office followingthe trial to be booked intoAdams County Jail.A sentencing hearing is

set for 10 a.m. Feb. 23.

Portland City CourtJudge DonaldGillespieJanuary 21, 2015Fined and sentencedDavid Rogers, Portland,

speeding 38 mph in a 30mph zone, $126.50; Brit-tany Ratliff, Dunkirk, dis-regarding auto signal,$138.50; Emily Radaker,Muncie, speeding 45 mphin a 40 mph zone, $133.50;Michael Lockwood,Bluffton, expired plates,$138.50; Michael Gorman,

Dunreith, failure to sig-nal, $20; Darren Zink, FortWayne, speeding 40 mphin a 30 mph zone, $128.50;Devin Bollenbacher,Bryant, speeding 95 mphin a 55 mph zone, $154;Debra Bright, Bryant, dis-regarding stop sign,$138.50; Shane Bollenbach-er, Fort Recovery, speeding43 mph in a 30 mph zone,$131.50; Shiela Krieg, Port-land, speeding 46 mph in a30 mph zone, $134.50.

Photo provided

Pet of the weekDexter, a 5- to 6-year-old male cat, is available for adoption

from the Jay County Humane Society, 1313 Shadeland Drive, Portland.Adoption fee is $35. Call (260) 726-6339 before visiting.

Capsule ReportsBacking crashTwo Portland residents

were involved in an acci-dent Tuesday morning inthe city.Larry Evans, 72, 1900 S.

Woodland Park, andChristy Dean, 34, 704 E.Walnut St., were parked atWal-Mart, 950 W. Votaw

Street, when they beganbacking up their vehiclesat the same time to leave.The back ends of the vehi-cles collided.Evans was driving a 200

Buick Park Avenue, andDean was driving a 2007Chrysler Town & Country.Damage in the 10:49

a.m. collision was estimat-ed to be between $1,000and $2,500.

In area courtsMultiple area residents

were recently sentencedin Celina MunicipalCourt.Craig H. Dean, 49, Port-

land was fined $25 forspeeding; Steve W. Thorn-burg, 48, Bryant, wasfined $25 for speeding;Maria L. Kaiser, 31, FortRecovery was fined $15 forspeeding; and John M.Lauber, 24, Fort Recovery,was fined $23.50 for a redlight violation.

Deborah DaleDeborah Dale, 62, a former Pennville

resident, died Tuesday at Ossian HealthCare and Rehabilitation. Funeral servic-es are pending at Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home in Portland.

William HansenSept. 15, 1944-Jan. 25, 2015

William Hansen, 70, 301 Lamar St.,Bluffton, died Sunday at his home.Born in Portland to Einer and Lena

(Gillett) Hansen, he was a graduate ofPortland High School.He was a veteran of the United States

Navy and a member of the AmericanLegion.Surviving are two brothers, Jim

Hansen and Bob Hansen, both of Port-land, and several cousins.Funeral services will be held at a later

date at Marion National Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Jay

County Heart Fund.Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in Port-

land is in charge of the arrangements.Online condolences may be sent towww.bairdfreeman.com.

John ChambersMay 10, 1936-Jan. 27, 2015

John Edgar Chambers, 78, Largo,Florida, a former Ridgeville resident,died Tuesday at the Woodside HospiceHouse in Pinellas, Florida.

Born in Richmond to Elmer S. andHelen (Ridenour) Chambers, he is sur-vived by his wife Carolyn Sue (Macy)Chambers.He earned a bachelor’s degree from

Indiana Wesleyan University, was a min-ister in the Florida district of the Wes-leyan Church and worked as an assistantmanager at Tampa International AirportMarriott. Memberships include Calvary United

Methodist Church in Ridgeville andAldersgate United Methodist Church inLargo. Surviving in addition to his wife are

four sons, John Michael “Mike” Cham-bers (wife: Doris), Chandler, Arizona,Robert John “Rob” Chambers (wife:Melissa), St. Petersburg, Florida, JohnDouglas “Doug” Chambers (wife: Melis-sa), Leesburg, Virginia, and John Mar-quis “Marc” Chambers (wife: Heidi),Llano, Texas; a sister, Nancy Long (hus-band: Richard), Centerville; a brother,Jim Chambers (wife: Dee), Richmond;and nine grandchildren.Private services will be held. Memori-

als may be sent to The Gideons Interna-tional. MJS Mortuaries-RidgevilleChapel is in charge of the arrangements.

••••••••••The Commercial Review runs its stan-

dard obituaries free of charge for thosewith a connection to its coverage area.They include birth and death date as wellas names of parents, spouses, siblingsand children.

Felony arrestsPossessionAn Albany woman was arrested

and preliminarily charged Fridaywith two counts of possession ofmethamphetamine/narcotics, bothLevel 6 felonies, maintaining a com-mon nuisance, a Class A misde-meanor, possession of a syringe, aClass A misdemeanor, and posses-sion of paraphernalia, a Class Amisdemeanor.Dunkirk Police officers received

information leading to the search of501 N. Main St., Dunkirk, where Jen-nifer Huffman, 35, 910 N. DelawareApt. A, was visiting. She wasallegedly found to be in possessionof methamphetamine and heroin.

Huffman was arrested and bookedat 11:56 p.m. into Jay County Jail,where she was released on a $4,500bond.

PossessionA Dunkirk man was arrested

Tuesday on Jay Superior Courtbench warrants.Donald Burress, 53, 134 Mt.

Auburn St., Dunkirk, is chargedwith possession of cocaine, a ClassD felony, and maintaining a com-mon nuisance, a Class A misde-meanor.He was arrested and booked at

2:01 p.m. into Jay County Jail, wherehe remains under a $3,000 bond.

TheftA Geneva woman was arrested

and preliminarily charged Tuesdaywith theft, a Level 6 felony.A Portland Wal-Mart employee

reported to Portland Police Depart-ment that a woman had stolen itemsand fled in a vehicle. Officersstopped the described vehiclearound 1:52 p.m. at the intersectionof Industrial Park Drive and Merid-ian Street.Margaret Ann Lapeer, 55, 235 N.

Main St., was allegedly found with astolen candle and scented wax.She was arrested and booked at

3:34 p.m. into Jay County Jail, whereshe remains under a $3,000 bond.

To submit an item, callfamily editor VirginiaCline at (260) 726-8141.

TodayCOMMUNITY RELA-

TIONS TEAM — Will playeuchre at 6 p.m. today atthe Telephone Warehouse,301 E. 6th St. in Portland.The public is invited. ALCOHOLICS ANONY-

MOUS — Will meet from6:30 to 7:30 p.m. todayupstairs at True ValueHardware, North Meridi-an Street, Portland. Formore information, call(260) 729-2532.AL-ANON FAMILY

GROUP — New Begin-nings, a support group forfriends and families ofalcoholics, will meet at6:30 p.m. today in the ZionLutheran Church, 218 E.High St., Portland. Formore information, call(260) 726-8229.

ThursdayCELEBRATE RECOV-

ERY — 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, call

Judy Smith at (260) 726- 9187 or Dave Keen at (260) 335-2152.

By THOMAS ST. MYEROne of the perks of being a

sports reporter was never havingto buy a ticket for a game.The last time I paid for a ticket

was in December 2005 when USChosted North Carolina in a men’sbasketball game at the Los Ange-les Sports Arena. And in thatinstance, I opted to buy tickets,even though the USC sportsinformation department provid-ed me two media passes.In the nearly 10 years since

that game, I’ve attended hun-dreds of sporting events withoutspending a dime. That streakcame to a halt Saturday, though,when I handed a teenager $5 inexchange for a ticket to a boysbasketball game.This wasn’t only the first time

I bought a ticket for a sporting

event since 2005, it was also thefirst game I attended since lastFebruary when I switched overfrom the sports department tothe news side at The Star Press.I don’t know if I’m burned out

on sports or it’s simply that I pre-fer to watch games on TV oronline from the comfort of myown home, but either way, Ihaven’t been motivated to shellout the cash to watch a game inperson.

So what lured me from my cav-ern? Why, the halftime show — ofcourse.My 6-year-old daughter, Lexi,

and about 20 other kindergartenstudents performed a dance rou-tine as part of the halftime enter-tainment. There, I stood againstthe railing and locked in on Lexias she danced to “Bibbidi-Bobbi-di-Boo.” It ranked right up therewith covering the 2004 NBAFinals as one of the most memo-rable moments for me in an ath-letic arena.What’s ironic about it is I cov-

ered hundreds, if not thousands,of sporting events with similarhalftime shows and I loathedthem. I always feared they’d runlong, delay the start of the sec-ond half and push me up againstdeadline.

The fact I’ve had dozens of par-ents bump into me while tryingto take a photo or record video oftheir kids performing onlyadded to my frustration.Trust me, it’s not easy to tabu-

late statistics or tweet out infor-mation when a mom’s elbow isdug in between your shoulderblades or a dad is so into yourpersonal space that you knowwhat deodorant he is wearing.The crowd usually thinned out

after the halftime shows, too,which irked me. If half thecrowd didn’t care enough to stayuntil the final horn that meantthey probably wouldn’t be read-ing my game story either.To all of those people, who I

may or may not have mumbledsome choice words about undermy breath, I apologize. Midway

through the third quarter withthe home team up by 20, the St.Myers gracefully, or not so grace-fully based on all of the spilledpopcorn in our section of thebleachers, headed for the gates.I walked out of the school hold-

ing Lexi’s hand, without anypressure to rush back to theoffice and type up a story ondeadline.So this is what it’s like to be on

the other side of press row?It costs more, but it’s worth the

price.••••••••••

St. Myer has been a reporterand columnist in East CentralIndiana since 2007. “Adventuresin Parenting” runs weekly onWednesdays in The CommercialReview. Follow St. Myer on Twit-ter @tstmyer.

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New troopNewly chartered Cub Scout Troop No. 3212 in Pennville met at the Pennville Community Center to make and race pinewood derby cars.

Pictured in front from left are Logan Doll, Isaac Springer, Sean Bailey, Jaylon McClain and Earl Doll; middle row from left are Logan Zimmerman andJackson Pierson; in back from left are Josh Zimmerman, Dustin Tuel, Nathan Springer and Nathan McClain.

DEAR ABBY: My wife and Ihave been married for quite awhile, and our intimate lifebecame monotonous andunimaginative a long time ago.Over the years I have suggestedwe try things like role-playingand other non-extreme varia-tions during intimate times. Mysuggestions were met withrolling eyes and retorts like, “I’myour wife, not a hooker.” I finallygave up and try to be contentwith what we have together.Then one evening she sur-

prised me and did one of thethings I had suggested. It wasvery nice and she seemed to likeit, too. I didn’t know what to say

to her. “Thank you” somehowseemed condescending. We havedone nothing like it since.I doubt if the answer is in the

etiquette books. What should Ihave said to her to let her knowhow much I appreciated her loos-ening up and hope it will per-haps make her more comfortable

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By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewThe contents of the table keep

me connected.On Sundays, after we’ve had a

glass of V-8 juice, a cup of coffee(half decaf and half regular), andmaybe homemade muffins, Con-nie and I will head into the livingroom with a second cup of java tomake our way through the morn-ing paper.(We’re Journal-Gazette people,

taking the Fort Wayne papermostly, I suppose, because that’sthe Sunday paper my folks sub-scribed to when I was growingup.)At my left, as I make my way

through the sections, is a littletable sometimes called a candlestand. That’s because its primarypurpose was to provide a place fora candle to sit a couple of cen-turies ago.This particular candle stand

was made by Connie’s great-grandfather in upper New York

State, and that in itself helps keepme connected to the past and fam-ily heritage.On the table are four pictures.

Two are of my grandmothers, mygrandmother Ronald and mygrandmother Haynes. But theyaren’t the original photographs.They are hand-colored copiesmeticulously and marvelously“colorized” by Betty Kenyon backin the heyday of Hunt’s Studio.Long before Photoshop, skilled

artisans could hand paint a blushinto the cheek of a long-goneancestor, working with oils and amagnifying glass. It’s a skill thathas virtually disappeared.

In the small portraits, mygrandmother Ronald looks a bitlike a schoolteacher from the late19th century. That’s not surpris-ing. She taught Latin and was agraduate of Alma College inMichigan.My grandmother Haynes looks,

in her portrait, even moreantique. She’s a young woman inthe photograph, with a high col-lar around her neck and hairpiled high. My guess is it wastaken about 1885 or so, maybe notlong after she graduated fromMount Holyoke.The other two pictures are

smaller and in black and white.One is of me as a baby, lookingvery 19th century myself. Theother is a tiny locket, its hingebent badly, of my mother whenshe was about 8 years old. Shelooks like my sister Louise in thepicture, and it’s an image I willalways treasure.As I said, the contents of the

tabletop keep me connected.

There are two pocketwatcheson the table as well, neither ofthem valuable.One’s a Swiss-made watch for

Russian buyers in the 19th centu-ry that I bought at a place calledthe “Drybridge Market” in Tbil-isi, Georgia. Its original crystalhas been replaced by plastic. Butit runs, brought back to life by aSoviet engineer down on his luckin the post-Soviet era. I wind itnow and then and open the backto watch the movements run.The other is what is often called

a railroad watch and is some-thing I bought on eBay.Why did I buy it? Because the

jeweler who sold it and whosename — Phil Stachler — is on theface was from Jay County. Hisshop was on North MeridianStreet in Portland, close to whereRandall’s Jewelry was once locat-ed.Not only that, but the original

purchaser of the watch — afarmer in Jackson Township —

had his name engraved inside thecase in 1904.These days, the outer case is

scuffed and rough. Any outer fin-ish of value has been rubbedaway. Maybe it was gold-platedonce, but the plating is nearlygone. It was a working man’s watch

and faced a rough and tumbleexistence. But once you open thecase, it gleams as if it were brandnew.I’ve often suspected that I place

too much worth in materialobjects: Paintings, relics, oldbooks, forgotten trinkets.Not because they are valuable

in terms of dollars and sense, butbecause they carry with them somany stories and so many con-nections.To that I plead guilty. Thanks to

them — thanks to the objectsbeside me on a candle stand madeby my wife’s great-grandfather —I stay connected.And that’s not a bad thing.

Objects offer historical connectionBack in theSaddle

The Washington PostA missile strike against

the Ukrainian city ofMariupol on Saturdayshould have awakenedWestern leaders to theseriousness of Russia’slatest aggression inUkraine. Some 30 civil-ians were killed andscores wounded in theattack, which came notlong after the chief of theRussian puppet govern-ment in occupied Donetskannounced a plan to cap-ture Mariupol as well asother territory. Interna-tional monitors subse-quently confirmed thatthe missiles were firedfrom ground held byRussian forces.The Obama administra-

tion and European Unionleaders have been slow toreact to Vladimir Putin’snew gambit, which camejust as the union wasdebating proposals toreengage with Moscowand President Obama wastouting what he por-trayed in his State of theUnion address as a suc-cessful response to Mr.Putin. Contrary to theirwishful thinking, theRussian ruler has beenneither deterred by theimpending economiccrash caused by Westernsanctions and decliningoil prices nor attracted bythe prospect of a reconcil-iation with the West. Hisaim appears to be toexpand the slice ofUkraine under his con-trol in order to imposeterms on the fragile dem-ocratic government,rather than implementthe peace plan he agreedto in September. To thatend he has dispatchedthousands more troopsand hundreds of militaryvehicles across the bor-der since the beginningof the year.The Mariupol strike

did, at least, get Westernleaders talking about anoffensive they had mostlyignored for a week.Speaking Sunday duringhis visit to New Delhi, Mr.Obama said the “aggres-sion” had been conductedwith “Russian backing,Russian equipment, Russ-ian financing, Russiantraining and Russiantroops,” and he promisedto “look at all additionaloptions that are availableto us” to “ratchet up thepressure on Russia.” The

European Union sched-uled an emergency meet-ing of foreign ministersfor Thursday.The crucial question is

whether the West willnow have the fortitude torespond to Mr. Putin withtangible measures ofdeterrence, rather thanmere rhetoric. It won’t beeasy: A number of Euro-pean governments,including France, havebeen agitating to easesanctions, while theWhite House insists itwill act only in concertwith Europe. The presi-dent of Latvia, which cur-rently holds the rotatingE.U. presidency, was quot-ed as saying Monday thatthe union could limititself to imposing moresanctions on Russianindividuals.That will not be

enough. At a minimumthe European Union andUnited States shouldagree by Thursday to pre-pare deeper sanctionsagainst the Russian econ-omy and financial systemand to set a deadline formaking a decision onthem. Steps should beconsidered against sec-tors that have beenexempt until now, such asmining. Meanwhile,Western governmentsshould expand and accel-erate aid to the Ukrainiangovernment, which isnearly bankrupt, whilehelping it reach an accordon reforms with the Inter-national Monetary Fund.In addition, Mr. Obama

should finally give seri-ous consideration to pro-viding Ukraine with thedefensive weapons it hasbeen pleading for — an“option” that has strongbipartisan support inCongress. The point isnot to defeat the Russianarmy but to deter Mr.Putin.Russians are already

suffering economic priva-tion because of his adven-turism; adding theprospect of heavier casu-alties could alter his cal-culus — or his politicalstanding.

Obama shouldassist Ukraine

By LESLEY WEIDENBENERTheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — Ethics ques-

tions involving House EducationChairman Bob Behning rose andfell last week in just a matter ofdays, but the underlying issuesshouldn’t go away so quickly.Behning, R-Indianapolis, had pro-

posed to begin lobbying in anotherstate for an education testing com-pany that does business in Indianaand the House Ethics Committeewas expected to take up the issuenext week.But almost as soon as Behning

proposed the idea, House SpeakerBrian Bosma discouraged it. Afterall, if that arrangement doesn’tscream conflict of interest, thenwhat does?So Behning backed off and told

the Ethics Committee he would nolonger be pursing a contract withthe testing company. He then toldThe Indianapolis Star — whichbroke the story — he’s no longerlooking to lobby in other states.“That has become very clear to

me that in today’s world that is justsomething I should not look at,”Behning told The Star’s TomLoBianco when asked if he wouldseek any other lobbying clients.What’s worrisome is that it wasn’t

already clear or that it might everhave been OK.Granted, Indiana has a part-time

legislature, meaning the majority oflawmakers have full-time or part-time jobs outside their positions aselected officials. The House and Sen-ate have lawyers, teachers, realestate agents and others who are in

some way regulated or affected bystate government.And often, those lawmakers serve

on the very committees that set therules for their professions. To a largedegree, that is the nature of a part-time legislature and that’s why thechambers set up rules that requirelawmakers to abstain from votes thataffect their finances or their jobsdirectly.Already, the House is working on

new ethics rules that will requiremore transparency and impose newrestrictions on executive branchemployees. The proposal followsStatehouse scandals involving a law-maker accused of privately lobbyingfor legislation in which he had afinancial interest and a former statesuperintendent who allegedly usedhis office for political gain.But no set of rules or guidelines

can foresee every potential conflict ofinterest. No law can anticipate all thecreative ways public officials can tryto use their office for personal gain.Instead, the public must count on theGeneral Assembly and individuallawmakers to police themselves. Thatstarts with common sense, somethingthat doesn’t appear to have been pres-ent in the Behning case.The House and Senate education

committees should be the placeswhere school policy gets hashed out.It’s where the testimony is taken andthe details are determined. It’s not aplace where members should be influ-enced by money they’re making fromcompanies affected by the bills. Andeven if Behning said he’d only be lob-bying out of state, he still would havebeen taking money from companiesaffected by what his committee does— or chooses not to do.That’s not right — in the education

committee or anyplace in the GeneralAssembly or state government.It’s not clear what Bosma or the

House Ethics Committee would havedone had Behning not withdrawn hislobbying proposal. But it seems obvi-ous what they should have done:Forced Behning to choose betweenrepresenting his constituents or rep-resenting a company that could havebeen affected by his actions.Hopefully in the future, lawmakers

will make the right choice.••••••••••

Weidenbener is executive editor ofTheStatehouseFile.com, a news web-site powered by Franklin Collegejournalism students.

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PromisingWASHINGTON —

Attorney general nom-inee Loretta Lynchpromised a fresh rela-tionship with lawenforcement — andwith Congress — at herSenate confirmationhearing today as shesought to become thenation’s first blackfemale to hold the post.Lynch is widely

expected to win confir-mation but is likely toface tough questionsfrom the Republican-led Senate JudiciaryCommittee in two daysof hearings. Republi-cans clashed repeated-ly with the outgoingattorney general, EricHolder.

EndorsedINDIANAPOLIS —

An Indiana Housecommittee on Tuesdayendorsed tighter ruleson the conduct of law-makers in the wake ofan ethics investigationof a top Republicanwho fought privately todefeat legislation thatwould have hurt hisfamily’s business.The House Ethics

Committee votedunanimously toapprove a revisedethics code, whichinstructs House mem-bers to not vote on orsponsor legislation inwhich they have a per-sonal financial inter-est.

StormedTRIPOLI, Libya — In

the latest sign ofLibya’s descent intochaos, gunmenstormed a luxury hotelused by diplomats andbusinessmen in thecapital Tuesday, killing10 people, including anAmerican, a Frenchcitizen and three peo-ple from Asia.Two attackers were

killed following anhourslong standoffthat included a carbomb that exploded inthe parking lot of theseaside CorinthiaHotel.

—Associated Press

In review

Continued from page 1Kevin Miller is preliminarily

charged with dealing inmethamphetamine, a Level 4felony, and possession ofmethamphetamine, a Level 6felony.Steven Taylor, 27, 230 1/2 E.

Main St., Redkey, was arrestedfor dealing in methampheta-mine, a Level 4 felony.Michael Coleman, 41, 252 E.

High St., Redkey, was arrestedfor dealing in methampheta-mine, a Level 4 felony.Taylor, Coleman and Kevin

Miller are all being held at JayCounty Jail with no bond.Travis Miller, 19, 4330 Dockery

Branch Road, Sevierville, Ten-nessee, was arrested for dealingin methamphetamine, a Level 4felony, as well as served benchwarrants for possession of mari-

juana, a Class B misdemeanor,possession of paraphernalia, aClass A misdemeanor, operatinga vehicle while intoxicated, aClass C misdemeanor, and pos-session of marijuana, a Class Bmisdemeanor.Amanda Wilmore, 30, 256 E.

Commerce St., Dunkirk, wasarrested for dealing in metham-phetamine, a Level 4 felony.Trevin Miller, 24, 108 E.

Delaware St., Redkey, was arrest-ed for dealing in methampheta-mine, a Level 4 felony.Elijah McCowan, 18, 4330

Dockery Branch Road,Sevierville, Tennessee, wasarrested for dealing in metham-phetamine, a Level 4 felony.Wilmore, McCowan, Travis

Miller and Trevin Miller are allbeing held in Jay County Jailunder $15,000 bond.

Continued from page 1And the $3.3 million

water park project willresult in the constructionof a new facility, whichwill replace the 54-year-old Portland Pool andinclude zero entry, aslide, a lazy river, a lilypad walk and a competi-tion pool.“This beautiful Port-

land Water Park will havesomething for everyone,”said Geesaman of theproject, which is beingfunded 68.4 percent (up to$2.25 million) by the cityand the remaining 31.6percent by private dona-tions. “No matter whatyour age group is, therewill be something foreveryone to enjoy.”Geesaman noted a vari-

ety of local business,including FCC Indiana,Motherson Sumi, FortRecovery Industries, IOMGrain and Berne ReadyMix, that have expandedor moved to the commu-nity. And he said there isavailability for continuedgrowth in the industrialpark.He added that it’s

important to continuedeveloping initiativeslike the manufacturingacademy at Jay CountyHigh School in order tomake sure local business-es and industries have astrong workforce.“We will be able to

improve, over time, anddo a much better job ofproviding employees forthe job opportunities thatemployers will haveavailable as we continueto grow our community,”he said.In looking toward the

future, Geesaman men-tioned the possible run-way extension at Port-

land Municipal Airport,improving floodingissues throughout thecity and working to con-tinue to comply with anagreed order thatrequires the city to elimi-nate combined seweroverflows by 2025.And his focus for the

future, he said, will be onworking to continue tobreathe life into thedowntown area. He men-tioned problem proper-ties like the McClurg,Bailey and Tom and Rodsbuildings on West MainStreet and the need forthe community to cometogether in order to spurrevitalization.“We have to have a con-

certed effort between theproperty owners and thecity to come up with aplan,” said Geesaman,mentioning successfulventures in Bluffton,Farmland and Daleville.“Unfortunately, some ofthese buildings arealready a public hazard,so me must take action.”

Progressing ...

Facing ...

‘We haveto have aconcerted

effortbetween

the propertyowners andthe city tocome up

with a plan.’—Randy Geesaman,

Portland mayor

Associated Press/Pat Sullivan

Lady launchesLady, a mixed-breed rescue dog, sails into the water after a

tennis ball Tuesday at a new dog park near downtown Houston.

Continued from page 1The contributions are

based on a sliding incomescale and can reach as highas $25 per month.The approximately

120,000 individualsenrolled in traditionalMedicaid and 60,000 in thecurrent HIP program willbe automatically trans-ferred to HIP 2.0.Individuals moving over

will not experience any

interruptions in coverage,the Pence administrationsaid.The approval is a big win

for Pence, who had resistedexpanding traditional Med-icaid as called for under thefederal Affordable CareAct.After the U.S. Supreme

Court ruled two years agothat Congress couldn’trequire the Medicaidexpansion, some states

began proposed hybrid pro-grams that used federal dol-lars in new ways.But Pence’s HIP 2.0 goes

further than others inrequiring participants tocontribute financially,which led to months ofnegotiations with federalofficials.Pence said he believes

HIP 2.0 will become a modelfor states looking to reformtraditional Medicaid.

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Hi and Lois

Agnes

Rose is Rose

Peanuts

SPEED BUMP Dave Coverly

Beetle Bailey

Snuffy Smith

Blondie

Funky Winkerbean

By DAVE KURTZ(Auburn) StarAUBURN — One of

America’s most rare andimportant cars arrived atits new home in theAuburn Cord DuesenbergAutomobile Museum onFriday.Peter Heydon of Ann

Arbor, Michigan, deliveredthe one-of-a-kind 1927 Due-senberg Model X BoatRoadster as a donationfrom himself and his latewife, Rita, who died Jan. 8.“It’s priceless, historical-

ly,” said Aaron Warkentin,the museum’s curator.“This helps complete thestory of the Duesenbergautomobile.”A new sign placed beside

the car in the museum’sshowroom calls it “therarest of Duesenbergs” and“arguably one of the mostsignificant and influentialmotorcars ever built in theUnited States.”August and Fred Duesen-

berg built the car in Indi-anapolis just before sellingtheir company to theAuburn Automobile Co.While the Duesenberg

line evolved into more mas-sive luxury cars, the BoatRoadster set the pattern forthe sporty Auburn BoattailSpeedsters built from 1928-1936.“It represents a very piv-

otal change in how the pub-lic perceived automobiles”by combining speed andstyle, Warkentin said. “It’sreally one of the first supercars.”Heydon bought the car in

1997 from a fellow member

of the Auburn Cord Due-senberg Club. He oversaw a2 1/2-year restoration proj-ect involving more than4,000 hours of labor.Fresh out of the restora-

tion shop, the car won best-of-show honors at theAuburn Cord DuesesnbergFestival in 2000. It also haswon top awards at majorcar shows across the UnitedStates and Europe.“When I won that award

in 2000 … from that pointon, that car in my mindbecame associated withthis museum, and everyyear I brought it back,”Heydon said about his deci-sion to donate the valuablecar.“I didn’t want to sell the

car. I never wanted to sellthe car. I always wanted tohave the car associated

with me, and this is the per-fect way to do that,” he said.“Jay Leno had offered to

buy the car — indirectly,I’m quite sure it was he —and I just never wanted todo that,” he added. “I didn’tneed the money, for onething, and secondly, I justwanted to make sure thatthe car was a tribute to theeffort that I made over a 21/2- to 3-year period torestore it, and then to main-tain it after that.In restoring the car, he

said, “For me, the challengewas always to do the jobperfectly, historically cor-rect.”As for the timing of his

donation, he said, “I’ve hadplenty of fun with the car.… I’m 75 years old. I’m notgoing to be showing the carvery much any more.”

Museum receives car

ThursdaySpring Cabaret

Concert7:30 p.m.

Sursa HallBall State University

Muncie

Fort Wayne RV& Camping Show

Convention11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Allen County War

Memorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne

FridayFort Wayne RV

& Camping ShowConvention

11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Allen County War

Memorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne

SaturdayZec Landers

Concert7:30 p.m.

Arts Place131 E. Walnut St.

Portland

TchaikovskyDiscovers AmericaMusical theater show

4 p.m.Emens Auditorium

Ball State UniversityMuncie

Wiley and the Hairy ManPlay

8 p.m.Muncie Civic Theatre

220 E. Main St.Muncie

Fort Wayne RV& Camping Show

Convention11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Allen County War

Memorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne

SundayWiley and the Hairy Man

Play2 p.m.

Muncie Civic Theatre220 E. Main St.

Muncie

Fort Wayne RV& Camping Show

Convention11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Allen County War

Memorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne••••••••••

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Upcomingevents

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Peter Heydon of Ann Arbor, Mich., standsbeside the 1927 Duesenberg Model X BoatRoadster he donated to the Auburn CordDuesenberg Automobile Museum.

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STEPHEN’S FLOORINSTALLATION carpet,vinyl, hardwood, andlaminate installed; 15years experience; workguaranteed. Free esti-mates call Stephen Ping260-726-5017

BANKRUPTCY $25.00to start. Free consulta-tion; reasonable ratesand payment plans avail-able. Chapter 13 nomoney down. Filing feenot included. Ft. Wayneoffice; 260-424-0954.Decatur office; 260-728-9997. Call collect. Satur-day and evening appoint-ments. Act as a debtrelief agency under theBK code.

WENDEL SEAMLESSGUTTERING For all yourguttering and leaf coverneeds. Call us for a freequote. Call Jim at 260-997-6774 or Steve at260-997-1414.

GOODHEW’S ALLSEASON Construction.Do you need a new roofor roof repair? Specializ-ing in standing seammetal roofing. We offervarious colors with a 30year paint finish warrantyat competitive prices.Metal distributor for all ofyour metal needs. CallRodney at 765-509-0191.

HILTY-EICHER CON-STRUCTION. Founda-tions, concrete, roofing,siding, residential remod-eling and new construc-tion, pole barns, garages,homes. Free estimates.Call Keith, 260-726-8283.

J G BUILDERS Newconstruction, remodeling,pole barns, garages, newhomes, concrete, sidingdoors, windows, crawlspace work. Call 260-849-2786.

PORTLAND CLOCKDOC. REPAIRS 525North Meridian, Port-land, IN 47371. 260-251-5024, Clip for reference

NEW PORTLANDPHOTOGRAPHERWeddings, families,newborns, and seniorportraits. Book by Febru-ary 20 to receive 60% offyour session, 50% offselect prints, and 40%off wedding packages.Check out my work atwww.philipreesephotog-raphy.com 262-331-0529

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90 SALE CALENDAR

PUBLIC AUCTIONSaturday,

January 31, 201510:00 AM

Located at: Jay CountyFairgrounds 4H Exhibit

HallGE smooth top stove,Grandfather clock, chinabuffet, Oak armoire,drop leaf table withchairs, floor lamps.

Advertising milk bottles,Mail Pouch thermome-ter, large lot of decora-tions, sports posters,Radio Flyer wagon, old

coins.Joan Randall,

Deceased by Barry &Elizabeth HudsonLoy Real Estate and

AuctionGary Loy

AU01031608Ben LyonsAU10700085Aaron LoyAU11200112Travis TheurerAU11200131

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NOW TAKINGRESUMES for part-timehelp nights/days andweekends. Must be 21years of age or older;must be able to workweekends; must havereferences. NorthsideCarry Out, Attn: Ruth,1226 N. Meridian, Port-land, IN 47371.

IMMEDIATE ANDLOCAL positions avail-able for assembly,inspection, packing andother general laboremployment. No experi-ence required and allshifts are available.Please register atwww.peo-plelinkstaffing.com andfollow up at 260-729-5052.

WALKING ROUTES inPortland. Contact Kim at260-726-8141 between1pm and 6pm or stop inand fill out an applicationbetween 8 am to 4 pm.Commercial Review,309 West Main, Port-land.

WALKING ROUTEavailable immediately inBryant. Contact Kimfrom 1:00 pm to 6:00 pmat 726-8141.

PART-TIME BAR-TENDER Must be avail-able afternoon and/ orevening shift. Apply atVal’s Place, Redkey orcall 765-369-8139

JOB SEEKERS: Weneed you!! ProResources Staffing islooking for individuals forinspecting, packing,assembly, maintenance,and machine operating.Apply online at prore-sources.com or call ustoday 260-726-3221.

WALKING ROUTES inDunkirk. Contact Kim at260-726-8141 between1pm and 6pm or stop inand fill out an applicationbetween 8 am to 4 pm.Commercial Review,309 West Main, Port-land.

MACHINISTS ThirdShift, ResponsibilitiesInclude: CNC LatheRead and change CNCprograms. Change tool-ing as required. Readand comprehend blue-prints. Benefits Include:Competitive wages(based on experience),Health and prescriptiondrug plan, 401k savingsplan, Life insurance,Paid vacations and holi-days, Flexible spendingaccount. Skill assess-ment test may berequired. Pre-employ-ment drug screen isrequired. PerformanceTool, Inc. 103 Perform-ance Drive Portland, IN47371. Acceptingresumes Monday–Friday8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or fax to(260) 726-6597 EOE

HIRING PART-TIMEBartender/ Cook. MooseLodge #417, 1100 WVotaw, Portland. Pick upapplication or call Mike726-5232 or 729-5123.

TOWN OF REDKEY isnow excepting applica-tions for the position ofTown Marshall. Applica-tions may be picked upat the Redkey Town Hall,8922 West State Road67, Redkey, IN from 8amto 4pm Monday, Tues-day, Thursday and Fri-day. Wednesday from8am to noon. Applica-tions must be turnedback in at the Town Hallbefore 12 noon on Feb-ruary 2, 2015. No phonecalls please!

JAY COUNTY HIGH-WAY DEPARTMENT isseeking a Truck Driver toassist with maintainingand repair of countyproperty. Applicant musthave a valid Indiana

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150 BOATS, SPORTING220 REAL ESTATE

150 BOATS, SPORTING230 AUTOS, TRUCKS

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CDL-B license and asafe driving record. Sub-mit resumes to Ruth,rrport2@rremploy-ment.com or call 260-726-4801 for more infor-mation. Resumes mustbe received by January30, 2015.

SOUTH ADAMSSCHOOLS has anopening for a part timeGrants Clerk in theAdministration Office.Duties include monitor-ing administrativeaspects of grants. Mustbe able to work with avariety of people, haveexcellent verbal, written,math, and organizationalskills and be proficient inMicrosoft Word andExcel Accounting. Inter-ested candidates shouldsubmit a letter of inter-est, completed classifiedapplication found atwww.southadams.k12.in.us, resume and currentreferences with tele-phone numbers to ScottLitwiller, Superintendent,by Friday, January 30,2015

MANPOWER PORT-LAND Hiring for produc-tion workers. 609 N.Meridian St. 260-726-2888

CAREER OPPORTUNI-TY. Insurance agencyhas immediate openingfor CSR. Send resumeto PO Box 118, Dunkirk,IN 47336

LEAD TECHNICIANFull - time Pre-Vocation-al Services Lead posi-tion available Monday -Friday at JRDS Center,Portland. Position willsupervise communitybased or prevocationalclients in daily activitieswithin the program andis responsible for deliv-ery of customer product.Production and supervi-sory experience pre-ferred. Rate increaseafter 90 days with excel-lent benefits. Apply orsend resume with 3work references to Jay-Randolph Developmen-tal Services, 901 E.Water St., Portland, Indi-ana 47371. Call (260)726-7931, ext. 1228 orvisit our websitewww.jrds.org. EOE

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PERSIMMON RIDGERehabilitation Center isseeking a LPN/RN for afull-time 2nd shift positionand Certified NursingAssistants (CNA) for allshifts. Please apply inperson at PersimmonRidge 200 N. Park St.Portland, In. 47371 or call260-726-9355 for ques-tions.

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Public NoticeNotice of Real Property

Commissioners’ Certificate Sale

Jay County IndianaBeginning 10:00 AM, March

17, 2015 Local TimeState Of Indiana

Jay CountyPursuant to the laws of theIndiana General Assemblyand by resolution of the JayCounty Commissioners,notice is hereby given thatthe following describedtracts or items of realproperty are listed for salefor delinquent taxes and / orspecial assessments.The minimum sale priceslisted below are less than theminimum sale prices whenoffered in the immediatelypreceding county tax saleheld under Section 5 of IC 6-1.1-24 and include all feesand expenses of the countydirectly attributable to theCommissioners’ CertificateSale. The Jay CountyCommissioners will acceptbids for the certificates ofsale, for the price referred toin IC 6-1.1-24-6.1(a)(3), bypublic auction on March 17,2015 at 10:00 AM CourthouseTime at the Commissioners’Room.A person redeeming eachtract or item of real propertyafter the sale of thecertificate must pay: (A) theamount of the minimum bidunder Section 5 of IC 6-1.1-24for which the tract or item ofreal property was lastoffered for sale; (B) tenpercent (10%) of the amountfor which the certificate issold; (C) the attorney's feesand costs of giving noticeunder IC 6-1.1-25-4.5; (D) thecosts of a title search or ofexamining and updating theabstract of title for the tractor item of real property; (E)all taxes and specialassessments on the tract oritem of real property paid bythe purchaser after the saleof the certificate plusinterest at the rate of tenpercent (10%) per annum onthe amount of taxes andspecial assessments paid bythe purchaser on theredeemed property; and (F),all costs of sale, advertisingcosts, and other expenses ofthe county directlyattributable to the sale of thecertificate.If the certificate is sold foran amount more than theminimum bid under Section5 of IC 6-1.1-24 for which thetract or item of real propertywas last offered for sale andthe property is notredeemed, the owner of

record of the tract or item ofreal property who is divestedof ownership at the time thetax deed is issued may havea right to the tax salesurplus.Indiana law prohibits aperson who owes delinquenttaxes, special assessments,penalties, interest, or costsdirectly attributable to aprior tax sale, frompurchasing tracts or items ofreal property at a tax sale.Prior to bidding at a tax sale,each bidder must affirmunder the penalties forperjury that he or she doesnot owe delinquent taxes,special assessments,penalties, interest, costsdirectly attributable to aprior tax sale, amounts froma final adjudication in favorof a political subdivision inthis county, any civilpenalties imposed for theviolation of a building codeor ordinance of this county,or any civil penaltiesimposed by a healthdepartment in this county.Further, each bidder mustacknowledge that anysuccessful bid made inviolation of the abovestatement is subject toforfeiture. In the event offorfeiture, the bid amountshall be applied to thedelinquent taxes, specialassessments, penalties,interest, costs, judgments, orcivil penalties of theineligible bidder, and acertificate will be issued tothe county executive.The Commissionersspecifically reserve the rightto withhold from the sale anyparcel which has been listedin error, or which otherwisebecomes ineligible for saleeither prior to the start orduring the duration of theauction. The Auditor's Officedoes not warrant theaccuracy of the key numbersor street addressespublished herein and anymisstatement in the keynumber or street addressdoes not invalidate anotherwise valid sale.Dated: 1/21/2015

Tax Unit Name:Pennville Town

Owner of Record: Stolz John W & Mary A Sale ID#: 381400009Property ID#: 38-01-34-401-005.020-011Brief Legal Description: E1/2 LOT 3 JOHN HANLIN3RD ADDT SE 1/4 S34 T24R12Property Address: LittleJohn #Lot 3 Dr Vacant LotWest Of 190 E Little John Dr Minimum Bid: $55.76Tax Unit Name:Dunkirk City

Owner of Record: MillerGordon L Jr RouseJosephine E Jt Ten Sale ID#: 381400011Property ID#: 38-09-04-303-008.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT13 1/2 VAC ST KIRSHBAUMADDProperty Address: Lot Behind 715 N Main St Minimum Bid: $16.36Owner of Record: Ooten Okey L Sale ID#: 381400021Property ID#: 38-09-08-102-068.000-014Brief Legal Description: E 1/2 LOT 1 BLK 37 O PProperty Address: 355 W Commerce St Minimum Bid: $397.49Owner of Record: Reed Richard Roy Sale ID#: 381400023Property ID#: 38-09-08-103-001.000-014Brief Legal Description: W 1/2 LOT 13 BLK 38 OPProperty Address: 385 W Washington Minimum Bid: $60.70Owner of Record: Reed Richard Roy Sale ID#: 381400024Property ID#: 38-09-08-103-002.000-014Brief Legal Description: E 1/2 LOT 13 BLK 38 OPProperty Address: 385 W Washington St Minimum Bid: $23.52Owner of Record: Dyer Anna Lou Sale ID#: 381400027Property ID#: 38-09-08-103-029.000-014Brief Legal Description: N1/2 LOT 4 BLK 8 13' W SIDE N1/2 LOT 3 BLK 8 O PProperty Address: 201 S Meridian St Minimum Bid: $133.13Owner of Record: Morehead Steven Sale ID#: 381400035Property ID#: 38-09-08-104-040.000-014Brief Legal Description: PT LOT 3 BLK 1 OPProperty Address: 105 S Main St Minimum Bid: $260.21Owner of Record: ChristieFranklin D & Kathleen Sale ID#: 381400037Property ID#: 38-09-08-104-075.000-014Brief Legal Description: 24' W SIDE LOT 8 BLK O PProperty Address: 126 E Commerce St Minimum Bid: $78.96Owner of Record: McdanielJeffery A & Deborah K Sale ID#: 381400039Property ID#: 38-09-08-104-165.000-014Brief Legal Description: "G"PT O L 4 PT "J" 60 X 130 PTO L 4

Property Address: 327 S Indiana St Minimum Bid: $280.38Owner of Record: Morehead Steven Sale ID#: 381400047Property ID#: 38-09-08-402-087.000-014Brief Legal Description: N1/2 LOT 36-37 20' S PT VACOAK ST MANNING EVANSADD DProperty Address: 902 S Franklin Minimum Bid: $94.75Owner of Record: Morehead Steven Sale ID#: 381400048Property ID#: 38-09-08-402-100.000-014Brief Legal Description: S 1/2LOT 36, 7 1/2' VAC ALLEY S1/2 LOT 37, 7 1/2' VAC ALLEYM & E ADDProperty Address: 902 SFranklin St Empty Lot Sw Of902 S Franklin Minimum Bid: $32.58Owner of Record: Phillips Kevin W Sale ID#: 381400053Property ID#: 38-09-09-202-034.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT38 MT AUBURN ADDProperty Address: 304 E Ohio St Minimum Bid: $469.23Owner of Record: Strait Richard A Sale ID#: 381400054Property ID#: 38-09-09-202-045.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT74 & 16' W SIDE OF LOT 73MT AUBURN ADDProperty Address:213 E Ohio St Minimum Bid: $59.45Owner of Record: Turner Bruce Sale ID#: 381400056Property ID#: 38-09-09-202-099.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT 140 MT AUBURN ADDProperty Address: JohnsonSt Vacant Lot Behind 243 MtAuburn & West Of 410 RogerSt Minimum Bid: $205.07Owner of Record: Turner Bruce L & Leslie Sale ID#: 381400057Property ID#: 38-09-09-202-100.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT141 & 25' W SIDE OF LOT 142MT AUBURN ADDProperty Address: 410 Roger Minimum Bid: $50.95Owner of Record: Anderson Cindy Sale ID#: 381400058Property ID#: 38-09-09-202-134.000-014Brief Legal Description: PT W PT O L 39Property Address: 216 EHigh St Vacant Lot North Of318 E High St

Minimum Bid: $29.07Owner of Record: Morehead Steven Michael Sale ID#: 381400059Property ID#: 38-09-09-203-003.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT1 - 2 J M SMITH SUB DIVProperty Address: 341 EHigh St Vacant Lots Se Of 329E High St Minimum Bid: $49.31Owner of Record: DibattisteAnthony W & Julie M Sale ID#: 381400063Property ID#: 38-09-09-203-096.000-014Brief Legal Description:LOTS 5 & 6 MARY ESTEELE SUB DIVProperty Address: 414 ECenter St Empty Lots West Of418 E Center St Minimum Bid: $60.86Owner of Record: DibattisteAnthony Wayne & Sale ID#: 381400064Property ID#: 38-09-09-203-100.000-014Brief Legal Description:LOTS 7 & 8 MARY ESTEELE SUB DIVProperty Address: 418 E Center Minimum Bid: $567.69Owner of Record: Miller Naomi Esther Sale ID#: 381400067Property ID#: 38-09-09-302-011.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT 3 CARLES ADDProperty Address: VacantLot W Of 489 E Washington Minimum Bid: $39.49Owner of Record: HesterMary Alice Et Als As Ten InCommon Sale ID#: 381400068Property ID#: 38-09-09-302-027.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT 8 CARLES ADDProperty Address: VacantLot Behind 489 E WashingtonSt Minimum Bid: $37.46Owner of Record: Cooter WmF & Webster Gwendolyn &Cooter George Sale ID#: 381400069Property ID#: 38-09-09-302-028.000-014Brief Legal Description: LOT 28 COLES ADDProperty Address: VacantLot At East End Of A Street Minimum Bid: $32.58Owner of Record: Pettus Charles & Hope Sale ID#: 381400070Property ID#: 38-09-09-302-069.001-014Brief Legal Description: PT LOT 30 CP COLE ADDProperty Address: 126 Third St Minimum Bid: $45.14

Tax Unit Name: BryantOwner of Record: HanlinPerry L & Jacqueline L

Whitcomb Jt W/Rts Surv Sale ID#: 381400075Property ID#: 38-03-17-204-054.001-021Brief Legal Description: LOT 7 BLK 7 OPProperty Address: 104 W Main St Minimum Bid: $2,270.15

Tax Unit Name:Jackson Twp

Owner of Record: GilbertShelly L Shane D Fields &Shad M Fields Sale ID#: 381400079Property ID#: 38-02-16-402-002.000-023Brief Legal Description: PTNW 1/4 SE 1/4 S16 T24 R13.50AProperty Address: VacantLand Across From 3764 W650 N Minimum Bid: $20.38Tax Unit Name: Redkey

Owner of Record: Fugiett Rodney F Sale ID#: 381400108Property ID#: 38-09-23-101-054.000-031Brief Legal Description: PTNE PT OF W 1/2 LOT 34 &SECOND STORY OF BLDGON ALL LOT 34 O PProperty Address: SecondStory Of Building On CornerOf High St And Vacant Alley,East Of 128 W High Minimum Bid: $1,431.74Owner of Record:Appenzeller Harry H Jr Sale ID#: 381400113Property ID#: 38-09-23-101-114.000-031Brief Legal Description: N PT LOT 46 O PProperty Address: VacantTriangle Behind 101 W High& Nw Of The Railroad Minimum Bid: $30.32Owner of Record: Redkey Productions Sale ID#: 381400119Property ID#: 38-09-24-202-070.000-031Brief Legal Description: 9' 2"S SIDE LOT 12 LOT 13 & 9" NSIDE LOT 14 PT 5' X 32'9"24'3" of lot 14 VAC ALLEYProperty Address: 123 S Meridian St Minimum Bid: $535.56Owner of Record: Arbuckle Hubert L Sale ID#: 381400122Property ID#: 38-09-24-203-048.000-031Brief Legal Description: LOT86 MJ DAUGHERTY ADDProperty Address: VacantLot North Of 531 S Goerge Minimum Bid: $31.89

Tax Unit Name: WayneOwner of Record: CollegeCorner Farms An In Sale ID#: 381400127Property ID#: 38-07-29-104-001.000-033Brief Legal Description: PT S1/2 NE 1/4 S29 T23 R141.4837A

Property Address: Ninth St

Vacant Land Behind Miller

Ave Houses

Minimum Bid: $41.07

Tax Unit Name:

Portland City

Owner of Record:

Gupta Vinod C

Sale ID#: 381400134

Property ID#:

38-07-20-103-022.000-034

Brief Legal Description: S PT

G & E/2 SE/4 PT H OL 7 BLK

1 WEST ADD #10-12 VAN

ALLEY

Property Address:

510 W High St

Minimum Bid: $4,522.65

Owner of Record:

Perry Danny

Sale ID#: 381400141

Property ID#:

38-07-21-102-021.000-034

Brief Legal Description:

LOT 16 JAQUAS 2ND ADD

Property Address: Vacant

Lot East Of 902 E North St

Minimum Bid: $6,180.60

Owner of Record:

Brewster James

Sale ID#: 381400151

Property ID#:

38-07-21-303-033.000-034

Brief Legal Description:

OL 1 FLEMINGS 1ST ADD

Property Address:

518 S Wayne St

Minimum Bid: $1,278.68

Owner of Record:

Johnson Carmen D

Sale ID#: 381400153

Property ID#:

38-07-29-203-003.015-034

Brief Legal Description:

PT S 1/2 NW 1/4 S29 T 23 R14

Property Address: Vacant

Lot West Of 101 Dogwood Ln

Minimum Bid: $174.00

Total Number of Properties:

34

I hereby certify that the

above real properties have

been offered in one tax sale,

have not received a bid for at

least the amount required

under I.C. 6-1.1-24-5 and have

been identified in a

resolution of the Board of

Commissioners for Jay

County, Indiana, to be

offered for sale.

Given under my hand and

seal on 1/21/2015.

Anna Culy, Auditor, Jay

County Indiana.

CR/NS 1-21,28,2-4-2015HSPAXLP

250 PUBLIC NOTICE

Public NoticePike Township, Jay County, Indiana

Cash & Investments Combined Statement - 2014Local Beg. Cash End Cash Fund Local Fund and Inv. Bal. and Inv. Bal.Number Name Jan. 1, 2014 Receipts Disbursements Dec. 31, 2014 Governmental Activilies

1 Fire Fighting $16,865.87 $13,720.60 $10,926.00 $19,660.47 2 Township $24,538.60 $18,433.03 $13,797.97 $29,173.66 3 Township Assistance $16,549.86 $0.00 $604.60 $15,945.26

Total All Funds $57,954.33 $32,153.63 $25,328.57 $64,779.39 Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana

Disbursements by Vendor 2014Fund/CategoryNendor Name Amount Fire Fighting

Personal Services Salamonia Volunteer Fire Department $2,741.00 City of Portland $8,185.00

Fire Fighting $10,926.00Township

Other Disbursements American Electric Power $148.68Ohio Valley Gas $186.701st Merchants Bank $36.00Coldren & Frantz $100.00Westfield Insurance $500.00 Sharon Wall $125.00 U.S. Treasury $1,193.40Graphic Printing $215.57 Boyce Forms $4.86 Treasurer Jay County $60.00Dave's Heating and Cooling $50.00Mike Imel $240.00T J's Concrete $1,200.00CNA Surety $120.00 Scott Coy $100.00 Luke Knapke $500.00Ben Knapke $500.00Phil Cowan $461.75Arthur Harris $461.75Billy Sipe $461.75 Joyce Lyons $1,385.25Robert C. Lyons $5,232.80 Auditor Jay County (exam records) $514.46

Township $13,797.97Township Assistance

Township Assistance Jay County REMC $482.69WalMart $81.91Pac-A-Sac $40.00

Township Assistance $604.60Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana

Detailed Receipts 2014 Governmental Activities

Fire Fighting General Property Taxes $11,64023 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $766.37 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $63.00 County Option Income Tax (COlT) Additional Distributions $1,251.00

Total Fire Fighting $13,720,60Township General Property Taxes $9,958.37

County Adjusted Gross Income Tax (CAGIT) Certified Shares $5,147.80 County Adjusted Gross Income Tax (CAGIT) Property Tax Replacement Credit $1,141.89Local Option Income Tax (LOIT) for Levy Freeze $1,254.00 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $666.32 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $101.00 Rental of Property $130.00 Earnings on Investments and Deposits $33.65

Total Township $18,433,03 CR 1-28 -2015 HSPAXLP

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Jay County Patriotsvs. Richmond Red Devils

Girls varsity summary

Richmond (14-5)FG-FGA FT-FTA PTS

Sagna 0-0 0-0 0Taylor 3-10 8-11 15DPerkins 6-15 2-6 16LPerkins 3-8 1-2 5Goddard 1-3 0-0 2Claiborne 2-3 0-0 6Fields 2-2 3-3 7Totals 17-41 14-22 51

.412 .636Def. rebound percentage: .667

Jay County (16-4)FG-FGA FT-FTA PTS

Homan 0-7 0-0 0Wendel 6-12 0-0 12Ault 1-2 0-0 2Dunn 1-6 2-2 5Muhlenkamp1-3 0-0 3Kunkler 2-4 0-0 5McIntire 2-3 2-2 6Totals 13-37 4-4 33

.351 1.000Def. rebound percentage: .680

Score by quarters:Richmond 9 14 12 16—51Jay Co. 9 13 7 4 —33

3-point shooting: Richmond 5-15 (Claiborne 2-3, DPerkins 2-6,Taylor 1-5, LPerkins 0-1). JayCounty 3-13 (Kunkler 1-1, Muh-lenkamp 1-2, Dunn 1-4, Homan0-5, Wendel 0-1).

Rebounds: Richmond 24 (God-dard 7, Taylor 5, LPerkins 5,team 3, DPerkins 2, Claiborne,Fields). Jay County 25 (Ault 6,Wendel 5, McIntire 4, team 4,Homan 3, Kunkler 3).

Assists: Richmond 5 (Taylor 4,DPerkins). Jay County 10(Homan 3, Ault 2, McIntire 2,Wendel, Dunn, Kunkler).

Blocks: Richmond 3 (Taylor,LPerkins, Claiborne). Jay County2 (Homan, Dunn).

Personal fouls: Richmond 10(DPerkins 3, Taylor 2, Goddard 2,Sagna, LPerkins, Claiborne). JayCounty 16 (Homan 5, Dunn 4,McIntire 3, Wendel 2, Ault 2).

Turnovers: Richmond 13. JayCounty 24.

Box score

HARTFORD CITY —East Jay Middle School’swrestling team pickedup its third win of theseason on Tuesday witha 96-14 defeat of theBlackford Bruins.Five Chiefs pinned

their opponents for vic-tories, including ZachTwigg (75-pound weightdivision), Skyler Myers(80), Hunter Mills (105),David Kohler (115) andKevin Myers (135).Also earning wins for

East Jay were BrianNewman (110), RyanHerring (120), MasonWinner (12), ThomasHemmelgarn (145), Daw-son Frasher (152), CodyRichards (160), DanielOstrowski (175), LucasSchmitt (195), CooperJacks (225) and BaileyLudy (HWT).

Eagles fall to BearsDUNKIRK — The

West Jay seventh andeighth grade girls bas-ketball teams lost to theMonroe Central GoldenBears on Tuesday.The eighth grade

Eagles fell 28-10, and the

seventh graders lost 29-10.Kameron Edwards led

the eighth graders withsix points to go with herseven rebounds. RheganShimp and Kensey Lit-ton both added twopoints and fourrebounds, and KendalGarringer grabbed ateam-high seven boards.For the West Jay sev-

enth graders, KymiaHankins led the waywith four points.

Cavs edge TribeCOLDWATER, Ohio

— Fort Recovery’s mid-dle school girls basket-ball team had an eightpoint lead at halftime.It couldn’t hang on in

the second half in a 26-25loss to the host Cava-liers.Fort Recovery led 15-7

heading into intermis-sion and saw its advan-tage shrink to just threepoints, 19-16, after threequarters. The Indiansmanaged just six pointsin the final frame whilethe Cavaliers scored 10to escape with a homevictory.Hannah Knapke led

the Indians with eightpoints, including five inthe second quarter, andMadi Rammel chippedin with seven points.

West Jay losesMUNCIE — West Jay’s

sixth grade boys basket-ball teams both lost toDelta on Tuesday in abattle between Eagles.The WJMS A team

lost to Delta 45-10, andthe B team fell 27-10.Josh Crouch had a

team-high five points forthe West Jay A team.Lane Chapman andLogan Brown scoredthree and two pointsrespectively.For the WJMS B team,

Seth Foudrey tallied fourpoints, and Riley Fosteradded three.

Continued from page 10Bader’s time of 1

minute, 8.33 seconds, inthe 100-yard backstrokequalified her for the statemeet in the 11-and-12-year-old girls division. She alsoadded a pair of second-place finishes in the 100breaststroke and 50 but-terfly. Dow, who swims in the

11-and-12-year-old divi-sion, qualified for state inthe 100 breaststroke witha time of 1:18.24.In the 13-and-14-year-old

division, Ashley LeFeverrecorded a career-best57.44 seconds in the 100freestyle, and she quali-fied for the DivisionalMeet in the 200 butterflywith a time of 2:39.62.Sophie Saxman also

qualified for the Division-al Meet in the 9-and-10-year-old division with hercareer-best time of 50.19seconds in the 50 butterfly. Also earning career-

best times were AudraBubp, Lilly Clemmons,Joseph Dow, PaigeFortkamp, TeigenFortkamp, Damian Hicks,Kaitlyn Hicks, CassidyMartin, AubreyMillspaugh, Josh Monroeand Nevaeh Morgan.

Continued from page 10Without DeRozan, the

Raptors were 12-9.With him — and Lowry

— they looked more like theteam with the third-bestrecord in the Eastern Con-ference.Toronto (30-15), the NBA’s

fifth-highest scoring team,shot 46.6 percent from thefield after starting the gamein a 9-0 hole, made nine 3-pointers and even managedto play the more physicalPacers to a virtual draw onthe glass. The Atlantic Divi-sion-leading Raptors wontheir third straight andbroke the franchise recordfor most wins before theAll-Star break.But without DeRozan

and Lowry, it’s unlikely anyof this would have beenpossible.The two combined for 15

of 32 from the field and fin-ished with 13 rebounds and10 assists. Lowry was 3 of 7from beyond the arc,including back-to-back 3s tostart a 15-4 third-quarterspurt that pushed what hadbeen a five-point lead to 73-57 with 2:42 left.Lowry was 10 of 13 from

the free-throw line andscored five of the Raptorspoints in a half-closing 7-1spurt that gave Toronto a50-44 lead.“They made more plays.

They’ve got a couple all-stars on their team andthey’re tough to guard,”said Pacers coach FrankVogel. “They’re great atpicking up fouls andthey’re full of tricks. It was-n’t anything we weren’tdoing.”

Continued from page 10“The dives that these girls

threw today was better thanthey’ve done all year as far astheir (degree of difficulty). It wasa good night on the board, that’sfor sure.”Senior Katy Smeltzer was one

of three Patriot girls with twoindividual victories. She won the100 freestyle (58.76) and the 100backstroke (11:52). She also joinedjunior Ashley Mark and fellowseniors Laurann Schoenlein andTaylor Campbell to win the 200freestyle relay in 1:56.22.“Our seniors this year have

been getting the job done in thepool and showing leadership,”Slavik said of Smeltzer, Schoen-lein and Campbell. “They’re lead-ing not only by their words but theway they’re practicing every sin-gle day. It’s been a very refreshingyear as far as that goes.”Also earning two individual vic-

tories for the Jay County girlswere sisters Sophie and AlexBader. Sophie took first in the 200individual medley (2:15.28) and the100 breaststroke (1:13.18), and Alexwon both the 50 freestyle (26.85)and the 100 butterfly (1:00.95).Alex Bader joined Elizabeth

McDowell, Jamie Valentine andCassie Reno to get the victory inthe 200 medley relay (2:05.23).Sophie teamed up with Abby Sax-man, Anne Vormohr and Reno towin the 400 freestyle relay in4:12.53.Ashley Mark (500 freestyle –

6:06.33) and Vormohr (200 freestyle– 2:06.23) added the other two vic-tories.Mark’s win, however, wasn’t as

clear-cut as the others for JayCounty. The junior fell behind Bai-ley Windell of Muncie Burris bynearly two seconds with 100 yards

to go. She overcame the deficit totake the lead by a tenth of a secondheading into the final 50 yards,and won by 2.01 seconds.“She kept her head about her,

swam her race and split out theway she’s been doing in practice,”Slavik said. “She showed a lot of

determination knowing that shehad to hold her race in order to fin-ish strong.”Burris junior Emi Minnich,

who swam her freshman and soph-omore seasons for Jay County, fin-ished third in 6:50.72, and added afourth-place finish in the 200 IM.

Continued from page 10The Patriots had won seven

straight games since giving uptheir previous high — 50 — in aJan. 6 loss to Concordia.“Jay County is such a good team.

Chris does such a good job. Theyplay their system. And we neededto get them out of their system,”said Pohlenz. “We needed to getthem a little bit faster. … If youstand there, they’re going to pickyou apart. “… I didn’t want to play a half

court game with them.”Sophomore Destiny Perkins

paced Richmond with 16 points,and Taylor had 15 points, fiverebounds and four assists. Hannah

Goddard grabbed seven boards.Wendel was the only Patriot to

reach double figures as she fin-ished with 12 points. The junioralso had five rebounds.Bre McIntire followed with six

points, all in the first half, HannahAult had six rebounds and TaylorHoman finished with three assists.“We battled. That’s all I can ask,”

said Krieg, whose team will playThursday at New Castle (13-5).“We’ve got a tough stretch thisweek, probably the two best teamswe’ll see all year long in Richmondand New Castle before we play Her-itage for the (Allen County AthleticConference regular season) cham-pionship.”

Junior varsityJay County erased an 11-point

halftime deficit to pull even, butgave up a 7-0 run to end the game ina 32-25 loss to the Red Devils.The Patriots trailed 21-10 at half-

time before holding Richmond totwo points in the third quarter. Theytied the game on an Emily Muh-lenkamp hoop with 2:05 to go, butnever scored again.Britlyn Dues paced JCHS with

nine points, and Audrey Shreve fol-lowed with eight. Briana Muh-lenkamp chipped in four.Braxtyn Hurley scored nine first-

half points for the Red Devils on theway to a game-high 11. Anna Creechfollowed with eight points.

Stumble ...

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Abby Wendel of Jay County High School puts up a shot between Richmond defenders PaetynClaiborne (24) and Lexus Perkins (22) during the first half of the Patriots’ 51-33 loss Tuesday. Wendelwas the only JCHS player in double figures as she scored 12 points.

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The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Jay County High School freshman Christopher McDowell swims the second leg of the400-yard freestyle relay against the Blackford Bruins and Muncie Burris Owls on Tuesday at JCHS.McDowell teamed up with Cody White, Travis Barton and James Keen to win the event in 3 minutes,44.85 seconds.

East Jay beats BruinsLocal scheduleTThhuurrssddaayy

Jay County — Swimming at Marion –6 p.m.; Girls basketball at New Castle –6 p.m.; Freshman boys basketball vs.Huntington North – 6 p.m.; WJMSwrestling at Norwell – 5 p.m.; West Jaysixth grade girls basketball at East Jay –5:30 p.m.; East Jay sixth grade boys bas-ketball at Delta – 5:30 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Girls basketball atColdwater – 6 p.m.; FRMS girls basket-ball at Russia – 5 p.m; FRMS boys bas-ketball vs. Coldwater – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Swimming at DeKalb– 5:30 p.m.; Girls basketball vs. Chu-rubusco – 6 p.m.

Friday, January 30Jay County — Boys basketball triple-

header vs. Bluffton – 5 p.m.Fort Recovery — Boys basketball vs.

Coldwater – 6:30 p.m.South Adams — Boys basketball at

Southern Wells – 6 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

7 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:Minnesota at Penn State (BTN)

7:30 p.m. — Men’s College Basket-ball: Duke at Notre Dame (ESPN2)

8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: BrooklynNets at Atlanta Hawks (ESPN)

9 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:Indiana at Purdue (BTN)

9:30 p.m. — Tennis: 2015 AustralianOpen – women’s semifinals (ESPN2)

10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Wash-ington Wizards at Phoenix Suns (ESPN)

TThhuurrssddaayy3:30 a.m. — Tennis: 2015 Australian

Open – men’s semifinal (ESPN)7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: New York

Knicks at Indiana Pacers (FS-IN)7 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

Maryland at Ohio State (ESPN)8 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

UConn at Cincinnati (ESPN2)8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Denver

Nuggets at Memphis Grizzlies (TNT)9 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

Kentucky at Missouri (ESPN); Marylandat Ohio State (ESPN)

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BERNE — Three SouthAdams High School girlsswimmers were dual-event winners as theStarfires defeated theDelta Eagles on Tuesday,102-78.The SAHS boys lost, 127-

58.Brette Klopp, Ashton

Klopp and Cady Farloweach won two events forthe Starfires. Brette Klopptook first inthe 200-yardindividualmedley andthe 100 backstroke, Ash-ton Klopp won the 50freestyle and the 100 but-terfly and Farlow earnedvictories in the 100freestyle and 100 breast-stroke.They joined Caroline

Kloepper to win both the200 medley and 200freestyle relays.Daniel Burson (500

freestyle) and DrewLeFever (100 butterfly)picked up the only victo-ries for South Adams inthe swimming events.Xavier Rupp earned thetop spot in diving.

Stars fall to BravesBERNE — South

Adams’ boys basketballteam lost for the secondconsecutive game in a 59-52 defeat Tuesday to theBellmont Braves.The Starfires (4-8)

trailed 13-10 after theopening quarter and 32-27at halftime. South Adamsgot to within four, 46-42,heading into the fourth,but its comeback bid fellshort.Cole Myers paced South

Adams with a game-high17 points. Marco Vasquezand Derek Wanner talliedeight points apiece, andWanner grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.The Starfire junior var-

sity team defeated Bell-mont, 54-30. McGerranClouser totaled 14 points,Justin Nussbaum had 12and Nick Wurster chippedin with 11 points.Bellmont’s freshman

squad defeated SouthAdams 29-17 in the firstgame of the tripleheader.Joe Stuber paced South

Adams with seven points.Brandon Newman andDavid Muselman had fourpoints each.

Bader, Dow qualifyFORT WAYNE — Eliza

Bader and Ashlyn Dowposted state-qualifyingtimes Saturday, leadingthe Jay County WinterSwim Team as it compet-ed in the Three RiversAquatics Club’s PolarPlunge.

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SA girlstankersbeatDelta

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Toronto’sdynamic backcourt delivered a one-twoknockout punch Tuesday night. Again.This time with All-Star starter Kyle

Lowry spreading the floor and DeMarDeRozan finding his way to the basket,their teammates exploited other open-ings in Indiana’s defense. It was simplytoo much for the struggling Pacers.

DeRozan finished with 24 points,Lowry had 19 and three of their team-mates also scored in double figures, asthe Raptors pulled away 104-91.“I’m getting more comfortable every

single day,” said DeRozan, who missed 21games with a torn tendon in his leftgroin.

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By CHRIS SCHANZThe Commercial ReviewThe Patriots treated their

elder teammates to a pair ofwins Tuesday on senior night.Jay County High School’s

boys and girls swim teams bothbeat the Muncie Burris Owlsand Blackford Bruins in a dou-ble-dual meet.The girls squad moved to 14-1

by topping Burris 77-25 andBlackford 83-18. The boys teamimproved to 10-4 with a 64-37victory against the Owls and an85-13 win over the Bruins.“Any time we can get a couple

wins, we’re going to enjoythat,” said JCHS boys coachBarry Weaver, who was hon-ored before the meet for his 40years of coaching the swimteam at Jay County. “Overall, Ithink the results are prettygood.”James Keen, Ian Bentz and

Cody White — all seniors —had their part in six of thePatriots’ nine wins on the boysside. Keen took first in boththe 50-yard freestyle (23.4 sec-onds) and the 100 backstroke(56.27). White won the 200 indi-vidual medley (2 minutes,14.27 seconds) and Bentz tookhome the win in the 100freestyle (58.03).They joined Sok Vormohr to

win the 200 medley relay in1:49.87, and then Keen andWhite teamed up with Travis

Barton and ChristopherMcDowell to win the 400freestyle relay in 3:44.85.Ian Reynolds, Connor

Daniels, Barton and Vormohralso won the 200 freestyle relayin 1:42.48 to give Jay County aclean sweep of the three relayraces.“For this time of year you

really have to start puttingthose in place,” Weaver said ofthe relays. “Not only for the out-come of meets, but lookingdown the road (to sectional).

“We have to figure out whichguys are going to be there.”Christian Phillips scored a

career-best 195.15 in diving toearn the victory, and Vormohrpicked up the other win for theJCHS boys in the 100 butterfly(1:01).“I’m really excited for Chris-

tian Phillips,” Weaver said,adding that he was happy to seethe junior inching closer to the200-point threshold. “He’s try-ing to get there and he’s uppedhis (degree of difficulty).”

JCHS girls coach Matt Slavik,whose team won all 12 eventsTuesday night, also praised hisdivers and the improvementsthey’ve made throughout theseason.“They’re coming together

pretty solid,” he said ofHeather Stinson and SamanthaLink. They placed first and sec-ond with scores of 193.55 and a165.5, respectively. “We’ve hadsome ups and downs with ourdiving this season.

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Jay wins two for seniors

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Laurann Schoenlein, a Jay County High School senior, comes up for air during the100-yard breaststroke race against the Blackford Bruins and Muncie Burris Owls on Tuesdayat JCHS. Schoenlein finished fourth in the event with a time of 1 minute, 31.69 seconds,and also helped the 200 freestyle relay team to a victory. The Patriot girls moved to 14-1with wins over the Owls and Bruins.

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Jay County High School senior BreMcIntire shoots over Lilly Sagna of Richmond duringthe second half Tuesday. The Patriots turned theball over 24 times and were outscored 28-11 in thesecond half.

By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewFor three quarters, the Patriots were

able to overcome their turnovers. In thefourth, the miscues caught up with them.Jay County High School’s girls basket-

ball team gave the ball away 24 times Tues-day, including seven in the final period, asit fell 51-33 to the visiting Richmond RedDevils.“We did what we had to do for three

quarters,” said JCHS coach Chris Krieg.“But the bottom line is I think we woredown and we made some poor decisionsunder their pressure.“You can’t beat good teams turning the

ball over 24 times.”Eleven of those turnovers came in the

first half, but the Patriots (16-4) still lookedas if they would head to the locker roomwith the lead after Abby Wendel hit a pull-up jumper with four seconds left. ButMackenzie Taylor, who will play next sea-son at Wright State University, swished a

half-court shot at the buzzer to give herteam the lead for good.Jay County stayed close for most of the

third quarter — it trailed 31-29 after an AvaKunkler triple from the top of the key atthe 1:48 mark — but gave up the final fourpoints of the period and then unraveled inthe fourth.Abby Wendel’s lay-up following a steal

with about six minutes to go was the finalfield goal of the game for the Patriots. Pae-tyn Claiborne responded with a 3-pointerfrom the left wing, and after a LexusPerkins hoop she buried another long-dis-tance shot to give Richmond a 45-31 leadand put the game out of reach.The fourth-quarter 3-pointers gave Clai-

borne her only points of the game.“Those are huge, and that’s senior lead-

ership,” said Richmond coach CaseyPohlenz. “Paetyn’s not a kid who seeks thespotlight in any way. She’d be just as happyif no one ever knew who she was, but shehustles for our team. … She hit a big shot.And then she hit another big shot. Theywere huge. They were backbreakers.”In addition to the turnover issues, Jay

County shot 1-of-11 from the field in thefinal period. Its only points other than theWendel hoop came on free throws byCatherine Dunn with 2:01 to play.The Red Devils (14-5) scored the game’s

final six points to post the highest totalJCHS has given up this season.

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Patriots stumble in fourth

Raptors run past Pacers

Girls take topspot in all12 events

Jay Co. commits24 turnovers inloss to Red Devils

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