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nvilleDDoorrootthhyy DDaawwssoonn, 84, Mont-

pelierLLiinnddaa RReeeedd, 78, BryantDetails on page 2.

Spring arrived in Jay Coun-ty on Tuesday as Portland’sweather station measured ahigh temperature of 71 degrees.The overnight low was 53.Tonight’s low will be 55, and

the high Thursday will be 65.Rain is expected to continuethrough Thursday night.For an extended forecast, see

page 2.

The kindergarten roundupschedule has been announcedfor Jay School Corporation.Pre-registration and enroll-ment will be held March 29 atGeneral Shanks and Redkeyelementary schools, March 30at Pennville, Westlawn andBloomfield and March 31 atJudge Haynes and East. All ses-sions will begin at 8:30 a.m.

TThhuurrssddaayy —— Coverage oftonight’s Jay County Councilmeeting.

SSaattuurrddaayy —— Photo coverageof Fiber Fest, which beginsFriday.

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By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewLocal officials have been dis-

cussing potential changes to thecounty’s confined feeding ordi-nance for a year and a half. OnThursday, members of the publicwill have a chance to voice theiropinions.Jay County Plan Commis-

sion’s meeting at 7 p.m. Thurs-day in the auditorium at JayCounty Courthouse will includea public hearing on proposedchanges to the confined feedingordinance.

A confined feeding study com-mission formed by Jay CountyCommissioners presented itsrecommendations for changes tothe confined feeding ordinancein October.

The group’s ideas includednew requirements for repairs toroads damaged during the con-struction of CFOs, setbacks fromresidences, minimum acreage,contacting neighbors of pro-

posed operations, site selectionand permit requirements, lengthand cost. It also recommended anannual review of the Jay Countywater table by the IndianaDepartment of NaturalResources.The plan commission has

spent several months reviewingand discussing the proposals,with setbacks as its main focus.“I know some have said we’ve

not listened to the study commis-sion. I think overall we have,because … I think we’ve given apretty good explanation of why

we’ve not done some of thethings that they recommended,”plan commission president JimZimmerman said Tuesday.“Some of it doesn’t really applyto what the plan commission cando.“But I think overall we’ve tried

to listen pretty well to the recom-mendations that they made.”The setback proposal the plan

commission settled on in Janu-ary matches the recommenda-tion made by the study commis-sion.

See HHeeaarriinngg page 5

Hearing set on CFO proposalsPublic will be able to commenton setback recommendations

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Preparing ‘Godspell’Mackenzie Currie performs a song Tuesday during Jay County High School Drama Club’s dress rehearsal for their

performance of “Godspell.” The show opens at 7 p.m. Thursday. For more information, see page 6.

By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewBERNE — Sale of the

former school property atIndiana 218 and U.S. 27continues to be a chal-lenge for South AdamsSchools.In February, the school

board agreed to list theproperty with BND Com-mercial of Fort Wayne fora 12-month period, ratherthan month-by-month, inhopes of finding a devel-oper for the 4.81-acre site.But superintendent

Scott Litwiller told theboard Tuesday that DaveStemen of BND has hadno new prospects withinthe past month. Discus-sion continues with twopotential developers, butStemen has indicated thatboth the size and the priceof the property continueto be an obstacle.Stemen had proposed

late last year that theschool corporation contin-ue to hold the real estatewhile it is being devel-oped, but Litwiller saidMonday that school boardattorney Tim Baker stilldoesn’t have a clearanswer on the legality ofthat course of action.Baker and Indiana

School Boards Associa-tion attorney LisaTanselle are attempting tofind a school corporationthat has taken that route.Board members direct-

ed Umbagh and Associatesto begin the initial processof refinancing the school’s2008 mortgage bonds at alower interest rate. Thataction came after a pres-entation by Curt Pletcherof the certified publicaccounting firm.The board also

approved an increase inschool lunch prices for2016-17 to come into com-pliance with the Depart-ment of Education andthe national school lunchprogram.Next year’s elementary

school lunch price will be$1.95, middle school andhigh school will be $2.05,adult lunches will be$2.95, reduced luncheswill be 40 cents, breakfastwill be $1.25, reducedbreakfast will be 30 cents,adult breakfast will be$1.50, and milk will be 40cents.In other business, the

board:•Recognized band direc-

tor Curt Amstutz forreceiving a Lilly Endow-ment Teacher CreativityFellowship for his project“Music that Soars: TakingMusic to New Heights.”

See RReemmaaiinnss page 2

Sale ofpropertyremainsan issue

By ARIC CHOKEYAssociated PressINDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana

Senate unanimously approved ameasure Tuesday that wouldincrease the state’s compensationcap for medical malpractice vic-tims for the first time in nearly 18years.After passing the GOP-con-

trolled chamber, the bill now goesto Gov. Mike Pence.The cap would increase from the

current $1.25 million limit to $1.65million next year and then to $1.8million in 2019. Sen. Brent Steele, aBedford Republican who wrote the

proposal, said he aimed to find acompromise between medicalassociations who are worriedabout ballooning malpractice lia-bility insurance costs and lawyerswho represent patients injured orkilled because of medical mis-takes.Steele struggled to balance the

compromise after his original billfailed due to objections from doc-tor groups including the IndianaState Medical Association. Themeasure was revived after a Housebill was wiped and repurposed forthe revamped cap increase.“All parties that I called ... were

all in agreement,” Steele saidahead of Tuesday’s vote.Steele had previously argued for

keeping the cap consistent withinflation, otherwise it may be sub-ject to constitutional challengesfor lagging behind. The originalversion had a long-term incremen-tal increase, but it ended up gettingtossed out as a compromise withmedical associations.“I hope someone, once Sen.

Steele is gone, in the majority willchampion looking at this againand doing something in thefuture,” said Sen. Greg Taylor, anIndianapolis Democrat.

The measure was passed in thewaning days of the legislative ses-sion, which is scheduled to endThursday, as lawmakers continueto haggle over a roads fundingplan, as well as $42 million infunding Pence’s wants for hisRegional Cities economic devel-opment efforts. The GOP con-trolled House sought a taxincrease to pay for roads, butPence and Senate Republicansobjected. Republicans who domi-nate the Legislature say bothitems, which Pence has made cen-tral to his re-election efforts, arepriorities.

Senate OKs malpractice increase

By JULIE PACEand DAVID EGGERTAssociated PressLANSING, Mich. —

Donald Trump’s easy vic-tories in Michigan, Mis-sissippi and Hawaii lefthis rivals with shrinkingopportunities to slow hismomentum in the Repub-lican primaries and littleindication that intenseefforts to undermine hiscredibility are pushingvoters away from thebrash billionaire.Democrat Bernie

Sanders surprised front-runner Hillary Clinton inMichigan, a victory thatbreathed new life into hisWhite House bid and

forecast a long Democrat-ic contest. But Clinton,who won Mississippi,padded her delegate leadand is now halfway to thenumber needed to clinchthe nomination.Clinton glossed over

her contest with Sandersas she addressed support-ers, choosing instead tofocus her attention onRepublicans and the gen-eral election.“We are better than

what we are being offeredby the Republicans,” shedeclared.Trump entered Tues-

day’s contests facingquestions about his dura-bility and ended the

night with a pair of con-vincing victories. TexasSen. Ted Cruz added awin in Idaho, bolsteringhis case that he’s the onlycandidate who can beatTrump with some regu-larity.Florida Sen. Marco

Rubio suffered anotherbrutal drubbing, failingto pick up any delegatesin Michigan and Missis-sippi. He faces a sudden-death contest in Floridanext week.Similarly, Ohio Gov.

John Kasich desperatelyneeds to win his homestate Tuesday to stay inthe race.

See WWiinn page 5

Trump, Sanders win in Michigan

Associated Press/Lynne Sladky

Republican presidential candidateDonald Trump speaks Tuesday during a newsconference at the Trump National Golf Club inJupiter, Fla.

Continued from page 1•Approved trading in a Cincinnati

CNC lathe in order to purchase addi-tional tooling for a new Haas CNC lathethat was purchased through a $52,000Skill-Up grant from the Department ofWorkforce Development.

•Hired Kevin McClung as boys’ golfcoach and Tori Fox as girls’ volunteerassistant softball coach.•Accepted the retirement of extra-

curricular treasurer Sandy Fluekiger.•Approved a leave of absence by Pat

Gaerke.

Bench warrantA Dunkirk man was

arrested Tuesday eveningon a bench warrant.Brandon Wayne Quate,

28, 420 E. Washington St.,

was arrested on a Jay Supe-rior Court bench warrantfor probation violation, aLevel 6 felony.Quate’s initial charge

from October 2014 was

maintaining a commonnuisance, a Class B misde-meanor. He was booked at7:43 p.m. into Jay CountyJail and is being held thereon a $1,000 bond.

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Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were four

admissions to the hospi-tal on Tuesday.

DismissalsThere were five dis-

missals.

EmergenciesThere were 46 treated

in the emergency roomsof JCH.

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Council, commissioners’room, Jay County Court-house, Portland.

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Felony arrests

Wal-Mart theftA Wal-Mart employee

reported a theft at 1:34p.m. Tuesday to PortlandPolice Department. The employee said a

man took a shopping cartfull of merchandise outof the store.Police found him in the

parking lot with a cart ofitems worth about $275.He did not have a receipt.Justin A. Trocano, 36,

211 W. Hickory St., UnionCity, was arrested fortheft: receiving stolenproperty, a Class A misde-meanor.He was booked at 2:25

p.m. into Jay County Jailand is being held there ona $1,000 bond.

Capsule Reports

Photo provided

Pet of the weekOliver, a domestic medium hair, can be adopted for $35 from

Jay County Humane Society, 1313 Shadeland Ave., Portland. Theshelter can be reached at (260) 726-6339.

ObituariesElnora ReesMay 20, 1924-March 7, 2016Elnora Rees, 91, Albany, died

Monday at Albany Health &Rehabilitation Center.Born in Dunkirk to Don and

Alice Henry, she grew up in Red-key.She married James Earl Rees

on Oct. 19, 1943, and he precededher in death in 1978.She attended Word of Life

Ministries and formerly attend-ed Albany Christian Church.Surviving are three sons,

Michael Rees (wife: Pamela),Albany, Mitchell Rees (wife:Teresa), Hartford City, and MarkRees (wife: Karen), Dunkirk;two daughters, Marsha Rees,Albany, and Michelle Franks(husband: Richard), Portland; abrother, Delnor Henry (wife:Penny), Albany; two sisters,Sandy Kaufman (husband:Charles), Dunkirk, and LethaHenry, Albany; several grand-children; great-grandchildren;nieces and nephews.Services are 1 p.m. Thursday

at Meacham Funeral Servicewith Pastor Mitchell Rees offici-ating. Burial will be in Gardensof Memory Cemetery.Visitation is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.Condolences may be

expressed at

http://www.MeachamFuner-alService.com.

Janet FarberJan. 28, 1940-March 7, 2016Services for Janet Ann Far-

ber, 76, Portland, are 2 p.m. Sat-urday at Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home in Port-land with Pastor Jeff Horsmanofficiating. She died Monday atJay County Hospital.Born in Portland to Forrest

and Grace May (Gibson) Pol-ing, she was a1958 graduate ofPortland HighSchool.She married

Richard “Dick”Farber on March29, 1959, and hepreceded her indeath on Sept. 17,2009.She worked at

CTS in Berne for 17 years andwas a caregiver for manyyears.She attended The Rock

Church in Portland and was amember of Psi Iota Xi sororityof Portland. Surviving are two sons,

Bradley S. Farber (wife: Julie),Noblesville, and Jeffrey W. Far-ber (wife: Shannon), Gaston; adaughter, Lisa Cook (husband:

Mark), Bryant; and five grand-children.Visitation is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday at the funeral home.Burial will be in Green ParkCemetery in Portland. Memorials may be sent to the

Jay County Cancer Society orthe Jay County Humane Societywith envelopes available at thefuneral home. Condolences may be

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

Sandra McNeelyJan. 26, 1938-March 7, 2016Services for Sandra E.

McNeely, 78, Pennville, are 3p.m. Saturday at the PennvilleChapel of Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home. Shedied Monday at Visiting Nurseand Hospice inFort Wayne.Born in Redkey

to Wayne and Vir-ginia (Harmon)Turpen, she issurvived by hercompanion LarryHerchenhahn,Pennville, andseveral niecesand nephews.She had worked at Kitco and

Peyton’s Northern, both in

Bluffton, for several years andwas a member of PortlandAmerican Legion Auxiliary. Visitation is 1 to 3 p.m. Satur-

day at the Pennville Chapel.Burial will follow at a later datein Hillcrest Cemetery, south ofRedkey.Condolences may be

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

Dorothy DawsonNov. 10, 1931-March 6, 2016Services for Dorothy M. Daw-

son, 84, Montpelier, are 3 p.m.Thursday at Walker & GlancyFuneral Home in Montpelierwith Pastor Earl Doll officiat-ing. She died Sunday at Per-simmon Ridge in Portland. Born in Bryant to Raymond

and Ola (Pyle) Dickson, sheattended Bryant High School.She married Edward Dawson

on Dec. 10, 1953, in Vera Cruzand he preceded her in death.Surviving are a son, Michael

Dawson (wife: Stephanie), DePere, Wisconsin; two brothers,Gerald Dickson, Portland, andGary Dickson, Bluffton; a sis-ter, Ann Williams, Appalachia,Virginia; three grandchildren;and two great-grandchildren.Visitation is 1 to 3 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Asbury Ceme-tery in Montpelier.Condolences may be

expressed at http://www.glan-cyfuneralhomes.com.

Linda ReedAug. 6, 1937-March 7, 2016Services for Linda L. Reed, 78,

Bryant, a former Bluffton resi-dent, were held today at Good-win-Cale & Harnish MemorialChapel in Bluffton. She diedMonday at her home.Born in Bluffton to William J.

and Emma Irene (Jones) Hock-enberry, she married HowardReed on Sept. 4, 1976, and he sur-vives.She retired from Kitco in

Bluffton after 33 years of servic-es and was a member of Son-light Wesleyan Church.Surviving in addition to her

husband are four sons, JimGroff, Bill Groff and StevenEstrada, all of French Lick, andJack Groff, Bryant; two daugh-ters, Irene Ritter (husband:Leroy), Dunkirk, and Jody Beil-er, Bluffton; a stepdaughter,Melissa Robinson, Lawrence-burg; several grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren.Burial was in Stahl Cemetery

in Reiffsburg.Memorials may be sent to

Family LifeCare in Berne.

Farber

McNeely

Remains ...

TheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — The

Pence administration hasofficially filed an appeal ina ruling blocking a ban onaid to Syrian refugees.In November, Gov. Mike

Pence directed all stateagencies to suspend tak-ing in Syrian refugeesuntil “proper securitymeasures” had been metto prevent terrorists fromsneaking into the state.“The refugee resettle-

ment process is suscepti-ble to manipulation — afact even the State Depart-ment has acknowledged,”the appeal reads.The court documents,

filed Tuesday, request animmediate stay.“The federal govern-

ment has not addressedthe concerns underlyingthe Governor’s directiveand the State will beharmed by its inability totake measures on its ownto secure the safety of itscitizens during the pen-dency of this appeal,” theappeal states.U.S. District Judge

Tanya Walton Pratt grant-ed a preliminary injunc-tion last week. The Ameri-can Civil Liberties Unionof Indiana and ACLUnational had filed a law-suit on behalf of ExodusRefugee Immigration tostop the governor fromblocking funding.The ruling stated with-

holding money for socialservices to Syrianrefugees in “no way fur-thers the State’s interestin the safety of Indianaresidents.” Exodus usesthe funds to assistrefugees with job training,teaching English andother services.

Stateappealsdistrictcourt’sruling

The Knights of ColumbusCouncil #12307

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All-You-Can-EatFRIDAY, March 11

4:30-7:00 P.M.Immaculate Conception Parish Hall

506 E. Walnut St., Portland

$10.00 Adults All-You-Can-Eat$4.00 Children ages 4-10 4 Year and under eat Free $7.50 Dinner with 3 sides

$15 box of fish $7.50 Carry-OutDine-in or Carry Out available

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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 FAMILYGROUP — 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 from5:30 to 7 p.m. the secondThursday of each monthin Jay County HospitalConference Room B. Thegroup is for ostomy andintestinal diversionpatients and their friendsand family, to offer mutual

support and learn aboutthe latest products andinformation. AMERICAN LEGION

AUXILIARY NO. 211 —Will meet at 6 p.m. Thurs-day at the legion for a reg-ular meeting.JAY COUNTY REPUB-

LICANS — Will meet at 6p.m. Thursday at JayCounty Public Library. PIKE, FRIENDS AND

NEIGHBORS — Will meetat 6:30 p.m. Thursday at

Barbara Bruner’s home. JAY COUNTY TRAILS

CLUB — Will meet at 5:30p.m. the second Thursdayof each month at The Port-land Foundation office.

SaturdayALCOHOLICS ANONY-

MOUS — Will meet at 10a.m. upstairs at TrueValue Hardware, NorthMeridian Street, Portland.For more information, call(260) 729-2532.

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BY TED KOOSERU.S. Poet LaureateIn my limited experience,

mothering and worrying gohand in hand.Here's a mother's worry

poem by Richard Jarrette,from his fine book, A Hun-dred Million Years of Nec-tar Dances. He lives in Cali-fornia.Jarrette won the gold

medal for poetry in 2011from Midwest IndependentPublishers Association.

Summer’s heatcauses concern

AmericanLife in Poetry

My Mother Worries About My HatEvery spring my mother says I should buy a strawhat so I won't overheat in summer.

I always agree but the valley's soon cold, and besidesmy old Borsalino is nearly rain-proof.

She's at it again, it's August, the grapes are sugaring.I say, Okay, and pluck a little spider from her hair —

hair so fine it can't hold even one of her grandmother'stortoise shell combs.

We do not accept unso-licited submissions. Ameri-can Life in Poetry is madepossible by The PoetryFoundation(http://www.poetryfounda-tion.org), publisher of Poet-ry magazine. It is also sup-ported by the Departmentof English at the Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln.Poem copyright ©2015 by

Richard Jarrette, “My

Mother Worries About MyHat,” from A Hundred Mil-lion Years of NectarDances, (Green WritersPress, 2015). Introduction copyright

©2015 by The Poetry Foun-dation. The introduction'sauthor, Ted Kooser, servedas United States Poet Lau-reate Consultant in Poetryto the Library of Congressfrom 2004 to 2006.

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Donated for dogBloomfield Elementary’s parent-teacher organization gave $1,000 last week to the Jay

County Sheriff’s Office K-9 fund. The money will go toward the purchase of the department’ssecond police dog, which will be handled by Brad Wendel. Pictured, front row from left are AmyHawbaker, Allison Hawbaker, Nick Laux and Hannah Laux. Back row are Bloomfield principal BenDues, Jay County Sheriff Dwane Ford, Jenny DeHoff, Wendel and Christy Wenning.

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JEANNE LUTZAdvertising Manager

To the editor:We don’t like the fight

against setbacks by theseCAFO (concentrated ani-mal feeding operation)owners.We don’t like the fact

that the deck is stackedagainst the residents ofthe county who do not owna CAFO.Jay County farming is

not what it used to be.When honest people try

to discuss the problemsthat they face with thesmell, the water pollution,the crumbling roads, thesinking values of theirhomes and the dangers ofillness due to pollution ofour streams, rivers andlakes, they are met with

statements from theseCAFO owners such as, “Oh... so you don’t want JayCounty to have a thrivingagriculture industry?”They giggle and say, “Oh

... if you live in the country,you will smell manure.”CAFO farmers are get-

ting rich and other resi-dents are losing their qual-ity of life.Cindy GiltnerPortland

Farming is notwhat it once was

By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewThe itch is inevitable.Baseball is coming.Sure, there’s March Madness

ahead. And like every goodHoosier I’ll end up watchingway too much basketball overthe next several weeks.But I’ll keep in mind that

baseball lies ahead, a whole sea-son of springtime and summerand possibilities stretches outbefore us.Though I was never much of

a player — hand-eye coordina-tion seemed to have been leftoff my genetic menu — I’vealways loved the game.And these days, much of

what I love about it comes frommemories.Memories like:•The first time I saw the elec-

tric green of the grass in aMajor League infield. It wasCrosley Field in Cincinnati,and I was with my father.Beyond that, beyond the stun-ning green and the fact that Iwas with my dad, nothing elsematters•A few summers when my

older sister worked at a campnear Chicago and my brotherand his wife lived in Evanston.Their proximity translated intoa couple of trips to Wrigley —

my first — and trips to oldComiskey as well.•A train trip with my dad and

my neighborhood buddy DonStarr from Fort Wayne to Chica-go to see a White Sox game. I’llnever know what prompted mydad to book the excursion, but Iknow we had a great time.•Harmon Killebrew Night at

the old Metropolitan Stadiumoutside of Minneapolis whileConnie and I were on our honey-moon. What better way to start amarriage than with a baseballgame?•Countless games at old Bush

Stadium in Indianapolis, watch-ing the Indians when they werea farm club for the Big RedMachine. The crowds were sosmall that the vendors knew youon sight, and the players couldhear your individual voice when

you yelled words of encourage-ment from the stands.•A Reds game during the final

season of Crosley Field that mybrother and I attended together.It was memorable not justbecause we saw the gametogether, but because a Reds pro-motional event went hilariouslywrong. Tennis balls tossed intothe stands for a contest soonmade their way back onto thefield after an umpire’s question-able call.•A Reds game in the nosebleed

seats of Riverfront Stadium thatConnie and I saw with a coupleof great teacher friends fromOhio, and another game insomewhat better seats when apigeon decided to make a size-able deposit on the shoulder ofmy windbreaker.•So many Fort Wayne Wizards

and TinCaps games with ourdaughters that I lost count along, long time ago.•And a trip to Great American

Ballpark a couple of years ago forConnie’s birthday. I don’t remem-ber much about the game, but allthe fans around us noticed thatthe opposing team’s manager hadhis fly undone. It was particular-ly embarrassing when he walkedback from the mound after talk-ing to his pitcher.So the itch to create new mem-

ories is upon me.That’s why I’ve booked us a

few nights in the Indiana Duneslater this spring. The plan is totake the South Shore Railroadinto Chicago and catch a Cubsgame at Wrigley. Connie’s neverseen a game there, and I figureafter putting up with me allthese years she’s earned it.

Itch for baseball getting stronger

Letters tothe Editor

Back in theSaddle

South Bend TribuneLast year, Indiana’s plan

for expanding health careunder the Affordable CareAct for low-incomeHoosiers, HIP 2.0, wasapproved by the federalgovernment.HIP 2.0 is Gov. Mike

Pence’s alternative tostraight expansion of Med-icaid, which he describes as“broken.” Indiana becamethe fifth state to receive awaiver from the federalgovernment. The wait forapproval was long, but onceapproved, Indiana movedquickly to expand healthcare coverage to uninsuredlow-income Hoosiers.In the year since HIP 2.0’s

launch, the bottom line isclear: 270,000 Indiana resi-dents who wouldn’t havequalified for Medicaid orObamacare now have cov-erage.That’s reason to cele-

brate, whether or not youfavor all aspects of theplan. Participants in HIP2.0 are required to makemonthly contributionsfrom $1 to $25. A Hoosier inpoverty who doesn’t con-tribute is put in a “basicplan” with fewer benefits.Indiana was the first stateto get permission to barsome adults from re-enrolling for a period oftime if they don’t pay thefees. The state also receivedapproval to charge highercost-sharing for nonemer-gency use of an emergencyroom and to make coverageeffective when the first pay-ment is made, not when aperson applies.Because Indiana chose

an alternative path, it issubject to conditions thatcome with the waiver itreceived. Among the condi-

tions is that the programmust be evaluated to deter-mine if it’s meeting theexpected result.In a letter to Department

of Health and Human Serv-ices Secretary Sylvia Bur-well, Pence argues thatbecause Indiana has con-tracted an evaluator of itsown, there’s no need for thefederal government to con-duct a review.But it’s what the secre-

tary says in the opening ofher letter that seems mostrelevant in addressingPence’s concerns. “I amglad that Indiana expandedMedicaid last year,” shewrites, “and that we wereable to work together onHIP 2.0 to provide quality,affordable coverage withessential health benefits tolow-income people.”The waiver granted by

the federal government to astate headed by a Republi-can governor who happensto be no fan of Obamacaredidn’t come easy. But bothsides cooperated and com-promised and as a result,hundreds of thousands oflow-income Indiana resi-dents now have coverage.Pence should encourageinput from the federal offi-cials who worked with hisadministration to makethis possible, instead offinding fault with a reviewthat hasn’t even been com-pleted. In the end, the feds’evaluation could help makeHIP 2.0 even better.

Pence ought towelcome scrutiny

By ALBERT R. HUNTBloomberg Hillary Clinton could be in for

some political peril.Sure, by winning 11 of the 17 con-

tests since her New Hampshiredrubbing, and running away withthe delegate count, she’s not farfrom sewing up the Democraticpresidential nomination. It’s theRepublicans, not the Democrats,who face bitter divides that endan-ger the party’s future.Clinton is riding high; that’s the

problem.“Her history is that whenever she

gets ahead and looks in good shape,she reverts to her worst form,” saysPeter D. Hart, a leading Democraticpollster, citing 2007 and this cycleafter her stellar first debate per-formance.The Democrats’ confidence is

based on the folly of Republicans’nominating Donald Trump. But alot can change in a few months andthe Democrats’ own house has someneeds. There is a demonstrable lackof enthusiasm about the likely Dem-ocratic nominee, underscored bythe low turnouts in most contests.She is identified with the establish-ment by a restless electorate, andshe is neither especially liked nortrusted by many swing voters, evensome Democrats.“She seems out of sync with the

electorate,” says J. Ann Selzer, afterlooking at the surveys conducted byher firm, Selzer & Co., forBloomberg, as well as primary exitpolls. “For someone who started hercampaign on a listening tour shedoesn’t seem to be listening.”Her likability issues go back a

ways. In New Hampshire eightyears ago, Barack Obama cracked,

“You’re likable enough, Hillary.”The lack of trust stems mainly fromthe period after she stepped down assecretary of state in 2013.Her shortcomings with voters

have little to do with ideology orpolicies.“She laps the field on competence

and skills to do the job,” Hart says.“What she needs to do is neutralizethe personal distaste.”The Democratic pollster suggests

that “she needs an event most daysthat is personal, human, sometimeseven light.”He said the public needs to see

more of the emotional side she dis-played at a town hall in December,when she comforted a girl with asth-ma who had been bullied: “Therewon’t be a magical moment wherepeople say she’s really a good eggbut over time she can create a morefavorable impression.”David Plouffe, who managed

Obama’s brilliant campaign againstClinton eight years ago, concurs,noting that it’s a myth that votersknow all about her given that shehas been around for a quarter cen-tury: “The key in this race is todefine the race, her opponent andherself.”Plouffe says this definition has to

be “authentic” and “tied to hersense of advocacy, which wouldreveal interesting sides of herself.”

If she did this well, he adds, it couldoffer a comparative advantage withTrump — “this is a place he can’tgo.”The trustworthiness problem is

deeper, more difficult. It stems fromsome issues that are unfair to her,such as the 2012 terrorist attack on aU.S. diplomatic installation in Beng-hazi, Libya, in which four Ameri-cans were killed — Capitol HillRepublicans tried and failed to usethe incident to tarnish her. Butsome of the wounds are self-inflict-ed, such as her use of a privateemail server as secretary of stateand the huge speaking fees shereceived for private talks to big WallStreet companies.Democratic strategists suggest

that there’s no easy way to deal withit. Some talk about her doing a “Sis-ter Souljah” moment, a reference toher husband’s criticism of a blackrapper in 1992. This would requireHillary Clinton to take an unpopu-lar, even risky position, displayingcourage, a character point. That,however, probably is not in herpolitical DNA.A general election campaign

against Trump would be filled withfear and loathing. His Republicanrivals, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio andTed Cruz can tell her how dirty thefight against the New York billion-aire can get.Leading Democrats are confident

that with her superior knowledgeand intellectual agility, she can han-dle this.What worries them more is her

recurring tendency, when on top, toshow hubris.

••••••••••Hunt is a Bloomberg columnist.

Follow him on Twitter @AlHuntDC.

Clinton still has challengesAlbert

R. Hunt

HoosierEditorial

The Commercial ReviewWednesday, March 9, 2016 Local/World Page 5

In Loving Memory Of

Philip J. Goodman, 76,of Huntsville, AL passedaway peacefully on Febru-ary 28, 2016 .Philip was born in Port-

land on March 27, 1939.He was a graduate of Port-land H. S. and attendedIndiana University. He served in the United

States Marine Corps andafter that 20-year careercontinued to work withmilitary installations inHuntsville.He is survived by his wife

Lynne Fraser of Hunstville(grandaughter of JamesFraser of Portland) and abrother David S. Good-man of Fort Wayne. He was precceeded in

death by his parents Jayand Daphne (Scott) Good-man life-long residents ofPortland.Funeral services were

held privately inHuntsville.

Philip J. GoodmanMarch 27, 1939

February 28, 2016

ArrestedCOEUR D’ALENE,

Idaho — The man sus-pected of shootingand seriously wound-ing an Idaho pastorlast weekend wasarrested by U.S.Secret Service agentsTuesday after heallegedly threw itemsover the fence at theWhite House, policesaid.Meanwhile, Pastor

Tim Remington, shotsix times Sunday out-side his church inCoeur d’Alene, hasregained conscious-ness and is talkingwith his family, anassociate said Tues-day.Coeur d’Alene

Police Chief LeeWhite said Kyle Odomwas arrested at about5:30 p.m. in Washing-ton D.C., safely andwithout incident.

Developed?SEOUL, South

Korea — North Koreacaused a new stirtoday by publicizing apurported mock-up ofa key part of anuclear warhead,with leader Kim JongUn saying his countryhas developed minia-turized atomic bombsthat can be placed onmissiles.The North’s Rodong

Sinmun newspapercarried photos on itsfront page showingKim and nuclear sci-entists standingbeside what outsideanalysts say appearsto be a model warheadpart — a small, silver-ish globe with a bal-listic missile or amodel ballistic mis-sile in the back-ground.

PlanningKENT, Wash. — Pri-

vate space travel com-pany Blue Originexpects its first testflights with people in2017, companyfounder Jeff Bezossaid during a tour ofthe venture’sresearch and develop-ment site outsideSeattle.And Bezos said

Tuesday that thou-sands of people haveexpressed interest ineventually paying fora trip on a suborbitalcraft.

Money lostNEW DELHI — The

Bangladesh centralbank says it is work-ing to recover some$100 million allegedlystolen by Chinesehackers from anaccount at the FederalReserve Bank of NewYork.Authorities have

given few detailsabout how the moneydisappeared. ButFinance MinisterA.M.A. Muhith saysauthorities are con-sidering suing theU.S. bank over themoney’s apparenttransfer to accountsin the Philippines.

—Associated Press

In review

Continued from page 1It calls for two levels, with 750

feet from residences requiredfor operations with fewer than500 cattle, 24,000 ducks, 30,000turkeys, 8,800 hogs or 1 millionchickens. Operations thatexceed those numbers wouldrequire a setback of a quartermile.The plan commission — Scott

Hilfiker, Mike Rockwell, JimZimmerman, Eric Pursifull,Larry Temple, Matt Minnich,Shane Houck, Brad Daniels andRon Laux — also decided lastmonth on a 1,500-foot setbackfor open manure storage areas.During its discussions, the

group talked about the possibil-ity of as many as four setbacklevels, but decided that ideawas too complicated.“We were wanting to try to

keep it as simple as we can forbuilding and planning to beable to administer what we’redoing,” said Zimmerman.

He added that he hopes fol-lowing the public hearing theplan commission will be readyto vote on the recommenda-

tions. If approved, they wouldthen move to the county com-missioners.The current ordinance

includes the following setbacks:750 feet from any residence notowned by the confined feedingoperator; 1,250 feet from anyexisting church, school, busi-ness, public building or areazoned commercial; 1,550 feetfrom any area zoned rural resi-dential, 100 feet from any prop-erty line or road or highwayright-of-way.There are also setbacks of 2

miles from Portland, 1 mileeach from Redkey and Pen-nville and a half-mile each fromDunkirk and Salamonia.The discussion about

changes started during sum-mer 2014 after J Star Farmsbegan construction of a chick-

en confined feeding operationwithout the proper permits.The commissioners formed thestudy commission that Septem-ber, and the group spent aboutsix months reviewing rules,meeting with experts and talk-ing about potential new rules.The group’s recommenda-

tions were finalized last sum-mer and presented to the plancommission in October.The county has already

changed its fine structure foroperations that do not followthe required permit process.Fines are $2,500 for the first vio-lation and $7,500 for subsequentviolations, which are the statemaximum. Previously, thecounty had a fine of $2,500 forthe first violation and between$10 and $300 a day for subse-quent violations.

Hearing ...

Continued from page 1With the prospect of a Trump nom-

ination growing more likely, rivalcampaigns and outside groups havesignificantly stepped up efforts to dis-credit the real estate mogul. But theflood of attacks on Trump’s businessrecord and temperament has failed toslow his rise.“Every single person who has

attacked me has gone down,” Trumpsaid at one of his Florida resorts. Hewas flanked by tables packed with hisretail products, including steaks, bot-tled water and wine, and defendedhis business record more thoroughlythan he outlined his policy proposalsfor the country.

The billionaire businessman toldNBC’s “Today” show today hethought the attacks were helpinghim: “There’s tremendous positiveenergy in the party. We’re settingrecords going to the polls. Some peo-ple have never voted before andthey’ve voting for Trump.”In a phone-interview with Fox

News Channel, Trump called hiscampaign a global phenomenon andsaid it was time for the party to unifybehind him.“Instead of fighting it, they should

embrace.it,” he said. “If we embracewhat’s happening and if everybodycame together ... nobody could beatthe Republican Party.”

Tuesday’s contests marked anoth-er lost opportunity for rivals desper-ate to stop his march to the nomina-tion. Next week’s winner-take-allcontests in Ohio and Florida loom asperhaps the last chance to block himshort of a contested conventionfight.Kasich finished third in Michigan,

behind Trump and Cruz. It wasn’tthe boost he was looking for headinginto next week’s crucial contest inhis home state.“We’re going to win in Ohio. That’s

going to be a whole new ball game,”Kasich told ABC’s “Good MorningAmerica” today. “We are beginningto be heard and we are gaining.”

By SARAH LARIMERThe Washington PostNine firefighters were

injured early today when amassive explosion blastedthrough a Seattle neighbor-hood, destroying buildingsand littering the area withdebris, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.A battalion chief and

eight firefighters from theSeattle Fire Departmentwere hurt in the incident,which occurred after crewsresponded to a report of anatural gas leak, accordingto the P-I.

The outlet reported thatnone of the injuries wereconsidered to be severe.A photographer from a

Fox affliate was in the areawhen the explosionoccurred, the stationwrote on its website.“He described the after-

math of the explosion as awar zone and said glasswas raining down,” Q13Fox said in its story. “For-tunately, our photographeris OK.”The fire department

said there were 67 fire-fighters, medics and com-

manders at the scene, andNBC News reported that“at least 17 fire vehicles”were there following theexplosion.“It shook the house,”

Josh Koolbaugh, who livesin the Greenwood neigh-borhood, told NBC News.“It sounded like anextremely loud boom.”Koolbaugh told NBC

that he walked to the sceneafter the explosion.“I saw three buildings

that were all leveled,” hesaid. “There’s nothing butrubble and bricks and

there was a fire in the mid-dle of the rubble. ... It’s likesomething out of amovie.”Another resident of the

neighborhood, EmilyPfeifer, told NBC that she“heard a low boom andwas rocked from a deadsleep, like a single gentleshove.”“The rocking was

accompanied by the soundof things shaking brieflyin my room,” she said,adding: “I thought a carmust have hit my build-ing.”

Nine firefighters injured

Win ...

By JON GAMBRELLAssociated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates —

Iran test-fired two ballistic missilestoday with the phrase “Israel mustbe wiped out” written in Hebrewon them, state media reported, ashow of strength by the IslamicRepublic as U.S. Vice President JoeBiden visited Israel.The new missile firings — the

latest in a series of tests in recentdays — appeared aimed at demon-strating Iran will push ahead withits ballistic program after scalingbacking its nuclear program underthe deal reached last year with theU.S. and other world powers.Hard-liners in Iran’s military

have fired rockets and missilesdespite U.S. objections since thedeal, as well as shown under-ground missile bases on state tele-vision.There was no immediate reac-

tion from Jerusalem, where Bidenwas meeting with Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu,who strongly opposed the nucleardeal.Biden, speaking next to

Netanyahu, did not acknowledgethe missile launch directly but heissued a strong warning to the Ira-nians.“A nuclear-armed Iran is an

absolutely unacceptable threat toIsrael, to the region and the UnitedStates. And I want to reiteratewhich I know people still doubthere. If in fact they break the deal,we will act,” he said.The semiofficial Fars news

agency offered pictures today itsaid were of the Qadr H missilesbeing fired. It said they were firedin Iran’s eastern Alborz mountainrange to hit a target some 870 milesaway off Iran’s coast into the Seaof Oman. The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet,which patrols that region, declinedto comment on the test.Fars and state media reported

the Hebrew inscription on the mis-siles. Similar phrases have beenemblazoned on Iranian missilesbefore.Soldiers often write slogans or

messages on rockets and missiles.During Israel’s 2006 war withLebanon’s Hezbollah militants,Israeli children were pho-tographed writing messages onartillery shells in a community

near the border. More recently, pic-tures emerged online of U.S. mis-siles bound for Islamic State grouptargets that had “From Paris withlove” written on them, referring tolast year’s attacks.Fars quoted Amir Ali Hajizadeh,

the head of the RevolutionaryGuard’s aerospace division, as say-ing the test was aimed at showingIsrael that Iran could hit it.“The 2,000-kilometer (1,240-mile)

range of our missiles is to confrontthe Zionist regime,” Hajizadehsaid. “Israel is surrounded byIslamic countries and it will notlast long in a war. It will collapseeven before being hit by these mis-siles.”Israel’s Foreign Ministry

declined to immediately comment.Iran has threatened to destroy

Israel in the past. Israel, which isbelieved to have the only nucleararsenal in the Mideast, repeatedlyhas threatened to take militaryaction against Iran’s nuclear facili-ties.Hajizadeh stressed that Iran

would not fire the missiles in angeror start a war with Israel.“We will not be the ones who

start a war, but we will not be takenby surprise, so we put our facilitiessomewhere that our enemies can-not destroy them so that we couldcontinue in a long war,” he said.The firing of the Qadr H missiles

comes after a U.S. State Depart-ment spokesman on Tuesday criti-cized another missile launch, say-ing Washington planned to bring itbefore the United Nations SecurityCouncil.

A nuclear deal between Iranand world powers including theU.S. is now underway, negotiatedby the administration of moder-ate President Hassan Rouhani. Inthe time since the deal, however,hard-liners in Iran’s militaryhave made several shows ofstrength.In October, Iran successfully

test-fired a new guided long-rangeballistic surface-to-surface mis-sile. It was the first such test sinceIran and world powers reachedthe landmark deal last summer.U.N. experts said the launch

used ballistic missile technologybanned under a Security Councilresolution. In January, the U.S.imposed new sanctions on indi-viduals and entities linked to theballistic missile program.

Associated Press/Fars News Agency/Omid Vahabzadeh

In this photo obtained from the Iranian Fars News Agency, a Qadr H long-range ballisticsurface-to-surface missile is fired today by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, during a maneuver, in anundisclosed location in Iran. Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard test-fired two ballistic missilestoday with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out" written on them, a show of deterrence power bythe Islamic Republic as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel, the semi-official Fars newsagency reported.

Iran launches missiles

Proposed regulationsJay County Plan Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday in

the Jay County Courthouse auditorium on proposed changes to the county’sconfined feeding ordinance. The recommendations for setbacks the commis-sion is considering are as follows:

775500 ffeeeett ffrroomm rreessiiddeenncceessFor CFOs with fewer than 500 cattle, 24,000 ducks,30,000 turkeys, 8,800 hogs or 1 million chickens.

AA qquuaarrtteerr mmiillee ((11,,332200 ffeeeett)) ffrroomm rreessiiddeenncceessFor CFOs exceeding the above amounts.

11,,550000 ffeeeett ffrroomm rreessiiddeenncceessFor open maure storage areas.

ThursdayGodspellMusical7 p.m.

Jay County High School2072 W. Indiana 67

Portland

FridayGodspellMusical7 p.m.

Jay County High School2072 W. Indiana 67

Portland

Fiber Fest and Spin-InCraft event

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Jay County Fairgrounds

806 E. Votaw St.Portland

How to Succeedin Business Without

Really TryingMusical7 p.m.

Winchester High School700 N. Union St.Winchester

Winnie the PoohPlay

7:30 p.m.Muncie Civic Theatre216 E. Main St.

Muncie

Monster X TourMonster truck event

7:30 p.m.Allen County WarMemorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne

Frost/NixonPlay

6:15 p.m.Arena Dinner Theatre719 Rockhill St.Fort Wayne

FAME Fusionof Concert Colors

Art opening10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Artlink Gallery300 E. Main St.Fort Wayne

SaturdayFiber Fest and Spin-In

Craft event9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jay County Fairgrounds806 E. Votaw St.

Portland

Glass and PaletteArt eventNoon

Arts Place131 E. Walnut St.

Portland

Mississippi HeatConcert8 p.m.

Key Palace Theatre123 S. Meridian St.

Winnie the PoohPlay

2 and 7:30 p.m.Muncie Civic Theatre216 E. Main St.

Muncie

The Song -Reveal ConcertLive TV taping6:45 p.m.Pruis Hall

Ball State UniversityMuncie

Family Fun Night5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Rockford CommunityBuilding

420 N. Holly LaneRockford, Ohio

Frost/NixonPlay

6:15 p.m.Arena Dinner Theatre719 Rockhill St.Fort Wayne

Monster X Tour7:30 p.m.

Allen County WarMemorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne

Get GreenSt. Patrick’s Day event

Historic WellsStreet BridgeFort Wayne

A Winter GarrisonHistory event

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Old Fort

1201 Spy Run Ave.Fort Wayne

Northern IndianaGolf Show

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Allen County WarMemorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne

Legends and Fairy TalesConcert7:30 p.m.Fort Wayne

Embassy Theatre125 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Fort Wayne

SundayGodspellMusical2 p.m.

Jay County High School2072 W. Indiana 67

Portland

How to Succeedin Business Without

Really TryingMusical3 p.m.

Winchester High School700 N. Union St.Winchester

Winnie the PoohPlay2 p.m.

Muncie Civic Theatre216 E. Main St.

Muncie

Old Thyme GardenersGardening workshop

1 p.m.Shawnee PrairieNature Center4267 Ohio 502Greenville, Ohio

A Winter GarrisonHistory event

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Old Fort

1201 Spy Run Ave.Fort Wayne

Northern IndianaGolf Show

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Allen County WarMemorial Coliseum4000 Parnell Ave.

Fort Wayne

TuesdayMAKE ActivityChildren’s event2:30 to 4 p.m.

Jay County Public Library315 N. Ship St.

Portland

Farm Festival8:30 a.m.

Delaware CountyFairgrounds

1210 N. Wheeling Ave.Muncie

Patrick Earl HammieArt lecture5:30 p.m.

Art building room 225Ball State University

Muncie

Reminiscing with MaryVan Arsdol Brown

History event10 a.m.

E.B. and Bertha C.Ball Center

400 Minnetrista Blvd.Muncie

March 16Farm Festival

8 a.m.Delaware CountyFairgrounds

1210 N. Wheeling Ave.Muncie••••••••••

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The Jay County HighSchool Drama Club is put-ting its own spin on “God-spell.”The group will present

its version of the show, setin Jay County, at 7 p.m.Thursday and Friday and 2p.m. Sunday in the highschool auditorium. Ticketsare $5, and anyone bring-ing an item to donate to theJayland Homeless Shelterwill receive a $1 rebate.Pastor Randy Davis, who

leads A Better Life – Brian-na’s Hope, and those at thehomeless shelter workedwith the club to createcomposite characters for aspecialized version of the

musical. The set includesbuildings representingthose in communitiesthroughout Jay County aswell as the Arch Bridge onMeridian Street in Port-land.

Pickers comingThe TV show “American

Pickers” is planning a tripto Indiana next month.

The pickers, Mike Wolfeand Frank Fritz, are look-ing for leads in the state.They would like to visitwith interesting charac-ters who own interestingitems.Those interested can

contact the show at Ameri-canPickers@cineflix.comor (855) 653-7878.

Time to succeedThe Winchester High

School Vocal MusicDepartment will perform“How to Succeed in Busi-ness Without Really Try-ing” this weekend.The musical will open

with a performance at 7

p.m. Friday. There will alsobe a matinee at 3 p.m. Sun-day.Tickets are $7 for adults

and $5 for childrenyounger than 12.

Show scheduledThe Regional Student

Art Exhibition is set tobegin this month.Pieces created by local

students will be on displayat Arts Place, 131 E. WalnutSt., Portland from March18 through April 16. Thegallery is open from 10 a.m.to 9 p.m. Monday throughThursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Sunday.

There will be an openingreception from 4 to 6 p.m.March 18.

Conference setThe National Center for

Great Lakes Native Ameri-can Culture’s 2016 Academ-ic Conference is scheduledfor April 16 at Jay CountyFairgrounds.The all-day event will

cover current research inGreat Lakes Native Ameri-can culture. Registrationbefore April 10 is $35 foradults and $25 for students.For more information,

contact Kay Neumayr atkay.neumayr@ncglnac.com or (765) 4267-3022.

By DAVID WILSONBloombergGeorge Martin, the

British music producer,arranger and composeroften described as the fifthBeatle for his work onalbums such as “Sgt. Pep-per’s Lonely Hearts ClubBand” and “Abbey Road,”has died. He was 90.Martin died Tuesday, C A

Management, which repre-sented Martin since 1998,said on its website.“He was a true gentle-

man and like a secondfather to me,” Paul McCart-ney said in a blog post. “Ifanyone earned the title ofthe fifth Beatle it wasGeorge.”Martin signed the Beat-

les to Parlophone Records,a U.K. label owned by EMIGroup, in 1962. He pro-duced all of the band’srecords before its breakupeight years later, including“Sgt. Pepper,” named thebest album in history byRolling Stone magazine.His contribution to the

Beatles’ legacy wentbeyond his productionwork. “Yesterday,” thegreatest song of the 20thcentury, according to aBBC Radio 2 survey, and“Eleanor Rigby” featuredhis string arrangements.He composed harpsichordand French horn parts forthe band and played pianoon some songs.Martin then worked with

artists as musically diverseas America, Jeff Beck,Celine Dion, Kenny Rogersand Neil Sedaka. He pro-duced Elton John’s tributeto Princess Diana, “Candlein the Wind 1997,” the best-selling single of all time.Martin also was an

entrepreneur. He co-found-ed Associated IndependentRecording, a productioncompany with studios inLondon. He also had hisown music-publishingcompany, George MartinMusic.In his later years, Martin

suffered hearing loss. Heretired from studio record-ing in 1998 after the releaseof “In My Life,” an albumof Beatles songs done byartists he selected. Even so,he worked with his son,Giles, for three years on theBeatles compilation“Love,” the soundtrack of a2006 production by theCirque du Soleil circustroupe.

JCHS show opens Thursday

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The Apostles surround Jesus, played by Caleb Gambill, during a scene in “Godspell” at dress rehearsal Tuesday. The JayCounty High School Drama Club is putting on its version of the show, with performances scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday and Fridayand 2 p.m. Sunday in the JCHS auditorium.

Business WireARLINGTON, Va. — PBS and

WGBH announced that the March6 series finale of “DowntonAbbey” on MASTERPIECE cap-tured an average audience of 9.6million viewers across PBS sta-tions nationwide. Sunday night’sviewership was 14 percentgreater than the Season 5 finale(8.4 million viewers) in March2015 and was the most-watchedfinale of any season. “DowntonAbbey” is a Carnival Films/MAS-TERPIECE co-production.

“These six seasons of ‘Down-ton Abbey’ have truly been afantastic ride for all of us in thepublic television family,” saidPBS president and CEO PaulaKerger.Since its debut in 2011, “Down-

ton Abbey” has been one of themost honored series on televi-sion, with 12 Emmy wins, threeGolden Globes, four ScreenActors Guild Awards, two Pro-ducers Guild Awards and fourBAFTAs®. It’s the top PBSdrama of all time and the most

popular series in MASTER-PIECE history.On Sunday, more than 25,400

people sent 66,400 tweets about“Downton Abbey” on MASTER-PIECE on PBS, yielding 7.5 mil-lion impressions. Overall, thefinal episode was the mosttweeted episode of the seasonand was the #2 most social pro-gram during primetime.“So that’s it. The TV journey

for ‘Downton’ has come to anemotional end, but what amaz-ing ratings,” said Gareth

Neame, executive producer of“Downton Abbey” and manag-ing director of Carnival Films.“We’re thrilled that a show noone could have predicted wouldhave been such a huge hit in theU.S. as well as a global phenome-non went on to become sobeloved and garner such a hugeaudience for its final season. Onbehalf of all the actors, produc-ers and crew I would like tothank our many millions of fansin America for coming with uson this remarkable adventure.”

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Continued from page 10“It was so exciting,” he said. “I

worked pretty hard this summermaking sure I was ready to playafter a year sitting out. Weird get-ting in a groove, weird playing againbecause I didn’t get to play full con-tact.“It was different, but cool.”Peckinpaugh was glad to have

him on the court, too.“Scott is a special player at this

level … not too many big guys thatcan score with their back to the bas-ket,” the second-year coach andIPFW product said. “He’s meant a lotto the teams during the games he’splayed and been healthy. “That was the problem, though.

Schwieterman struggled to stayhealthy.As his minutes and scoring

increased — he started four consec-utive games in November, scored 11or more points twice while averag-ing more than seven points per gameand five rebounds — so did the phys-ical toll on his back.“Right before Christmas Break I

felt like I turned the wrong way,”Schwieterman said, adding hethought he pulled a hamstring. Aftermissing about a month, the sopho-more had an MRI that revealed aherniated disk in his back.He was demoted again to team

cheerleader while he recovered. Itwas a role he hated.“I think it was more painful this

time around because after sittingout a year I was all ready to go,” hesaid. “I got a taste of what it was liketo play this year.

“I got setback again with this disk.For a minute I thought I couldn’twin.”But like he had before, Schwieter-

man waited out the injury, gettingepidural shots to help with the pain.Peckinpaugh was beneficial to his

recovery as well, reassuring hissophomore to stay positive.“Minor Setback = Major Come-

back,” was the caption to a photoSchwieterman posted on Instagramwhile he was unable to play, itchingto once again get back on the court.When he did, he wasted no time.Schwieterman returned to action

Feb. 24 during the quarterfinalround of the Wolverine-Hoosier Ath-letic Conference tournament athome against Concordia University.He played 12 minutes, was 5-for-8from the field and 2-of-3 from thefree-throw line and finished with 12points. He also grabbed seven

rebounds and had one block.“Since I’ve been back, (I’m) just

trying to help us win any way I can,”Schwieterman said. “Obviouslywhat the team wants me to do isscore down low and rebound, andI’m trying to the best of my ability.”For someone like Schwieterman

who never experienced majorinjuries throughout high school, histwo setbacks in college took theirtoll on him mentally.“Basketball is what my first love

was,” he said. In 14 games, for theWarriors, Schwieterman averagesnearly 17 minutes, almost sevenpoints and 5.5 rebounds per game.“Not being able to play somethingyou love so much is kind of depress-ing.“I had my teammates, coaches,

friends (and) girlfriend all keep meupbeat. Without them it would havebeen 100 times worse.”

Continued from page 10The road this year isn’t

any easier. After a doublebye into the quarterfinals,the Hoosiers face eithereighth-seeded Michiganor ninth-seeded North-western, and then face apossible rematch with No.13 Purdue. A win therecould set up a champi-onship game showdownwith No. 2 MichiganState.Indiana isn’t the only

favorite who has had trou-ble in this event.No. 20 Iowa hasn’t

played in the semifinalssince 2006.“To me, it’s going to be

harder to move on intothe Big Ten tournamentthan it might be to moveon into the NCAA tourna-ment,” Spartans coachTom Izzo said. “So I thinkyou’ve got to stay focusedon the little things. “Your defense still has

to be there and yourpreparation, I think theteam that plays on Thurs-day has a definite advan-tage.”Iowa will play on

Thursday.Indiana won’t. But the

Hoosiers are looking atthis week a little differ-ently.“People think if you’ve

won the Big Ten, you canrelax,” said forward MaxBielfeldt, who played onMichigan’s conferencetourney runner-up teamin 2014. “We’ve got to beaggressive. We’ve got tobe the team that we are.”And hope that’s good

enough.Here are some other

things to watch duringthis week’s tourney:

Deuces wildClearly, the poll voters

don’t buy into the notionthat Michigan State is thesecond best team in Indy.The second-ranked Spar-tans and Big Ten regular-season runner-ups woundup with the No. 2 seed. But in the only meeting

between the league’s top

two teams this season,Michigan State ran awaywith an 88-69 victory overIndiana. A rematch inSunday’s title game mightbe the best matchup thisweekend.

Paring downThe tournament begins

with five ranked teamsand presumably one morethat looks to get an inviteto the NCAA’s field of 68.But the results betweenThursday and Sundaycould determine who’s inand who’s out and proba-bly seeding. Michigan and Ohio

State may have the mostat stake since they’re stilltrying to play their wayin.

Jump startA couple of weeks ago,

it looked like the regular-season title race would bebetween Maryland andIowa. Over the past fewweeks, things changeddramatically. The Terrapins have lost

four of six while theHawkeyes have lost fourof five. Both teams needto find solutions nowbefore the same problemsderail them in the NCAAtourney.

Cat scratch feverNorthwestern might

not be everyone’s favoritebut it’s hard to rootagainst a team still look-ing for its first NCAA bid. After a strong start this

season, it looks like theonly way they can get inthis season is by winningfour games in four days.

The hot seatFor struggling teams,

this could be the finalchance for coaches to savetheir jobs. In past years,some coaches whoseteams underperform andthen make early exitsdon’t even survive tillSunday. Who could be the first

to go this year? PerhapsEddie Jordan of Rutgers.

Continued from page 10The Sprungers,

Collingsworth andLehman teamed for a vic-tory in the 200 medleyrelay. Collingsworth andLehman also joined Clan-cy McIntire and IsaacGorell to win the 300freestyle relay.Juan Pablo Wiggins of

Jay County won both the200 and 400 freestyleevents, and anchored thewinning 200 freestylerelay with Matthew Min-nich, Chase McFarland

and Ben Strausburg.

Eagles fall to TigersBLUFFTON — West

Jay Middle School’swrestling team lost to theBluffton Tigers on Tues-day, 34-6.Sean Ashley, a 125-

pounder, accounted forall six of West Jay’spoints. He pinned BobbyMalcolm during the firstperiod.Gage Baker, Carter

Mitchell and Ashley eachwon exhibition matches.

Photo provided

Goods for GeesysMembers of the Jay County High School softball team collected items recently for the

Geesy family, who lost their home to a house fire. The Patriots collected non-perishable fooditems, personal hygiene products and also monetary donations. Pictured are members of theteam with the Geesy family. Front row from left are Ryan Geesy, McKayla Norris, Kensey Litton,Katie Theurer and Sarah Geesy. Back row are Karlie Geesy, coach Amy Hawbaker, Samm Twigg,Olivia Cochran, Joe Geesy and Kaylee Inman.

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Return ...‘I think it was more painful this time around because after sitting out a year I was all ready to go. I got a taste of

what it was like to play this year. I got asetback again with this disk. For a minute I thought I couldn’t win.’

—Scott Schwieterman,Indiana Tech sophomore

Local scheduleTThhuurrssddaayy

Jay County — East Jay wrestling vs.Bluffton – 5:30 p.m.

South Adams — Middle school wrest-ing at Southern Wells – 6 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

Noon — Men’s College Basketball:ACC Tournament – Syracuse vs. Pitts-burgh (ESPN)

2 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:

ACC Tournament (ESPN)4:30 p.m. — Men’s College basket-

ball: Big Ten Tournament – Minnesota vs.Illinois (ESPN2)

7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: MemphisGrizzlies at Boston Celtics (ESPN)

7 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:Big East Tournament – DePaul vs. George-town (FS1); ACC Tournament – GeorgiaTech vs. Clemson (ESPN2); Big Ten Tour-nament – Rutgers vs. Nebraska (BTN)

9 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:ACC Tournament (ESPN2)

9:20 p.m. — Men’s College Basket-

ball: Big East Tournament – St. John’s vs.Marquette (FS1)

9:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: LosAngeles Clippers at Oklahoma City Thun-der (ESPN)

TThhuurrssddaayyNoon — Men’s College Basketball:

ACC Tournament quarterfinal (ESPN)12:30 p.m. — Men’s College Basket-

ball: Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal(ESPN2)

2 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:ACC Tournament quarterfinal (ESPN)

Sports on tap

By TOM COYNEAP Sports WriterSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre

Dame point guard Demetrius Jack-son pulled out his Atlantic CoastConference championship ring theother day as a reminder.“I was just reminiscing on what

it felt like to cut the nets down,” thejunior point guard said. “I justwant to go out and have that feelingagain with my team.”The Fighting Irish (20-10) head

into the ACC tournament thisweek at the Verizon Center inWashington, D.C., with the title ofdefending tournament champions,a title they’ve never held before inany conference. Coach Mike Breydoesn’t want the fourth-seededIrish to dwell too much on that, buthe encouraged his players to wearthose championship rings thisweek.“Just kind of a subtle reminder,”

he said.Notre Dame has shown it is capa-

ble of repeating, with wins againstNo. 7 North Carolina, No. 14Louisville (ineligible for the tour-

nament) and No. 19 Duke. But theyfinished the season by losing threeof their last five, including blowoutlosses to Florida State and No. 11Miami.The Irish were averaging just 59

points for four of those gamesbefore beating North CarolinaState 89-75 on Saturday, falling apoint shy of matching an ACC-highscore the Irish set when they beatthe Tar Heels 90-82 in the title gamelast year.The key to the swing in momen-

tum was a change of pace, as Breyhas the Irish working in practicewith a 20-second shot clock andoccasionally an 18-second shotclock. It’s the complete opposite of2010, when the Irish went to a“burn offense,” where they playeda more deliberate style after lead-ing-scorer Luke Harangody sus-

tained a knee injury.Brey said jokingly that the name

for his new style for the “RunningIrish” is the “no huddle,” saying hewas trying to use terms NotreDame fans would understand. Hesaid the faster pace puts the Irishin attack-mode.“I think it’s very good for

Demetrius. That was one of thereasons that I thought we needed todo it, to get him moving,” Breysaid.Jackson said he likes playing at

the higher tempo, but said thatdoesn’t mean they need to play thatway every possession.“Realizing there are certain situ-

ations where we need to walk it up,make sure we get a really greatshot,” he said.The change meant more playing

time for reserve guard Matt Far-

rell, who also helped speed up thepace and added some pizazz with abackward pass between his legs toSteve Vasturia, who hit a 3-pointer.“We’re ballin’ baby. We’re

ballin’,” Brey said when asked ifhe was bothered by the pass.Brey said the uptempo style will

mean more players will have to getinto games and that it might meansome ugly shots.“Maybe we take some semi-bad

shots. I don’t care. We’re going togo. We’re going to roll,” he said. “Ithas us playing downhill, and we getsome easy buckets in transitioninstead of playing against a setdefense.”The Irish say the run they made

in the ACC tournament last sea-son, beating Miami, Duke andNorth Carolina, gives them confi-dence.“We’ve been there before, so we

know what it takes,” forwardBonzie Colson said. “We’ve got tobe smart with the ball, No. 1. Wehave to be able to defend every pos-session. We’ve got to take everypossession serious.”

Notre Dame seeks to defend ACC titleIrish open tournament on Thursday

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BERNE — Jay County’smiddle school girls swimteam won 11 events Tues-day in a 116-69 victory overSouth Adams.The host Starfires edged

Jay County in the boysmeet, 94-91.Erica Hathaway and

Eliza Bader both won a pairof eventsand helpedon two win-ning relayteams for Jay County. Hath-away was first in both the200-yard freestyle and 100backstroke, with Baderwinning both 50 and 100freestyle sprints.They teamed with Lillian

Clemmons and AshlynDow for a victory in the 200medley relay, then joinedRieley Brewster and Clem-mons for a win in the 200freestyle relay.Kaitlyn Hicks (100 indi-

vidual medley), Leah Hum-mel (diving), Dow (50 but-terfly) and Brewster (400freestyle) also had individ-ual wins.Jenna Dunfee, Brewster,

Dow and Hummel teamedfor a victory in the 300freestyle relay.Lexi Lahr claimed the

only South Adams win,doing so in the 100 breast-stroke.Grady Sprunger and

Trey Lehman were eachdouble winners for theSouth Adams boys.Sprunger won the 100 IMand 100 backstroke, withLehman finishing first in50 freestyle and 100freestyle.Tyler Yoder (diving),

Parker Collingsworth (50butterfly) and CurtisSprunger (100 breaststroke)also won their respectiveevents.

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Jay Co.,Starfireswimteamssplit

By CHRIS SCHANZThe Commercial ReviewSome are fortunate enough to

go their entire athletic careerswithout injury.Scott Schwieterman is not

one of them.In October 2014, months after

transferring to Indiana Tech inFort Wayne from Anderson Uni-versity, the 2013 Jay CountyHigh School graduate injuredhis hip.The 6-foot, 7-inch forward

started missing practice.“It was tough,” he said. “That

was the most I’ve ever missed.In high school I missed a couplegames.”But during his first year for

the Warriors, Schwietermanmissed the entire season.He had surgery January 2014

to replace a torn labrum in hisright hip and remove bonespurs from his femur. Followingthe three-hour procedure,Schwieterman wasn’t able torun for three months.His role on the team — during

his freshman season at Ander-son he started 20 of the 22games he played while averag-ing 12.3 points, grabbing 5.1rebounds and one block pergame — changed. He was limit-ed to being a cheerleader.“Had a tough year last year,”

he said. “Giving them moralsupport on the bench, pointingsome stuff out to them so theycould do better.”He was itching to get back on

the court.“He’s a great kid,” said Indi-

ana Tech coach John Peckin-paugh, whose Warrior squad isranked 16th in NAIA Division IIand earned a fourth seed in thenational championship bracket.Indiana Tech (22-8) meets No. 19and fifth-seeded Dakota Wes-leyan (22-10) at 8:30 p.m. ESTThursday in Point Lookout,Missouri. Dakota Wesleyan lostin the tournament champi-onship game last season.

“He (was) at every practicehelping run clock or doingsomething we need him to do,”said Peckinpaugh, who helpedMuncie Central to back-to-backstate championship appear-ances as a player in 2005 and ’06.“Cheering on the sidelines andbeing a good teammate, that’sbeen great. Feel bad for the kid.He’s had some tough breakswith injuries.”Schwieterman, who is Jay

County’s career leader inrebounds (459), single-seasonfield goal percentage (71.4 per-

cent) and career field goal per-centage (62.7), needed sixmonths to fully recover fromhis surgery and feel comfort-able playing 100 percent.His first competitive action

was with the Jay CommunityCenter All Stars in a charitygame with the Dunkin’ Dieselson Aug. 15. He joined formerhigh school teammates BrockMcFarland and Kegan Comer— his Saint Francis Cougarsteam is ranked No. 1 in thenation and is the top seed in thenational championship tourna-

ment — as well as many formerJay County and South Adamsplayers against the Diesels.At that time, Schwieterman

admittedly was not in basket-ball shape since he had gonesome time without playing, andnearly six months later hemade his debut for the War-riors.Schwieterman scored five

points, grabbed seven reboundsand had an assist in just nineminutes Oct. 30 against Wilber-force.

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Return so Schwiet

Indiana Tech Athletics/Edmond Early

Scott Schwieterman, an Indiana Tech sophomore and 2013 Jay County HighSchool graduate, shoots over Concordia’s Connor Phee (12) during a quarterfinal game ofthe Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament Feb. 24 in Fort Wayne. THe Warriorsand Schwieterman, who has fought through two injuries in two seasons, open the NAIADivision II National Championship tournament at 8:30 p.m. EST on Thursday in Missouri.

‘He (was) at every practice helping run the clock or doing something we needhim to do ... Feel bad for the kid. He’s had some tough breaks with injuries.’

—John Peckinpaugh,Indiana Tech men’s basketball coach

Localroundup

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —At 43, Adam Vinatieri isstill in demand.Vinatieri, the league’s

oldest player, has agreed toterms to remain with theIndianapolis Colts. Theteam announced the agree-ment with the four-timeSuper Bowl champion onTuesday, one day beforeNFL free agency begins.Vinatieri has been with

the Colts for 10 seasons,including the 2006 NFLchampionship season. Healso won three titles in 10seasons with the Patriotsbefore joining Indianapo-lis as a free agent.He holds career postsea-

son records for pointsscored (234), field goals (56)and extra points (66).“We are thrilled to

retain Adam as a memberof the Colts family,” Coltsgeneral manager RyanGrigson said. “Adam con-tinues to play at the high-est level year in and yearout, and his hard work,consistency and profes-sionalism are a credit tohim being the longest-tenured active player inthe NFL.”

VinatieriremainswithColts

Jay gradhampered byinjuries twice,makes strongcomeback

By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS — The

Indiana Hoosiers took along, hard road to winningthe Big Ten title.If they’re going to win

the tournament title, they’llalso need to rest.Two months after being

discounted, overlooked andforgotten by many out-siders, the 10th-rankedHoosiers head to Indi-anapolis with the top seedand a chance to changedirections in what has beena frustrating event for Indi-ana. The 2016 tourneyopens with two gamesWednesday.“The main thing playing

three games in three days isrest,” first-team all-Big Tenguard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrellsaid. “You’ve got to get yourfeet up, you’ve got to gettreatment and if you win

one, you’ve got to get righton to the next one.”The good news is that

Indiana (25-6) is playing aswell as it has all season andit won’t play until Friday.Last week, the Hoosiers

won at No. 16 Iowa to clinchthe league’s outright titleand routed No. 14 Marylandat home to complete theirfirst unbeaten season atAssembly Hall since 2006-07. Plus, they’ll take a five-game winning streak withthem to Bankers Life Field-house.So why is their conster-

nation throughout theHoosier State?Indiana is 11-18 all-time

in the Big Ten Tournament,has never won the title, hasonly played in one champi-onship game (2001) and hasonly one semifinal appear-ance since 2007.

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Hoosiers look to rewrite tourney history

Associated Press/AJ Mast

Indiana head coach Tom Crean cuts down the net after winning theBig Ten regular season title after defeating Maryland Sunday in Bloomington.Indiana beat Maryland 80-62.