RRoonnnniiee HHuuttzzlleerr, 62, PortlandRRoobbeerrtt VVaannOOssddooll, 67, Missis-

sippiDetails on page 2.

There was just over a quar-ter inch of rain as of 7 a.m. thismorning at Portland’s weatherstation. Thursday’s high tem-perature was 78 degrees, andthe overnight low was 45.Tonight’s low will be 70, and

temperatures are expected tospike at 92 Saturday.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

If you missed Thursdaynight’s premiere broadcast of“Now Entering Portland” onWIPB-TV, the show can still bestreamed on the Public Televi-sion station’s website:http://www.wipb.org.The station brought in $9,423

in pledges during Thursdayevening’s broadcast.

SSaattuurrddaayy —— The secondstory in our summer seriestakes a look at Redkey’s groupof antique shops.

TTuueessddaayy —— Coverage ofMonday’s Jay County Com-missioners and Dunkirk CityCouncil meetings.

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By NATHAN RUBBELKE The Commercial Review Quasquibicentennial. That’s

the official term for an anniver-sary of 225 years. But in Fort Recovery, they’ve

settled on just calling it the225th anniversary. “Most people can’t get out the

full Quasquibi …” said JenniSmith, stopping short of com-pleting the multi-syllable word. Smith is a committee member

for the celebration planned tocommemorate the occasion. The village has combined its

annual harvest jubilee with its“Fort Recovery 225 years ofadventure” anniversary eventsto create an eight-day celebra-tion that runs from June 12 to19. Events from Sunday through

Thursday evening will specifi-cally highlight the 225thanniversary. Those from Thurs-day evening on mark thejubilee. The anniversary events will

attempt to track Fort Recovery’s

long history in just a matter ofdays. Smith said they seek tobalance between the past and thepresent. “They are kind of putting both

together,” she said.

The signature event for thefestival is the nightly drama,which has been titled “225Years of Adventure.” The 90-minute drama, which

will show at 9 p.m. Sunday,

Monday and Tuesday atAmbassador Park, will be bro-ken into two 45-minute sec-tions separated by an intermis-sion.

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A Hartford City womanwas killed early Thursdaymorning when the vehicleshe was driving went offthe road and struck acement post.Kayla N. Sutton was pro-

nounced dead at the sceneof the accident on countyroad 200 North near countyroad 400 West. She had beenejected from the vehicle.Sutton, 28, 1022 W. Harri-

son St., was driving westwhen her 2008 Pontiac wentoff the north side of countyroad 200 North. The vehiclestruck a phone box androlled several times beforehitting a cement post.According to the Jay

County Sheriff ’s Officereport, the victim was eject-ed from the vehicle andthrown nearly 100 feet,landing on the road. Shewas not wearing a seat beltat the time of the accident.The vehicle continued

about 70 feet after strikingthe post before coming torest on its side on the northside of county road 200North.The sheriff ’s office was

notified of the incident at1:09 a.m. Thursday and esti-mated the time of the acci-dent to be about midnight.Damage was estimated tobe between $10,000 and$25,000.

Womankilled incountycrash

Quasqui celebrationFR commemorating 225th anniversary

A group of soldiersmarches during thedress rehearsal for thedrama “225 Years ofAdventure.” The dramais the main event inthe celebration of FortRecovery’s 225thanniversary. It willshow at 9 p.m. Sunday,Monday and Tuesdayat Ambassador Park.

The Commercial Review/Nathan Rubbelke

By DAN BALZ, JOHN WAGNERand JULIET EILPERINThe Washington PostWASHINGTON — President

Barack Obama offered his for-mal endorsement of HillaryClinton with a video Thursdayand plans to campaign with theformer secretary of state in Wis-consin next week, efforts aimedat speeding the DemocraticParty’s unification around itspresumed presidential nominee.“I know how hard this job can

be, that’s why I know Hillarywill be so good at it,” Obamasays in the video. “In fact I don’tthink there’s ever been someoneso qualified to hold this office.She’s got the courage, the com-passion and the heart to get thisjob done.”The swift endorsement came

after the president met withSen. Bernie Sanders at theWhite House earlier Thursdayand the senator from Vermontindicated he is preparing to exitthe Democratic nominating bat-tle.

Sanders has been underpressure to stand down andhelp unify the party after along and contentious battlewith Clinton for the nomina-tion. Obama’s endorsementwill add to that pressure,although most party leaders,including the president, haveurged that Sanders be allowedto decide his plans on his owntimetable.The president’s decision to

move quickly to give his publicsupport to Clinton indicateshis desire to begin to play a

more active role in making thecase against presumptiveRepublican nominee DonaldTrump as unqualified to bepresident and to try to rallythose who have backed Sandersbehind Clinton’s candidacy.Clinton and Obama will cam-paign together in Green Bay,Wis., her campaign confirmed.In an interview with

Bloomberg News, timed to cor-respond with the video’srelease, Clinton welcomedObama’s endorsement.

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Obama endorses Clinton

A week of activitiesFort Recovery’s celebration of its 225th anniversary begins Sunday and coincides with its harvest jubilee later in the

week. Below is a look at some of the events scheduled in the village.

Sunday11 pp..mm.. —— Opening cere-

monies at Monument Park.

Monday77 pp..mm.. —— Costume contest

on the brick street.

Tuesday44 ttoo 88 pp..mm.. —— Patriotic trib-

ute at the American Legionhall.

Wednesday55 ttoo 1100 pp..mm.. —— Craft beer

and wine tasting at Ambassa-dor Park.

ThursdayNNoooonn,, 66 aanndd 77 pp..mm.. ——

Downtown walking tours.

Friday, June 1799::3300 pp..mm.. —— The Earthquakes

concert, Ambassador Park.

Saturday, June 181100 aa..mm.. ttoo 33 pp..mm.. —— Pre-

historic Native American arti-fact show at FRHS studentactivity center.

11::3300 pp..mm.. — Fastest textingcontest at Ambassador Park.

Sunday, June 1922 pp..mm.. —— FIreman’s parade.55 pp..mm.. —— Sisters of the Dis-

order concert, Ambassador Park.

By TOM COYNEAssociated PressSOUTH BEND, Ind. —

Indiana child welfare offi-cials have warned anorganization that installedtwo baby boxes at fire-houses where mothers candrop off unwanted new-borns anonymously toremove them, saying theyquestion their safety andwhether women who usethem could face childabandonment charges.

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Close callSupporters of presidential candidate Pedro

Pablo Kuczynski celebrate Thursday after learning thatPeruvian electoral authorities announced their candidatewon the majority of votes in the country's closestpresidential contest in five decades, in Lima, Peru.

‘I don’t think there’sever been someone so

qualified to hold this office.’—Barack Obama

Failure to appear A Portland man was arrested

Thursday evening for failure toappear on drug-related charges. Shane T. Williams, 41, 110 S. Mid-

dle St., was arrested for failure toappear for possession of a narcotic,a Level 4 felony.

He was booked at 5:17 p.m. into JayCounty Jail and is being held with-out bond.

Bench warrantsA Bryant man was arrested

Thursday on three bench warrants.Gabriel A. Dann, 43, 1213 E. Indi-

ana 67, was arrested for resistingarrest, a Level 6 felony, reckless driv-ing, a Class A misdemeanor, anddriving while suspended, a Class Amisdemeanor. Dann was booked at 3:44 p.m into

Jay County Jail and is being heldwithout bond.

Hit and Run An Ohio man hit a house

and air conditioner unitwith a car before drivingaway Thursday night.Austin M. Smail, 22, 442

West St. Apt. 8, Hillsboro,Ohio, pulled into the drive-way at 1451 N. U.S. 27, Port-land, at 9:40 p.m. to turnaround. Smail then hit thehouse and the air condi-tioning unit before leavingthe driveway without stop-ping, according to a policereport.Smail was later arrested

and charged with operat-ing a vehicle while intoxi-cated, a Class A misde-meanor, and failure to stopafter an accident, a Class Cmisdemeanor. He wasbooked into Jay CountyJail at 10:43 p.m. and his

bond was set at $1,500. The 2003 Volkswagen

Gulf he was driving is reg-istered to Tyler Stoops, 116Orchard View Lane, Blan-chester, Ohio. Damage is estimated to

be between $2,500 and$5,000.

Collision Two vehicles collided

after a Portland woman did-n’t see an oncoming carwhile pulling out of herdriveway early Thursday. Hillary D. Brunnemer, 24,

5898 S. 200 West, told policeshe looked both waysbefore turning south ontocounty road 200 West, butdidn’t see any oncomingtraffic.Lynnae D. Betts, 17, 5657

S. 200 West, was traveling

north on county road 200West and told Jay CountySheriff ’s Office that shesaw Brunnemer turn intothe road, but couldn’t avoidthe collision with Brun-nemer’s 2005 GM SierraC2500 at 12:08 a.m. Betts was driving a 2002

Ford Escape, which is regis-tered to Robert and Kade-lyn Betts, same address. Damage from the colli-

sion is estimated to bebetween $2,500 and $5,000.

Trailers availableJay County Solid Waste

Management District willhave recycling trailersfrom 9 a.m. to noon Satur-day:•Marsh parking lot, Port-

land. Judan Judo.•Parking lot south of

West Jay Community Cen-ter, Dunkirk. West JayOptimist Club.

Opening SaturdayThe farmers’ market at

Jay County Courthousewill open for the seasonSaturday.The market will be open

from 8 a.m. to noon eachSaturday through the fall.Vendors will be set up onthe south side of the court-house facing Main Street.

CorrectionAn item in Thursday’s

edition of The CommercialReview about a reportedtheft included incorrectinformation. The theftoccurred at SummerBreeze tanning salon, notAdams Physical Therapy.

Ronnie HutzlerRonnie Hutzler, 62,

Portland, died Wednes-day at his home.Arrangements are

pending at Williamsonand Spencer FuneralHome in Portland. Con-dolences may beexpressed at williamson-spencer.com.

The following obituaryis being republished toinclude a photo.RobertVanOsdol March 16, 1949-May 31, 2016Robert A. VanOsdol, 67,

Long Beach, Mississippi,died May 31 in LongBeach.Born in Rushville to

Robert and Maxine (Lee)VanOsdol, he was formerprincipal of West Jay

MiddleSchool inDunkirkand assis-tant super-intendentof JaySchool Cor-poration.He retiredas assistant superintend-ent from HuntingtonCounty CommunitySchools in 2004.Surviving are a daugh-

ter; a brother; a sister;three grandchildren; fournieces and two nephews.A graveside memorial

service will be held at 5p.m. today at ArlingtonEast Hill Cemetery.Memorials may be sent

to Rush County Commu-nity Foundation or theAmerican Heart Associa-tion.

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All the Strawberries & Shortcake you can eat!

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Trupointe Fort RecoveryCorn..........................4.35July corn..................4.35Beans ......................11.50July crop ................11.47Wheat ......................4.75Sept. crop ................4.86

Cooper Farms Fort RecoveryCorn..........................4.34July corn..................4.34Oct. corn ..................4.23Wheat ......................4.81

POET BiorefiningPortlandCorn..........................4.36July corn..................4.38

Aug. corn..................4.45Sept. corn ................4.45

Central StatesMontpelierCorn..........................4.25July corn..................4.26Beans ......................11.62July beans ............ 11.61Wheat ......................4.93New crop ..................5.42

The AndersonsRichland TownshipCorn..........................4.25July corn..................4.29Beans .................... 11.65July beans ..............11.65Wheat ......................4.94July wheat................4.94

Closing prices as of Thursday

Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were seven

admissions to the hospi-tal on Thursday.

DismissalsThere were two dis-

missals.

EmergenciesThere were 36 treated

in the emergency roomsof JCH.

Monday9 a.m. — Jay County

Commissioners, com-missioners’ room, JayCounty Courthouse, 120N. Court St., Portland.4 p.m. — Jay County

Public Library Board,JCPL communityroom, 315 N. Ship St.,Portland.7 p.m. — Dunkirk

City Council, citybuilding, 131 S. MainSt.

Tuesday8 a.m. — Upper

Wabash River BasinCommission, commis-sioners’ room WellsCounty GovernmentAnnex, 223 W. Washing-ton St., Bluffton.6 p.m. — South

Adams School Board,high school meetingroom, 1075 StarfireWay, Berne.

Wednesday 3:30 p.m. — Portland

Board of Aviation,Portland MunicipalAirport, county road100 North.

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Celebration ...Continued from page 1

The first will highlight the village’sorigins. It will depict battles that tookplace in the village in 1791 and 1794.The first, the Battle on Wabash, hap-pened when a coalition of Indianssurprised the U.S. Army, causing it tolose 900 men. Three years later, the Army defend-

ed itself against Indian attack in theBattle of Fort Recovery. The two sidessigned a treaty in 1795.To depict these battles, the drama

includes live horses, gunfire andexplosions. The second half of the show focus-

es on Fort Recovery’s more recent his-tory.The village has performed a drama

every 25 years since 1941. The year’s drama includes about

400 Fort Recovery residents of allages playing roles, which includeindians, soldiers, pioneers, townspeo-ple and more. Residents also helpedconstruct the backdrop and scenery.It is a total village effort, with Julia

Kahlig and Judy Wood serving as thedirectors. Other anniversary events include

beard and costume contests, startingat 6:30 p.m. on Monday on BrickStreet. The event will include a “mobile

jail.” “You either have to have facial hair

or you have to have a shaver’s permit.For women, you have to have a dresson or a bracelet or you get throwninto jail by our kangaroo cops,”explained Smith. Some other highlighted anniver-

sary events include the “Evolution ofAgriculture” from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.Wednesday at Ambassador Park,Opera House tours Monday andThursday afternoon, craft beer andwine tasting from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.Wednesday and “Ag Olympics” start-ing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. While most of the jubilee events

are the same as in past years, there isone new addition that might indicatehow far things have come in the last225 years. That event is the fastest tex-ting contest, in which participantswill race to send a specific text mes-sage to the same phone number. Events for the celebration kick off 1

p.m. Sunday with the opening cere-monies and the dedication of the newFort Recovery Veteran Plaza at Mon-ument Park.

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According to letters obtained byThe Associated Press, Departmentof Children Services Director MaryBeth Bonaventura also is warningthe not-for-profit group Safe HavenBaby Box not to install any moreboxes. Founder Monica Kelsey saysthe group doesn’t plan to stop.Dawn Geras, president of the Save

the Abandoned Babies Foundationin Chicago, said she doesn’t thinkany other state allows such babyboxes.Six hospitals in Arizona have

installed drawers in their emergencyrooms that allow women to drop offinfants anonymously, although statelaw neither authorizes them nor pro-hibits them, said Damien Johnson,the assistant director of the ArizonaSafe Baby Haven Foundation. Hesaid the drawers have been used,although he didn’t have the exactnumber of times.State lawmakers last year tasked

the Indiana Department of Health

with recommending protocols forthe use of baby boxes. Safe HavenBaby Box contends the departmenthas ignored that requirement.Bonaventura sent a letter to James

Bopp, an attorney for Safe HavenBaby Box, on June 3 recommendingthe organization discontinue the useof the baby boxes in Indiana and notinstall any more.“I want to be clear in stating that

‘baby boxes’ are not an authorizedway to protect abandoned infantsunder Indiana law,” she wrote.Kelsey said she plans to install

two more baby boxes in Indianaand another in Ohio. Bopp said thetwo will be installed in urbanareas in central Indiana. He saidthe baby boxes are intended to“provide a life-saving alternativefor women who desperately wantto anonymously relinquish theirbabies in a situation where theywill live and be safe.”In a letter Thursday to Gov. Mike

Pence’s office he said DCS has “no

legal basis for the position thatBaby Boxes are currently unlaw-ful.”Another letter Bonaventura sent

on April 28 to officials in Wood-burn, a community about 15 mileseast of Fort Wayne, and Cool-spring Township southeast ofMichigan City — the two places inIndiana where Safe Haven BabyBox has installed the devices —outlining her concerns.“If an infant is abandoned by a

person and placed in a ‘baby box’anywhere in Indiana, DCS will berequired to investigate,” shewrote.Bonaventura and Dr. Jerome

Adams, commissioner of the stateDepartment of Health, previouslyissued a joint statement sayingIndiana’s “Safe Haven law as itcurrently stands must be followed,because it is the best way to safelysurrender an infant anonymous-ly.” The pair met recently withKelsey over the law.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —Former Indiana Gov.Mitch Daniels will beamong those honored thisyear for being “living leg-ends” by the Indiana His-torical Society.The former Republican

governor who left office in2013 will be joined by sev-eral others who havemade unique contribu-tions to Indiana.They are Indianapolis

Children’s Choir foundingdirector Henry Leck, Indi-

ana historian JamesMadison, Central IndianaCommunity FoundationPresident and CEO BrianPayne and civic and cor-porate leader Yvonne Sha-heen.Every year the state his-

torical society recognizesa handful of Indiana resi-dents for their local,statewide and nationalaccomplishments.The honorees will be

honored July 22 at afundraising gala.

Historical society to honor Daniels

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP)— A group that supportslegalizing marijuana issuing an Indiana countyover its rejection of arequest to hold a rally out-side the courthouse.The American Civil Lib-

erties Union of Indiana

sued Tippecanoe Countyon Thursday on behalf ofHigher Society of IndianaInc. The suit says countycommissioners rejectedthe group’s request under a“closed forum” policy thatallows them to decide whouses that space.

Group files suit

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Saturday

ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS — Will meet at 10a.m. upstairs at TrueValue Hardware, NorthMeridian Street, Port-land. For more informa-tion, call (260) 729-2532.FARMERS MARKET —

Will be held from 9 a.m.until noon each Saturdayat the Jay County CourtHouse.

MondayPORTLAND BREAK-

FAST OPTIMISTS — Willmeet at 7 a.m. for break-fast at Richards Restau-rant.BRYANT AREA COM-

MUNITY CENTER —Walking from 9 to 10 a.m.every Monday, Wednesdayand Friday.PORTLAND CITIZENS’

POLICE ACADEMYALUMNI — Will meet at11 a.m. the second Mon-day of each month at thePortland Fire Depart-ment. For more informa-tion, call Pastor SteveArnold at (260) 251-0970 or(260) 726-4900.WEST JAY COMMUNI-

TY CENTER GROUP —Doors open at 11:15 a.m.Bring a sack lunch fortalk time. Euchre beginsat 1 p.m. There is a $1donation for center’sexpenses. For more infor-mation, call (765) 768-1544.PLANT, HOE AND

HOPE GARDEN CLUB —Will meet Monday at thehome of Carol Johnstonfor a picnic and plantexchange from 1 to 3 p.m.Bring a covered dish anda small potted plant.R.S.V.P. to Carol at (260)726-6616.PREGNANCY CARE

CENTER of Jay County— Free pregnancy testingwith ongoing support dur-ing and after pregnancy.The center is located at

216 S. Meridian St., Port-land. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m.Monday through Friday.For more information oran appointment, call (260)726-8636. Appointments orwalk-ins accepted.BREAD OF LIFE COM-

MUNITY FAMILY MEAL— Will be served from 5:30to 6:30 p.m. at AsburyUnited Methodist Church,204 E. Arch St. in Port-land. Everyone is wel-come.

TAKE OFF POUNDSSENSIBLY (TOPS) — Willmeet for weigh-in at 5:30p.m., with the meeting at 6p.m., in the fellowship hallat Evangelical MethodistChurch, 930 W. Main St.,Portland. New memberswelcome. For more infor-mation, call (260) 726-5312. COOKBOOK CLUB —

Will meet at 6:15 p.m. thesecond Monday of eachmonth in the Jay CountyPublic Library Communi-

ty Room. Please bringyour own table service.For more information,call Shirley Ping at (260)729-2787, Bev Pyle at (260)726-2070 or Jane Gagle at(260) 726-8650.

ReunionABBOTT REUNION —

Will be held Sunday, June12, at Bryant CommunityCenter. A carry-in meal will be

at 12:30 p.m.

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By DEBANINA SEATONThe Commercial ReviewI remember watching my

first episode of “The Appren-tice.”Season one began in 2004

when I was 13 years old. Iremember one episode inwhich a young woman led whatI think was an advertisingteam and once she was evaluat-ed by her troop, they immedi-ately threw her under the bus.Her leadership skills were par-alyzing, one teammate told her,before she heard the infamouswords of the show’s host,“you’re fired.”I stopped watching for two

reasons: I was 13 and still hadmore interest in the program“Degrassi: The Next Genera-tion” and I was not a fan ofDonald Trump. I did not dismiss him for his

business ordeals. I didn’t likehis hair, squinty, repellingeyes, arrogance or infidelity.He just couldn’t keep thisteen’s attention.Two elections ago, the very

idea of Trump running foroffice sounded ludicrous.Many of my educators hadsimilar ideas about him thatwere pretty negative.But this year Trump earned

more than the amount of dele-gates needed to earn theRepublican nomination, doing

what many of my educators andpeers thought wouldn’t happen.For a while, he was deemed

the comic relief of the elec-tion. Some condemned hiswords, while others praisedthem. Some find him xenopho-bic and racist and others arguehe tells it like it is. I have to ask, what does he

“tell” like it is?Since I was a teen there’s

been no change in his words oractions. From the sound of it, telling

it like it is assures saying themost outrageous things thatcan pop into one’s head, bring-ing all media to hear and docu-ment it. It is then reproducedto outlets of support or opposi-tion. Everyone waits for thenext thing to be said, hoping itwill not cause disdain or it willunleash all the downtrodden

emotions some Americanshave been told to hide.I read a column in The New

York Times about Republicansbacking Trump despite hiscontinual bigoted comments.How these politicians argue heis wrong but still offer supportto push their own agendas, orbecause they are secretly likehim.Columnist Andrew Rosen-

thal wrote in a Thursday arti-cle: “… he obviously plans to go

on riding this tiger — becausehe thinks it will take him intothe White House; because he isengaged in a creepy act of selfdestruction to avoid actuallyhaving to be president, whichis hard work; or simplybecause he enjoys making big-oted comments.”The point is not to deter vot-

ers from selecting whom theybelieve is best suited for thecountry. It is a personal choice.But I do not believe Trump

wants to be president becausehe doesn’t have to be. He iswealthy. He is married to a for-mer model — his third wife. Heis a man whose being is predi-cated on the praises and cen-sures of rivals and fans to fuelhis career and presence amongus; much like a celebrity’sbehavior that shifts so theworld can see. Much like contestants on

reality television, some willfind other ways to be noticedoutside the realm we onceknew them, hoping one day wewill still observe or care.Much like Trump and his

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honor roll in sixth gradewere were Megan Abels,Paige Bihn, Jalyn Bruns,Benjamin Dues, BethanyDues, Caleb Evers, Mar-cus Gaerke, MarissaGaerke, Grace Guggen-biller, Olivia Hawk,Alyssa Heinrichs, IsaacKnapke, Melissa Laux,Aidan O’Dell and FaithWeagant. Sixth graders making

the A-B honor roll wereShelby Acheson, JamesAdsit, Miley Briner, Macy

Brunswick, PeytonBrunswick, Ashlyn Dil-worth, Makena Ellenberg-er, Kendall Evers, AbigailFrancis, Emma Ful-lenkamp, Chloey Grisez,Faith Grube, KimberlyHart, Bruce Heitkamp,Kurtis Hobbs, KierstonHoying and Emma Kahlig.Also Aubrey Knapke,

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JEANNE LUTZAdvertising Manager

Here we go again.At its meeting Wednesday,

Jay County Council set itselfup for trouble.Council members had agreed

a month ago that as part of thebudget process there is a needto meet with department headsabout their spending requestseither individually, in front ofthe entire council or both. Atthat time, they discussed invit-ing department heads to theirJuly meeting for that purpose.Then, on Wednesday, they set

their budget review meetings —for Sept. 6 and 7.Let us rewind to a year ago …•On Sept. 9, county council

learned its budget needed to becut by about $631,000 in order togain approval from IndianaDepartment of Local Govern-ment Finance. Council at thattime decided to freeze wagesand asked department heads to

find a way to cut 7 to 10 percentfrom their 2016 budgets.•By the following week, some

departments had made cuts —totaling about $190,000 — whileothers said they could not oper-ate on any amount less thanthey had requested. Ratherthan pushing departmentheads to make more cuts, ormaking cuts themselves, coun-cil voted to use $500,000 fromthe rainy day fund to cover thedifference. At the time, councilmember Gary Theurer notedthat the rainy day fund is sup-posed to be for emergencies

rather than budget-balancingpurposes.•Council member Ted Champ,

who had been absent from theprevious meeting, questioned thewisdom of taking the half mil-lion dollars from the rainy dayfund. But by that point, Sept. 23,council was up against the dead-line to send the budget to theDLGF for its approval. It voted 4-2, with Champ and JeanneHouchins dissenting, to approvethe budget.So, after finding itself backed

into a corner on budget issues ayear ago, council has decided tomove up that first meeting, by afew days.This is just asking for trouble.Yes, there are reasons parts of

the budget process must waituntil September. The auditorwon’t know until then exactlywhere the DLGF will set thecounty’s maximum levy, and thus

how much spending council canafford to approve.But that doesn’t mean council

shouldn’t have as much informa-tion as possible prior to getting tothat point.Council members should go

back to the idea they floated lastmonth and ask department headsto present their budget requestsin the second half of July. Thatwould let the group know whatthe requested spending is for 2017and allow them to answer somekey questions:•If the maximum levy is the

same for 2017 as it was for 2016,would cuts be necessary? If so,where would we make them?•What if the DLGF reduces the

maximum levy drops again? Howwould we balance the budget?•What if the maximum levy

goes up? Could we afford raises?If so, how large?Receiving budget requests

from department heads and ask-ing questions about them in Julywould give council time to thinkabout and form plans for each ofthese situations. It would allowtime for discussion at its regularAugust meeting and the opportu-nity to schedule a second Augustmeeting if necessary.In short, it would allow council

to be prepared.Letting these meetings to wait

until the first week of Septemberleaves the danger of the countybeing back in the same situationit was in 2015. With deadlineslooming, council members wereleft with a decision — make cutsacross the board to balance thebudget or take money from therainy day fund to balance.No one wants to choose either

of those options.Council was in a bind last year.It cannot afford to let that hap-

pen a second time. — R.C.

County council can’t afford to waitEditorial

By ADAM MINTERBloomberg ViewWhen Air France Flight

447 crashed in the Atlanticin 2009, it took two yearsand more than $25 millionbefore investigators foundit.Malaysia Airlines Flight

370 disappeared in 2014 andstill hasn’t turned up.EgyptAir 804, lost on May19, is somewhere on thebottom of the Mediter-ranean, but until investiga-tors can dredge up its“black box,” they won’tknow why it went down.All these incidents raise

the same question: In anage of ubiquitous surveil-lance and digital tracking,how is it possible thatplanes don’t transmit theircockpit data in real time?After Flight 370 disap-

peared, the aviation indus-try drafted a policy requir-ing that airlines track aplane’s position every 15minutes. But because theindustry couldn’t agree onwhat technology to use orhow, the policy is vague,contentious and won’t takeeffect until 2021 — sevenyears after Flight 370’s dis-appearance.In a way, however, it’s

also beside the point.For years, airlines

claimed that the cost ofsending and storing cock-pit data would be prohibi-tive, especially given thatcrashes are so rare. Butnow, with new satellitesand other technologyturbo-charging in-flightinternet, that argument isquickly faltering.Over the past two years,

international passengerslike me have been able totake it for granted that wecan stay connected at35,000 feet. In-flight creditcard transactions are rou-tine. Next-generation WiFiis enabling even high-bandwidth applications,such as gaming, on board.But broadband pipes can

do more than simply trans-mit entertainment. Theycan also send informationback to the ground, whichis where things get reallyinteresting.Honeywell Aerospace

envisions a near future inwhich planes stream dataabout their wings, brakesand other components,allowing maintenanceissues to be addressed onboard. Boeing’s AirplaneHealth Management sys-tem is already solvingproblems mid-flight: Whenone crew detected anengine temperature prob-lem, the company says,they “began an air turn-

back, but after AHM inter-rogated the central mainte-nance computer and inves-tigated the airplane’s his-tory, the operator deter-mined that the flight couldcontinue.”As such technology

improves, a lot of new pos-sibilities should open up.For starters, airlines

should be able to reducedelays and cancellations,operate more efficiently,and cut costs by studyinghow planes perform on dif-ferent routes and underdifferent conditions.They should also be able

to stream black-box data.Last year, Qatar Airlines

announced that it would dojust that. Its system, whichuses satellite broadband,sends information to aflight control center everyfive seconds. Canada’sFLYHT Aerospace says itinstalled 400 of its $100,000streaming black boxes forabout 50 customers. Its sys-tem only activates whensoftware detects a problemwith a plane, thereby sav-ing bandwidth.So far, regulators haven’t

issued any rules on how tomanage streamed black-box data. And they shouldavoid doing so in a waythat stalls out further inno-vation. But the Interna-tional Civil AviationOrganization — a UNagency that acts as a defacto global regulator —should consider requiringsatellite broadband for allnew airplanes.It should also be think-

ing about security meas-ures, such as how best tosegregate critical cockpitdata from cabin data, suchas entertainment. And aclear protocol for who hasaccess to streamed black-box data after a crashshould be defined.Meanwhile, there’s a

data revolution happeningin the skies. It should makeflying safer, faster andmore predictable for every-one.More important, it

should ensure no planeever disappears again.

••••••••••Minter is based in Asia,

where he covers politics,culture, business and junk.Follow him on Twitter@AdamMinter.

Tech can makethe skies safer

By LEE H. HAMILTONIt’s so easy in a presidential elec-

tion year to forget that our system isnot about a single person.This year especially, when the

dynamics of the presidential contesthave dominated news coverage sothoroughly that even the Senate andHouse races have largely disap-peared from view, the crucial rolethat citizens play — apart from serv-ing as voters in the presidentialdrama — isn’t even an afterthought.Yet effective citizenship is the base

on which our representative democ-racy rests. Our vitality as a countrydepends on the involvement of mil-lions of people in their neighbor-hoods and communities, in interestgroups and civic organizations, ingroups agitating for change andgroups defending the status quo.So just what constitutes effective

citizenship? I believe it’s made up ofseveral elements.First, a confident belief that

change is possible — that the countrycan indeed make progress over timethanks to the efforts both of ordinarypeople and of political leaders. In hisrecent speech at Howard University,President Obama noted that byalmost every measure, the countryhas moved forward over the lastthree decades. The poverty rate isdown, as are the rates for crime andfor teenage pregnancy. More Ameri-cans are getting college degrees,more women are working and earn-ing more money, many cities are farhealthier than they were in the 1980s.Yes, we’ve got miles to go on many

fronts, but on the whole, I’ll takewhere we stand today over where westood in the 1980s. Our system isworking better for more people thanit did then.

The people who helped make thishappen understood two things: thatprogress was possible, and that itrequired their efforts. This mightseem too obvious even to say, butthose who were most effective had animpact because they had the skills tomake a difference.I’m talking here about the funda-

mental ability we should all have ascitizens to solve problems in a repre-sentative democracy that’s filledwith people who have differentbeliefs, perspectives and experi-ences. This means knowing how towork together with all kinds of peo-ple, being able to find commonground, being forthright about aimsand methods, forging connections tokey officials and other players whocan help advance a cause, buildingconsensus and communicating ideaseffectively.I use the word “skills,” but in the

end, good citizenship is as muchabout temperament as it is aboutability. Mutual respect, tolerance,empathy, civility, humility, honesty,resolve — these are the simplevirtues that our nation depends onin its citizens, not because they’renice to see, but because in a vibrantand diverse democracy they’re cru-cial for making progress.So is a willingness to step up to

challenges. The people who make adifference in our system are the ones

who not only identify a problem, butthen plunge into fixing it.I frequently hear from people who

are exasperated by the obstaclesthey have to overcome in order tomake a difference: fellow citizenswho are ignorant of the system,politicians who are too obtuse orself-interested to see the light,incompetence in the bureaucracy,officials protecting turf …But here’s the thing: those obsta-

cles will always be there. You justhave to keep plugging away at over-coming them, whether by casting aninformed ballot, sitting down with —or protesting against — political lead-ers, or finding the myriad ways youcan improve the quality of life foryour neighbors and fellow Ameri-cans.You may already have picked up on

the final quality that makes for effec-tive citizenship, and it’s a tough one.For the most part, we’re not going tosolve our challenges in a single gen-eration. So we have to educate ourchildren and those who come after usin the same skill sets I’ve been talk-ing about.That’s because, as I said at the

start, our representative democracyis not all about the presidency. We —you me, and our fellow citizens — areresponsible for the future of ourneighborhoods and our nation.Unless we all shoulder the obliga-

tion to learn the skills we need toshepherd it into the future, and thenteach those skills to others, our coun-try and our system will struggle.

••••••••••Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for

the Indiana University Center onRepresentative Government. He wasa member of the U.S. House of Rep-resentatives for 34 years.

Citizenship requires certain skills

Lee H.Hamilton

AdamMinter

The Commercial ReviewFriday, June 10, 2016 Nation/World Page 5

Editor’s note – To mark Indiana’s bicentennial, Indiana education groups present this historical series, “So You Think You Know Indiana: Celebrating 200 years of the Hoosier State.”

By Nelson Price

Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial site of more U.S. vice presidents than

any other graveyard in the country.Five vice presidents have been

elected from Indiana, explaining why the Hoosier state has been called the “Mother of Vice Presidents.” Three of the five are buried at Crown Hill.

So is one U.S. president, Benjamin Harrison from Indianapolis, who was elected in 1888 and lived in the White House until 1892. Harrison, a Republican, had been a U.S. senator from

Indiana and, before that, a general in the Civil War. Harrison is the only president elected from Indiana.

But the state has deep connections to two other presidents, including Abraham Lincoln. In fact, many historians contend Hoosiers need to take more credit for Lincoln, who was seven years old when his family came to the southern Indiana wilderness from Kentucky.

That was in December 1816, the same month Indiana became a new state. After helping his father clear land in the dense forest and build a cabin, young Abe Lincoln lived in Indiana for 14 years.

“There, I grew up,” he wrote later in life, referring to Indiana. Eventually, when he was 21, Lincoln moved to Illinois, where he was living when he was elected president.

During his boyhood and teenage

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years as a Hoosier, many significant events occurred. They included the death of his beloved mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, when he was barely nine years old.

While living in the frontier community of Little Pigeon Creek, young Abe, who loved books, occasionally was able to attend school. Mostly, though, he learned about the world by reading in the small cabin that he shared with his father and sister and, eventually, with a stepmother and stepsiblings in what today would be called a “blended family.”

As a teenager in Indiana, Abe Lincoln already was making speeches to other children. He also began attending court sessions to watch lawyers and analyze their skills.

The other president who, like Lincoln, had deep connections to Indiana (even though, also like Lincoln, he was elected to the White House from another state) was Benjamin Harrison’s grandfather, William Henry Harrison.

When he was 27 years old, William Henry Harrison moved to Vincennes in 1801. Indiana wasn’t even a state yet, just a territory. William Henry Harrison was the first governor of the Indiana Territory.

His years as territorial governor included clashes with Tecumseh, the great Native American leader. Forces led by Harrison defeated Tecumseh’s brother, who was known as the Prophet,

and burned their Shawnee village in what became known as the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Eventually, William Henry Harrison settled in Ohio. That’s where he was living when, at age 67, he was elected president in 1840.

The first of the five vice presidents from Indiana had an unusual first name. Schulyer Colfax was a Republican from South Bend who served as vice president from 1868 to 1872, when Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant was president. Before that, Colfax had been a U.S. congressman and Abraham Lincoln’s friend.

The second vice president from Indiana, like William Henry Harrison, died in office. Thomas Hendricks, a Democrat, had grown up in Shelby

County. He became a U.S. Senator, then vice president. But Hendricks only served for eight months – March to November in 1885 – before he died. Hendricks is buried in Crown Hill.

So is the third vice president from Indiana, Charles Fairbanks. He was a lawyer in Indianapolis who became wealthy and even owned a newspaper. A Republican, he served as vice president from 1905 to 1909 under President Theodore Roosevelt.

Vice President No. 4 from Indiana, Thomas R. Marshall, is best-remembered today for his quips, including this line: “What this country

needs is a good five-cent cigar.” Marshall, a Democrat from Columbia City, had been a popular governor of the Hoosier state. Under President Woodrow Wilson, he served as vice president from 1913 to 1921, a

period that included World War I.The most recent vice president from

Indiana was elected in 1988. Dan Quayle had grown up in Huntington

and was just 41 years old (youthful for a president or vice president) when George H.W. Bush selected him as his running mate in 1988. Before that, Dan Quayle had been a U.S. senator from Indiana. Since his

term as vice president ended in 1992, he primarily has lived in Arizona.

Nelson Price is an Indianapolis-based author, journalist, historian and radio personality.

Benjamin Harrison served as a U.S. senator from Indiana before being elected president.

Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 7 and lived here 14 years.

William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States

Thomas R. Marshall, vice president under Woodrow Wilson

Dan Quayle, vice president under George H.W. Bush

Photos: Benjamin Harrison, William Henry Harrison, Thomas R. Marshall / Bass Photo Co Collection, Indiana Historical Society; Abraham Lincoln, Dan Quayle / Indiana Historical Society

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In review

Continued from page 1“It just means so much to

have a strong, substantiveendorsement from the pres-ident. Obviously I value hisopinion a great deal person-ally,” Clinton said. “It’s justsuch a treat because overthe years of knowing eachother, we’ve gone fromfierce competitors to truefriends.”The news of Obama’s

endorsement was greetedwith a tweet by Trump:“Obama just endorsed

Crooked Hillary. He wantsfour more years of Obama -but nobody else does!”After meeting with

Obama, Sanders said he islooking forward to workingwith Clinton to defeatTrump in the fall.“Needless to say, I’m

going to do everything inmy power, and I’m going towork as hard as I can, tomake sure that DonaldTrump does not becomepresident of the UnitedStates,” he told reporters,

as his wife, Jane, stoodbehind him.Sanders said he still

plans to compete in Tues-day’s final Democratic pri-mary in the District, but headded that “in the nearfuture” he hopes to meetwith Clinton — who thisweek clinched the Demo-cratic nomination — to talkabout ways they can worktogether.His comments suggested

that Sanders is preparingto exit the long and gruel-

ing presidential race, aslong as leading Democratsmake a genuine effort toincorporate his policyideas into their broaderagenda.The hour-long meeting

with Obama came on abusy day for Sanders inWashington, where he alsohas an early afternoonmeeting planned on CapitolHill with Senate MinorityLeader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,who has sought to play therole of peace broker at the

end of a contentious nomi-nating contest betweenSanders and Clinton.An afternoon meeting

with Vice President Bidenwas also added to Sanders’sschedule for Thursday. Thetwo are set to meet at thevice president’s residenceat the Naval Observatory,said Sanders spokesmanMichael Briggs.“He is seeking out the

counsel of people headmires and respects,”Briggs said of Sanders.

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUT — After nearly four

years of siege, first food deliverieshave reached the Damascus rebelsuburb of Daraya but governmentairstrikes were holding up the dis-tribution of the aid today, opposi-tion activists said.In northern Syria, Kurdish-led

opposition fighters besieged theIslamic State-held town of Manbijtoday in the climax to a Western-backed offensive that could see amajor strategic victory in theregion against the militant group.Before surrounding Manbij, the

predominantly Kurdish SyriaDemocratic Forces captureddozens of villages and farmsaround it in the past weeks, accord-ing to the Britain-based SyrianObservatory for Human Rights,which closely monitors the fight-ing in Syria.SDF has been pushing in an

offensive since late May in anattempt to capture the IslamicState’s stronghold, one of itslargest in Aleppo province. TheObservatory said an IS command-er from north Africa was killed inthe latest round of fighting.If the U.S.-backed SDF captures

Manbij, it will be the biggest strate-gic defeat for IS in Syria since July2015, when it lost the border townof Tal Abyad, a major supply routeto the militants’ de facto capital ofRaqqa.

The Damascus suburb ofDaraya, just southwest of the Syri-an capital, has been under siege bygovernment forces since Novem-ber 2012 and has witnessed some ofthe worst bombardment during the

country’s civil war, now in its sixthyear. Severe cases of malnutritionhave been reported among its fewthousand residents due to severeshortages of food and medicine.Convoys organized by the Syrian

Arab Red Crescent and the UnitedNations delivered the food fromlate Thursday into early hourstoday, after the U.N. said the Syriangovernment had approved accessto 15 of the 19 besieged areas with-in Syria.SARC said the food delivery was

coordinated with the U.N. in theSyrian capital. It said food, flourand medical supplies were deliv-ered. The aid was placed in storageand activists and local councilmembers were to deliver it duringthe day.Last week, a joint convoy of the

U.N., the International Committeeof the Red Cross and SARCreached Daraya and delivered med-icines, vaccines, baby formula, and“nutritional items for children”—but no food.The U.N. estimates that there are

currently 592,700 people livingunder siege in Syria, with the vastmajority of them — some 452,700people — besieged by governmentforces.

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quarter of his Napa cabbages rotin three of his California fieldsthis spring as 37 immigrant labor-ers scheduled to arrive March 13under a farmworker visa programwere delayed by bureaucraticpaperwork. He said he’d like to seefixes to an immigration systemthat causes his crops to rot unhar-vested. But he has little hope thatwill happen in this political cli-mate.“The rhetoric that’s getting

preached is pushing xenophobia,”said Castaneda, 39, whose parentsare Mexican immigrants. “Youcan’t call an immigrant a murder-er. You can’t paint them with thatbrush.”About a quarter of the U.S. farm

workforce, more than 300,000 peo-ple, don’t have valid immigrationpapers, according to a 2009 surveyby the Pew Hispanic Center. Otherstudies suggest the number may bemore than 1 million. Proportionsof undocumented workers tend tobe higher in the hand-harvestedfruit, vegetable and horticulturesectors, as well as large dairyfarms where milking happensyear-round.

The last major push for reform,a 2013 agreement that agriculturegroups worked out with Sens.Dianne Feinstein of Californiaand Michael Bennet of Colorado,both Democrats, along with Repub-licans Marco Rubio of Florida andOrrin Hatch of Utah, allowed up to337,000 farmworker visas overthree years. The current H-2A visaprogram for agriculture laborerslast year granted 139,832 tempo-rary stays, according to LaborDepartment data.The rise of Trump, who felled

Rubio and other reform-mindedrivals to become the likely Repub-lican nominee, has squelched anypush toward reviving guest-work-er proposals and put farmworkeradvocates on the defensive, saidCraig Regelbrugge, co-chairmanof the Agriculture Coalition forImmigration Reform. Trump hasvowed to build a wall along the U.S.boarder with Mexico and has ques-tioned migrant contributions tothe economy.“The atmosphere is so roiled

with the presidential election,”Regelbrugge said. “The angst, theanger, the whatever that is so reso-nant in a fairly broad swath of theelectorate, it makes House mem-bers, especially Republicans, fearthey’ll be hurt in a primary if theywork for reform.”An immigration policy focused

on closing the border would shiftup to 61 percent of U.S. fruit pro-duction to other countries due todomestic labor shortages, sendingjobs to Mexico and other nearbycompetitors, according to a 2014study commissioned by the Ameri-

can Farm Bureau Federation, thelargest U.S. farmer group.Reforms that would include a

guest-worker program and legalstatus for current migrants wouldkeep those losses in revenue at 2percent to 3 percent. That’s madethe farm lobby a reliable ally inefforts to open immigration.Talk of a guest-worker program

is gone. Instead, farmer groups aretrying to relax some of H-2A’s moreonerous requirements while wait-ing for the anti-immigrant tide toebb, said Kristi Boswell, a lobbyistwith the American Farm BureauFederation.“We’re waiting for a window to

open,” she said. “When that win-dow is near-closed, we focus onwhat we can do to move the needlewith the regulatory bodies — anyway we can build our case towardthe bigger picture of reform.”Local crackdowns on migrant

labor, including in Alabama andGeorgia, have led to decreased cropproduction and worker shortages. For producers, the shortage

means lost opportunities. NorwichMeadows Farm in Norwich, NewYork, supplies farmer’s markets inNew York City and New Jerseyfrom 80 acres of organic beans,radishes, peppers and other veg-etables. It can’t grow without addi-tional labor that’s hard to find, saidowner Zaid Kurdieh.“Our potential market is unlim-

ited, but if I can’t count on gettingworkers on a regular basis, I can’treach that market,” said Kurdieh,who employs 24 temporary immi-grants, about two-thirds of hisemployees, through H-2A.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.— Using more than the rec-ommended amount ofnitrogen-based fertilizerson a corn field is a waste ofmoney and could pose envi-ronmental risks, two Pur-due Extension agronomistssay in an updated report.“Applying more than

enough nitrogen is nolonger the cheap insuranceit once was many yearsago,” said Jim Camberato,soil fertility specialist andco-author of Nitrogen Man-agement Guidelines forCorn in Indiana. “Highnitrogen fertilizer costsand environmental impactsshould encourage growersto critically evaluate theirnitrogen management pro-gram, including applica-tion rate, fertilizer materialand timing.”Nitrogen is the most

expensive nutrient used incorn production. If appliedproperly, it makes individ-ual plants stronger andincreases yield.“Beyond some level of

applied nitrogen, grainyield stops increasing withmore additions,” said co-author Bob Nielsen, Exten-sion corn specialist. “Con-sequently, applying morenitrogen than the croprequires is dollar wastefuland environmentally dis-tasteful.”Plants are able to use

only a certain amount ofnitrogen, depending on thesoil type, weather condi-tions and other factors.Excess nitrogen can be lostby leaching or runoff or bypassing off as vaporthrough volatilization,potentially polluting the airor water systems.In the report, Camberato

and Nielsen provide updat-ed, region-specific guide-lines for nitrogen use basedon field trials throughoutIndiana. For corn grownafter soybean, the econom-ic optimum nitrogen rate,or EONR — based on corngrain at $3.50 per busheland nitrogen fertilizer at 40cents per pound — variedconsiderably across thestate.The authors conclude the

EONR for the medium andfine-textured soils com-monly found in the south-ern and west-centralregions of the state is 176pounds of nitrogen peracre. The EONR for thenorthwest and north-cen-tral regions is 183 pounds,201 pounds for the centralregion, 220 pounds for theeast-central region, and 223pounds for the northeastregion. Non-irrigatedsandy soils have an EONRof 191 pounds per acre. Anypreviously applied springor at-planting nitrogen orcredits for manure or aleguminous cover cropshould be subtracted fromthe guideline. Corn grownafter corn requires about 40to 50 pounds more nitrogenper acre than these guide-lines. EONR for other grainand nitrogen prices are list-ed in tables at the end of thereport.Timing the application is

also important, Camberatosaid. Applying fertilizer inthe fall or early springincreases the chances ofnitrogen loss. The most effi-cient application method isto inject the nitrogen-basedfertilizer when plants arein the V6 growth stage, orabout 18 inches tall with sixleaves.

Use of excessnitrogen is risky

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Continued from page 10“That’s me out there. That’s exactly

how I pitch.”The Cardinal who gets booed the loud-

est in Cincinnati was in the middle ofanother comeback. His one-out singleoff Ross Ohlendorf (4-5) put St. Louis up3-2 and drew jeers. Molina has beenbooed regularly at Great American BallPark since a brawl that started betweenhim and Brandon Phillips in 2010.“Yadi’s been a Reds killer for years

and years and years,” Wainwright said.“He’s the guy you want up there in thebig spot.”Molina also doubled and scored a run

in the second inning, getting booed thattime, too.“Lately I’m feeling better,” said Moli-

na, who came in batting .261.Seung Hwan Oh (2-0) pitched one

inning in relief of Wainwright, who waslifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventhwith two runners aboard and the scoretied. Trevor Rosenthal retired the side inthe ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances.

Matt Carpenter scored twice, includ-ing the go-ahead run after opening theeighth inning with a double.Wainwright had a rough first inning,

giving up Jay Bruce’s RBI groundoutand Adam Duvall’s run-scoring single.He didn’t allow another hit before leav-ing in the seventh. Wainwright fanned aseason-high nine.Wainwright hasn’t had much success

against the Reds. Coming into the game,he was 8-10 in 24 games against Cincin-nati with a 4.51 ERA, his highest againstany team except the Mets.Molina doubled off Brandon

Finnegan and scored on Brandon Moss’single in the second inning. The Cardi-nals tied it with the help of a balk in thesixth. Carpenter walked, moved up onFinnegan’s balk on a throw to first base,and then came around on AledmysDiaz’s single.“Big call,” Reds manager Bryan Price

said of the balk. “It didn’t look differentto me from the naked eye. I’m not sayingit wasn’t a balk, but I didn’t see it.”

Continued from page 10He signed autographs

until he was pulled away afew minutes before thelineups were announced.Then he told a small

group of reporters thatBurke, who has spent thelast 19 seasons on Indiana’sstaff, and Jones, who cameto town three years agowith McMillan, wouldreturn to the bench nextseason. With Burke consid-ered the team’s defensiveguru, the conventional wis-dom has been McMillanwould add someone whohas been more productiveworking with the offense.“We’re currently work-

ing on a third assistant.I’ve talked to a couple ofpeople, we should havesomething soon,” McMil-lan said. “Offensive coordi-nator, defensive coordina-tor, it doesn’t matter. Hewill be a coach and in bas-ketball, we coach.”Whomever McMillan

hires, the message hasbeen clear since Birddecided not to keep FrankVogel when his contractexpired at the end of theseason.Bird said he wanted the

team to score more points,regain its edge on defenseand have a new voice in thelocker room.Other things will be dif-

ferent, too.

“We know what person-nel we’re looking for,”McMillan said. “The bigthing is can we find theseguys in the draft and freeagency?”Indiana is expected to

enter free agency morethan $50 million below theluxury tax threshold,which Bird has often citedas a breaking point thatthe Pacers will not sur-pass.They have four free

agents — starting centerIan Mahinmi, forwardsSolomon and Jordan Hilland point guard Ty Law-son — and plenty of needsto fill if they intend to stickwith the small-ball styleBird prefers. Startingguard George Hill was thesubject of midseason traderumors and could be againthis summer.Indiana also has promis-

ing forward-center MylesTurner back for his sec-ond season and Georgeanticipates being closer tofull strength more thantwo years after breakinghis right leg during aTeam USA scrimmage.Perhaps he’ll return witha shiny, new Olympicmedal, too.McMillan said he’s

explained the rigors of theOlympics and now Georgemust decide whether toplay.

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Boston Barnett of Barnett’s Auto Parts makes a play on a bouncing ground ball duringhis team’s Portland Junior League baseball game against All Circuit Electric on Thursday at Weiler-Wilson Park.

Grant Wendel and DrewSchemenaur combined to leadAll Circuit Electrical to an 18-5victory Thursday over Barnett’sAuto Parts in Portland JuniorLeague’s Rookie baseball divi-sion.Wendel and Schemenaur were

both 5-for-5 and scored fourtimes. Schemenaur drove in tworuns and Wendel had one RBI.Nick Laux chipped in with two

doubles, a pair of singles, fourruns and two RBIs. Jayden Har-rell also contributed to the victo-ry with a double, two singles andthree RBIs.Benson Barnett had a home

run and scored twice in the los-

ing effort for Barnett’s. SylasWenk tallied a double, a singleand two runs, and CavanHartzell notched two singles andthree RBIs.Skyler Esparza had a hit,

scored once and drove in a run.

Williams winsWilliams Auto Parts earned a

17-4 victory over Ponderosa

Steakhouse on Thursday in theRookie baseball division of Port-land Junior League.Izzy McAbee, Joe Geesaman,

Kevin Dues and Hayden Isonwere all 4-for-4 in the winningeffort. Geesaman and McAbeeboth hit doubles, with Geesamanscoring four times and McAbeereaching home three times.Carter Hartman had three

runs to go with his three hits,and Max Klopfenstein also had athree singles.Nick Snow was 2-for-2 with a

home run for Ponderosa, whichalso got two hits from MitchellByrum. Gavin Tow and GavinByrum were each 1-for-2.

All Circuit tops Barnett’s, 18-5Junior Leagueroundup

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Local scheduleSSaattuurrddaayy

Jay County Summer Swim in Confer-ence Relays at South Adams – 9 a.m.

MMoonnddaayyJay County Summer Swim at Celina –

6:30 p.m.

TTuueessddaayyJay County Summer Swim at Union City

– 6:30 p.m.South Adams — Boys golf state finals

at Prairie View Golf Club – 9 a.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayyPortland Rockets at Northeast Kekion-

ga – 7 p.m.

TV scheduleToday

6 p.m. — College Baseball: NCAATournament – Super Regional (ESPN2)

7 p.m. — Soccer: 2016 Copa Ameri-ca Centenario – Chile vs. Bolivia (FOX-45,55,59)

7 p.m. — WNBA Basketball: ChicagoSky at Indiana Fever (WNDY-23)

8:30 p.m. — College Track and Field:NCAA Men’s and Women’s OutdoorChampionships (ESPN)

9 p.m. — College Baseball: NCAATournament – Super Regional (ESPN2)

9 p.m. — NBA Finals: Golden StateWarriors at Cleveland Cavaliers, game 4(ABC-6,21)

9:30 p.m. — Soccer: 2016 CopaAmerica Centenario – Argentina vs. Pana-ma (FOX-45,55,59)

SSaattuurrddaayy8:30 a.m. — Soccer: 2016 UEFA

European Championship – Albania vs.Switzerland (ESPN)

11:30 a.m. — Soccer: 2016 UEFAEuropean Championship – Wales vs. Slo-vakia (ESPN)

Noon — College Baseball: NCAA Tour-nament – Super Regional (ESPN2)

2 p.m. — Golf: 2016 Women’s PGAChampionship – Third round (NBC-2,13,33)

2 p.m. — Major League Baseball:Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox(WNDY-23)

2:30 p.m. — Soccer: 2016 UEFAEuropean Championship – England vs.Russia (ESPN)

3 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: FedEx St.Jude Classic – Third round (CBS-4,7,15)

3 p.m. — College Baseball: NCAATournament – Super Regional (ESPN2)

5 p.m. — Horse Racing: 148th Bel-mont Stakes (NBC-2,13,33)

6 p.m. — College Baseball: NCAATournament – Super Regional (ESPN2)

6:30 p.m. — College Track and Field:NCAA Men’s and Women’s OutdoorChampionships (ESPN)

7 p.m. — Major League baseball:Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees (FOX-45,55,59)

7:30 p.m. — NASL Soccer: CarolinaRailHawks at Indy Eleven (WISH-8)

9 p.m. – College Baseball: NCAA Tour-nament – Super Regional (ESPN)

9 p.m. — Soccer: 2016 UEFA Euro-pean Championship – England vs. Rus-sia (ESPN2)

Local notesCChhaalllleennggee ccoonnttiinnuueess JJuullyy 1111

The Adams County Run/Walk Chal-lenge will continue July 11 in Geneva.

The next race is the Hope Run for Haiti5K. The race is at 8:30 a.m. July 11 atAmishville, 844 E. 900 South, Geneva.

For more information, contat Deb Ger-ber (260) 849-3622.

PPGGCC hhoossttiinngg ggoollff ccaammppPortland Golf Club is hosting a junior

golf camp for boys and girls in secondthrough eighth grade.

The camp will run from 9 to 10 a.m.Monday through Thursday, and from 9 to11:30 a.m. June 17.

Cost is $30, and campers will receivesnacks each day and a meal on June 17.

To register stop by the clubhouse, call(260) 726-4646 or sign up Monday beforecamp.

TToouurrnnaammeennttss wwiillll bbee iinn JJuullyyThe Ohio Hawks baseball and softball

programs will hold its third-annual StarSpangle Shootout from July 1 through 3 atKC Geiger Park in St. Marys, Ohio.

There are tournaments ranging from10-and-younger to 18-and-younger.

For more information, contact MikeShort at (419) 738-3795 orwfhshort@bright.net.

GGiirrllss hhooooppss ccaammpp iiss JJuullyy 1111The Fort Recovery High School girls

basketball team will be hosting a bas-ketball camp for girls in second andthird grades.

The camp will run from 4 to 6 p.m.July 11 through 15 at the middleschool gym.

Cost is $30, and checks should bemade payable to Fort Recovery GirlsBasketball. Each player will receive a t-shirt and basketball.

For more information, contact BrianPatch at (419) 375-2815 orpatch@fortrecoveryschools.org.

SSttaarrffiirreess hhoossttiinngg ffoooottbbaallll ccaammppThe South Adams High School foot-

ball team is hosting a youth footballcamp in July.

The camp will be from July 25 toJuly 27 at Starfire Field, and is open toboys who will be in first through sixthgrades for the 2016-17 school year.

First through third graders will befrom 5 to 6 p.m., with fourth throughsixth graders from 6 to 7 p.m.

Cost is $20 per camper.For more information, contact SAHS

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SportsFriday, June 10, 2016

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The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Hannah James swims the butterfly Thursday during the Jay County Summer Swim Team’s first meet at Portland WaterPark. Jay County opened its 2016 campaign with a 650-525 victory over Wells Community.

It had been a full season since thesummer swimmers got to competeoutdoors at home.With Portland Water Park open

for business, the tankers picked upright where they left off.The always-dominating Jay

County Summer Swim Teamopened its 2016 season with a 650-525 victory over Wells Communityon Thursday at Portland WaterPark.Sophie Saxman (9-10-year-old)

and Mara Bader (11-and-12-year-old) were both triple-event win-

ners. Saxman took first in the 50-meter freestyle, 25 breaststrokeand 100 individual medley. Baderearned wins in the 50 butterfly, 100IM and 50 breaststroke.Dual winners for the boys

included Jesse Brown (8-and-younger), Creed Beiswanger (9-10-year-old) and Joseph Dow (9-10-year-old). Brown earned victoriesin the 50 freestyle and 25 breast-stroke, and Beiswanger finishedfirst in the 50 freestyle and 25 back-stroke. Dow touched the wall firstin the 100 IM and 25 freestyle.

For the girls, Sophie Hoevel (8-and-younger), Maddy Snow (9-and-10-year-old), Eliza Bader (13-14-year-old), Lillian Clemmons (13-14-year-old), Sophie Bader (15-and-older) and Anne Vormohr (15-and-older) also won a pair of races.Hoevel took the 50 freestyle and

25 butterfly, Snow was first in the100 IM and 25 breaststroke, ElizaBader was victorious in the 50 but-terfly and 50 breaststroke, andClemmons won the 50 backstrokeand 50 freestyle. Dow beat her com-petitors in the 100 freestyle and 200

IM, Sophie Bader placed first in the100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke,and Vormohr won both the 100freestyle and 100 backstroke.George Clemmons (8-and-

younger), Hannah Laux (9-10-year-old) and Elizabeth McDowel (15-and-older) won the 25 butterfly, 25freestyle and 200 IM respectively.Jay County travels to Berne for

the Wabash Valley Conferencerelays at 9 a.m. Saturday beforeheading to Celina on Monday. Itsnext home meet is June 28 againstSouth Adams.

Jay County opens season with win

Swimmers christen water park in same old fashion

By JOE KAYAP Sports WriterCINCINNATI — A

little vintage AdamWainwright and anoth-er booed hit by YadierMolina have the St.Louis Cardinals head-ed up.Wainwright allowed

only two hits in sixinnings, and Molina’sbases-loaded singlesnapped a tie in theeighth on Thursdaynight, sending the St.Louis Cardinals to a 3-2victory over theCincinnati Reds 3-2 andyet another series winin their lopsided NLCentral rivalry.Molina’s third hit of

the game led St. Louisto its fourth victory infive games. The Cardi-nals (32-28) are a sea-son-high four gamesover .500, tied with thePirates for secondplace, 10 games behindthe Cubs.St. Louis took two of

three and has won 18 ofits last 22 series withCincinnati.Wainwright’s slow

start to the season wasa part of the Cardinals’struggles. He’s gottenhis fastball back andhas thrown fivestraight quality starts,with this one the bestyet.“It’s been building

toward that,” Wain-wright said.

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By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS — New

Indiana Pacers coach NateMcMillan has been a busyman the past few weeks.He’s finally decided to

keep the two assistants heworked with the last threeseasons, Dan Burke andPopeye Jones, as he contin-

ues to search for a third.He’s discussed potentialroster moves with Pacerspresident of basketballoperations Larry Bird.He’s advised Paul Georgeabout playing in theOlympics and he’s stillpreparing for the loomingNBA draft.It’s an offseason pace

that’s kept McMillanalmost as busy as he wasduring the actual season.“We just want to work on

building a championshipculture,” he said Thursdaynight. “That’s what wewant to do here. We’re justgoing to try and improvewhat we’ve already done.”McMillan, George and a

handful of other Pacersplayers took a brief breakfrom workouts to play inthe annual CarolineSymmes Celebrity SoftballChallenge, a fundraiser forthe Indiana Children’sWish Fund. The event is co-hosted by George and Indi-anapolis Colts linebackerRobert Mathis and has cre-

ated some rare opportuni-ties for the city’s two mostprominent teams — suchas seeing George andAndrew Luck in uniformon the same playing fieldjust before the first pitch.But on Thursday, it was

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By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewLloyd Wright didn’t set out to

be a firefighter.It just turned out that way.“I walked into Thobe’s (in

Fort Recovery) one morning,and Erm Wendel, the fire chiefwas there. … They asked me tocome down to the fire station,”Wright recalled this week. “Thatwas in ’66, and I’ve been chasingor driving them little red trucksever since.”After 50 years as a volunteer

firefighter — first with FortRecovery then with SalamoniaVolunteer Fire Department —Wright admits to slowing downa bit.“I drive the truck,” he said. “I

answer the call.”But his wife Sharon added

that it wasn’t too long ago thatshe went to the scene of a fire tobring some needed refresh-ments and found Lloyd on theroof.Wright, who spent much of

his working career at the for-mer Meshberger BrothersStone Corporation quarrysouthwest of Portland, servedabout eight years with the FortRecovery department andjoined the Salamonia depart-ment after the couple marriedin 1974.Over the years, he’s held just

about every possible job withthe Salamonia department.“I was the fire chief out here

for awhile,” he said. “I’ve heldthe assistant chief ’s job.”He’s also been president and

vice president of the volunteerfirefighters’ organization atSalamonia.Today, he’s district chairman

for District 8B for the IndianaVolunteer Firefighters Associa-tion, visiting 26 fire depart-ments in Jay, Randolph,

Delaware, Blackford and Henrycounties on a regular basis. TheIVFA recognized his firefightingyears in Ohio and honored himas a life member of the associa-tion for 50 years of service.

Not everyone is cut out to be afirefighter, but Wright believesit’s an important calling.“Our main job as a firefighter

is to save property and savelives, and that’s what I try to

do,” he said. “And there’s a lotof camaraderie in firefighting.”One essential is to have the

support of your spouse and fam-ily.“If you’re married, your wife

and children have to be behindyou 100 percent,” he said,describing a scenario in which afire call could upend familyplans at a moment’s notice.

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Lloyd Wright looks at some of the patches from the 26 fire departments he works with as a district chairman forthe Indiana Volunteer Firefighters Association. With 50 years of service, he is a life member of the association.

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By NATHAN RUBBELKE The Commercial ReviewFort Recovery’s John

Parker didn’t have anygrand plans to become adeacon. In fact, when he was

first approached about thepossibility, he turned itdown. “Long time ago, a pastor

of ours said ‘John, youought tobecome adeacon.’ Ididn’t evenknow aboutthem at thattime. Ourchildrenwere littleand I didn’tget that interested at thattime,” he said. But then another pastor

came along and mentionedthe diaconate as well. Thatgot Parker thinking. “God, I guess you want

me to be a deacon. I betterstarted listening,” hethought at the time. Even as Parker began

seriously considering therole and took the firststeps towards it, he wasn’tsure it would work out.When he and his wife,

Jan, went to a meeting inCincinnati, the room wasfilled with 65 men interest-ed in becoming a deacon.Only 18 would get the nod. “I said to her, ‘fat

chance,’” Parker joked.But he told himself, “If

God wants me to be a dea-con, I’ll be a deacon.”Parker, who taught Eng-

lish and Latin for decades,one day got a phone call atschool. He figured it was abook company. He was wrong. It was the

news that he was tobecome a deacon. “I couldn’t believe it,”

Parker said. “Well, I couldbut I couldn’t. I was walk-ing on air for awhile.”After his ordination in

1985, Parker became Mer-cer County’s first perma-nent deacon. Last year, heretired from his post atMary Help of ChristiansCatholic Church in FortRecovery.

Later this month, hewill celebrate his 31stanniversary as deacon,and there’s a lot to lookback on. Jan Parker proudly

notes the number ofsacraments her husbandperformed in his time atMary Help of Christians. It’d be easy to lose count

of them. They total toapproximately 600 bap-tisms and close to 100 wed-dings. If you were a Catholic

born in Fort Recovery,there’s a good chanceParker baptized you. That fact is seen in a

photo Parker shared oflocal second-graders. Of

the 16 children in thephoto, Parker baptizedeight.Parker has also baptized

his 12 grandchildrenalong with a great-grand-child. Baptisms and weddings

weren’t the only rights ofpassage that Parkerinstructed. For 23 years,he also taught driver’seducation. He even drove a school

bus for awhile too. “I wore a lot of hats,” he

said. Wearing all those hats

gave Parker a special viewof his small town, as hewatched kids grow up. “It was like I had a view

like maybe God does. I getto kind of watch thesekids mature. I (would) seethem again when theywere confirmed. I helpedthe bishop then,” he said.“I worked with them whenthey were going to getmarried, and then theycome back with a baby tobe baptized. You got to seethe whole thing.” While Parker may not

have initially had his eyesset on being a deacon, hedid look into the priest-hood as a young man. Hespent time in the semi-nary and even a year inRome as part of his stud-ies before dropping out. But as a deacon, he had

something he wouldn’thave had as a priest: afirst lady. “She helped me with the

weddings. She workedwith the bride, and thebridesmaids in the backand then I did the weddingin the front,” Parker saidof his wife. “She’d get thegirls started at the righttime so the photographerscould get their pictures.”Jan also helped with

baptisms.“He baptized and I

would put things away. Weenjoyed doing it, workingtogether, doing God’swork,” she said. In honor of the Parkers’

service to Mary Help of

Christians, the parishrecently dedicated a stat-ue of the Holy Family intheir honor. How is Parker spending

his new found free time? “Now, I can stay up late

and sleep late,” he said. “He watches movies

from way back. He can tellyou the actor’s name justlike that and he lovesmusic,” added his wife. It’s not all leisure time

for Parker. “Well, I have stuff to put

away. I have boxes of stufffrom when we moved along time,” he said. All those baptisms and

weddings must have kepthim busy.

By LISA REINThe Washington Post WASHINGTON —

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plans have weak defensesagainst fraud, and evenwhen they are audited, theinvestigations take years,the Government Accounta-bility Office found.

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Program faces fraud

By SARAH LOESCHEvansville Courier & PressEVANSVILLE, Ind. — Twin

sisters Jackie Kempf and JerrieLeach have spent a combined 49years volunteering with Dea-coness Hospital.The 82-year-old Evansville

natives both focused their effortson volunteering with DeaconessAuxiliary and hospice facilitiesshortly after retiring from theirrespective positions at the hospi-tal.Kempf spent more than 24

years as chief cashier for thehospital, and Leach worked for32 years as a respiratory thera-

pist before finishing her careeras the director of clinical educa-tion for the respiratory therapyprogram through Deaconess andthe University of Southern Indi-ana.Kempf said she enjoyed being

chief cashier from the verybeginning. She gave birth to alleight of her children at Dea-coness and was familiar withsome of the people who workedthere.“It was just my hospital,” she

said. “When I wanted to go towork, I thought, ‘Well, that’s agood place. I’m going to try there,and they can’t get rid of me.’”

Leach’s path to Deaconessstarted after her husband diedof cancer.She took care of him for seven

years, and then at 33 started in arespiratory therapy program.She already had gained a lot ofexperience caring for the elderlyand the sick within her ownfamily. She took care of both ofher parents until they died andwith the help of her sister caredfor an elderly aunt.Leach said she never strug-

gled to take care of her ownfamily members and felt it waswhere she belonged.“It was natural,” she said. “I

felt comfortable with it. I’vealways been kind of a motherfigure.”So volunteering with hospice

seemed like a natural fit. Shesaid she felt it was where Godwanted her to be.“I feel like God gives you

experiences in your life that aregoing to train you for what hewants you to do,” Leach said.She also found inspiration

from a hospice worker whomshe brought in to speak to oneof her classes about caring forthe dying patient during hertime as director of clinical edu-cation.

“I was so impressed with herthat as soon as Deaconess saidthey were going to open a hos-pice in 1991, I’ve been involved,”Leach said.Kempf started with the Dea-

coness Auxiliary about a yearafter her sister. She’d alwayshad an interest, but much of theactivity was during the day, soshe had to wait until she’dretired.The Auxiliary, which started

in 1960, works to raise funds forthe hospital and its variousprojects and currently hasabout 140 volunteers.

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Twins help to keep each other active

Photo provided

John Parker performs one of the approximately 600 baptisms he has presided over in his nearly 31 years as an ordaineddeacon. He retired from his post at Mary Help of Christians in Fort Recovery last year.

Parker

Baptisms and marriagesLongtime deacon presided over hundreds of FR milestones

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By VIRGINIA CLINEThe Commercial ReviewThe Elks Lodge in

Dunkirk is more than aplace to share a drink withfriends or play a game ofcards for a longtimeDunkirk resident.“This is my home away

from home,” said Victor“Vic” Wells, 89.A member for more

than 30 years, some dayshe spends more time therethan at his house inDunkirk.“Well it’s nothing for me

to work six, eight hours aday — not everyday —when I got something todo,” Wells said.And he usually has plen-

ty to do.He spends a lot of time

in the kitchen, which hekeeps immaculately clean,and fellow members haveplaced a sign above thedoorway that reads “Vic-tor’s Kitchen.” He handbreads tenderloins andmakes Glogie burgers —thick hamburgers that arenamed after fellow Elksmember Gary Glogas.“I’m just a general

flunkie,” Wells said.He also helps cook for

the breakfast that is heldthe second Saturday ofeach month and cooks forpoker players each Tues-day and Saturday.But he doesn’t just work

in the kitchen. Wells keepsthe terrazzo floor polishedin the ballroom and doesmaintenance inside andoutside of the building. “Just about anything

there is to do around here,I do it. Anything thatneeds fixed, if I can fix it, Ican, if I can’t, I fix it sothey have to get a profes-sional,” Wells joked.He is also a member of

American Legion Post No.227 in Dunkirk, where heserves as chaplain and is amember of its color guard,for which he participatesin graveside services, andis also a member of

Amvets Post No. 23 inHartford City.Wells grew up in

Dunkirk and his parentsmoved to a farm when hewas in sixth grade. Hegraduated from Montpe-lier High School in 1945. He is a veteran of the

United States Army, hav-

ing served from 1945 until1947. World War II had justended, so Wells wasn’tshipped overseas, insteadspending most of his timein Camp Hood Texas as amember of the militarypolice. He met his wife Ade-

laide while in Texas and

they were married in 1947.She preceded him in deathin 2011. The couple hasthree children — Farrel ofDunkirk, Delores Ann ofMuncie and Timothy Deanof Albany. Wells retired from Indi-

ana Gas Company inMuncie in 1990, but he

doesn’t plan on retiringanytime soon from hisduties at the Elks Lodge.His mother Doris lived

to be 101. “I got pretty good

genes,” Wells said. “He does a lot out here,”

said fellow member EdByrd.

“He does a lot for ourcommunity,” Judy Garradded. He’s just an assetto the organizations hebelongs to.“There’s never any-

thing he says he can’t do,”she added, starting tochoke up. “Just a niceguy.”

Wells is at home at Elks lodge

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Vic Wells pauses for a moment in the kitchen at Dunkirk Elks Lodge where he keeps busy making tenderloins andburgers. Friends placed a sign on the door that reads “Victor’s Kitchen” because he spends so much time there.

Continued from page 2BKempf and Leach are

on the board of directors,the governing body for theAuxiliary.The sisters now deal

with fewer hands-onduties during their volun-teer hours, but when theyfirst started they did mosteverything a hospice

patient might need.Kempf said she would sitwith patients, go groceryshopping for them, takethem to doctor’s appoint-ments and clean theirhomes.Leach said they would

do anything the patientwanted or needed. Everyevening when she got offwork, she’d go and sit onthe bedside commode nextto the patient, and theywould watch television.“Sometimes we would

never say a word,” Leachsaid.The silence eventually

led Leach to ask thepatient if she would pre-fer less frequent visits,since sometimes thepatient would never speakto her.“She said, ‘But you’re

here if I want to,’ “ Leachsaid.Leach said people some-

times ask her how she isable to volunteer in a placewhere most of the time thepatients die, and she tellsthem “you just cry withthe family and move on.”She said the younger

patients do get to her, butLeach has never reallydealt with the death ofanyone younger than 21.Tina Hale, the hospice

volunteer coordinator,said there are manyopportunities within hos-pice to volunteer, some ofwhich do not include con-tact with patients.

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cers, chaplains can be on call24-hour rotating shifts. Theyserve officers and deputiesfirst, but are available to minis-ter to the incarcerated and suf-ferers of ailments.For the inmate, the patient

and the officer, before 2012,there wouldn’t have been any-one designated to speak to themconcerning a spiritual need.A chaplaincy was developed

that year, when two local minis-ters made the suggestion. Oneof them was Senior ChaplainDavid Peters.“We’re here because we

believe God placed us here,”said the local associate pastor.“To serve God, to be open to andrespond to needs of people,someone who needs spiritualhelp and help the lost.”As a chaplain, he serves two

locations: Jay County Hospitaland Jay County Sheriff ’sOffice.Every Wednesday, Peters, 81,

serves as one of several hospi-tal chaplains and has helpedpatients there for 12 years. In2012, he and another local min-ister approached former sher-

iff Ray Newton to form a chap-laincy, especially on deathnotices and for inmates whowanted spiritual help.Newton approved to send

Peters and three other minis-ters to Merrillville for the Inter-national Conference of PoliceChaplains for their first train-ing. On May 10, 2012, they weresworn in as chaplains, servingthe sheriff ’s office.Two years later, the chaplain-

cy grew to seven ministers andPortland Police Departmentwanted to start a similar pro-gram. That led to the berth of apartnership — the Jay CountyLaw Enforcement Joint Chap-lain Force.“The chaplain program was

an answer to prayer. I wentthrough prayer for that,” hesaid recalling the story of howhe became one.

Peters was born and raised inPortland. He left the city in 1953and served in the United StatesAir Force for four years. In 1958he opened a photography storein Union City that he ran for 20years.Photography was one of

Peters’ greatest passions, but in1968 he began going in a differ-ent direction with his lifewhere he felt an even greaterpush than starting the shop.“I became a Christian for the

first time in 1968,” Peters said,noting that running the storeleft him burnt out. “You’re in abusiness like that you spendabout 70 hours a day working —you open up, you close up andyou have a couple of employ-ees.”Before work, Peters said he

would intentionally go in anhour early to pray and read

God’s word. As the stress con-tinued, he made up in his mindhe would sell the business. Andwhen he opened the doors ofhis business one day in 1978,the first customer who walkedin became his buyer.Through it all, Peters was

involved in a ministry thatbegan in 1970.“What makes a person go into

ministry is a calling — you feelGod calling you in that direc-tion,” Peters said.His calling allowed him to

pastor two churches — OliveBranch Congregational Chris-tian Church in Farmland for ayear and a half beginning in1970 and Noble CongregationalChristian Church from 1972 to1973 and again from 1978 to1979. After selling the photography

store, he started a second

career as an insurer with West-ern and Southern. He departedeight years later to become anindependent health insuranceagent, a role he has continuedin to this day.He also meets with a small

group at John Jay Center forLearning, where he has acted asthe associate pastor of VineyardChristian Fellowship since 2011under his son Kevin as pastor.Peters’ wife, Linda, and his

family have given him full sup-port in his chaplaincy.As a chaplain, he recalled cer-

tain events that were difficultto handle. Peters said one willalways find those situations,but because chaplains work inpairs it is easier to deal with sit-uations.Stepping away from the work

as a chaplain has crossed hismind, but for now Peters is stillgoing strong. When he doeseventually retire, Deputy SeniorChaplain Garth “Mike” LeMas-ter will head up the program.“It’s going to happen,” he

laughed. “When it happens Iguess I’ll know it. But I’ve beenblessed with good health for myage and you have your aches andpains … but someday in the nearfuture it will happen.”

Peters helped found chaplaincy

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Chaplain David Petersreads A. W. Tozer’s ThePursuit of GodWednesday morning inthe chaplain’s office ofJay County Hospital,where he serves as oneof the chaplains. Petersis also one of theinitiating ministers tostart a chaplaincy for JayCounty Sheriff’sDepartment in 2012.

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Continued from page 2B"As the [Medicare Advan-

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the growth across govern-ment of what are known as"improper" payments.Many programs, includingSocial Security and veter-ans' benefits, are strugglingto check billions of dollarsa year that should not havebeen paid out, whetherbecause of fraud or unin-tentional mistakes.GAO concluded that

while Medicare knows theimportance of monitoringthe private plans for billingirregularities, auditing isstuck in red tape at a mas-sive loss to taxpayers.

The network of MedicareAdvantage plans are analternative to traditionalfee-for service coverageoffered by Medicare, andtheir popularity is growingfast, with almost 16 millionparticipants in 2014, GAOsaid. In 2014 the federal gov-ernment paid about $160billion to a total of 570Medicare Advantage plans.The overcharges come

from a poorly run anti-fraud system administeredby the Centers for Medicaidand Medicare Services,which pay out reimburse-ments to the private plans,GAO found. The agency hasspent about $117 million onaudits using a complex for-mula to pinpoint where thesystem is at risk of fraud.But so far it's recoveredonly $14 million.

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It’s not a day in a life, but life in a day

By KARIN BRULLIARDThe Washington Post Walking is the most common

form of physical activity for peo-ple over age 60, and it’s good forthem. Among other benefits, it’slinked to a lower risk of heart dis-ease, and it can improve legstrength and increase endurance.

Dog owners, studies havefound, get more exercise thanpeople who don’t have dogs, prob-ably because of the walkinginvolved. So, do seniors who walktheir dogs have better health andget more exercise? Yes, accordingto a new study in the journal theGerontologist.

To come to this conclusion,researchers at Miami Universityin Ohio and the University ofMissouri looked at data from the2012 Health and RetirementStudy, a biennial survey ofAmericans older than 50 that issponsored by the National Insti-tute on Aging. They found that

those who walked dogs hadlower body mass indexes, fewerlimitations in daily activities,fewer chronic conditions andfewer visits to the doctor. Theyalso got exercise more often anddid it more vigorously.Those who owned dogs but

didn’t take them on strolls, how-

ever, had poorer health. “Dogwalking appears to be the mech-anism by which dog ownershippromotes health,” the studysaid. It noted, however, that itwasn’t clear whether the dog-walking actually caused the bet-ter health.

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Continued from page 1B“Today it’s a family affair. They

have to support you. … They’ve gotto understand.”Sharon will admit that being the

wife of a firefighter can bringsome stress.“I don’t (worry) so much now,

but when we were first married Idid,” she said.Fifty years of firefighting locally

translates into some significantblazes. Because of mutual aid rela-tionships between departments,Salamonia’s department has beencalled upon to help on major firesin both Portland and Fort Recov-ery. Those include the BostonStore fire in the late 1960s, theCline-Wilt Lumberyard fire in theearly 1970s and the Hines Theatrefire in the 1980s.Wright was also among those

responding when the historicBoundary General Store burned inthe mid-1970s.Among the changes Wright has

seen in the course of his firefight-ing career are the 911 emergencydispatch system and the re-num-bering of county roads.“When I first came over here (to

Jay County), I had trouble with thecounty roads,” said Wright. “I gotconfused.”Mercer County’s rural roads all

have names instead of numbers,and to someone who had livedthere all his life it was a simplesystem. The numbering system,which is intended to make it easierfor people who may not know theirway around like a native, tooksome getting used to.So did the 911 dispatch system.“Sometimes the old fire phone

worked the best,” said Wright ofthe system that was in place before911.In a fire emergency, someone

would call the fire number and itwould ring in eight differentplaces. The firefighter wouldrespond, and it was his spouse’sresponsibility to call four otherfirefighters. The spouses of eachof those four firefighters wouldthen call four more until everyonehad been notified.Retired now from the quarry for

four years, Wright acknowledgedthat he might be slowing down abit. But he’s far from ready to giveup firefighting.“I’ll do it as long as I can,” he

said. “When my health gives out,I’m done.”Added Sharon: “They’ll carry

him out before he quits.”

Continued from page 4BHospice has volunteers

who arrange for flowers,call the bereavementteam, answer phones,work the desk, sit withpatients or deliver sup-plies.Hale said they have

people who feel called towork in hospice aftersomeone in their ownfamily dies. In thosecases, they recommendthe person wait a year,since it can be an emo-tional experience.Before joining the team

of hospice volunteers,new recruits go throughfour training sessions,which include tips onhow to deal with thedeath of a patient.Hale said it isn’t abnor-

mal for volunteers tostick around for multipleyears, like Kempf andLeach, but that the sis-ters are still unique.“I have never met two

more dedicated people toDeaconess,” she said.Training and recruit-

ing volunteers will be afocus for the hospitalwhen it opens the newhospice house in Novem-ber.The new facility will

feature two wings, eachwith seven beds. Therooms will have a suitefor the patient’s familyconnected to them alongwith a family kitchen.Both Kempf and Leachwere there for thegroundbreaking of thenew facility.“It’s exciting to see the

new hospice house,”Leach said, “I’m veryanxious to work there.”Kempf and Leach said

volunteering helps themstay active as they age.“If you don’t do any-

thing, you kind of whittleaway,” Kempf said.She said part of her

love of volunteeringcomes from a need to stay

busy. She loves the con-tact with people as well.In volunteering at the

front desk at Deaconess’main campus, Kempfsaid she sees many peo-ple she might not normal-ly see.Leach said she doesn’t

know how people stay athome all the time.“You have to, as they

say, ‘use it or lose it,’” shesaid.When Leach started to

have more free time, itallowed her to volunteermore, and she plans tocontinue until she can’tphysically complete herduties. She always toldher three children theonly important thing inlife is what you do forsomeone else.“Volunteering is where

it’s at,” Leach said. “Giv-ing of your time is mostimportant.”

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Firemen, it seems, love to collect things related to firefighting. Miniature firetrucks, firehydrants, and statues of firefighters are always part of the mix.

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‘Volunteeringis whereit’s at.

Giving ofyour timeis most

important.’—Jerrie Leach

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By VIRGINIA CLINEThe Commercial Review Beulah Hiser likes to build puz-

zles to keep busy in the winter.One of them, a nature scene cut

into the shape of a leaf adorns herdoor at CrownPointe Communitiesin Portland. Hiser, 92, first saw the puzzle at

an Amish community in southernIndiana and her niece bought it forher as a Christmas present. The puzzle includes, “A little bit

of everything,” Hiser said, birds,butterflies, flowers, cats, a squir-rel, deer, a log cabin, a school-

house, mountains, a tractor and aboat adorn the nature scene with-in a nature shape. “I put it together, took it out to

my great-nephew, he put it on aboard, and cut it out by hand,”Hiser said of Michael Landers ofPortland. She built the puzzle in her home

on Manuels Drive before coming toCrownPointe in March afterfalling in her home and having togo to the hospital.Born southeast of Portland, she

married Clayton Hiser and theylived and farmed together in

Blackford County for 42 yearsuntil his death on May 31, 1990.“You better believe it, I done

everything,” Beulah said of theirtime together on the farm raisingcattle, hogs and chickens. She enjoys playing euchre at Jay

and Bryant community centersand bingo at CrownPointe.Hiser has received compliments

on her door decoration.“They just say it’s beautiful,”

she said. “Never seen anythinglike it.“Everybody else put wreaths, I

decided I’d put that.”

Continued from page 5BStill, co-author Rebecca

Johnson, a professor atthe University of Mis-souri and director of itsResearch Center forHuman-Animal Interac-tion, said she felt confi-dent that the associationbetween the dog-walkingand health, combinedwith previous studies onthe benefits of dog own-ership, should be enoughto prompt medical profes-sionals to recommendseniors both have a poochand walk it.“The whole body of lit-

erature on dog ownership… indicates that the dogis unconditionally lov-ing,” Johnson said.“They are a social lubri-cation, meaning otherpeople talk to people ifthey’re out walking theirdog. They’re a bridge toother generations.”But there may be good

reasons to think hardabout adopting a dog. HalHerzog, a psychology pro-fessor who studieshuman-animal relation-ships at Western Caroli-na University, praised thestudy’s large sample sizeand analysis, and he saidthe association betweendog walking and healthappeared to be strong.But he said it’s importantthat it didn’t show dogwalking caused betterhealth.“It is equally likely that

elderly people who are ingood health have theenergy to walk theirdogs,” he said. “It is criti-cal in these types of stud-ies that readers do notconfuse correlation andcausality.”There can also be cons

to owning dogs, Herzogsaid. The Centers for Dis-ease Control, for exam-ple, reported in 2006 thatmore than 86,000 peopleare injured each year infalls associated with catsand dogs — mostly withdogs — increasing the

rate of injury as peopleget older.Johnson acknowledged

that dogs can come withdownsides, and she notedthat one doesn’t have toown a dog to reap the ben-efits of walking one —walking shelter orfriends’ dogs works, too.But she said seniorsshouldn’t have to forgopet ownership justbecause it can involvelifting heavy bags of dogfood, changing litter orvisits to the vet. Olderpeople also have troublechanging light bulbs, shesaid.“They need help, but

that doesn’t mean theyshouldn’t have electriclight,” Johnson said.“People say, well, it’s aburden for older people tohave dogs because theyneed help. Sure, theyneed help. As they age,they need help with a lotof things.”

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Puzzle decks Hiser’s door

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Beulah Hiser stands in front of her door at CrownPointe Communities in Portland that sheadorned with a puzzle she built and her great-nephew cut into the shape of a leaf.

‘They area social

lubrication,meaning

other peopletalk topeople if

they’re outwalkingtheir dog.They’re abridgeto other

generations.’—Rebecca

Johnson,University

of Missouri