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Monday, April 1, 2019 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Dems plan to demand report By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Commit - tee will prepare subpoenas this week seeking special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report’s release. The Judiciary panel plans to vote on subpoenas Wednesday, a day after the deadline. The chairmen of several House committees asked for the full, unredacted report last week after Attorney Gen - eral William Barr released a four-page summary lay - ing out the report’s “prin - cipal conclusions.” Barr said in a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary com - mittees on Friday that a redacted version of the full 300 page report would be released by mid-April, “if The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney not sooner.” The planned committee vote, announced today, Spring break snow would not automatically issue subpoenas but Most of the sign in front of East Elementary School on Water Street in Portland is obscured Sunday morning following authorize House Judiciary snow Saturday evening. The winter storm in late March brought a snowy end to spring break for Jay County students. Committee Chairman Jer - rold Nadler, D-New York, to send them. “As I have made clear, Congress requires the full and complete special coun - Two vying for GOP council nod sel report, without redac - tions, as well as access to Editor’s note: This is the first of also vying for the party’s nomina - tive Solutions. He graduated from served two terms on Portland the underlying evidence,” a series of election-related stories tion. Jay County High School in 1979 City Council, I had the desire to Nadler said in a statement. that will run today through April Brewster was elected in 2015 to and has taken classes through Ivy learn more about city govern - “Attorney General Barr 8. Early voting for the primary the seat that was previously held Tech and John Jay Center for ment and chose to run myself. has thus far indicated he election begins April 9. by her husband, Michael. She is a Learning. Therefore, that is why I feel com - will not meet the April 2 One Portland City Council nurse at Indiana University The candidates were asked to fill pelled to run again for a second deadline set by myself and member is facing a primary chal - Health Jay Hospital and graduat - out a questionnaire about election term. five other committee lenge. ed from Jay County High School issues. Their responses follow. McIntosh: I am running for chairs, and refused to work Michele Brewster, who repre - in 1999 and Indiana University in office to have a voice for my com - with us to provide the full sents District 3, is seeking elec - 2003. Why did you decide to run for munity and work to make a dif - report, without redactions, tion to a second term while fellow McIntosh works as a mainte - office? ference in Portland. to Congress.” Republican Steve McIntosh is nance technician at Sonoco Protec - Brewster: After my husband See Council page 5 The panel will also vote to authorize subpoenas related to a number of President Donald Trump’s former top advisers, Fayette hospital OK’d for another loan including strategist Steve By BOB HANSEN fied bidders, with bids due comes out of Chapter 11. Bannon, Communications Connersville News-Examiner April 30. It’s expected the In January, the bankrupt - Director Hope Hicks, Fayette Regional Health sale will be complete by cy court allowed the hospi - Chief of Staff Reince System is assuring the mid-May. tal to borrow up to $2.5 Priebus, White House public that it intends to Funds will help keep facility On Friday, the U.S Bank - million from Comerica Counsel Donald McGahn stay open and provide ruptcy Court in Indi - Bank to meet ongoing and counsel Ann Donald - quality health care during open until it is sold as part anapolis approved an expenses, including pay - son. Donaldson served as reorganization. of bankruptcy proceedings interim order approving roll. McGahn’s chief of staff Within the past two the hospital’s request to The hospital went back before both left the admin - weeks, pay cuts for all hos - borrow up to $1.6 million to court on March 22, stat - istration. pital employees have been more from Comerica ing that $2.5 million would The five were key wit - put in place; the Bank, which is headquar - not be enough money to nesses in Mueller’s probe interim leader of borrow an additional $1.6 ter 11 reorganization tered in Dallas, Texas. The meet expenses before the of possible obstruction of the North Star million to stay open until under federal bankruptcy loan is called postpetition auction sale. An emer - justice and were sent docu - Recovery program has after it is sold in a bank - law. A court order has financing, meaning that gency hearing on that ment requests by the Judi - resigned; and the hospital ruptcy proceeding. approved selling the hos - the money would be request was March 26. ciary panel last month. has received approval to The hospital is in Chap - pital by auction to quali - repaid after the hospital See Loan page 5 See Report page 5 Opposition gains ground By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ble-digit inflation, rising food income earners who believe and SUZAN FRASER prices and high unemployment. that the economy, education Associated Press It was also a first test for Erdo - and urban administration are ISTANBUL — Turkey’s oppo - gan — who has been accused of not run well.” sition dealt President Recep increasingly authoritarian ten - More than 57 million people Tayyip Erdogan a symbolic dencies — since stepping last were eligible to vote for the blow by gaining ground in key year into a new presidential mayors of 30 major cities, 51 cities in the country’s local elec - role with widely expanded pow - provincial capitals and 922 dis - tions. The opposition won the ers. tricts in Turkey. The election capital, Ankara, a ruling party Behlul Ozkan, an associate was marred by sporadic vio - stronghold for decades, and was professor at Marmara Universi - lence, with five dead and scores leading a tight race for mayor in ty, said Erdogan’s loss of injured across Turkey. Istanbul, according to unoffi - ground in Ankara and Istanbul Even with 99 percent of the cial figures today. indicated that his socially con - votes counted, ballot counts The leader who has dominat - servative and construction-dri - were still underway today in the ed Turkish politics for 16 years ven policies no longer resonat - tight race for Istanbul, Turkey’s declared victory despite the ed in the cosmopolitan cities. largest city and commercial Associated Press/Burhan Ozbilici opposition gains. “Political Islam’s quarter- hub. Unofficial results reported Sunday’s local elections were century old hegemony in by the state-run Anadolu news Supporters of the Republican People's Party, CHP, widely seen as a gauge of sup - Turkey’s two largest cities is agency showed the opposition port for Erdogan as the nation over,” he said. “The basic prob - at 48.8 percent support to the wave Turkish flags, and one with a portrait of Kemal Ataturk, of 81 million faces a daunting lem is that Erdogan is not able ruling party’s 48.5 support. right, as they celebrate early today after preliminary results of economic recession with dou - to get votes from middle- See Gains page 5 the local elections were announced in Ankara, Turkey. Weather In review Coming up Kindergarten enrollment Tuesday — Results from After a snowy Saturday peratures begin to climb Tues - for Jay School Corporation the Jay County softball team’s evening, temperatures remained day. The forecast calls for a high will be held Tuesday at Bloom - season opener. cold Sunday with a high of 32 in the 50s Tuesday under partly field Elementary School, degrees in Portland. The low was cloudy skies. Wednesday at Redkey and Thursday — A look at the 23. Highs will climb into the 60s Westlawn, and Thursday at race for the Democrat nomina - The low is expected to be in by the end of the week. See page East. Doors will open at 8:45 tion for mayor of Dunkirk. the lower 30s tonight before tem - 2 for an extended outlook. a.m. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local Monday, April 1, 2019 Portland City Court Judge Donald Gillespie Portland, accumulation of rub - mph zone, $146.50; Lovina A. device; Haley M. Franklin, Hamilton, Ohio, speeding 79 in Fined and sentenced bish, $160; Carl E. Hitchcock, Troyer, Bryant, failure to dim Dunkirk, operator never a 55 mph zone, May 1; Elizabeth Mark A. Lawyer, New Castle, Hartsville, speeding 67 in a 55 lights, $160.50; Latisha M. Hum - licensed. A. Snyder, Portland, disregard - overweight vehicle, $645; Dal - mph zone, $147.50; Macie L. mer, Portland, speeding 60 in a ing stop sign, May 1; Dylan M. ston M. Duff, Fort Wayne, disre - Blackburn, Muncie, speeding 72 45 mph zone, $150.50; Brett A. Pretrial set McKibben, Dunkirk, disorderly garding stop sign, $160.50; in a 55 mph zone, $153; Piyush Green, Heath, Ohio, speeding 69 Matthew D. Brindle, Hartford conduct, May 1; Skylar New - Laura L. Bergman, Geneva, seat H. Patel, Hatfield, Pennsylva - in a 55 mph zone, $149.50; Ron - City, false registration and no some, Dunkirk, disorderly con - belt violation, $25; Jakhongir nia, disregarding stop sign, nie H. Wilson, Muncie, expired insurance, May 1; Daniel I.