Wednesday, April 15, 2020 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Protective printing By RILEY EUBANKS The Commercial Review While first responders have been busy protecting Jay Coun - ty during the coronavirus pan - demic, the community is step - John Jay, high school ping up to make sure those on the front lines of the crisis are are making shields for protected. Masks and face shields are first responders, hospital some of the most sought after long-term care facilities pieces of personal protective equipment in the world to com - bat the spread of the disease. Consequently, face protection can be hard to find or produce. ders, IU Health Jay and nursing nose or eyes, so anything to cover Utilizing local 3D printers and facilities. the face goes a long way in help - The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney materials donated from local “This is the right thing to do, so ing to stop the spread. businesses, John Jay Center for we’re going to do the right thing,” “That was a huge help,” said Rusty Inman, executive director of John Jay Center Learning’s Rusty Inman and said Inman, who so far has helped Sheri Arbuckle, who works at the for Learning, gets another round of printing started as part of Kyle Love, a teacher at Jay create and donate nearly 100 face Miller’s Mary Manor rehabilita - County High School, have begun shields. tion center in Dunkirk, which the process of making face shields for local health care creating face shields and donat - The coronavirus is spread by received a few face shields. workers, first responders and long-term care facilities. The 3D ing them to local first respon - the virus’ exposure to the mouth, See Printing page 2 printed piece takes about two hours to complete. Nations blasting Unseen exhibit Trump on WHO cutback By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG Associated Press GENEVA — Nations around the world reacted with alarm today after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the siz - able funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. Health experts warned the move could jeopardize glob - al efforts to stop the coron - avirus pandemic. At a briefing in Washing - ton, Trump said he was instructing his administra - tion to halt funding for the WHO pending a review of its role “in severely mis - managing and covering up the spread of the coron - avirus.” The United States is WHO’s largest single donor, contributing between $400 million and $500 million annually to the Geneva-based agency in recent years. Trump has repeatedly labelled COVID-19 the “Chi - nese virus” and criticized the U.N. health agency for being too lenient on China, where the novel virus first emerged late last year. Outside experts have questioned China’s report - ed infections and deaths from the virus, calling The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney them way too low and unre - liable. And an investigation This piece, in the style of cubism, by Jay County High School senior Dottie Schuler is on display in the Regional Student by The Associated Press Art Exhibit at Arts Place in Portland. The exhibit, featuring pieces from kindergarteners through seniors from area schools, was has found that six days of set to go on display to the public March 20, the same day Arts Place closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. delays between when Chi - nese officials knew about the virus and when they warned the public allowed Artwork from students throughout the region the pandemic to bloom into an enormous public health disaster. is on display behind closed doors at Arts Place The WHO has been par - By RAY COONEY opportunity to show their was scheduled to open ticularly effusive in its The Commercial Review creativity and show their March 20. praise for China, calling on The Regional Student artwork in a more profes - On March 19, Arts other countries to emulate Art Exhibit is a staple. sional sense, which isn’t Place announced it would their approach and repeat - Each year, art teachers always something chil - close, effective March 20, edly praising their trans - from schools in Jay Coun - dren get to experience. It in response to the coron - parency. ty and beyond are invited gives them that sense of avirus pandemic. But China only agreed to to select student works to pride and accomplish - So paintings and draw - a proposed WHO-led mis - be displayed in the Hugh ment,” agreed Emilie ings are hung. Photos are sion to investigate the coro - N. Ronald Gallery at Arts Fisher, visual arts teacher framed. And sculptures navirus after WHO’s chief Place. for Southern Wells Com - are displayed. But no one Tedros Adhanom Ghe - “We’re here to help sup - munity Schools. “I think has been able to see them breyesus personally paid a port our community, and it’s really important for in person. visit to Chinese President there’s nothing better children to do that for “I have some really tal - Xi Jinping, a highly unusu - than trying to bring in the those reasons.” ented students, and I’m al move to secure a country youth and showcasing Students were to have just so sad that their work visit during an outbreak. The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney their abilities and their that opportunity again is up their and people The European Union creativity, along with our this year, just like in the might not be able to get today said Trump has “no Southern Wells fifth grader Dirk teachers too,” said Arts past. out to see it,” said Kathy reason” to freeze WHO Frauhiger’s watercolor depiction of a Killer Whale Place visual arts director Art teachers selected Ayers, an art teacher at funding at this critical is part of Arts Place’s Regional Student Art Kim Anderson. works. They were set up Jay County High School. stage and called for meas - Exhibit — “Art, Bringing Communities Full Circle.” “It gives them the in the gallery. The exhibit See Exhibit page 5 ures to promote unity instead of division. See WHO page 2

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Will you go to prom with us? Page 4 — We’ve learned a •Get dressed up in your Jay County had a high tempera - night tonight athrough 9 a.m. lot during this pandemic. Back prom outfits. ture of 43 degrees Tuesday. The Thursday. Expect mostly sunny in the Saddle. low was 30. skies Thursday with a high of 45. •Take a picture. •Send your photo to us at The low is expected to drop into Rain and snow are expected Fri - Page 8 — Senior Spotlight [email protected]. the mid 20s tonight. A freeze day. See page 2 for an extended out - features JCHS softball player •We will run all of your pho - warning will be in effect from mid - look. Trinity Current. tos in a special section April 25. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local/Nation Wednesday, April 15, 2020 WHO ... Continued from page 1 year budget, contributing over $530 Germany’s foreign minister, COVID-19 by Trudie Lang, a professor of glob - million in 2018 and 2019 — wrote Heiko Maas, pushed back at al health research at Oxford Uni - that stopping funding for WHO dur - Trump’s announcement. the numbers versity said attempts to hinder ing a world health crisis “is as dan - “Placing blame doesn’t help,” he WHO’s work could have significant gerous as it sounds.” wrote on Twitter. “The virus knows consequences for the pandemic “Their work is slowing the no borders. We must work closely Below is a look at Indiana’s key COVID-19 statistics over the course of the last week. The highest new case and death totals response. spread of COVID-19 and if that against COVID-19.” for the week are in bold. “The reason we’re making such work is stopped no other organiza - The Netherlands has also thrown fast progress on diagnostics, vac - tion can replace them. The world its support behind the WHO. “Now Date Total cases New cases New deaths April 8 5,943 436 30 cines and drugs is because of needs WHO now more than ever,” is not the time to hold back fund - Thursday 6,351 408 42 WHO’s role as a neutral broker,” Gates wrote. ing. Once the pandemic is under Friday 6,907 556 55 she said. “It’s their role to bring Worldwide, the pandemic has control, lessons can be learned. For Saturday 7,435 528 30 together the best science.” infected nearly 2 million people now, focus on overcoming this cri - Sunday 7,928 493 13 Monday 8,263 331 7 On Twitter, Bill Gates — whose and killed over 127,000, according sis,” Sigrid Kaag, minister for for - Tuesday 8,527 313 37 foundation was the second-largest to a tally by Johns Hopkins Univer - eign trade and development cooper - donor to the WHO for its latest two- sity. ation, said on Twitter. CR almanac Printing ... Continued from page 1 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Arbuckle said the center 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/20 didn’t have any face shields prior to Inman and Love’s donation. If some - body at the center was in isolation because of expo - sure to the virus, the 47/34 42/29 51/38 58/48 57/37 shields would have to be constantly used, she said. No precipi - 80% Tempera - Tempera - Clouds will Inman was on his way tation is pro - chance of tures will tures will be clear later jected during snow and rain warm with no much warmer, into the this morning to deliver the day but in the morn - rain currently a trend that evening more shields to Miller’s there’s a 70% ing that will projected. will continue though it will Merry Manor as well as chance of a turn into just Mostly sunny. into next get colder at rain-snow mix rain later in week. Mostly night. CrownPointe Communi - at night. the day. cloudy. ties assisted living commu - nity and Persimmon Ridge Rehabilitation Centre in Portland. 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Midday Evening shield that can be easily “Rusty and I have been Daily Three: 8-6-3 Pick 3: 3-7-7 printed by any 3D printer going non-stop for about a Daily Four: 6-7-2-6 Pick 4: 9-1-1-3 owner. It was also impor - week now,” said Love, who Quick Draw: 2-5-13-17- Pick 5: 5-5-4-7-0 tant to us that all the indi - has been using the 3D print - 18-27-28-32-38-39-40-42-46- Rolling Cash: 12-23-26- vidual parts required for ers at Jay County High 47-68-69-70-72-73-78 28-30 the shield can be found on School while Inman uses Evening Estimated jackpot: the internet.” the printers at the John Jay Daily Three: 3-2-00 $140,000 The face shields are cre - Center for Learning. ated from three main Each face shield takes parts. The clear face guard about two hours to make, is a plastic sheet donated with Love and Inman pro - Markets by Progressive Office Prod - ducing around 16 to 24 a ucts of Portland. Holes are day. Sunrise Central States punched in the plastic to Face shields have also attach it to the 3D printed been donated to police and St. Anthony Montpelier visors that Love and fire departments in Corn ...... 3.00 Corn ...... 3.10 Inman are producing. A Dunkirk, Redkey and Port - said the face shields would Jay County has seven May corn ...... 3.00 May corn ...... 3.12 rubber band strung land. be needed if the county’s confirmed cases of COVID- Beans ...... 8.54 Beans ...... 8.44 through a piece of tubing Though they haven’t had fire departments had to 19 according to the latest May beans ...... 8.60 May beans ...... 8.44 from Portland’s Hometown to be used yet, Portland assist anyone who had been numbers from Indiana Wheat ...... 5.27 Wheat ...... 5.28 Hardware is attached to Fire Chief Mike Weitzel exposed to coronavirus. Department of Health. July wheat ...... 5.28 Cooper Farms Fort Recovery The Andersons April corn ...... 3.22 Richland Township Felony arrests May corn ...... 3.22 Corn ...... 3.17 June corn ...... 3.25 May corn ...... 3.17 Burglary Aaron Herbert, 25, 2207 N. Blaine woman is being held on $10,000 bond Beans ...... 8.51 Two Muncie men are being held on St., and Scott L. Ransom, 45, 3609 E. in Jay County Jail after she was POET Biorefining May beans ...... 8.51 $14,500 bond in Jay County Jail after Gilbert St., were charged with burgla - arrested Tuesday for theft. Peggy E. Portland Wheat ...... 5.37 they were arrested Tuesday for theft ry, a Level 5 felony, and unlawful pos - Manis, 43, 2615 Indiana 26, was Corn ...... 3.05 May wheat ...... 5.37 and possession of drug parapherna - session of a syringe, a Level 6 felony. charged with burglary, a Level 5 lia. Additionally, a Hartford City felony. Today in history Boy found in pond RE-ELECT On April 15, 2013 , In 1945 , Franklin D. EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) fighters tried to resuscitate two bombs made from Roosevelt, who died on — A 2-year-old Evansville the boy, but he was pro - pressure cookers explod - April 12, was buried at boy reported missing by nounced dead at the scene ed at the Boston the Roosevelt family his father and found dead MAX C. LUDY, JR. Marathon finish line, home in Hyde Park, New in the city about 170 miles in a neighbor’s fish pond killing two women and York. southwest of Indianapolis. JUDGE was a victim of drowning, an 8-year-old boy and In 1947 , Jackie Robin - The Evansville Police authorities said Tuesday. JAY SUPERIOR COURT injuring more than 260. son, baseball’s first black Department is investigat - An autopsy determined Suspected bomber major league player, ing the boy’s death. Detec - that Carter Pickerell Experienced, Trained Tamerlan Tsarnaev died made his official debut tive Sergeant Peter De- drowned after falling into in a shootout with police; with the Brooklyn Young said that no crimi - Dedicated, & Fair the pond, according to a his brother, Dzhokhar Dodgers on opening day nal activity was suspected. Paid For The Committee To Re-Elect Max C. Ludy, Jr. release from Vanderburgh Tsarnaev, was tried, con - at Ebbets Field. (The County Coroner Steve victed and sentenced to Dodgers defeated the Lockyear. death. Boston Braves, 5-3.) 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Plans called for Atlantic off Newfound - the Moose to sell the land land more than 2 1/2 to William Glazer Con - hours after hitting an ice - struction Company of SERVICES Front Office is Closed. berg; 1,514 people died, Muncie for a new shop - April 26 while less than half as ping center. , Ted: Noon, many survived. —AP and The CR Williamson First Universalist Church and Still OPEN for business. Society of Barnard, 6211 Ver - Citizen’s calendar mont 12, Barnard, Vermont.

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By TED KOOSER U.S. Poet Laureate How many poets does it American take to change a light Life bulb? Only one. Here’s a poem by Jared in Poetry Carter from his new book, The Land Itself, from Monongahela Press. This Darkened Rooms of Sum- is a fine example of how a mer: New and Selected talented poet can make a Poems, is published by the gift for us from the most University of Nebraska ordinary subject. Carter Press in a series I edit for lives in Indianapolis. His them.

Changing the Front Porch Light for Thanksgiving

To balance there, again, in the early dark, three rungs up on the old stepladder, afraid to go any higher, it wobbles so— to reach out and find the first set-screw stripped of its thread, barely holding the lip in place—to stretch even farther, twisting the next one to break the rust, turning the last with the tips of your fingers until the white globe drops down smooth and round in your hands, and you see inside a pool of intermingled wings and bodies, so dry it stirs beneath your breath. To watch them flutter, again, across the grass, when you climb down and shake them out in the wind.

We do not accept unso- Thanksgiving," from The licited submissions. Land Itself, (Monongahela American Life in Poetry is Press, 2019). Poem reprint- Photo provided made possible by The ed by permission of Jared Poetry Foundation Carter and the publisher. (www.poetryfoundation.or Introduction copyright © Gone fishing g), publisher of Poetry 2020 by The Poetry Foun- The Forthofer kids headed to the family pond during the stay-at-home period. From left magazine. It is also sup- dation. are 5-year-old Hank, 12-year-old Cole and 9-year-old Emery. ported by the Department The introduction's of English at the Universi- author, Ted Kooser, served ty of Nebraska-Lincoln. as United States Poet Lau- Poem copyright ©2019 by reate Consultant in Poetry Jared Carter, "Changing to the Library of Congress COVID-19 donations being sought the Front Porch Light for from 2004-2006. The United Way of Jay County is for such things as food, rental assis- Bank’s night deposit box at 112 N. accepting cash donations for tance, and medical assistance. Meridian St., Portland, or either COVID-19 Relief. Donors should note on the check drive-up window or the night Read, Checks should be made payable to that this is for COVID-19 Relief. deposit box at CrossRoads Financial the United Way of Jay County. Donations can be mailed to Unit- Credit Union. These funds will go to agencies ed Way of Jay County, P O Box 204, For more information, call (260) and organizations who are assisting Portland, IN 47371. They can also be 726-7010 or e-mail unitedwayofjay- then recycle. those who are in need at this time dropped off at the First Financial [email protected]. Late night activities trouble light sleeper

DEAR ABBY: I live in a and get awakened by their sweet note explaining densely populated luxury sessions together. I can the problem and ask if high-rise apartment build- hear her voice and at there is anything she ing in a busy downtown times, jostling of furni- can do to muffle the neighborhood that has a ture. sounds you are hearing. diverse mix of residents. I I have thought about (It might be something have lived here for four telling the building man- as simple as moving her years and have never real- agement, but it would be bed away from the wall ly had many issues, until obvious that the com- or placing it against a recently. plaint would have come different one.) However, My next-door neighbor from me, and I don't want if she's uncooperative, works in the medical field that. I also don't want to as a last resort, do dis- that at times has very late cause embarrassment to cuss your problem with or early hours associated either of us. How can I the building manager. I with it. I also work in a address this delicately, assure you, it won't be field that has odd hours, so without causing embar- the first time he or she I am empathetic. My issue rassment, or must I suck it has heard something is, she has a new boyfriend up and suffer? — SLEEP- like this, or the last. she is intimate with any- LESS IN CHICAGO DEAR ABBY: I suffer where between 2 and 4 DEAR SLEEPLESS: from a moderate to severe a.m. I am a light sleeper Write your neighbor a case of social anxiety. I'm now in my first relation- ship with a partner who tends to move fast, and whose parents have Sudoku recently been asking to meet me. This has caused tension in our relation- ship as well as in his rela- tionship with his parents. Because of some past experiences with previous partners, his parents have preconceived notions about me, which makes me feel all the more reluc- tant to meet them. I don't like feeling vulnerable, especially with people who don't know me. One counseling session with a boss, a professor, someone in authority, etc., and I'm The Commercial Review on the verge of tears or already crying. Jayland’s Daily Newspaper! I know I'll have to meet his parents someday, but I 260-726-8141 don't know how to approach it. I feel over- www.thecr.com whelmed just thinking [email protected] [email protected] about it. Please help. — Tuesday’s Solution SOCIALLY ANXIOUS DEAR SOCIALLY ANXIOUS: I hope you The objective is to fill a nine-by nine grid so that are receiving profes- each column, each row, and sional help for your each of the nine three-by- social anxiety. You three boxes (also called should not approach blocks or regions) contains meeting your partner's the digits from 1 to 9 only parents with a negative one time each. attitude. Smile, put your best foot forward and try to make a good impression. The Commercial Review Page 4 Opinion Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Pandemic has taught us all a lot By JACK RONALD job. Remember that 99% of it is •There are books on the book - ter we feel when the sun is shin - The Commercial Review crap, and go back to sources you shelves that you’ve never read. ing. Things we have learned from Back trust, like your local doctor or — Maybe they were Christmas •Mowing the lawn no longer the pandemic so far: if you don’t have one — the Cen - gifts or birthday presents. feels like a chore. It gets us out of •Zoom works. It’s not perfect, in the ters for Disease Control and Pre - Maybe they were something left the house and into the weather. but the software makes meetings vention (cdc.gov). over from high school or college. And for a while we can forget — business, church, organiza - Saddle •An event like this generates You’ve never cracked their cov - about things like “flattening the tions and family — far easier. crooks. Actually, crooks is too ers. Now is a great time to try. curve.” There are some caveats, howev - nice a term. These are the human I’m about a third of the way into •Recent technological changes er. scum primed to take advantage something I should have read as have made this easier to bear. —It’s not a good idea to take •Being informed is the best way of their fellow humans during an undergraduate and would Cellphones, software that allows part in a Zoom meeting while you to avoid anxiety. Sure, things are any time of uncertainty or crisis. have been required to read if work from home and all the rest are having lunch or dinner. It’s scary. It is, in fact, important to be In quieter times, they might be grad school hadn’t been inter - are relatively new phenomena. rude, and it’s disruptive and dis - scared enough to change one’s stealing Social Security numbers rupted by the draft. And it’s Imagine going through this same tracting. Eat later, after you’ve behavior. But the best way to deal or overcharging for work on your great. period of history without them. been on Zoom. with this is to learn as much as driveway. But right now, they’re •Exercise matters. Stay-at- •Our fates are inextricably —Learn where the mute button you can from sources that are as going for the gold. Your gold. home can translate quickly into linked with the rest of the world. is. Interruptions are inevitable, responsible as possible, then Scammers are the cockroaches of becoming sedentary. But it does - China feels far away, India feels but the rest of the group doesn’t chart your course accordingly. this era. Be smart, and tell them n’t have to. Even a modest daily far away. Heck, even Duluth, Min - need to hear your cellphone con - •There’s a mountain of crap on to buzz off. regimen — stretching, sit-ups, nesota, can feel far away. But this versation. the internet. You knew that •Fear makes us vulnerable. push-ups and the like — can little virus doesn’t care about any —Think about what’s behind before, of course. But now that There’s truth in that. It’s what the keep your body alert and alive. of that. It doesn’t care about you. Harsh lighting from behind mountain of crap could kill you. scammers in the previous para - •Sunshine is a gift. Everyone’s boundaries or language or cul - can make you hard to see on the Don’t fall for quack medical graph are counting on. mood improves when we see the ture or economics or systems of screen. And no one wants to see advice. Don’t swallow some weird •Neighbors matter. Check in sun. Could be the Vitamin D, government. It just doesn’t care. your dirty laundry or unwashed mix of chemicals because of a when you can. Even a wave and a could be something more. At any So we have to care. dishes in the background. YouTube video from some nut shout of hello can brighten a day. rate, we all know how much bet - We have to care for one another. Reopening won’t be quick or easy The Washington Post Expectations are run - ning high that reopening Guest the United States will mean returning to offices, facto - ries and schools, kick-start - Editorial ing the economy and redis - covering life before the coronavirus pandemic. At best these alluring goals are likely to be achieved haltingly, partial - ly, more slowly than we would like — and how halt - ... in the ingly will depend heavily on how well the nation absence of undertakes a mammoth set a vaccine or of public health tasks. The inescapable fact is drug therapy that in the absence of a vac - for the next cine or drug therapy for the next year or more, a highly year or more, infectious virus will roam a highly the country and the world, and only strenuous actions infectious virus can prevent continuing will roam the flare-ups or new explosions Better angels are revealed such as Wuhan, Bergamo country and or New York City. By MARK BENNETT utes by a waitress, has been tem - Tom Frieden, former the world, Tribune-Star (Terre Haute) porarily replaced by carryout-only director of the Centers for and only It’s impossible to label any aspect orders. Those waitresses, cooks, Disease Control and Pre - of the pandemic as a “bright spot.” Mark bussers, baristas and managers of vention, has usefully out - strenuous Lost lives, fears and heartaches bear restaurants, pubs, coffeehouses and lined four tasks. First, actions can down on so many right now. Bennett nightspots gave us an oasis after wide-scale testing must be Still, signs have emerged of the our workdays were completed. deployed to know who is prevent “better angels of our nature,” a We’re all missing those amenities. sick and who is not. Second, continuing phrase coined by Abe Lincoln. Amer - Musicians who create pleasing those infected must be iso - ica’s 16th president called on those sounds with guitars, keyboards, lated from the healthy and flare-ups forces of good to guide his fellow those cashiers, sackers, stockers and drums, horns and fiddles at festi - susceptible. Third, every - humans, even on the brink of the managers officially “essential.” Most vals, legion halls and clubs instead one who had been in con - or new nation’s darkest days — the Civil War. of us never realized the vital role play for listeners online from their tact with the sick must be explosions ... So, what evidence of our better those folks shoulder, until this unusu - living rooms, for love of it. traced. Fourth, those con - angels is detectable right now? al moment. The list could go on and on. tacts have to be isolated to Many people feel a deeper appreci - The same is true of sanitation Respect for each of those jobs prevent further spread. All ation for the jobs others do. That workers. They’re still handling the should go on and on, too. four have to be accom - might seem small, but it’s not. Just various forms of our waste, left by us That would be a change from plished to box in the virus, Contact tracing, finding over a dozen years ago, the opposite to be out-of-sight-and-out-of-mind. another trying time. The so-called he says. those who were near the threatened to pull the country apart. Their work through a pandemic is the “great recession” hit in late 2007 Unfortunately, there are sick, is labor-intensive. Today, reminders surround us of definition of both “essential” and and 2008. At its outset, the nation stubborn, unresolved prob - Public health departments the occupations filled by others. “risky.” debated whether the federal govern - lems with all four. It will be have the know-how but That’s because the products and serv - Pharmacy crews fill prescriptions ment should rescue the imploding catastrophic if the next nowhere near the tens of ices they provide are in short supply for customers struggling with illness - auto manufacturing and financial phase unfolds with the kind thousands of workers who during statewide shutdowns, or es and ailments. Gas station employ - industries. Presidents Bush and of chaotic supply shortages will be required. Where because their work is saving lives and ees keep essential workers supplied Obama chose to save the carmakers and lack of leadership we will these armies of work - easing our disrupted everyday rou - for transporation. Mail and package and financial companies. Instantly, have seen over the past few ers come from? The prob - tines. carriers are delivering many necessi - the people who build our vehicles months. Diagnostic tests, to lem will most likely fall Doctors, nurses, nurses aides, ties residents once picked up in per - had the size of their paychecks, pen - see whether people are into the lap of states and orderlies and hospital staffers are son, helping us to stay home and flat - sions, personal behavior, work sick, have been running at cities, given President Don - hearing applause on the streets as ten the curve — the motto the world ethics and economic value ques - about 140,000 a day report - ald Trump’s inept leader - they arrive for duty at hospitals and lives by in springtime 2020. Daycare tioned by fellow Americans. Bank - ed by the states, only a frac - ship. Hopefully some help clinics. Some are being serenaded by workers tend to many essential work - ing and financial workers felt it, too. tion of what is needed for will come from smartphone grateful neighbors, singing on apart - ers’ kids or aging parents. Nursing As entire industries began to phase two. Serological test - apps, but those also raise ment balconies, from Europe to the home attendants help the elderly implode, that every-man-for-him - ing, to see who has recov - questions and, in any case, Midwest. Those health-care workers carry on with their lives in sheltered self atmosphere put workers and ered with antibodies that can’t entirely render shoe- are in the trenches of this fight communities particularly vulnerable their compensation levels and bene - might confer immunity leather detectives obsolete. against a COVID-19 virus that has to COVID-19. Funeral home staffs fits under a microscope. “Maybe from re-infection, has never Reopening the economy everybody’s attention, but no cure. handle the passing of loved ones, a they had it coming,” the public been done at this scale. is an aspiration shared by The cheers and songs matter for those situation that’s stressful in normal speculated. Exaggerations and Many tests are in the all, as is quick development folks as they walk into emergency times and even more so now. Bank stereotypes of occupations from works, but technical and of a therapy or vaccine. But rooms, risking their own health to tellers cash our checks. teaching to construction work ran biomedical uncertainty aspirations won’t get us help others. And, the work of people in numer - rampant. remains, including regard - there. We should plan for Firefighters, police, EMTs, ambu - ous other occupations idled or down - A different time, a different situa - ing how long the antibodies the possibility that neither lance crews and other first-respon - sized by the pandemic has taken on tion. last and how strongly they vaccine nor cure emerges ders face those same dangers, along renewed significance. For Christians worldwide, this may protect. Former Food for 18 months or longer. In with other risks. Like health-care Elementary, middle and high Easter Sunday celebrates the resur - and Drug Administration that world, getting people workers, first-responders and their schools are closed till fall, along with rection of a savior who told his dis - commissioner Scott Got - back to work safely, without families have felt the impact of the colleges. Face-to-face interations with ciples to love others. Applauding tlieb and Lauren Silvis fits and starts, will take relentless virus. teachers, principals, cafeteria cooks emergency-room staffers from a have suggested that leadership and planning, Employees of grocery stores and and custodians are missed by kids. A street corner, or serenading nurses employers ought to take on with involvement of all lev - supermarkets have likely toiled for professor’s explanation of a vexing and EMTs from a balcony seem like some of the burden for test - els of government, the pri - months or even years without hear - question must come via a computer, steps in that direction. ing, bringing it into work - vate sector and the popula - ing many “thank-yous” from cus - for now. Appreciation and respect for each places, making it more rou - tion. It won’t be quick or tomers or acquaintances. Governors A relaxing cup of coffee in a other. 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The government resisted calls to postpone the elec - tions billed as a midterm referendum on President Moon Jae-in, who enters the final two years of his single five-year term grap - pling with a historic public health crisis that is unleashing massive eco - nomic shock. Exit polls conducted by TV stations indicated that Moon’s Democratic Party and a satellite party it cre - ated to win proportional representative seats would comfortably combine for a majority in the 300-seat National Assembly. While South Korea’s electorate is deeply divided along ideological and gen - erational lines and region - The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney al loyalties, recent surveys showed growing support This graphite drawing by South Adams High School junior Emma Christal features the view of a parachuter for Moon and his liberal coming down from the sky. “I didn’t add the detail to the bottom of the shoe till the last minute,” said Christal in her party, reflecting public comments posted with the piece. “I’m glad I did.” approval of an aggressive test-and-quarantine pro - gram credited with lower - ing fatality rates for the coronavirus compared to China, Europe and North America. Exhibit ... The long lines that Continued from page 1 “The students really like snaked around public “They were really proud of watercolor,” said Fisher. offices and schools fol - their work. And I was really “They kind of like how it lowed record-high partici - proud of their work.” blends together sometimes. pation in early voting held She noted that with schools Virtual galleries Some students find it to be on Friday and Saturday, closed her students will also very freeing. … I think it’s and defied expectations of While Arts Place is closed to the public, there are other ways to view the a low turnout because of miss out on Jay County High pieces involved in this year’s Regional Student Art Exhibit. In addition to important to teach that School’s annual art show. those included in today’s newspaper, we created a video walk through of because it’s an artistic tool fears of contracting the This year’s Arts Place stu - the exhibit. Arts Place also has each individual piece displayed online. that can ben used in many dif - virus. dent exhibit, which features ferent ways.” In an initial count, the work from students in kinder - Regional Student Art Exhibit video While the gallery at Arts National Election Commis - garten through 12th grade, is bit.ly/APstudentexhibit Place is closed to the public sion said more than 17.2 themed “Art, Bringing Com - through at least early May, million people voted today. munities Full Circle.” The Arts Place online exhibit there are other opportunities Combined with the 11.8 idea, Anderson said, was to artsland.org/regional-student-art-exhibit to view the students’ work. million who cast their bal - promote the importance of In addition to the photos of lots during early voting or art in schools and beyond. pieces included in print today, by mail, the overall “I really wanted to try to hit there’s also a video — turnout was 66.2%, the it home, the importance of the and reduces subjects to their stick with just one color? I’ve bit.ly/APstudentexhibit — highest since 71.9% arts, how it brings a commu - geometrical equivalents. got this idea and I want to walking through the entire turnout in a 1992 general nity together as a whole,” she Think Pablo Picasso. throw another color in there gallery and featuring 36 indi - election. said. “It makes us better at JCHS senior Dottie Schuler and really make it pop.’ So, I vidually works. All of the Analysts struggled to who we are and what we do. has one such piece — “Pup - said, ‘Go for it.’ … She did a pieces from the exhibit can be find explanations for the Without it, I think we lose per,” pictured on page 1 — on super job. viewed online at unexpectedly high turnout. something.” display in the exhibit. She “She’s a very creative girl.” artsland.org/regional-stu - Some simply gave up. Ayers teaches a couple of even broke the rules (with per - A project that is always dent-art-exhibit and the Arts “Sorry, I really don’t introduction to art classes at mission) of the project by involved in Fisher’s fifth Place page on Facebook. have any theory for this,” JCHS with her more advanced using two opposing colors. grade classes is watercolor Ayers noted the importance said Yul Shin, a professor classes focusing on painting “It was supposed to be work. One of the pieces she of art students have the oppor - at Seoul’s Myongji Univer - and ceramics. painted in monochromatic chose to be displayed in the tunity to share their efforts sity. “When turnouts are One of the projects she colors, shades of one color,” exhibit at Arts Place is Dirk with the public. high, voters are usually worked on with students this said Ayers. “And Dottie’s real - Frauhiger’s portrait of a “For kids who are artistical - trying to lay down judg - year involved cubism, a style ly creative, and she came to killer whale, pictured on page ly talented, this is the place ment on a government that that breaks traditional rules me and asked, ‘Do I have to 1. where they shine,” she said. disappoints them. But the exit polls predict a crush - ing win for the ruling party.” “We are going through difficult times, but the coronavirus and politics are two different things,” said one voter, Lee Kum. Another Seoul resident, Chung Eun-young, said she arrived at the polling sta - tion just after it opened at 6 a.m. to avoid crowds. “They checked my tem - perature and handed me gloves, but it wasn’t as bothersome as I thought it would be,” she told reporters. The voting draws a con - trast with an upended elec - tion cycle in the United States, where some states have pushed back presiden - tial primaries or switched The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney to voting by mail. To hold the elections as Pictured above is a piece created by Redkey Elementary scheduled, South Korean School second graders using markers, wire and glue. At left is a officials and health author - 36-gauge aluminum metal foil piece by West Jay Middle School ities carefully prepared eighth grader Logan Orso. safeguards to reduce the risk of the virus being transmitted.

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The Commercial Review Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Classifieds Page 7 Taken ... Arizona willing Continued from page 8 Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s stay-at- “They’ve been doing so well to Like many students, Current is home order has made that nearly keep our assignments even though adjusting to a new way of academics impossible. there are so many of them,” she said, to host MLB following the March 13 announce - She’s been filling that void by also noting Anni McClung as her NEW YORK (AP) — Ari - safe, I think the virus will ment Jay Schools — at the time — spending more time working on her favorite teacher because of her spon - zona Gov. Doug Ducey says let us know. If that means would be closed for a month. art or reading. After taking an intro - taneity and lively personality. “They his state is willing to host that we start in June, July, The hardest part, she said, is try - ductory 2-D art class, she fell in love are keeping us updated and trying to all 30 major league teams at August or not at all, we defi - ing to learn over a computer and get - with the craft. Having one of her make it work.” the time public health con - nitely are all kind of con - ting the attention from teachers she pieces selected for the school’s art When it comes to advice she’d give cerns allow, which eventu - cerned that we may not be desires. She said getting one-on-one show enticed her to keep going with her freshman self, she gave the cliche ally could lead to the start able to play this year, and time with her instructors has some - the hobby as well. answer: don’t take any time for grant - of the baseball season pri - that’s a reality.” time become difficult. “I saw all the paintings and wanted ed because high school goes by too marily in empty spring Ducey said he had spoken “It’s as good as it’s going to get,” to give it a shot,” she said. “I ended up fast. training ballparks. with Commissioner Rob she said. being good at it.” But she elaborated a bit further, MLB and the players’ Manfred about the all-Ari - When asked what one word her While she’ll definitely miss roam - too. association have had pre - zona option. friends might use to describe her, ing the halls of Jay County High “Work hard,” she said. “Be respect - liminary discussion of “There’s a number of dif - Current said “bubbly.” The soft-spo - School, seeing and interacting with ful. Make new friends. I’ve made so potential ways for the sea - ferent scenarios,” the gover - ken senior said she enjoys spending her teachers has been her favorite many friends over the last four years son to start if given the go- nor said. “I think the first most of her time with friends, but part about school. that I didn’t think I would.” ahead by federal, state and scenario that was talked local governments and about was the idea of these health officials. Having all clubs coming, being in teams based in the Phoenix hotels and in a way, having area is among the contin - their own stay-at-home Eliminates ... gency plans being exam - orders whether it either be Continued from page 8 rest of their academic defending national cham - More cuts could be com - ined. There are 10 spring at the hotel, or inside the Schools have made cut - careers. They’ll be pion and finished the sea - ing if the economic situa - training parks plus the Dia - stadium, without fans. … backs in athletic staffing allowed to transfer to son ranked No. 2 in The tion doesn’t improve or mondbacks’ Chase Field, It’s something that Arizona and expenses. Eliminating another school without Associated Press poll, there is a re-emergence of which has a retractable is open minded to, and I’m a sport is at the bottom of penalty. while the men were No. 5. COVID-19 in the fall or roof, and several college open minded to.” the list of options, Cun - “I’ve thought about The football team played winter, Livingstone said. facilities. Many players and staff ningham said. them a lot today,” Cun - for the Big 12 champi - Baylor athletic director “Arizona, at the right are concerned about the “It’s the last thing you ningham said. “It’s really onship. Mack Rhoades said he time, is very open minded potential of a long absence want to do as an athletic difficult news for them.” Beyond the decision to doesn’t think any Bears to hosting whatever Major from family while director,” he said. Old Dominion said stu - delay its new basketball sports programs will be League Baseball would like sequestered. Both Cincinnati and Old dents who signed a nation - facility, Baylor President eliminated. from the state,” Ducey, a Minnesota catcher Mitch Dominion tried to lessen al letter of intent for 2020- Linda Livingstone said “We haven’t had to talk Republican, said Tuesday. Garver wondered how the the impact on students by 21 will keep their scholar - the school’s efforts to cut about or think about cut - “At the time that it would be plan would work. honoring scholarships for ships if they enroll. There costs will include a ting any sport programs,” appropriate for public “Where do we live? Who’s athletes losing their are 32 wrestlers currently “strategic review and Rhoades said. And I cer - health, if Arizona were in a allowed to come with us? sports. in the program, seven of reduction of operating, or tainly, I cannot or do not position to reopen, we have Are we only allowed to go to Cincinnati will allow its them seniors. non-personnel, budgets” envision, at least now, a the facilities that are here.” the field and back to the 21 men’s soccer players to At Baylor, the women’s across the school, includ - situation where we would “We have the hotel space hotel? What kind of hotel? keep scholarships for the basketball team is the ing athletics. have to do that.” that is here,” he said. “We What kind of accommoda - all want to make certain tions are we working with? that the metrics and the Is there going to be meal data are proper before we’re money?” he said. “Then you able to go forward, but I get into player health, and Fires ... think two words that would we’re talking about playing Continued from page 8 sored in part by Lucas Oil, which also But his career imploded when his allow the country and the in 120 degree weather on Without funding on the No. 42 ended its partnership with Larson. slur went viral in part because view - state of Arizona to know spring training fields poten - Chevrolet as long as Larson was in Larson also late last year added a ers can follow the virtual races on the that things were headed tially living out of a visiting the car, Ganassi had to act. Ross midget car to his team and drove it to gaming app Twitch and eavesdrop on back to normal would be: locker room.” Chastain, under contract as a devel - seven wins in eight races to close the drivers’ typical lighthearted ban - Play ball!” Manfred announced the opment driver for Ganassi, will likely 2019, then opened 2020 with a victory ter. Larson apologized in a video post - MLB also said Tuesday it salary cut Tuesday in a replace Larson whenever racing at the prestigious Chili Bowl in his ed on his social media accounts. is cutting the salary of sen - memorandum to staff, a resumes. 13th try. “I made a mistake, said the word ior staff by an average of copy of which was obtained “After much consideration, Chip Larson had been prepping to test that should never, ever be said,” Lar - 35% for this year due to the by The Associated Press. Ganassi Racing has determined that free agency for the first time in his son said. “There is no excuse for that. new coronavirus’ impact on Manfred also said the com - it will end its relationship with driver short career and Ganassi was expect - I wasn’t raised that way. It is just an the season. MLB is guaran - missioner’s office will make Kyle Larson,” Ganassi said in a state - ed to find himself in a bidding war for awful thing to say. I feel very sorry for teeing paychecks to its full- all planned distributions to ment. “As we said before, the com - his franchise NASCAR driver. my family, my friends, my partners, time employees of its cen - teams through May. ments that Kyle made were both Larson was thought to be deciding the NASCAR community and espe - tral office through May. “As part of our effort to offensive and unacceptable especially between Ganassi or a move to Tony cially the African-American commu - With no clarity on when protect the organization, given the values of our organization. Stewart’s NASCAR team. He also nity. the shutdown will end, play - my senior staff and I have As we continued to evaluate the situ - might have been a long-shot candi - “I understand the damage is proba - ers and staff intently follow decided to reduce our com - ation with all the relevant parties, it date to replace seven-time NASCAR bly unrepairable and I own up to the daily developments. pensation by an average of became obvious that this was the only champion Jimmie Johnson at Hen - that.” “I think we’re all con - 35% for 2020 to help the appropriate course of action to take.” drick Motorsports, although Rick He reached out to many sponsors cerned that there’s not organization weather this Larson’s famed sprint car career Hendrick isn’t as generous in allow - and friends to apologize. Brent Pow - going to be a season,” Texas terrible storm,” Manfred could also be in jeopardy: Kyle Lar - ing his drivers to compete in other ell, president of Plan B Sales and Rangers manager Chris wrote in the memo, which son Racing fields a Chevrolet in the series and giving up sprint cars was a Marketing, was the only sponsor to Woodward said. “I don’t described cost-cutting World of Outlaws Series that is spon - deal-breaker for Larson. remain behind Larson. know when it’s going to be efforts.

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Patriot senior waited for her time to play Trinity Current, a Jay but won’t get County High School senior, to take the field poses for a photo in her softball uniform in front of the Patriots’ logo on the back of the team’s dugout. Current Editor’s note: Jay County had waited for her time to High School spring student ath - become a starter and was in letes are dealing with a new line to do so this season, but reality of not having school in her chance was taken away session as well as having their April 2 when the IHSAA sports season canceled. This announced it was canceling “Senior Spotlight” series will recognize those spring senior the spring sports season. athletes who had their final year as a Patriot cut short. •••••••••• By CHRIS SCHANZ The Commercial Review On a team with eight seniors, she had to wait her turn to get into the lineup. Photo provided A seldom-used player at the varsity level, Trinity Current wanted to get a chance to play her Twitter account in her jer - spent the majority of her jun - with the girls I’ve played with sey, holding a bat while stand - ior year on the junior varsity the last four years. ing in front of the Patriot soft - softball team. “I was looking forward to ‘I was devastated, honestly ... I was ball logo on the back of the The departure of such a getting to play softball and hav - looking forward to getting to play team’s dugout. Accompanying large group created an oppor - ing graduation and experienc - the photo was her caption, tunity for her to finally crack ing everything seniors in the softball and having graduation “Might not have gotten to play the starting lineup. past get to experience.” and experiencing everything seniors but at least I got a picture in Her coach assured her she The only child of Danielle the uniform one last time.” Current is a member of the was going to be a starting out - Johns and Chad Current, Trin - in the past get to experience.’ fielder. National Honor Society, stu - ity appeared in just two games —Trinity Current, Current never got the chance dent council and was formerly for her first start, her last first for Jay County in the 2019 sea - Jay County senior a member of DECA. After home game or her final game son, during which the Patriots graduation, she plans to attend as a Jay County High School finished 9-13 and lost their first Indiana University-Kokomo to softball player as she had her sectional game for the fourth In line to be just one of two had been canceled. Hours later, study human resources. only opportunity to start taken consecutive season. She made seniors this year, Current was the IHSAA had made its deci - “I studied up on it and away from her when the her season debut May 10 in a anticipating getting to spend sion too. looked into it,” she said of why IHSAA announced April 2 it 16-5 victory against Wes-Del more time on the field, espe - “I was pretty upset,” she she chose her intended career was canceling the spring and was hitless in one at bat. cially when coach Monty Miss - said. “I had some hope before path. “My mom was in human sports season. On the following day, she cano told her she’d be a starter. that.” resources and she really liked “I was devastated, honestly,” recorded her first career hit, But it was Missicano who She still got to wear her uni - it. I thought it’d be something Current, an 18-year-old going 1-for-5 in a 16-4 triumph had informed her the rest of form at least once, though. On good for me.” Dunkirk resident said. “I just over Hagerstown. her senior year academically Friday, she posted a photo on See Taken page 7 Cincinnati eliminates men’s soccer program By JOE KAY tainty over fall sports, including football. AP Sports Writer “I’ve spoken to other athletic directors CINCINNATI — The University of and everything is on the table at this Cincinnati eliminated its men’s soccer point,” Cunningham said in a phone program Tuesday as other colleges interview. “There will be different sorts weighed cutbacks because of budget of cuts and pullbacks that schools are problems resulting from the coronavirus going to make, and it’s definitely possible pandemic. that will include sports offered.” Colleges are grappling with revenue Cincinnati began offering men’s soc - losses from spring sports cancellations, cer in 1973. including the lucrative NCAA basketball If the football season is affected by tournament. Eliminating sports is con - sidered a last resort by athletic directors virus precautions, schools that rely on who face difficult choices. football will be forced to consider deeper Earlier this month, Old Dominion Uni - cuts, Villanova athletic director Mark versity eliminated wrestling as part of Jackson said Tuesday. its response to the pandemic. On Tues - “Our revenue center is in basketball — day, Baylor University said the Big 12 we’re not dependent on football,” Jack - school will delay building a new basket - son said in a Zoom interview with ball facility that was supposed to open in reporters. “But the closer we move to time for the 2022-23 season, as part of a fall, as you’ve read, and the more that plan to cut as much as $80 million in the football is impacted in a lot of different next academic year. Division I programs, I think the deci - Cincinnati athletic director John Cun - sions are going to become more drastic, I ningham expects other schools to face really do.” similar choices because of the uncer - See Eliminates page 7 Ganassi fires Larson By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As sponsor after sponsor Driver used racial slur during dropped Kyle Larson after he used a racial slur during virtual race on Sunday a live-streamed virtual race, his NASCAR team owner was backed into a corner. Larson’s stunning down - in one of the iRacing virtu - fall took less than 48 hours, al events that have grown Chip Ganassi could let unusual in its details and in popularity during the McDonald’s and Credit coming with sports every - sports hiatus. One Bank and Chevrolet where basically shutdown During a check of his pull their funding and during the coronavirus microphone, he asked his bankrupt his team or he pandemic. The most covet - spotter, “You can’t hear could cut ties with the driv - ed upcoming free agent in me?” That was followed by er he had plucked from NASCAR lost almost every the N-word. The slur was sprint car racing and sponsor he had in what directed at his spotter, who groomed into an elite stock could ultimately be an is white. car driver. eight-figure blunder. He was suspended with - It was essentially out of Larson loses his 2020 out pay by Ganassi Monday, Ganassi’s hands. salary plus the massive then suspended indefinite - He fired the 27-year-old payday expected from his ly by NASCAR and Larson, Larson on Tuesday in what next contract. If he eventu - who is half Japanese, was he described as “an emo - ally lands with another ordered to complete sensi - tional call” — the only team, it will surely be at a tivity training, but primary move possible to stabilize far discounted rate than the sponsors McDonald’s and his organization. value he had built since Credit One Bank pulled “I told Kyle he can come moving full-time to their support within hours. back from this; he can even NASCAR in 2013. Chevrolet suspended its come back from this with The unraveling began relationship with Larson, our team,” Ganassi told Sunday night when Larson and all but one commercial The Associated Press. “But appeared to lose communi - partner indicated they there really wasn’t any cation on his headset with were walking away. choice.” his spotter while competing See Fires page 7