Monday, March 16, 2020 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Expect Visitation virus cases is restricted to rise Surgeon general says Jay School Corporation plan for closure U.S. is at Hospital Jay School Corporation, on the recommendation of Jay County Health Department, on Friday level Italy announced that schools would be closed through at least April 10. Below is a breakdown of the Jay saw two imposes Schools calendar through for e-learning days, spring break and waiver days. limits; weeks ago

school out Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday By HOPE YEN March 16 March 17 March 18 March 19 March 20 and AAMER MADHANI for 1st day E-learning E-learning E-learning Waiver Waiver Associated Press WASHINGTON — The because of U.S. surgeon general said Monday that the number of coronavirus Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday coronavirus cases in the March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 United States has reached the level that Italy recorded Spring break Spring break Spring break Spring break Spring break two weeks ago, a sign that By RAY COONEY infections are expected to The Commercial Review rise in America as the gov - Strict hospital visita - ernment steps up testing tion restrictions are in Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and financial markets con - place. March 30 March 31 April 1 April 2 April 3 tinue to fall. Jay Schools are closed. E-learning Waiver E-learning Waiver E-learning “We are at a critical Fort Recovery schools inflection point in this will follow Tuesday. country, people. We are The impact of the coro - where Italy was two weeks navirus pandemic is com - ago in terms of our num - ing into play, as IU Health Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday bers,” U.S. Surgeon General imposed extensive visitor April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 April 10 Dr. Jerome Adams told Fox restrictions Sunday and Waiver E-learning Waiver E-learning Good Friday News. “When you look at students experience their the projections, there’s first day of a planned every chance that we could month off of regular be Italy.” classes today. The Commercial Review graphic/Ray Cooney Two weeks ago, there The World Health were 1,700 cases of coron - Organization reports unit, obstetrics/delivery, screening process, go to school corporations 20 Beginning Wednesday, avirus in Italy and the nearly 165,000 cases of pediatrics, emergency bit.ly/IUHealthrestric - waiver days to be used in “grab and go” lunches country had reported 34 COVID-19 as of this and outpatient surgery tions. response to the pandemic will be available to all stu - deaths. Now, Italy is report - morning, 6,470 of which areas, as well as at Riley Today marked the first — on Thursday and Fri - dents from 11 a.m. to 1 ing an estimated 25,000 have resulted in death. Hospital for Children. day of closure for Jay day. p.m. on weekdays in the cases and more than 1,800 The Centers for Disease Patients in end-of-life sit - Schools through April 10, Next week, March 23 parking lots at Jay Coun - people have died. There are Control and Prevention uations will be allowed a decision announced through 27, was already ty High School, East Jay about 3,800 cases reported notes 1,629 cases with 41 two visitors. Friday following a recom - scheduled as spring Middle School and West - in the United States and so deaths in the United Additional restrictions mendation from Jay break and will remain as lawn, Redkey, Pennville far, more than 65 people States. Indiana and Ohio for IU Health doctor’s County Health Depart - such. Extended e-learn - and Bloomfield elemen - have died from coron - have 24 and 37 confirmed offices in the east-central ment. (Each of the adja - ing and waivers on an tary schools. Because of avirus. cases, respectively, region, including IU cent school districts in every-other-day basis will federal guidelines, the Adams claims the U.S. though Indiana State Health Jay, were Indiana — South Adams, follow with e-learning student must be present has “turned the tide” on Health Commissioner announced today. Southern Wells, Black - March 30 and April 1, 3, 7 in order to receive a meal. testing, a critical part of Kris Box has said the real Patients who have ford, Delaware Communi - and 9, and waiver March The corporation is tracking and containing numbers are likely far appointments are encour - ty, Monroe Central, Ran - 31 and April 2, 6 and 8. working on a plan to have pandemics. The U.S. effort higher because of limited aged to come along. They dolph Central (Winches - April 10 was already meals available during has been hobbled by a testing. will be screened for coro - ter) and Randolph East - scheduled as a day off of spring break as well. series of missteps, includ - IU Health announced navirus and will need to ern (Union City) are also school. Gulley plans to propose ing flaws with the testing Saturday morning that reschedule if they do not closed.) “Our intent behind additional measures kits first distributed by the beginning Sunday visi - pass the screening. (One Three e-learning days, that was to break it up; regarding employees at federal government and tors to its facilities will be adult companion may which were already pre - don’t stack all of e-learn - tonight’s regularly sched - bureaucratic hurdles that extremely limited. In gen - accompany the patient, if pared before Friday’s ing side by side,” Jay uled school board meet - held up testing by private eral, no visitors will be necessary, but will also announcement, are being Schools superintendent ing, which has been laboratories. allowed, though excep - need to pass the screen - used today, Tuesday and Jeremy Gulley said last moved to Jay County Adams’ details about the tions will be considered ing.) Wednesday. The corpora - week. “It’s intended to High School in order to capacity of roll-out of to allow one visitor in the For additional informa - tion will use waiver days relieve some stress and better accommodate drive-through and walk-by case of patients in the tion about the restric - — Indiana Gov. Eric Hol - strain on our parents, social distancing. testing sites, however, con - neo-natal intensive care tions and the IU Health comb last week granted teachers and students.” See Restricted page 5 tradicted other administra - tion officials. See Rise page 5 Back at home Harmony returns with ‘Charley’s Aunt’ By RAY COONEY Thursday. Tickets that have Rodden) and Charley Wykeham The Commercial Review already been sold for any of the (Lee Ostee), friends who are in Harmony Players have been original show dates will be hon - love with Kitty Verdun (Jen - away from home for a few years. ored Thursday, but no addition - nifer McGraw) and Amy Spet - They return this week hoping al tickets are being sold and the tigue (Emma Rodden). The to bring some laughs along with audience will be limited based women will not attend tea with - them. on guidelines from the Centers out a chaperone — Charley’s The Portland-based theatre for Disease Control and Preven - aunt Donna Lucia d’Alvadorez group, which has performed tion. The performance will, — so the men recruit a third mostly in Muncie recently, is however, be livestreamed on friend to distract the aunt while back home this week for its pro - Facebook. (“Like” the Harmony they romance the girls. When duction of the comedy play Players page on Facebook in the aunt does not arrive on time, “Charley’s Aunt” at Arts Place. order to be notified when the Chesney and Wykeham are Linda Rodden, who runs Har - livestream begins.) forced to alter their plans in mony Players and is directing The show is a family affair, order to keep their romantic the show, said last week that she with Rodden’s husband Jordan, plans intact. was excited to be back in Port - daughter Emma and sons Lucas, Linda Moore of rural Port - The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney land and hoping for large Tristan and Seth all part of the land plays d’Alvadorez, who crowds. The first part of that is cast. eventually arrives, and the rest Ron Freeman (left) as Colonel Sir Francis Chesney still true, but circumstances “As the boys have gotten older of the cast features Tristan play fights with Lucas Rodden (Jack Chesney) during have nixed the second. … they’ve become a little more Roden as Lord Fancourt Babber - Thursday’s rehearsal for the Harmony Players production of the The show, originally sched - selective about what they want ly, Jordan Rodden as Stephen comic play “Charley’s Aunt.” Originally scheduled for Thursday uled for performances Thursday to do,” said Linda Rodden of the Spettigue, Anne Casey as Ela through Sunday, has been cut choice of show. “And they have Delahay, Seth Rodden as Bras - through Sunday, the show will be performed just once at 7:30 back because of the coronavirus always loved this.” sett and Ron Freeman as p.m. Thursday. Tickets already sold will be honored, but no pandemic. Instead, there will be “Charley’s Aunt” centers Colonel Sir Francis Chesney. additional tickets are available. The show will be livestreamed a single performance at 7:30 p.m. around Jack Chesney (Lucas See Home page 5 via the Harmony Players’ page on Facebook.

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Jay County had a high tem - perature of 42 degrees Sunday. The low was 31. There was Tuesday — Coverage of Portland City Hall and Red - about an inch of snow Satur - tonight’s Jay School Board key Town Hall are closed to day. meeting. Nila Syze , 70, Redkey the public until further notice. Showers are expected Details on page 2. In both cases, water bills can tonight with a low of 38. Skies Thursday — Coverage of be paid by dropping them off, will be partly cloudy Tuesday Wednesday’s Portland Board calling or online at paygov.us. with a high around 50. of Aviation meeting. See page 2 for an extended outlook. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local Monday, March 16, 2020 Capsule Reports Turned semi Harris was driving a 2016 Inter - by Mary L. Earl, 62, Portland, while westbound on Indiana 26 A Portland man and a A semi driver lost control of national Prostar registered to causing her to lose control of her near county road 500 at 12:14 a.m. Dunkirk man were unable to her vehicle while she was Western Express Inc., Nashville, vehicle and drive into a tree. Earl this morning. Damage was esti - avoid hitting deer with their attempting to navigate the curve Tennessee. James driving into was treated for minor injuries at mated between $2,500 and $5,000. vehicles Thursday morning at on Indiana 26 just before its inter - the field caused some damage to the scene. Kyle A. Denney, 33, was north - around 4 a.m. section with Indiana 67, causing her 2011 Chevy, which is regis - Winters’ view of Votaw Street bound on Bridge Street in Port - Danny L. Ellsworth, 53, Port - the semi to go into the opposite tered to Carrie M. Funk, Port - from the driveway in the east 200 land when he drove into a deer land, drove into a pair of deer lane of traffic, off the road and land. Total damage was estimat - block was partially obstructed by with his 2016 Ford Taurus at 8:38 with his 2011 Chevy Malibu flip on its side before it came to a ed between $25,000 and $50,000. a car that was parked on the p.m. Sunday. The Taurus is a while eastbound on Indiana 26 stop in a ditch at about 12:25 p.m. street. Damage was estimated Portland Police Department near county road 600 East. Dam - Friday. Driveway accident between $5,000 and $10,000. vehicle. Damage was estimated age was estimated between Chane J. Harris, 30, Cleveland, A Marion woman backed into between $2,500 and $5,000. $10,000 and $25,000. was transported by Jay Emer - an eastbound vehicle on Votaw Deer hit Sara L. Spahr, 32, also hit a Nathaniel L. Conatser, 32, gency Medical Service for treat - Street as she was attempting to Three Portland residents were deer with her 2018 Toyota Sienna Dunkirk, was eastbound on ment for minor injuries. Hannah leave a driveway at 10:21 a.m. Sat - unable to avoid striking deer at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday on county road 200 South near M. James, Portland, was in the urday in Portland. with their vehicles over the county road 800 South near coun - county road 800 West when he opposite lane of the semi and Tiffany B. Winters, 29, backed weekend. ty road 800 West. Damage was hit a deer with his 2008 Honda drove off the road and into a field her 2005 Toyota Sienna into a Bailey C. Corn, 22, hit a deer estimated between $1,000 and CRV. Damage was estimated to avoid a head-on collision. 2011 Chevy Equinox being driven with her 2012 Dodge Avenger $2,500. between $2,500 and $5,000. CR almanac

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Walnut St., Today in history and Urban Development, David and Rene Haines will be private at the con - Ridgeville. warranty deed — Lot 48, to Brian Welling, warran - venience of the family. Wednesday Spahr and Andrews addi - ty deed — Part of Section •••••••••• , Martha: 1 p.m., Pitman- On March 16, 1926 , ordering the rearming tion 10, Jackson Township, The Commercial Review Rees rocket science pioneer of Germany. Richman Funeral Home, 200 S. Joshua E. Tankersley to 5.6858 acres publishes death notices Hartford St., Eaton. Robert H. Goddard suc - In 1945 , during World Angela Marshall to Heather and Lee Stam - for those with a connec - cessfully tested the first War II, American forces Zachary P. Miller, warran - men to Travis R. Shreeve, tion to our coverage area April 5 liquid-fueled rocket at declared they had ty deed — Lots two and warranty deed — Part of free of charge. Snyder , Bradley: 1 p.m., Inter - his Aunt Effie’s farm in secured Iwo Jima, three, East addition Section 35, Pike Township, continental San Diego, 901 They include the name, Bayfront Court, San Diego. Auburn, Massachusetts. although pockets of June M. Wendel to 4.47 acres In 1521 , Portuguese Japanese resistance city of residence, Joseph E. Wendel, warran - Wilma P. Rigby to Terry explorer Ferdinand Mag - remained. birth/death date and ty deed — Lots 90 and 91, Rigby, trustee deed — Part Service listings provided by ellan and his crew In 1968 , Sen. Robert F. time/date/location of Haynes addition of Section 30, Jackson services. PROGRESSIVE reached the Philippines, Kennedy of New York OFFICE PRODUCTS where Magellan was announced his candida - Tab E. Bennett to Tama - Township, 22.05 acres There is a charge for 120 N. Meridian St. killed during a battle cy for the Democratic ra L. Bennett, warranty Jane and Max Muh - obituaries, which are with natives the follow - presidential nomina - deed — Parts of Section lenkamp, Michelle Long, accepted only from funer - Portland, Indiana 47371 ing month. tion. 26, Knox Township Jill Larrowe and Cather - al homes or mortuary (260) 726-9201 In 1802 , President In 1969 , Portland Christopher T. Scott to ine Brandebourg to EJM services. progressiveofficeproducts.com Thomas Jefferson signed Farm Equipment, 240 S. Don Walterbusch, warran - Lost Acres LLC, quit a measure authorizing Meridian St., was the ty deed — Parts of outlots claim deed — Sections 11 the establishment of the victim of a break-in. The 12 and 20, DC Bakers addi - and 12, Penn Township, U.S. Military Academy initial investigation tion, 0.445 acre 160 acres Ami Huffman at West Point, New York. showed that five chain - William E. Coy Jr. to Brian L. Addington to Director of Jay County In 193 5, Adolf Hitler saws, a typewriter, an Alfred, John, Jacob and Glad Tidings Assembly of decided to break the mil - adding machine and Rachel Coy and Roxanne God Church, warranty Community itary terms set by the small tools were stolen. Bowers, personal repre - deed — Part of Section 17, Development Treaty of Versailles by —AP and The CR sentative deed — Lot 41, Richland Township, 5.35 Denny subdivision acres Leamon and Patricia Amy Sommer to Melissa The 2020 Census will Citizen’s calendar Stephens to Indiana Elliott and Thomas Elliott be sending the census Department of Trans - Jr., warranty deed — Part portation, warranty deed of Section 21, Pike Town - survey to your home in Today Town Council, — Part of Section 31, ship, 1.749 acres the upcoming weeks 5 p.m. — Jay School library/fire station, 308 Bearcreek Township, 0.329 Alice and Keith Lehman Board executive session, N. Walnut St. acre to Amie R. Carpenter, war - administrative offices, Sharon S. Myers to Indi - ranty deed — Lot 6, LaFol - 1976 W. Tyson Road, Port - Wednesday ana Department of Trans - lette subdivision, Lots 21 Hi, this is Ami Hu man, Director of Jay County land. 4 p.m. — Portland portation, warranty deed and 22, Headington and Community Development. Census Data directly 5:30 p.m. — Portland Board of Aviation, air - — Part of Section 31, LaFollette addition City Council, council port, 661 W. 100 North. impacts how more than $400 billion dollars per chambers, fire station, year in federal and state funding is allocated to 1616 N. Franklin St. Thursday communities for neighborhood improvements, 6 p.m. — Jay School 4:30 p.m. — Redkey Board, administrative Town Council executive public health, education, transportation, offices, 1976 W. Tyson session, park cabin, 200 S. infrastructure, and much more. For resident of Road, Portland. Mooney St. 6:30 p.m. — Fort Recov - 6 p.m. — Redkey Town Jay County, this is our way of bringing our tax ery School Board, confer - Council, park cabin, 200 dollars back here to work and not to another ence room, high school, S. Mooney St. community. e Census even impacts what 400 E. Butler St. 7 p.m. — Jay County 7 p.m. — Fort Recovery Board of Zoning Appeals, grants we are eligible for and how much we can Village Council, village Community Resource apply for…So Be Counted Jay County! hall, 201 S. Main St. Center, 118 S. Meridian 7 p.m. — Ridgeville St., Portland. BE COUNTED JAY COUNTY The Commercial Review Monday, March 16, 2020 Family Page 3 Even in bad times, birthdays special By DIANA DOLECKI said it was better for him to atively warm. After I mailed the was old. That was several life - Special to The Commercial Review choose something that had prod - package, I walked on over to the times ago. I get tickled when we Grandson Jacob turns 11 this uct codes, specific colors and park and back. We are fortunate go to the store and the baby- week. Due to the travel restric - As I enough information so that I to have safe places to walk. faced cashier asks if we are over tions and other reasons, we See It could click on the link and order Many towns do not. 21. won’t be able to share it with them from Amazon. I ordered A couple of days later my With each birthday comes him in person this year. two ugly lures. One was a really daughter posted a video of more opportunities to show our When I asked him what he large spider and the other Jacob opening his presents. He loved ones that we love them. wanted for his birthday, he said looked like some kind of fish seemed really pleased at what I For some, that means new lures. he wanted a waterproof aera - little, he would go fishing in skeleton. They didn’t fit in the sent. I am looking forward to For others a simple night out is tor. That was not what I expect - Grandma’s creek. He would first box I found so I tried taking seeing what he catches with his enough. ed. I asked him to elaborate and bring his catches home and put them out of the packaging. This new lures. Birthdays are special to us. he said he wanted it for a water them in the metal wash tubs. was not a good idea as it exposed Youngest grandson, Nicholas, They mark our lives, year by trough. That answer just con - When it was time to do laun - the fish hooks. Back in the pack - is next on the Texas birthday year. Some years are blessedly fused me. There was a lot of dry, Mom made him take the aging they went. I began a hunt list. He seems convinced that I dull. Other years are filled with background noise so I left it at fish back to the creek and clean for a slightly bigger box. will never run out of the little enough chaos to do us a lifetime. that. out the tubs. In many ways, I settled on a box that had cars he likes. It’s a good thing I Medical problems, financial sur - Later, I asked his mom what Jacob and Michael are alike. I been Mom’s. pick up one or two whenever I prises, new babies, and any he wanted. She said that he goes wish we lived closer so they It held a collection of metal go to the store. I hope he doesn’t number of challenges feel like fishing in the creek and brings could know each other. I think embroidery hoops and some ask for an aerator. they will break us. his bounty home where he puts they would both get along well. things that I had no idea what Closer to home, my hubby Even in the worst of years it in the horse trough. The aera - Since an aerator was current - they were. I found a place to put turns another year older next there are small blessings that tor was to help keep the fish ly out of the question, Jacob’s the hoops and other stuff. The week. Neither of us can believe help us realize that nothing is alive. Now that makes sense. mom had him pick out a couple walk up to the post office was on that we are as old as we are. forever except our love for each When my brother, Michael was of fishing lures he wanted. She a day that was beautiful and rel - Once upon a time we thought 30 other. After miscarriage, she fears intimacy

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Sunshine Week, which runs through March 21, is a national initiative spearheaded by the American Society of News Editors to educate the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy. You have the right to know By JIM ZACHARY CNHI Deputy National Editor The media is most defi - nitely not your enemy. Jim Far from being the enemy of the people, day Zachary in and day out we take our role as the Fourth Estate seriously and work hard to protect your right to know, making public records requests and attending public meetings to keep you informed. Why? ... we believe Because we believe all all the the business government does, whether in open business public meetings or behind government closed doors, is your busi - ness. does, We believe every last whether penny government spends What is next? Who knows? is your money. in open public By ANTONIA We believe it is your meetings abroad asking me what’s going on. right to know every trans - WILLIAMS-ANNUNZIATA Every day, I write that we aren’t Special to The Washington Post Antonia living under a terrorizing lock - action, every decision, or behind ROME — Last Saturday night, I every expenditure and down like in China. watched in surprise and horror as Williams- every deliberation of your closed doors, There are no house raids here, the television broadcast images of government. no detentions or enforced disap - is your hundreds of people storming Annunziata Whether talking about pearances of dissident journalists Milan’s central train station, des - the White House, the business. who report on the crisis without perate to catch a train out of the statehouse or the county permission. city after rumors circulated of the But the reality is still surreal. courthouse, all the docu - ing the city. coming of a quarantine over coro - My house in central Rome has ments held in government Rome turned quiet. navirus concerns in Italy’s north. become a fortress of comfort even halls belong to the people, antees the freedom of The buses of tourists that usual - Hours later, Italian Prime Minis - if under a self-imposed authoritar - and all the business con - speech and the freedom of ly clog the city’s main arteries ter Giuseppe Conte announced a ian regime — under my mom. With ducted by our governors press, is not intended to around ancient landmarks are partial closure of the region, cen - military precision, she orders is public business. protect the media per se. long gone. tered on Milan. deliveries of groceries. We believe our govern - Rather, the founders built Cafes hosted dwindling num - ment — your government a hedge of protection Then, the next day, the restric - On Mondays and Tuesdays, tions arrived at my doorstep, as bers, but kids still spilled into boxes of food will be left outside — can only be of, by and around the media because malls and fun parts of town. for the people when it is the media guards and Conte decreed limits on travel our door to ensure as little contact nationwide. Then, Wednesday night, another as possible. out in front of the people. fights for the public’s official bombshell: Conte ordered Primary to our Repub - right to know. A thought crossed my mind: Is it Every week, two different butch - time to panic? nearly all retail businesses, muse - ers deliver meat “just in case one lic is the understanding According to a Brook - ums and other places where ings Institution And soon, will this become a runs out of food,” my mother says. that we are the govern - crowds might gather to close. The report, more than 2,000 reality not just here but every - The living room has become a ment and the government only exceptions were pharmacies newspapers across the where? depot of water bottles and paper is us. and food stores. country ceased publica - When I first arrived in Italy, my towels. The only powers held by Ironically, Italians can go out - federal, state or local gov - tion in the last 15 years or home, from Lebanon on Feb. 29, The days begin with detailed so. The shuttering of things seemed pretty normal. side but have practically no place morning news bulletins from ernment are the powers to go. we give. newspapers presents a Hardly anyone was wearing a face mom, usually about the progress Lackadaisical Rome put on a So, whether it is Con - very real and present dan - mask. of the coronavirus in Italy. new face. gress, the state’s General ger to our most basic free - People continued to go about Dad is more relaxed. He is 70. On Thursday, the streets were Assembly, county commis - doms. That’s why commu - their lives, which in Rome When he heard on television that sion, city council or the nities should support includes long hours at cafes that even emptier. it is mainly elderly people dying board of education, it is their local newspapers, were open late at night. Stores I went to the butcher’s shop to from the virus, he laughed and your right to know all of through subscriptions operated full-time. Nightlife in pay a bill and had to wait outside said: “Good news. I’m expend - the people’s business. and advertising, now youth bar districts went on full until the customer in front of me able!” When you attend local more than ever before. blast. left. Things quickly become routine. city, county or school Journalists keep an eye The city’s multitude of muse - In a pharmacy I visited, cus - We eat, read, talk and watch TV. board meetings, ask ques - on government, shine the ums were open. tomers were ordered to stand three Some would call this family quali - tions and hold elected rep - light on its actions, fight But then came the closures in feet apart, in line with a recom - ty time. resentatives accountable, the good fight for access to the north after thousands of peo - mendation in Conte’s decree to But on Thursday morning, my you are not minding their documents and meetings, ple tested positive for the coron - maintain “secure distance.” mom came out of her bedroom business, you are minding champion transparency avirus. I passed shuttered churches. with another bulletin: President your own business. and defend the First It was a turning point. No Masses are being held — a Donald Trump is banning anyone When you make a pub - Amendment because of a To move from town to town, Ital - weird event in a city with so many except U.S. citizens from entering lic records request, you core belief in your basic, ians have to embark on a bureau - places of worship. the United States from large parts are not asking local fundamental rights — cratic obstacle course, filling out a Even the doors to St. Peter’s of Europe. records custodians to give principally, your right to Ministry of the Interior form that Basilica are closed. Oh. No time to relax, I guess. you something that just know. asks the reason for travel: either Nightlife has finally been extin - After a week like this, who knows belongs to them or the •••••••••• for work, a “situation of necessi - guished. what’s next? office where they work. Zachary, CNHI deputy ty,” health reasons or to get home. And the daytime joys of morn - •••••••••• You are simply asking for national editor, is the Pres - From Sunday to Wednesday, when - ing coffee and friends strolling the Williams-Annunziata is a free - your own documents. ident of the Georgia First ever I went outside, I prepared the streets linked arm in arm are at an lance journalist based in Rome. She The Bill of Rights, Amendment Foundation. form but was never asked by any - end. was formerly regional editor of the specifically the First He can be reached one to produce it. Police were I’ve been flooded with WhatsApp Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon Amendment which guar - a [email protected]. mainly questioning travelers leav - messages from concerned friends and a reporter for Beirut Today. The Commercial Review HUGH N. RONALD (1911-1983), Publisher Emeritus

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In review Restricted ... Continued from page 1 dropped off at the main office at alternate method,” Mercer Coun - bills can do so via a drop box, Increasing The procedure for the school Jay County High School.) ty districts developed a unified over the phone or online at pay - FORT WAYNE, Ind. corporation, Gulley said, is to Thus far, Gulley said the reac - plan. Fort Recovery will have reg - gov.us. — Indiana regulators hold a daily meeting with direc - tion and response so far have ular e-days — those that were IU Health continues to offer have given Indiana tors (transportation, food serv - been “smooth.” already planned for possible COVID-19 screenings through its Michigan Power ice, technology, etc.) at 8:30 a.m. “Because we planned,” he school closures for weather or free virtual clinic. Patients can approval for a rate followed by a daily principal’s added. “We got out ahead of this other reasons — Tuesday and enroll online at iuhealthvideovis - increase that’s less meeting at 10 a.m. He said he and made sure our parents knew Wednesday, followed by “emer - it.org or download the free IU than half the amount plans to provide daily updates to what to expect from a closure — gency remote learning” begin - Health Virtual Visits app to a the utility had sought the public, probably at 3 p.m., three days of e-learning, two days ning Thursday. Additional details mobile device. They would then for its Hoosier cus - though those may be less fre - waived. That gave us time to con - were to be presented today. select “Coronavirus Screen” and tomers. quent during spring break tinue to plan through spring All Fort Recovery school facili - provide the necessary informa - The Fort Wayne- (March 23 through 27) when break and afterward. ties, including the student activi - tion to receive a virtual screening based utility said school was already planned to “So, very smooth. Orderly. … ty center, will be closed following from a physician, advance prac - Thursday that the Indi - not be in session. And fairly quiet.” classes today through April 3. tice provider or registered nurse. ana Utility Regulatory He said plans are also in the Fort Recovery schools are in Plans are being developed to pro - Indiana Michigan Power has works to create a specific website session today but will then be vide lunch to students while announced that it is temporarily Commission had to handle issues regarding e- closed until April 3 as mandated schools are closed. suspending all disconnections for approved allowing I&M learning during the coronavirus by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Portland City Hall and Redkey non-payment during the out - to increase electricity outbreak. (Already the school Following that mandate and Town Hall are both closed to the break. Those with questions rates by 5.7% overall, corporation has informed par - Ohio Department of Education public. Dunkirk City Building should call (800) 311-4634. for an increase totaling ents that if a Chromebook is not tasking schools with “continuing will be closed beginning Tuesday. For our full list of cancelations, about $84 million. That working properly, it can be the educational process via an Those who need to pay utility go to bit.ly/2w4VRoB. amount is about 48% of I&M’s original request. A typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of elec - tricity would pay about $10 more per month. I&M had requested a 11.75% rate hike for its Indiana customers that would have resulted in those customers pay - ing about $21 a month more. Positioned WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders sought in the Democratic debate to cast them - selves as best-posi - tioned to lead the nation through a global pandemic, uniting in their criticism of Pres - ident Donald Trump’s response to the fast- moving coronavirus but diverg - ing in how they would confront the spiraling public health and eco - nomic crisis. Biden pledged Sun - day to deploy the Unit - ed States military to The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney help with recovery efforts and warned that a federal financial bailout may be neces - Festival visitors sary to stabilize the Kurtis Hilgeford and his daughters — 5-year-old London (left) and 8-year-old Nicole (right) — visit with Dick Reel economy. Sanders on Saturday during Jay County Fiber Arts Festival at Jay Community Center. Reel creates hand-hewn bowls. leaned into the same domestic policy pro - posals that have domi - nated his campaign, arguing that the gov - ernment-run health Rise ... insurance system he Continued from page 1 ordered restaurants and bars to intended to help the economy with - sick pay and other resources and has long championed Adams said there will be 30 to 40 close to help slow the spread of the stand the coronavirus came a day was pending in Senate. would allow the U.S. to new testing sites running in 19 virus. after Trump once again threatened “We have already begun work to respond faster to a states that could each perform Asked whether restaurants and to fire or demote Fed Chairman develop a third emergency health crisis. 2,000 to 4,000 tests a week. However, bars around the nation should Jerome Powell. response package,” Pelosi wrote in As the debate Brett Giroir, a senior health close for the time being, Dr. Antho - The Fed made an emergency cut a letter to colleagues. opened, Biden and administration official, said com - ny Fauci, the nation’s top infec - to its key interest rate, slashing it Senate Majority Leader Mitch Sanders skipped a munity testing sites manned by tious disease expert, said he want - by a full percentage point to a McConnell said late Sunday the handshake, greeting the Federal Emergency Manage - ed to wait for the guidance to come range between zero and 0.25%. The next package should have even each other instead with ment Agency and members of the but allowed, “That could be.” central bank said it would stay more resources for Americans, the an elbow bump. U.S. public health service would be Fauci said he would like to see there until it feels confident the health care industry and “signifi - capable of testing 2,000 to 4,000 more aggressive measures, such as economy can survive a near-shut - cant steps to secure our nation’s Five killed people each day, not every week. a 14-day national shutdown. Still, down of activity in the United economy.” SPRINGFIELD, Mo. He said the federal government Fauci said travel restrictions with - States. With the U.S. Capitol among the — Five people includ - would begin deploying these sites in the United States, such as to and The Fed’s move did not seem to many iconic landmarks closed to ing a police officer and today. from hard-hit Washington state calm markets. Stocks sunk at tours, Pelosi also urged lawmakers a gunman have died in Asked about the shortage of and California, probably would not today’s opening, triggering a 15- to have most of their Washington a shooting at a Mis - intensive care beds and supply of be needed anytime soon. minute halt in trading as investors staff telework from home, as souri gas station after ventilators, which are used to treat “The worst is yet ahead for us,” worry the virus could lead to a health officials urge social distanc - the gunman went patients with respiratory prob - Fauci said. “It is how we respond to recession. ing. House lawmakers are away on inside and opened fire, lems, Adams told CNN only that that challenge that is going to Global stocks also fell sharply week-long recess and many have police said today. supplies were growing. He said determine what the ultimate end - today after central bank moves to already curtailed office visits at The dead also there was a bill in Congress to point is going to be.” shore up economic growth failed to their local offices, as well. include three citizens, increase supplies of face masks As President Donald Trump dispel investor’s fears over virus For most people, the new coron - Springfield police and that there were thousands of worked to tamp down hysteria over controls that are shutting down avirus causes only mild or moder - Chief Paul Williams ventilators. the virus and called on people to global business and travel. Euro - ate symptoms, such as fever and announced today, and Vice President Mike Pence said stop hoarding groceries and other pean and Asian stock indexes were cough. For some, especially older an officer was injured he and the president would brief supplies, officials in Washington down as much as 10%, as was the adults and people with existing along with another citi - the nation’s governors today were preparing for what was price of oil. Trading in Wall Street health problems, it can cause more zen. “specifically about our expanding expected to be a long-haul effort to futures was halted after they fell by severe illness, including pneumo - Williams said police testing to the American people.” try to stem the virus that has the maximum 5%. nia. The worldwide outbreak has received reports of Pence said the federal govern - upended life around the globe. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D- sickened more than 156,000 people “multiple shooting ment also today will release updat - Trump expressed pleasure that Calif., said Congress had started and left more than 5,800 dead. The calls throughout the ed guidance concerning restau - the Federal Reserve announced work on a new aid package after death toll in the United States is city” late Sunday. rants, bars and other establish - Sunday it was taking emergency the one just approved by the House more than 50, while infections —Associated Press ments. California and Illinois are action to slash its benchmark inter - early Saturday, which provided neared 3,000 across 49 states and among jurisdictions that have est rate to near zero. The move direct relief to Americans with the District of Columbia. Back ... Continued from page 1 sations,” said Freeman. It’ll be Freeman’s first “That was probably the big time on stage since he thing that drew me back reprised his role of Tevye in.” in Harmony Players’ 2015 In addition to being back production of “Fiddler on home and working with the Roof.” He had taken on family and friends, Rodden that role for a second time is excited about the comic in order to be able to be on aspects of the show. A lot stage with his daughter, of the hilarity stems from Amelia, for a final time her son Tristan as Lord before she headed off to Fancourt Babberly. college. “My son Tristan is hilar - It was a bit of nostalgia ious,” she said. “He usual - that pulled him back this ly has a smaller back - time around. Rodden had ground role or a serious talked with Freeman about role. When he was Igor “Charley’s Aunt” about 15 here a few years ago for years ago, telling him the ‘Young Frankenstein,’ show featured a role that everybody found out how would fit him well. funny he was. … Every - “When she told me that thing he says in this thing she was going to do it … I is gold. He’s just hilari - remembered those conver - ous.” The Commercial Review Page 6 Comics Monday, March 16, 2020

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A sole cyclist Pacers schedule painted bench, as if in thought, cer - tireless efforts of the mem - condition. The worst part to other banners proclaim - passed him while dressed above the empty parking lot tainly in solitude. In the bers of the Management is that 500 people didn’t ing that “March Is On,” brightly as if to alert cars across from the arena, with downtown into which he Council Executive Com - vote. We look like a weak relics of a dead tourna - gone absent. One guy at a its deserved boast, “We and others pumped so ment. Five Guys felt barren sparsely peopled hotel bar Grow Basketball Here,” much energy, there was no mittee and the NFLPA union to the owners and with Elton John’s “Bennie noted it’s so easy to park. only it tells of games of energy, unless you count leadership, both of whom for this reason they will and the Jets” blaring out Events, events and March now deferred at that man back over there at devoted nearly a year to continue to try to low ball into the emptiness. One tav - events, splashy ads and best: Golden State, Miami, Washington and Pennsyl - detailed, good faith negoti - and take advantage of ern had one-hit wonder more splashy ads. There’s Cleveland, Phoenix, Hous - vania, operating some sort ations to reach this com - players rights.” Amii Stewart’s disco hit that banner on the win - ton. of laser doohickey on an prehensive, transforma - Earlier, NFLPA Execu - “Knock On Wood,” another dows for 500 Festival: It The Indianapolis Sym - easel. tive agreement.” tive Director DeMaurice with Frank Sinatra inter - sprawls through the calen - phony Center has closed for He said he was an archi - After discussions with Smith explained the ins preting Stevie Wonder’s dar and celebrates the Indi - March, robbing ears of tect, measuring a building the union during the day, and outs of negotiating the “You Are The Sunshine Of anapolis 500, only now the “The Passion of Mahler’s for a project. the NFL sent a memo to all new deal in a lengthy My Life.” 10-miler for April 4 is can - Fifth Symphony,” “Ruth He seemed like some out - teams Sunday night that “open letter” tweet after Hardly anybody heard. celed and the kickoff to Reinhardt Leads the Indi - lier, maybe even just the league will open the the voting had concluded Starbucks, coffee comfort May, the mini-marathon, ana Symphony Orchestra,” arrived from the future. 2020 NFL business season Saturday night. on Wednesday, as sched - “The current proposal uled, with free agency and contains increases across trades. A delay had been almost every category of considered a possibility wages, hours, working Plans ... given league restrictions conditions and benefits for Continued from page 7 ing away from their team’s home That timeline would be rendered on travel as a safeguard former and current play - The two-month stoppage would market Monday as long as they impossible by the CDC recommenda - against the new coron - ers,” he said. “Like any theoretically require teams to keep remained in contact with their teams. tions, which are meant to help in avirus. contested negotiation … their players in town for a month The Athletic first reported the memo. slowing the spread of the coronavirus There was no immediate the proposal also reflects word on timing and poten - trades with the counter - past the standard conclusion of the These complexities led two high- by encouraging social distancing. tial format changes for the party which have to be regular season without any guaran - ranking team executives, who both Given these new challenges, multiple draft, scheduled for Las carefully weighed and tee that games would be able to spoke on the condition of anonymity, high-ranking executives said the Vegas from April 23-25, assessed across the entire - resume, with or without fans in to predict that the NBA would be league probably would turn its atten - something that was also ty of the deal. Please be attendance. forced to cancel the balance of the tion to salvaging its postseason. expected to be discussed confident that I hear — Most NBA players have returned to regular season and drastically alter Potential measures to save the play - by the NFL and NFLPA. loudly and clearly — those their team’s home cities but have fam - the draft combine, set for May 21-24 in offs, some executives said, include A 17-game schedule of you who have passion - ily and other obligations elsewhere. Chicago. pushing back the start date to June, won’t happen before the ately expressed their per - NBA teams have also been advised to In a sign of how quickly the coron - playing games in empty arenas, elim - 2021 season. The mechan - spective that these gains hold individual workouts rather than avirus crisis has evolved, Silver float - inating extra rest days between ics for an uneven number are not enough when team practices, which has left players ed a possible four-week shutdown as games, cutting down the 16-team field of games — neutral sites weighed against, for exam - in professional limbo and could keep recently as Thursday. or hosting a single-site tournament to or which teams get nine ple, adding another game. them away from their families for at “Even if we’re out for a month or reduce travel between multiple mar - home games — will be That position reflects how least two months. out for six weeks, we could still kets. worked out in the interim. some members have cho - In response to those concerns, the restart the season,” Silver said in an “The playoffs,” one high-ranking Extending the season sen to weigh what aspect NBA sent a memo Sunday indicating interview with TNT. “It might mean team executive said, “are in jeop - was a nonissue with the of the deal is important to that players could beginning travel - that the Finals take place in late July.” ardy.” players in 2011, when the them.

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Page 8 www.thecr.com The Commercial Review NFLPA Sad, sad Sunday votes Selection Sunday in Indy, America’s sportiest downtown, passed in favor uneventfully and void of normal bustling atmosphere By CHUCK CULPEPPER of deal The Washington Post By BARRY WILNER INDIANAPOLIS — The dead - AP Pro Football Writer ness on the weekend here seemed By a close vote, with deader than normal deadness. It some 500 union mem - was the deadness of so many week - bers not participating, ends in American downtowns only NFL players approved multiplied, deepened, voluminous. a new labor agreement It was a dead, dead dead. Maybe it’s with the league. It fea - because around here, the aural tures a 17-game regu - memory bank goes all seashell and lar season, higher recollects the sounds of March salaries, increased weekends and Final Fours past. roster sizes and larger Hotel lobbies went lifeless with pensions for current tales of 7% occupancy, 9% occu - and former players. pancy, with signs that looked use - The deal, which less boasting $6 drafts through runs through the 2030 March. To walk through the con - season, was accepted vention center that has spent by the 32 team owners Marches full of fans coursing last month. The NFL through it was to feel the lifeless - Players Association’s ness, bloodlessness. The four-lane membership spent the streets named for states had gone last week voting on the desolate. The front of Bankers Life 439-page document Fieldhouse, where the Pacers play after its executive and the Big Ten planned to play, board narrowly reject - looked blank. ed it by a 6-5 vote, and Somehow, all of that and less had the player representa - become the middle weekend of tives voted 17-14 in March in America’s sportiest favor, with one absten - downtown, amid a state so in love tion. with basketball that it ought to be The Washington Post/Chuck Culpepper Clearly, there was round. All the sounds had left a some strong player downtown that went reimagined opposition to this col - and repurposed late last century A statue of the late William Hudnut, the Indianapolis mayor from 1976-92, sat in lective bargaining while hellbent on sporting events, solitude on a bench Sunday. Indianapolis, a normally bustling city in March, was void of fanfare on agreement, though. a downtown where somebodies in Selection Sunday. the planning department back Many stars, including then were doing some thinking, a Aaron Rodgers, Rus - downtown that resuscitated the graced a Final Four here. First fought here, in a downtown with gear, straggled along, their lodging sell Wilson, J.J. Watt ancient practice about which titles here went here to Denny room for an NFL stadium, an NBA deals probably inescapable. and Todd Gurley, America seemed to forget at some Crum, to Mike Krzyzewski, to Billy arena, a Class AAA ballpark, head - A Selection Sunday evening spoke out against it. stage: walking. It’s where fans can Donovan. Lone, prized titles here quarters for USA Gymnastics, USA would have made the bars brim. The total vote, among fill the sidewalks for days of bars went to Tom Izzo, to Lute Olson. Track & Field, USA Synchronized A Midwest regional would have the nearly 2,500 union and restaurants and games with - Two more went to Krzyzewski Swimming, the Black Coaches been here, in two weeks. members who partici - out once plunking into any car here. Association, the National Federa - Now, through the eerie weekend, pated, was 1,019-959. seat, but now it had gone inani - Peyton Manning’s Colts finally tion of State High School Associa - one could look through a 32nd-floor Ratification required mate. overcame Tom Brady’s Patriots tions and, of course, the NCAA. window and see Lucas Oil Stadium a simple majority — Gordon Hayward’s half-court here — from a 21-3 deficit, no less. A Big Ten tournament had to the right and Bankers Life Field - results were shot for beloved Butler almost Mario Manningham made a mind- stopped by and had left to try to house in the middle, and if you announced Sunday — went in here. Duke upset 34-0 bending sideline catch from Eli help make the novel coronavirus stared long enough, they looked and there could be UNLV here. Wisconsin upset 38-0 Manning. The Pacers and the leave, too; now, just a trickle of fans kind of sad. lasting resentment Kentucky here. George Mason Knicks and the Pacers and the Heat in Michigan State gear, or Iowa See Sad page 7 among union mem - bers, given how close the vote was. “Can’t believe we agreed to that lol,” NBA’s plans to Colts tight end Eric Ebron tweeted. “We can only play this continue could game for so long and y’all didn’t want everything we could be nixed by CDC get out of it? … 2030 By BEN GOLLIVER festivals, parades, con - y’all do better.” The Washington Post certs, sporting events, Ravens cornerback The Centers for Dis - weddings, and other Marlon Humphrey ease Control and Preven - types of assemblies.” expressed displeasure tion on Sunday Commissioner Adam about the turnout for announced new recom - Silver suspended the voting. mended guidelines for NBA’s season and placed “Around 500 players mass gatherings that the league on a 30-day didn’t even vote on the could complicate the hiatus last week while new CBA …,” he NBA’s plans to salvage noting that the National tweeted. “It’s good and what remains of the 2019- Basketball Players Asso - bad to this deal. I 20 regular season and ciation and the league’s could see why anyone playoffs in the wake of television partners would vote either way. the novel coronavirus shared a desire to resume I just think it’s amaz - pandemic. the schedule later this ing guys don’t even Under the recommend - year if possible. That hia - care.” ed guidelines, any in-per - tus, which was set to run Almost immediately, son gathering of at least through April 11, has now players were urging 50 people in the United been effectively extended unity, particularly in States should be “can - to May 15 in light of the the face of the criti - cism from within their celed or postponed” for CDC’s recommendation. ranks about approving the next eight weeks. That extension could the deal. “Large events and mass have wide-reaching logis - “The democratic gatherings can con - tical ramifications for process has played tribute to the spread of individual NBA teams, itself out,” tweeted COVID-19 in the United which are awaiting guid - Eagles safety Malcolm States via travelers who ance from the league Jenkins, one of the attend these events and office on next steps. most influential voices introduce the virus to Before the coronavirus in the union. “We new communities,” the crisis, non-playoff teams must be committed to recommendation read. were anticipating that unifying our current “Examples of large their seasons would end and former members. events and mass gather - April 15. See Votes page 7 ings include conferences, See Plans page 7 Tannehill to get extension NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Ten - of his passes for third overall in the NFL. nessee Titans are keeping the quarterback He also ran for 185 yards with four TDs on that led them within a victory of the Super 43 carries. Bowl, agreeing to a four-year, $118 million He helped lead the Titans to their first extension with Ryan Tannehill. AFC championship appearance in 17 years The Titans announced the deal Sunday, as the No. 6 seed with road wins at New hours after the NFL Players Association England and Baltimore. They lost 35-24 at approved a new collective bargaining Kansas City one win short of the Super agreement. Bowl. “Tennessee let’s run it back,” Tannehill Tannehill earned his first Pro Bowl nod wrote on Twitter. and was The Associated Press NFL Come - After being traded by Miami to Ten - back Player of the Year. nessee last March, Tannehill went 9-4 over - This extension now allows the Titans to all as a starter, 7-3 over the final 10 games either franchise tag NFL rushing leader of the regular season after the Titans Derrick Henry or sign him to an exten - benched Marcus Mariota in mid-October. sion. Tannehill led the NFL with a career-best Henry led the league with 1,540 yards on 117.5 passer rating, the fourth highest in 303 carries and became the first in the NFL NFL history and a franchise best. to run for at least 180 yards in three Tannehill threw for 2,742 yards with 22 straight games over the regular season or touchdowns and six interceptions during postseason. Henry had seven 100-yard the regular season. His 9.6 yards per games over his final nine games, and he attempt also led the league as another ranks third in NFL history averaging 126 team record. He also set a team mark for yards rushing for his career in the play - completion percentage, completing 70.3% offs.