Bullseye Jay County Archers Take Aim at World
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Monday, June 20, 2016 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com 75 cents The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald Rolling in Recovery Kokomo Shriners take a spin in downtown Fort Recovery Sunday afternoon during the annual parade that capped off this year’s Harvest Jubilee and the Fort 225 commemorative event. Bullseye Jay County archers take aim at world By CHRIS SCHANZ sidy and the East Jay coach. the outdoors. The Commercial Review “They’ve shot for years and The program targeted middle The Jay County High School years and years, and this is the school children, and after rapid - archery team has been a partici - first time they’ve ever made it.” ly expanding to 46 states and the pant in the world tournament While Kassidy is making her District of Columbia, the age for a number of years. first trip to the world tourna - range also increased to include For the first time, their ment, Bryce is no stranger to the students grade 4 through 12. younger counterparts will be event. The recent JCHS gradu - Former Jay County conserva - joining them. ate who has been involved with tion officer Dwane Ford kick- Sixteen archers from East Jay the archery club for seven years, started the program locally at Middle School, along with 24 will be making his fourth trip to West Jay Middle School. Now from the high school, will make the world tournament. Previ - Jay County sheriff, he continues the trip this weekend to Myrtle ously, the event was in Ten - to coach Jay County and will be Beach, South Carolina, to com - nessee, Wisconsin and Missouri accompanying the Patriots in pete in the 2016 NASP World before moving to South Carolina South Carolina. Tournament. for the first time. John Fennig said about 4,400 “I’m really excited to be the “It is a cool experience getting competitors from the United first team to go,” said Kassidy to go shoot,” he said. “Last year States, Canada, South Africa Fennig, an East Jay eighth grad - we talked to some people from and Australia will descend on er who was part of the Chief South Africa. It is a cool experi - Myrtle Beach for the three-day squad that missed last year’s ence to do.” tournament, which begins Fri - tournament by one point. The National Archery in the day. “It’s bragging rights for her,” Schools Program (NASP) began The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney The group will get to Myrtle Bryce Fennig, her older brother, in 2002 in Kentucky because An East Jay archer takes aim during a recent Beach on Friday and stay at a said. wildlife conservation agencies practice for the upcoming NASP World Tournament in Myrtle resort in South Carolina’s “It is a big deal,” said John were concerned too many youth biggest tourist location. While Fennig, father to Bryce and Kas - were forgoing learning about Beach, South Carolina. See Bullseye page 5 Coal ash waste rule prompting concerns By RICK CALLAHAN The Indiana Depart - Perras said that provi - Associated Press ment of Environmental sion in the EPA’s coal ash INDIANAPOLIS — Envi - Management is taking rules is intended to ensure ronmental groups are public comments through “trust, transparency and raising concerns about June 30 on its draft plan honesty” about coal ash Indiana’s plan to adopt for adopting the new rules, impoundments and that new federal standards for including requirements online access is important the ponds and landfills for preventing the to residents near coal ash where utilities store vast impoundments from con - ponds worried about pos - amounts of coal ash waste taminating groundwater. sible groundwater con - produced by coal-fired The state agency held a tamination. power plants. public hearing Thursday “We find it incredible The tighter regulations in Indianapolis during that IDEM appears to from the U.S. Environmen - which several environ - intend to eliminate that tal Protection Agency took mental groups raised con - key provision of these effect in October, and Indi - cerns about the plan, public accountability ana is planning to incorpo - which the EPA must requirements from the rate those provisions into approve. state plan,” she said. The its solid waste rules. Jodi Perras, the Indiana new federal rules are Indiana is home to at representative for the enforceable by states and The Commercial Review/Nathan Rubellke least 74 coal ash ponds and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal citizens, but not the EPA. 14 landfills containing the Campaign, said she and Jeff Sewell, the permit - gritty waste that’s the other activists were ting branch chief for For Andrew legacy of its long reliance stunned that IDEM’s pro - IDEM’s Office of Land Motorcycles head out from the Portland Moose Lodge at on burning coal to gener - posal does not include a Quality, said the state noon on Saturday as part of the annual Andrew Whitacre Memorial ate electricity. That ash requirement that utilities agency did not include the Ride. A Bryant area native, Whitacre was killed in action in contains arsenic, chromi - post on their websites utility reporting provision um, lead and other heavy inspection reports and because IDEM makes data Afghanistan. metals that can threaten other documents on their on coal ash available groundwater. coal ash sites. online to the public. Deaths Weather In review Coming up Tuesday will be mostly Applications are being sunny, with highs in the lower accepted for The Portland Betty Juttte, 85, Fort Recov - 80s. Skies will be mostly clear Tuesday — Coverage of Foundation’s summer scholar - ery Tuesday night. Monday’s Jay County budget ships, which are available to Timothy Skirvin, 68, There’s a chance of show - committee meeting. students who are entering their Losantville ers Wednesday morning and a sophomore, junior or senior Betty Overmyer, 93, Muncie chance of thunderstorms in Thursday — Results from year of college. Applications Jeanette Secaur, 78, Decatur the afternoon. Look for highs Wednesday’s Portland Rockets are available at www.portland - Details on page 2. in the lower 80s. Showers and game against Twin Cities. foundation.org. The deadline is thunderstorms are likely July 1. Wednesday night. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local/Indiana Monday, June 20, 2016 Obituaries Betty Jutte Jutte (wife: Mary), Portland, was a veteran of the United she was preceded in death by nagel) Knoth, she married Larry Jutte (wife: Jean), Coldwa - States Army. her husband Frederick N. Ronald E. Secaur on March 25, March 18, 1931-June 18, 2016 ter, Greg Jutte (wife: Jennie) and Surviving are his mother Patri - Overmyer whom she married Betty L. Jutte, 85, Fort Recov - 1961, and he preceded her in Rick Jutte (wife: Missie), both of cia Skirvin, Elkhart; five chil - on Sept. 10, 1939. death on June 7, 2005. ery, died Saturday at The Gardens Fort Recovery; a brother, Jerry dren, including Ryan Skirvin She was a member of Avon - at St. Henry (Ohio). She retired from Adams Hemmelgarn (wife: Norma), Ver - (wife: Emily), Portland; two sis - dale United Methodist Church. Memorial Hospital in 2001 Born in Burkettsville, Ohio, to sailles, Ohio; a sister, Ruth Bet - ters; two brothers; 12 grandchil - Surviving are two sons, Dou - Ernest and Lena (Pottkotter) where she was a registered tinger (husband: Bob), Apollo dren; a great- glas Overmyer (wife: Bobbi), nurse for 40 years and was a Hemmelgarn, she was a 1949 Beach, Florida; 39 grandchildren; granddaughter and Stephen Overmyer (wife: graduate of Versailles (Ohio) member of St. Mary of the 25 great-grandchildren; several and several nieces Cathy); five grandchildren; four Assumption Catholic Church High School. in-laws, nieces and nephews. and nephews. great-grandchildren; and a and its Rosary Society. She married Julius Jutte on A Mass of Christian Burial will Visitation is 11 daughter-in-law. Nov. 25, 1954, in Frenchtown, be conducted at 10:30 a.m. a.m. to 1 p.m. Services are 11 a.m. Wednes - Surviving are her mother, Flo - Ohio, and he pre - Wednesday at St. Peter Catholic Tuesday at Cul - day at Elm Ridge Funeral Home rence C. Haney, Decatur; two ceded her in death Church with the reverend Ned berson Funeral in Muncie. Burial will be in Elm sons, Jeffrey A. Secaur, Rock - on Aug. 22, 2015. Brown officiating. Burial will be Home in Hager - Ridge Memorial Park. ford, Ohio, and Kenneth J. Memberships Secaur (wife: Allison), Mishawa - in the church cemetery. stown, followed Skirvin Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tues - include American Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday by 1 p.m. services day and one hour prior to serv - ka; five daughters, Melissa R. Legion Auxiliary and 9 to 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at with Pastor Tony ices on Wednesday at the funer - Simonson (husband: Marty), in St. Henry, Ohio, Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Hinshaw officiating. Burial will al home. Nicole J. Strait (husband: Gary), St. Peter (Ohio) Home in Fort Recovery. be in Nettle Creek Friends Memorials may be sent to Jennifer L. Girard (husband: Catholic Church Memorials may be sent to The Cemetery with military grave - Avondale United Methodist Bruce), Sarah J. Hain (husband: and its Christian Jutte Gardens at St. Henry Activity side rites conducted. Church, 1314 W. 10th St., Dennis), all of Decatur, and Mothers’ Sodality. Department or Mercer County Memorials may be sent to the Muncie, IN 47302. Stephanie R. Schlemmer (hus - Surviving are Council on Aging. American Heart Association or Online condolences may be band: Tim), Ohio City, Ohio; a five daughters, Victoria West - Condolences may be sent to American Diabetes Association. sent to gerdes (husband: Gary), Celina, brother, Richard E. Knoth (wife: www.brockmanboeckmanfh.com. Online condolences may be elmridgefuneralhome.com.