SPORTS ACCENT | B1 KEEP ON CAMPIN’ Summer events still | ART C1 popular for kids MORE THAN OF BARBECUE $229 COUPON SAVINGS WEEKEND <> DAILY JOURNAL dailyjournal.net SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 28-29, 2014 Johnson County, Indiana $1.25 WEATHER Greenwood: Come along for the ride City to start low-cost borrow-a-bike program in 2015 to augment parks, trails usage Today BY STEVE GARBACZ rent a bike for a few hours or all that will be available for people to program this year and will decide The parks department also Skies: Partly cloudy; storms day hasn’t been set. In Indy, the rent for a fee from the community on details, such as rental fees and could develop programs to high- DAILY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Temps: High 82; low 70 [email protected] cost is $8 for an all-day pass. center for a full day or half-day. safety equipment, before rolling light cycling around the city and If the Greenwood program People can take the bikes out on the program out in early spring give out small rewards to someone MAP, PAGE A8 Next spring, you can borrow a proves popular, expect it to expand the city’s trails or around neigh- 2015, Greenwood parks director who rides a circuit of trails, or ar- bike, explore Greenwood’s trails to Franklin and encourage more borhoods and then return them in Rob Taggart said. range community rides for fami- and return the wheels at the end of trails projects to connect the cities the evening. Taggart hopes the bike program lies, park board president Mike the day. and the Center Grove area. The Johnson County Communi- will encourage more people to get Sawa said. The city is launching its own The goal is to get people out ty Foundation is providing a near- active, but also to explore city “Greenwood really wants to be borrow-a-bike program, similar to and active on more than 20 miles ly $4,000 grant to help the city buy parks and see more of Greenwood promoting health and wellness in one that launched in downtown In- of trails. the bikes to launch the program. than what they pass on their way dianapolis this year. The cost to The city will buy eight bicycles The park board is designing the to work or stores. (SEE RIDE PAGE A8) Remember rules before celebrating If you want to shoot ENGINEERING EDUCATION off fireworks to cele- brate the coming holi- day, don’t forget about the rules. You can only buy them and fire them off if you are 18 or older. You can shoot those bottle rockets, roman candles and fire- crackers on your own property or on prop- erty belonging to someone who’s given you permission to set off fireworks. On July 4, feel free to watch your own fire- works glimmer between 9 a.m. and midnight. For the rest of the month, you’re limited to using them between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. Those state laws apply in Greenwood and throughout Johnson County. In Franklin, residents can shoot off fireworks from 5 p.m. to two hours before sunset between June 29 and July 10. On July 4, you can set off fireworks from 10 a.m. until midnight. Find a full list of area Independence Day celebrations on Page A7. measuring TALENTS DEATHS INSIDE: Students get hands-on at Endress+Hauser forum Greenwood Endress+ Lawrence E. “Larry Gene” s Anna Muir looked up at four tanks, which Career Education Forum for middle school-aged students Whitaker, 79 Hauser open combined can hold 2,800 gallons of liquid, she was on Thursday. Indianapolis new customer asked to think of her favorite drink. At the event, the students and their families had the chance John W. Curd, 83 center. A8 Milk, she said. to see Endress+Hauser’s new Process Training Unit, or PTU. A Then, a manager with Endress+Hauser explained The PTU is used to simulate different kinds of processing Ellen Eveland, 80 Elsewhere to her that companies have to be able to measure and process plant conditions so Endress+Hauser, which manufactures James “Andy” Russell hundreds, sometimes thousands of gallons of liquid at a time devices that measure and regulate different kinds of liquid, Clockwise from left: when making milk and other beverages. Endress+Hauser employee Nikkole can show clients how they can use those devices. Anderson, 64 If Anna Muir does well in her math and Thombleson, right, helps 13-year- STORY BY The unit also can be used for training, and Thursday’s old Brooklyn Sanders of Indianapo- Tom Lange science courses, the manager explained, forum gave students the chance to see the kinds of equip- INDEX lis record a reading found on the she could one day have a job using the ment they could use if they want to work in manufacturing. Accent...... B1-B3, B6 Process Training Unit. Whiteland PHOTOS BY equipment necessary to make all kinds of Students at the forum also met with representatives beverages consumed by people all across Business...... C7 residents Denay Glithero and from local companies, including American Industrial Scott Roberson the country, prompting excitement from Corp., Caterpillar, Electro-Spec, Heartland Machine & Classifieds...... D1-D5 12-year-old son Ryan Glithero find components and record readings the Clark-Pleasant student. Engineering, Nachi and NSK and others, so they could see Editorials...... A4 found on the PTU. The PTU can be Anna Muir and her brother Jacob Muir, who attend what businesses need workers with strong math and Obituaries...... A5 used for training and demonstrating Clark-Pleasant Intermediate and Clark-Pleasant Middle science skills. Police, fire...... A3 the company’s products schools, were among 300 students and parents who Sports...... C1-C5 for customers. attended Endress+Hauser’s first annual Community and (SEE TALENTS PAGE A8) Southside...... A3 Weather...... A8 CALL US Main switchboard 736-7101 Slain Whiteland grad remembered for love of outdoors Delivery: 736-2777, BY STEVE GARBACZ together like they’d been friends for faint pulse and couldn’t speak. Tucker, The man police say is the shooter, 888-736-7101 years, his friend Sean Patrick said. 31, died within minutes. Albert Rogers, 26, lived a few houses DAILY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Advertising: 736-2700 [email protected] Patrick and several other friends were “I miss him dearly. It’s a hole in my away from Tucker. He was arrested News tips: 736-2712 at his house June 5 to hang out and heart that will never fill. I loved that guy and has been charged with murder. A Whiteland Community High talk about hunting, when Tucker was just as much as my own living brother. His next hearing is planned for Sep- WEEKEND School graduate loved the outdoors gunned down in the driveway of his I’ll never forget him,” Patrick said. tember, according to the Marion Coun- and was a masterful fisherman and southside home after getting into an Tucker graduated from Whiteland in ty Prosecutor’s Office. hunter, always managing to bring argument with a neighbor. 2002 and lived for a few years in Trafal- About a week before the shooting, home two deer when he’d go out shoot- Patrick saw him ducking under the gar and Greenwood. He then moved to Rogers had fired two shots at one of ing with friends. front of a parked car and thought he the southside of Indianapolis and had Tucker’s dogs when it started running Josh Tucker could bring together was OK. been there for about five years, and was toward the sidewalk as Rogers was friends from high school with new peo- But when they rolled him over, he living with his girlfriend and her 3-year- TUCKER ple he met and they’d all spend time had been shot multiple times, had a old son, friend T.J. Trueblood said. (SEE GRAD PAGE A8) A2 SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 28-29, 2014 NEWS DAILY JOURNAL, JOHNSON COUNTY, IND.

Pence: SAME-SEX UNION CONTROVERSY Limit federal JUDGE PUTS HOLD power BY STEVE PEOPLES ON GAY MARRIAGES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday called on Republicans to dramatically lim- it the federal gov- ernment’s role in public education, welfare pro- grams and trans- portation in a speech aimed at boosting his pro- file among New PENCE York’s powerful political donors. “I’m more convinced than I’ve ever been in my life that the cure for what ails this country will come more from our nation’s state capitals than it ever will from our nation’s capital,” Pence, a former congressman, told a packed hotel ballroom shortly after donors paid $5,000 each for a picture with him. The comments came at the New York GOP’s annual dinner, a fund- raising event set in Times Square that attracts ambitious Republicans each year eager to tap into the city’s massive bank of campaign cash. Recent speakers include Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — each of whom is weighing a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS presidential bid. Hundred of same-sex couples line up to apply for marriage licenses at the Marion County Clerks office in Indianapolis on Wednesday. A federal judge struck down Indiana’s ban on Pence declared that Washington same-sex marriage Wednesday in a ruling that immediately allowed gay couples to wed but an appeals court put a hold on the order Friday. Republicans must “permanently reduce the size and scope of the federal government by restoring to the states those resources and re- Status of Indiana marriages already performed in limbo sponsibilities that are rightfully theirs under the Constitution,” spe- BY TOM LOBIANCO immediately let county clerks know The attorney general’s office argued it “In time, Americans will look at cifically citing education, welfare about the decision. The Marion County was premature to require Indiana to marriages of couples such as Plaintiffs, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and transportation. clerk’s office in Indianapolis, which change its definition of marriage until and simply refer to it as a marriage — He used humor to distance him- INDIANAPOLIS handed out 120 marriage licenses to the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the not a same-sex marriage,” he wrote. self from an unpopular Congress, federal appeals court on Friday put same-sex couples on Friday, had planned issue, as is widely expected. “These couples, when gender and sexual where he served for more than a de- on hold a judge’s order striking to open on Saturday so gay couples could In staying Young’s order requiring the orientation are taken away, are in all cade. “If I only had 12 years to live down Indiana’s gay marriage ban, get married, but announced after the state to allow same-sex marriages, the respects like the family down the street. I’d want to live it as a member of A bringing same-sex marriages to a halt ruling that it would not. appeals court followed the lead of courts The Constitution demands we treat Congress,” he said, “because that and leaving those who’ve already tied the Ken Falk, legal director of the across the country, which have granted them as such.” was the longest 12 years of my life.” knot in legal limbo. American Civil Liberties Union of stays of similar rulings at either the Young’s ruling allowed same-sex Pence may be less known on the The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Indiana, said he was disappointed but district or appellate level until appeals couples to file joint tax returns, receive national stage, but Republican op- in Chicago issued the order two days not surprised by the stay. Hoosiers Unite can decide the issue. pension benefits and have their partners eratives suggest he could emerge after U.S. District Judge Richard Young for Marriage spokesman Kyle Megrath Indiana law defines marriage as listed as spouses on death certificates. as a major player in the 2016 con- had ruled that Indiana’s prohibition on said the group had delivered more than between a man and a woman, and the But how the stay will affect them test should he run. same-sex marriage was unconstitution- 12,000 petition signatures asking Zoeller state has refused to recognize same-sex remains to be seen. Legal experts say “He’s got presidential qualities,” al. The decision came shortly after not to pursue any appeals. marriages performed in states where it couples may need to enlist legal help to New York Republican Party Chair- Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, “More than anything, this is a terrible is legal. Young wrote in his ruling that sort through the process. man Ed Cox said. tired of waiting for Young to rule, blow to the legally wedded Indiana such restrictions violated the Equal Falk said he believes the marriages As he mulls a White House bid a appealed to the 7th Circuit. couples and their families who were Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitu- are still valid. year and a half into his first term Zoeller’s spokesman, Bryan Corbin, finally, after so long, recognized this tion and noted that courts across the “If it’s a valid marriage when you enter as governor, Pence has been work- said the attorney general’s office would week under Indiana law,” Megrath said. country have agreed. into it, it should stay valid,” he said. ing to strengthen his national pro- file. Thursday’s trip represented his second meeting with New York donors in as many months. Sodexo cafeteria workers to regain health benefits Food service contractor backtracks after bumping thousands from insurance BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Although Sodexo said the reversal was paying more than $200 a month more in headquarters in Maryland. It operates part of a standard review of major policy premiums since she switched to a plan many college cafeterias and also pro- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS decisions, the company also faced a union from the Massachusetts health insur- vides other campus services. In Janu- WASHINGTON organizing drive and campus protests. ance exchange. ary, Sodexo reclassified some of its Many employees who already have Economists say it may be getting “I’m actually looking for a new apart- workers as part-time by averaging their health insurance worry they’ll pay a price harder for employers to cut benefits. ment because this is just draining any sav- hours over a 52-week calendar year. for President Barack Obama’s overhaul. “We are in an environment now with ings I have,” said Pemberton. “I can’t just That affected about 5,000 of its 133,000 But for workers at one major company falling unemployment rates,” said Paul keep paying and paying and paying.” U.S. employees. those fears appear to be easing. Fronstin of the nonpartisan Employee UNITE HERE, a labor union trying to Sodexo said it was acting to align itself Food service giant Sodexo unexpect- Benefit Research Institute. “In some cas- organize Sodexo workers, said the com- with the health care law, which requires edly reversed course Thursday after es employers will be able to do that with- pany’s initial cutback was facilitated by that employers with 50 or more workers bumping thousands of college cafeteria out losing benefits, but in others not.” what it calls a loophole in federal regu- offer coverage to those averaging at THE ASSOCIATED PRESS workers from its health plan earlier this Among those who lost their coverage lations carrying out the health law’s em- least 30 hours a week, or face fines. Julie Pemberton leans against a counter top be- year and casting blame on the health through Sodexo this year — and may ployer coverage requirement. Peterson said Thursday that for tween the living room and kitchen of her apartment Thursday in Weymouth, Mass. Pemberton works care law. now get it back — was Julie Pemberton. The Obama administration said any benefits purposes, the company will more than 40 hours a week during the academic fault is with the employer, not the health now credit campus employees dur- Julie Peterson, Sodexo’s vice presi- She’s a cashier at Curry College, a liber- year. That gave her access to health care on the dent for benefits, said the company will al arts institution near Boston. care law. ing the summer break with the hours job until her employer changed the rules ahead make changes for next year to restore Pemberton puts in more than 40 hours French-owned Sodexo is a multina- they would have worked during the of new coverage requirements under President eligibility for many of those affected. a week during the academic year. She’s tional service company with U.S. academic year. Barack Obama’s health care law.

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BRIEFS LOCAL Bicyclist suffers minor big injuries in hit-and-run A bicyclist was hurt after being stuck by a truck that then drove away in Franklin. Alexa Ortiz, 18, of Franklin, was riding her bike west on BARBECUEDowntown Franklin was filled with Smoke on the Square con- Jefferson Street near West Street testants for a barbecue competition. The event concludes today. about 5:15 p.m. Thursday. She was For more on barbecuing and the event schedule, see Accent on battle rear-ended by a dark pickup truck Page B1. with a camper shell that then drove away, a Franklin Police Department report said. Ortiz was thrown from her bike and scraped both of her knees and her hand, but did not need medical treatment, the report said. Road near Bargersville closing for railroad work A road south of Bargersville will close Sunday and Monday for work on a railroad crossing. The Indiana Rail Road Co. will be working at the crossing on West County Road 250N, or East Two Cent Road, between State Road 135 and County Road 400W. Clockwise from top left: Travis Roland, The road will be closed at of Jivy’s Barbecue, prepares some smoked pork he and his wife April will the crossing, according to a use for sandwiches at Franklin’s annual news release from the county Smoke on the Square barbecue compe- highway department. tition. Will Gadd, left, and Dave Keller, The railroad company is right, of Johnson BBQ Shack, make a replacing rail, installing new ties pulled pork sandwich. April Roland, of and replacing crossings as part of Jivy’s Barbecue, stirs the pulled pork a rail line improvement project. she will use on sandwiches and nachos. Suggested detour routes are on April Roland prepares a dish State Road 135, County Road of barbecue nachos. 400W and nearby southern MIKE WOLANIN | DAILY JOURNAL Bargersville streets. ON THE RECORD Police/fire Criminal mischief on a charge of contempt of court; re- Drive, Indianapolis; arrested on a war- Franklin New Whiteland ■ 3500 block of New House Place, leased on $1,000 bond. rant for failure to appear in court; held Board of zoning appeals, 7 p.m. Town council, 7 p.m. Tuesday, town Franklin Greenwood: A man reported at Rachel M. Epley, 32, 134 Sixth St., on $500 bond. Wednesday, city hall, 70 E. Monroe St. hall, 401 Mooreland Drive. Burglary 12:41 p.m. Thursday that someone spray- Beech Grove; arrested on a charge Thomas Isaac East, 18, 5816 E. Greenwood of contempt of court; released on Whiteland 600 block of Johnson Avenue: A painted stop signs in the neighborhood. Lowell Ave., Indianapolis; arrested on Redevelopment commission special Plan commission, 7 p.m. Tuesday, woman reported at 4:30 p.m. Thursday ■ 6400 block of East Orchard Drive, $174 bond. charges of possession of marijuana/ meeting, 4:30 p.m. Monday, City Cen- Christopher C. Stainbrook, 40, 1562 town hall, 549 Main St. that someone entered her house and Edinburgh: A man reported at 5:43 a.m. hashish and possession of parapher- ter, 300 S. Madison Ave. Younce St., Franklin; arrested on a Board of zoning appeals, 7 p.m. stole medications and DVDs. Friday that someone broke a window nalia; released on $2,000 bond. Park board, 5 p.m. Tuesday, com- Thursday, town hall. on his vehicle. charge of contempt of court; released Property damage accident on $1,000 bond. Courtney Jane Wright, 22, 25 E. munity center, 100 Surina Way. White River Township Personal-injury accident 4:53 p.m. Thursday — U.S. 31 and Nathan Bradley Shupe, 28, 5601 S. LeGrande Ave., Indianapolis; arrested Economic development commis- Fire board, 7 p.m. Wednesday, 850 Hospital Road. 5:15 a.m. Friday — U.S. 31 and State Ave., Indianapolis; arrested on a on charges of criminal trespass, re- sion, 4 p.m. Thursday, City Center. S. Mullinix Road, Greenwood. On the Mauxferry Road, Franklin. Timothy S. Personal-injury accidents charge of fraud; held on $3,000 bond. stricted use of a drug injection device, Johnson County agenda: Budget and capital project list. ■ Hoskins, 47, Salem, reported knee/ possession of drugs as a precursor, 4:45 p.m. Thursday — State Road Jennifer A. Jones-Venema, 42, 2314 Drainage board, 7 p.m. Tuesday, School boards 44 and West Street. Cyclist Alexa V. Or- lower foot pain. possession of cocaine/narcotics/meth- Main St., Apt. B, Beech Grove; arrested courthouse annex, 86 W. Court St., Greenwood schools, executive ses- tiz, 18, Franklin reported a knee abra- Traffic offense amphetamine and dealing in metham- on a charge of possession of cocaine/ Franklin. sion, 7 p.m. Monday, administration sion. A car also was involved but driver U.S. 31 South and South Main Street, narcotics/methamphetamine; held on phetamine; held on $320,000 bond. 4-H Council, 7 p.m. Tuesday, 484 N. building, 615 W. Smith Valley Road, did not stay at the scene. Franklin: An officer pulled over a car at $6,000 bond. Sherman Harold Parks Jr., 24, 25 E. Greenwood ■ 11:58 a.m. Thursday — U.S. 31 and 12:04 a.m. Friday that was reported as Angela Sue Dewitt, 32, 2436 Lar- LeGrande Ave., Indianapolis; arrested on Morton St., Franklin. Lancer Drive. Barbara A. Pridemore, 85, stolen. Drugs and drug paraphernalia nie Drive, Indianapolis; arrested on a charges of dealing in methamphetamine,

Greenwood and Brandy N. Bratcher, 31, were found. Two people were arrested. charge of violation of probation; held auto theft/receiving stolen parts, resisting D 2014 R E A Whiteland. Passenger Tona J. Deaton, Jail bookings without bond. an officer, possession of drugs as a pre- M 41, Greenwood reported neck pain. Jeremy S. Johnson, 38, 1490 Lav- cursor and restricted use of a drug injec- Harvesting JOHNSON COUNTY The following people recently YOUR ender Lane, Greenwood; arrested on tion device; held on $300,000 bond. DREAMS 4-H & Agricultural Fair Johnson County were arrested and booked into the a warrant for failure to appear in court; Maurice James Thomas, 23, 281 Thefts Johnson County Jail: JULY 13TH - 19TH released on $2,500 bond. Westridge Blvd., Greenwood; arrested Corporate ■ 4300 block of Messersmith Drive, Mary Ethel Lear, 39, 51 E. Adams St., Sponsor: www.johnsoncountyfair.com Joshua Cole Wilborn, 32, 8981 on charges of strangulation, domes- Follow us on Greenwood: A man reported at Franklin; arrested on a charge of con- AMUSEMENTS Green Road, Trafalgar; arrested on a tic battery and intimidation; held on 7:06 a.m. Thursday that someone stole tempt of court; released on $334 bond. charge of invasion of privacy; released $28,000 bond. bicycles out of his garage. Joseph Richard Birdsong, 18, 8218 W. on $1,000 bond. ■ 4600 block of East County Road County Road 100S, Needham; arrested Christopher R. Hopkins, 29, 2302 E. Meetings 75S, Franklin: A man reported at on a charge of possession of marijuana/ Cameron St., Indianapolis; arrested on Pumpkin Baking 10:21 p.m. Thursday that he sent money hashish; held on $1,000 bond. a warrant for failure to appear in court; Bargersville to an Internet seller of a car and never Clyde Richard Sample IV, 34, 2685 held on $5,000 bond. 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Take 25% of every undergraduate class this summer. Break out the shorts, lip-lops, and your laptop—by taking summer classes, you can save money and graduate on time (or maybe even early). Credits will transfer. Learn more at iupuc.edu/summerclasses. ’ SUMMER SESSION II: Begins June 30 ’ A4 SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 28-29, 2014 DAILY JOURNAL, JOHNSON COUNTY, IND. YOUR VIEWS OPINION Convention best chance DAILY JOURNAL to end freedom intrusion To the editor: My fellow Americans, I ask your help in saving our beloved country CHUCK WELLS SCARLETT SYSE MICHELE HOLTKAMP which is fast falling into bondage PUBLISHER GROUP EDITOR EDITOR because no one will take a stand to Email address: Email address: Email address: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] save her. I could write a lengthy letter de- tailing the lies we have been told, the “The Daily Journal is dedicated many acts of subterfuge, the con- to community service, to defense straints we have been saddled with, of individual rights and to providing the repression of our God-given those checks upon government rights, and the total disregard for which no constitution can ensure.” our Constitution which was crafted by our forefathers who were led by SCOTT ALEXANDER God over 200 years ago to guide us founding editor, 1963 and direct us. Most of us know all too well the trouble our country is in and the inability or unwillingness of our politicians in Washington to do any- AT ISSUE thing to help us. Over the next several days, communities around the area While we followed our God-given will celebrate Independence Day in their own unique ways. directives we were blessed and pros- pered. We have now strayed so far from what God and our forefathers OUR POINT intended that it is painful to look at Home-grown festivals add to Johnson County’s our country and realize what it has charm and enhance the local quality of life. become. Evil has taken over, and we, in our apathy, have let it. There is a movement underway by the states to call a convention on Hometown festivals Article 5 of the Constitution. You can check it out online and get all the details. It takes 34 states to call display county charm the convention; 33 have filed a reso- lution so far. We are so close to hav- Daily Journal ing this convention. It is our best chance for solving this federal gov- Many areas of Indiana have elements that characterize ernment encroachment on our free- them and draw visitors. For Brown County, it’s the natural doms in a peaceful manner. beauty, especially the fall colors. In Indianapolis, it’s the It will not be easy, but it does major auto races at the speedway. give us hope. Call and e-mail Sens. For Johnson County, the attractions include homegrown Dan Coats and Joe Donnelly, and festivals, and over the next week we’ll see this on full dis- Rep. Todd Young (if you live in play. Some so-called sophisticates might call them cliched Johnson County). Let them know or outdated. But we just call them fun. you support the Article 5 Conven- The action started Friday night with Fanfare and Fire- tion and encourage them to do all works at Johnson County Park and continues today with they can to bring it about. The the Greenwood Freedom Festival. Daily Journal publishes their con- But in honor of the city’s sesquicentennial, organizers tact information frequently. have altered the theme this year to celebrate Greenwood We all know what has happened history. Floats in today’s parade will reflect moments in to our country — she is a mere the city’s past. The celebration will continue with music, Looking for that perfect shadow of what she was. Her lov- food and activities in Craig Park throughout the day, ing heart that beat strongly for 200 ending with fireworks after dark. years is now in arrhythmia, and On Sunday, Grace Assembly of God on U.S. 31 in she is facing cardiac arrest if New Whiteland will stage its annual Honor Our Heroes emergency measures are not tak- patriotic celebration. en soon. Franklin gets into the act on Thursday evening with the Christmas in July gift? People across America need to annual Firecracker Festival on the lawn of the Indiana start praying fervently to God to Masonic Home. Music, activities, the “fastest kid in town” was only half-done making fun inflatable bed you can buy, mak- bring us people of strong morals, races and fireworks are planned. of the summer edition of the ing it about as comfortable as the integrity, courage and faith, to On Independence Day, marchers will step off for IHammacher Schlemmer catalog least comfortable inflatable bed lead our country. We need CPR — the annual Peoga parade, a tradition nearing the half- last week when my column ended. you can buy. Christian Prayers Renewing. century mark. Here’s a look at some of my other Dick ■ Talk-back mimicking tomcat: Instead of just letting the evil- That afternoon and evening, Edinburgh will celebrate favorite gift choices. Wolfsie This furry animatronic kitty re- doers remove God from our insti- the holiday with a variety of activities at the sports com- ■ World’s smallest umbrella: I’m peats what you say, but in a car- tutions and anywhere else they plex, culminating with fireworks. not sure, but I think a lot of folks toonish voice, then it whines, choose, we need to stand up and All of the events will be filled with community bands, got the wrong idea about exact- grunts and snarls. If you get tired say, “Enough!” If they are offend- local organizations, friends and neighbors. The celebra- ly what they were buying. I went of the harangue, Hammachler Sch- ed by God, let them live some- where else, the choices are many. tions are reflective of the type of local festivities that were to the website where people com- a 40-year-old bus. Here’s a bet- lemmer notes (and this is an exact Let this Fourth of July become common in the late 18th century. They all reflect the true mented on various products and ter idea. Let’s build a Volkswagen quote from the brochure): “Tap the cat on the top of the head until he the turning point, the beginning of spirit of the July 4 holiday. consumers were saying things bus that looks like a pup tent. That is coldcocked into submission with “We the People” uniting to take All of the activities are a clear reminder that no matter like: “This umbrella did not keep would be a bigger seller. the sound of chirping birds and a back our country. Pray like you how big it grows, Johnson County remains, in the best me dry”; or “It’s too small”; or ■ Solar lounge chair: This cuckoo clock.” The item requires have never prayed before and keep sense, a small town at heart. “It barely covered my head.” Hey, lounge chair uses mini solar pan- three AAA batteries and a dement- it up until God hears us. If we turn Homegrown festivals add to Johnson County’s charm the description said: The world’s els to support a USB port, which ed personality. back to God, we will again be and enhance the local quality of life. To which we say, smallest umbrella. What did these can then power your cellphone or ■ Shark bait sleeping bag: And blessed. If we don’t, like Sodom “Hooray and pass the potato salad.” people expect? iPad. There is a sun-powered mist- finally, here’s one of the few items and Gomorrah, we will be de- ■ 10-foot-high jumping stilts: For ing device and a hydraulic recliner left over from the Christmas cata- stroyed. The choice is ours. $495 you can purchase a pair of switch. The chair syncs with your log that I reported on last fall. It’s Apathy is out, action is in. We these spring-loaded shoes that pro- Bluetooth, allowing you to listen Focus: a life-size shark sleeping bag. know the power of prayer. Pray ev- Iraq pel you 10 feet in the air, allowing to audiobooks. ■ The brochure photo shows a ery day like your country’s free- you to perform death-defying feats I am not a believer in capital toddler snuggled inside the bag dom depends on it — it does. U.S. troops are no answer to crisis that will land you in the hospital. punishment, but I must admit this with only his head sticking out of Ruth Hall On the very same page is an ad looks like the most environmental- San Jose Mercury News the shark’s mouth. Franklin for “Gentlemen’s Plantar Fasciitis ly friendly way to fry someone in According to HS, this neat Trying to follow the turmoil in Iraq can be a bit like Business Casual Shoes.” Why they an electric chair. By the way, the gift “devours children with shark- reading a Dostoevsky novel for the first time. The didn’t combine the items in one big manufacturer alerts the buyer that induced slumber facilitating rest- Letter to the editor intricate plot can be confusing, you need a scorecard buy-one-get-one-free deal is beyond it takes four hours to charge the ful sleep even while the child is be- The Daily Journal invites readers to to keep the characters straight, but there’s plenty of far- me. Don’t these people do any mar- chair. If you have PayPal, it takes ing digested.” submit letters, columns and other reaching drama. ket research? about four seconds. Imagine that — they still have comments for the opinion page. ■ Make no mistake, there’s drama aplenty in Iraq now, VW bus tent: This is a tent ■ The best inflatable bed: The some left. and it is so far-reaching that it may affect us all. in the shape of a full-size vintage description begins with a consum- Want to hear more? Don’t worry, SEND IT The nation invaded by a U.S.-led coalition, torn apart Volkswagen bus. Now, let’s all try er report that says: “Many mod- Christmas is coming soon. Mail by the ensuing war and struggling to rebuild since then to figure out why a family that’s els are deflated after 24 hours.” Letters to the editor going camping — folks who love This also sounds like a description Television personality Dick Wolfsie is once again in disarray, and that isn’t good for anyone The Daily Journal except arms dealers. the outdoors — would want oth- of Miss Indiana the day after she writes this weekly column for the Daily Insurgent forces known as ISIS, or Islamic State of er campers to think that their en- lost the Miss America contest. HS Journal. Send comments to letters@ P. O. Box 699 Iraq al-Sham, systematically have taken stretches of tire clan is sleeping holed up in says this is the most comfortable dailyjournal.net. Franklin, IN 46131 territory controlled by the Iraqi government. ISIS mili- tias have taken Mosul, the nation’s second-largest city, and are moving toward Baghdad against alarmingly impotent resistance. U.S. manufacturing making major comeback The forces captured a huge oil refinery in northern Iraq and gained control of what used to be a chemical weapons ost working-age Americans achieved by manufacturing in Chi- stable wage growth, sustained pro- facility the next day. have only heard about the na hardly seem worth it anymore. ductivity gains, steady exchange These guys are not your garden-variety zealots. They Mdays when America’s For the record, the countries rates and the big energy cost ad- are so radical that even al-Qaida, from whence they arose, factories supplied goods to with the highest manufacturing vantage the United States now en- considers them extreme. Enough said. virtually the entire world. Harold costs of the 25 we studied were joys, due to the shale-gas boom. Matters are so strange that there was talk about the U.S. Now China, India and other low- L. Sarkin Australia, Switzerland, Brazil, Our findings have important im- teaming with Iran to help drive ISIS out. It’s a bad idea, cost countries supply these goods. France, Italy and Belgium, all plications for both companies and but it demonstrates the moment’s seriousness. And before China, in the 1970s and of which have costs that are 20 per- governments. Many companies Information is conflicting, muddled or tainted. But we ’80s, it was Japan. cent to 30 percent higher than continue to see the United States are certain on a few things. Indeed, two generations of Amer- U.S. costs. as a high-cost manufacturer and First is the obvious: Iraq is a mess. It has been since be- icans have now come of age labor- The precise cost figures that we Latin America, Eastern Europe fore we invaded in 2003. It’s possible that the huge divides tries of Eastern Europe), and the ing under the assumption that the calculated provide just a current and Asia, especially China, as low- between Shiites, Sunni and Kurds is so deep that modern low-cost leader in Western Europe United States can’t compete with snapshot. More important is the cost. In fact, the new data show Iraq is ungovernable. is none other than the country that China and other low-cost manufac- trend line. that what exists today is a real Second, ISIS sees what most of us classify as terrorism launched the Industrial Revolution turers. While that may have been competitive marketplace of manu- as merely a means to an end. An Iraq ruled by this faction 250 years ago: the United Kingdom. Brazil, China, the Czech Repub- true a decade ago, it’s no longer The country with the lowest lic, Poland and Russia all experi- facturing opportunities, with high- would be even more of a disaster than the current feckless cost and low-cost countries virtu- government has created. true today. manufacturing costs, we found, enced significant increases in rel- We recently completed an ex- was not China. ative manufacturing costs since ally everywhere. This changes the Third, partisan bickering in this country helps not at all. decision-making process. tensive review of manufacturing It was Indonesia. Indonesia was 2004. It was due to some combina- It is irresponsible to treat this complex circumstance as if It also impacts policymaking. costs in 25 top exporting countries, followed by India, then Mexico and tion of sharp wage increases, lag- it can be resolved with pat, bumper-sticker solutions. National leaders need to un- which together account for 90 per- Thailand. China came next, at No. ging productivity growth, unfavor- Fourth, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s actions derstand that many factors affect cent of global manufacturing ex- 5, followed closely by Taiwan and able currency swings and dramatic favoring his Shiite brethren are at least partly responsible manufacturing competitiveness, in- ports. We then ranked them, cre- then the United States. energy cost increases. for ISIS’ rise. The Obama administration has made it clear cluding worker productivity, natu- ating what we call the BCG Global Significantly, we found that the Several countries that were rel- al-Maliki should leave. ral gas and electricity prices, ex- Manufacturing Cost-Competitive- convergence in manufacturing atively expensive a decade ago, But late last week Obama committed to sending military change rates and infrastructure. ness Index. mostly in Western Europe, fell advisers and hinted the U.S. might employ airstrikes, if costs between China and the Unit- It’s not just labor costs. Only when What we found was that when needed. ed States was due primarily to the even further behind. Relative to they understand this can they for- One thing we can conclude today is that sending U.S. the most-important cost factors are combination of rising labor costs U.S. costs, average manufactur- mulate effective policies. ground troops back into Iraq is no answer. considered — such as total labor in China and higher productivi- ing costs in Belgium rose 6 percent The war that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney prom- costs, energy, productivity growth ty levels and lower energy costs in from 2004 to 2013; in Sweden, 7 per- Harold L.Sirkin is a senior partner of ised Americans would be as brief as it would be victorious and currency exchange rates — the United States. When transpor- cent; in France, 9 percent; in Italy, The Boston Consulting Group, where instead has cost this nation much blood and treasure with “low-cost” Brazil is now one of the tation and other factors — such as 10 percent. Due largely to produc- Justin Rose and Michael Zinser are paltry results. highest-cost manufacturing na- product quality, intellectual prop- tivity gains, the U.K. held its own. partners. They are the co-authors of “The Americans don’t have the stomach or political resolve to tions in the world, Mexico is cheap- erty rights and long-distance sup- And the two countries making U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance: How support another ground war. er than China, China is close to ply chain issues — also are con- the greatest gains in manufactur- Shifting Global Economics Are Creating an It would only bring American families further heartache the United States (as are most of sidered, for many companies and ing competitiveness were the U.S. American Comeback.” Send comments to without offering a realistic chance of success. the traditionally “low-cost” coun- product lines the alleged savings and Mexico. The key reasons were [email protected]. DAILY JOURNAL, JOHNSON COUNTY, IND. 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James ‘Andy’ Wyoming, and Marta Copelin of In- Carolina; six grandchildren; two Greenwood dianapolis; and a sister, Pat (Elton) great-grandchildren. Russell Anderson Lawrence E. “Larry Gene” Weeks of Post Falls, Idaho. Besides his parents, he was PALM BAY, Fla. Whitaker, 79 Ellen also was preceded in pass- preceded in death by a brother, James “Andy” Russell Ander- Indianapolis ing by a son, Kelly Copelin. Noel L. Whitaker, a grandson and A funeral service will be at son, 64, entered into eternal life on Ellen Eveland, 80 a great-granddaughter. June 6, 2014. 10 a.m. Monday at Christ United A funeral service will be at Born Sept. 2, 1949, in Franklin, he Elsewhere Methodist Church, 8540 U.S. 31 1 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Lawn was the beloved son to the late Cecil James “Andy” Russell South, Indianapolis. Visitation will Funeral Home, 1977 S. State Road and Glendon Drybread-Anderson. Anderson, 64 be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the 135, Greenwood. Friends may The 1967 graduate of Edinburgh John William Curd, 83 church. A graveside service will call after 11 a.m. Tuesday at the High School will be remembered as be at 3:30 p.m. (CDT) Monday at funeral home. Burial with mili- a hardworking man with a love of Lewistown Township Cemetery in tary honors will be at Mount music and the great outdoors. Lake Shore and Hillview Country Lewistown, Illinois. Pleasant Cemetery, Glenns Val- He leaves memories to be cher- Clubs, Royal Oak Country Club Singleton Community Mortuary ley, Greenwood. ished by the love of his life, Deborah (now Dye’s Walk) and Palm Aire and Memorial Center is handling Memorial contributions may A. (Roeder) Anderson; his children, Country Club in Pompano Beach. arrangements. be made to the Wounded Bryan, Betsy and Benjamen Ander- He will be sorely missed by his Memorial gifts have been sug- Warrior Project. son; and sister, Donna Shehan, loving family and numerous friends. gested to the music ministry at Information: forestlawncemetery along with his six grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial con- Christ United Methodist Church. -fh.com A celebration of life and storytell- tributions may be made to The Online condolences may be of- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO ing will be 1 p.m. Aug. 31 in Johnson Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, fered to the family at singleton Obituary policy Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 720th Military Police Battalion watch as a mine County Park near Edinburgh. 9075 N. Meridian St., Suite 150, In- mortuary.com. The Daily Journal offers both sweeper look for weapons in a hole they dug Oct. 9, 2003, during a raid on a dianapolis, IN 46260; the American free death notices and paid cus- farmland just outside Tikrit, Iraq. John William Curd Heart Association, 6100 W. 96th St., Lawrence E. Whitaker tom obituaries for Johnson Coun- POMPANO BEACH, Fla. Indianapolis, IN 46278; or The GREENWOOD ty area residents, former John William Curd, 83, died First Tee of Broward, Weston Hill Lawrence Eugene “Larry Gene” residents and close relatives of June 22, 2014. He was a resident of Country Club, 2600 Country Club Whitaker, 79, of Greenwood, passed area residents. Pompano Beach, Florida, and for- Way, Weston, FL 33332. away Thursday, A free death notice contains U.S. joins treaty, merly of Indianapolis. A memorial celebration will be June 26, 2014. basic information, including de- He was born Nov. 7, 1930, to the conducted at a later date in both The son of tails about visitation and servic- late Ralph and Marie Curd of Indi- Indianapolis and Pompano Harold D. and es, memorial contributions and anapolis. He attended St. Catherine Beach, Florida. Cloris M. (De- some survivors. will curb mines grade school, Arsenal Technical vore) Whitaker, Families who want to include High School and was a graduate of Ellen Eveland Larry was born more information or include a BY NEDRA PICKLER of joining the treaty, but the Bush Butler University. His early work- INDIANAPOLIS June 22, 1935, in photograph can purchase a cus- administration pulled back amid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ing career began at Lyman Broth- Ellen Eveland, 80, of Indianapo- Johnson County. tom obituary. objections from military leaders. ers while in high school. Always lis, passed away Wednesday, A veteran of the WHITAKER Additional information may in- WASHINGTON Obama ordered up a review of the the consummate salesperson, John June 25, 2014. United States clude memberships, employ- After two decades of waffling, the U.S. policy when he came to office began his professional career at In- She was born Marine Corps, Larry was a truck ment, education and additional United States on Friday announced five years ago, and a U.S. delega- dianapolis Machinery Co. and after Jan. 4, 1934, in driver with Evans Milling and survivors. Cost for custom obitu- its intention to join an international tion announced the change in posi- several years formed the Triangle Chicago, to the later owned and operated Whita- aries is $85 for up to 10 inches in treaty banning land mines, without tion Friday to a land mine confer- Machine Tool Co., from which he late Fred and ker Trucking for 20 years. He was length and $6.50 for each addi- setting a time frame while working ence in Maputo, Mozambique. retired 25 years ago. Ruby McClain a member of the American Le- tional inch. “We’re signaling our clear aspi- through possible complications on Greenbank. gion and was a collector of A photo may be included for a ration to eventually accede to the John was predeceased by his the Korean Peninsula. Ellen was mar- many things. $10 charge. Remembrance sym- Ottawa Convention,” White House loving wife of 60 years, Charlotte Human rights advocates ap- ried to Max Eve- Larry is survived by his compan- bols, such as an American flag or press secretary Josh Earnest told (Ayers) Curd and two brothers, plauded the progress, but said land on July 16, ion, Dixie L. Roark of Greenwood; a cross, are also available. reporters travelling with the presi- Leo and James Curd. He is sur- EVELAND the Obama administration should 1971. She was em- daughters, Belinda (Michael) The Daily Journal prefers to immediately commit to a ban dent Friday. vived by a daughter, Joy (Tom) ployed for 11 years as church sec- Stroud of Lamb Lake, Tina L. (Mi- take obituary information from and begin destroying its stock- Pentagon spokesman John Kir- Mascari; sons, John M. and Tim retary at Center United Methodist chael) Moore of Greenwood, Vicky funeral homes but also will ac- pile, while Republicans accused by said the United States has no (Tracy) Curd; five grandchildren; Church, retiring in 1998. Prior to (Sal) Lazano of New Mexico, Cindy cept information from families the president of disregarding land mines currently deployed two great-granddaughters, his sis- that, she worked in bookkeeping at (Dale) Stephenson of Wake Forest, as long as the information can be military leaders who wanted to around the globe but maintains an ter, Mary L. Curd; and several various firms. Ellen was a 30-year North Carolina and Terry (Jeff) verified with a funeral home be- maintain land mines in the active stockpile of just more than nieces and nephews. member of Christ United Method- Burgett of Carmel; brother, Gordon fore publication. U.S. arsenal. 3 million. John was active in local politics ist Church, spent 60 years in music D. (Lynn) Whitaker of West Alice, Payment is required before pub- The 15-year-old Ottawa Conven- “They are all in inventory and in his early years, serving as pre- ministry and was a very avid Indi- Wisconsin; sisters, Karen (Wil- lication for custom obituaries pur- tion includes 161 nations that have that’s where they will stay,” Kirby cinct committee chair for the ana Pacers fan. chased by individuals. signed on to prohibit the use, said. He added that the stockpile Democratic Party. He was a liam) Hiatt of Bargersville, Donna Ellen’s survivors include her hus- The deadline for submitting stockpiling, production and trans- will begin to expire in about Fourth Degree of the Knights of (Marshall) Plummer of Whiteland, band, Max Eveland; a son, Scott Co- obituaries to the Daily Journal is fer of anti-personnel mines. 10 years and be completely unus- Columbus and a member of the Sharon Parkhurst and Andrea pelin of Indianapolis; two daughters, 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. President Bill Clinton had a goal able in about 20 years. Elks Club. An avid golfer, through Lammert, both of Greenwood and the years he was a member of Marina (Lanny) Gay of Douglas, Sybil (Michael) Adrian of South On Sundays, the deadline is 1 p.m. BRIEFS STATE Lawmaker: Settlement aids health programs Fire strikes Shelbyville wood-treatment process, crews created dikes around the building Indiana’s agreement with big tobacco companies aids many state initiatives wood-treatment plant to prevent water runoff from en- The associated Press Thursday by Attorney General than $1.9 billion since 1999 from decided in September to decrease SHELBYVILLE tering water drains and the near- Greg Zoeller calls for Indiana to tobacco companies that were Indiana’s share because it found A fire official said crews have by Big Blue River. INDIANAPOLIS get another $24.8 million this part of the nationwide agree- the state had failed to do enough Indiana’s settlement of its dis- extinguished most of a fire that year, bringing its 2014 total to ment, an Indianapolis newspa- to collect funds from cigarette pute with major tobacco compa- $92.8 million. Indiana will also left a central Indiana wood- Fort Wayne, South Bend per reported. companies that weren’t part of nies — a deal bringing the state receive a $124 million payment The state uses that money to treatment plant in ruins. get funding to fight blight the original settlement. $217 million over the next two in 2015. pay for a variety of health-relat- Lt. Jeff Tennell of the Shelbyville Zoeller announced the new set- INDIANAPOLIS years — will help meet the State Sen. Luke Kenley, chair- ed programs, including commu- Fire Department said crews con- tlement a month before a sched- The city of Fort Wayne has been state’s obligations for several man of the Senate Appropria- nity health centers, the Chil- uled court hearing over his ap- tinue spraying water on hot spots awarded $4.7 million and South health-related programs, a top tions Committee, said the most dren’s Health Insurance peal of the arbitration ruling. in Culpeper Wood Preservers’ Bend $1.6 million to help eliminate lawmaker says. recent settlement will provide Program, children with special “Nobody gets everything they wood-treatment building. He said blighted and abandoned homes. Indiana had received about the certainty needed to meet In- health care needs and residential the building about 25 miles south- Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann an- $68 million in April under the diana’s obligations to several services for developmentally dis- want in a lawsuit settlement, but east of Indianapolis is considered a nounced the awards Thursday terms of an unfavorable October health care-related programs. abled persons Indiana’s recovering this amount complete loss. from the Blight Elimination Pro- federal arbitration ruling. That’s “It’s important to stabilize that State lawmakers expressed and preserving future payments Tennell said flames were shoot- gram of Indiana’s Hardest Hit far less than the $131 million the source of revenue and provide concerns last year that a major at the end of this process is a ing through the building’s roof Fund. The two northern Indiana state had expected under the na- some predictability, so that tax- drop in the settlement funds better outcome than if we had shortly after the blaze was re- cities were the successful appli- tionwide agreement reached in payers aren’t asked to make up the would put some of these pro- not appealed and not entered ported about 4:20 a.m. Friday, but cants in the second of six rounds 1998 between 46 states and big to- difference,” Kenley, R-Noblesville, grams in jeopardy, given the into settlement talks with the to- crews doused the most intense of funding that will make $75 mil- bacco companies. said in a statement. state’s tight budget. bacco defendants,” he said in flames within an hour. lion available for blight elimina- But the settlement announced Indiana has received more A federal arbitration panel a statement. He said that due to concerns tion to reduce foreclosures and about chemicals used in the stabilize property values. 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BY ZEINA KARAM few hundreds fighters a month. But U.S. late,” said Ahmad Ramadan, a senior THE ASSOCIATED PRESS officials say it will take year to get the new member of the Western-backed Syrian program fully underway. The U.S. also National Coalition opposition group. BEIRUT faces the difficult task of what constitutes “Had it not been for Obama’s hesitation he Syrian rebels that the U.S. now a “moderate” rebel in a movement all along, this wouldn’t be happening in wants to support are in poor shape, dominated by Islamist ideologies. Iraq today nor would there be this Ton the retreat from the radical Opposition activists complain that proliferation of extremist factions in al-Qaida breakaway group that has swept after long hesitating to arm the Syria,” he added. over large parts of Iraq and Syria, with rebellion to topple Syrian President Meeting with Syrian opposition leader some rebels giving up the fight. It is not Bashar Assad — their main goal — Ahmed al-Jarba in the Saudi city of clear whether the new U.S. promise to the United States is now enlisting Jeddah on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State arm them will make a difference. them against the Islamic State out of John Kerry made clear the priority in Some, more hard-line Syrian fighters its own interests. They have long helping the rebels was to fight the are bending to the winds and joining argued that the group, which aims to Islamic State — not only in Syria but the radicals. create a radical Islamic enclave possibly also in Iraq. The Obama administration is seeking bridging Syria and Iraq, was only The moderate opposition in Syria “has $500 million to train and arm what it calls able to gain such power in Syria the ability to be a very important player “moderate” factions among the rebels, a because more moderate forces were in pushing back against ISIL’s presence far larger project than a quiet CIA-led not given international support. and to have them not just in Syria, but effort in Jordan that has been training a “This decision is a year and a half too also in Iraq,” Kerry said.

Fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in January march in Raqqa, Syria. Some rebels are giving up the fight, crippled by lack of weapons and frustrated with the power of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Other, more hard-line Syrian fighters are bending to the winds and joining the radicals. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iraq’s top cleric calls for deal

The Associated Press BAGHDAD Iraq’s top Shiite cleric stepped up the pressure Friday on politi- cians to agree on Iraq’s next prime minister, after incumbent Nouri al-Maliki lost the confi- dence of former allies in the fight against Sunni militants. The appeal by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani comes as al-Maliki is fighting to keep his job, with even key patron Iran exploring alternatives in the face of Iraq’s worst crisis since U.S. troops THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO withdrew at the end of 2011. Militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant lead The conflict has drawn the away captured Iraqi soldiers dressed in plain clothes after taking over a base Americans back to Iraq with spe- in Tikrit, Iraq on June 14. cial forces being deployed to help Iraqi troops. The U.S. also has State of Law bloc won the most The stunning gains were made started flying armed drones over seats in the elections but failed to possible in large part because Baghdad to protect U.S. interests gain the majority needed to gov- Iraqi security forces melted away in the Iraqi capital, a Pentagon ern alone. That set the stage for in the face of the onslaught. official said Friday. He spoke on potentially months of coalition Human Rights Watch released a re- condition of anonymity because negotiations. But now a new gov- port Friday about the killings of scores he was not authorized to discuss ernment is wanted urgently to of police and soldiers by the Sunni mil- the new flights on the record. face the lightning advance across itants in the days after it captured the Al-Maliki, who has governed the north and west of the country northern city of Mosul on June 10 then the country since 2006, needs sup- by the al-Qaida breakaway Islam- stormed south to capture Saddam port from other parties after his ic State of Iraq and the Levant. Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit.

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Main St., Franklin KNOW THE SCORE #FRANKLINSTRONG dailyjournal.net Visit our website for all the latest sports news A8 SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 28-29, 2014 DAILY JOURNAL, JOHNSON COUNTY, IND. s Talents MARKETS WEATHER ® (CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1) The stock report after the close of markets ACCUWEATHER FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR JOHNSON COUNTY REGIONAL SUMMARY The event was organized by Friday: Today Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Indianapolis: Clouds and sun today price change -x Endress+Hauser and the Central with a thunderstorm; humid. The AES Group 15.53 +0.08 Nine Career Center. School Greenwood: Partly sunny and humid AT&T Corp. 35.41 +0.15 officials in Indiana and across the today with a thunderstorm. Alcoa 14.93 -0.01 state have said over the past year Edinburgh: Humid today with clouds Allstate 58.69 +0.14 and sun; an afternoon thunderstorm. they want to do a better job Best Buy 31.04 +0.72 Franklin: Clouds and sun today with a letting students know earlier Boston Scientific 12.76 +0.13 thunderstorm; humid. about careers that demand strong BP Amoco 52.60 -0.15 math and science skills so Cabela’s 61.52 +0.92 students will have more time to Century Tel 35.78 -0.38 High: 82 Low: 70 High: 84 Low: 71 High: 87 Low: 72 High: 86 Low: 64 High: 81 Low: 58 prepare in middle and elementary Comm Health Sys 45.65 +1.50 school. Thursday’s forum was a Cummins 154.65 -0.37 Clouds and sun Partly sunny, a stray Warm and humid Variably cloudy with Mostly sunny STATE EXTREMES chance for students to see learn Diageo 126.18 +1.88 with a thunderstorm; thunderstorm; humid with clouds and sun a t-storm possible Indiana yesterday: more about some of those careers. Duke Energy 73.70 +0.53 High ...... 88° in Gary “This is an industry that any Exxon Mobil 101.21 -0.82 humid Low ...... 57° in Michigan City type of engineer, no matter what Fifth Third Bank 21.26 -0.03 ALMANAC AIR QUALITY INDEX NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY kind of engineering you like, you First Financial 17.10 +0.05 Stationary front Statistics for Indianapolis through 5 p.m. yesterday. Cold front can find a place in manufactur- First Merchants 21.32 +0.15 Showers Rain T-storms SnowFlurries Ice Warm front Indianapolis Today Source: IDPW ing,” Endress+Hauser project Freeport-McMoran 36.07 +0.37 Temperature High ...... 86° group manager Greg Misciki said. General Electric 26.43 +0.14 Low ...... 69° Shown are noon Students from Central Nine and Horizon Bancorp 21.99 +0.35 Normal high ...... 85° positions of 10 central Indiana middle schools IBM 181.71 +1.34 Normal low ...... 65° 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; weather were invited to the forum, KeyCorp. 14.40 +0.06 Record high ...... 100° in 1934 101-151, Unhealthy (sens. grps.); systems and including students from Center Kimball Int’l CIB 16.67 +0.13 Record low ...... 48° in 1926 151-200; Unhealthy precipitation. Grove, Clark-Pleasant, Franklin, Kohl’s 53.23 +0.21 Precipitation WEEKLY TEMPERATURES Temperature Greenwood and Indian Creek Kroger 49.92 +0.53 24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. yest...... 0.00” bands are highs Lilly Co. 63.10 +0.06 Month to date ...... 6.23” for the day. schools. The 11 schools also Normal month to date ...... 3.82” received $500 grants, provided by MainSource 17.31 +0.19 Year to date ...... 23.66” manufacturers in Johnson County, Meritor 13.00 +0.23 Normal year to date ...... 21.22” that will be used to pay for math, Navistar 37.27 +0.18 Wind science and engineering pro- Nestle 77.19 +0.22 Average dir./speed ...... ESE at 8.7 mph Sa Su M T W Th F grams, Endress+Hauser spokes- Owens-Illinois 34.73 +0.17 Highest speed ...... 13 Last week’s Normal high Normal low Pepsico 88.76 +0.15 woman Crystal Hunt said. Humidity PNC Financial 89.31 +0.63 Central Nine started contacting Yesterday’s average ...... 66% APPARENT TEMP TODAY Sara Lee Corp. 62.00 -0.02 businesses at the start of last Today’s average ...... 77% How hot it feels based on temperature and humidity. Schlumberger 117.80 +1.68 school year because career center Cooling Degree Days 8 a.m. Noon 4 p.m. Sprint Corp. 8.51 +0.10 An index of energy consumption indicating how many 73° 82° 87° -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s officials were concerned that Third Century Bncp 7.10 -0.06 degrees the average temperature was above 65 de- students didn’t know enough about grees for the day with negative values counting as zero. Vectren 41.78 +0.15 Yesterday ...... 13 REGIONAL CITIES NATIONAL CITIES the kind of careers they could get if Verizon 49.32 +0.11 they started taking intensive math, Month to date ...... 204 Yest. Sun. Yest. Sun. Yest. Sun. Walmart 75.34 +0.43 Normal month to date ...... 197 City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W science and engineering courses Walt Disney 85.30 +0.85 Anderson 86/64/s 84/71/t Albuquerque 89/74/pc 97/68/s Nashville 83/73/t 89/72/t earlier in school. 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It our community and it’s a great in the city, which will likely start kind of introduces you to all kinds way to do that if someone doesn’t next year: of things,” he said. have a bike or if someone doesn’t What: People could rent a Students were able to ask have a need for a bike, but wants bicycle from the community questions about and explore the new customer center to go for a ride,” Taggart said. center for a half-day or full PTU, which was the first time Community foundation grant day and use it to ride around BY TOM LANGE instruments and a control center some of the students saw the BIGGER, BETTER committee member Seth Perigo Greenwood. They’d be re- different kinds of equipment they DAILY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER that can simulate all kinds of sit- encouraged other board members sponsible for returning it at the Here are the details of could use if they pursued careers [email protected] uations in manufacturing plants. to fund the program as a pilot for end of their ride. Endress+Hauser’s latest expansion: in manufacturing. The PTU allows Endress+Hauser the county after seeing riders fre- How: Renters would have to Endress+Hauser sent the middle A Greenwood manufacturer What: An 80,000-square-foot to show a customer exactly how its quently use bicycles along India- pay a small rental fee, provide school students on a PTU chal- opened a new customer center customer service center products could work for them, Lu- napolis’ cultural trail. The Indiana some type of collateral, such lenge, which was a scavenger hunt that will be used to showcase Cost: $16 million cey and Misciki said. Pacers Bikeshare program allows as a credit card number, and that had them go through the products for clients and to train What it has: A gym, a dining area and “It’s a training unit that enables people to pay $8 a day, then use sign a waiver. two-level unit and find devices used workers and students on how to a Process Training Unit, or PTU customers to come see and work bikes for 30 minutes at a time as Why: More people could get to monitor the flow, level, pressure use them. What is a PTU? A two-level unit that with our instruments on any given many times as they want. When active by riding bicycles and and pH of liquids. This was a way Endress+Hauser, located off can simulate conditions in different process,” Misciki said. riders are done, they just lock the also explore Greenwood’s for the students to see how Worthsville Road on the city’s east kinds of plants that process liquids; Pipes running through the PTU bike back into one of the electron- parks and trails. measurements, math and other side, opened the 80,000-square-foot the company will use it to demon- are filled with water, and ic racks along the trail. When: Greenwood hopes to lessons they’re being taught in center Thursday. strate what its products can do, and “I’m seeing it being used on a launch the program in school apply in the working world. Endress+Hauser can use the unit The new center has a dining to train workers and students. to show clients how to measure the regular basis and people who don’t spring 2015. Clark-Pleasant Middle School area, a gym and a Starbucks; but appear to have bikes on them are student Alex Reed wasn’t always interface, or boundary, between its most distinctive feature is the The company opened a grabbing one and taking one all sure where the gauges he was liquids such as oil and water. Process Training Unit. 105,000-square-foot automation (through) downtown,” Perigo said. supposed to find were or what The pipes and lines that lead to The bike rental program could manufacturing building and an The Indianapolis program they looked like, but he appreciat- Endress+Hauser builds devices a company’s tanks need to be allow people who don’t own a bike 83,500-square-foot addition to its launched in April and quickly logged ed the chance to see what kinds of that measure and help regulate all clear of air; otherwise the mea- to test one out and maybe lead to kinds of liquids, from hydrochloric Flowtec manufacturing facility more than 2,000 rides, Sawa said. equipment he’ll work with if he surements of what’s in the tanks Greenwood’s program wouldn’t them getting more involved in cy- acid to orange juice. earlier this year, and each year becomes an engineer. won’t be accurate. work in quite the same way, since cling, Sawa and Perigo said. The Swiss-based company’s U.S. officials consider how to grow Reed, an eighth-grader who’s Workers at Endress+Hauser the city will have far fewer bikes If people are frequently renting earning high grades in his math division is based in Greenwood, the business. bikes, Greenwood could then con- can add air to the pipes of the and they could only be rented and and science courses, is considering and is one of the county’s largest Adding the new customer ser- sider buying more, Taggart said. PTU, show clients how that affects returned at one spot, Taggart said. becoming a mechanical engineer employers. vice center and training unit gives Riders will likely have to pay a The program also could spread the measurements and then show so he can design cars. School Nearly 400 people work at the the company another way to show rental fee, provide some type of in- to other parts of the county, such them how to get the air out of the officials at Clark-Pleasant Greenwood campus, and company clients specifically what kinds of formation, such as a credit card as Franklin, if the trial in Green- recommended he attend the forum officials expect to be making $500 devices they create and how they system, Misciki said. number, in case they don’t return wood is successful, Perigo said. so he could learn more about the million in sales within the next work, general manager Todd Luc- Endress+Hauser also can use the bike and sign a waiver in case “We’re just funding a few bikes skills and tools he’ll need and use four years. ey and project group manager the PTU to help train college stu- they get injured, Sawa said. The as kind of an incubator to try to if he becomes an engineer. The new customer center, at Greg Misciki said. dents studying engineering, and park board will work with the city’s test it out,” Perigo said. “It seems “If you choose this career, (the 2355 Endress Place, is the latest in That can be done with the new draw in younger students who legal department to decide on all like something people will use. forum) tells you what you’re a list of expansions by the PTU, a mini processing plant don’t know about careers in the details of how the program What we’re hoping is this will be a going to be doing,” he said. company. with four 700-gallon tanks, 100 manufacturing. would work, he said. springboard to other activities.”

toward Rogers’ van, he fired more good life with his girlfriend and their group of friends would spend Having your best friend shot and “We just heard shooting and than 10 shots at Tucker, the police lots of friends, he said. summers traveling around the killed, you don’t have words for shooting and shooting and I just s Grad report said. “He had too much to lose and state camping, fishing, riding four- that,” Trueblood said. remembered thinking ‘Was it ever Tucker was hit by four bullets. he was smarter than that,” Pat- wheelers and hunting, Trueblood Patrick was with Tucker the going to stop?’ and then I just re- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1) Three struck him in the legs but one rick said. said. They didn’t have a particular night of the shooting in front of member hearing ‘click, click, walking his puppy, according to a struck him in the back and passed spot, because they always wanted Tucker’s house in the 1300 block of click,’” Patrick said. police report. Tucker’s girlfriend through his heart, killing him, ac- Love of outdoors to try somewhere new and experi- East Edgecomb Avenue. They rushed down the driveway and her son were outside in the cording to the police report. Tucker had a way of making ence something different, he said. to check on Tucker and saw he had Losing a friend been hit multiple times. Patrick yard when the shots were fired. Rogers told police that Tucker friends wherever he went, which is Patrick called him “two-bagger” held Tucker’s head and could only Police were called and spoke to pulled a handgun. Rogers’ fiance how he met Trueblood in seventh because he always managed to Rogers came over about 9:45 p.m. and Tucker went to talk to him feel a faint pulse. Rogers after that incident. He and her four children were in the grade. They had both just moved shoot two deer when they’d go hunt- while his friends were downstairs, “I just remember holding his wasn’t arrested. van, and he said he feared for their and were the new kids at White- ing. He managed to bring home two Patrick said. They could hear the face and trying to get him to say safety, the report said. Tucker was land schools, he said. They’ve deer the last time they all went Taking precautions wearing a revolver at the time, but been best friends ever since. argument getting louder so they something but he couldn’t. So I hunting at the end of shotgun sea- just held his face and told him how Tucker installed an invisible it was unloaded, holstered and had “Every time I saw him the first went outside to see what was going son, Patrick said. Those memories on, he said. His friends tried to pull much I loved him and that the am- electric fence after the incident to the safety on, the report said. thing he would do is always come of fishing and deer hunting will al- him back in the house, but he con- bulance would come and save keep his dogs in the yard and went Tucker often wore a gun around up and give me a big old hug,” ways stay with him, he said. tinued down the driveway to fight him,” Patrick said. to Rogers’ house on June 5 to let his home, but wouldn’t take it with Trueblood said. “If you were new, Tucker was planning to move Rogers in the street. Emergency workers arrived him know and demand an apology. him when he left the property, Pat- he would be the first one to come out of Indianapolis and was look- Rogers pulled out a handgun shortly afterward, but Patrick Rogers wasn’t home, but came to rick said. He enjoyed shooting and up and talk to you. He always ing for land in southern Indiana and fired over the roof of the van, watched as they began putting Tucker’s house later that evening hunting, but he knew and respect- wanted to meet new people and where he could be closer to the the police report said. When police their bags back into the ambu- and they started arguing, accord- ed the gun laws and cared about had open arms for everybody. The outdoors he loved, Trueblood said. later recovered the gun it had one lance after examining Tucker. He ing to the police report. The two gun safety, Patrick said. He more people you know, the better, “He was trying to get out of Mari- bullet in the chamber but the rest knew that his friend was dead. men were talking about fighting wouldn’t have started a gunfight he thought.” on County and was looking for land of the magazine was empty, the “It was just a senseless act of and when Tucker started walking in his front yard because he had a Tucker loved the outdoors and down south. I was just devastated. according to the report. violence,” Patrick said.