Saturday, April 18, 2020 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Order set to New routines extend Fitness centers getting creative through By CHRIS SCHANZ The Commercial Review Businesses across the county May 1 have been impacted in one way or another by the coronavirus pandemic. Governor They may be deemed essen - tial, but the volume of sales announces may have decreased drastically. For some, there may not be stay-at-home enough work to go around, so will continue employees may be laid off or furloughed. Non-essential businesses, By RAY COONEY The Commercial Review such as the three fitness centers We’ll be staying at home in Jay County, are affected in a little longer. different ways. Indiana Gov. Eric Hol - They’re forced to be creative comb announced Friday in finding ways to interact with that he will extend the their clientele, or they’re sud - state’s stay-at-home order denly finding more time for through May 1. improvements while they “That’s not to say that weather the closure. we’re going to pull up “We’re kind of crazy limited immediately after that,” because we can’t do anything,” said Holcomb, who will said Eleathia Harding, who sign the executive order along with husband Darrin own Sculpt Fitness, 120 E. Commerce extending the stay-at-home St., Dunkirk. “We’ve been trying period Monday. “It just to make improvements without means it’s going to allow us spending money.” to make some changes or The Hardings, for example, some tweaks, some accom - have had time to spruce up the modations, as we see appro - front entrance of the gym, priate around the state of adding a fresh coat of paint and Indiana.” a wall decal. They purchased The order that is current - LED lights to replace the fluo - ly in place had been set to rescent bulbs. expire at midnight Monday. “We didn’t have any time to Indiana has been under a do this kind of stuff,” Darrin stay-at-home order since said. midnight March 24. Ohio’s stay-at-home Motivation to train order, which began at mid - night March 23, also runs In times we’re forced to be at through May 1. home, routines get changed and Holcomb’s announce - finding motivation to stay atop ment came as Indiana State diet and workout programs can be challenging. Department of Health Mitch Waters, one of three reported 642 new cases of personal trainers at Jay Com - COVID-19 on Friday, the munity Center, 115 E. Water St., highest thus far during the Portland, had his schedule dis - coronavirus pandemic. rupted. Photo provided The state also reported 42 “I wouldn’t say I was lazy, but new deaths as a result of I was doing house projects and Sclulpt Fitness in Dunkirk recently updated its entryway with a new coat of paint COVID-19. It marks the third straight day that the wasn’t doing any physical fit - and decal (above) since being forced to close under Gov. Eric Holcomb’s stay-at-home orders. ness,” he said. “I’ve gotten a lot new death total has sur - Owners Darrin and Eleathia Harding have used the time the gym has been closed to perform passed 40. of my projects done, so I’ve been some maintenance. Scuplt Fitness opened March 2019. Mitch Waters (below), a personal concentrating on cleaning up Both the new case and my diet and physical stuff.” trainer at Jay Community Center, demonstrates an exercise during one of his Zoom training death numbers cover those That led the Hartford City sessions from his home in Hartford City on April 7. reported to the state depart - resident and 2002 Jay County ment of health during the High School graduate to start 24-hour period ending at through FaceTime. They’ve also leading training sessions midnight Thursday. through Zoom. relied heavily on their Face - Jay County has had eight He had about a half dozen book group — Sculpt Fitness positive tests for COVID-19. participants in each of his first Motivation — so the members Other area county case three sessions, April 7 through can share meal ideas and ways totals are as follows: 9. Friday he had 15 tune in. to stay active during Indiana Delaware – 91, Darke – 55; Using Zoom for workouts was Gov. Eric Holcomb’s stay-at- Mercer – 13; Randolph – 10; nothing new for him; as coach home order. Adams – six; Blackford – of the Blackford girls basketball “It’s been way more active six; and Wells – five. team, he was using it to interact than it has been before,” Eleath - Indiana now has a total with his players. ia Harding said. of 10,154 cases of COVID-19 Now it’s evolved into a way Patriot Fitness, located at 105 and 519 deaths. for him to keep in touch with N. Meridian St., Portland, has Ohio reported 693 new his clients while staying physi - also been posting workouts on cases and 29 new deaths cally active too. its Facebook page. Friday. The state now has “It’s being a good motivator 9,107 cases and 418 deaths. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, personally because I’m held Members The Commercial Review screenshot accountable,” he said. “I may All three gyms in Jay County Holcomb and governors not want to do it but I’m going to have decided to alter the mem - billing its corporate partners. The Patriot Fitness Facebook from Michigan, Kentucky, do it because it’ll push me to berships of their client base. Most of the fitness center mem - page stated memberships will Illinois, Wisconsin and stay in shape.” Kyle Cook, executive director bers pay on a yearly basis, so be extended by the total number Minnesota announced The Hardings have continued of JCC, said its memberships there is a limited amount of of days the gym is closed. Thursday they would be their personal training sessions will be extended, but it is still monthly fees to collect. See Routine page 2 working “in close coordina - tion” on plans for lifting stay-at-home orders. Kokomo plant making ventilators By CARSON GERBER contract with the Department of humbling to see the passion and com - COVID-19 by Kokomo Tribune Health and Human Services. mitment people have put into this Ventilators began rolling out of the The move to fire up mass produc - work.” the numbers Kokomo General Motors Compo - tion Tuesday marks a lightning-fast “Thousands of men and women at nents Holdings plant Tuesday to sup - turnaround for GM and the Kokomo GM, Ventec, our suppliers and the port coronavirus patients around the facility. Kokomo community have rallied to Below is a look at Indiana’s key COVID-19 statistics over the country, just three weeks after the In less than a month, the company support their neighbors and the med - course of the last week. The highest new case and death totals for the week are in bold. company started retooling the facility has transformed the factory, shipped ical professionals on the front lines of for the project. in all the parts required to make the this pandemic,” she said in a release. Date Total cases New cases New deaths April 11 7,435 528 30 The plant is now mass produc - ventilators and implemented exten - “Everyone wants to help turn the tide Sunday 7,928 493 13 ing Ventec Life Systems’ critical care sive health and safety protocols in the and save lives.” Monday 8,263 331 7 ventilators and plan to ship out more workplace. GM also continues to hire Peter Navarro, White House assis - Tuesday 8,527 313 37 than 600 of the machines this month. to create a workforce of more than tant to the president, said ventilators Wednesday 8,955 440 49 Thursday 9,542 611 41 The company is set to produce 1,000. are now rolling off the assembly line Friday 10,154 642 42 30,000 ventilators from the Kokomo GM Chairman and CEO Mary at the Kokomo plant “as fast as tanks plant, after signing a $489.4 million Barra said it was “inspiring and once did in an earlier World War.” Deaths Weather In review Inside Jay County had a high tem - Will you go to prom with perature of 45 degrees Friday. us? Anna Marcum , 83, Pen - Skies will be partly cloudy Page 4 — Teenagers are •Get dressed up in your nville today with a high in the mid providing an example for us prom outfits. Terra Alexander , 44, Indi - 50s. the low will be 41. Expect a all to follow. 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