Quasqui Celebration Mated the Time of the Acci - Dent to Be About Midnight

Friday, June 10, 2016 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com 75 cents Woman killed in county crash A Hartford City woman was killed early Thursday morning when the vehicle A group of soldiers she was driving went off marches during the the road and struck a dress rehearsal for the cement post. drama “225 Years of Kayla N. Sutton was pro - Adventure.” The drama nounced dead at the scene of the accident on county is the main event in road 200 North near county the celebration of Fort road 400 West. She had been Recovery’s 225th ejected from the vehicle. anniversary. It will Sutton, 28, 1022 W. Harri - show at 9 p.m. Sunday, son St., was driving west Monday and Tuesday when her 2008 Pontiac went at Ambassador Park. off the north side of county road 200 North. The vehicle struck a phone box and rolled several times before hitting a cement post. According to the Jay County Sheriff’s Office report, the victim was eject - ed from the vehicle and thrown nearly 100 feet, landing on the road. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. The vehicle continued about 70 feet after striking the post before coming to The Commercial Review/Nathan Rubbelke rest on its side on the north side of county road 200 North. The sheriff’s office was notified of the incident at 1:09 a.m. Thursday and esti - Quasqui celebration mated the time of the acci - dent to be about midnight. Damage was estimated to FR commemorating 225th anniversary be between $10,000 and By NATHAN RUBBELKE $25,000. The Commercial Review Quasquibicentennial. That’s the official term for an anniver - sary of 225 years. A week of activities Group But in Fort Recovery, they’ve Fort Recovery’s celebration of its 225th anniversary begins Sunday and coincides with its harvest jubilee later in the settled on just calling it the week. Below is a look at some of the events scheduled in the village. 225th anniversary. “Most people can’t get out the Sunday Wednesday Saturday, June 18 warned full Quasquibi …” said Jenni 1 p.m. — Opening cere - 5 to 10 p.m. — Craft beer 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Pre - Smith, stopping short of com - monies at Monument Park. and wine tasting at Ambassa - historic Native American arti - pleting the multi-syllable word. dor Park. fact show at FRHS student about Smith is a committee member Monday activity center. for the celebration planned to 7 p.m. — Costume contest Thursday 1:30 p.m. — Fastest texting commemorate the occasion. on the brick street. Noon, 6 and 7 p.m. — contest at Ambassador Park. The village has combined its boxes Downtown walking tours. By TOM COYNE annual harvest jubilee with its Sunday, June 19 “Fort Recovery 225 years of Tuesday Associated Press 4 to 8 p.m. — Patriotic trib - Friday, June 17 2 p.m. — FIreman’s parade. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — adventure” anniversary events 5 p.m. — Sisters of the Dis - to create an eight-day celebra - ute at the American Legion 9:30 p.m. — The Earthquakes Indiana child welfare offi - order concert, Ambassador Park. tion that runs from June 12 to hall. concert, Ambassador Park. cials have warned an 19. organization that installed Events from Sunday through two baby boxes at fire - Thursday evening will specifi - houses where mothers can cally highlight the 225th long history in just a matter of The signature event for the Monday and Tuesday at drop off unwanted new - anniversary. Those from Thurs - days. Smith said they seek to festival is the nightly drama, Ambassador Park, will be bro - borns anonymously to day evening on mark the balance between the past and the which has been titled “225 ken into two 45-minute sec - remove them, saying they jubilee. present. Years of Adventure.” tions separated by an intermis - question their safety and The anniversary events will “They are kind of putting both The 90-minute drama, which sion. whether women who use attempt to track Fort Recovery’s together,” she said. will show at 9 p.m. Sunday, See Celebration page 2 them could face child abandonment charges. See Warned page 2 Obama endorses Clinton By DAN BALZ, JOHN WAGNER and JULIET EILPERIN The Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama offered his for - ‘I don’t think there’s mal endorsement of Hillary Clinton with a video Thursday ever been someone so and plans to campaign with the former secretary of state in Wis - qualified to hold this office.’ consin next week, efforts aimed at speeding the Democratic —Barack Obama Party’s unification around its presumed presidential nominee. “I know how hard this job can be, that’s why I know Hillary Sanders has been under more active role in making the will be so good at it,” Obama pressure to stand down and case against presumptive says in the video. “In fact I don’t help unify the party after a Republican nominee Donald think there’s ever been someone long and contentious battle Trump as unqualified to be so qualified to hold this office. with Clinton for the nomina - president and to try to rally Associated Press/Silvia Izquierdo She’s got the courage, the com - tion. Obama’s endorsement those who have backed Sanders passion and the heart to get this will add to that pressure, behind Clinton’s candidacy. job done.” although most party leaders, Clinton and Obama will cam - Close call The swift endorsement came including the president, have paign together in Green Bay, after the president met with urged that Sanders be allowed Wis., her campaign confirmed. Supporters of presidential candidate Pedro Sen. Bernie Sanders at the to decide his plans on his own In an interview with Pablo Kuczynski celebrate Thursday after learning that White House earlier Thursday timetable. Bloomberg News, timed to cor - Peruvian electoral authorities announced their candidate and the senator from Vermont The president’s decision to respond with the video’s won the majority of votes in the country's closest indicated he is preparing to exit move quickly to give his public release, Clinton welcomed presidential contest in five decades, in Lima, Peru. the Democratic nominating bat - support to Clinton indicates Obama’s endorsement. tle. his desire to begin to play a See Endorses page 5 Deaths Weather In review Coming up There was just over a quar - ter inch of rain as of 7 a.m. this If you missed Thursday Saturday — The second morning at Portland’s weather night’s premiere broadcast of story in our summer series station. Thursday’s high tem - “Now Entering Portland” on takes a look at Redkey’s group Ronnie Hutzler, 62, Portland perature was 78 degrees, and WIPB-TV, the show can still be of antique shops. Robert VanOsdol, 67, Missis - streamed on the Public Televi - the overnight low was 45. sippi sion station’s website: Tonight’s low will be 70, and Tuesday — Coverage of Details on page 2. http://www.wipb.org. temperatures are expected to The station brought in $9,423 Monday’s Jay County Com - spike at 92 Saturday. in pledges during Thursday missioners and Dunkirk City For an extended forecast, evening’s broadcast. Council meetings. see page 2. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local/Indiana Friday, June 10, 2016 Warned ... Obituaries Ronnie Hutzler Middle Continued from page 1 with recommending protocols for legal basis for the position that School in Ronnie Hutzler, 62, According to letters obtained by the use of baby boxes. Safe Haven Baby Boxes are currently unlaw - Dunkirk Portland, died Wednes - The Associated Press, Department Baby Box contends the department ful.” and assis - day at his home. of Children Services Director Mary has ignored that requirement. Another letter Bonaventura sent tant super - Beth Bonaventura also is warning Bonaventura sent a letter to James on April 28 to officials in Wood - Arrangements are pending at Williamson intendent the not-for-profit group Safe Haven Bopp, an attorney for Safe Haven burn, a community about 15 miles of Jay Baby Box not to install any more Baby Box, on June 3 recommending east of Fort Wayne, and Cool - and Spencer Funeral Home in Portland. Con - School Cor - boxes. Founder Monica Kelsey says the organization discontinue the use spring Township southeast of poration. VanOsdol the group doesn’t plan to stop. of the baby boxes in Indiana and not Michigan City — the two places in dolences may be He retired Dawn Geras, president of the Save install any more. Indiana where Safe Haven Baby expressed at williamson - as assistant superintend - the Abandoned Babies Foundation “I want to be clear in stating that Box has installed the devices — spencer.com . in Chicago, said she doesn’t think ‘baby boxes’ are not an authorized outlining her concerns. ent from Huntington any other state allows such baby way to protect abandoned infants “If an infant is abandoned by a The following obituary County Community boxes. under Indiana law,” she wrote. person and placed in a ‘baby box’ is being republished to Schools in 2 004. Six hospitals in Arizona have Kelsey said she plans to install anywhere in Indiana, DCS will be include a photo. Surviving are a daugh - installed drawers in their emergency two more baby boxes in Indiana required to investigate,” she Robert ter; a brother; a sister; rooms that allow women to drop off and another in Ohio. Bopp said the wrote. three grandchildren; four infants anonymously, although state two will be installed in urban Bonaventura and Dr.

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