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Wednesday, April 1, 2020 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 FRLS officials update students D.C. trip moved to fall; K-2 packets will be made available By RAY COONEY The Commercial Review FORT RECOVERY — The Washington D.C. trip has been rescheduled. The district's youngest students will be getting new assignments this week. Plans are being consid - ered for prom. Those were among the updates Fort Recovery Local Schools administra - tors shared Tuesday amidst the continued stay- at-home order. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has mandated that schools should be closed until at least May 4. As of the latest updated Tuesday after - noon, Ohio has 2,199 con - firmed cases of COVID-19, including two in Mercer County, with 55 deaths from the disease. Fort Recovery Middle School principal Tony Stahl in a letter to parents announced the annual Health department announced Tuesday that eighth grade trip to Wash - ington, D.C., has been post - poned. It was originally a Jay resident tested positive for COVID-19 scheduled for April 13 By RAY COONEY consultation with the The health depart - through 17. The Commercial Review Indiana State Depart - ment is in the process of Those students will still Jay County has its first Coronavirus confirmation ment of Health (ISDH) notifying those who may get to make the visit, but it confirmed case of and the local medical have been in contact has been moved to their COVID-19. Jay County Health Department announced community, has con - with the patient who freshman year — Sept. 28 Jay County Health just before 8 p.m. Tuesday that the county has firmed the first case of tested positive for through Oct. 2. Department on Tuesday its first confirmed case of coronavirus. Below novel coronavirus COVID-19, working with “In addition to the order evening announced the is a look at the timeline of the first reported (COVID-19) in a county health care providers made by Governor first confirmed case of cases in the region. resident,” the health and the patient involved DeWine, we must consider coronavirus in the coun - department’s press in order to do so. The the safety of our students ty. Indiana — March 6 release said. “The patient state department of Adams County — March 9 and community, the likely “The person at this is presently self-isolating health will also help closures of major attrac - point is isolated at Darke County — March 12 at home. No additional make sure Jay County tions or buildings on our home,” said health Wells County — March 13 information about the Health Department trip agenda, and potential department administra - Delaware County — March 20 patient will be released reaches all of those it travel bans or “stay at tor and environmentalist Mercer County — March 24 due to privacy laws.” needs to contact. home” orders to halt the Heath Butz in an inter - Randolph County — March 26 When a patient tests “They’ll help guide us view just before 8 p.m. spread of the virus,” said Jay County — March 31 positive for COVID-19, in that process, especial - Stahl in the letter. Tuesday. “We’re going to they are required to be ly on our first case,” said Blackford County — None While Fort Recovery stu - follow up with all the quarantined. They will Butz. “Since there’s close contacts of the remain isolated for seven already been a lot of dents in third through 12th individual to make sure days from the onset of cases, there’s pretty good grade are utilizing Google that they are taken care symptoms or three days guidance from the state Classroom and other elec - of as far as being quar - test. As of midnight Butz could not give after their temperature as far as the process we tronic options for “emer - antined, those that need Monday, Jay County was additional information is less than 100.4 without take. We’re working with gency remote learning” to.” one of just 11 counties in about the patient or fever-reducing medica - them to get the process assignments, kindergarten Indiana State Depart - the state that had not when the test occurred. tion and other symptoms done as quickly and as through second graders ment of Health has been recorded a positive case “The Jay County are improving, whichev - thoroughly as possible.” were sent home with pack - notified of the positive of COVID-19. Health Department, in er is longer, Butz said. See Confirmed page 5 ets when they left school for the last time March 16. See Update page 5 Life and death ‘Hell of a bad two weeks’ are coming By AAMER MADHANI, Americans to take seriously their the rigorous social-distancing KEVIN FREKING role in preventing the spread of guidelines set out by the Centers and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR disease, she said. for Disease Control and Preven - Associated Press Added Dr. Anthony Fauci, the tion or the stricter “stay at home” WASHINGTON — President government’s top infectious dis - restrictions set by many gover - Donald Trump warned Ameri - ease expert, “This is a number nors across the country. Still, the cans to brace for a “hell of a bad that we need to anticipate, but we White House was not looking at a two weeks” ahead as the White don’t necessarily have to accept it nationwide order. House projected there could be as being inevitable.” “We live in a nation that has a 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the Trump called it “a matter of system of federalism, and the U.S. from the coronavirus pan - life and death” for Americans to governors get to make the deci - demic even if current social dis - heed guidelines and predicted the sions,” Dr. Jerome Adams, the tancing guidelines are main - country would soon see a “light at surgeon general, told NBC’s The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald tained. the end of the tunnel” in a pan - “Today” on Wednesday. “But Public health officials stressed demic that in the United States we’re gonna give them the best Tuesday that the number could has infected about 190,000 people possible guidance we can, and be less if people across the coun - and killed more than 4,000, that’s to stay at home and to Giving blood try bear down on keeping their according to figures compiled by social distance.” Portland police officer Josh Stephenson and distance from one another. Johns Hopkins University. “This is going to be one of the retired educator Michael Eads give blood Tuesday “We really believe we can do a “I want every American to be roughest two or three weeks afternoon at the Jay Community Center. American Red lot better than that,” said Dr. Deb - prepared for the hard days that we’ve ever had in our country,” Cross personnel screened all blood donors by taking orah Birx, the coordinator of the lie ahead,” Trump said. Trump said. “We’re going to lose their temperature before giving blood. White House coronavirus task The White House figures thousands of people.” force. That would require all assume that Americans follow See Life page 5 Deaths Weather In review Inside Jay County had a high tem - Jeanette Robbins , 79, Red - The Portland Board of Page 4 — It’s more than a perature of 44 degrees Tues - key Works meeting that was sched - blizzard, but we will survive day. The low was 34. Leland Whitenack , 87, rural uled for Thursday has been can - this storm together. Back in Tonight’s low will also be in Ridgeville celed. the Saddle. Linda Dues , 75, Celina, Ohio the mid 30s. Expect the high to See Saturday’s newspaper Norma Van Camp , 88, Pen - climb into the upper 50s for an update on how local gov - Page 8 — A look at what nville Thursday under mostly sunny ernment agencies will be han - the stay-at-home order means Diana Renner , 69, Richmond skies. dling meetings during the coro - to one Jay County High School Asher Hawkins , 78, Bluffton For an extended forecast, navirus pandemic. baseball player. Details on page 2. see page 2. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Capsule Reports House fire The fire was contained to the porarily closed to provide space In total about 20 firefighters COVID-19: Guidance for Small A house caught on fire at 7256 house’s living room, where it for authorities to respond to the responded to the scene in eight Businesses at 10 a.m. Thursday. N. U.S. 27 at about 5:55 a.m. this started, and was put out by about fire. It reopened at about 7:30 a.m., fire trucks. A damage assessment All Indiana businesses are invit - morning in northern Jay County 6:19 a.m. after which authorities left the of the scene is pending. ed to attend, though space is lim - near Bryant. The house is owned by Randy scene. ited. Geneva Fire Department was Betz, who also notified authori - Other responding agencies Webinar set Businesses interested in the first agency to respond to the ties of the fire. An investigation included Bryant Fire Depart - Indiana Better Business attending can register here at fire, arriving about five minutes into how the fire started is pend - ment, Jay County Sheriff’s Office Bureaus are collaborating with bit.ly/BBB-SBA. Registration after it was called in, according to ing. and Jay County Emergency Med - the U.S. Small Business Admin - details are also available online a Geneva fire department report. A stretch of U.S. 27 was tem - ical Service.