Tuesday, June 23, 2015 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com 75 cents County raises ditch assessments By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHT get anything done we’ve got to Geesaman about flooding prob - The Commercial Review raise it.” lems in Portland. Jay County residents paying Ditch assessment revenue pays “We’ve been flooded downtown ditch assessments will see the for cleaning debris from ditches several times and the Salamonie amount they owe increase. and installing drainage tile. With River hasn’t got out of its banks,” Jay County Commissioners, Increase for some is the exception of the Brooks Geesaman said. acting as the county drainage first in nearly 25 years Creek fund having $1,800, the Flooding such as last week’s board, held hearings and raised fund for every watershed dis - comes from water quickly enter - assessments on the Wehrly, Little cussed had a negative balance. ing the Millers Branch, which Salamonie, Ross Days, Halfway “We’ve got a lot of work to do. originates northeast of Portland and Brooks Creek watersheds That’s the problem, these water - and enters the city’s sewer sys - during their Monday meeting. increases, or would have pre - noted, the Halfway watershed sheds have gotten to the point tem north of E. Votaw Street, dur - They also discussed flooding in ferred smaller increases. The assessment had not been raised where we do a little work, it goes ing heavy rain, Geesaman said. Portland. assessments were raised from $1, since 1991. back in the red,” said county sur - He suggested looking at ways to Commissioners Faron Parr, with the exception of Brooks Dennis Rogers told the com - veyor Brad Daniels. “Every year redirect or slow down that water Jim Zimmerman and Doug Creek, which came up from $1.50. missioners during the Halfway it’s the same thing and they’ve flow. Inman unanimously voted to “I didn’t think it ought to go up hearing that a dollar increase progressively gotten worse, so “I think this is a major con - raise assessments on each to $2 100 percent,” said Jean Bantz was necessary. we’re trying to get them out so we cern. If we could actually come per acre, with a plot minimum of during the Halfway hearing. “I “I agree with it because we’re can do the work and not be in the up with a solution there that we $20. can see a little, but not 100 per - so far behind at $1 an acre. You red at the end of the year.” could all live with, it would help Most residents who spoke at cent.” can’t do any maintenance in this The commissioners also heard out dramatically,” Geesaman the hearings were against However, the commissioners day and age,” he said. “In order to from Portland Mayor Randy said. Dunkirk blight bids are opened By VIRGINIA CLINE The Commercial Review DUNKIRK — Bids were opened Monday to deter - mine who will tear down the blighted homes in the city. Mayor Dan Watson opened envelopes from con - tractors during the Dunkirk City Council meet - ing, with the lowest from Kesler Excavating LLC at $79,000 and the highest from Lawrence Excavating at $144,719. Dunkirk was awarded an Indiana Hardest Hit Fund Blight Elimination grant of $176,000 to raze the homes. Other bids were Taylor Construction & Excavating at $89,920; TJ’s Concrete Work LLC at $89,225; A. Landon Excavating at $93,447; and Yardberry Landscaping and Excavat - ing Company at $144,500. “I would like to let (Jay The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney County community devel - oper) Ami (Huffman) take these to review them and come back with a recom - Expansion excavation mendation at our next Crews were working this morning to move dirt to the west of the current FCC (Indiana) facility on Industrial Park council meeting,” Watson Drive in Portland in preparation for a plant expansion. FCC is planning a 76,000-square foot expansion and a total said. The next meeting will investment of $15.5 million. It plans to add 55 jobs. be July 13. Huffman also gave an update on the Stellar Com - munities grant application that is due June 30. The application is Dunkirk’s third attempt at a Stellar Corwin resigning as director grant. Dunkirk is asking for $1.5 By RAY COONEY for a new director immediately son,” said district educator Bettie “I know we kind of kid Freda, million from the Indiana The Commercial Review and hopes to one selected by mid- Jacobs while encouraging the and she’s good enough to take Jay County Solid Waste Man - Office of Community and July. That would allow the new board to move quickly. “Freda that kidding because she knows Rural Affairs to move the agement District is looking for a employee to train with Corwin has filled in a lot of gaps. She how seriously we really appreci - new director. Dunkirk Public Library for two weeks before taking over helps me immensely.” ate her and the job that she’s and Dunkirk Glass Muse - District board members the job Aug. 1. Corwin took the position in done,” said board member Jim um to the old Stewart learned at their meeting Monday An executive committee made August 2012 after the resignation Zimmerman before leading the Brothers building, $501,360 that Freda Corwin, who has held up of president Jeanne Houch - of previous director Jill Hall. She group in a standing ovation. in tax credits from Indiana the position for about three ins, vice president Doug Inman previously served two terms as Board members also decided Housing and Community years, is resigning effective July and a third board member will Jay County auditor as well as sev - on new sites for two trailers. The Development Authority for 31. evaluate applicants, conduct eral other positions at the county new Dunkirk site will be in a a senior housing complex They also took a first look at interviews and bring a recom - courthouse. parking lot south of West Jay and $574,859 from Indiana their 2016 budget and made some mendation to the board. The job She’s stepping away to focus Community Center, and the new Department of Transporta - adjustments to sites for Saturday includes running the district more on her business — General Redkey site will be at the former tion for lighting and safe recycling trailers. office and managing finances. Store in Pennville — and spend town hall, 20 S. Ash St. routes to school. The board plans to advertise “It’s going to take a special per - more time with family. See Resigning page 2 “We’ve been working from our plan getting all the updated estimates and everything,” Huffman said Jay’s rate is tied for 35th-highest of the 70-page application. Huffman said a consult - By RAY COONEY ment of Workforce Devel - 23rd-lowest as recently as Most of the state’s coun - decrease in unemploy - ant from the Strategic The Commercial Review opment estimates April 2014. ties saw slight increases ment over the past two Development Group was For the second consecu - released Monday. Also in May, Randolph to their unemployment and one-half years are paid from a $10,000 grant to tive month, Jay County’s Jay County unemploy - County surpassed Jay rates in May. Overall, Indi - remarkable,” said com - help with the process. unemployment rate was ment rate went up by 0.1 County as it came in with ana’s number went up 0.2 missioner Steven J. Braun “It’s been a pretty posi - higher than more than percentage points and was a rate of 4.7 percent after percentage points to 4.8 in a press release. “During tive experience, so fingers half of the counties in higher than more than both were at 4.8 percent in percent. the same period private crossed, so far so good,” Indiana. half of the state’s coun - April. Jay County had IDWD officials were still sector jobs have increased Huffman said. The county’s rate ticked ties for the second consistently ranked optimistic about the num - by more than 119,000 and Councilman Tom John - up slightly in May to 4.9 straight month. It had behind Adams and Wells bers. our labor force is consis - son said the leak is fixed at percent, tying it for the been among the lower counties but ahead of “Indiana’s addition of tently participating at a Dunkirk Community Pool 35th-highest rate in the half of unemployment Randolph, Blackford and 64,000 individuals to the rate above the national and the pool should open no state out of 92 counties rates in Indiana for sever - Delaware counties in the Hoosier labor force, as average. later than June 29. based on Indiana Depart - al years, and ranked at area. well as the significant See Tied page 2 See Opened page 5

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The high temperature Mon - day at Portland’s weather sta - The site for the Miss Jay tion was 85 degrees. The Wednesday — Photo cover - Gary McCowan, 40, Albany County Fair Queen Pageant overnight low was 65, and age of the Jay County March - Cletus Niekamp, 92, New has been moved. The event, there was a tenth of an inch of ing Patriots’ first practice. Bremen, Ohio sponsored by Portland Break - rain. Michael Liette, 63, Ver - fast Optimists, will be at 7:30 Tonight’s low will dip to 58 Friday — Jay County Sum - sailles, Ohio p.m. Sunday in the auditorium degrees, and the high Wednes - mer Swim Team visits Adams Details on page 2. at Jay County High School. day will be 80. Central. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For an extended forecast, see page 2. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Obituaries Gary McCowan Jacob McCowan, both of Red - his home. He was the brother of Mannebach and Ron Wilker offi - Michael F. Liette, 63, Versailles, key; and a sister, Jackie Sheri - a Fort Recovery woman. ciating. Ohio, was held June 16. The June 1, 1975-June 22, 2015 dan (husband Tim), Fort Recov - Born in St. Sebastian, Ohio, to Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. brother of area residents, he Gary McCowan, 40, Albany, a ery. Bernard and Matilda (Schmit - Wednesday at Gilberg-Hartwig died Thursday at his home. former Redkey resident, died Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Thurs - meyer) Niekamp, he married Funeral Home in New Bremen Born in Coldwater, Ohio, he Monday at his day at Williamson and Spencer Hilda Eckstein on Nov. 27, 1947, and 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at the was the son of Mary (Siefring) home. Funeral Home in Portland, fol - and she survives. church, when the Rosary will be Liette of Burkettsville, Ohio, Born in Port - lowed by 7 p.m. services. Burial He was a farmer and also prayed. Burial will be at Ger - and the late Hubert Liette. land to Arthur is 11 a.m. Friday at Marion worked as a drywaller and plas - man Protestant Cemetery of He married Joyce Hoelscher Gary and Betty National Cemetery in Marion. terer for Shiveley’s. New Bremen. and she survives. Louann (Cline) Memorials may be sent to the Surviving in addition to his In lieu of flowers, memorials Surviving in addition to his McCowan, he was family to help with funeral wife are three sons; three daugh - may be made to State of the wife and mother are two daugh - a 1993 graduate of expenses, with envelopes avail - ters; two sisters, including Edna ters; a son; a brother; two sis - Jay County High Heart Hospice, the National able at the funeral home. Lochtefeld (husband: Roger), ters, Deborah Homan (husband: School. McCowan Multiple Sclerosis Society or Online condolences may be Fort Recovery; 19 grandchil - Dave), Fort Recovery, and Vickie A veteran of Holy Redeemer Church Memori - expressed at hwww.williamson - dren; 29 great-grandchildren; a al Fund. Condolences may be Burgermeister (husband: Kipp), the United States Army serving spencer.com. daughter-in-law and two sisters- Portland; three grandchildren; in Iraq and Afghanistan, he was expressed at in-law. www.gilberghartwigfh.com. several in-law; and nieces and a member of the former Redkey A Mass of Christian burial nephews. American Legion. Cletus Niekamp will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Memorials may be sent to Surviving are a daughter, May 20, 1923-June 20, 2015 the Church of the Holy Michael Liette State of the Heart Hospice. Tasha McCowan, Redkey; two Cletus B. Niekamp, 92, New Redeemer in New Bremen, Oct. 18, 1951-June 11, 2015 Online condolences may be sons: Elijah McCowan and Bremen, Ohio, died Saturday at Ohio, with the Revs. Thomas A Mass of Christian burial for sent to www.zecharbailey.com. CR almanac Capsule Reports

Intersection accident Two Portland residents were involved in an acci - dent at 7:56 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Main and Hayes streets in Portland. Lana D. Wheeler, 58, 457 S. 600 East, traveled north on Hayes and stopped at its intersection with E. Lotteries Main Street. She told Port - land police she did not see Hoosier Pick 4: 3-2-4-4 the 1994 Chevrolet Subur - Midday Pick 5: 5-7-4-9-2 ban driven west on E. Daily Three: 5-4-4 Evening Main Street by Charles F. Daily Four: 7-8-3-7 Pick 3: 2-6-3 Babbitt, 67, 825 E. Water Quick Draw: 15-18-24- Pick 4: 8-5-9-1 Street. 33-36-37-39-42-46-47-54- Pick 5: 9-1-2-9-0 The 2011 Jeep Grand 55-62-64-65-66-70-72-74- Classic Lotto: 9-12-16- The Commercial Review/Kathryne Rubright Cherokee Wheeler drove 77 17-41-45, Kicker: 8-4-4-2- struck the front of Bab - Evening 6-2 bitt’s vehicle when she Swearing in continued through the Daily Three: 3-6-9 Estimated jackpot: $6 Caleb Lutes (left) and Bob Byers are sworn in as Jay County Daily Four: 6-8-7-4 million intersection. Quick Draw: 2-5-7-8- Rolling Cash 5: 6-12- Sheriff’s Office reserve officers on Monday afternoon by county clerk The Jeep is registered to 18-21-23-24-25-30-36-37-47- 15-22-31 Ellen Coats. Matthew Cox was sworn in as a special deputy and Keith Patty L. Chittum, 457 S. 51-52-55-57-58-65-72 Estimated jackpot: Gardner as a deputy. 600 East, Portland. Cash 5: 26-32-33-39-41 $252,000 Damage was estimated Estimated jackpot: between $1,001 and $2,500. $300,000 Mega Millions Poker Lotto: KC-KD- Estimated jackpot: 3C-3D-5D $52 million Ohio Powerball Resigning... Midday Estimated jackpot: Continued from page 1 Pick 3: 6-7-4 $40 million Corwin reported that there has been an issue with the size of the trailers being delivered, with Waste The 2016 budget is projected to come in Markets Management bringing one or two 1.5-ton trailers instead of the previ - about $265,000, up about $30,000 from ous three-ton. She said she is work - 2015, and the board plans to vote on it at Closing prices as of Monday ing with the company to solve the an upcoming meeting. Trupointe July corn ...... 3.75 problem. Board members Bill Gibson, Dan Fort Recovery Aug. corn ...... 3.78 Nov. corn ...... 3.60 Watson, Randy Geesaman, Faron Corn ...... 3.70 Parr, Houchins, Inman and Zimmer - July corn ...... 3.68 Central States man also took a first look at and Beans ...... 9.94 made some adjustments to their come in about $265,000, up about Marion and Irene Bubp building at July crop ...... 9.94 Montpelier projected budget for 2016. $30,000 from 2015, and the board Jay County Fairgrounds during the Wheat ...... 4.88 Corn ...... 3.59 The biggest increases in the budg - plans to vote on it at an upcoming fair July 6 through 11. Also, rain July crop ...... 4.88 New crop ...... 3.52 et came in the cost of the Saturday meeting. barrels decorated by 4-H partici - Beans ...... 10.07 recycling trailers — a $20,000 bump In other business, the board: pants will be on display in the New crop ...... 9.32 Cooper Farms to $88,000 — and bonuses for groups •Approved payment of claims women’s building. Wheat ...... 5.06 that work those trailers — a $10,000 totaling $12,744.93. The district took •Agreed to sponsor a hole for $100 Fort Recovery New crop ...... 5.09 Corn ...... 3.66 bump to $40,000. in $27,457 in tipping fees in the last for the Aug. 8 Knights of Columbus month and now has a total cash bal - golf tournament to benefit Jay July corn ...... 3.66 The Andersons The increase for recycling came Oct. corn ...... 3.53 in May when the district entered ance of $430,244.43. County Special Olympics. Richland Township into a new contract with Waste •Heard a reminder from district •Received a thank you note from Jan. corn ...... 3.75 Corn ...... 3.62 Wheat ...... 5.01 Management. educator Bettie Jacobs that the dis - Dunkirk Head Start for its July corn ...... 3.62 The 2016 budget is projected to trict will have a display in the new support. Beans ...... 10.08 POET Biorefining July beans ...... 10.03 Portland Wheat ...... 5.10 June corn ...... 3.70 July wheat ...... 5.10 Tied... Continued from page 1 chairman of the state’s increases of at least 0.2 percent, down 1.5 percent - Hospitals “The combination of Democratic Party, in a percentage points. age points, t-16th highest. these widely recognized press release. “This does Area unemployment Jay County: 4.8 percent, Portland – Tisa Scott leading economic indica - not spell success, and rates are as follows: down 0.6 percentage Jay County tors, as well as overall Hoosiers know we can do Adams County: 3.5 per - points, t-34th highest. and son Hospital wage growth above the better.” cent, down 1.3 percentage Randolph County: 4.8 Portland national average signifies Dubois County had the points, t-seventh lowest. percent, down 1.7 percent - Admissions Emergencies a strong economic recov - lowest unemployment rate Blackford County: 5.6 age points, t-34th highest. There were five There were 39 people ery to this point.” in the state for the second percent, down 1.6 percent - Wells County: 3.7 per - admissions to the hospi - treated in the emer - But Indiana Democrats straight month, coming in age points, t-14th highest. cent, down 1.1 percentage tal on Monday, includ - gency rooms of JCH, took a differing view, say - a 3.2 percent. Hamilton Delaware County: 5.5 points, t-14th lowest. ing: including: ing wages represent a County was next at 3.4 per - Portland – Carla Hart Portland – Samuel more accurate view of the cent. Glessner, Martin Her - economy in the Hoosier Vermillion remained Dismissals nandez, Jessica Meyer state. highest in the state for the There were two dis - Bryant – Desiree “Hoosiers continue to third month in a row at 7.1 missals, including: McDowell make 86 cents to every one percent, followed by Lake American dollar, the County at 6.9 percent. ATTENTION ® ® income per capita still Randolph County was ranks 38th in the nation, the only county in the area XARELTO AND PRADAXA USERS! Citizen’s calendar and worst of all, the state’s to see a drop in unemploy - economy still only man - ment in May as it fell 0.1 YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPENSATION! aged a sluggish growth at percentage points. Adams, Today Wednesday 0.4 percent in GDP for Blackford, Delaware and 6 p.m. — South Adams 5 p.m. — Jay County 2014,” said John Zody, Wells counties each saw If you were hospitalized for serious internal bleeding or School Board executive Hospital Board execu - ® ® session, high school tive session, conference if a loved one died after taking XARELTO or PRADAXA , conference room, 1075 rooms A and B, 500 W. Starfire Way, Berne. Votaw St., Portland. the makers of these blood-thinning drugs may be liable. 6:30 p.m. — Fort 5:30 p.m. — Jay Coun - Recovery School Board, ty Hospital Board, con - meeting room, FRHS, ference rooms A and B, 400 E. Butler St., Fort 500 W. Votaw St. 1-888-464-7755 Recovery 6 p.m. — Jay County 7 p.m. — Salamonie Soil and Water Conser - Town Board special vation District, USDA CALL US TODAY FOR meeting, Schoolhouse Service Center, 1331 W. A FREE CONSULTATION! Community Center. Indiana 67, Portland. 1HYHUVWRSWDNLQJDQ\PHGLFDWLRQEHIRUHDVNLQJ\RXUGRFWRU

Weather courtesy of American Profile Hometown Content Service 5HVSRQVLEOHDWWRUQH\V)HUUHU3RLURW :DQVEURXJK3ULQFLSDORI¿FH2DN/DZQ6XLWH'DOODV7;&DVHVOLNHO\WREHUHIHUUHG The Commercial Review Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Family Page 3 Daughter is shocked by birthday card DEAR ABBY: My mom turned 60 last month, and I hosted a party at her house for friends and fam - Dear ily. As things were wind - ing down, I took a break Abby from cleaning up to look over the birthday cards from well-wishers that were displayed on a living room table. Among them (keep in mind, they may was a big, gorgeous card not ask), tell them the from “Cassie,” a woman truth. As to making any around my mother’s age, announcements to your who I always thought was bigoted brothers, leave nothing more than an that up to your mother acquaintance. and resist the urge to be As I read the message the town crier. she had written inside, my DEAR ABBY: I’m only jaw dropped. While not 18. I know I have a lot to pornographic, her mes - learn in life, but I need sage made clear that she help. I’m madly in love and Mom have an intimate with a guy who is “bipo - physical relationship that lar” about our relation - has been going on for a ship. One day he loves me while. and the next he doesn’t. I have not discussed the Today he said he needed Photo provided card with Mom, but I sus - some time alone because pect she knows I saw it. we’ve been together 24/7. I Lately, I have canceled our got all mad and started to Tents and TinCaps weekly lunches together. I go crazy. He’s not breaking Pennville Cub Scout Troop No. 3212 recently watched the Fort Wayne TinCaps play the don’t have anything up with me. I know he Bowling Green Hot Rods at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne. After the fireworks, troop members ran against gays; I believe needs space, but I can’t the bases, met the players and got autographs. After setting up tents, they watched a movie on they are entitled to a love bring myself to let him the scoreboard and played baseball. life just like the rest of us. have it. I don’t want to lose But in this case, I can’t him. Please help me figure help but feel betrayed. out a way to stay with him. Mom was married to Dad — GOT A GOOD ONE IN for 32 years, bore him MISSOURI three children and seemed DEAR GOT A GOOD happy. Was this all a lie? ONE: If you want to keep Births My biggest concern is, your boyfriend, let him if this relationship have his freedom. I know Heitkamp are Edward and Janet Joint Township District bun, Redkey. becomes permanent, how it sounds contradictory, Aleah Diane, a daugh - Steinbrunner, Fort Recov - Memorial Hospital in St. Paternal grandparents do I explain it to my chil - but the harder you try to ter, was born May 15 at ery. Marys, Ohio, to Dan and are Rex and Brenda dren — or worse, my hang onto him, the more Mercer County Communi - Great-grandparents are Jessica Otte, Yorkshire, Ehrhart, Portland. brothers, whose views are he will want to get away. ty Hospital in Coldwater, Junita Steinbrunner and Ohio. conservative and some And by the way, while Ohio, to Doug and Shelly Rosie Heitkamp, both of She weighed 7 pounds, 5 Scott might say bigoted. I can’t he’s enjoying his “space,” Hietkamp, Celina, Ohio. Coldwater, Ohio, William ounces. Landon, a son, was born help but wonder if Mom you should do exactly the She weighed 8 pounds, and Virginia Butsch, Rus - Maternal grandparents June 19 at Jay County left the card out so she same thing he is doing. If 13 ounces. sia, Ohio, and Joy Cornell, are Patricia Fisher and Hospital to Tisa and Seth could open a can of worms you isolate yourself, you Maternal grandparents Anna, Ohio. Mark and Melanie Alt, all Scott, 2616 S. U.S. 27, Port - in my lap. How should I will only become are Dennis and Deb of Fort Recovery. land. approach this? Please depressed, insecure and Schoenlein, Fort Recov - Everhart Paternal grandparents He weighed 8 pounds, 2 help! — DUMBFOUNDED clingy, none of which are ery. Cooper James, a son, are Donald and Sandra ounces. DAUGHTER attractive traits. Paternal grandparents was born June 2 at Ketter - Otte, Gainsboro, Ten - DEAR DAUGHTER: ——— are Leroy and Pat ing (Ohio) Medical Center nessee. Hudson Some people are bisexual, Dear Abby is written by Heitkamp, Celina, Ohio. to Joel and Jayme Ever - Great-grandparents are Paxton Joseph, a son, which means they can be Abigail Van Buren, also Great-grandparents are hart, Tipp City, Ohio. Norman and Marylou Alt, was born June 19 at Jay attracted to people of both known as Jeanne Phillips, Kenny Muhlenkamp, Fort He weighed 8 pounds, 4 St. Henry, Ohio, Helen County Hospital to Harley genders. Your mother may and was founded by her Recovery, and Eva ounces. Schlarman, Fort Recovery, Stewart and Joseph Hud - have had a very happy mother, Pauline Phillips. Weitzel, St. Henry, Ohio. Maternal grandparents and Leonard Otte, Maria son, Portland. marriage, and then she Contact Dear Abby at are Dave and Kim Ram - Stein, Ohio. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 met Cassie. If she is no www.DearAbby.com or Steinbrunner mel, Fort Recovery. ½ ounces. longer with your father, it P.O. Box 69440, Los Ange - Rhea Louise, a daugh - Paternal grandparents Ehrhart Maternal grandparents is not a “betrayal” of any- les, CA 90069. ter, was born May 26 at are Dennis and Marty Owen Alexander, a son, are Renee and James Wil - one. To order “How to Write Miami Valley Hospital in Everhart, McCutchen- was born June 10 at IU helm and Jason Stewart, Call your mother and Letters for All Occasions,” Dayton, Ohio, to Ryan and ville, Ohio. Health Ball Memorial all of Portland. arrange to get together. send your name and mail - Casey Steinbrunner, Fort Great-grandparents are Hospital to Amanda and Paternal grandparents Tell her you saw the card. ing address, plus check or Recovery. Edna Rose, Fort Recovery, Nick Ehrhart, 811 W. are Rebecca and Waldo She may not have told you money order for $7 (U.S. She weighed 7 pounds, and Helen Everhart, North St., Portland. Hudson Jr., Portland. about her relationship funds) to: Dear Abby — 13 ounces. McCutchenville, Ohio. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 Great-grandparents are with Cassie because she Letter Booklet, P.O. Box Maternal grandparent ounces. Diana and Greg Hersberg - was afraid you would 447, Mount Morris, IL is Kim Jarrett, St. Henry, Otte Maternal grandparents er, Diana and Gary Stew - react as you have. IF they 61054-0447. Shipping and Ohio. Penelope Ann, a daugh - are Stephanie Rathbun, art, Waldo Hudson Sr. and become a couple and your handling are included in Paternal grandparents ter, was born June 8 at Fishers, and Bruce Rath - Nilah Hudson. children ask questions the price. Community Calendar Notices will appear in Today Wednesday Thursday the group will meet at 10 ond and fourth Thursday the Community Calendar JAY COUNTY DEMOC - WEDNESDAY MORN - NOBLE BUSY BEES — a.m. and 6:30 p.m. each of each month at the tele - as space is available. To RATS — Will meet at 7 ING BREAKFAST CLUB Will meet at 9 a.m. Thurs - Thursday at A Second phone warehouse, 301 E. submit an item, call fami - p.m. today at Democrat — Will meet at 8 a.m. in day at Richards Restau - Chance At Life Min - Sixth St. in Portland. The ly editor Virginia Cline at headquarters, 221 S. the east room of Richards rant. Mary Strosnider is istries, 109 S. Commerce public is invited. (260) 726-8141. Meridian St., Portland. Restaurant. All women the hostess and Esther St. in Portland. For more are invited to attend. Marchal will give devo - information, call Judy Reunions Includes activities and tions. Wear red, white and Smith at (260) 726-9187 or SHAWVER/SHAUVER devotional time. blue. Program books will Dave Keen at (260) 335- FAMILY REUNION — PORTLAND ROTARY be completed. 2152. Will be held at noon Sun - CLUB — Will meet at noon CELEBRATE RECOV - COMMUNITY RELA - day at Haynes Park in Sudoku each Wednesday at Har - ERY — A 12-step Chris - TIONS TEAM — Will play Portland. Bring food and Sudoku Puzzle #3672-M mony Cafe, 121 N. Meridi - tian recovery program, euchre at 6 p.m. the sec - family information. an St. 1 234 ALCOHOLICS ANONY - MOUS — Will meet from SALE PRICES WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY JUNE 24-27 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each 5167Wednesday upstairs at Gro und C huck 5 lb $ 29 $ 49 Idaho Potatoes ...... 2 True Value Hardware, in 5# Ba gs = $1 7.45 3 lb. 28 7 5 North Meridian Street, Le sser Qu ant ities $3. 69 lb. $ 59 Portland. For more infor - Tomatoes ...... 1 lb. mation, call (260) 729-2532. 2/$ 00 2 38 Boneless, Skinless $ 19 Prairie Farms 2% Milk ...... 6 gal. 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There’s absolutely no point upfront money can come from municipal airports that would Amid all the celebration about in a finger-pointing exercise Economic Development be happy to host Walker’s new the decision by Lutheran Hospi - over who should have done Income Tax funds, and the venture built upon the Miller tal to base an emergency medical what or who should have com - investment can be repaid over Aviation legacy. It would be a helicopter at Portland Municipal Editorial municated when. time by lease payments from shame — worse than that, it Airport, there was also the unde - What matters is that this is a Walker’s operation. would be mortifying — if some niable fact that — through a viable business opportunity That seems pretty straight - other community made a bet - series of miscues that may or that would bring jobs to Jay forward, and it’s well within ter offer to one of Jay County’s may not have been avoidable — County and increased traffic to what has been done in the past own and lured the business the city finds itself with the Aviation, the charter and com - Portland’s airport. for other economic develop - away. potential of losing another com - mercial aviation business once And what is needed is swift ment projects. Tempting as it might be for mercial aviation business at the led by David Miller, from Dave’s action to allay any concerns on But this is one of those situ - the city administration to rest same time. widow. Critical to that deal, from Walker’s part. ations where delay and did - on its laurels over the Luther - Former Jay County resident Walker’s perspective, was use of The city should, in short dling around are the city’s ene - an helicopter, that would be a Josh Walker was in the process the hangar that’s now going to be order, set in motion the con - mies. foolish and unforgiveable mis - of acquiring the assets of Miller home to Lutheran’s helicopter. struction of a new hangar. The There are plenty of other take. — J.R. Dynasties tend to come up short By LEONID BERSHIDSKY Bloomberg View Now that the U.S. official - ly has a Bush as well as a Leonid Clinton in the presidential Bershidsky race — candidates who might ultimately square off against each other — the question arises whether dynastic government would be fitting for the ans see the younger Lee as world’s most powerful a pale shadow of his father. democracy. In Malaysia, Prime Min - The experience of other ister Najib Razak, son and democratic countries isn’t nephew of previous prime encouraging. In those with ministers, barely managed strong political dynasties, to hold on to power in 2013 the current generation has after his electoral bloc lost been doing worse than pre - the popular vote. Only the vious ones. peculiarities of the Political dynasties as Malaysian election system such aren’t always bad. enabled him to form a gov - Consider, for example, the ernment. Philippines, probably the In Argentina, the erratic most dynasty-based of all presidency of Cristina Fer - democracies, with 70 per - nandez de Kirchner — cent of legislators coming widow of previous Presi - from old political clans. In a dent Nestor Kirchner — is 2012 paper on the Philip - likely to be remembered for pine political system, its many scandals, but not Ronald Mendoza and his much else. colleagues described the In short, successful pred - Wedges will no longer work upside: ecessors’ shoes have often “Political dynasties turned out to be a little By JOHN KRULL afford reformists extended loose for dynastic politi - TheStatehouseFile.com time horizons that enable cians. INDIANAPOLIS — Many years the planning and imple - In the U.S., dynastic ago, when Newt Gingrich still was John mentation of policies with power has been on the scrambling to become speaker of ... the strategy that long-term goals. Politicians wane for decades. While the U.S. House of Representatives, I Krull with shorter tenures often from 1789 to 1858, about 11 sat with him in his Washington Newt Gingrich yield to populist demands percent of American legis - office. devised and and shun difficult but nec - lators had previous rela - Gingrich was telling me about the essary reforms that pay-off tives in Congress, the share way the Republican Party not only Mike Pence in the future but are critical dropped below 7 percent could gain control of Congress but an equally divisive so-called reli - embraced has to sustained, robust and after 1966, as a 2009 paper also dominate the national debate. gious freedom restoration act “dis - inclusive growth.” by political economist With his feet propped up on a cof - astrous.” He said Hoosiers — and done lasting In other words, politi - Ernesto Dal Bo shows. fee table in front of him and his Americans — need to find a civilized damage to cians who are part of a Nevertheless, the longer chair tilted back, like a naughty kid way to resolve difficult issues. dynasty strategize for the a politician serves in Con - trying to get away with something, South Bend is home to perhaps the Indiana and the long term. Even if they gress, the greater is the Gingrich smiled and said the trick most prominent Catholic institution enrich their families in the probability that his or her was to drive wedges into the public of higher education in the world, Republican Party. process, as they often do, relatives will end up there, like an ax chopping wood. If the Notre Dame University. The they may take better care too — especially if politics GOP could split the country apart by Catholic Church often hasn’t been of their constituents as in the state aren’t very com - using abortion, gay rights and other supportive in regard to questions of well. petitive. divisive issues as the ax blade and equal rights for gays. RFRA debacles did to his state and The results of dynastic The emergence of dynas - then pick up the bigger slice, he said, But there was Notre Dame’s presi - his party. government in the Philip - ties may to some extent be conservatives could run things for a dent offering words of measured The second is that he knows a poll pines, however, are hardly explained by the inspiring long time. support for Buttgieg’s announce - like this will make it a lot harder for stellar. Clans tend to rule in example of their founders, That was 25 years ago. ment. Mike Pence to raise money as he areas that are relatively the traditions of public Gingrich couldn’t — or didn’t — Then, hours later, a poll conducted gets ready to run for re-election. poor and suffer from service and perhaps even contemplate a time when those by a respected GOP pollster — and Last time around, Pence barely greater inequality. It may by agendas that transcend wedge issues might cut the other paid for by Republican Gov. Mitch beat his Democratic opponent, John be easier for established generations. And, as Dal Bo way. He didn’t imagine there might Daniels’ first campaign manager, Gregg, even though he raised and political machines to win in pointed out, dynasties may be a time when (often self-pro - Republican Bill Oesterle — showed spent more than twice as much have increased female polit - such places, and clan rule claimed) conservatives wouldn’t that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (also a money as Gregg did. If the fundrais - ical representation in the may also contribute to pick up the larger piece of the split Republican) is in real political trou - ing race is closer to even this time slower development. U.S.: Being part of a clan public. ble. around, that improves Democrats’ In many other countries has helped women break But that’s what seems to be hap - More than half the people sur - chances. where dynasties are power - through glass ceilings. Per - pening. veyed — 54 percent — said they want ful, the current leaders haps it will help Hillary Why would a Republican like Indiana is a red state. We Hoosiers someone else to be governor after aren’t bringing their fami - Clinton through the ulti - Oesterle want to see that happen? don’t vote for Democratic presiden - next year’s election, largely because Well, maybe, it’s because he knows lies much glory. Last year mate one, a good outcome Pence has embraced wedge issues in India, for example, Rahul in itself even if she doesn’t tial candidates unless, as was the that the ground has shifted — that case in 2008, the Republican nomi - like gay rights and supposed educa - the strategy that Newt Gingrich Gandhi — the great-grand - achieve much else. tion reform. The darker side of dynas - nee all but ignores us and the Demo - devised and Mike Pence embraced son of India’s first prime Pence partisans poopooed the poll. minister, Jawaharlal Nehru tic politics probably out - cratic challenger woos us with all has done lasting damage to Indiana They pointed out that the 2016 elec - — ran a lackluster cam - weighs the positives, the ardor of a smitten teenage boy. and the Republican Party. tion was still 17 months away and a paign and was handily though. Wherever there are Even then we make the outcome When the mayor of South Bend defeated by Narendra dynasties, there’s less com - close. lot could change between now and can come out of the closet and the Modi, who wants to end the petition for votes. But here in quiet, staid Indiana then. president of Notre Dame can power of the Nehru-Gandhi There’s nothing wrong two events have given the political That’s true, but it’s also beside the applaud him for it, we’re saying clan. with members of promi - landscape an earthquake-level point. we’re done with wedges and divi - Lee Hsien Loong, son of nent political families shake. Oesterle is a savvy political opera - sion. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s wanting to serve the coun - The first involved the mayor of tor. He was upset — an understate - We want to bind wounds, not cre - revered first prime minis - try. But there’s nothing Indiana’s fourth-largest city, Democ - ment — with Pence’s repeated dal - ate them. ter, has held power for 11 wrong, either, with voters rat Pete Buttigieg of South Bend. liances with divisiveness when the •••••••••• years, but in the last elec - rejecting self- perpetuating Buttigieg is a former Rhodes Schol - state needed to be coming together Krull is director of Franklin Col - tion, in 2011, his party’s per - government. ar and a Navy reservist who was to meet common challenges. lege’s Pulliam School of Journal - formance was the worst in •••••••••• deployed to Afghanistan for seven My guess is he commissioned and ism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1 its history: The opposition Bershidsky, a Bloomberg months last year. paid for the poll for at least two rea - Indianapolis and publisher of TheS - won six of the 81 parlia - View contributor, is a He’s also gay. sons. tatehouseFile.com, a news website mentary seats — two more Berlin-based writer. Follow Buttigieg came out in a newspaper The first is that its findings con - powered by Franklin College jour - than they ever held under him on Twitter @Bershid - column in which he called Indiana’s firm what Oesterle said about the nalism students. Contact him at his father. Many Singapore - sky. battles over same-sex marriage and damage the same-sex marriage and [email protected]. The Commercial Review US PS 125820 HUGH N. RONALD (1911-1983), Publisher Emeritus

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BALDOR nia, comes a day after he from Russia, and the latest mili - match conventionally to U.S. or to training and military exercises, Associated Press announced that the U.S. would tary plans provide a show of soli - NATO, but here in our corner of and would include Bradley fight - TALLINN, Estonia — The U.S. have other weapons, aircraft and darity across the region and in the world, Putin believes that he ing vehicles and self-propelled will spread about 250 tanks, forces, including commandos, NATO. enjoys regional superiority,” howitzer artillery guns. armored vehicles and other mili - ready as needed for NATO’s new Estonia Defense Minister Sven Mikser said, adding that Estonia Germany will be participating tary equipment across six former rapid reaction force, to help Mikser said the Baltic leaders is ready to accept the equipment. in the expanded military effort, Soviet bloc nations to help reas - Europe defend against potential aren’t trying to restart the Cold Each set of equipment would but already has U.S. equipment. sure NATO allies facing threats Russian aggression from the east War arms race or match Russian be enough to outfit a military “We intend to move those from Russia and terrorist groups, and the Islamic State and other President Vladimir Putin “tank company or battalion, and would equipment sets around as exercis - Defense Secretary Ash Carter violent extremists from the for tank,” but the additional mili - go on at least a temporary basis to es move around,” Carter told a announced today. south. tary presences will be a deterrent Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithua - news conference. “They’re not Carter’s announcement, made The defense chiefs standing to Russia and could change the nia, Poland, and Romania. Carter static. Their purpose is to enable as he stood with defense chiefs with Carter all spoke bluntly equation. said the equipment could be richer training and more mobili - from Estonia, Latvia and Lithua - about the threat they perceive “In global terms Russia is no moved around the region for ty to forces in Europe.” In review Opinions about DNA linked BELLMONT, N.Y. — flag are changing DNA found just miles from a maximum- By SEANNA ADCOX, said Monday she was moved by the security prison is JEFFREY COLLINS outpouring of love and forgiveness linked to the convicted and MEG KINNARD that followed the “true hate” of the murderers who Associated Press crime. She noted her entire family escaped more than two CHARLESTON, S.C. — For attended Emanuel African weeks ago, Gov. years, South Carolina lawmakers Methodist Episcopal on Sunday, Andrew Cuomo said, refused to revisit the Confederate when the church reopened its as searchers using flag on Statehouse grounds, saying doors. dogs and helicopters the law that took it off the dome “My children saw what true faith today continued to was a bipartisan compromise, and looks like. My children saw that focus intensely on a renewing the debate would unnec - true hate can never, never triumph heavily wooded area essarily expose divisive wounds. over true love. My children saw the in far northern New But opinions changed within five heart and soul of South Carolina York. days of the massacre of nine peo - start to mend,” she said. Cuomo told ple at a historic black church in She stressed that, for many reporters Monday Charleston, as a growing tide of South Carolinians, the flag still night that the current Republicans joined the call to represents noble traditions of her - lead has “good evi - remove the battle flag from a Con - itage and duty, but for many others, dence, DNA data” federate monument in front of the it is a “deeply offensive symbol of a regarding inmates Statehouse and put it in a museum. brutally oppressive past.” David Sweat and On Monday, Gov. Nikki Haley did “The hate-filled murderer who Richard Matt. It what a previous Republican gover - massacred our brothers and sisters wasn’t immediately nor found to be political suicide. in Charleston has a sick and twist - clear if the DNA Herself a Republican, she not only ed view of the flag. In no way does belonged to one or called for the flag’s removal but he reflect the people in our state both of the inmates. pledged to call legislators back to who respect, and in many ways, State Police Maj. Columbia if they don’t deal with it revere it,” she said. Charles Guess said in a special session in the next few The governor’s declarations Monday that authori - weeks. Just hours before they sparked action in other arenas as ties had recovered return to work today, a rally to well Monday: Mississippi House “specific items” from a bring the flag down will be held Speaker Philip Gunn called for the cabin in the Adiron - outside the Statehouse. Confederate emblem to be removed dacks that were sent to Haley’s announcement came from the state flag, becoming the labs for DNA and days after authorities charged first top-tier Republican in the other testing. The Dylann Storm Roof, 21, with mur - state to do so. cabin is some 20 miles der. The white man appeared in In Tennessee, both Democrats west of the prison. photos holding Confederate flags and Republicans called for the Guess did not elabo - Associated Press/The Montgomery Advertiser/Albert Cesare and burning or desecrating U.S. removal of a bust of Confederate flags, and purportedly wrote of general and early Ku Klux Klan rate on what the items A Confederate flag flies Monday next to the Alabama were. fomenting racial violence. leader Nathan Bedford Forrest Confederate Memorial on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol Haley has for years deflected from an alcove outside the Senate’s Expected building in Montgomery, Ala. questions about the flag. But she chambers. TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Flooding is expected to continue along some rivers in Couples await southwestern Indiana throughout the week even as high water has court decision receded in many parts SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) ber isn’t known because, SUMMER DEALS of the state from last — Same-sex couples in until January, applicants week’s heavy rains. Indiana who’ve flocked to for marriage licenses The National Weath - the altar since courts filled out a form at their er Service says low - threw out the state’s ban county clerk’s office that land flooding will rise on gay marriage last year featured two lines: in spots along the worry that a pending U.S. “bride’s name” and Wabash and White Supreme Court ruling “groom’s name.” rivers over the coming could lead to legal limbo. The Indiana Depart - 1/4 Page Full Color days. The high court is ment of Health reports Farmer Chuck Cur - expected to rule by the end that 1,147 marriage licens - ran has extensive of the month on whether es were issued to same-sex flooding on 400 acres states can limit marriage couples from Jan. 1 to 3 times of crops along the to heterosexual couples. June 15 of this year. The Wabash River near Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio current system for mar - Terre Haute. Curran and Tennessee are asking riage licenses uses an tells the Tribune-Star the court to uphold bans online application form Must be run between June 1st and August 31st he expects heavy crop on same-sex marriage and that requires each appli - losses and doesn’t allow the political process, cant to enter their name not the courts, to handle and check “male” or know yet whether he’ll Must run at least 3 ads or more major societal changes. “female,” according to the be able to replant. But the decision would South Bend Tribune. have a wide-reaching Support for gay mar - Displaced impact, especially in riage is rising across the Only $199 each BAGHDAD — The states like Indiana, which country, with a Pew United Nations says unsuccessfully fought to Research Center poll the number of dis - keep their bans. released this month show - placed within Iraq due After U.S. District Judge ing 57 percent of Ameri - to Islamic State group Richard Young ruled last cans now favor allowing it violence and fighting June that Indiana’s ban on and 39 percent oppose it. has exceeded 3 million same-sex marriage violat - That’s a sharp swing from — a grim milestone for ed the U.S. Constitution’s five years ago, when more the war-battered coun - equal-protection clause, Americans opposed same- try. gay couples began to get sex marriage than sup - $399...... 1/2 Page Full Color Today’s statement married. 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Rays Fort ACME sweeps St. Henry of FORT RECOVERY — Fort allowing three hits, striking out an RBI, with Griffin Byrum and Recovery’s ACME baseball team one and walking three while giv - Hunter Lawhead with a single Insight moved to 3-0 on Monday with a ing up two runs. Chase Bruns apiece. doubleheader sweep of the St. Local struck out four and walked three Wyatt Wendel, Nick Laux, Kee - Henry Redskins. roundup in five innings to win game two. gan Cavanaugh and Matthew The Indians won the first game Fisher all had singles for All-Cir - 7-3 before completing the sweep Ponderosa wins title cuit. Scandals with a 5-2 win in game two. Ponderosa Steakhouse defeated Fort Recovery got out to an early All-Circuit Electrical 3-0 on Mon - Correction lead in game one thanks to a four- two, with the Indians leading 3-0 day to claim the regular season There was an error in Monday’s are a run first inning, and it tacked on after three innings. St. Henry cut title in Portland Junior League’s story about Portland Junior two more in the second for a quick the deficit to 3-1 in the top of the Rookie baseball division. League. 6-0 advantage. The Indians scored fourth, but the Tribe answered Ponderosa finished the season 8- Maddox Huffman was incorrect - serious once in the third before the Red - with a run in the bottom of the 1-1. ly identified for Pioneer Packag - skins were able to scratch across frame, and added an insurance Isaac Roop paced the Ponderosa ing. Huffman had three singles two runs in the fifth and one more run in the fifth. offense with two singles and an and a double in Pioneer’s 15-4 vic - matter in the seventh. Cade Wendel earned the win in RBI. AJ Myers and Maanav tory against All-Circuit Electric By RAY COONEY The theme stayed true in game game one, tossing 5 2/3 innings, Nakodkar both had a single and on Saturday. The Commercial Review This is serious. Sports scandals tend to be overblown. Reporters covering the U.S. beats Colombia to advance NFL have spent months talking and writing about whether a ball had slightly less air in it than is man - dated under league rules. The NCAA freaks out if Americans an athlete gets an unau - will be without thorized sandwich or a coach sends a text mes - two players sage at the wrong time. on Monday And fans are constantly yammering about how leagues “fix” results. (I heard that last piece of nonsense from those By ANNE M. PETERSON insistent the NBA Finals AP Sports Writer would go seven games EDMONTON, Alberta — Now because “that’s what the that Alex Morgan has a goal, she league wants.” If that was doesn’t want to look back on the the case, I’m guessing we’d opportunities she’s missed. have seen the NBA Finals She wants to look forward to reach game seven more the goals to come. than six times since I was “I don’t remember the last goal born. But I digress.) I’ve had with this team,” said If FBI and Justice Morgan, who had been hampered Department investigators by a bone bruise in her left knee have, in fact, found evi - going into the tournament. “And dence that St. Louis Cardi - that’s not a good sign. I don’t want nals employees broke into to look back and see when the last a network of Houston one was because now I’ve scored, Astros databases and stole and it’s a fresh start moving for - proprietary information, ward.” that is a serious problem. Morgan scored her first goal of All sports involve a the Women’s World Cup and the copycat element. United States advanced to the The West Coast Offense spread like wildfire after quarterfinals with a 2-0 victory the San Francisco 49ers over Colombia on Monday night. had so much success. The Her previous U.S. goal came Associated Press/The Canadian Press/Jason Franson NBA runs through eras of March 6 in the Algarve Cup. teams led by big men to Abby Wambach’s penalty kick United States' Alex Morgan (13) kicks the ball in front of Colombia's Angela Clavijo (13) those that favor high- early in the second half went during first half FIFA Women's World Cup round of 16 action Monday in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. octane offense. And wide after Colombia goalkeeper Morgan scored in the 53rd minute to give the Americans a 1-0 lead, and they added another score advanced statistics — get - Catalina Perez — a backup her - 13 minutes later for the 2-0 victory. ting beyond ERA and bat - self — was ejected for a foul on ting average — have taken Morgan. Stefany Castano, who over Major League Base - replaced Perez in goal, got a hand Carli Lloyd also scored for the off one of the biggest upsets in start after working her way back ball. on Morgan’s shot five minutes second-ranked Americans, who any World Cup in the group stage from a bone bruise in her left Part of that spread later, but couldn’t stop the goal to will face No. 16 China on Friday when they defeated third-ranked knee. Morgan came in as a sub in occurs because players put the United States up 1-0. in Ottawa. The United States is France 2-0. the first two matches of the tour - and coaches rarely stay “It didn’t have as much power seeking its third World Cup title, Morgan and Wambach started nament. with the same team for an on it as I wanted, but it went in but first since 1999. up top for the United States, Morgan missed all three send- entire career. But there’s a and that’s all that matters,” she The Americans have not which used the same starting off matches because of the injury. difference between mak - said about her right-footed goal. allowed a goal in 333 minutes. lineup as it did in the group-stage Her last match with the U.S. team ing use of the knowledge Usually she’s lefty: “It comes in Colombia has never won soc - finale against Nigeria — a first was on April 4, a 4-0 exhibition stored in one’s brain and handy when it needs to,” she cer’s premier tournament, but since Jill Ellis became coach. win over New Zealand in St. breaking into someone smiled. the No. 28 Las Cafeteras pulled It was Morgan’s second straight Louis. else’s information system and stealing it. Consider how this could impact any sports league. It could lead to a team Brady to present his case in appeal knowing another’s draft By ROB MAADDI Article 46 of the league’s disciplinary authority to Vincent has issued sever - ments to Greg Hardy, Adri - strategy and being able to AP Pro Football Writer collective bargaining Mr. Vincent; I concurred in al fines and penalties for an Peterson and Ray Rice make moves to select play - When Tom Brady’s agreement. his recommendation and various infractions since in recent, high-profile ers and/or block a rival appeal hearing kicks off “You have no authority authorized him to commu - replacing Ray Anderson as cases involving players vio - from doing so. It could Tuesday, key arguments to impose discipline on Mr. nicate to Mr. Brady the dis - the NFL’s executive vice lating the league’s personal give one squad a tremen - will be about who ordered Brady under the CBA, and cipline imposed under my president of football opera - conduct policy. The league dous advantage in the free his four-game suspension such discipline must there - authority as Commission - tions in March 2014. doesn’t consider Brady’s agent market. and whether science sup - fore be set aside,” union er,” Goodell said in his let - He suspended former case similar because it Perhaps most glaringly, ports the league’s findings attorney Tom DePaso ter to the union on June 2. Redskins safety Brandon involved rules of the game. it could give a team special about deflated footballs. wrote to Vincent on May 14. “The identity of the person Meriweather two games Scientific arguments insight at the trade dead - The NFL says Commis - “The CBA grants the Com - who signed the discipli - last September for a hel - also will be a major part of line. And in no sport is the sioner Roger Goodell missioner — and only the nary letter is irrelevant.” met-to-helmet hit on a Brady’s defense led by deadline more important authorized the discipline Commissioner — the Brady was suspended receiver. In several other attorney Jeffrey Kessler. than baseball, which con - that was imposed by league authority to impose con - four games and the Patri - cases, he fined teams or Brady’s lawyers are expect - stantly sees teams making executive Troy Vincent, duct detrimental discipline ots were fined $1 million punished team officials for ed to try to shoot down the last-minute attempts to who signed the letters sent on players.” and docked a pair of draft violating rules. findings of an independent improve for a playoff run to Brady and the New Eng - Goodell dismissed the picks after investigator The NFLPA didn’t ques - firm that was hired to pro - or to unload players with land Patriots informing union’s claim when he Ted Wells found that the tion Vincent’s authority in vide scientific analysis of big salaries in an effort to them of the penalties. The declined to recuse himself Super Bowl champions those incidents but it only the air pressure inside the get prospects and draft NFL Players Association from hearing the appeal on illegally used under-inflat - gets involved when players footballs used by the Patri - picks to build for the challenged Vincent’s power June 23. ed footballs in the AFC title are disciplined. ots and Colts during the future. to issue punishment, citing “I did not delegate my game. Goodell issued punish - AFC championship game. It’s not yet clear who was involved in the hack - ing. It could have been lowly interns or it could have reached as high as Sports on tap the general manager or Scoreboard Toronto 38 34 .528 2 vs. Virginia, Game 2 (ESPN) season pass, and is open to adults 18- Weaver at (260) 589-2151, or visit owner. Baltimore 36 33 .522 2½ 8 p.m. — WNBA Basketball: Los Ange - and-older. www.adamscounty5kchallenge.com. Women’s World Cup Either way, Major Boston 31 40 .437 8½ les Sparks at Washington Mystics The swim will be from 6:30 to 7:30 United States 2, Colombia 0 (ESPN2) a.m. at the Jay County High School pool. League Baseball can’t England 2, Norway 1 Starfires seeking coach allow such behavior. Its West Division 10 p.m. — Soccer: FIFA Women’s The sessions will go through July, and South Adams High School is seeking a WLPct GB World Cup – Round of 16, Japan vs. will be for lap swim only, not recreational wrestling coach for the 2015-16 season. punishment can’t be just a Major League Baseball Houston 41 31 .569 — use. Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 8 Netherlands (FS1) Candidates should have varsity coach - slap on the wrist. Texas 37 33 .529 3 ing experience, a strong knowledge of Detroit 8, Cleveland 5 Los Angeles 36 35 .507 4½ Patriot football camp is July 20 Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5 Wednesday wrestling techniques and fundamentals. There will almost cer - Seattle 32 39 .451 8½ The Jay County High School football Minnesota 13, Chicago White Sox 2 8 p.m. — College Baseball: NCAA Candidates must also demonstrate the Oakland 31 41 .431 10 team will be hosting a camp July 20 tainly be fines. And the Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 World Series Championship – Vanderbilt ability to work with the administration and through 23. Cardinals will likely lose L.A. Angels 4, Houston 3 vs. Virginia, Game 3 if necessary (ESPN) successfully lead student athletes, the The camp will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Kansas City 4, Seattle 1 Local schedule 8 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Los coaching staff and the middle school and some draft picks. and is open for children in kindergarten Today Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs youth programs. through eighth grade. But I also think a play - Jay County — Summer Swim Team vs. (ESPN2) Individuals interested should contact Standings Cost is $20 and includes a camp off ban must be on the Union City – 6 p.m. 11 p.m. — Major League Soccer: Port - SAHS athletics director Jason Arnold at Major League Baseball tshirt. Registration forms are available at table. land Timbers at Los Angeles Galaxy (260) 587-8231, or American League Wednesday (ESPN2) the high school. For more information, contact JCHS [email protected]. Unless Major League Central Division Portland Rockets at Northeast Kekion - football coach Tim Millspaugh at (260) Baseball sets a strong WLPct GB ga – 7 p.m. Thursday Kansas City 40 27 .597 — 251-0670. Get your questions answered precedent, it leaves the 7:30 p.m. — 2015 NBA Draft (ESPN) Do you have a question about local Minnesota 38 32 .543 3½ Thursday 7:30 p.m. — CFL Football: Ottawa door open for future prob - Detroit 36 34 .514 5½ Swiss Days 5K is July 25 college or pro sports? Jay County Summer Swim Team at RedBlacks at Montreal Alouettes (ESPN2) Email your question to Cleveland 32 37 .464 9 Adams Central – 6 p.m. The Adams County Run/Walk Chal - lems in this age of tech - Chicago 30 39 .435 11 lenge continues July 25. [email protected] with “Ask Ray” in the nology. Local notes The next race is the 42nd annual subject line for a chance to have it These accusations are East Division TV schedule JCHS to host adult swim Swiss Days Race. The race will begin at answered in an upcoming column. WLPct GB Today There will be adult lap swim sessions 8:15 a.m. July 25 on Jefferson Street in •••••••••• serious. MLB’s response Tampa Bay 40 32 .556 — 8 p.m. — College Baseball: NCAA on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Berne. To have an event listed in “Sports on must be serious as well. New York 38 32 .543 1 World Series Championship – Vanderbilt Cost is $2 per session or $25 for a For more information, contact CeAnn tap”, email details to [email protected].