Monday, April 27, 2020 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Virus has hit Making mats hard in tourism Initiative sector transforms INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The cancellation of con - bags for ventions, conferences and trade shows due to the use at coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating homeless impact on tourism in Indi - anapolis, a tourism offi - shelters cial said. Indianapolis attracted a record-breaking 30 million visitors last year, accord - By RILEY EUBANKS ing to Chris Gahl, the sen - The Commercial Review ior vice president of mar - “I can do that,” said Penny keting and communica - Thomas. tions for Visit Indy. Gahl And she did. said his nonprofit, which Thomas knew she could help promotes Indianapolis, is when she saw a Facebook video doing its best to salvage detailing how plastic bags can the 2020 events that have be woven into sleeping mats. been called off. After learning from the video, “We are working with a she has started an initiative to sense of urgency, along - make as many plastic mats as side the Indiana Conven - possible for local homeless shel - tion Center and our hotel ters to provide something for partners, to move as many its tenants to sleep on. of these conventions from The mats, which are made of cancellations to postpone - roughly 500 to 700 plastic bags ments,” he told The Indi - and take about eight hours to anapolis Star. make, are designed to be light - Typically around 70% weight and portable for of Indianapolis hotel whomever may need it. The rooms are occupied but process of making a mat closely hotels are currently at resembles crocheting: bags are around 7% occupancy. cut to imitate yarn and are then More than 80,000 residents woven together and tied to form depend on tourism for a a complete mat. paycheck, according to After using all of her bags at Visit Indy statistics, which home, Thomas, who is an assis - show that visitors spend tant to Jay County Sheriff $5.6 billion in Indianapolis Dwane Ford, began collecting and generate $725 million bags from the post office and her coworkers at Jay County in state and local taxes. Jail. “They’re hurting,” Gahl Once she brought her initia - said of workers who cater tive to the jail, the bags, the to out-of-town visitors at mats and her workforce multi - restaurants, bars, enter - plied and provided a release for tainment venues and the majority of the women other businesses. inmates in the jail who volun - “They’re aching. We have teered to help her convert bags virtually no tourists arriv - into mats. ing into Indianapolis.” In collaboration with Terri Gov. Eric Holcomb on Moser in Bryant and the April 17 extended Indi - women in jail, Thomas’ initia - ana’s stay-at-home order tive has led to the creation of to Friday. He has said he around 45 sleeping mats. Ten hopes to reopen parts of will be donated to Jayland Indiana’s economy start - Homeless Shelter at 119 E. ing in May, though organ - North St., Portland, with the izers of conventions, rest going to local shelters in sporting events, concerts Portland, Muncie and Marion and other events that as needed. attract large crowds may Vicki Wickleman, who trains have to wait longer. officers at the jail, was first Nevertheless, some hired in 1998 in part to help event organizers are cling - manage the jail’s first female The Commercial Review/Riley Eubanks ing to the hope that events inmate participant in work planned for July will go release. The jail now houses Penny Thomas shows the portability of a completed sleeping mat. Each mat ahead, and are consider - about 30 women. comes with a strap that makes it easy to carry in case whomever is using it needs to travel. ing the viability of check - See Mats page 2 The mats are also lighter compared to a typical sleeping mat. ing the temperature of visitors and taking other health-related measures. Preparing to re-open By ELENA BECATOROS, JILL LAWLESS and NICK PERRY Associated Press LONDON — A thinner-looking British Prime Minister Boris Nations, states chart various Johnson returned to work today courses for reopening economies after a bout with the coronavirus and warned strongly against eas - ing the country’s lockdown, even as other European countries and U.S. states began lifting restric - infection that nearly cost the 55- you to contain your impa - tions to get their economies going year-old his life, said Britain is tience.” again. starting to “turn the tide” on the The official death toll topped The shutdowns are being eased outbreak but added that this is 200,000 worldwide, with about 3 piecemeal, with governments “the moment of maximum million confirmed infections, charting their own path as they risk.” The country’s lockdowns according to a tally by Johns For The Washington Post/Kevin D. Liles seek to reopen for business with - runs through at least May 7. Hopkins University. The true out triggering a second wave of “I refuse to throw away all the toll is believed to be much high - Qaadir Larke, owner of The Quad Barbershop in infections. Hair salons, restau - effort and the sacrifice of the er, because of inadequate test - Atlanta, gives Brandon Lewis a haircut. Hair salons and some rants and beaches, for example, British people and to risk a sec - ing, differences in counting the other businesses in Georgia were allowed to re-open are opening in some states, while ond major outbreak and huge dead and efforts by some gov - elsewhere such steps are weeks loss of life and the overwhelm - ernments to conceal the extent beginning Friday. Oklahoma took similar steps Friday, and away. ing of the NHS,” or National of their outbreaks. other states are making plans to reopen. Stay-at-home orders Johnson, recovering from an Health Service, he said. “I ask See Preparing page 5 in Indiana and Ohio are currently set to expire Friday.
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About 0.35 inches of rain Need to fill out a birth Page 4 — Stay-at-home fell Sunday in Jay County. The announcement, engagement offers opportunity to consider high temperature was 61 or wedding form to have your long-standing issues. Editori - degrees, and the low was 42. James Luzadder , 85, special event announced in al. Tonight’s low will be 52 Dunkirk the newspaper? They’re now with rain expected. More rain Details on page 2. available electronically. Just Page 8 — Six home runs is in the forecast for Tuesday go to thecr.com, hover over powered Jay County High with a high of 71. “Forms” and select the form School baseball team to sec - See page 2 for an extended you’d like to fill out. tional title. Greatest Games. outlook. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local/Indiana Monday, April 27, 2020 Mats ... Continued from page 1 30,000 bags have been con - bags into mats until they Having little to do to take verted into plastic mats. run out. Those interested their minds off of their Liz Swavola, who in donating bags in Port - incarceration, Thomas researches incarcerated land can drop them off at said a lot of the jailed women and the justice sys - the post office or the jail. women jumped at the tem for the Vera Institute Bread bags and general - opportunity to help make of Justice, said that an ly any plastic bag can be mats. activity such as converting donated and converted into Wickleman and Thomas bags into mats can provide mats, though they need to said it boosts their self- some much needed stimu - be clean, Thomas said. esteem and gives them lation for the inmates’ After all, it’s designed for something to buy into. mental health. Without somebody to sleep on it. They also know the severi - having anything to do, In the past Thomas has ty of not knowing where inmates often sit in their helped organize other you’re going to sleep that cell and dwell on the state charitable drives at the night. of their life, which can jail, including making “Some of these girls look pretty bleak while around 120 gift baskets for have been cold and home - locked in jail, she said. nursing home residents in less,” Wickleman said. Friends of Thomas in Portland and Dunkirk to “They know the struggle.” Fort Recovery began open on Christmas. She About a dozen women donating thousands of also collects various crochet, Thomas said, with bags to help keep the jail fleeces to convert into blan - another dozen preparing from running out. She kets for those who need it. plastic strips that are then unloaded a few thousand Thomas, who first start - weaved into a mat. bags from her car before ed as a dispatcher in 2003, They’ve worked together work earlier this month has never collaborated The Commercial Review/Riley Eubanks to convert around 10,000 that Jessica Kramer from with the jail’s inmates plastic bags into plastic Fort Recovery had collect - before on a project. She Sleeping mats made out of plastic grocery bags are made from mats. Combined with ed. said she has been inspired 500 to 700 bags each, take about eight hours to make and are designed Thomas and Moser’s Thomas said they’ll keep by their willingness to help to be lightweight and portable. efforts at home, around turning the abundance of and work as a team. CR almanac Obituaries James Luzadder Indianapolis Colts. to the COVID-19 pandemic, a private He also enjoyed fish - family gathering will be held. Burial Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday July 15, 1934-April 24, 2020 4/28 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/2 ing. will be in Dunkirk I.O.O.F. Cemetery James Luzadder, 85, of Dunkirk, He leaves to cherish of Dunkirk, IN. Wilson Shook Indiana, passed away early Friday his memory a loving Funeral Home, Dunkirk Memorial morning, April 24, 2020, at Aperion wife of 65 years, Chapel has been entrusted with Care of Frankfort, Indiana. Donna M. (Hamon) arrangements. Online condolences He was born July 15, 1934, in Luzadder; two sons, may be expressed at wilson - 69/55 62/46 52/42 61/48 73/56 Dunkirk, Indiana, the son of John N. Jeff Luzadder (wife: Luzadder shookfh.com. and Charline (Auker) Luzadder. He Jean) of Lafayette, •••••••••• 30% rain Rain all 60% It’ll be Tempera - was a 1952 graduate of Montpelier chance during day with a chance of rain warmer with tures will Indiana, and Tim Luzadder (wife: The Commercial Review publishes the day with chance of during a day no rain cur - break into the High School of Montpelier, Indiana. Kelly) of Flora, Indiana; and five death notices for those with a connec - that increas - thunder - that will be rently project - 70s on the James retired after more than 42 grandchildren, Ashley, Liza, Alex, ing to 90% at storms. much colder ed. It will be a first Saturday tion to our coverage area free of night with a Weather will than any other warm, mostly of May. 30% years as a services agent with Indi - John and Cailin. charge. They include the name, city thunderstorm calm at night day this week. dry weekend. chance of rain ana Gas Co. He was a member of the He was preceded in death by his of residence, birth/death date and chance. but it’ll rain. Mostly cloudy. at night. Elks Lodge and past member of the parents; and a brother, Richard time/date/location of services. Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed spend - Luzadder. There is a charge for obituaries, ing his leisure time supporting Indi - Because of guidelines established which are accepted only from funeral Lotteries ana University basketball and the by the State of Indiana in response homes or mortuary services.
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I am worried that I will She has the utmost respect drag them all out of the for teachers. house because it is a beau - In addition to policing tiful day, only for it to turn homework, Beth has been cold. concerned about her son, Then I will need to drag Jacob. them all back inside until He was due for his fol - the next warm day com - low-up MRI to find out if Photo provided pels me to try it again. his brain tumor had This is also a dangerous returned. time for people. His results were great. Finding their fun We are tired of being No new growth. We could quarantined. We are tired tell that he was the same Pre-schooler Amber Wilson, 5, and her sister Olivia, 7, a first grader at East of staying home. We are kid we know and love by Elementary School, share a break from walking around Hudson Family Park. How are you tired of not being able to the pictures his mom sent. spending the stay-at-home time? Send us your photos as JPEG files to [email protected]. get the items on our gro - They showed him holding cery lists because some - a snake. body bought all of a par - ticular item resulting in empty shelves where the product should be. We are tired of keeping our distance and not being allowed to be near our Our routines loved ones when they need us most. have been We worry about the upended. ones who are deemed essential and have to show We are up for work every day, We are simply tired. doing what There are people who don’t believe the virus is we can to real. I find this astonishing. avoid the People are dying and this isn’t real? disease that The amount of misin - formation astounds me. I has gone miss Walter Cronkite. If around the you are too young to remember him, he was a world. newscaster. He read the news without bias. If Wal - ter Cronkite said it, then it was true. Photo provided Photo provided None of this nonsense that something is “fake I don’t care if it was Eight-year-old Finn Hemmelgarn, in Six-year-old Kalli Mikulski and her news” if it doesn’t agree harmless, the thing was as mom spent a work-from-home lunch break with our own ideas. long as Jacob was tall. He back, a second grader at East Some people are saying making shadow art in Dunkirk. reminds me so much of Elementary, and twin brothers Tuck and that other maladies take when my brother, Sawyer Hemmelgarn, 6, have been painting far more lives than the Michael, was that age. He their chicken coop. corona virus is expected to was also a fan of critters. take. I am not sure why In spite of all the dire that should make a differ - predictions and near con - ence, but it does. People stant reports about a virus bemoan the lack of test - that could kill us or have ing. no symptoms at all, there Don’t get ahead of yourself But testing doesn’t pro - are other things going on vide a cure. in the world. DEAR ABBY: I love my in this. Barring the slim shared interests. Testing can provide sta - Many people are off parents. They are thought - possibility of them mov - Because this bothers tistics but not treatment work through no fault of ful, intelligent people who ing here from Chicago, you to the degree that it or a cure. their own. The demand for supported (even encour - Dear how can I help them be does, discuss it with I asked my daughter, masks has spurred some Beth, who is a nurse, if the aged) me to attend a good active grandparents when your parents. people to create a micro- treatment was different if school on the East Coast. I Abby the time comes? Not knowing the state industry. My daughter’s the problem was labeled niece has started a little now live with my How can I help my kids of their finances or the COVID-19 or if it was business making masks. boyfriend in Connecticut, love and appreciate my degree of their freedom called something else. She is doing quite well at where my job is located. parents as much as I loved to travel, it's hard to my own grandma and guess how involved they She said no. it. He's 23; I am 22. to my personhood and grandpa, despite the dis - may be with your chil - However, she also said So much of our lives is We would like to start a upbringing that being tance? — LONGING IN dren. that in her part of the out of our control. 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Commu - School Corporation have been County Drug Prevention Coali - But those issues aren’t going to nity developer Ami Huffman has doing excellent work on this over tion is hammering away at the go away, and local leaders would been working on this with Red - the past few years. But it’s entire - issue, but one suspects that the be wise to use this stay-at-home key, Pennville, Dunkirk and Port - ly possible that the post-pandem - pandemic could — in the long run time to do some deep thinking forth with the U.S. Army Corps land. Those efforts may need to ic work environment will be — make matters worse. Despair, about the post-pandemic future. of Engineers have essentially be redoubled in the months something very different. Will the alienation and a sense of hope - What kinds of issues are we gone nowhere. The only solution ahead. same skills be needed? Are there lessness contribute to the prob - talking about? that makes sense to the Corps — •Housing. While plans for a other skills that need to be devel - lem. Those all could spike in the •Flood control. It’s been a huge open ditch across Jay new development north of oped? What will the landscape months to come. chewed on for years, and it’s not a County Fairgrounds to an CrownPointe Assisted Living look like after 2020? It’s a daunting list. very sexy issue politically. But already overloaded drainage sys - Center are exciting, the fact is •Internet access. Jay Schools But maybe a little reflection it’s tremendously important — tem east of Portland — is one that one project is not enough. and Watch Communications have during this period of “down particularly for downtown Port - that makes no sense to the city, Every Jay County city and town been making exciting things hap - time” could help come up with land businesses — and needs to the fair board or anyone else who has too much substandard hous - pen during the stay-at-home peri - innovative and creative solutions. continue to be near the top of the has given the issue a moment’s ing, too many blighted properties od. But rural communities will That’s your homework, Jay agenda. Months of back and thought. and not enough top quality hous - continue to be at a significant dis - County. Get to work. — J.R. Congress is less effective By LEE H. HAMILTON If you feel like Congress has become less productive, less functional, and more Lee H. partisan … you’re right. Hamilton I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how it’s changed over the years since I served there from the 1960s to the ’90s, and several issues help explain accomplish — information why it often struggles to get that helped ordinary Amer - things done. icans understand and judge Heightened partisanship the government’s may top the list. Congress approach. That is much has always been a partisan harder to find today. organization; we’ve seen I think you can also tense battles throughout its detect the same trend at history. But now they’re work in a diminishment of more intense and occur Congress’s oratorical ambi - more frequently. Members tions. There was a time tend to see issues predomi - when members of Con - nantly through a partisan gress on both sides of the lens. aisle considered Congress In the 1960s and ’70s, to be equal in stature to the votes in which a majority President and the executive of one party opposed a branch, and their speech- majority of the other making reflected this: they occurred roughly one-third saw strong oratory as a to one-half the time. Start - chance to encapsulate ideas ing in the early ’90s, that and inspire Americans to Economy may have hit its bottom rally behind them. percentage rose into the 60 By CONOR SEN excess capacity and adjusting cost A key thing to remember and 70 percent range. Bloomberg Opinion structures for a lower revenue base In many ways, this is that this wasn’t just the As the calendar turns to May, speaker of the House or the will have significant negative reflects the country at we’re likely to see a slow return of Conor effects on economic growth. large. Americans of each majority leader of the Sen - growth for some types of economic ate. Power and influence It’s easy to imagine what a major party seem ever more firm - activity that were wiped out by the Sen were spread more widely retrenchment in activity and invest - ly stuck in their own coronavirus shutdowns in March across both chambers. As ment in U.S. oil and gas production camps. It has become more and April. That’s the good news. difficult to resolve our dif - the leadership in recent might look like. From the fourth years has come to domi - The bad news is, as we’ve seen in quarter of 2014 through the second ferences, and this has the oil industry this week, much of undoubtedly contributed to nate the process, ordinary up and delivery options. A home - quarter of 2016, fixed investment in the economy remains tremendously congressional gridlock. members find far fewer mining exploration, shafts and oversupplied for likely levels of builder survey from John Burns Years ago, the question chances to shine. The col - Real Estate Consulting showed two wells fell 65%, which led to a lot of that pervaded discussions lapse of what was known demand for the foreseeable future. concentrated economic pain in That tug of war, and potential ripple sequential weeks of improving sen - on Capitol Hill was, “What as the “regular order,” the timent. This week’s data from the states such as Texas and North effects, is likely to define the path Dakota; we could be in for several can we do to resolve this committee work and Mortgage Bankers Association forward for the economy during the quarters or more of something sim - problem?” Members were amendment process that showed the first sequential increase next several months. ilar. unwilling to accept stale - allowed ordinary members in mortgage-purchase applications to participate in the delib - It’s easy to be fairly certain that Airlines, meanwhile, are likely to mate or lack of agreement. since the shutdowns began. Just as erative work of Capitol some types of economic activity continue to slash capacity for the Leaders at the time — peo - economic activity was slowing even Hill, has thoroughly con - have already bottomed. After all, summer months. Barring a more ple like Carl Albert and Tip before states adopted lockdowns, it’s O’Neill on the Democrats’ centrated power in the activity can’t drop below zero. rapid recovery in air travel demand not surprising that economic activi - side and Bob Michel and hands of leaders and made OpenTable data shows that online than is likely, they eventually will John Anderson on the Congress less representa - restaurant reservation are down ty is recovering a little before those need to cut headcount or raise more Republicans’ — certainly tive as a whole. 100% because of the mandatory orders are lifted. capital. had partisan differences, That trend has been shuttering of sit-down dining. Early As shelter-in-place orders gradu - Things are equally dire for state but these did not dominate accentuated by the extent to mid-April may end up represent - ally are eased during the next and local governments, which are the discussion. Behind to which money now talks ing the trough for the parts of our month, many type of businesses reeling from the decline in tax rev - closed doors they would at every stage of the day-to-day lives that were most should get a bit more of a lift. People enues; they will have to make hard discuss them civilly and process. It’s not just that affected by the shutdowns. Grocery will spend a little more time driving choices regarding their fiscal 2021 politely, even going so far as members are constantly stores and restaurant takeout, for and using gasoline in May than they budgets. Barring new legislation for to share private polling trying to raise campaign example, may well see a modest did in April. Air travel will pick up a aid from Congress, this will all numbers. funds. It’s that the mix of uptick in traffic as they make safe - slightly. More restaurant meals will weigh heavily on economic growth At the same time that who funds those campaigns ty-related changes and customers be consumed, either onsite or via in at least the second and third polarization has increased, has changed dramatically. getting more comfortable with pickup or delivery. Las Vegas casi - quarters of the year. Congress’s ambition has In the late 1970s, according wearing masks and abiding by nos would like to reopen in mid-to- But at least after a month of news generally lessened. It’s to the Brookings Institu - social-distancing guidelines. late May, meaning more people will that’s been uniformly negative, the tion’s Vital Statistics on almost inconceivable today And even before any shelter-in- stay in hotels there than in April. economic picture in May should be Congress, labor and corpo - that Congress would tackle place orders have been lifted, there There’s also the tailwind from the more mixed; some regions and a big issue — say, how to rate PACs gave about equal - are tentative signs of slow improve - fiscal stimulus, with tens of mil - industries will emerge from comas provide health care for ly. Now, corporate PACs ment in some areas. Motor-vehicle lions of Americans receiving relief while others suffer from new shocks older people — by trying to account for the vast majori - gasoline demand increased last checks last week. Although process - create something like ty of all the money flowing as capacity gets cut. Reopening the week for the first time since the ing backlogs remain, millions of economy alone won’t be enough to Medicare. You see this to members’ campaigns. laid off and furloughed workers are The result of all this? shutdowns, with people perhaps relieve policy makers of their same trend in oversight of receiving enhanced unemployment the executive branch. Congress is still a vital part looking to get out of the house a lit - responsibility to do more, particu - benefits backdated to when their There were committee of our democracy, but it is tle bit, even if non-essential busi - larly as it relates to decimated state chairmen who knew the ins by most measures a less nesses remain closed. Daily data employment ended. And businesses and municipal budgets. How much and outs of the depart - effective one. from the Transportation Security are receiving hundreds of billions more is needed will be a function of ments they oversaw down •••••••••• Administration showed slight week- of dollars through the Paycheck the progression of the virus and the to the finest detail. They Hamilton is a Senior over-week growth in the number of Protection Program. shape of the recovery. The worst of would spend days grilling Advisor for the Indiana Uni - air travelers passing through secu - That’s the good news. The bad the storm may have passed but the administration witnesses versity Center on Represen - rity checkpoints as of last Saturday. news is that, as seen most promi - tedious process of rebuilding is (of even their own party), tative Government. 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Distance measures Newfound family could stay for Neighbors discover common ancestor By CAITLIN HUSON months Special To The Washington Post By FELICIA SONMEZ, When Kjetil Njoten and his wife, PAIGE WINFIELD Zoe Leigh-Njoten, along with their CUNNINGTON and son, moved from London to Los MERYL KORNFIELD Angeles a few years ago for Kjetil’s The Washington Post job at a TV network, they spent WASHINGTON — their first year trying to find the Some form of social perfect neighborhood to put down distancing will proba - roots. Last summer, they bought a bly remain in place house in La Crescenta, a communi - through the summer, ty 15 miles outside of L.A. It would Deborah Birx, the take them months, and a pandem - White House’s coron - ic, to discover that family roots had avirus task force coor - already been planted by long-lost dinator, said Sunday — relatives living four doors down the same day several The Njotens had met some governors expressed neighbors in passing, but it wasn’t optimism about the until California’s coronavirus stay- course of the virus at-home order in March that the and outlined their Njotens had a chance to really get plans for a piecemeal to know the people who lived near reopening of their them. During a “social distancing economies. happy hour” outside on their street It was the latest in early April, the Njotens struck instance of conflicting up a conversation with Erik and signals coming not just Jen Strom, who live four houses from state and federal away. leaders but also from Because Kjetil, 45, is originally within the Trump from Norway and Erik, 38, has Nor - administration amid a wegian ancestry, they started dis - coronavirus pandemic cussing Norwegian heritage. Jen, that so far has claimed 37, said she had casually looked the lives of more than into her husband’s family history 54,000 Americans. Last in the past but stopped when she week, Vice President was unable to locate Newton Mike Pence predicted Island, where her husband’s Nor - that “we will largely wegian family was supposedly Photo provided by Sarah Porath have this coronavirus from. epidemic behind us” Kjetil and Zoe joked that it could The Stroms, left, and the Njotens standing six feet apart in their neighborhood in La by Memorial Day be Njoten Island, the tiny speck of Crescenta. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the California neighbors discovered that they are weekend in late May. an island northwest of Bergen, But on Sunday, Birx Norway’s second-largest city. Kjetil are long-lost relatives. said in an interview on grew up in Njoten, and it’s from NBC News’ “Meet the there that his family derived its The four of them stood there for generation — their children. group picture that includes a Press” that “social dis - surname. The island, Kjetil said, is a moment. Then there were cries Monty Njoten, 10, and Emma young Kjetil. tancing will be with us three miles long and one mile wide of disbelief and tears. Strom, 4, will grow up as cousins “That blew our minds a bit,” through the summer to and has a population of about 30 “We were ecstatic!” Jen said. living just 100 yards apart. Kjetil said. really ensure that we people. “None of us can believe it,” Zoe As European expats, the Njotens The spiral-bound family history protect one another as They said it is often pronounced said. have missed having family close by, book also holds the lyrics to a “wel - we move through these as Newton in English. But it is They resisted the urge to run and of all the neighborhoods and come song” from the July 1996 phases.” She cited the spelled “Njøten” in Norwegian and over and hug each other. houses they could have picked in reunion, all about their great- need for further testing pronounced nyuh-ten. Having made the discovery dur - the Los Angeles area, Zoe said: “We great-grandfather Jacob’s farm to be developed after a “When (Jen) said ‘Newton,’ I ing a pandemic is a double-edged end up living on a street next to and family on Njoten Island. A potential scientific thought, ooh, maybe!” said Zoe, 46. sword, Erik said. these people originally from this verse mentions that Erik’s great- “breakthrough.” “It would be a ridiculous coinci - “It’s given us an exciting thing tiny island (in Norway). It’s crazy! grandfather Andreas “bid farewell The mixed messages dence. Ridiculous. But maybe it’s during this difficult time,” Erik It’s beautiful.” and sailed west for U.S.A.” in 1896. come as Americans are Njoten!” said. “But having it happen during As they wait for coronavirus iso - That’s where the family history entering a confusing That night, Kjetil emailed his this time also means we can’t do lation to end, the Njotens and splits between continents. No one and uncertain new mother in Norway, asking her to do what we would like to. We can’t hug Stroms chat through their new could have predicted there’d be phase in the coron - some sleuthing. She looked at her or have dinner together or go in family WhatsApp thread, swap - another reunion in 2020 in an avirus crisis. After own family records, and by the each other’s homes.” ping recipes, photos and family sto - American neighborhood more weeks of being told to time Kjetil woke up the next morn - But, as Jen pointed out, maybe it ries. The Njotens showed the than 5,000 miles from that farm - simply stay home to ing, she had replied. Not only was took something like this life-alter - Stroms a framed aerial photograph house in Norway. halt the spread of the Erik’s family from the same island, ing event to bring them together. of the idyllic island, which The Njotens and Stroms are virus, individuals and but the two men shared the same “We wonder how long it would includes the farmhouse where hopeful that a group trip to Njoten business owners are great-great-grandfather. In fact, the have been (for us to make this con - their great-great-grandfather — Island will be possible sometime now facing more com - home that Kjetil grew up in once nection) if we didn’t have this rea - and 100 years later, Kjetil — lived. soon, but in the meantime, they’re plex decisions about belonged to that great-great-grand - son to slow down from our regular This discovery prompted Erik to busy making plans to celebrate how to proceed in the father, Jacob Njoten. life,” she said. ask his mother, who also lives in La Norwegian Constitution Day, an absence of clear guid - This was too momentous to The discovery would have been Crescenta, more about their family. official public holiday observed ance from their lead - share over text. The Njotens asked amazing at any time, said Kjetil, He got some genealogy documents May 17. But if the California stay- ers. the Stroms to walk over to their but to uncover it during the lock - from her, and she showed him a at-home order is still in effect then, In places where house, and while standing at a safe down was “such a bright light in family history book that commem - they’ll turn their sights to a holi - restaurant dining distance under the Njotens’ cov - what is a pretty uncertain and wor - orated a large reunion on Njoten day that’s still new to the Njotens rooms are reopening, ered porch, Kjetil said: “Hey, good rying time.” Island in the 1990s that some of — Thanksgiving. is it safe to go? Is it a news! You are from the island, but The best part for both families is Erik’s relatives attended. Among “We have American family now,” good idea to return to not only that, we are related!” what this means for the youngest the scanned photographs is a Zoe said. the hair salon for a much-needed trim? And for business own - ers facing a litany of Mideast economies new guidelines about how to reopen without endangering their take a massive hit Graduation $ 95 workers or customers, BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq national Monetary Fund. 6 are the risks worth it? is planning painful cuts in While some Gulf countries BUY ONENE FOR Emily Landon, chief social benefits relied on by can rely on a cushion of $350 infectious-disease epi - millions of government foreign currency reserves, BANNERS demiologist at Univer - workers. Saudi Arabia will nowhere in the region are GET ONENE FOFOR sity of Chicago Medi - likely have to delay mega- the circumstances more cine, said those calcu - projects. Egypt and dire than in Iraq, where oil Order TToodaayy! lations are tricky for Lebanon face a blow as sales fund 90% of the state people in states that their workers in the Gulf budget. are beginning to send back less of the much- Iraq saw massive reopen because of the needed dollars that help protests in the past months continued lack of keep their fragile by a populace angry over Class of 40” x 13” widespread testing and economies afloat. the weak economy and the inability to effec - The historic crash in oil rampant corruption — and tively track people who prices in the wake of the the turmoil could erupt might have been infect - coronavirus pandemic is again. Cutbacks in spend - ed. reverberating across the ing will only add to the “It’s hard for me to Middle East as crude- pain for a population strug - Class off
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Ball ... Finds ... Continued from page 8 sectional title since 2007 and the first ball hitters Michael Jobe, Josh Ludy Continued from page 8 sixth. Ballard also traded Frasher led off the home half of of what turned out to be back-to-back and Billy Wellman. The trio — Ludy Taylor is the only FBS cornerback Quincy Wil - the fifth with a single. Heniser blasted sectional championships. “But they went on to play for Baylor and get player to top the 6,000- son to the New York Jets a 2-1 pitch over the fence for his sec - got the right pitches today. Right kids drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies yard mark in three sea - and used that sixth- ond round-tripper of the game, Jay at the right time. I don’t know what while Wellman starred for Ball State sons and the only one rounder on cornerback County’s fifth homer. they ate for breakfast but they need to — led the team to a whopping 65 with 12 200-yard games. Isaiah Rodgers of Massa - Leading 10-6, Jay County benefitted eat more of it.” homers, which ranks third all time in He also won the Doak chusetts. from two balks and a wild pitch to Stigleman said the first homer way state history. Walker Award in 2018 and At 6-1, 226 pounds, Glas - score another run. Myers singled back in the second inning set the tone The 2018 Patriot team hit far fewer 2019. gow could become a home one more, and Daniel Fugiett’s for the rest of the afternoon. homers, but it did what the 2008 team The Colts added anoth - hybrid safety for the single to left made it 13-6 JCHS. “Home runs are big confidence couldn’t, and that’s win a sectional er big receiver, Dezmon Colts. For now, though, Heritage got a pair of runs back in boosters,” he said. “And we had six. I championship. Then the team from Patmon of Washington the Colts will keep him at the top of the sixth, but Jay County never would have thought we would two years ago reached unprecedented State, in the sixth round. linebacker and hope he made sure to put the game well out of hit six in a game. Payton’s (first) was territory by being among the final can excel on special reach by matching the effort in the a big one. It was a shot. Just fed off of four teams in the state for the first More offense teams. next half inning. it and just kept playing.” time in program history with just its The Colts also added Meanwhile, Blackmon Stigleman wasn’t about to let Before that game, Jay County had third regional championship. depth along the offensive will continue recovering Heniser be the only Patriot player just 11 home runs on the year. Henis - (The 1992 and 1993 JCHS baseball line with the selection of after tearing an ACL dur - with a multi-home run game that day. er, who ended up leading the team teams to win regional lost in the semi- Danny Pinter in the fifth ing the Pac-12 title game. The speedster fell behind quickly 1-2 that season with five, had never gone state semifinal. Now, the semi-state is round. “I had a lot of contact before fouling off the next pitch. The deep in consecutive games during the just one game.) He played tight end with the coaches,” Black - fifth offering of the at bat ended up regular season let alone hit two in the The six-homer game was an offen - until two years ago at mon said. “They told me, over the fence in left field for a solo same game. It was also Stigleman’s sive output that hadn’t been seen in nearby Ball State before ‘Hey, don’t be surprised if shot and a 14-8 Jay County lead. Later first career game with two home more than a decade, and that’s what moving to tackle. He even we pick you earlier than with two outs, Moser scored on an runs. makes it one of the greatest games in caught a TD pass. And what people expect. We error for what turned out to be the Myers and Arbuckle each ended recent memory. now he’ll chase his life - don’t care that you’re game’s final run. the year with two home runs. “We are extremely tight,” Stigle - long dream likely playing hurt.’ And here I am, a “We like to hit line drives, hit up Jay County’s six-homer day was man said. “We’re all close. We grew guard or center with his Colt.” the middle and make them throw reminiscent of the 2008 Patriot squad up together. It’s awesome to do this home-state team. strikes,” JCHS coach Lea Selvey said that went deep plenty often on its and win a sectional championship “I’ve lived here my The circus after his team won the program’s first own. That team featured prolific long- with your friends.” whole life, I have played Ballard knows just how football here my whole crazy the scramble for life,” Pinter said. “To have undrafted rookies is in a the opportunity to stay normal year. This year is IMS ... here and stay around a different. bunch of people who “It’s fun, but it’s always Continued from page 8 across the street from a automotive companies rear-powered engines, helped me get to this point Carl Fisher thought so, railway stop and the his - soon joined him. aerodynamics, tires and a circus,” Ballard said. “I is really, I can’t put it into too. More than a century toric 2.5-mile oval was Ray Harroun won the everything in between. actually told our guys I ago, he scouted spots for a completed in August 1909. inaugural 500 in 1911 with Some worked. Others words.” think it’s got a chance to possible automobile test Fisher had grander the help of the first rear- failed, some miserably. be better because we’re all track. He considered the plans. He envisioned a city view mirror. Seat belts Through it all, Speedway Secondary dance on this Zoom call and dirt oval at the Indiana with homes on one side of were strapped onto cars in chugged along thanks to When Ballard wasn’t we’re all going to be right State Fairgrounds and the town, factories on the 1922. Two years later came the sprawling, brick-and- chasing offensive players, in front of each other. city of French Lick before other. The real transition the first super-charged mortar track that became he worked on the second - Usually what happens at finding the perfect place began in 1912 when Fisher engines, and in 1929 some inextricably intertwined in ary. the office is everybody down the road. and Allison relocated cars started using front- the lives of locals, who now He took safety Julian gets spread out, we’re Fisher, James Allison, their headlight manufac - wheel drive. Over the number about 12,000 in the Blackmon of Utah in the looking for coaches, Arthur Newby and Frank turing company from decades, the track became enclave six miles north - third round and added you’re recruiting players, Wheeler purchased four downtown following a a testing ground for all west of downtown Indi - linebacker Jordan Glas - but we’re all going to be in 82-acre plots of farmland plant explosion and other things big and small — anapolis. gow of Michigan in the one spot.”
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Mel Smitley’s Auction- G.B.C. born to Tiffany LeRee tion of a minor children, named heat/ac. Fort Recovery Maintenance Free Gar- G.B.C. born to Eric Brian Cam- eering 260-729-2281 Grunkemeyer (a/k/a Tiffany 419-852-0309 den-level Apts. Call LeRee Young) on December 6, pofiore-Audet on December 6, E See Auctionzip.com or Andrea at 260-368-7900 2018, and L.LJ.C. born to Tiffany 2018, and L.L.J.C. born to Eric SoldonGreen.com for LeRee Grunkemeyer (a/k/a Brian Campofiore-Audet on in details and flyers. Tiffany LeRee Young) on Jan- January 17,2018, were filed in THE CLASSIFIEDS 220 REAL ESTATE uary 17, 2018, were filed in the the office Rob Green AU19500011 of the clerk of Jay County Cir- Laci Smitley office of the clerk of Jay County The 2-BR W/CEMENT Circuit Court, located at 120 N. cuit Court, located at 120 N. AU10600051 DRIVEWAY & unat- Court Street, Portland, IN 47371, Court Street, Portland, IN 47371, SUBSCRIBE Find it - Buy It and reachable at 260-726-4951. and reachable at 260-726-4951. tached garage. Both The petitions for adoption al- Commercial have a brand new metal The petitions for adoption al- -Sell It! leges that the consent to adop- leges that the consent to adop- roof. Gas forced air tions of G.B.C. and L.L.J.C. are tions of G.B.C. and L.L.J.C. are (260) 726-8141 w/central air, salt-less not required because in accor- not required because in accor- Review water softener. 620 E dance with I.C. 31-19-9-8 he has dance with I.C. 31-19-9-8 he has TO THE abandoned or deserted the mi- abandoned or deserted the mi- Arch, Portland. Call 260- nor children for at least six (6) 703-0733 or 260-726- nor children for at least six (6) months immediately preceding months immediately preceding 9625 for private showing. the date of the filing of the peti- the date of the filing of the peti- C m BANNERS tion for adoption and/or that the Contract h tion for adoption and/or that the o child has been in the custody of child has been in the custody of Bridge p another person if for a period of COMMERCIAL 40” x 13” another person if for a period of at least one (1) year; the parent: at least one (1) year; the parent: By Steve Becker (A) fails without justifiable L (A) fails without justifiable cause to communicate signifi- cause to communicate signifi- cantly with the children when BUY ONE cantly with the children when able to do so; or (B) knowingly able to do so; or (B) knowingly fails A fails to provide for the care and REVIEW FOR to provide for the care and sup- support of the children when port of the children when able able to do so as required by law to do so as required by law or or judicial decree and in given $ 95 judicial decree and in given S that the biological Father has that the biological Father has 6 made no efforts to support or made no efforts to support or communicate with the minor communicate with the minor up to GET children and has therefore children and has therefore S abandoned the minor children. abandoned the minor children. If Mr. Campofiore-Audet seeks ONE FOR If Ms. Grunkemeyer seeks to to contest the adoptions of the contest the adoptions of the I $ 50 children, G.B.C. and L.LJ.C., children, G.B.C. and L.L.J.C., then Mr. Campofiore-Audet then Ms. Grunkemeyer must file 3 must file a motion to contest the a motion to contest the adop- adoptions in accordance with Birthdays, tions in accordance with IC 31- 49% IC 31-19-10-1 in the above 19-10-1 in the above named F named court not later than Anniversaries, court not later than thirty (30) thirty (30) days after the date of days after the date of service of service of this notice. this notice. Get Well, I If Mr. Eric Brian Campofiore- If Ms. Tiffany LeRee Grunke- Audet does not file a motion to meyer does not file a motion to off Just Because, contest the adoptions within contest the adoptions within thirty (30) days after service of thirty (30) days after service of E Valentine’s this notice the above-men- this notice the above-men- tioned court will hear and de- tioned court will hear and de- Day, termine the petition for adop- termine the petition for adop- Newsstand prices tion. The consent to adoptions tion. The consent to adoptions and Many of G.B.C. and L.L.J.C. will be ir- of G.B.C. and L.L.J.C. will be ir- D revocably implied and Eric revocably Others. Brian Campofiore-Audet will implied and Tiffany LeRee lose the right to contest either Grunkemeyer will lose the right the adoptions or the validity of to contest either the adoptions Subscribe at Eric Brian Campofiore-Audet’s or the validity of Tiffany LeRee Graphic Printing, implied consent to the adop- Grunkemeyer implied consent tions. to the adoptions. 309 West Main St., No oral statement made to Eric No oral statement made to Brian Campofiore-Audet re- A Portland. Tiffany LeRee Grunkemeyer re- thecr.com lieves Eric Brian Campofiore- lieves Tiffany LeRee Grunke- Audet of Eric Brian Cam- meyer of Tiffany LeRee Grunk- pofiore-Audet's obligations emeyer's obligations under this Open under this notice. notice. D This notice complies with IC 31- This notice complies with IC 31- 19-4.5-3 but does not exhaus- 19-4.5-3 but does not exhaus- 8 a.m. - 4 tively set forth a person's legal tively set forth a person's legal or call obligations under the Indiana obligations under the Indiana S p.m. adoption statutes. A person be- adoption statutes. A person be- ing served with this notice ing served with this notice Custom sizes should consult the Indiana should consult the Indiana adoption statutes. adoption statutes. 726-8141 available. 4-27,5-4,11-2020 HSPAXLP 4-27,5-4,11-2020 HSPAXLP 260-726-8141 Monday, April 27, 2020 Follow us Tuesday’s paper includes on Twitter, the next story in our @commreview Sports Sports Retrospect series
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Greatest Games Long ball led to exciting afternoon Editor’s note: In more than six years, sports editor Chris Schanz has seen his fair share of athletic contests. Some stick out more than others. In this “Greatest Games” series, he will reminisce about some of the games he’ll never for - get witnessing. •••••••••• By CHRIS SCHANZ The Commercial Review Great games don’t have to go down to the wire. They don’t have to be won in walk-off fashion. Nor do they have to end on buzzer-beating baskets. Great games can be those of pure dominance, such as Fort Recovery’s football state champi - onship in 2015. Or, for this iteration of the series, great games can be a hit - ting clinic, including a half dozen homers, to end a streak of sec - tional setbacks. It’s Memorial Day 2018. The Jay County High School baseball team is playing in the sectional championship game. The Patriots didn’t fare well their previous two postseasons. They were shut out in the sec - tional final in 2016. The following year, they won the program’s first conference title in a decade but bowed out of the sectional tournament in the semifinal after the offense showed up a tad too late But this year, one which turned out to be the most historic in terms of postseason success, the offense made its presence The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz early. Then often. This May 28, 2018, photo, shows Payton Heniser of the Jay County High School baseball team hitting the first of The fireworks started in the his two home runs in the Class 3A sectional final against the Heritage Patriots at Bellmont. Heniser and JCHS hit six homers second inning, when Noah en route to a 15-8 victory for the team’s first sectional crown since 2007. Arbuckle hit a two-run home run to break the scoreless tie. Mitchell Frasher walked with man made it back-to-back jacks. inning, Jay County’s advantage one-out single, and then Max The power surge wasn’t done two outs, then Payton Heniser And a single later in the inning had been cut in half. But the Moser popped out to second. On a yet for Jay County, despite Her - joined the party with another put Jay County ahead of the Her - Patriots were quick to tack on 2-0 count, Ethan Myers went itage pulling to within two, 8-6, in two-run home run. itage Patriots 6-0. more runs. yard, the Patriots’ third two-run the top of the fifth. Two pitches later, Cole Stigle - By the bottom of the fourth Ryan Schlechty reached on a home run and fourth of the game. See Ball page 7 Ballard finds weapons for Rivers in draft By MICHAEL MAROT quarterbacks on the roster and none AP Sports Writer signed beyond 2020, Ballard thought Eason INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis was worth a gamble — even as critics Colts found some new playmakers in this debated Eason’s work ethic and accounta - year’s draft. bility. They may have picked up their quarter - “My job is to go in there, prove those sto - back of the future, too. ries are false and go in there and learn General manager Chris Ballard stuck to from a great coaching staff and get in the game plan, using four of his first five there with an outstanding team,” he said. picks on offensive players. He took a big “I’m going to go in there and prove myself receiver, Michael Pittman Jr., and a power - as a workhorse and a leader and a good ful running back, Jonathan Taylor, in the football player. They can say all they want second round before adding strong-armed but the truth of the matter is I’m going to quarterback Jacob Eason in the fourth go in there and prove them wrong.” round Saturday. Ballard made one thing clear: He would Helping hands not reach for a long-term successor to Ballard moved quickly to find offensive Andrew Luck. weapons. “Look, we spent all this time lining the With no first-round pick, Ballard used board up and we don’t force it,” Ballard the No. 34 selection on the 6-foot-4 Pittman, said Saturday. “We put these guys at the whose father won a Super Bowl with right spot for our team and Jacob was Tampa Bay, and traded up to No. 41 to get there. That’s why we took him.” the record-breaking Taylor. Eason fell to the Colts at No. 122 overall. Pittman gives the Colts the big receiver Next season’s expectations will be low. they wanted playing opposite Pro Bowler He’ll spend time learning the playbook, T.Y. Hilton and with speedy Parris Camp - developing relationships with new team - bell. Pittman was one of four FBS players mates and serving as understudy to Philip to catch more than 100 passes last season Rivers and backup quarterback Jacoby and was one of three finalists for the Bilet - Brissett. nikoff Award. But after starting Saturday with three See Finds page 7 IMS awaits racing’s return By MICHAEL MAROT The number will surely take a hit this AP Sports Writer year, it’s just not clear how much it will be. SPEEDWAY, Ind. — A.J. Foyt came to Tom Beaudry owns two small business - Indianapolis in 1958 a fearless rookie who es, Indy Screen Print and Guts Wear, and rented a basement for $15 per week and travels to most IndyCar races to sell T- slept on a cot not too far from the roar of shirts and memorabilia. Last year, he also the cars and crowds at Indianapolis Motor rented out Airbnb spots for the 500, which Speedway. has been postponed to August from its Sometimes, he would walk to Main Memorial Day weekend spot. Street and join other drivers for breakfast Right now, those revenue sources have at a drug store. When Foyt won his first dried up. Indianapolis 500 in 1961, he splurged by “It has affected my income significant - taking his wife, Lucy, to a local White Cas - ly,” said Beaudry, whose father started tle for 11-cent burgers. selling Indy 500 shirts in the 1960s and the “Like I’ve always said, a lot of the guys two later parked cars to make money from think they made Indy; Indy made A.J. the crowds. “But I think we’ll get to race in Foyt,” the first four-time race winner August and I really believe we’ll get some said. “Everybody remembers who won other races in this year, too.” Indy.” Speedway certainly hopes so with its Residents in this 94-year-old town redeveloped Main Street virtually barren. understand that better than anyone. The Not far away, former IndyCar driver Sarah namesake track is part of the lifeblood of Fisher found the perfect spot for her new Speedway, and it is far too quiet around venture, Speedway Indoor Karting, just a here with auto racing on hold along with short stroll from the track. the rest of sports because of the coron - “The karting business is all about loca - avirus pandemic. tion, location, location,” she said. “You The estimated annual economic impact can go to any mainstream outlet and say on Indiana from the iconic track is a jaw- ‘Indy 500’ and they know what that means. dropping $510 million, according to a So to be walking distance from the track, study by the Indiana University Public it was just a no-brainer.” Policy Institute using the years 2010-12. See IMS page 7