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A public COVID-19 testing site opened at Bluffton High School Thursday morn- ing. Above, medical personnel from the Indiana State Department of Health stand near the two lines of drive-through testing patients in front of the school. At right, a nurse takes a sample as another walks around the stopped car. Below Indiana National Guard members meet in the BHS parking lot. (Photos above and below by Jessica Bricker; at right by Glen Werling) 3 new COVID-19 rules make BHS cases are reset graduation to July 17 By DEVAN FILCHAK handled the drastic changes to their final A July graduation ceremony was year of high school well. under the among the plans announced by Bluffton- “I’ve just been very proud of how Harrison Metropolitan School District for they’ve gotten through this,” Baker said. the end of a historic school year that was “They’ve not looked at this from a vic- cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. tim’s point of view. They’re ready to take age of 20 Bluffton High School’s graduation is it head on and head into the next phase of planned for 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 17. their lives.” By JESSICA BRICKER Principal Steve Baker said he has had However, Bluffton isn’t just letting Wells County’s positive case numerous conversations with students the BHS seniors’ original graduation count of COVID-19 is up to 16. and parents about the best way to handle date pass by. At 7:30 p.m. on Friday May Thursday’s three new cases are the Class of 2020’s commencement. 29, an escort of the seniors will be taken all patients younger than 20, Wells “I just asked them, ‘What do you guys through Bluffton. County Health Department Deputy want?’ I wanted an in-person one, but Baker said that the students, who are Administrator Marlene Hoag said. you know, it’s not about me,” Baker said. encouraged to wear their caps and gowns, All three are also at home. “It was overwhelming. Very few did not will ride on school buses in an escort State officials are offering test- want (a summer graduation ceremony).” led by the Bluffton Police Department. ing through Sunday at Bluffton High BHS is the final high school in the Thirteen students will be on each bus School from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. county to announce a July graduation so social distancing can be maintained [email protected] ceremony. Baker said BHS seniors have (Continued on Page 2)

No curtain Hydrant calls for flushing these 3 continues The Bluffton Water Department will conduct its annual hydrant ballerinas flushing next week. The day-by-day schedule is: COVID-19 fears • Monday and Tuesday, May 18 and 19 — Area north of the cancel CAC spring Wabash River. • Wednesday, May 20 — Riv- ballet program erview, Marckres Additions, Stogdill Road area, Old Creek, By BARBARA Southwood Manor, McConnell BARBIERI Drive, Ellingham Park, Clark If it were any other spring Avenue area, and Baldwin, Wash- but this one three Wells County ington, and Market streets. high school seniors, who also • Thursday, May 21 — The have been students of the Cre- ative Arts Council’s School of area north of Wabash Street Ballet, would be busily prepar- including North Oak Street ing their solo roles for the annu- Extended, Hi-Lo, Deblyn Mead- al spring program. ows Addition, then starting with But this year there will be no Cherry Street and working south performances of “Alice in Won- to and including the Wiley Ave- derland” and no curtain calls for Kaitlyn Ellis Grace Dunmoyer Emily Cupp nue and Western Avenue areas. the trio—Emily Cupp, Grace • Friday, May 22 — Monday, Dunmoyer and Kaitlyn Ellis, the Creative Arts School of Ballet. She has She would have danced the part of the May 20 - Starting at Ohio Street courtesy of COVID-19. been involved in Student Council, National White Queen. and finishing everything south, The following young ladies will not be Honor Society, Campus Life, Cheer, Riley When asked what her favorite dance including the 4-H Park area, the able to don their toe shoes and tutus and Dance Marathon Committee and Champi- memory was she explained it was trying on Jackson Industrial Park, Harrison perform for the public: ons Together. She also is a member of the the costumes that would have been used in Development area, and the Lan- Emily Cupp Hope Church’s Youth Group. this year’s ballet program. caster Senior Apartments area. Emily will be graduating from Nor- Her plans call for her to attend Taylor Grace Dunmoyer The schedule could be delayed well High School and has taken dancing University in the fall to major in education Grace will graduate from Southern Wells by bad weather. If that is the case, instruction for 14 years, two of them with and minor in dance. (Continued on Page 2) the process will be completed on Monday, May 25.

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How- events and moments that exchange, including turning While it may seem more ever, he respects Governor they get over those final in their Chromebooks, from ideal for students and par- Wells County forecast Eric Holcomb’s orders that nine weeks of school that 3-6 p.m. on Wednesday, ents to enter the building, include no parades at that just are gone now,” Yates May 20. it’s just how this school Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near time. He hasn’t seen a cele- said. Yates said the transfer year has to be, he added. 74. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 bration quite like the escort BHMSD announced was set for the end of the “I remember being a mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall idea. plans for students to do a school year to make the student myself and that amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. “I guess we are just put- curbside exchange of items exchange as safe and effi- was always kind of a fun Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Most- ting the Bluffton touch on for the end of the school cient as possible. Also, he moment to feel summer ly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northeast wind around 5 it,” he said. year. Students will return said he thinks holding the approaching and to solidi- mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. items such as textbooks and drop off and pick up ear- fy that transition from the While seniors don’t have Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after another secondary school any other supplies that need lier may signal to students school year to the summer to be turned in, and each that the school year is over break,” Yates said. “As a 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind around year to look toward, all stu- 5 mph. dents have missed experi- student will receive a bag of before it actually is. father of four, I know it’s their personal items, such as Specific instructions been odd for my kids.” Saturday Night: Showers, mainly after 8 p.m. Low ences since the students are around 59. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New pre- completing the last quarter the contents of their lockers. for each grade level can be [email protected] cipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Sunday: Showers. High near 75. Chance of precipitation No curtain call is 90 percent. Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. (Continued from Page 1) She will be attending and has been dancing for 13 Picking a favorite mem- Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipita- High School and has been Purdue Fort Wayne in the years, all of them at the Cre- ory for her was difficult but tion is 50 percent. dancing for 10 years, seven fall and plans to major in ative Arts School of Ballet. she explained that the last Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly elementary education. Her outside activities have few minutes before a perfor- of them at the Creative Arts cloudy, with a high near 64. She would have taken included 4-H, church youth mance were always special. School of Ballet. She has Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. been involved with 4-H, the role of the Red Queen of group, National Honor At the conclusion of the Hearts. Society and Business Pro- spring program each young Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Student Council, Spanish Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Club, Biology Club, cadet Her favorite dance fessionals of America. lady would have been pre- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. teaching, varsity golf and memory is performing on She plans to attend the sented a bouquet of flowers National Honor Society. stage with some of her best University of Southern Indi- from her teacher and heard Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Just recently she was named friends. ana this fall and study nurs- the applause from an appre- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. one of the top two graduat- Kaitlyn Ellis ing. ciative audience, but not this ing students at Southern Kaitlyn will graduate Kaitlyn would have cre- year. Wells. from Bluffton High School ated the role of Alice. [email protected] Gun control Virus tests hospitals in pockets group starts of the U.S. as some states reopen faith-driven push By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, was ousted from a high-level scientific pitals with extra nurses so exhausted REGINA GARCIA CANO post after warning the Trump admin- employees could take some time off and MORGAN LEE istration to prepare for the pandemic, and recover. The Northeast Georgia ahead of election SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — told a congressional panel that the U.S. Health System, which operates four From a hospital on the edge of the lacks a plan to produce and fairly dis- hospitals, is still struggling to buy the By ELANA SCHOR Navajo Nation to the suburbs of the tribute a coronavirus vaccine when it disposable protective gowns it needs. Associated Press nation’s capital, front-line medical becomes available. It has assigned workers to collect and NEW YORK (AP) — A leading gun control advocacy workers in coronavirus hot spots are Asked by lawmakers if Congress sanitize suits so they can be reused, group has enlisted more than a dozen religious leaders to struggling to keep up with a crush- should be worried, Bright, who wore and community volunteers are sewing boost voter turnout this fall in support of candidates who ing load of patients while lockdown a protective mask while testifying, gowns and masks. support measures to prevent gun violence. restrictions are lifting in many other responded: “Absolutely.” “That’s our most critical need,” said Everytown for Gun Safety, which expects to spend $60 parts of the U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed Tracy Vardeman, the health system’s million on this year’s elections, is forging its interfaith Governors are starting to slowly Bright in a tweet Thursday as “a dis- chief strategy officer. “We’re going effort amid ongoing concerns about shootings at houses reopen some segments of their local gruntled employee.” The White House through as many as 6,000 a day.” of worship. The group’s partners include representatives economies, pointing to evidence that has launched what it calls “Operation The system’s largest hospital serves from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh back- COVID-19 deaths and new hospi- Warp Speed” to quickly produce, dis- a county at the epicenter of the state’s grounds, several of them well-known progressive activ- talizations are peaking or starting to tribute and administer a vaccine once it poultry industry. About one-third of ists. recede in their states. But a govern- becomes available. Hall County’s 200,000 residents are Among those joining Everytown’s initiative, details of ment whistleblower warned Thursday Bright’s testimony follows a warn- Hispanic or Latino, a demographic that which were shared with The Associated Press ahead of its that the U.S. faces its “darkest winter ing earlier in the week from Dr. Antho- has accounted for up to 60 percent of official announcement, are evangelical Shane Claiborne, in modern history” unless leaders act ny Fauci, the government’s top infec- the system’s COVID-19 patients. Offi- president of the group Red Letter Christians, and Rev. decisively to prevent a rebound of the tious disease expert, that rushing to lift cials are taking virus testing to a gro- Traci Blackmon, a United Church of Christ executive virus. restrictions could “turn back the clock” cery store in the heart of the Hispanic minister and a central member of the Black Lives Matter While many state and local officials and lead to more suffering and death, community. movement. see modest signs of progress in the complicating efforts to get the econo- “I think there is increasing realiza- Another is Rev. Rob Schenck, a former evangelical pandemic fight, coronavirus outbreaks my rolling again. tion that this is a severe issue and we anti-abortion activist who has since shifted to support the are testing public health networks in The U.S. has the largest coronavi- cannot take it lightly,” said Dr. Antonio Roe v. Wade decision and sought to redefine a “pro-life” pockets of the U.S. rus outbreak in the world by far: more Rios, a leader of the hospital system’s agenda as one that supports gun control. Among them is a suburb of Wash- than 1.4 million infections and nearly affiliated physicians’ group. Schenck described gun violence as a “life or death ington, D.C. The head of a hospital 85,000 deaths, according to a tally by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has issue, which makes it a supreme moral consideration.” “Churches, especially white evangelical churches, have system in Maryland’s Prince George’s Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, announced the first stage of a reopen- largely ignored this question -- I think, much to their own the virus has infected more than 4.4 ing plan beginning Friday evening, County, a majority black commu- detriment and to the detriment of the people they’re called nity bordering the city, said the area’s million and killed more than 300,000. but Prince George’s County Executive Experts say the actual numbers are to serve,” said Schenck, president of the Washington- intensive care units “are bursting at Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday that likely far higher. based nonprofit Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute. a local order would extend through the seams.” Meanwhile, a civil rights The pressure is on to stanch job In addition to reaching out to clergy on gun policy group’s lawsuit claimed the county’s losses in the U.S. after unemployment June 1. issues, Schenck said, the Everytown interfaith project jail failed to stop an “uncontrolled” soared to 14.7 percent in April, the Wright, the hospital CEO in Prince would aim to educate rank-and-file faith voters about can- coronavirus outbreak and isolated highest since the Great Depression. George’s County, said the three emer- didates’ stances on gun matters. infected prisoners in cells with walls Another nearly 3 million applied for gency departments his medical system “You never want to pray for something you’re unwill- covered in feces, mucus and blood. unemployment benefits last week as operates are steadily seeing upward of ing to be the answer to,” he added. “So if we pray for a “I would say we are the epicenter of more companies slashed jobs. 70 new COVID-19 confirmed and sus- reduction in gun violence, we have to be ready to act on the epicenter,” said Dr. Joseph Wright, Roughly 36 million people have pected patients every day. On Wednes- that prayer.” interim CEO of University of Mary- now filed for jobless aid in the country day they averaged 3.5 coronavirus per Everytown, co-founded by former New York Mayor land Capital Region Health. in the two months since the coronavi- hour. Michael Bloomberg, counts 6 million supporters and The hospital in Gallup, New Mex- rus first forced millions of businesses Officials say the community has already has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, ico, is on the front lines of a grinding to close their doors and shrink their been uniquely affected in part because the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Biden outbreak on the Navajo Nation that work forces, the U.S. Labor Depart- it is a gateway to the District of Colum- released a proposal last month to boost security at houses recently prompted a 10-day lockdown ment said Thursday. bia, and many of its 909,000 residents of worship. with police setting up roadblocks to Many states are lifting lockdowns, are essential workers who continue to “The faith community has seen firsthand the devastat- discourage non-emergency shopping. leading to tentative resumptions of go to jobs every day. That largely mir- ing effects of gun violence in places of worship and feels Medical workers last week staged commerce, but there are frustrations rors the scenario in Queens, which more than ever that they have an urgent moral responsibil- a protest over inadequate staffing and among some people still living under became the epicenter of New York’s ity to stop the scourge of gun violence in America — and to urge the CEO of Rehoboth McKin- strong restrictions. In Michigan, hun- outbreak. they’re doing so by mobilizing their networks around can- ley Christian Hospital to resign. The dreds of people angry over Demo- “We are certainly still very much didates who support broadly popular gun safety measures departure last week of the hospital’s cratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay- in a very busy phase of this surge,” in 2020,“ Angela Ferrell-Zabala, chief equity, outreach lung specialist has limited its ability at-home order, some of them armed, Wright said. and partnerships officer at Everytown, said in a statement. to treat COVID-19 patients, as people rallied in heavy rain outside the state The economic fallout from the pan- President Donald Trump is campaigning for reelection with acute respiratory symptoms are Capitol on Thursday, while about 500 demic continues to pummel nations as a proponent of gun rights after previously weighing, transported to Albuquerque some two people protested outside the residence worldwide. then walking back, calls for Congress to strengthen gun hours away. About 17 nurses were of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. France announced an 18-billion- laws. Several members of Everytown’s interfaith initiative cut from the hospital’s workforce in But elsewhere, Richmond, Virginia, euro ($19.4 billion) plan to support are known as religious critics of Trump’s record, includ- March, at least 32 workers have tested opted out of the state’s gradual reopen- restaurants, hotels and other tourist ing Schenck, Blackmon and Michael McBride, a Califor- positive for the virus and its intensive ing for now due to an increase in cases facilities which have been closed since nia-based pastor who’s active in helping communities of care unit is at capacity. and its large minority population, and mid-March. color during the pandemic. “My staff is physically exhausted, Kansas’s governor delayed reopening And Germany’s parliament Whether gun control advocates can make new inroads emotionally exhausted and they are bars and bowling alleys. approved boosting payments to people with voters of faith remains an open question. Michael suffering from moral injury,” chief Even in places that have relaxed in a government-backed short-term Hammond, legislative counsel at the Gun Owners of nursing officer Felicia Adams said. restrictions, hospitals continue to oper- work program that lets businesses keep America, recalled then-presidential candidate Barack Meanwhile, in Washington, Rick ate on an emergency footing. employees on the payroll while they Obama’s 2008 comment that some disaffected working- Bright, a vaccine expert who alleges he Georgia provided a network of hos- await better times. class voters “cling to guns or religion” to help identify a nexus between faith-driven and gun-rights voters. Hammond said he sees “a social milieu, a series of val- Graham to probe Russia investigation ues that surround the sorts of people who value the Sec- ond Amendment. Those values normally include a deep By MATTHEW DALY dency has executive privilege claims demic.” faith, a love of country — generally a conservative social Associated Press against other branches of government.’’ The Judiciary Committee will first issue outlook.” WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen- Graham noted the surprising nature delve into the Justice Department’s Asked about the resonance of gun control with reli- ate Judiciary Committee Chairman of his announcement, saying: “To say decision to dismiss its prosecution of gious voters following attacks at houses of worship, Ham- Lindsey Graham said Thursday his we are living in unusual times is an Flynn, as well as actions by the Obama mond pointed to the role of an armed churchgoer in acting committee is opening a wide-ranging understatement.” administration to view Flynn’s name in quickly to end last year’s shooting at a Texas church ser- inquiry into the Russia investigation, The U.S. has a sitting president intelligence reports during the Russia vice. Congregations that “voluntarily disarm themselves but rejected President Donald Trump’s accusing the former president “of probe, Graham said. have ended up suffering a catastrophe,” Hammond said. call to bring in former President Barack being part of a treasonous conspiracy “We must determine if these Collectively, partners in Everytown’s project are plan- Obama to testify. to undermine his presidency,’’ Gra- requests were legitimate,’’ Graham ning to host at least 50 events designed to engage Ameri- “I am greatly concerned about the ham said. “We have the former presi- said, referring to requests by top cans of faith on gun issues and promote voter registration precedent that would be set by calling dent suggesting the current president is Obama administration officials to ahead of November’s elections. The effort is particularly a former president for oversight,’’ said destroying the rule of law” by dismiss- “unmask” Flynn’s name. The requests focused on a dozen-plus states that will prove battle- Graham, a South Carolina Republican ing a case against Trump’s first national are common, including during the grounds in presidential and congressional contests, includ- and staunch Trump ally. “No president security adviser, Michael Flynn. “All Trump administration, which has made ing Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, is above the law. However, the presi- of this is occurring during a major pan- thousands of “unmasking” requests. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. LOCAL/AREA FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 • The News-Banner • Page 3 OBITUARIES Richard W. Stroud, 90 Indiana jobless claims jump 30,000 Richard “Dick” Stroud, 90, of Liberty Center, died INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — About ana was paying unemployment ben- A statewide study by Indiana Uni- Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Fort 30,000 people applied for unemploy- efits to about 270,000 people during Wayne. Arrangements are pending at Thoma/Rich, Lem- versity researchers released Wednes- ler Funeral Home. ment benefits in Indiana last week the week ending April 25, while only day estimates that at least 2.8% of even as many business restrictions about 13,000 people received those Indiana’s population had been infect- stemming from the coronavirus out- payments a year earlier. ed by the coronavirus by May 1. That break were eased in most of the state. Nationally, nearly 3 million laid- infection rate would mean about Obituary Policy Indiana has had about 640,000 off workers applied for unemploy- 186,000 Indiana residents with infec- The News-Banner and Ossian Journal publishes “basic” obituar- people seek jobless aid over the ment benefits last week after the gov- tions. ies free of charge for “local” deaths. “Basic” obituaries will include past eight weeks since business clo- ernment said the unemployment rate Coronavirus testing around the the deceased’s name, age, community of record, date and place of sures swept across the country, the soared to 14.7% in April, the highest state has largely been limited to those death, basic genealogical information, the date, time and location of U.S. Department of Labor statistics rate since the Great Depression. calling hours and services and the name of the funeral home handling seriously ill and health-care workers. showed. Indiana reported processing More virus deaths The state health department reported arrangements. nearly 69,000 applications for a sepa- The Indiana State Department of If additional information and/or a photo is desired to be included, about 26,000 confirmed infections on or if the deceased does not meet the definitions of a “local” person, rate federal program set up for self- Health recorded 26 newly confirmed employed and gig workers. COVID-19 deaths, along with one Thursday. there is a charge. Additional testing has become Area funeral homes will provide details on the policy and will The number of initial unem- additional death considered corona- coordinate obituary publication. ployment applications submitted in virus-related by doctors but without available around Indiana, with a state Indiana last week was down about confirmation of the illness from test contractor opening 50 testing loca- 12,000 from the week before and results. tions. The tests are available to those continued a downward trend from Most of the newly recorded deaths with symptoms of the respiratory Lehman: Voters can the 100,000-plus the state received happened Tuesday or Wednesday, illness, those in close contact with for three straight weeks in late March with others stretching back to May someone infected and people with now request absentee and early April. Indiana was receiv- 7. The latest state statistics list 1,508 high-risk health conditions. ing fewer than 3,000 claims per week confirmed COVID-19 deaths, along Test registration can be done before the pandemic hit the country. with 138 deaths with probable infec- online at https://lhi.care/covidtesting primary ballots online The federal statistics show Indi- tions for a total of 1,646. or by calling (888) 634-1116. Indiana’s registered voters can now submit an online application to receive their mail-in absentee ballot, accord- ing to State Rep. Matt Lehman (R-Berne). Police Notebook Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s pri- mary election is postponed to June 2. Registered voters do INCIDENTS F-250 pickup truck parked cer activated the emergency felony; and operating a vehi- not need a reason to vote absentee in the upcoming election, City: at a residence about a half a lights on his patrol vehicle, cle while intoxicated endan- and can request a ballot online or by fax, mail or email. Wednesday, 5:43 p.m., mile away. The pickup truck but the vehicle reportedly gering a person, a Class A “Steps are being taken so that Hoosiers can perform their Bluffton Police Department, was parked in such a way failed to pull over — even misdemeanor. Bond was set civic duty without compromising their health or the health 204 E. Market Street. Person that it was parallel to the road driving around a vehicle that at $5,000. of poll workers,” Lehman said. came to the department and and showing no damage on had pulled over for the offi- FIRES To request a mail-in ballot online, visit IndianaVoters. reported that she received a the driver’s side. However, cer. The vehicle eventually Wednesday, 6:10 p.m., com and click on the “apply online” button under “Vote by disturbing call. After talking after pulling his patrol vehi- did pull over and the officer caller on 400N east of 100E Mail or Traveling Board.” Election ballot applications can with the woman in the park- cle into the driveway of the spoke with the driver, iden- reported seeing a fire about be requested through May 21, and mail-in ballots must be ing lot, the officer recognized residence, the deputy noticed tified as Gwen Ann Keller, a half mile over. Uniondale, received by noon on June 2. the call she had received was a whole lot of damage to the 33, Fort Wayne. The offi- Ossian and Bluffton fire- Lehman said for voters who have already received a a scam. passenger side. The truck cer noted in his report that fighters dispatched. The fire mail-in ballot dated May 5, 2020, it will be considered valid. Wednesday, 9:10 p.m., was a company truck regis- Keller appeared to be intoxi- was located on 350N about Voters can still choose to cast their ballot in person, either residence in the Summit tered to Smith Erectors, Mar- cated. She allegedly failed halfway between 100E and during early voting May 26 through June 1, or from 6 a.m. Avenue in the Riverview kle. The deputy then was able field sobriety tests and blew the railroad crossing. It was a to 6 p.m. on June 2. To check your registration status, find addition. Caller reported sus- to contact the people who a .171 percent alcohol con- controlled burn of brush. early vote locations and hours, or to see who’s on your bal- picious van keeps circling lived at the residence and set centration equivalency on a Thursday, 1:01 p.m., lot, visit IndianaVoters.com. the neighborhood. Officer up an interview for Thursday Breathalyzer test. The male Markle Health & Reha- spotted a van matching the because the person he spoke passenger in the vehicle also bilitation, 170 N. Tracy St., description, pulled it over, with said he was at work. allegedly admitted to drink- Markle. Smoke alarm. Fire and cited the driver, identi- Incident under investigation. ing. There was a small boy department responded. It is Indiana woman fied on the police log only Wednesday, 9:03 p.m., in the rear passenger seat believed that smoke from as “D. Dowell” for driving Ind. 1 north of 1100N. While and the officer contacted the someone with an outdoor while suspended, a Class A patrolling Ogden Street in boy’s father to come pick fire about a block away was appeals conviction in infraction. Ossian, an Ossian police up the boy. After a certified getting into the center’s ven- Thursday, 2:08 a.m., officer saw a vehicle turn breath test performed at the tilation system and setting off fatal school bus crash apartment in the 1000 block left from Ogden onto Young Wells County Jail allegedly the alarm. of West Market Street. Offi- Street without signaling showed Keller’s alcohol ARRESTS ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) May 5. Because Shepherd cers responded to a report the turn and started to fol- concentration equivalency Trey O’Reilly, 20, listed — An appeal filed by an was not drinking, texting of a domestic disturbance. low the vehicle. The vehicle was .149 percent, she was as homeless; one count of Indiana woman convicted or otherwise distracted, the It was a verbal altercation then turned left onto Jeffer- charged with operating a possession of methamphet- in a crash that killed three brief says, her actions were between a man and a woman. son Street and headed north vehicle with an alcohol con- amine, a Level 6 felony. No children who were crossing “an error in judgement” Situation calmed, no one out of Ossian. The officer centration equivalency of bond set. a highway to board a school not reckless homicide. arrested. reported witnessing the vehi- greater than .08 percent but Zachary Allen Perkins, 24, bus contends the state did The appeal says Shepherd Thursday, 7:18 a.m., CVS cle weave within its lane. less than .15 percent with a Fort Wayne; failure to appear not present sufficient evi- believed the lights she saw Drug Store, 1203 S. Main North of 1050N, the offi- prior conviction, a Level 6 in court. No bond set. dence that she was crimi- were a farming implement St. Burglar alarm. Officers nally reckless. or an over-sized load. responded. No sign of foul A Fulton County jury “The fact that her error play found. convicted Alyssa Shepherd, killed three siblings and for- Thursday, 9:29 a.m., resi- 25, of three counts of reck- ever scarred another little dence in the 200 block of less homicide, as well as boy is tragic almost beyond West South Street, Caller criminal recklessness and imaginable for a parent, but reported vehicle stolen from passing a school bus, caus- it does not change the fact residence. ing injury. A judge sen- it was still an accident,” Thursday, 10:20 a.m., Check out these websites of local tenced Shepherd in Decem- the appeal reads, the South First Merchants Bank, 1717 ber to four years in prison Bend Tribune reported. S. Harrison Plaza. Burglar for the Oct. 30, 2018, crash The brief goes on to alarm. Officers responded. & area companies and businesses. that killed 6-year-old twin No sign of foul play found. Guide say the jury at Shepherd’s brothers Xzavier and Mason trial was not given proper Thursday, 11:30 p.m., 400 Th oma/Rich, Ingle, and their 9-year-old instruction on the distinc- block of McArthur Drive, Lemler sister, Alivia Stahl, and seri- Bluffton Woods. Officers, Funeral Home tion between criminal reck- Supported Living • Waiver Services • Workshop 2155 N. Main St., Bluffton ously injured a fourth child. deputies and Wells County bi-countyservices.com(260)824-1253 thomarich.com daniels-jewelers.net lessness and negligence and (260)824-9643 EMS responded to a report of www.daniels-jewelers.net Shepherd, who was also that her convictions of crim- Country Clipper • Stihl • Simplicity sentenced to three years of a male who apparently died Parts • Sales & Service inal recklessness and pass- of a gunshot wound. 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The most dangerous We’re all on welfare now bird in the universe I’m pleased to read that Republican leaders in the for the government money is that you run White House and on Capitol Hill want to take a pause your business as government tells you how The idea of a dangerous bird instant- before enacting more coronavirus stimulus spending. to run it, and that you continue to operate it ly conjures images of some screeching Thinking about the coronavirus debt that my as you did before -- both very bad ideas. Phoenix dive-bombing you, talons out, grandchildren will have to endure is already start- Also consider that the PPP was one part beak glistening in the sun. ing to keep me up at night. But what really had me of the $2 trillion CARES Act package. Or maybe that only happens to in cold sweats was when I found myself anxiously Another part included a $600 weekly pay- Devan Filchak. I’m not sure about that, waiting for a Paycheck Protection Program loan, or ment to the unemployed, over and above but I am sure that there is indeed a bird PPP loan, to provide assistance to my struggling com- unemployment insurance. So while the declared the most dangerous of its kind pany. I pondered, with deep angst, that after shedding PPP demands that employers restore their in the entire world. And since Earth is Jerry myself of welfare dependency some 35 years ago, workforce, many in that workforce are now Star the only place we know of in the entire suddenly I find myself back in business with govern- being subsidized by government to stay out universe where birds live, this particular Battiste ment. of work. Parker bird would therefore become the Back when I was on means-tested welfare pro- Of course, we are in unique circumstanc- de facto “Most Dangerous Bird in grams, the rules were “Don’t work. Don’t save. Don’t es that require government action. But the issue is the Universe” — which you must Just get married,” and my rich uncle in Washington would not whether government should act but how. All this admit sounds pretty cool. reach into someone else’s pocket and provide me could have been done without vast new expenditures Now, you might think the Most Jerry security and stability on his government plantation. and government micromanagement of our lives. Now politicians are setting up commissions and over- The point was to get cash to individuals and busi- Dangerous Bird in the Universe sight to allegedly assure compliance with the rules for nesses to get through the crisis without interfering would be some sort of fierce flying creature that flies like the trillions of coronavirus stimulus dollars allocated. with individual autonomy. This could have been done a jet plane and swoops down on its prey from above. I say allegedly because, sadly, it is largely a show through a tax holiday, where individuals were sent Unfortunately, the Most Dangerous Bird in the Uni- with a storyline that we tell ourselves, pretending that back their 2019 taxes. If a business paid $30,000 in verse won’t be setting air-speed records any time soon politicians can design trillions in spending programs taxes in 2019, refund it. because it doesn’t fly. that are targeted and efficient and can be overseen to And/or, as Peter Wallison of the American Enter- It does jump up to seven feet in the air, however, so it’s assure that it’s all done right. prise Institute suggested, short-term credit forbear- not totally grounded. The PPP program consists of $659 billion in loans ance could have been provided. Deferral of rent pay- At slightly more than three feet tall the Most Danger- that will go to millions of businesses around the coun- ments, mortgage payments, car payments, utilities, ous Bird in the Universe can also run at speeds above 30 try. Each of these businesses is unique. What does my etc., could have been permitted, providing for pay- miles per hour, and sports three four-inch-long talons on Washington, D.C., nonprofit have in common with a ment later at a special low interest rate. Brian Riedl each of its two feet that it doesn’t mind ramming directly dry cleaner or a restaurant? What does my organiza- at the Manhattan Institute estimates that what we’ve into the center of whatever it doesn’t care for at the tion of 12 employees have in common with a busi- spent so far in this crisis will add another $8 trillion to moment. ness of 500, the largest that qualifies for PPP loans? our national debt, which was already approaching the Last year the Most Dangerous Bird in the Universe was Yet, the rules for using the PPP loan are the same size of our entire economy. responsible for killing a man in Florida. And that is hardly for everyone. The loans can become grants if 75 per- We’ve made a big mistake by dealing with a cash the first time the Most Dangerous Bird in the Universe cent of the funds are used for payroll and the business flow crisis by introducing massive new government was responsible for murder. They are not a creature you is staffed as it was before the crisis. But the way we spending, debt and political intervention into our per- are going to get out of this crisis is creativity, doing sonal lives. want to mess around with, clearly. things in new and different ways. Let’s wait before doing more of the same. So, which is the most lethal of all the avians which Many businesses, including my own, will not Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, grace our beautiful planet? Is it the eagle? No. The falcon? and should not be the same. There should be a lot of Center for Urban Renewal and Education. No. The condor? No. The vulture? No. How about the change and reinventing going on. Yet the condition Contact her at www.urbanure.org. owl? No. Maybe the woodpecker—out there stabbing people to death with his face-knife? Absolutely not. Letters to the Editor No, the correct answer is the cassowary. It’s basically a big turkey, or little velociraptor, depending on your per- spective. It’s less than three feet tall but really, really fast, Hospital Week is a timely salute to our front line workers and it uses those little claws to rip things to shreds — like Hospital Week has deeper mean- above and beyond all of our normal a health emergency. Call 911, come people. ing this year as the Lutheran Health efforts to keep our hospitals clean and to the hospital, and get the help you I wish I could say the Most Dangerous Bird in the Network hospital teams celebrate our safe — because if you need health- need. Universe was something cool that snatched people from work to provide, safe, high-quality care, we want you to feel confident The same goes for chronic condi- sidewalks and carried them up to mountaintop nests, but care for patients. and to know you are protected. We tions and even routine healthcare alas, it’s a stubby little dwarf ostrich thing with a deadly The COVID-19 pandemic has are screening everyone who comes needs. Many of our doctors offer toe fetish. That’s it. made it crystal clear just how much into the hospital, providing facemasks telehealth visits for those who prefer The cassowary is native to Papua New Guinea and communities rely on their local hos- and other personal protective equip- not to come into the office. But, if Indonesia. It has a bony crest on its head, a fluffy, almost pitals and also how much we rely ment to staff and patients, rearranging an in-person visit is required, we are on you. During the past few weeks, our environments to enable social keeping our offices safe — so you furry body and stubby log-like legs. Plus those toe-talons. we’ve felt an outpouring of support distancing, and, in the event we ever can visit your doctor, if needed. If you ever bump into one in a dark alley you might and we are grateful to everyone who do have any patients with COVID- This Hospital Week, I am so proud feel the urge to hand over your wallet and the keys to your has delivered a meal, sewn a face- 19 at the hospital, we are caring for of our team and the way they have car while backing away slowly. But the cassowary will mask, left a card, a sign or a chalk them in an area that is separate and stepped up to this new normal. I’m probably gut you anyway because it will be completely drawing, or who has just reached out isolated from the rest of the hospital. proud of everyone in our community freaked out by being in an alley when it’s native habitat is to one of our caregivers and support Of course, our cleaning staff is disin- who has stayed home to help flat- the forests of New Guinea. team to say — thank you. Thank you fecting frequently touched surfaces ten the curve and limit the spread of It is the Most Dangerous Bird in the Universe for a for doing that. and doing a terrific job of keeping the COVID-19. reason. Lutheran Health Network hospi- hospitals clean. Standing together we have seen [email protected] • Tweet Me: @jerrybattiste tals are used to responding in times We also want you to know that how powerful our human connection of crisis. But, this pandemic is unlike if you have sudden symptoms that really is. So, keep standing together anything any of us has ever experi- may indicate an emergency health — but stay six feet apart. Wash your THE NEWS-BANNER enced. And, we know it has created concern, you can — and you should hands frequently. Tell someone how (USPS 059-200) Evening News est. 1892 • Evening Banner est. 1899 • Consolidated 1929 anxiety for many people, especially — seek immediate medical atten- much you appreciate them. And, if Telephone George B. 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He has two Making a partner Annie adult children on their own, and I have think she’s crazy, by Annie Lane two children still in college. controlling what Our married life has been a roller she does and con- coaster, with many downs and very few trolling her rela- ups, and it has been exhausting. There tionship with her are way too many episodes throughout family — those my marriage to even mention, so I’ll just are all common BLONDIE focus on the most recent. tactics of abusive Frank usually goes to bed around 9 partners, accord- p.m. or so. Last night, I chose to stay up ing to the National with my 24-year-old son who was home Domestic Violence Hotline. Visit https:// for the weekend. We were chatting and www.thehotline.org or call 1-800-799- watching a movie, when Frank came 7233 to discuss your situation with a downstairs in just his underwear, turned trained advocate and to get help plan- on the light, and asked what we were ning your next steps. doing. I told him we were watching a Dear Annie: I would like to weigh movie. in on the subject of elder scams. My in- He went upstairs to put clothes on laws were victims of a scam in which and came back down and told -- not they sent $65,000 dollars to a scammer asked — my son to move off the couch. in order to, they thought, release their He sat there silently watching TV with grandson from a Mexican jail. They ZITS us. He then created a big blowout in the fell for the scam, which has jeopardized kitchen, in front of my son. He ranted their retirement comfort. about how I should go to bed when he What became clear to my husband’s goes to bed. family is the need for professional over- This is just the latest episode in many sight of their elderly parent’s estate. years of controlling behavior. And each Establishing a power of attorney, hiring of those instances, I’ve documented in a financial adviser and having a relation- writing. I honestly can’t remember a sin- ship with bank managers early on could gle day that he didn’t play a mind game. have made this tragedy avoidable. He’s been going to therapy, but I I strongly suggest that all families don’t think he’s going for the right rea- with cherished elders have a discussion sons. It’s been more about talking about with them. Cognitive decline is very me and getting justifications for the way subtle in many individuals, rendering he treats me. He tells me that his thera- them vulnerable to scammers and other pist said that I should act more like a abuses. — Concerned DIL CRANKSHAFT wife. Dear Concerned DIL: It is appall- I’m feeling so stagnant. I thought ing that anyone would take advantage about leaving, but I’m so fearful. I’m 51 of another person, especially an elderly years old, and I know I have much more person, in such a way. But it is, unfortu- to live for. He makes me feel like all nately, a fact of modern life and one we problems exist because of me, and he’s should be mindful of as our loved ones always telling me that “everyone knows age. Thanks for your letter. (I’m) crazy.” — Married to a Manipula- “Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice tor From Dear Annie” features favorite col- Dear Married: It’s time to step off umns on love, friendship, family and eti- this roller coaster and into the rest of quette. It is available as a paperback and your life. While I normally encourage e-book. Visit http://www.creatorspub- married couples to try counseling before lishing.com for more information. Send divorce, that advice doesn’t apply in your questions for Annie Lane to dear- cases where there is abuse. I can’t state [email protected]. The LOCKHORNS conclusively that Frank’s toxic behav- © 2020 CREATORS.COM

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O'Brien, Mercedes Ruehl, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Happytime Murders M – Mediacom A – Adamswells D1 – Dish D2 - DirecTV Page 6 • The News-Banner • FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 SPORTS Players ask MLB for slew of financial documents By RONALD BLUM gaining talks, which play out for my salary to Rob Manfred mar- est portion of its national broad- ment between Major League Base- AP Baseball Writer many months or years, rather than keting the game to make more casting revenue. ball and the players’ association, NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers the limited negotiation time avail- money for the game, I am out on Players are waiting to receive Snell is being advanced $286,500 for the baseball players’ union able now. that,” Bauer said. “Let me market detailed medical and testing pro- for the first 60 days of the season asked Major League Baseball to “There’s the game tocols from MLB. Not willing through May 24 but would not get submit a slew of financial docu- so many and we’ll all to risk becoming ill, Tampa Bay any more in 2020 if no games are ments that detail the industry’s ways to hide make more Rays All-Star pitcher Blake Snell played. The deal calls for players finances, a person familiar with the money,” money.” said he would not take the mound to receive prorated shares of sal- the request told The Associated Cincinnati Teams this year if his pay is cut further. ary if the season does start; Snell Press. pitcher Trev- made a pre- “I’m not splitting no revenue. would get $43,210 for each day of The person spoke on condition or Bauer said sentation to I want all mine,” the 2018 AL the schedule. of anonymity Thursday because in a video the union Cy Young Award winner said Teams say they would lose neither side announced the step. he posted Tuesday that on a Twitch stream Wednesday. money if games are played in Baseball owners on Monday Wednesday included a “Bro, y’all got to understand, too, empty ballparks. Manfred says approved a proposal that could on Twitter. dire finan- because y’all going to be like: 40 percent of revenue is gate and lead to the coronavirus-delayed Bauer cial forecast ‘Bro, play for the love of the game. related to gate. season starting around the Fourth said owners but no for- Man, what’s wrong with you, bro? “If I’m going to play, I should of July with a regular-season could reduce mal propos- Money should not be a thing.’ Bro, be at the money I signed to be get- schedule of about 82 games. Own- ticket prices al. I’m risking my life. What do you ting paid,” Snell said. “I should not ers also gave the go-ahead to pro- and at the same time charge more Management fears even more mean, ‘It should not be a thing?’ It be getting half of what I’m getting pose basing players’ salaries on for parking garages they control financial difficulty if regular- 100 percent should be a thing.” paid because the season’s cut in a 50-50 revenue split, which the through different entities that do season games are played, causing A 27-year-old left-hander, half, all on top of a 33 percent cut union says is a salary cap and a not benefit the club. players to be paid their salaries, Snell agreed in March 2019 to a of the half that’s already there, so framework players will never Describing himself as being and the postseason is canceled $50 million, five-year contract I’m really getting like 25 percent. agree to. only slightly lighthearted, the out- because of a second wave of the that included a $3 million signing On top of that, it’s getting taxed. The type of financial disclosure spoken 29-year-old took a shot at new coronavirus. Players do not bonus, a $1 million salary last year ... If I get the ‘rona, guess what the union asked for is more com- the baseball commissioner. draw salaries during the postsea- and a $7 million salary this season. happens with that? Oh, yeah, that mon during overall collective bar- “If I’m going to have to trust son, when MLB receives the larg- As part of the March 26 agree- stays -- that’s in my body forever.”

PGA Champ Thomas chosen NFL players accused of robbery for 2K21 video game cover By DAVID FISCHER from Miami. Associated Press Baker was one of three first-round By DAN GELSTON play from the island-green that’s slept more in quaran- MIAMI (AP) — Police in South draft picks the Giants had last season. AP Sports Writer 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass. tine than me,” he said. “I’ve Florida are trying to find New York He was the 30th pick overall out of Justin Thomas can put Thomas, who missed been putting up some solid Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Georgia. He played in all 16 games, down the driver and grab a nearly two months last year numbers. I’ve been trying to Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton starting 15. He had 61 tackles and no controller: The former PGA letting a wrist injury heal, read a little more. I’m lay- Dunbar after multiple witnesses accused interceptions. He was the last of the Championship winner made hasn’t golfed much during ing out by the pool trying to them of an armed robbery at a party, three New York picks in that first round. the cover of the “PGA Tour his hiatus. He posted an Ins- even out these terrible golf- authorities said Thursday. “We are aware of the situation. We 2K21” video game. tagram video on Tuesday of ers tans I’ve been working Miramar police issued arrest war- have been in contact with DeAndre,” Thomas, still only 27, his range work (“first time on for 26 years.” rants for both men Thursday on four the Giants said in a statement. “We have already has won 12 times in a while!”). Unlike some sports video counts each of armed robbery with a no further comment at this time.” in five years. That includes “The first month I didn’t games, like Madden or NBA firearm. Baker faces an additional four Dunbar signed with the Washington a major at the PGA Cham- know what to do,” he said. 2K, golf has struggled for counts of aggravated assault with a fire- Redskins as an undrafted free agent out pionship, a World Golf “I feel like I’ve got it all years to get out of the virtual Championship at Firestone pretty under control. I’m rough. EA Sports had a PGA arm. The residential community is locat- of Florida in 2015 and was traded to and two FedEx Cup playoff starting to go stir crazy license for the Woods series ed between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. the Seahawks in March. He started 11 events. He has won a FedEx and miss the competition. I that was a massive hit in Baker, 22, and Dunbar, 27, were games last season, making 37 tackles Cup and reached No. 1 in haven’t been playing very the 2000s. Woods’ personal attending a cookout at a Miramar home and four interceptions. the world. He’s ready to tee much golf at all. I really problems got him knocked Wednesday night when a fight broke “We are aware of the situation off in the game on its Aug haven’t practiced at all. I’ve off the cover in 2013 and out, and Baker pulled out a handgun, involving Quinton Dunbar and still 21 release. been working out a lot, try- EA Sports produced a one- the warrant said. Baker, Dunbar and two gathering information,” the Seahawks Thomas played as a kid ing to get rested.” off with Rory McIlroy as other men began robbing other people at said in a statement. “We will defer all — notably the wildly popu- Assuming golf resumes the namesake in 2015 before the party of thousands of dollars in cash, further comment to league investigators lar Tiger Woods games June 11-14 at Colonial, the series went dry. There’s watches and other valuables, witnesses and local authorities.” — but only recently again Thomas will have nearly been demand for a PGA- told investigators. Dunbar spent Thursday morning on a picked up gaming in his had four months off. official game and last year Police said the four men then fled video conference with the Seattle media time off during the corona- “I’ve been enjoying my HB Studios produced The the home in three vehicles: a Mercedes for the first time since being traded from virus pandemic. time at home,” he said, “but Golf Club 2019, which was Benz, a Lamborghini and a BMW. Wit- Washington to the Seahawks in March. “The last, I would say, I’m getting ready to get out a hit, but did not feature any nesses said the vehicles were parked in “You just want to feel wanted at the seven years of my life have there and compete.” PGA Tour players. a way that would make it easy to leave end of the day. ... I just hope to repay changed a little bit in terms Thomas opened the year “PGA Tour 2K21” allows quickly, leading detectives to believe the them with the way I carry myself as a of what I have in free time,” with a win in the Sentry players to create their own robbery was planned. No injuries were person,” Dunbar said on the video con- he said. “When I started Tournament of Champi- players and compete against reported. Baker and Dunbar are both ference. playing again, I realized I ons in Kapalua, Hawaii, his Thomas and 11 additional did enjoy it and missed it.” third overall in his last six PGA Tour pros. The game, available for starts on the PGA Tour. It Thomas was profiled the PlayStation 4 system was his 12th career victory, recently under the head- and the Xbox One fam- one more than Jordan Spieth line “Justin Thomas has ily of devices, includes 15 and the most of any active had success on the PGA RACING licensed PGA Tour courses, player under 30. But he Tour but he is ready to be each of which was scanned hasn’t played a tournament famous” and few milestones using advanced technol- since the World Golf Cham- can boost that fame profile NEWS ogy to bring the fairways, pionships in late February like video game cover ath- greens, bunkers, trees, lakes and has since been well over lete. and ponds to life. The trail- par on his sleep hours. “It’s definitely a different Newman eager to race again er, viewed nearly 2 million “I’ve been joking with area of attention than I’ve times on Twitter, showed my friends, there’s nobody had before,” Thomas said. after violent Daytona accident By JENNA FRYER Summer Outdoor Living is Baker Mayfield huddles Browns AP Auto Racing Writer Just Around the Corner! CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Newman says he has Now is the time to make your patio a true no memories of his harrowing accident on the final lap of entertainment center with high quality, the Daytona 500. He doesn’t remember being in the hospi- weather proof, made in North America in Texas for team workouts tal, who came to visit or anything else about his two-night Sound and Video Equipment. By TOM WITHERS tions. stay for treatment of a head injury. AP Sports Writer Njoku and Higgins both had good chem- The first thing Newman can recall is walking out of a CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield istry with Mayfield during his rookie sea- Florida hospital holding hands with his two young daugh- isn’t waiting around for the NFL to re-open son. ters. When he later watched a replay of the crash, he was facilities. First-year Browns coach Kevin flabbergasted by the violence of the wreck. Cleveland’s quarterback invit- Stefanski has been conducting “As I watched the crash and had to make myself believe ed several of his Browns team- virtual meetings with his new what I had went through, I really looked to my dad to say, Let us quote mates, including tight end David players, who are having to learn ‘Hey, did this really happen?’” Newman said Thursday. “It’s your outdoor Njoku and wide receiver Rashard their playbooks as well as offen- crazy. I’m happy I’m here.” and patio needs. Higgins, to work out with him sive and defensive systems from Newman will return to racing Sunday at Darlington in Texas during the COVID-19 afar. Speedway in South Carolina exactly three months after he Open and Ready shutdown. It’s gone about as well as Ste- crashed Feb. 17 attempting to win his second Daytona 500. to serve YOU! Like the rest of the league, the fanski could have hoped. 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Auction- Cash 5 — 07-16-20-24- GARAGE SALE KIT the date, time and location listed Governor, Eric Holcomb’s, Execu- eers, www.EllenbergerBros.com, 800-373-6363. above, the fee simple of the whole tive Orders and actions to protect JUNE 2 - 6 p.m. - Wallis Hayes, seller. Roanoke Baptist Church, 11015 27 when you place your Garage body of Real Estate, a certain tract the public, the School Corporation Lafayette Center Rd., Roanoke. Farm location: South of Branstrator Rd. Cash4Life — 10-34-53- or parcel of land described as fol- is using technology to facilitate the on Kress Rd., Fort Wayne. Southern Allen County, 80+/- acres located Sale ad in The News-Banner for lows: Public Meeting remotely with limit- in Lafayette Twp., Section 11. Farm offered in 3 Tracts. Tract 1: Approxi- 55-59, Cash Ball: 1 3 days or more. Part of the West half of the ing in-person contact and adher- mately 32.3+/- acres of tillable land. Tract 2: Approximately 22.0+/- acres Quick Draw Midday — Northwest Quarter of Section 29, ing to social distancing require- of tillable land. Tract 3: Approximately 25.7+/- acres of wooded hunting Township 26 North, Range 11 East, ments. We encourage the public to land. Steffen Group, www.steffengrp.com, 260-426-0633, Brandon Steffen 01-17-19-25-26-35-42-51- Liberty Township, Wells County, observe and participate remotely. and Larry Martin co-sale managers. 53-57-59-61-63-64-67-68- Indiana, described as follows: The details of the proposed JUNE 3 - 5 p.m. - Roxy Felger, seller. 214 Eagle Crest Court, Fort 70-74-76-80, BE: 26 Starting at the Northwest corner of contract include: Wayne. Outstanding NW Allen County ranch home with 4,626 SF of fin- SELL said Northwest Quarter found per 1. Length: an initial term of con- ished living space, 3 bedrooms, 3½ baths, finished daylight basement, Daily Three-Midday — record witness; thence Easterly, tract period of three (3) years from incredible master bedroom with waterfront views, 3 car garage. Steffen 6-7-3, SB:6 581.00 feet along the North line of January 1, 2021 to December 31, Group, www.steffengrp.com, 260-426-0633, Brandon Steffen, sale manager, Daily Three-Evening — YOUR said Northwest Quarter to a mag 2023, with a minimum number of 710-5684. nail at the Northeast corner of the working days per year of 260 days; JUNE 6 - 10 a.m. - Estate of Thomas Cottier, seller. 22611 Camp- 2-8-8, SB: 8 2.09 acre tract described in Deed 2. Actual monetary value for bell Rd., Spencerville. 1984 Chevy Corvette, Ford 8 N tractor, Honda 4 Daily Four-Midday — Record 149 Page 479 which shall each year of the contract consists wheelers, 1995 Lincoln Mark VII, 1999 Chevy Extreme pickup, mechanics WHEELS! be the place of beginning; thence of a salary of $151,500 with perfor- tools, air compressors, arc welder, modern furniture, antiques, appliances, 1-4-5-7, SB: 6 continuing Easterly, 734.59 feet mance increases; pool table, much more. Steffen Group, www.steffengrp.com, 260-426-0633, Daily Four-Evening — along said North line to a mag nail 3. Additional forms of compen- Josh Lewis, sale manager, 273-9311. at the Northeast corner of the West sation for each year of the contract JUNE 9 - 6 p.m. - Anne K. Lambert Revocable Trust, seller. Monro- 0-1-8-8, SB:8 half of said Northwest Quarter; consisting of: eville Community Building, 421 Monroe St., Monroeville. Farm location: Quick Draw Evening thence Southerly, deflecting right a. $8,000 contribution to IRS 2½ miles south of US Hwy. 30 on State Line Rd., Monroeville. Eastern — 11,15,21,26,27,29,31, 89 degrees 59 minutes 26 sec- section 401(a) or 403(b) retirement Allen County, 97.13+/- acres located in Monroe Twp., Section 22, prime HOT DEAL! onds, 331.05 feet along the East account with percentage increases Indiana farmland, nearly all tillable, offered in 1 Tract. Steffen Group, www. 34, 35, 41, 46, 48, 50, 51, 20 Words, 10 Days line of said West half to a 5/8 inch for vesting each year prior to a five steffengrp.com, 260-426-0633, Brandon Steffen, sale manager, 710-5684. 53, 57, 59, 62, 65, 77, BE: rebar stake at the Southeast cor- year full vesting period; JUNE 14 - 2 p.m. - The Estate of Rex Allen, seller. 2714 Covington b. Contribution on behalf of Woods Blvd., Fort Wayne. Yamaha digital baby grand piano, musical 53 $ ner of the 10 acre tract described Hoosier Lotto — Esti- just in Deed Record 156 Page 35; and for the Superintendent’s share instruments, modern furniture, tools, yard equipment, collectibles, house- 25 thence Westerly, deflecting right 90 of the Indiana State Teachers’ hold. Steffen Group, www.steffengrp.com, 260-426-0633, Brandon Steffen, mated jackpot (for Satur- ADD A PHOTO degrees 00 minutes 35 seconds, Retirement Fund; sale manager, 710-5684. 738.55 feet along the South line c. $300.00 contribution for a JUNE 16 - 5 p.m. - Julie and Terry Robinson, seller. 1734 Chochtimar day): $2 million for just $5 more of said 10 acre tract to a 5/8 inch term life insurance premium policy Trail, Fort Wayne. Excellent 3 bedroom, 1½ bath, ranch home with two Mega Millions One item per ad rebar stake on the Southerly exten- for coverage of $150,000; car garage, large fenced back yard, near St. Francis University. Open Estimated jackpot (for sion of said 2.09 acre tract; thence d. Contribution for dues in Houses: June 2 and June 10 from 4-5 p.m. Steffen Group, www.steffengrp. Northerly, deflecting right 90 the IAPSS, Indiana Association of com, 260-426-0633, Josh Lewis, sale manager, 273-9311. Friday): $266 million degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds, School Business Officials, Ameri- JUNE 27 - 9 a.m. - Jerry and Mary Fansler, seller. 4816 Beaver Avenue, Powerball 331.08 feet to the place of begin- can Association of School Admin- Fort Wayne. Wonderful, 4 bedroom, 1½ baths, two story home in South- Estimated jackpot (for GUARANTEED ning. Said in survey to contain 5.60 istrators, and reimbursement for wood Park. Antiques and collectible include major clock collection, Fort acres more or less. State and National conferences; Wayne memorabilia, antique furniture, unique primitives, very rare police Saturday): $86 million Commonly Known as: 4850 e. Ten (10) paid holidays; telegraph call box, early time clock, early pinball machines, vintage signs, SOLD W 400 S, Liberty Center, IN 46766 f. Ten (10) paid days allotted early railroad memorabilia. Steffen Group, www.steffengrp.com, 260-426- Your ad runs ‘til your item is sold! Parcel No. 90-09-29-200- for vacation, personal illness, and 0633, sale managers Brandon Steffen and Josh Lewis. Read & recycle 005.000-013 personal leave days; (6-month maximum). Limited to Together with rents, issues, g. Reimbursement for trans- one-item, private party only. income and profits thereof, this portation expenses no greater than sale will be made without relief $500/month; and $ from valuation or appraisement h. Reimbursement for tech- 20 words laws. In accordance to the require- nology expenses no greater than Day In, Day Out — Week In, Week out 39 ments of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice $100/month. Add’l Lines: 88 cents each shall also represent service of 4. And is eligible for the follow- Notice of Sale of this real estate ing paid leave for each year of the ADD A PHOTO! upon the owners. contract: Covers Local a. Medical/Disability leave NO ONE * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may Your “Guaranteed Sold” ad (up to be cancelled due to inclement upon certification by physician; 20 words) with a Photo: $44 weather or other county emergen- b. Family leave; cies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale c. Court leave; School News and Sports like Addt’l Lines, 88 cents each is cancelled, each parcel will be d. Jury duty; ——————— cancelled. Each parcel will be e. Military leave; assigned to the next available sale f. Professional meeting/busi- (normally 2 months from original ness leave along with related SERVICES sale). This will allow compliance and reimbursable expenses as The News-Banner with Indiana Code concerning approved by the Board. Your Hometown Connection posting, publication, and serving Board of School Trustees SPECIAL! time frames. 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Live Nation, canceled all summer for U.S. unemployment benefits last that Congress should consider pro- “Simply ending lockdowns is State and local governments, tours. She has no idea when tour- week as the viral outbreak forced viding additional rescue money not going to be a panacea for these which cut nearly 1 million workers ing will resume. She applied in late more companies to slash jobs even to avoid prolonging an economic companies,” Ozimek said. “People in April, are running out of money March but hasn’t received a single though most states have begun to let catastrophe. aren’t going out because they don’t and collectively posing a threat to check. And she can’t get answers. some businesses reopen. Republicans in Congress are feel safe yet.” the national economy. The reces- “I’ve probably called a hundred Roughly 36 million people have locked in a standoff with Demo- The number of people seeking sion will likely produce the sharpest times and been disconnected every now sought jobless aid in just the crats, who have proposed trillions unemployment benefits actually plunge in state tax revenue since the time,” Kelso said. two months since the coronavi- more in aid. Republican leaders rose last week in Georgia, as well center began tracking such data in Kelso’s partner is a self- rus first forced businesses to close say they want to first see how the as in Florida, which has also started the early 1970s, said Lucy Daday- employed musician who finally down and shrink their workforces, previous rescue packages affect the to reopen. In Florida, that increase an, senior research associate at the began receiving unemployment the government said Thursday. An economy and have expressed skep- likely reflects a troubled system Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Cen- benefits after five weeks. But for the additional 842,000 people applied ticism about approving much more that caused a belated processing of ter. couple, who have a 5-year-old son, for aid last week through a separate spending now. That sentiment has claims that had been filed earlier. About two-thirds of the states money is scarce. Their landlord is program for self-employed and gig alarmed some economists. A few other states that have lift- have reported data for April, with demanding rent. workers. “There really isn’t any sign that ed some restrictions, like South Car- most showing worrisome declines. The latest jobless claims follow All told, the figures point to a job the labor market is bottoming out olina and Texas, reported declines California’s tax revenue fell 65 per- a devastating jobs report last week. market gripped by its worst crisis yet,” said Daniel Zhao, senior econ- in jobless claims. cent compared with a year earlier. The unemployment rate soared to in decades and an economy that is omist at Glassdoor, the career web- President Donald Trump New Jersey’s dropped 59 percent, 14.7 percent in April, the highest sinking into a deep downturn. The site. appeared to respond to the report Pennsylvania’s 51 percent. Sales rate since the Great Depression, and pace of new applications for aid has The Trump administration insists by tweeting, “Good numbers com- tax revenue has shrunk as consumer employers shed 20.5 million jobs. A declined over the past several weeks that as states reopen, more Ameri- ing out of States that are opening. spending has tumbled. And income decade’s worth of job growth was but is still four times the record high cans will shop, dine out and resume America is getting its life back!” taxes have been diminished by the wiped out in a single month. that prevailed before the coronavi- other activities, thereby stimulating In Ohio, shopping malls have widespread job losses. Even those figures failed to cap- rus struck hard in March. the economy. But early data sug- reopened for the first time since Spending by states and locali- ture the full scale of the damage. The waves of job cuts have gests it is fear of contracting the March but have seen little traffic. ties plays a vital role in the national Many workers in April were count- heightened concerns that additional virus, even more than shutdown Roughly two-thirds of the stores in economy: It amounted to $2.33 tril- ed as employed but absent from government aid, on top of the near- orders, that may be impairing the one mall outside Toledo were still lion last year — 11 percent of the work but should have been counted ly $3 trillion already allocated, is economy. Without stronger pub- closed Tuesday. U.S. gross domestic product. States as temporarily unemployed. necessary to sustain the economy. lic health measures, such as wide- Ozimek pointed to signs that and localities employed nearly 20 Millions of other laid-off work- Without another aid package, many spread testing or a vaccine, econo- business failures are rising. A sur- million workers in February. ers didn’t look for a new job in economists worry that thousands of mists say such fear will depress vey by the Census Bureau, released In the meantime, jobless work- April, likely discouraged by their small businesses will go bankrupt, growth even as more states reopen Thursday, found that 41 percent of ers in some states are still reporting prospects in a mostly shuttered leaving millions of the unemployed their economies. small businesses have closed tem- difficulty applying for or receiving economy, and weren’t included, with no job to return to. And state Even though Georgia reopened porarily since the pandemic hit. benefits. These include free-lance, either. If all those people had been and local governments, facing huge its restaurants for sit-down din- Other research has found that half gig and self-employed workers, counted as unemployed, the jobless revenue shortfalls, could be forced ing late last month, Adam Ozimek, of small businesses lack enough who became newly eligible for job- rate would have reached nearly 24 chief economist at Upwork, said cash to survive longer than a month less aid this year. percent. Wells Court Docket Wells Superior Court continued at $13,000. The rural Poneto, against Brandy en, Col., against Nichole L. Andrews for County Coun- cash on hand at the begin- Criminal Cases law office of Sprunger and Reinhart, Montpelier. Bowling, Liberty Center. cil, Vicki Andrews, rural ning of the reporting period; Ryan Joshua King, 42, Sprunger appointed as public Wells Circuit Court Files Report Warren, Republican for no contributions or receipts Bluffton, pleaded guilty to defender. Civil Cases A report of receipts Wells County Council. and no expenditures. The possession of methamphet- While walking about the Complaint for payment and expenditures has been For the period beginning campaign ended the report- amine and maintaining a Bluffton Walmart Super- of $665.01 filed by Jefferson filed with the Wells Coun- Jan. 1 and ending May 14, ing period with no cash on common nuisance-controlled center Jan. 16, a store asset Capital Systems LLC, Gold- ty Clerk’s office by Vicki the campaign showed no hand and no debt. substance both, Level 6 felo- protection employee found nies. an insert for a 98 cent aquar- Ordered to serve a total of ium plant in the store aisle 1,460 days in prison. Cred- for paint. The UPC symbol ited for 38 days spent in con- from the aquarium plant had finement awaiting disposi- been torn off plant’s package tion of his case. insert. Ordered to pay $385 in Suspecting that it was costs and fees and to com- done intentionally by some- plete a clinically appropriate one to cheat the scanners at substance abuse treatment the self-checkout aisle — a program as determined by process called “slip-scan- the Indiana Department of ning,” the employee decided Correction. If he successfully to check the store’s computer OF GOODS & SERVICES completes the program, the system to see how often the 20 Colors court will consider a modifi- UPC symbol had been used Ag Panel and Standing Seam Complete Line of Sliding Door Accessories in Stock cation of his sentence. at the checkout aisle. He Jefferson Place Villas Roofi ng Accessories • Roof Boot Outside Closures • Flovent • EM Seal 40 Year As part of a plea agree- discovered it had been used Warranty ment, charges of possession more than a month earlier Individuals of all ages encouraged to apply. SWISS Clear Skylight • Clear Ridge of a Schedule I, II, III or IV on Dec. 13, 2019. 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