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Honoring Veterans Monday, November 9, 2015 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com 75 cents Leader projects landslide Honoring veterans victory Schedule By ESTHER HTUSAN and VIJAY JOSHI is full Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar opposition of events leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party said today that it had Celebrations and commemo - won virtually every parlia - rations in honor of veterans mentary seat in the four are scheduled throughout Jay states for which results County and the surrounding were known, a tally that area. portends a massive sweep American Legion Post 211 in historic elections that will hold its Veterans Day cer - could eventually give it the emony at 11 a.m. Wednesday in presidency next year. Freedom Park in Portland, and The National League for most local schools will host Democracy announced programs as well. that it had won 44 of the 45 The ceremony in Freedom lower house seats and all Park will feature comments 12 of the upper house seats from Pastor Darrell Borders of from Yangon, a party Westchester United Methodist stronghold, in Sunday’s Church and Mount Zion Unit - general election. It also ed Methodist Church. He is a won all 38 seats in Purple Heart recipient. Ayeyarwaddy state, all but The event will also include one of the 40 in Bago, and music from the East Jay Mid - 11 out of 19 lower house dle School band and swing seats and all 10 upper choir. The honor guard from house seats in Mon state. the American Legion post will The trend was expected to present a 21-gun salute. continue in the remaining Most local schools will also 10 states. hold events honoring veterans. As the results were The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney East and Pennville elemen - announced at the party’s tary schools are inviting veter - headquarters in Yangon, ans for a light breakfast at 7:30 huge cheers broke out Marines celebrate a.m., and General Shanks will among the crowd of red- do the same at 8:30 a.m. shirted supporters, mind - Marines Melissa Campofiori and Kenny Bosworth team up to cut the cake Sunday A program honoring veter - ful that Myanmar may at a party celebrating the 240th birthday of the United States Marine Corps at Museum of ans featuring Borders as its finally be freeing itself the Soldier in Portland. Campofiori, the youngest veteran in attendance, served in Iraq in speaker will follow at 8:15 a.m. from the stranglehold of 2007, and Bosworth, the eldest, served in the Pacific during World War II. the military, which ruled at East. Pennville will begin its the country for a half-cen - program at 8:30 a.m., and Gen - tury until 2011 and contin - eral Shanks will have a presen - ued to wield influence tation that will include music through a quasi-civilian Bailey takes pride in service beginning at 9 a.m. A program at Bloomfield government afterward. By DEBANINA SEATON Aung Kyaw Kyaw, a 29- The Commercial Review Elementary with Cliff Moser year-old pharmacist, said Early on Saturday mornings, of Jay County Veterans he didn’t vote for the rul - veterans gather at The American Affairs will begin at 8 a.m., ing party because “they Legion in Portland for breakfast. and World War II veteran Salty were only former military First-time visitors are warned Stults will speak at East Jay people. If I voted for them, before going in the door of ciga - Middle School at 8:10 a.m. that means I am asking my rette smoke swirling the air Fort Recovery Elementary own enemy to come back while men and women who School will serve a breakfast into my life.” served in the military eat in the of French toast, sausage, fruit The Yangon result was dimly lit room. and drinks to veterans begin - not announced by the gov - Veterans are seen playing ning at 9 a.m. in the auditeria. ernment’s Union Election cards and discussing when and The event will include a pro - Commission, but the NLD where they served. Leading them gram with readers, music and has stationed representa - is Fred Bailey, 80, a veteran of art presentations. tives at counting centers the U.S. Air Force and command - Westlawn and Redkey ele - and is keeping tallies that er of the legion. Bailey served mentary schools are inviting are being relayed to its after the Korean Conflict during veterans to programs at 9 a.m. headquarters. The election peacetime from April 1954 to and 9:30 a.m. respectively. Both commission has been slow August 1958 spending boot camp events will include readings in releasing the numbers. in Geneva, New York, and three and songs, and there will be a Earlier today, Suu Kyi, years in England. social gathering with refresh - the Nobel Peace Prize lau - Bailey arrived in Geneva dur - ments at the conclusion of the reate and pro-democracy ing a cold April day in 1954. He Redkey Elementary event. icon, urged supporters not called it a new experience, as he Programs honoring veterans to provoke losing rivals was dropped off the bus and wel - are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at who mostly represent the comed by 2 feet of snow and 20- The Commercial Review/Debanina Seaton South Adams High School and former junta that ruled degree weather while accompa - 2 p.m. at West Jay Middle this Southeast Asian nied by a group of misfits. Fred Bailey, 80, served in the U.S. Air Force from School. nation, also known as See Pride page 6 1954 through 1958. See Events page 6 Burma, for a half-century. See Projects page 5 Treatment is program’s focus By RICK CALLAHAN tiative began or how many will Associated Press eventually take part, but it’s INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s expected to be in the thousands. first statewide program that pays The new initiative, called for addiction and mental health Recovery Works, follows sweep - treatment for convicted felons ing changes to Indiana’s criminal sent to community corrections code which took effect last year instead of jail or prison is now that are sending more low-level, underway in a push that’s target - nonviolent felony criminals to ing uninsured offenders. community corrections and jails. Courts, probation and parole “That’s thousands of people The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald officers and community correc - who will no longer go to prison tion managers could begin refer - but will be supervised in the com - ring eligible felons on Nov. 1 to munity. And so the discussion Marching in protest designated drug and mental became ‘What do we do with The new group Jay County Stands Up to Heroin took to the streets in Portland health treatment centers instead them?’” said Kevin Moore, the Saturday morning, carrying homemade signs calling attention to the growing drug scourge of to jail or prison. director of the FSSA’s Division of in the Midwest. Between 35 and 50 people marched north on Meridian Street from Arch Marni Lemons of Family and Mental Health and Addiction, Street, then back south, as passing vehicles honked their horns in support. Social Services Administration which is administering the said it’s too early to know how Recovery Works program. many were referred since the ini - See Focus page 2 Deaths Weather Correction Coming up Portland’s weather station Information provided to The Tuesday — Coverage of measured a high temperature Commercial Review led to an today’s Jay County Commis - of 53 degrees Sunday. The incorrect listing of a felony sioners and Dunkirk City Garold Thomas, 75, Portland overnight low was 26. arrest charge in Saturday’s edi - tion. Council meetings. Patrick O’Hern Sr., 72, Hart - Tonight’s low will be 39 Eric A. Shultz, 32, 521 N. ford City with rain expected after 7 p.m. Meridian St., was arrested for Thursday — Preview of the Details on page 2. Skies will be mostly sunny possession of a narcotic drug, FRHS football team’s regional Tuesday with a high of 55. a Level 6 felony, and driving semifinal rematch with For an extended forecast, while suspended, a Class A Lehman Catholic. see page 2. misdemeanor. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local/Indiana Monday, November 9, 2015 Obituaries Garold Thomas Surviving in addition to his Hugh Kelly officiating. Burial Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to day at St. John’s Catholic Feb. 22, 1940-Nov. 6, 2015 wife are two sons, Gerold will be in Weimer Cemetery William F. “Ted” and Evelyn Church, 209 S. Spring St. in Garold E. Thomas, 75, 3618 E. “Jerry” Thomas and Brian with military graveside rites (Buffington) O’Hern, he married Hartford City with the Rev. Thomas, both of Wilma L. Betz on David Newton officiating. Bur - 500 South, Portland, died Friday conducted by American Legion Portland; a Sept, 14, 1960, and ial will be in the church ceme - at Swiss Village in Berne. Post No. 211. daughter, Cheryl Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tues - she survives. tery with military graveside Born in Jay County to John Thomas, Port - A veteran of rites conducted by Millard- Robert and Sculey (Butcher) day at the funeral home. land; two broth - Memorials may be sent to Jay the United States Brown American Legion Post Thomas, he was a 1958 graduate ers, Robert Navy, he had been No. 156 in Montpelier. of Portland High School. County Cancer Society. Thomas, Indi - Condolences may be involved with Boy Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m., with a He married Joyce Fields on anapolis, and Scouts of Ameri - scripture service at 2 p.m., and 5 Jan.
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