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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Court New centenarian asked Rodgers celebrating 100th today to rule By JACK RONALD The Commercial Review on Hill Farmer. Soldier. Deputy. County commissioner. Legion - naire. Husband. Father. Grand - father. Governor’s Today, Walt Rodgers adds another title — centenarian. office seeks Born May 13, 1920, on the west side of Blackford County, guidance Rodgers farmed in Richland Township most of his adult life. Now he’s a resident of INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Miller’s Merry Manor, just — Indiana’s governor across county road 300 South asked the state Supreme from his farm. Court on Tuesday to tell “We were farmers,” he said him whether state Attor - in a recent interview. “Back ney General Curtis Hill then it was kind of a horse and will lose that office with buggy days … Milk a few cows his law license suspen - and raise a few chickens.” sion for groping a state Growing up, he attended legislator and three other Pleasant Grove School, then it women. was on to high school in Republican Gov. Eric Matthews in Grant County. Holcomb’s office asked “It was 5 miles to Hartford the court for the ruling a City, and I didn’t want to walk day after it released a that 5 miles,” he recalled. decision suspending Farming in Blackford Coun - Hill’s law license for 30 ty with his brother and father, days effective May 18. young Rodgers got his draft State law requires the notice in World War II. attorney general to be “I was in three years, six “duly licensed to practice months and eight days,” said law in Indiana,” but it Rodgers. Thirty-three months doesn’t specify whether of that service was overseas. “I the person can continue never had a furlough from the serving under a tempo - time I got in until I got out.” rary suspension. After the war, he returned to Hill announced Mon - farming and married Margaret day the appointment of Vivian Glasscock, whom he his chief deputy to over - had known in high school. see the attorney general’s Then he spotted an adver - office until his suspen - tisement for farmland north sion ends June 17. But and east of Dunkirk. the governor’s motion “I was kind of interested in argues that state law getting my own place then,” he doesn’t allow anyone said. “The barn was one of the other than the governor best in the county.” to fill a vacancy in the He and his wife bought what office of state govern - continues to be the Rodgers ment’s top lawyer. family farm in March 1956. It “Nowhere in the Indi - started with 120 acres, and 60 ana Code has the Attor - acres was added later. ney General been given It wasn’t too many years authority to name a after moving to Jay County deputy to assume his that he was approached about Special to The Commercial Review/Afton Hines Ridgway statutory duties and pow - joining the sheriff’s office. ers,” the motion said. “For some ungodly reason, Walt Rodgers of Dunkirk is celebrating his 100th birthday today. Now a resident of Hill, a Republican, has the sheriff (George Stultz) got Miller’s Merry Manor, he has been a farmer, soldier, sheriff’s deputy, county commissioner rebuffed calls from Hol - comb and other state ahold of a statement I’d made and legionnaire over the course of his life. that I’d like to be a deputy.” GOP leaders for his resig - He served four years during nation and he’s seeking an era when the sheriff and county commissioner, serving Legion and its post in was Dunkirk post commander reelection this year. two deputies constituted the two four-year terms. Dunkirk. in the 1960s for at least two Neither Hill’s office entire force. But away from the farm, his He joined the legion after years. nor his attorney in the In 1982, he was elected as a first love was the American getting out of the service and See Centenarian page 2 disciplinary case imme - diately returned mes - sages seeking comment. New clusters cause concern By LORNE COOK, tion spikes, European nations ELENA BECATOROS have been seeking to restart and CHRIS BLAKE cross-border travel, particularly Flag Associated Press as the summer holiday season BRUSSELS — New coron - looms for countries whose avirus clusters have appeared as economies rely on tourists flock - bearer nations struggle to balance ing to their beaches, museums Eric Butcher of Portland reopening economies with pre - and historical sites. carries the American flag venting a second wave of infec - The European Union unveiled Saturday morning during a tions and deaths, while in a plan to help citizens across its mini run to honor Europe, a debate erupted over 27 nations salvage their summer Hoosiers who have lost the summer travel season. vacations after months of coro - Authorities in the Chinese navirus lockdown and resurrect their lives in the war on city of Wuhan, where the pan - Europe’s badly battered tourism terror. The event was one demic first began late last year, industry. The pandemic has of several smaller runs in reportedly were pressing ahead prompted border closures place of Indiana’s Run for today to test all 11 million resi - across Europe and shut down the Fallen, which was dents for the virus within 10 the lifeline of cheap local canceled this year days after a handful of new flights. because of the infections were found. The EU’s executive arm, the In Lebanon, authorities rein - European Commission, laid out conronavirus pandemic. stated a nationwide lockdown its advice for lifting ID checks on for four days beginning today hastily closed borders, helping night after a spike in reported to get airlines, ferries and buses infections and complaints from running while ensuring the safe - officials that social distancing ty of passengers and crew, and rules were being ignored. preparing health measures for Despite the risk that loosening hotels to reassure clients. The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney restrictions could lead to infec - See Concern page 5 Deaths Weather In review Inside Jay County had a high tem - Free face masks are now perature of 60 degrees Tues - available at both Redkey Town day. The low was 33. Page 4 — The coronavirus Hall and Dunkirk City Build - Tonight’s low will be 51. pandemic has taught us a lot Millard Schwartz , 99, ing in addition to Jay County Thursday’s forecast calls for a of lessons. Back in the Saddle. Portland Health Department. To sched - high of 79 with scattered Lola Gadbury , 83, Dunkirk ule pick-up, call the health showers and thunderstorms. Page 8 — OHSAA Details on page 2. department at (260) 726-8080, Expect wind gusts at 15 to 25 announces girls tournament Dunkirk City Building at (765) miles per hour. shift to Dayton. 768-6565 or Redkey Town Hall For an extended outlook, at (765) 369-2711. see page 2. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Capsule Reports Frosty mishap stopped at Tyson Road in his Damage to the pick-up truck in a ditch after its driver lost his passenger side tires began A frost-obscured window 1999 Ford F150. and the Chevrolet, registered control of the vehicle on coun - drifting toward off the road. was a factor in a two vehicle He then turned west onto to Christal R. Duke, New Cas - ty road 300 North near the Uladzimir then could no longer accident about 6:10 a.m. Tues - Tyson, but because of frost on tle, was estimated between Ohio border at 4:05 p.m. Mon - control the semi-trailer and it day at Charles Street and his driver’s side window, he $5,000 and $10,000. day. flipped on its side off the south Tyson Road in Portland. failed to see a westbound white Afanasyeu Uladzimir, 38, side of the road and into a Braulio R. Macias, 54, Port - 2008 Chevrolet Impala driven Flipped semi Woodland Hills, California, ditch. land, told police he was south - by Kerry K. Kelsey Jr., 31, A Minnich Poultry semi- was driving a 2017 Volvo 122 Damage was estimated bound on Charles and had Losantville. trailer was found overturned toward the state border when between $50,000 and $100,000. CR almanac Felony arrests Dealing officer and obstruction Ben Hawkins Ave., was of methamphetamine, a Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday A Portland man is of justice, all Level 6 charged with dealing Level 6 felony. 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 being held on $15,000 felonies. cocaine, narcotics or Stephany A. Young, 811 bond in Jay County Jail methamphetamine, a W. Race St., was released after he was arrested Dealing Level 4 felony. from jail after her $3,000 Tuesday for dealing in a A Portland man was bond was paid. controlled substance, a arrested this morning Possession Quinton T. Donnelly, Level 5 felony. and taken to Jay County Two Portland residents 1007 W. High St., is being 76/63 74/60 76/63 76/53 69/52 Dion D. Nelloms, 728 W. Jail after he was charged were taken to Jay County held in jail on $3,000. He Much More of Saturday The rain The rain is Arch St., was also with dealing illegal Jail following their was also charged with warmer the same will also be will continue expected to charged with dealing in drugs. arrests overnight and maintaining a common though it’ll weather from rainy with a with thunder - stop and it’ll rain with a Thursday chance of storms possi - be a nice day marijuana, resisting an David A.