Monday, December 2, 2019 The Commercial Review Portland, 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Fields dies from Arts expansion injuries A Bryant man has died from injuries suffered in a Nov. 24 traffic accident. The Allen County Coro - ner’s office said Charles R. Fields, 76, 103 Malin St., Bryant, died at 12:41 p.m. Saturday at Lutheran Hospital, . Fields was southbound on U.S. 27 in his 2001 Buick about 11:05 a.m. Nov. 24 when it collided with a Ford F-150 pick-up truck driven by Howard V. Ontrop, 69, rural Port - land. Ontrop told Jay County Sheriff’s Office he was northbound on U.S. 27 and was preparing to make a left turn onto county road 200 North when a south - bound semi passed his vehicle. The passing semi blew snow from the hood of the Ontrop truck onto the windshield, obscuring Ontrop’s vision as he made the turn into the path of the Fields car. Fields, who suffered a serious head injury, was Taylor Architects flown by Lutheran Air medical helicopter to Arts Place is in the home stretch of fundraising for its planned renovation and expansion project, which is slated Lutheran Hospital in Fort to start next spring. Eric Rogers, executive director of Arts Place, laid out several goals for the work, including securing the Wayne following the colli - building for the long term, increasing instructional space and making the available space more functional. sion. House to Challenge gift from Youngs is helping organization choose make its final push toward its goal of $2.4 million By RAY COONEY dation. “That’s a pretty cool The Commercial Review thing to have.” Bosma’s A project that has been more The organization has than half a decade in the mak - already started working successor ing is getting closer and closer toward that goal, having held a (AP) to becoming a reality. radio drive on WPGW earlier — Republican legislators Arts Place launched a capital this month. Other plans call are deciding their pick as campaign in 2017 with a goal of for reaching out again to previ - the next leader of the raising $2.4 million to revitalize ous donors, sending mailings Indiana House. its Portland building, expand out to theatre-oriented patrons The private vote today the space and make other and generally promoting the among House Republi - upgrades. With a target of project. cans comes after long - breaking ground by late spring, “There are lots of different time House Speaker the organization is hitting the Taylor Architects efforts that are going to be con - Brian Bosma home stretch of its fundraising ducted over the next few announced two weeks efforts. This architect’s rendering shows the Walnut months,” said Rogers. “If we ago that he would retire So far, about $1.7 million has Street side of Arts Place as it would look following a match this money, then we after the 2020 legislative come in. That still leaves about planned renovation, which would include an addition on know we can do (the project).” session. 29 percent of the original goal the northwest side of the building. The bulk of the project — it Bosma says he’ll work left to be raised. also includes a new heating, with the successor dur - But last month, Arts Place got ventilation and cooling system ing the upcoming session a boost. match any donation dollar-for- given to the project, we think that was installed in 2017 — is and that person will take John and Gretchen Young, for - dollar up to that threshold. this may provide a boost to our about fixing structural issues over GOP caucus leader - mer Portland residents who had If Arts Place is able to meet effort,” said Arts Place execu - and moisture problems in the ship heading into the already contributed to the proj - that challenge, it would be clos - tive director Eric Rogers, not - building on the west side of November 2020 election. ect, made a new commitment. ing in on the funding needed to ing that there is also a $10,000 Harrison Street between Main Rep. Todd Huston of They offered a $200,000 chal - move the project forward. matching grant from the and Walnut streets. Fishers is considered a lenge grant, meaning they will “For those who have not yet George and Frances Ball Foun - See Expansion page 5 top candidate to replace Bosma. Report to precede hearing By HOPE YEN, and fundamental fairness.” LISA MASCARO Trump himself was scheduled to and MARY CLARE JALONICK attend a summit with NATO Associated Press allies outside London on Wednes - WASHINGTON — The House White House day. impeachment report on Presi - Secretary of State Mike Pom - dent Donald Trump will be says it will not peo said today it’s “very unfortu - unveiled today behind closed participate nate” the Judiciary Committee is doors for key lawmakers as holding its hearing at the same Democrats push ahead with the time that Trump is representing inquiry despite the White the U.S. at the NATO summit. House’s declaration it will not “I regret that they’ve chosen to participate in the first Judiciary ary Committee for Wednesday’s hold these hearings at the same Committee hearing. landmark hearing. time that the president and our The Democratic majority on Late Sunday, White House entire national security team the House Intelligence Commit - counsel Pat Cipollone denounced will be traveling to Europe, to The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney tee says the report, compiled the “baseless and highly partisan London, to work on these impor - after weeks of testimony, will inquiry.” In a letter to Judiciary tant matters,” Pompeo said. speak for itself in laying out Committee Chairman Jerrold As the impeachment inquiry Big band what Chairman Adam Schiff, D- Nadler, D-New York, he also intensifies, Wednesday’s hearing California, called the evidence declined the invitation for the will be a milestone. It is expected Jay County High School’s band grew in of “wrongdoing and miscon - president’s counsel to appear to convene legal experts whose numbers Saturday night as it invited former members duct” by the Republican presi - before his panel Wednesday. testimony, alongside the report to come back to play during the Patriot boys dent over his actions toward Cipollone, in continuing the from the Intelligence Committee, basketball team’s game against Richmond. More than Ukraine. It was being made West Wing’s attack on the House could lay the groundwork for pos - 75 band alumni participated in the event. available for committee mem - process, said the proceeding “vio - sible articles of impeachment, bers to review ahead of a vote lates all past historical prece - which the panel is expected to Tuesday to send it to the Judici - dent, basic due process rights, soon draw up.

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Jay County got about 0.4 Today inches of rain Sunday. The 5 to 7 p.m. — Feel the Tuesday — Coverage of high temperature was 47 Warmth of Christmas in tonight’s Portland City Coun - degrees, and the low was 34. downtown Dunkirk cil meeting. J. Karon Gore , 74, Redkey Tonight’s low will be in the Details on page 2. upper 20s. Expect cloudy skies Wednesday Thursday — Preview of Tuesday with a high of 39. 7 p.m. — Jay County Civic Friday’s JCHS boys basketball See page 2 for an extended Theatre’s production of game against Woodlan. forecast. “Frozen Jr.” at Arts Place The Commercial Review Page 2 Local Monday, December 2, 2019 Obituaries J. Karon Gore Health Jay Hospi - Jay County Hospital and Gift Jared Gore, Lucas Gore, Dawson Ridgeville American Legion Post tal Auxiliary. Shop. Gore and Mason Gore; and four #507 and the Randolph County Feb. 23, 1945-Nov. 27, 2019 Karon served in She was the widow of Gar - great-grandchildren, Camellia Veterans. J. Karon (Ford) Gore, 74, of the U.S. Women’s net Gore. and Hazel Fitzwater, and Jensen In lieu of flowers, donations Redkey, Indiana, passed away Army Corps as a Karon enjoyed knitting, and Noah Jewell. may be made to Women's Life in Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, at IU private first class sewing, crafts, gardening, flow - Karon was preceded in death care of the funeral home. Health Ball Memorial Hospital in the Vietnam ers, canning, reading, crossword by her parents; loving husband ••••• in Muncie, Indiana. War. After com - puzzles, listening to traditional Garnet; brother Robin Lee Ford; The Commercial Review pub - Karon was born in Portland, pleting her serv - Gore country music and spending and sister Ardith Dawson. lishes death notices for those with Indiana, on Feb. 23, 1945, a ice she returned time with her grandchildren. Friends are invited to call a connection to our coverage area daughter of the late O. Roberta home where she became a pack - She is survived by her son Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, from 10 a.m. free of charge. They include the (Hathaway) and Max L. Ford. ing inspector at Armstrong Matthew G. Gore (April Parker); to 1 p.m. at MJS Mortuaries – name, city of residence, She was a 1963 graduate of Red - Cork, Kerr Glass and Ball Foster daughter Leatta Woodard (hus - Redkey Chapel. Funeral services birth/death date and key High School and a life mem - Glass companies. band: Forrest); brother Ferral will follow at 1 p.m. with Pastor time/date/location of services. ber of Main Street United Following retirement, Karon Ford; sister Madonna Sager; Joe Hines officiating. Burial will There is a charge for obituaries, Methodist Church of Redkey, continued her service to her aunt and special friend Lynn be held in Hillcrest Cemetery, which are accepted only from Women's Life, Gamma Nu Soror - community by volunteering for Ragsdale; six grandchildren, Redkey, Indiana, with military funeral homes or mortuary serv - ity, Local Union 96 and the IU many organizations, including Jamie Fitzwater, John Jewell, honors performed by the ices. CR almanac Felony court news

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday the original charge of charged with domestic was dismissed as part of a 12/3 12/4 12/5 12/6 12/7 Dealing A Portland man pleaded unlawful possession of a battery, a Level 6 felony. plea agreement. guilty in Jay Circuit Court syringe, a Level 6 felony. His one-day jury trial is In a separate case, to a drug dealing charge. He was ordered to serve an scheduled for March 11. Priest was found in viola - Christopher E. Best, 36, additional six months of He is also charged with tion of his probation on 997 Boundary Pike, Apart - the sentence imposed on invasion of privacy, a the original charge of for - 38/30 43/28 43/32 39/23 40/33 ment 33, pleaded guilty to June 11 and was given Class A misdemeanor, and gery, a Level 6 felony. He dealing methampheta - credit for time served has a one-day jury trial was ordered to serve an Cloudy Partly Partly Intervals Mainly from Oct. 16. His proba - scheduled for April 1. additional 300 days of the with winds cloudy skies cloudy skies of clouds and sunny skies mine, a Level 4 felony, as a SW at 10 to with gusty with winds W sunshine with winds lesser included offense of tion was terminated Huey will have another sentence imposed on April 20 mph. winds in the at 5 to 10 with winds SSE at 5 to the original Level 2 felony unsuccessfully, and an one-day jury trial on June 9 and was given 274 days afternoon. mph. NW at 10 to 10 mph. 15 mph. charge. The court accept - additional petition alleg - 3 for an additional charge credit for 136 days served. ed his plea and dismissed ing probation violation of invasion of privacy, a His probation was termi - charges of dealing was dismissed as part of a Class A misdemeanor. nated unsuccessfully. cocaine, a Level 3 felony, plea agreement. John K. Banter, 32, 318 and possession of mari - Reynolds was also found N. Harrison St., Apart - Guilty plea Lotteries juana, a Class B misde - in violation of his proba - ment 1, Portland, is Dustin Tuel, 34, Bryant, meanor. Best’s sentencing tion on an additional charged with operating a entered a plea of guilty in is set for Dec. 23. charge of unlawful posses - vehicle as a habitual viola - Wells Circuit Court to a Powerball Evening sion of a syringe, a Level 6 tor, a Level 6 felony. His charge of possession of 15-35-42-63-68 Daily Three: 9-9-1 Possession, felony. He was ordered to one-day jury trial is sched - methamphetamine, a Powerball: 18 Daily Four: 4-3-4-5 violations serve an additional six uled for Feb. 27. Level 5 felony. He was sen - Power Play: 4 Quick Draw: 9-11-12- A Portland man was months of his sentence tenced to three years in Estimated jackpot: 16-17-20-23-24-25-33-39-43- sentenced in Jay Superior beginning Jan. 15. His pro - Possession, the Indiana Department $120 million 47-51-53-65-66-67-73-79 Court for a drug parapher - bation was terminated violation of Correction with one Cash 5: 8-12-35-36-38 nalia charge and for vio - unsuccessfully. A Portland man was year suspended and credit Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: lating his probation. For a charge of residen - sentenced in Jay Superior for 49 days in jail. He was Estimated jackpot: $110,000 Adam D. Reynolds, 31, tial entry, a Level 6 felony, Court for two charges. placed on probation for $266 million 416 E. Main St., pleaded Reynolds was also found Jacob W. Priest, 23, 928 one year and ordered to Ohio guilty to unlawful posses - in violation of his proba - W. Walnut St., pleaded pay $435 in court costs and Saturday sion of a syringe, a Level 6 tion imposed on June 11. guilty to unlawful posses - fines. Saturday Midday felony. He was sentenced He was sentenced to an sion of a syringe, a Level 6 As part of a plea agree - Midday Pick 3: 2-2-2 to six months in Jay Coun - additional six months, to felony. He was sentenced ment, Class A misde - begin April 15. Daily Three: 3-0-1 Pick 4: 0-8-9-8 ty Jail and was given six to 18 months in Jay Coun - meanor charges of unlaw - Pick 5: 9-4-1-1-2 months credit for three ty Jail with all but 30 days ful possession of a firearm Daily Four: 2-1-4-9 Trials scheduled Quick Draw: 12-13-15- Evening months served. He was suspended, to begin Dec. 2. by a domestic batterer and Several trials were carrying a handgun were 28-30-31-39-48-49-51-52-53- Pick 3: 6-4-3 assessed court costs of He was assessed court Pick 4: 9-6-3-7 scheduled recently in Jay dismissed. Also dismissed 55-58-73-75-76-77-78-80 $185. costs of $185 and placed on Pick 5: 3-2-3-4 Superior Court. was a Class C misde - Evening In a separate case, formal probation for 17 Rolling Cash 5: 2-4-7- Ted L. Huey Jr., 43, 105 meanor charge of posses - Daily Three: 1-5-7 Reynolds was found in vio - months. A charge of theft, 17-38 lation of his probation on E. Main St., Bryant, is a Class A misdemeanor, sion of paraphernalia. Daily Four: 1-9-1-7 Classic Lotto: 7-20-21- Quick Draw: 7-8-11-19- 28-38-39 26-27-29-34-35-37-44-45-48- Kicker: 6-7-8-5-2-5 49-50-51-56-64-66-80 Jackpot: $6.4 million Cash 5: 2-7-12-14-33 Jay Circuit Court Sunday Hoosier Lotto: 3-14-19- Midday 27-37-38 Pick 3: 1-1-1 Dissolutions Richard Hirst, civil collec - frey Anderson, Level 4 Goodman, civil collections Estimated jackpot: Pick 4: 4-8-5-0 Ronald Petty II and tions. felony LVNV Funding LLC v. $3.5 million Pick 5: 1-3-4-8-6 Miranda L. Peterson Cases filed State of Indiana v. Jeremi - Greggery Ellenberger, Sunday Evening Cheyenne Cline v. ah Landers, Level 4 felony civil collections Midday Pick 3: 6-4-3 Judgments Matthew Cline, dissolu - John Lewellen v. Brenda Midland Credit Manage - Daily Three: 3-0-1 Pick 4: 2-2-7-0 Elliott, civil plenary ment Inc. v. Angela Nuck - Daily Four: 8-3-3-6 Pick 5: 3-0-2-9-6 SAC Finance Inc. was tion Quick Draw: 2-6-9-10- Rolling Cash 5: 2-4-14- awarded $11,527.10 from State of Indiana v. Jef - Discover Bank v. Jerry ols, civil collections 12-15-19-20-22-28-32-39-42- 21-33 45-47-52-57-74-75-80 Next jackpot: $10,000 Felony arrests Today in history Two arrested is being held on $22,500 On Dec. 2, 1859 , mili - people, most of them A Portland woman and bond in Jay County Jail on tant abolitionist John reporters and photogra - a rural Lynn man were Level 4 felony charges of Brown was hanged for phers, flew from Seattle arrested on drug-dealing dealing in methampheta - his raid on Harpers to New York City. felony charges Saturday mine and dealing in nar - Ferry the previous Octo - In 1970 , the newly after a traffic stop by Port - cotics. ber. created Environmental land police. In 1816 , the first sav - Protection Agency Jamie E. Spencer, 31, 648 Bonds out ings bank in the United opened its doors under Katelynn Drive, Portland, Shaun J. Cox, 43, 710 W. States, the Philadelphia its first director, is being held without bond Main St., Redkey, was Savings Fund Society, William D. Ruckelshaus. in Jay County Jail on released from Jay County opened for business. In 1982 , in the first Level 4 felony charges of Jail on $6,000 bond follow - In 1823 , President operation of its kind, dealing in methampheta - ing his arrest Friday on a James Monroe outlined doctors at the Universi - mine and dealing in nar - Level 6 felony charge of his doctrine opposing ty of Utah Medical Cen - cotics. She also faces a residential entry. European expansion in ter implanted a perma - Level 6 felony charge of He also faces misde - the Western Hemi - nent artificial heart in unlawful possession of a meanor charges of inva - sphere. the chest of retired den - syringe. sion of privacy and bat - In 1954 , the U.S. Sen - tist Dr. Barney Clark, Nicholas R. Daniels, tery resulting in bodily ate passed, 67-22, a reso - who lived 112 days with 10863 S. Arba Pike, Lynn, injury. lution condemning Sen. the device. Joseph R. McCarthy, R- In 1983 , The Com - Wisconsin. mercial Review picked In 1957 , the Shipping - up four Hoosier State SERVICES Capsule port Atomic Power Sta - Press Association Bet - Today tion in Pennsylvania, ter Newspaper Contest Gore , Karon: 1 p.m., MJS Reports the first full-scale com - awards, including sec - Mortuaries, 109 S. Meridian St., mercial nuclear facility ond place for its editori - Redkey. in the U.S., began opera - al page. tions. In 1993 , Colombian Tuesday Slides off In 1969 , the Boeing drug lord Pablo Escobar Clegg , Charles: 2 p.m., A pick-up truck driven 747 jumbo jet got its first was shot to death. Keplinger Funeral Home, 509 N. by a rural New Weston, public preview as 191 — AP and The CR High St., Hartford City. Ohio, man slid off State Barton , Barbara: 7 p.m., Line Road near county Baird-Freeman Funeral Home, road 700 South about 9:15 Citizen’s calendar 221 N. Meridian St., Portland. p.m. Saturday. Wednesday Cory A. Broering, 21, told Jay County Sheriff’s Today Town Council, School - Gammons , Patsy: 2 p.m., Office he was southbound 5:30 p.m. — Portland house Community Cen - Wilkerson Funeral Home, 1909 Richardson Drive, Reidsville, on State Line Road when City Council, council ter. North Carolina. his 2008 Dodge RAM slid chambers, Portland Fire 7 p.m. — Portland on the pavement, going off Station, 1616 N. the road and hitting a util - Park Board, council Service listings provided by Franklin St. chambers, Portland Fire ity pole, a telephone box 7 p.m. — Dunkirk Pub - PROGRESSIVE and a tree. Station, 1616 N. lic Library Board, OFFICE PRODUCTS Damage was estimated Dunkirk Public Library, Franklin St. between $5,000 and 127 W. Washington St. 7 p.m. — Pennville 120 N. Meridian St. $10,000. Town Council, Pennville Portland, Indiana 47371 Tuesday Town Hall, 105 N. Wash - (260) 726-9201 Recycle 7 p.m. — Salamonia ington St. progressiveofficeproducts.com after reading. The Commercial Review Monday, December 2, 2019 Family Page 3 Pondering the stars with Snoopy By DIANA DOLECKI ion. In this season of goodwill Special to The Commercial Review and endless shopping, what if I saw a cartoon the other day. As I we took a minute or so to ask if Charlie Brown and Snoopy were what we believe is truly real? Do sitting with their backs to the See It we honestly believe that a tiny viewer. They were looking up at In the rush to buy, buy, buy, baby, born 2,000 or so years ago, a star filled night sky. Charlie changed the world as we knew Brown says, “What if they’re I would like for us to stop, it? We are so quick to denigrate not stars? What if they’re holes other religions while so many round thing that emits light and poked into the top of a container have perverted our own religion heat. Stars may or may not have look up at the night sky, so we can breathe?” and used it as an excuse to com - an assortment of planets At first my reaction was a mit atrocities. silent chuckle. We are living in a around them. Those planets and realize that members In the rush to buy, buy, buy, I container? That is contrary to may or may not have conditions would like for us to stop, look up everything I have ever read, that support life as we know it. of other religions and experienced or known. There is a stumbling block. at the night sky, and realize that The more I thought about it Life on earth is remarkably other beliefs are also looking members of other religions and the more intriguing I found the diverse. other beliefs are also looking up statement to be. Not stars? All Creatures that live in the up at those same stars. at those same stars. They may the scientists, atheists, religious ocean require a different envi - not share our beliefs and that is believers, and almost everybody ronment than people do. Birds OK. I have ever met and not met fly, animals walk or run, plants Once we decide that Charlie believe that those dots of light tend to stay where they are but Brown’s question is nonsense, in the night sky are stars. exhibit movement as they follow Then there is religion. Many could ever imagine? What if, in we can get back to unearthing Merriam-Webster defines a the sun. Microscopic creatures if not most of us believe in the grand scheme of things, we the nativity figurines, Christ - star as “a natural luminous live their own lives, without something. are merely pets inside a bottle mas ornaments and other deco - body visible in the sky especial - worrying about us. Most of our gods seem to live and the stars are nothing more rations that we set out every ly at night and a self-luminous All those different life forms somewhere other than Earth. than holes punched so we can year. We decorate, shop, and gaseous spheroidal celestial vary wildly in appearance. They The good ones live somewhere breathe? cook. We do this to honor a baby body of great mass which pro - differ in their environmental above us and the bad ones live I am not saying that we are born a very long time ago who duces energy by means of needs. They differ in almost somewhere below us. tiny pets of something bigger. grew up to tell us that God loves nuclear fusion reactions.” every aspect, yet we agree that What if the god or gods we I’m merely asking you to think, us and wants us to be nice to In simpler terms a star is a they are indeed alive. worship were far bigger than we to consider an alternate opin - each other. Should she share her new religion?

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The city did what it took to last week in a fight to protect could compel them to provide Keeping those in place was a keep that from happening. human rights. services to gay couples that go monumental win for all of the After the judge declined a The LGBT community did, Editorial against their religious beliefs. defendants. motion from the city to dismiss too. They contend that the changes Columbus approved its ordi - the case early and avoid using The city of Columbus, along to the RFRA are unconstitution - nance in the fall of 2015, amend - taxpayer money to defend the with Carmel, Indiana- al and that their religious free - ing its human rights ordinance suit, Columbus decided to han - polis/Marion County, Bloom - dom Restoration Act (RFRA). doms are restricted by the fix, to add protections based on sex - dle the case internally. Whitted ington and the State of Indiana, Columbus was added as a defen - which prevents the RFRA from ual orientation, gender identity, Law defended the city and billed won summary judgment from dant in the suit in January 2016, overriding local and state civil age and veteran status. Losing $57,000 for doing so. Judge Michael Casati in a case after the city added human rights laws. those would have likely been That’s money well spent. that had been pending since rights protections for lesbian, Casati’s ruling means mem - devastating to any Columbus Columbus stood up for and 2015. gay, bisexual and transgender bers of the LGBT community residents who have been pro - defended what it felt was right, It was an important ruling, to residents. will not lose their protection tected from discrimination for protecting people’s human say the least. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against discrimination, barring the past four years. rights. That’s a good thing for The lawsuit was filed as a — the Indiana Family Institute, an appeal, which the plaintiffs The city took a large step for - everyone, especially those challenge to a 2015 legislative Indiana Family Action and have 30 days from Nov. 21 to file. ward with its 2015 changes. whose freedoms were in jeop - fix to Indiana’s Religious Free - American Family Association The ordinances in each of the Reversing those now would ardy from the lawsuit. Dementia patients are being tortured By GEOFFREY HOSTA Special To The Washington Post About 1 in 4 elderly people will develop Geoffrey dementia. Many of them will be Hosta tortured by doctors. I should know: I am one of those doctors. I recently tortured an 88-year-old woman with or who she was but still advanced dementia. Her felt pain and fear. Unfor - mind was gone. She tunately, her dementia didn’t know her own was too advanced for her name. Like other to object. So I had to advanced dementia adhere to her family’s patients, she suffered well-meaning yet heart - incontinence, aggres - breaking wishes. sion, immobility, unad - None of this helped my dressed pain and more. patient. She died within a Her quality of life was day. Had her family cho - dismal. sen “comfort care only,” Her family brought her she could have spent her to the hospital because last moments peacefully she had a high fever and surrounded by loved was more confused than ones. Instead, she died in usual. I knew that she anxious misery. was near her end. And those procedures I asked her daughter, were so rough on her son-in-law and grandson frail body that she may what I always ask fami - have even lived longer lies managing a relative’s without them. final days: Even if advanced “Do you want us to do dementia patients sur - procedures that may well vive such ordeals, they be painful and will not suffer difficult recoveries improve her quality of in combination with life? Or do you want us to existing maladies. For let her go in peace?” others, invasive proce - Faced with this choice, dures permanently deep - en dementia-related It’s time for a tax increase some families allow nature to run its course. hardships without any By MICHAEL J. HICKS about. But, compared to the negative They decline medical chance for a meaningful Over the dozen or so years I’ve effects of low educational attainment penned this column, I’ve allocated interventions beyond recovery. in Indiana, our roads have always considerable space to education comfort care (such as Those who agree can Michael been paved with gold. Our schools are issues. That is natural for an econom - far less well-funded. pain medicine and oxy - avoid my patient’s fate by ics and business column. Nothing J. Hicks Last month more than half of Indi - gen). Families that documenting, executing and fortifying their end- better predicts the income of a region ana’s schools closed because teachers understand that doctors as does the average educational brought this complaint to the state - can neither cure nor of-life wishes. Advance directives are the tool to attainment of its citizens. And, noth - house. I must admit I don’t know if reverse dementia are ing better predicts population growth do so. Indiana teachers are overpaid or more likely to choose in the U.S. than the quality of local half a century. Today, improving edu - underpaid. We certainly don’t have a They are yes-or-no doc - this. public schools. Here in Indiana, we cational attainment should be the shortage of qualified teachers in Indi - Other families consid - uments outlining end-of- spend about half our tax dollars sup - most important public policy issue ana. What we do have, and I think the er it imperative to opt for life health-care wishes, porting education, and almost all the before us. Yet, school choice is at risk evidence is now clear, is a shortage of all possible medical such as preferences for rest mitigating the ill effects of poor because we have spent too few teachers willing to work for the interventions. Unfortu - comfort care only. There education. Education isn’t just an resources on the most successful salaries they receive. After all, jobs nately, this includes inva - are even sites that help economic issue, it is the economic competitors in school choice, our for college grads are plentiful and pay sive procedures that write and access such issue of our times. local public schools. well. The shrinking summer sched - cause transient or lasting directives at unexpected I arrived in Indiana at an exciting At the end of the longest economic ule makes holding a supplemental job discomfort. Meanwhile, times. time for education. Faced with stag - recovery in U.S. history, Indiana now very difficult for teachers, and states these procedures cannot But that is not enough. nant school performance, the state spends less per student on K-12 edu - that pay better are hiring. That improve dementia yet Put the directive on a instituted broad reforms, making cation than we did in the first year makes keeping good teachers diffi - can accelerate it. refrigerator and video - Indiana the poster child for school after the recession. Nearly all the new cult. I simply note that that is how In my experience, most tape an explanation of choice. Over the next ten years, about tax revenue Indiana collected over labor markets work, and those of us families choose the sec - those wishes. Assign a one in seven Hoosier students took the past decade has been spent on who value free markets should be ond option. That includes “proxy” (usually a spouse advantage of school choice. Most remediating low levels of educational happy for it. my patient’s family, who or child) who will aggres - chose to attend local public schools attainment. Since 2010, we spent hun - The Red for Ed day is a symptom of asked that I “do every - sively enforce your wish - outside their home district. Today, a dreds of millions of dollars more a much bigger problem. I know the thing” possible to treat es. Then share these deci - higher share of Hoosier schoolchild - on Medicaid expansion, and we spent organizers wish to make this about her. sions with family and ren attends local public schools than over 200 million dollars more last pay, but I hope everyone in Indiana year to help families in foster care. So I did. I gave her doctors annually. did before school reforms. Yes, Indi - will understand the matter is far We spend about a billion dollars each intravenous antibiotics. If my patient had taken ana families choose private and char - more important to our state than a these steps, she could ter schools at a lower rate than they year on workforce training, perhaps pay raise for teachers. After all, it We inserted a urinary half of which is remedial education. have died in peace. did in 2007, even with the voucher isn’t the job of the general assembly catheter that caused her Most of these program expenses Empower yourself with a program. to pay teachers, but to fund effective further discomfort. Then School reform worked. Since 2013, come from individuals with inade - directive. education. I think the evidence clear - I gave her a painful stick Indiana students have consistently quate education. Yet, we ignore the ly indicates we pay too little for what And tell anyone who’s in the neck with a thick outperformed the nation on standard - most effective and least costly inter - we want and need. It may be an needle. facing the heartbreaking ized tests. In the competition for stu - ventions. As a state, we are like the unpopular thing to write, but if Indi - We didn’t stop there. realities of dementia in dents, the clear winners were Indi - homeowners who pay to have the ceil - ana needed a tax increase for roads, Eventually, her heart their family to do the ana’s traditional public schools. I ing fixed and repainted each year we darned well need more money for stopped. I gave her CPR same. There’s no need for speak not only as an economist, but instead of having the leaky roof education. that broke some of her doctors to torture any - as a parent. In 2010, my family relo - fixed. •••••••••• ribs. Then the nurses and one. cated our three children out of a Three years ago, the Indiana Gen - Hicks is the director of the Center for I forced a breathing tube •••••••••• selective university school to one of eral Assembly worked through the Business and Economic Research and down her throat. Hosta is a board-certi - Indiana’s local public schools because tough problems of funding roads. the George and Frances Ball distin - Imagine how uncom - fied emergency room doc - it was a better school. This necessitated serious analysis guished professor of economics in the fortable and frightening tor with more than 30 By most objective measures, school and a tax increase. We should be Miller College of Business at Ball this was for my patient, years of experience in choice may be Indiana’s single most grateful and proud of this work and State University. Email him at who didn’t know where emergency medicine. successful public policy change in the political courage that brought it [email protected]. The Commercial Review HUGH N. RONALD (1911-1983), Publisher Emeritus

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Saving ... Box score Jay County Patriots Continued from page 8 vs. Richmond Red Devils “We wanted to do a drib - ble hand-off with Andrew Boys varsity summary (Kroft) and get a look Richmond (0-1) there,” said Richmond FG-FGA FT-FTA PTS coach Shabaz Khaliq of the Kroft 8-19 0-1 18 junior who finished with Stolle 2-7 1-2 6 Jett 1-3 0-0 2 game highs of 18 points and Newton 5-11 0-1 10 seven rebounds. “Our kids Tyler 1-1 0-0 2 have never been in that Deane 1-1 0-0 2 Craig 1-2 2-4 4 moment. And so they pan - Totals 19-44 3-8 44 icked, I think, a little bit.” .432 .375 Muhlenkamp’s effort in Jay County (2-0) the last 60 seconds typified FG-FGA FT-FTA PTS the game for the Patriots, Sprunger 5-10 1-1 13 who got key contributions Arbuckle 2-3 2-4 6 Faulkner 0-1 0-1 0 up and down the roster. Dirksen 4-7 2-3 10 They were down by seven Muhlenkamp 2-3 4-5 9 late in the first half before a Lambert 4-5 0-1 9 Pearson 0-0 0-0 0 straight-away 3-pointer Weitzel 0-1 0-0 0 from Lambert — he Totals 17-30 9-13 47 released it from inside the .567 .692 outline of Indiana well Score by quarters: beyond the arc — at the sec - The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney RHS 10 14 12 8—44 ond-quarter buzzer closed Jay Co. 8 12 14 13 — 47 the gap to 24-20. Brayden The Jay County High School student section reacts as Gavin Muhlenkamp (foreground) heads 3-point shooting: Richmond 3- Sprunger hit a 3-pointer for to the foul line with 11.7 seconds left in Saturday's 47-44 victory over Richmond. Muhlenkamp came up 18 (Kroft 2-8, Stolle 1-5, Newton a 33-32 lead with 1:57 left in with a key loose ball and made four free throws in the final minute. 0-4, Jett 0-1). Jay County 4-8 the third quarter and came (Sprunger 2-6, Muhlenkamp 1-1, Lambert 1-1). up with back-to-back buck - ets to spark JCHS in the The victory gives Jay believe they can win. That’s Devils had tied the game on in the second and third Rebounds: Richmond 20 (Kroft fourth. Lambert scored on County, which has just one three-fourths of the battle.” a 3-pointer with nine sec - quarters in a 44-35 loss to 7, Newton 4, Stolle 3, Craig 2, Jett, Tyler, Deane, team). Jay an inbound pass from Muh - returning player who saw onds left in regulation. Richmond. County 20 (Dirksen 6, Lambert lenkamp at the 3:27 mark of significant time on a varsi - Junior varsity Muhlenkamp scored 19 Jay County was up by 4, Weitzel 4, Arbuckle 3, the final period to tie the ty court last season, a 2-0 points for the second con - three at the close of the Sprunger, Faulkner, Muh - Jay County controlled lenkamp). game at 40 before a Croft record for the first time the overtime period for a 51- secutive game to lead opening period. The Red put-back pushed Richmond since the 2015-16 season. 46 victory over the Red Dev - JCHS. Crosby Heniser Devils, however, Assists: Richmond 9 (Stolle 3, ahead again leading to the The Patriots lost by 23 to ils. joined him in double fig - outscored the home team Newton 2, Jett, Tyler, Deane, Craig). Jay County 3 (Muh - closing sequence. Richmond last season. The Patriots (2-0) scored ures, scoring eight of his 12 26-10 over the next 12 lenkamp 2, Pearson). Sprunger paced the “It’s definitely big,” said the first seven points of the points in the fourth quarter minutes to take control Patriots for the second Muhlenkamp. “It gives us a extra session, with four of and overtime. Gavin Myers en route to the win. Blocks: Richmond 3 (Craig 2, straight game with 13 lot of momentum for the those coming from Adam added nine points. Blake Bogenschutz had Kroft). Jay County 1 (Sprunger). points, including two more rest of the games. We’re Muhlenkamp. Richmond Levon Jordan led Rich - a game-high 13 points to Personal fouls: Richmond 17 3-pointers after hitting four excited for the rest of the didn’t score until Chase mond with 14 points, with power the Patriots. Brady (Kroft 4, Newton 4, Jett 3, Deane all but two coming after the 2, Craig 2, Stolle, Tyler). Jay against Hagerstown in season.” Newton hit a pair of free Davis and Caleb Darnell County 11 (Faulkner 3, Dirksen Tuesday’s opener. Dirksen Krieg summed up the throws with 13.3 seconds intermission. Dorian Hill followed with six apiece. 3, Lambert 2, Weitzel 2, Arbuck - added 10 points and a team- meaning of the victory in a left — too little, too late. had nine points. Richmond got 11 le). high six rebounds, and single word. The strong overtime peri - points, including three 3- Turnovers: Richmond 10. Jay Muhlenkamp and Lambert “Confidence,” he said. od lifted Jay County after Freshman pointers, from Nick County 16. had nine points apiece. “Right now, our kids, they Nick Chaney of the Red The Patriots struggled Whalen. Expansion ... Continued from page 1 To that end, the project calls for ferred that ground be broken on It was originally built in 1935 as the addition of a total of about the project by that date.) In order an auto dealership and later 2,700 square feet at the northwest to make that happen, the organi - became home to Jay County and southwest corners of the zation needs to at least get to the REMC and Indiana Michigan building. That expansion will ‘This will have a tremendous $2.1 million mark. Power before Arts Place pur - push Arts Place to just under Preferably, Rogers said, chased it in 1983. 23,400 square feet. impact on the flexibility fundraising can get as close to the The goal is to secure the build - The new space at the northeast of the building and the number $2.4 million mark as possible ing so that it will last for the long- corner will accommodate the “because this isn’t a project with term. That would include dealing expanded lobby and community of students who can use any real fluff in it, it’s hard for us with those moisture issues, giv - gallery. the building at any given time.’ to do much less than close to the ing the building a better shell and “That community gallery is so total project.” grading the land around it for critical for two reasons,” said —Eric Rogers, Arts Place executive director Items that could potentially be proper drainage. Rogers. “We don’t have a good delayed include parking lot and Already, Rogers noted, about waiting area in the building. And landscaping, but they make up a $10,000 was spent to lift the north - it’s a place where area artists can small portion of the overall west corner of the building about have their work on display.” to individual lessons, space is at a really hard time scheduling visu - plans. 2 inches. Local artists can get a show in premium. For instance, the per - al arts classes.” As he looks ahead to the work When the Arts Place board of the main gallery, but those are cussion group currently prac - Overall, the goal is to be able to that is planned for 2020, Rogers is directors started looking at those usually restricted to one per tices in the set shop. expand Arts Place’s impact for its most excited about the prospect problems in 2014, it seemed time artist every five to 10 years. Plans in the visual arts area patrons of making the facility structural - to expand their scope. “We need an area where artists call for renovation to allow for “We’re going to be able to teach ly sound. “The board decided to take a can display their works on short - full use of pottery wheels, better more students, make the building “This building needs to be here larger look,” Rogers said. “It’s er terms or maybe have a few ventilation for kilns and new stor - more accessible for our stu - 100 years from now. And right sort of silly to just deal with the works up,” Rogers said. “That’s age for artists. dents,” said Rogers. now, as it is, we’re going to be con - structural issues. What else do we part of our mission is to give “They really need to leave their “For theatrical productions, stantly dealing with major main - need to deal with?” them exposure.” work up while they’re working on whether it’s theatre or concerts, tenance issues that drain the The answers: The additional music studios it. We’ve got to be able to store it flexibility is a big deal,” he added, budget,” he said. “If we can take •Form a better lobby area for on the southwest side will help to so we can have another class,” noting that some equipment these steps, the building will have those who are waiting for stu - accommodate all of the various said Rogers. “Right now we’re dates back to 1985. “We’re doing less attention that needs to be dents groups that are now active. sort of stuck because if we’ve got work on the theatre that really spent on it so we can focus on •Add music studios to accom - Rogers notes that 20 years ago a painting class going on we can’t needs to be done. other stuff.” modate growth there was just one local music have any other class going on in “This will have a tremendous With his own retirement not •Create a “community gallery” ensemble. The list is much longer that area.” impact on the flexibility of the too many years away, he’s hopeful to display the work of local now with Jay County Communi - Creating new storage areas building and the number of stu - that future fundraising efforts artists ty Band, Eastern Breeze flute that would allow for that artwork dents who can use the building at can be all about satisfying the •Make the theatre area more ensemble, Brown Paper Sax saxo - to be kept safe and out of the way any given time.” programming needs of Arts use-friendly phone ensemble, Brassissimo! would allow the space to be used As fundraising continues, time - Place patrons. “I want to hear •Renovate the visual arts class - trumpet ensemble and Distant far more often. lines are starting to close in. that next capital campaign is rooms to allow for better storage, Thunder percussion ensemble, A “Suddenly we can have four dif - For Arts Place to receive some going to be about needing to equipment use and functionality Choired Taste choir and Stateline ferent classes going on in that of the grant funding it has been expand because we have so many •Upgrade equipment Singers youth choir. space,” Rogers said, “which awarded, bids need to be let no more people,” he said, “and that’s •Expand office space With that long list, in addition would help us because we have a later than June 1. 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Page 8 www.thecr.com The Commercial Review Tribe Saving the day moves Muhlenkamp comes up with key loose ball and to 2-0 makes four FTs in final minute of Jay County victory FORT RECOVERY — Points were at a pre - By RAY COONEY backcourt as he was mium. The Commercial Review swarmed by a double- The Indians man - Gavin Muhlenkamp team. Richmond (0-1) aged just enough of made four free throws in seemed primed to make them. the final minute. the steal and have a Fort Recovery High But it was a play that chance to reclaim the School’s girls basket - didn’t end up on the stat advantage, but Muh - ball sheet that may have been lenkamp hurried into the team FRHS the biggest. fray, snagged the loose ball eked roundup The sophomore guard’s and from a seated position out a save of a would-be managed to make a clean victory Saturday, turnover with 25 seconds pass to Ethan Dirksen. knocking off left may well have also “The ball just got tan - Wapakoneta Redskins saved the Jay County High gled up between a whole 35-32. School boys basketball bunch of people,” Muh - The Tribe (2-0) built team as it out-fought the lenkamp said. “A couple of a 14-7 lead in the open - visiting Richmond Red us dove. I was just lucky to ing quarter and was Devils down the stretch get the ball and passed it left clinging to a one- for a 47-44 victory Satur - to Ethan Dirksen and we point lead — 27-26 — day. took control from there.” heading into the “That’s just playing The ball eventually fourth. Paige with heart,” said JCHS ended up back in Muh - Fortkamp scored six coach Chris Krieg. “It’s lenkamp’s hands as he of her team’s eight like, ‘I want this ball. I was fouled with 11.7 sec - points in the last quar - want this win.’ We wanted onds left and proceeded to ter as FRHS held on this more than they did. bury two more free for the victory. And we went out there throws. Forkamp hit three 3- down the stretch, that last “I knew I had to hit pointers prior to the 30 seconds, we wanted this these for the team because fourth quarter as she victory. And the kids went we played so hard the paced the Indians with out and got it.” whole game,” said Muh - 15 points. Kierra Wen - The Patriots (2-0) trailed lenkamp, who had missed del added seven points by two when they called a his only other foul shot — and Alli Vaughn timeout with 2:21 left, set - the front end of a one-and- scored five. ting up a drive to the bas - one late in the first half — Fort Recovery will ket by Noah Arbuckle for before draining the four in seek to extend its sea - the game-tying score. the waning moments. son-opening win Muhlenkamp hit the first “Luckily they went in.” streak when it plays of his two sets of free Richmond made it inter - its Midwest Athletic throws with 53.7 seconds esting as Tytan Newton Conference opener left to give them the lead, scored with 8.3 seconds Thursday at Ver - and they got the ball back left to close the gap to 46- sailles. again when Gavin Lam - 44. Arbuckle split a pair of bert won the battle for a free throws, and after Swimmers 2nd rebound after an Andrew JCHS gave a foul the Red MINSTER — Fort Kroft 3-point miss. Devils settled for a New - Recovery High Noah Arbuckle took the ton 3-point try from near The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney School’s girls swim inbound pass following half court that fell short team placed second another timeout but lost as time expired. Ethan Dirksen of Jay County High School attacks the basket against Saturday in a five-team control of the ball in the See Saving page 5 Richmond’s Andrew Kroft during the second half Saturday. meet hosted by Min - ster at Auglaize-Mer - cer YMCA. The Indian girls Turnovers, blocks scored 87 points to fin - ish second to New Bre - are costly for Colts men (136). Versailles was third with 49. By MICHAEL MAROT watch the film and figure AP Sports Writer it out.” In the boys meet, INDIANAPOLIS — Coach Frank Reich didn’t Fort Recovery scored Everything felt right to need much time to dissect 18 points to trail Adam Vinatieri. what went wrong on the Memorial (97), Ver - Then the NFL’s career decisive kick. sailles (93) and Min - scoring leader heard the The replay clearly ster (84). sound every kicker fears. showed Dane Cruikshank Ava Bubp scored the Moments after Ten - splitting a gap on the Colts’ lone individual win for nessee blocked its second line, racing in virtually the Tribe as she took field goal Sunday, the 46- untouched and getting the 100-yard freestyle year-old Vinatieri looked almost directly in front of by nearly two seconds up and saw Tye Smith Vinatieri, who never had a in 59.18 seconds. She sprinting 63 yards for the chance. Smith then alertly was also the runner-up go-ahead touchdown as scooped up the ball and in the 100 backstroke. the Titans got past the nobody, not even the man Paige Fortkamp, Colts 31-17. who once tackled Herschel Autumn Burk, Kyra “I can’t ever see what’s Walker from behind on a Clark and Bubp won going on, I’m looking kickoff, could chase down the 200 freestyle relay down at the ball. Whenev - the Titans cornerback. with their time of 1 er you hear ‘pop-pop’ Smith insisted afterward minute, 50.21 seconds. that’s never a good sign,” it was all by design. Michael Braun had he said. “I felt like my tim - “We had it in the plan we the top finish for the ing and get-off time was could get it and we got to boys team as he was good and all that stuff, so I it,” he said. “I was at ball fourth in the 100 back - don’t think that was the level to catch it and run stroke. issue necessarily, but we’ll with it.” Sports on tap

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