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J Ja ac ck k L L. . B Bl lo ow we er rs s, , 84, Bryant Details on page 2. Portland had a high tempera- ture of 74 degrees Friday with heavy rain falling in the after- noon and evening. Rain is likely to continue today with a high of 67. There is a chance of rain the rest of the weekend with a low of 53 tonight and a high of 77 Sunday. For an extended forecast, see page 2. The Jay County Fair Asso- ciation will hold a dedication and open house Sunday for the new Marion and Irene Bubp Exhibition Hall at Jay County Fairgrounds. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is open to the public. M Mo on nd da ay y — — Photos from Sunday’s Miss Jay County Fair Queen Pageant. W We ed dn ne es sd da ay y — — Columnist managed to stir up a hornets’ nest. Back in the Saddle. Deaths Weather In review Coming up www.thecr.com 75 cents Portland, Indiana 47371 The Commercial Review Saturday, June 27, 2015 Before Bryant, Dunkirk, Pennville, Portland and Redkey high schools consolidated into Jay County High School, three others closed their doors in the 1960s. Madison, Gray and Poling were all shuttered in a span of five years between 1963 and 1968, sending students mostly to Portland and Redkey. Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories about Jay County’s consol- idation to a single high school. The series will a look at each of the five high schools that merged, the teachers, athletics and the first graduating class at JCHS. It will run on Saturdays through mid- August. By MASON SHREVE The Commercial Review Before there was one, there were five. But before there were five, there were eight. Before Portland, Red- key, Dunkirk, Bryant and Pennville high schools were consolidated and became Jay County High School in 1975, Governor I.P. Gray, Madison Town- ship and Poling schools each faced consolidation issues of their own. Gray closed its doors in 1965, sending its remain- ing students to Redkey and Portland high schools for the 1965-66 school year. Poling shut down in 1963 and Madison had its final year in 1967. Both schools merged with Port- land High School, Poling for the 1964-65 school year and Madison during the 1967-68 school year. When Poling became the first to close its doors, it sent its high school stu- dents to Portland High School and its grade schoolers to the new Bloomfield Elementary School. Before shutting down, Poling School, which was located about 5 miles west of Bryant in Jackson Township, had a storied history. Like all three of the early consolidated schools and Bryant, Pol- ing was part of the ‘Little Four,’ and its basketball games with Bryant High School, fighting for the Little Brown Jug, were legendary. Before Poling High School, though, there were no high schools in Jackson Township. The township had about 10 common schools, but no high school. Even- tually demand for one became so great that one was implemented, and Poling became Jackson Township’s official high school. A three-year program was set up and, at first, the upper classes graduat- ed from Pennville High School, since four years of high school was required for graduation. According to information at the Jay County Histori- cal Museum, Arta Alber- son is the first known graduate of Poling, earn- ing her diploma in 1906 after transferring from Petroleum High School. See O On nc ce e page 2 Once there were eight Gray, Madison and Poling closed in 1960s By CLAIRE GALOFARO and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ben- jamin Moore and Tadd Roberts wore matching tuxedos to the county clerk’s office in Louisville to get married Friday, and the mayor greeted them with a bottle of cham- pagne. They were among a rush of gay couples across the South and Midwest who celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage with spontaneous weddings. They were young and old, they wore gowns and suits or T-shirts and jeans, they kissed and waved flags that read “love wins.” “It’s just been incredible and historic and amazing to live this moment,” Moore said. The mayor took commemorative pho- tos of him and Roberts get- ting their license. But the reaction wasn’t as welcoming in some of the 14 states that had been the last holdouts against same-sex marriage, creat- ing confusion as some offi- cials embraced the ruling and others rebuffed it. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who has long fought against same-sex marriage, said states can fight the ruling, as they have decisions allowing slavery or abortion, and predicted that it would spark a national backlash from Christian conserva- tives. “They’ve just disregard- ed everything that prece- dent holds, and they’ve destroyed the foundation of our country which is family,” Moore said. In rural Alabama, Pike County Probate Judge Wes Allen said he would stop issuing all marriage licens- es to avoid having to give them to gay couples. Couples marry following decision SOUSSE, Tunisia (AP) — A young man pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella and sprayed gunfire at European sun- bathers at a Tunisian resort, killing at least 38 people — one of three deadly attacks Friday from Europe to North Africa to the Middle East that followed a call to vio- lence by Islamic State extremists. The shootings in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading. It was unclear if the violence was linked but it came days after the IS militants urged their followers “to make Ramadan a month of calamities for the nonbe- lievers.” In all, the assailants killed at least 65 people. The SITE Intelligence Group reported later that the IS claimed credit for the Tunisia attack on its Twit- ter account and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani. The attack in Tunisia, the country’s worst ever, comes just months after the March 18 massacre at the national Bardo museum in Tunis that killed 22 people, again mostly tourists, and has called into question the newly elected govern- ment’s ability to protect the country. “Once again, cowardly and traitorous hands have struck Tunisia, targeting its security and that of its children and visitors,” President Beji Caid Essebsi told reporters at the RIU Imperial Marhaba hotel, near the beach rampage site. Attacks leave dozens dead By JOHN KEKIS and MICHAEL VIRTANEN Associated Press MALONE, N.Y. — One of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape from an upstate maximum-security prison three weeks ago was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in a wooded area about 30 miles from the prison on Friday, and the other is on the run, authorities said. Authorities tracked down and killed Richard Matt after a person towing a camper reported that there was a bullet hole through the back of it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state police said at a news confer- ence. David Sweat hasn’t been spot- ted, Cuomo said. The shooting of the camper led officers to a cabin Friday afternoon in Malone, where they discovered the smell of gunpowder, said Joseph D’Amico, superintendent of New York State Police. There were indications someone had recently been there and fled out the back door, he said. While searching the property, officers heard coughs and detected movement, and tactical teams came upon Matt in the woods. “They verbally challenged him, told him to put up his hands. And at that time, he was shot when he didn’t comply,” D’Amico said. A 20-gauge shotgun was found on Matt, who didn’t fire the weapon, D’Amico said. Prison escapee shot by agent By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — This month’s heavy rains and flooding across much of Indiana have already reduced the state’s corn and soybean crop by nearly $300 million, agriculture experts estimated Friday, adding that the damage could escalate with more wet weather. The projected harvest for both crops has dropped about 5 percent since the heavy rainfall began in early June, Purdue Univer- sity agricultural economist Chris Hurt said. But the damage isn’t evenly spread. The worst is in northern Indiana, which has seen a foot or more of rainfall so far during June, leading to swamped farm fields. Lowland flooding continues along the Wabash and White rivers and some tributaries in southwestern Indiana. More than a third of the fields in some counties are in bad shape, such as Adams County in north- eastern Indiana, where the St. Marys River had signifi- cant flooding last week. “We’re just in the midst of this now,” Hurt said. “We don’t know how much total damage there will be.” Some of the financial losses from crop damage could be offset by higher per-bushel prices, govern- ment assistance programs and crop insurance, he said. Indiana has had only four days this month dur- ing which it didn’t rain somewhere in the state, and long-range forecasts project above-average rain- fall for much of the Mid- west through the summer, associate state climatolo- gist Ken Scheeringa said. This year’s crop damage is still far short of what Indiana saw during the 2012 drought, which result- ed in nearly $1.5 billion crop insurance payments, according to Hurt. Counties must see a 30 percent production loss for at least one crop in order for farmers to qualify for federal disaster programs and low-interest loans, said Julia Wickard, state execu- tive director of the federal Farm Service Agency. Crops could see a big hit The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald It’s raining ... again Jay County was being doused with water again Friday as heavy rain began falling just before 4 p.m. and continued into the evening. More rain is in the forecast for today.
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JJaacckk LL.. BBlloowweerrss,, 84, BryantDetails on page 2.
Portland had a high tempera-ture of 74 degrees Friday withheavy rain falling in the after-noon and evening.Rain is likely to continue
today with a high of 67. There isa chance of rain the rest of theweekend with a low of 53tonight and a high of 77 Sunday.For an extended forecast, see
page 2.
The Jay County Fair Asso-ciation will hold a dedicationand open house Sunday for thenew Marion and Irene BubpExhibition Hall at Jay CountyFairgrounds. The event willbegin at 6:30 p.m. and is opento the public.
MMoonnddaayy —— Photos fromSunday’s Miss Jay CountyFair Queen Pageant.
WWeeddnneessddaayy —— Columnistmanaged to stir up a hornets’nest. Back in the Saddle.
Deaths Weather In review Coming up
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Before Bryant, Dunkirk, Pennville, Portland and Redkey high schools consolidated into Jay County High School,three others closed their doors in the 1960s. Madison, Gray and Poling were all shuttered in a span of five years between1963 and 1968, sending students mostly to Portland and Redkey.
Editor’s note: This is thefourth in a series of storiesabout Jay County’s consol-idation to a single highschool. The series will alook at each of the fivehigh schools that merged,the teachers, athletics andthe first graduating classat JCHS. It will run onSaturdays through mid-August.By MASON SHREVEThe Commercial ReviewBefore there was one,
there were five. But beforethere were five, therewere eight.
Before Portland, Red-key, Dunkirk, Bryant andPennville high schoolswere consolidated andbecame Jay County HighSchool in 1975, GovernorI.P. Gray, Madison Town-ship and Poling schoolseach faced consolidationissues of their own.Gray closed its doors in
1965, sending its remain-ing students to Redkeyand Portland highschools for the 1965-66school year.Poling shut down in
1963 and Madison had itsfinal year in 1967. Both
schools merged with Port-land High School, Polingfor the 1964-65 school yearand Madison during the1967-68 school year.When Poling became
the first to close its doors,it sent its high school stu-dents to Portland HighSchool and its gradeschoolers to the newBloomfield ElementarySchool.Before shutting down,
Poling School, which waslocated about 5 miles westof Bryant in JacksonTownship, had a storiedhistory.
Like all three of theearly consolidatedschools and Bryant, Pol-ing was part of the ‘LittleFour,’ and its basketballgames with Bryant HighSchool, fighting for theLittle Brown Jug, werelegendary.Before Poling High
School, though, therewere no high schools inJackson Township.The township had
about 10 common schools,but no high school. Even-tually demand for onebecame so great that onewas implemented, and
Poling became JacksonTownship’s official highschool.A three-year program
was set up and, at first,the upper classes graduat-ed from Pennville HighSchool, since four yearsof high school wasrequired for graduation.According to informationat the Jay County Histori-cal Museum, Arta Alber-son is the first knowngraduate of Poling, earn-ing her diploma in 1906after transferring fromPetroleum High School.
See OOnnccee page 2
Once there were eight
Gray, Madison and Poling closed in 1960s
By CLAIRE GALOFAROand KIM CHANDLERAssociated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ben-
jamin Moore and TaddRoberts wore matchingtuxedos to the countyclerk’s office in Louisvilleto get married Friday, andthe mayor greeted themwith a bottle of cham-pagne.They were among a rush
of gay couples across theSouth and Midwest whocelebrated the SupremeCourt’s ruling legalizingsame-sex marriage withspontaneous weddings.They were young and old,they wore gowns and suitsor T-shirts and jeans, theykissed and waved flags thatread “love wins.”“It’s just been incredible
and historic and amazingto live this moment,”Moore said. The mayortook commemorative pho-tos of him and Roberts get-ting their license.But the reaction wasn’t
as welcoming in some ofthe 14 states that had beenthe last holdouts againstsame-sex marriage, creat-ing confusion as some offi-cials embraced the rulingand others rebuffed it.Alabama Chief Justice
Roy Moore, who has longfought against same-sexmarriage, said states canfight the ruling, as theyhave decisions allowingslavery or abortion, andpredicted that it wouldspark a national backlashfrom Christian conserva-tives.“They’ve just disregard-
ed everything that prece-dent holds, and they’vedestroyed the foundationof our country which isfamily,” Moore said.In rural Alabama, Pike
County Probate Judge WesAllen said he would stopissuing all marriage licens-es to avoid having to givethem to gay couples.
Couplesmarryfollowingdecision
SOUSSE, Tunisia (AP)— A young man pulled aKalashnikov from a beachumbrella and sprayedgunfire at European sun-bathers at a Tunisianresort, killing at least 38people — one of threedeadly attacks Fridayfrom Europe to NorthAfrica to the Middle Eastthat followed a call to vio-lence by Islamic Stateextremists.The shootings in the
Tunisian resort of Soussehappened at about thesame time as a bombingat a Shiite mosque inKuwait and an attack on aU.S.-owned factory inFrance that included abeheading. It was unclearif the violence was linkedbut it came days after theIS militants urged theirfollowers “to makeRamadan a month ofcalamities for the nonbe-lievers.” In all, the
assailants killed at least65 people.The SITE Intelligence
Group reported later thatthe IS claimed credit for theTunisia attack on its Twit-ter account and identifiedthe gunman as Abu Yahyaal-Qayrawani.The attack in Tunisia,
the country’s worst ever,comes just months after theMarch 18 massacre at thenational Bardo museum inTunis that killed 22 people,
again mostly tourists, andhas called into question thenewly elected govern-ment’s ability to protect thecountry.“Once again, cowardly
and traitorous hands havestruck Tunisia, targetingits security and that of itschildren and visitors,”President Beji Caid Essebsitold reporters at the RIUImperial Marhaba hotel,near the beach rampagesite.
Attacks leave dozens dead
By JOHN KEKISand MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated PressMALONE, N.Y. — One of two
convicted murderers who staged abrazen escape from an upstatemaximum-security prison threeweeks ago was shot and killed by aBorder Patrol agent in a woodedarea about 30 miles from the prison
on Friday, and the other is on therun, authorities said.Authorities tracked down and
killed Richard Matt after a persontowing a camper reported thatthere was a bullet hole through theback of it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo andstate police said at a news confer-ence. David Sweat hasn’t been spot-ted, Cuomo said.
The shooting of the camper ledofficers to a cabin Friday afternoonin Malone, where they discoveredthe smell of gunpowder, saidJoseph D’Amico, superintendentof New York State Police. Therewere indications someone hadrecently been there and fled out theback door, he said.While searching the property,
officers heard coughs and detectedmovement, and tactical teamscame upon Matt in the woods.“They verbally challenged him,
told him to put up his hands. Andat that time, he was shot when hedidn’t comply,” D’Amico said.A 20-gauge shotgun was found on
Matt, who didn’t fire the weapon,D’Amico said.
Prison escapee shot by agent
By TOM DAVIESAssociated PressINDIANAPOLIS — This
month’s heavy rains andflooding across much ofIndiana have alreadyreduced the state’s cornand soybean crop by nearly$300 million, agricultureexperts estimated Friday,adding that the damagecould escalate with morewet weather.The projected harvest for
both crops has droppedabout 5 percent since theheavy rainfall began inearly June, Purdue Univer-sity agricultural economistChris Hurt said.But the damage isn’t
evenly spread. The worst isin northern Indiana, whichhas seen a foot or more ofrainfall so far during June,leading to swamped farmfields. Lowland floodingcontinues along theWabash and White riversand some tributaries insouthwestern Indiana.More than a third of the
fields in some counties arein bad shape, such asAdams County in north-eastern Indiana, where theSt. Marys River had signifi-cant flooding last week.
“We’re just in the midstof this now,” Hurt said.“We don’t know how muchtotal damage there willbe.”Some of the financial
losses from crop damagecould be offset by higherper-bushel prices, govern-ment assistance programsand crop insurance, hesaid.Indiana has had only
four days this month dur-ing which it didn’t rainsomewhere in the state,and long-range forecastsproject above-average rain-fall for much of the Mid-west through the summer,associate state climatolo-gist Ken Scheeringa said.This year’s crop damage
is still far short of whatIndiana saw during the2012 drought, which result-ed in nearly $1.5 billioncrop insurance payments,according to Hurt.Counties must see a 30
percent production loss forat least one crop in orderfor farmers to qualify forfederal disaster programsand low-interest loans, saidJulia Wickard, state execu-tive director of the federalFarm Service Agency.
Crops couldsee a big hit
The Commercial Review/Jack Ronald
It’s raining ... againJay County was being doused with water again Friday as heavy rain began falling just
before 4 p.m. and continued into the evening. More rain is in the forecast for today.
Jack BlowersJuly 10, 1930-June 25, 2015Jack L. Blowers, 84, 5443
W. 800 North, Bryant, diedThursday at PersimmonRidge Rehabilitation Cen-ter in Portland. Born in Allen County to
Everett and Ruth (Buckey)Blowers, he was a graduateof Poling High School.He married Shirley
Weaver on Oct. 4, 1952, andshe survives.A veteran of the United
States Navy, he was a self-employed carpenter andelectrician.Surviving in addition to
his wife are a son, WilliamBlowers (wife: Sandi),Bryant; a daughter, JudyBalu (husband: Brian),Houston, Texas; a brother,Max Blowers, Bryant; a sis-ter, Grace Smith, Hope;three grandchildren andthree great-grandchildren.Services are 1 p.m.
Thursday at Baird-Free-man Funeral Home in Port-land with Pastor Mike Mor-gan officiating.Burial will be in Gravel
Hill Cemetery, Bryant.Visitation will be from 4
to 7 p.m. Wednesday at thefuneral home.Memorials may be sent
to the Jay County CancerSociety. Online condo-lences may be sent towww.bairdfreeman.com.
Parking lot accidentTwo Portland drivers
were in an accident Fri-day at Circle K, 325 N.Meridian St., Portland.Travis Shreeve, 26, 5327
E. 200 North, was backingup in his 2007 ChevroletSilverado. He told Port-land police he did not seea 2002 Mitsubishi GalantES behind him andbacked into its passengerside.The Galant is regis-
tered to Greg Ritten-
house, 56, 1818 S. ManuelsDrive. Damage in the 3:10 p.m.
accident was estimatedbetween $1,001 and $2,500.
Sandbag collectionAdams County Emer-
gency Management willpick up sandbags fromGeneva homes and busi-nesses starting Monday.To get sandbags picked
up, call (260) 368-7251 andbe at the property at thetime of pick-up. Sandbags
can also be dropped off atthe street department, 198W. 5th St.
Missing platesRebecca Toschlog, 121
Honeysuckle Lane, Port-land, told Portland policeat 4:10 p.m. Friday thatthe license plates weremissing from her son’scar.
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Trupointe Fort RecoveryCorn..........................3.90July corn..................3.88Beans ......................10.11July crop ................10.11Wheat ......................5.35July crop ..................5.35
Cooper Farms Fort Recovery Corn..........................3.94July corn..................3.94Oct. corn ..................3.79Jan. corn ..................4.01Wheat ......................5.57
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Closing prices as of Friday
Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were no admis-
sions to the hospital Fri-day.
BirthsThere was one birth.
DismissalsThere were seven dis-
missals, including:
Portland — ShaunaManor and son.
EmergenciesThere were 27 people
treated in the emer-gency rooms of JCH,including:Portland — Brittany
T. Wilhelm.Hudsonville, Michi-
gan — Myiah R. Klinger.Redkey — Millard F.
Carlsen and Corey A.Lenington.
Wednesday7 a.m. — Jay County
Board of Health,health departmentoffice, 504 W. Arch St.,Portland.
Thursday10 a.m. — Portland
Board of Works,mayor’s office, cityhall, 321 N. MeridianSt.
July 69 a.m. — Jay County
Commissioners, com-missioners’ room, JayCounty Courthouse.5:30 p.m. — Portland
City Council, councilchambers, fire station,1616 N. Franklin St.7:30 p.m. — Fort
Recovery Village Coun-cil, village hall, 201 S.Main St.
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ObituariesContinued from page 1
She came to Poling as a sopho-more and went through the three-year program.The three-year program was
eventually decommissioned andthe first four-year graduates grad-uated in 1915. They were SylviaRigby and John Wilson.The final class of Yellow Jack-
ets was a group of 10 made up ofRosemary Bye, Charlene Calhoun,Bob Carpenter, Jacqueline Cline,John Horn, Donna Houser, VickieSue Siders, Tom Smith, ClarelStrausburg and Marcia Urban.Strausburg said part of the
school’s charm was its small size.“Just about all of us started and
finished together,” he said.He also remembers the school
being there to support him whenhis father died. Clarel was 13years old at the time, and all of hisfellow students showed up to payrespects at the funeral.“I’ll never forget that,” he said.The quality of small school
friendship and support alsomarked the time students spent atGov. I.P. Gray High School.Jefferson Township, the future
home of Gray, was organized in1838. Soon after that, the first les-sons were being taught byThomas Athy in a log cabinknown as Finch’s School. The township would see its
schools go through numerousincarnations before Gov. I.P. GraySchool officially opened its doorsin 1912. The school, which tookthe nickname Redbirds, wasnamed after Isaac Pusey Gray,Indiana’s 19th governor.The school opened for the 1912-
13 school year, with the inauguralgraduating class boasting RolandVanSkyock as its only member.Fifty-six years later in 1965, Grayclosed with a graduating class of15, including Charles Booth, Ran-dall Bush, Charles Clear, EarlEvans, Carol Fisher, LeroyMcGinnis, Tom Herman, RandyHeston, Linda Krieg, Ingrid Rath-bun, Karen Retter, Bruce Rust,Vern Saxman, John Todd andRichard White.One of the biggest memories for
that class is the friendlinessthroughout the K-12 buidling.“We were all in there in one
building,” Linda (Krieg) Leon-
hard said. “Some of my bestmemories are that we kneweveryone, just the friendliness.“We were all country kids. We
did country things. We made ourown fun.“Even after school we had such
a bond,” she added. “In the biggerschools you don’t get thosebonds.”The small school was “a unique
little place,” she said while remi-niscing happily about the classes,and more happily about thelunches, which were homemade.“I think that was one of the best
things I remember,” she said witha laugh. “The home-cooked food.”That class celebrated the
school’s final 50th reunion June13, gathering at Jay County His-torical Museum to browsethrough Gray memorabilia andcatch up with each other.“It was amazing,” Leonhard
said of the reunion. “It was oneof the most wonderful days of mylife in the last 50 years.”Like Gray in Jefferson Town-
ship, Madison Township alsostarted off with a one-room logcabin school. That building, the
first Madison School, was built in1854 across the road from whereMadison Township High Schoolwould be built almost 70 yearslater.Classes at Madison, which was
southeast of Salamonia, first metin the fall of 1923, with HaroldBrubaker as principal. Heremained principal there for 17years before taking the same posi-tion at Portland High School,where Madison’s students wouldbe transferred when the schoolclosed in 1967.As the school started in 1923, it
saw its first graduating class in1924. The first graduating Tom-cats were Ruby Keltner, ThelmaKidder, Tressa Miller and PaulWhitacre.The final graduating class of
1967 included James Myers,Patrick Wallace, Judy Theurer,Kathy Shauver, Allen Shauver,Larry LeMaster, Shauna Sheffer,Gary LeMaster, James Gettinger,Steven Gaerke, Judy Parks,William Parks, Kenneth Kunkle,Keith Hiser, Michael Aker, Mari-lyn Bonifas, Sam Myers, JohnBallard and Ginger Beeks.
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A convicted murdererappeared in Jay CircuitCourt Tuesday afternoonto challenge his sentence. Michael Heffern was
sentenced in 2010 to 60years in prison for the 2008murder of Shawn Buckn-er, as well as 15 years forrobbery while armed witha deadly weapon.Heffern contends his
previous attorneys, JasonWelch and Mark Small, didnot represent him as wellas they could have. Welchand Small each briefly tes-tified Tuesday.Heffern’s total sentence
was longer than those fourothers involved, who weresentenced for murder only.During a 2011 appeal, thecourt ruled Heffern’s rob-bery and murder convic-tions were not double jeop-ardy.Tina Whiting and Addi-
son Pijnappels were eachsentenced to 55 years afterbeing found guilty at trial.Tom Smith and RoderickBerry, who both pleadedguilty, were sentenced to 60and 53 years respectively.Judge Brian Hutchison
will issue a decision with-in 30 days of receiving allrelevant papers in thecase.
Heffernappealssentence
The Commercial Review/Kathryne Rubright
Bass in the bandStaff Sergeant Hamilton Price plays the bass during the
U.S. Army Field Band’s Jazz Ambassadors concert Friday night in theJay County High School auditorium. The concert featured jazz from alleras and vocals from Master Sgt. Marva Lewis.
Notices will appear inthe Community Calendaras space is available. To
submit an item, call fami-ly editor Virginia Cline at(260) 726-8141.
Today ALCOHOLICS ANONY-
MOUS — Will meet at 10a.m. upstairs at TrueValue Hardware, NorthMeridian Street, Portland.For more information, call(260) 729-2532.PORTLAND FARMERS’
MARKET — Will be openfrom 8 a.m. to noon eachSaturday at the Jay Coun-ty Courthouse.
MondayPORTLAND BREAK-
FAST OPTIMISTS — Willmeet at 6:45 a.m. for break-fast at Richards Restau-rant.
BRYANT AREA COM-MUNITY CENTER —Walking from 9 to 10 a.m.every Monday, Wednesdayand Friday.WEST JAY COMMUNI-
TY CENTER GROUP —Doors open at 10:30 a.m.Bingo is at 11 a.m. Therewill be birthday cake andice cream for April, Mayand June birthdays.Euchre begins at 1 p.m.Cost $1. For more informa-tion, call (765) 768-1544.PREGNANCY CARE
CENTER of Jay County —Free pregnancy testingwith ongoing support dur-ing and after pregnancy.
The center is located at 216S. Meridian St., Portland.Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday. Formore information or anappointment, call (260) 726-8636. Appointments orwalk-ins accepted.BREAD OF LIFE COM-
MUNITY FAMILY MEAL— Will be served from 5:30to 6:30 p.m. at Asbury Unit-ed Methodist Church, 204E. Arch St. in Portland.Everyone is welcome. TAKE OFF POUNDS
SENSIBLY (TOPS) — Willmeet for weigh-in at 5:30p.m., with the meeting at 6p.m., in the fellowship hall
at Evangelical MethodistChurch, 930 W. Main St.,Portland. New memberswelcome. For more infor-mation, call (260) 726-5312.
TuesdayBRYANT COMMUNITY
CENTER EUCHRE — Willbe played at 1 p.m. eachTuesday. The public is wel-come.
ReunionsSHAWVER/SHAUVER
FAMILY REUNION — Willbe held at noon Sunday atHaynes Park in Portland.Bring food and familyinformation.
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Looking for a Motivated, Creative, self-starter for
Part Time Director of the Jay County Solid Waste District.
Experience in offi ce management, accounting, Quick Books and budgets
helpful. Organizational and people skills a must. Three day work week. Resumes
accepted through July 3, 2015.
Mail resumes to or deliver to:
Jay County Solid Waste DistrictAttn: Board of Directors
5948 W. St Rd 67Portland, In 47371
Asbury United Methodist Church is looking for 2 fun, energetic nursery workers, at least 18 years of age, to oversee the care of children 0-5 years of age.
The qualifi ed candidates will:* provide a nurturing, safe environment* work 8:45 - 11:45 each Sunday morning* show genuine interest in growing the nursery
If interested in joining the Asbury team and becoming part of a growing, vibrant church, please send your resume to: Asbury United Methodist Church, 204 East Arch St, Portland, In 47371 or [email protected]
Love children?Want to play an important part in
growing a nursery ministry?
* Babysitting or daycare experience a plus. The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.
Community Calendar
50th anniversary
Linda and Jerry Leonhard-1965
Jerry andLinda
LeonhardPortland
Jerry and Linda Leonhard,321 E. North St., Portland, arecelebrating their 50th weddinganniversary today.Jerry married Linda Krieg
on June 27, 1965, at First Pres-byterian Church in Portland.Linda works at John Jay Cen-
ter for Learning in Portlandand Jerry is retired fromFranklin Electric.They are the parents of Tim
Leonhard (wife: Deb), Muncie,and Tom Leonhard (wife:
Tracy), Portland. They alsohave five grandchildren. The couple had a surprise
party on June 20 at John Jay.
Linda and Jerry Leonhard-2015
DEAR ABBY: I am 18 and livewith my parents. I have a part-time job and I also attend a localuniversity. My parents and Ihave always gotten along, and Ihave been obedient and respect-ful of their rules. I have suffered from depres-
sion for years, but now I havefinally met someone who makesme happy and feel like I amworth something. Abby, he is ofa different race. This doesn’tmean anything to me. I knowhe’s a great guy and I really likehim. The problem is, my par-ents are very racist. They have done so much for
me that I feel guilty datingsomeone they don’t approve of.They have told me to never datesomeone like that. I am torn andashamed of them, and I don’tknow what to do. How do I break it to them? Am
I wrong for being with a gen-
uine, amazing guy who finallymakes me happy? — FINALLYMET SOMEONE IN PENNSYL-VANIADDEEAARR FFIINNAALLLLYY MMEETT SSOOMMEE--
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ttiioonnss ccaarreeffuullllyy,, bbeeccaauussee uunnttiillyyoouu hhaavvee tthhee aannsswweerrss aanndd aarreepprreeppaarreedd ttoo bbee oouutt oonn yyoouurr oowwnn,,II ddoonn’’tt tthhiinnkk yyoouu sshhoouulldd mmaakkeeaannyy aannnnoouunncceemmeennttss..DEAR ABBY: I run around
with my sister “Pam” a lot. Sheis eight years older. She had aface-lift some years ago, and shecontinues to seek out cosmeticprocedures to enhance herappearance. I have had Botoxand fillers, but do not want aface-lift. I am trying to agegracefully, just at a slightlyslower pace.I love my sister and I think
she looks beautiful. However,
when Pam and I are togetherand tell people we’re sisters,they always think I’m the olderone. My feelings are hurt.When our father died, I
gained 30 pounds. Food was howI dealt with my grief. I havebeen working hard to get in bet-ter shape and lose weight. I amhalfway to my goal, and proudof myself, but when theseencounters happen, I getthrown. How do I answer peoplewho ask about the age differ-ence and make those com-ments? — YOUNGER ONE INFLORIDADDEEAARR YYOOUUNNGGEERR OONNEE:: NNoott
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hhaavvee ttoo ssaayy iiss,, ““NNooppee!! SShhee’’ss mmyyBBIIGG ssiisstteerr..”” AAnndd sshhoouulldd ssoommee--oonnee ccoommmmeenntt oonn yyoouurr aappppeeaarr--aannccee,, bbee hhoonneesstt.. SSaayy yyoouu ggaaiinneeddssoommee wweeiigghhtt,, bbuutt yyoouu’’rree wwoorrkk--iinngg oonn ttaakkiinngg iitt ooffff aanndd ggeettttiinnggbbaacckk iinnttoo sshhaappee.. IItt’’ss nnoo ddiiss--ggrraaccee;; iitt’’ss aaddmmiirraabbllee..
———Dear Abby is written by Abi-
gail Van Buren, also known asJeanne Phillips, and was found-ed by her mother, PaulinePhillips. Contact Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.To receive a collection of
Abby’s most memorable — andmost frequently requested —poems and essays, send yourname and mailing address, pluscheck or money order for $7(U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby —Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447,Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.Shipping and handling areincluded in the price.
DearAbby
Parents won’t approve boyfriend choice
By VIRGINIA CLINEThe Commercial ReviewSeveral events are com-
ing up at Fort RecoveryPublic Library as part ofits summer reading pro-gram ‘Every Hero Has aStory.’Fun crafts will be held
at 10:30 a.m. on July 7. Sci-ence Central from FortWayne will present a pro-gram at 10:30 a.m. on Fri-day, July 10.Students will perform
the play “R.O.M. 3.0 andJulia” at 10:30 AM on Sat-urday, July 11.A pool party will be
held, for those who partic-ipated in the summerreading program, at 4:30
p.m. on July 15. There willbe snacks and prizes. For more information,
call (419) 375-2869.
Art exhibitThe exhibit ‘Points of
View’ from David Hannon,of Muncie, is on displaythrough July 17 at ArtsPlace in Portland.Hannon’s representa-
tional paintings balancefact with fiction, with hiscurrent exhibit focusingon personality archetypeswaging an ideological andphilosophical battle ofwits.His work has been
exhibited nationally andinternationally.Arts Place is open from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.
Science eventBodin Sikes, a fresh-
man at South Adams HighSchool, will attend theCongress of Future Sci-ence and TechnologyLeaders in Boston Sundaythrough Tuesday.
He was nominated byastronaut Buzz Aldrin,Science director of theNational Academy ofFuture Scientists.Sikes will hear Nobel
Laureates and NationalMedal of Science winnersspeak about leading scien-tific research, be givenadvice from deans of theworld’s top tech universi-ties, be inspired by otherteen science prodigies andlearn about the future ofscience and technology.
Minnetrista events A farmer’s market is
held from 8 a.m. to nooneach Saturday and from 3to 6 p.m. each Wednesday
at Minnetrista in Muncie.A canning booth will beopen with free samplesand to answer questionson canning.The exhibit ‘My Collec-
tion/My Story’ is on dis-play through Sept. 7, fea-turing comic books, rarecoins, heirloom clocks andmore.
Anniversary partySwiss Heritage Village
& Museum, 1200 SwissWay in Berne, will cele-brate its 30th anniversaryon July 11. There will behalf-price tours from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. and cake andice cream served fromnoon until closing.
Bookmobile visits The Jay County Public
Library bookmobile willvisit Redkey Elementaryfrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. onJuly 1 and July 8 andBearcreek Farms from 9 to11 a.m. on July 2 and July9.
Jay Library eventsA mythological heroes
Olympian special pro-gram for teens will be heldat 6:30 p.m. Wednesday atJay County PublicLibrary. Preschool programs will
be at 9 a.m. on July 2 and 9.JCPL is located at 315 N.
Ship St. in Portland.
Fort Recovery continues reading program
Marriage applicationsThe following couples
applied for a marriagelicense recently in theclerk’s office of Jay Coun-ty Courthouse:Barbara Jo Jacks, 62,
and Susan RobertaStuteville, 60, both of 550E. 900 South, Portland.Marcus G. Schwartz, 22,
1491 E. 200 South, Monroe,and Lizzie S. Schwartz, 18,4131 E. 500 North, Port-land.Gary Allen Corn, 53, and
Mary Jean Corn, 50, bothof 8472 S. 1150 West, Red-key.Jason Lee Loy, 44, and
Loretta Lynn Taylor, 43,both of 1972 W. 800 South,Portland.Taren Zeth Harter, 19,
and Daniela Jade Lam-bert, 19, both of 1237 N.U.S. 27, lot 111, Portland.Cesar Gonzalez, 40, and
Lacey Dawn Lemaster, 29,both of 228 E. Water St.,Portland.Dustin Michael Cline,
24, and Aeriel Dawn Eyer,24, both of 1237 W. 450South, Portland.Michael Joseph Carey,
42, and Debbie Lynn Blair,53, both of 5802 E. Ind. 26,Portland.
Elderly menuLifeStream Senior Café
is open at 11:30 a.m. Tues-day and Thursday at JayCommunity Center in
Portland. Tuesday is slop-py Joe, baked beans, salad,peach crisp. No menu isavailable for Thursday.
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RAY COONEYEditor
Page 4 Opinion The Commercial ReviewSaturday, June 27, 2015
JEANNE LUTZAdvertising Manager
To the editor:This is to inform the veter-
ans, some of the legion mem-bers and ladies auxiliary ofthe status of the request fordonations to support and saveour American Legion Post 211.Ten percent of the letters
sent home responded with 40percent of the immediateneeds covered. A total of$10,000 has been received; theother 60 percent need to
respond in the next threeweeks for this effort to meet itsgoal. We still need more com-munity support.
We have tightened our fistson expenses, renegotiated anumber of the large bills to amonthly billing instead of onelarge one time bill. A specialemphasis on the reduction ofutility expenses is beginningto show results.Our campaign still has three
weeks to go. The efforts to savethe post are improving. If youhad doubts they could beaccomplished, rest assured we
are headed in the right direc-tion. Jump on the bandwagonwith your support.Just Saturday, our honor
guard gracefully performedour military ritual for a dearlydeparted veteran. Our break-fast, lunch, and dinner count isincreasing helping to covercosts.Come see for yourself. Bring
a friend. We would appreciateeveryone’s support.
We veterans will be in the 4thof July parade and will per-form the proper military burn-ing ceremony for the disposalof faded and tattered flags at 2p.m. at the Old Landess HorseBarn at the fairgrounds. Adultscan burn their own flags.Thank you veterans and
friends, see ya on the 4th.Fred BaileyCommanderAmerican Legion Post 211
American Legion needs more helpLetters tothe Editor
By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHTThe Commercial ReviewI'm the county reporter.But thankfully, the title
of The CommercialReview’s newest reporterwill be soon taken from mewhen we hire someone tocover the city beat.I’m still getting to know
Jay County, but I’veenjoyed everyone I’ve metin my first six weeks. Byand large, everyone herehas been helpful andfriendly. So, to those of youI’ve met — thanks for that.For those I haven’t — nowyou know the standard.A few years ago, I would-
n’t have seen this job com-ing. Then again, when Ilook back and consider thatI spent probably 90 percentof my childhood readingand writing, it’s not such asurprise.I spent most of the last
four years in BowlingGreen, Ohio. (The betterBG — sorry, Kentucky.) At first, I was attending
Bowling Green State Uni-versity for a degree in Eng-lish education. Then I real-ized I didn’t want to edu-cate the kind of people whodon’t want to learn.So, knowing I liked to
write, and trusting that thepeople who told me I wasn’tbad at it were right, Iswitched to journalism. Istarted writing for BGSU’sstudent newspaper andrealized I had definitelyfound the right major.Being able to get infor-
mation out to people whoappreciate that and want toknow more is one of thethings I love about journal-ism. (Ideally, I can convert
some who don’t care aboutthe news to those who pickup the paper — but if Ican’t, at least I don’t have todeal with them sitting inmy classroom.)Another thing I love
about journalism is neverhaving the same day twice.I don’t go to work knowingthere will be a bank rob-bery that afternoon or aflood the next week, andthat unpredictabilitymeans I don’t get bored.What will I be writing
about in my columns? I seethat varying from week toweek — I guess having dif-ferent interests forcolumns shouldn’t be a sur-prise when I’m the type ofperson drawn to variety ina job.I might write about how
news gets covered by themedia. Is it fair? Is it ridicu-lous? Is that thing everyonecares about actually thatimportant?I might write about a
political issue. Or maybeI’ll dip over into entertain-ment or something lessserious once in a while.In any case, I just want to
deliver something well-written and thoughtful, as Ihope I’m doing with newsas well. And I’m alwaysopen to hearing yourthoughts on whether I’mreaching that goal.
Hello from thenew CR reporter
By JOHN KRULLTheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — Some wars
never end.Following the racist atrocity in
Charleston, South Carolina, inwhich a disturbed young whiteman murdered nine innocent blackpeople as they prayed and wor-shipped at church, we have starteda national discussion about our his-tory and heritage as Americans.At the center of that discussion
is the Civil War.In theory, the last shots in that
war were fired 150 years ago, but insome ways it continues to this day— the wound in the American spir-it that never heals. The strangeyoung man who killed nine inno-cent souls embraced the Confeder-ate battle flag as both a symbol andan inspiration.The people of South Carolina
now debate whether to remove theStars and Bars from atop the State-house in Columbia. Closer to Indi-ana, U.S. Senate Majority LeaderMitch McConnell, R- Kentucky, hascalled for the Bluegrass state toremove a statue of ConfederatePresident Jefferson Davis from itsStatehouse.And Amazon and Wal-Mart have
announced they no longer will sellflags and other Confederate memo-rabilia.The movement to stop enshrin-
ing Confederate iconography andprofiting from selling it has pro-voked a backlash.There are people who argue that
removing the Confederate battleflag from atop Statehouses is anattack on history.That’s nonsense.There is a big difference between
remembering and acknowledgingugly moments in our history andcelebrating them.We Hoosiers know a bit about
that.We remain the only the state in
the country in which the Ku KluxKlan gained control of much of ourstate government. It happened dur-ing the 1920s, when many Hoosiersfeared immigration and licentious-ness were going to overwhelm boththeir state and nation.To cope with that perceived
threat, they handed power over to a
Grand Dragon named D.C. Stephen-son, a man who would have had toclimb many rungs on the evolution-ary ladder in order to be considereda thug.The Klan’s hold on Indiana lasted
only a few years.But it could have gone on longer
if Stephenson hadn’t raped andbrutalized a young woman. Afterher ordeal, Madge Oberholtzer wasso traumatized she took poison anddied. Stephenson was arrested,tried and convicted.The Klan’s reign in Indiana
ended.Should we Hoosiers mark it by
hanging a white sheet atop ourStatehouse to show we rememberthe wrong we once did? Do we thinkthat will help send a message thatwe’re a friendly, inclusive state?Of course not.Our dance with the KKK should
remain in our history books. And itshould be taught in our classroomsand elsewhere.But it shouldn’t be presented as
something of which we Hoosiersare proud.Defenders of the Stars and Bars
will argue the Confederate battleflag is different. They will say thatJefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee andother Confederate leaders were notD.C. Stephenson — that they werebrave and often noble men.It is true that Davis, Lee and
many other Confederates were inmany ways good men, but theyfought for a bad cause — one of theworst.Confederate mythology is that
Civil War came about because ofthe Southern states desire to be leftalone.That, too, is nonsense.The truth is that Abraham Lin-
coln pledged to leave slavery alonein the South when he took office.That wasn’t good enough for theSouthern leaders.
The states’ “right” they wantedto preserve — and extend to otherstates and territories — was theright to own and enslave otherhuman beings. And they were will-ing to fire on the U.S. flag and killhundreds of thousands of their fel-low countrymen in service of that“right.”Just as we Hoosiers need to
remember our dalliance with dark-ness in the 1920s, we Americansneed to remember the Civil War forwhat it was — a tragedy in whichmany, many Americans fought todeny our most basic and sacredprinciple.Human beings have a right to be
free.We Americans should not — can-
not, must not — forget themoments in which we fall short ofour highest ideals, of our bestselves.But we shouldn’t think of those
moments as cause for celebration.We shouldn’t use the power of gov-ernment to endorse the evil of slav-ery.We need to learn from the Civil
War, not keep fighting it.••••••••••
Krull is director of Franklin Col-lege’s Pulliam School of Journal-ism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1Indianapolis and publisher of TheS-tatehouseFile.com, a news websitepowered by Franklin College jour-nalism students. Email him [email protected].
War should teach lessonsJohnKrull ... we Americans
need to rememberthe Civil War
for what it was —a tragedy inwhich many,
many Americansfought to deny our
most basic andsacred principle.
KathryneRubright
South Bend TribuneThe Indiana General
Assembly would do well toconsider a recent lawsuitfiled by the AmericanCivil Liberties Union ofIndiana before pursuing— once again — a statelaw requiring drug testsfor welfare recipients.Earlier this month the
ACLU filed a lawsuit onbehalf of a Posey Countywoman who was deniedhelp by her townshiptrustee in paying her utili-ty bills. The woman, MaryNeale, passed an initialdrug test but was unableto produce a sample for asecond test because ofseveral physical ailments.Democratic Rep. Terry
Goodin of Crothersvilleproposed the testingrequirement at the veryend of the last session, butlater asked that it beremoved from considera-tion for more study thissummer.Those who receive cash
benefits through the Tem-porary Assistance for
Needy Families Program,as well as those enrolledin the SupplementalNutrition Assistance Pro-gram, formerly known asfood stamps, have beentargeted for drug testingin the past. Such pro-grams haven’t been suc-cessful.Florida’s welfare drug-
testing program wasdeclared unconstitutionalin March. In four monthsof testing in Florida,fewer than 3 percent ofapplicants tested positivefor drugs. It cost more toadminister the programthan was saved in benefitsto people who failed thedrug test.It’s time for the legisla-
ture to stop pursuingthese drug-testing bills.
Testing lawsare a failure
HoosierEditorial
Jay Superior CourtJudge Max LudyFined and sentencedRay E. Bird, Jr., 56,
Portland, operating avehicle while intoxicat-ed, a Class C misde-meanor — Sentenced to60 days in Jay CountyJail with all but two dayssuspended, given twodays credit for one dayserved, assessed courtcosts $168.50, ordered topay an alcohol and drug
countermeasures fee of$200 and a substanceabuse program fee of$400 and placed on for-mal probation for sixmonths. The court rec-ommended a 90-daylicense suspension to theBMV.Cody S. Gierhart, Port-
land, violated the termsof his probation imposedSept. 30, 2014, after a con-viction of conversion, aClass A misdemeanor. He
was sentenced to servean additional 90 days onelectronically monitoredhome detention andgiven 12 days credit forsix days served.
DismissalsIsaiah Sackenheim,
Portland, operating avehicle while intoxicatedand operating a vehiclewith alcohol concentra-tion equivalent of .08 ormore, both Class C mis-
demeanorsKendra E. Gray,
Greenville, Ohio, theft, aClass A misdemeanor Daryll E. Bledsoe, Port-
land, conversion, a ClassA misdemeanorAaron C. Shawver,
Portland, domestic bat-tery, a Class A misde-meanor Kaylee E. Kirby, Port-
land, conversion, a ClassA misdemeanorRene Pineda-Arreola
disorderly conduct, aClass B misdemeanor
Cases filedJay County Hospital
vs. Kristie J. Twigg, AKAJill Twigg, civil collec-tionsCavalry SPV I LLC vs.
Spencer L Bichsel, civilcollectionsMidland Funding LLC
vs. Tricia Goodwin, civilcollectionsAtlas Collections vs.
Andrew J. Bailey, civilcollectionsPortfolio Recovery
Associates LLC vs.Calvin Reynolds, civilcollections
JudgmentsCapital One Bank was
granted $4,078.59 FromLloyd A. Flynn.State of Indiana was
granted $50 from Whit-ney N. Hough.Jason Huntsman was
granted $3,941.45 fromDaren Zimmerman.
DissolutionNeesha Cox vs.
Nathaniel Cox.
Muriel J. Templeton andDarrell F. Templeton, bothdeceased, to Kimberly D.Templeton, deed affidavit— Block 23, Lot 4, originalplat of Dunkirk.Larry Davidson to Tim-
othy M. Antrim and LoraA. Antrim, warranty deed— part of Block 13, Lot 4,original plat of Portland.Larry Davidson to Tim-
othy M. Antrim and LoraA. Antrim, warranty deed—Block 13, Lot 1, originalplat of Portland.Gus Henry Jackson and
Bessie Lou Jackson toJerry Wade Jackson,trustee, Roy Eugene Jack-son, Karen Jane Shatzer,
trustee, Teresa KayBrown, Kimberly D. Nash,trustee, Marlin DennisJackson, Gus Henry Jack-son, Bessie Lou Jackson,quit claim deed — 4.154acres, Section 25, PikeTownship.Larry Coleman to Larry
Coleman and Cathy Neal,quit claim deed — 2 acres,Section 1, Penn Township.Michael J. Ebbing, also
known as Mike Ebbing, toRobert J. Diller and TinaL. Diller, warranty deed —16.8228 acres, Section 1,Madison Township.Michael J. Ebbing, also
known as Mike Ebbing, toRobert J. Diller and Tina
L. Diller, warranty deed —10 acres, Section 2, Madi-son Township.Garland D. Walker and
Kathy D. Walker to JeffreyW. Price and Rachel A.Price, warranty deed — 17acres, Section 5, JeffersonTownship.Garland D. Walker and
Kathy D. Walker to JeffreyW. Price and Rachel A.Price, warranty deed — 4.3acres, Section 5, JeffersonTownship.Jay Randolph Develop-
mental Services Inc. toConnie J. Brumbaugh,corporate warranty deed,Lots 1 and 6, Block 5, EastAddition Portland.
Ronald A. Bollenbacherto Shirley Bollenbacher,warranty deed, Block 6,Lot 4, original plat ofBryant.Diana Goodman and
David L. Goodman,deceased, to Diana Good-man, dead deed — 1.007acres, Section 29, WayneTownship.Ernest Dewayne Gier-
hart to Ernest D. GierhartRevocable Trust, quitclaim deed — Lots 45, 46and 47, Hagin Additionand Subdivision.Ernest Dewayne Gier-
hart to Ernest D. GierhartRevocable Trust, quitclaim deed — Lots 23, 24,
25 and 26, Jackson andReed Subdivision.Marjorie M. Holloway,
also known as Marjorie C.Holloway, to Jodi OvermyerBailey, warranty deed — Lot7, Purdiom Addition.Robert W. Wiley and
Margaret I. Wiley toRobert W. Wiley, quit claimdeed — 21 acres, Section 8,Noble Township.Robert W. Wiley and
Margaret I. Wiley to
Robert W. Wiley, quit claimdeed — 80 acres, Section 7,Noble Township.Robert W. Wiley and
Margaret I. Wiley toRobert W. Wiley, quit claimdeed — 38.084 acres, Sec-tion 8, Noble Township.Larry J. Wiley, Larry J.
Wiley 2007 Trust andNancy J. Girtman toRobert W. Wiley, warrantydeed, 17 partial acres, Sec-tion 8, Noble Township.
The Commercial ReviewSaturday, June 27, 2015 Local Page 5
Physician CoderIf you are interested in working in afriendly, hometown atmosphere whereyou feel valued, come take a look at JayCounty Hospital. We currently have anopening for a full-time Physician Coder.
The successful candidate will be responsiblefor coding and charging for physician andsurgical professional services. A CertifiedProfessional Coder (CPC) is preferred.Non-credentialed candidates must havesuccessfully completed college coursesin anatomy and physiology, ICD-9-CMand CPT-4 coding, DRG optimizationand medical terminology.
We are looking for individuals who have apassion for their field and a willingness to be ateam player. For confidential consideration,please submit resumes to:
Jay County HospitalAttn: Human Resources500 W. Votaw StreetPortland, IN 47371Phone: (260) 726-1824
FAX: (260) 726-1912
E-mail: [email protected]
Jay County Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer
The CR to publish a.m. on July 3The Commercial Review
will publish on a holidayschedule next week due tothe Fourth of July.On Friday, July 3, The
CR will publish as a morn-ing edition and be distrib-uted as it is on Saturdaymornings. There will beno edition published onSaturday, July 4.Publication will resume
as usual on Monday, July6.
Berne boostUp to 266 new jobs are
expected to be createdover the next six years aspart of a major expansionby Smith Brothers ofBerne.The high-end furniture
manufacturer announcedthis week that it will beinvesting $5 million to builan 110,000-square-footaddition to its existing215,000-square foot facility.Another $1.7 million willbe invested in new equip-ment.Company officials said
the new jobs will haveaverage annual wages ofabout $35,000. Those inter-ested in applying shouldcontact WorkOne.Currently the plant
employs 420. The compa-ny’s furniture is sold byretailers in more than 35states.Incentives for the expan-
sion included a 10-year taxabatement by the city ofBerne, up to $1.75 millionin conditional tax creditsfrom the Indiana Econom-ic Development Corp., andup to $200,000 in statetraining grants.
Canning IPOArdagh Group, the par-
ent of Dunkirk’s glass con-tainer plant and a similarplant in Winchester, isfloating a new wholly-owned subsidiary for itsmetal can business andhopes to raise about 3 bil-lion Euros through an ini-tial public offering ofstock.The metal can sub-
sidiary will be known asOressa and will be listedon the New York StockExchange.Ardagh’s metal can
packaging business has 54plants in 20 countries andemploys 7,300.
Off the 500Allegheny Technolo-
gies, parent company ofPortland Forge, will soonnot be a part of the S&P500, the Pittsburgh Busi-ness Times reported thisweek.At the end of trading on
July 1, the company willjoin the S&P MidCap 400GICS Steel Sub-IndustryIndex.The Business Times
quoted S&P Dow JonesIndices as saying thechange “does not in anyway reflect an opinion onthe investment merits ofthe companies” it is shift-ing in its various indices.
Hog internshipMorgan Link, daughter
of Mike and Shelly Link,Portland, is working as asummer intern for AMVCManagement Services atNewell Pig II, a 5,600-head,breed-to-wean sow farmnear Brayton, Iowa.She is a senior at the
University of Findlay,majoring in animal sci-ence.
Exec resigns
Wes Kuntzman, execu-tive director of theDecatur Chamber of Com-merce, has resigned effec-tive July 10 to pursueother endeavors.
Safety speakerDebbie Rauen of INSafe,
Indiana’s worker safetyinitiative, will be the fea-tured speaker at the JayCounty Chamber of Com-merce networking lunch-eon on Tuesday, June 30, atnoon at Jay County Hospi-
tal.
Cohort formingA new cohort of stu-
dents is forming to pursuethe associate’s degree inbusiness from IndianaWesleyan Universitythrough John Jay Centerfor Learning. For moreinformation, contact JohnJay at (260) 729-5525.
Pretzel abatementPretzels Inc., Bluffton,
has been granted a 10-year
tax abatement on $1.2 mil-lion in new equipment.The abatement wasapproved by the BlufftonCity Council on Tuesday.New ovens, new bulk
handling equipment, andan upgraded mechanicalpalletizer are among theitems that are part of thecompany’s latest invest-ment. The company nowemploys 300, and thatnumber is not expected tochange as a result of thenew equipment.
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Strohl’s celebrates 75 yearsAlice Strohl, left, holds a ribbon as Debi Gillespie and Jason Miller cut it and Hugh Strohl
and Annie Florence hold the right end. Strohl’s Electronics, 1513 N. Meridian St., owned by Aliceand Hugh Strohl, celebrated its 75th anniversary Friday. Gillespie is the Strohls’ daughter and amanager and Florence is another daughter. Miller is a GE representative.
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Portland City CourtJudge DonaldGillespieJune 24, 2015sessionFined and SentencedJoshua A. Best, Berne,
driving while suspended,$143.50; Jacob L. Harter,Albany, driving while sus-pended, $143.50; Aaron L.Wilhelm, Portland, posses-sion of paraphernalia,$193; Adam P. Wilhelm,Portland, disregardingstop sign, $118.50; JosephHemmelgarn, St. Henry,
Ohio, speeding 68 in a 55mph zone, $131.50; StevenL. Niekamp, Minster,Ohio, speeding 50 in a 30mph zone, $154; Stephen D.McCollum, Pennville,speeding 71 in a 55 mphzone; $134.50; Charles C.McClain, Penville, seatbelt violation, $25; Alan P.Dirksen, Portland, seatbelt violation, $25, childrestraint, $25; ChristopherM. Braun, Portland, speed-ing 42 in a 30 mph zone,$130.50; Jonathon A. Hart,Portland, seat belt viola-tion, $25; Cameo S. New-
ton, Portland, speeding 71in a 55 mph zone, $134.50;Alexis J. Murrell, Muncie,speeding 68 in a 55 mphzone, $131.50; Thomas C.Wood, Fort Recovery,Ohio, speeding 67 in a 55mph zone, $130.50; RebeccaL. Coleman, Portland, seatbelt violation, $25; Gheo-rghe Triboi, Chicago, Illi-nois, ordinance violation-off truck route, $143.50;Mark A. Castle, Frankfort,seat belt violation, $25;Abdi Gabene Ibrahim,Amarillo, Texas, ordi-nance violation-off truck
route, $143.50; Michael F.Wenk, Fort Wayne, speed-ing 74 in a 55 mph zone,$137.50, seat belt violation$25; Michael G. Price, Bed-ford, speeding 67 in a 55mph zone, $130.50; TammyClark, Portland, speeding71 in a 55 mph zone,$134.50; Rodriques O. Con-way, Shannon, Mississip-pi, ordinance violation-offtruck route, $143.50; TroyD. Shimp, speeding 75 in a55 mph zone, $154; CathyD. Bruss, Portland, disre-garding stop sign, $138.50;Adam W. Reitenour, Port-land, seat belt violation,$25; Brittany N. Denney,speeding 69 in a 55 mphzone, $132.50; Refugio R.
Torres, Huntington,speeding 75 in a 55 mphzone, $154; Chad Alsip,Portland, speeding 50 in a30 mph zone, $154; JamesL. Lamacchia, Springport,Michigan, ordinance vio-lation-off truck route,$143.50; Andrew F. Eley,Portland, expired plates,$138.50; Amy Barnes, FortWayne, Redkey Ordiance-speeding, $128.50; Seth A.Lawhorn, speeding 45 in a30, Eaton, $133.50; Brian C.Zorn, Portland, seat beltviolation, $25; Dustin S.Redwine, Muncie, speed-ing 69 in a 55 mph zone,$132.50; Devon J. Niehoff,speeding 43 in a 30 mphzone, $131.50; Andre D.Duke, Portland, seat beltviolation, $25; Kevin D.Hardymon, Portland, seatbelt violation, $25; GlynnR. Barber, Redkey, seat beltviolation, $25; Robert A.Bell, Portland, seat beltviolation, $25; Jason M.Spence, Parker City, seatbelt violation, $25; Erik L.Fields, Portland, speeding71 in a 55 mph zone,$134.50; Nicholas H. Gibbs,Redkey, speeding 84 in a 55mph zone, $154; DercDeMuyt, Winchester,speeding 48 in a 35 mphzone, $131.50; Mark D.Alberson, speeding 69 in a55 mph zone, $132.50;Anthony W. Berno, Cold-water, Ohio, seat belt vio-lation, $25; Joel Kramer,Harrison, Ohio, speeding74 in a 55 mph zone,$137.50; Kristal G. Smith,Portland, seat belt viola-tion, $25; Natalie Pruitt,Redkey, speeding 70 in a 55mph zone, $133.50; Adam J.Daniels, Portland, seatbelt violation, Taner J.
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Pre-trial setChristian N. Franco,
Greenville, Ohio, speeding70 in a 55 mph zone, driv-ing while suspended;August 5; Lonnie E. Miller,Shipshewana, drivingwhile suspended, August5; Nathaniel A. Reinhart,Bryant, disregarding traf-fic control device; August5; Matthew Wright,Bluffton, driving whilesuspended, August 5.
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Ohio, ordinance violation-off truck route; Javier Her-nandez, Fabens, Texas,ordinance violation-offtruck route; David M.Moeller, Portland, ordi-nance violation-noise; KyleB. Rasmussen, St. Louis,Missouri, ordinance viola-tion-off truck route;Richard A. Sempek,Elkhorn, Nevada, ordi-nance violation-off truckroute; Cole R. Childress,Portland, speeding 95 in a55 mph zone, seat belt viola-tion; Caitlin E. Gilbert,Portland, expired plates;Thomas L. Hart, Portland,speeding 68 in a 55 mphzone; Joseph A. Mallette,Portland, speeding 68 in a55 mph zone; Carrie L. Scri-ba, Montpelier, speeding 68in a 55 mph zone; Tosha N.Thomas, Winchester, seatbelt; Alexander R. Thomp-son, Dunkirk, speeding 70in a 55 mph zone; Andrew P.Wolfe, Muncie, speeding 73in a 55 mph zone; Joel D.Yost, Lima, Ohio, expiredplates.
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By MARC FISHERThe Washington Post Dylann Roof, the alleged
shooter in the Charleston,South Carolina, churchmassacre, was the archi-tect of his own radicaliza-tion, drawing from thedeep well of online hate totransform himself into alone wolf domestic terror-ist, according to lawenforcement officials andexperts on the whitesupremacy movement.Roof, 21, appears to have
traveled along a well-troddigital network of whitenationalist websites — apath that has attractedthousands of white Amer-icans to places where theycan anonymously railagainst blacks and Jews,but a route that rarelyends in violence.The paradox of racist
extremism in the Internetage is that there are morewhite supremacist groupsand sites than ever before.But the average size ofeach group is smaller thanit’s been in decades andthe groups’ ability toorganize beyond onlinecomment boards hasdiminished greatly,according to governmentand private investigatorswho monitor the move-ment.The rise of the self-
taught extremist has putinvestigators in a bind:White racist groups areless capable of producingorganized violence, butthe attacks that do developcome mainly from soloactors whose paths to vio-lence are far more difficultto track.“A lot of these guys are
all talk and no show,” saidDavid Gomez, a retiredFBI agent who investigat-ed supremacist groups forthree decades and ran thecounterterrorism taskforce in Seattle. “These areguys with anger issuesabout race and unfairnessand loneliness and inade-quacy, and they find thisstuff online and startcopying the rhetoric.Instead of meeting in ahall somewhere, they meetin chat rooms and formvery small, clandestinecells of three or four peo-ple. They’re much harderto infiltrate, and most ofthem never do anythingbut talk.”A survey of U.S. law
enforcement agencies by
researchers at the Univer-sity of North Carolina andDuke University releasedthis week reports that 74percent listed right-wingextremism, includingwhite supremacist groups,as one of the top terroristthreats in their communi-ties, almost twice as manyas those who put Islamistthreats in that category.But several recent
attacks — such as the 2012shootings at a Sikh templein Wisconsin and lastyear’s attacks outside Jew-ish centers in Kansas —have been launched not bygroups, but by self-radical-ized individuals whosecapacity for extreme vio-lence had not been caughtin time.The extremist groups’
leaders themselves agreethat they have largely lostthe ability to move fromrhetoric to action for tworeasons: They have beenneutered after years ofinfiltration and monitor-ing by the FBI and privategroups such as the Anti-Defamation League, theSimon Wiesenthal Centerand the Southern PovertyLaw Center. And the move-ment’s migration into adigital world, where fol-lowers are largely anony-mous, has made it harderto bring people onto thestreets.“Even when the under-
lying rage is there aboutrace, it’s become difficultto get people to demonstra-tions,” said Don Black,founder of Stormfront,the largest supremacistsite. “Anonymity is a dou-ble-edged sword: It allowspeople to express views inrelative safety, but manypeople consider that to betheir activism, in lieu ofgoing out and taking astand.”“We talk about this at
our board meetings all thetime: It’s hard to motivategrass-roots activists to getout of their chairs andaway from their screens,”said William Johnson,chairman of the Ameri-can Freedom Party, a LosAngeles-based group thatbills itself as “a national-ist party that shares thecustoms and heritage ofthe European Americanpeople.” “This is causinggreat concern to us.”Johnson, a lawyer who
advocates creating a“white ethno-state” in the
United States, agrees withinvestigators that the bulkof the action emergingfrom the extremist move-ment in coming years willstem from lone wolfattacks such as theCharleston shootings.“There’s very little the
FBI stands for or says thatI agree with, but they’reexactly right about this,”he said.Private groups that
track extremists have hun-dreds of white suprema-cist websites and organi-zations on their radar, anumber that spiked afterPresident Barack Obamawas elected, according totallies by private and fed-eral investigators.Many of those sites are
one-man operations, andmany of their followershave only anonymous con-tact with fellow radicals.FBI Director JamesComey said last year that“we face a continuingthreat from homegrownviolent extremists [who]are self-radicalizing. . . .They are willing to actalone, which makes themdifficult to identify andstop.” A senior law enforce-
ment official in South Car-olina said the emergingevidence is that Comey’sdescription applies toRoof ’s journey toEmanuel AME Church inCharleston.
The only site on whichevidence of Roof ’s activityappears to have beenfound is the DailyStormer, a nationalist blogby Andrew Anglin, a 30-year-old American who,according to his father,lives in Asia. Greg Anglin,the father, is a Christiancounselor in Ohio, and hesaid that his son, like Roof,found his way to hissupremacist views on hisown. (Andrew Anglin didnot respond to messagesseeking comment.)Greg Anglin, who said
he is “not really involvedwith Andy’s site” eventhough it was registeredin his name, said that“Andy does what Andydoes.”“If there’s things I dis-
agree with him on, I sitdown and talk with himdirectly rather than airingit in public,” he said.The generation of
supremacists who ledgroups in the 1990s “ispretty much gone,” saidRabbi Abraham Cooper,associate dean of theSimon Wiesenthal Center,which tracks extremistgroups. “They’ve beenreplaced by online organi-zations that look to inspirelone wolves by creating asense of empowerment, asense of community.”Shifting social attitudes
have also altered whitesupremacists’ tactics and
rhetoric. As overt racismhas become less sociallyacceptable, “the mostprominent white national-ists these days have movedaway from violence,” saidJ.M. Berger, who research-es extremist activities inthe United States for theBrookings Institution andhis website, Intel-wire.com. “They generallyrecognize that their viewsare repugnant to most peo-ple, so they’re less visibleand prominent. Postingpseudonymously is gener-ally safer and more com-fortable than trying toassemble a meeting.”White supremacists
have a noticeable footholdin the real world whereRoof lived, in LexingtonCounty, South Carolina, asprawling region withgreat wealth and direpoverty. One of the largestwhite nationalist groups,the Council of Conserva-tive Citizens,is active inthe county, and the South-ern Patriot Shop, a reposi-tory of extremist litera-ture and Confederateparaphernalia, is inAbbeville, 70 miles to thewest.The shop’s owner,
Robert Hayes, a memberof the League of theSouth, which pushes foran independent, ChristianSouthern republic run byan “Anglo-Celtic” person,condemned the
Charleston shootings.“There’s no call for vio-lence,” he said, and thenhe paused. “Unless you aredefending yourself. TheSouthern people had tobecome violent becausewe were invaded.”Despite the presence of
organized supremacists,Roof — who sometimesslept on a sheetless mat-tress on the floor of amobile home where afriend from middle schoollived — came to his viru-lent ideology on his own,according to investigatorsand friends. There’s noindication he met with orjoined any groups.The friend Roof stayed
with, Joey Meek, and oth-ers in the house said healways called black people“African-Americans” andonce said he admiredJackie Robinson eventhough he doesn’t care forbaseball. Roof was anoften-silent, awkwardhousemate who liked towatch “Oprah” during theday and loved sappymovies such as “Titanic”and “Stand By Me.”Meek’s brother Justin
said Roof spent a lot oftime on his smartphone,doing more reading thantyping. Justin, 17, noticeda couple of months agothat Roof had put a Con-federate flag decoration onhis front license plate, butthat didn’t especiallystand out in the Columbiaarea. And Meek saidRoof ’s friendship with ablack neighbor, ChristonScriven, was “normal andcool.”But “the Trayvon Mar-
tin case made him flipout,” said Jacob Meek,youngest of the threebrothers. Lindsey Fry, 19, Joey
Meek’s girlfriend, recalledRoof saying that the shoot-ing of Martin, anunarmed black teen killedby a neighborhood watchvolunteer in Florida in2012, marked “the start ofAmerica’s race war.”By this year, Roof had
concluded that he had tostep out from the cloak ofthe Internet and do some-thing. “We have no skin-heads, no real KKK, noone doing anything buttalking on the internet,”he wrote. “Well someonehas to have the bravery totake it to the real world,and I guess that has to be
The Washington Post/Jabin Botsford
A Confederate flag is stamped over Abraham Lincoln’s face on afive dollar bill at the Southern Patriot Shop in Abbeville, S.C.
Lone wolf extremists hard to track
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Local scheduleSSuunnddaayy
Portland Rockets doubleheader at FortWayne Expos – 3 p.m.
TTuueessddaayyJay County Summer Swim Team at Ran-
dolph County – 6 p.m.Portland Rockets at Fort Wayne Marlins
– 7 p.m.
TV scheduleTTooddaayy
2 p.m. — Golf: U.S. Senior Open Cham-pionship – Third round (FOX-45,55,59)
3 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: TravelersChampionship – Third round (CBS-4,7,15)
4 p.m. — Soccer: FIFA Women’s WorldCup – Quarterfinal, Australia vs. Japan(FS1)
4 p.m. — Track and Field: U.S. OutdoorChampionships (NBC-2,13,33)
6 p.m. — Soccer: International Friendly– Mexico vs. Costa Rica (ESPN2)
7 p.m. — Major League Baseball:Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals (FOX-45,55,59)
7:30 p.m. — Soccer: FIFA Women’sWorld Cup – Quarterfinal, Canada vs. Eng-land (FS1)
8 p.m. — CFL Football: Winnipeg BlueBombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders(ESPN2)
SSuunnddaayy1 p.m. — Major League Baseball:
Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers (WISH-8)
1:30 p.m. — Minor League Baseball:Syracuse Chiefs at Indianapolis Indians(ABC-6)
2 p.m. — Golf: U.S. Senior Open Cham-pionship – Final round (FOX-45,55,59)
8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals(ESPN)
Local notesJJCCHHSS ttoo hhoosstt aadduulltt sswwiimm
There will be an adult lap swim ses-sions on Tuesdays and Thursdays begin-ning June 2.
Cost is $2 per session or $25 for aseason pass, and is open to adults 18-and-older.
The swim will be from 6:30 to 7:30a.m. at the Jay County High School pool.
The sessions will go through July, andwill be for lap swim only, not recreationaluse.
PPaattrriioottss hhoosstt ffoooottbbaallll ccaammppThe Jay County High School football
team will be hosting a camp July 20through 23.
The camp will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m.,and is open for children in kindergartenthrough eighth grade.
Cost is $20 and includes a camptshirt. Registration forms are available atthe high school.
For more information, contact JCHSfootball coach Tim Millspaugh at (260)
251-0670.
SSwwiissss DDaayyss 55KK iiss JJuullyy 2255The Adams County Run/Walk Chal-
lenge continues July 25.The next race is the 42nd annual
Swiss Days Race. The race will begin at8:15 a.m. July 25 on Jefferson Street inBerne.
For more information, contact CeAnnWeaver at (260) 589-2151, or visitwww.adamscounty5kchallenge.com.
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Sports on tap
Continued from page 10Team Penske has domi-
nated the series from thestart of the season, whenJuan Pablo Montoya wonat St. Petersburg and theteam had four of the topfive spots in the seriesopener. Montoya went onto win the Indianapolis500 for the second timeand Penske enteredFontana with three of thetop four spots in points,led by Montoya.Montoya finished fifth
in qualifying, behindMarco Andretti and EdCarpenter, to give Penskefive of the top six spots.Penske’s Tony Kanaan,the winner at Fontanalast year, qualified sev-enth and Will Power, sec-ond in points enteringthe race, was eighth.That gives Penske a
good shot to win at atrack where it has strug-gled to take the checkers;Power has the team’sonly win at Fontana, in2013.“As every year comes
by, obviously there issome challenge,” Cas-troneves said of thetrack. “In this heat we’regoing to face tomorrowand we faced today, we’regoing to see some carsgoing forward and somecars backward.”Andretti gave Honda a
needed boost with hisqualifying run.
BY JENNA FRYERAP Auto Racing WriterSONOMA, Calif. — AJ All-
mendinger knows the stakes onSunday: Win on the road courseat Sonoma Raceway and heearns a spot in NASCAR'schampionship race.The year-old qualifying for-
mat almost guarantees a racewinner a spot in the Chase forthe Sprint Cup championshipfield, which Allmendinger capi-talized last season. His win atWatkins Glen earned the driverand JTG Daughtery Racingtheir first Chase berth and wasthe crowning achievement forone of NASCAR's smallerteams.Allmendinger, one of the top
road racers in NASCAR, is hop-ing for the same outcome thisyear. His first shot comes Sun-day on the picturesque 1.99-miletrack California track.“I know the format - if you
win, you're in the Chase,” All-mendinger said Friday. “I knowwhat the prize is. I know if youwin, you make the Chase, andthat's so important. But I try notto focus on putting the pressureon that this race is do or die, orWatkins Glen is do or die.”Statistically, road courses are
Allmendinger's best events.His 13.6 average finish at
Sonoma and Watkins Glen isnearly eight positions betterthan any other style of track inthe series, and two of his sevencareer top-five finishes are atWatkins Glen. His Sonomaresults aren't as strong, but he'sconsidered a driver capable of
winning by his competitors.Jeff Gordon, the all-time wins
leader at Sonoma with five,cited Allmendinger's impres-sive victory over MarcosAmbrose at Watkins Glen lastAugust as evidence that All-mendinger is one of the best inthe field.“He outran Marcos at
Watkins Glen last year, which Ithought was extremely impres-
sive because I had been racingwith Marcos that weekend ...and he was strong, he was real-ly tough and I didn't think any-body was able to beat him,” Gor-don said. “The fact that AJ didshows what his talents are on aroad course.”But Gordon believes that All-
mendinger will have to adjusthis driving style to grab the winon Sunday. Allmendinger is con-
sidered an aggressive driver,and that style doesn't alwayswork at Sonoma.“Nobody drives in the corners
deeper than AJ does,” Gordonsaid. “I think that at WatkinsGlen that way of attacking theracetrack is very beneficial anddefinitely puts good lap timestogether and is tough to beat.Here I think there is a fine lineand balance between that. I
think AJ has the skills to be thefastest and the best here thisweekend, certainly in qualify-ing. Then it's going to comedown to executing that in therace. I would say he is the guy tobeat.”Allmendinger needs it: He
comes into Sonoma in a four-race slump with finishesbetween 23rd and 29th since theCoca-Cola 600 in May. When hequalified for the Chase a yearago, he admitted JTG needed toget much better if they had anyshot of competing in the 16-dri-ver championship field.He still believes that, even
though the single-car team hasmade gains over the last year.“I think we've improved,” All-
mendinger said, “and every-body else improved more. That'skind of the nature with a small-er team is you're always tryingto play catch-up a little bit.”Allmendinger opened the sea-
son strong and was as high asfifth in the standings, but a lackof consistency and chasingNASCAR's powerhouse teamshas him in a hole that he'd liketo climb from more than grab awin in a wild-card race.“We had a couple of DNF's
and we blew some motors a cou-ple of weeks in a row. Wecrashed at Bristol runninginside the top 10,” he said. “Iwouldn't say panic set it, but westarted trying different things.We know where we have toimprove. We have the steps inplace and the ideas in place, butit's not an overnight process,either.”
Allmendinger looks to win on road course
Associated Press/Eric Risberg
A.J. Allmendinger makes adjustments in his car before practice for the NASCARSprint Cup Series auto race Friday in Sonoma, Calif.
Wins ...By ANTONIO GONZALEZAP Sports WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tom
Watson still gets quite a thrillseeing his name atop the leader-board.Maybe even more at age 65.Watson withstood the scorch-
ing heat to shoot a 1-under 69 onFriday, finishing in a three-waytie atop the bunched leader-board after the second round ofthe U.S. Senior Open.“The illusion that I can still
do it,” Watson said when askedwhat keeps him playing com-petitive golf. “I don’t have thetools in the toolbox I used tohave. They’re missing. Some ofthe tools are missing. And soit’s getting more and more diffi-cult for me to compete, but Istill feel as if I can somehow getit done.”Sure seems that way so far in
Sacramento.Watson was joined at 5 under
for the championship by JeffMaggert and Peter Fowler. Mag-gert shot a 65, and Fowler a 66 intheir morning rounds.But all the attention turned to
the Hall of Famer heating up inthe sizzling sunshine.Watson made four birdies and
three bogeys to provide thedrama at sun-drenched Del PasoCountry Club, where the tem-perature soared above 100degrees again. Watson is tryingto become the oldest winner ofthe event, the oldest to win a
senior major and the oldest towin on the Champions Tour.“To hit a shot under pressure
that’s really a good golf shot iswhy I’m out here,” Watson said.“That’s what I like to do. Andwhen I get to the point where Ican’t do it or I can’t do it oftenenough to really satisfy myself,then I won’t be out here.”
It’s the fourth time Watsonhas held or shared the leadthrough 36 holes at the U.S. Sen-ior Open. He has never won theevent, which is in its 36th year.A victory would be the excla-
mation point to his storiedcareer.Watson will play in his final
British Open next month at St.
Andrews. He’s the only man toclaim the claret jug on fivecourses — but never at St.Andrews — and suddenly seemsready to be more than a feel-good story at the Old Course.If he can sweat out the com-
petition at Del Paso, Watsonwould be the oldest player toever win such an event.
Watson in three-way tie for first
Associated Press/The Sacramento Bee/Randy Pench
Tom Watson tees off on the 18th hole during the second round of the U.S. SeniorOpen golf tournament at Del Paso Country Club on Friday in Sacramento, Calif. Watson shota 1-under 69 to finish in a three-way tie for first place.
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Mother Nature has not beenkind to the Portland Rockets.Heavy rains Friday night
caused the postponement oftoday’s doubleheader with theFort Wayne Expos.“Rain and (flooding) more so
than ever seen at the corner,”the team’s website said Fridayevening, referencing Runkle-Miller Field located at the inter-section of Western Avenue andBlaine Pike.Portland (12-3) was scheduled
to host the Expos for a twin bill
today, then travel to the SummitCity on Sunday for a double-header against the same squad.With sunshine expected in the
Fort Wayne area on Sunday, it
seems likely the two teams willget to square off.This is the second time this
season Portland had to postponeits doubleheader with the
Expos. A slew of Fort Wayneinjuries forced their June 13meeting to be pushed back totoday. This time, weather wasthe culprit.No make up date has been set,
and it is unclear if they will berescheduled yet again. Portlandhas now had to cancel or post-pone 14 games this season. Following Sunday’s games,
Portland heads back to Carring-ton Field in Fort Wayne on Tues-day to take on the Fort WayneMarlins.
Then, the Rockets returnhome to host the FirecrackerClassic Tournament July 3through 5. The tournamentschedule will be announced at alater date.Portland has won four of its
last six games after starting theyear 8-1. It split a doubleheaderwith Taylor University’s TwinCity Bankers before rattling offseven straight victories. TheRockets’ only losses are to theBankers — twice — and to theSouth Bend Cardinals.
Rain postpones Rockets doubleheaderPortland has had to cancel orpostpone 14 games this season
By BEN WALKERAP Baseball WriterNEW YORK — Noah Syndergaard
pitched eight sharp innings and the light-hitting New York Mets got exactly the helpthey needed when Johnny Cueto suddenlylost the strike zone, edging the CincinnatiReds 2-1 Friday night.The Mets returned home from a 1-7 road
trip in which they totaled 11 runs, and wondespite getting just two hits. CurtisGranderson launched a leadoff homer intothe second deck on Cueto’s third pitch.The Reds lost for the third time in nine
games. They got to their New York hotel at4:17 a.m. after a rain-delayed, 13-inningwin at Pittsburgh.It was 1-all in the fifth when Dilson Her-
rera tripled with two outs. Cueto (4-5),pitching with eight days’ rest to give hisaching right elbow some extra rest, hadn’twalked a batter all game until walkingGranderson, Eric Campbell and LucasDuda to force home the go-ahead run.Duda had already struck out twice, and
had fanned 10 times in 15 career at-batsagainst Cueto, before hanging in after twoquick strikes. Catcher Brayan Pena twicewent to the mound to talk to Cueto oncethe count went full.
Syndergaard (3-4) gave up five singles,walked none and struck out five in hislongest outing in the majors. The rookiehit 99 mph with his fastball in the firstinning and won for the first time in fivestarts.The Mets’ infield backed him all night. Shortstop Wilmer Flores, third baseman
Ruben Tejada and Herrera at second andDuda at first each made nice plays, andcatcher Kevin Plawecki caught a runnertrying to steal.Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect ninth
for his 21st save in 23 chances.Mets manager Terry Collins said before
the game that Granderson might be able toignite the team. He was right, as Granderson hit his 32nd
career leadoff home run and fourth thisseason.The Reds tied it in the second when Jay
Bruce and Pena opened with singles, set-ting up an RBI grounder by ChrisDominguez.Brandon Phillips singled in the third,
and has hit safely in all 30 games he’splayed on the road against the Mets.The loss left Cincinnati 148-148 when vis-
iting the Mets over the years at the PoloGrounds, Shea Stadium and Citi Field.
Snydergaard, Metsbeat Cincinnati 2-1
By JOHN MARSHALLAP Sports WriterFONTANA, Calif. —
The Southern Californiaheat did nothing to slowTeam Penske.Simon Pagenaud
earned his second careerIndyCar pole and team-mate Helio Castronevesfinished right behind him,giving Team Penske thetop two spots in qualifyingon a hot Friday afternoonat Auto Club Speedway.“It’s awesome to get the
opportunity to run upfront on ovals,” Pagenaudsaid. “Team Penske andChevy are giving me theopportunity to do so. Thecar feels great.”The Fontana race had
been at night and served
as the season finale eachof the past three seasons.Though there was cloud
cover and smoke fromnearby wildfires, tempera-tures were in the low 90sfor Friday’s qualifying,making it more essentialfor drivers to find theright seams on the track.“It’s very slippery when
it’s hot, becoming verychallenging,” said Cas-troneves, a three-time polewinner at Fontana. “Evenwhen you have severallanes to go, the car justwants to go one way. Andthat’s the biggest one, try-ing to find your lines with-out having any hugemoments.”Pagenaud was one of
the first drivers to go out
and set the mark no onecould match, posting atwo-lap average of 218.952mph to earn the pole fortoday’s 500-mile race. The four-time IndyCar
winner earned his firstcareer pole at Houstonlast season after taking abit of a backseat to someof his high-profile Pensketeammates most of theseason.“In terms of perform-
ance, we’ve been so strongall season and my guyshave not been rewardedyet,” Pagenaud said. “It’s good for them to get
a red hat and enjoy ittonight, then get back towork tomorrow morn-ing.”
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Pagenaud wins pole atAuto Club Speedway
By ANNE M. PETERSONAP Sports WriterOTTAWA, Ontario —
Carli Lloyd scored on aheader in the 51st minute,and the United States beatChina 1-0 Friday night toreach a semifinal againstGermany at the Women’sWorld Cup.Hope Solo had her fourth
straight shutout for thesecond-ranked UnitedStates, which has reachedthe final four of all sevenWomen’s World Cups buthas not won since beatingChina on penalty kicks forthe 1999 title at the RoseBowl. Seeking their thirdworld championship, theAmericans have notallowed a goal in 423 min-utes since this year’s tour-nament opener againstAustralia.The U.S. plays top-
ranked Germany, the 2003and ‘07 champion, on Tues-day in Montreal.Despite missing mid-
fielders Megan Rapinoeand Lauren Holiday, whowere suspended for yellowcard accumulation, theU.S. managed a moreattacking attitude andextended its unbeatenstreak against China to 25matches dating to 2003.“I think it was a highly
energized performance,”
U.S. coach Jill Ellis said. “Ithought we took care of theball well, still created a lotof opportunities. So, yeah,we’re really pleased.”Morgan Brian replaced
Holiday in the middle offield, with Tobin Heathand Kelley O’Hara — mak-ing her first start sinceMarch — the flanks. AmyRodriguez started up topwith Alex Morgan, inject-ing more pace, while AbbyWambach did not enteruntil the 86th minute.Wearing the captain’s
armband, Lloyd got thebreakthrough with her65th goal in 200 interna-tional appearances. JulieJohnston lofted a long ballinto the penalty area andLloyd met it with her head10 yards from the goal lineand bounced the ball offthe artificial turf and pastgoalkeeper Fei Wang. Thatbrought cheers from theoverwhelmingly pro-Amer-ican crowd of 24,141 atLansdowne Stadium.Before that, the best
American chance was byJohnston in the 26thminute that was cleared infront of an open net bydefender Li Dongna. John-ston also had a header off acorner kick in the 31stminute that popped overthe crossbar.
Associated Press/The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
China's Pang Fengyue (3) chases United States' Carli Lloyd (10) during the second half of theirquarterfinal FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament match Friday in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Lloydscored in the 51st minute to give the United States a 1-0 victory.
U.S. women blank China, reach semifinals
