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Portland’s weather stationmeasured a high temperatureof 73 degrees Sunday. Theovernight low was 56.Tonight’s low will be 60

with a chance of showersbeginning about 9 p.m. Rain ispossible Tuesday with a highof 75.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

TTuueessddaayy —— Results fromtonight’s tennis match as theJay County Patriots travel toSouth Adams.

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By RAY COONEYThe Commercial ReviewREDKEY — After more

than a decade of warnings,fines, citations and — mostimportantly — a longsearch for funding,improvements to Redkey’ssewer system will beginthis summer.Bidding is underway for

Redkey’s estimated $7.9million sewer separationproject, which will be fund-ed mostly through a grantand a loan from the UnitedStates Department of Agri-culture.Contractors must have

bids turned into town hallfor the sewer work, whichhas been a need for the

town for as long as anyonecan remember, by May 19.Town council will likelyreview the bids at its regu-larly-scheduled meetingthat evening.

HistoryRedkey, like many small

communities in Indiana,

has been dealing with theissues of its combinedstorm and sanitary sewersystem since at least 2005.Because the same sewerlines are used for both pur-poses, they can becomeovertaxed during times ofheavy rain.The result is that

untreated sewage is dis-charged from the town’sseven overflow sites andthe wastewater treatmentplant into Redkey Run, awaterway that connectswith Halfway Creek south-west of town and eventual-ly flows into the Mis-sissinewa River south ofAlbany. Backups from man-holes and toilets insidehomes have also been anissue.It was in 2005 that a rep-

resentative from IndianaDepartment of Environ-mental Managementwarned Redkey TownCouncil that it had 120 daysto make some significantprogress toward correcting

the situation as part of anagreed order to solve theproblem.That progress was diffi-

cult to come by.IDEM fined Redkey $825

in April 2005, but sewerissues were placed on theback burner in 2007because of needs forupdates to the town’s watertower, plant and mains.Those problems were alsodrawing warnings andcitations from IDEM.The town and IDEM

seemed to be alternatelycooperating with and atodds with each other. Red-key was hit with a $2,800fine in October 2011 andthen cited in October 2012

for unsatisfactory record-keeping and a lack of ade-quate preventative mainte-nance programs.

FundingThough the town was

fined and cited for its fail-ure to comply with theagreed order, local officialssay the inaction had noth-ing to do with whether ornot they wanted to addressthe problem. It was all amatter of dollars and cents.Redkey, with a popula-

tion of less than 1,400, sim-ply did not have the bond-ing capacity to raise theamount of money neededto fix its sewer problems.

See SSeewweerr page 6

Redkey sewer bidding open

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

In the fieldA farmer plows a field late Saturday afternoon just south of county road 500 North and

west of county road 700 East.

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Royal trioJay County High School crowned some extra prom royalty Saturday night. Abby Saxman was selected as the

queen, while Matt Blackford (left) and Robert Myers tied in the voting to share the title of king.

More than 35,000 feet of the town’s sewer lines will

be repaired or replaced

By SEAN SULLIVANand DAVID WIEGELThe Washington Post Donald Trump’s two remain-

ing Republican presidential oppo-nents have agreed on a strategy todivvy up three states holding pri-maries in the coming weeks — anunusual and urgent arrangementaimed at stopping the mogul fromclinching the GOP nomination.The campaigns of Sen. Ted

Cruz, Texas, and Ohio Gov. JohnKasich released written state-ments within minutes of eachother Sunday night calling forKasich to effectively stop compet-ing in Indiana and for Cruz toclear the way for Kasich in NewMexico and Oregon. They calledon allied third-party groups to dothe same.“Encouraging,” Tim Miller, a

spokesman for the anti-TrumpOur Principles PAC, said of theCruz-Kasich deal. “See you inCleveland.”The statements came as Trump

stood on the verge of anotherweek of sweeping victories, withfive Eastern states where he isfavored to win set to vote Tuesday.Kasich and Cruz are trying totrigger a contested conventionwhere party activists woulddecide the GOP nominee.The deal was discussed in a pri-

vate meeting last week betweenCruz campaign manager Jeff Roeand Kasich chief strategist JohnWeaver in Hollywood, Florida, atthe sidelines of the RepublicanNational Committee meeting,said a source with knowledge ofthe discussions who spoke on thecondition of anonymity. The dealwas finalized Sunday in phonecalls between the two advisers.

See DDeevveelloopp page 6

Cruz,Kasichdevelopstrategy

By ANN SANNERAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Marijua-

na growing operations were dis-covered at some of the crimescenes where officials said eightfamily members were killed in a

“pre-planned execution,” raisingmore questions as authoritiesscrambled to find a suspect orsuspects in the slayings in a ruralsouthern Ohio community.The killings at four homes near

the small community of Piketon

on Friday was “a sophisticatedoperation,” Attorney GeneralMike DeWine said at a news con-ference Sunday. Seven adults andone teenage boy were found shotin the head; three young childrenwere not harmed.

“This was a pre-planned execu-tion of eight individuals,”DeWine said.Authorities remained tight-

lipped about details of the inves-tigation, suspects or motives.

See SShhoooottiinngg page 5

Questions raised about shooting

By DARLENE SUPERVILLEand KATHLEENHENNESSEYAssociated PressHANNOVER, Germany

— President BarackObama today announcedthe deployment of up to250 U.S. military personnelto Syria, mostly specialoperations forces, to assistlocal troops trying to dis-lodge Islamic Stateextremists. He called themove essential to keepingup momentum against thegroup.

The deployment willbring the number of per-sonnel to roughly 300, upfrom about 50 special oper-ations forces currently inSyria.Obama revealed his

decision a week afterDefense Secretary AshCarter announced thatmore than 200 U.S. troopssoon will be headed toIraq, where local forces arealso battling Islamic Statemilitants who controlareas of that country.

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U.S. sendinghelp to Syria

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Blackford County fireDunkirk Fire Depart-

ment responded to a grassfire Saturday evening thatturned out to be a con-trolled burn.Two trucks and eight

firefighters received thecall at 7:09 p.m. to a firenear county roads 800 Eastand 300 South. After realizing it was a

controlled burn, theyreturned to the station at7:26 p.m.

Grass fireBryant Fire Department

responded to a grass fireSaturday afternoon thatwas out by the time fire-fighters arrived.The department received

a call to a possible grass fireat 2:25 p.m. north of Indi-ana 18 near U.S. 27. Sevenfirefighters and two trucksresponded and foundsmoke but nothing burn-ing.The cause of the fire is

unknown.

Post strikeA Portland woman hit a

post Sunday morning withthe car she was driving inKnox Township.Alison M. Betz, 18, 404 W.

Race, Portland, told JayCounty Sheriff ’s Office shewas traveling north on Indi-ana 67 near county road 800South when the 2012 FordFocus she was driving wentoff the road. The car wentinto the west side ditch andhit two posts before comingto rest.The Focus is registered

to Eric and Kristi Betz,same address.Damage in the 3:50 a.m.

crash is estimated between$2,500 and $5,000.

Went off roadA Dunkirk man’s truck

went off the road Saturdayafternoon in Greene Town-ship.Phillip K. Gephart, 51,

224 Mount Auburn, told JayCounty Sheriff ’s Office he

had just turned north ontocounty road 400 West fromIndiana 67 in his 2000Dodge Dakota. After gettingoff the east edge of theroadway, he lost control ofhis truck, which hit a utili-ty pole.Damage in the 1:53 p.m.

crash is estimated between$5,000 and $10,000.

Deer crashA rural Portland man’s

car collided with a deer Sat-urday evening in JacksonTownship.Don A. Layton, 29, 4355 E.

400 North, told Jay CountySheriff ’s Office he washeading east of countyroad 300 North just pastcounty road 500 West whena deer entered the roadway.He was unable to avoidstriking the deer with his2012 Dodge Avenger.

Damage in the 11 p.m.accident is estimatedbetween $5,000 and $10,000.

Raccoon accidentA Dunkirk woman hit a

raccoon with her van Sun-day morning in JeffersonTownship.Brenda D. Fogle, 57, 664

Lincoln Ave., told Jay Coun-

ty Sheriff ’s Office she wastraveling south on Indiana67 near county road 400South when a raccoon ranonto the roadway. She saidshe was unable to avoid acollision with the animal inher 2008 Chrysler Caravan.Damage in the 4:50 a.m.

crash is estimated between$1,000 and $2,500.

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ObituariesMarjorie Stults

Oct. 8, 1930-April 18, 2016Graveside services for Mar-

jorie A. Stults, 85, 408 S. WayneSt., Portland, are 10 a.m. Thurs-day at Fountain Park CemeteryChapel in Winchester with PastorDarrell Borders officiating. Shedied April 18 at her home.Born in Winchester to Hugh

Clifford and Virginia (Handford)Cole, she was a 1948 graduate ofWinchester HighSchool.She married

Francis “Salty”Stults on Sept. 15,1951, and he sur-vives. A homemaker,

she was a memberof Asbury UnitedMethodistChurch, Jay Coun-ty Hospital Auxiliary, Delta ThetaTau Sorority and a charter mem-ber of the Jay County SummerSwim Team, which she wasinvolved in for more than 50years.Surviving in addition to her

husband are a son, Mike Stults(companion: Tina Brenner), Port-land; four daughters, Mindy Kelly(husband: John), Anderson, Mar-cie Vormohr (husband: Frank),Maria Snow and Missy Bader(husband: Christian), all of Port-land; a sister, Nida “Tootie” Hum-mel, Winchester; 14 grandchil-dren; 10 great-grandchildren; andtwo in-laws.Memorials may be sent to State

of the Heart Hospice or Jay Coun-ty Cancer Society.Baird-Freeman Funeral Home

is in charge of the arrangements.Condolences may be expressed athttp://www.bairdfreeman.com.

Jerry Adams July 2, 1936-April 22, 2016Services for Jerry Adams, 79,

Portland, are Wednesday at 11a.m. at Williamson and SpencerFuneral Home in Portland withPastors Larry Eads and GordonJackson officiating. He died Fri-day at his home.Born in Albany to Milton and

Eva (Coons) Adams, he marriedBeatrice Atkinson on May 7, 1955,and she survives.A veteran of the United States

Army, serving as a paratrooper inthe 82nd Airborne, he had workedfor Portland Fire Department as avolunteer for 20 years and retiredfrom Ohio Valley Gas Companyin Portland and Jay CountyRetirement Center.

He was a member of the Port-land American Legion Post No.211 where he served on the HonorGuard.Surviving in addition to his

wife are two sons, Rusty Adams(wife: Theresa), Crawfordsville,and Jo Adams(wife: Sharon),Brainerd, Min-nesota; a daughter,Helene Hartzell(husband: Jerry),Portland; a broth-er, Karl Adams,Muncie; sevengrandchildren; sixgreat-grandchil-dren; five step-grandchildren; and eight step-great-grandchildren.Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday

at the funeral home. Burial willbe in Center Cemetery withAmerican Legion Post 211 con-ducting military graveside rites.Memorials may be sent to

American Legion Post 211 inPortland.Condolences may be sent to

www.williamsonspencer.com.

Dave SewellDave Sewell, 72, rural Portland,

died Sunday at his home. Funeral arrangements are

pending at Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home in Port-land.

Jay KingDec. 3, 1925-April 22, 2016Jay H. King, 90, 1248 W. Main

St., Portland, died Friday at hishome.Born in Portland to Cyrus and

Lucretia (Miller) King, he was a1944 graduate of Portland HighSchool.He married

Alice Baeumel onJune 7, 1953, andshe survives.A veteran of the

United StatesNavy serving dur-ing World War IIand the KoreanConflict, heretired as an elec-trician with Inter-national Brotherhood of Electri-cal Workers Local 855.He was a deacon, elder and

trustee of First PresbyterianChurch, a volunteer fireman withPortland and Bryant fire depart-ments for more than 50 years, anarson investigator, active in CivilDefense and ABC Board.He was awarded the Red Cross

Lifetime Achievement Award,was in Portland Comets Drumand Bugle Corps and was a BoyScout leader.Memberships include Jay

Lodge No. 87 F&AM and Ameri-can Legion Post 211.Surviving in addition to his

wife are two sons, Daniel King(wife: Carol), Warsaw, and KevinKing (wife: Lori), Fishers; adaughter, Janet Jackson (hus-band: Mark), Piqua, Ohio; andthree grandchildren.Visitation is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday at First PresbyterianChurch in Portland, followed by 1p.m. services with Pastor StanGockel officiating. Burial will bein Green Park Cemetery with mil-itary rites conducted by Ameri-can Legion Post No. 211.In lieu of flowers, memorials

may be sent to Bryant VolunteerFire Department, First Presbyte-rian Church, Shrine Children’sHospital or State of the HeartHospice. Baird-Freeman Funeral Home

in Portland is in charge of thearrangements. Condolences maybe expressed athttp://www.bairdfreeman.com

George FisherJuly 16, 1923-March 24, 2016George R. Fisher, 92, died

Thursday at St. Marys (Ohio) Liv-ing Center. Born in Fort Recovery to Harve

and Sadie (Blank) Fisher, he mar-ried Peggy Jo Minkner on May12, 1948, and she died on March22, 2006.He worked as a farmer, mill-

wright and carpenter.Surviving are a daughter, Drus-

cilla Caudill (husband: Fred), Set-sonia, Florida; a daughter, DawnReinhart (husband: David),Botkins, Ohio; several grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren.Private services will be held.

Arrangements are being handledby Miller Brothers Funeral Direc-tors in St. Marys.Condolences may be expressed

at http://www.millerfuneral-homes.net.

Bernice DukerJuly 6, 1922-April 17, 2016Bernice Maxine Duker, 93,

Cambridge City, and Hood Canal,Washington, died April 17 inMuncie.Born in Pennville to Edwin and

Ruby Wickes, she graduated fromLincoln High School in Cam-bridge City and attended IndianaBusiness College in Muncie and

Earlham College in Richmond. She married James W. Duker in

1945 and he preceded her in deathin 2011. She had worked for the Wayne

County Ration Board duringWorld War II.Surviving are a son, Gary

Duker (wife: Joyce), Seattle; adaughter, Ann Wieseke (husband:Mike), Muncie; four grandchil-dren; six great-grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews.Visitation is 10 a.m. Friday at

Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel inCambridge City, followed by 11a.m. services with the Rev. JerryMielke officiating. Burial will bein Zion’s Lutheran Cemetery inPershing, with a reception after-ward at the church.In lieu of flowers, memorials

may be sent to Riley Children’sHospital, 30 S. Meridian St., Suite200, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3509;Peyton Manning Children’s Hos-pital at St. Vincent’s, 8402 Har-court Road, Suite 210, Indianapo-lis, IN 46260; or Seattle Children’sHospital, Neonatal Intensive CareUnit, 4800 Sand Point Way N.E.,Seattle, WA 98105.Condolences may be expressed

at http://www.waskoms.com.

Mary Ann HeitkampJan. 16, 1926-April 21, 2016Mary Ann Heitkamp, 90, Ver-

sailles, Ohio, died Thursday atState of the Heart Hospice CareCenter in Greenville, Ohio. Shewas the mother of a Fort Recov-ery woman.Born in Fort

Loramie, Ohio, toFred and Cecelia(Dirksen) Hilge-fort, she marriedJerome “Jerry”Heitkamp on June9, 1948, and he diedon Oct. 26, 2011.Surviving are

five daughters,including TheresaFullenkamp (husband: Michael),Fort Recovery; four sons; threesisters; two brothers; 31 grand-children; 32 great-grandchildren;and several in-laws.A Mass of Christian burial will

be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.Louis Catholic Church, 15 E. StarRoad, North Star, Ohio, with theRev. Ron Haft officiating. Burialwill be in Holy Family ChurchCemetery in Versailles, Ohio.Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. today

at Bailey Zechar Funeral Homein Versailles, and 9:30 to 10:30a.m. Tuesday at the church.Memorials may be sent to

State of the Heart Hospice.Condolences may be expressed

at http://www.zecharbailey.com.

Wilma IckesNov. 11, 1923-April 22, 2016Wilma Dean Ickes, 92, Montpe-

lier, died Friday at her home. Shewas the sister of a Dunkirkwoman.Born in Blackford County to

John D. and Edith Elvina (Fur-niss) Crockett, she married Ken-neth E. Ickes on July 19, 1941, inPennville, and he preceded her indeath.Surviving are a son; three

daughters; a sister, Judith M.Willmann (husband: Roger),Dunkirk; 12 grandchildren; 32great-grandchildren; and threegreat-great-grandchildren.Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at

Walker & Glancy Funeral Homein Montpelier with Minister JohnHannum officiating. Burial willbe in Woodlawn Cemetery inMontpelier.Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. today at

the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed

at http://www.glancyfuneral-homes.com.

Patricia LogsdonMarch 17, 1940-April 20, 2016Patricia Arzella Logsdon, 76,

Muncie, died Wednesday atAlbany Health Care and Rehabil-itation following an extended ill-ness. She was the mother of aRidgeville woman.Born in Fairmount to Arthur

and Christie (Brown) Kierstead,she was preceded in death in2008 by her husband of 45 years,C. Thomas Logsdon.Surviving are a daughter,

Rhonda Logsdon, Ridgeville;three sons; a brother; a sister;three grandchildren; twogreat-grandchildren; and sev-eral nieces, nephews andcousins. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday

at Gant Funeral Homes, Gas-ton Chapel, with Pastor DeanPickett officiating. Cremationwill follow with the burial ofashes in Thompson Cemeteryat a later date.Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today

and one hour prior to services onTuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be sent to the

Alzheimer’s Association, 50 E.91st St., Suite 100, Indianapolis,IN 46240.Condolences may be expressed

at http://www.gantfuneral-homes.com.

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TodayPREGNANCY CARE

CENTER of Jay County— Free pregnancy testingwith ongoing support dur-ing and after pregnancy.The center is located at216 S. Meridian St., Port-land. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m.Monday through Friday.For more information oran appointment, 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 AsburyUnited Methodist Church,204 E. Arch St. in Port-land. Everyone is wel-come. TAKE OFF POUNDS

SENSIBLY (TOPS) — Willmeet for weigh-in at 5:30p.m., with the meeting at 6p.m., in the fellowshiphall at EvangelicalMethodist Church, 930 W.Main St., Portland. Newmembers welcome. For

more information, call(260) 726-5312.XI CHAPTER, DELTA

THETA TAU — Will meetat 7 p.m. Monday at thehome of Debbie Funk.

TuesdayBRYANT COMMUNITY

CENTER EUCHRE — Willbe played at 1 p.m. eachTuesday. The public is wel-come.JAY COUNTY CANCER

SUPPORT GROUP — Willmeet from 5 to 6:30 p.m. inconference room C at JayCounty Hospital. Opendiscussion for cancerpatients, survivors, familymembers, or anyone inter-ested in helping with thegroup. For more informa-tion, contact Deb Arnoldat (260) 726-1809, BevInman at (260) 726-4641, orLinda Metzger at (260) 726-1844. JAY COUNTY DEMO-

CRATIC PARTY — Willmeet at 6 p.m. Tuesday atDemocratic headquarters.

WednesdayWEDNESDAY MORN-

ING BREAKFAST CLUB— Will meet at 8 a.m. inthe east room of RichardsRestaurant. All women areinvited to attend. Includesactivities and devotionaltime.PORTLAND ROTARY

CLUB — Will meet at nooneach Wednesday at Har-mony Cafe, 121 N. Meridi-an St. ALCOHOLICS ANONY-

MOUS — Will meet from6:30 to 7:30 p.m. eachWednesday upstairs atTrue Value Hardware,North Meridian Street,Portland. For more infor-mation, call (260) 729-2532.AL-ANON FAMILY

GROUP — New Begin-nings, a support group forfriends and families ofalcoholics, the group willmeet at 6:30 p.m. each

Wednesday in the ZionLutheran Church, 218 E.High St., Portland. Formore information, call(260) 726-8229.

ThursdayCELEBRATE RECOV-

ERY — A 12-step Christianrecovery program, thegroup will meet at 10 a.m.and 6:30 p.m. each Thurs-day at A Second Chance AtLife Ministries, 109 S.Commerce St. in Portland.For more information, callJudy Smith at (260) 726-9187 or Dave Keen at (260)335-2152. EUCHRE CLUB — Will

meet at 2 p.m. the fourthWednesday of each monthat Chalet Village Healthand Rehabilitation in theNorth Lounge.

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By DIANA DOLECKISpecial to The Commercial ReviewI thought it was the definition

of chutzpa when the guyknocked on my porch door. Inhis hand were lilacs that I recog-nized as being plucked fromshrubs I had planted years ago.He pulled out his earbuds to askif he could pick one of those yel-low flowers just outside my door.I told him no. If he would wait

a minute, I would put on someshoes and cut some flowers forhim. I led him to the lilacs andlectured him the entire way. Itold him that he should neverjust assume flowers were therefor the picking. Someone hadspend good money on them.Someone had planted them.Someone had weeded them andperhaps even fed them. Whenpeople pick them, there arefewer for others to enjoy.

I continued my rant by tellinghim that it was easier on theplant to be cut rather thanpulled. He offered to return theflowers in his hand. What was Isupposed to do with those? Thedamage had been done. Heoffered me a dollar. I refused. Isent him on his way with a bou-quet of lilacs with an order toask first before picking some-one’s plants. He was probablyglad to get away from the crazylady.I never did give him one of

those yellow flowers. The tuliphe asked for was almost doneblooming and wouldn’t havelasted the rest of the day.I expect people to pick a

flower or two every spring. Iexpect to lose a few daffodilsand tulips to little kids. I do notexpect kids who are twice mysize to ask for more when theyalready have stolen lilacs intheir hands. I hope I impressedon him to ask first before takingsomething that belongs to some-one else.I think that is what bothered

me the most. He took what wasrightfully mine. He didn’t askfirst. I am more than willing tocut a bouquet for anyone whoasks. I often took flowers to theelderly lady who used to livenext door. I have cut flowers forpeople I didn’t know. I have evendug up a bulb or two to share

with people who asked. I reallydon’t think I’m selfish enoughto want them all for myself.For every flower that is taken,

there is one less for all to enjoy.There is no chance for thatflower to reproduce and makemore plants. There is a tiny bitless fragrance in the air. Thereis that much less food for bees,bugs and butterflies. There isvery simply ... less.But how much difference can

one flower make? You might besurprised. It might not makemuch difference at all, or itmight make all the difference inthe world.The theft of a flower erodes

my faith in human decency. Notby much, but all those tinypieces add up. Perhaps that iswhy so many older peoplebecome so grumpy. Their faithhas been chipped away over

time until all that is left is afrown.Or maybe I am making a

mountain out of a molehill.Maybe one flower picked early isone that won’t need to be dead-headed. I remind myself that it’sjust a flower, an ephemeral bitof sunshine, dirt and water. Itwas never meant to last forever.I wasn’t the one who created

it. I wasn’t the one who decidedit should have a certain form orfragrance. I was merely the onewho bought it, planted it andcared for it. Still, it bothers mewhen someone takes somethingI consider to be mine.If you want something some-

one else has, please ask firstbefore taking it. You might haveto endure a lecture, but you willsurely get more than you origi-nally wanted without irritatingsomeone else.

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League donationDave Cramer of the Portland Optimist Club, pictured at right,

recently presented a check for $550 to Brian Ison and his daughterTricia to be used for the Portland Junior League.

DEAR ABBY: Thirty-five years ago, my wifewas raped in her mother’shome when she was ateenager. Eight years ago,my daughter was alsoraped at the age of 11 inthe same home. My moth-er-in-law blames themboth for having beenraped. She told them if itdid happen, they probablydeserved it. I don’t understand this.

How can someone take theside of the perpetratorand not their own fleshand blood? How can some-one who is supposed to benurturing, loving and car-ing say such terriblethings to her children? I want to call her up and

give her a piece of mymind, especially sinceboth of them are passive

when it comes to thiswoman. Can they file alawsuit against her formental anguish? Help! Iwant to help them healfrom this tragedy, and Idon’t know what to do. —DISTRAUGHT DAD INTEXAS DDEEAARR DDIISSTTRRAAUUGGHHTT:: IItt

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By LEONARD PITTS JR.Tribune Content AgencyDear white people:As you no doubt know, the

water crisis in Flint, Michigan,returned to the headlines lastweek with news that the stateattorney general is chargingthree government officials fortheir alleged roles in the deba-cle. It makes this a convenientmoment to deal with somethingthat has irked me about the waythis disaster is framed.Namely, the fact that people

who look like you often get leftout of it.Consider some of the head-

lines:The Racist Roots of Flint’s

Water Crisis — Huffington PostHow A Racist System Has Poi-

soned The Water in Flint — TheRootA Question of Environmental

Racism — The New York TimesAs has been reported repeat-

edly, Flint is a majority blackcity with a 41 percent povertyrate, so critics ask if the water

would have been so blithely poi-soned, and if it would havetaken media so long to notice,had the victims been mostlywhite.It’s a sensible question, but

whenever I hear it, I engage in alittle thought experiment. I tryto imagine what happened inFlint happening in Bowie, acity in Maryland where blacksoutnumber whites, but themedian household income ismore than $100,000 a year andthe poverty rate is about 3 per-cent. I can’t.Then I try to imagine it hap-

pening in Morgantown, WestVirginia, where whites outnum-ber blacks, the median house-

hold income is about $32,000 ayear, and the poverty rateapproaches 40 percent — and Ifind that I easily can. It helpsthat Bowie is a few minutesfrom Washington, D.C., whileMorgantown is more than anhour from the nearest city ofany size.My point is neither that race

carries no weight nor that ithad no impact on what hap-pened in Flint. No, my point isonly that sometimes, race ismore distraction than explana-tion. Indeed, that’s the story ofour lives.To be white in America is to

have been sold a bill of goodsthat there exists between youand people of color a gap ofmorality, behavior, intelligenceand fundamental humanity.Forces of money and powerhave often used that perceivedgap to con people like you intoacting against their own self-interest.In the Civil War, white men

too poor to own slaves died in

grotesque numbers to protectthe “right” of a few plutocratsto continue that despicablepractice. In the Industrial Revo-lution, white workers agitatingfor a living wage were kept inline by the threat that their jobswould be given to “Negroes.” Inthe Depression, white familiesmired in poverty were mollifiedby signs reading “Whites Only.”You have to wonder what

would happen if white people —particularly, those of modestmeans — ever saw that gap forthe fiction it is? What if theyever realized you don’t needcommon color to reach commonground? What if all of us wereless reflexive in using race asour prism, just because it’shandy?You see, for as much as Flint

is a story about how we treatpeople of color, it is also — Iwould say more so — a storyabout how we treat the poor, theway we render them invisible.That was also the story of Hur-ricane Katrina. Remember

news media’s shock at discover-ing there were Americans toopoor to escape a killer storm?Granted, there is a discussion

to be had about how poverty isconstructed in this country; theblack poverty rate is higherthan any other with the excep-tion of Native Americans, andthat’s no coincidence. But it’sequally true that, once you arepoor, the array of slights andindignities to which you aresubjected is remarkably consis-tent across that racial gap.That fact should induce you

— and all of us — to reconsiderthe de facto primacy we assignthis arbitrary marker of identi-ty. After all, 37 percent of thepeople in Flint are white.But that’s done nothing to

make their water clean.••••••••••

Pitts is a columnist for TheMiami Herald. He won aPulitzer Prize for Commentaryin 2004. Readers may contacthim via e-mail at lpitts@miami-herald.com.

Race can distract us from poverty

By MORTON J. MARCUSThis week several read-

ers asked: What percentof households hadincomes less than $25,000?The answer: 23.6 per-

cent, nearly a quarter ofall households in theUnited States, hadincomes in 2014 under$25,000, according to thecensus bureau. That’s likeworking 40 hours a weekfor 50 weeks, at $12.50 perhour.However, if we back up

to the Good Old Days(1967) and adjust for pricechanges, then 27.3 percentof American householdshad less than $25,000 in2014 dollars.In 2014, 46.8 percent of

households had incomeless than $50,000. A halfcentury earlier, in Lim-baughland, that was 58.2percent of households.Yes, it’s called progress,

but it’s slow and uneven.Yes, in the aggregate, it’swhat we want: a risingstandard of living forincreasing numbers ofpeople.But there is a problem.In 1967, the top 10 per-

cent of households had atleast twice the income ofthe median household. By2014, they were up tothree times the level ofthe median household.That’s significant change.It means in 1967, the top10 percent could out-spend the median house-hold by at least $49,000. By2014, that differentialgrew (even after adjust-ment for inflation) to$104,000.Over the same period,

the median household’sincome remained fourtimes higher than the low-est 10 percent of house-holds. People in the mid-dle were slipping com-pared to the people at thetop and not separatingthemselves from those atthe bottom.The upshot? Those in

the top 10 percent couldenjoy at least 13 timesmore buying power in2014 than households inthe bottom 10 percent.This was up from a ninetimes advantage in 1967.The top was drawingaway from the middle andthe bottom.If this were going on at

the Indy 500, we’d saynothing is wrong. It’smeant to be this way.Some teams find ways to

get more speed from theircars while others do not.It’s a competition, therules are the same foreveryone, and to the skill-ful and the lucky go therewards.Or we could slow down

the fast cars with gover-nors on the motors. Alter-natively, give the slowercars the front rows andput the fastest cars quali-fying in the trailing rows.But the Indy 500 is not

the model for the kind ofnation we want. We don’twant our neighbors to bespectators, watching oth-ers compete for greatrewards, while they them-selves struggle to figureout what is going on farout of their sight.Far out of sight may be

the root of the problem.We tend to see people whoare like us and ignore theothers.People at the top don’t

socialize with people atthe bottom. People at thebottom only see what thepeople at the top leave intheir wastebaskets atnight.We are often blinded by

the little that we see.Therefore it’s easy to

believe what we are toldabout them.

••••••••••Marcus is an economist,

writer and speaker whomay be reached at morton-jmarcus@yahoo.com.

LeonardPitts Jr.

The economy isnot an auto race

The New York Times“Disaster.” “Incredible economic

burden.” “The biggest job-killer inthis country.”Central to the presidential cam-

paigns of Donald Trump and TedCruz has been the claim that theAffordable Care Act has been a com-plete failure, and that the only way tosave the country from this scourge isto replace it with something theydesign.It’s worth examining the big myths

they are peddling about the Afford-able Care Act and also their ill-con-ceived plans of what might replace it.Millions of people have lost their

insurance: In January, Mr. Cruzclaimed that “millions of Ameri-cans” had lost their health insurancebecause of the health reform law. Heeven claimed to be one of them, say-ing “our health care got canceled”because Blue Cross Blue Shield leftthe individual market in Texas.Insurers did stop offering some

plans after the law took effect, includ-ing those that didn’t provide requiredbenefits like maternity care or thatcharged higher premiums to older orsicker people. But people with thoseplans had the opportunity to sign upfor others. And over all, the law hasdrastically reduced the number ofAmericans who lack health insur-ance. According to the CensusBureau, the number of uninsuredAmericans dropped by 10 millionbetween 2010, when the law passed,and 2014. While critics said employ-ers might stop offering health insur-ance because of the law, three millionpeople actually gained coveragethrough their employers between2010 and 2014.

Incidentally, Mr. Cruz never losthis health insurance. Blue CrossBlue Shield did cancel his particu-lar plan, but it automatically movedhim and his family to a new one. ACruz spokeswoman said the senatorhad been misinformed by his insur-ance broker.Millions of people have lost their

jobs: Mr. Cruz has called the Afford-able Care Act “the biggest job-killerin this country” and said “millionsof Americans have lost their jobs,have been forced into part-timework” because of it. This is false.The unemployment rate has fallensince the law took effect, PolitiFactnotes, as has the number of peopleworking part time when they wouldrather work full time. A 2015 studyusing data from the Current Popu-lation Survey found that the law“had virtually no adverse effect onlabor force participation, employ-ment or usual hours worked perweek through 2014.”Reduce costs by weakening state

regulations: Mr. Trump frequentlytalks about his plan to “get rid ofthe lines around the states” to fos-ter competition among insurancecompanies. Customers in stateswhere insurance is heavily regulat-ed, the thinking goes, would be ableto save money if they could pur-chase coverage from insurers based

in states with fewer rules. Mr. Cruz,too, supports allowing people to buyinsurance across state borders —it’s one of the few proposals he’soffered for replacing the health lawif it is repealed.But the biggest obstacle stopping

insurers from setting up in morestates is not regulation; it’s the dif-ficulty of establishing a network ofproviders in a new market. Andsuch a structure would destroy thelongstanding ability of states toregulate health insurance for theirpopulations. Some states, forinstance, require coverage for infer-tility treatment and others havechosen not to. Allowing cross-bor-der plans would encourage insurersto base themselves in low-regula-tion states, and the result might bea proliferation of poor-qualityplans.The Affordable Care Act is not

perfect. Premiums for plans on theexchanges rose between 2015 and2016 and are likely to rise againnext year. A few insurers have leftthe exchange market, raising con-cerns in some quarters that morecompanies might follow.But the law has helped millions

of Americans, especially low-wageworkers like cashiers, cooks andwaiters who previously struggled topay for coverage. In inventing prob-lems that don’t exist and proposingsolutions that won’t help, DonaldTrump and Ted Cruz show that theydon’t care about helping Americansget health care, which has neverbeen their interest. They want totrash the Affordable Care Act, andthey’re willing to mislead the pub-lic any way they can.

Trump, Cruz misconstrue ACA

Eyeon the

Pie

Far outof sight

may be theroot of theproblem.

We tend tosee people who arelike us

and ignorethe others.

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city today reached a $6million settlement in alawsuit over the deathof Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shotby a white police offi-cer while playing witha pellet gun outside arecreation center.An order filed in U.S.

District Court in Cleve-land said the city willpay out $3 million thisyear and $3 million thenext. There was noadmission of wrongdo-ing in the settlement.

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WoundedANTIGO, Wis. — An

18-year-old manopened fire with ahigh-powered rifle out-side of a high schoolprom in northern Wis-consin, wounding twostudents before apolice officer who wasin the parking lot fatal-ly shot him, authori-ties said Sunday.Investigators did not

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Continued from page 1They said they found marijuana

operations at three of the crimescenes, but didn’t say if the deathswere linked to pot. Autopsies wereexpected to be completed today.Pike County Sheriff Charles

Reader said it was clear the familywas targeted, and he’s told the vic-tims’ relatives to arm themselves.Reader said he didn’t believe

safety was an issue for others, buthe said “If you are fearful, armyourself.”Investigators have interviewed

between 50 and 60 people in hopes

of finding leads, and a team of 38people is combing wooded areasaround the shooting scenes toensure no evidence was missed,authorities said.“This was very methodical. This

was well planned. This was notsomething that just happened,”said Reader, noting most victimswere targeted while they weresleeping.The victims were identified Sat-

urday as 40-year-old ChristopherRhoden Sr.; his 16-year-old son,Christopher Rhoden Jr.; 44-year-oldKenneth Rhoden; 38-year-old Gary

Rhoden; 37-year-old Dana Rhoden;20-year-old Clarence “Frankie”Rhoden; 20-year-old Hannah Gilley;and 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden.Hanna Rhoden was in bed with

her newborn baby nearby, authori-ties said. The infant was 4- or 5-days old. The newborn, HannahGilley’s 6-month-old baby, and oneother small child were not hurt.DeWine said the state’s crime lab

was looking at 18 pieces of evi-dence from a DNA and ballisticstandpoint, and five search war-rants have been executed.Since the slayings, authorities

have refused to discuss manydetails of the crime, a potentialmotive, weapons, or the search forthe assailant or assailants.“We don’t know whether it was

one or more people involved inthis,” DeWine said.More than 100 tips have been

given to investigators, who’ve setup a number for people to call aspolice seek information about thecrimes. A Cincinnati-area busi-nessman also put up a $25,000reward for details leading to thecapture and conviction of thekiller or killers.

Continued from page 1He said none of the new

forces heading to Syriawould participate in directcombat.“They’re not going to be

leading the fight on theground, but they will beessential in providing thetraining and assisting localforces,” Obama said duringa speech in Germany thatcapped a weeklong trip thatalso took him to Saudi Ara-bia and Great Britain.IS was a focus of private

talks with his counterpartsin all three stops.Senior U.S. officials have

been touting the success ofthe existing U.S. forces inSyria, including their effec-tiveness in assisting localforces and generating criti-cal intelligence that helpsthe U.S.-led coalitionagainst IS target insur-gents.“We want to accelerate

that progress,” said BenRhodes, Obama’s deputynational security adviser.Obama said U.S.- Euro-

pean collaboration mustextend to the threat posedby IS. As he announceddeeper U.S. involvement, heurged Europe to step up,too.Before returning to

Washington, Obama hud-dled with the leaders ofGreat Britain, Germany,France and Italy. He saidahead of the meeting that

he planned to ask thosenations to step up theirtraining and airstrike con-tributions to the campaignagainst IS and to providemore economic aid torebuild parts of Iraq recap-tured from IS.“Europe and NATO can

still do more,” he said. “Weneed to do everything inour power to stop them.”Obama discussed his

troop decision briefly dur-ing a broader speech onU.S.-European relationsand the importance to theworld of continued Euro-

pean unity. Obama urgedEurope’s leaders to payattention to incomeinequality, which he saidcreates wedges among pop-ulations, and other issuesincluding education foryoung people and equal payfor equal work for women.“If we do not solve these

problems, we start seeingthose who would try toexploit these fears and frus-trations and channel themin a destructive way,”Obama said. He decried an“us-versus-them” mentali-ty that breeds animosity

toward immigrants, Mus-lims and others.“This is a defining

moment and what happenson this continent has conse-quences for people aroundthe globe,” Obama said. “Ifa unified, peaceful, liberal,pluralistic, free-marketEurope begins to doubtitself, begins to questionthe progress that’s beenmade over the last severaldecades, then we can’texpect the progress that isjust now taking hold inmany places around theworld will continue.”

The president’s appealfor Europe to stick togethercame days after he made aforceful argument while inLondon against GreatBritain exiting the Euro-pean Union. The possibilityof Britain leaving the EU ina June referendum, alongwith the regional terroristthreat and the Syriarefugee crisis, has raisedquestions about thestrength of European unity.Libya was also expected

to be a topic of discussionat Obama’s high-level meet-ing with German Chancel-lor Angela Merkel, BritishPrime Minister DavidCameron, French Presi-dent Francois Hollande andItalian Prime Minister Mat-teo.Obama discussed Libya

during separate talks withCameron and Merkel. Herecently said failure to planfor the fallout after Libyanleader Moammar Gadhafiwas toppled in 2011 was hisbiggest mistake.Libya since has descend-

ed into chaos and become abase for IS. But Obama hassaid he has no plans to sendin ground troops andprefers to support a newlyinstalled unity governmentin the North African coun-try.Obama has said he

remains opposed to large-scale U.S. military interven-tion in either Iraq or Syria.

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Judge Donald GillespieFined and SentencedMatthew D. Gannon, Portland

disregarding auto signal,$158.50; Chad Timmerman,Portland, driving while sus-pended, $158.50; Joseph W. Wil-son, Portland, false registra-tion, $25, operator neverlicensed, $233.50; Kelly M. Win-ner, New Weston, Ohio, speed-ing 74 miles an hour in a 55miles per hour zone, $152.50.Kristin E. Hilgefort, Minster,

Ohio, speeding 55 miles an hourin a 40 miles per hour zone,$148.50; Patrick R. Severt, St.Marys, Ohio, speeding 63 milesan hour in a 40 miles per hourzone, $169; Diana B. Schoenlein,Coldwater, Ohio, speeding 50miles an hour in a 35 miles perhour zone, $148.50.Brittany N. Craig, Lawrence-

burg, speeding 58 miles an hourin a 30 miles per hour zone,$169; Brandt T. Pearson, Port-land, speeding 77 miles an hourin a 55 miles per hour zone,$169; Jacob C. Haller, Sidney,Ohio, speeding 45 miles an hourin a 30 miles per hour zone,$148.50; Jeremiah L. Cother-man, Redkey, speeding 70 milesan hour in a 55 miles per hourzone, $147.50.

Patricia Mead, Lexington,Kentucky, speeding 62 miles anhour in a 45 miles per hourzone, $150.50; Heather J. King,Greenville, Ohio, speeding 70miles an hour in a 55 miles perhour zone, $148.50; Melissa L.Merritt, Ansonia, Ohio, speed-ing 50 miles an hour in a 35miles per hour zone, $148.50.Dion L. Young, Ridgeville,

seatbelt violation, $25; CameronJ. Southworth, Dunkirk, speed-ing 75 miles an hour in a 55miles per hour zone, $169; Rod-ney D. Dollar, Dunkirk, seat beltviolation, $25, child restraint,$25; Jason N. Barton, Portlandspeeding 57 miles an hour in a35 miles per hour zone, $169.Courtney R. Kramer,

Wapakoneta, Ohio, speeding 75miles an hour in a 55 miles perhour zone, $169; David ChilcoteIII, Redkey, speeding 76 miles anhour in a 55 miles per hourzone, $169; Billy R. Settles, Mid-dlesboro, Kentucky, speeding 78miles an hour in a 55 miles perhour zone, $169.Alyssa A. Jenings, Richmond,

speeding 70 miles an hour in a55 miles per hour zone, $148.50;Troy A. Gray, Huntertown,speeding 77 miles an hour in a55 miles per hour zone, $169;Brandon L. Austin, Portland,

speeding 75 miles an hour in a55 miles per hour zone, $169;Caleb C. Gambill, Portland,speeding 54 miles an hour in a40 miles per hour zone, $147.50.Barton C. Royer, Bryant,

speeding 66 miles an hour in a55 miles per hour zone, $144.50;Rhegan R. Shimp, Ridgeville,learner permit violation,$158.50; Christopher G. Sallee,Celina, Ohio, speeding 70 milesan hour in a 55 miles per hourzone, $148.50; Joseph G. Daigle,Bluffton, speeding 48 miles anhour in a 30 miles per hourzone, $151.50; Mark E. Fisher,Fort Wayne, speeding 71 milesan hour in a 55 miles per hourzone, $149.50; Eric L. Morris,Hartford City, speeding 70 milesan hour in a 55 miles per hourzone, $148.50.

Pre-trials setEric B. Audet, Portland, driv-

ing while suspended, June 1;Matthew D. Brunswick, FortRecovery, driving while sus-pended, June 1; Jason A. Hamil-ton, Montpelier, driving whilesuspended, June 1; Tarra E.Herzfeld, Albany, failure toyield, June 1; Danny E. Stocker,Portland, driving while sus-pended, Jake R. Moore, Redkey,minor consumption, June 1;

Anthony X. Vetor, Portland,inhaling toxic vapors, June 1;William D. Phillips, Portland,disorderly conduct and publicintoxication.

Failure to appearCarol D. Vanalst, Redkey, dog

at large-Redkey ordinance; Jua-nia M. Ardizzone, Villa Park,California, speeding 71 miles anhour in a 55 miles per hourzone; Darrel E. Arnett, Harrod,Ohio, speeding 68 miles an hourin a 55 miles per hour zone;Corey K. Comer, Portland,speeding 73 miles an hour in a55 miles per hour zone; BrittanyJ. Crabtree, Dunkirk, speeding42 miles an hour in a 30 milesper hour zone; Samuel M.Moore, Powell, Ohio, speeding76 miles an hour in a 55 milesper hour zone; Johnny R. Mor-gan, Portland, driving whilesuspended; Michael E. Nash,Fort Wayne, speeding 75 milesan hour in a 55 miles per hourzone; Brandy M. Smith, Oxford,Ohio, speeding 72 miles an hourin a 55 miles per hour zone.

DismissedChad E. Reneau, Hartford

City, expired plates.

Judge Max LudyFined and sentencedDamian J. Franks, 19,

Hartford City, was foundguilty of theft, a Class Amisdemeanor — Sentencedto one year in Jay Countyjail with all but two dayssuspended, given two dayscredit for one day served,fined $1, assessed courtcosts of $183 and placed onformal probation for sixmonths.Jeremy H. Dean, 35, Fort

Wayne, was found guilty ofdriving while suspended, aClass A misdemeanor —Sentenced to 90 days in Jay

County Jail, given 25 dayscredit for 12 days served,ordered to serve theremaining 66 days of hissentence, which beganApril 14 and receive day forday credit, fined $100 andassessed court costs of$183.50.

Cases filedState of Indiana vs.

Brian M. Ferner, a criminalmisdemeanorState of Indiana vs.

Jason M. Stephens, a Level6 felonyState of Indiana vs. Terra

S. Ogan, a Level 6 felony

State of Indiana vs.Charity Boggess, a crimi-nal misdemeanorState of Indiana vs. Lak-

isha Patton, a criminalmisdemeanorState of Indiana vs. Tim-

othy Hart, a criminal mis-demeanorMainSource Bank vs.

Duane J. Simons, civil col-lectionsJay County Hospital vs.

Alisha McClure, civil col-lectionsJay County Hospital vs.

Harold Skinner, civil col-lectionsState of Indiana vs.

Shaylynde L. Traxler, acriminal misdemeanorState of Indiana vs. Nic-

hole E. Compton, a crimi-nal misdemeanorState of Indiana vs.

Adam Reynolds, a crimi-nal misdemeanorState of Indiana vs.

Jason Zent, a Level 6felonyState of Indiana vs.

Alexandra K. Bilbrey, aLevel 6 felony

JudgmentsState of Indiana was

granted $665 from Seth M.Reffett, Lagrange

State of Indiana wasgranted $543 from KaitlynA. Smith, PortlandState of Indiana was

granted $1,553 fromMichael J. Young, Port-landState of Indiana was

granted $283.50 from Jere-my H. Dean, Fort Wayne, acriminal misdemeanorCapital One Bank (USA)

NA was granted $1,000.30from Denise Enis, Port-landState of Indiana was

granted $359 from DamianJ. Franks, Hartford CityState of Indiana was

granted $598 from CalHimelick, Columbia CityState of Indiana was

granted $384 from JohnMangus, RedkeyState of Indiana was

granted $1,598 fromNathaniel Nusekabel,Portland

DismissalsChase M. Smith, Port-

land, operating a vehiclewhile intoxicated andoperating a vehicle withan alcohol concentrationequivalent of 0.08 percentor more, both Class C mis-demeanors.

Portland City Court

Jay Superior Court

Judge Brian HutchinsonDissolutionsStephen S. George and Angela

R. GeorgeCarolyn S. Green and Ben-

jamin L. Green, Sr.

Cases filedState of Indiana vs. Heather

Teal, a Level 5 felonyWells Fargo Bank NA vs. Dawn

M. Brown, mortgage foreclosureDavid Bailey vs. David

McLaughlin, civil plenaryFarah Parr vs. Isaac Kelly,

divorce

DismissalsDavid A. Goins, Westville, a

civil plenary Wells Fargo Bank, NA and

Nathan R. Johnsman, mortgageforeclosure

JudgmentsWells Fargo Bank, NA was

granted $132,249.28 from Caressaand John G. Runyon, PortlandState of Indiana was granted

$1,598 from Nathaniel Nusekabel,PortlandState of Indiana was granted

$1,338 from Danielle D. Roberts,Dunkirk

Jay CircuitCourt

Continued from page 1Its bonding limit is about $2.4

million.“They turned in long-term

control plan after long-term con-trol plan, and because theycouldn’t finance the long-termcontrol plans, IDEM would rejectthem,” said Jay County commu-nity development director AmiHuffman. “So they didn’t haveone that was even accepted byIDEM for a long time.“Until we figured out how to

get it funded, it was going to berejected … because the bondingpower just wasn’t there.”Town council, with help from

Huffman, looked at a variety ofdifferent grant and loan pro-grams. But they kept coming upshort — typically they were ableto find no more than half of themoney that would be needed forthe project.So, they threw a “Hail Mary

pass.”Huffman’s research showed

that some states don’t use theUSDA Rural Development fundsthat are allocated to them, andwhen that happens, other statescan apply for the excess funding.She made a call to U.S. Sen. DickLugar, who was on his way out ofoffice in 2012.Lugar was sympathetic to Red-

key’s plight, agreeing to makesome phone calls and ask Sen.Dan Coats to carry the torch forthe town in the future. Theprocess took time, but in June2014 the town finally got goodnews — the USDA would providenearly all of the funding neededto separate its sewers.Redkey was awarded a $3.9

million grant and a $3.8 millionlow-interest loan. The townwould be responsible for theremaining $206,000 up front.“It ended up working,” Huff-

man said. “It was a long timebefore we heard it was going towork. I just kept thinking, wehaven’t been told ‘no’ yet. … Andthen one day it all camethrough.”

Sewer linesWork on the sewer lines them-

selves will make up one part ofthe project, with more than35,000-feet being replaced orinstalled.The bulk of the sewer work

will involve making use of cur-rent sewer lines without diggingthem up and removing them.Instead, sleeves will be placed inthose lines, accounting for near-ly 26,000 feet.Video was taken of all of the

sewer lines in town to deter-

mine which ones could be sal-vaged.“We looked at where they had

cracks, where they had leaks,where the pipes are showingdistress but they haven’t neces-sarily collapsed. So those arethe lines we can sleeve,” saidMitch Hansel of Fleis & Van-denbrink, the engineering firmthat handled design for the proj-ect. “And then wherever it had acollapse or a dip in it, thenwe’re calling for that section tobe dug out and replaced.”The longest stretches of

sleeves will be on Union Streetbetween High and Shermanstreets, on Wayne Avenue fromjust east of Meridian Street toButler street, along a north-south alley parallel to Meridianand Spencer streets from VineStreet to Main Street and alongan east-west alley that runs par-allel to Main and High streetsbetween George Street and theeastern edge of town. Therewill also be extensive sleevingon the west side of town on andaround Delaware Street.In terms of new lines, work-

ers will be adding more than4,200 feet of storm pipes rang-ing from 12 to 18 inches indiameter and nearly 4,000 feetof sanitary sewer lines rangingfrom 8 to 12 inches in diameter.They will also be replacing1,365 feet of current lines, 800feet of which involve stormsewers.The longest stretch of contin-

uous sewer line replacement orinstallation will be on BoyceStreet between Oak and Ashstreets, Ash Street betweenBoyce and Main streets, MainStreet between Ash and Unionstreets and Union Streetbetween Main and High streets.Other long stretches includeseveral bocks of High Street inthe area of Elm Street, CentralAvenue from Elm Street to theeast and from the south end ofElm Street to the wastewatertreatment plant in the south-west corner of the town.

Plant upgradesWhile the sewer line work

along Redkey’s streets will bethe most visible to residents,the sewer separation projectalso includes extensiveupgrades to the town’s waste-water treatment plant.Part of the work will be dem-

olition of current parts of theplant, including the grit chan-nel, chlorine contact tank andcascade aerator. Some piping,mechanical devices and electri-

cal infrastructure will also beremoved.A new headworks building

with an in-channel fine screen-ing mechanism and grit removalwill be constructed. Amongother new items will be dry-pitsubmersible influent pumps,rotary lobe sludge pumps, oxida-tion ditch equipment (used toadd oxygen to ammonia insewage and changes its chemicalmakeup), rectangular clarifiers(used to remove suspendedsolids from sewage), ultravioletdisinfection units, cascade aera-tors (they add oxygen to waste-water) and a mixing system.The facility will also get heat-

ing, ventilation and coolingupgrades, as well as new plumb-ing, concrete, masonry, roofing,paint and controls and instru-ments.The plant work will both mod-

ernize the facility and increaseits capacity.

ImpactMany municipalities, includ-

ing Portland, have had to take apiecemeal approach to solvingtheir sewer problems, fixing onearea at a time and graduallymaking progress toward the goalof eliminating CSOs. Redkey’sissues will be dealt with all inone project.“The big benefit is less years

of sewage going into (RedkeyRun),” said Hansel. “By takingcare of it all in one shot, theywon’t have to continue to fill outall this paperwork, continue tobe under an agreed order. They’lljust have it solved, taken care of,and move on …”That will take some time, as

the sewer work is projected tolast nine months and the plantwork 14 months.Hansel is hopeful that the

sewer replacement could be donemore quickly — by the end of2016 — but that will depend heav-ily on the contractor that isselected and if the weather coop-erates. He said the worst-casescenario is that the final work onsewer lines and pavement patch-ing will be handled in spring2017.“I think they’ve got a good plan

of action so the town is not total-ly disrupted,” said council mem-ber Doug Stanley. “There’s goingto be some discomfort, but every-body in town knows that’s com-ing. So that’s not going to be a bigsurprise.“There’ll be some griping.

There already is, but it will be aspainless as possible. And we’ll bethe better for it when it’s done.”

Continued from page 1A version of the idea already

was effectively in place. Cruzskipped campaigning altogetherin Rhode Island, Connecticut andDelaware last week — three statesthat will vote on April 26. Kasichcampaigned in the former twostates.“To ensure that we nominate a

Republican who can unify theRepublican Party and win inNovember, our campaign willfocus its time and resources inIndiana and in turn clear the pathfor Gov. Kasich to compete in Ore-gon and New Mexico, and wewould hope that allies of bothcampaigns would follow ourlead,” Roe said in a statement.A few moments later, Weaver

issued a statement saying: “Weare very comfortable with ourdelegate position in Indianaalready, and given the currentdynamics of the primary there,we will shift our campaign’sresources West and give the Cruzcampaign a clear path in Indi-ana.”He added: “In turn, we will

focus our time and resources inNew Mexico and Oregon, bothareas that are structurally simi-lar to the Northeast politically,where Gov. Kasich is performingwell. We would expect independ-ent third-party groups to do thesame and honor the commit-ments made by the Cruz andKasich campaigns.”Cruz has shifted his focus

beyond Tuesday’s contests toIndiana, which will vote on May3. He already has held severalcampaign events in the HoosierState in recent days and plansmore this week.Limited public polling in Indi-

ana has shown that Cruz standsthe best chance of stoppingTrump in Indiana. Cruz alliesbelieve Kasich is siphoning votesaway from him, as evidenced by apro-Cruz TV ad released lastweek that urged voters not toback Kasich.A loss to Trump in Indiana

would be a devastating blow toCruz, who is hoping to undercutsome of Trump’s momentumheading into the final month ofthe race.But both the Cruz and Kasich

campaigns said they intend tocompete hard in the remainingstates, signaling that the scope oftheir unorthodox arrangementwill be limited. The biggestremaining prize is California onJune 7. The state will award 172delegates to the RepublicanNational Convention in Cleve-land.Oregon will vote on May 17.

New Mexico’s primary is June 7.The move would send Kasich

west sooner than his rivalsexpected. Campaign sources saidthat two planned Tuesday eventsin the Indianapolis area would becanceled; the candidate wouldattend a local fundraiser, thenmove on.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.(AP) — Some Purdue Universi-ty faculty say a plan to over-haul graduate education nega-tively affects disciplines withthe most minority and femalegraduate students.A five-year initiative laid out

last semester by College of Lib-eral Arts Dean David Reingoldwould raise graduate teachingassistants’ pay and trim theirteaching loads by reducingincoming graduate students’class sizes and making facultyteach more undergraduateclasses.Budget cuts would come next

year to departments includingEnglish, communications andlanguages and cultures underthe proposed plan. Depart-

ments that would receive morefunding are anthropology, his-tory, political science, sociolo-gy, philosophy and visual andperforming arts.Some faculty members argue

that departments facing cutshave the most diversity, whilethose getting more funding areless diverse, The (Lafayette)Journal & Courier reported.A 5 percent budget cut is

looming next year for theSchool of Languages and Cul-tures.A statement on behalf of the

school that addressed facultyconcerns was presented Tues-day by French and applied lin-guistics professor JessicaSturm to the College of LiberalArts Faculty Senate.

Purdue plansto cut budget

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PART-TIME BAR-TENDER AND COOKApply at Val’s Place,Redkey or call 765-369-8139

DUNKIRK PARKBOARD is acceptingapplications for the fol-lowing positions April 4until May 2. Pool manag-er, Assistant manager,Certified lifeguards,Concessions, andAdmissions and ParkLaborer. Applicationscan be picked up at theCity Building 131 SMain, Dunkirk, between8:30am and 4:30pmMon- Fri. EOE

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Continued from page 10Houck admitted his putting

helped him to the individualchampionship last year, but thesame part of his game wasn’t asconsistent Saturday. He led thePatriots — they had two players inthe top 10 with Collin Haines fin-ishing 10th — with an 11-over-par82.“My putting was all right at

times today,” he said. “At the endit kind of fell off a little bit.”The junior made his only birdie

of the day on his second hole, thepar-5 11th. He was 3-over par afterhis first seven holes, then madepar four straight times. He fin-ished with seven pars, eightbogeys and two double bogeys.“I’m happy with an 82,” he said.

Houck had the same score lastweek at Hickory Hills.During the same tournament as

a freshman, Haines had 108, butthis season the sophomoreimproved by 22 strokes to finishwith an 86. It was the Patriots’ No.2 score and was good for 10th over-all. He birdied the 486-yard, par-5eighth and the 340-yard, par-413th. He almost had one on the128-yard, par-3 ninth too, but hisputt from about 8 feet away wastoo far to the left.He tied Houck with seven pars.Junior Kyler Hudson and sen-

ior Graham Haines shot 89 and 90respectively to complete the Patri-ots’ team score. Hudson made parfive times in knocking ninestrokes off his score from last sea-son. Graham Haines had six pars,including three straight on thefifth, sixth and seventh holes.“You have to be consistent here.

You have to be patient,” Houcksaid. “If you start off bad youknow there (are) a lot of holes left.There is room to improve. If youstart off good, there (are) a lot ofholes left and you can fall off.“You just have to stay patient

and stay consistent.”Gray was happy to have two of

his players finish in the top 10 inback-to-back seasons.“The individuals have to do well

for the team to do well,” he said.“Every week it is to try to get bet-ter at some part of the game.”Nick Hayden, who was 10th last

year with a 92, was the Patriots’fifth golfer Saturday. He finishedwith a score of 100.South Adams junior Jacob Rife

led the Starfires with a score of 89.He was responsible for one of thetwo SAHS birdies, recording hison the eighth hole. McGerran

Clouser — he was third on theteam with a 92 — birdied 13.Sophomore David Muselman

scored 91 to finish second on theteam, and senior Dexter Millerrounded out the team score with a112. Chris Bietler also competed,and he finished with a 114.

Continued from page 10Andy Kohler had a dou-

ble and two singles, andCole Stigleman had twohits. Chandler Jacks andKohler both had threeRBIs, with Josh Vaughn,Ethan Myers and MichaelSchlechty each driving ina pair of runs.In game two, Jay County

led 4-1 after the first frameand tacked on seven runsin the second, two in thethird, six in the fourth andone in the fifth, whileracking up 15 total hits forthe second consecutivegame.Ryan Schlecthy had sea-

son highs in hits (four,including a double) andRBIs (five). JacobGeesaman, Jacks andEthan Myers had two hitseach. Kohler had a tripleand three RBIs, and Jacksalso drove in three runs.Ethan Myers got the win

on the bump, giving upone earned run on twohits while striking outseven and walking two infour innings of work.

ANSONIA, Ohio — TheSouth Adams boys trackteam finished first Satur-day at the Ansonia TigerRelays.The Starfires won five

events on their way to 88points. Houston was run-ner up with 82 points, andCovington was third with67.South Adams’ girls team

scored 81 points to finishsecond. Covington wonwith 95 points, and Ansoniawas third with 77 points.Drew LeFever won both

the shot put and discussevents, then helped on thewinning 800-meter sprintmedley relay with LoganHicks, Sam Stuber and PaulNeuenschwander.McGerran Clouser, Wyatt

Miller, Daniel Steffen andBailey McIntire combinedfor victories in both the4x800 relay and the distancemedley relay.Marcos Gonzalez teamed

with Miller, Steffen andBailey to finish first in themiddle distance medleyrelay, then helped the win-ning 4x400 relay team ofJames Groh, Clouser andNeuenschwander.For the girls, Addie Wan-

ner won high jump, thenjoined Olivia Von Gunten,Caroline Kloepper and Ash-ley LeFever for a victory inthe 4x100 relay.Megan Wynn, Acacia

Anderson, Emma Ross-wurm and Haley Archercombined to win the 4x200relay.

SA routsAUBURN — The South

Adams High School softballteam earned two lopsidedwins Saturday in a double-header sweep of the Lake-wood Park Christian Pan-thers.South Adams (6-3) won

the first game 17-2, thentook the second 19-2. Bothcontests lasted five innings.Keirstyn Grimm led the

Starfires with five hits andfive RBIs on the day. Shehad two doubles and threesingles. Morgan Albersontallied four hits, with KylaLeFever, Kiera Pinnock andLexi Dellinger each addingthree. Dellinger had a dou-ble and drove in six runs,and LeFever totaled fourRBIs. Katelin Augsburger got

the win in game one, allow-ing two runs — oneearned — on five hits. Shestruck out 11 and walkedone in five innings.Anna Nussbaum got her

first career victory in thesecond game. She gave up

two runs — one earned —on two hits, while strikingout four and not allowing awalk in five innings ofwork.

Starfires go 1-1LYNN — South Adams’

baseball team split a dou-bleheader on Saturday withthe Cambridge City Lin-coln Golden Eagles andRandolph Southern Rebels.The Starfires (5-6) lost the

first game to the GoldenEagles 5-1, then bouncedback with a 14-0 thumpingof the host Rebels.Corbin Blomeke had two

doubles and a single on theday, and Jayden Dullchipped in with three sin-gles and two RBIs. JustinNussbaum was 4-for-7 withan RBI, three runs and twowalks.Dull took the loss in the

first game. He gave up fiveruns — two earned — onfour hits while striking outsix and walking four in fourinnings.Mark Clary got the win

against the Rebels. Hepitched four shutoutinnings, giving up just onehit and walking one whilestriking out five.

Two win for JCMUNCIE — Andrew

Trewyn and NathanHeitkamp each won anevent Saturday as the JayCounty boys track teamplaced eighth at the MuncieCentral Relays.Anderson won the team

title with a score of 108.5points. Huntington Northwas second with 85, edgingthird-place Kokomo by 2.5points.The Patriots scored 35.5

points.Trewyn won the high

jump with a height of 6 feet,4 inches, an inch more thanGino Taylor of MuncieCentral.Heitkamp won the long

jump with a distance of 20feet, 5.5 inches.Aaron Neal was sixth in

long jump (18 feet, 7.25 inch-es) and seventh in the 300-meter hurdles (45.69 sec-onds).Isaac Robbins also

earned a top-eight finish,finishing one spot behindNeal in the 300 hurdles in46.38 seconds.

Localroundup

Second ...

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Jay County High School sophomore Collin Hainesputts for birdie on the 486-yard, par-5 eighth hole during theSouth Adams Invitational on Saturday at Golf Club of theLimberlost in Geneva. It was one of two birdies for Haines, whoscored an 86 to finish 10th overall. The Patriots were second asa team.

SA boys first atAnsonia Relays

JC ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) —Carl Edwards bumpedteammate Kyle Busch offhis racing line in the lastturn and passed him to winthe NASCAR Sprint CupSeries race at RichmondInternational Raceway onSunday.Edwards, who had fallen

nearly 1.5 seconds behindhis Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate after a restart with 36

laps to go, gradually ranhim down until the finallap. Then he slipped under-neath Busch, a masterblocker in late-race situa-tions, and nudged him justenough to allow Edwards totake the lead coming out ofthe fourth turn for his sec-ond consecutive victory. Itwas also the fourth in a rowfor the Gibbs stable, andfifth in nine races.

Edwards winsat Richmond

ScoreboardNNBBAA PPllaayyooffffss

San Antonio 116, Memphis 95Golden State 121, Houston 94Boston 104, Atlanta 95 F/OTCleveland 100, Detroit 98

MMaajjoorr LLeeaagguuee BBaasseebbaallllTampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 1Toronto 6, Oakland 3Clevleand 6, Detroit 3Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 0N.Y. Mets 2, Atlanta 2Washington 6, Minnesota 5 F/16Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 1Milwaukee 8, Philadelphia 5Kansas City 6, Baltimore 1Seattle 9, L.A. Angels 4Miami 5, San Francisco 4L.A. Dodgers 12, Colorado 10Pittsburgh 12, Arizona 10 F/13St. Louis 8, San Diego 5Boston 7, Houston 5 F/12

Local scheduleTTooddaayy

Jay County — Boys golf at MonroeCentral/Winchester – 4:30 p.m.; Girlstennis at South Adams – 5 p.m.; JCbaseball vs. Delta – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Baseball vs. Minster– 5 p.m.; Girls tennis vs. Jay County – 5p.m.

TTuueessddaayyJay County — Boys golf vs. South

Adams and Adams Central – 4:30 p.m.;Girls tennis at Union City – 5 p.m.; Trackvs. Heritage – 6 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Track at FortLoramie – 4:30 p.m.; Baseball vs. Cold-water – 5 p.m.; Softball at Coldwater – 5p.m.; JV baseball at Coldwater – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Boys golf at JayCounty with Adams Central – 4:30p.m.; Baseball vs. Heritage – 5 p.m.;Softball vs. Heritage – 5 p.m.; Girlstennis at Bluffton – 5 p.m.; Track vs.Southern Wells – 5 p.m.; JV softball atHeritage – 5 p.m.; JV baseball at Her-itage – 5 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayyJay County — Softball at Elwood –

5:30 p.m.South Adams — Girls tennis at

Adams Central – 4:30 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:New York Yankees at Texas Rangers(ESPN)

8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Dallas Mav-ericks at Oklahoma City Thunder, game5 (TNT)

10:30 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: LosAngeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blaz-ers, game 4 (TNT)

TTuueessddaayy6 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Indiana Pac-

ers at Toronto Raptors, game 5 (TNT)7 p.m. — Major League baseball:

Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays(WNDY-23)

8 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Stanley CupPlayoffs (USA)

8:30 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: BostonCeltics at Atlanta Hawks, game 5 (TNT)

WWeeddnneessddaayy8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Charlotte

Hornets at Miami Heat, game 5 (TNT)8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:

Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs

(WNDY-23); New York Yankees at TexasRangers (ESPN)

8 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Stanley CupPlayoffs (USA)

10:30 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: HoustonRockets at Golden State Warriors, game5 (TNT)

Local notesCChhaalllleennggee ccoonnttiinnuueess SSaattuurrddaayy

The Adams County Run/Walk Chal-lenge will continue Saturday in Decatur.

The next race is the Run over Vio-lence 8th Annual Run/Walk/Family Stroll5K. The race is 9 a.m. at Adams Memo-rial Hospital in Decatur.

For more information contact AngieGunsett at (260) 728-9800.

33--oonn--33 ttoouurrnneeyy iiss MMaayy 1144West Jay Community Center will have

a double-elimination 3-on-3 basketballtournament May 14 at Dunkirk City Park,125 Hoover St.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. withgames to begin at 9 a.m.

Cost is $50, and there is a maximumof four players per team.

For more information, contact LukeGoetz at (765) 729-4184, Lynyrd Goetzat (765) 744-4041 or John Faulkner at(765) 215-4301.

BBoooommeerr rreeggiissttrraattiioonn oonnggooiinnggRegistration is ongoing for the 2016

Boomer T-ball season.Cost is $45, which includes a t-shirt

and hat.The league is open to players from 3

to 6 years old.Deadline to register is May 16.For more information, contact Jay

Community Center at (260) 726-6477.

Sports on tap

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SportsMonday, April 25, 2016

South Adams boys trackwins at Ansonia Relays,see story page 9

Jay County track teamshost Heritage on Tuesday,

see Sports on tap

WINCHESTER — It hadbeen 1,099 days between no-hitters for the Patriots.Then, they had two in

less than 16 hours.Freshman Wyatt

Geesaman didn’t allow a hitSaturday, and the Jay Coun-ty High School baseballteam lit up the scoreboardto the tune of 34 runs and 30hits in a doubleheadersweep of the WinchesterGolden Falcons.Geesaman — he was also

2-for-3 at the plate with adouble and an RBI —struck out six in a 14-1 vic-tory in the first game.The Patriots won the sec-

ond, 20-1.The only blemish on

Geesaman’s line score wasa run in the fifth inningduring which a walk andtwo stolen bases got a run-ner on third, and a passedball brought him home.It was the third and final

walk of the game forGeesaman.Jay County (6-3), which

defeated Woodlan 4-0 Fri-day night behind JakeMyers’ no-hitter, scoredseven runs each in the thirdand fourth innings againstthe Golden Falcons.

See JJCC page 9

Anotherno-hitterfor JCbaseball

Patriotpitchersstellar inconsecutivegames

By CHRIS SCHANZThe Commercial ReviewGENEVA — The Patriots

know what they need to improveon as the season progresses.The next step is executing.Jay County High School’s

boys golf team finished as therunner-up for the second time inas many years Saturday in theSouth Adams Invitational atGolf Club of the Limberlost.“I think as a team we are play-

ing really well,” said JCHS jun-ior Jay Houck, who was thedefending champion but fin-ished sixth this season. “Wehave a couple guys on (the team)who shoot about the same. Anytournament we can be up withthe best of them.“I think we are playing well

right now and we’ll try to keep itgoing.”Allen County Athletic Confer-

ence rival Bluffton won theteam title with a score of 328.Jay County scored 347, and Bell-mont was third with 357.The host Starfires were eighth

in the 12-team tournament with384.“I’m happy when they say

‘This is what I have to do,’” saidJCHS coach Butch Gray, whoseteam improved its score by 19strokes from the same courselast season. It was cold andrainy a year ago, but Saturdaythe sun was shining with a lightbreeze and temperatures in thelow 50s.

See SSeeccoonndd page 9

Patriots second at invite

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Jay County High School junior Jay Houck chips on to the fifth green during theSouth Adams Invitational on Saturday at Golf Club of the Limberlost in Geneva. Houckfinished sixth overall with an 82, helping the Patriots place second.

Houck placessixth, sophomoreHaines is 10th