HHeelleenn TThhaayyeerr, 96, PortlandCCaarroollyynn HHooffffaacckkeerr, 78, Wells

CountyDetails on page 2.

Portland had a high temper-ature of 58 degrees Tuesday.The overnight low was 37.Tonight’s low will be 46, and

there will be a chance of thun-derstorms Thursday after-noon with a high of 70.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

Today’s newspaper includesour spring sports special sec-tion with preview storiesabout Jay County, Fort Recov-ery and South Adams teams.The Patriots’ schedule opensSaturday when the softballteam visits Wapahani.

TThhuurrssddaayy —— CollegiateCheck-up gives an update onhow area athletes are perform-ing for their college teams.

SSaattuurrddaayy —— Jay CountyHigh School economics teamis preparing for state competi-tion.

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The Commercial ReviewWednesday, April 1, 2015

By DEVIN ZIMMERMANThe Commercial ReviewJohn Jay Center for

Learning is offering sen-iors the chance to familiar-ize themselves with the insand outs of today’s mobiletechnology.Its Senior Technology

Learning Series, whichbegins Thursday, consistsof classes on the first andthird Thursdays of eachmonth and focuses on edu-cation about the use ofsmart phones, laptops,tablets and various Inter-net applications.The series came about

after John Jay Center forLearning held focus groupswith attendants from JayCommunity Center, JayCounty Hospital and anarea nursing home. Theidea, said the center’s exec-utive director Rusty Inman,was to see what seniorswanted to learn about.“There were 50 people in

that room, and there wereabout 45 different thingsthat they wanted to learnabout … they had so manytechnology questions,” saidInman.

The first class of eachmonth will pertain to pre-selected topics, and thepremiere of the series willfeature Cheryl Lucas, theadult services librarian atJay County PublicLibrary. She will teachthose in attendance aboutusing Google Docs.Classes held on the

third Thursday of eachmonth will function as anopen lab. Those interestedcan attend these sessions,which will be staffed byvolunteers, to ask ques-tions about their devices.Future meetings for the

series, said Inman, couldfeature lessons on onlinesecurity, online banking,software applicationssuch as Skype and digitalphoto management. How-ever, the schedule will bebased on what attendantswant to know.“I’m 72 years old and my

grandkids keep gettingmad at me for holleringfor help with my cellphone, computer andiPad,” said self pro-claimed “24/7 computergirl” Toni Sutton, whowill be attending the firstclass of the learningseries.Lunch and learn classes

will be held from 11:30a.m. to 1 p.m. on the firstThursday of each monthat JJCL. The cost for thesesessions is $1. Open labtime will be held from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. on the thirdThursday of each month.To reserve a spot, call thecenter at (260) 729-5525 oremail receptionist@john-jaycenter.com.

John Jay toteach tech

By MATTHEW LEEand GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressLAUSANNE, Switzerland —

Negotiations over Iran’s nuclearprogram resumed today but werealmost immediately beset by com-peting claims, just hours after diplo-mats abandoned a March 31 dead-line to reach the outline of a deal

and agreed to press on. And as thelatest round hit the week mark,three of the six foreign ministersinvolved left the talks withprospects for agreement remaininguncertain.Iran’s deputy foreign minister,

Abbas Araghchi, told reporters thatif the sides make progress on thetext of a joint statement, then that

could be issued by the end of theday. But he suggested the statementwould contain no specifics.A senior western official quickly

pushed back, saying that nothingabout a statement had been decidedand that Iran’s negotiating partnerswould not accept a document thatcontained no details.

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Lillywinner

Jay County HighSchool senior LukeRowles was namedthe 2015 recipient ofthe Lilly EndowmentCommunity Scholar-ship. Above, Rowlesgets a hug from hismom, Amy McAbee. Atright, he talks with RexJournay, whoannounced thescholarship winner onbehalf of The PortlandFoundation. Rowlesplans to attendWabash College andmajor in biochemistry.

By TOM DAVIES and ANDREW DeMILLOAssociated PressINDIANAPOLIS — Republican

legislative leaders are still work-ing on a proposed clarification ofIndiana’s new religious objec-tions law following a meetingwith Gov. Mike Pence.House Speaker Brian Bosma

and Senate President Pro TemDavid Long spent more than 30minutes in the governor’s officethis morning after Pence on Tues-day asked lawmakers to send hima clarification of the state’s newreligious-freedom law later thisweek, while Arkansas legislatorspassed a similar measure, despite

criticism that it is a thinly dis-guised attempt to permit discrim-ination against gays.The Arkansas proposal now

goes to Republican Gov. AsaHutchinson, who has said he willsign it.Bosma and Long said after-

ward that discussions on the clar-

ification’s wording continue butthat they want it to address whatthey say is incorrect criticismthat the law could be used to denyservices to gays and lesbians. Bosma says lawmakers hope to

reach a resolution by the end ofThursday.

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Leaders seek to clarify

By DEVIN ZIMMERMANThe Commercial ReviewWith Indiana’s Bicenten-

nial just around the corner,Jay County residents areexploring options on how tocelebrate 200 years ofHoosier history.Rene Stanley, the deputy

director of Indiana Bicen-tennial Commission, spokeduring the Jay CountyChamber of Commerce net-working luncheon Tuesday,detailing events scheduledthroughout Indiana nextyear. Mayor RandyGeesaman, chamber execu-tive director Dean Sandersand Stanley all spoke, hop-ing to bring notice to theoccasion and find ways forJay County to participate.“I want to let you know

that this opportunity, whenit comes to the IndianaBicentennial, provides us

with a great opportunityfor economic prosperity …to leave a legacy … promotetourism to Jay County …and getting involved,” saidSanders.Jay County Visitor and

Tourism Bureau is creatinga legacy quilt, which willconsist of a quilt comprisedof 10.5-inch squares donat-ed by area businesses andorganizations, for thebicentennial. But nothingelse has been finalized forcelebrations in Jay County.However, as of now the

historical society is consid-ering creating a historicalcalendar, Arts Place mayput on a Cole Porter pro-duction and Daughters ofthe American Revolutionhave mentioned doingsomething with PioneerCemetery, said Geesaman.

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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence takes a question during anews conference Tuesday in Indianapolis.

Iran talks continue after deadline

Arkansas legislature passeslaw similar to Indiana’s

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Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were two

admissions to the hospi-tal Tuesday, including:Redkey — Betty Cook

EmergenciesThere were 35 people

treated in the emer-gency rooms of JCH,including:

Redkey — Betty Cook,Jadeh Hildebrandt andMarisa PosoccoDunkirk — Rhett

KnightPennville — Debra

MorganPortland — Lance

McCowan and TerrySnyder

DismissalsThere were three dis-

missals.

Thursday6 p.m. — Redkey Town

Council executive ses-sion, former town hall,20 S. Ash St.

Monday9 a.m. — Jay County

Commissioners, com-missioners’ room, JayCounty Courthouse, 120N. Court St., Portland.5:30 p.m. — Portland

City Council, councilchambers, fire station,1616 N. Franklin St.6 p.m. — Portland Park

Board special meeting,council chambers, firestation, 1616 N. FranklinSt.7:30 p.m. — Fort Recov-

ery Village Council, vil-lage hall, 201 S. Main St.

Tuesday4 p.m. — Jay County

Development Corpora-tion, CommunityResource Center, 118 S.Meridian St., Portland.6:30 p.m. — Geneva

Town Council, town hall,411 E. Line St.

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Lotteries

Carolyn HoffackerOct. 15, 1936-March 31, 2015Carolyn J. Hoffacker, 78, Wells

County, died Tuesday at SwissVillage in Berne.She was the sisterof a Pennville man.She was the

daughter ofEdwina (Edmund-son) and George E.Hanlin Sr. and waspreceded in deathon Jan. 23, 2008, byher husbandMarcy Dee Hoffacker whom shemarried on May 19, 1951.She retired from Helena Chem-

ical Company after many years ofservice.

Surviving are three sisters; abrother, John Hanlin, Pennville;a daughter-in-law; two brothers-in-law; four grandchildren; 12great-grandchildren; and fourgreat-great-grandchildren.Services are 2 p.m. Friday at

Walker & Glancy Funeral Homein Montpelier with the Rev.Wilbur Taylor officiating. Burialwill be in Jones Cemetery inWells County.Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thurs-

day and noon to 2 p.m. Friday atthe funeral home.Memorials may be sent to Wells

County Animal Shelter, 1613 W.Cherry St., Bluffton, IN 46714 orWells County Cancer Society,1120 Summit Ave., Bluffton, IN46714.

Online condolences may besent to http://www.glancyfuner-alhomes.com.

Helen ThayerAug. 10, 1918-March 30, 2015Graveside services for Helen

Irene Thayer, 96,Portland, are 2p.m. Thursday atLutheran Ceme-tery in Pershing.Born in New

Castle to Victorand Stella (Maddy)Gilbert, she waspreceded in deathon Aug. 2, 1993, byher husband David NormanThayer.

Retiring from Belden in Rich-mond after 41 years, she was amember of Pershing UnitedMethodist Church and Belden 25Year club. Surviving are two nephews,

Michael Eads (wife: Brenda) andJon Eads (wife: Kelli), both ofPortland; three nieces, includingVickie Lewis and Marna Smith,both of Portland; several great-nieces and nephews; and great-great-nieces and nephews.Visitation is 10 a.m. to noon

Thursday at Williamson andSpencer Funeral Home in Port-land.Memorials may be sent to Jay

County Cancer Society. Onlinecondolences may be sent towww.williamsonspencer.com.

Obituaries

Car hits poleA Portland man drove off the road Sun-

day morning, causing his car to hit a tele-phone pole on Boundary Pike near countyroad 400 South.Richard Kaup Jr., 28, 6101 S. Boundary

Pike, was southbound on Boundary Pikewhen he fell asleep at the wheel of his 2005Infiniti FX35 at about 2:08 a.m. As a result,his vehicle went off the road, struck a tele-phone pole and then went through a fencebefore coming to a stop.Damage was estimated to be between

$5,000 and $10,000.

Failure to yieldTwo drivers were involved in a collision

Tuesday evening in a parking lot at 1101 W.Votaw StreetAccording to a Portland Police report,

Marcia Vannote, 59, 604 W. Grant St.,Lynn, was leaving the lot in her 2007Honda Odyssey, and was beginning toturn right onto Glen Street. Jody Alford,71, 1656 S.100 West, Bluffton, was driving a2005 Chrysler Town and Country andapproached the exit of the lot from thesouth. Alford then attempted to turn ontoGlen Street at the same time as Vannote,and the vehicles sideswiped each other atabout 9:35 p.m.

Damage was estimated to be between$1,000 and $2,500.

Vehicle hits poleA Bryant teenager ran a vehicle into a

power pole Tuesday evening on countyroad 500 North near its intersection withcounty road 350 West.David Fernandez, 17, 7397 N. 375 West,

was westbound on county road 500 northwhen the 2009 Acura TSX, registered toDilica Ruiz, same address, he was drivingdrifted north off the road. Fernandez over-corrected, causing the vehicle to hit anREMC power pole on the southern side ofthe road at about 11:03 p.m.Damage was estimated to be between

$5,000 and $10,000.

TheftA Redkey man reported that tree logs

were stolen from his front yard.Nick Stout, 28, 5587 S. Como Rd., report-

ed to Jay County Sheriff ’s office that hehad multiple ash tree logs missing fromhis yard at about 3:18 p.m. Tuesday. Stouttold officers that Asplhund had cut thetrees down, and it was agreed he wasresponsible for their removal.Stout is unsure if Asplhund took the

logs.

Thayer

Hoffacker

Capsule Reports

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) —Central Indiana prosecu-tors have charged a Muncieman with murder in the2009 killing of a mother offour who was foundstabbed in her home.The Star Press reports

33-year-old Danny Lee

Saintignon Jr., wascharged Monday with mur-der, robbery resulting inserious bodily injury andconspiracy to commit bur-glary resulting in bodilyinjury.He’s incarcerated at a

northern Indiana prison,

where he’s serving a 23-year sentence after plead-ing guilty last year inanother violent home inva-sion.Delaware County prose-

cutors say Saintignonkilled 35-year-old MonicaBrown on Dec. 24, 2009.

Man charged in slayings

By LAURYN SCHROEDERAssociated PressINDIANAPOLIS — Indi-

ana lawmakers proposedchanges Tuesday to a GOP-backed bill that wouldrepeal the law that setswages for public construc-tion projects, though oppo-nents say those effortsaren’t enough to offsetpotential damage to thestate’s construction indus-try.Members of the Senate

Tax and Fiscal Policy Com-mittee are considering ameasure to eliminate thedecades-old Common Con-struction Wage Law, alongwith the local boards thatset construction wages forstate or local projects thatcost more than $350,000.Supporters of the repeal

say these set wages areartificially high and hin-der the competitive marketfrom lowering bid prices,which would save taxpay-ers money on public proj-ects.Glenna Jehl, a Fort

Wayne CommunitySchools board member,says local board membersfavor union workers andoften come to meetingsalready knowing the voteoutcome.“I was kind of stunned

when I went to the hear-ings and they turnedaround and voted for arti-ficially higher wages,which when you have alimited pot, means thatyou’re not going to get asmuch work done,” Jehlsaid.Opponents argue the

change would hurt manyIndiana-based companiesby opening the door forlow-paying, out-of-statecontractors to underbid onprojects.“I think we run the risk

of taking away a level play-ing field,” said WilliamMott, corporate vice presi-dent of labor relations atHunt Construction Groupin Indianapolis.Mott said Indiana con-

tractors will struggle to becompetitive under anunregulated market, whilealso trying to pay workersproper salaries and main-tain the high level of work-force training.Committee Chairman

Brandt Hershman, R-Lafayette, proposed anamendment Tuesday thathe said helps to addressconcerns about potentialout-of-state competition.

Law isunderreview

Continued from page 1Events to be included in the bicen-

tennial must be culturally inclusive,involve creating a legacy for thefuture, be celebratory in nature orengage and inspire the youth andyoung adults of an area.Although plans for local events

haven’t been finalized, a travelingstatewide celebration will be makingits way through Jay County. On Sept.9, 2016, a bicentennial torch, which isbeing designed and constructed at

Purdue University, will be lit in Indi-ana’s first capital, Corydon. Thetorch will travel 2,300 miles, goingthrough each of Indiana’s 92 coun-ties along the way, before reachingthe statehouse on October 15, 2016.The torch will be carried in a man-ner that honors each county’s her-itage. For example, in Indianapolis(Marion County) the torch will makea lap around Indianapolis MotorSpeedway in a racecar.“Be thinking of ways, and be

thinking of special people to betorchbearers who you want tohonor,” said Stanley. “You have theopportunity to nominate people inyour county.”During her presentation, Stanley

also said events that are registeredby the county as part of statewidecelebrations will be listed on the offi-cial bicentennial website, beapproved to use an official bicenten-nial logo and receive a letter ofendorsement.

Continued from page 1Pence defended the Indi-

ana law as a vehicle to pro-tect religious liberty butsaid he has been meetingwith lawmakers “aroundthe clock” to address con-cerns that it would allowbusinesses to deny servic-es to gay customers.The governor said he

does not believe “for aminute” that lawmakersintended “to create alicense to discriminate.”“It certainly wasn’t my

intent,” said Pence, whosigned the law last week.But, he said, he “can

appreciate that that’sbecome the perception,not just here in Indianabut all across the country.We need to confront that.”

The Indiana law pro-hibits any laws that “sub-stantially burden” a per-son’s ability to follow hisor her religious beliefs.The definition of “per-son” includes religiousinstitutions, businessesand associations.Although the legal lan-

guage does not specifical-ly mention gays and les-bians, critics say the lawis designed to shield busi-nesses and individualswho do not want to servegays and lesbians, suchas florists or catererswho might be hired for asame-sex wedding.In Washington, White

House spokesman JoshEarnest said Indiana offi-cials appeared to be in

“damage-control mode”following the uproar overthe law.Earnest also took issue

with Pence’s claim thatIndiana’s law was rootedin a 1993 federal law.He said the Indiana

measure marked a “sig-nificant expansion” overthat law because itapplies to private trans-actions beyond thoseinvolving the federal gov-ernment.The federal Religious

Freedom Restoration Actarose from a case relatedto the use of peyote in aNative American ritual.But in 1997, the U.S.Supreme Court ruled thatthe federal law did notapply to the states.

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MuhlenkampHHeennrryy JJaammeess,, a son, was

born March 11 at MercerCounty Community Hospi-

tal in Coldwater, Ohio, toAdam and Kelly Muh-lenkamp, Fort Recovery.He weighed 6 pounds, 6

1/2 ounces.Grandparents are Mike

and Sue Thien and Daveand Marcia Muhlenkamp,

all of Fort Recovery.

Notices will appear inthe Community Calendaras space is available. Tosubmit an item, call familyeditor Virginia Cline at

(260) 726-8141.

TodayALCOHOLICS ANONY-

MOUS — Will meet from

6:30 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. eachWednesday in the ZionLutheran Church, 218 E.High St., Portland. Formore information, call(260) 726-8229.PENNVILLE FAIR

BOARD — Will meet at 7p.m. the first Wednesdayof each month at the Pen-nville Community Center.

ThursdaySTITCH ‘N CHATTER

QUILT CLUB — Will meetThursday at Church of the

Brethren, Portland, at 9:30a.m. for a lesson on Eng-lish paper piecing. Regu-lar meeting is at 1 p.m.New members are wel-come. SENIOR CITIZENS

CARD CLUB — Will meetat 12:30 p.m. the first andthird Thursday of themonth at Jay CommunityCenter. All seniors arewelcome.CELEBRATE 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. RANDOLPH COUNTY

TEA PARTY — Will meet

at 6:30 p.m. Thursday atFreedom of Life Churchon East Greenville Pike inWinchester. Dr. Greg Hin-shaw, Randolph CentralSchool Corporation super-intendent, will discuss“The Future of Educa-tion.” PORTLAND LIONS

CLUB — Will meet thefirst Thursday of themonth at Portland LionsCivic Center, 307 W. 100North. The meal will beserved at 6:30 p.m. and themeeting will begin at 7p.m.

SaturdayALCOHOLICS ANONY-

MOUS — Will meet at 10a.m. upstairs at TrueValue Hardware, NorthMeridian Street, Portland.For more information, call(260) 729-2532.

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In Loving Memory Of

Helen IreneThayer

August 10, 1918March 30, 2015Helen Irene Thayer, age

96, a resident of Portland,passed away on Monday,March 30, 2015 at herhome in Portland. She wasa former resident of Rich-mond, Indiana. Helen was born on Au-

gust 10, 1918, in New Cas-tle, Indiana, the daughter ofVictor and Stella (Maddy)Gilbert. She retired fromBelden in Richmond as anInspector after 41 years.Helen was a member of thePershing United MethodistChurch and Belden 25 yearclub. She married DavidNorman Thayer and hepassed away on August 2,1993. Survivors include: 2 nephews: MichaelEads (wife Brenda) –Portland, IndianaJon Eads (wife Kelli) –Portland, Indiana3 nieces: Vickie Lewis –Portland, IndianaMarna Smith –Portland, IndianaLisa DeWitt (husbandDon) – Syracuse,Indiana Great nieces and

nephews: Brooke Krieg-baum, Jeff Lewis, AngieFranks, April Smith, MissyElliott, Jamie Coats,Jonathan Eads, Joshua De-Witt, Jennifer DeWitt andJessica Lawburgh.Great-great nieces and

nephews: Collin Krieg-baum, Dylan Lewis,Gretchen Elliott, Griffin El-liott and Zoey Smith, Kyn-dal Coats, Cameron Coats.Visitation will be held on

Thursday from 10 a.m. –12 noon at the Williamsonand Spencer Funeral Homein Portland. Gravesideservices will follow at 2p.m. at the LutheranCemetery in Pershing, Indi-ana. Memorials may be di-

rected towards the JayCounty Cancer Society. Online condolences may

be sent to www.williamson-spencer.com.

BY TED KOOSERU.S. Poet LaureateSome of us will be eat-

ing ham on Easter, and Ithought I’d offer you apoem about a championpig, by Jill Breckenridge, aMinnesotan who has writ-ten a series of poemsbased on that state’s fair.Her most recent book of

poems is “Sometimes,”Nodin Press, 2015.

Pork meal islike a dream

AmericanLife in Poetry

Pretty Ricky He’s 1200 pounds of pink pork covered by blackbristles stiff enough to needle and sew with,Pretty Ricky, all six feet of him spreadout, asleep, no fancy dancer, neither twirlernor prancer, just eats and sleeps, the biggestboar at the Fair, oblivious to gawkers, smirkers,cholesterol, or weight watchers, fat off the hoof,fat lying flat, good only for breeding and eating,he won’t even stand to show off all the pork cutsdisplayed on the poster behind him: ham, it says,from the butt, oldest meat of civilized man;kabobs from the shoulder, roasted on swordsby early Asian nomads; spareribs, sausage,and bacon from the belly. Pretty Ricky urgesme to swear off pork, but it’s lunchtime and mystomach wanders off to a foot-long or a brat with‘kraut. I think twice, three times, waffle backand forth between meat and a veggie wrap, as,in front of me, many meals stretch out, dozing.

American Life in Poetryis made possible by ThePoetry Foundation, pub-lisher of Poetry magazine.It is also supported by theDepartment of English atthe University of Nebras-ka-Lincoln. Poem copyright©2009 by Jill Breckenridge,

“Pretty Ricky,” from LowDown and Coming On: AFeast of Delicious and Dan-gerous Poems About Pigs,James P. Lenfestey, Ed.,(Red Dragonfly Press, 2010).Kooser served as UnitedStates Poet Laureate from2004 to 2006.

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Citizens help centerPortland Citizens Police Academy alumni presented a $100 check to Jay Community

Center for its new senior addition. Pictured from left are alumni Tom Kennedy and Betty Stoneand David Wade, Kyle Cook and Nathan Helm of JCC.

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brag about my boyfriend. He’s asemi-professional alligatorwrestler and super brave. It’s atough job and it takes him awayfrom home a lot. It’s also a verydangerous job. He often comeshome with bite marks all over hisneck and shoulders, and scratch-es on his back.Want to know something weird

about alligators? Their naturalodor smells a lot like perfume.When my beau gets back from atournament, he often reeks of it.

The first time I smelled it on him,I was worried. But after heexplained it to me, it made perfectsense. (Just another one of life’scoincidences, I guess.)We’re so happy together. We

have four beautiful children, andhe promises we’ll get marriedsoon — right after the next tour-nament. I know you get lots of let-

ters about bad relationships, so Ithought I’d let you hear about agood one. — GATOR GIRL INFLORIDADDEEAARR GGAATTOORR GGIIRRLL:: TThhaatt’’ss aa

ggoooodd oonnee,, aallll rriigghhtt.. YYoouu mmaayy hhaavveetthhoouugghhtt yyoouu ssmmeelllleedd ppeerrffuummee,, bbuuttII ssmmeellll aa rraatt.. BBee ggllaadd yyoouurrbbooyyffrriieenndd ddooeessnn’’tt wwrreessttllee ccoouuggaarrssbbeeccaauussee II hheeaarr tthheeyy wweeaarr iinnddeellii--bbllee lliippssttiicckk..DEAR ABBY: A teacher at our

high school took some time off toget a breast augmentation. Beforeshe left, she told the class she washaving her tonsils out. When shereturned to the classroom with alarger chest, one of the studentscracked, “Nice tonsils!” Ofcourse, the class roared. What do

you think about this? — GEORGEIN SOUTH CAROLINADEAR GEORGE: I think that

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By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewYou know, I said to my wife a

few weeks back, if we livedsomewhere that had springtraining going on, we wouldhave been to a couple of ball-games by now.You know, she responded, we

would also be warmer.It’s been one of those winters.

Not nearly as bad as the one ayear ago, at least not for those ofus in Indiana and Ohio, but nocakewalk either.We spent much of January

and February monitoring thesituation in Boston, where twoof our three daughters residewith their husbands and ourthree grandchildren. Thatmeant countless hours watchingJim Santori and the other gab-meisters on The Weather Chan-

nel. Each storm had a newname, and none of them werefriendly.For our twins, it became “this

weekend’s snowstorm” afterawhile. Shoveled walks lookedlike tunnels or routes in a maze.Public transport — criticalwhen it comes to getting aroundBoston — was intermittent.So, when we would get 5 inch-

es of snow in Jay County, thetwo of us would remember thatthe kids were dealing with well

over 5 feet. It helped to keepthings in perspective.All the same, as initial reports

of spring training trickled in, Icouldn’t help catching a bit ofbaseball fever. When Brent Har-ring of the TinCaps stopped byfor his annual visit, it was all Icould do to remember that winterwas still with us. I was that readyfor the first pitch.I’m not exactly sure when we

became a baseball family.Maybe it was the first time my

father took me to see the Reds atCrosley Field. Anyone who hasever visited a major league ball-park knows the rush of thatamazing moment when you seehow green grass can be.Maybe it was on those Septem-

ber afternoons when my wife’sfather would listen to his belovedCardinals on the radio, imagin-

ing the game, picturing eachpitch, each hit, each pick-off playto first base.Maybe it was when my old

friend Jim Klopfenstein recom-mended that I read some essaysby Roger Angell, one of the finestsportswriters to have ever walkedthe planet. Angell connected meto the poetry in the game, its time-lessness.Maybe it was my first trip to

Wrigley Field or Comiskey, againwith my father.Maybe it was the poet Donald

Hall, who spent some qualitytime with the Pittsburgh Piratesin their glory days and who wrotesplendidly about the game and itsmeaning in his life.Probably it was all of those.It didn’t hurt that back when

we lived in Indianapolis we couldspend only a few bucks and be

entertained for an afternoon oran evening by the Indians whenthey were a Reds affiliate, watch-ing some future Hall of Famemembers and knowing theycould hear us when we calledtheir names in encouragement.It didn’t hurt when the Wiz-

ards, now the TinCaps, put goodminor league baseball closer athand.And it sure didn’t hurt to have

the Portland Rockets keeping thesandlot, love-of-the-game tradi-tion alive. No salaries, no fire-works, just bring your own lawnchair and enjoy the game. Whatcould be better than that?Nothing I can think of at the

moment.It’s April. Baseball is on the

horizon, as inevitable as the long-delayed spring, and we couldn’tbe readier for the first pitch.

It’s almost time for the first pitch

Bloomberg NewsDiplomats have always

been very good at makingup deadlines and then miss-ing them.So it should come as no

surprise — and be no causefor concern — that the U.S.and other world powers try-ing to cut a deal with Iran tolimit its nuclear programmay not have a frameworkagreement by Tuesday, aspromised.The danger is that some

people not party to the talks— in particular, some mem-bers of the U.S. Congress —may make more of this fail-ure than is warranted.They are threatening todemand the right to reviewand reject any deal that’sstruck if no deal is reachedwithin the next couple ofweeks, and they mayrequire additional sanc-tions. The first optionwould reduce Iran’s incen-tive to make concessions,while the second would vio-late the terms of the tempo-rary agreement and col-lapse the diplomaticprocess.Like hard-liners in

Tehran and U.S. allies suchas Israel and Saudi Arabia,these members of Congressoppose any kind of dealwith Iran unless it elimi-nates the country’s urani-um enrichment programaltogether. That’s a diplo-matic impossibility, as adecade of experience hasproved.So what can a deal be rea-

sonably expected toachieve? It should verifi-ably limit Iran’s fuel pro-gram so that racing for abomb would be too long asprint to be worth attempt-ing. No agreement canguarantee Iran doesn’t getthe bomb, but a good onecan do a lot better thaneither sanctions alone orairstrikes.That’s in part why the

threat from Congress iscounterproductive. It couldencourage quick conces-sions to Iran, leading to thekind of bad deal opponentssay they want to prevent.Meanwhile, the sanctionsthreats add no pressure onIran: Iranian leaders knowperfectly well that if thetalks collapse, more sanc-tions will come.None of this is to say that

the differences between thetwo sides this week inSwitzerland aren’t big. Iranreportedly wants an earlyremoval of United Nationssanctions that form thelegal bedrock for Iran’s eco-nomic isolation. No accept-able deal should agree tothis demand, because whilemost commitments Iran

makes will be easilyreversible, re-imposing UNsanctions could proveimpossible.Iran also recently said it

doesn’t want to ship itslarge stocks of enricheduranium out of the country.That’s worrying, becausethe bigger the stocks Iranhas, the harder it will be forthe U.S. to ensure that itwould take Iran at least ayear to “break out” and pro-duce enough uranium for abomb. Also unknown ishow tough a verificationregime Iran will accept.Unless the West has strongverification powers, acovert “sneak out” by Iranwould become too difficultto detect.There’s reason to believe

that, with time, Iran can bebrought around. The pres-sure that sanctions imposeon its economy is intense.And it will remain so aslong as the major powersare united in their beliefthat Iran is the chief obsta-cle to agreement. At thesame time, opponents ofthe talks have yet to offerany convincing alternativeto sanctions-backed diplo-macy that would do more toslow or stop Iran’s progresstoward a bomb.As so often is the case in

such talks, the most diffi-cult issues have been leftfor the end. In that sense,the artificial deadline isserving its purpose: sharp-ening the focus of the diplo-mats gathered in Switzer-land. If a few missed dead-lines is the price to be paidfor an effective agreement,they will have done theirjob.

By JOHN KRULLTheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — Just a few

weeks ago, running for presidentseemed like a serious possibility forIndiana Gov. Mike Pence.He had a foot in both the GOP’s

business and social conservativecamps, a solid but unremarkablerecord as a governor and — mostimportant — a national profile thatemphasized geniality, not thesnarling bitterness that dominatesthe right these days.Pence’s supporters touted him as

the second coming of Ronald Reagan,a happy warrior, not a hater.That is gone now.In a short time, Pence has done last-

ing damage to his image, his partyand his state.First, there was the State of the

State speech that seemed more like aharangue — did he have to shoutwhen he had a microphone? — than aserious public address. Other Repub-lican governors, such as Scott Walkerin Wisconsin and Chris Christie inNew Jersey, at the same time deliv-ered time measured annual messagesthat advanced their national ambi-tions more effectively.Then there was the ill-fated attempt

to launch a government news agency.Pence pulled the plug on those plans,but not before the episode turned himinto the butt of a national joke.But the worst damage has come

from Pence’s support for the so-calledReligious Freedom Restoration Act,or RFRA. That new law, which wouldallow businesses to refuse service topeople — primarily gay and lesbiancitizens — if it conflicts with the own-ers’ religious beliefs.When RFRA moved from the legis-

lature to the governor’s desk, Penceissued a pugnacious statement ofsupport, and then scheduled a privatesigning ceremony in his office.That’s when the tsunami hit.

Businesses from around the coun-try said they would limit investmentwith or travel to Indiana as long assuch a discriminatory law was inplace. Republican mayors from atleast two Indiana cities said theycouldn’t support RFRA.The National Football League and

the National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation said they were reconsideringtheir relationships with the state.Leaders of the Disciples of Christ

said they might find another place fortheir convention next year.A petition to recall Pence as gover-

nor collected more than 80,000 signa-tures in less than 48 hours — a mean-ingless effort under Indiana law, butnot exactly a vote of confidence.By the weekend, the price tag in

lost business for the state stood atnine figures with a chance ofapproaching 10 figures, and somebusiness leaders and economic con-servatives started whispering aboutfinding a primary challenger whenPence runs for re-election.The governor responded to the

furor in ways peculiar and petulant.First, he said it was a big misun-

derstanding because the law doesn’tmean anything. That argument didn’tgain much traction for two reasons.The first involved the two smiling

men who stood behind Pence in theclumsily staged photograph of thesigning. Micah Clark of the Ameri-can Family Association of Indianaand Eric Miller of Advance Americaare two of the Hoosier religiousright’s most strident leaders.At the same time Pence tried to

downplay RFRA’s impact, Miller andClark trumpeted it as a victory in alatter-day crusade, a triumph of con-servative Christians over infidel gays.Then there was Pence’s curious

appearance on the radio show ofGreg Garrison, a man whose ownpolitical views are barely to the left ofGenghis Khan. When Pence tried tosay RFRA was nothing to be upsetabout, Garrison basically asked:If that’s the case, then why do it?Pence didn’t have an answer.So he resorted to the half-century-

old complaint of conservativescaught in losing battles.Ignoring the fact even business

leaders who had contributed to hiscampaign now number among thoseupset about RFRA, Pence blamed themedia for his troubles.That didn’t work, either.Snared in a trap of his own mak-

ing, Pence flailed. He told The Indi-anapolis Star he wanted to “clarify”RFRA and then — presumablybecause saying that angered socialconservatives, the only Hoosiers whostill like him — did an about-face onABC’s “This Week with GeorgeStephanopoulos” and said he “standsby this law.”In doing so, he proved he’s no

Ronald Reagan.Reagan’s political genius sprang

from his ability to unite social con-servatives and economic conserva-tives into a dominant political coali-tion.Pence has driven a wedge between

the two groups, kind of like a Reaganin reverse.

••••••••••Krull is director of Franklin Col-

lege’s Pulliam School of Journalism,host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1 Indi-anapolis and publisher of TheState-houseFile.com, a news website pow-ered by Franklin College journalismstudents. Contact him atJkrull@franklincollege.edu.

Back in theSaddle

Talks with Iranshould continue

Governor Pence is in free fallJohnKrull

GuestEditorial

No agreementcan guarantee

Iran doesn’t get the bomb,

but a good onecan do alot better

than eithersanctionsalone or

airstrikes.

The Commercial ReviewWednesday, April 1, 2015 Nation/World Page 5

CallingABUJA, Nigeria —

Former military dicta-tor MuhammaduBuhari said today itwas time “to healwounds,” a day afterNigeria’s presidentconceded defeat in abitterly fought elec-tion.Calling for concilia-

tion across the politi-cal divide, Buhari saidNigerians have put aone-party state behindthem and embraceddemocracy.

Getty diesLOS ANGELES —

Andrew Getty, amongthe heirs in a familywhose name is synony-mous with elite Ameri-can wealth, was founddead in his HollywoodHills home from wasmost likely naturalcauses or an accident,authorities and familymembers said.Neither the coroner

nor police had official-ly identified the man,but a statement from47-year-old AndrewGetty’s parents, Annand Gordon Getty, con-firmed it was him.

VisitedSEYNE-LES-ALPES,

France — Lufthansa’schief executive saidtoday it will take “along, long time” tounderstand what led toa deadly crash in theFrench Alps last week— but refused to sayexactly what the air-line knew about themental health of theco-pilot suspected ofdeliberately destroy-ing the plane.Lufthansa CEO

Carsten Spohr and thehead of its low-costairline Germanwings,Thomas Winkelmann,visited the crash areatoday amid mountingquestions about howmuch the airlinesknew about co-pilotAndreas Lubitz’s psy-chological state andwhy they haven’treleased more infor-mation about it.

—Associated Press

In review

Continued from page 1The official was not authorized

to speak to the negotiations byname and spoke on condition ofanonymity.The German Foreign Ministry

tweeted that “nothing is agreed,”although “progress is visible.”Araghchi named differences on

sanctions relief on his country asone dispute, along with disputeson Iran’s uranium enrichment-related research and develop-ment.“Definitely our research and

development program on high-

end centrifuges should continue,”he told Iranian television.The U.S. and its negotiating part-

ners want to crimp Iranian effortsto improve the performance of cen-trifuges that enrich uraniumbecause advancing the technologycould let Iran produce materialthat could be used to arm a nuclearweapon much more quickly than atpresent.The exchanges reflected signifi-

cant gaps between the sides, andcame shortly after the end of thefirst post-deadline meetingbetween U.S. Secretary of State

John Kerry, his British and Ger-man counterparts and Iranian For-eign Minister Mohammed JavadZarif in the Swiss town of Lau-sanne. They and their teams werecontinuing a marathon effort tobridge still significant gaps andhammer out a framework accordthat would serve as the basis for afinal agreement by the end of June.Eager to avoid a collapse in the

discussions, the United States andothers claimed late Tuesday thatenough progress had been made towarrant an extension after six daysof intense bartering. But the for-

eign ministers of China, Franceand Russia all departed Lausanneovernight, although the signifi-cance of their absence was notclear.After the talks last broke early

today, Zarif said solutions to manyof the problems had been foundand that documents attesting tothat would soon be drafted. Russ-ian Foreign Minister SergeyLavrov said before leaving that thenegotiators had reached agree-ment in principle on all key issues,and in the coming hours it will beput on paper.

Continue ...

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAand SAMEER N. YACOUBAssociated PressTIKRIT, Iraq — Iraq

declared a “magnificentvictory” today over theIslamic State group inTikrit, a key step in driv-ing the militants out oftheir biggest strongholds.Iraqi Defense Minister

Khalid al-Obeidi made thepronouncement, sayingsecurity forces have“accomplished their mis-sion” in the monthlongoffensive to rid SaddamHussein’s hometown andthe broader Salahuddinprovince of the militantgroup.“We have the pleasure,

with all our pride, toannounce the good newsof a magnificent victory,”Obeidi said in a videostatement. “Here we cometo you, Anbar! Here wecome to you, Nineveh, andwe say it with full resolu-tion, confidence, and per-sistence,” naming otherprovinces under the swayof the extremists.Extremists from the

Islamic State group seizedTikrit last summer dur-ing its advance acrossnorthern and westernIraq. The battle for Tikritis seen as a key steptoward eventually drivingthe militants out ofMosul, Iraq’s second-largest city and theprovincial capital of Nin-eveh.Iraqi forces, including

soldiers, police officers,Shiite militias and Sunnitribes, launched a large-scale operation to recap-ture Tikrit on March 2.Last week, the United

States launchedairstrikes on the embat-tled city at the request ofthe Iraqi government.Recapturing Tikrit

would be the biggest winso far for Baghdad’s Shi-ite-led government. Thecity is about 130 kilome-ters (80 miles) north ofBaghdad and lies on theroad connecting the capi-tal to Mosul. Retaking itwill help Iraqi forces havea major supply link forany future operationagainst Mosul.Earlier today, Iraqi

security forces fired onsnipers and searched

homes for remaining mil-itants. Soldiers fannedout in circles from thecharred skeletal remainsof the Salahuddin provin-cial government complex,captured the day before.Militant mortar fire,

which had been intenseover previous days, fellsilent today, with com-manders saying only afew militant snipersremained in the city. Theyspoke on condition ofanonymity to discussongoing operations.The objective, Interior

Minister MohammedSalem al-Ghabban said

today, is now to restorenormalcy as quickly aspossible.“After clearing the area

from roadside bombs andcar bombs, we will reopenpolice stations to restorenormalcy in the city, andwe will form committeesto supervise the return ofpeople displaced fromtheir homes,” al-Ghabbansaid. He said the govern-ment will help displacedresidents return and thata civil defense unit will becombing the city for road-side bombs and carbombs.“Daesh is completely

defeated,” he added, usingan Arabic name for thegroup.During a visit to Tikrit,

Iraqi Prime MinsiterHaider al-Abadi said thatmilitary engineeringunits still need more timeto clear the city frombooby traps. He alsowaved an Iraqi flag inphotos posted on hissocial media accounts.“God’s willing, there

will be a fund to rebuildareas destroyed by Daeshand the war. Tikrit andSalahuddin areas will becovered by this fund,” al-Abadi said.

Iraq claims victory in Tikrit

Associated Press/Khalid Mohammed

Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, center, Iraqi forces commander in Tikrit, inspects his forcestoday in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Defense Minister Mohammed Khalid al-Obeidi laterdeclared a "magnificent victory" over the Islamic State group in Tikrit.

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Hi and Lois

Agnes

Rose is Rose

Peanuts

SPEED BUMP Dave Coverly

Beetle Bailey

Snuffy Smith

Blondie

Funky Winkerbean

TodayOklahoma!Musical7:30 p.m.

University TheatreBall State University

Muncie

Garrison KeillorLecture7:30 p.m.

Rhinehart Music Center2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.

Fort Wayne

ThursdayOklahoma!Musical7:30 p.m.

University TheatreBall State University

Muncie

Asia FusionArt opening5 to 7 p.m.

Cornerstone Centerfor the Arts

520 E. Main St.Muncie

FridayOklahoma!Musical7:30 p.m.

University TheatreBall State University

Muncie

Star FolliesAn evening of Sondheim

MusicalMuncie Civic Theatre

216 E. Main St.Muncie

The Three MusketeersPlay7 p.m.

St. Clair Memorial Hall215 W. 4th St.Greenville, Ohio

Petting Zoo andScavenger Hunt

6 to 9 p.m.Downtown

Greenville, Ohio

33 VariationsPlay8 p.m.

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre303 E. Main StFort Wayne

Saturday Spring FlingSwap meet andrummage sale9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jay County Fairgrounds806 E. Votaw St.

Portland

Easter egg hunt11 a.m.

Hudson Family Park500 S. Wayne St.

Portland

Easter egg hunt10 a.m.

Redkey Elementary6 W. Main St.

Redkey

Easter egg hunt2 p.m.

Dunkirk City Park125 Hoover St.

Dunkirk

Easter egg hunt11 a.m.

Goordich ParkUnion St.Winchester

Oklahoma!Musical

2:30 and 7:30 p.m.University TheatreBall State University

Muncie

The Three MusketeersPlay7 p.m.

St. Clair Memorial Hall215 W. 4th St.Greenville, Ohio

Midwest AthleticConference Wingfest

Festival4 p.m.

American Legion Post 2416458 Ohio 66

New Bremen, Ohio

33 VariationsPlay8 p.m.

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre303 E. Main StFort Wayne

April 8Regional StudentArt Exhibition

Opening4 to 6:30 p.m.Arts Place

131 E. Walnut St.Portland••••••••••

To have an event consid-ered for this calendar, emaildetails to cr.news@com-cast.net.

Upcoming events

Student artwork will goon display next week.The Regional Student

Art Exhibition at ArtsPlace, 131 E. Walnut St.,Portland, begins Mondayduring regular galleryhours — 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.There will be an openingreception for the exhibitfrom 4 to 6:30 p.m. April 8.For more information,

call Arts Place at (260)726-4809.

Conference setThe National Center of

Great Lakes NativeAmerican Culture willhold its 2015 academicconference April 18 atJohn Jay Center in Port-land.The conference, titled

“The Removal: Loss ofHomelands and Conse-

quences” will focus onthe removal of tribesfrom their homes to areaswest of the Mississippiriver. Speakers willinclude Vernard Foley ofPurdue University,Michael J. Pace of Con-ner Prairie InteractiveHistory Park, GeorgeGodfrey of Haskell Indi-ana Nations Universityand John Dunnagan ofMiami Nation of Indiana.The registration for the

fee is $25 for students or$35 for adults who sign up

before April 10. Registra-tions after that day willbe $40.For more information

about the event, contactconference secretary KayNeumayr at kay.neu-mayr@ncglnac.com or(765) 426-3022.

To performThe Ball State Univer-

sity Department of The-atre and Dance will con-tinue its presentation ofthe musical “Oklahoma!”today through Saturdayin University Theatre.Show times are 7:30

p.m. each day. There willalso be a 2:30 p.m. mati-nee Saturday.Tickets are available by

calling (765) 285-8749 orby visiting the UniversityTheatre box office.

By ANN HORNADAYThe Washington Post“Get Hard” opens with

a tight close-up of WillFerrell weeping — open-ly, copiously, theatrically— in what has become hissignature gesture ofdoing something banal toan absurd extreme. In this scattershot,

funny-dumb satire, Fer-rell plays James, a LosAngeles financier whosearrest for fraud inter-rupts his life as a one-per-center. He enlists the helpof Darnell (Kevin Hart),the guy who washes hiscar, to help him preparefor prison, assumingthat, if it’s true that onein three black men willend up behind bars, it’sstatistically likely that amenial laborer will havedone time at some point.In fact, Darnell owns

the carwashing company,is a devoted husband andfather, and aspires tomove his family into abetter school district. Butin exchange for the downpayment on a house, he’swilling, as he explains tohis wife, to “be everystereotype (James)thinks I am.” The resultis a fish-out-of-waterbuddy comedy that —when it’s working — alsodoes a smartly scathingjob of sending up privi-lege, entitlement andcrony capitalism: Thewhole phenomenon, asit’s been said, of beingborn on third base andthinking you’ve hit atriple. Or, as James’s weasely

boss, played by Craig T.Nelson, puts it, startingwith nothing: “just me,my computer and an $8

million loan from myfather.” Written by Jay Martel,

Ian Roberts, Etan Cohenand Adam McKay, “GetHard” punctuates thoseironic zingers withbroader, more low-browphysical set pieces, mostof which pivot aroundHart’s diminutive heightand James’s fear of beingraped in prison.The dubious merit of

tiresome “Don’t drop thesoap” jokes aside, “GetHard” sometimes veersperilously close to com-mitting the very sins itaspires to criticize. Themovie is drenched in gaypanic. (One of those setpieces takes place in thebathroom of a West Hol-lywood restaurant whereJames forces himself topractice the sexual tech-nique he so fears he’llhave to get used to.) And,when the two men enlist

the services of Darnell’sstreet-toughened cousin,some of those stereotypesDarnell invoked earlier —from gangbangers totwerking hoochie mamas— come floridly and lazi-ly into play.Still, Ferrell and Hart

have a genial, easygoingchemistry and “GetHard” manages to scoremore than a few goodpoints about facileassumptions and toxichypocrisy. In a patroniz-ing but on-point wish-ful-fillment sequence, Jameshelps Darnell’s cousin tomonetize his ill-gottengains by way of complexcomputer trading pro-grams, resulting in expo-nential growth of hisportfolio. “The stock market is

gangsta,” one of his min-ions exclaims. ElizabethWarren couldn’t have putit better.

Movie has ups, downs

Student art to be displayed

Warner Bros. Pictures

Kevin Hart (left) as Darnell and WillFerrell as James star in a fish-out-of-water buddycomedy that skewers the 1 percent.

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grounds1885 S US 27Winchester, IN

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Located: DelawareCounty Fairgrounds,Heartland Building.1210 North WheelingAvenue, Muncie.

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Location: South ofGeneva, on US 27 toCR 1200 S then East 4miles on CR 1200 S.Wabash Township,Adams County.

61.82 Acres - Homeand buildings.

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DUNKIRK PARKBOARD is acceptingapplications for the fol-lowing positions: Parklaborer, March 23 untilApril 17. Pool manager,Assistant manager, Cer-tified lifeguards, Con-cessions, and Admis-sions, March 23 untilMay 1. Applications canbe picked up at the CityBuilding 131 S Main,Dunkirk, between8:30am and 4:30pmMon- Fri. Must be ableto pass backgroundcheck. EOE

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LEASE SPACE avail-able, Coldwater, OH.Manufacturing, ware-housing, assembly, distri-bution, offices, inside andoutdoor storage. Easyaccess to major high-ways and railroad accesswith loading docks andoverhead cranes avail-able. Contact SycamoreGroup, 419-678-5318,www.sycamorespace.com

WHY RENT when youmay be able to buy forzero money down. Callfor more information.Heather Clemmons. 765-748-5066.

MAPLE HEIGHTSAPARTMENTS at 701 SWestern Avenue, Port-land, Indiana, is now tak-ing applications for oneand two bedroom apart-ments. Rent based on30% of adjusted grossincome. Barrier free units.260-726-4275, TDD 800-743-3333. This institutionis an Equal OpportunityProvider and Employer.

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TIRED OF NON-PAYINGRENTERS? For just 10%of monthly rent/ life couldbe 100% better. Propertymanaging. HeatherClemmons 765-748-5066

NEED A NICE VACA-TION? Have timeshareswith extra weeks to use.Will rent to responsibleadults. Serious inquiriesonly. 260-726-4859.

ONE AND TWO BED-ROOM Mobile Homes inPennville. Clean andneat. No pets. A/C. Refer-ences and depositrequired. Call 260-437-1719.

ONE LARGE BED-ROOM duplex. Corner ofShackley and Palmer,Geneva. Washer/ dryer,no pets. $360 plusdeposit. 260-223-1997.

LIMBERLOST APART-MENTS. Single story,maintenance free, utili-ties included, incomebased one-bedroomhomes for those 62 andolder or disabled regard-less of age. Rental assis-tance available. ADAunits, handicappedaccessible. Pet friend-ly​. Contact ustoday at (260)368-7900TDD 1-800-743-3333 orhttp://limberlostapts.com.556 Bristol Dr, Geneva,IN 46740. Equal HousingOpportunity

EXCEPTIONAL 2 BED-ROOM house. 130 Flo-ral, Portland. 2 bathroom,all electric. Laundryhookups. Attachedgarage. No smokers/pets. $550 monthly/deposit. 260-997-6645.

PENNVILLE AREA Tak-ing applications for athree bedroom, one bath.Washer/ dryer hookup,carpet, basement; woodheat; detached garage.$600/ month plusdeposit. 260-731-2481

IMMEDIATE POSSES-SION Newly remodeled,downstairs, large, 2 bed-room apartment. Nopets. $550/month 504 WRace Street. 260-729-5000.

PORTLAND: 2 BED-ROOM upstairs apart-ment. Newly remodeled.Stove/ refrigerator fur-nished. $375/ month plusdeposit. No pets. You payutilities. 260-251-2305 or260-729-1803.

220 W SECONDSTREET PORTLANDNewly renovated 3 bed-room home. Call 260-251-7497 or 260-997-6732

TWO-BEDROOMAPARTMENT: 712 NMain, Dunkirk. Stove/refrigerator furnished.Total electric. $325 plusdeposit. Section 8 OK.765-748-2379

LARGE ONE-BED-ROOM apartment.Stove, refrigerator fur-nished. No pets. Refer-ences and damagedeposit. 770-356-6843or 260-703-0478

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FOR RENT/RENT TOOWN Jay, Blackford,Randolph, Delaware,Madison, Henry Coun-ties. Over 200 Housesand apartments.Heather Clemmons765-748-5066

HOUSE FOR SALEPORTLAND, 423 EastMain Street. 3 bed-rooms, 1 bath, singlefamily home, 1,792square feet, hardwoodfloors. Lease program,$ 750.00 down, $415.00 per month. 855-671-5655

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Public NoticeNotice To Taxpayers of Jay County of Tax Rates Charged

Notice is hereby given that the Tax Duplicates for the several taxing units of Jay County, for the year 2014 payable 2015, are now in the hands of the County Treasurer, who is ready to receive the taxes charged thereon. Thefollowing table shows the rate of taxation on each $100.00 worth of taxable real and personal property. First installment is due on or before and delinquent after May 11, 2015.

Second installment is delinquent after November 10, 2015.2014 pay 2015 Jay Tax TAB Rates 2014 pay 2015

Penn Pennville Dunkirk BearcreekBryant Greene Jackson Jefferson Knox Madison SalamoniaNoble Pike Richland Redkey Wabash Wayne PortlandCo Cum Capital Dev 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 JEMS 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 0.0288 County General 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 0.3961 County Health 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 0.0099 Cumulative Bridge 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 0.0600 Jay Co Jail Lease Payments 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 0.1073 Reassessment 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

County Total 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 0.6472 Twshp Cum Fire 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0181 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 Twshp Fire fighting 0.0203 0.0000 0.0000 0.0222 0.0000 0.0174 0.0140 0.0181 0.0139 0.0091 0.0000 0.0111 0.0241 0.0217 0.0000 0.0146 0.0477 0.0000 Twshp General 0.0300 0.0300 0.0000 0.0097 0.0097 0.0067 0.0198 0.0089 0.0133 0.0111 0.0111 0.0107 0.0266 0.0000 0.0000 0.0147 0.0073 0.0073 Twshp Poor 0.0178 0.0178 0.0310 0.0235 0.0235 0.0026 0.0101 0.0009 0.0000 0.0043 0.0043 0.0121 0.0000 0.0310 0.0310 0.0082 0.0163 0.0163 Twshp Recreation 0.0241 0.0241 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Township Total 0.0922 0.0719 0.0310 0.0554 0.0332 0.0267 0.0439 0.0279 0.0272 0.0426 0.0154 0.0339 0.0507 0.0527 0.0310 0.0375 0.0713 0.0236 Library Debt Service 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 0.0095 Library General 0.0339 0.0339 0.2418 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679 0.0679

Library Total 0.0339 0.0339 0.2418 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 0.0774 School Bus Replacement 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 School Capital Projects 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 0.3039 School Debt Service 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 0.3599 School Pension Debt 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 0.1012 School Transportation 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296 0.2296

School Total 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 0.9946 Corp Aviation/Airport 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0493 Corp. Cum Cap Improve 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0973 0.0000 0.0000 0.0500 Corp Cum Capital Dev 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0370 Corp Fire Pension 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 Corp General 0.0000 0.9136 1.7673 0.0000 0.3521 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1589 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.3953 0.0000 0.0000 0.8859 Corp Parks & Recreation 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0073 0.0000 0.0000 0.1417 Corp Park Bond 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0212 Corp Street(MVH) 0.0000 0.0000 0.1791 0.0000 0.2303 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0073 0.0000 0.0000 0.1917

City Total 0.0000 0.9136 1.9464 0.0000 0.5824 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1589 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.5072 0.0000 0.0000 1.3768 Total Tax Rate 1.7679 2.6612 3.8610 1.7746 2.3348 1.7459 1.7631 1.7471 1.7464 1.7618 1.8935 1.7531 1.7699 1.7719 3.2574 1.7567 1.7905 3.1196

State of Indiana, Jay County, SS: I, Anna M Culy. Culy, Auditor of Jay County, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of all tax levies for the taxes collectible in the year 2014 pay 2015.

Anna M. Culy, Jay County AuditorCR/NS 3-25, 4-1, 8-2015-HSPAXLP

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Public NoticeNotice of Sheriff's Sale By virtue of a certified copy

of a decree to me directedfrom the Clerk of Jay CircuitCourt of Jay County, Indiana,in Cause No. 38C01-1412-MF-000049 wherein Wells FargoBank, NA. was Plaintiff, andRichard L. Witt and Sylvia D.Witt were Defendants, re-quired me to make the sum asprovided for in said Decreewith interest and cost, I willexpose at public sale to thehighest bidder, on the 30thday of April, 2015, at the hourof 10:00 am, or as soon there-after as is possible, at JayCounty Courthouse/3rd Floor- Main, Portland, IN 47371, thefee simple of the whole bodyof Real Estate in Jay County,Indiana.

Part of Lot NumberedThree (3) in Thomas' Addi-tion to the Town, now Cityof Dunkirk, Indianabounded and described asfollows, to-wit Commencingat a point on the North lineof said Lot Three (3) in saidAddition One HundredFifty-four (154) feet West-ward from the Northeastcomer of said Lot Three (3)in said Addition; thenceSoutherly and parallel withthe West line of said Lot adistance of Seventy-five (75)feet to a point; thence East-erly and perpendicular tothe last described line adistance of Two Hundred(200) feet, more or less, tothe East line of said LotThree (3); thence Northerlyon and along the East lineof said Lot, a distance ofNinety (90) feet, more orless, to the Northeastcomer of said Lot Three (3);thence Westerly on andalong the North line of saidLot Three (3) to the place ofbeginning and being a partof said Lot Three (3) in saidThomas' Addition in JayCounty, Indiana. More commonly known as140 Arlington Ave, Dunkirk,IN 47336-9430 Parcel No. 38-09-08-402-036.000-014

Together with rents, issues,income and profits thereof,said sale will be made withoutrelief from valuation or ap-praisement laws.

Bruce G. Arnold Attorney # 21525-49

Feiwell & Hannoy, P.C. 251 N. Illinois Street,

Suite 1700 Indianapolis, IN46204-1944

Dwane Ford, SheriffCR 3-25,4-1,8-2015

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Public NoticeTo the owners of the withindescribed real estate and all

interested parties Notice of sheriff's sale By virtue of a certified copy

of a decree to me directedfrom the Clerk of Jay SuperiorCourt of Jay County, Indiana,in Cause No.: 38D0l-1308-MF-000037, wherein Bank ofAmerica, N.A., was Plaintiff,and Aaron E. Stephen AKAAaron Eugene Stephen, DawnM. Stephen AKA Dawn M.Study, was/were Defendant(s),requiring me to make the sumas provided for in said Decreewith interest and cost, I willexpose at public sale to thehighest bidder, on the 30thday of April, 2015 at the hourof 10:00 AM, or as soon there-after as is possible, at 120 N.Court Street, Suite 305, 3rdFloor Courthouse, Portland,IN 47371, the fee simple of thewhole body of Real Estate inJay County, Indiana.

A part of Out Lot Four (4) inWood Lawn Park Additionto the City of Portland, In-diana, described as fol-lows: Commencing at a Point 239Feet South of the North-west Corner of Out Lot 4;thence South 71 3/4 Feet;thence East 145 Feet;thence North 71 3/4 Feet;thence West 145 Feet to theplace of beginning. More Commonly Known As:245 North Charles Street,Portland, IN 47371 38-07-20-203-023.000-034

Together with rents, issues,income, and profits thereof,said sale will be made withoutrelief from valuation or ap-praisement laws.

Dwane FordJay County SheriffJennifer L. Snook

Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 2110 Calumet Avenue, Valparaiso, IN 46383

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Public NoticeState of Indiana County of Jay, SS:Jay Circuit Court

Cause No.: 38C01-1503-EU-12In The Matter of The

Estate of Kimberly Sue Gibson, Deceased.

Notice of Unsupervised Ad-ministration Cause number:

38C01-1503-EU-12In the Circuit Court of Jay

County, Indiana. Notice is hereby given that

Karen Hill and Rick Brum-baugh were, on the 9th day ofMarch, 2015, appointed Per-sonal Representatives of theEstate of Kimberly Sue Gib-son, deceased, who died Au-gust 17, 2014.

All persons who haveclaims against this Estate,whether or not now due, mustfile the claim in the office ofthe clerk of this Court withinthree (3) months from the dateof the first publication of thisnotice, or within nine (9)months after the decedent'sdeath, whichever is earlier, orthe claims will be foreverbarred. Dated at Portland, Indiana,this 11th day of March, 2015.

Ellen CoatsClerk of the Circuit Court of

Jay County, Indiana Law Offices of

John H. Brooke, P.C. 112 E. Gilbert Street Muncie, IN 47305

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Notice is hereby given to allproperty owners in the Townof Redkey, Indiana that areconnected to the Town’s sewersystem. You are hereby noti-fied that any illegal connec-tions to the Town's sewersystem must be removed be-fore June 1, 2015. Failure toremove said connections maysubject the property owner toa penalty as set out in theTown's Ordinance. Illegalconnections consist of thoseconnections which are notspecifically approved by theTown of Redkey. Such con-nections may include, but arenot limited to, downspouts,drains, and/or tiles which areconnected to the Town'ssewer system.If a property owner has anyquestions regarding such con-nections or their removal,please contact the Town ofRedkey.

Dated March 19, 2015Debbie James 3/20/15Redkey Town Board

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Box scoreFort Recovery Indiansat. Lincolnview Lancers

Baseball summary

Fort Recovery (2-0)ab r h bi

Stammen rf 4 1 1 0CoWendel p 3 2 1 0Hobbs 1b 3 2 2 1JHoman ss 2 2 1 1Backs c 4 1 3 4BHoman pr 0 0 0 0

Schroer lf 4 0 1 1RHoman 3b 3 0 0 0Lochtefeld 3b 1 0 0 0

Will cf 2 0 1 0Bruns 2b 3 0 1 0CaWendel 2b 0 0 0 0

Totals 29 8 11 7

Lincolnview (0-1)ab r h bi

Leeth ss 2 0 0 0Overholt 2b 2 0 0 0Youtsey 3b 3 0 0 0DSchmersal lf 3 0 2 0Roberts p 3 0 1 0CSchmersal cf 3 1 0 0Lee dh 3 1 1 0Hale 1b 0 0 0 0

WSchmersal c 3 1 1 0Ralston rf 3 0 1 1Totals 25 3 6 1

Fort Rec. 104 300 0 — 8Lincolnview 030 000 0 — 3

LOB — Fort Recovery 6. Lincol-nview 3. 2B — Fort Recovery 2(Hobbs, JHoman). SB — FortRecovery 5 (Hobbs 2, Stammen,JHoman, Backs). Lincolnview 3(Lee, WSchmersal, Ralston).

IP H R ER BB SOFort RecoveryCoWendel, W 7 6 3 2 0 4

LincolnviewRoberts, L 7 11 8 7 2 8

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Brooklyn 111, Indiana 106Detroit 105, Atlanta 95San Antonio 95, Miami 81Golden State 110, L.A. Clippers 106

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W L Pct GBx-Cleveland 48 27 .640 —x-Chicago 45 29 .608 2½Milwaukee 36 38 .486 11½IInnddiiaannaa 3322 4422 ..443322 1155½½Detroit 29 45 .392 18½

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y-Toronto 44 30 .595 —Brooklyn 33 40 .452 10½Boston 33 41 .446 11Philadelphia 18 57 .240 26½New York 14 60 .189 30

SSoouutthheeaasstt DDiivviissiioonnW L Pct GB

z-Atlanta 56 19 .747 —x-Washington 41 33 .554 14½Miami 34 40 .459 21½Charlotte 31 42 .425 24Orlando 22 52 .297 33½

WWeesstteerrnn CCoonnffeerreenncceeSSoouutthhwweesstt DDiivviissiioonn

W L Pct GBx-Memphis 51 24 .680 —x-Houston 50 24 .676 ½San Antonio 48 26 .649 2½Dallas 45 29 .608 5½New Orleans 39 34 .534 11

NNoorrtthhwweesstt DDiivviissiioonnW L Pct GB

x-Portland 48 25 .658 —Oklahoma City 42 32 .568 6½Utah 33 41 .446 15½Denver 28 46 .378 20½Minnesota 16 58 .216 32½

PPaacciiffiicc DDiivviissiioonnW L Pct GB

z-Golden State 61 13 .824 —x-L.A. Clippers 49 26 .653 12½Phoenix 38 37 .507 23½Sacramento 26 47 .356 34½L.A. Lakers 20 53 .274 40½

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionz-clinched conference

Local scheduleTTooddaayy

South Adams — Baseball scrimmageat Oak Hill – 5 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayyFort Recovery — Boys and girls track at

Cresview – 5 p.m.South Adams — Softball scrimmage at

Madison Grant – 5 p.m.

SSaattuurrddaayyJay County — Softball at Wapahani –

noonFort Recovery — Baseball doublehead-

er vs. Crestview – 11 a.m.; Softball dou-bleheader at National Trail – noon;

MMoonnddaayyJay County — Baseball vs. Anderson

Prep – 5 p.m.; Softball vs. Blackford – 5p.m.; JV softball at Blackford – 5 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Boys and girls trackvs. Jackson Center – 4:30 p.m.; Softball atFranklin Monroe – 5 p.m.; Baseball vs.Franklin-Monroe – 5 p.m.

South Adams — Baseball vs. Norwell –5 p.m.; JV baseball at Eastbrook – 5 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

7 p.m. — ATP Tennis: Miami Open –Men’s and women’s quarterfinals (ESPN2)

9 p.m. — High School Basketball:McDonald’s All-American Game (ESPN)

TThhuurrssddaayy1 p.m. — MLB Preseason Baseball:

New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers (ESPN)1 p.m. — ATP Tennis: Miami Open –

Women’s semifinal and men’s quarterfinal(ESPN2)

7 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championship(ESPN)

7 p.m. — ATP Tennis: Miami Open –Men’s quarterfinal and women’s semifinal(ESPN2)

8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Miami Heatat Cleveland Cavaliers (TNT)

9 p.m. — Men’s College Basketball:NIT Tournament Championship – Miami vs.Stanford (ESPN)

10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: PhoenixSuns at Golden State Warriors (TNT)

Local notesPPJJLL rreeggiissttrraattiioonn eennddss TThhuurrssddaayyThe last day to register for the 2015

Portland Junior League season will be

Thursday.Registration will be from 4 to 8 p.m. at

Jay Community Center.Forms are available at

www.pjlball.com, and late registrationswill not be accepted.

Portland Junior League is for boys andgirls ages 5 to 15 years old who live inPortland, Pennville, Redkey, Dunkirk andsurrounding areas.

CChhaammbbeerr ttoo hhoolldd ggoollff oouuttiinnggThe Jay County Chamber of Commerce

will hold the Chamber Classic Golf OutingMay 1 at Portland Golf Club.

Cost for the four-person tournament is$250 per team, which also includeslunch. Sponsorship opportunities are alsoavailable.

Registration for the tournament willbegin at 10:30 a.m., with a shotgun startat 11:30 a.m.

For more information, contact thechamber office at (260) 726-4481.

SSttaarrffiirreess sseeeekkiinngg ccooaacchhSouth Adams High School is seeking a

wrestling coach for the 2015-16 season.Candidates should have varsity coach-

ing experience, a strong knowledge ofwrestling techniques and fundamentals.Candidates must also demonstrate the

ability to work with the administration andsuccessfully lead student athletes, thecoaching staff and the middle school andyouth programs.

Individuals interested should contactSouth Adams High School athletics direc-tor Jason Arnold at (260) 587-8231, orjarnold@southadams.k12.in.us.

CCoommmmuunniittyy sswwiimm ooppeenn The community swim schedule for the

2014-15 school season is underway.Each swim will be Sundays from 2 to 4

p.m. at Jay County High School and isopen to the public.

Cost is $2 per swimmer, and childrenunder the age of 12 must be accompa-nied by an adult.

For more information, contact BarryWeaver at bweaver@jayschools.k12.in.us.

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Fort Recovery High School junior Jackson Hobbs slides head first into second ahead of the tag fromLincolnview shortstop Austin Leeth in the third inning Tuesday at Lincolnview. Hobbs notched a stolen baseon the play, and added two hits and drove in a pair of runs in the Indians’ 8-3 victory against the Lancers.

Continued from page 10“That’s an RBI spot, and

what we’re looking for himto do is drive some runsin,” he said.The next inning, Backs

drove in Hobbs andHoman again with a singleup the middle, this timewith two outs. Hobbs waswalked intentionally andHoman was hit by a pitchfor the second time of theevening. He’s been hitthree times in his first twogames with Fort Recovery.“We have a system that

we have to have a biginning and score with twoouts,” Backs said. “We’vebeen doing that. We’re get-ting our confidence. It’sbig for the season.”Backs then stole second,

and came around to scoreon single by Kyle Schroer.All but one of the Indians’starting nine had a hit,and they finished with 11total.And if the third and

fourth innings were set-upblows, Wendel deliveredthe knockout punch fromthe mound.After surrendering

three runs — two earned— in the second inning,Wendel only allowed threebase runners for theremainder of the game.Dalton Schmersal

reached on a single in thethird inning but wasthrown out by DerekBacks attempting to stealsecond. Dylan Lee hit asingle through the rightside in the fourth but wasleft stranded, and Schmer-sal was caught in a run-down after a single in thesixth.Wendel gave up six hits

while striking out four inseven complete innings.“I was feeling good,” the

senior said. “I had some ofmy best stuff tonight.”Fort Recovery, which

plays a Crestview teamthat made it to the Divi-sion IV Final Four last sea-son, delivered the firstpunch Tuesday with onerun in the game’s openinginning. Wendel drew aone-out walk and moved tosecond on a passed ball.Hobbs ripped a double tothe gap in right center,

scoring Wendel on the firstof his two hits. Hobbs alsohad a pair of stolen bases.Lincolnview answered

with a trio of runs in thesecond, thanks to a field-ing error and a mentallapse by the Indians on adouble steal. Cole Schmer-sal, Wyatt Schmersal andLee all came around toscore for the Lancers.

“I thought we playedwell at times,” said LHScoach Eric Fishpaw. “Thesecond inning we put up athree spot. We had a lot ofenergy and got some bighits in the bottom of ourlineup.“We just have to contin-

ue to have more productiveinnings and find a way toscore more runs.”Jalen Roberts went the

distance on the bump forthe Lancers, taking theloss while striking outeight and walking two.

Rallies ...

‘I was feeling good. I had some of my best stuff tonight.’

—Cole Wendel,FRHS senior

Continued from page 10In volleyball, only Bre-

beuf Jesuit (760) and Con-cordia (739) have fewerstudents than Jay County.They were moved to 4Afrom 3A because of theirtournament success fac-tor.Football is the only

sport with six classifica-tions, and the Patriots are34th out of 64 schools inClass 4A in terms ofenrollment. New to Class4A are Delta — whichmoved up from 3A becauseof enrollment — Rich-mond and Wayne, whichfell from 5A. Norwell,which was in Jay County’s

sectional, also dropped to3A. This will likely bring achange to Jay County’ssectional, and thosegroupings will beannounced in May.For baseball and soft-

ball, Jay County will bethe largest Class 3Aschool, with Connersville(1,112) as the smallest 4Aschool. Because of thenew classifications, thePatriot baseball and soft-ball teams will be in newsectionals as well.South Adams will con-

tinue to be a Class 2Aschool in boys and girlsbasketball, baseball, soft-ball and volleyball.

Remains ...

Bronzeat state

The Jay CountyWolves SpecialOlympics basketballteam earned abronze medalSaturday in the statetournament atIndiana StateUniversity in TerreHaute. Pictured fromleft to right are NealPatel, KristySilverman and CoryLeMaster. Also onthe Wolves but notpictured is JuniorBeanblossom.

Photo provided

Continued from page 10The Nets picked up

right where they left off intheir 123-111 victory atIndiana on March 21,when their 61.3 percentshooting was the highestthe Pacers have everallowed at home.Brooklyn raced to a 33-

15 lead after one and wasahead by 19 early in thesecond before the Pacersturned it around behindtheir reserves, who scoredall but three of Indiana’s39 points in the period.The Pacers briefly tookthe lead in the closingminutes before the Netscarried a 57-54 advantageinto the locker room.“I was as surprised as

anyone by the way wecame out and played,”Hollins said, “because Iknew they’d be ready and

we just jumped on themand I think that was thegame.”The Nets rebuilt the

lead to 97-85 midwaythrough the fourth afterconsecutive baskets byThaddeus Young, whoreturned after missingtwo games with a strainedleft knee. Indiana trimmedit to 103-100 with 2:11remaining, overcoming atechnical foul by Vogel,but Johnson nailed ajumper and then a 3-point-er.Indiana starting guard

C.J. Miles, who averaged27 points in his previoustwo games, sprained hisright ankle in the firstquarter and played just sixminutes. Reserve RodneyStuckey, bothered by asore right wrist, shot 1 for8 for four points.

Fall ...

By GENARO C. ARMASAP Sports WriterMADISON, Wis. — After

Michigan State clinched aspot in the Final Four lastweekend, Wisconsin’s SamDekker wrote something onTwitter that packed asmuch of a punch as one ofhis dunks.“The Big Ten had a down

year right?” Dekker asked.If anyone had that per-

ception, it certainly isn’tthe case with two teams inthe Final Four — which isbeing held in Indianapolis.The Badgers play unbeat-

en Kentucky in one semifi-nal on Saturday night, withthe Spartans facing Duke inthe other.Both Big Ten squads are

underdogs going into theirrespective games.Wisconsin coach Bo

Ryan congratulated hisfriend and Michigan Statecounterpart Tom Izzo overthe phone after the Spar-tans’ beat Louisville onSunday.Now he’s looking ahead.“Yeah we’re proud of

that, and then you move on,then you play,” Ryan said.“I’m proud of this confer-ence.”Commissioner Jim

Delany sounded like aproud father when talkingabout the Big Ten’s success.He is realistic, too. Heknows that Big Ten teamsweren’t quite successful innonconference play inNovember and December,although the league wonthis year’s challenge serieswith the Atlantic CoastConference.

Some higher-profile BigTen teams fell in the series,including Wisconsin’s lossto Duke in Madison.The regular-season title

belonged to the Badgers.There was a logjamthrough the middle of the14-team league, with clubsbeating up on each other.In the end, only Mary-

land at No. 12 and MichiganState at No. 23 joined No. 3Wisconsin in the AP Top 25at the end of the regularseason.The AP poll at the end of

the 2013-14 regular seasonhad four Big Ten teamsranked, including three inthe top 12. At one point in2013-14, Ohio State, Wiscon-sin and Michigan Statewere all in the top five.The previous season,

four league teams finishedin the top 10.“It’s funny. The last year,

or last two years, we hadfour teams in the top 10 or12. We moved teams to theFinal Four, we were regard-ed as the strongest confer-ence in those years,”Delany said Tuesday in aphone interview.“This year, we didn’t

have as much success inNovember and December,”he added. “When I size upour league, I really didn’tthink we were quite as goodas we had been. I didn’tagree with the fact that weweren’t pretty good — but Ididn’t think we were asgood as we had been.”As it turns out, they were

even better when the tour-nament started.

Big Ten shiningbright at tourney

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SportsWednesday, April 1, 2015

Wolves earn bronzeat state tournament,see photo page 9

Chamber of Commerceto hold annual golf outing,

see Sports on tap

INDIANAPOLIS — With theexception of two sports, Jay CountyHigh School will remain a Class 4Aschool.In the new classifications

announced Tuesday by the IHSAAfor the 2015-16 and 2016-17 schoolyears, Jay County’s enrollment of1,108 keeps it in 4A for boys and girlsbasketball, football and volleyball.The Patriots will drop to Class 3A

for both baseball and softball. Inboys and girls soccer, they will con-tinue to be in Class 2A.

South Adams, which has anenrollment of 390, will move up toClass 2A in football and will be thesmallest school in its class. TheStarfires have won back-to-back sec-tional titles and a regional title in2014 while in Class 1A. Jay County is the third smallest

Class 4A school in boys basketball.Only Kankakee Valley (1,094) andGuerin Catholic (738) are smaller.Kankakee Valley was bumped upbecause of enrollment, and GuerinCatholic, which defeated Griffith on

Saturday for the Class 3A statechampionship, moved up because ofits tournament success factor. NewPalestine, with an enrollment of1,094, is the largest 3A school after itdropped from 4A.The Patriots are also the third

smallest school for girls basketball,ahead of Kankakee Valley and NewPalestine. Jasper, which has 29 fewer stu-

dents than Jay County, is the largest3A school.

See RReemmaaiinnss page 9

Jay County remains Class 4A

By CHRIS SCHANZThe Commercial ReviewVAN WERT, Ohio — Fort

Recovery baseball coachJerry Kaup hopes the trendwon’t last.Get an early lead, fall

behind, rally for the win.The Indians overcame a

3-1 deficit in the thirdinning Tuesday, scoringfour runs in the third andthree in the fourth for an 8-3 road win against the hostLincolnview Lancers.“It’s not the pattern that

we’re hoping to follow forthe rest of the season,” saidKaup, whose team won income-from-behind fashionin consecutive games.“We’d like to get up earlyand push it through (to theend). But you have to havethat resiliency. We under-stand it is a seven-inninggame.

“There are punchesthrown by each team, andwe’re hoping that ourpunches are better at theend.”It was the one-two punch

of the middle innings forFort Recovery (2-0) thatstunned the Lancers (0-1).Cole Wendel and Jack-

son Hobbs led off the thirdwith back-to-back singles,and Jacob Homan doubledto right field to drive inWendel from second.A double steal put Hobbs

and Homan at second andthird respectively, and sen-ior Derek Backs hit ablooper over the secondbaseman for the first of hispair of two-run singles.His base knock gave theIndians a 4-3 lead, and theywould not trail for theremainder of the game.“I got lucky on the first

two (hits),” said Backs,who finished with threehits — all singles — andfour RBIs. “You’ve got totake those bloopers andbleeders. I’ll take themright now.”Kaup said Backs, the

Indians’ No. 5 hitter, is inthe prime spot of the line-up to score his teammates.

See RRaalllliieess page 9

Fort Recoveryrallies again

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Fort Recovery High School senior pitcher Cole Wendel tags out Lincolnview’s Dalton Schmersalas he attempts to slide into first base after being caught in a rundown during the sixth inning Tuesday atLincolnview. Wendel gave up three runs — two earned — while surrendering six hits and striking out fourin the Indians 8-3 victory against the Lancers.

Wendel goesthe distancein Tribe’ssecond win

ROCKFORD — The Fort Recovery HighSchool girls track team opened its seasonwith a second-place finish Tuesday in aquad meet at Parkway.The Indians got wins in six events, scor-

ing 73 points. The host Panthers won with85 points. Lima Central Catholic was thirdwith 47 points, and Perry was forth with35.Parkway also won on the boys’ side with

97 points. Perry (86.5) was second, FortRecovery (52) was third and LCC (13.5) fin-ished fourth.The Tribe girls won all four relay races.

Angela Heitkamp, Cailtyn Huelsman,Grace Gehle and Rachel Kaup won the4x800-meter relay. Alyssa Post, Emily May and Kiah Wen-

del joined Paige Hemmert to win the 4x200relay, and teamed with Carissa Evers tofinish first in the 4x100 relay. Alexis Hobbs,Heitkamp, Huelsman and Hemmert wonthe 4x400 relay.Also earning wins were Kristen Keller

(shot put) and Wendel (200 dash).Cole Hull picked up a pair of victories

for the FRHS boys. He won both the 100dash and the long jump, and Tyler Ache-son earned the top spot in the shot put.

Tribe drops openerRUSSIA, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s soft-

ball team’s losing streak continues.The Indians dropped their season open-

er Tuesday to the host Russia Raiders, 7-3.It was the 20th consecutive loss for the

Indians, whose last victory was a 2-1 winMay 17, 2013 against Delphos Jefferson.Haley Knapke accounted for all three

runs for Fort Recovery (0-1). She had a two-run double and later scored on a singlefrom Emily Hart.Audra Metzger had a pair of singles, and

Lauren Gehle and Tori Vaughn also addedbase hits for the Indians.Chelsea Timmerman took the loss in the

circle, giving up three earned runs andwalking seven in a complete-game effort.Fort Recovery travels to New Paris on

Saturday for a doubleheader against theNational Trial Blazers.

Tribe girls finish secondLocalroundup

NEW YORK (AP) —Lionel Hollins was sur-prised how quickly histeam built a big lead. Hisplayers were proud of howthey regrouped after blow-ing it.Big games in Brooklyn

were big disappointmentsfor the home team earlierthis season, but the Netsbelieve they are a differentteam now — potentially aplayoff one.Brook Lopez had 24

points and 11 rebounds,and the Nets reclaimedsole possession of eighthplace in the Eastern Con-ference by beating theIndiana Pacers 111-106 onTuesday night for theirseason-high fourthstraight victory.“It’s just a mentality, I

guess, sense of urgency.Realizing we have a chanceto make these playoffs andwe’re just trying to make apush,” point guard DeronWilliams said.

The Nets moved backahead of Boston and dealta blow to the Pacers, whofell 1 1/2 games behindBrooklyn. They visit the Celtics on

Wednesday, so coachFrank Vogel told them toquickly move on.“We’ve got a game

tomorrow night. There’splenty of basketball stillto be played,” he said.Joe Johnson added 21

points, including fivestraight after the Pacersgot within three withabout 2 minutes left. AlanAnderson scored 20, withthe Nets improving to 17-5when he gets into doublefigures.Brooklyn, which flopped

in important home con-tests against Charlotteand Boston earlier thisseason, won for the sixthtime in seven games andclaimed the tiebreakerwith Indiana by winningthe season series.

George Hill scored 28points for the Pacers, wholost for the eighth time in10 games.“We’ve just got to bring

it more and take away theloss and how bad it feels,”Hill said. “It feels likewe’re kind of giving theseason away one game at atime so we’ve got to forgetabout it now and focus ontomorrow, bring it tomor-row and try to get a wintomorrow.”It was a disappointing

start to a crucial week forthe Pacers, who also arehome for games againstCharlotte and Miami onFriday and Sunday. Vogel compared it to the

NCAA Tournament, say-ing that “if you win, youknock off a team, and ifyou lose, you go home.”The Pacers aren’t going

home yet, but the Netsmade it tougher for themto go to the playoffs.

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