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Portland’s weather stationmeasured a high temperatureof 52 degrees Monday, andthere was a trace of rain. Theovernight low was 48.Tonight’s low will be 48

with a chance of showers thatcontinues through Wednesday,when the high will be 57.For an extended forecast,

see page 2.

The deadline for paying thespring installment of propertytaxes is May 10. The Jay Coun-ty Treasurer’s office at thecourthouse is open from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri-day. The office will also beopen from 8 a.m. to noon Sat-urday. If payments are mailed,the envelope must be post-marked by May 10.

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By JACK RONALDThe Commercial ReviewLocal officials are

ready to take the firststeps toward getting JayCounty’s fiscal house inorder.County auditor Anna

Culy on Monday present-ed Jay County Commis-sioners preliminarybudget proposals from allcounty departments for2017.That 3-inch-high stack

of papers will be frontand center when a newbudget subcommitteeholds its first meeting at4 p.m. Wednesday.“This is the earliest it’s

ever been compiled,”Culy said of the prelimi-nary budget.Jay County Council

members Ted Champ,Jeanne Houchins andBob Vance, commission-er Faron Parr, countyengineer Dan Watson andCuly will begin the budg-et review months earlierthan usual in an effort toget a better handle oncounty spending. Theworking group was sug-gested by Financial Solu-tions Group accountantGreg Guerrettaz, whowas hired amid concernsthat the county was over-spending and depletingits rainy day fund.The rainy day fund bal-

ance dropped from $2.57million in 2013 to $1.8million at the end of 2015.Watson told commis-

sioners he has finalizednegotiations with engi-neering firm Beam,Longest and Neff on a$146,700 county road signreplacement project andit has been approved byIndiana Department ofTransportation.Work on the project,

with the county’s shareof the cost at $29,340, isexpected to begin thisfall.Watson also said work

is continuing on anacceptable transporta-tion asset managementplan, a key part of thecounty’s planned grantapplication for additionalroad funding from thestate. INDOT is still inthe process of determin-ing the requirements forsuch a plan.

See CCoouunnttyy page 5

Countyis readyto studybudget

Record honors

Scholarships totaling morethan $2.2 million — with nearly$284,000 of that coming fromlocal sources — were awardedMonday night at the annualHonors Night ceremony at JayCounty High School.It was an evening that was

rich emotionally as well asfinancially, with a number ofnew scholarships presented asmemorials to young peoplewhose lives ended too soon.A complete list of award and

scholarship recipients follows:

James A. AbromsonScholarshipMegan Wellman

Academic CompetitionParticipation AwardsBryce Fennig, Haley David

Blackburn, Lexie Hudson,Hannah Lykins, LillianMcClung, Robert Myers, Court-ney Rickmeyer and ElaraMoore-Snyder.

Academic Honors DiplomaThe Commercial ReviewRecognitionDevyn Alexander, Rachel

Antrim, Sophia Bader, MariahBailey, Travis Barton, AlisonBetts, Cassie Bice Dunmoyer,Matthew Blackford, Shayla Bog-ard, Quenten Bollinger, ThomasBoozier, Kyra Braun, BlaneBray, Jordan Brumbaugh, Dako-ta Brunswick, Owin Buschur,Clay Chandler, Alexander Clark,Colton Compton, Christian Cur-rent, Connor Daniels, KortneyDavis, Stephanie Dirksen, JessieDuncan, Bryce Fennig, HannaFields, Kellie Fortkamp, KendraFortkamp, Veronica Gallegos-Vargas, Ariadne Gomez-Gutier-rez, Graham Haines, AlyssaHartley, Sayger Holcomb, Adri-an Hudson, Lexie Hudson, DrewHuffman, Levi Hummel, Chan-dler Jacks, Emily Jobe, AvaKunkler, Brett Laux, EmmaLaux, Savanna Mace, GabrielleMann, Ashley Mark, MalloryMarshall, Katie Mast, Serrena

McCaffery, Lillian McClung,Marin Myatsu, Elara Moore-Snyder, Lyla Muhlenkamp,Robert Myers, Michael Nichols,McKayla Norris, Kylie Osborne,Christian Peterson, AbigailReier, Grace Renz, CourtneyRickmeyer, Sydney Robbins,Mario Rodriguez, McKaylaRonald, Dylan Rose, AllisonRuiz, Bowen Runyon, BrookeSanders, Abigail Saxman, JulieSchubert, Joseph Springer,Heather Stinson, Erica Swing-ley, Jaclyn VanCise, MenaushaVanSkyock, Joshua Vaughn,Anne Vormohr, Emilie Walter,Megan Wellman, Mitchell Well-man, Abby Wendel, SamanthaWhite, Katelynn Witt, KaitlenWood and Jillian Young.

Academic Spanish AwardMatthew Blackford and Abi-

gail Saxman.

Matt Aker ScholarshipPreston Bemis and Mario

Rodriguez.

Robert AndersonScholarshipBrian DeRome, Emily Jobe

and Julie Schubert.

John L. ArmantroutScience ScholarshipKellie Fortkamp

Greg Ashley OutstandingThespian AwardAustin Fifer and Logan Miller.

Athletic letter blanketsTravis Barton, Thomas Boozier,

Colton Compton, Brian DeRome,Dallas Dudelston, NathanHeitkamp, Levi Hummel, AndrewKohler, Sok Vormohr, SophiaBader, Kellie Fortkamp, MirandaHibbard, Ava Kunkler, EmmaLaux, Abigail Saxman, MeganWellman and Abby Wendel.

Bausch and Lomb ScienceAwardCourtney Rickmeyer

See HHoonnoorrss page 5

By DEBANINA SEATONThe Commercial ReviewPortland is ready to receive

its distribution of local optionincome tax funds.Portland City Council

approved on second readingMonday an ordinance creatinga new account to handle theLOIT reserve funds, which thestate is distributing to localgovernment units this year.The new account made is for

the city’s portion of the $430million in LOIT funds the statelegislature decided to release aspart of House Bill 1001. Port-land is slated to receive$441,851.As part of the bill, the state

legislature required that 75 per-cent of the funding be used fortransportation infrastructuresuch as roads, bridges and air-

ports. The remaining 25 percentwill go to the rainy day fund.The LOIT funds were released

this week to each county, andthey will be distributed to theappropriate government unitsby June 1.In other business, council

members Michele Brewster,Janet Powers, Mark Hedges, DonGillespie, Kent McClung and BillGibson, absent Judy Aker:•Approved two tax abate-

ments. Council learned fromJay County Development Corpo-ration executive director BillBradley that requests from TLSby Design and Dayton Progresswere approved by the tax abate-ment advisory committee. TLSby Design requested an abate-ment on personal and real prop-erty worth about $380,000.

See CCrreeaatteess page 6

The Commercial Review/Debanina Seaton

Vehicle fireA Portland firefighter sprays water into the engine of a 2002 Pontiac

Grand Prix early this morning near the intersection of county roads 300 North and300 East. For details, see Capsule Reports on page 2.

Council createsaccount for LOIT

JCHS seniors earn $2.23 million

Jay County HighSchool senior ConnorDaniels accepts anaward Monday fromJeremy Gulley, who isJay Schools’ director ofteacher effectivenessand also a member ofthe Indiana NationalGuard, during HonorsNight festivities.Daniels received anappointment to theMerchant MarineAcademy in KingsPoint, New York. JCHSseniors were awardeda total of $2.23 millionin scholarships.

The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney

Two-vehicle crashAt least four were injured

in a two-vehicle accidentMonday evening in KnoxTownship.Jay County Sheriff ’s

Office, Jay County Rescue19 and Jay Emergency Med-ical Service responded tothe collision at 11:28 p.m. atthe intersection of countyroads 200 South and 1100West. A collision involved a

Pontiac Montana and aChevrolet Impala resultedin significant damage toboth vehicles. The van andcar, both of which hadairbags deployed, ended upin the ditch on the southside of county road 200South.Three passengers from

the Impala were transport-ed to Ball Memorial Hospi-tal. None of the injurieswere life threatening.As of this morning, the

accident report was notcomplete. Look for moredetails in Wednesday’spaper.

Car firePortland Fire Depart-

ment put out a car fire earlythis morning at the inter-section of county roads 300North and 300 East.Three firefighters and

two trucks received the callat 2:09 a.m. about a 2002Pontiac Grand Prix on firein the ditch on the west sideof county road 300 East.The car’s owner, Chad Tom-linson, 45, 9638 W. 300South, Dunkirk, said hebegan to see smoke underthe engine and 10 minuteslater, the car was engulfedin flames. Firefighters were on

scene at 2:19 a.m. andreturned to the station at3:13 a.m.

Deer hitA Portland man hit a

deer with the truck hewas driving Fridayevening in Greene Town-ship.Bradley A. Miller, 21,

4586 W. 100 South, told

Jay County Sheriff ’sOffice he was travelingwest on county road 100South near of 400 westwhen a deer crossed infront of the 2004 Chevro-let 3500 he was driving.As he was slowing down,another deer ran into thedriver’s side of the truck.The truck is registered

to Reuben T. Theurer,same address.Damage in the 9:25 p.m.

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

Backing crashA Muncie woman backed

into a parked vehicle withthe car she was drivingMonday morning in PennTownship.Jessica L. Terry, 37, 2905

E. Imperial Lane, told JayCounty Sheriff ’s Office,she was backing out of aprivate driveway nearPennville Pantry, 123 N.Union St., Pennville, andfailed to see a 1997 Chevro-let Monte Carlo in herpath. She struck the carwith the 2009 ChevroletMalibu she was driving.The Monte Carlo is regis-

tered to Robert A. Kibbey,130 E. Lagro St., Pennville.The Malibu is regis-

tered to Mark W. Terry,

same address as driver.Damage in the 9:35 a.m.

accident is estimatedbetween $1,000 and $2,500.

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Trupointe Fort RecoveryCorn ........................3.87June corn................3.93Beans ......................9.94June crop ................9.94Wheat ......................4.30July crop ................4.33

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Jay CountyHospitalPortlandAdmissionsThere were seven

admissions to the hospi-tal on Monday.

DismissalsThere were five dis-

missals.

EmergenciesThere were 35 treated

in the emergency roomsof JCH.

Today6:30 p.m. — Geneva

Town Council, townhall, 411 E. Line St.7 p.m. — Salamonia

Town Board, School-house Community Cen-ter.

Wednesday4 p.m. — Jay County

budget committee, com-missioners’ room, Jay

County Courthouse, 120N. Court St., Portland.7 a.m. — Jay County

Board of Health, JayCounty Health Depart-ment, 504 W. Arch St.,Portland.

Thursday10 a.m. — Portland

Board of Works,mayor’s office, city hall,321 N. Meridian St.

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ObituariesGary Brown

Nov. 3, 1942-May 2, 2016Services for Gary Brown, 73,

1616 N. Meridian St., Portland,owner of the Brown Bowl inPortland, are 7 p.m. Wednesdayat the Brown Bowl with PastorLarry Eads officiating. He diedearly Monday.Born in Moore-

head, Kentucky,to Pearl and Greta(Walsh) Brown,he was a 1960graduate of Red-key High Schooland attended FortWayne BusinessCollege.He was a veter-

an of the UnitedStates Air Force and owner andoperator of the Brown BowlBowling Lanes for more than 33years. Memberships include

Builders Lodge No. 60 MasonicLodge, Scottish Rite and theAmerican Legion. Surviving are a son, Gary

Brown Jr., Florissant, Missouri;a daughter, Kirsten Brown,Muncie; his companion, PaulaLennertz, Portland; a brother,Roger Brown, Bradenton, Flori-da; two sisters, Caroline Ray-

burn, Redkey, and Linda Smith,Muncie; and five grandchildren.Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Brown Bowl.Burial will be in Gardens ofMemory in Muncie.Memorials may be sent to Jay

County Cancer Society or Stateof the Heart Hospice.Condolences may be

expressed at http://www.baird-freeman.com.

Paul BryanMarch 3, 1925-May 1, 2016Services for Paul E. Bryan, 91,

Geneva, are 10 a.m. Thursday atSwiss Village Retirement Cen-ter in Berne with Pastor KeithRupp officiating. He died Sun-day at Swiss Village.Born in Wells

County to the Rev.William Glen andIva (Stout) Bryan,he was a 1942graduate ofPetroleum HighSchool.He married

Helen I. Murrayon June 22, 1946,and she precededhim in death.A farmer in Adams and Wells

counties, he had also worked as

an accountant and at Precisionin Berne for 18 years. Surviving are two sons, Ran-

dall Bryan, Geneva, and JefferyBryan (wife; Rebecca), Berne;four grandchildren and fourgreat-grandchildren.Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday and 9 to 10 a.m.Thursday at Swiss Village. Bur-ial will be in Alberson Cemeteryin Geneva.Memorials may be sent to

Swiss Village Retirement Cen-ter, 1350 W. Main St., Berne, IN46711 or West MissionaryChurch, 4295 W. Indiana 218,Berne, IN 46711.

Alma BolesMarch 27, 1946-April 30, 2016Services for Alma R. Boles, 70,

Geneva, are 2 p.m. Wednesday atDowning & Glancy FuneralHome in Geneva with PastorRobert Hamilton officiating.She died Saturday at BlufftonRegional Medical Center.Born in Covington, Kentucky,

to Jesse Brown and Agnes Lucille(Dunn) Hamilton, she was mar-ried to Jerry Leon Boles, who pre-ceded her in death.She was a homemaker and

member of the PentecostalChurch.

Surviving are three sons,Robert Allen Clubs (wife:Cheryl), Baroda, Michigan, PaulBruce Clubs (wife: Tina), Aztec,New Mexico, and Jerry AndrewBoles (wife: Naomi), Portland;two daughters, Sheila MarieTaylor, Florida, and Kelli RayKilsey (husband: Jasen), Gene-va; four brothers, Robert Hamil-ton, Wayne Hamilton, TomHamilton and Bill Hamilton;two sisters, Edna Hamilton andShirley Hamilton; 21 grandchil-dren and 17 great-grandchil-dren.Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. today

at the funeral home. Burial willbe in Green Park Cemetery inPortland. Condolences may be

expressed at http://www.glancy-funeralhomes.com.

David RiddlebargerJuly 6, 1940-May 1, 2016David Thomas Riddlebarger,

75, Farmland, died Sunday at IUHealth Ball Memorial Hospital.Born in Winchester to Paul

and Thelma (Stidham) Riddle-barger, he was a 1958 graduateof Ridgeville High School andattended Indiana Business Col-lege.He is survived by his wife of

55 years, Beulah May (Mosier)Riddlebarger. He was a lifelong farmer and

retired from IBEW Local 855 in2003 after more than 50 years ofservice.A former coach of Little

League and All Stars, he was amember of the InternationalBrotherhood of Electrical Work-ers and National Redbone Coon-hound Association.Surviving in addition to his

wife are two daughters, MaryAnn Hosier (husband: David),Parker City, and Betty LynnWalker (husband: Jason), Glen-dale, California; a brother, IvanRex Riddlebarger (wife: Linda),Redkey; two grandchildren; twogreat-grandchildren and aniece.Visitation is 1 to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, followed by 3 p.m.services at Thornburg Memori-al Chapel in Parker City. Burialwill be in Reitenour Cemeteryin Ridgeville.Memorials may be sent to the

Alzheimer’s Association withenvelopes provided at the funer-al home.Condolences may be

expressed athttp://www.wilsonshookfuner-alhomes.com.

Bryan

Brown

The Commercial Review/Debanina Seaton

Late-night collisionAt least four were injured in a two-vehicle crash around 11:30 p.m. Monday on county

road 200 South near county road 1100 West. This Pontiac Montana sustained heavy damage tothe driver’s side after colliding with a Chevrolet Impala. For more, see Capsule Reports elsewhereon this page.

Capsule Reports

DEAR ABBY: I have ahard time differentiatingbetween enabling and justhelping out my sister.Throughout her adult life,even while she was mar-ried, she has never beenable to make ends meet. She’s single now and in

her 50s, a hardworking butunderemployed, depressedindividual. I have a goodjob and I feel guilty if Idon’t help her each month.(She doesn’t ask, but dropsenough hints that I knowthings aren’t going well.) I have suggested repeat-

edly that she needs to finda better job. I even sendher job leads, but I’m notsure she actually everapplies. My friends andrelatives say I should usetough love and stop help-ing her. But I hate to seeher struggle, and I don’twant her kicked out of herapartment. I will be retiring soon

and won’t be able to con-

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been eight years since myfirst love, “Oliver,” and Ibroke up. It was amicableand we both had closure. Ihave been in my currentrelationship for six years.We love each other verymuch and have two beauti-ful kids together. I don’t often think about

Oliver and we haven’t spo-ken since our split. Butthe crazy thing is, I dreamabout him constantly. Thedreams are pretty tameand they don’t make sense.I don’t understand whythis is happening. I knowmyself and I know I don’t

miss Oliver. I’m happy inmy current relationship.So what gives, Abby? —TROUBLED OUT WEST DDEEAARR TTRROOUUBBLLEEDD:: II’’mm

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Abigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Contact Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-

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100 of her favorite recipesin two booklets: “Abby’sFavorite Recipes” and“More Favorite Recipes byDear Abby.” Send yourname and mailing

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Notices will appear inCommunity Calendar asspace is available. To sub-mit an item, email Vir-ginia Cline [email protected].

WednesdayWEDNESDAY MORN-

ING BREAKFAST CLUB— Will meet at 8 a.m. in the

east room of RichardsRestaurant. All women areinvited to attend. Includesactivities and devotionaltime.PORTLAND ROTARY

CLUB — Will meet at nooneach Wednesday at Harmo-ny Cafe, 121 N. MeridianSt. 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. 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 theBrethren, Portland. Thoseworking on their own proj-ects will meet at 9:30 a.m.Regular meeting is at 1p.m. Those interested inquilting are invited toattend. 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. SENIOR CITIZENS

CARD CLUB — Will meetat 1 p.m. the first and thirdThursday of the month atJay Community Center. RANDOLPH COUNTY

TEA PARTY — Will meet

at 6:30 p.m. Thursday atthe Moose Lodge, 181 N.Middle School Road inWinchester.PORTLAND LIONS

CLUB — Will meet the firstThursday of the month atPortland Lions Civic Cen-ter, 307 W. 100 North. Themeal will be served at 6:30p.m. and the meeting willbegin at 7 p.m.

FridayCINCINNATUS LEAGUE

— Will meet at noon Fri-day at Harmony Café inPortland.

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Youth campChad Aker, owner of Jay Home Inspections LLC, (pictured at

left) recently presented a check to Jay County Sheriff Dwane Ford forthe Jay County Law Enforcement Youth Camp. The free camp is for kids11 to 15 and will be held June 20 through 22. Applications can bepicked up at East Jay and West Jay middle schools and the Jay CountyHigh School office. For more information, see the Jay County LawEnforcement Youth Camp Facebook page.

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By VIRGINIA CLINEThe Commercial ReviewMuseum of the Soldier

will have its annual meet-ing Saturday at Arts Placein Portland. Doors open at5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6p.m. Special guest will beWilliam Robinson, one ofthe longest held Viet NamPOWs.For more information

or to make reservations,call (260) 729-7017.

Aging conferenceThe LifeStream Servic-

es will have its 13th annu-al Aging Well Conferenceon Thursday, May 19, atthe Ball State UniversityAlumni Center.Guest speakers will be

Derek Daly, former For-mula 1 and Indy car driver,and Dr. David Gobble, rec-ognized by the NationalWellness Institute as oneof the top 100 wellnessexperts in the world.The conference will

include breakfast andlunch, educationalexhibits and practical ses-sions about nutrition,technology, mental health,online banking and seniorsafety.

Registration will beginat 8 a.m. and the confer-ence will conclude at 3:30p.m.The cost is $25 per per-

son or $20 for groups of sixor more and reservationsmust be made by May 11.Checks can be sent toLifeStream Services, P.O.Box 308, Yorktown, IN47396. Be sure to note“Aging Well Conference”in the memo line.For information on

scholarship opportunitiesand exhibitor booth space,call Julie Hale at (765) 759-1121.

Free breakfastSwiss Village and the

Berne Rotary Club are co-sponsoring the 26th annu-al Senior Breakfast atSwiss Village, 1350 W.Main St. in Berne, inhonor of National OlderAmericans Month in May.

The breakfast will beserved from 7 to 9 a.m.Friday.Free blood pressure

checks will be done from6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Other testsavailable will be the Chem30 for $30, Chem 30+ TSHfor $40, and PSA for $20. Parking will be avail-

able at the main circledrive entrance or in thenorth parking lotFor more information,

call Michelle McIntosh at(260) 589-3173.

Touch-a-TruckThe second Touch-a-

Truck event will be held atSwiss Heritage Village &Museum to celebrate theopening of the 2016 sea-son.Festivities will be held

from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday at Swiss HeritageVillage in rural Berne.There will be a car show,clowns, balloons and facepainting.Lutheran Air helicopter

will participate with a fly-in at 11 a.m. and theAdams County K-9 unitwill do a dog demonstra-tion at noon. Lunch andtours will be available.

Museum to have itsmeeting on Saturday

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Opinion The Commercial ReviewTuesday, May 3, 2016

JEANNE LUTZAdvertising Manager

They show up now and then,concerned citizens with a beefthey want to bring before apublic body.And most of the time, they

don’t understand how the sys-tem works.Say you’ve had a problem

with your local water orsewage utility or school admin-istrator or the guys who collectyour trash.So you go to the next meeting

of the council or the schoolboard to sound off.That’s what Indiana’s Open

Meetings law is all about,right?Wrong.Indiana’s Open Meetings law

provides that you — the public —and us — news media — get towitness and listen in on the work-

ings of government. It’s that sim-ple and that limited.Most, if not all, local govern-

mental bodies allow a chance forthe public to speak. And if youhave a grievance, you could air itthere. But don’t expect local gov-ernment to drop its agenda andsuddenly adopt yours.It doesn’t work that way.And if you’re dealing with an

issue that might have any legalramifications at all, don’t expectto hear much beyond the soundof crickets after you have spokenyour piece.

Elected councils and boardshave been cautioned by theirattorneys to refrain fromresponding to grievancesraised in a public forum. It’ssimply far too easy to be mis-understood.That’s particularly true

when it comes to school boards,which have to work under anincredibly complicated set oflegal requirements.Are there exceptions? Sure.The Jay County Commission-

ers tend to have an open doorand an open ear when it comes

to hearing public commentsand grievances. The commis-sioners seem to welcome folkswho need to let off steam.But, even then, don’t expect a

quick answer or easy solutionto your grievance. They’ll lis-ten. Then, later, they’ll do someresearch.In their own way, that’s what

school boards and city andtown councils do as well. Theylisten. But they don’t have tosurrender control of the meet-ing or put your concern at thetop of their agenda. — J.R.

Openness doesn’t give you controlEditorial

By JOHN KRULLTheStatehouseFile.comINDIANAPOLIS — The

other day, an older couplecame to my front door.They were canvassing for

Republican presidentialcandidate Ted Cruz. Theywanted to know if my wifeand I are registered to vote— we are — and if wewould be voting for Cruz inthe Indiana primary. Wetold them we would savethat decision for the priva-cy of the ballot box.They asked if they could

leave some Ted Cruz litera-ture with us. We said theycould. The print piece wasdecorated in red, white andblue and packed with TedCruz talking points aboutimmigration, abortion andreligious liberty.The older couple asked

us once more to think aboutvoting for Cruz.My wife and I thanked

them for coming by.We meant it.My wife and I weren’t

likely to vote for Ted Cruzin this — or any other —lifetime. But that’s besidethe point.There’s still something

heartening — somethingfundamentally American,in fact — about two peoplevolunteering their time toserve a candidate in whomthey believe. It is hard notto respect that.It is easy to get disen-

chanted with politics if weAmericans focus only onthe maneuverings andmanipulations at the top ofthe heap. Listening to Don-ald Trump and Ted Cruzhurl insults at each other orhearing Hillary Clintonand Bernie Sanders argueabout who hates the “1 per-cent” more isn’t exactly anennobling experience.But the candidates are

only part of the story. Andwhile it is important thatwe pay attention to themand their actions —because, particularly in thecase of the presidency, weare going to entrust themwith immense responsibili-ty, authority and power —we also need to rememberthat the candidates arehuman beings too.That means they have

many of the same flaws andweaknesses as the rest ofus do.There’s always been a

strain of utopian belief inour American politicaldebates. Conservative orliberal, Democrat or Repub-lican, we Americans oftenhave succumbed to the con-viction that an election canresolve all disputes, settleall questions. We want tobelieve that if we just votethe right way or choose theright person for the rightoffice we can solve all ourproblems and remake theworld in accordance withour wishes.But that is not the way

either the world or lifeworks, and the founders ofthis country knew it. That’swhy, in our founding docu-ments, the promises are notabout outcomes but aboutprocess.The Declaration of Inde-

pendence, for example, doesnot say that we are entitledto happiness but to the“pursuit of happiness.”There is no pledge that wewill achieve satisfaction inlife, only that we, as humanbeings, have the right toseek it.Similarly, the preamble

to the U.S. Constitutiondoes not guarantee a per-fect government. It simplysays that we agree to theseprinciples in order to form“a more perfect union.”The qualifier there isimportant, because it signi-fies that the work of achiev-ing that union never ends.The revolution is neverover.There is much about

American politics that isand always will be distaste-ful, but the gaucherie andunpleasantness should notdistract us from the signifi-cance of what happens attimes such as these.The people who would

lead us have to come to usand ask for our permissionto do so. That’s what ourvotes are — reminders ofwho really is in charge,who seeks consent and whogives it.Elections, even ones that

are this raucous and hard-knuckled, are about morethan mudslinging and ofteninfantile bickering overinanities and trivialities.No, elections are opportu-

nities to renew the Ameri-can Revolution — chancesto assert, once again, thetruth that imperfect butfree people can governthemselves, pursue happi-ness and strive to achieve amore perfect union.The other day, two people

I didn’t know rang my frontdoorbell and asked me tovote for a candidate whosepolicies I don’t much carefor.And that’s a good thing.Really, it is.

••••••••••Krull is director of

Franklin College’s Pul-liam School of Journal-ism, host of “No Limits”WFYI 90.1 Indianapolisand publisher of TheS-tatehouseFile.com, a newswebsite powered byFranklin College journal-ism students. Email himat [email protected].

The processis important

By STEPHEN CARTERBloomberg ViewWith the close of the academic year

upon us, students aren’t the only onesstressed about grades. Some academ-ics worry that too many grades aretoo high.Research updated last month by

former Duke professor Stuart Rojs-taczer established pretty conclusivelythat grades at colleges and universi-ties, whether public or private, haveclimbed sharply over the past threedecades. Nowadays, the grade mostcommonly awarded on campus is A.Rojstaczer’s findings have occa-

sioned considerable concern. Butbefore we all panic, let’s take amoment to figure out what grades arefor. More to the point, let’s try todecide whether college students arelike restaurants.Seriously.Stopping by a local organic food

store the other day, I noticed the gradeof B from the health department, dis-played prominently in the window.Because I was buying packaged goodsand not a meal, I went in anyway. HadI wanted to eat, I would likely havegone elsewhere. My instinct wouldhave assured me that there were prob-ably plenty of grade-A eateries near-by.My instinct would have been right.

As a matter of fact, for restaurants, asfor college students, the most com-monly awarded grade is A. A 2014analysis by fivethirtyeight.com foundthat some 80 percent of New Yorkrestaurants received grades of A. Thedistribution for a health district nearmy Connecticut home is in the samerange. Thus A is not only the mostcommon grade but the median gradeas well.Nevertheless, we would be wrong to

call these figures evidence of gradeinflation. Grading restaurants on acurve would lead to economic disas-ter — at least if potential diners dis-play a strong preference for A’s. Evenwere the curve set at, say, B-plus, a sig-nificant proportion of the eateriessubject to review would find them-selves on the verge of closure as theirformer customers went in search ofhigher-rated eateries. Doing what theinspectors demanded to bring thegrade up to A would only drop someother restaurant to below an A.

Restaurant grades tell us that theestablishment has achieved a particu-lar standard of cleanliness and care, astandard within the reach of mostprofessional kitchens. In a perfectworld, every restaurant would receivean A, and all of us would benefit.Is the same true of college courses?

Would the world be better off if everystudent were an A student? Theanswer depends on whether webelieve that student grades andrestaurant grades serve the same pur-pose.Suppose we take the view that a

grade represents a particular level ofachievement. Each student whoreaches that level should get the samegrade. When we ask whether a stu-dent is doing “A work” in a class, weare implicitly adopting this achieve-ment-based theory.If this theory is correct, then the

rising number of A’s on campus couldsignal not that teachers have grownless demanding but that studentshave grown smarter. In other words,just as the A’s for restaurants give usinformation about the state of profes-sional kitchens generally, so the A’sfor student performance give us infor-mation about the state of studentsgenerally.Alas, the claim that students are

simply smarter is difficult to prove.True, certain standardized test scoresare rising, but the ability of the teststo predict grades is unclear. We know,for example, that students with goodhigh school grades and poor testscores do better in college than stu-dents with poor high school gradesand good test scores. So perhaps whatis improving is not net cognitive abil-ity, but net ability to take standard-ized tests.A related argument is that grade

inflation tells us a larger proportionof students, for whatever reason, ismastering the material. In otherwords, the reason that so many stu-

dents get A’s is that so many studentsdo A-level work.This contention gets to the heart of

the distinction between gradingrestaurants and grading students.The goal of restaurant grading is toestablish a minimum level of cleanli-ness. Displaying an “A” in the windowis more attractive than displaying asign that reads “Establishment hasmet minimum standards. Some ofour utensils may not be properly san-itized and raw food may not be prop-erly washed before being served.” (Atleast that’s apparently allowed in A-grade restaurants in New York.) The“A” sign doesn’t tell us that the estab-lishment has performed in an exem-plary fashion. All it tells us is that nosanitary rules are being seriously vio-lated.What opponents of grade inflation

ask is whether the surfeit of A’s oncampus reflects roughly the samething — performance not exemplarybut satisfactory. Viewed this way,course grades cannot distinguish thetruly outstanding from the merelyvery good. Which is fine, as long as webelieve either that there are no trulyoutstanding students or that there isno need to identify them.On the other hand, trying to ensure

that grades incorporate more sensi-tive information will always necessi-tate a degree of arbitrariness. Grad-ing on a curve often means that thedifference between an A and a B is atiny fraction of a percentage point.One has to decide whether A’s in col-lege courses, unlike grades in restau-rant inspections, should be a scarceresource, available only to those whoearn them with particularly impres-sive performances.My own approach has been a com-

promise. I grade large lecture courseson a curve, but in seminars I gradeeach paper only against itself. I’m notconfident that I have found the rightanswer. On the contrary, after morethan three decades of teaching, I con-tinue to find the purpose of gradessomething of a puzzle. Every now andthen, somebody comes along to advo-cate abolishing them completely.Maybe that’s not such a bad idea.

••••••••••Carter is a Bloomberg View colum-

nist and a law professor at Yale. Emailhim at [email protected].

What’s the best way to grade?

JohnKrull

StephenCarter

Continued from page 1Alfred and AmyBraddock ScholarshipCourtney Rickmeyer

Michelle BruggemanMemorial ScholarshipAndrew Kohler

Michelle BruggemanVolunteer MemorialAwardMariah Bailey

Burger KingMcLamoreFoundationScholarshipMariah Bailey

Bryant High SchoolAlumni ScholarshipEmma Laux

Tom Casey MemorialTheatre ArtsScholarshipHaley David Blackburn

Denyse CrabillScholarshipLyla Muhlenkamp

CrossRoads YouthAdvisory BoardMatthew Blackford,

Colton Compton, LeviHummel, Abigail Saxmanand Abby Wendel.

Crown City CruisersJames Robinette

Daughters of theAmerican RevolutionHanna Fields

Rinada DavisScholarshipHanna Fields

Rinada Davis SpecialAngel of the YearAwardLyla Muhlenkamp

Delta Theta Tau-SueShoemaker MemorialScholarshipAlissa Culy, Allison Ruiz,

Mario Rodriguez andBowen Runyon.

Delta Theta Tau-ZetaAlpha ChapterScholarshipZeth Rupe, Jacob Barker

and Emily Fisher.

Sharon DuesMemorialScholarshipAbigail Saxman

Dunkirk Foundation-Dr. Shroyer ChristianLove ScholarshipElara Moore-Snyder

Dunkirk Foundation-Gaunt MemorialScholarshipsSerrena McCaffery and

Joshua Vaughn.

East Jay StudentCouncil ScholarshipsAbigail Reier and

Alexander Clark.

East Jay HonorSociety ScholarshipsAbigail Reier and Julie

Schubert.

Eastern IndianaWorkOnePreston Bemis, Quenten

Bollinger, James Coons,Theodore Davis, AustinFifer, Kathryn Gundrum,Dylan Limbert, JusticeLouck, Jeffory McCollum,Logan Miller, Thomas

Noble, Erika Nuckols,Julian Prince and HarleyWolfe.

Elks Lodge, Portland,No. 768Colton Compton and

Menausha VanSkyock.

FCC-Hiroshi NozueMemorial EngineeringScholarshipJordan Brumbaugh

FFA-Michael A. AligScholarshipsStephanie Dirksen, Troy

Glattli, Alyssa Hartley, LylaMuhlenkamp, AbigailReier and Mitchell Well-man.

Farmers andMerchants BankScholarshipGraham Haines

Family and ConsumerScience AcademicAwardsdMariah Bailey and

Jaclyn VanCise.

First Bank of BerneScholarshipAllison Betts

Fort RecoveryIndustriesScholarshipMegan Wellman

Fort Street CarClassics ScholarshipsCameron Current and

Christian Current.

French ConnectionScholarshipDakota Brunswick.

French StudentRecognitionDakota Brunswick,

Jessie Duncan, Lexie Hud-son, Jaclyn VanCise andJoshua Vaughn.

Friends of Jay CountyLibrary ScholarshipKyra Braun, Lexie Hud-

son and Jaclyn VanCise.

German StudentRecognitionTravis Barton, Haley

David Blackburn, QuentenBollinger, Summer Brown,Alexander Clark, ChandlerJacks, Ashley Mark, GraceRenz and Jillian Young.

Lexie GierhartMemorialScholarshipLyla Muhlenkamp

Gov. I.P. Gray AlumniScholarshipMenausha VanSkyock

Jeannie HabeggerAthletic ScholarshipAbby Wendel

James E. Hardy-Portland PantherScholarshipKellie Fortkamp

Honor SectionSophia Bader, Mariah

Bailey, Travis Barton, Ali-son Betts, Casie Bice Dun-moyer, Matthew Blackford,Shayla Bogard, ThomasBoozier, Kyra Braun,Blane Bray, SummerBrown, Dakota Brunswick,Clay Chandler, ColtonCompton, Christian Cur-rent, Connor Daniels,Adam Dirksen, StephanieDirksen, Jessie Duncan,Bryce Fennig, KellieFortkamp, KendraFortkamp, Alyssa Hartley,Adrian Hudson, LexieHudson, Levi Hummel,Chandler Jacks, EmilyJobe, Ava Kunkler, BrettLaux, Emma Laux, Savan-na Mace, Gabrielle Mann,Ashley Mark, MalloryMarshall, Katie Mast, Lil-lian McClung, MadisonMiller, Elara Moore-Sny-der, Braden Muhlenkamp,Lyla Muhlenkamp, RobertMyers, Kylie Osborne,Christian Peterson, Abi-gail Reier, Grace Renz,Courtney Rickmeyer, Syd-ney Robbins, McKaylaRonald, Bowen Runyon,Brooke Sanders, AbigailSaxman, Julie Schubert,Joseph Springer, HeatherStinson, Erica Swingley,Jaclyn VanCise, MenaushaVanSkyock, Joshua

Vaughn, Anne Vormohr,Emilie Walter, Megan Well-man, Mitchell Wellman,Abby Wendel, SamathaWhite and Kaitlen Wood.

Honor ThespianAwardsDevyn Alexander, Haley

David Blackburn, JessieDuncan, Bryce Fennig,Austin Fifer, Emily Fisher,Tristin Kunkler, SerrenaMcCaffery LillianMcClung, Logan Miller,Elara Moore-Snyder,Courtney Rickmeyer andJulie Schubert.

Hoosier Boys StateRobert Myers

William HutchinsPortland JuniorLeague BaseballScholarshipAndrew Kohler

William HutchinsPortland JuniorLeague SoftballScholarshipRachel Antrim

ImmaculateConception CatholicChurch ScholarshipsSophia Bader, Ava Kun-

kler, Emma Laux, AllisonRuiz and Abigail Saxman.

Indiana Archery inthe SchoolsBryce Fennig, Alyssa

Hartley and JacquelineLink.

Frank InmanScholarshipsAlison Betts, Matthew

Blackford, Blane Bray,Sayger Holcomb, McKaylaRonald and Emilie Walter.

ISTA ScholarshipLillian McClung

Indiana UniversityEast ScholarshipsStephanie Dirksen,

Savanna Mace, MalloryMarshall, Julie Schubertand Menausha VanSkyock.

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The Commercial ReviewTuesday, May 3, 2016 Local

John K. Worth, 83, of Coldwater, MI, passed away Sunday,April 17, 2016, at home. Born August 28, 1932, in Bryant,Indiana, he was the son of Arthur and Ersie (Rohrer) Worth.He attended Grand Rapids Bible Institute, Huntington Col-lege, and received his Masters in Education from WesternMichigan University. John was employed at Quincy Community Schools for over35 years and served as elementary principal for many years.He was a board member and president of the Michigan El-ementary and Middle School Principals Association and theNational MEMSPA Board. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Quincy, amember and past president of the Quincy Rotary Club, anda former Quincy Village Council member for many years.John also was a member of the Maple Lawn Medical Care Fa-cility Auxiliary Committee and the CHC of Branch CountyAdvisory Board.On June 14, 1953, he married Bonnie Jean Machuta andshe preceded him in death on February 1, 2010. On Octo-ber 23, 2010, he married Carol Stagner Micozzi and she sur-vives in Coldwater. Also surviving: two daughters, Sharon(Gregg) Saunders of Quincy and Carolyn (Kevin) Pierpontof Mt. Pleasant; one son, Timothy (Kimberly) Worth ofWyoming; daughter-in-law, Sandy Worth of Spring Lake;four step children, Debra (Gary) Smith of Coldwater, Denise(Robert) Hellberg of Shoreham, New York, Michael (Ada)Micozzi of Massepequa, New York, and Julie Gioia of NorthBellmore, New York; two sisters, Mary Boozier and VeraMiddaugh, both of Portland, Indiana; one brother, Lester(June) Worth of Heath, Ohio; 19 grandchildren and 19great-grandchildren. In addition to his wife, he was precededin death by son, Stephen Worth, four sisters, and two broth-ers.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Cal-vary Baptist Church in Quincy with Pastor Frank Snyder of-ficiating. Interment will follow in Lakeview Cemetery,Quincy. Visitation is scheduled Wednesday from 2:00-4:00and 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Eagle Funeral Home-GeorgeWhite Chapel in Quincy. Memorials are suggested to theCalvary Baptist Church or Maple Lawn Medical Care Facil-ity Activity or Auxiliary Fund.To view this obituary or send condolences, visit www.ea-glefuneralhomes.com

John K. Worth

August 28, 1932April 17, 2016

In Loving Memory Of

Honors ...

Continued from page 1In other business, com-

missioners:•Accepted bids from

Milestone Contractorsfor asphalt and equip-ment for county roads.•Heard concerns from

Michael Landers andJulie Toth about a pro-posed confined feedingoperation in their neigh-borhood of JacksonTownship, asking thatthe commissioners denya permit for the proposedturkey operation.•Heard drainage con-

cerns from John R. Pear-son, 2594 N. 500 East, andKelly Dixon, 3886 W. 300North.•Learned from county

emergency managementdirector Ralph Frazeethat restrictions relatedto avian flu have been lift-ed for the entire state.•Were informed that a

state grant for Communi-ty Corrections has beenapproved. Yvette Weilandtold commissioners sherequested $201,000 buthas been awarded anextra $16,000. Because theprogram has grown,there’s a need for adeputy director, she said.She will submit a pro-posed job description forthe commissioners toreview at a later date.•Learned from Sheriff

Dwane Ford that theactuarial firm ofMcCready and Keene hasinformed him that thesheriff ’s department pen-sion fund needsincreased funding.•Approved an ordi-

nance establishing a“materiality threshold”for the county’s account-ing as required by statelaw. The ordinance statesthat the county willreport suspicious vari-ances beyond the thresh-olds of $0 for cash and$500 for personal proper-ty.

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Continued from page 5Jay Classroom TeachersAssociation ScholarshipsMatthew Blackford, Ashley

Mark, Lillian McClung and Abi-gail Saxman.

Jay County DemocratWomen ScholarshipSerrena McCaffery

Jay County ExtensionHomemaker ScholarshipMarisa Gross

Jay County Farm BureauScholarshipsStephanie Dirksen, Lyla Muh-

lenkamp and Abigail Reier.

Jay County HospitalAuxiliary ScholarshipsMariah Bailey and McKayla

Ronald.

Jay County HospitalFoundation ScholarshipsStephanie Dirksen, Ava Kun-

kler, Abigail Saxman and AnneVormohr.

Jay County Lions ClubsScholarshipAlisha Dickison

Jay County Pee-WeeFootball ScholarshipLevi Hummel

Jay County RepublicanWomen’s Club ScholarshipAva Kunkler

Jay County Sheriff’sReserves Future LawEnforcement ScholarshipHanna Fields

Jay Schools Association ofEducational SecretariesScholarshipElianna Duran

Jay Today OutstandingStudentsRachel Antrim, Blane Bray,

Connor Daniels, Bryce Fennig,Hanna Fields, Nicholas, Lairson,Logan Miller and BrookeSanders.

Juan Pablo Heart andAttitude ScholarshipMatthew Blackford

Tri Kappa-Alpha AssociateChapter ScholarshipLillian McClung

Tri Kappa-Beta ThetaChapter ScholarshipsCassie Bice Dunmoyer, Alyssa

Hartley, Lillian McClung, RobertMyers, Megan Wellman andMitchell Wellman.

Knights of ColumbusScholarshipsAva Kunkler and Megan Well-

man.

Latin AwardsAlison Betts, Cassie Bice Dun-

moyer, Kyra Braun, Bryce Fen-nig, Kellie Fortkamp, Ava Kun-kler, Elara Moore-Snyder, KylieOsborne and Menausha VanSky-ock.

Legacy 2001 ScholarshipJames Robinette

Lilly EndowmentCommunity ScholarshipEmma LauxFinalists: Kellie Fortkamp,

Emma Laux, Abigail Saxman andJulie Schubert.

Fred Lingo MemorialScholarshipTroy Glattli

Lions MemorialScholarship-PennvilleEmily Jobe

Ernest and Martha LoyScholarshipMariah Bailey

Madison School AlumniScholarshipsBryce Fennig and Bowen Runy-

on.

Mathematics AwardsKyra Braun, Bryce Fennig, Kel-

lie Fortkamp, Lexie Hudson,Drew Huffman, Ava Kunkler,Emma Laux, Ashley Mark,Robert Myers, Abigail Saxman,Joshua Vaughn and Megan Well-man.

Mathematics and ScienceAwardBryce Fennig

Merchant MarineAcademy AppointmentConnor Daniels

Moose Lodge No. 417ScholarshipsMallory Marshall, McKayla

Ronald and Kaitlen Wood.

National Art HonorSocietyLillian McClung

National Honor SocietyRachel Antrim, Sophia Bader,

Mariah Bailey, Alison Betts,Cassie Bice Dunmoyer, Matthew

Blackford, Shayla Bogard,Thomas Boozier, Kyra Braun,Blane Bray, Mitchell Bruggeman,Dakota Brunswick, AlexanderClark, Colton Compton, ConnorDaniels, Kortney Davis, BrianDeRome, Stephanie Dirksen,Bryce Fennig, Emily Fisher, Kel-lie Fortkamp, Kendra Fortkamp,Troy Glattli, Marisa Gross, Gra-ham Haines, Alyssa Hartley,Lexie Hudson, Levi Hummel,Chandler Jacks, Emily Jobe, Eliz-abeth Jones, Ava Kunkler, EmmaLaux, Savanna Mace, GabrielleMann, Ashley Mark, MalloryMarshall, Serrena McCaffery, Lil-lian McClung, Logan Miller,Madison Miller, Elara Moore-Snyder, Lyla Muhlenkamp,Robert Myers, Kylie Osborne,Christian Peterson, Abigail Reier,Courtney Rickmeyer, SydneyRobbins, McKayla Ronald, DylanRose, Allison Ruiz, BrookeSanders, Abigail Saxman, JulieSchubert, Heather Stinson, EricaSwingley, Sierra Trobridge,Jaclyn VanCise, Menausha Van-Skyock, Joshua Vaughn, AnneVormohr, Sok Vormohr, EmilieWalter, Megan Wellman, MitchellWellman, Abby Wendel and Kate-lyn Witt.

Scholar Athlete ArmyReserve AwardColton Compton and Abigail

Saxman.

Evening OptimistScholarshipsAlison Betts, Emily Jobe and

James Robinette.

Morning OptimistOutstanding BusinessStudentsClay Chandler and Kyra

Braun.

Morning OptimistScholarshipsHanna Fields and Emilie Wal-

ter.

Dan Orr ScholarshipDylan Rose

Randy O. Poole MentalAttitude AwardAbigail Saxman

Portland Citizens PoliceAcademy ScholarshipMario Rodriguez

Portland FoundationScholarshipsRachel Antrim, Sophia Bader,

Mariah Bailey, Jacob Barker,Travis Barton, Preston Bemis,Alison Betts, Cassie Bice-Dun-moyer, Haley David Blackburn,Matthew Blackford, QuentenBollinger, Thomas Boozier, KyraBraun, Blane Bray, TylerBrown, Dakota Brunswick,Owin Buschur, AlexanderClark, Colton Compton, ConnorDaniels, Michael Denney, BrianDeRome, Alisha Dickison,Stephanie Dirksen, Bryce Fen-nig, Hanna Fields, Austin Fifer,Kellie Fortkamp, KendraFortkamp, Troy Glattli, MarisaGross, Alyssa Hartley, SaygerHolcomb, Lexie Hudson, LeviHummel, Chandler Jacks,Emily Jobe, Skyer Johnsonandrew Kohler, Ava Kunkler,Tristin Kunkler, Brett Laux,Emma Laux, Hannah Lykins,Savanna Mace, Gabrielle Mann,Ashley Mark, Mallory Marshall,Katie Mast, Lillian McClung,Logan Miller, Lyla Muh-lenkamp, Robert Myers, McKay-la Norris, Kylie Osborne, Chris-tian Peterson, Sidney Pitman,Abigail Reier, Grace Renz, Syd-ney Robbins, James Robinette,Mario Rodriguez, McKaylaRonald, Allison Ruiz, BowenRunyon, Abigail Saxman, JulieSchubert, Heather Stinson,Erica Swingley, Sierra Tro-bridge, Jaclyn VanCise, MichaelVanover, Menausha VanSkyock,Joshua Vaughn, Anne Vormohr,Emilie Walter, Megan Wellman,Mitchell Wellman, Abby Wen-del, Samantha White andKaitlen Wood.

Portland Ladies GolfScholarshipAbigail Saxman

Portland Lions ClubScholarshipsAlison Betts and Lillian

McClung.

Portland VocationalWomen’s GroupScholarshipsAlison Betts and Marisa

Gross.

Prism/GSA ScholarshipHaley David Blackburn

Sara Pyle HonorThespian AwardCourtney Rickmeyer

Red Cross ScholarshipsAva Kunkler, Megan Wellman

and Abby Wendel.

Redkey Lions ClubScholarshipSayger Holcomb

Redkey VeterinaryAnimal Record KeepingScholarshipDylan Rose

Kris Ros-Wonder WomanScholarshipSierra Trobridge

Senior Class OfficersPresident, Robert Myers; vice

president, Ava Kunkler; secre-tary, Shayla Bogard; treasurer,Sophia Bader.

Social StudiesOutstandingStudent/American LegionAwardRobert Myers

William R. SudhoffScholarshipAva Kunkler

Jane Switzer-JCHSStudent CouncilScholarshipAbby Wendel

T-Flyerz ScholarshipBrett Laux

The AndersonsScholarshipEric Chrisman

Mandy Theurer MemorialScholarshipFaviola Serna

Marines ScholasticExcellence AwardsRobert Myers and Lexie Hud-

son.

Marines DistinguishedAthlete AwardsDrew Huffman and Ava Kun-

kler.

Marines Semper FidelisAwardLillian McClung

University of IndianapolisScholarshipsAlexander Clark, Miranda

Hibbard, Emily Jobe, SerrenaMcCaffery and MekaylaNichols.

Justin Valentine-HolyTrinity Catholic ChurchScholarshipSydney Robbins

Norm Vinson ScholarshipHanna Fields

WPGW-Jay TodayScholarshipBryce Fennig

West Jay OptimistScholarshipsMatthew Blackford and

Savanna Mace.

Bobby Wherry MemorialScholarshipsGabrielle Mann and Colton

Compton.

Woman’s Life/RedkeyGamma Nu ScholarshipsJacob Barker and Emily Fish-

er.

Woman’s Life InsuranceSociety/Thomas ConwellMemorial ScholarshipsSophia Bader, Stephanie Dirk-

sen, Emilie Walter and KatelynnWitt.

Continued from page 1Its abatement would save

the company more than$19,000.Dayton Progress request-

ed an abatement to replacetwo horizontal machiningcenters for a total of$539,807. The abatementwould save the companymore than $20,000.•Heard Hedges’ concerns

about local buildings. In anearlier meeting he request-ed an update on the Sheller-Globe south building at 510S. Bridge St. Geesaman hadan update available but didnot bring it with him to themeeting. Hedges alsorequested an update on theformer book bindery build-ing at 518 S. Wayne St.,which Geesaman noted hewould be able to discuss inmore detail at council’sJune 6 meeting. Hedges also inquired the

status of the abandonedhome at 509 W. High St. thatthe city has made an offerto acquire. Geesaman saidthe city is waiting on aresponse from the FederalHousing Authority. Headded that if the city cannot purchase the property,it might have to claim emi-nent domain. City attorneyBill Hinkle said the processcould take several months.

Field Property Manage-ment of Tipp City, Ohio,oversees the house forBank of America. •Heard from Bradley the

city has three open loanprojects with W&M Manu-facturing, Fort RecoveryConstruction and Brad andPat Daniels for the JayCounty Antique Mall. FortRecovery Constructionwill receive a letterrequesting a meeting todiscuss issues with theirloan. The Daniels’ arerequired to make monthlyreports for their EDITgrant, and W&M Manufac-turing still makes quarter-ly reports.•Learned the work at the

city hall for floodingrepairs is near completion.Geesaman said the interiorand roof work are almostfinished and stone veneerwork to the front of build-ing will begin in June. Theproject should be completeby July.•Were reminded there

will be a public forumaddressing downtownflooding concerns at 6 p.m.May 24 at Arts Place, 131 E.Walnut St.•Heard Powers ask about

the status of PortlandWater Park. Geesaman saidit is on schedule for its

opening date, MemorialDay weekend. He said Mile-stone Construction cameMonday to begin workingon the parking lot expan-sion.•Heard Geesaman ask

residents to take advantageof cleanup week — whichbegan Monday and willcontinue throughout theweek. Gibson urged resi-dents to dispose of old tiresas mosquito season drawsnear.•Heard an update on the

Blight Elimination Pro-gram. Geesaman said thecity will have an officialclosing on four properties— 316 Jaqua Ave., 120 W.McNeil St., 952 S. Bridge St.and S. 704 Bridge St. — byweek when the titles trans-fer to Community andFamily Services. The citywas awarded for a $126,000grant to remove blightedproperties.•Heard from Geesaman

the city has to decidewhether to work with asso-ciate professor Scott Truexand Ball State Universitystudents on a downtownrevitalization plan. BSUwould not be able to helpthe city until the fall semes-ter.•Paid claims totaling

$966,728.64.

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To the pollsJay County voters line up to sign in at the polls this

morning at Jay Community Center in Portland. Polls will remain openuntil 6 p.m. Contested races include those for president, U.S.Senator, U.S. Representative, county commissioner, county coronerand Jay Circuit Court clerk.

Honors ...


Brooke Aker hugs Mario Rodriguez during HonorsNight on Monday at Jay County High School after awarding heand Preston Bemis the Matt Aker Scholarship inremembrance of her late husband.

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Continued from page 10Hobbs gave up eight hits — half of

them game after the fifth inning —and Versailles had a leadoff guyreach third base twice but advance nofurther.And when his arm fatigued — his

only two walks were with two outs inthe seventh inning — his defensehelped him out.“It was rough,” he said of the final

inning. He quickly got two outs onfive pitches, but gave up two walksand a single to load the bases beforean error and a single plated two runsto break the 7-0 shutout. “The(umpire) started to squeeze me a bit.We had two outs. I felt pretty good butyou never want to let off the gas.“You just want to throw strikes. I

was running out of gas a little bit butwe pounded through it and I finishedwhat I started.”When Hobbs’ pitches became more

laborious, it was the defense thatpicked him up. But all eyes were on No. 11 getting

No. 27.“This baseball game was basically

about our senior, experienced pitcherJackson pitching extremely well,”said FRHS coach Jerry Kaup. Hobbshelped himself out at the plate withan RBI groundout in the third inningfor a 2-0 advantage, and he added asacrifice fly in the seventh to make it7-0. “He dictated what was happening.

That is a true senior leader pitcher.“For the rest of the team it was

about execution. We did a lot of exe-cuting our offense and defense withour plays.”That included two sacrifice bunts

from Wendel, the first of which was asqueeze bunt in the top of the firstinning to score Nick Thwaits for thegame’s first run. The second was inthe seventh to set up Hobbs’ sac fly.The Indians (14-6, 4-2 MAC) also put

pressure on the Tigers’ defense byswiping five bases, one each fromJacob Homan, Kyle Schroer, RossHoman, Will Homan and Thwaits.“That is what we are trying to do,

put pressure on and doing it in a waythat we help our team and not hurtour team,” said Kaup, whose teamhas won three consecutive MACgames and hosts New Knoxville at 5p.m. tonight.Defensively, Jacob Homan made a

pair of diving stops at short, but histhrow to first was late both times. Had

the 6-foot, 6-inch, senior not dived tokeep the ball in the infield, the Tigersmay have taken extra bases bothtimes. Homan and Schroer also had RBI

singles. Thwaits tracked down a fly ball

from Keaton McEldowney at thewarning track to end the fifth inning.To lead off the the sixth, Brett McEl-downey and Kurtis Rutschilling hitback-to-back singles, but Hobbsinduced a 4-6-3 double play and agroundout to Ross Homan at thirdbase to keep the Tigers off the score-board.Stout pitching, solid defense and

near-perfect execution offensivelygave Hobbs a place in Tribe lore,ahead of Bruns and a spot he neverdreamed possible when he walked inthe doors at Fort Recovery four yearsago.“To break that record and to be up

there with some great names likehim, it is just awesome,” he said.

Continued from page 10“It’s been a long journey,

I’m very proud of myguys.”The Pacers are finished

after blowing a 13-pointlead in the fourth quarterof Game 5 and falling justshort in Game 7, also on theroad.Few expected this series

to be so competitive, prima-rily because the Pacershave struggled to match upwith the Raptors for fourseasons.But if the series proved

anything, it’s that Indianamight not be far away.When training camp

opened, Indiana was one ofthe league’s great myster-ies.George was still trying to

prove he could come all theway back from a gruesomecompound fracture in hisright leg. Turner was a 19-year-old rookie, dubbed byteam president of basket-ball operations Larry Birdas the team’s best shooter.Bird went all in on get-

ting rid of the plodding,physical style Indianarelied on to reach back-to-back Eastern Conferencefinals before George’sinjury. The goal was moresmall ball.No, coach Frank Vogel

didn’t have all the pieces tomake Bird’s preferred stylework every game, so hemixed-and-matched andfound enough combina-tions to still win 44 gamesand nearly pull off animprobable playoff victory.George proved the

doubters wrong by makinghis third All-Star appear-ance and nearly breakingthe single-game scoringrecord, and then averaged27.3 points, 7.6 reboundsand 4.3 assists while shoot-ing 45.5 percent from thefield and making 61 of 64free throws in the playoffs.Perhaps more important-

ly, George took another stepin becoming the unques-tioned leader by challeng-ing himself and his team-mates to do more.

Continued from page 10Dues hits walk offKevin Dues had a walk-

off single Monday asWilliams Auto Partsopened its Rookie boys divi-sion season of PortlandJunior League action witha 6-5 victory over All-Cir-cuit Electrical.Cole Carpenter had three

singles for Williams, whichgot two singles each fromMax Klopfenstein andCarter Harman. WesleyWenning added a homerun.Grant Wendel led All-Cir-

cuit from the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, and Jay-den Harrell was 2-for-3 witha run scored.

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Fort Recovery High School senior shortstop Jacob Homan dives in an attempt to knock down a ground ball during the fifthinning Monday against the Versailles Tigers at VHS. Homan had a hit and drove in a run as the Division IV No. 9 Indians defeatedthe Tigers 7-2.

Box scoreDivision IV No. 9

Fort Recovery Indiansat Versailles Tigers

Fort Recovery (14-6, 4-2 MAC)ab r h bi

Thwaits rf 2 3 1 0Wendel 2b 2 0 0 1Hobbs p 3 1 1 2JHoman ss 3 0 1 1

Will pr 0 1 0 0Boughman 1b 3 0 0 0Schroer lf 3 0 1 1BHoman dh 3 0 0 1

Bruns c 0 0 0 0RHoman 3b 1 1 0 0WHoman cf 2 1 1 0Totals 22 7 5 6

Versailles (13-4, 5-1 MAC)ab r h bi

Subler c 4 1 3 0KMcEldowney cf 3 0 1 0BMcEldowney 3b 4 0 1 0Rutschilling 2b 4 0 3 1Knapke ss 3 0 0 0CNiekamp p 3 0 0 0Peters lf 2 0 0 0

Lyons p 1 0 0 0Watren rf 3 0 0 0JNiekamp 1b 2 1 0 0Totals 29 2 8 1

Fort Rec. 101 012 2 — 7Versailles 000 000 2 — 2

LOB — Fort Recovery 4, Versailles8. 2B — Fort Recovery 2 (Thwaits,Hobbs). SB — Fort Recovery 5(Thwaits, JHoman, Schroer,RHoman, WHoman). Versailles 1(Subler)

IP H R ER BB SOFort RecoveryHobbs, W 7 8 2 0 2 8

VersaillesNiekamp, L 6 3 5 4 1 6Lyons 1 2 2 2 0 1

Hobbs ...

Beat ...

Year ...

‘This baseball game was basically about our senior, experienced pitcher Jackson

(Hobbs) pitching extremely well.’—Jerry Kaup,

FRHS baseball coach

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — TheOklahoma City Thunder nearlygave the game away in a wildfinal sequence that refereesacknowledge should have beenblown dead before it started.All that matters to the Thun-

der is that they’re all even withthe San Antonio Spurs.Russell Westbrook had 29

points and 10 assists, and theThunder held on to beat SanAntonio 98-97 on Monday night,evening the series at one gameapiece when the Spurs failed toscore in the final seconds.Kevin Durant added 28 points

as the Thunder handed theSpurs just their second homeloss of the season, reboundingfrom a 32-point beating in Game1.With San Antonio trailing 98-

97 with 13.5 seconds remainingand Oklahoma City out of time-outs, Thunder guard Dion Wait-

ers elbowed Manu Ginobili to getthe space needed to inbound theball.“On the floor, we did not see a

foul on the play,” referee KenMauer told a pool reporter.“However, upon review we real-ize and we agree that we shouldhave had an offensive foul on theplay. It’s a play that we havenever seen before, ever, but wefeel we should have had an offen-sive foul on Waiters.”Waiters claimed he was

unaware of any contact.“No, I’m in the game, man, I

don’t really know what’s reallygoing on,” Waiters said. “Mywhole mindset is get the ballinbounds and hopefully we get afoul once the ball the ball getsinbounds, but it was a crazysequence the last 13 seconds. Sowe pulled it out, that’s all I careabout.”Waiters inbounded to Durant,

who was immediately strippedby Danny Green. Patty Millsmissed an open 3-pointer, LaMar-cus Aldridge lost the ball aftergrabbing the airball and KawhiLeonard was unable to gather theball before the buzzer sounded.“I don’t know what it is, to tell

you the truth, what type of viola-tion it is,” Ginobili said of Wait-ers’ elbow. “It’s got to be some-thing. But again, it’s not thatplay that decided anything. Wegot the steal, we got the shot, wegot an offensive rebound.”Aldridge had 41 points, but the

Spurs shot 43 percent as a teamafter shooting 61 percent in theseries opener.“It feels horrible,” Aldridge

said. “Feels like it was wasted.I’ve never been about trying toget points and not win, I alwaystry to do things to win. If youwin it’s totally a different feeling,but losing like that hurts.”

Thunder even series with Spurs

ScoreboardNNBBAA PPllaayyooffffss

Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93Oklahoma City 98, San Antonio 97

MMaajjoorr LLeeaagguuee BBaasseebbaallllChicago Cubs 7Pittsburgh 2Texas 2, Toronto 1San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 6N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 1Milwaukee 8, L.A. Angels 5Minnesota 6, Houston 2Washington 2, Kansas City 0St. Louis 10, Philadelphia 3Seattle 4, Oakland 3

Local scheduleTTooddaayy

Jay County — Softball vs. SouthAdams – 5 p.m.; Girls tennis vs. MuncieCentral – 5 p.m.; Boys golf vs. Heritageand Woodlan – 5:30 p.m.; Baseball vs.South Adams – 5 p.m.; Track vs. SouthernWells/Woodlan – 6 p.m.; JV baseball atSouth Adams – 5 p.m.; JV softball atSouth Adams – 5 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Baseball vs. NewKnoxville – 5 p.m.; Softball at Delphos Jef-

ferson – 5 p.m.South Adams — Boys golf vs. Adams

Central/Bluffton/Southern Wells – 4:30p.m.; Baseball at Jay County – 5 p.m.;Softball at Jay County – 5 p.m.; Track atBluffton/Heritage – 5 p.m.; JV softball vs.Jay County – 5 p.m.; JV baseball vs. JayCounty – 5 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayyJay County — Baseball at Elwood –

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

City – 5 p.m.; JV softball vs. Canterbury –5 p.m.; JV baseball vs. Parkway – 5 p.m.

TThhuurrssddaayyJay County — Boys golf at Bell-

mont/Bluffton – 4:30 p.m.; Softball atBluffton – 5 p.m.; Girls tennis at AdamsCentral – 5 p.m.; Baseball at Bluffton – 5p.m.; JV baseball vs. Bluffton – 5 p.m.; JVsoftball at Bluffton – 5 p.m.

Fort Recovery — Track in Mercer Coun-ty Invite at Coldwater – 4:30 p.m.; Base-ball at St. Henry – 5 p.m.; Softball vs. St.Henry – 5 p.m.; Middle school track inMercer County Invite at Coldwater – 4:30p.m.

South Adams — Baseball vs. Southern

Wells – 5 p.m.; Softball vs. Southern Wells– 5 p.m.; JV softball at Norwell – 5 p.m.;JV baseball at Wayne – 5 p.m.

TV scheduleTTooddaayy

7 p.m. — Major League Baseball:Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates(WNDY-23)

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

8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Miami Heat atToronto Raptors, game 1 (TNT)

10:30 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: PortlandTrail Blazers at Golden State Warriors,game 1 (TNT)

WWeeddnneessddaayy8 p.m. — Major League Baseball:

Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox(ESPN)

8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Atlanta Hawksat Cleveland Cavaliers, game 2 (TNT)

TThhuurrssddaayy7 p.m. — College Baseball: Vanderbilt

at Texas A&M (ESPN2)8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Miami Heat at

Toronto Raptors, game 2 (ESPN)

Local notesPPhhyyssiiccaallss ooffffeerreedd MMaayy 1111

Central Indiana Orthopedics will offersport physicals for the 2016-17 schoolseason at 6 p.m. May 11 at Jay CountyHigh School.

Physical forms need to be complete-ly filled out, and the form must bebrought to the session. No one will beaccepted after 7:30 p.m.

Cost is $20, and checks should bepayable to Central Indiana Orthopedics.

For more information, contact JCHSathletics secretary Joni Penrod at (260)726-9806.

TThhrreeee ddaayyss ttoo rreeggiisstteerrThere will be three days to register

for the upcoming Jay County SummerSwim Team season.

Registration will be from 4:30 to5:30 p.m. May 9, 10 and 12 at the JCHSpool.

Practices will be Mondays, Tuesdaysand Thursdays at the JCHS pool begin-ning May 9.

For more information, contact BevArnold at (260) 726-7043, or AndreaOswalt at (260) 726-2981.

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By CHRIS SCHANZThe Commercial ReviewVERSAILLES, Ohio — Jackson

Hobbs had just given up an RBIsingle.With the potential game-tying

run standing in the on-deck cir-cle, the senior just wanted to getback to throwing strikes.The bases were loaded, and

Austin Knapke whiffed at Hobbs’first offering. Knapke put Hobbs’second pitch in play, a routineground ball to Cade Wendel atsecond base. The sophomoreflipped it to shortstop JacobHoman.It was out No. 21 for win No. 27.As Hobbs jogged to the dugout,

both relieved and grateful thegame was over, he raised his armabove his head as if to signify hisplace in Fort Recovery history.The top.Hobbs led the Division IV No. 9

Fort Recovery High School base-ball team both at the plate and onthe mound Monday in a 7-2 victo-ry over the Versailles Tigers, whowere previously unbeaten in Mid-west Athletic Conference play.And with the victory, Hobbs

now stands alone as the school-record holder for wins in a career,surpassing Dale “Whitey” Bruns’mark of 26 set in 1955.“My arm felt good,” said

Hobbs, who moved to 4-2 on theseason. “All three of my pitcheswere working tonight. Whenthat’s happening we’re pretty

good. It was a great win, and I’mhappy to break the record.”But it was not without dramat-

ics.

He had great command for thefirst six innings, using a steadydiet of effective curveballs whilealso mixing in a fastball and

changeup to keep the Tigers (13-4,5-1 MAC) hitters guessing andlooking foolish when theymissed.

He had at least one strikeout inevery inning but the sixth and fin-ished with eight total.

See HHoobbbbss page 9

Hobbs makes history‘My arm felt good. All three of my pitches were working tonight. When that’s happening

we’re pretty good. It was a great win, and I’m happy to break the record.’—Jackson Hobbs, FRHS senior

The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz

Fort Recovery High School senior Jackson Hobbs delivers a pitch during the fifth inning Monday against theVersailles Tigers. Hobbs struck out eight over seven innings, allowed two unearned runs on eight hits and walked two as theIndians won 7-2. It was the 27th career victory for Hobbs, passing Dale “Whitey” Bruns for the most career wins in schoolhistory.

Senior setsnew record

with his 27thcareer victory

BERNE — Grant Besseris playing well beyond hisyears.The South Adams High

School freshman pitchedfive innings of shutoutbaseball, striking out 10and walking two as theStarfires beat the BlackfordBruins 5-1 on Monday.South Adams (8-7), which

travels to Jay County at 5p.m. tonight, took a 3-0 leadafter the first inning, andtacked on two more runs inthe second to get its onlyruns early.Joe Stuber, Braxton

Haight and Tyler Sprungerall had two hits, with Jay-den Dull driving in tworuns.Besser dazzled before giv-

ing way to Gilbert Lynch.He pitched one inning, gaveup one earned run on onehit and gave up three walks.Dull also pitched, allow-

ing one hit and striking outthree.

FR falls to ’CatsFORT RECOVERY — A

seven-run sixth inningdoomed the Fort Recovery

softball team Monday in a12-5 loss to the MinsterWildcats.Fort Recovery (2-16, 0-5

Midwest Athletic Confer-ence) scored a run in eachof the fourth and fifthinnings to tie the score, 5-5,but the Wildcats (11-9, 3-1MAC) took the lead for goodand put the game out ofreach with seven runs inthe top of the sixth.Devin Post was 2-for-3

with a double and threeRBIs, with Chelsea Tim-merman and Kasey Vogeleach adding two singles.Vogel also walked twice,and Audra Metzger also tal-lied a hit.Timmerman took the

loss. She allowed 12 runs —five earned — on six hits.She struck out five andwalked nine.

See BBeeaatt page 9

Localroundup

Besser, Starsbeat Blackford

By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS — The

Indiana Pacers turnedwhat was supposed to be atransitional season intoone filled with promise.Paul George regained his

All-Star form. Myles Turn-

er emerged as a potentialfuture star, and the Pacersshowed they could winwhile playing distinctly dif-ferent styles.Now they have to figure

out how to take that nextstep, from playoff team toconference contender.“It’s our first year togeth-

er. We had a rookie in ourlineup, who is going to getbetter, who is going to comeback a different player. Wetook a two-seed, a 55-pluswin team to Game 7,”George said after Indiana’sseason-ending loss toToronto on Sunday night.

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