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Military program gets OK Internships approved for students interested in armed forces By RAY COONEY The Commercial Review

One of the focuses of the recent manufacturing education push has been to provide students with real-world work experience while still in high school. Now those who are considering the military will have that opportunity as well. Jay School Board on Monday approved a pilot program in partnership with Indiana Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion that will allow students who are thinking about joining the armed forces a chance to get an early look at what military service is like. Blackford School Corporation will also be involved in the program, pending board approval. The board also discussed the 2016-17 preliminary student count and its financial outlook. The military “internship” program calls for students to participate in four to six eight-hour Saturday sessions. Those can include training at a local Indiana National Guard armory, recruit sustainment detachment, local training area or Camp Atterbury. A pilot program is scheduled to begin with a few students in May, with more to be added in the fall. “Certainly no live-fire activities, but they’ll get a chance to observe that training. They’ll get a chance to go to our maintenance shops,” said Jay Schools director of teacher effectiveness Jeremy Gulley. “I just think this is a gap in what we offer kids to be able to learn and explore, and this would fill that gap. “I think it’s good for the kids. I think it’s good for the parents.” Board members Kristi Betts, Beth Krieg, Greg Wellman, Ron Laux, Mike Shannon, Cory Gundrum and Tammy Bennett also received an update on elementary school enrollment, which is projected at 1,549 students for 201617. See Board page 2

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Filled up Water gushes from a hose into the new pool at Portland Water Park on Monday afternoon. It took more than 24 hours, beginning about midnight Sunday, to fill it with about 180,000 gallons of water. The facility is on schedule for a grand opening on Memorial Day weekend.

Bicentennial items will be sold DEBANINA SEATON The Commercial Review

As the local bicentennial committee continues to prepare for the state’s celebration, it suggested one more way to help with costs. Portland City Council heard Monday the Jay County Bicentennial Committee would like to sell

bicentennial-themed merchandise at various locations in the county. Janice Stucky of the committee told council the group went to Kyle Teeter of Display Craft with ideas for designs. The items to be sold are blue and yellow T-shirts with the state’s bicentennial logo on the front of the shirt and larger on

the back for $15. Other items include hats for $15, earrings for $5, medallions for $12 and bracelets for $10. Though the items aren’t ready to be sold, Portland Mayor Randy Geesaman said they should be available sometime next week. Stucky said as soon as she can get enough made for each of the loca-

tions — Redkey Town Hall, Dunkirk City Hall and Display Craft in Portland will be among them — they will be advertised over the radio. For each T-shirt or hat purchased, $5 will go toward the expenses of the bicentennial celebration scheduled for Sept. 27. See Council page 5

Intersections will get stop signs By JACK RONALD The Commercial Review

Traffic on Jay County road 200 South is going to be a little slower and a lot safer in the not-too-distant future. Jay County Commission-

ers on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance creating two new four-way stop intersections. The ordinance, which will take effect after public notice advertising appears in The Commercial Review

and signs are placed by the county highway department, creates a four-way stop at the intersection of county road 200 South and Boundary Pike and another four-way stop at the intersection of county

roads 200 South and 200 West. Both of those intersections have been the scene of fatal traffic accidents over the years, and traffic on county road 200 South has increased greatly since

the opening of POET Biorefining’s ethanol plant. County engineer Dan Watson is exploring the possibility of installing solar-powered, lighted stop signs at the intersections. See Commissioners page 5

Jay unemployment was 5.6 in March By RAY COONEY The Commercial Review

The state’s rate was fairly stable. Area numbers were anything but. Jay County’s unemployment rate went down one-tenth of 1 percent in March to 5.6 percent, according to estimates Indiana Department of Workforce Development released Monday. But the numbers were a jumble in East Central Indiana. In the six-county area, three counties saw their rates go down — Blackford and Randolph counties

joined Jay — while three saw theirs go up. Randolph County’s numbers showed the most improvement as its rate dropped by 0.6 percentage points to 5.6 percent, tying it with Jay, Franklin and Pulaski for 42ndhighest in the state. Meanwhile, Adams County saw its number shoot up by 0.4 percentage points to 4.6 percent — 13th lowest in the state. Indiana stayed fairly balanced despite the see-saw act locally, with its rate ticking up slightly to 5.5

percent after sitting at 5.4 percent in February. State officials touted a surge in workforce totals during the first quarter of the year. “Over 60,000 Hoosiers joined the workforce in the first three months of 2016, which is indicative of worker confidence in finding and securing gainful employment in Indiana,” IDWD commissioner Steven J. Braun said in a press release. “While this influx of workers has an effect on the unemployment rate, the fact that 9,300 more Hoosiers are

employed than last month, and over 87,000 more are employed than this time last year, is a testament to Indiana’s strong and growing economy.” Though slightly improved from February, Jay County’s unemployment rate for March was 0.2 percentage points higher than at the same time last year. Hamilton and Dubois counties continued to lead the state, sharing the top spot with unemployment rates of 3.9 percent. LaGrange was the next lowest at 4.1 percent. See Unemployment page 5

Taliban claims attack in Kabul By TIM CRAIG and SAYED SALAHUDDIN The Washington Post

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Afghan security forces inspect the site of a Taliban-claimed deadly suicide attack today in Kabul, Afghanistan. Armed militants in Afghanistan have staged a coordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital today, killing many and wounding more than 320 people.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants attacked an elite government security agency with a suicide bomb and gunfire today, killing at least 28 people and wounding more than 320 others in one of the most devastating attacks in Kabul in years, Afghan officials said. The target — the main training ground for an

Afghan intelligence unit tasked with protecting senior officials — represented a direct strike against the Western-aided government a week after the Taliban announced its spring offensive. The raid also was a message that the reach of fighters — and their ability to stage major coordinated attacks — appears undimmed, despite rifts within the militant group’s ranks and pressures from the rival

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Larry Grier, 60, Portland Judith Williamson, 80, Portland Em o gen e Moore, 88, Keystone Ker mit Riggins, 91, Muncie Details on page 2.

The temperature peaked at 83 degrees Monday in Portland. The overnight low was 55. Tonight’s forecast calls for a low of 48, and skies will be partly sunny Wednesday with a high of 75. For an extended forecast, see page 2.

United Way of Jay County, Community and Family Services and Second Harvest Food Bank will hold a free food tailgate from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jay County Fairgrounds. Income verification is not required.

Islamic State, as it seeks to expand its influence in Afghanistan. For leaders in Kabul, meanwhile, it may shatter for now any hope for the revival of stalled peace talks with the Taliban and would put President Ashraf Ghani under growing pressure from rivals over his efforts to reach out to the Taliban. Militants attacked a government security agency with a suicide bomb and gunfire, killing

perhaps more than two dozen people and wounding more than 320 others. The attack ended several weeks of relative calm in the Afghan capital and marked one of the largest attacks in the city in years. The attack began when a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives next to the compound, said Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid. See Attack page 6

Coming up Wednesday — Coverage of tonight’s Portland downtown planning. Friday — Results from Jay County High School boys golf, baseball and softball.

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Obituaries Judith Williamson

Judith Ann Williamson, 80, Portland, died Monday at Swiss Village in Berne. Funeral services are pending at Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home in Portland.

p.m. services with the Rev. Joe Reffitt officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at http://www.gardenviewfuneralhome.com.

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Emogene Moore

Feb. 5, 1925-April 16, 2016 Kermit Lee Riggins, 91, Muncie, died Saturday at his home. He was the grandfather of a Ridgeville woman. Born in Raglesville to Russell John and Maude (Stuckey) Riggins, he is survived by his wife of 66 years, Anna Lucille (Brock) Riggins. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son; a daughter; two brothers; a daughter-in-law; seven grandchildren; 21 greatgrandchildren; and two greatgreat-grandchildren. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Garden View Funeral Home, followed by 1

Feb. 19, 1928-April 18, 2016 Emogene Moore, 88, Keystone, died Monday at Miller’s Merry Manor in Marion. Born in Picken County, Tennessee, to Isaac Hilery and Alice May (Cargile) Crawford, she married Walter V. Moore on Feb. 19, 1946, and he preceded her in death. She was a member of the Elks Lodge and Moose Lodge, both of Dunkirk, and was owner and operator of Moore’s Upholstery for many years. Surviving are a son and six grandsons. There will be no visitation or service. Burial will be in Jef-

ferson Cemetery in Upland. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Upland Eastern Star. Walker & Glancy Funeral Home in Montpelier is handling the arragements. Condolences may be expressed at http://www.glancyfuneralhomes.com.

Larry Grier June 19, 1955-April 17, 2016 Larry L. Grier, 60, Portland, died Sunday at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. Born in Celina, Ohio, to Floyd and Helen (Hole) Grier, he was a 1973 graduate of Parkway High School in Rockford, Ohio, and an alumnus of Wright State University and The Ohio State University. A social worker at Meridian Health Services in Portland, he had formerly worked as a social worker at Anthony Wayne Serv-

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Markets Closing prices as of Monday Trupointe Fort Recovery Corn ........................3.98 May corn ................3.98 Beans ......................9.38 May crop ................9.41 Wheat ......................4.45 May crop ................4.48

Cooper Farms Fort Recovery Corn ........................4.02 May corn ................4.02 June corn ................4.05 July corn ................4.05

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Probation violation A Muncie man was arrested Monday evening for a probation violation. Nathaniel Lee Lewis Leitheim, 19, 3317 N. Barnhill Lane, was arrested on a Jay Circuit Court bench warrant for probation violation, a Class B felony. He was booked at 6:37 p.m. into Jay County Jail and is being held there on a $1,500 bond.

OWI A Muncie man was arrested Monday afternoon on three charges. Samuel L. Pinkston, 61, 1211 E. Memorial St., was

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There were 45 treated in the emergency rooms of JCH.

Citizen’s calendar 5:30 p.m. — Portland urban and downtown planning, Arts Place, 131 E. Walnut St. 6:30 p.m. — Fort Recovery School Board, meeting room, high school, 400 E. Butler St.

Soil and Water Conservation District, USDA Service Center, 1331 W. Indiana 67, Portland. 7 p.m. — Jay County Council, commissioners’ room, Jay County Courthouse, 120 N. Court St., Portland.

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3:30 p.m. — Portland Board of Aviation, Portland Municipal Airport, county road 100 North. 6 p.m. — Jay County

9:45 a.m. — Portland Board of Works executive session, mayor’s office, city hall, 321 N. Meridian St.

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•Approved updates to the corporation’s wellness policy on second reading, a contract with technology consulting firm Curtis & Livers Consulting of Indianapolis, math textbooks for 2017 through 2022, updates to school handbooks and the list of summer school courses — reading, English, applied economics, civics, economics, U.S. government, U.S. history, world geography, algebra I, algebra II, geometry, biology, life science, physics, and health and wellness education. •Were presented changes to corporation policies. Those will be voted on at an upcoming meeting. •Formed a superintendent’s committee on Betts’ suggestion to review operation of the high school cafeteria to look for ways to improve. Betts noted that she’d like to see less food thrown away, and the committee will also look at possibilities for offering more variety. The plan includes the committee visiting cafeterias at other schools to observe how they operate. •Approved a 15-month extension — through Aug. 31, 2017 — of its medical/vision and dental insurance contracts through Anthem and Delta Dental respectively. There was no increase and cost, and the school contribution for premiums will remain at $7,000 for individuals and $16,000 for families annually. •Were updated by Judge Haynes Elementary principal Erica Tomano about the school being one of 200 in the state recognized for utilizing “Promising Practices.” It was honored for its monthly problem-solving team meetings that are used to discuss student progress and plan interventions, which are research-based

The Ohio State University Alumni Association and was on board of the the Mercer/Auglaize County Big Brothers and Big Sisters for several years. Surviving are two brothers, Jim Grier (wife: Lana), and Bill Grier (wife: Cindy), both of Mendon, Ohio; and a former foreign exchange student, Kai Vogel (wife: Silke), Kaufbeuren, Germany. Visitation is 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Asbury United Methodist Church, 204 E. Arch St. in Portland, followed by 2 p.m. services with the Rev. Tim Dilley and Greg Rittenhouse officiating. Memorials may be sent to Jay County Civic Theater or Asbury United Methodist Church. Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home in Portland is handling the arrangements. Condolences may be expressed at http://www.williamsonspencer.com.

and are monitored at least every two weeks. •Hired Ted Habegger as a driver education instructor at JCHS and Billie Newsome as a technology instructional assistant at Westlawn, Pennville and Redkey elementary schools; accepted resignations of East Elementary cook Kristal Mansfield, Bloomfield Elementary cook Melissa Campofiore, East Jay Middle School nurse Lisa Brewster, West Jay Middle School kitchen manager Andrea Milthaler and JCHS instructional assistant Elaine Harris; accepted the retirements of Pennville custodian Mary Lou (Peb) Frazee, Judge Haynes fourth grade teacher Virginia Stout and Westlawn, Bloomfield and Judge Haynes elementary school English as a second language teacher Karen Nichols; and approved leaves of absence for WJMS art teacher Lindsay Edwards, General Shanks and Judge Haynes instructional assistant Sarah Link, bus driver Robert Ford, mechanic Kyle Frazee, Westlawn reading recovery teacher Christa Robinson and Redkey Elementary special education teacher Jenny Gibson. •OK’d field trips for the WJMS archery team for May 12 through 14 to Louisville, Kentucky, Jay County FFA students for June 13 through 16 to the state convention at Purdue University, WJMS band and choir to King’s Island in Cincinnati, General Shanks fifth graders for May 9 to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, and the JCHS boys basketball team to a camp June 30 through July 3 at the University of St. Francis.

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Continued from page 1 That includes a kindergarten class of 273, which would be the largest of any at the elementary level. Based on those numbers, Jay Schools will still likely see an enrollment drop next year as the graduating class of 2016 has 298 students. Superintendent Tim Long noted that the projected enrollment numbers are preliminary and that often the corporation picks up additional kindergartners at registration time. The financial status remained unchanged, with business manager Brad DeRome continuing to project a budget surplus of $192,000 for 2016 and a general fund cash balance of $1.87 million at the end of the year. “I think that we should be cautiously optimistic with these numbers,” said Wellman, referring both to the finances and the kindergarten enrollment. “They’re really good numbers … When I looked at that and said to myself, ‘We’re $100,000 away from $2 million in the general fund,’ that’s pretty exciting when you look at where we’ve come from. … Things are starting to fall in our favor.” In other business, the board: •Received an update on bullying from Long. There have been 23 recorded cases of bullying this year — nine at Jay County High School, six at the middle schools and eight in the elementary schools. •Heard from director of testing and assessment Trent Paxson that Pennville, Redkey, Westlawn, Judge Haynes and General Shanks elementary schools will have their libraries open in conjunction with the summer lunch program.

ices in Fort Wayne, Jay County Hospital and Foundations Behavioral Health Services in Celina. He was active in Jay County Civic Theater and Crying Baby Productions and was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Portland where he attended the Praise Café. He was a former member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Grier Church in Celina where he served as a youth counselor and was in the chapel choir. He was also a member of the Celina Masonic Lodge No. 241 F&AM and was a 32nd Degree Mason, a member of Unity Grange and a former member and past master of the Mercer County Pomona Grange, served on the Mercer County Board of

A Portland man’s car hit a boy pushing his bike Monday morning at the intersection of Water and Meridian streets in Portland. Richard L. Laux, 68, 633 W. Third St., told a Portland police officer he was traveling east on Water Street when his vision was obscured by the bright sun. Then Braden Ellsworth, 909 E. Votaw St., Portland, pushing his bicycle crossed in front of Laux’s 2001 Saturn L20. A witness, Chris Clapper, said Ellsworth came out into traffic and then was hit by the car. Ellsworth was not injured. Damage in the 7:48 a.m. collision is estimated to be less than $1,000.

arrested on a Jay Superior failure to appear, a Level 5 p.m. into Jay County Jail and is being held there Court bench warrant for felony. He was booked at 1:36 without a bond. operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Level 5 felony, and two other bench warrants for the same charge, both Class C misdemeanors. He was booked at 12:11 p.m. into Jay County Jail and is being held there without a bond.

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Bluetick reunion to begin on Thursday By VIRGINIA CLINE The Commercial Review

Taking Note

The Limberlost Coonhound Club will host the Grand National Bluetick Reunion this weekend at Jay County Fairgrounds. Events will kick-off with a bench show beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, followed by the opening ceremony and night hunt at 8 p.m. UKC licensed bench shows will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, followed by night hunts at 8 p.m. Food will be available in the green 4-H building at the fairgrounds. For more information, call Matt Lingo at (260) 849-2196.

held next week at Jay County Public Library with a variety of programs aimed at helping people do a better job of managing their finances. The week is part of an initiative by the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago that’s now in its sixth year. On April 26, at 7 p.m., Bruce Muller from the Indiana Attorney General’s Office will be on Money Smart week Money Smart week will be hand to discuss scams and

frauds with an eye toward protecting your money. Two lunchtime programs are set for April 27, and April 28, with Crossroads Financial Federal Credit Union providing a program on April 27 about online and mobile banking and bill paying. On April 28, MainSource Bank will provide a program on budgeting and saving. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. those days and the program runs from noon to 1 p.m. reservations are Lunch requested and can be made by calling (260) 726-7890. If you’re not interested in lunch, plan to arrive by noon to hear the presentations. The week will wrap-up with a fun program from 3 to 4 p.m. April 29. Learn how to do origa-

mi, using dollar bills. Bring Golden Hoosier Awards that your own bills or paper will be honor senior citizens for service and commitment to their provided. communities. Blood drives Nominees must be an Indiana The American Red Cross is resident age 65 or older and volhaving a blood drive until 5 p.m. unteered in the community for today at Jay Community Center, the past three years. More infor115 E. Water St. in Portland. mation is available at Another will be held from 7:30 www.lg.in.gov and applications to 11:30 a.m. on April 30 during are due by April 29. the Jay County Hospital Health & Education Fair, 2071 W. Indi- Free breakfast ana 67. A free breakfast will be To make an appointment, served at Swiss Village, 1350 W. download the American Red Main St. in Berne, in honor of Cross Blood Donor App, visit National Older Americans redcrossblood.org or call (800) Month in May. The breakfast 733-2767. will be served from 7 to 9 a.m. on May 6. Applications being taken For more information, call LifeStream Services is accept- Michelle McIntosh at (260) 589ing applications for the 2016 3173.

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Linus blankets Fort Pioneers 4-H Club members made blankets for Project Linus and Valentine’s Day cards for a local nursing home at their February meeting.

Strangers are hinting at bad behavior DEAR ABBY: What do I say to people who give me unsolicited parenting advice or scold my daughter in public? I would never interfere with another parent or direct a child who isn’t in my care. What gives these people the right to barge into someone else’s life in such a way? I have been chastised for letting my daughter sit on the floor while waiting in a long line, letting her be more than 4 feet away from me in the aisles, and allowing her to speak loudly. She’s 3. I don’t hire a sitter for running errands and I can’t leave her in the car. It’s hard enough wrangling an energetic kid while trying to shop, do banking or send mail

Dear Abby without being constantly pestered by strangers. Do you have any thoughts on this? — MOM IN HILLSBORO, ORE. DEAR MOM: If your child is so disruptive that individuals feel the need to intervene or of fer “parenting advice,” then it’s time you took some of it to heart. If s he’s bored while you’ re doing er rands, bring something along for her to do

rather than us e her “outs ide voice” or run wild in the aisles. DEAR ABBY: Prom is less than three weeks away, and I’m still looking for the perfect dress. My mom and I went prom dress shopping one time — but everything I liked, she didn’t. She told me that if she didn’t like the dress, she was not going to purchase it. I tried to tell her this is my prom and I should like the dress, not her, without sounding mean. She told me I should pick the cheapest dress. Am I wrong for not liking the dresses she likes? How can I get through to her that this is not her prom, but my prom? — AGGRAVATED IN LOUISIANA DEAR AGGRAVATED: When

you start buying your own wardrobe, your taste can be the deciding factor. However, when your mother buys it FOR you, it’s important to remember that her budget needs to be considered and try to be g raci ous about it. As you will discover when you are older, because a dress is expensive does not guarantee that it’s the prettiest or that it will look g reat on you. DEAR ABBY: Friday, April 22, is Earth Day. Recycling is so important to our planet’s irreplaceable resources. Can you please remind your readers how long it takes items to break down in a landfill? — SCOTT IN TEXAS DEAR SCOTT: Items such as glass bottles and jars, plastic

containers, aluminum cans, disposable diapers and plastic foam cups can take from hundreds to thousands of years — or more — to decompose. Cigarette butts can take up to 10 years. I encoura g e i n te r e s t e d r e a d e r s t o g o online, see the figures and lear n what they can do to reduce, reuse or recycle. Earth Day of fers a chance for all of us to do something positive for the planet. Many parents use it as an opportunity to bond with their children, and some schools of fer credit to students who participate. Helping children understand how the garbage they produce impacts their environment is important, so please, Readers, do what you c a n.

Community Calendar Notices will appear in Community Calendar as space is available. To submit an item, email Virginia Cline at [email protected].

GIVER SUPPORT GROUP — Will meet at 5:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Jay County Public Library community room. For more information, call Deb Tipton at Today (260) 729-2806 or Elasha ALZHEIMER'S CARE- Lennartz at (765) 729-4567.

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FRIENDS OF JAY COUNTY LIBRARY — Will meet at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the library.

Wednesday WEDNESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST CLUB — Will meet at 8 a.m. in the east room of Richards Restaurant. All women are invited to attend. Includes activities and devotional time. BRYANT AREA COMMUNITY CENTER — Walking from 9 to 10 a.m. every Wednesday and Friday. PORTLAND ROTARY CLUB — Will meet at noon each Wednesday at Harmony Cafe, 121 N. Meridian St. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS — Will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday upstairs at True Value Hardware, North Meridian Street, Portland. For more information, call (260) 729-2532. AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP — New Beginnings, a support group for friends and families of alcoholics, the group will meet at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday in the Zion Lutheran Church, 218 E. High St., Portland. For more information, call (260) 726-8229.

Thursday CELEBRATE RECOVERY — A 12-step Christian recovery program, the group will meet at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. each Thursday at A Second Chance At

Life Ministries, 109 S. Commerce St. in Portland. For more information, call Judy Smith at (260) 7269187 or Dave Keen at (260) 335-2152. JAY COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN — Will meet at noon Thursday at Jay County Public Library. Local candidates will be speaking. STITCH ‘N CHATTER QUILT CLUB — Will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday in the sanctuary at Church of

the Brethren, Portland. Sheila Painter, from Fort Recovery, will give a presentation on using Orphan Blocks. Bring your own blocks. Those interested are welcome to attend. THE EN AVANT CLUB — Will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Pennville I.D.C. Restaurant. Hostess is Connie Dawson and programs are by Kay Hough and Janice James. SENIOR CITIZENS CARD CLUB — Will meet

at 1 p.m. the first and third Thursday of the month at Jay Community Center. All seniors are welcome. JAY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — Will meet at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Jay County Public Library. The public is welcome. PORTLAND LIONS CLUB — Will meet at 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at Portland Lions Civic Center, 307 W. 100 North.

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Thank you for museum support To the editor: We wish to thank those who showed their support of our museum by attending the grand opening of our new addition. Visitors arrived well before the 1 p.m. opening time and kept coming in a steady stream for almost three hours. It was by far the largest crowd ever at the museum for a Saturday afternoon open house. We especially thank Jack Ronald for his frontpage article and photo before the event and Rob Weaver for all the coverage he gave us on WPGW. Thanks also to Ron and Sharlette Cole of Sharlette’s Fudgery for the plate of fudge they provided, and to our board members and their spouses for the other refreshments and help. It is because of the many hours volunteered by our board members and other volunteers that we have been able to set up exhibits in the new addi-

Letters to the Editor tion and make changes to the original part of the museum. If you missed this event, or want to spend additional time, the museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. May 14. Also mark your calendars for Sept. 24 and 25 for our 14th annual Heritage Festival. This year, we will be celebrating our state’s 200th birthday. As always, admission to the museum and festival is free. Sincerely, Larry Hiatt and Kay Locker Co-presidents Jay County Historical By JOHN KRULL Society

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Reclassification is long overdue The Los Angeles Times Under the federal Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 drug, which means it has no medicinal value and is highly addictive. But the Drug Enforcement Administration is, once again, considering moving it to a less restrictive category that better reflects both its danger and the undeniable facts on the ground — that nearly half the states in the nation allow the use of cannabis for medical purposes. The schedule 1 designation for marijuana has been a ludicrously restrictive classification since it was imposed in 1970, lumping cannabis in with heroin and LSD. The DEA has twice considered and rejected requests to reclassify the drug over the last two decades. Frankly, a change is long overdue. The DEA’s reluctance in the past to reclassify the drug has hindered research that could shed light on the uses (or dangers) of marijuana as a medicine, and could help guide smarter marijuana policies in general. The lack of research hasn’t stopped 23 states from allowing the use of the drug for medical purposes. But it has denied doctors

Guest Editorial and patients important information about the risks or benefits. Nor has the Schedule 1 classification stopped voters in four states from legalizing marijuana for adult use. Yet the DEA still treats marijuana as if it’s as addictive as heroin and more dangerous than cocaine and methamphetamine, which are listed as schedule 2 drugs. It’s heartening that the federal government is reconsidering this misguided policy. The easiest, most sensible move would be for the DEA to reclassify marijuana so that it’s treated as a prescription drug, complete with Food and Drug Administration oversight. The harder, but inevitable question as more states consider legalizing recreational use is whether federal authorities and lawmakers should remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act altogether so states can choose whether to regulate marijuana for adult consumption without running afoul of federal law.

INDIANAPOLIS — Something called CareerCast just put “newspaper reporter” at the bottom of its annual list of 200 best jobs. That’s right, 200th out of 200. The CareerCast announcement produced the predictable combination of navel-gazing and gnashing of teeth among journalists, present and past, about just how awful things are now in the profession and how great things used to be: CareerCast’s listing just shows how horrible news executives are, how fickle and short-sighted audiences are, how disloyal advertisers are, how hard our lives are … blah, blah, blah. Doom. Gloom. More doom. More gloom. Bad. Bad. Bad. Sad. Sad. Sad. Sigh. A few things need to be said about this. The first is that many journalists are in desperate need of an intervention right now. Their appetite for nostalgia has turned into an addiction. One reason I’ve always been amused by the conservative mythology about and jabs at the liberal media conspiracy is that, politics aside, most journalists I’ve known are among the most temperamentally conservative people around. They just don’t like change. (The other reason the liberal media myth amuses me is that “conspiracy” implies some level of organization. Anyone who has spent time in a newsroom knows that most journalists struggle with getting their laundry done. Lock two journalists in a room for an hour and they will emerge having formed three coalitions. Marching in lockstep is simply beyond us.) Other professions face challenges to their business models without

John Krull going all Chicken Little, the sky is falling. The job placement rates for law school graduates have plummeted in recent years — to such a point that having unemployed attorneys sue the law schools that educated them has become a cottage industry. Doctors and other medical professionals face state, national and international pressures to contain the costs of providing health care — pressures that force them to reevaluate and revise the ways they run their medical practices on a regular and ongoing basis. Somehow, doctors and lawyers seem able to grapple with ongoing business challenges that threaten their professions without constantly casting longing looks back over their shoulders. They’re stepping forward to meet the future, not focusing on how cushy things were in the past. The second thing is that the focus of the CareerCast list was narrow to the point of emaciation. (Actuary — there’s a job that makes the soul sing — was number one.) The fact that the title wasn’t “reporter” but “newspaper reporter” illustrates part of the challenge. We journalists tend to focus on the “paper” piece of the word “newspaper” in ways that aren’t healthy. We forget newspapers evolved in the way they did not through divine mandate but because newsprint for a long time provided the cheapest and most efficient way to distribute news and information. And relying on advertising to pay the bulk of the bills made sense as the industrial

revolution was giving rise to a huge new consumer culture. In other words, the technological breakthroughs of that time helped establish both the ways journalists shared their stories with audiences and the business model used to cover the costs of gathering those stories. Times change, the technology evolves still more and the profession needs to adapt. This brings me to the last point. We live in the most news- and information-driven age in human history. The need for accurate and up-to-date information isn’t going to go away. If anything, that need will increase. And that means the need for people who can gather, test and communicate that information isn’t going to go away either. News organizations need new business models. We journalists are more likely to find those new models if we spend less time mourning what we’ve lost and more time exploring the new opportunities we have. If we journalists keep the bulk of our focus on the “news” piece of the word “newspaper,” we’ll realize that stories done by a “newspaper reporter” no longer are trapped in a static medium. News organizations also now find themselves out from under massive transportation and distribution costs. Those can be huge advantages as we proceed further into this new era. The ultimate irony here is that so many forms of new media still are dependent upon “old” media. I first learned about the CareerCast listing on a website. It was a newspaper’s website. •••••••••• Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. Email him at [email protected].

German courts will make ultimate decision By SIOBHÁN O’GRADY Foreign Policy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spent the last two years as head of state ensuring that if someone insults him, he doesn’t just find out about it — he does something about it. A doctor compares him to the fictional character of Gollum? Bring him to court. A teenage student questions his authority at a school assembly? Have him spend the night in jail. German comedian Jan Böhmermann sits beneath a framed portrait of Erdogan while on a German television show and reads a satirical poem accusing him of watching child porn and

Siobhán O’Grady repressing Turkish minorities, including Christians? Demand that Berlin prosecute him. On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who needs Turkey’s support in the ongoing refugee crisis, ceded to Erdogan’s request. “In a constitutional democracy, weighing up personal rights against freedom of the press

and freedom of expression is not a matter for governments, but for public prosecutors and courts,” Merkel said while announcing she has authorized German prosecutors to move forward with the case if they choose to. Böhmermann knew when he performed the poem on German broadcaster ZDF on March 31 that it could land him in hot water. Erdogan doesn’t let insults slide, and under German law, it is technically illegal to insult the representative of a foreign government. If a foreign leader wants to press charges against an individual for the insult, the German government needs to authorize it.

Merkel agrees the German comedian’s poem, inspired in part by Turkey’s earlier complaints about a separate satirical video, “Erdowie, Erdowa, Erdogan” that aired on German public broadcaster NDR last month, was “deliberately offensive.” Turkey summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a tongue-lashing over the original video, in a move that was seen as an attempt to export his crackdown on press freedom. Erdogan’s latest demands that he be able to prosecute Böhmermann appear to be a further extension of that exportation. Merkel insisted Friday that her decision to let the prosecution move forward does not indi-

cate she thinks Böhmermann is innocent or guilty, and said she hoped to take legal steps toward removing that provision from Germany’s criminal code. So the ball won’t be entirely in Erdogan’s court: It’s now up to Germany’s public prosecutors to decide if they want to take up the case. Even if that happens, it’s the German courts that will determine whether Böhmermann is actually guilty of breaking German law. •••••••••• O’Grady is a staff writer for Foreign Policy who previously worked at the Houston Chronicle’s Washington, D.C., bureau. Follow her on Twitter @siobhan_ogrady.

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Young, Stutzman carve out identities By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Republican Senate candidates Marlin Stutzman and Todd Young, who have both run as stalwart conservatives, tried to distinguish themselves from each other on foreign and domestic policy during a debate Monday that largely mimicked the outsider versus establishment dispute engulfing the GOP presidential primary. The tea-party backed Stutzman, who has frequently been at odds with Republican House leadership, sought to portray Young as someone who votes in

In review To visit INDIANAPOLIS — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans a rally in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Trump’s campaign website says the rally will be at 3 p.m. at the Indiana State Fairgrounds’ Elements Financial Blue Ribbon Pavilion. The Indiana primary is May 3. Trump is in a race for the GOP nomination with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Cruz is scheduled to be at a Thursday spring fundraising dinner for the Indiana GOP. Kasich did not have any Indiana events listed on his website as of this morning.

Charged SEATTLE — Prosecutors have accused a Seattle teen of fatally shooting a man, stealing his money and then posing with the victim’s gun in a picture she posted on Facebook after the killing. Seattlepi.com reports that the 16year-old was arrested last week in the death of Emmanuel Gondo, who was found shot to death in his car in February. Charging documents say the teen, who investigators described as a runaway, had planned to rob Gondo. A Seattle police detective says Gondo’s cellphone, gun and wallet were missing when they found his body.

Ruled SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Federal officials say a pilot’s “inadequate response” to mechanical problems and his decision to allow an unqualified passenger to handle airplane controls caused a crash that killed two people and injured three more. Fifty-eight-year-old pilot Wesley Caves and 60-year-old Steve Davis, a former University of Oklahoma quarterback, died March 17, 2013, after their private jet crashed into homes near an airport in South Bend, Indiana.

Feet printed CEDARBURG, Wis. — A duck who lost its feet to frostbite is waddling again thanks to a Wisconsin middle school teacher and a 3D printer. Vicki Rabe-Harrison rescued Phillip the duck and, after watching a video of a 3D printer online, turned to South Park Middle School teacher Jason Jischke in Oshkosh for help. Rabe-Harrison tells WBAY-TV that she was planning to put Phillip down when Jischke called to say his class was working on the project. It took them six weeks to get the prosthetic feet just right. —Associated Press

lock-step with establishment priorities while receiving financial backing from allies of GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Young sought to portray Stutzman as a career politician, first elected to office in his 20s, who has masqueraded as a political outsider at the expense of pragmatism and compromise. Stutzman, who co-owns his family’s farm operations in northern Indiana, and Young, an attorney from Bloomington, are seeking to replace retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Coats. Former U.S. Rep. Baron Hill is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

It was the only debate between the two candidates, both of whom were elected to Congress in 2010. The primary is May 3. The debate started off focusing on foreign policy and free trade agreements but eventually gave way to personal attacks, with the two arguing over whose brand of conservatism would serve the state best. “First thing you did was buy an $800,000 mansion and move to Washington D.C.,” Young told Stutzman. Stutzman countered that Young has held various federal government jobs and “already

been tasting the Potomac fever in Washington a lot longer than I have.” During the debate, Young repeatedly cited his experience as a former Marine intelligence officer and frequently mentioned that he previously defeated Hill. Stutzman emphasized his experience as a farmer and a businessman and said Young has not been a consistent conservative. Both criticized President Barack Obama. Stutzman and Young responded to questions on domestic issues such as health care policy and abortion, as well as foreign policy issues including

trade, Syria and the fight against the Islamic State group. Stutzman said he supported building a wall along the southern border with Mexico as GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed. He cited drug trafficking and national security as reasons that “we need to build a wall, we need to put up a fence.” Young did not directly answer the question when asked if he would support building a wall. Both men claim to be the true conservative in a primary race that has grown combative even though both have similar positions on many issues.

Houston flooded again By MICHAEL GRACZYK and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press

HOUSTON — As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation’s fourthlargest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least five people dead, Houston’s mayor said there was no immediate solution. Heavy flooding has become nearly an annual rite of passage in the practically sea-level city, where experts have long warned of the potential for catastrophe. “I regret anyone whose home is flooded again,” said Sylvester Turner, the city’s mayor, on Monday. “There’s nothing I can say that’s going to ease your frustration. We certainly can’t control the weather.” “A lot of rain coming in a very short period of time, there’s nothing you can do,” he added. Flash flooding and a 50 percent chance of more were possible today, a day after some areas saw water levels approaching 20 inches. The National Weather Service had the area under a flash flood watch through Wednesday morning. Scores of subdivisions were flooded and most schools remained closed although the city itself was returning to normal. Municipal offices reopened today and by midmorning, less than 10,000 CenterPoint Energy customers were with-

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Darius Simon, second from left, helps his mother Carol, evacuate her flooded apartment complex Monday along with his brother Dominique and son, Isaac Hernandez in Houston. Storms have dumped more than a foot of rain in the Houston area, flooding dozens of neighborhoods and forcing the closure of city offices and the suspension of public transit. out power, an improvement from 24 hours earlier when electricity outages topped 100,000. Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority resumed service and most highways within the city were open. Outside the city and into the suburbs of northwest Harris County, runoff from Monday’s rains forced creeks over their banks and forced more people to evacuate their homes overnight. “It’s going to have to trickle its way through the city of Houston and to Galveston Bay,” Fran-

cisco Sanchez, a county spokesman said. In addition to its location, Houston’s “gumbo” soft soil, fast-growing population and building boom that has turned empty pastures into housing developments all over the city’s suburbs and exurbs make it vulnerable to high waters. Harris County has seen a 30 percent jump in population since 2000. Its surrounding counties have almost grown more than 10 percent since 2000, according to the Greater Houston Partnership, a business group.

Some of the resulting developments include adequate greenspace for water runoff, but not all of them do, said Philip Bedient, an engineering professor at Rice University. “Could we have engineered our way out of this?” Bedient said. “Only if we started talking about alterations 35 or 40 years ago.” Samuel Brody, director of the Environmental Planning & Sustainability Research Unit at Texas A&M University, last year called Houston “the No. 1 city in America to

be injured and die in a flood.” Rainstorms last year over Memorial Day weekend caused major flooding that required authorities to rescue 20 people, most of them drivers, from high water. Drivers abandoned at least 2,500 vehicles, and more than 1,000 homes were damaged in the rain. The year before, flash flooding in Houston and suburban counties left cars trapped on major highways. Those storms still pale in comparison to the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Ike in 2008 and Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. Allison left behind $5 billion in damages and flooded parts of downtown and the Texas Medical Center, which sits near the Brays Bayou, a key watershed. Bedient has worked with the Texas Medical Center on better preparing its facilities for massive rainfall, including the use of a sophisticated weather alert system that gives the medical center extra time to activate gates and doors that block excess rainwater. Improving the monitoring of specific watersheds and flood-prone areas might give affected residents the extra bit of time they need to save lives and take protective measures. “We can’t solve this flood problem in Houston,” Bedient said. “All we can do is a better job warning.”

Commissioners ... Continued from page 1 Commissioners also discussed early consideration of budget proposals for 2017 in an effort to get a better handle on county government spending. One possibility, suggested by county auditor Anna Culy, would be for elected officials to take a one-year pay freeze. “We’ll look at everything,” said commissioner Faron Parr, not ruling out a pay-freeze.

“A person who’s in this position for the money is in it for the wrong reason,” said commissioner Jim Zimmerman. In other business, commissioners: •Learned that a new Jay Emergency Medical Service ambulance has arrived and is being outfitted with radio equipment and medical supplies this week. •Discussed concerns about the

condition of the driveway to Freeman Scouting Facility near the Jay County Landfill. The facility will be the site of three Jefferson Township polling places on Election Day, May 3. Commissioners will be contacting staff at the landfill in an attempt to have the drive repaired in time. •Approved revised policies and procedures for JEMS. •Said no date has yet been set

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Council ... Continued from page 1 Council also approved to send a tax abatement request to its tax abatement advisory committee for Dayton Progress, 1314 N. Meridian St. Darrel Reeves of Dayton Progress requested an abatement for replacing two horizontal machining centers at a cost of $539,807. He said the replacement will result in the addition of one job a the company. Over the course of fiveyear abatement, the company would save $20,398.42 in taxes. In other business, council — Don Gillespie, Kent McClung, Michele Brewster, Judy Aker, Janet Powers, Bill Gibson and Mark Hedges: •Learned the first week of May is cleanup week. Geesaman said the city is pushing for more “pride of ownership” when it comes to the disposal of items during cleanup week. In the last meeting, council approved two new codeenforcement ordinances including moving the final date of lawn mowing to Oct. 15 and extending the

length of time to remove trash and debris from five to seven days. •Tabled a resolution that would declare U.S. 27 (Meridian Street) a national historic road while requesting more information. In a September city council meeting, Geesaman noted several counties were interested in making the highway a historic route. Gibson wondered if making the road historic would add any stipulations for the business owners on Meridian Street. Hedges asked if there were any costs associated with the plan as well as how it benefits the city. Geesaman said it would have the same notoriety as Route 66, but he would like someone from the U.S. Historic 27 Commission to make a presentation to local officials to explain the issue further. •Approved $2,250 for Geesaman to go on a trip June 14 through 17 to Washington D.C. with the East Central Indiana Regional Planning District to discuss issues in the city. Geesaman said he and other representatives from

for a public meeting to review changes in confined feeding operation setbacks recommended by the Jay County Plan Commission. •Appointed Tracy Huelskamp to the Jay County Public Library Board of Trustees. •Appointed Scott Benter, Pennville, and Rhonda Mock Short, Redkey, to the Jay County Tourism board.

Delaware, Grant and Henry will meet with U.S. senators and congressmen on different grants the city has received or are pending and ways to continue to help the region in terms of flooding, combined sewer overflows (CSOs) funding and improvements to the wastewater treatment plant. •Heard the Retail Merchant Association and Jay County Chamber of Commerce are partnering for Jay County Appreciation Day from 3 to 8 p.m. May 5, extending business hours to encourage residents to shop in Portland. •Heard from Geesaman about his meeting April 12 with members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and county representatives as they walked downtown and down the banks of the Salamonie River to talk about issues concerning flooding in the city. •Learned from Geesaman that Portland Water Park is on schedule for its opening Memorial Day weekend but advises residents the public is still not allowed in or around the park.

Continued from page 1 Vermillion and Greene counties traded positions at the opposite end of the rankings for the fourth straight month, this time with Vermillion posting the highest unemployment rate of 8.4 percent. Greene County followed at 8.2 percent. Area unemployment rates are as follows: Adams County: 4.6 percent, up 0.4 percentage points, 13th lowest.

Blackford County: 6.8 percent, down 0.4 percentage points, t-14th highest. Delaware County: 6.3 percent, up 0.1 percentage points, t-22nd highest. Jay County: 5.6 percent, down 0.1 percentage points, t-42nd highest. Randolph County: 5.6 percent, down 0.7 percentage points, t-42nd highest. Wells County: 4.5 percent, up 0.2 percentage points, t-10th lowest.

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President faces challenge Saudis feel they’ve been thrown a curveball By AYA BATRAWY and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When President Barack Obama arrives in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, he’ll face an increasingly assertive leadership still heavily dependent on U.S. weapons and military might that nonetheless has little trust in him and essentially believes it’s been thrown a curveball. The president is expected to push Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter and biggest buyer of American-made arms, and other Gulf allies for greater cooperation and military backing in the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. But Washington is also concerned about mounting civilian casualties and the expansion of alQaida’s active branch in Yemen amid the chaos spread by the Saudi-led war there, as well as Saudi Arabia and Iran’s aggressive foreign policy stances that are exacerbating sectarian bloodshed across the Middle East. Another messy, unspoken hurdle to trudge past is Obama’s

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In this Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama participates in a receiving line with the Saudi Arabian King, Salman bin Abdul Aziz, at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When Obama arrives in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, he’ll face an increasingly assertive Saudi leadership still heavily dependent on U.S. weapons. recent comments to The Atlantic magazine, in which he said Saudi Arabia and its nemesis Iran need to “share the neighborhood” rather than expect the United States to use its military power to settle scores on behalf of its Gulf allies. In the interview, Obama also described Gulf countries, among others, as “free riders” that show “an unwillingness to put any skin in the game” when it comes to their own regional security. When asked to respond, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told reporters in Riyadh he wouldn’t comment on statements attributed to the president in magazines,

but asserted that the kingdom evaluates its relationship with the U.S. based on Washington’s commitment to promises made. In a rare open letter to Obama, a prominent Saudi prince explained his view of the Obama administration’s commitment to the kingdom. Prince Turki Al-Faisal, who once headed the kingdom’s intelligence agency, wrote in response to The Atlantic interview that the president had given King Salman assurances in Washington last September on the need to counter Iran’s “destabilizing activities,” but “now, you throw us a curveball.”

He rejected Obama’s characterization of Saudis as “free riders” before asking Obama if he had “pivoted to Iran so much” that he’d equated Saudi Arabia’s long-standing friendship with the U.S. to Iran’s leadership. Even before the interview, Saudi leaders were frustrated with the Obama administration for securing a nuclear agreement with Iran that lifted U.N. sanctions against the Shiite-led country and opened it up to business with the West. Fahad Nazer, a senior political analyst at JTG Inc. and a former political analyst at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, said Prince Turki’s letter, published in Saudi newspapers, was “the tip of the iceberg.” There have been at least a dozen major opinion pieces in mainstream Saudi papers also expressing disappointment and dismay at what the president said. “Most of the opinion pieces obviously do not view Obama’s foreign policy in the region favorably,” Nazer said. “One of the themes many of them emphasized is that he’s abandoned the United States’ traditional leadership role in the region and left it to others.” While Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states are part of the U.S.-led coalition carrying out airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, Riyadh is unlikely to immediately offer greater support for the U.S.-led campaign without guarantees that this effort goes hand-in hand with the removal of Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is heavily backed by Russia and Iran.

Attack ... Continued from page 1 The blast was so powerful that it shattered windows and cracked building facades up to two miles away. After the explosion shredded part of the compound, other gunmen entered the facility, touching off a three-hour gun battle less than a mile away from the presidential palace and the Ministry of

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Defense in a densely-populated part of the city. The Taliban claimed responsibility, even as the number of people who are dead and wounded were still being counted. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani also just as quickly condemned the attack, saying in a statement that it was a sign that insurgents cannot defeat Afghan forces in a “face-to-face battle.”

The Health Ministry said 327 people were wounded, mostly civilian passersby. A police spokesman, Basir Mujahid, said by phone that “the death toll is between 28 and 30.” One worker at the intelligence agency, who gave his name only as Mehrabuddin, said he was resting on a bed when the blast struck. “I rushed out of the room

and was hit by debris, bricks, shrapnel and flying glasses in the yard of the compound,” he said at Wazir Akbar Khan hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his head and stomach. He said about 50 officers were studying in a room whose ceiling was caved in by the explosion. “I do not know what happened to them,” he added.

A truck of the International Committee of the Red Cross later brought medical assistance to the hospital. Volunteers rushed to donate blood. The Taliban announced the start of its spring offensive April 12. Fighting has since flared around the northern city of Kunduz, Afghanistan’s fifth-largest city, but Kabul had remained relatively quiet.

In review Calling BEIRUT — The Syrian opposition coalition negotiating in Geneva said today there can be no solution in Syria with President Bashar Assad in power, and called for international monitors to observe a cessation of hostilities agreement that has all but collapsed. The head of the U.S. and Saudi-backed coalition, Riad Hijab, also called on the U.N. Security Council to take firm actions against violators.

Arrested ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities today detained 38 people suspected of “framing” soccer team Fenerbahce’s players and directors in a matchfixing investigation in 2011, as the government pressed ahead with a crackdown on supporters of a U.S.based Muslim cleric. The state-run Anadolu Agency said police had warrants for the arrest of 64 people.

To build DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates has announced plans for a $1 billion Warner Bros. theme park in Abu Dhabi, which will bring to the Middle East the studio’s popular superheroes and cartoon characters ranging from Bugs Bunny and Scooby-Doo to Batman and Superman. The first phase is scheduled to open in 2018 and will include a Warner Bros. branded hotel on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island. —Associated Press

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Raptors even series with win over Pacers TORONTO (AP) — Raptors AllStar DeMar DeRozan endured another difficult playoff performance. With the highest-scoring playoff game of his career, Jonas Valanciunas made sure DeRozan’s struggles didn’t matter. Valanciunas had 23 points and 15 rebounds, Kyle Lowry had 18 points, nine assists and seven rebounds and Toronto beat the Indiana Pacers 98-87 on Monday night. That snapped their postseason losing streak at seven games and evened the series 1-1. “We’ve all got to step up,” Valanciunas said. “It’s not an

individual sport. Some nights are tough for Kyle, some nights it’s tough for DeMar, tough for me. Everybody has tough times, so everybody has got to pull for each other.” Lowry said Valanciunas has become “an integral part” of Toronto’s offense. “He’s playing fantastic,” Lowry said. “He’s rolling hard, he’s rebounding the ball extremely well. When teams are trying to take myself and DeMar out, he’s got to have big games for us.” The Raptors had not won a playoff game since a 115-113 home victory over Brooklyn on April 30, 2014.

Paul George scored 28 points and Monta Ellis had 15 for the Pacers, who host Game 3 on Thursday night. Before then, George said, the Pacers have to find a way to slow down Valanciunas. “He’s been huge, literally,” George said. “We’re doing a good job on Kyle and DeMar but the third guy, Valanciunas, has stepped up. He’s who is causing us the problems right now and we’ve got to figure it out.” Toronto finished with 46 points in the paint, compared to Indiana’s 30, and the Raptors outrebounded the Pacers 44-33.

“We’ve got our hands full with their frontcourt,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. Corey Joseph scored 16 points, Patrick Patterson added 14 and DeRozan had 10 for the Raptors. Lowry and DeRozan both had poor shooting performances in Saturday’s Game 1 loss, combining to make eight of 32 attempts. Neither was particularly sharp in this one, either, with Lowry making four of 13 and DeRozan making five of 18. Lowry still found a way to make an impact by turning provider. He had five assists in the first quarter.

DeRozan, however, never seemed to find his rhythm and spent the fourth quarter on the bench as Lowry and Toronto’s reserves pulled away from the Pacers. “I think he understands that group was rolling pretty well,” coach Dwane Casey said. DeRozan did not attempt a free throw. Valanciunas scored 13 points in the first quarter and added six rebounds as Toronto used a 19-3 run to lead 27-16 after one, thanks to an 18-2 edge on points in the paint. George picked up his second foul with 4:34 left in the first and had to sit.

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Jay Houck, a Jay County High School junior, shoots from a sand trap and on to the sixth green Monday during a dual match with the Delta Eagles at Portland Golf Club. Houck saved par, and went on to finish with a 46 as the Patriots lost to the Eagles 154-168.

Shoots ... Continued from page 10 “I need to get better at reading greens,” Haines said, noting that his putt on the eighth hole had a late break he wasn’t anticipating. “As for No. 9, my approach shot was a little too far to the left. I would like to be able to dial in my iron shots in the future to set myself up for easier birdie putts.” Kyler Hudson finished with a 40 as the No. 2 score for Jay County (11). He rebounded from a double bogey and bogey to open his round to make birdie on the third hole. His second shot on the third hole came to rest on the left side of the green, and he was faced with about a 12-foot putt with a slight right-toleft break. The junior sank it for the only birdie of his round.

Collin Haines also birdied the third hole, but it didn’t appear as if he’d have a chance after his tee shot went left of the fairway on the other side of a creek. Rather than trying to punch it through the trees and utility poles and on to the fairway, he opted to go over top and his ball landed on the green above the pin. The sophomore had a straight, 10foot putt on a downslope fall in the cup for his second birdie. He was 1under through three holes and 2over after six. He finished with a 44. Jay Houck closed out the Patriots’ team score with a 46, a round that started with a two-stroke penalty for hitting a ball that wasn’t his and then three-putting for a 9. He was 6over par on the other eight holes.

“It’s penalty strokes and concentrating with putting,” said JCHS coach Butch Gray, whose team hosts Bluffton at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. “We all need to develop short term memory. If you mess up, just go on. “I’m not unhappy with them at all. It is early in the year. They all think they ought to be playing better.” Also competing at the varsity level were Nick Hayden and Ian James, who shot a 51 and 54 respectively. The Patriots’ junior varsity team also lost, 232-187. Spencer Calvert led the Patriots with a 54, and Auston Rittenhouse was one stroke behind. Xavier Ninde carded a 62, and Matthew Franks finished with a 63.

Loses ... Continued from page 10 Jay County fell to 1-2 on the season. At No. 1 singles, Kyra Braun dropped the first set 6-0 and had a rally fall short in the second, losing 7-5 to Mariah Roberts. Shelby McClain lost to Grace Retter 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, and No. 3 singles player Megan Johnson lost to Emily White, 6-1, 6-3. Braun and Johnson both fell to 2-1 on the season, and McClain dropped to 12. The Patriots’ No. 1 doubles team of Abby Reier and Abby Saxman (0-3) fell to Miranda Winningham and Leah Wren 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Audrey Dirksen and Kayla Dirksen (1-2) fell at No. 2

doubles 6-4, 7-5 to Leah Malkey and Shelby Moreland. Jay County’s junior varsity team won, 5-2. Francine Muhlenkamp defeated Megan Brown at No. 1 singles 8-3. Cassie Reno and Brittany Snell won at No. 3 doubles, 6-2.

Rhegan Shimp drilled a double, and Kailee Denney added a single. Kaylee Inman earned her third victory in as many starts, giving up 10 hits, striking out three and allowing one walk. The Patriots moved to 4-1 on the year.

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Two runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings Monday propelled the Jay County junior varsity softball team to an 8-5 win over the St. Henry Redskins. Randi Ferguson was 2for-2 with a run, and Maggie Pryor had one hit and scored twice. Shelby Caldwell had three hits, scored twice and tallied one RBI.

PARKER CITY — The West Jay Middle School girls track team finished first Monday in a quad meet at Monroe Central. The Eagles tallied 78 points, with East Jay finishing runner up with 49 points. Monroe Central scored 40 points for third and Union City was last with 17 points.

Calli Stigleman earned a pair of victories for the Eagles. She won the 100meter dash in 13.18 seconds, and claimed the top spot in the 200 dash in 27.6 seconds. She also anchored the winning 4x100 relay team, joining MaKenna Davis, Renee Omstead and Kensey Shannon for a time of 56.1 seconds. Sophia Fugiett won the 1,600 run in 6 minutes, 6 seconds, and Allison Jobe’s distance of 28 feet, 2 inches won shot put. Hallie Fields was first in long jump with a distance of 11 feet, 7 inches. East Jay results, as well as boys results, were not provided.

Sports on tap Scoreboard NBA Playof fs Toronto 98, Indiana 87 Dallas 85, Oklahoma City 84 Golden State 115, Houston 106 Major League Baseball Colorado 5, Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 0 L.A. Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 0 Toronto 4, Boston 3 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 2 Miami 6, Washington 1

Local schedule Today Jay County — Track vs. Bluffton – 5 p.m.; Girls tennis vs. Frankton – 5 p.m.; Baseball vs. Norwell – 5 p.m. Fort Recovery — Track at New Bremen quad – 4:30 p.m.; Baseball at Parkway – 5 p.m.; Softball vs. Parkway – 5 p.m.; JV baseball vs. Parkway – 5 p.m.; Middle school track at Ansonia Relays – 4:30 p.m. South Adams — Girls tennis at Muncie Central – 5 p.m.; Softball at Heritage – 5

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Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox (WNDY-23) 8 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks, game 2 (TNT) 9:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoffs – Anaheim Ducks at Nashville Predators, game 3 (USA) 10:30 p.m. — NBA Playoffs: Memphis Grizzlies at San Antonio Spurs (TNT)

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Wednesday 2 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox (WNDY-23)

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Continued from page 10 But there are also names like David Eckstein, Scott Brosius, Pat Borders and Bucky Dent, not exactly a Murderers’ Row at the plate but a group of players who made the most of their opportunity on the big stage. The last man on that list hit a measly 40 home runs in an 11-year Major League Baseball career. But one of them was a three-run shot in a onegame playoff against the Boston Red Sox in 1978, and he went on to win the World Series MVP by hitting .417 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (He was a .247 career hitter.) don’t Opportunities just come in big games; they come in every game. There’s always a chance to make an impact. The Patriots were reminded of that Saturday. County High Jay School found itself trailing the Centerville Bulldogs 3-0 midway through the third inning of the opening game of a doubleheader. It had the looks of being a long day at Don E. Selvey Field. How quickly things changed. An inning later, the Patriots had pulled to within 3-2. Walks to Andy Kohler, Wyatt Geesaman and Ryan Schlechty loaded the bases. With the No. 9 hitter at the plate, the logical path would have seemed to be for Mitchel Frasher to look for another free pass, tie the game and let the top of the order try to break it open. The sophomore had something bigger in store. After taking a couple of pitches from Centerville’s Matt Stamper, Frasher turned on the third and sent it soaring to left field. He knew he had hit the ball well, but instead of watching it fly he put his head down and hustled down the firstbase line. It wasn’t until first-base coach Josh Selvey gave him a high five that he knew the ball had cleared the fence for a grand slam. Frasher’s blast turned the tide of the game, and an inning later JCHS walked off the field early with a 10-run victory. The second game brought another unlikely hero. The Patriots were locked in a 4-4 tie through three innings, but were

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Anyone can be the hero. When baseball fanatics opine about what makes their favorite game special, that should be one of the top items on the list. Everyone has the chance to make a mark on a game. It’s not like football, in which play calling and position tend to dictate who has the greatest impact on a game. And it’s not like basketball, in which certain players are always going to have the ball in their hands in key moments. In baseball, every player gets his chance to make an impact. It doesn’t matter if he is the leadoff hitter or the No. 9 hitter, or anywhere in between, he is going to get his chance to come to the plate. And it doesn’t matter if he’s the star shortstop or the right fielder; there will come a time to make a play. All we need to do to prove the point is look at the list of World Series MVPs. Sure, there are names like Manny Ramirez, Mariano Rivera, Pete Rose and Sandy Koufax, greats of the game. See Insight page 9

Kyler Hudson set a new careerbest score in the first meet of the season. Monday, it was Graham Haines’ turn. Haines, a senior, posted a 38 for a new career-low as the Jay County High School boys golf team lost to the Delta Eagles 154-168 at Portland Golf Club. “It’s definitely encouraging,” said Haines, who had a frustrating 89 on Saturday in the Monroe Central Invitational. “It feels good to go out and play like I know I’m capable of and only have a few things I wish I would have done differently.” One of those instances could be the 385-yard, par-4 third hole, on which Haines had a double bogey to be 2-over-par after three holes. But he didn’t let the double affect the rest of his round, as he made par on the fourth, bogeyed the fifth and birdied the 471-yard par4 sixth to sit at 2-over with three holes to play. “I just tried to keep the same mindset that I would if I would have birdied the hole,” he said. “I’ve been focusing on that recently, just trying to move on to the next shot whether it’s good or bad. “It’s worked out pretty well.” Haines closed out his round with two pars and a bogey. He had a par putt on the 129-yard par-3 The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz eighth hole miss just to the left by 6 inches, and he left a 20-foot Jay County High School senior Graham Haines chips on to the eighth green during a dual birdie putt on the ninth hole 2 feet match with the Dela Eagles on Monday at Portland Golf Club. Haines shot a career-best 38 to lead short. the Patriots in a 154-168 loss to the Eagles. See Shoots page 9

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ST. HENRY, Ohio — The Patriots were nine outs away from their first win of the season. Jay County High School’s softball team fell victim to a late rally Monday in a 14-13 loss to the St. Henry Redskins. The Patriots (0-6) had a 9-3 lead after four innings, and scored three more runs in the top of the fifth for a 12-3 advantage. But in the bottom of the fifth, the host Redskins struck for nine runs to tie the game. After Jay County went back on top 13-12 in the top of the sixth

Jay County roundup inning, St. Henry pushed across two runs in the bottom of the frame and held JCHS scoreless in the seventh for the win. Kady Finnerty led the Patriot offense with three hits and four RBIs. Chloe Trissel had three extrabase hits, smacking two doubles and her second triple of the season.

Emily Corn drove in two runs on three hits, and Kensey Litton also had three hits. Gabby Hart and Blaize Miller each tallied two singles. McKayla Norris suffered the loss, allowing 12 runs on 10 hits. She also struck out three. Rachel Antrim pitched in relief, allowing two runs on three hits.

Tennis shut out WINCHESTER — Jay County’s girls tennis team was shut out 5-0 by the Winchester Golden Falcons on Monday. See Loses page 9

Tribe trounces Tigers, Hobbs ties win record ANSONIA, Ohio — The Indians jumped on the board early. Then they poured it on in the next four innings. And Jackson Hobbs is one win away from a school record. Fort Recovery High School’s baseball team used an 11-run second inning to trounce the Ansonia Tigers 27-0 in five innings on Monday. With the win, Jackson Hobbs — who threw two hitless innings and struck out three on 20 pitches — tied Dale “Whitey” Bruns with 26 career victories. He will start Thursday when Fort Recovery (10-3) travels to Versailles. Jacob Homan led all players with four hits, including two doubles, and drove in six runs. Cade Wendel was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, and Hobbs had a double with three RBIs as well. Will Homan and Ben Homan drove in four and three runs respectively, and Chase Bruns had two hits and scored twice. Jacob Homan pitched in relief of Hobbs, allowing one hit, walking one and striking out tow in three innings.

Tribe loses late CELINA, Ohio — An eight-run sixth inning was too much for the Fort Recovery softball team in a 16-6 loss to the Celina Bulldogs on Monday. Fort Recovery (1-11) scored five times in the fourth inning to trail 7-6 before the Bulldogs extended their lead with a run in the fifth inning. Celina doubled its score in the sixth for the run-rule victory. Audra Metzger led the Indians with a double and a single. She was one of six players to score a run. Chelsea Timmer-

Local roundup man had a single and two RBIs. Logan Ranly, Tori Vaughn, Taylor Thien and Whitney Will each had one hit. Timmerman took the loss. She allowed 16 runs — four earned — on 14 hits in 5 2/3 innings. She struck out three and walked two.

Stars top Raiders PONETO — The South Adams baseball team scored four runs in each of the third and sixth innings Monday in a 9-1 victory against Southern Wells. The Starfires (3-4) jumped on top in the third inning thanks to RBIs from Joe Stuber and Tyler Sprunger. Southern Wells scored its only run in the bottom of the third on a solo home run from Evan Huffman. South Adams added an insurance run in fifth inning before putting the game out of reach in the sixth. Sprunger had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Starfires. Isaiah Baumgartner and Mark Clary each had two hits. Jayden Dull, Corbin Blomeke, Terry Dawn, Braxton Haight, Marcus Teeter and Stuber had one hit each. Clary earned the win, scattering four hits over 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked one.