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C-12 Opinion Wednesday, July 11, 2018 The Press-Dispatch Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Charles Baughn charged with count I dealing in methamphetamine, a level 3 felony, count II possession of meth- amphetamine, count III maintaining a common nuisance - controlled sub- stances, count IV possession of a con- trolled substance, and count V traf- ficking with an inmate. Alexis Brough charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 5 felony, count II maintaining a common nuisance - controlled sub- stances and count III possession of a controlled substance. Theresa J. Loveless charged with count I arson, a level 4 felony, count II arson with intent to defraud, count III insurance fraud and count IV forgery. Theresa K. Perry charged with count I operating a vehicle while in- toxicated, a level 6 felony, and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicat- ed - prior. Joshua D. Kinman charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of a controlled substance. Rhonda A. Neukam charged with count I maintaining a common nui- sance - controlled substances, a lev- el 6 felony, and count II possession of methamphetamine. In re: search warrant. In re: search warrant. In re: search warrant. In re: search warrant. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANORS Pike Circuit Court Davonte L. Carter charged with possession of marijuana. Jordan A. Freeland charged with count I operating a motor vehicle with- out ever receiving a license and count II reckless driving. Daniel D. Hedinger charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II possession of paraphernalia. Jeffrey L. Fingers II charged with possession of marijuana. Khal Washington aka Khalil Wash- ington charged with possession of marijuana. Brett Austin Williams charged with illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage. Santos Carabantos charged with op- erating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license. Joseph A. Schaefer charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Dakota M. Bayer charged with op- erating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more and count II illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage. Kevin J. Criollo charged with pos- session of marijuana. McKenzie L. Hicks charged with possession of marijuana. Erick A. Perez charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II operating a motor vehicle without ev- er receiving a license. Tabitha N. Kline charged with pos- session of marijuana. Eric Pollock charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Isaac Randall Meyer charged with count I public intoxication and count II disorderly conduct. Andrew J. Keaton charged with pos- session of marijuana. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Professional and Business Collec- tions sues Molly J. Bush on complaint. Jeremy Drew sues State of Indiana on complaint. Gateway Financial Solutions sues Christopher Heiple on complaint. Mindy M. Gayhart sues John E. Gayhart for dissolution of marriage. In re: Reciprocal Support Petition from Commonwealth of Kentucky to William W. Wilkins. Cathi Myers sues Regean Myers for dissolution of marriage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Hoosier Accounts Services sues Bradley W. Burkhart on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues Richard L. McDowell on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues Elizabeth R. Bingle on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues Sara J. McQueen on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues Jada L. Bruce on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues Er- ic Hayes on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues An- geline H. Vanwinkle on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues Ar- iel C. Eck on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Services sues Chad A. Norris on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Paula Davis charged with open al- coholic beverage container during op- eration of a motor vehicle. Eric Brown charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Dustin Clark charged with driving while suspended. Samantha Durcholz charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Kathryn Gutierrez charged with driving while suspended. Cameron Howland charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Katherine Jones charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Daniel Maley charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Andrew Matuszak charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Janessa McCracken charged with seatbelt violation. Christina Norrick charged with open alcoholic beverage container during operation of a motor vehicle. Jeffrey Padgett charged with speed- ing, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Katelyn Reyes Ramos charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Andres Santana charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Christopher Smith charged with speeding, 68 mph in a 55 zone. Dakota Snow charged with speed- ing, 60 mph in a 45 zone. Kole Terwiske charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Kathy Brasher charged with speed- ing, 91 mph in a 70 zone. Patrick Dwyer charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Andrew Long, Jr. charged with seat- belt violation. Aaron Ostoj charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Jacquelynn Parks charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Zachary Skinner charged with seat- belt violation. Eddie Tisdale, Jr. charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Monique Chitwood charged with speeding, 74 mph in a 55 zone. Alyssa Kirkham charged with speeding, 99 mph in a 70 zone. Kristian Young charged with speed- ing, 106 mph in a 70 zone. Roy Hedge charged with driving while suspended. Continued from page 11 whom don't speak English at home, should have a so- cialist representing them in Congress. The problem with Joe Crowley, according to Oc- asio-Cortez, was that al- though he is a liberal, he's not far enough left. He's not a socialist, and therefore out of touch with the Hispanics, blacks and Asians in this dis- trict. Sorry, it's not my idea of good representation to tell constituents that their lives will be improved if the Unit- ed States becomes more like the failed, problematic plac- es that many of them, and their forebears, left to come here. Consider Puerto Rico, where Ocasio-Cortez trac- es her roots, which is an eco- nomic basket case, as result of the same kind of big gov- ernment ideas that Ocasio- Cortez is telling the constit- uents of New York 14 they need for a better life. According to recent con- gressional testimony of Desmond Lachman of the America Enterprise Insti- tute, "Over the past decade, the Puerto Rican economy has shrunk 10 percent while more than 10 percent of its population has migrated to the mainland. At the same time its unemployment rate remains over 12 percent and barely 40 percent of the its population participates in the labor market. "Puerto Rico's public fi- nances have become seri- ously compromised in large measure due to years of economic mismanagement. This has led to a large pub- lic deficit, an excessive pub- lic debt to GNP ratio, and a very large amount of un- funded pension liabilities." While Ocasio-Cortez has gained voters by promising everyone a free lunch paid for by the U.S. government, the Congressional Budget Office is issuing warnings of the same problems in our nation — huge deficits and crushing national debt — that has crippled Puerto Ri- co. Although New York 14 is very different from the aver- age American congressional district, the demographic changes of our nation are headed in that direction. Per the Census Bureau, over 50 percent of Ameri- cans today age 5 and below are not white. We need to be running candidates in every district around America who under- stand and are committed to the principles of freedom and limited government that created the great na- tion to which so many want to come. This is what our minor- ities and youth need to be hearing. Unfortunately, too often they are being abandoned to the distortions of left- wing demagogues like Oc- asio-Cortez. We need candidates that are as clear and passionate about the truth of freedom as Alexandria Ocasio-Cor- tez is about the lies of so- cialism. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Cen- ter for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. CORTEZ grossly inferior to predom- inately white schools and are in cities where blacks hold considerable political power, such as Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago and Phil- adelphia. In these and oth- er cities, it's not uncommon for there to be high schools where less than 17 percent of the students test profi- cient in reading, and often not a single student in such schools tests proficient in math. Nonetheless, many re- ceive high school diplomas. It's inconceivable that col- lege administrators are un- aware that they are admit- ting students who are ill- prepared and have difficul- ty performing at the college level. There's no way that four or five years of college can repair the academic damage done to black stu- dents throughout their 13 years of primary and sec- ondary education. Partial proof is black student perfor- mance at the postgraduate level, such as in law school. Their disadvantage is exag- gerated when they are ad- mitted to prestigious Ivy League law schools. It's as if you asked a trainer to teach you how to box and the first fight he got you was with An- thony Joshua or Floyd May- weather. You might have the potential to ultimately be a good boxer, but you're going to get your brains beaten out before you learn how to bob and weave. The fact that black stu- dents have low class rank- ings at such high-powered law schools as Penn doesn't mean that they are stupid or uneducable. It means that they've been admitted to schools where they are in over their heads. To ad- mit these students makes white liberals feel better about themselves, helps support the jobs of black and white university personnel in charge of diversity and inclusion. The question for black people is whether we can afford to have the best of our youngsters demeaned, degraded and possibly de- stroyed to make white liber- als feel better about them- selves. You might ask, "Wil- liams, without affirmative action, what would the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Law School do about diversity and inclusion? " I'd say that's Penn's problem. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 11 STUDENTS Continued from page 11 walking through life. Ex- panded consciousness can- not be described. It must be experienced. It supersedes thought. Is pot cheating? We take drugs for physical ailments; why shouldn't we take them for spiritual sick- ness? It is medicine for the soul, an ever-changing self- improvement guide. It's true that I return to my normal self the next day. But even a glimpse of truth changes you. Every moment think: How do I conduct myself in the eyes of God? Every day is an offering to God. We are souls, not only bodies. Relationships are between souls." It is noteworthy that the essence of getting high or stoned is to find truth and reality. The apos- tle John wrote in his gos- pel, "For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Je- sus Christ." The Law of Moses de- clares to the world sin is the enemy of truth and that Je- sus came to set humanity free from the bondage of sin, death, and delusions of sin. Again John writes in his gospel that spirituality is a mindset that exists within the natural realm of the sens- es and needs no help: [Je- sus declares] "God is Spir- it, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." Want to find God? The modern spiritualists say "ex- pand the mind." Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father [God] except through Me." To Know Jesus means that you know God. To em- brace the spiritual truths of the Savior means you have found and realized God. Drug intoxication as a means to find god is a Tro- jan horse. You seek to find something beyond the sens- es when knowing God is available to all during dai- ly life. Think about it. JUNKIE Continued from page 11 THRIVING Continued from page 11 NIAGARA it's the lowest in 65 years and soon will be the lowest in history." That's not to say the TCJA deserves all the credit. As Mr. Trump pointed out, it also helps that we're addressing what is sometimes called "the hidden tax": regulation. "I think the cutting of regulations maybe had just as big an impact" as the tax cut, he said. Con- sidering the way in which over-regu- lation imposes numerous costs on the economy, I think he has a point. I was also glad to hear Mr. Trump highlight other features of the TCJA, such as allowing "expensing" — a fan- cy word for letting companies deduct, as he put it, "every single penny of in- vestment in new equipment — and re- ducing the burden of the death tax. These changes are playing a big role in the success of the legislation. It was gratifying to hear the pres- ident note the help of The Heritage Foundation as he spoke of all the eco- nomic benefits. He included Heritage President Kay Coles James in a list of other leaders who have been instru- mental, including Juanita Duggan, the head of the National Federation of In- dependent Businesses, or NFIB. Mind you, there's still work to be do- ne. There's much we can do to simpli- fy our byzantine tax code, and make it flatter and fairer to all Americans. And we must do something to finally cure Washington's out-of-control spending addiction. But the TCJA is off to a great start. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heri- tage Foundation (heritage.org). She is very devout in her faith, prays a lot, keeps a rosary and a prayer book by her side everywhere she goes. She worked as an elementary school teacher until her retirement. She dearly loves family and can recall names of everyone of her children, in laws, grandchildren and great grand- children. In her room she has pictures of family which my sisters keep updat- ed. She keeps sacred pictures and sa- cred images as a reminder of her faith. She eats well and tries to always have a balanced diet, and drinks warm tea after her meals. Lately I noticed she tends to repeat her questions but that does not happen often. Hey, at her age, one is entitled to have some flaws. I hope and pray she continues to do well and be comfortable and well cared for. • • • The area where my sisters live, which is the Canadian side of Niaga- ra Falls, is a mix of a busy commercial district, with lots of souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels, casinos, and en- tertainment centers. Surprisingly the residential areas are just a few blocks from the commercial center. The first few blocks are made up of older homes, and then further down the main roads, very beautiful new residential homes have sprouted. I learned from my brother in laws that growth of the region is strictly con- trolled by the government and that is a good thing. I would hate seeing too much modernization and high rise buildings spoil the beauty and peace- fulness of the region. Many retirees from the bigger cit- ies such as Toronto and neighbor- ing big urban sections are starting to move into the Falls and the neighbor- ing cities. So, in a few more decades, the area will continue to change it's geography and character. I'm sure with progress, good and not so good things happen. Of course, I did see the amazing Falls, both the American side and the Canadian side. One can stare at the beauty of this gift of Nature with- out ever getting tired or not getting fascinated. The sidewalk where peo- ple view the falls is filled with all sorts of tourists from all over the world. It's where you see people of different col- ors, wearing different costumes, and different ages as they stop and gaze at the thunderous cascade of water mixed with the mist and frequent ap- pearance of rainbows. The mist keeps the spectators cool and a little moist. On the evening of Ju- ly 4th, the falls was lit up with red, blue and white lights while the fireworks and music was played to entertain the thousands of visitors. What a sight. A fter a few days of staying with my sisters,it was time to go home and bid good bye and head back to my favorite place. For there is no place like home, and sleeping on one's own bed. • • • I think it is appropriate to read up on these scripture materials about longevity: Proverbs 10 :27; Deuteron- omy 5:16 and 33 and Philippians 4:4- 8 . Have a blessed week!