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C-14 Opinion Wednesday, July 19, 2017 The Press-Dispatch modernizing and expanding their military capabilities. North Korea has been rat- tling its nuclear saber with even more noise than usual. And the terrorist threat isn't going away tomorrow. That's why it's good the Senate and the House Armed Services commit- tees have authorized more resources for the Depart- ment of Defense than what the Trump administration asked for. It's an encour- aging sign that lawmakers recognize how bad the situ- ation is, and are prepared to do something about it. But we have to keep press- ing Congress to do the right thing. A fter all, we're in this situation precisely because lawmakers have refused time and again to prioritize, and make hard decisions when it comes to spending. Members of Congress need not resign themselves to passing another bad bud- get deal that increases both defense and non-defense spending. Instead, they should take this opportuni- ty to prioritize national de- fense within the current law budget cap. "The national debt cur- rently hovers around $20 trillion," notes Justin Bo- gie, a senior policy analyst in fiscal affairs at Heritage. "With self-proclaimed defi- cit hawks controlling Con- gress and the White House, when will there be a better opportunity to make spend- ing cuts and reshape the fed- eral bureaucracy? A rebuilding effort will take time. One year won't be enough. The Defense Department says it needs annual budget growth of 3 percent just to "maintain the competitive level." To go beyond that and repair the damage it as sustained thus far — to restore U.S. mili- tary power to acceptable lev- els — will require more like 5 percent growth for sever- al years. When you consider the huge amount of waste in the federal budget, and the com- pelling need to defend our- selves, our interests and our allies, can Congress honest- ly say that's not possible? Ed Feulner is the president of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). Continued from page 13 SPENDING Continued from page 13 MEMORY ity of its kind in the world. But Derrian's Medicaid in- surance provider refused to sign off on it. Indiana- based Anthem ruled in-pa- tient PWS treatment was not medically necessary. No words exist how to answer the denial that this treatment is "not medically necessary." Be mindful a human, not a machine, made this deci- sion. Anthem did not push an underling out in front of a camera. They just released a statement of babble. Unlike Charlie Gard, Darrian had doctors on his side:" Derrian's doctors at the IU School of Medicine believe the comprehensive treatment was crucial. They wrote a 3-page letter to An- them saying, "It is impera- tive that Derrian be strongly considered for admission in- to... (the) Prader-Willi Syn- drome treatment program at The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh." Anthem refused. Here is where we find our- selves in 2017. Lacking com- passion on a young man who is suffering beyond descrip- tion, denied help for a rare disorder where there might be some hope for him. Sadly, Derrian J. Baker died in April: his obituary reads "Derri waved his final goodbye and left this earth surrounded by his loving parents." Jesus said, "It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble." America needs to shake it- self from this cult of death. A lot of adults and children are being offended. Think about it! Continued from page 13 DEATH Continued from page 13 CRUELTY Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit court James R. Haley charged with domes- tic battery, a level 6 felony. Cynthia Knepp charged with domes- tic battery, a level 6 felony. Natasha M. Spruell charged with count I unlawful possession or use of a legend drug, a level 6 felony, count II possession of a controlled substance, count III possession of marijuana and count IV possession of paraphernalia. Kelly R. Freeland charged with count I intimidation, a level 6 felony, and count II disorderly conduct. Luis O. Palma charged with count I possession of altered handgun, a level 5 felony, count II possession of meth- amphetamine, count III unlawful pos- session of syringe and count IV oper- ating a vehicle while intoxicated, en- dangering a person. Wesley J. Brown charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 5 felony, count II unlawful pos- session or use of a legend drug, count III maintaining a common nuisance - controlled substances, count IV and V theft and count VI possession of mar- ijuana. Hunter W. Brown charged with maintaining a common nuisance - controlled substances, a level 6 felo- ny, count II possession of metham- phetamine and count III possession of marijuana. In re: search warrant. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court David Stanley charged with public in- toxication. Margaret A. Stillwell charged with count I driving while suspended and count II operating a vehicle while in- toxicated. Jeffery M. Harding charged with op- erating a vehicle while intoxicated. Joseph R. Farley charged with pub- lic intoxication. Austin L. Wells charged with posses- sion of paraphernalia. Nathan A. Houchin charged with driving while suspended. Anthony L. Scheu charged with oper- ating a vehicle while intoxicated. Kelly M. Baker charged with posses- sion of paraphernalia. Tiffany M. Davidson charged with driving while suspended. Cheyenne L. Jones charged with visit- ing a common nuisance- controlled sub- stances. Charles B. Woodhull, Jr. charged with visiting a common nuisance- controlled substances. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Midland Funding, LLC sues Jamie Jines on complaint. Jefferson Capital Systems sues Mark A. Kinder on complaint. Federal National Mortgage Associa- tion sues Everett E. Vaughn and the un- known tenant on complaint. Synchrony Bank sues Ashley Ryan on complaint. Jennifer Roberts sues Nathan Rob- erts for dissolution of marriage. Amie Lynn Boger sues Jeffrey Steven Boger for dissolution of marriage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Ohio Valley Gas, Inc. sues Conor Miles on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Jen- nifer L. Hunt on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Bran- don Harvey on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Amanda N. Adams on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues The- resa M. Kortea on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Janet L. Mulkey on complaint. Hoosier Account Service sues Sum- mer Sutt on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Denim Dorsey charged with oper- ating a motor vehicle with a fictitious plate. James Haley charged with speeding, 74 mph in a 55 zone. Erin Loehr charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Garrett Manges charged with speed- ing, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Tyler Pride charged with no valid driver's license. Brad Schaefer charged with speed- ing, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Carson Terrell charged with speed- ing, 89 mph in a 70 zone. Rustin Ward charged with safety belt violation. Lea Weathers charged with failure to register- transferred plate. Teyon Wing charged with driving while suspended. Daniel Carr charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Krista Fields charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Kiera Gathings charged with operat- ing with expired plates. Allison Hale charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Sun Young Kim charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Rachel Knepp charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Chemy Savary charged with failure to yield right-of-way to emergency vehicle. Thomas Scott charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. McKenzie Shipley charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Jacob Slick charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Kelly Wiggs charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Travis Wood charged with safety belt violation. Alice Ramsey charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Marc Bozikis charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Garrett Manges charged with speed- ing, 64 in a 35 zone. Logan Culver charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Tai Kien charged with speeding, 87 mph in a 70 zone. Mark Mallory charged with driving while suspended. Andy Turpen charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Denise Wilbourn charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Blake Merter charged with safety belt violation. Cole Petry charged with safety belt violation. Jenna Lindauer charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Lena Taake charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Candy Harmon charged with throw- ing a lighted cigarette, cigar or match from a moving motor vehicle. Curtis Akomanyi charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Kenya Blue charged with speeding, 87 mph in a 70 zone. Evan Brown charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Eric Bruin charged with speeding, 86 mph in a 70 zone. John Castagna charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. John Etnier charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Trevor Fox charged with speeding, 87 mph in a 70 zone. Lee Givens, Jr. charged with 84 mph in a 70 zone. Kyla Hedrick charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Courtney McGraw charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Miranda Merriman charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Tamara Omer charged with driving while suspended. Karen Schmitz charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Jack Shepard III charged with speed- ing, 87 mph in a 70 zone. Joel Suenram charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Andrew Thomas charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Bricem Thompson charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Paola Torres Aguilar charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Jayden Williams charged with speed- ing, 78 mph in a 55 zone. Joshua Wright charged with safety belt violation. Arshad Zarak charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Jill Barrett charged with speeding, 80 mph in a 70 zone. Keith Brock charged with safety belt violation. Tyler Chandler charged with speed- ing. 64 mph in a 55 zone. Ashley Chapman charged with speed- ing, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Travis Main charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Thanh Nguyen charged with speed- ing, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Francis Piersma, Jr. charged with count I child restraint system violation and count II failure of driver to use safe- ty belt. Lincoln Poehlein charged with safe- ty belt violation. Casey Simmons charged with speed- ing, 71 mph in a 55 zone. Prentice Stafford charged with fail- ure to comply with law enforcement. Judy Thomas charged with failure to use safety belt. Jessica Weir charged with speeding, 90 mph in a 70 zone. of chart building. Then came intern- ship wherein we were given more re- sponsibilities and were being asked to make and act on decisions under the residents and consultants supervision. It was more challenging and intimidat- ing. We could do good or make errors in judgments if we were not careful. It's funny, during those times, we would usually ask veteran nurses what were usually done for different situa- tions, though our plane of understand- ing was so much deeper. You could sense some of them were known to feel puzzled why we asked for some advice. Then the residency program comes and since we were being paid, it now becomes more intense and challeng- ing. We we were supposed to be reach- ing the start of being independent. A f- ter a year of rotations in various depart- ments of specialties during internship, residency program was the next step, a more focused and intense challenge for patient care, a gradual ladder of in- dependence. They were the last steps before full practice of medicine in terms of the ap- plication of the science and art of this discipline. Some specialties do three years of training, some four-six or eight years post-graduate depending on the specialty. Surgery residencies in orthopedics, neurosurgery, vascu- lar surgery, ophthalmology, ENT were usually the longest ones. I have to stop here because the story I am to share will be a long one and I will do it in a series. Hope you don't mind. • • • Humor of the week: A patient came for consultation about a disease he was worried about. He wanted to have tests run and to make sure they turned out to be negative. He was curious if he had that particular illness. So the doctor recommended a blood test. As a last parting word, the doc- tor tried to reassure the patient about the test. He said "Don't worry too much. Think positive." Tsk , tsk, I did not think that was a good thing to say. Have a great week. The best way to help low- wage workers earn high- er wages is to make them more productive, and that's not accomplished simply by saying they are more pro- ductive by mandating high- er wages. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 13 GAME that's pretty evenly distributed amongst the suits. Again, a bid is a combination of the number of tricks past six you ex- pect to win, plus the suit you want to be the trump suit. Bidding proceeds around the table, and each player has the option to outbid or pass. If you want to outbid your oppo- nent, you'll need to go up in either num- ber or suit. Suits are ordered, from least to greatest: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades, No Trumps. So for example, if someone started with a bid of 1D (one diamonds), the next player would have to bid at least 2C (two clubs), 2D (two di- amonds), or 1 of any of the greater suits (hearts, spades, no trumps). And so on, until three players pass in a row. If you win the bid, you have to get as many tricks as you said you would to score. For example, if the dust settled at 3H (three hearts), you'd have to win nine (six plus three) tricks using hearts as trumps. If you don't make that con- tract, the team who lost the bid scores instead, and they get bonus points for winning as the underdog. Scoring is yet another fantastically complicated beast, but if you just want to try the game, the absolute bare-bones version is that you get bonus points for winning with a high bid and bonus points for upsetting a win- ning bidder. I'd love to answer any questions you have about bridge, although I do not guarantee that my answer will be cor- rect. I loved playing this weird, ancient game with my grandma, and I hope you enjoy it, too. And now, the stuff of the week. Have a great one! Music: Billy Joel's Moving Out Book: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mock- ingbird Coffee: I've been enjoying a variety of good strong French roasts during my morning routine. Just make sure it's ac- tually strong and not just swillwater that says French on the label. Haiku: A bee staggers out of the peony. -Basho just a passion for working with wood and power tools. I never asked him why, but I wish I did. Maybe it was just the stability of a good union job, putting beans on the ta- ble. He married a Potter girl, my aunt Mary Kay, who was ahead of him in high school. He tracked her down at Ball State University to court and marry her about a year before she graduated. My aunt is a purposeful, well organized woman. I've writ- ten previously that I think she could have run a ma- jor corporation if she were born a generation later. This marriage established a pat- tern for Klipsch men. They picked winners, married well. He never went to college, but he was a reader. Little by little, he educated himself, mostly in his living room re- cliner chair but also in his travels. And he had a smart wife to talk with. They at- tended plays and philhar- monic concerts. By middle age, he was a sophisticated man, able to hold his own in just about any conversation. I've never heard anybody use the phrase "Klipsch strong," but if they did, it would require no transla- tion for me. It would mean rock solid. Rock solid com- mitment to marriage, to fam- ily, to church. This is what it looks like, kids. This is what you aim for. I said earlier that the "cool uncle" archetype has entered into immortality, but that was just a figure of speech. No artistic fashion is immortal. I doubt if my grandkids will even know what a script is 20 years from now. Genuine immortality is for us, for people. Eternal beings. And it's not mere- ly the absence of death, or infinity of lifespan. It's what information scientists might call a heuristic, a way to un- derstand. Immortality sheds light, for those who will see, on otherwise dark myster- ies. The implications of im- mortality obviously clarified my cool uncle's values. I never heard him com- plain about losing his eye. Why not? Probably because he couldn't do anything about it. But also because he's getting his eye back. He's delighting in depth per- ception at this very moment, and from now on. See you later, Uncle Jim. I'm not sure how I'm sup- posed to recognize you in Glory. But a dutch rub would be a dead giveaway. I'm just saying. Continued from page 13 RELATIONS Quick as a Click! Submit your classified advertising by e-mail It's easy Submit your classi ed ad along with your name and phone number to: classi eds@pressdispatch.net