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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, October 11, 2017 D- 9 Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit court Cory T. Cox charged with failure to register as a sex or violent offender, a level 6 fel- ony. Kaitlyn Shea Harding charged with operating a vehicle as an habitual traf- fic violator, a level 6 felony. Jason E. Hammock charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a level 6 felony. James A. Green charged with count I unlawful pos- session of a syringe, a level 6 felony, count II possession of methamphetamine, count III possession of marijuana and count IV possession of paraphernalia. Joanna Mae Young charged with count I posses- sion of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, count II unlaw- ful possession of a syringe and count III operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated. Shandell C. Nelson charged with count I fraud, a level 6 felony and count II theft. Bobby J. Lewis charged with fraud, a level 6 felony. Joshua James Vest charged with count I domes- tic battery, a level 6 felony, count II invasion of privacy and count III criminal reck- lessness. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Nathan F. Stokes charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II pos- session of paraphernalia. Parker G. Anderson charged with reckless driv- ing. Richard D. McGowen charged with possession of marijuana. Larry M. Hitt charged with count I operating a ve- hicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in the body, count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated and count III possession of parapher- nalia. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court LNB Community Bank sues Robert Siggers (De- ceased) and Melanie See- ley-Siggers on complaint. The Morris Plan of Terre Haute sues Marie E. Head- lee on complaint. In re: Personal Property Tax on mobile home: Susan K. Larson Nicole Brittain Carla Puruitt Timothy W. Teague Linda G. Teague Robert R. Brittain Darrell L. Smith Amy J. Smith John A. Satterfield William L. Wilson Betty L. Wilson Jack Phillips Tony Phillips Blake M. Clements Dodi Blackburn Eric Slunder Vanessa Slunder Nichole Wininger Timothy Wininger Judy Weitkamp Stacy Buher Gina Steiber Kelley Tinkle Van Kaiser Haskell E. Hartley Haxel C. Harley Chris Ham Amanda McCandless Warren D. McCandless Vandervilt Mortgage and Finance Timothy L. Walburn Dennis R. Young John Burger Thomas Leehe Amber Leehe Burl Snipes Linda Sherman Michael Christmas Christine Christmas Lowell E. Harris Deke Winchell Chad Merkley David Hammock Phillip L. Selby Kerry meadows George Faith Sheena Faith Timothy K. Hill Timothy S. Crow Steve Cummins Larry Harmon Donna Harmon Randall Crossley Virginia Barnett Melody R. Taylor Elden L. McDowell Cheryl L. McDowell Martin S. Richardson Virginia B. Padgett Rut & Strutt Oak Farm, LLC Billy Grubb Melinda Grubb Anthony R. Loveless Shlena K. Loveless Carol J. Surst Missy Branum Bruce Branum Roger D. Heck Robert L. Loveless, Jr. Timothy E. Wilson Jessee M. Boyd Jonathan Shoultz Valerie Jones Joseph Mitchell Roger Hume David Payne Rick I. Coleman Robert L. Lemond Shirley F. Lemond Karen Wheatley Shannon Dillon Larry Abell Advance Acceptance Bobbie J. Graves (Bolin) Amy Babines Rita Roland Jane A. Simmons Artie Aldridge Dianna Aldridge Aaron Mikels Mikels Graphics, LLC Danyelle Lohman Clinton K. Simpson Jarod B. Bradfield Marva Bradfield James A. Murphy Gwin Frederick Judith Schell Mark Houchin Kevin L. Ahlefeld George P. Hartley Mildred Shimer Jeffery Johnson Guest House Motel Kent B. Dick K&L Lock Shop Petersburg Coin Laundry Garry Sullivan Rebecca Sullivan Kuttin Loose James D. Mattewson Sonja Matthewson Jason Holman James Holman Christine J. Holman Barbara Culbertson Wesley Risley Jamie Brown Lynna Colvin Kenny Woodall Darin Dulworth Linda J. Rowe Matthew D. Underhill Adam White Toney R. Murray Jeremy Pride Freida Lewis Bobby Lewis Thomas Bland Christina Holland INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Rhonda Anderson charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Charles Bowen charged with stopping, standing, or parking where prohibited. Jetara Brown charged with speeding, 97 mph in a 70 zone. Laryn Case charged with speeding, 44 mph in a 35 zone. Cory Ellerman charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 55 zone. David Green charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Rebecca Lucas charged with speeding, 80 mph in a 70 zone. Daniel Oprescu charged with stopping, standing or parking where prohibited. Olivia Schmidt charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Steven Slunder, Jr. charged with speeding, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Daniel Smith charged with seatbelt violation. Thomas York charged with seatbelt violation. Amy Young charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Zachary Young charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Cody Catt charged with count I seatbelt violation and count II operating a motor vehicle with a ficti- tious plate. Joshua Dunnewold charged with speeding, 91 mph in a 70 zone. Brandon Flater charged with speeding, 100 mph in a 55 zone. Colten Gideon charged with seatbelt violation. Charles Hill, Jr. charged with speeding, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Daron Nowark charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Kenny Parker charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Anthony Pride charged with seatbelt violation. Andrew Smith charged with seatbelt violation. Eric Stewart charged with speeding, 59 mph in a 45 zone. Theodore Wagner charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Michael Cunningham charged with operating with expired plates. the Gospel! Jesus made this point quite clear: "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hat- ed you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, there- fore the world hates you." Maybe Hefner had a bit of religiosity in his life because he lived the precepts found in Isaiah 22:13, 'Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.' Hefner is dead, and the fruit he produced and leaves behind is exotic and tempt- ing, but it cannot lead and support a mature lifestyle. His lifestyle was carnal and again could not nourish the spiritual man. But what he set out to do and achieve [despite his coy denial] was to change America's Chris- tian and repressed sexuali- ty; those who eulogize him applaud that accomplish- ment. For the rest us mere mortals, we cannot envi- sion how America has prof- ited from his dream of a sex- ualized America. He now gets to talk to God about his life's work, and I cannot help but to consider the words of Ezekiel: "As I live," says the Lord God, "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! " I hope that he did. Think about it Continued from page 8 NOTHING Continued from page 8 VS. POLICE schools and a toxic culture that glamorizes violence against one another. And yes, they have to live with their snap judgments, night in and night out, in real time. In Lewis's defense, I might not like police much either if I were in his shoes. It was the police, after all, who arrested him for the Su- per Bowl weekend stabbing deaths of two Black men. Lewis's attorneys plea-bar- gained the charges down to obstruction of justice, for telling the men and wom- en in his limousine to keep their mouths shut about the killings. The crime re- mains unsolved to this day. When one victim's family sued Lewis, he settled the lawsuit out of court and re- quired confidentiality as a condition of the payoff. He had his freedom, but the po- lice had cost Ray Lewis a lot of money. San Francisco 49ers safe- ty Eric Reid's op-ed piece in the New York Times last month cited a Biblical im- perative to join Colin Kae- pernick in his disrespectful protest during the national anthem. According to Re- id, James 2:17 (Faith with- out works is dead) "moved [him] to take action." As long as his Bible is open, brother Reid should flip over to the Ten Com- mandments and review the ninth, in Exodus 20 :16. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh- bor." Spreading lies and gos- sip about police is probably not the kind of works that James 2:17 is urging on us. According to FBI crime statistics, police are 18 times more likely to be killed by a Black man than to kill an unarmed Black man. It is, unfortunately, not always obvious whether a hostile or intransigent person is armed. If you care about go- ing home alive at the end of the shift, you have to as- sume that hostile people are dangerous, that they're not bluffing. The unpatriotic NFL dis- plays are Constitutionally protected free speech. The government is not entitled to suppress it. But that is a weak excuse for the NFL to tolerate it on proprie- tary national broadcasts. The league is mighty tough on players and broadcast- ers who exercise their First Amendment rights by stat- ing their opposition to ho- mosexual behavior, or who make racially insensitive comments. But now the own- ers are conscience-bound to permit their employees to make offensive political ges- tures, no matter how false and ignorant? The owners' only response is to demon- strate "unity" with unpatri- otic employees? This is contempt, not merely from excitable young athletes with pulverized ce- rebrums, but from coldly ra- tional corporate executives in the sport cartels that have already successfully under- mined other American vir- tues. The sport cartels are so strong that they have dic- tated depraved legislation in Indiana and North Car- olina, and have intimidat- ed the Texas state legisla- ture to withhold protection from women who want men to stay out of ladies' rest- rooms. Patriotism is simply the latest virtue to appear in their cross-hairs. The sport cartels have calculated—correctly— that we, too, are unpatriot- ic, or at least uncommitted. A fter all, the stadiums didn't empty out after the teams disrespected our flag. How serious are we? Even the fans in Boston who booed and shouted for the kneel- ing players to stand up— didn't leave. They stayed and cheered for their own teams against the oppo - nents, although both teams demonstrated contempt for our American identity. It's a microcosm of what happens when you try to compromise with fake cul- ture (mass-marketed en- tertainment, revenue-driv- en sport spectacles) at the expense of genuine culture (religion, marriage, love of country and community). Fake is never satisfied. It will not co-exist indefinite- ly with the genuine. At some point, after they've expanded into the snowflake and Sodomite markets, they won't need us to leave church ear - ly or skip it altogether to watch their sponsors' beer and shoe commercials. In fact, they may not need the beer and shoe sponsors for sport broadcasts anymore. Cannabis and men's jewel- ry will eventually debut in the advertising lineup. But for now, they need conser- vative Christians to be pas- sive, uncommitted and frivo- lous. Can they count on you? Continued from page 8 REFORM Continued from page 8 JONES ACT Continued from page 8 WORLD crete, steel, copper wire, ve- hicles and building machin- ery will soar. As long as the Jones Act is in place, though, access to American suppli- ers will be limited, mean- ing less income for stateside workers and businesses, and higher costs for Puerto Ri- cans. Mr. Trump should waive the Jones Act for as long as Puerto Rico is receiving for- eign aid. An artificial barri- er should not prevent this money from being spent on American goods. In our system of govern- ment, however, the buck stops with Congress. And a few in the Senate recognize that it is unreasonable to ex- pect Puerto Rico's economy to thrive while it faces a se- rious trade barrier with the U.S. mainland. Sens. John McCain and Mike Lee have introduced legislation that would per- manently exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act, mirroring the exemption that the U.S. Virgin Islands have always enjoyed. With a permanent exemption, Puer- to Rico would be able to re- build its power plants to de- pend on natural gas from Texas and Pennsylvania, rather than buying oil from the socialist dictatorship in Venezuela. Puerto Rico's road to re- covery will be long, and its road to economic renais- sance even longer. But with- out policy reforms, that road will never be cleared. Pres- ident Trump and Congress can take the first steps by waiving and then repeal- ing the Jones Act for Puer- to Rico. Ed Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation. rights leaders and white lib- erals want to play. If their vi- sion is accepted, we can ex- pect little improvement of the status quo. Walter E. Williams is a pro- fessor of economics at George Mason University. all over the world, since Can- ada was trying to populate their huge land area and yet they only have about 39 mil- lion citizens. There was a re- port I saw on their T V pro- gram that indicated in or- der to sustain their economy and work force, they wanted to achieve 200 million popu- lation by the end of the mil- lennium. Sorry, I got distracted. Strangely enough I discov- ered the scriptural readings they had were exactly the same ones read in Peters- burg and all over the world. Hmmmm. That explains the word 'Catholic': meaning Universal. Now please don't accuse me of bias, but it is what it is. I just felt strange and elated the rituals I do anywhere we travel are com- fortingly the same, so we did not feel lost at all. A fter the Mass I intro- duced myself to the Priest and he was delighted to hear we were from the Unit- ed States. A fterwards, we checked in into the Holi- day Inn of Regina and came across two immigrants from the Philippines who were at the reception desk. So af- ter exchanging pleasant- ries and finishing our pa- perwork, we get settled in a place which bears the same name all over the world, the Holiday Inn, created by the genius and enterpris- ing skills of the Americans. Wow. • • • One day was reserved for a tour of the City, so Rose's niece and her husband drove us around. It was about 43˚F but was sunny, so we were able to walk around some. I saw their Provincial Hall like the State Capitol, their very nice gardens and wa- terfall and a lake close by, some statues in the park and a plaque dedicating the garden by Queen Elizabeth. I saw familiar establish- ments like WalMart, Wend- ys, McDonalds, Starbucks, Taco Bell, KFC, Lowes, Home Depot, car lots bear- ing Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, Chrysler in addition to the Korean and Japanese car lots. So I thought, "Will I be able to see something truly different? " Well, they have Canadian Tire which is like their Rural King, Tim Hor- ton's which is the equiva- lent of Dunkin' Donuts, Dol- larama like Dollar General Store, etc. Not surprisingly, there were several Chinese, Ko- rean, Vietnamese and Indi- an restaurants. We dined in a Filipino restaurant for lunch. Boy, did I enjoy the food I grew up with. Incidentally, the Canadi- an money is becoming most- ly coins now, they are trying to do away with paper mon- ey and they have stopped us- ing their pennies. Their pa- per money is a composite, meaning it felt like it was a thin plastic, and had a trans- parent section which made it very difficult to copy and counterfeit. • • • A fter a couple of days, we headed back to Toronto In- ternational airport via air Canada. This time we got smart and went to the air- port three hours ahead of our scheduled flight. It was quite a wait but worth it. Se- curity was quite thorough. The flight back was three hours. Upon landing, we were met by a young lady from Ukraine since we declared ahead of time we needed as- sistance. As we walked to the Chartered Bus Counter, I asked a few questions. In her good but accented Eng- lish, she said she has been in Canada for two years and is starting to like it. When asked what she misses the most, she said the family she left in Ukraine and the sights and sounds of her old country. Otherwise, she said it was fine. As we linked up with our bus, we were greeted by a driver who originally was from Korea. In the bus, there were a mix of nation- alities. Right behind me were tourists who spoke what sounded like Russian. So, curious me, I asked one of them who spoke English and he said they were from Ukraine and wanted to see Niagara Falls. When we reached my sister's residence, I imme- diately kissed the ground and was feeling like a great weight lifted off my shoul- ders. The world indeed has gotten smaller. • • • It would be remiss of me if I did not ask the readers to extend our thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Las Vegas tragedy. Two things puzzle me so much: how did this mass murder- er amass so many firearms and ammunition, and what was his motive? What les- sons do we learn about gun ownership? Two contrasting coun- tries in the world need to be studied: Japan, which has absolutely strict gun laws. It takes months to get a per- mit to own firearms. And Switzerland, whose citizens keep guns in practically ev- ery home for national de- fense. Life Milestones made free CALL: 812-354-8500 Put a free photo with write up on Weddings, Anniversaries & Engagements.