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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, May 16, 2018 B- 9 Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Jennifer A. Kostas charged with count I dealing in methamphet- amine, a level 4 felony, and count II dealing in methamphetamine. David Wayne Lawson charged with count I dealing in metham- phetamine, a level 4 felony, count II dealing in methamphetamine and count III maintaining a common nuisance- controlled substances. Daniel C. McLaughlin charged with count I maintaining a com- mon nuisance- controlled sub- stances, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of marijuana. Matthew Crosby charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of marijuana. Jesse E. Hedge charged with operating a vehicle as an habitu- al traffic violator, a level 6 felony. Jacob D. Furman petitions for in- trastate probation transfer. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Alexis R. Franklin charged with operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in the body. Jarret D. Whitehead charged with operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Citibank sues John R. Radcliff on complaint. Crown Asset Management sues Jo E. Bailey on complaint. Professional and Business Col- lections sues Tamela M. Veit on complaint. Professional and Business Col- lections sues Philip G. Newton on complaint. Professional and Business Col- lections sues Paul D. Wilson on complaint. Pike County Rehabilitation Cen- ters Inc. sues Indiana BMV on complaint. Onemain Financial Services sues Todd M. McCain, Mary A. McCain, Medical and Professional Collection Service Inc., AK A Mary A. McCain and Mary A. Griffith, on complaint. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Ohio Valley Gas sues Bradon W. Truitt and Amanda S. Truitt on complaint. Citibank sues John R. Radcliff on complaint. City of Petersburg sues D. Da- vis Properties LLC. on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Ryan Anoskey charged with speeding, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Gary Bateman charged with seatbelt violation. Matthew Bennett charged with speeding, 94 mph in a 70 zone. Dylan Blom charged with speed- ing, 45 mph in a 35 zone. Shawnee Byers charged with speeding, 56 mph in a 35 zone. Colton Carpenter charged with speeding, 73 mph in a 45 zone. Charles Cattoi charged with speeding, 59 mph in a 35 zone. Tevin Cavins charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Luke Durcholz charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Dennis Evans charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Charles Fultz charged with seat- belt violation. Garry Hall charged with speed- ing, 63 mph in a 35 zone. Daniel Higdon charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Kayla Hill charged with speed- ing, 59 mph in a 40 zone. Daphne Joseph charged with speeding, 73 mph in a 35 zone. Trent Lott charged with count I no valid driver's license and count II speeding, 89 mph in a 70 zone. Jodi Maggi charged with speed- ing, 86 mph in a 70 zone. Ryan McCandless charged with speeding, 59 mph in a 45 zone. Kimberly McDowell charged with seatbelt violation. Michael McGrath charged with speeding, 92 mph in a 70 zone. Chessa Mitchell charged with speeding, 89 mph in a 70 zone. Samuel Mitchell charged with speeding in school zone. Shaley Mullen charged with op- erating with expired plates. Trenton Neely charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Jonathan Osborn charged with speeding, 89 mph in a 70 zone. Leslie Osborn charged with speeding, 77 mph in a 55 zone. Jessica Perez-Alvarado charged with speeding, 58 mph in a 35 zone. Tommy Robertson charged with speeding, 44 mph in a 30 zone. Samantha Spielvogel charged with disregarding stop sign. Trina Sturgeon charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Tanner Veit charged with seat- belt violation. John Vela, Jr. charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Mary Wedding charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Wade Yates charged with speed- ing, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Thomas York charged with In- spection/Repair and Maint Parts and Accessories. Layne Cannon charged with speeding, 44 mph in a 30 zone. Youmy Derival charged with speeding, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Heather Dunaway charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Joshua Edwards charged with count I speeding, 59 mph in a 35 zone and count II seatbelt viola- tion. Donald Fausnaugh charged with seatbelt violation. Maya Frederick charged with speeding, 57 mph in a 45 zone. Jodi Hellums charged with speeding, 67 mph in a 55 zone. Jamie Hoover charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Charles McFarland charged with seatbelt violation. Brian Partridge charged with driving while suspended. Caroline Perry charged with seatbelt violation. Francis Perry charged with seatbelt violation. Scott Pride charged with seat- belt violation. Kimberly Sorrells charged with seatbelt violation. John Turner charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Daniel Walker charged with speeding, 88 mph in a 70 zone. Elijah Young charged with driv- ing while suspended. mark the white carnation with "Mother's Day" text, the Florists Telegraph De- livery association conclud- ed that she just felt cheated of her cut. They offered her a commission on white car- nations, but this just further enraged her. She wrote that she wanted Mother's Day to be a "day of sentiment, not profit." She was angry when a commemorative Postal Ser- vice stamp included a vase of carnations in the frame with the famed Whistler's Moth- er painting, because she viewed it as a sly advertise- ment for the floral industry. Greeting cards rated no higher than carnations in Anna's book. "A maudlin, insincere printed card or ready-made telegram means nothing," she wrote, "except that you're too lazy to write to the woman who has do- ne more for you than any- one else in the world." She observed that "Any mother would rather have a line of the worst scribble from her son or daughter than any fan- cy greeting card." She was fierce in her per- sonal claim to the holiday. When a Henderson group planned a ceremony to recog- nize her along with Sasseen and Hering, Jarvis attacked the two others and threat- ened legal action against any rival who used the Mother's Day name or created any ac- tivities related to Mother's Day. I doubt that Ann would have felt honored by Anna's attitude at this point. Anna went on to disrupt charity events in which car- nations were sold, and was arrested for disorderly con- duct. She lambasted Eleanor Roosevelt for participating in Mother's Day fundrais- ing events for charities that sought to reduce infant and maternal mortality, a cause near and dear to Ann's heart. In time, Anna went door- to-door in Philadelphia gathering signatures on a petition to rescind Moth- er's Day. A penniless, em- bittered, childless and un- married old woman, she be- came a recluse and a hoard- er. It was a long process, but she had finally and obvious- ly lost her mind. She spent her final years in a Pennsylvania insane asy- lum, where she may have thought herself friendless, but wasn't. Thick-skinned but grateful florists subsi- dized her stay at the asylum til she died in 1948. There is much to learn from Anna Jarvis. Her criticisms of commercialization deserve our serious consideration, not only regarding Mother's Day, but Father's Day, 4th of July, Memorial Day, and especial- ly Christmas. She was right that mothers don't crave Hallmark Cards or telegrams or even carna- tions, but the companionship and affection of their own children and grandchildren. Time, they want. Posthu- mous rhetorical flourishes and sentimental gestures can be twisted and mone- tized by others. Quality time with your mom while she's still kicking? Nobody can take that away from you. MOTHER Continued from page 8 IMAGINE Continued from page 8 AMENDMENT Continued from page 8 want to speak up, fine. Hoist your signs, distribute your literature, etc. But you do it outside the event. You don't fill the seats and scream at peo- ple, or block entrances, or even pep- per-spray individuals, as has occurred on certain campuses. Free speech is a two-way street. I would never defend anyone who treat- ed a liberal speaker in such a deplor- able way. I expect the same courtesy from the left. We both get a chance to speak. That's how freedom works. Or how it's supposed to. Unfortu- nately, too many students arrive on campus with a poor grasp of the U.S. Constitution, let alone good manners. Hearing an alternative view to what they've been spoon-fed their entire lives sends them into a complete tail- spin. They don't listen respectfully. They attack. "The 2016 —17 academic year will go down in history as the year of the shout-down," Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center wrote in a piece for National Review that cat- aloged some of the more notable out- rages. The bad news is, universities aren't helping. The good news is, some states are. In a recent article for the Daily Signal, education expert Jon- athan Butcher praised Arizona law- makers for strengthening laws that protect free speech on public college campuses. "While the First Amendment has long limited regulations to the 'time, place, and manner' of speech in pub- lic forums, now schools can only exer- cise that authority to restrict speech if it is 'necessary to achieve a compel- ling governmental interest' and is 'the least restrictive means' for doing so," he writes. Other states, such as North Caro- lina and Wisconsin, have taken steps to address the speaker shout-down problem — preventing campuses from disinviting speakers, for exam- ple, and stipulating that universities explain their free-speech policies dur- ing freshmen orientation. It's a shame that such remedial steps are neces- sary, but here we are. The need for action couldn't be plainer. Many students understand the need to protect everyone's free speech rights, but others? Not so much. In one recent survey, 10 per- cent of students said it is appropri- ate to use violence to stop a speak- er sometimes, while 37 percent said speaker shout-downs are sometimes acceptable. That's frightening. Until both of those numbers are at zero percent, it's obviously we have our work cut out for us. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heri- tage Foundation (www.heritage.org). at almost 10 percent. Why, when un- employment has dropped by 61 per- cent, has the number of food stamp re- cipients dropped by only 10 percent? The number of recipients is about 17 million higher than before the reces- sion. The answer is that it's a lot easier to get aid recipients onto a welfare pro- gram than get them off. Although the unemployment rate has dropped dramatically, the em- ployment rate — the percentage of the population over 16 working — is still far below where it was prior to the re- cession. The latest jobs report shows the employment rate at 60.3 percent. Just prior to the recession in 2007, it was at 63.4 percent. If today's employ- ment rate stood where it was before the recession, there would be 8 mil- lion more Americans working. These 8 million Americans are not sitting on the sidelines just because of food stamps. Disability insurance and other welfare programs also leave the door open to not working. How to solve this problem? Start with the Reagan rule: "Government is not the solution to our problem; gov- ernment IS the problem." The more government we have, the more we make food stamps in- to the big business it is today. Why do we want corporate lobbyists for firms selling to food stamp EBT card- holders — Walmart, Target, Kroger, and even Amazon — lining the halls of Congress to lobby for these pro- grams? The Department of Agriculture is proposing that the government pro- vide a food basket instead of cash. There is also the idea that govern- ment should manage the nutrition of food stamp recipients. The House bill incentivizes purchases of fruit, vege- tables and milk. But do we really want a huge new government bureaucracy buying and packaging food baskets for 40 million enrollees? I say no. We should not expand gov- ernment interference in anybody's life. Instead, the best idea is to expand work requirements for getting bene- fits. The House bill requires 80 hours of work per month to receive ongoing benefits. This for those 18 -49, with no dependents, and parents of school-age children, up to the age of 60. For any new or changed requirements, let's have the states decide. Government assistance should not be about changing anybody's life. Changing lives should be left to fam- ily, friends and private charity. Star Parker is an author and pres- ident of CURE, Center for Urban Re- newal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. Continued from page 8 SWAMP Continued from 8 SOMEBODY time the staff started their work, they would always invoke the Good Lord to not allow the place to collapse. It was because there was a big leak on the roof and the second floor of the building was at risk of falling. So, af- ter many months of urgent planning and fund raising, a new location was found and a large steel structure was set up at west Locust St. To mention the names of the peo- ple who have worked so hard to keep and sustain this project would be im- possible. Some are still actively serv- ing the operation after 19 years. Some have already gone to their permanent home, some have retired and went on to other journeys in life. For all those who had contributed to the life of this very great organization, our immea- surable gratitude is being extended. • • • The place was named Somebody's Place because of the belief that every- body is Somebody. All of those who have benefited and continue to bene- fit from the resources available from Somebody's Place I am sure realize the wonderful help one can receive in times of need . It is given by those who care and who follow the Christian spir- it of love and caring and sharing. I am astonished by the amount of dedication of the women and men who in their generosity make the place thrive and grow. From the front office to the different sections such as the food bank, the clothing section, the toy and decorations section, etc., the amount of effort put in by the volun- teers is immeasurable and priceless. You know who you are, and giving the names of everyone who give their pre- cious time and energy is something everyone would likely prefer for me not to do. Everyone who gives their precious help to Somebody's Place is just so dedicated, so kind and so com- passionate. So, my hope and prayer is that this great resource of generosity and kind- ness will continue to thrive and grow and be a blessing to this great com- munity we live in. • • • It is quite gratifying to be able to contribute one's time and energy to keep the place going. In fact I often hear that the volunteer staff look for- ward to showing up and putting in their precious gift of love and caring to the different tasks needing to be done. Everybody just seems to be in a good spirit and work harmoniously. One day during a lunch break, the conversation went to healthy nutri- tion. I made a comment that good nu- trition comes from eating food with different colors—such as green, yel- low, orange, red, blue, etc. Then somebody said, " Oh, like m&ms or lifesavers? " Have a great week! . of progressivism. The [progressives and so- cial justice warriors] claim that government can be used to right the wrongs of human- ity and reshape human char- acteristics. In the long haul, this is not possible. Short- term changes can be made us- ing coercion, but real change takes long periods of time, in which progressives are not willing to invest. What Lennon rejects is at the heart of mankind: a soul that is of the image of God. This divine soul seeks com- munion with its Creator, and we can find outlets in the arts and science. Removing God from the center of everyday life opens humanity to a host of evils and degradation of life. Davidson zeros in on Len- non's attack on religion: "Imagine there's no heaven… No hell below us, Above us on- ly sky, Imagine all the people living for today… Imagine there's no countries… Noth- ing to kill or die for, No reli- gion too." Analyzing the song, it be- comes apparent that Lennon makes "scapegoats out of re- ligious believers, which can hardly induce non-believers to bear friendly feelings toward them. Bigotry and animosity will certainly be the result — a new breeding ground for vio- lence or at least hostility." In the history of the world, the 20th Century anti-reli- gious communists have killed, maimed, oppressed and starved more people than all other eras combined, includ- ing Genghis Khan. The progressives suggest a utopian paradise can be con- structed without the need for religion. If that entails dispos- ing of a few hundred million people cést la vie. A major problem with pro- gressives, according to David- son, is the inability to seek and commit to Divine Justice for the injuries of life. The guilty must be persecuted and as- sessed punishment for the sins of the fathers now! Progressives and social jus- tice warriors in their desire to seek redress and change are themselves guilty of the very behavior that they con- demn. Violence is legitimized against property, people, and speech. The word "imagine" is left to the hearer to define: "Imag- ine there is no heaven…no re- ligion too! "The late Stephen Hawking would agree and say, "Finally, we are free of super- stition! " What would the faithful say? Our hope is in the risen Christ, and Paul in his letter to the church at Corinth says it all: "And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." Davidson writes a fitting conclusion of how Western Civilization can overcome its unattainable utopian dream, which they believe will mag- ically appear: "We need to wake up from John and Yo- ko's dream! " Think about it! HANDOUTS Continued from page 8 embodied both a sense of gratitude on the behalf of the recipient and mag- nanimity on the behalves of donors. There was a sense of civility by the recipients. They did not feel that they were owed, were entitled to or had a right to the largesse of the donor. Recipients probably felt that if they weren't civil and didn't express their gratitude, more assistance wouldn't be forthcoming. In other words, they were reluctant to bite the hand that helped them. With churches and other private agencies helping, peo- ple were much likelier to help them- selves and less likely to engage in self- destructive behavior. Part of the mes- sage of charitable groups was: "We'll help you if you help yourself." Enter the federal government. Ci- vility and gratitude toward one's bene- factors are no longer required in the welfare state. In fact, one can be arro- gant and hostile toward the "donors" (taxpayers), as well as the civil ser- vants who dish out the benefits. The handouts that recipients get are no longer called charity; they're called entitlements — as if what is received were earned. There is virtually no material pov- erty in the U.S. Eighty percent of households the Census Bureau labels as poor have air conditioning; near- ly three-quarters have a car or truck, and 31 percent have two or more. Two- thirds have cable or satellite T V. Half have at least one computer. Forty-two percent own their homes (http://ti- nyurl.com/448flj8). What we have in our nation is not material poverty but dependency and poverty of the spir- it, with people making unwise choic- es and leading pathological lives, aid- ed and abetted by the welfare state. Part of this pathological lifestyle is re- flected in family structure. According to the 1938 Encyclopaedia of the So- cial Sciences, that year 11 percent of black children and 3 percent of white children were born to unwed mothers. Today it's respectively 75 percent and 30 percent. There are very little guts in the po- litical arena to address the downside of the welfare state. To do so risks a politician's being labeled as racist, sexist, uncaring and insensitive. That means today's dependency is likely to become permanent. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.