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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, June 13, 2018 B- 5 Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Robert E. Johnson charged with two counts of child molesting. Jason S. Deffendoll charged with count I possession of paraphernalia, count II operating a vehicle while in- toxicated; count III operating a vehi- cle while intoxicated. Edra L. Cannon charged with count I operating a vehicle while intoxicat- ed, endangering a person; count II driving while suspended; count III public intoxication; count IV disor- derly conduct; count V operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Elmis G. Alyala Lopez, count I charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endangering a person; count II resisting law en- forcement; count III resisting law en- forcement; count IV reckless driv- ing; count V operating a motor vehi- cle without ever receiving a license; count VI operating a vehicle while in- toxicated. Spencer D. Chamness charged with count I maintaining a common nuisance, controlled substance; count II possession of marijuana. Leonard D. Hill charged with two counts of failure to register as a sex or violent offender. Jamen Lee Russell charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, count II possession of para- phernalia; count III false informing and count IV possession of marijuana. Janessa N. Moore charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, count II possession of para- phernalia and count III false inform- ing. Kenwyn A. Young charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine; count II possession of para- phernalia; and count III false inform- ing. Maxwell E. Church charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine; count II possession of para- phernalia; count III false informing; count IV maintaining a common nui- sance, legend drugs. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANORS Pike Circuit Court Hunter I. Clark charged with pos- session of marijuana. Connor Eller charged with posses- sion of marijuana. Josue D. Morales Navarro charged with count I operating a motor vehi- cle without ever receiving a license. Dalton L. Moore charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II illegal consumption of an al- coholic beverage. Brian David Wedding II charged with public intoxication. Adam James Wedding charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Alexander S. Chamness charged with possession of marijuana. Natisha L. Washington charged with possession of marijuana. Nina W. Williams charged with pos- session of marijuana. Richard Barnes, Jr., charged with possession of marijuana. Marcus A. Phillips charged with possession of marijuana. Briana B. Scott charged with driv- ing while suspended. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Austin D. Hammock petitions for intrastate probation transfer. Carina Edith Herrera-Alatorrc peti- tions for interstate probation transfer. Personal Finance Co. sues Joshua A. Tinsley on complaint. Renee Vechione petitions for vehi- cle title. The Bank of New York Mellon sues Yulin Cummins and Kimberly Cum- mins, State of Indiana Dept. of Rev- enue and Indiana Attorney General. The Morris Plan of Terre Haute sues Ernest Futrell and Laura Futrell on complaint. Capital One Bank sues Darrin Z. Willis on complaint. Amelia DeLong sues Jilana Kost on complaint. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Ronald Jones sues K&S Home Im- provement, Kim and Steve Slunder on complaint. David Hammock sues Scott Den- ney, Sr. on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Al- exandra L. Howe on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Brynn R. Garland on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues James A. Long on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues To- rez W. Baham on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Re- becca Braglin on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Da- vid C. Glaser on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Ja- son M. Keller on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Aaron Remeto on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court William Alegrai charged with speeding 60 mph in a 45 zone. Lazaro Aviles Santiesteban charged with speeding 92 mph in a 70 zone. Joshua Barnett charged with speed- ing 64 mph in a 55 zone. Rebecca Birchler charged with driving while suspended. Holly Bowling charged with seat belt violation. Sherrill Brown charged with speed- ing 64 mph in a 55 zone. Jorge Campo charged with speed- ing 84 mph in a 70 zone. Joel Catlin charged with speeding 84 mph in a 70 zone. Jeffrey Clampitt charged with speeding 85 mph in a 70 zone. Derek Davis charged with seat belt violation. Claudia Edwards-Hinrichs charged with speeding 84 mph in a 70 zone. Benjamin Farley charged with speeding 83 mph in a 70 zone. Javier Fuentes Ramos charged with speeding 60 mph in a 40 zone. Tiffany Goldman charged with speeding 84 mph in a 70 zone. Arvel Griffey charged with seat belt violation. Braden Henson charged with seat belt violation. Francisco Hernandez charged with speeding 85 mph in a 70 zone. Jacob Hill charged with speeding 60 mph in a 45 zone. Jennifer Holman charged with speeding 50 mph in 30 zone. Chelsea Hutchins charged with driving while suspended. Christopher Manning charged with driving while suspended. Chrsitina Meyer charged with speeding 64 mph in a 55 zone. Stephanie Morgan charged with speeding 84 mph in a 70 zone. William Morris charged with dis- regarding an official traffic control device. Michael Rodich charged with speeding 69 mph in a 55 zone. Louseline Sinoise charged with speeding 49 mph in a 35 zone. Whitney Sutt charged with speed- ing 65 mph in a 55 zone. Chassie Umfleet charged with seat belt violation. Savannah Updike charged with speeding 71 mph in a 55 zone. Brett Vinson charge with seat belt violation. Rachel Whitehead charged with speeding 82 mph in a 55 zone. Christopher Willis charged with driving while suspended. Carolyn Zimmerman charged with driving while suspended. Timothy Miller charged with speeding 90 mph in a 70 zone. Philius Philippe charged with driv- ing while suspended. Christian Stephanek charged with no valid driver's license. in the alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Ko- rea. I know there's nothing our two countries cannot achieve when working to- gether. The important thing now is for the U.S., Seoul and To- kyo to stay in sync and work closely together to ensure the best possible outcome for the summit and the pro- cess that will follow. Noth- ing short of true peace is on the line. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). ROAD Continued from page 4 confront us with a question: With greater accessibility to guns in the past, why wasn't there the kind of violence we see today, when there is much more restricted ac- cess to guns? There's anoth- er aspect of our response to mayhem. When a murderer uses a bomb, truck or car to kill people, we don't blame the bomb, truck or car. We don't call for control over the instrument of death. We seem to fully recognize that such objects are inanimate and incapable of acting on their own. We blame the per- petrator. However, when the murder is done using a gun, we do call for control over the inanimate instrument of death — the gun. I smell a hidden anti-gun agenda. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 4 Continued from page 4 Protestants say they believe in God as described in the Bible, compared to 70 per- cent of Republicans and 45 percent of Democrats. But it's not just religious attitudes that raise ques- tions about black monolith- ic affinity for the Democrat- ic Party. In the Pew Religious Landscape study published in 2014, 36 percent of histor- ically black Protestants de- scribed themselves as con- servative and 24 percent as liberal. Regarding the role of gov- ernment, 23 percent of his- torically black Protestants say they prefer smaller gov- ernment and fewer services and 70 percent say they pre- fer larger government and more services. Regarding government aid to the poor, 27 percent of historically black Protes- tants say government does more harm than good and 66 percent say government does more good than harm. You might say that these responses regarding the role of government explain why blacks vote dispropor- tionately for Democrats. But that's not correct. The data reported above is for what Pew defines as "historically black protes- tant" — which, according to Pew, consists of 53 per- cent of all blacks. However, according to Pew, 79 percent of blacks identify as Chris- tian. Pew reports in addition to 47 percent of all black Dem- ocrats saying they attend church at least once per week, 74 percent say they pray daily, and 76 percent say religion is "very impor- tant" in their lives. So data that Pew reports for historically black Protes- tants seems to be a reason- ably rough sample of black attitudes in general. When 36 percent identify as conservative, and when 27 percent say government assistance to the poor does more harm than good, yet on average, 88 percent of blacks are voting for Dem- ocrats, something is amiss. Voting Democrat is not written in black genes. From 1936 to 1960, the black vote for the Republican presiden- tial candidate averaged 30 percent. In 1956, 39 percent of blacks voted for Dwight Eisenhower. Black voting behavior has far reaching implications, as America changes demo- graphically into a country less and less white. In 1980, 88 percent of voters were white. In 2016, 70 percent were. This trend will con- tinue. In a new Harvard-Harris Poll, 33 percent of blacks say they are now "better off" in their financial situation and 32 percent of blacks approve of the way Trump is han- dling the economy. Republican Party out- reach to blacks has ratch- eted up considerably since the Obama years. If Republicans can suc- ceed in courting these church-going black Chris- tians, we could see a politi- cal realignment in the coun- try that will change pro- foundly America's political landscape. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Cen- ter for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. VOTE GUNS Since 2012, smoking in Costa Rica has been subject to some of the most re- strictive regulations in the world. Well, so much for demographics, I merely gave the tip of the iceberg. The reader can read up on this topic via dif- ferent search engines in the internet. • • • Let's see what the author Dan Buettner of the National Geographic wrote in November 2017. He describes the formula for happiness of most of it's citizens. He relates a chemistry of geography and social policies that have created a powerful blend of fam- ily bonds, universal health care, faith, lasting peace, equality and generosity. This all culminates in an especially rich recipe for enjoying life day by day- the pleasure strand of happiness. Cos- ta Rica apparently since the past cen- tury has believed in supporting every citizen. Unlike most of Central Ameri- ca where land barons and the military backed presidents who serve their own interests, Costa Rica took a dif- ferent path. The small property own- ers and independent minded central valley farmers thrived well with pro- duce such as coffee and bananas. Cos- ta Ricans elected teachers ( what an honor) as presidents who unburdened by corrosive colonial institutions in- troduced policies that launched an up- ward spiral of well-being and an envi- ronment for the Latin American char- acter to thrive. The nation also invested in sup- plying clean water for rural villages, stemming deadly childhood diseas- es, establishing universal health care, leading to free primary care clinics in most villages. Small teams of doctors, nurses, record keepers, and several technicians are each assigned to care for about 3,500 people. Since 1970, life expectancy jumped from 66 years to about 80 years, and infant mortality dropped by a factor of seven. Health care emphasis has been to keep it's citizens healthy in the first place, in- stead of having institutions whose in- centives drive up cost for profit. According to the author, the social system takes care of most of people's needs, it leaves them a feeling of be- ing safe, comparatively healthy, free of most of life's biggest worries, while providing an environment where most people can still make a living. It seems there is not a strong drive by the busi- ness sector to amass big wealth at the expense of the average worker. • • • One time in one of my plane trav- els, I happened to sit beside a lady from Costa Rica, and we got totalking about life in their country. She proud- ly said she lives in a country where she enjoys a relaxed lifestyle, where the pressures of daily living are low. She admits she may not have the great luxuries that many dream of and pur- sue at a great cost, but her day to day life is a life of enough provisions and a joyful existence. Of course their year round stable tropical weather was an added bonus. Makes one think about what real- ly matters in life and how great it is to learn that there are still many plac- es in our planet that can be a joyful place to live in. Next and last stop- Sin- gapore. Brain teasers..... a friend sent me these questions. \ Lets see if you can figure this out: 1. Johnny's mother has three children. The first child was named April, the second child was named Mary. What was the third child's name? 2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop. He is five feet ten inches tall and he wears a size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? 3. Before Mt. Everest was discov- ered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Answers will be given on my next week's article. Continued from page 4 der." Without question, the cul- ture war has raised to a new height with daily asides and insults toward conservatives by the progressives and the media. Roseanne Barr makes an "offensive" tweet, and her new program is cancelled; Hollywierd comedian Sa- mantha Bee refers to Ivanka Trump using a vulgar term, and she is applauded. Nevertheless, those ex- iting California for less tax burdened areas are immi- grants who are taking their culture, attitudes, beliefs, and way of life with them. This may mean that cultur- al change in other areas in America will become more like urban California. Colo- rado has experienced [to the dismay of its indigenous cit- izenry] a change in culture [more anti-gun, progressive policies, and pot smoking] since the "beautiful people" started moving there a few decades ago. The progressive's dream that their Cultural Revo- lution take root in the rest of the country must not be dismissed. However, as Hil- ton concludes, "any serious look at what life is actual- ly like for working people in California should bring that fantasy crashing to the ground." Christians should not be disheartened and surrender to the forces that demand ab- dication of spiritual values because the progressive nanny state since the New Deal has not brought about a paradise on earth nor erad- icated the poverty and mis- ery of the downtrodden. The answer remains in Christ as the transforma- tion agent of the soul, which transforms the mind and life! Think about it! 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