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C-12 Opinion Wednesday, August 1, 2018 The Press-Dispatch Letter to the Editor US flag should be displayed during National Anthem Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Courtney Lynn Dolin charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of a controlled substance. Gaspar Zavala Rodriguez charged with count I operating a motor vehi- cle after forfeiture of license for life, a level 5 felony, and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endanger- ing a person. Whitney Busch charged with pos- session of cocaine, a level 6 felony. Casper D. Meade charged with pos- session of cocaine, a level 6 felony. Ryan T. Page charged with count I operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its me- tabolite in the body, a level 5 felony, count II theft, count III institutional criminal mischief and count IV crim- inal mischief. In re: search warrant. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANORS Pike Circuit Court Christopher W. Melton charged with possession of marijuana. Jose F. Ponce Granados charged with driving while suspended. Dwight C. Peters charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II possession of paraphernalia. Danielle Michelle Spindler Stokes charged with count I operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II con- trolled substance or its metabolite in the body, count II possession of a con- trolled substance and count III pos- session of paraphernalia. Joshua Love charged with driving while suspended. Tayler Joe Pride charged with driv- ing while suspended. David O. Robling charged with count I public nudity, count II public intoxication and count III possession of marijuana. Rick A. McCormick charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Shawn L. Parks charged with count I operating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Adam C. Simmons charged with in- vasion of privacy. Jennifer A. Might charged with count I possession of a controlled sub- stance and count II possession of mar- ijuana. Haylea D. Martin charged with pos- session of marijuana. Terry J. Bogar charged with oper- ating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Southern Indiana Gas and Indiana sues Crystal D. Benefiel on complaint. David Carl Hume petitions to waive BMV reinstatement fees. James and Ruthie English sue Jack R. Fulcher on complaint. Don Moss sues David Hammock on complaint. Bank of America sues Jeffrey G. Johnson on complaint. Deanna L. Ingersoll sues Tony K. Ingersoll for dissolution of marriage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Tower Construction sues Matthew Sturgeon on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Shelby Crites charged with speed- ing, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Michael Hamilton charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Robert Hensley charged with count I operating with expired plates, count II operating a motor vehicle with a false plate and count III bumper height violation (passenger car). Kaci Ikerd charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Suzan Jones charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Tristan Loveless charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Zachary Mace charged with speed- ing, 97 mph in a 70 zone. David Marcum charged with oper- ating a motor vehicle with a false plate. Emily Matthews charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Rosemary Parke charged with speeding, 93 mph in a 70 zone. Nareshkumar Patel charged with speeding, 95 mph in a 70 zone. Steve Pittman charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Christopher Raab charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Dakota Robertson charged with speeding, 93 mph in a 70 one. Tricia Shelby charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Cassie Wagler charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Virgil Douglas charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Owen Hawkins charged with seat- belt violation. Mallory Heltsley charged with seat- belt violation. Terry Hurst charged with seatbelt violation. Kerry D. Hurt charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Alendia Joinvil charged with driv- ing left of center. Melanie Seymour charged with speeding, 97 mph in a 55 zone. Marissa Utley charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. vice about Babe Ruth was, "Taking the best left-hand- ed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumb- est things I ever heard." For those of us not familiar with baseball, Babe Ruth was one of the greatest outfielders who ever played the game. The world's greatest ge- niuses are by no means ex- empt from out-and-out non- sense. Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was probably the greatest scientist of all time. He laid the founda- tion for classical mechan- ics; his genius transformed our understanding of phys- ics, mathematics and as- tronomy. What's not widely known is that Newton spent most of his waking hours on alchemy. Some of his crack- pot experiments included trying to turn lead into gold. He wrote volumes on alche- my, but after his death, Brit- ain's Royal Society deemed that they were "not fit to be printed." Then there's mathemat- ical physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), whose major contribution was in thermodynamics. Kelvin is widely recognized for determining the correct value of absolute zero, ap- proximately minus 273.15 degrees Celsius or minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit. In honor of his achieve- ment, extremely high and extremely low tempera- tures are expressed in units called kelvins. To prove that one can be a genius in one area and an idiot in anoth- er, Kelvin challenged geolo- gists by saying that Earth is between 20 million and 100 million years old. Kelvin pre- dicted, "X-rays will prove to be a hoax." And he told us, "I can state flatly that heavi- er-than-air flying machines are impossible." The point of all this is to say that we can listen to ex- perts but take what they pre- dict with a grain or two of salt. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 11 EXPERTS Continued from page 11 BERRIES Continued from page 11 itive unless he/she practic- es and disciples themselves. The apostle Paul uses a sports analogy to stress per- sonal discipleship and trans- formation "But I discipline my body and bring it in- to subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become dis- qualified." In short dismissing the Word of God as reality leaves humanity with nothing but itself to measure up to. The progressives and liberals have made God into their own tragic image. There are no absolutes or immutable truths. All aspects of life are subjective. There is no hope. Life is a cruel joke invented by the unconscious elements of the universe. The question must be an- swered "is Jesus a change agent, or the first sage among sages? Are His truths self-evident, or ethi- cal considerations? There is no middle ground in this debate and the results are eternal. The Hebrew writer may have the passage of the psalm in mind ["Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in Heaven"] when he wrote "Je- sus Christ is the same yes- terday, today, and forever." Humans are fickle. We change. God does not. The men who championed the God is Dead Movement are themselves dead, but the Word of God still trans- forms lives to those who live by faith. What a relief! Think about it! BIBLICAL Continued from page 11 COUNCIL its very name on a near-dai- ly basis? "When I arrived, and still today, its members includ- ed some of the worst human rights violators," Ms. Haley said. "The dictatorships of Cuba, China and Venezuela all have seats on the Coun- cil." It continues to target Is- rael through the infamous Agenda Item Seven. And last fall, it seated the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "The Congo is the setting for atrocities that shock the most hardened internation- al aid workers," the ambas- sador noted. "They were dis- covering mass graves in the Congo even as the General Assembly approved its bid to the Human Rights Council." When the Council invited Venezuela's dictator, Nicho- las Maduro, to speak to a special assembly, he got a standing ovation. And not a word was uttered when Iran's government reacted to peaceful protests with beatings, arrests and kill - ings. But condemnations of U.S. immigration policy? Check. Do other nations not no- tice this? Hardly. Ms. Haley said many share our disgust at the Council's record. But they will say so only in pri- vate. They're afraid to speak up. This is why, as the am- bassador said, we have "the world's worst human rights regimes calling the shots at the United Nations." Under those circumstanc- es, it's hardly crazy to with- draw from the Council. In fact, our continued presence could be taken as a sign that we don't care about its glar- ing failures and rank hypoc- risy. The fact is, we do care. Lip service isn't enough for us. So while the U.S. will con- tinue to pursue its human rights commitments, we're not going to remain part of a "self-serving organization that makes a mockery of hu- man rights," in Ms. Haley's words. When Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the Commission on Human Rights, the prede- cessor to today's Council, she urged it to be "a place of conscience." If it is, let's act like it. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). dren would view and then have a good laugh about them. So in a spirit of fun, I would go along and make fun of my self as well. Now that I have lived in North America since 1973- first in Canada then the USA, my picture album col- lection contains a different setting and flavor, quite different from the orient. Birthdays, graduations, wed- dings, and other major events in our life bring back memories of our jour- ney here. I sometimes wonder how Rose and I traveled this journey, first starting as a couple, then raising four great kids, and now having 10 grand- kids. I am sure God in His wisdom had a hand on our destiny, since every im- portant decision we made was always accompanied by a prayer for guidance and faith. Looking back at all these gifts of life, Rose and I are ever grateful. • • • Let's have some lighter moments. 10 I KNOW ABOUT YOU 1. You are reading this. 2. You are human. 3. You can't say the letter ''P'' with- out separating your lips. 4. You just attempted to do it. 6. You are laughing at yourself. 7. You have a smile on your face and you skipped No. 5. 8. You just checked to see if there is a No. 5. 9. You laugh at this because you are a fun loving person and everyone does it too. 10. You are probably going to share this to see who else falls for it. You have received this note because I didn't want to be alone in the older category. Have a great Day. Laugh, and then laugh and sing "It's a Beautiful Day" even when it's not. Continued from page 11 MILESTONES Continued from page 11 FIRST STEP ing reform. With all due respect to Senator Grassley, he's making a mistake. And as a result he's hurting his party and his country. In all my years working in public policy, one lesson I have learned is that it is an invitation for failure to try to deal with a complex issue, one hav- ing a number of separate components, in a single huge, complicated piece of legislation. The result is either no ac- tion or a sweeping — and bad — law. This is exactly why we get nowhere with fixing our health care system and with dealing with immigration. Clearly, we have an enormous crim- inal justice problem in our country. It is a moral and fiscal disaster that our free nation has, per capita, more people sitting in prison than any na- tion in the world. According to World Prison Brief, the U.S. has 655 individ- uals in prison per 100,000 in popula- tion, making our incarceration rate highest in the world. Everyone agrees we have a crimi- nal justice problem. But like so many other areas, there is a woeful lack of agreement about what is causing the problem and how to solve it. And this brings us back to the in- credible bipartisan passage of the First Step Act. Senate Majority Leader McCon- nell and Senator Grassley should see this as an opportunity for the Repub- lican-controlled Congress to show it can act decisively on a major national problem. Holding up prison reform to add on the complex issue of sentenc- ing reform will result in what I said above: either nothing will happen or we'll get one big unworkable bill. Furthermore, prison reform has major racial implications. Blacks, who constitute 12 percent of the pop- ulation, make up 33 percent of the pris- on population. Hispanics, who consti- tute 16 percent of the general popula- tion, make up 23 percent of the pris- on population. It's no accident that the NA ACP op- poses the bill. Or that Obama admin- istration Attorney General Eric Hold- er wrote in The Washington Post against it. Or that two very political- ly ambitious black Democratic Sena- tors, Kamala Harris and Cory Book- er, oppose it. Passage of the First Step Act would show that Republicans care and can help a large part of minority Ameri- ca in distress. Black Democrats don't want this to happen. Senate Republicans must keep an eye on retaining control in Novem- ber. They should get on the same page with the White House and the House and pass the First Step Act. Star Parker is an author and presi- dent of CURE, Center for Urban Renew- al and Education. Contact her at www. urbancure.org. I am writing this letter to address the 2018 fair. I was a long-time resident of Pike County for many years. I still come back for your fair. I want to thank you for the beautiful rides the kids en- joyed and the animals were amazing. My point is, I went to the demos, and the people were great. The problem I had was that when the National Anthem played, there was no American flag displayed. This upset me very much. I really wanted to go to the pit, where the cars were doing their derby and take the flag off the cars that had them. When I asked a very nice gentleman, he said I had a good point and I was to ask the fair board about it. They had one for the rodeo. I ask that they please use the flag for everything. I am an American and I love my flag. When they play the Nation- al Anthem, it should be dis- played. Thank you, Jeanette Evans Continued from page 3 Pentecostal Presbyterian Presbyterian Wesleyan HOUSE OF MERCY CHURCH Corner of East and Porter Winslow Pastor 812-789-5229 A Church with open arms and a loving heart. Sunday morning worship service at 10 a.m.; Sunday school classes at 10 :45 a.m.; Every other Tuesday night, prayer at 7 p.m. Are you prepared for the great outpouring of the Spirit of God as we head to the final days of the last great reviv- al? Are you in tune with God and His Word so that as this last great push of the Spirit begins you will be prepared. As the souls come to Christ they will need to be taught and shown the life of a child of God. Do not be fooled by the enemy believing this will not happen. To him that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit has to say. Pray for your country, our President and government, your local government, our soldiers and all Pastors. Re- member to pray for the sick and afflicted and those in the nursing homes and hos- pitals. Also pray about the elections. Be a friend to your neigh- bors, co-workers, any with whom you come into contact. To have a friend, you need to be a friend. Jesus said what you give out is what you will receive back. May you find peace and joy in your life this week. God's servant and friend to humanity, George Bruce, Pastor MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10th and Main Streets, Petersburg 812-354-6844 Sunday worship 10 :30 a.m.; Youth group Monday evening at 6 p.m. Come vis- it us, our doors are always open to you. Our Good God For the love of God is broader than the measure of man's mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonder- fully kind. If our love were but more faithful, we should HUNTINGBURG HOLINESS CHURCH 813 N. Washington St. Huntingburg Pastor 812-354-4273 Sunday morning service and Sunday school 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer and praise 7 p.m. Everyone is always wel- come. For information or trans- portation, call the Pastor. Brent S. Myers, Pastor NEW BEGINNING FELLOWSHIP WESLEYAN CHURCH 9th and McCoy, Petersburg Pastor 812-632-0773 Sunday morning worship 10 :30 a.m. You are invited to wor- ship with us. Richard Comer, Pastor OTWELL WESLEYAN CHURCH 2277 N. Mechanics Street Otwell Pastor 812-354-3028 Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10 :30 a.m.; evening worship ser- vice 6:30 p.m. Nursery available. Tuesday morning wom- en's Bible study at the fel- lowship hall 10 a.m. Sunday evening at 6 p.m. Baptism at Dustin and Brooke Potts' residence. "And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized ev- ery one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the for- giveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit'" (Acts 2:38, ESV ). "The most beautiful things in the world can- not be seen or touched, they must be felt with the heart"—Helen Keller. We invite all of you to come and worship with us. Roy Stilwell, Pastor Pam Lemond, Reporter take him at his word; and our life would be thanks- giving for the goodness of the Lord. Office hours: 9 a.m.- noon, Monday-Friday. Boyd Heldring, Pastor Amy Melhiser, Secretary Church Notes honest effort. Color-blindness is genet- ic. There was color-blind- ness in the family already. I wasn't the first one. But maybe she was frightened for me, if I was so helpless that I couldn't even gath- er food that was right in front of me. I don't know, because we never talked about it again, never con- fronted the real stuff. And that seems to be genetic, too.