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C-12 Opinion Wednesday, October 17, 2018 The Press-Dispatch SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Let us know at 812-354-8500! Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Jeffrey L. Whitlow charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 6 felony, and count II unlawful possession of syringe. David W. Brown charged with oper- ating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life, a level 5 felony. Danin L. Breeze charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Waiver of extradition of Zakareya Shalabi. In re: Isaac Bean petitions for intra- state probation transfer. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Justin E. Bradshaw charged with operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its me- tabolite in the body. Anthony M. Maxfield charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Torivio Ortega charged with oper- ating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more. Zackery Alan Head charged with in- vasion of privacy. Dillon W. Hixson charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II possession of paraphernalia. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company sues Kenneth E. Todd, Ja- nalene Todd and Diamond Resourc- es Company on complaint. Traci Slunder sues Steven Slunder, Jr. for dissolution of marriage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Theresa Loveless sues American Health and Life Ins Co on complaint. Thomas Kirby sues Christopher Miller on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Dimitri Dewig charged with speed- ing, 93 mph in a 70 zone. Brianna Dorsett charged with speeding, 88 mph in a 70 zone. Shane Gerlaugh charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Lindsey Gibboney charged with speeding, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Timothy Goldsberry charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Roy Hedge charged with driving while suspended. James Hupp charged with speed- ing, 71 mph in a 55 zone. Sara Keys charged with speeding, 83 mph in a 70 zone. Jessica Kluemper charged with dis- regarding stop sign. Alyssa Owens charged with speed- ing, 94 mph in a 70 zone. Gary Seibert charged with speed- ing, 78 mph in a 55 zone. Kimberly Sorrells charged with speeding, 76 mph in a 55 zone. Kevin Welborn charged with speed- ing, 74 mph in a 55 zone. Abigail Zumbuhl charged with speeding, 91 mph in a 70 zone. Marc Roberts charged with operat- ing a vehicle on public property. Continued from page 11 MILITARY Continued from page 11 MORTALITY Continued from page 11 BREAD assessment of core U.S. se- curity interests, America's military branches will con- tinue to be strained to meet the missions they are called upon to fulfill." Our military serves us well. It's time for us to return the favor. Let's ensure they have the funding they need to keep us and our allies safe — not only today, but well in- to the future. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). 33 percent of Democrats. Whereas 41 percent of Americans describe themselves as "born again" or evangelical, 61 of blacks do. Thirty-three percent of Americans say they attend church once per week. But 61 percent of blacks do. A frican-Americans sympathizing with activist government, rather than with core liberal values, has always been a major factor in their identifica- tion with the Democratic Party. But the movement of Democrats far- ther left, highlighted by the divisive- ness of the Kavanaugh hearings, could be a watershed in racial politics. Booker and Harris are rooted more in Democratic Party progressivism than the traditional concerns of black Democrats. Both continue to hype the uncor- roborated claims against Kavanaugh, despite an FBI follow-up investigation verifying that there is not one witness that corroborates Christine Blasey Ford's allegations. Booker is talking about about pursu- ing Kavanaugh's impeachment. Harris is going on about the alleged denial of "justice for sexual assault survivors." However, Kavanaugh's confirmation process was never about justice for sexual assault survivors. It was about carrying out the law based on facts rather than unsubstantiated claims by interested parties. Former presidential advisor and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan fa- mously said, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." Kavanaugh survived the conten- tious confirmation hearing because there were no facts leveled against him, just accusations. Booker and Har- ris, by focusing on these unsubstanti- ated claims, demonstrate that progres- sives don't care about the facts. It is this kind of perversion of jus- tice, displacing facts with prejudice and claims, that has historically been used to persecute blacks — particular- ly sexual assault claims leveled against black men. More blacks are beginning to un- derstand that what serves their inter- ests is a nation of law, a nation of mor- al integrity, a nation in which govern- ment protects individuals rather per- secuting them based on prejudicial thinking. In brief, what I call the three Cs — Christianity, capitalism and the Con- stitution. More black Americans are waking up to the truth that political opportun- ism, so prominently on display now by Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, is exactly what they don't need. A booming economy and unemploy- ment claims at historic lows are the re- sult of a nation of law, not a nation of politics. The Supreme Court is on a new track, with a solid conservative majority in place. This is good news for all Americans. And more and more black Americans are beginning to understand this. Star Parker is an author and presi- dent of CURE, Center for Urban Renew- al and Education. Contact her at www. urbancure.org. Continued from page 11 REALIGN Continued from page 11 ECONOMICS Continued from page 11 SMARTPHONES dicates that the world com- munity donated around $5 billion toward world hunger in 2015. So what impedes the world community in solving the cri- sis of hunger other than mon- ey? The reason is complex but understandable; in some ar- eas, large populations live in substandard agricultural ar- ea. Through no fault of their own people are living in re- gions of the world that can- not support the size of food crops needed for their own survival. But a second more insidi- ous reason is often unreport- ed. The world is in constant ferment of war and conflicts. Three examples paint a bleak picture for some areas of A frica. The Globe And Mail report "In northeastern Nigeria, the war with Boko Haram has prevented farm- ers from cultivating crops; if the fighting causes them to miss the May-June planting season, seven million will be at risk of starvation." "In Somalia, the al-Shabab militant group continues to block food aid and the organi- zations that deliver it, and dis- rupts or sells food shipments for its own needs. In South Sudan, the government and security forces have blocked humanitarian aid, putting its horrendous civil war ahead of the lives of its people." We found the answer: Be- cause of sin bad choices are made, indifference by gov- ernment, and conflict inter- dicts supplies. The gospel of Jesus Christ teaches we are citizens of the world and there is no distinc- tion between peoples of the earth and God's love toward them. However, we live in a sinful world where evil men thwart the generosity of millions of people. The Proverb writer ob- served "Righteousness ex- alts a nation: but sin is a re- proach to any people." Millions of Christians take to heart the admonition by the apostle John: "But who- ever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? " The solution for world hun- ger can be found in the Gos- pel of Christ. Jesus reiterated that God will provide for all- and these provisions go be- yond food needed for daily living: "…man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord." The gospel changes lives and priorities are reoriented. Jesus said "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall nev- er thirst." This passage is to be taken literally and spiritually. The need for material substance does not escape God. He as- serts He will provide our dai- ly need. But more so, He will provide what our soul needs which is spiritual nourish- ment. Our world needs and seeks food, but it stops short of im- plementing the solution that will heal the nations and its people-embracing Jesus Christ! If we could erase all the physical hunger of the world, yet fail to treat its symptoms though we know its root cause, what have we accom- plished? Think about it! car in their driveway and carried my suitcase indoors, past the garage where she usually poked her snout un- der the door and snarled at intruders. She instantly rec- ognized me and wiggled and groaned for a petting. She was the runt of the lit- ter, but my son said he chose her because she had the cut- est face. He didn't intend to keep her. She was a gradu- ation gift for his girlfriend. But the girlfriend (now his wife) was going on to grad school in a difficult major and had no room or time for a puppy. So she gave Roxy right back to him. And depending on his housing situation at any giv- en time, he often dropped Roxy off with his parents. We were empty-nesters by then. Once, on the evening before I entered a big-city hospital for open-heart sur- gery, he came by our motel room and dropped his dog off for the night. She was able to sort it all out. She knew who her peo- ple were. She died overnight in their attached garage, not on her sleeping mat, but curled up by the door to the house, where her people were. The oldest daughter, 11, found her there in the morning and called her dad. Both par- ents wanted all the kids to see her one more time, one at a time. Some took it hard- er than others. We haven't had much death in our clan recently, so this was the children's first encounter with mortality. They're still processing it. The 11-year-old sucked it up and scored three goals later in the day in her elite soccer league. Her young- er sisters were weepy and heartbroken. One patted the head and flopped those ears for the last time. The three- year-old boy jumped on his bicycle to go find his play- mates in the neighborhood, and bring them back to the garage to see his dead pet. The one-year-old boy squat- ted an arm's length away, and stared intently, not quite sure what was wrong. I had my own brush with mortality last month when a routine outpatient sur- gery led to infection and (life-threatening) sepsis, before they put the varsity on the court and brought me back over a five-day hospi- tal stay. I'm recovering now, but I won't recover every- thing. I'm having to release some possibilities, some ca- pacities because, well—I'm mortal. I'm processing my mor- tality like some of my grand- children processed Roxy's mortality: wishing I could suck it up and defy my cir- cumstances, but prone to grief and nostalgia instead. Like the three-year-old, I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve, but like the one- year-old, I'm really not sure what to make of it: what does anything mean if everything leads to the same morbid outcome? Real mortality has a way of making theological ques- tions more urgent. The hy- potheticals become more vivid. They can say all the nice stuff they want at my fu- neral, but no eulogy can al- ter my eternity. I'd better get this right. And so my read- ing has changed. I'm nailing my beliefs down, addressing my doubts while I can. But also hoping to squeeze the most enjoyment—the most life—from whatever days, months or years remain. There's life—and en- joyment—all around me: grandkids' concerts, plays, swim meets, cook-outs, ball- games, birthday parties, my wife's flowers, butterflies, hummingbirds and back- yard entertainment. I'm just watching, but life is pretty good as a world-class spec- tator. It sure was fun watch- ing Roxy and her people for 14 years. and often wrong." The authors give a long list of erroneous beliefs that peo- ple hold. Here's a tiny sample: Em- ployers pay for employer-provided in- surance; larger incomes for some peo- ple require smaller incomes for oth- ers; minimum wage legislation helps the unskilled and minorities; foreign imports reduce the number of domes- tic jobs; "equal pay for equal work" laws aid women, minorities and the young; labor unions protect the natural broth- erhood and collective well-being of workers against their natural enemies, employers; and we cannot compete in a world in which most foreign wages are lower than wages paid to domes- tic workers. One of Professor Alchian's major contributions to economic science is in the area of property rights and its effect on the outcomes observed. The essence of private property rights con- tains three components: the owner's right to make decisions about the us- es of what's deemed his property; his right to acquire, keep and dispose of his property; and his right to enjoy the income, as well as bear losses, result- ing from his decisions. If one or more of those three elements is missing, pri- vate property rights are not present. Private property rights also restrain one from interfering with other peo- ple's rights. Private property rights have long been seen as vital to person- al liberty. James Madison, in an 1829 speech at the Virginia Constitutional Convention, said: "It is sufficiently ob- vious that persons and property are the two great subjects on which govern- ments are to act and that the rights of persons and the rights of property are the objects for the protection of which government was instituted. These rights cannot well be separated." At the end of many of "Universal Economics'" 42 chapters, there's a section named "Questions and Med- itations." Here's my guarantee: If you know and can understand those ques- tions and answers, you will be better trained than the average economist teaching or working in Washington, D.C. only a few steps involved for sharing. It is also quite entertaining to re- view them when I have some down- time. Like while waiting for appoint- ments, waiting for whatever, while traveling, etc. etc. Now I can do ma- ny many things like using the phone as a calculator, listening to music, watching live stream, doing facebook, catching up with news, using it for di- rections while driving like what GPS would do, talking to loved ones via Facetime and seeing them live. Talk- ing overseas using a free internet ser- vice like Viber or Facetime or messen- ger. It's also a good place to check for weather, health measures, stocks, etc. It also records conversations (care- ful!). It's been a life saving device for calling for help like 911 and record- ing happenings, good or bad. Now if I list many more functions, you will get tired of my article. So I will stop and let you do the rest of the counting. • • • Now here's the bad parts. Less and less personal conversations are tak- ing place especially at the dinner ta- ble dinner because we're hypnotized by the device. We know these phones ring without warning like in Church, during social functions, meetings, etc and during nap times or sleep. We know it has caused distractions while driving, ending in serious inju- ries or even death for those who are insanely careless using the phone , ei- ther for texting or viewing the screen etc. Thank goodness for blue tooth. We also know if you need it so bad sometimes, batteries go dead and that is so frustrating. I know some cases in the legal world, cases can be lost if communications are done poorly or badly by plaintiffs or defendants. Oh, another thing, they are not cheap de- vices and they cost a lot for monthly service charges. Well, it looks like the pros seem to be longer than the cons. • • • Here's some funny things that I have heard about those devices. I have seen people get panicky when they start looking for their phones when in fact they have it in their hand. Another thing, some mistakenly use them for changing T V channels, or use T V remotes to answer phone calls. Which have you done lately? Have a great week! Mon-Fri 7AM - 6PM Saturday 7AM - 5PM Sunday 10AM - 4PM Memmer's Hwy. 41 N. at Lyles Station Rd Princeton • 812-385-2641 BGA 56 $ 199 95 HSA 56 $ 249 95 MSA 120 C 12" $ 299 95 POWER-PACKED Excellent cutting performance Lightweight and portable Low noise and lightweight