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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, April 3, 2019 B- 7 confident I can tackle lots of the new software programs and challenges. It's a good way to prevent oldtimer's disorder from creeping in faster. • • • There are some things I have learned in life which I'm sure many of my friends experience as well. This being spring break for my grandkids, I had two to keep for a few days. Grandkids are precious, you love them and want to pamper them. One of the things I'm puz- zled about is why it takes me two hours to clean my house and it takes them two min- utes to mess it up. We only have about 200 toys stored neatly and when they pull them out of the boxes where they are kept, it's game over. I call the process a tornado drill. Or a disaster drill. Now I have to ponder if I will be ever able to put them back into place. One of the things I've learned is not to share pen markers. There are lots of papers I offer for their use but some- how the markers end up dec- orating my pool table and sometimes furnitures. Now I have to figure out how to erase them in places where they should not be. Now let's talk about food. They seem to always be hungry and when offered healthy food, they would rather have chips, cup cakes, cookies, etc and not the apples or ba- nanas or oranges or grapes, we always have available. We try very hard to pre- vail and feed them healthy snacks and meals. We always try to find ways to bargain and threaten to deprive fun stuff activities if they do not agree to fol- low our instructions. What about drinks? They prefer the sugary stuff but we have rules in our house. Water or milk is what we in- sist they should drink. Most of the time we win, some- times and rarely, we give in. Then you know what hap- pens when they load up on sugary snacks. They be- come hyper and that's when you see them run instead of walk, shriek instead of talk, and peace and quiet disap- pears. Despite all these slight inconveniences, I still think grandkids are precious and make life delightful and memorable. I forgot to mention, since my letter writing to my grandkids started, they have responded in kind. They wrote letters back to me and it's so delightful to learn from them as well. They even included draw- ings and pictures, which ac- cording to a lot of psycholo- gists tell so much about what they're thinking. I'm pleased to report the faces they drew had plenty of smiles on the faces. Now I've built a folder file to store their letters for future pos- terity. • • • Wisdom of the week: When life's challenges get too hard to stand, kneel. Have a blessed week. Court Report FELONY Pike Circuit Court Joshua Nicolini charged with child solicitation, a level 5 felony. Anthony Marley charged with auto theft, a level 6 felony. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court David Ray Waltz charged with pub- lic intoxication. Christopher L. Coulson charged with driving while suspended. Adam W. Courtwright charged with count I operating a vehicle while intox- icated and count II reckless driving. Brent J. Janoe charged with count I operating a vehicle while intoxicated and count II reckless driving. Tiona N. Branum charged with op- erating a vehicle while intoxicated. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Bank of America, N.A. sues Chris- tine Gibson on complaint. Synchrony Bank sues Jeffery Jones on complaint. Credit Acceptance Corp. sues Brit- tany Snodgrass and Stephan Snod- grass on complaint. First Federal Savings Bank sues Adam Wilkes on complaint. First Federal Savings Bank sues Al- exander Montgomery on complaint. Absolute Resolutions Investments, LLC sues Anthony Loveless on com- plaint. LVNV Funding, LLC sues Joseph Greer on complaint. Jessica Shover sues Luke Shover for dissolution of marriage. Tina R. Shover sues Brian D. Shov- er for dissolution of marriage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Hoosier Accounts Service sues Li- sa Gentry on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Tra- cy Richards on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Daniel Aaserud on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Fred Robinson on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Cin- da Horton on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Car- ol A. Miley on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Marilyn Hanselman on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Ja- cob Hildenbrand on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Misty Willis on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Thomas Melvin on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Nancy A. Durcholz on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Te- resa Hudson on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Simon D. McCrary charged with unlawful possession of tobacco. Bryan E. Holloway charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph limit. Chad W. Burleigh charged with speeding. Michelle D. Beauchamp charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph limit. Michael Pence charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph limit. Zackary D. Shelton charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph limit. Austin L. Loveless charged with un- lawful possession of tobacco. Gary S. Ray charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph limit. Samuel J. Tegmeyer charged with unlawful possession of tobacco. Timothy D. Davis charged with op- erating a vehicle with expired plates. Jessica N. Barcus charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph limit. Malaki G. Gladish charged with un- lawful possession of tobacco. Thomas E. Bondurant charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph limit. Lori L. Lamar charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph limit. Jeremy L. Payne charged with ille- gal taking of a wild animal. Christopher P. Hutsler charged with seatbelt violation. Kehaulani A. Phillips charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph limit. Benjamin J. Hess charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph limit. George R. Powell charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph limit. Riley E. Holler charged with seat- belt violation. Continued from page 6 TAIWAN gress came to office after the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. We need to help Taiwan become a full participant in the international com- munity. The people of Tai- wan have a right to share their ideas and their wealth to the benefit of the rest of the world — and the United States should help make this happen. The U.S.-Taiwan trade and investment relationship would benefit from greater strategic focus and clarity. That could best be achieved by pursuing a bilateral U.S.- Taiwan free trade agree- ment (F TA). This is an ideal time be- gin discussions, discover the possible hurdles, ne- gotiate in an open and can- did manner, and make a bi- lateral F TA a reality. Then the TaiwanU.S. partner- ship for freedom will play a more important role in shap- ing American policy toward China — and in securing American interests through- out Asia. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). Continued from page 6 RUSSIA Continued from page 6 NEW TECH ry left in the wake of the Mueller in- vestigation. How is it that the FBI, including former Director James Comey, was scammed by the so-called Steele dos- sier, which was financed through the back door by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Com- mittee and created the story of the alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians? How could the supposed elite of our intelligence community be so de- ceived? Or maybe, even more troubling, they weren't deceived and were par- ty to the scam. Enough to give any upstanding American goose bumps. But unlike their wise old leader, ma- ny Democrats are not giving up. House Judiciary Committee Chair- man Jerrold Nadler said weeks ago on ABC's "This Week" that he didn't care what the Mueller report would conclude, noting, "It's very clear that the president obstructed justice." So why did taxpayers have to shell out tens of millions for this special counsel if Democrats really didn't care what the investigation would conclude? And how could the president ob- struct justice if no crime was com- mitted to begin with? The answer, of course, is that dis- covering what is true is something that is of zero interest to Democrats. They have only one agenda: damag- ing this president and making it as dif- ficult as possible for him to advance a conservative program. So despite the conclusions of the Mueller report, there will be docu- ment requests and subpoenas pour- ing forth from Nadler's committee un- der the claim of suspected obstruction of justice from the White House. There are many things Democrats do not do well. But the thing they do least well is lose. For liberals, there is no truth; there is no fair and square. There is only politics. Hillary Clinton's latest explanation of her loss in 2016 is voter registra- tion shenanigans in Alabama, Geor- gia and Wisconsin. Stacey Abrams still refuses to con- cede that she was defeated in the gu- bernatorial race in Georgia, persist- ing that voter suppression engineered by Republicans caused her loss. We had to suffer recounts in 2018 in Florida in the senatorial and guber- natorial races because losing Demo- crats refused to concede. This was reminiscent of the "hanging chad' re- count in Florida in the 2000 presiden- tial election, when Al Gore refused to concede. The idea that Russians somehow manipulated the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, with or without collusion from the Trump campaign, is absurd. The American system works, and we have a president who is fixing this country. These are the truths that Democrats find most difficult to swallow. 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 6 CARING remains just below our con- sciousness, and we expect the government to take care of them. Many fami- lies have been waiting in Princeville, N.C., since Oc- tober 2017 to return to some type of home. When asked, "Where are you living while your home is built? " The re- ply was "here and there." We are planning a fall work mission in October. If you are interested in joining us or donating money [all work crews are self-fund- ed, which goes for food and housing facilities], you can email the church at office@ amityumc.com And, you don't have to be Methodist. Think about it! MAY 11, 2019 S AT U R D AY Deadline is Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m. EMAIL ������������classifieds@pressdispatch�net Email us your ad! Please include your name and phone number. 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