The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Court report Criminal Docket Pike Circuit Court Angel L. Bellamy charged with count I dealing in methamphetamine, a class B felony; count II possession of methamphetamine, a class D felony; count III maintaining a common nuisance (use of a controlled substance), a class D felony; count IV possession of two or more chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture controlled substances, a class D felony; count V possession of paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor and count VI false informing, a class B misdemeanor. Aaron D. Bellamy charged with count I dealing in methamphetamine, a class B felony; count II possession of methamphetamine, a class D felony; count III maintaining a common nuisance (use of a controlled substance), a class D felony; count IV possession of two or more chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture controlled substances, a class D felony; count V possession of paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor. In re search warrant. Mark Brittingham charged with dealing in synthetic drug, a class D felony. Brittany L. Brock requests intrastate transfer of probation from Dubois County. Traffic and misdemeanor Pike Circuit Court Christopher M Henzman charged with public intoxication, a class B misdemeanor. Erin L. Lance charged with possession of marijuana, a class A misde- Katiedid vs... meanor; count II possession of paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor. Tyler P. Pride charged with count I resisting law enforcement; count II criminal mischief; count III illegal consumption of alcohol and count IV furnishing alcohol to minor. Civil Docket Pike Circuit Court JP Morgan Chase Bank sues Angela K. Henke aka Angela K. HenkeCook, Citi Finanical, Inc. and Hoosier Accounts service for complaint on note and to foreclose mortgage. Stacy Lynn Merkley sues Dennis Ray Merkley for dissolution of marriage. Small Claims Pike Circuit Court Pike County Development Corp. sues D.J. Warner, Destiny Stephens Warner on complaint for past due rent, late fees, cleaning and repairs. Pike County Development Corp. sues Summerlee Miskel on complaint for past due rent, late fees, cleaning and repairs. Pike County Development Corp. sues Justin Lindley and Brandi Booker on complaint for rent and clean-up. D. Davis Properties LLC sues Mary Crume on complaint for past due rent. Cradle and Crayons sues Gretchen Ohstrome for complaint on past due accounts. Infractions Pike Circuit Court Alexa A. Argiana charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Gabriel S. Bol charged with speeding, 98 mph in a 70 zone. Stephen H. Bradley charged with driving while suspended. Dillion J. Baugh charged with speeding, 45 mph in a 30 zone. Nazish R. Chaudhry charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Anthony P. Czaplicki charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Rebeccah N. Davis charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. David A. Green charged with speeding, 86 mph in a 70 zone. Marcia A. Gladish charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Christina M. Grubb-Hoskins charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Abigail E. Hering charged with speeding, 87 mph in a 70 zone. Conner R. Mears charged with seat belt violation. Markeith L. Hines charged with speeding, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Silas R. Havens charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Chad A. Julian charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Kirah M. Lang charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Steven M. Lower charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 45 zone. Joshua K. Luedke charged with speeding, 58 mph in a 40 zone. Jennifer M. Nichols charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Joseph K. Obrien charged with speeding, 57 mph in a 35 zone. David W. Runmade charged with speeding, 78 mph in a 55 zone. Ethan T. Stantz charged with driving while suspended. Time changes U.S. Agriculture el—triple-A batteries did not produce enough light to get a non-morning person successfully clothed and out the door. I was getting really tired of the darkness. Tired of stubbing my toes every morning. Tired of tripping over toys I couldn't see. Tired of the lamps stinging my eyes when I turned them on. Tired of needing three cups of coffee before I could function. And plain old tired. Because tired is what you feel when you have to wake up before the sun does! Why, oh, why do we have to endure the last few weeks of daylight saving time? Can't we move the time change up a little bit—back to how it was before 2007? Whom do I talk to about this? Hey, farmers, I've been told that blaming you for the biannual time shifts is bogus, but because I have no other group to lament to, hear my plea: I love ya. I really do. You have cows. That's cool. I dig on some milk. Fruits and vegetables—I eat them. I always vote to support American farms with additional tax breaks. Farmstand Tropicana is my new favorite juice. I took square dancing in elementary school. And I've gone to Farm Aid concerts. Sure, I wanted to see Dave Matthews Band and Willie Nelson, but the philanthropic element was totally part of my ticket price justification. So why, dear farmer friends, must you hurt me so? I need my morning cup o' vitamin D! There aren't many things in life I need to rely on, but trusting that the sun will be up to greet me when I wake is one of them. You're giving me trust issues, farmers. Like, therapy-level trust issues. Believe me; my alarm clock's beeping before dawn had me on the brink of a mental breakdown. And simply providing the coffee beans and milk I would bathe in to function did not make us square! I needed standard time. I craved standard time. My sanity was resting on it. And worse, my wardrobe choices were resting on it. Alas, standard time brought no solace. After turning back my clock in early November, I learned something rather distressing: I had grown accustomed to my dreaded dark mornings! Now, rather than my alarm clock waking me before the sunrise, the sunrise wakes me before my alarm clock! I have gone from going mad from darkness to going mad from sleep deprivation. So much so that despite being able to see in my perfectly lit room, I came to work this morning wearing my shirt inside out. Next time my co-worker smugly asks whether I'm sporting a new look—be it backward clothes, inside-out clothes or my bra outside my shirt—I'm just going to say, "Yes." Clearly disheveled is my new statement piece. It doesn't even matter if I got dressed in the dark. Continued from page 2 sequences. Since the Tea Party sees itself as the conservative wing of the Republican Party, its supporters might want to consider what was said by an iconic conservative figure of the past, Edmund Burke: "Preserving my principles unshaken, I reserve my activity for rational endeavours." Fundamentally, "rational" means the ability to make a ratio — that is, to weigh one thing against another. Burke makes a key distinction between believing in a principle and weighing the likely consequences of taking a particular action to advance that principle. There is no question that the principles of anyone who believes in the freedom of American citizens from arbitrary government dictates like ObamaCare — unauthorized by anything in the Constitution and forbidden by the 10th Amendment — must oppose this quantum leap forward in the expansion of the power of government. There is nothing ambiguous about the principle. The only question is about the tactics, the Tea Party's attempt to defund ObamaCare. The principle would justify repealing ObamaCare. So the only reason for the Tea Partyers' limiting themselves to trying to defund this year was a recognition that repealing it was not within their power. The only question then is: was defunding ObamaCare within their power? Most people outside the Tea Party recognized that defunding ObamaCare was also beyond their power — and events confirmed that. It was virtually inconceivable from the outset that the Tea Party could force the Democrats who controlled the Senate to pass the defunding bill, even if the Tea Party had the complete support of all Republican Senators — much less pass it with a majority large enough to override President Obama's certain veto. Therefore was the Tea Party-led attempt to defund ObamaCare something that met Burke's standard of a "rational endeavour"? With the chances of making a dent in ObamaCare by trying to defund it being virtually zero, and the Republican Party's chances of gaining power in either the 2014 or 2016 elections being reduced by the public's backlash against that futile attempt, there was virtually nothing to gain politically and much to lose. However difficult it might be to repeal ObamaCare after it gets up and running, the odds against repeal, after the 2014 and 2016 elections, are certainly no worse than the odds against defunding it in 2013. Winning those elections would improve the odds. If the Tea Party made a tactical mistake, that is not necessarily fatal in politics. People can even learn from their mistakes — but only if they admit to themselves that they were mistaken. Whether the Tea Party can do that may determine not only its fate but the fate of an America that still needs the principles that brought Tea Party members together in the first place. H Farm Bill in name Continued from page 2 versions of the farm bill keep the sugar program intact. Meanwhile, as I've detailed in previous columns, the bulk of agriculture subsidies go not to the small, struggling farmers that most Americans envision, but to huge "agri-businesses" with annual incomes well in excess of $1 million. Yes, the House and Senate are finally dropping the direct payments made for years to farmer of certain commodities, such as corn, cotton, wheat and rice—subsidies so indefensible, the American Farm Bureau Federation has called for their repeal. But they're adding new programs that could prove even costlier, such as one that would force taxpayers to cover even minor losses suffered by farmers. "A farm bill should serve the interests of the American people," writes Heritage Foundation farm-bill expert Daren Bakst. "This first starts with taking politics out of the bill." That means considering food stamps separately and making other needed reforms. Raising another bumper crop of subsidies and bad policy is simply unacceptable. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org). H Death over Life Continued from page 2 issues are presented to us do we respond with the best interest of the loved one, or our own interests. Few families today will escape such questions; mine included. I cannot judge the matter concerning the life prospects of Timothy Bowers. by Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture Though grim, if you wade through the news account the prognosis was guarded at best, not hopeless. I cannot but feel uneasy about the farmers markets that give families ad- projects. ditional options in buying local foods. To help show the rapid growth of the quickness of the decision by In many areas of high povlocal food market across the family and the injured. As stated earlier, I felt the the nation, USDA createrty, low food security or ed the Know Your Farm- question was presented to limited access to healthy, fresh produce, farmers er, Know Your Food Com- Bowers as "you don't want markets provide low-inpass, an online tool illus- to live because of xyz, do trating the many places come parents with an important way to put healthy USDA has supported these food on the plate for their opportunities nationwide. families. For more information, visBy more than doubling it http://1.usa.gov/zui2a7. the availability of EBT Local and regional martechnology in farmers keting opportunities hold markets—and supporting more than great promise for folks across the 450 projects to help farmers markets nation. They're helping our producexpand and grow—the USDA has fo- ers grow and thrive. They're bringcused on amplifying these benefits for ing fresh foods to underserved areas. They're helping our kids get good nufamilies. Schools and school districts are trition at school. USDA intends to conworking harder than ever to source tinue our record support for these martheir food locally and provide healthy kets—but to do so, we need a Food, meals at school—ultimately benefit- Farm and Jobs Bill as soon as possiing our young people. Across the na- ble. A new Farm Bill would enable our tion, USDA is working with school dis- continued efforts to expand farmers tricts under our Farm to School pro- markets and food hubs, while expandgram, helping districts establish rela- ing healthy food access for low-income tionships with producers. During the Americans and kids in our schools. All 2011-2012 school year, school districts of these efforts would benefit the rupurchased and served more than $350 ral economy, while helping to achieve million in local foods—and that num- new opportunity in agriculture in the ber is set to grow as we undertake even years to come. more efforts to support Farm to School Everyone benefits from local markets One very important reason for Congress to expedite work toward a new Food, Farm and Jobs Bill is to continue today's rapid growth in local and regional marketing opportunities for American agriculture. From local farmers markets to regional food hubs, these new opportunities benefit a wide range of Americans from all walks of life. They benefit farmers and ranchers who are looking to start selling locally or scale up to regional sales. Farmers markets and regional food hubs have a particularly positive impact for small and limited-resource producers. Sales of local foods are growing rapidly, creating a multibillion-dollar market opportunity for producers. Local markets also have an impact on our work to bring folks into the business of agriculture. As the average age of the American farmer increases, we need more new folks on the farm. Local and regional markets help these new farmers—who include returning veterans, immigrants and more women than ever before—get started and sell their product. American families interested in buying local benefit as well. Under the Obama Administration, we have helped to create more than 2,800 new C-3 H Tea Party crossroads by Katiedid Langrock "Is that a new look?" snorted my coworker last month. "Is what a new look?" I asked. "Is this like wearing your hat askew or your pants too low?" "I have no idea what you're talking about," I said. "Your shirt. It's on backward." I looked down. The tag was sticking straight up from inside my blouse. A peephole, intended to show a tiny and respectable amount of back skin, was showcasing my cleavage. Totally workappropriate—if I worked as a stripper. I hate the tail end of daylight saving time. It's bad enough that the days grow shorter, but the pitch-dark mornings kill me. Where's that darn cheerful Jimmy Dean sun mascot man when I need him? Clearly, he must not think those breakfast sausage biscuits are delicious enough to rise an hour early for. Mornings never have been my friend. And the moon-filled mornings that make up the final month of daylight saving time feel like a cruel joke—one that, as an adult, I feel as if I shouldn't have to endure. Making these dreaded predawn mornings far worse are those lucky adults, ahem, who manage to successfully skirt them. Ahem! (Insert coughing the word "husband" here.) To avoid waking my husband as he slumbered through the darkened autumn mornings of daylight saving time, I got dressed for work by the light of my camping flashlight. It turned out—based on my backward appar- Wednesday, November 20, 2013 you?" Twenty-four hours is hardly enough time for family to digest what the future holds; and certainly awakening a young man who just hours before was the epitome of health and telling him "life as you know it is over" seems a bit morbid. Nevertheless, there was no Crystal City at the end of the Yellow Brick Road awaiting this man and his family. My sympathy and prayers go out to all involved. This tragedy reminds us life is stalked by death; only the assurance of things eternal through Christ made this bearable. Think about it!