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D-2 Opinion Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit court Jane A. Simmons charged with count I possession of a narcotic drug, a level 6 felony, count II possession of marijuana and count III possession of paraphernalia. Brian K. Coleman charged with count I operating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more, a level 6 felony, and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Korri Jean Walther charged with op- erating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabo- lite in the body. Michael E. Shoemaker charged with possession of marijuana. Tanner F. Krueger charged with il- legal consumption of an alcoholic bev- erage. Angela Miller charged with count I operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endangering a person and count II op- erating a vehicle while intoxicated. Shaquille B. Walker charged with count I carrying a handgun without a license, count II possession of marijua- na and count III operating a motor ve- hicle without ever receiving a license. Damon L. Logestan charged with possession of marijuana. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Jefferson T. Loveless sues Kristi Fulcher on complaint. Portfolio Recovery Associates sues Bryce Welborn on complaint. Allen Investment Management LLC sues Dusty Bolin on complaint. Alexandra L. Claridge sues Kyle James Claridge for dissolution of mar- riage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Medical and Professional Collection Services Inc. sues Steven A. Reinhart on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Tony K. Ingersoll on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Jack Riddle on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Shei- la C. Mosbey on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Me- lissa Davis on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Nan- cy A. Durchol on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Jere- my M. Evans on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Teia Boyd charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 40 zone. Susan P. Chute charged with speed- ing, 44 mph in a 30 zone. Billy Dillon charged with count I seat- belt violation and count II operating a motor vehicle with a false plate. Trevor Fiscus charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Darrell Frederick charged with oper- ating with expired plates. Mark Hopper charged with disre- garding automatic signal. Elizabeth Hubbard charged with dis- regarding stop sign. Charles Johnson charged with speed- ing, 60 mph in a 45 zone. Nikki Miller charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 40 zone. Jacob Newberg charged with speed- ing, 74 mph in a 55 zone. Janessa Peterson charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 40 zone. William Sexton Jr. charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Canessa Young charged with seatbelt violation. Bailey Redman charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Hunter Worth charged with driving while suspended. Terry Beadles charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Darnell Ray charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Hunter Cardinal charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. James Hayden charged with speed- ing, 90 mph in a 70 zone. McKenzie Baker charged with speed- ing, 83 mph in a 55 zone. Jason Barber charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Shelby Caton charged with speeding, 60 mph in a 45 zone. Chaitanya Cherukupalli charged with count I speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone and count II operating with expired plates. Kalob Cummins charged with speed- ing, 60 mph in a 45 zone. James Kennedy charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. James Kullman charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Victoria MacNeil charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Andrew McMullen charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Joshua Miller charged with speeding, 83 mph in a 55 zone. Tyler Nicole charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Eugene Stevens charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Darrius Vaughn charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Amanda White charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. a continuation of years of targeted public policy that maintains the higher educa- tion status quo. This needs to change. With the emer- gence of new education tech- nology, policymakers should embrace the opportunity that for-profit universities provide: the ability to reach more students through in- novative models that bypass the drawn-out and expensive bachelor's degree option. Unfortunately, the system that allows the Department of Education to recognize ac- creditors has become com- pletely ossified. It limits the ability for true innovation to flourish. "In a country where high school graduates represent drastically different back- grounds, interests, and skill sets, it seems shortsight- ed to assume that every- one should pursue the same four-year bachelor's degree no matter what their career and life goals are," writes ed- ucation expert Mary Clare Reim. A better path forward would be to decouple feder- al financing from accredita- tion and allow states to opt out of the current accredit- ing structure. This model, at the crux of Sen. Mike Lee's and Rep. Ron DeSantis's Higher Education Reform and Opportunity (HERO) Act, would allow business- es, non-profits and other ex- perts in industry to accredit individual classes and cours- es of study, creating nimble pathways to careers. Removing the federal gov- ernment's monopoly role in recognizing accreditors also would limit its ability to play favorites with schools, like what is currently happening with ACICS. As Milton Friedman once said of our education sys- tem, "The only solution is to break the monopoly, intro- duce competition and give the customers alternatives." If the Trump administration wants to make a real differ- ence in education, it will fol- low this advice — and pur- sue meaningful reform. Ed Feulner is president of the Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). Continued from page 1 COLLEGES ulate and acknowledge that our civilization is swamped with materialism and end- less violence; that holly- weird and the intellectual elite promotes gender dys- function, anonymous sex, and the sexualization of children; and the media no longer has any credibility of fairness and truthfulness. Yet, nothing changes. It is us who are our own worst enemy, and we are traitors to our own best in- terests. There are those who sug- gest Satanism is behind all things bad; yet I read where a man loved by God was not killed by Satan, but by his own people: "…Jesus of Naz- areth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word be- fore God and all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him." I ran across a blogger who summarizes the paradigm in which we reside: "I used to believe in karma, but as the years go by I have all but thrown that belief out the window. The more vile and evil leaders are, the more untouchable they are…How come no one knows or even seems to care why they are never held accountable for their atrocities? " But before you reach for the tranquilizer or the bot- tle there is hope. First, there is hope for the individual. John the Revela- tor wrote, "And I heard an- other voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.'" Individually pray and work at disengaging from the evil and the demands of a secular world that run coun- ter to a spiritual life. And pray for our nation and world. In the Chroni- cles of the Kings we read, "If My people who are called by My name will humble them- selves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will for- give their sin and heal their land." There is hope! Think about it! Continued from page 1 WRONG Continued from page 1 RYANCARE from 1998 to 2016, less than the rate of inflation. Why? Cosmetic procedures are mostly elective. Individuals pay the bill, not a third party. In 1972, Medicaid spend- ing was 0.4 percent of GDP. Today it is five times higher at 2 percent of GDP. Without reform, this will continue, the poor will continue to get subpar government health care, and our national bud- get will continue to gush red ink. The Congressional Bud- get Office forecasts growing deficits and national debt for the foreseeable future. The health care bill the House just passed coura- geously and thoughtfully takes on Medicaid. The bill caps the money the federal government will send to the states and, start- ing 2020, gives states the op- tion of taking these funds as a block grant to give them flexibility to design how to use these funds more effi- ciently and creatively. When I worked on welfare reform in 1996, all we heard from the left was that poor women would be thrown to the streets. The opposite happened. Welfare moth- ers went to work and pover- ty dropped. We need new approaches to Medicaid like the Healthy Indiana Plan instituted by Vice President Mike Pence when he was Indiana's gov- ernor. Enrollees pay a mod- est premium and their funds go into a health savings ac- count that they can control and be responsible for. Those on the left and those making money off the current program are not in- terested that we are going bankrupt. With principles and cour- age, reform is possible. The House bill takes things in the right direction. We can save money and deliver bet- ter health care to everyone. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Cen- ter for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. Response to: 'Can you be Christian and Democrat?' Letter to the Editor To the Editor: Re-hashing previous columns is one of a writer's least favorite activities. You think your prose is crystal clear and your arguments are self-evident. If you get denounced by the occasion- al crank, you just chalk it up to igno- rance and move on. But when your writing has given of- fense to a reader of such intelligence and high character as Barry Pirkle, it's probably time to take another look at it. I was astonished to read that Bar- ry felt I had accused his wife, a Demo- crat, of stabbing and poisoning unborn children. To be clear, I make no apology for the "child stabbers and baby poison- ers" phrase. What do you think surgi- cal abortion is? It is adults using spoon- shaped knives to hack the child to piec- es before removal. In a saline abor- tion, burning saline fluid invades the baby's mucous membranes, including the eyes and sinuses, at the very start of the poisoning. I'm sure the ancestral Baptist min- ister and coal miner that Barry men- tioned would find these abortions intol- erable. I'd like to think that even John L. Lewis, who was raised in the RLDS church, would object to it. Yet it is de- fended by the Democratic leadership, and litigated by Democrats. But I did not accuse prolife Demo- crats of aborting children. If somebody as smart as Barry didn't discern my reasoning, I have to wonder if I made it clear at all. I think the problem sen- tence may have been the one in which I attempted some wordplay between the "big tent" political concept and the use of "tabernacle" as a verb. It was a political statement in the context of comments by Nancy Pelo- si, Charles Schumer and the Demo- cratic National Committee chairman, Tom Perez. It was not a call for any Christians to avoid worshiping with Democrats, but an exhortation to pro- life Democrats to heed the DNC chair- man's disavowal of them, and come out of the party whose lethal hostility to the babies cannot be reconciled with Christianity. I'm not a lifelong Republican like Barry. Since I joined Barry's party, I've often been disappointed with its performance on abortion. I'm not call- ing prolife Democrats out of their party and into mine. If a prolife former Dem- ocrat opts to affiliate with a third party or to become an independent, I think that is morally defensible. But if any- body chooses to remain in the Demo- cratic Party under DNC chairman Tom Perez's new terms, it's not accurate to call them prolife Democrats anymore. Bart Stinson Your college student is already plugged in. Why not connect them with news from their hometown? There is no need to wait for the mail, get NETedition and your student will have their news Wednesday. CONNECT Call 812-354-8500 today to plug in your student! pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet net edition your student Just $18 per year for a NETedition or paper subscription. Call Today 812-354-8500 COLLEGE SUBSCRIPTION