The Press-Dispatch
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D-8 Opinion Wednesday, October 25, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Tiffany M. Taylor charged with pos- session of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony. Jesse Gregory charged with auto theft, a level 6 felony. Allen K. Williams charged with two counts of operating a vehicle while in- toxicated, a level 6 felony. Chad A. Smith charged with pos- session of methamphetamine, a lev- el 6 felony. Susan J. Wheatley charged with count I maintaining a common nui- sance - controlled substances and count II possession of marijuana. In re: search warrant. In re: investigation. Jacob Barr petitions for intrastate probation transfer. Echo Petty petitions for intrastate probation transfer. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Avila Ibarra Rito charged with oper- ating a motor vehicle without ever re- ceiving a license. Kyle Dean Hartley charged with tat- tooing a minor. BillyJoe C. Wiscaver charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II possession of paraphernalia. April Dawn Hartley charged with in- vasion of privacy. Justin R. Pride charged with posses- sion of marijuana. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Brandon and Missy Schulthies sue Joe and Melody Faulk on complaint. Vehicle title request for Trent Schickel. Cavalry SPV I, LLC sues Stacy Rus- sell on complaint. State of Indiana Ex Rel INDOT sues Jacob McDaniel on complaint. Pro4mance Fire and Water Restora- tion sues Sam Polen and Donna Polen on complaint. James Jones sues Christina M. Ste- phens for reciprocal support. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Autumn Apartments sues Kyla Sutt on complaint. Autumn Apartments sues Camer- on Sprinkle and Marisa Ikerd on com- plaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Kristin Boehm charged with speed- ing, 54 mph in a 40 zone. Brooklyn Duffy charged with improp- er or no tail or plate light. Anthony Gossett charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Joseph Hardesty charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Betty Harper charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Steven Impini charged with speeding, 91 mph in a 70 zone. Ian Tuohy charged with speeding, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Shane Vantlin charged with speed- ing, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Cynthia McFarland charged with op- erating an off-road vehicle on a public highway, street or right-of-way or where otherwise prohibited. Rodney Hunt charged with littering. Kimberly Beard charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Jacob Brown charged with count I open alcoholic beverage container dur- ing operation of a motor vehicle and count II speeding, 80 mph in a 70 zone. Leslie Chastain Fittro charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 80 zone. Paula Forrest charged with speeding, 96 mph in a 70 zone. Nikki Heise charged with failure to change lanes for authorized emergen- cy vehicles. Dalton Hobbs charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 30 zone. Laura Karles charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Jaiden Langford charged with speed- ing, 89 mph in a 70 zone. Arnie McGaw charged with speed- ing, 92 mph in a 70 zone. Courtney Smith charged with speed- ing, 87 mph in a 70 zone. Gavin Boyd charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. William Galbraith charged with speeding, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Brittany Heaton charged with speed- ing, 98 mph in a 70 zone. Richard Inman charged with operat- ing with expired plates. Michael Blow charged with speeding, 94 mph in a 70 zone. Ariel Crawford charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Noel Dover charged with speeding, 101 in a 70 zone. Phillip Mazur charged with speeding, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Carson Ray charged with speeding, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Martha Reynolds charged with oper- ating with expired plates. Kimberly Washington charged with driving while suspended. Austin Wilkins charged with speed- ing, 106 mph in a 70 zone. Jesus in His Olivet Dis- course in Matthew 24 paints a wicked world that will be mankind's fate before He returns. He mentions false Christs, wars and rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, and lawless- ness. He tells those listening, "These are just the begin- ning of sowrrows…and un- less those days were short- ened, no one would be saved." So what is the point of all this? A dear older parishio- ner came to me all excited about someone's book and prophecy about the end of the world and asked me to preach a sermon about it. I did, and what you just read was the foundation. I encouraged the folk to remain faithful and that Jesus will catch away His church, but it will be in the Father's timing. I pointed to Noah as an analogy as to how to view the upheaval around us to- day. Jesus said, "But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marry- ing and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah en- tered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." That's it, my friend. Noah was prepared for a time of judgement, but others were not. The takeaway point is found in Luke 18:8b, "Nev- ertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth? " If you're not prepared, get pre- pared today! Think about it! Continued from page 7 THE END loss was Evansville Col- lege's gain. When Sloan fi- nally committed to Evans- ville over the phone, coach Arad McCutchan later re- called that he raced to his car and drove the 80 miles through small towns and across a toll bridge in about an hour to get Sloan's signa- ture before he could change his mind. A fter all, Evans- ville's nemesis Southern Il- linois University in Carbon- dale was less than 60 miles from Mom's home cooking. SIU had already recruit- ed Walt Frazier. Teaming Sloan and Frazier at SIU would have spelled disas- ter for Evansville. You had to earn your keep in Evansville. Mc- Cutchan taught mathe- matics. Sloan took a job at Evansville's Whirlpool factory to acclimate him- self to the small city be- fore starting college. This time he stayed the course. He was drafted twice while in Evansville, but he stayed all four years and complet- ed his degree. In the meantime, he and the Purple Aces won back- to-back NCA A Division II championships, including a perfect 29 -0 season in 1965. Evansville scheduled three Big 10 teams before conference play, and made short work of them. Butler was more competitive, but I don't ever remember los- ing to them. Sloan dove for every loose ball, jostled for every re- bound. He was contentious and generous, the kind of player who warms a coach's heart. In fact, Evansville's long-time coach urged him to return to coach at his al- ma mater after ending his NBA playing career. I was 10 years old during the undefeated season. Live television broadcasts from Roberts Stadium were ra- re, but the games were re- corded and appeared after the evening news, at 10 :30. They didn't end until well after midnight. My mom was chipping away at her own Evansville College de- gree and wished the Pur- ple Aces well, but she dug in her heels when I want- ed to stay up that late on school nights. We came to an agree- ment: if I went to bed by 6 p.m., I could set the alarm to wake up later and watch the games in the living room. I was usually the only one in my house still awake. Maybe the only one in my neighborhood. Sometimes my mom had to come out and quiet me down. There were abundant occasions for whoops and victory jigs in those years. It was the closest thing to pure joy in the wintertime. My dad took me to a Hol- iday Tourney game once, and I got the Aces' auto- graphs in the locker room after the game. Sloan and his teammates were all nice, if shy. They were just kids themselves, and most of them were country or small-town boys. Sloan had help. Two-time All-American Larry Humes was Evansville's all-time leading scorer. Herbie Wil- liams was one of the short- est men in the line-up, but he jumped center. It was in- toxicating to see him out- jump opponents six or sev- en inches taller. I remem- ber seeing the opposing team's shoulders slump once after Williams tapped the game-opening jump ball to Humes for an uncon- tested lay-up. McCutchan emphasized conditioning. He used a pla- toon system, so he was con- stantly cycling fresh legs in- to the Aces line-up. Even the teams that could run with the Aces early were prone to run out of steam in the fourth quarter. Two teams contested ev- ery Evansville possession all the way to the final buzz- er, game after game: SIU and Kentucky Wesleyan. None of those three teams had any quit in them. I feel privileged that I got to wit- ness their wars, in the years before officials protected stars or prestigious pro- grams. It was honest and real. Well, you know what hap- pened after Sloan graduat- ed from Evansville. He was the first player Chicago took in the expansion draft. His jersey was the first one Chicago ever retired. And what a coaching career. Jerry Sloan was diag- nosed with Parkinson's Dis- ease and a non-Alzheimer's form of dementia last year. He's fighting for his life now, like the coal industry that has carried Hamilton County on its shoulders for many years. They're both tough and gritty, but the prognosis isn't encourag- ing for either of them. He bought up some of the neighboring farmland with basketball money years ago, and built a large home so friends can visit and hunt with him in Illinois. It would be nice to be on that guest list and chew the fat with this son of McLeansboro, this nephew of Evansville, but I'm just happy I got to see him in his prime, when his knees were still sound and he still wondered if he had what it takes. He wasn't smooth. He wasn't a natural. He had to work and suffer for his suc- cesses, and so his career says something important about America – that you may start out in McLeans- boro, where nothing is easy, but if you come McLeans- boro-strong and McLeans- boro-honest, you can make the most of your talents in some other zip code. Continued from page 7 VIRTUES Continued from page 7 IRAN Continued from page 7 MEDICARE posing governments, and establishing its hegemo- ny over the oil-rich Persian Gulf region." And thanks to the Iran deal, it's a richer state as well. Besides lifting nucle- ar-related sanctions, the 2015 agreement gave Teh- ran access to about $100 bil- lion in restricted assets and allowed it to expand its oil and gas exports. This sanc- tions relief boosted Iran's economy. In May 2016, Teh- ran announced that it was increasing its military bud- get for 2016 -17 to $19 billion – a 90 percent increase over the previous year. Today, its ballistic mis- siles pose a major threat to U.S. bases and allies – from Turkey, Israel and Egypt in the west, to Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states to the south, and A f- ghanistan and Pakistan to the east. The deal that Mr. Trump has decertified has done nothing to alleviate this danger. Critics of Mr. Trump's ac- tions call him a "rogue," but the fact is, he talked to our allies, and is doing what he can to accommodate their concerns without betraying America's interests (which, after all, is his main job). He didn't ignore them. He didn't preemptively pull out of the deal, as he could have in the wake of his cam- paign promise to junk the deal. No, he talked with our allies, and took a middle course that could be por- trayed by some of his sup- porters as breaking a prom- ise – and simply decertified the deal (for now). That kicks it to Congress, which now has the chance to nix or fix this weak agreement. "History has shown that the longer we ignore a threat, the more danger- ous that threat becomes," Mr. Trump said in his ad- dress. He's right. It's time to change course and make the Middle East more se- cure, not less. Ed Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation. so the person spoken to writes a brief message on the nature of the conver- sation. Also, I was surprised to be told by the last person I spoke to that they are available for Sunday calls and he told me that's about the time they have fewer calls. Hmmm, lots of surprises indeed. • • • Of course not all places you call are as efficient and as friendly. One of the things I dislike so much is to be prompted to make choices on a menu of options. "Press 1....... Press 2 for...... Press 3 for........etc,etc. Para Espanol, marque.......And once you find the right option, it's time to listen to ele- vator music. Now, with most of our calls made via iphones or smart phones, I learned to put the call on speaker phone while I do some other tasks. Somehow as our technology have improved by leaps and bounds, practically any data need- ed to be known is retrievable. It's kind of astonishing and some- times scary. I have had many occa- sions to be told of my cell phone num- ber and e mail address even before I could tell the other party these other data. I sometimes am tempted to ask if my blood type is also included intheir data base. My experiences lately really affirms my belief there are powerful comput- ers that know a lot about me. Exam- ple, once I swipe my credit card on any place of business no matter where- in a big city or far away small town, in any country, my identity is profiled so quickly. Years ago, that was not possi- ble. On my cell phone, I can use my thumb print to turn on my programs. My friend has a phone that recogniz- es his eye profile. There are many pro- grams now that you can answer by voi- cerecognition and the program can an- swer your questions. One of the most amazing things I can do now to get quick answers from my phone is to use the Siri program. I can do so many things: ask the phone to make calls, to search for anything I need to know in seconds. Once I asked Siri to tell me next week'swinning lot- tery number and it gave me an answer. I'm not sharing the answer so go find out for yourself. • • • In the matter of our next genera- tions, I think every child will have a de- vice- just like the smart phones which will help them connect to everything imaginable. It is a phenomenon that is unstoppable, if they are to survive and fit in into the world of technology and connectivity. In 1997 when I started to use com- puters, I thought I just will not be able to do it. I was absolutely sure I will be tearing up my computer and make it crash and become unusable. I was wrong. Now I think even at my age, I could navigate the exciting and some- times frustrating world of computers. Guess who I learn from some of these tricky techniques- yup, you guessed it, my grandchildren. But they do it so fast it makes myhead spin and makes me feel less smart. • • • Humor of the week: As I was say- ing, there comes a time driving can be tricky. A senior citizen was driving down a Florida highway, then his car phone rings. He heard his wife's voice urgently warning him. " Herman, I just saw on T V that there's a car going the wrong way on interstate 95. Please be careful! . " Heck," Herman said, "It's not just one car, it's hundreds of them!!! " Wisdom of the week: No one can ru- in your day without your permission. The best way to stop your problem is to face it and solve it. Have a great week. Letter to the Editor Education for our children A real gem for Pike County I am not running for any office or try- ing to gain any power of anything con- cerning what I am about to say. I have seven grandchildren, two great-grand- children (and another on the way), so no one can say I have any connection to the Otwell Miller's Academy. With that in mind, I want to say how proud I felt to see the Otwell Miller Acad- emy functioning as a school when I drove by it. Good for those who had the children's welfare and education in mind. And shame on anyone who tries to take away these children's right to enjoy their new school. Education for our children should be about the chil- dren, not about the person or per- sons who just want to obtain or main- tain some sort of selfish power or con- trol. I applaud all of you brave people who pulled together to make it work FOR THE CHILDREN. I know there will be challenges, but pulling togeth- er, you will overcome them. For those who want to see it fail, shame on you for only thinking about yourself. Edu- cation is about the children, so let us all pull for them. Just quoting the first part of a long quotation from Abraham Lincoln on education, let me close with his quote, "Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or sys- tem of respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in" (The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln). With this in mind, let us think about our children and support and compli- ment a sincere group of people who stood the great test and task to see Otwell have a good place for our chil- dren to learn. Proud of Otwell and your working together for the children, Cindy Jones To the Editor: A growing number of children today are abused. Thankfully, Pike Coun- ty has a real gem to help with these children who are abused and neglect- ed, which is CASA. CASA volunteers are court appointed special advocates and their focus is conveying the child's wishes to the court and what is in the best interest of the child or children. Not every area has CASA volunteers. If you have driven past the Pike County Courthouse, you may have seen the CASA sign that shows how many children are in need of a CASA volunteer. You may wonder why chil- dren need a CASA volunteer. The big reason is that children who are under the age of 14 are not allowed in court in Indiana (most of the time). Therefore, CASA volunteers are able to convey the wishes of the child to the court. Also, CASA volunteers provide an unbiased viewpoint for the court and are an ex- tra set of eyes. Since our focus is on the children, we can sometimes see things that others have not, which can lead to better care for the children. Since these children will be adults in our so- ciety, it is important that we help them become responsible adults. The children who are old enough to understand about money, like the vol- unteers because we are there for them. It can be difficult to see children who have been put through things like un- safe living conditions, getting beat, molested and the list goes on. Howev- er, the joy we help bring to the chil- dren is worth it. I know some of these children will remain in our communi- ty and I feel a personal responsibility to help give back to our community. By volunteering for CASA, I feel it is a way to help make our community a better place. Sadly, since there seems to be no end of abused and neglected children here in Pike County, we are always in need of volunteers. If you are interested in helping chil- dren in our community, volunteering for a real gem for Pike County CASA may be a perfect fit. CASA volunteers are just part of a big team that includes DCS, the courts, therapists, counsel- ors, foster parents and others that try to help the children. CASA is truly a rewarding way to volunteer your time. Volunteers are not forced to take cas- es. If you are interested in helping the children in Pike County who have been abused and neglected, contact Kelli Gordon at (812) 354-4426. CASA is lo- cated in the Pike County Courthouse. Earl B. Townsend, IV