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D-8 Opinion Wednesday, November 1, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court George Pierce charged with posses- sion of a narcotic drug, a level 6 felony. Alyssa Seitz charged with posses- sion of a narcotic drug, a level 6 felony. Felicia M. Vickers charged with count I unlawful possession of syringe, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of marijuana. Ethan J. Osgatharp charged with residential entry, a level 6 felony, and count II criminal mischief. Christina M. Hess charged with count I operating a vehicle while in- toxicated, endangering a person, a level 6 felony, count II operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated, resisting law enforcement and count III operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Shaun M. Bellerson charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 6 felony, count II unlaw- ful possession of syringe, count III pos- session of marijuana and count IV pos- session of paraphernalia. Logan C. Lear charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, count II unlawful posses- sion of syringe, count III possession of marijuana, count IV possession of par- aphernalia and count V operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Jacquelyn K. Jones charged with count I possession of marijuana, count II possession of paraphernalia and count III operating a vehicle while in- toxicated. Gage D. Fiscus charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated. David Charles Smith charged with invasion of privacy. Yohannes Y. Yosef charged with op- erating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license. Jesse D. Prochaska charged with op- erating a motor vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Hoosier Accounts Service sues Tara A. Green on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Amy J. Kaeck on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Me- gan R. Hartley on complaint. Joshua Brames sues D. Davis Prop- erties, LLC on complaint. Wells Fargo Bank sues Raleigh Browning, Karen S. Browning (De- ceased) and Unknown Tenants/Oc- cupants on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court 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 mph 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. John Allen II charged with seatbelt violation. Alexia Anderson charged with seat- belt violation. Todd Anderson charged with seat- belt violation. William Barker charged with driving while suspended. Giridhar Belur charged with count I speeding, 96 mph in a 70 zone, and count II no valid driver's license. Patrick Booth charged with seatbelt violation. Brittany Brock charged with seatbelt violation. Casey Carver charged with driving while suspended. Jordan Creel charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Dianna Evans charged with count I speeding and count II child restraint system violation. Trever Ewing charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. William Griffith charged with speed- ing, 59 mph in a 45 zone. Todd Hawthorne charged with seat- belt violation. Cheyenne John charged with speed- ing, 72 mph in a 55 zone. Tammie Keyes charged with speed- ing, 78 mph in a 55 zone. Bobby Lewis charged with seatbelt violation. Frieda Lewis charged with seatbelt violation. Chase Perry charged with seatbelt violation. Vance Perry charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Tina Shover charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Zeberiah Stilwell charged with speed- ing, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Raymond Stroud charged with driv- ing while suspended. Zachary Virgin charged with unlaw- ful hunting of migratory birds. Trevor Anders charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Sheila Armes charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Keith Ashby charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Dallas Bedell charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Debbie Craig charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Bret Eckert charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Blaine Eveland charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Stephany Gore charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Gavin Hosack charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. David Knust charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Hector Mora Salinas charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Roxana Orellana charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Cody Russell charged with driving while suspended. Logan Schmitt charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Mason Sermersheim charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Colton Small charged with seatbelt violation. Dakota Snow charged with seatbelt violation. Gina Thomas charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Derek Wodtke charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. The year 1517 was a year that would forever change the Western church. John Tetzel was sent to Germa- ny to raise money for the church. The vehicle he used was the selling of In- dulgences, which granted the "remission of the tem- poral punishment in purga- tory still due for sins after forgiveness." Though there is debate among Catholic theologians as to the merits of buying an indulgence for oneself or deceased loved one with- out penance; that is exactly what took place. In our mod- ern language, it would be lik- ened to buying a "Get out of Jail Free Card." Luther was incised. He feared the gullible would buy an indulgence and ne- glect faith and holiness. On October 31, 1517, Mar- tin Luther posted what is called his Ninety-Five The- sis on the door of the Univer- sity of Wittenberg. Luther had no intention of causing a schism in the church; he feared one would tear the church into small pieces. The rest is what we call history. Millions of Christians daily wrestle with their sal- vation wondering, "Am I saved? " Luther found the an- swer in the power of the Ho- ly Spirit through the scrip- tures: The unrighteous face God's judgment. In contrast, the righteous (or the "just") would live by faith in God. All the good thoughts and deeds can't bring salvation to the soul! Think about it. Continued from page 7 FAITH Continued from page 7 AMERICA opment. I've heard that from Chamber of Commerce go- getters, I've heard that from real estate developers. Of course, I've heard that from sport tycoons. But guess who I've never heard that from? Economists. "NFL stadiums do not generate significant local economic growth," Stan- ford economist Roger Noll said in 2015, "and the incre- mental tax revenue is not sufficient to cover any sig- nificant financial contribu- tion by the city." "One should not antic- ipate," sports economist Andrew Zimbalist told the Freakonomics blog in 2009, "that a team or facility will by itself either increase em- ployment or raise per capi- ta income in a metropolitan area." Economics is a notorious- ly contentious discipline. Economists disagree a lot. But Wake Forest economist Robert Whaples listed the economic impact of sport stadium subsidies as an area of broad consensus among North American economists in a 2006 article entitled "Do Economists Agree on Any- thing? Yes! " His survey indicated that 87 percent of econo- mists agree that "local and state governments in the U.S. should eliminate subsi- dies to professional sports franchises."Of course huge new stadiums generate eco- nomic development in their immediate vicinity, in res- taurants, bars, condos and office space. Especially if built in a blighted area, a sta- dium may revitalize its en- tire neighborhood. The ef- fect of the stadiums' inspira- tional architecture has been compared to Old World ca- thedrals. Why, then, do most econ- omists throw cold water on the idea of sport stadiums as an engine of a city's econom- ic development? Because of the concept of opportuni- ty cost. They analyze the net economic development, not the gross. Because the revenue that flows to the sport franchise—and to its neighborhood—comes from somewhere. Most families have finite money available for enter- tainment. It's not unlimit- ed. Once they spend it on a professional football game, they can't spend it on camp- ing, bowling, theater or fish- ing rods. So while the imme- diate vicinity of the stadium may look very prosperous, that doesn't translate in- to overall economic devel- opment for the city or re- gion. It's mostly a redistri- bution and a concentration of wealth from elsewhere in the city. How many new drive-in movies have opened since the Colts came to In- dianapolis? How many bait shops are left in Marion County? Professor Michael Leeds, chairman of the Temple Uni- versity economics depart- ment, estimates that a ma- jor-league baseball team, with 81 home games, has "about the same impact on a community as a midsize department store." He has also calculated the econom- ic impact if every major pro- fessional sports franchise, including the Bears, the Bulls, the Cubs, the White Sox and the Blackhawks were to leave Chicago: less than one percent. As a Federal Reserve pub- lication observed in May 2017, government money used to subsidize a stadium also has opportunity costs. That's referring to bridges, schools, hospitals, roads, airports, police, teachers, parks and infrastructure that a community can't af- ford anymore because it was too generous with wealthy sport cartels. These bonds aren't paid off quickly. St. Louis is still paying off its stadium after the fickle Rams went back to California. Future genera- tions have to pay off our gen- eration's reckless spending, but they don't have to build schools or hospitals for their own families. That's option- al. They may or may not be able to do that, because of our adolescent infatuation with mass spectacles and athletic celebrity. Let's grow up, already. Continued from page 7 SPORTS Continued from page 7 ATHEISTS Continued from page 7 HUMOR Continued from page 7 DRESS-UP Peace Cross. Indeed, the re- cord showed that it was "a predominantly secular one." Yes, a cross is "undeniably a religious symbol," Judge Chasanow noted. But courts have long recognized that "displaying a cross to hon- or fallen soldiers is a legiti- mately secular purpose, and does not always promote a re- ligious message." Fast forward to today, and it's a different story – at least according to two of the judg- es on the 4th Circuit Court. Now the Peace Cross, which is the "core symbol of Chris- tianity," allegedly "excessive- ly entangles the government in religion" and must come down. Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory was the dissenting voice of reason. He point- ed out, quite correctly, that it's not the government's du- ty to "purge from the public sphere any reference to reli- gion." Yet that's how groups such as the AHA view the First Amendment. They look at it not as it was intended – as a way to prevent the establish- ment of an official state re- ligion – but as a weapon to drive every last expression of religion underground. Gov. Larry Hogan of Mary- land, fortunately, has vowed to fight what he rightly called an "outrageous" decision: "The idea that memorializ- ing our soldiers killed in bat- tle on foreign lands to make the world safe for democracy is somehow unconstitution- al goes against everything we stand for as Americans. Enough is enough." He's absolutely right. Only one thing may be worse than losing the war – and that's losing the peace. If the AHA successfully uses the First Amendment to trash a beau- tiful tribute to the men who died fighting for it, the irony will be rich indeed. Keep the Cross. Ed Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation. a comedian by the name of Jim Gaffigan, which I think is seemingly still okay. Rus- sel Peters of Canada was fine during his early career, but his later stints just went downhill. So, be cautious, if you encoun- ter any comedy which starts spewing out unprintable words, shut it down and go find another clean one. • •• Since I keep a number of good clean humorous materials , I'll share some. They have been sent by friends of good character. Incidentally, all of my friends are of good character. They send only decent stories. Some materials might be borderline, but generally I think they are harmless. I thought incorporating hu- mor in my articles adds a flavor of re- freshing breeze. To balance things, I plan to always add some wise thoughts. Hope you like them. Here's one: Blue Pajamas…A man calls home to his wife and says, " Honey, I have been asked to go fishing in Canada with my boss and several friends. We will be gone for a week. This is a good oppor- tunity for me to get that promotion I've been wanting, so could you please pack enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and tackle box? We're leaving from the office and I will swing by the house to pick my things up. And oh, please pack my new blue silk PJs." The wife thinks this sounds a little fishy, but being the good wife, she does exactly what the husband asked. The fol- lowing weekend, he came home a little tired but otherwise looking refreshed. The wife welcomes him home and asks if he caught any fish. He says with great glee, "Yes, lots of walleye, some bluegill, and a few pike. But why did you not pack my new blue silk pajamas like I asked you to do? " ( You'll love the answer.) The wife replies,"I did. They were in your tackle box". Last I heard, husband was in ER trying to nurse a black eye and a broken ego. LOL. Moral of the story: it's best to not wear blue pajamas for sleeping. Wisdom of the week: Life's precious moments don't have value unless they are shared. Love conquers all. It always wins. Evil always self destructs. about falling standards. It will also investigate the rev- elations that it not only man- aged to graduate Rapone but also sent him on to Ar- my battlefield units, thus en- abling him to spread his an- ti-American ideas. The American people need to stop being sheeple and put a halt to the under- mining of our nation taking place in our institutions of higher learning. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. der. For a modern twist, add one of those great bucket hats that has all the lures hanging off it, the sweatier the better, plus a tackle box (full of candy perhaps?) and a fishing pole. Resist the temptation to put a hook and live bait at the end of your fishing pole. Really sell it: Talk loudly, in a tone that suggests you're really excited but don't quite know why. Make fish-related puns, like the clas- sic "You've gotta be squidding me! " If one of your friends is going as Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (I don't recommend blasphemous costumes, but I'm just saying "if" here,) follow them around and oscillate between 1) agreeing emphatically with them, and 2) telling them they're crazy and they need to calm down before they get themselves killed. Be consistently inconsistent in your reactions to this friend, but maybe tell them your little game first so they're still your friend after All Saint's Day. Finally, if you followed my sugges- tion to bring a tackle box full of can- dy with you, walk up to people and say, "Of silver and gold I have none, but here's some candy. Peace be with you." Then give them some candy. Maybe this is how you'll finally start a conversation with that girl or boy you like (yes, ladies, you too can dress up as Peter.) Maybe this is what they'll tell people about on your wedding day. Who knows? Costume: Sexy Astronaut Ha ha, got you! You thought this was going to be "Saint Paul the Apostle." Admit it! This costume idea comes from an old college roommate of mine, who made a comedic Tumblr post one time listing "sexy" costumes that are pret- ty much impossible to actually sex up. I've always thought this one was the funniest on his list, so we're going to give "sexy astronaut" the old college try. What you need: Sexy is in the eye of the beholder, but let's start with a non-sexy, regular astronaut and work from there. If you don't have a working astronaut suit just laying around the house, you can improvise with a fish- bowl (cosmonaut version) or dirtbike helmet (astronaut version), a large backpack (again, always fill with can- dy any props made for carrying stuff. I cannot stress this enough. You will be a hit at every party, I promise.), big rubber gloves, a bulky sweater, bulky cargo pants, and some cheap work boots. Paint all of that stuff white and maybe add strapped-on gadget-look- ing stuff in strategic locations. I don't know, this one might be terrible. It's hard to top Saint Peter. Anyway, now that you've got your full costume together, you just need to tweak it to be sexy! So what does sexy mean to you? Maybe sexy for you is swapping out the boots for sensible heels. Or, maybe it's wearing the hel- met and literally nothing else, but, uh, good luck with that. Or maybe sexy for you is, in fact, the exact costume de- scribed above. Whatever it is, I don't want to hear about it, so let's just move on. Really sell it: Carry a boom box (the one the astronauts use!) with a cas- sette recording of the song "I'm Nev- er Gonna Dance Again" by George Mi- chael from his 1984 pop album "Care- less Whisper." Play the saxophone part (and really crank up the volume to 11) as you enter the party. Once you have everyone's attention, pause the cassette and say: "I heard this party needed... The Right Stuff. So here I am." Then saunter (don't walk, saunter) on in and just be yourself. Congratula- tions, you're a sexy astronaut. That's all there is to it! So there you have it, folks. Two great costume ideas for you to try this All Saint's season, free with your purchase of this fine newspaper publication. Don't party too hard, and as always, I love hearing your All Saint's party stories and costume ideas through my email, aheuring@sgstartimes.com. (But if you're sharing party stories, just remember, you're never really off the record when you talk to a report- er.) Have a great week! net edition yeah, it's that fast! Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Delivered every Wednesday morning! Add it for $5 to your current print subscription or stand-alone for $35/year.