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D-12 Opinion Wednesday, December 20, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Tony K. Garrett charged with count I residential entry, a level 6 felony, count II criminal mischief and count III pub- lic intoxication. Kyle M. Smith charged with count I operating a vehicle as an habitual traf- fic violator, a level 6 felony, and count II leaving the scene of an accident, ha- bitual offender. Vernon Abernathy petitions for in- trastate probation transfer. Jamie Hancock petitions for intra- state probation transfer. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Jacob P. Barr charged with driving while suspended. Michael S. Madden charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II possession of paraphernalia. Anthony L. Eilert charged with pos- session of a device or substance used to interfere with a drug or alcohol screening test. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Heritage Acceptance Corporation sues Robin A. McDowell and Doug- lass S. McDowell on complaint. Cavalry SPV I, LLC sues Kimberly S. Mendel on complaint. Ocwen Loan Servicing sues Kerry Onyett, as possible heir, Tyler B. Ony- ett (deceased), unknown heirs of Tyler B. Onyett, Craig P. Miller Buckman, Mary I. Buckman, Petersburg Hard- ware, AK A D&S Hardware, Inc. on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Michael Austin charged with speed- ing, 71 mph in a 55 zone. Patricia Dulworth charged with seat- belt violation. Luther Ennis charged with seatbelt violation. Natashia Furman charged with speeding, 58 mph in a 30 zone. Ashley Gosciniak charged with speeding, 45 mph in a 30 zone. Andrew Haire charged with speed- ing, 68 mph in a 55 zone. Justin Hopf charged with unlawful possession of tobacco. Zachary Johnson charged with count I driving while suspended and count II speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. William Key charged with seatbelt violation. Tyler Krempp charged with speed- ing, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Timothy Lenihan charged with speeding in a school zone, 51 mph in a 25 zone. Brandon Luzier charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Floyd Messer charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Damon Purl charged with speeding, 55 mph in a 40 zone. Brady Riecken charged with seatbelt violation. Paul Ross, Jr. charged with seatbelt violation. Thomas Rothrock charged with speeding, 40 mph in a 25 zone. Cody Stroud charged with seatbelt violation. Michael Trueblood charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. John Vinnedge, Jr. charged with seat- belt violation. Michael Weathers charged with child restraint system violation. Barbara Whitman-Walburn charged with seatbelt violation. Kalynn Wilson charged with speed- ing, 99 mph in a 70 zone. Clyston Zehr charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Timothy Camaso charged with speeding, 93 mph in a 70 zone. Brittney Davis charged with operat- ing a motor vehicle with a false plate. Anthony Eilert charged with speed- ing, 67 mph in a 55 zone. Janell Greener charged with speed- ing, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Rebecca McCord charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Elva Miranda charged with speeding, 71 mph in a 55 zone. William Skelton charged with speed- ing, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Daniel Wells charged with speeding, 58 mph in a 45 zone. Damon Hayes charged with unsafe start. Emma Becher charged with speed- ing, 81 mph in a 70 zone. Breanna Ervin charged with count I speeding, 81 mph in a 70 zone, and count II no operator's license in possession. Alexus Gentry charged with speed- ing, 81 mph in a 70 zone. Philip Guedman charged with speed- ing, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Vincent Olivencia charged with speeding, 85 mph in a 70 zone. John Trainor charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Tonya West charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 30 zone. both unworkable and destabi- lizing, we have only one sys- tem capable of shooting down long-range ballistic missiles headed for the U.S. homeland: the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. We can do better, though. The GMD system is the on- ly system we have capable of intercepting an ICBM in the mid-course phase of its flight. With a system that in- cludes sea- and space-based interceptors, we could target ICBMs earlier in their flight — during the boost or ascent phase, when they're travel- ing more slowly and are eas- ier to hit. Now's the time, as the Trump administration con- ducts its own missile-de- fense review, to reverse the cutbacks that occurred un- der the Obama administra- tion. Defending ourselves on the cheap is unwise. With the right budgetary priorities, we can ensure that we get more than one shot at destroying an incoming missile. North Korea, after all, isn't the only threat (as if it wasn't enough). Iran has a large bal- listic missile arsenal and an active nuclear program, and it remains a dogged opponent of U.S. interests in the Mid- dle East. Then there's our old Cold War nemesis, Russia. Thir- ty years ago, it signed the Intermediate-Range Nucle- ar Forces (IMF) Treaty with the U.S. But "Russia has vio- lated the treaty at least twice," writes defense expert Michae- la Dodge. "The U.S. govern- ment's 2017 report identifies a Russian ground-launched intermediate-range ballis- tic missile 3N-14 that can po- tentially carry a nuclear war- head." President Trump has called the tax-cut bill before Con- gress "a big, beautiful Christ- mas present" for the U.S. With the work of the admin- istration's ballistic-missile de- fense review coming shortly thereafter, what better way to follow up this gift than to make 2018 the year when we finally get serious about pro- tecting ourselves? Ed Feulner is president of the Heritage Foundation (her- itage.org). Continued from page 11 SHIELD that's all that matters to- night. Not bonuses or gifts or turkeys or trees. See kids, it means something differ- ent to everybody, and now I know what it means to me." Absolutely! Since the birth of Jesus, that very birth has meant something different to all who pon- der the event. To some, its means sacrilege, to others nothing, to others a reason to party, to others salvation. Yearly, many Christians bemoan the commercializa- tion and secularization of Christmas and snazzy quips emerge, such as "The x be- longs in Texas, not Christ- mas." But realistically, the church placed the empha- sis on the resurrection, not the birth of Christ, so its cel- ebration has somewhat al- ways been secular. Nevertheless, the very word Christmas tells the world, "The Lord has come! Let earth, receive, her King! " And no one can make it mean anything different. Think about it, and have a Merry Christmas! Continued from page 11 CHRISTMAS which enables tax-free sav- ings to pay for college, to in- clude K-12 education. This will allow all parents to save tax-free and spend up to $10,000 per year on expens- es for public school, private school, religious schools and home schooling. This has huge implica- tions for black parents and children. America's most fa- mous home-schooled Amer- ican is Simone Biles, who won four gold medals in the 2016 Olympic games. Soon the Trump admin- istration and Congress will move on reforming our bloat- ed and inefficient welfare programs. We are spending some $ 900 billion annually on anti-poverty programs that are helping to bank- rupt the country and doing a very poor job improving the quality of life for the Ameri- cans these programs are de- signed to help. Black leaders should be anxious to partic- ipate in this vital and histor- ic effort to do a much better job in how we assist low-in- come Americans. It's in the interest of ev- ery A frican-American to start thinking about free- dom. This is what the civil rights movement was about. Not left-wing politics. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Cen- ter for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her atw- ww.urbancure.org. Continued from page 11 SKEPTICISM relatives, friends, love ones, long-forgotten acquaintanc- es who seem to have faded from our lives. We get to thinking of great meals that would enhance our gather- ings. And of course, we get to attend Church services as we celebrate this spiritu- al event. Even places and countries who do not subscribe to our faith do some form of cele- bration during this time of the year. So that to me is the magic of Christmas. • • • So, is it not that our hap- py childhood memories and way to our adulthood mem- ories connect with Christ- mas? Think about the times we gathered for meals, the times we saw our chil- dren get excited about San- ta coming to deliver gifts, the times we welcomed love ones who had traveled from near and far to be togeth- er. Think about the beauti- ful music we hear celebrat- ing the coming of our Savior. Think about the Christmas lights and decorations on our neighborhood, the Na- tivity scenes, the beautiful Christmas trees we see rich- ly decorated in the homes, the stores, the offices, the shopping malls and differ- ent places. We all experience joy in singing Christmas carols in church during the services which greatly uplift our spir- its. We enjoy watching pro- grams and concerts shown on T V, such as the Mor- mon Tabernacle choir, tal- ented musicians who share their gifts of music, differ- ent churches that hold con- certs. And the list just goes on and on. • • • Here's a piece of literature I found, titled, One Solitary Life. Because it is lengthy, I focused on some areas I find uplifting. Here it goes. "Nearly two thousand years ago in an obscure village, a Child was born of a peas- ant woman. He grew up in another village where He worked as a carpenter un- til He was thirty. Then for three years He became an itinerant preacher. The Man never went to college or seminary. He never wrote a book. He nev- er held public office. He nev- er had a family nor owned a home. He never put His foot inside a big city nor trav- eled even 200 miles from his birthplace. And although He never did any of the things that usually accompany greatness, throngs of peo- ple followed Him. He had no credentials but Himself. While He was still young, the tide of public opinion turned against Him. His followers ran away. He was turned over to His enemies and sentenced to death on a cross in between two thieves. While He was dy- ing, His executioners gam- bled for the only property He had on earth–the simple coat He had worn. His body was laid in a borrowed tomb provided by a compassion- ate friend. Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centerpiece of the human race and the leader of the column of progress." It goes on, and this sec- tion is my favorite: "All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the governments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned have not changed the course of histo- ry as this One solitary Life. Have a blessed Merry Christmas. As the saying goes, Keep Christ in Christ- mas, for Jesus is the reason for the season. Continued from page 11 MAGIC Think your cable and Internet bill costs too much already? Enjoy freely surfing the web's va- riety of fun- ny, informa- tive, and even weird, con- tent? Thanks to a party-line vote to repeal net neutrali- ty by the ap- pointed mem- bers of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last Thursday, you could end up paying more to view certain Internet content or not even be able to access certain content at all. WHAT IS (WAS) NET NEUTRALITY? Net neutrality rules made the In- ternet a level playing field for all con- tent providers and consumers. They required Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to allow equal access to all law- ful web content. ISPs like Spectrum, Frontier, and Comcast, couldn't charge you more to access certain websites. Nor could they slow down your connection to oth- er Internet content. Mozilla – the company known for its Firefox web browser – succinctly describes it this way: "In other words, the Web is a level playing field: you can read, watch, play, browse and share on the same terms as everybody else." Net neutrality rules adopted by the FCC went into effect in 2015. Those rules prohibited certain practices by Internet Service Providers, as de- scribed in this excerpt from a Dec. 14 New York Times article: BLOCKING – Internet service pro- viders could not discriminate against any lawful content by blocking web- sites or apps. THROT TLING – Service providers could not slow the transmission of da- ta based on the nature of the content, as long as it is legal. PAID PRIORITIZATION – Ser- vice providers could not create an In- ternet fast lane for companies and con- sumers who pay premiums, and a slow lane for those who don't. THE FCC'S DECISION Last Thursday, the five appointed members of the FCC voted along par- ty-lines to repeal those 2015 rules. Essentially, they caved in to lobby- ists of major communications corpo- rations. Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, wrote to Google users in 2006, "The phone and cable monopolies, who con- trol almost all Internet access, want the power to choose who gets access to high-speed lanes and whose content gets seen first and fastest. They want to build a two-tiered system and block on-ramps for those who can't pay." HOW THIS COULD AFFECT YOU First, Internet providers could be- gin to create bundles of content – in- creasing your monthly Internet bill. This is similar to what cable and sat- ellite providers already do for televi- sion content. Want to access social media sites? That's an extra subscription package per month. Want to stream videos from Hulu, Netflix and YouTube? You'll need to pay more for a separate bundle. This is already happening in other countries, such as Portugal, where no net neutrality rules exist. Second, they could completely prohib- it you from viewing certain content at all – or make it extremely painful to do so. For example, Comcast is the parent company of NBC and MSNBC. They could decide to deny subscribers the ability to access any news content oth- er than that produced by NBC/MSN- BC. Or they could slow down connec- tions to other news sites so that it takes longer to load, thereby discouraging people from trying to even access it. (I agree, this may be an extreme and unlikely example. But with the repeal of the rules, it is now possible.) Third, Internet providers could al- low deep-pocketed companies to pay for faster load times of their websites. This could prevent small business- es and non-profit organizations from promoting their products, services and causes to the same audiences. YOUR VOICE MATTERS – SAY SOMETHING! The repeal of net neutrality is a bad deal for consumers and businesses alike. The FCC's decision faces serious congressional and legal challenges in the months ahead. So major changes won't happen immediately. But if you enjoy a free, fair access to the Internet, you can't just finish read- ing this column, move on to the next article, and do nothing. I encourage you to call or write your federal representatives in Congress. Let them know you want them to chal- lenge the FCC's decision. Call or write the Indiana Attorney General's office. Encourage them to join with New York's Attorney Gener- al in filing a multi-state lawsuit against the FCC's repeal. A free and open Internet is an im- portant platform for free speech and open enterprise. Scott A. Hartley is the President/CEO of Calibre Computer Solutions in Prince- ton. For computer tips, information, and free software tools, check out our web- site at http://www.calibreforhome.com. An example of what your internet package could look like now that Net Neutrality has been repealed. Photo contributed Tech Solutions by Scott A. Hartley How the repeal of net neutrality could affect you