July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
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Letters to the Editor
"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt" - Special Olympics creed.
Special Olympics Indiana is a not-for-profit organization that provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in more than 20 Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, reaching nearly 10,000 athletes across Indiana. Special Olympics Indiana and Jay County Special Olympics is part of the international network of accredited Special Olympics Programs that reaches more than 2.5 million athletes with intellectual disabilities worldwide.
Jay County Special Olympics offers bowling, basketball, horseshoes, equestrian, golf, bocce, track and field to children and adults with intellectual disabilities, by offering them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
On behalf of the Jay County Special Olympics we would like to thank all those who played in the benefit golf outing: 4TC, Jayland ARC, Ami's A Team, Knights of Columbus of Portland and Muncie, Birdie Babes, Aker Taylor Plumbing, Special Olympics, Kirby's Krushers and Kirby's Old Timers.
Hole sponsors were: All Circuit Electrical, Commonwealth Engineers, Crossroads Financial FCU, Display Craft, Drs. Vormohr and Whetzel, FCC (Indiana) Mfg. LLC (2); Fellowship Baptist Church (2), Hartford City Knights of Columbus, Hudson Family; Jay County Beverage, Jay County Hospital, Jay County Solid Waste, Jay County REMC; Jayland ARC, Jay Randolph Development Services (JRDS), MainSource Bank, Moser Engineering, National Turkey Federation, Portland Evening Optimist, Portland Tire and Service, Thomas M. Banta DDS and Waste Management (2).
Donating door prizes were: Advanced Auto Parts, Arts Place, Bearcreek Farms, Beyond the Gilled Willow, Buffalo Bar & Grill, Roy Bunch Family, Cook's Nursery, CVS, Dick's Pizza, Don Denney Family, Domino's, El Camino Real, Evan's Fine Jewelry, Fiesta Hair Salon, Flower Nook, Heads Up, Hoosier Downs, Indiana Pacers, JaMar TV and Appliance, Jay County Community Center, Jay County REMC, Locker's Touch of Country, McDonalds Restaurant, NAPA, Northside Carryout, Patriot Sportswear, Pizza Hut, Pizza King, Ponderosa, Portland True Value, Raymond James and Associates, Ritz Theatre, Sharlette's Fudgery, Snickerz Comedy Club, Subway, U.S. Senior Open, Walgreens and WalMart.
We would also like to thank the Knights of Columbus for hosting the event, our volunteers and The Portland Foundation.
Next year marks the 30th year for Jay County Special Olympics. We invite you to join us at next years outing to help celebrate our 30th year.
Specially yours,
Lynn Pinkerton, for
the Special Olympics
Golf Outing Committee
Thanks
To the editor:
I would like to extend a big thank you to Jay Miller and the Budweiser Clydesdales, as well as Jack Imel. The residents truly enjoyed their visit with Mick the Clydesdale horse and Jay Miller.
We were pleasantly surprised to get the chance to visit with Jack Imel - "Jackie Boy," as one of our residents called him. Thanks for taking the time to allow our residents to share in your celebration of 60 years. Congratulations again on your success.
Lea Ann Loy,
Administrator, for staff and residents of
Persimmon Ridge
Rehabilitation Centre
Time change?
To the editor:
Mornings are getting darker. On October 20, in central Indiana sun rise will occur at 8 a.m. But most of Indiana's 1.35 million students will already be seated in their classrooms while the sun comes up. They will have walked to school or waited for their school bus in the darkness of night. How ready are students to learn when it's still dark outside? Studies show that students living in the eastern edge of a time zone perform better in school than those living in the western edge. Yet, Indiana is actually west of the western edge of Eastern Time Zone's natural boundaries. Ours is the only state in the USA that is totally in its wrong geographic time zone. Could this be contributing to Indiana's poor school performance ratings? Common sense says yes!
Every 2-hr. weather delay for start-of-school means 2 hours of classroom instruction lost and never regained. Since schools opened in August, 35 school districts have declared 2-hr.weather delays due to fog. An additional hour of morning sunlight could reduce most of those delays to 1-hr. delays.
Isn't this another way that Indiana's abnormal lack of morning sunlight is contributing to our poor school performance ratings?
Central Time is the correct time for Indiana's students and their education. Visit and sign in www.hoosiersforcentraltime.com.
Sue Dillon, Central
Time Coalition
Carmel
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Special Olympics Indiana is a not-for-profit organization that provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in more than 20 Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, reaching nearly 10,000 athletes across Indiana. Special Olympics Indiana and Jay County Special Olympics is part of the international network of accredited Special Olympics Programs that reaches more than 2.5 million athletes with intellectual disabilities worldwide.
Jay County Special Olympics offers bowling, basketball, horseshoes, equestrian, golf, bocce, track and field to children and adults with intellectual disabilities, by offering them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
On behalf of the Jay County Special Olympics we would like to thank all those who played in the benefit golf outing: 4TC, Jayland ARC, Ami's A Team, Knights of Columbus of Portland and Muncie, Birdie Babes, Aker Taylor Plumbing, Special Olympics, Kirby's Krushers and Kirby's Old Timers.
Hole sponsors were: All Circuit Electrical, Commonwealth Engineers, Crossroads Financial FCU, Display Craft, Drs. Vormohr and Whetzel, FCC (Indiana) Mfg. LLC (2); Fellowship Baptist Church (2), Hartford City Knights of Columbus, Hudson Family; Jay County Beverage, Jay County Hospital, Jay County Solid Waste, Jay County REMC; Jayland ARC, Jay Randolph Development Services (JRDS), MainSource Bank, Moser Engineering, National Turkey Federation, Portland Evening Optimist, Portland Tire and Service, Thomas M. Banta DDS and Waste Management (2).
Donating door prizes were: Advanced Auto Parts, Arts Place, Bearcreek Farms, Beyond the Gilled Willow, Buffalo Bar & Grill, Roy Bunch Family, Cook's Nursery, CVS, Dick's Pizza, Don Denney Family, Domino's, El Camino Real, Evan's Fine Jewelry, Fiesta Hair Salon, Flower Nook, Heads Up, Hoosier Downs, Indiana Pacers, JaMar TV and Appliance, Jay County Community Center, Jay County REMC, Locker's Touch of Country, McDonalds Restaurant, NAPA, Northside Carryout, Patriot Sportswear, Pizza Hut, Pizza King, Ponderosa, Portland True Value, Raymond James and Associates, Ritz Theatre, Sharlette's Fudgery, Snickerz Comedy Club, Subway, U.S. Senior Open, Walgreens and WalMart.
We would also like to thank the Knights of Columbus for hosting the event, our volunteers and The Portland Foundation.
Next year marks the 30th year for Jay County Special Olympics. We invite you to join us at next years outing to help celebrate our 30th year.
Specially yours,
Lynn Pinkerton, for
the Special Olympics
Golf Outing Committee
Thanks
To the editor:
I would like to extend a big thank you to Jay Miller and the Budweiser Clydesdales, as well as Jack Imel. The residents truly enjoyed their visit with Mick the Clydesdale horse and Jay Miller.
We were pleasantly surprised to get the chance to visit with Jack Imel - "Jackie Boy," as one of our residents called him. Thanks for taking the time to allow our residents to share in your celebration of 60 years. Congratulations again on your success.
Lea Ann Loy,
Administrator, for staff and residents of
Persimmon Ridge
Rehabilitation Centre
Time change?
To the editor:
Mornings are getting darker. On October 20, in central Indiana sun rise will occur at 8 a.m. But most of Indiana's 1.35 million students will already be seated in their classrooms while the sun comes up. They will have walked to school or waited for their school bus in the darkness of night. How ready are students to learn when it's still dark outside? Studies show that students living in the eastern edge of a time zone perform better in school than those living in the western edge. Yet, Indiana is actually west of the western edge of Eastern Time Zone's natural boundaries. Ours is the only state in the USA that is totally in its wrong geographic time zone. Could this be contributing to Indiana's poor school performance ratings? Common sense says yes!
Every 2-hr. weather delay for start-of-school means 2 hours of classroom instruction lost and never regained. Since schools opened in August, 35 school districts have declared 2-hr.weather delays due to fog. An additional hour of morning sunlight could reduce most of those delays to 1-hr. delays.
Isn't this another way that Indiana's abnormal lack of morning sunlight is contributing to our poor school performance ratings?
Central Time is the correct time for Indiana's students and their education. Visit and sign in www.hoosiersforcentraltime.com.
Sue Dillon, Central
Time Coalition
Carmel
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