Thank you for a strong challenge

To the editor:
Jay County Public Library recently wrapped up its second annual Summer Challenge with a final event at Jay County High School that included games, snacks and a very popular obstacle course.
The goal of offering a summer challenge to the community is to encourage both reading and fun activities that people of all ages can enjoy and have an opportunity for families to enjoy time together.
Once again, we challenged participants to earn 100 points. This year nearly 150 people met that challenge. If you see someone wearing one of our orange T-shirts, you will know they are one of our finishers.
As participants completed and turned in their activity cards (25 points per card) they had a chance to vote for their favorite of three selected local non-profit organizations — this year’s non-profits choices were Jay County Cancer Society, Pregnancy Care Center and Youth Service Bureau. Different non-profits will be involved next year. The three non-profits received shares of money donated by MainSource Bank and the Friends of the Jay County Public Library.
It was gratifying to once again see a strong turnout for this program — more than 250 people of all ages worked toward meeting the challenge. We hope to continue this program into the future and look for new ways to challenge our community.
Putting together such a program not only requires the work of our dedicated staff here at JCPL but also many generous community partners that I would like to take a moment to thank.
Thank you to the following groups for their financial support: First Bank of Berne, Friends of the Jay County Public Library, MainSource Bank, Evening Optimists, Morning Optimists, Portland Rotary, Gamma Nu, Tri Kappa, Psi Iota Xi, Delta Theta Tau, FCC Indiana, Portland Lions, Portland Kiwanis and Bollenbacher and Associates. Thanks to Jay School Corporation for use of the high school’s auxiliary gym.
The library is also grateful for the following businesses that donated prizes: Sharlette’s Fudgery, Closet Update, Jay County High School athletics department, Arts Place, Balloon Elations, Summer Breeze Tanning, Tribal Paint Canvas & Laugh, Kids Closet, True Value Hardware, Upperkut Salon and Spa, El Camino Real and Robin Pijnappels.
Thank you again to all who participated and we are looking forward to planning for next summer.
Eric Hinderliter
Director
Jay County Public Library

What values?
To the editor:
In his famous Democratic convention speech Evan Bayh told us that Clinton’s values were his values.
It must be true because he voted with Clinton over 90 percent of the time and, like Clinton, will say anything to hide his record.
In 2004 his opponent Marvin Scott ran the only ad he could afford listing Bayh’s easily verifiable extreme liberal votes. Bayh ran a media blitz claiming Marvin lied about Bayh’s record. The only real lies were followed by “I’m Evan Bayh and I approved this message.”
Bayh voted against the Bush tax cut and for thousands of earmarks and trillions in spending. With 60 percent of Hoosiers opposed to Obamacare he voted for it and a $500 billion cut in Medicare.
He voted against offshore drilling but for cap and trade, which would have tripled Hoosier electric bills.
He voted against the marriage amendment and e-verify, and voted to ban organizations like the NRA, ACLU and unions from buying ads criticizing Senators within 60 days of an election.
He voted to ban semi-auto firearms, close down gun shows and to allow New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to bankrupt the firearms industry with frivolous lawsuits.
He voted against John Roberts and Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court but voted for anti-gun, pro-abortion zealot Sonia Sotomayor.
Most of his money comes from big business, lawyers and the finance industry and is from out of state.
So much for “Hoosier Values.”
Stephen Erwin
Portland