Jack Ronald
Jack Ronald (1948-2002) served as president and chairman of the Graphic Printing Company from 1985 until the time of his death April 23, 2022. He was publisher of The Commercial Review for 38 years and editor for 32 years.
He is a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.
Ronald earned a litany of journalism awards from Hoosier State Press Association, Indiana Associated Press Media Editors and Inland Press. He received the Charlie Biggs Community Commitment Award from the Hoosier State Press Association in 2014.
A 1970 graduate of Earlham College, he became a Fulbright Scholar in 1998 and a Fulbright Senior Specialist in 2012. He won the Indiana Journalism Award from Ball State University in 2004.
The Portland High School graduate is a strong supporter of community journalism and has also used his skills to teach journalists around the world. He has served as a trainer in Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and most-recently Myanmar.
NEWS
Fair honors McEwen
Jay County’s Jim Bob McEwen has been honored with a lifetime pass to the Indiana State Fair.
OPINION
Duet sparked idea for a slideshow
By the time you read this, I should have made my debut at Miller's Merry Manor. Technically, it's not actually my debut.
OPINION
Brother is a state fair aficionado
If I were in Minnesota this week, chances are I’d be at the Minnesota State Fair with my brother Steve.
HOMEPAGE ROTATING ARTICLES
Commissioners raise bridge fund tax rate
Jay County Commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday to move the county’s cumulative bridge fund from 3 cents on the tax rate to 4 cents per $100 assessed valuation.
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Alternative delivery route OK'd
The arch bridge on Meridian Street in Portland can’t handle the load.
NEWS
Delay policy shifts
Don’t look for as many three-hour delays for Jay Schools when classes resume this fall.
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Delivery route shifts
The arch bridge on Meridian Street in Portland can’t handle the load.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Council weighs spending limits
Jay County Council will consider a resolution at its July 19 meeting that would set minimum cash balances for 11 different county funds.
OPINION
Please don't rain on his parade
Chances are, that was me you saw walking backwards the other day in the Fourth of July parade.
NEWS
Army Corps involvment discussed
County commissioners remain skeptical about getting involved with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when it comes to addressing Portland’s problems with flooding along the Salamonie River.
NEWS
County to seek grant $
Two projects targeting Community Crossings dollars from the Indiana Department of Transportation won backing Monday from Jay County Commissioners.
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Rewarded by growth
The lives touched are measured in generations. Ron Zimmerman has been a volunteer for Jay County 4-H for more than a quarter of a century, and he’s not about to stop now.
OPINION
Clods of dirt broke glass and rules
You always remember the first time you get in real trouble.
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Board looks at options
If Judge Haynes Elementary School is closed in 2018, what will have to be done to East and General Shanks elementaries to accommodate those students
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
County wants flood meeting
Portland Mayor Randy Geesaman would like the county to pick up part of the tab for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood risk management feasibility study
SCHOOLS
Leaders discuss pre-k
What’s next when it comes to improving early childhood education in Jay County?
OPINION
Viewing was spurred by nostalgia
A confession: I watched a cowboy movie on TV the other night.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Process is on track
The process of charting a course to a sound financial future for Jay County Hospital is on track, but it’s going to take time, hospital CEO Dave Hyatt told Jay County Commissioners on Monday.
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Inman to resign as commissioner
Doug Inman announced Monday that he is resigning his position as Jay County Commissioner effective May 31.
NEWS
Phillips resigns as Dunkirk judge
Tommy D. “Chip” Phillips II resigned Friday as judge of Dunkirk City Court and has been reprimanded by the Indiana Supreme Court in connection with an altercation in August of 2016 with the chief of the Dunkirk Police Department.
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Learning experience
They did things they’d never done before. Some of them turned to crime.
FAMILY
Retter writes about Dunkirk youth
Two things prompted Greg Retter to write “Growing Up a Small-Town Hoosier.”
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Whing-Ding was corny but still fun
“Ever heard of the Whing-Ding?” I asked in the newsroom last week.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Wind farm to move forward
Work is expected to begin on the Bluff Point wind farm project within the next 10 days.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Volunteering taught great lessons
It was Christmas vacation, and I was looking forward to a break from college. It would be good to get home and hang out with friends and just goof off.
NEWS
Phone policy could change
Student cellphones may be under different rules at Jay County High School next year.
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Duties go beyond regular meetings
County commissioners should do a better job of informing the public of their activities beyond the scope of their Monday meetings.
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Two more at the table
There will be two extra places at the dinner table Sunday at the Bowen farm. Hiroshi Oguro has returned to his Jay County home.
OPINION
Time as a guide built confidence
It was a simple question, but answering it uncorked a flood of memories.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
County to refinance bonds
Refinancing jail construction bonds could save Jay County more than $35,000 a year and more than $420,000 over the life of the bond issue, a financial consultant from accounting firm Umbaugh and Associates told county commissioners Monday.
SCHOOLS
SW will send bus to Pennville
Pennville area students will have the option of taking a bus to Southern Wells schools next fall.
OPINION
Red-eye travel lived up to its name
Most of the week was heavenly, but coming home was another story entirely.
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Issue raised about Jay County Jail
A transgender woman told Jay County Commissioners on Monday she was patted down and strip-searched by a male employee when booked into Jay County Jail last fall.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
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Is it possible to be nostalgic about a computer?
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