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.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Meter change works
DUNKIRK — New water meters that can be read electronically are expected to improve detection of leaks and reduce future billing disputes.
NEWS
Exchange program approved
The Jay Schools international initiative has taken another step forward.
OPINION
A milestone for the demographic
“Well, it’s happened,” my wife said one recent morning at breakfast. “Take a look. I don’t know any of these people. Do you?”
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Blown away by the story
One thing about writing a column is that if you do it long enough you start repeating yourself.
EDITORIALS
Time to talk about vandalism
Someone knows.Last week, an unprecedented vandalism spree came to light at Finch Cemetery.
OPINION
Bottle deposit makes sense
The Republican Party has long been known as the party of business. GOP leaders have prided themselves on being business-friendly, arguing that’s the best way to encourage economic development and prosperity.
OPINION
Redkey council drops the ball
Just when it seemed that the Redkey Town Council was moving in the right direction, it stumbled badly.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
ESPN of the era
Okay, so maybe we were paid with something more than Cokes. But not much more.
OPINION
The definition of freedom
Apparently those of us in Indiana enjoy more freedom than our Buckeye neighbors.
NEWS
Training goes well
A county-funded training session for local government is expected to help local cities and towns develop plans for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
OPINION
A less than warm welcome
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has been sending some friendly gibes in Indiana’s direction over the past few weeks.But is that any reason for Hoosier hospitality to take a vacation?
OPINION
The blink of an eye
The thing about clichés is that they get to be clichés because they’re true.
NEWS
Jay, Randolph weigh teaming up
The possibility of teaming up with Randolph County on economic development has been discussed, but any decision is months away.
NEWS
Water improving
Water quality is improving in the headwaters of the Wabash River, an official from the Upper Wabash River Basin Commission told the 54th annual meeting of the Jay County Soil and Water Conservation District Tuesday.
OPINION
Booms in the night
Apparently, I’ve reached that stage in life when I’m hearing things.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bridge design pact OK'd
An Indianapolis engineering firm has been hired to design a new bridge east of Bluff Point in advance of a proposed wind farm project.
OPINION
Technology has us in a rush
The Jay School Board’s recent discussion about changing the high school’s cellphone policy had me feeling old.
SCHOOLS
School bond savings set
Jay Schools hopes to save more than $800,000 over the next 12 years by refinancing pension bonds issued in 2004.
NEWS
Watersheds to join with Salamonie
Two more small watersheds were combined into the Salamonie Watershed this morning, while ditch assessments on five other small watersheds were raised.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Making it his 'home'
Along with “fiscal cliff” and “sequestration,” the most overused expression of 2013 has to be “man cave.”
SCHOOLS
JCHS graduation rate up again
Jay County High School’s graduation rate was among the best in the state, according to preliminary figures released this week by the Indiana Department of Education.
NEWS
Academic exchange
Someday international exchange students may be able to graduate from Jay County High School with a dual diploma.
OPINION
Moratorium provides a reprieve
Chalk up a win for farmers — at least a temporary one. Gov. Mike Pence signed into law Wednesday a bill that establishes a one-year moratorium on the use of soil productivity factors in assessing farmland values.
NEWS
Efforts made to regulate RU-486
A pair of lawmakers representing Jay County are in the thick of an effort to set new limits on RU-486, an abortion-inducing drug.
OPINION
Geographic memories
Sometimes it seems as if I have a whole, separate geography stuck in my memory: Places that used to be but now have disappeared, existing only as ghosts.
EDITORIALS
No support for CSO solution
Among the dozens of issues raised at Saturday’s “Third House Session” sponsored by the Jay County Chamber of Commerce, one was of national rather than state concern.
NEWS
Mining issues raised
Penn Township residents brought concerns about a sand and gravel pit to the Jay County Commissioners this morning.
NEWS
Deadline approaching
The next two weeks will tell the tale for the latest session of the Indiana General Assembly, lawmakers told local voters Saturday.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SWCD set to handle plans
Any and all Rule 5 plans in connection with the proposed Bluff Point Wind Farm will be reviewed and processed through the Jay County Soil and Water Conservation District before being forwarded to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
EDITORIALS
Positive signs on Bridge Street
Good things are happening on South Bridge Street in Portland.
EDITORIALS
Prescription abuse an epidemic
Every once in awhile, you encounter something that stops you in your tracks.
NEWS
Sale moves ahead
A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of a portion of the former Sheller-Globe plant on South Bridge Street in Portland to a local furniture manufacturer.
NEWS
Visitors' center complete
GENEVA — Though boxes are still being unpacked, construction work on the new visitors’ center at the Limberlost State Historic Site is complete.
OPINION
Caution: Column is contagious?
Maybe this column should be sprayed with Lysol before reading any further.
OPINION
Winner anything but ordinary
The newspaper business can be challenging. But one of the great joys of journalism is that you get to meet so many interesting people and share their stories with others.
OPINION
Longing for the new scarf
That clicking you hear in the background is my wife’s knitting needles.
NEWS
Doubt over Rule 5
If the Bluff Point Wind Farm is built, who will be responsible for the soil erosion and sediment plans during construction?
BUSINESS
Longtime glass worker recalls his years at the plant
Talk with John B. Anderson about the old days, and the names start tumbling out.
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