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.
SCHOOLS
JC TV to get new sets
If you tune into Jay Today later this year, the new sets will dazzle you.
OPINION
Anxious to see the new grandbaby
To answer your question, yes, we’ve bought our tickets.
SCHOOLS
Fort facing issue
FORT RECOVERY — Voters here will decide in November whether to build a new high school addition to the pre-kindergarten through grade eight building or to walk away from $5.52 million in promised state funding.
NEWS
Long road to the Fort
FORT RECOVERY — A Finnish professor fascinated by St. Clair’s defeat brought a group of his countrymen to the scene of the battle Sunday.
NEWS
Report given on assets
MUNCIE  — Working together, east central Indiana can market itself effectively for future economic growth.
NEWS
A celebrity at the show
Every day since they came it’s been the same thing for Paul Gorrell: Visitors, phone calls, e-mail, and letters.
NEWS
$35 million budget gets no comment
A $35 million spending plan for Jay Schools in 2011 drew no comments Monday at a public hearing.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Keeping berries
We checked the clock and consulted the GPS system in Connie’s Honda and came to the same conclusion.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
A childhood hero remembered
All kids, when they’re growing up, have heroes.
OPINION
Books can be tough to finish
It’s a long way from “Bowser the Hound” to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Options explored for cemetery land
What do you do when you want to acquire a piece of property that’s worth less than the cost of appraisal?
NEWS
Split seen on contract extensions
Jay School Corporation administrators won a vote of confidence Monday night.
OPINION
Story of the rocks
And then it suddenly struck me, most of these kids hadn’t even been born then.
NEWS
School budget is unchanged
Jay Schools will advertise a 2011 budget very similar to 2010’s, reflecting a reduction in staff and no expected increase in state funding.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Phone call restores perspective
These days, when a storm front is approaching, I can feel it in my knuckles.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Memories still flood his mind
As you get older, memory becomes a bit like that closet you know needs to be cleaned out.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Radio costs looming?
With budgets already tight, local officials are wondering how they'll be able to pay for a major upgrade of emergency radio communications equipment being mandated by the federal government.
NEWS
ISTEP scores are up
Jay County students showed improvement across the board in the 2010 ISTEP test.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Boat sails from past
If you are my older brother Steve, do not read this column. It contains a birthday surprise.
NEWS
Kicking it off in style
Peyton Manning may be MVP. But he won't be the best man at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Poetry can work its magic
The magazine comes every other month, and for some reason it arrives at the newspaper's post office box.
An interest in our history
They gather at the end of a dead end street.
NEWS
Bittersweet return for a principal
Friday was a special day for kindergartners at General Shanks Elementary School. It was a special day for their principal too.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Hats are a symbol
It is Sunday afternoon. I'm worrying about violence half a world away. And I am looking at seven hats.
NEWS
Work moves ahead
Jay Schools took the first step toward borrowing nearly $2 million to make major improvements in heating and air conditioning systems at three elementary schools Monday.
NEWS
Eads to be back
Embattled principal Michael Eads will return to General Shanks Elementary briefly to finish out the school year and say farewell to students and staff, but his retirement resignation is expected to be approved by the Jay School Board on Monday.
OPINION
He's siding with Alan on this one
No offense, Anthony, but I'm on Alan's side, at the very least for old time's sake.
NEWS
Eads gets support, no charges
General Shanks Elementary School principal Michael Eads has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing after an investigation into an allegation that he had struck students.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Bright day turns gray
The day was sunny. And though it was chilly, the sky was bright and clear.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
One heck of a ride
It only lasted for a few seconds, but it was one memorable ride.
NEWS
Teacher can't save position
A second-year teacher lost his bid to save his job with the Jay School Corporation Friday.
NEWS
Daniels makes stop
Gov. Mitch Daniels says he knows that reductions in state spending have sometimes been painful, but that Indiana is better off than much of the United States.
NEWS
Revenue at center of dispute?
A quest for revenue in the face of looming property tax caps led the city of Portland to re-think its management contract at Portland Municipal Airport.
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