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
A big rock and a walk in the woods
Alumni of Jay County’s historic high schools — Gov. I.P. Gray, Redkey, Poling, Dunkirk, Bryant, Madison, Pennville and Portland — have done their best to memorialize their sites.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Fifty years is a marriage milestone
Fifty years.That’s a milestone for any marriage.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Internet can be a pot of gold
Who are those two babies? And why are they in that cooking pot?
OPINION
Friend wished a happy retirement
Okay, let me stipulate from the get-go, that this column is anything but impartial.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Pastor's life has had twists
Bill Knight has:•Dropped out of high school — twice.•Been a sailor aboard a destroyer torpedoed in the English Channel.•Walked through the ruins of Hiroshima.•Clashed with South African authorities over apartheid.•Worked as an engineer, a caregiver, the head of a custodial crew and a maintenance man.•And served as pastor for half a dozen Indiana churches.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Show won't include heavy lifting
Think of it as both a Mother’s Day present and a Father’s Day present.
NEWS
Schools will have new leaders
Three schools will see a change in leadership this fall because of administrative retirements.
NEWS
SA students share mission
It’s a story Michael Baer never gets tired of telling, the story behind Dots in Blue Water.
NEWS
Bennett earns honors
Catherine Bennett didn’t slow down in retirement. She went to work on her sewing machine.
NEWS
Board discusses future
Parents of students at Pennville and Redkey elementary schools urged Jay School Board to explore “every possible avenue” in cost cutting Monday before deciding to close any school in the corporation.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Group asks for EDIT funds
Dunkirk Industrial Development Corporation is committing $100,000 in Economic Development Income Tax funds toward securing the former Stewart Brothers furniture building.
OPINION
Computers are not cooperating
As every computer user knows, there is a special place that’s known as Computer Hell.
NEWS
Tech committee changing course
The committee charged with recommending the next step for technology in Jay Schools wants to pause and re-think its direction.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Game delivers smiles despite cold
When we bought the tickets, it felt like a way of thumbing our nose at winter.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Explorers avoided lightning
I was 10 that summer.My cousin John was 11, and my cousin from Illinois was 12.
NEWS
School board looks at cuts
The future of Pennville Elementary School is cloudy beyond next year, and Pennville may not be the only facility Jay Schools could close in the years ahead because of declining enrollment.
NEWS
Verallia sale now complete
Ardagh Group completed its acquisition of Verallia North America on Friday, thanks to approval of a consent order from the Federal Trade Commission.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Door to Afghanistan is still open
The words were not the ones you expect to hear from your wife over lunch on an April day.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Life is more fun if you participate
The venues are different, but the problem is the same.
NEWS
Impact is minimal
The rollout of the Pence administration’s proposals on the business personal property tax could have been smoother, but Rep. Greg Beumer (R-District 33) believes the version passed by the Indiana General Assembly is acceptable.
OPINION
Ukraine situation requires flexibility
Simmer down.That’s our advice to those in Congress and the chattering classes when it comes to Ukraine.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Rules leave questions unanswered
For decades, Indiana has competed with other states by offering incentives to attract new industry.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Animosity in line went overboard
At least the lady from Group 5 didn’t hijack the plane.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Avoiding temptation is often best
Sometimes you read a sale bill and know instantly that you should — under no circumstances — go to that sale.
EDITORIALS
School approach is flexible, smart
Let’s start with a simple fact of life: There is absolutely no way Jay School Board could make everyone happy in the face of this winter’s school days lost to snow.
NEWS
JCTA challenges board ruling
The contract dispute isn’t over. It’s just moved to a new arena.
NEWS
JCTA calls for cooperation
Let’s work together.That was the message Monday from Jay Classroom Teachers Association to the Jay School Board.
OPINION
Decorations could brighten winter
At long last, things are a little less festive at our house.
OPINION
Weather prompts memories
There’s something about extreme weather that prompts memories of extreme weather.
NEWS
Verallia sale moved to April
The final closing date for the acquisition of Verallia North America by Ardagh Group has been extended to April 30.
SCHOOLS
Year extended to June 9
Jay County students will be in the classroom through June 9 as a result of days lost to snow and bad weather.
OPINION
A break on bills would bring relief
Everyone knows by now — or should know — that it makes sense to keep a trickle of water running when the mercury drops into the sub-zero range.
SCHOOLS
Jay Schools face tough choices
Tough choices lie ahead.Jay Schools finished 2013 with about $1 million less in its general fund than it had at the start of the year, in large part because of higher than expected health insurance claims.
NEWS
Watson is Citizen of the Year
Both knew about the other’s award, but neither knew they were to be honored themselves.
OPINION
Lunch with the birds is a delight
They shouldn’t really be here, but they keep hanging around.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
The Beatles were not to be missed
The 50th anniversary of the first appearance by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show has been noted just about everywhere this week, and rightly so. It was a watershed moment for a generation.
OPINION
House takes sensible action
It will never qualify as a profile in courage, but action this week by the Indiana House on HJR 3 makes sense in both practical and political terms.
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