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.
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City to get new tornado sirens
Portland will be getting a new tornado warning system.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Train trip created flight questions
Wandering through the Dunkirk passenger depot with my friends Jack Robbins and Dane Mumbower, I found myself recalling my first train ride.
NEWS
Restoration on track
All aboard! Restoration of the interior of Dunkirk's historic railroad depot is underway.
OPINION
Moon walkers eclipsed need for clean laundry
All I know for sure is that I didn't smell very good.
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Funding questions
Jay County Commissioner Chad Aker wants to rescind the county’s financial support for the purchase of the Hood Building by the Portland Economic Development Corporation.
NEWS
You’ve got the wrong number
It might be a good idea to throw away that new CenturyLink telephone book that came in the mail.
OPINION
4-H, fair intertwine with musings
Back in the day, when my dear friend the late Tom Casey had only bits and pieces of ideas for a column, he'd begin it with this introduction: "One or two things that may or may not merit a paragraph or two."
NEWS
Scout sets a Bitter Ridge timeline
Bitter Ridge Wind Farm should be operational by September 2020.
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New conservationist
The landscape has changed, but the mission is still the same: To help famers with conservation practices.
NEWS
JCDC reports on progress
Planning, paving and progress were the watchwords Thursday at the annual meeting of the Jay County Development Corporation.
SCHOOLS
Construction work OK’d for schools
Muhlenkamp Building Corporation was awarded a $3,461,597 contract Monday to renovate and repurpose portions of Jay County High School as part of a consolidation to a grade 7 through 12, junior-senior high school facility.
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Wind, solar plans discussed
Wind power and solar energy continued to occupy the Jay County Plan Commission Thursday night.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Memories flow as summer begins
There's something about the end of the school year and the start of June that gets the memories flowing.
NEWS
Support voiced for the county facility
Residents of Jay County Retirement Center delivered a clear message Tuesday morning: Don't close it down.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Dunkirk items belong at museum
It was supposed to be a brief visit to Jay County Historical Museum.
OPINION
In the long run, at least it’s not snow
The wet, wet spring has prompted a flood of questions.
NEWS
Reviewing options
Does the county home — aka Jay County Retirement Center — make sense in the 21st century?
OPINION
It’s impossible to choose a favorite
So, Grandpa, what was your favorite part of the week-long visit to Indiana by your 8-year-old and 5-year-old grandsons?
OPINION
Daggers offer the thrill of the hunt
For a non-violent guy, I sure have a lot of weapons.
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Restrictions updated
Jay County Commissioners made truck traffic restrictions official Monday.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
‘The Passage’ made return voyage
The package has arrived. Or, more accurately, let's say it has come back home.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Day at the ballpark is always a hit
Opening Day has come and gone, but we still haven't made it to a baseball game.
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New no-truck list approved
Jay County Commissioners adopted a revised list of no-truck routes Monday as recommended by county engineer Dan Watson, adding some and subtracting a few others.
NEWS
Atkinson joins Coldren, Frantz and Sprunger
Jay County’s Josh Atkinson is joining the law firm of Coldren, Frantz and Sprunger.
OPINION
The open road is never far away
As I look up from my desk at home, I see a color photograph of a Scotsman in a Formula One race car.
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Going outside?
Jay School Board members will be asked in April to consider contracting school food service and, perhaps, custodial services to an outside firm.
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Jay’s jail population has grown
Jay County's population may not be growing, but the population of the county jail is.
OPINION
Music can serve to sustain youth
Sometimes I suspect that — 70 years old or not — part of me is still a teenybopper.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Pymatuning helped seal the deal
Maybe it was Lake Pymatuning that sealed the deal.
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Truck issue to take more time
Figuring out where to restrict truck traffic in Jay County is going to take a little more time.
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WBSJ station will not return
WBSJ is off the air and won't be coming back.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Spring just can’t come soon enough
Questions pile up in February, not unlike those ugly piles of snow and ice at the edges of the parking lot.
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