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Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness returns to USI campus August 10-11

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The University of Southern Indiana and SWIRCA and More, a local agency on aging, will present the 16th annual Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness (MAIA) August 10-11 on the USI campus.

MAIA is a two-day gerontology conference for healthcare and social service professionals, healthcare administrators, clinicians, older adults or retirees, family members providing care for a loved one, students and anyone who wants to learn tips for leading a healthier life. National and local speakers provide practical tools and ground-breaking information related to successful aging and wellness.

Each year, USI’s Bronstein Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness is proud to sponsor the Bronstein Keynote Speaker at the MAIA conference. To advance the educational mission of the Bronstein Center, the Bronstein Keynote must be a content expert in the area of dementia or advance care planning (ACP).

This year’s Bronstein Keynote is Dr. Susan Hickman, a Geropsychologist, Professor in the Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing and IU School of Medicine, Cornelius and Yvonne Pettinga Chair in Aging Research and Director of the IU Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, Inc., as well as a Co-Director of the Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training (RESPECT) Center. She has been educating and conducting research on advance care planning and end-of-life decision making with a focus on nursing facilities since 1998.

This year’s MAIA keynote lineup also includes the following speakers:

DeAnna Crosby is a mental health clinician with more than 30 years of experience working with chemically dependent people. She is the Clinical Director at New Method Wellness in San Juan Capistrano, California. From 2012-20, she was an addiction expert consultant on the Dr. Phil Show. She is currently a PsyD candidate at Pacifica Graduate Institute Psy.D. (2024). She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Irvine and earned additional certification/training from Centaur University. During her presentation on Aging and Addiction, Crosby will discuss how addiction affects the aging process and best practices to let go of addictions at any age.

James Pridgen is a much sought-after presenter addressing global topics, including safeguarding and protecting the older adult population. As a retired chief security executive for a global Fortune 200 Company, he is an expert on global risk management and executive protection. He has been a Reserve Deputy with the Bartholomew County Indiana Sheriff Department for 35 years and is certified as a Senior Instructor from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield, Indiana. For several years, Pridgen has been a concurrent session presenter at MAIA. He returns this year as a keynote speaker by popular demand.

Despite having no training or medical background, Breeda Miller cared for her aging mother for eight years, all while raising her own children. Today, she shares the lessons she learned with others in the “Sandwich Generation” who need help navigating the challenges of caregiving and hospice care. She is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy with a degree in communications studies. Her heart-warming stories have been broadcast nationally on “The Moth Story Hour” on National Public Radio. This will be her second keynote presentation at MAIA, having first visited USI in 2014.

Break-out session topics for conference attendees over the two-day event include a variety of health topics plus exercise, dementia care, chronic disease management and mental health.

The USI GWEP is offering free registration and transportation to the conference for retirees and family caregivers from rural areas. For more information about this opportunity, call Brandy Sitzman, GWEP Project Coordinator, at 812-464-1894, or visit USI.edu/rural-maia.

There is a discounted rate for students and retirees. The deadline to register is Tuesday, August 1. For more information, call toll-free 1-877-USI-HLTH (874-4584) or 812-461-5217, or email usi1nhpcert@usi.edu. To register online, visit www.USI.edu/maia.

Contact Hours: Attendees may receive up to six contact hours on Thursday and up to six contact hours on Friday with attestation of attendance and submission of the electronic program evaluation. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive up to 12 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

In support of improving patient care, University of Southern Indiana Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This program has been submitted to the Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM board certified case managers.

FSSA to announce awardees of opioid settlement match, crisis service grants

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FSSA to announce awardees of opioid settlement match, crisis service grants

Who:       Douglas Huntsinger, Executive Director for Drug Prevention, Treatment and
Enforcement, Office of the Governor Jay Chaudhary, Director of the Division
of Mental Health and Addiction, Family and Social Services Administration
The Honorable Hunter J. Reece, Warren County Circuit Court Katy Adams,
President and CEO, Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare

What:      News conference to announce awardees of opioid settlement match and crisis
receiving and stabilization grants

When:     Tuesday, June 13, 2023 11 a.m. EDT

Where:    Indiana Government Center South Building, Conference Room B
402 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204

Polancic Named To Pan Am Games Qualifier Roster

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Evansville Otters closer Jake Polancic has been named to the Baseball Canada roster for the WBSC Americas Pan Am Games Qualifiers in Buenos Aires, Argentina from June 16-21.

“I wanted to play for the Junior National Team in high school and didn’t get the chance, so ever since it has been a dream of mine to represent my country,” Polanco said.

Polancic has begun the 2023 season as the Otters’ closer, earning four saves already. In nine appearances, he has a 1.80 ERA with 17 strikeouts across 10 innings of work. Opponents have a .094 batting average against Polancic so far this season.

“From my time working with [Pitching Coach] Max Peterson and [Manager] Andy McCauley, they’ve put a lot of confidence in me and trusted me and that translated on the mound,” Polanco said.

While in Buenos Aires, Baseball Canada will face Panama, Argentina, Peru and Honduras in a round-robin format. The top two squads following round-robin play will face off for a spot in the October 2023 Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.

“This is a great opportunity for Jake,” Peterson said. “He has worked hard to have success here in Evansville and has certainly earned this opportunity.”

The 6’3 righty hails from Langley, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. Prior to the 2022 season with Evansville, Polancic spent the 2021 season with the Winnipeg Goldeyes in the American Association. Before 2021, Polancic spent four seasons in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization after being drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 11th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft.

Baseball Canada’s first game of the qualifiers is Friday, June 16 against Panama.

THE GRAHAM-BRADLEY TRACTOR HISTORY

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Monumentum Indy hits downtown in August, including a bike ride honoring Major Taylor

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Monumentum Indy hits downtown in August, including a bike ride honoring Major Taylor

Taylor (left) is lined up against French cyclist Edmond Jacquelin in 1908. Taylor’s 1908 season came in between a two-year racing hiatus (1905-1906) and his eventual retirement in 1910, but he still performed well—even setting a new 1-mile world record.

This image, now in the public domain, is from the Bibliothèque National de France, France’s national library, and is a scan of the original picture. The photo is credited to Agence Rol, or Rol Agency—a photo agency involved in French news at the time. It was accessed through Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Major_Taylor,_1908_Grand_Prix_de_Paris.jpg

There’ll be a plethora of cyclists in downtown Indianapolis Aug. 25 and 26, from children who haven’t had their training wheels off for long to professionals trying to rake in some prize money.

Dated from either 1906 or 1907, this was one of many photos of Taylor taken by French photographer Jules Beau (1864-1932). On Taylor’s 1901 trip to Europe, Michael Kranish wrote, “Taylor’s arrival coincided with the introduction of what would be called photojournalism.” Beau took more photos of Taylor than anyone else, according to Kranish.

This image, now in the public domain, is from the Bibliothèque National de France, France’s national library, and is a scan of the original picture. It was accessed through Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Major_Taylor,_1906-1907.jpg

IU Health Momentum Indy, billed as a “bicycle festival,” will be underway, featuring a number of races and rides.

Starting on Friday, Aug. 25, the Mass Ave Crit—“crit” is short for the criterium, a closed-circuit race—will take place. The 0.64-mile race is described as “flat, fast, and technical” and will have races for amateurs, masters, and professionals.

The next day, there will be opportunities for bike rides of various distances—five, 14, 30 and 62 miles—as part of the Honor Major Taylor Fondo.

Major Taylor was an African-American cyclist born in Indianapolis who was a world champion in 1899 and an American champion in 1900.

“He was the first black athlete to compete regularly in integrated competition for an annual American championship,” wrote one of Taylor’s biographers, Andrew Ritchie.

Almost a century after his death, Taylor has drawn passionate fans seeking to tell his story and honor him. Indianapolis is home to a mural of the athlete and a velodrome named after Taylor.

Later on Saturday is the Indy Crit, a race that is a part of the American Criterium Cup—a race series in its second year. Like the Mass Ave Crit, there will be heats for those of all levels, including a race for 9- to 14-year-olds, with the professional races beginning at 4:05 p.m.

Momentum Indy will also have Adventure Zone from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as another opportunity for kids. Two of the activities will be helmet decorating and bicycle obstacle courses.

For more information, including how to register for events, visit the Momentum Indy website.

FOOTNOTE:  Jack Sells is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

Hoosier History

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June 11 – June 17

This Week in Indiana History
zoo June 11, 1988 The Indianapolis Zoo opened in its new location at White River Park.  It had moved from its original site in Washington Park.

June 13, 1893  Antoinette Leach was granted the right to practice law by the Indiana Supreme Court, becoming the state’s first female attorney.

Leach
GRC Memorial June 14, 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt was in Vincennes to dedicate the George Rogers Clark Memorial. In his speech, the President said that Clark “saved for us the fair land between the mountains and the Father of the Waters.”
June 17, 1884 Tri-State College opened in Angola. Originally named for its location in Indiana and its proximity to Michigan and Ohio, the school is now known as Trine University. Trine

Our Where in Indiana from last week was a photo of Cole Porter’s childhood home in Peru.

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Indiana Quick Quiz

1. The song “Stardust” by this Indiana artist has been recorded more than 1,500 times?

2. Adopted as the first State symbol in 1913, what is the name of Indiana’s official state song?

3. Before he was working for the New Order and General Snoke, this actor grew up in Mishawaka?

4. Robert Wise from Winchester, won four academy awards, including Best Director and Best Picture for what two films?

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The Indiana Statehouse was featured on Journey Indiana!

Answers

1. Hoagy Carmichael

2. On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away

3. Adam Driver

4. West Side Story and The Sound of Music

Otters fall to Boomers on Saturday night

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Evansville, Ind. – The Evansville Otters were held to two runs, stranding six runners in scoring position to fall to the Schaumburg Boomers 5-2 Saturday night at Bosse Field.

The Otters put a runner in scoring position in eight of nine innings with eight total hits but could only manage two hits.

Noah Myers started Evansville off with a double to lead off the 1st inning. Dakota Phillips banged a double off the wall to score Myers and give the Otters a 1-0 lead.

Schaumburg took the lead in the third inning with two singles, two walks and a hit batter costing Evansville two runs.

The Boomers extended the lead with four base hits in the fourth inning plating two more runs.

Evansville cut the lead to two in the sixth inning as Jeffrey Baez led off with a base hit and Jacob Olson’s sacrifice fly scored Baez.

Schaumburg added one more insurance run in the eighth.

Jhon Vargas kept Evansville in the game coming out of the bullpen in the fifth inning. In his first relief appearance of the season, he limited the Boomers to just four hits over five innings of work allowing one run.

Bryan Rosario stole a base in the second inning for his 24th bag of the season. He continues to lead the Frontier League in stolen bases. He also extended his on-base streak to 16 games.

Evansville wraps up the series against Schaumburg Sunday evening at Bosse Field. A 5:05 PM CT first pitch kicks off River City Pride Night and a Dog Days of Summer with discounted hot dogs and fans encouraged to bring their dogs.

All home and road Otters games this season are televised on FloSports with audio-only coverage available for free on the Evansville Otters YouTube page.

UE’s Baer Wins Israel National Championship In 100 Breaststroke

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NETANYA, Israel – University of Evansville rising senior Alon Baer (Gesher HaZiv, Israel) has had a very decorated career as a member of the UE men’s swimming and diving program over the past three years.  Now, he can add the title of “National Champion” to his list of achievements, as Baer took home the individual title in the men’s 100-Meter Breaststroke event earlier today during the 2023 Israeli Championships at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel.

Baer posted a time of 1:01.85 to best Kristian Pitshugin by 0.32 seconds and take home the individual title in the men’s 100-Meter Breaststroke.  Baer also placed second in the 50-Meter Breaststroke, finishing just 0.07 seconds behind Pitshugin to take home the silver in the event with a time of 28.46 seconds.  It has continued a strong week in the pool at the Israeli Championships for Baer, who also placed fifth in the men’s 200-Meter Breaststroke on Wednesday.

“In prelims, I placed third with a time of 1:02.63,” said Baer after winning the 100-Meter Breaststroke.  “I opened as hard as I could in the final, going 28.67 in the first 50, and managed to hold on for the win!”

Baer became Evansville’s first-ever Mid-American Conference individual champion this past March, as he took home the MAC title in the 200-Yard Breaststroke.  Baer earned first-team All-MAC honors for his efforts at the MAC Championships, while also capturing Academic All-MAC honors for his work both in and out of the pool this year.  Baer is the school-record holder in both the 100- and 200-Yard Breaststroke events at UE, and he was earned the Acespys’ award for “Best Male Athlete” in UE’s season-ending awards ceremony.

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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Vanderburgh County Crash Report

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Crash Report

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