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Otters announce continuation of Jacob’s Village partnership

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Evansville Otters and Jacob’s Village are excited to announce the continuation of their 18-year partnership, highlighted by the Evansville Otters game on Thursday, June 29 at 6:35 p.m. against the Gateway Grizzlies.

“We would like to invite all of the Evansville community to come out Thursday, June 29 to enjoy exciting Otters baseball, postgame fireworks, and to support a great cause,” Jacob’s Village Development

Director Laura Hurt said. “It’s always a really fun night!” “It’s been a wonderful partnership with the Evansville Otters, and over our 18-year history, we have raised over $230,000 to support people with disabilities.”

The mission of Jacob’s Village is to develop a safe, walk-able neighborhood community where people with disabilities and older adults can find meaningful relationships, housing that is affordable and accessible, and activities that encourage active minds and bodies.

“This will be a fun, family-friendly game. We invite the community to come out on Thursday, June 29 to enjoy exciting Otters baseball, fireworks, door prizes, Thirsty Thursday, a half-pot drawing, live DJ, and more!” Hurt added.

“The Otters are excited to continue this 18-year partnership,” Otters General Manager Travis Painter said. “It is always a wonderful event and it is great to have the Jacob’s Village residents at the ballpark.”

$5 general admission tickets for this year’s game may be purchased at all G.D. Ritzy’s locations, Bosse Field and Jacob’s Village beginning Thursday. The Bosse Field box office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, visit their website at www.jacobsvillage.org.

COVID-19 put some Hoosier students more behind than others, study says

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By Xain Ballenger, TheStatehouseFile.com

Hoosiers can now get a “comprehensive” look at how the pandemic unequally affected students’ learning.

Harvard University and Stanford University released 12 state reports earlier this month, detailing their examination of education and learning loss.

According to the Harvard Center for Education policy research, the Education Recovery Scorecard compares learning loss at schools across the country. Learning loss is the loss of knowledge due to extended breaks or gaps in a student’s education, like summer break.

The research from Harvard and Stanford showed that third through eighth grade public school students lost about half a year of learning in math and a quarter of a year in reading. This means that in spring 2022, Indiana students were about six months behind the same grade in Spring 2019. 

“It’s not readily visible to parents when their children have fallen behind earlier cohorts, but the data from 7,800 school districts show clearly that this is the case,” Sean Reardon, a professor of poverty and inequality at Stanford Graduate School, said in a press release.

“The educational impacts of the pandemic were not only historically large, but were disproportionately visited on communities with many low-income and minority students. Our research shows that schools were far from the only cause of decreased learning—the pandemic affected children through many ways—but they are the institution best suited to remedy the unequal impacts of the pandemic.”

An Interactive Map on the Education Recovery Scorecard website highlights data for certain school districts. 

According to the map, the District of Carmel Clay Schools in Hamilton County experienced roughly three months of math learning loss and four months of reading learning loss. Compared to the Carmel Clay schools, the Indianapolis Public School District experienced over double the loss in math, at eight months, and five months of reading learning loss. 

Students in the Monroe Counties Richland-Bean Blossom Community School lost almost a full year in math and over seven months of learning loss in reading. Although students attending the bordering  Monroe County Community Schools did experience learning loss, it was less than the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School, coming out to about four months for math and less than that in reading.

In St. Joseph County, two school districts posted starkly different impacts of the pandemic.

South Bend Community School students lost nearly 12 months in math and over a school year for reading learning loss. However, in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation—which borders South Bend— students lost just over three months in math learning and less than four months in reading learning.

Other studies have also indicated a decline in learning among Hoosier students.

In 2020, The Statehouse File reported that only 37% of Hoosier students passed the ILEARN exam, whereas during the 2018-2019 school year, Federal School Accountability Ratings showed that 56% of high schools and 53% of elementary schools met or exceeded the state standards.

However, recent statistics show students may be recovering their reading skills. In 2022 81.6% of students were considered to be proficient in reading. In 2021, the percentage was 81.2%, and before COVID, in the 2018-2019 school year, the percentage was 87.3%. 

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers @ the Victory Theatre on Sept 12th!

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Evansville, IN– Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions. Hornsby has won three Grammy Awards, including a 1987 Grammy Award for Best New Artist with Bruce Hornsby and the Range, a 1990 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Hornsby has worked with his touring band Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, his bluegrass project with Ricky Skaggs, and as a session and guest musician. He was a touring member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 through March 1992, playing over 100 shows with the band.

Tickets may be purchased at Ford Center Ticket Office or www.Ticketmaster.com

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JUST IN: Senator Braun To Vote NO On Debt Ceiling Deal

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WASHINGTON — Senator Mike Braun will vote no on the debt ceiling bill expected to be voted on in the Senate as soon as tonight.

Senator Braun released this statement earlier this week about his opposition to the debt ceiling deal.

“This deal makes our current bloated spending levels the new baseline going forward, setting us further down the path to financial ruin. We need deep spending cuts, and Congress shouldn’t get paid until we deliver a real budget that seriously addresses our massive debt. There’s more drama here than usual but sadly the play is going to end the same way: the big spenders in both parties getting together to increase the size of the federal government.” – Senator Mike Braun

Senator Braun will receive a vote on his “No Default” amendment to the bill. This amendment removes the drama from debt ceiling negotiations by allowing the Treasury to continue to pay necessary obligations after an “X date” but will automatically cut 1% of discretionary spending every 30 days (not including entitlements) until Congress makes a deal, giving Congress an incentive to make a budget to avoid cuts to policy priorities from both parties.

Senator Braun spoke on the Senate floor today about his amendment, the debt ceiling impasse, and our country’s dire financial straits.

Excerpted remarks on amendment:

Today, I’m introducing my No Default Amendment.

This amendment is simple.

We need to cut the drama out of these debt ceiling negotiations and give Congress an incentive to pass a real budget.

Under my amendment, if we pass the X date, the Treasury can continue to cover necessary obligations and avoid default until Congress makes a deal.

But crossing the X date would result in automatic 1% cuts to all discretionary spending every 30 days.

It would cut out all the drama around raising the debt ceiling, and provide an incentive to come to a responsible agreement.

 

Otters Fall In Sudden Death Tiebreaker to Windy City

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Evansville, Ind. – The Evansville Otters fell to the Windy City Thunderbolts in an eleventh inning sudden death tie breaker 5-4 Wednesday night at Bosse Field.

 

In the second year of the new Frontier League extra innings rule, the Otters elected to pitch for three outs to try to win the game. The ThunderBolts started with a runner at first per the rules. A ThunderBolts base hit put runners on first and third with nobody out. The Otters would get a groundout and strikeout while intentionally walking a batter to lead to a winner take-all at-bat.

 

With two outs and the bases loaded, Junior Martina lined a base hit up the middle to get the unique walk-off road win at Bosse Field.

 

Wednesday’s game was a back and forth affair before the sudden death tiebreaker. The Otters tied it in the eighth on a Justin Felix two out base hit.

 

The walk-off run reached scoring position in the bottom of the ninth but the Otters could not bring him home.

 

Bryan Rosario was a force on the basepaths again Wednesday with four stolen bases, tied for second most in a game in franchise history. He’s stolen 7 bases in the series and leads the Frontier League with 20 stolen bases.

 

The Otters scored first for the 15th consecutive game with two runs in the first inning. Jeffrey Baez had the key double in the opening frame. Kelvin Melean added another run in the fourth on a RBI knock.

 

Windy City would fight back with one run apiece in the fifth and sixth before taking the lead with two runs in the seventh.

 

Otters’ starter Justin Watland was an out shy of a quality outing. The righty threw five and two thirds allowing just four hits and one earned run.

 

Jake Polancic worked around a runner in scoring position in the ninth and the tenth inning placed runner to give Evansville two chances to walk-off.

 

Noah Myers led the Otters at the plate with two hits. The loss ends the Otters seven game home winning streak.

 

Evansville faces Windy City on Thursday evening for a rubber match at Bosse Field. Thursday is YMCA night and Budweiser Thirsty Thursday with discounted drafts and domestic cans. First pitch is slated for 6:35 PM CT.

 

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

 

The Evansville Otters are the 2006 and 2016 Frontier League champions.

 

The Otters play all home games at historic Bosse Field, located at 23 Don Mattingly Way in Evansville, Ind. Stay up-to-date with the Evansville Otters by visiting evansvilleotters.com, or follow the Otters on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

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