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UE men travel to Northern Iowa

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Aces and Panthers square off on Saturday

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In its final Missouri Valley Conference game before Christmas, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team travels to Cedar Falls for a game on Saturday at Northern Iowa.  Tip is set for 1 p.m. CT with the Purple Aces Radio Network and ESPN+ having the coverage.

Last Time Out

– With the score tied at 11-11 midway through the first half, Southern Illinois went on a 30-10 run to complete the opening period before winning by a final of 80-53 on Wednesday at the Ford Center

– Hitting all five of hits attempts, Antoine Smith Jr. posted a team-high 12 points while Kenny Strawbridge Jr. scored 10

– SIU led by as many as 37 points before the Aces cut into the deficit in the late stages of the game

What an Improvement

– Offensive rebounding is one thing that been an emphasis for the Purple Aces this season and the work has paid off

– With an average of 9.67 offensive caroms per contest, UE ranks third in the MVC

– That is a start turnaround from last season when the Aces averaged just 4.77 offensive boards to rank 350th nationally and at the bottom of the Valley

Top Performance

– Scoring 25 points against Fairfield, Kenny Strawrbridge Jr. reached the 20-point mark for the fifth time this season

– His top scoring output of the season saw him register 25 points on 11-of-18 shooting

– Strawbridge’s season average of 16.8 points per game puts him 9th in the MVC

– Over the last five games, he is averaging 18.0 points while shooting an 45.8% (33-for-72) from the field

– He has attempted at least 12 shots in eight of the nine games while scoring at least 8 points in each contest

Perfect Score

– Antoine Smith Jr. hit all five of his field goal tries, including two from outside, to finish with a team-high 12 points against the Salukis

– It was his top scoring total of the season, passing his high of 11, which came against Saint Louis and South Alabama

– He bumped his season average to 6.6 points per game

– In two exhibition games, Smith was the leading scorer for the Aces with 16.0 points per game

– After tallying 7 points at Miami Ohio, Smith finished with 11 at Saint Louis while connecting on 3 of his 4 attempts with all coming from 3-point range

Matching his Mark

– For the second game in a row, Gabe Spinelli set his career mark with six points as he converted three field goals against SIU

– That performance came on the heels of a 6-point game against Fairfield on Sunday

– After scoring a total of seven points in his first six collegiate games, Spinelli has totaled 16 points in the last three contests

– Spinelli recorded four points in the win over Robert Morris

– He has converted 8 of his last 15 attempts after starting the season 2-of-11 from the field

Scouting the Opponent

– Falling in their MVC opener by a final score of 68-53, Northern Iowa fell to 2-4 on the season

– UNI’s wins this season have come over Wartburg and Northern Illinois

– Bowen Born ranks second in the MVC and leads the Panthers with a scoring average of 20.5 points per game

– He is a 44.4% shooter and leads the team with 14 3-point makes

– Tytan Anderson ranks second on the squad with 12.5 PPG while hauling in a team-best 10.0 rebounds per game

– Nate Heise averaged 12.0 PPG in two contests this season but will be out for 4-6 weeks due to a hand injury

IUSD Concludes Fall, 23 Athletes Post NCAA Qualifying Marks

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Twenty-three Indiana swimming and diving student-athletes tallied 30 NCAA postseason qualifying scores as both the men’s and women’s teams defeated Cincinnati on Friday (Dec. 2) inside Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center.

TEAM SCORES

Men

Indiana 163, Kentucky 121

Women

Indiana 161, Cincinnati 110

HOOSIER WINNERS

Men

Warren Briggs – 500 freestyle (4:25.35)

Finn Brooks – 100 butterfly (46.17), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.69)

Brendan Burns – 200 medley relay (1:24.45)

Mason Carlton – 1,650 freestyle (15:14.71)

Tomer Frankel – 200 medley relay (1:24.45)

Jack Franzman – 200 medley relay (1:24.45), 50 freestyle (19.92), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.69)

Van Mathias – 200 medley relay (1:24.45), 100 breaststroke (52.26), 100 freestyle (42.74), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.69)

Rafael Miroslaw – 200 freestyle (1:32.92)

Maxwell Reich – 200 breaststroke (1:52.35)

Carson Tyler – 3-meter diving (408.15), 1-meter diving (370.65)

Gavin Wight – 100 backstroke (46.53), 200 freestyle relay (1:17.69)

Women

Elizabeth Broshears – 200 medley relay (1:37.81), 200 freestyle relay (1:30.58)

Megan Carter – 1-meter diving (351.60)

Brearna Crawford – 100 breaststroke (1:00.70), 200 breaststroke (2:12.75)

Katie Forrester – 200 butterfly (1:58.36)

Anne Fowler – 3-meter diving (318.23)

Anna Freed – 200 IM (2:02.31)

Mackenzie Looze – 200 freestyle (1:48.38)

Kacey McKenna – 100 backstroke (53.08)

Kristina Paegle – 200 medley relay (1:37.81), 200 freestyle relay (1:30.58)

Anna Peplowski – 200 medley relay (1:37.81), 100 freestyle (49.01), 200 freestyle relay (1:30.58)

Noelle Peplowski – 200 medley relay (1:37.81), 200 backstroke (1:57.79)

Ashley Turak – 50 freestyle (22.37), 200 freestyle relay (1:30.58)

Maggie Wallace – 1,650 freestyle (16:28.28), 500 freestyle (4:51.04)

NOTABLES

  • Junior set a personal best in the 200-yard breaststroke going 1:52.35, the fifth-fastest time in country this season. He and Josh sophomore Josh Matheny, who swam a 1:51.68 earlier this season, have two of the top times in the country and the fastest marks in the Big Ten.
  • Sophomore Carson Tyler went 2-for-2 on the springboards, posting NCAA zone qualifying scores in the 1-meter (370.65) and 3-meter (408.15) events.
  • On the women’s 3-meter board, sophomore Megan Carter had a personal best 351.60 to win the event.
  • Senior Maggie Wallace kicked off the meet with an NCAA B cut 16:28.28.

NCAA CUTS

A: None.

B: Luke Barr – 100 back (46.73); Finn Brooks – 100 fly (46.17); Mason Carlton – 1,650 free (15:14.71); Brearna Crawford – 100 breast (1:00.70), 200 breast (2:12.75); Katie Forrester – 200 fly (1:58.36); Tomer Frankel – 200 free (1:34.24), 100 free (42.93); Josh Matheny – 100 breast (52.82); Van Mathias – 100 breast (52.26), 100 free (42.74); Kacey McKenna – 100 back (53.08); Rafael Miroslaw – 200 free (1:32.93); Anna Peplowski – 100 free (49.01); Maxwell Reich – 200 breast (1:52.35); Ashley Turak – 50 free (22.37); Armando Vegas – 200 fly (1:46.01); Maggie Wallace – 1,650 free (16:28.28); Gavin Wight – 100 back (46.53); Jassen Yep – 200 breast (1:53.12)

NCAA ZONE QUALIFYING SCORES

1-meter: Megan Carter (271.50), Morgan Casey (275.33), Anne Fowler (318.23), Carson Tyler (370.65)

3-meter: Megan Carter (351.60), Morgan Casey (287.03), Dash Glasberg (323.78), Anne Fowler (346.28), Margaret Rogers (284.78), Carson Tyler (408.15)

THUNDERBOLTS BLANKED 4-0 BY STORM

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Evansville, In.: It was a night of tough bounces that would end the Thunderbolts exciting run of 6-consective wins at home to start the 2022-23 season, as Bailey Brkin and the Quad City Storm shut out the Thunderbolts 4-0 on Friday night at Ford Center.  The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Saturday, December 3rd against the Quad City Storm at 7:00pm CT. For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), go to EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or visit the Ford Center Ticket Office.

The Storm capitalized on an early 2-minute 5-on-3 power play, as Michael Moran scored at 8:22, followed up by Brendan Soucie just after the power play at 9:07 to make it 2-0 Quad City.  The Thunderbolts gained their share of chances in the second half of the 1st period and in the 2nd period but could not find a way to beat Brkin and get on the board.  The Storm extended their lead to 3-0 at 4:38 of the 2nd period as Logan Nelson scored shorthanded. Hayden Hulton did get a shot past Brkin on the power play late in the 2nd period, but the goal was waived off as the puck was redirected in with a high stick.  Trevor Momot added one more goal for Quad City at 18:15 of the 3rd period, capping off the 4-0 win for the Storm.

Zane Steeves stopped 38 of 42 shots faced in net for only his 2nd regulation of the season. These two teams meet again on December 3rd at Ford Center.

 

Evansville Mayoral Candidate Stephanie Terry (D) Kicked Off Her Fall Campaign for Mayor

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Evansville, IN– Several days ago, Evansville Mayoral Candidate Stephanie Terry (D) kicked off her Fall campaign for Mayor with a strong message of unity and strength.

In her remarks, Terry highlighted her experience on the Vanderburgh County Council while also drawing on some of her strongest qualities; her abilities to listen and build relationships.

“Serving as Mayor is about having experience…and I’ve got that. But, more importantly, it’s about having positive relationships that can bring people together in a way that lifts up our community and provides opportunities for everyone,” Terry said.

“As of tonight, I now know who I’ll face this fall but truthfully, that doesn’t change much for me. Because in the end, the job of Mayor isn’t really a political position. It’s about bringing people together. It’s about listening and leading. It’s about serving.”

In the coming days, Terry will kick off her Together with Terry Listening Tour, a series of conversations on front porches and in backyards designed to engage citizens in planning the future of Evansville.   

“Talking with everyone…that’s the only way we can build on the successes of the past two Mayors, while at the same time, making sure that we are taking on the complex issues that will position us for success in the years ahead.”

“From the beginning, for me, this campaign has never been about political parties, about winning, or even about me. It’s about the ‘We.’ It’s about putting aside our differences to find where we agree so we can work together, in a collaborative way, to build the community that we all deserve,” said Terry.

For more information, please visit https://voteterry.com/

Sen. Braun: GOP Voters “Sick And Tired” Of Establishment Enabling Pelosi’s Agenda

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Sen. Braun: GOP Voters “Sick And Tired” Of Establishment Enabling Pelosi’s Agenda 

DECEMBER 3, 2022

WASHINGTON — Senator Mike Braun joined Laura Ingraham last night to discuss why he is calling for Senate Republicans to reject any omnibus spending bill negotiated while Nancy Pelosi is still in charge of the House. The Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate leadership are currently negotiating a big spending bill which will be sent over to Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the House. Senator Braun is asking why, when the American people fired Speaker Pelosi on November 8th, Republicans would go along with ANY new spending with Democrats still in charge of the House.

The Senate could pass a short-term, stopgap spending measure called a CR to keep the government from shutting down until the Republican House is sworn in on January 3rd. The Senate passes CRs often.

While Senator Braun normally votes against CRs because they represent kicking the can down the road and are a fixture of the Senate’s broken budget process, he would support a short term CR to avoid letting Nancy Pelosi – whom the American people voted out – from setting the agenda for another 10 months with a massive omnibus spending bill full of their priorities, earmarks, and other wasteful spending.

WHY WOULD YOU SUPPORT A CR NOW?

Because this time, we’re handing the keys over to Nancy Pelosi – who we just fired – to do all the spending and give us more of what they’ve given us the last two years. We do this all the time. Last year, we didn’t complete the spending until March, so there’s no rush. I sit on the Budget Committee, and you know who gavels us in? Bernie Sanders. We never do anything about budgets. There is no reason to give Nancy Pelosi a swan song and another year of what we’ve been contending with. Why would we allow her to get her fingerprints on this when we don’t need to.

REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE SICK AND TIRED OF REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS ENABLING BIDEN AGENDA AND BIG SPENDING

I asked a Republican Senator the other evening, how many times have we dragged 10 or 12 Democrats along with a Republican initiative. He couldn’t think of any, ever. You just mentioned two in the last two years where they dragged 10 of us along. People from the heartland, where I’m from, are sick and tired of that. And then they brought back earmarks. This place is going to hit the ditch hard if a few more Republicans don’t stand up and say we’re done rolling over to Democrats.

 

It’s the unholy alliance: We get rolled because we want defense to please the neocons, and they get everything they want on domestic spending, and we’re another trillion and a half dollars in debt.

CAREER POLITICIANS

I came from outside the farm system of politics – the career politicians that normally staff us – and since I’ve been here I’ve been able to speak with freedom, I haven’t had to worry if something’s going to cost me a committee chair, do I have to make this vote to get a campaign check. That’s not the way it’s supposed to work. The Founders said serve, then get back to the farm or your business. We’ve gotten so far away from that, I don’t think they ever could have imagined we’d get to where we are

Gov. Holcomb Accepting Applications For Fellowship Program

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INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced today that applications will be accepted through Jan. 31 for the 2023–2024 Governor’s Fellowship. The Governor’s Fellowship is highly selective and provides a unique experience in Indiana state government by placing fellows in various state agencies on a rotating basis throughout the year.

“Our Governor’s Fellows are such valuable players on our team,” Gov. Holcomb said. “The wide range of expertise and assistance they provide over the course of their fellowship is key to serving Hoosiers in a timely and thorough manner.”

The program is open to college graduates who receive a bachelor’s degrees in the summer or fall of 2022 or spring of 2023. Fellows are paid, full-time employees who participate in the day-to-day activities of state government. Many Governor’s Fellow participants have gone on to successful careers in both the public and private sectors—with some serving at the highest levels of local, state and federal government.

The application and submission guidelines can be accessed HERE. To be eligible, the application and all supporting materials must be postmarked or submitted via email by Jan. 31. Applicants should know if they have been selected for an interview no later than Feb. 14. Recipients of the Fellowship will begin July 1, 2023.

If you have questions about the fellowship, contact Emily Clancy at the Governor’s Office at eclancy@gov.in.gov.

EPA’s Design For the Environment Program Highlighted In Amazon’s Climate

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EPA’s Design For the Environment Program Highlighted In Amazon’s Climate

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Climate Pledge Friendly program on Amazon now includes antimicrobial products like disinfectants and sanitizers certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Design for the Environment (DfE) program. DfE joins EPA’s Safer Choice and 46 other sustainability certifications in Climate Pledge Friendly, which helps customers shop for over 300,000 more sustainable products in the company’s online store.

“We’re thrilled that Amazon is making it easier to identify antimicrobials that meet our program’s stringent criteria for people and the planet in this initiative,” said EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention Jennie Romer. “Increasing awareness of EPA’s Design for the Environment program through Climate Pledge Friendly will help consumers make environmentally and health-conscious buying decisions. This also encourages companies to seek Design for the Environment certification for their products, reducing pollution at its source and benefiting workers, families and the environment.”

DfE products meet criteria that evaluate human health and environmental effects, product performance, packaging, and ingredients. The requirements are intended to:

  • Minimize possible risks to human health by excluding ingredients that might have the potential to negatively impact young children, cause cancer, or have other negative effects;
  • Further, protect fish and other aquatic life;
  • Minimize pollution of air or waterways and prevent harmful chemicals from being added to the land; and
  • Ensure products have no unresolved compliance, enforcement or efficacy issues.

The addition of DfE to the Climate Pledge Friendly program on Amazon follows EPA’s recent modernization of the DfE logo. Products with the new label are expected to be available late next year. EPA redesigned the logo to make it more appealing and recognizable to retailers, consumers and purchasers following a request from a coalition that included the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Clorox Company, the Procter and Gamble Company, and Reckitt. This coalition’s efforts were recognized in early November with a 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award.

Products identified as Climate Pledge Friendly are distinguished on Amazon’s shopping results and featured in a dedicated section of Amazon’s online store. Amazon also provides its customers with detailed web pages that include information on how and why products are certified as sustainable.

 

AMAZON, THE NEW TOWER OF BABEL

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AMAZON, THE NEW TOWER OF BABEL

GAVEL GAMUT By Jim Redwine

In Genesis, Chapter 11 God observed the tower that King Nimrod and his Babylonian people had built to reach heaven and the gods and said, “Behold the people is one and they have one language … now nothing will be constrained from them.”

So the gods destroyed the tower, convoluted one language into many, and stopped human progress toward godly status. The Tower of Babel was the ultimate example of the axiom, “Pride goeth before a fall.” Now I do not understand why God would not want people to reach for the heavens, but He certainly devised the perfect way to stop us. Of course, in Exodus Chapters 20 and 34, He warns us He is a jealous being and in Isaiah Chapter 55 He tells us not to try to figure Him out as His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. Just a few frustrating moments of trying to understand what the jangling television commercials are saying or an attempt to make sense out of the song lyrics mumbled and slurred into multi-million dollar sound systems designed to make sounds intelligible, will remove any doubt that our contemporary cacophony of colliding incoherent babel surpasses all understanding. Human progress has been hoisted on the effete petard of the universal response to all attempts to communicate, “Huh?” 

It is as if the gods have become overly concerned about humanity’s movement back to a universal language, Amazonia perhaps, and have come down to earth to stop us from “all just getting along” by shopping over the Internet. After all, if we can communicate from sea to shining sea via a few simple electronic clicks, there is much less likelihood of a major miscommunication and ergo a misunderstanding that might escalate to conflict. Heck, we might even learn to work together on all sorts of projects, world famine, global warming, the World Cup, who knows what heights we could reach?

Well, if Jeff Bezos is the new King Nimrod and if Jeff really does simply work full-time giving his billions made from Amazon away to charity, I can foresee the Old Testament gods getting concerned. And one way to staunch human progress is to release upon the world Satans of the communications world, you know, movies, cable tv, commercials and what passes for contemporary music.

The goal of the gods might be to attack human progress by having leaders of competing countries such as China and the US of A rely upon translations of news broadcasts in which snippets of the highly paid but incomprehensible speakers instead of enunciating important concepts, peaceful coexistence for example, mumble a leader’s language so that the words come out as threats of nuclear war.

Now I realize this whole column may be based on a false premise of my being personally challenged. Maybe you, Gentle Reader, have no difficulty making sense out of what is muttered during TV, radio, movies, plays, concerts, sporting events, and even sermons. If my failings are simply my personal problem, good, and amen. However, if the whole world is being prevented from understanding what the heck is truly being said and meant, I suggest this new Tower of Babel may soon come tumbling down.

On the other hand, there is a cure to this polemic pandemic, could everyone please slow down and speak up?

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DEATH LIST REPORT

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Weekly Death Report Oct 31 to Nov 6, 2022

Hoosier History Highlights: Henry Lane Begins Term in Indiana House

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December 4 – December 10

The Week in Indiana History
Lane

1837     Hoosier Henry Lane began his term as a Whig in the Indiana House of Representatives.  He was elected Governor of the state in 1860 and served two days before he was sent to the United States Senate.  At the 1860 Republican National Convention, he helped secure the nomination of presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln.
WM 1884     Construction was completed on the Washington Monument.  On the interior wall is a commemorative limestone block from Indiana.  Inscribed on the block are these words: “Indiana knows no North, no South, nothing but the Union.”

1915     The Indiana Historical Commission met in the Statehouse Senate Chamber to continue plans for the upcoming centennial celebration.  George Ade stated, “. . . every native of Indiana who comes back next year after a long absence will find that his childhood home is more distinctly on the map than ever before.”

1933     The 21st Amendment was ratified in Congress, ending prohibition across the country.  The end of the “Noble Experiment” was welcomed by many Hoosiers.  Harry’s Place, on Highway 52 south of Lafayette, celebrated by offering live music by the “Rhythm Boys,” a fish sandwich, and a glass of beer, all for 10 cents.

1940     In a meeting at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Madison, it was announced that the federal government was purchasing 60,000 acres of land in Jefferson, Ripley, and Jennings counties.  The site would become a major ordnance testing area known as the Jefferson Proving Ground.

Bill1948     Shelbyville basketball player Bill Garrett became the first African American to play varsity basketball at a Big Ten university.  Segregation was common, and African American players were barred from participating in Big Ten basketball. Indiana University President Hermann B. Wells challenged the ban and gave Garrett a chance.  Garrett graduated in 1951 as an All-American.  His accomplishments created opportunities for other African American players across the Midwest.

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quiz

     Indiana is the 19th state to enter the Union.

1.  Which state was 18th?

2.  Which state was 20th?

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Leon

     Born in Portland, Indiana, in 1902, this Hoosier was a movie and television actor.  His films included Meet Me in St. Louis, Little Women, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Absent-Minded Professor.  Among his numerous TV appearances were Father of the Bride, Mister Ed, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Virginian.  He helped establish the Screen Actor’s Guild and for 30 years served as a senior executive.  Who is this famous Hoosier?

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Answers:  1.  Louisiana               2.  Mississippi

Answer to “Hoosier Guess Who”:  Leon Ames (1902 – 1993)
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