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Maureen Braun Supports Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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U.S. Sen. Mike Braun and his wife, Maureen, celebrate at the Republican watch party Tuesday night in downtown Indianapolis. The governor-elect of Indiana told the crowd his administration would take Hoosiers "places we have not seen before." Photo by Maggie McGuire, TheStatehouseFile.com.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s First Lady Maureen Braun is spearheading an initiative to keep Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Indiana. First Lady Braun will work with philanthropic partners and in consultation with state leadership to identify funding opportunities for the book distribution program.

“I am honored to lead this work to help ensure our youngest Hoosiers have as much exposure as possible to books and learning,” said First Lady Maureen Braun. “Indiana has many strong community partners and I am confident we will collaborate on a solution that grows children’s love of reading.”

“I deeply appreciate Governor Braun’s commitment to early childhood literacy and the leadership of First Lady Maureen Braun in championing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Imagination Library brings the joy of reading to over 125,000 Hoosier children each month in all 92 counties across the state, and we are encouraged by Governor and First Lady Braun’s support to ensure its future in Indiana. We look forward to working with the Governor and First Lady, state leaders, and Local Program Partners to keep books in the hands of Indiana’s youngest learners and strengthen this foundation for a lifetime of success,” stated Jeff Conyers, President of The Dollywood Foundation.

Bobby Knight’s Famous Chair Toss – Hoosier History Highlights

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February 23 – March 1

This Week in Indiana History
Indiana Statehouse Tour Office
Guided tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Friday.
For more information contact us. (317) 233-5293 Estanley@idoa.in.gov

February 23, 1985 Bobby Knight, coaching the IU basketball team vs. Purdue, picks up a chair from the IU bench and tosses it across the playing floor. The incident ignites widespread national comment.

 

February 25, 1779 George Rogers Clark captured Fort Sackville at Vincennes, marking the beginning of the end of British influence in America’s western frontier.

February 27, 1987 The West Baden Springs Hotel in French Lick was named a National Historic Landmark. Built in 1901, the structure has a free-spanning dome that at one time was the largest in the world.

 

 

March 1, 1888 The Ball Brothers began glass production in Muncie.  The company became famous for their glass canning jars and grew to become the largest producer of recyclable beverage cans in the world.

 

 

Where in Indiana

Do you know where this photo was taken?

 

 

 

 

 

Indiana Quick Quiz

1. What are some of the previous names for U. S. Highway 40?
2. How old was Abraham Lincoln when he moved to Indiana?
3. Where did Stephanie White play high school basketball?
4. Where is the only freestanding high school basketball museum in the country?
Answers Below

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”

–  Kurt Vonnegut, American writer and humorist

Send your favorite Hoosier quote to: RegEdwards@idoa.in.gov

Answers

1.The Great Western Road, The old Pike, The Government Road, The Cumberland Road, and The National Road

2. Seven

3. Seeger High School in West Lebanon

4. New Castle

UE women’s soccer alum Sophie Lindner joins TSG Hoffenheim

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UE women’s soccer alum Sophie Lindner joins TSG Hoffenheim

FEBRUARY 23, 2025
The Purple Ace soccer program alum is playing in the Bundesliga’s highest women’s league
HOFFENHEIM, Germany – Former University of Evansville women’s soccer goalkeeper Sophie Lindner has spent the past six months playing in one of the top women’s leagues in Europe.
Lindner, a goalkeeper for the Purple Aces in 2021 and 2022, signed over the summer with TSG Hoffenheim women’s Bundesliga team. Lindner is the second UE women’s soccer alum to sign a professional contract in 2024. A native of Vienna, Austria Lindner is playing closer to home in Hoffenheim, Germany.
Lindner comes from a solid youth soccer background playing for teams such as SKN St. Pölten and USC Landhaus. Lindner then came to Evansville where in two seasons for the Purple Aces she started five matches in goal with a 1-4-0 record, and a 1.60 GAA in 450 minutes in goal. During her sophomore season, Lindner was second on the team with 17 saves, while facing 67 shots overall.
She earned a victory in her UE debut, recording a save while facing eight shots in Evansville’s 2-1 victory over Morehead State (8/28/22). Lindner’s career-high saves while with the Purple Aces was six stops while facing a season-high 22 shots in a 2-0 loss at IUPUI (9/11/22.)
After leaving Evansville to pursue a professional soccer career, Linder spent a half-season with Austria Wien, before moving to 1. FSV Mainz 05 in summer 2023. She played twelve games for the regional league team in the Regionalliga Südwest, another German soccer league, last season and was also in goal in the two promotion games to the 2nd league.
Of her signing, Lindner says she’s looking forward to the new challenge: “For me, the move to TSG is a great step in my career. In addition to the excellent training conditions, I am looking forward to new impulses in training and the opportunity to be on the pitch with top-class teammates every day.”
At the midway point of the season, TSG Hoffenheim is in the middle of the league standings in sixth place. The team’s highest finish since joining the highest level of Bundesliga was third place in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
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IN-MaC Design and Innovation Training Studio Opens on UE campus; Facility to Advance STEM Education

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IN-MaC Design and Innovation Training Studio Opens on UE campus; Facility to Advance STEM Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF UNVERSITY

NOAH ALLATZA

EVANSVILLE, IND. (02/23/2025) The University of Evansville (UE) celebrated the grand opening of an IN-MaC Design and Innovation Training Studio on Friday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Located within the Tapley Education Resource Center, this cutting-edge facility is one of only three in Indiana and was made possible through funding from Toyota USA Foundation’s Driving Possibilities initiative. The studio marks a significant step in expanding access to high-quality Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education across the state and signifies UE’s ongoing commitment to educational innovation.

This new facility will serve as a central hub for STEM education professional development by supporting a growing network of Design and Innovation Studios in elementary and middle schools throughout Southwest Indiana through hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, including robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing.

There are currently 47 in-school studios, impacting more than 15,000 students and upskilling 150 teachers and future educators each year in the region, which encompasses Knox, Gibson, Vanderburgh, Dubois, and Perry counties.

Additionally, the training studio will be integrated into UE’s Department of Education programs, ensuring that future educators are well-versed in emerging technologies and can effectively prepare students for the evolving workforce. By equipping teachers with STEM-focused strategies, UE is playing a vital role in developing a new generation of highly skilled professionals.

“The University of Evansville is thrilled to open this center as another way to collaborate with industry leaders, higher education institutions, and K-12 educators to address the growing need for STEM education in Indiana,” said UE President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz. “This training studio will introduce students to in-demand careers and equip them with the skills they need to thrive in an Industry 4.0 economy. We are deeply grateful to Toyota USA Foundation for its support of this transformative initiative.”

In August, UE announced a new partnership with the Toyota USA Foundation, Toyota Indiana, North Gibson School Corporation, and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation to serve as the Coordinating Partner of the Indiana Driving Possibilities initiative. The initiative includes a grant totaling approximately $2 million, with a portion allocated for the development of this new space.

“Toyota recognizes the importance of investing in STEM education across all levels,” said Tim Hollander, president of Toyota Indiana. “As an industry leader and employer, we appreciate UE’s efforts in addressing the demand for skilled professionals. As their partner in this work, we share the same vision of preparing students for the workforce of tomorrow.”

The technologies and curriculum for the studio are supported by key partners including Purdue University’s Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC), STEM Education Works, and Toyota Indiana. (TMMI) and represent a $1 million investment in K-8, industry and post-secondary education.

Research shows that STEM-related careers are expected to grow at twice the rate of other occupations in the coming years. However, studies indicate that 92% of boys and 97% of girls lose interest in STEM subjects if they are not engaged before fifth grade. The UE Design and Innovation Training Studio aims to change this trajectory by equipping educators with the tools and resources needed to inspire young learners.

To learn more, please click here.

The University of Evansville is a private, comprehensive university with a solid foundation in the arts and sciences and professional schools in business, engineering, education, and health sciences. Established in 1854, UE is recognized across the globe for its rich tradition of innovative, academic excellence and dynamic campus community of #Changemakers.

Home of the Purple Aces, UE is located in the southwestern region of Indiana and offers over 75 majors, 17 Division I sports, and a unique study abroad experience at Harlaxton, the University’s very own Victorian manor located in the countryside of England. For more information, please visit evansville.edu.

MEDIA CONTACT

Noah Alatza, Chief Communications Officer

na122@evansville.edu

812-893-5319

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Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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Animal Control Has Some Cute Pups That Need a Home

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Jim Redwine Gavel Gamut: MAN’S ALMOST BEST FRIEND

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GAVEL GAMUT
By Jim Redwine
www.jamesmredwine.com
(Week of 24 February 2025)
MAN’S ALMOST BEST FRIEND

You may already know that Peg and I live in an isolated cabin where our human
neighbors are not close, but often other species are. We enjoy the normal reverie of our own thoughts but occasionally have our space invaded by two and four-footed, uninvited interlopers.

We have had to deal with raccoons, opossums, field mice, voles, skunks, ocelots, possibly a rare mountain lion or two, crows, hawks, eagles, assorted squirrels, woodpeckers and songbirds and flocks of quail, among several others, including armadillos and curious coyotes.

During the recent snowstorms and related inclement weather, the armadillos were
ascendant with holes appearing almost everywhere. Now, some folks may find all wildlife
entertaining and equivalent but Peg and I carry no brief for armadillos who look like armored pigs and lack any furry cuddlesomeness. We do have a friend who hails from Central America where, I assume, armadillos migrated from. Recently he chided me for depopulating the armadillos who tried to take over our yard. Our friend told me armadillo meat tastes like “the sweetest of pork”; I assured him we would not find a way to make the comparison.

What we have noticed however is that several non-human carnivores also enjoy an
occasional repast of armadillos. Chief among those ravenous raptors are the vultures but they are in hot competition for “sweet pork” left-overs with our habitation of coyotes. Our experience has been that coyotes are not so adept at catching armadillos but they are quite efficient at eating the innards and interiors of the housing of the already dead armadillo.
We have also noted that we have a bevy of coyotes that regularly patrol our small ranch
for any hapless armadillo that should find itself dispatched by some other non-coyote cause; my 20 gauge for example. The most recent evidence of a symbiotic relationship between our rather almost dog-like coyote population and ourselves occurred during the recent ill weather.

I looked out a cabin window and saw a fat armadillo gamboling in our front yard with its
pterodactyl sized front claws. I grabbed my shotgun, checked it was loaded, clicked off thesafety, eased out the back door and quietly moved to within lethal range. Voila! One more mess of sweet pork made available.

As it was almost dark, I decided to leave the carcass till the next day. Well, the next day
the prize was gone. I rejoiced in the provenance of Mother Nature and gave the matter no more thought until two days later when Peg found a hollowed-out suit of meatless armadillo armor right outside our front door; there was no note. There was a rather neat display that to us was just like the remains of a Thanksgiving Day turkey as left by in-laws along with a bare pumpkin pie plate.

Okay, I get that some would think this a mere happenstance. But those people are not the
nature lover I am. I am convinced our quasi-canine coyotes were leaving us a two-fold message:

1. Thank you; and
2. Keep ’em coming!

For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www.jamesmredwine.com

Bill fostering juvenile justice collaboration moves to Senate

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bill fostering juvenile justice collaboration moves to Senate

 The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 1403 that would require specific juvenile programs receiving grants to work with key stakeholders on how to invest the funding to better address the needs of at-risk youth.

“This bill encourages a collaborative effort to strengthen our juvenile legal system,” the bill’s sponsor, State Rep. Wendy McNamara (R-Evansville) said. “By bringing local and regional partners to the table, we can better allocate resources to best meet the needs of our youth.”

McNamara said her bill would also have the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute consider additional recommendations in adopting a funding formula for the Juvenile Diversion Grant Program, the Juvenile Community Alternatives Grant Program and Juvenile Behavioral Health Competitive Grant Program. She added that these changes would target funding where it is most needed, including Indiana’s rural communities.

House Bill 1403 now moves to the Senate for further consideration. To learn more about the bill and follow session, visit iga.in.gov.

USI Historic New Harmony Heritage Artisans Days returning April 23-25

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USI Historic New Harmony Heritage Artisans Days returning April 23-25

The University of Southern Indiana is excited to announce Historic New Harmony’s annual Heritage Artisans Days, taking place Wednesday through Friday, April 23-25, in New Harmony, Indiana. This long-running event will feature artisans demonstrating 19th century trades and professions, offering a hands-on look at how craftspeople lived and worked in New Harmony during its early days.

Students from across the Tri-state area will have the unique opportunity to experience historical practices firsthand. Featured artisans will include a weaver, candle dipper, an 1800’s doctor, live oxen and more. Educational materials, including lesson plans and classroom activities, will also be provided to enrich the experience.

“Heritage Artisans Days is a deeply fulfilling event for our staff and volunteers. We take great pride in sharing New Harmony’s rich history and culture with students, teachers and families,” said Leslie Townsend, USI Director of Community Engagement and Historic New Harmony. “Many adults who visit us today share memories of attending this event as children, and it’s wonderful to see how lasting those experiences are.”

Please note that Historic New Harmony tours will not be available during these dates. This includes tram tours and the daily 1 p.m. tour. However, the public is encouraged to visit and enjoy the artisan demonstrations between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., with afternoons being the ideal time to explore.

For more information on Heritage Artisan Days, visit USI.edu/heritage.

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