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Johnson County Grandma Forms Surprising Friendship With Four High-school Drive-Thru Workers

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Johnston County Grandma Forms Surprising Friendship With Four High-School Drive-Thru Workers

  • By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com
    FRANKLIN, Ind—It was a typical day for Franklin’s grandma Sue Davis. She had just left her condo and wanted to grab a fresh glass of unsweet tea before her daily workout at the park and recreation building.

    Sue had been a tried and true fan of McDonald’s tea, but on this particular day, the drive-thru line was too long. She decided to test out Burger King’s tea instead. Little did she know, she would find much more than just a refreshment.

    Almost immediately, Sue said she was impressed by the warmth and kindness of the staff. As she continued to visit, she grew fond of four specific young employees in particular: Nate Whetstine, Isaiah Klein, Owen Dawson and Manny Danso. Despite being only in high school, Sue said the young men were “some of Franklin’s finest.”

    “I was just so impressed with their kindness and respect,” she said. “They were just … for some reason, they were so good to me.”

    The four men got to know Sue and her love for tea, and before she knew it, she was one of their regulars.

    “They would hear my voice and say, “We got ya! Come on around,” she said.

    While Sue said that she and the four high-schoolers didn’t talk about anything specific, they did share a love of sports. Davis is a retired physical education teacher who worked in the Center Grove school district. She said she always asked them about school and hobbies while also checking up on them and how they were doing.

    Spreading The News

    Monday through Friday, their relationship continued to grow through the drive-thru window. Wanting to share some of the positivity she had experienced, she decided to post about the young men on the City of Franklin Chat, a Facebook group for Franklin residents. Through this post, she was able to get in touch with their parents and also found out that she had taught Nate’s mother in class years before.

    The post had an overwhelmingly favorable response, receiving over 370 likes and 40 comments either praising Davis for her reputation within the community or complimenting her four young friends. Some also were just happy to hear about something happy, especially since the friendship was formed in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Group members shared gratitude with Sue for sharing her story, saying things like:

    “​​Isn’t it so nice to read positive stories like this right now?! Thank you!”

    “Absolutely wonderful story!!”

    “Awesome kids! And awesome of you to post this!”

    As Sue stayed a loyal customer of the franchise, she slowly said goodbye to each of the four young men as they graduated high school and left Burger King.

    Nate said he’ll always remember Sue and described her as “the nicest, sweetest person you’ll ever meet.”

    Turning The Page

    Sue was heartbroken when she found out the Burger King she always visited would close permanently in December 2021, partly because of the pandemic. She shared a follow-up post on the same Facebook group, calling her experience with the restaurant and its four employees “one of the best, kindest stories” of her life.

    Moving forward, each of the young men plans to continue their careers and education, with some of them even playing their sports on a college level.

    “I wish them well and success,” Sue said. “Again I say, these four young men are Franklin’s best. Will never forget them.”

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

CAITLIN O’DONNELL UE STUDENT ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT

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SPOTLIGHT ON  UE STUDENT-ATHLETE CAITLIN O’DONNELL

Major: Exercise Science

SPORT-GOLF

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

2020-21: Completed the season with a stroke average of 82.11 while playing in all 19 rounds…opened the season with a solid finish at the ASU Spring Classic, tying for 14th place…had another strong performance at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate, scoring in the ’70s in all three rounds (77-77-78) while tying for 21st…carded a season-low 73 in the opening round of the MVC Championship to set the tone for Evansville’s march to the championship…her round gave Evansville the lead for the duration of the event…played at the NCAA Regional in Columbus, Ohio where she finished with a round of 84-85-81…one of UE’s 2020-21 recipients of the State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award.

2019-20: Finished her sophomore campaign with an 82.07 stroke average…her best finish of the fall was a tie for 36th in the Butler Fall Invitational with a 79 in the final round…after two of her nine fall rounds were in the ’70s, she reached that mark in four of the five spring rounds, lowering her average from 84.22 in the fall to 78.20 in the spring of 2020…finished in fourth place in the spring-opening ASU Spring Classic, posting a 72 in the second round; she finished the three rounds at 9-over par.

2018-19: Saw action in 21 rounds as a freshman and finished with an 86.29 average…her top finish of the fall was a 30th at the Chi-Town Fall Classic, but she eclipsed that with a 16th at the ASU Spring Kickoff…finished the year with a 161 at the ISU Invitational with rounds of 80 and 81, the lowest scores of her freshman campaign.

  • QUESTION AND ANSWERS

Q1: I know you’ve been involved with student-athlete activism on diversity and equality. What have your efforts with that included?

“Mackenzie McFeron reached out to me at the beginning of the school year as she had the idea to start an organization on campus to increase activism on campus. She had heard from my teammate that I was very passionate about social justice and had thoughts of wearing a patch with a message of social justice on my uniform. Mackenzie and I founded ForTheAces Activism as a result, and we are focused on increasing activism as well as fostering uncomfortable conversations about diversity and inclusion. The largest thing we have been working on this past month (September), as well as this month (October), is a voting initiative. We have been working with SAAC to increase voter registration among student-athletes, with a goal to register every student-athlete possible. So far, multiple teams have 100% registration, and most teams were given educational information regarding registration. Our next step is to build educational information for learning how to fill out a ballot and where/when to turn them in. Voting is extremely important and emphasized among young people, yet they are not always given the educational material they need to vote correctly. There are a lot of steps that come with voting, and our goal is to make sure we are making educated votes and taking the correct steps to make sure our voices are heard.”

Q2: What motivated you to become involved with your fellow student-athletes with these initiatives?

“I was motivated by multiple current events as well as the actions of professional athletes to become involved with my fellow student-athletes as well as with the community. I watched professional athlete’s step up and be a voice for those who may not have one and felt motivated to use the platform I am given at UE to also be vocal about diversity and inclusion. It is extremely hard as a woman of color to ignore the situations that are taking place outside of Evansville, so I felt compelled to start an organization with Mackenzie that focuses on making a change in our community.”

Q3: What is your goal with these initiatives here on campus and in the community?

“My goal with these initiatives is to take the opportunities we are given and make a difference in our community. Often young people are loud about their opinions and what they believe should change, but words only get you so far. We want to take the opinions and turn them into actions. These small steps we take encourage large change down the line, and it is our duty to make the change that we want to see in the future.”

Q4: What makes UE unique when it comes to the ability to make and create change in the community?

“UE is unique when it comes to the ability to make and create change in the community because of its size. We are not a large school population-wise, but the support we get from the city of Evansville along with our alumni population is huge. On-campus, we can start conversations with others who have different opinions as well as come from different backgrounds and educate ourselves on important topics like inclusion and diversity. We can take these conversations and educate the entire Evansville community as well, as we are role models, especially athletes. If we encourage conversations as well as portray the steps and actions we’ve taken to better our campus community, we will see the same change in the entire community.”

 

Indiana Naturalization Records Are Being Added To FamilySearch

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Newly digitized naturalization records for Adams, Allen, and Blackford counties have been added to the free genealogy website FamilySearch. Volunteers from FamilySearch are currently scanning all the county naturalization records in the State Archives holdings, which include 81 of Indiana’s 92 counties.  Of these, 39 counties have never been previously digitized and 24 counties had only been partially digitized. We anticipate all naturalization records will be available online by the end of the year. 

Names from the naturalization records have not yet been indexed on FamilySearch. However, name indices created by Archives’ volunteers can be found in the Indiana State Archives’ Research Indiana Indexes. Both the FamilySearch digitization project and the Research Indiana Indexes are regularly updated with additional records! 

Instructions: 

Individual records can be quickly located by using FamilySearch and the Research Indiana Indexes together. First, utilize the Research Indiana Indexes to locate a particular person’s naturalization record. Select the “Naturalizations” category from the Research Indiana Indexes homepage. You can search for records by name (full or partial), keyword, or county. Some individuals may have multiple naturalization entries, depending on how far they got in the naturalization process.  

Once you find the record you are looking for in the Research Indiana Indexes, select “more detail” to pull up a detailed entry. Many record entries contain a unique barcode that relates that entry to a specific volume in our holdings. That barcode can be used to pull up the scanned image on FamilySearch. 

On FamilySearch, click “Search,” then “Images.” Select “Show More Search Options” and “Show Advanced Search.” Now, you can paste the barcode from the Research Indiana Indexes into the keyword search box. This will bring up all images related to the barcode. Using the information provided on the Research Indiana Indexes, scroll to the appropriate page number and select it. 

If you have questions, contact us at arc@iara.in.gov or visit our website for more information. 

UE Swimming & Diving End-Of-Year Award Winners

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UE Swimming & Diving End-Of-Year Award Winners

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The University of Evansville swimming and diving program announced its annual end-of-the-year awards on Sunday at the team’s season-ending banquet inside the Carson Center on the UE campus.

Taking home the team’s Most Improved Awards were sophomore diver Madison Rollett (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) and sophomore swimmer Alon Baer (Gesher Haziv, Israel).  Senior diver Maggie Franz (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) garnered the program’s Geoff Keller Award, given to UE’s Outstanding Diver of the Year.  Junior Riccardo Di Domenico (Johannesburg, South Africa) was presented with the Mike Radomski #RockThePlanet Award for most inspirational and team spirit.  Di Domenico and senior Jessie Steele (Houston, Texas/Klein) also were named UE’s Most Valuable Student-Athletes on both the men’s and women’s sides.

UE head swimming coach Stuart Wilson also named the team captains for the 2022-23 season.  Di Domenico and sophomore Grant Kay (Ellicott City, Md./Hebron) will be co-captains for the men’s team next season.  Meanwhile, junior Maya Cunningham (Yakima, Wash./Eisenhower) and junior Sage Moore (Lexington, Ohio/Lexington) will co-captain the women’s squad.

Evansville recently concluded a record-breaking year in the pool this year, as the Purple Aces broke school records 25 different times during the course of the season.  UE produced 11 all-conference performers, with 16 Purple Aces earning academic all-conference honors.  Evansville also sent 15 individuals to the CSCAA National Invitational Championship for the first time in school history.

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Recognizing Those Who Serve Our Community

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Indiana communities can thrive thanks to the hard work of older Hoosiers who donate their time and energy to making their hometowns a better place. The Golden Hoosier Award, which is now open for nominations, recognizes citizens who serve their communities.

To be eligible for a Golden Hoosier Award, nominees must currently be an Indiana resident, age 65 or older, and a volunteer in the community for the past three years. Individuals cannot have previously received the award

To nominate someone for the Golden Hoosier Award before the June 10 deadline, click here. A ceremony will be held at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center to honor the awardees.

Hoosiers who donate their time and energy to serving their communities are deserving of recognition. The Golden Hoosier Award is just one way to honor their gift to all of us. Nominate the Golden Hoosier in your life now.

Lady Eagles Rally Past Lakers To Punch Tickets To Nationals

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Lady Eagles Rally Past Lakers To Punch Tickets To National

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Softball scored three times in the top of the seventh inning to rally past No. 21 Grand Valley State University, 3-2, and punch its ticket to the NCAA Division II Softball Championship next week in Denver, Colorado.

The No. 10 and top-seeded Screaming Eagles trailed 2-0 with two outs and no runners on base when senior third baseman Mary Bean (Schaumburg, Illinois) drew a four-pitch walk. Sophomore outfielder Mackenzie Bedrick (Brownsburg, Indiana) singled to the gap in left-centerfield in the next at bat and ended up at second on a throw attempt to get Bean out at third.

Freshman outfielder Kennedy Nalley (Huntingburg, Indiana) followed with a bloop single that landed about an inch in front of the glove of GVSU left fielder Kaitlin Lynch as both Bean and Bedrick scored to tie the score at 2-2.

Sophomore first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana) was hit by a pitch in the next at-bat and freshman pitcher Josie Newman(Indianapolis, Indiana), who was in the game in relief of junior hurler Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana), reached on an error in the next at bat as USI had the bases loaded for senior designated player Katie Back (Indianapolis, Indiana).

Back, who had the game-winning hit against the University of Indianapolis in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament two weeks ago, hit the first pitch she saw through the left side of the infield to score Nalley and give the Eagles the 3-2 lead.

Newman (17-3), who came on in the sixth to get the Eagles out of a jam, retired three straight batters in the bottom of the seventh to secure USI’s third NCAA II Midwest Region title in program history and its first since 2018. Newman got the win after holding the Lakers without a hit for 1 2/3 innings of work.

Grand Valley State (43-8) turned a lead-off double in the third inning into a tally and a 1-0 advantage. The No. 3-seeded Lakers scored again in the bottom of the sixth inning as a lead-off single and a one-out single followed by a sacrifice fly led to a two-run cushion.

USI (49-11) was held to just two hits and saw nine straight batters retired before Bean drew the four-pitch walk in the seventh.

The Eagles, who will have to wait to see what the seeding is in the eight-team NCAA II Softball Championship, return to action Thursday, May 26 at a time to be announced.

Notes
• USI has now won three NCAA II Midwest Region Titles (2017, 2018, 2022) and are now 6-0 all-time in the NCAA II Midwest Super Regional.

• The Eagles surpassed the 1998 team for most wins in a single season with their win today. USI, which set a record with 26 GLVC wins, has won six straight and 37 of its last 40 games.

• Fair was hit by a pitch twice Friday. It was the 21st and 22nd times this season that Fair was hit, which respectively tied and passed former USI All-American Marleah Fossett ’18 for the most by a USI Softball player in a single season.

Don’t Wait, Connect To Mental Health Help

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Don’t Wait, Connect To Mental Health Help

 by CINDY LEDBETTER

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and more Americans than ever before are recognizing the importance of improving their mental and emotional wellbeing. There’s also an increasing demand for mental health resources, and I’m committed to making it easier for Hoosiers to connect to the care they need.

The American Psychological Association reports a sharp increase in referrals for treatment in the last few years, with 72% reporting an increase since 2020 and more than 70% of psychologists reporting longer waitlists for care.

When mental health professionals are booked far in advance, it can be difficult for Hoosiers to find nearby appointments to fit their schedules. Some face obstacles taking off work and driving long distances – especially in rural areas – in order to make an appointment. This could lead someone in need to abandon seeking help or waiting too long between visits.

In Indiana, we continue to recognize this tremendous need and we’re taking action to help struggling Hoosiers. I recently supported new laws expanding access to telehealth, which are online virtual doctor visits, to ensure Hoosiers have more convenient, high-quality options for care.

To find a local mental health provider, visit in.gov/fssa/dmha. Many of the providers have telehealth options when you schedule an appointment. Mental health professionals who would like to offer telehealth services can visit in.gov/pla/professions/telemedicine to review the requirements and fill out an application.

If you need immediate help, Indiana’s Be Well Crisis Helpline is a free and confidential resource to connect with trained counselors by calling 211 or visiting BeWellIndiana.com. I also supported a recentlaw to establish a 988 hotline, which will be able to deploy mental health services in an emergency, and it’s expected to launch later this year.

Help is out there, whether it’s in-person, virtual or by phone. Never hesitate to reach out for help and if you need assistance navigating these services, please contact me at h75@iga.in.gov or 317-232-9769. As someone who lost a brother to mental illness, I know firsthand how important it is to connect to help. Let’s continue to work together to promote mental health awareness, support wellness in our lives and celebrate recovery.

Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave Remarks About Serveral County Projects At The Rotary Club Luncheon

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Overview Of County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave’s Remarks Concering  Several Projects In Vanderburgh County At The Recent Evansville  Rotary Club Luncheon

WIFI  INTERNET SERVICE PROJECT FOR VANDERBURGH COUNTY 

Covid taught us all that the Internet is now a lifeline.  In the early years of the Internet, we assumed that the private sector would build an accessible network for everyone.  It’s become apparent that only population centers have the kind of Internet service necessary to compete in today’s world.

 The situation in Vanderburgh County showed over 20,000 households were without access or without reliable access.

 The American Rescue Plan Act allows us to revolutionize Internet access in unincorporated Vanderburgh County.  Our AT&T partners will invest $30,000,000 and ARPA funds will contribute $10,000,000 to connect every property in unincorporated Vanderburgh County with fiber, the top-of-the-line connection available in the world today.  So far, we are the only county in the country that will have this level of service available to every property in the unincorporated county.

PROPOSED RENOVATION OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 

The Veterans Coliseum is one of the buildings that first come to mind when we think of Evansville.

It is time to revitalize, repair, and enhance the Veterans Memorial Coliseum so future generations will know the pride that so many feel when remembering their first concert, high school prom, or boxing match.

A team of officials and citizens are seeking public and private funding to bring the Coliseum into the 21st Century.  Merely bringing the building up to code is not enough to sustain it.  Investments must be made to modernize the stage and loading dock, create new kitchen and concession facilities, and add elevators.  With these amenities, the building can be self-sustaining and allow us to fill a gap in our local venue inventory.

We hope to have concerts that offer standing room right in front of the stage so we can dance the night away.  Currently, none of our venues offer this format.

We have hopes for showcasing community theatre, and ballet recitals, through the use of retractable seating and flexible side walls.

We are hot on the trail for the necessary funding, and you can help. Donations are being accepted at the address on the brochure on the tables (also put it on the slide).

Please contact me or any of my fellow Commissioners for further details.

CHERYL MUSGRAVE

VANDERBURGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER

CWMusgrave@gmail.com

 

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