The Vanderburgh County Coroners Office and the Evansville Police Department are investigating the death of an individual who was shot during a confrontation with Law Enforcement.
The subject who died on Fairlawn Ct. has been identified as Phillip Dill, age 34, of Evansville. He died from a gunshot wound to the head. The Evansville Police Department can provide investigative updates when they become available.
Evansville, In.:  After a strong first half of the game in which the Thunderbolts led twice, the Storm managed to bounce back and score three unanswered goals to defeat Evansville 4-2 on Friday night at Ford Center. The Thunderbolts next home game will be on Saturday, February 5th at 7:00pm CST as they host the Vermilion County Bobcats. For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), buy online at EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or buy tickets in person at the Ford Center Box Office.Â
Coy Prevost scored the lone first period goal to give Evansville a 1-0 lead, off a set-up from Tanner Butler and Brett Radford at 8:10. In the second period, the Storm tied the game as Michael Moran scored on 4-on-4 action at 6:27. The tied score was short-lasting, as Mike Ferraro gave Evansville a 2-1 lead with his goal at 8:45, assisted by Timothy Faulkner. In the final 5 minutes Quad City took control as Tommy Stang and Nick Papandrea scored to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 Storm lead after two periods. Quad City then converted quickly on an early third period power play, scored by Taylor Pryce at 0:54 to extend the Storm lead to 4-2, and the Thunderbolts were unable to recover.Â
Prevost and Ferraro each scored one goal, while Brian Billett finished with 32 saves on 36 shots. The Thunderbolts and Storm next meet on Friday, February 18th at TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Ill.  Â
The Thunderbolts are currently competing in their fifth season in the SPHL (Southern Professional Hockey League). Season tickets are less than $9 per game. To order your tickets for this season, call 812-422-BOLT(2658).Â
Any comments or questions please contact Jesse at 812-568-0515 and jesse.kauffman@everydaybusinessresilience.com
University Of Evansville Nursing Students Make Donation To Dream Cente
Evansville, IN (FEBRUAR, 2022) — Senior-level students in the University of Evansville (UE) Dunigan Family School of Nursing recently made a donation to Dream Center Evansville. Funds were raised during the fall semester, and the $1,400 check was presented on January 12.
The donation was made possible through a scrub jacket sale offered to Nurse students, as well as the generous support of locally-based Kim’s Scrub Connection. Owner Kim Tenhumberg and her husband, Keith, donated several jackets to the sale in honor of her mother-in-law, Delores Tenhumberg.
“We chose to donate to Dream Center because it is a local, faith-based organization that strives to teach children how to be self-sufficient, serve those around them, and live a healthy life,” said Rachel Jones, a senior Nursing student and representative for her class. “The goal for our senior project was to promote healthy living and decrease the rate of childhood obesity in the local community. We partnered with Dream Center to make this possible because they support these initiatives through education and empowerment.”
In addition to the monetary donation, the students provided healthy snacks and educational materials for Dream Center’s after-school program. Jones and other students in her group also volunteered for a few days with the organization by leading activities, teaching children the importance of a healthy diet and exercise.
“I didn’t know much about Dream Center’s mission and operations before volunteering, but I’m so glad I had the opportunity to visit,” said Jones. “I quickly learned just how much they do to shape the youth of our community.”
Dream Center Evansville is a collective impact backbone organization dedicated to helping every child in Jacobsville win by curating the neighborhood’s cradle-to-career continuum.
Jeremy Evans, executive director of Dream Center Evansville, was pleased with the partnership. “By exposing our next generation of healthcare providers to the challenges facing families in poverty,” he said, “We help to ensure equitable treatment and cast a light on the real difficulties people in poverty face every day.”
Students at the University of Evansville shape powerful and enduring change. UE is the first in Indiana to be designated as an Ashoka U Changemaker Campus, and its change-making culture empowers students to improve the world around them as UE Changemakers. UE has an array of majors in business; engineering; the arts and sciences; and health science programs. UE has a diverse student body that represents 44 states and 52 countries.Â
Tip-Off Is At 1 P.M. Inside The Ford Center
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Following the postponement of Wednesday’s game at Valparaiso, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team returns to action on Saturday with a 1 p.m. game against Bradley at the Ford Center. ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the coverage.
Schedule Update
– Schedule adjustments have been set following Wednesday’s postponement
– UE will face the Beacons on Feb. 19 at the Ford Center with a new start time of 1 p.m.
– The road game is set for Monday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
 Last Time Out
– Trailing by seven at halftime, the Aces rallied to take a 4-point lead in the second half at Missouri State on Saturday before the Bears regrouped to finish with a 72-58 win
– Freshman Preston Phillips scored four points while setting a career-high 12 rebounds…his 12 boards tied for the top team total this season
– Jawaun Newton recorded 18 points while Shamar Givance scored 17…Newton added two blocks while Givance had four assists
– Evansville’s defense held the Bears to 39.7% shooting – the lowest percentage UE has held a Valley team to in 2021-22
A LIMITED TENURE
GAVEL GAMUTÂ By Jim Redwine
President Biden has announced his intention to nominate an African American woman for the Senate to advise and consent for service on the United States Supreme Court. At the risk of being embroiled in a Whoopi Goldberg “Jewish is not a race issue type of discussionâ€, I suggest neither race nor gender is the issue for whoever is nominated. Politics is always what membership on the Supreme Court is about.
From the highly political John Marshall (years on Court 1801-1835) to the highly political Ruth Bader Ginsberg (years on Court 1998-2020) the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have often worn their politics on the sleeves of their robes. Marshall was nominated by President John Adams. Ginsberg was nominated by President Bill Clinton. Americans who agreed with Adams’ political positions generally agreed with Marshall’s decisions and those who leaned in Clinton’s policy directions championed Ginsberg’s. We should not be surprised if a president nominates someone whose political tendencies match the presidents. It is not a justice’s race or gender that matters; it is their philosophies.
Sometimes when a president, liberal or conservative, chooses a justice, that justice turns out on the opposite end from the president’s philosophy. President Eisenhower, a conservative, chose Earl Warren (years on Court 1953-1969) who led a liberal revolution from his position as Chief Justice. And President George H.W. Bush nominated the African American Clarence Thomas to the Bench; Black Clarence Thomas may be to the right of former slave owner Roger Brooke Taney (years on Court 1836-1864) who decided the Dred Scott case. Although it is not likely Thomas would have agreed with that particular decision.
Supreme Court justices are just like the rest of us. We carry our beliefs and prejudices throughout our lives. They change from time to time and sometimes we can overcome them. But the U.S. Supreme Court is just another political branch of our three-branch political democracy. Politicians are placed on the Court by politicians that we elect. As Plato might have said, “Only the naïve believe otherwise.â€
Instead of our long-time national self-delusion that the Supreme Court is not a political force, we should acknowledge that the justices are just humans and accept reality. The best we can hope for is term limits instead of a lifetime appointment. I suggest one ten-year term would be about right.
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February 6 – February 12The Week in Indiana History |
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“Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.” —Twyla Tharp Born in Portland, Indiana, in 1941, Twyla Tharp has become a famous American dancer, choreographer, and author. Her work often employs classical music, jazz, and pop music.
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EPA selects 19 organizations to receive Brownfields Job Training Grants to boost workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities
WASHINGTON (Feb. 2, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 19 organizations to receive a total of $3,797,102 in grants for job training programs across the country. Job training and workforce development are an important part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to advance economic opportunities and deliver environmental justice to underserved communities to build a better America.
“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a better America and that means new, good-paying jobs. The Brownfields Job Training grants announced today will prepare over 1,000 individuals for new environmental jobs like those,â€Â said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “This program will directly impact people’s lives, boosting the environmental workforce while helping to transform communities that need it the most.â€
Funded through the Agency’s Brownfields Job Training Program, these grants provide funding to organizations that are working to create a skilled workforce in communities where assessment, cleanup, and preparation of brownfield sites for reuse activities are taking place. Individuals completing a job training program funded by EPA often overcome a variety of barriers to employment. Many of these individuals are from historically underserved neighborhoods and reside in the areas affected by environmental justice issues.
Each selected grantee will be receiving approximately $200,000.  Today’s selected grantees are:
Rather than filling local jobs with contractors from distant cities, these organizations provide training and offer residents of communities historically affected by environmental pollution, economic disinvestment, and brownfields an opportunity to gain the skills and certifications needed to secure local environmental work in their communities. Individuals typically graduate with a variety of certifications that improve their marketability and help ensure that employment opportunities are not just temporary contractual work, but long-term careers. This includes certifications in:
President Biden’s leadership and bipartisan congressional action have delivered the single-largest investment in national brownfields infrastructure ever. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) invests more than $1.5 billion through EPA’s brownfields program. Of that investment, $30 million will be invested into future Brownfields Job Training grants. During the next five years, communities, states, and tribes will have the opportunity to apply for larger grants to include and enhance the environmental curriculum in existing job training programs. This investment will help trained individuals access jobs created through brownfields revitalization activities within their communities. EPA anticipates awarding as many as 50 additional grants to job training entities with BIL funding, beginning in fiscal year 2023. Application guidelines will be available in Spring/Summer 2022.
EPA is also planning a listening session to receive feedback from current and potential grant applicants regarding the BIL and the future of the Brownfields Job Training Grant Program. The listening session is scheduled for February 9, 2022, 12:30-2:00 p.m. EST: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/j/1604678094
Since this program began in 1998, the Brownfie
1861   On February 12th, Abraham Lincoln woke up on his 52nd birthday at the Bates House Hotel in Indianapolis (pictured). He had breakfast with Governor Oliver P. Morton. Lincoln’s wife, Mary, and son, Robert, joined him on the train as he continued his trip to Washington, D.C., to take the oath as the nation’s 16th President.
1981   Author and poet Maya Angelou spoke at the St. Peter Claver Center. She was part of the Indianapolis Public Library’s African American History Month. She recited her own poetry and emphasized the value of artistic expression. She said, “If a writer tells the truth about his or her experiences, every human being in the world understands it.”
