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Offense continues to roll, racking-up 17 runs as Aces top Hoosiers
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – In a back-and-forth contest, the University of Evansville baseball team’s offense and timely pitching prevailed in a 17-14 win over Indiana on Friday night in Bloomington, Ind.
“Great win to start the weekend. Our offense really kept putting together big innings when needed,” said Aces head baseball coach Wes Caroll. “Berkey had a big day for us at the plate with six RBI. We did enough out of the bullpen and Rumsey made the big defensive play in center field for us to win.”
It was an offensive exhibition from the start with Mark Shallenberger opening the game with a leadoff home run for his second-straight contest, sending a shot to left field on the second pitch he saw. Indiana responded with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning. The big numbers started hanging in the second inning as the Aces cashed-in for six runs in the top half of the inning, opened with another home run, this one coming off the bat of Eric Roberts. Evansville capped-off its half of the inning with a three-run double from Evan Berkey, part of a huge day at the plate for the third baseman.
In the bottom half of the second, Indiana got back within a run, pushing across four runs to narrow Evansville’s advantage to 7-6. The Hoosiers would retake the lead in the bottom of the third, scratching three runs on a pair of homers, to go in front, 9-7. Continuing an impressive stretch over the last few weeks, Chase Hug tied the game for Evansville in the fourth, doubling to bring in a pair of runners in Brent Widder and Tanner Craig.
As was true all night, see-saw tipped again, moving back in Indiana’s favor in the fifth as the Aces ran into trouble, loading the bases with a pair of outs. Evansville was able to work through on the shoulders of Drew Dominik, but not before IU scored three times to open up a 12-9 lead.
Beginning with the top of the sixth inning, momentum swung back in Evansville’s favor and would stay there. Continuing the trend of leadoff dingers, Tanner Craig smashed a towering home run up and over the scoreboard in left field. The home run was Craig’s 38th of his career, putting him alone in second in career homers at Evansville, just two back of tying the all-time record. Later in the sixth, Berkey added to the home run fest, going to left field with a three-run blast that recaptured the lead for Evansville, 13-12, a lead UE would hold onto for good.
An impressive effort on the mound from the Aces relievers helped keep a hot Hoosier offense off the board in the sixth and seventh as Dominik turned-in 3.1 innings of work, allowing just one run and striking-out three. To aid the effort, UE added four more runs in the top of the eighth. With the bases loaded and two outs, Shallenberger drew a hit-by-pitch that scored one and then Simon Scherry ripped a double down the left field line, clearing the bases and boosting the Aces advantage to 17-12.
Indiana threatened in the bottom half of the eighth, scoring one run and looking poised for more. With two outs and a runner on third, Carter Mathison looked as if he had scored another with a laser to right center field, but Ty Rumsey made a long run and dove, extending fully to make a diving grab to end the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, Evansville brought in Nate Hardman, who allowed a run, but settled in and induced a groundout to end the contest as the Aces captured the 17-14 win.
The Aces and Hoosiers are set to continue their series on Saturday with a single game at 1 PM (CT) in Bloomington, Ind.
THUNDERBOLTS WIN STREAK SNAPPED IN PEORIA
Peoria, Ill.: Despite being the better 5 vs 5 team, the Rivermen power play proved to be the difference maker as the Thunderbolts fell 5-2 in Peoria on Friday night, ending a 4-game win streak. The Thunderbolts next home game will be on Thursday, April 7th 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.
Peoria took a 1-0 lead off a power play goal from Marcel Godbout at 10:41, before Josh Adkins tied things up from Mike Pellegrini and Vincenzo Renda at 17:43. In the second period, Alec Hagaman scored a power play goal, followed up by Dale Deon minutes later to put the Thunderbolts down 3-1. On a power play chance of their own, Evansville pulled back to within a 3-2 deficit as Scott Kirton scored at 19:16 from Mike Ferraro and Cameron Cook. After a Brandon Lubin post shot nearly tied the game, Peoria pulled away as Godbout added another pair of power play goals to round out the scoring, 5-2.
Adkins and Kirton scored one goal each. Evan Moyse finished with 21 saves on 25 shots.  Tonight was the last meeting of the regular season between the Thunderbolts and Peoria Rivermen.
Eagles lose game one at Delta State
CLEVELAND, Miss. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball could not stop Delta State University in losing, 17-6, Friday evening in Cleveland, Mississippi. The Screaming Eagles are 10-9 this spring, while Delta State is 15-7 in 2022.  Â
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The Eagles, who spotted the Statesmen a 1-0 lead in the first, exploded for four runs in the top of the second. Sophomore third baseman Tyler Wheeler (Sellersburg, Indiana) drove in the first runs for the Eagles with a single to right field to give USI a 2-1 lead.
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USI junior rightfielder Ren Tachioka (Japan) gave the Eagles a 4-1 lead with a RBI-double and later would steal for the three run advantage.
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Delta State rallied back with four runs of its own in the bottom of the second for a 5-4 lead and extended the margin to seven with a six-run third, 11-4. The Statesmen continue to build the lead six more runs between the fifth and seventh and led by as many as 11, 15-4.
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USI added two more runs to its total in the seventh. Sophomore centerfielder Steven Molinet (Elberfeld, Indiana) knocked in a run with a fielder’s choice, while freshman catcher Cordell Coburn (Evansville, Indiana) pushed a run across with bases-loaded walk before Delta State closed out the 17-6 final.
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Up Next for the Eagles:
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USI continue to the three-game series Saturday with a 2 p.m. single game at Harvey Stadium at Ferriss Field. The series concludes Sunday at noon.
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Schedule Change:
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The first pitch for the USI-Maryville University game schedule for March 29 in St. Louis has been changed to 3 p.m. The game was originally slated for a 6 p.m. start.
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Indiana Food Banks Help Hispanic Hoosiers Facing Disproportionate Food Insecurity
Indiana Food Banks Help Hispanic Hoosiers Facing Disproportionate Food Insecurity
- By Maddie Alexander, TheStatehouseFile.com
- Mar 25, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS— Many Hispanic or Latino Hoosiers are facing food insecurities, and food banks are working to give them the food access they need.
More than 8% of the Indiana population are Hispanic or Latino, according to The Indianapolis Star.
And they are twice as likely to face food insecurity than their white counterparts. Food insecurity is described as “the disruption of food intake or eating patterns because of lack of money and other resources.†According to a study by Bread for the World, “One in five Latino households have at least one person going hungry.â€
Victor Garcia, president and CEO of the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, attended a press conference at the Indiana Statehouse in February held by Rep. Mike Andrade, D-Munster, to discuss these and other problems. Garcia said the pandemic hit communities of color harder, specifically Latinx households.
“Latinx people are 2.5 times more likely to become food insecure than their white counterparts,” said Garcia. Those individuals saw an increase in food insecurity after the pandemic, while white households saw a decrease in food insecurity.
Over the last two years, the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana has distributed, in total, around 20 million pounds of food.
“We are currently serving around 30-40,000 individuals each month, but in our community, there are around 90,000 individuals who are food insecure,†Garcia said.
Allyson Vaulx, vice president of development and communications for the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, said the organization has started specifically catering to Hispanics. It recently implemented “Spanish translation flyers for Mobile Market food distribution, SNAP outreach materials in Spanish, providing Spanish classes for public-facing staff, and specific Mobile Market food distributions in the East Chicago area twice a month in partnership with the Foundations of East Chicago,†Vaulx said.
She lays the blame for Hispanic or Latino lack of food access in part on language barriers, fear of being discovered to be undocumented and lack of transportation.
Jake Bruner, associate director at Hoosier Hills Food Bank said, “We saw 70 households with which 60% were Latinx, so we feel like we are starting to target more culturally sensitive foods for those distributions and trying to find those pockets of where those underserved individuals are.â€
Hoosier Hills recently started a mobile pantry specifically to help Latinx individuals. “One obstacle is that it can be hard to get those folks to come to a distribution because they may have fears of what that may mean for them, so we have been trying to break down those barriers,†said Bruner.
According to Feeding America, “Racial prejudice and language, education, and cultural barriers create inequalities that make Latino communities more impacted by food insecurity.†When it comes to working, the study found, “Latino workers, especially Latinas, are more likely to be employed in the leisure and hospitality industries that have been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. Workers in these industries continue to face the highest unemployment rate.â€
You can visit https://feedingindianashungry.org/ to find your local food bank. Food and funds can be donated to your local food banks, but Garcia stressed that volunteers are needed most.
FOOTNOTE: Maddie Alexander is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
Monday, March 28, 2022
4:00 p.m. Room 307, Civic Center Complex
- EXECUTIVE SESSION:
- An executive session will be held prior to the open session.
- The executive session is closed as provided by:
- I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5): To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
- I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(6)(A): With respect to any individual over whom the governing body has jurisdiction to receive information concerning the individual’s alleged misconduct.
- I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(9): To discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees. This subdivision does not apply to a discussion of the salary, compensation, or benefits of employees during a budget process.
- OPEN SESSION:
- CALL TO ORDER
- ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
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- March 14, 2022 (Cook, Hamilton, and Sutton)
- APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
- PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE:
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- Officers in the Field Training Program. Â
- Final Probationary Interviews for Officers – Terrance Eastwood, Andrew Smith, Jaylan Hyneman, Levi Hoehn, Jordan Helfert, Nicholas Pape, Alex Stewart, Wesley Bennett, James Trapp, and William Coyle.
- Officers in SWILEA
- NEW DISCIPLINE:
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- 22-PO-19 – Officer Kacey Ross, Badge Number 1285 – 3 day suspension (not appealed)
- PENDING DISCIPLINE:
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- 22-PO-13 – Officer Michael DeBlanc, Badge Number 1405 – 1 day suspension set for hearing on April 18th following the Executive Session at 4:00pm.
- 22-PO-14 – Officer Joseph Harter, Badge Number 1460 – 1 day suspension set for hearing on May 9th following the Executive Session at 4:00 pm.
- 22-PO-16 – Officer Joseph Harter, Badge Number 1460 – 3 day suspension set for hearing on May 9th following the Executive Session at 4:00pm.
- PROMOTIONAL PROCESS:
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- Approval of the on-site administrator for the 2022 Lieutenant and Sergeant promotional processes.
- APPLICANT PROCESS:
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- Certification of scores from applicants who completed the selection process on March 26th. These scores will be added to the current rolling eligibility list and will be good for one year from certification.
- APPLICANTS:
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- 21-369
- 21-364
- 21-381
- RETIREMENTS:
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- Officer Brian Turpin, Badge Number 1191, retired effective March 16, 2022 after serving 26 years and 4 days.
- REMINDERS:Â The next scheduled meeting on Monday, April 11th is canceled and moved to Monday, April 18th at 4:00 pm in Room 307.
- ADJOURNMENT
Preseason MVC Favorites Up Next For UE Softball
Preseason MVC Favorites Up Next For UE Softball
Aces welcome Northern Iowa to Cooper Stadium
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Another big weekend is on the docket for the University of Evansville softball team when the Purple Aces welcome preseason Missouri Valley Conference favorite Northern Iowa to Cooper Stadium. Saturday opens with a 12 p.m. doubleheader before Sunday’s finale will get underway with a noon start time.
 Last Time Out
– For the first time since 2010, the Aces defeated Drake in a home series, taking two out of three games against the Bulldogs to open league play
– After falling by a 10-1 final in Saturday’s series opener, UE stormed back with a 5-3 win to begin the Sundays doubleheader before recording a 12-3 win in six innings to seal the series win
– Sydney Weatherford started Sunday’s opener and after allowing two runs in the first inning, she allowed just one more over the remainder of the contest to help the Aces even the weekend series
– Jenna Lis hit a 2-run homer while Alexa Davis added a solo shot in the game…Mackenzie McFeron had the game-winning hit, plating Haley Woolf on a triple in the 6th
WHAT A DAY
– Evansville led game two by a 6-0 score following three innings before a 5-run 6th clinched the 12-3 win with McFeron coming through in the clutch once again, hitting a walk-off bases-clearing double
– Senior Mackenzie McFeron currently has nine RBI in her UE career…four of those came in Sunday’s doubleheader sweep over Drake
– In-game one, her triple in the sixth inning proved to be the game-winner in a 5-3 UE win that evened the weekend series
– McFeron did even better in the finale, belting a base-clearing walk-off double to seal a 12-3 victory and a series win
– She carries a career-best 4-game hit streak into the UNI series
Heating Up
– Jessica Fehr continues to swing a hot bat, adding three hits in six at-bats to help the Aces sweep Sundays doubleheader versus Drake
– Picking up a hit in 11 of her last 13 games, Fehr leads UE and ranks 8th in the MVC with a .355 average
– She is the MVC leader with 14 walks while ranking fourth with 18 runs scored – over the last 15 games, she has scored 13 runs
– After starting the season with two hits in 17 at-bats, Fehr has recorded 25 hits in her last 59 AB’s while batting .424 over that span
Dual Threat
– Freshman Sydney Weatherford is off to an impressive start to her college career, ranking second in the MVC with 19 RBI while sitting third with her season ERA of 2.11
– Weatherford is on a roll in the circle, tossing three complete games in a row while allowing just five earned runs over her last 21 innings
– Despite a 3-for-23 skid at the plate, Weatherford is batting .258 while tying for the Valley lead with four triples along with her 19 RBI, which ranks second
Turning Point?
– Jenna Lis approached the plate in the March 20 doubleheader opener against Drake stuck in a 1-for-21 slump at the plate while her team trailed the Bulldogs by a 1-0 margin the weekend series and a 2-0 score in the game
– What may have been a turning point in the season for Lis and her team, she connected on a 2-run home run, her first of the season, to tie the game with the Aces taking both ends of the doubleheader
– She added a 2-for-4 effort with a run and RBI in game two
- INFO: For all of the latest information on University of Evansville athletics, visit GoPurpleAces.com or follow the program on Twitter via @UEAthletics.
-  SUPPORT: For information on giving to UE Athletics or its individual athletics programs, visit http://gopurpleaces.com/give.
- TICKETS: To purchase tickets for University of Evansville athletics events, log on to GoPurpleAces.com and click on the TICKETS tab on top of the page.
PRESIDENT WILSON WAS RIGHT
PRESIDENT WILSON WAS RIGHT
GAVEL GAMUTÂ By Jim Redwine
President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points set forth a vision of a WWI peace treaty based not on total victory for any one country but a permanent peace for all countries founded on generous terms of self-determination and economic recovery. Germany sued for peace thinking it would be treated fairly, but mainly France and Great Britain joined by several other countries demanded Draconian subjugation of Germany including ruinous reparations. The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 was a testament to vengeance, not peace. It also led directly to WWII.
If there is no war like a civil war for hatred and carnage, there is no dispute like a conflict between neighbors for animosity. Ukraine and Russia have had a common but transitioning border for many years. Millions of people in both countries can speak both Ukrainian and Russian. The two cultures are deeply intertwined even though there have been several border conflicts between the countries. Much as next-door neighbors may fall out over property line disagreements countries with a common border may fall victim to the old axiom, “Good fences make good neighbors.†In like manner, when there is a breach in the “fenceâ€, repairing good relations may require a generosity of spirit on both sides and perhaps on the part of third parties seeking to become involved.
My good friend, Judge D. Neil Harris of Mississippi, serves on the faculty of the National Judicial College. He teaches other judges about courthouse security. Judge Harris has found that the type of court cases that are most likely to result in outbreaks of courtroom violence are property line disputes. He advises judges to be particularly alert when disputes between neighbors must be resolved in court. There is something visceral about such personal matters that makes forgiveness more difficult. As the world found to its chagrin after Versailles and WWI, even when wise people know that “Blessed are the peacemakersâ€, stiff necks are often the approach when neighbors must negotiate.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has been negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin for two years and is eager to negotiate a cessation of the current hostilities if Putin agrees. The rest of the world should allow Ukraine and Russia autonomy for their efforts to achieve a feeling of permanent peace. Such countries as the United States, Poland, China or Belarus may confuse their own agendas with those of Ukraine and Russia and, just as at Versailles in 1919, peace may be only temporary when the neighbors make up under false pretenses or when pressured to do so by outside forces. Perhaps the rest of the world should bite its collective tongues as Ukraine and Russia, hopefully, apply Wilson’s Fourteen Point type wisdom that was so tragically ignored at the catastrophic ending of WWI.
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