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Comastri paces USI Women’s T&F at Bellarmine Open

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Senior All-American Jennifer Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) posted an NCAA II provisional qualifying time in the mile to lead University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field at the Bellarmine Open Friday afternoon.
 
Comastri finished first with a time of four minutes, 57.00 seconds to secure 10 team points for the Screaming Eagles, who finished third with 47.5 points.
 
Junior Kara Martin (Herrin, Illinois) was fourth in the mile and was one of six top-five efforts for the Eagles, who posted a second-place finish in the 4×400-meter relay. Martin also was a member of the 4×400-meter team, which set a school-record with its time of 4:05.72. The team also included sophomore Emma Brown (Evansville, Indiana) as well as freshmen Audrey Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) and Mallory Wittmer (Evansville, Indiana).
 
The Eagles also got top-five performances from freshman Margaret Schulten (Oakland City, Indiana), sophomore Emily Papandria (Indianapolis, Indiana) and junior Georgianna Roeder (McKinney, Texas).
 
Schulten was third in the high jump with a leap of five feet, one inch, while Papandria was third in the weight throw with a toss of 44’02.00″. Roeder was fourth in the shot put with a heave of 32’11.75″.
 
USI heads back to Louisville next Friday to compete at the Campbellsville Invitational at the Norton Sports Complex.

Illinois State erupts in second half to defeat UE men

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Aces drop 94-56 contest in Normal

 

NORMAL, Ill. – Friday’s home-and-home opener saw Illinois State score the first six points of the game before erupting in the second half to defeat the University of Evansville men’s basketball team by a final of 94-56 at Redbird Arena.

 

Jawaun Newton and Blake Sisley led the Purple Aces (4-13, 0-6 MVC) with 10 points apiece.  Newton led UE with six rebounds while Sisley’s effort was his second double figure game of his freshman campaign.  His top tally of 12 points came in a December win over Tennessee Tech.  Four Redbirds (10-9, 3-3 MVC) scored in double figures with Antonio Reeves leading the way with 16.

 

Illinois State scored the opening six points of the contest before Shamar Givance put UE on the board with a pair of triples that made it an 8-6 game in favor of the Redbirds.  Noah Frederking connected on Evansville’s third trey to make it a 10-9 ISU lead at the 16:48 mark.  While the UE offense was doing a solid job of finding the bottom of the net, Illinois State scorched the nets, hitting 8 of their first 10 attempts to go up 22-12.

 

The lead for ISU was pushed to 26-11 nine minutes into the game before the Aces chipped away.  Triples by Preston Phillips, Antoine Smith Jr. and Gage Bobe highlighted a 12-4 stretch to get UE within seven with 7:29 remaining in the half.  With just over five minutes on the clock, ISU pushed the advantage back out to 14 points before UE cut the deficit to 44-34 at the half.  Both teams shot very well in the opening 20 minutes with ISU knocking down. 62.1% of their attempts while UIE finished at 48.3%.

 

Out of the break, the first five points belonged to the Redbirds as they opened their largest lead at 53-36 in the opening four minutes.  What would end up being a 19-2 stretch to go up 68-38 and their lead would reach 40 before the Redbirds finished with the 94-56 win.  ISU shot 70.2% for the game with the Aces finishing at 43.1%.

 

Game two of the home-and-home will take place on Sunday with a 1 p.m. tip at the Ford Center.

 

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RECENT BOOKING RECORDS

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Todd Rokita: Recent Visits To U.S.-Mexico Border And Court Battles Affirm Our Resolve To Protect Hoosiers

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Attorney General Todd Rokita is scrutinizing the negative effects of illegal immigration on Hoosiers.

“Indiana may not be a border state,” Attorney General Rokita said, “but the 6 million people I represent are negatively impacted by illegal border crossings due to increased crime, drug use, lack of shared values and through their lawlessness, the deterioration of individual liberties.”

Last year, Attorney General Rokita visited several locations along the U.S.-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at the current state of the crisis. He will return soon to the border with attorneys general from across the country to collaborate on solutions.

“Often, when government officials go to the border, we are shown all that is going right,” Attorney General Rokita said, “but my experience at the Florida, Texas and Arizona borders, which I visited in late October, offered proof of all that is going wrong.”

Attorney General Rokita has led the fight against the Biden administration’s soft coddling of illegal immigrants, such as when he led a 15-state amicus brief in August aimed at stopping President Joe Biden from shelving former President Donald Trump’s successful “Remain in Mexico” policy. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Attorney General Rokita and the coalition. Although the Biden administration continues its efforts to undo the Trump policy, the federal government in December submitted to the court ruling and resumed the “Remain in Mexico” policy for now.

In the attached video, Attorney General Rokita discusses illegal immigration and his trips to the border.

MADAME DePEG

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MADAME DePEG

GAVEL GAMUTb By Jim Redwine

Charles Dickens wrote his novel, A Tale of Two Cities, about the French Revolution (1789-1799). Madame Defarge is a prime mover of the revolution who seeks revenge on the aristocrats for evil done to the poor. She maintains a record of who should be brought down by knitting their names into her needlework. She forgets nothing and patiently bides her time. Then she produces the list for the guillotine. Peg is a prolific and creative knitter.

During our COVID-enforced cabin fever I have often wondered how Peg can be so confident her memory of our past conversations is correct. Then yesterday as the thermometer hovered near single digits and we huddled in front of the fireplace while we talked and Peg knitted, it hit me. As Peg creates her marvelous hats, mittens and scarves she weaves in snippets of my naïve responses to her carefully crafted verbal minefields.

Such innocent-seeming statements from last autumn as, “Jim don’t you think someone should get some firewood ready for this winter?” and my careless response of “Uh huh” get woven into a woolen contract. My protests that I have no recollection of what promises Peg claims I made stand weak and alone when confronted with Peg’s forceful confidence.

It does me no good to complain that if we would just wait until spring such tasks as covering her countless plants or fixing run-on toilets or cleaning closets or doing practically anything but watching a ballgame on TV would not be so urgent. Peg just checks her knitting and says, “On such and such a date, you promised me ….” I am hoisted on her needlework petard with no way to contest her version of some long-ago casual conversation.

On the other hand, I really like the warm hats and mittens Peg knits for me, such as the hat I wore skiing that looks like Osage Chief Bacon Rind’s. Perhaps I should just accept that wives never forget and husbands never win in the battle over what was said by whom when. However, it seems unfair of Peg to wage this age-old war with knitted weapons of documentation. After all, she has studied yarns from Iceland, Scotland, Ireland and Vermont while I occasionally simply write them.

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Home- and Community-Based Services Stabilization Grant now open

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On Jan. 10, 2022, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced that the Home- and Community-Based Services Stabilization Grant, as described in our HCBS Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Spend Plan. Interested eligible HCBS Medicaid providers have until Feb. 10, 2022, to complete the required grant attestation form.

HCBS providers can visit the Indiana HCBS Enhanced FMAP Spend Plan webpage to obtain more information and access resources including an informational video, FAQ, provider bulletin and attestation form. Topics covered in those resources include general background on the grants, eligible provider groups, process and timing expectations, grant methodology and required provider attestations.

General information 

  • Background: As identified in the IN FSSA HCBS Spend Plan, the HCBS Stabilization Grant has been made available by FSSA to support providers and frontline staff affected by the public health emergency.   
  • Purpose: The purpose of the grant is both to retroactively address COVID-19-related expenses and challenges and to recognize the important work of frontline staff, including costs related to compensation and benefits, COVID-19 testing, personal protective equipment, and other COVID-19 related expenses, to allow providers to stabilize their operations.    
  • Eligibility: Currently active HCBS Medicaid providers who were also active during the COVID-19 public health emergency. This is defined as HCBS Medicaid providers who (1) submitted a claims expenditure in CY2021 and (2) submitted a claims expenditure in CY2019, CY2020, and/or CY2021.  
  • Attestation process and timing: Interested qualifying providers must submit a signed attestation form by Feb. 10, 2022, to be considered. FSSA will also establish an early deadline of Jan. 25, 2022, and attestation forms submitted before then will be reviewed and paid out early.  

For more information, please see the informational video and FAQ. Please direct any questions and/or feedback to hcbs.spendplan@fssa.in.gov. 

EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION

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EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

Monday, January 24, 2022

4:00 p.m.  Room 307, Civic Center Complex

  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
  1. An executive session will be held prior to the open session.
  1. The executive session is closed as provided by:
  1. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5): To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  1. OPEN SESSION:
  1. CALL TO ORDER
  1. ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS
  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
    1. December 13, 2021 (Cook, Scott, and Hamilton)
  1. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
  1. PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE:
    1. Officers in the Field Training Program.  
  1. COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS:
    1. Nomination and election of Commission offices for 2022.
  1. DISCIPLINE:
    1. 21-PO-21A – Officer Ronald Harper, Badge Number 1448 – 21 day suspension with recommendation of termination (Appeal filed by counsel on August 17th) – 

Hearing was stayed from October 25th meeting pending Police Pension Board action.

  1. APPLICANT PROCESS:
    1. Certification of scores from applicants who completed the selection process on January 21st and 22nd.  These scores will be added to the current rolling eligibility list and will be good for one year from certification.
  1. RETIREMENTS:
    1. Officer Doug Hamner, Badge Number 1144, retiring effective March 4, 2022 after serving 28 years, 6 months, and 15 days.
    2. Officer Todd Seibert, Badge Number 1256, retiring effective May 7, 2022 after serving 20 years, 1 month, and 11 days.
    3. Deputy Chief Cindy Brush retired effective January 18, 2022 after serving 40 years, 6 months, and 15 days.
  1. RESIGNATIONS:
    1. Officer David Mark Smith, Badge Number 1382, resigning effective January 24, 2022 after serving 10 years.
  1. REMINDERS:  The scheduled meeting on Monday, February 14th at 4:00pm is cancelled.  The next scheduled meeting will be Monday, February 28th, 2022 at 4:00pm.
  1. ADJOURNMENT

 

USI Theatre’s 2021-2022 Spring Productions To Begin In February

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USI Theatre continues its 2021-2022 live season with its first production of the Spring Semester, “Stop Kiss,” written by Diana Son, American playwright, television producer and writer, and directed by Eric Altheide, Associate Professor of Theatre. The production runs Thursday, February 17 through Sunday, February 20 in the USI Performance Center on USI’s campus. In compliance with CDC guidelines and the USI COVID-19 Task Force, a reduced number of seats will be available, and masks will be required in the Performance Center for the duration of the performance. USI actors will be unmasked. 

“A poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that lives can change irrevocably,” says Variety. After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love, and their lives are transformed in a way they could never anticipate. Above all, “Stop Kiss” is a story about finding love when you least expect it, and the journey that love brings. 

Altheide will be joined by a design team including Paul Weimer, Associate Professor of Theatre, as scenic designer; Joshua Stallings, Facilities Coordinator for the USI Performance Center, as sound and lighting designer; Shan Jensen, Professor of Theatre, as costume designer; Andy Hammond, Theatre Technical Coordinator, as technical designer; and USI student Grace Koltz as production stage manager. 

The cast of “Stop Kiss” includes USI students Evelyn Pigman, Shayna Survil, Dakota Smith, Noah Harrison, Gavin Carter, Blair McKown, Chloe Kummer, Jaden Crouch and Blake Whitehouse. 

Tickets are $2 for USI students, $10 for USI employees and alumni, $4 for non-USI students (student ID required), $10 seniors (60+) and $12 for adults. Tickets are free to USI students with student ID one hour before the show begins based on availability. Shows start at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. for the Sunday matinee. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit USI.edu/liberal-arts/usi-theatre, or call the box office at 812-465-7110. Follow USI Theatre on Facebook at USITheatre and Instagram @USI_theatre for updates and photos. 

USI Theatre’s final show of the season will be William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” which will run from Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, April 24. For more information on the remainder of the USI Theatre season, visit USI.edu/liberal-arts/usi-theatre or call 812-465-7110. 

The Poetry Ourselves program is back!

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This year features even more opportunities to
celebrate young voices and youth poetry.

Poetry Ourselves Indiana, a part of Poetry Out Loud Indiana, is a statewide original poetry competition for students in grades 9-12. Whether writing lyrics to music or writing sonnets about nature, young people have important things to say. This year, students have even more opportunities to express themselves through original poetry with the choice to submit either written poems or recordings of spoken-word poems.

Poems will be judged by a panel of qualified professional poets, writers, and field experts. Cash prizes are available to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in both the written and spoken-word categories.

Learn more about Poetry Ourselves.

Meet last year’s winner, Jayden Baskin of Pike High School, and hear from him as he reflects on his experience writing poetry.

 Photo of a young man with a YouTube play button

Eligibility

  • Any student currently enrolled in grades 9-12 in the state of Indiana can submit one poem to the competition.
  • Poems must be original and written only by the student who is submitting it

Indiana Poetry Out Loud and Poetry Ourselves Timeline

  • February 14:  Poetry Ourselves Submission Deadline
  • February 17: Poetry Out Loud School Winner Videos Due to State
  • March 7-11: Announcement of winners of Poetry Out Loud and Poetry Ourselves
  • March 9: Poetry Out Loud State Finals (virtual)
  • April 25-27: Poetry Out Loud National Finals 

Check Out Last Year’s Winners

If you or your students have any questions about Poetry Ourselves or Poetry Out Loud, please reach out. I’m here to help! 

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