Media Release 2021 VANDERBURGH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCE KANSAS ROAD PHASE TWO
Consumer Alert: Products Recalled In August And September
Consumer alert: Products recalled in August and September Attorney General Todd Rokita is encouraging all Hoosiers who purchased consumer products that were recalled in August and September to take advantage of the remedies available to them. “Hoosiers should be able to receive a full refund or have the option to exchange a defective product for one that works.†Attorney General Rokita said. “If you purchased a faulty good or item in August or September that does not work as advertised, then you should immediately see what forms of reimbursement the company that sold or manufactured the product is offering.†According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the following consumer products were recalled in August and September:
If you believe you recently purchased a recalled product, stop using it, and check its recall notice (linked above for all aforementioned products). Then follow the notice’s instructions, including where to return the product, how to get the product fixed, how to dispose of the product, how to receive a refund for the product, or what steps must be taken to receive a replacement product. To view recalls issued prior to August and September, visit the Consumer Protection Safety Commission website. |
Business Turn-Around Management
Business Turn-Around Management
By Jesse Kauffman, Lead Consultant, Everyday Business Resilience Group
Contact Jesse at 812-568-0515 and jesse.kauffman@everydaybusinessresilience.com
Welcome to the 3rd article in our three-part series on Business Turnaround Management! I hope you found the first two articles in the series helpful, and if you haven’t read them yet, be sure to check them out on The City-County Observer website.
For this article we’ll be looking at how we can apply what we’ve learned from identifying the causes of the business failure and quantifying those failures to understand what that truly cost the business. We’ll use this information to build a plan of action and then execute that plan.
After working through the processes of my first two articles you should have two key pieces of information: what caused the business to fail, and what the true cost of that failure was. Now that you have the primary causes of failure identified and what that failure is worth to the business, you have the baseline for what needs to be addressed for the business turnaround.
The first step to take now is to prioritize the business processes you need to change. Using the information you’ve generated on causes of failure and impact of those causes, you should be able to rank the failed processes by which ones cost the business the most. When that priority list is finished, you can then begin developing your change plans for each failed process. Â
Rank the processes according to the following criteria:Â
- Cost, in terms of contribution to the failure
- Cost, in terms of the money required to change the process
- Return expected, in terms of the processes contributing to cash flow
- Amount of time needed to modify or revamp the process
- Number of people needed to change the process, both dedicated and part-time
You can use the results from these rankings to plan which processes you need to revamp first. To keep things simple, for each process just add up the results of the 5 criteria. The highest score will be where you’ll focus your initial efforts. Â
Because this list will not only give you an idea of which processes are critical to the business and need to be revamped, it will also allow you to see which processes aren’t critical to the business and are taking up valuable resources, whether those resources are money, time, or people. Now’s the time to deprioritize, or even eliminate those low-value processes, so that you can conserve and direct your available resources to changing your high-value processes. It’s also a great gut check on how you may have been prioritizing an aspect of your business that doesn’t deliver much in the way of return on your investment.
Now that you know where to focus your efforts, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get into the hard work of changing long-standing processes. Because the business failed, there’s a good chance that if you attempt these changes using only the people that were part of that failure, you will find it difficult to make the change you need. That’s not to say that the people you have can’t help make the changes needed, as they have first-hand experience with the business failure, and the value of that type of learning opportunity is too often discarded. Â
This is a great opportunity to combine the strengths of your existing employees and new or outside help. Bring in some new people with experience in your industry or the processes you’re trying to change, but who have not worked with your specific business for a significant length of time. Their viewpoints and experiences can bring valuable insights that can be combined with the hard-earned learnings of your existing team, allowing you to benefit from two critical skillsets that you need at this time:
- The ideas and creativity that a set of new eyes brings to the challenge.
- The experience and institutional knowledge that your existing employees bring to the challenge.
If you can put this kind of effort into changing the most critical process your business has, a successful business turnaround is practically guaranteed. Once you’ve revamped that first process, each following process you focus on changing will be easier than each previous process, allowing you to build up momentum and affect the business turnaround you dream of faster than you thought possible.
I hope you’ve found this series of articles useful for your own business, and I look forward to continuing to share insights and valuable information multiple times each month with you through The City-County Observer.
FOOTNOTE: Jesse has 17+ years of experience in industries including, appliances, plastics, nutrition, and pharmaceuticals, across all aspects of business operations. He and his wife, Josi, are proud parents of 3 wonderful kids and are continually working on their own version of a modern homestead on the west side of Evansville, IN
If you have questions please contact Jesse at 812-568-0515 or jesse.kauffman@everydaybusinessresilience.com
USI Hopes To Extend Winning Streak On The Road​​​​​​​
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer takes its season-best three-match winning streak on the road this week, making visits to Drury University and Southwest Baptist University. The Screaming Eagles (5-4-2, 3-4-1 GLVC) make a stop at Drury (8-0-0, 10-1-0 GLVC) in Springfield, Missouri, Friday at 10 a.m. before concluding the trip at Southwest Baptist in Bolivar, Missouri, Sunday at noon.
Game coverage for 2021, including live stats, video stream, and audio broadcasts, can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
Fans can watch free of charge on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN), which is available both on your desktop, mobile/tablet devices, as well as four over-the-top (OTT) platforms (Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV). GLVCSN.com is the official website of the GLVC Sports Network, while the GLVCSN mobile app is available for iOS in the App Store and Android on Google Play. More information can be found at GLVCSN FAQs.
USI Women’s Soccer Week 7 Notes:
USI in the GLVC: With six matches remaining in 2021, USI starts this week 10th in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings with 10 points, one point behind a tie for eighth between Lewis University and Missouri University of Science & Technology. The top eight qualify for the GLVC Tournament slated to begin November 7 with the top four team hosting first round matches. The GLVC Tournament semifinals and finals are slated for November 12 and 14.
USI sweeps homestand: USI won its second and third-straight matches with a homestand sweep, defeating Rockhurst University, 1-0, and William Jewell College, 4-0. USI was led for the weekend by sophomore midfielder Jill DiTusa (St. Charles, Illinois) and freshman midfielder Avery Schone, who had two goals each in the win over William Jewell.
For the season: Sophomore midfielder Jill DiTusa leads the Eagles in scoring with 10 points on a team-high five goals. Freshman midfielder Avery Schone follows with nine points on four goals and one assist.
Etienne between the posts: Sophomore goalkeeper Maya Etienne (Midland, Michigan) was named the GLVC Defensive Player of the Week after posting the weekend sweep on a pair of shutouts. Etienne has four shuouts this season and evened her record at 3-3-1 during the homestand. She also has 24 career shutouts, three short of setting the USI mark (27.5) that has been held by Angie Gries since 1999.
Schoenstein is second all-time at USI: Head Coach Eric Schoenstein is second all-time at USI with a 58-34-14 mark in five-plus years at the helm of the Eagles. He has led the Eagles to their only GLVC regular season and tournament championships, along with the program’s second trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Drury in 2021:Â The Panthers of Drury is sitting on top of the GLVC standings with an 8-0-0 league record (24 points), in addition to being 10-1-0 overall. Drury swept its road trip last week, defeating the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 4-0, and Lindenwood University, 2-0.
USI versus Drury:Â The Eagles and the Panthers are tied in the all-time series, 8-8-0, with USI winning the last five meetings. USI won the fifth-straight, 4-0, last spring at Strassweg Field.
Southwest Baptist in 2021: The Bearcats of Southwest Baptist are 14th in the GLVC with a 2-6-0 league record, 2-7-1 overall. Southwest Baptist has lost its last three including being swept during its road trip last week by McKendree University, 2-1, and UMSL, 4-0.
USI versus Southwest Baptist:Â USI has won both meetings with Southwest Baptist since the Bearcats joined the GLVC in 2019. The Ealges took last spring’s matchup, 5-0, at Strassweg Field.
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Felony Charges For Vanderburgh County
Brandon Heath Whitledge
| Count 1 – HC – Domestic Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman : 5F : Pending |
Ricky Lamont Lockridge
| Count 1 – (Attempt) Residential Entry : 6F : Pending |
Sarah Elizabeth Fenwick
| Count 1 – Residential Entry : 6F : Pending |
Jonathan David Stokes
| Count 1 – HC – Possession of Methamphetamine : 4F : Pending |
Justin Lee Kunze
| Count 1 – Operating a Motor Vehicle After Forfeiture of License for Life : 5F : Pending |
Steven Ray Rose
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|  | Count 4 – Disarming a Law Enforcement Officer : 5F : Pending |
|  | Count 5 – Resisting Law Enforcement : AM : Pending |
Catherine Elizabeth Albert
| Count 1 – Unlawful Possession of Syringe : 6F : Pending |
William Lamar Thomas
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Andrew Christopher Sheets
| Count 1 – Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator : 6F : Pending |
Jayvon Jontay Gilmore
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|  | Count 3 – Carrying a Handgun Without a License : AM : Pending | ||
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Robert Lee Brehm
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Eagles look to return to form on the road​​​​​​​
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer hits the road looking to return to form with visits to Drury University and Southwest Baptist University this week. The Screaming Eagles (5-5-0, 4-4-0 GLVC) make a stop at Drury (5-4-2, 5-1-2 GLVC) in Springfield, Missouri, Friday at 12:30 p.m. before concluding the trip at Southwest Baptistn (0-10-0, 0-8-0 GLVC) in Bolivar, Missouri, Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Game coverage for 2021, including live stats, video stream, and audio broadcasts, can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
Fans can watch free of charge on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN), which is available both on your desktop, mobile/tablet devices, as well as four over-the-top (OTT) platforms (Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV). GLVCSN.com is the official website of the GLVC Sports Network, while the GLVCSN mobile app is available for iOS in the App Store and Android on Google Play. More information can be found at GLVCSN FAQs.
All broadcasts on GLVCSN are subject to weather or other unforeseen circumstances that could prevent the games from being broadcast.
USI Men’s Soccer Week 7 Notes:
USI in the GLVC: With six matches remaining in 2021, USI starts this week 10th in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings with 12 points, one point behind a three-way tie for seventh between Lewis University, Missouri University of Science & Technology, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The top eight qualify for the GLVC Tournament slated to begin November 7 with the top four team hosting first round matches. The GLVC Tournament semifinals and finals are slated for November 12 and 14.
USI last week: The Eagles split their two-match homestand last week, defeating Rockhurst University, 3-1, and stumbling versus William Jewell College, 2-1, in double overtime. USI sophomore forward Zach Barton (St. Louis, Missouri) led the way offensively with a goal in each match.
Barton, Schoenstein lead the Eagles in 2021: USI sophomore forward Zach Barton and freshman forward Zach Schoenstein (Evansville, Indiana) lead the Eagles in scoring this year with 13 points (six goals and one assist) and 11 points (five goals and one assist), respectively. Sophomore midfielder Brian Winkler (Philpot, Kentucky) follows with 10 points on one goal and a team-high eight assists.
Santoro is USI’s all-time leader: Head Coach Mat Santoro is the program’s all-time leader in victories. Santoro, who has a 109-92-22 overall record at the helm, has guided the Eagles to a pair of NCAA II Tournament appearances; the 2018 GLVC regular season crown, and seven GLVC Tournament appearances during his tenure.
Drury in 2021:Â Drury is fourth in the GLVC with 17 points and a 5-1-2 league record, while posting a 5-4-2 overall mark in 2021. The Panthers were 1-0-1 last week, defeating UMSL, 3-2, and tying Lindenwood University, 0-0, in double overtime and has gone 2-1-2 in the last five matches.
USI versus Drury:Â The Panthers hold a 13-3-2 series lead over the Eagles, after taking last spring’s match, 2-0, at Strassweg Field and 4-0 in Springfield, Missouri, in 2019. The teams are even 2-2-1 in the last five matches.
Southwest Baptist in 2021:Â The Bearcats of Southwest Baptist enters this week still in search of their first victory of the season and look to break a 16-match winless streak, dating back to last spring. Southwest Baptist, which hosts the University of Indianapolis Friday night, lost a pair last weekend by falling at McKendree University, 3-1, and at UMSL, 4-0.
USI versus Southwest Baptist:Â USI leads the all-time series, 3-0, over Southwest Baptist. The Eagles also have won the last two matches, 1-0 at Strassweg Field last spring and in Bolivar, Missouri, 3-1, in 2019, since the Bearcats joined the GLVC.
Henry Kiel leads UE men in Arkansas
Two out of three rounds complete
 JONESBORO, Ark. – Henry Kiel was the top performer for the University of Evansville men’s golf team in the opening day of the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate at RidgePointe Country Club.
Kiel began the day with an 80 before recording the Purple Aces low round of the day on the second 18. His 1-over 73 launched him to the top of the UE squad and in a tie for 47th on the leaderboard with a 153.
Three behind Kiel is Dallas Koth. Finishing the day with identical scores of 78, Koth is tied for 60th with a 156. Third for the Aces was Michael Ikejiani. His top round was a 77 in the first 18 holes before finishing with an 81. Ikejiani’s total of 158 strokes has him in the 74th spot.
Carson Parker made a strong improvement as the day went along. Parker carded an 84 in round one before lowering his second-round score by seven on his way to a 161 for the day. Isaac Rohleder also lowered his tally between rounds, going from an 82 to an 80. He stands with a 162 entering Tuesday’s final round.
Evansville is 16th on the team side with a 625. The Aces have a chance to make some moves on Tuesday as they stand five behind Stetson and six shots away from a 13th-place tie between Central Arkansas and Long Island. Arkansas State has a sizeable grip on the top spot with a 2-round score of 581. They are 11 in front of Loyola and 13 in front of a 4-way tie for third place between Oklahoma Christian, Oral Roberts, Creighton and Valparaiso.
Arkansas State individual Jack Madden holds the individual lead. Following a 76 to open the day, Madden registered a 6-under 66 in round two to finish with a 142. He is just one shot in front of a tie for second between Dustin Hasley (Oral Roberts) and Caleb VanArragon (Valpo).
Tuesday’s final round will have tee times starting at 7:45 a.m.