INDIANA TO BEGIN OFFERING MODERNA AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON BOOSTER SHOTS
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Senator Braun Tears Into Democrats’ Spending Proposal
 Senator Braun Tears Into Democrats’ Spending Proposal
WASHINGTONÂ – Today, Senate Democrats will introduce their proposed spending bills.
Senator Braun released the following statement criticizing the partisan spending bills for their several poison pills and unacceptable provisions including spending your tax dollars on abortions, failing to address the crisis on our southern border, enabling swamp corruption with earmarks for fat cat pet projects, and increasing our federal spending when Congress is already so deeply in debt.
“The Democrats’ spending bills proposed today are a disgrace and represent the most pro-abortion spending plan ever.
“These bills strip out the Hyde Amendment which stops the federal government from paying for abortions, include $0 for the border wall as our border crisis rages, waste taxpayer money on swamp earmarks, and increase spending when we are already overspending by a trillion bucks a year. Â
“I’d say we’re spending like drunken sailors, but drunken sailors are at least spending money they actually have.†– Senator Mike Braun
The partisan spending bills eliminate the Hyde Amendment, which stops the federal government from funding abortion. The Hyde Amendment has been included in appropriations bills every year since 1977.â€
The spending proposal includes $0 for a border wall as the crisis on our southern border continues to spin out of control with no end in sight, with monthly border crossings remaining at a 21 year high and Mexican drug cartels opening fire on U.S. National Guard at the border.
The spending plan includes earmarks: tools of the swamp which are used to funnel taxpayer funds to career politicians’ pet projects. Senator Braun is the leading voice against earmarks in D.C. and has called for them to be permanently banned.
This spending plan includes a nearly 14% increase in discretionary spending. The federal government already runs a structural, yearly deficit of over $1 trillion.
In total, these partisan spending bills exceed the spending levels in Democrats’ own partisan budget resolution by nearly $10 billion.
Indiana State Police Seeks Recruits For 82nd Recruit Academy
The Indiana State Police is accepting applications for the 82nd Recruit Academy which begins January 9, 2022. Individuals who are interested in beginning a rewarding career as an Indiana State Trooper must apply online at IndianaTrooper.com. The website provides a detailed synopsis of the application process as well as information on additional career opportunities with the Indiana State Police. Note:  If you have already applied for the 82nd Recruit Academy you do NOT need to reapply. Please contact a recruiter about participating in the testing.
Applications must be submitted electronically by 11:59 pm (EST) on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted for the 82nd Recruit Academy. Only the first 50 accepted applicants will be invited to participate in the testing.
If selected to proceed in the selection process, applicants will complete the Physical Abilities Test, Written Examination, and Oral Interview in one weekend. Testing will be held Friday & Saturday, October 29 – 30, 2021 at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield, IN. Applicants must pass each phase of the selection process to continue to the next phase. Further details and instructions will be sent by email to applicants by the end of business October 28, 2021.
Basic Eligibility Requirements and consideration factors for an Indiana State Trooper:
- Must be a United States citizen.
- Must be at least 21 and less than 40 years of age when appointed as a police employee. (Appointment date is June 16, 2022)
- Must meet a minimum vision standard (corrected or uncorrected) of 20/50 acuity in each eye and 20/50 distant binocular acuity in both eyes.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license to operate an automobile.
- Must be willing, if appointed, to reside and serve anywhere within the State of Indiana as designated by the Superintendent.
- Must be a high school graduate as evidenced by a diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED).
The starting salary for an Indiana State Police Department Recruit is $1,615.39 bi-weekly during the academy training. At the completion of academy training, the starting salary is $48,000.00 a year. Recruits of the 82nd Recruit Academy are offered an excellent health care plan, which includes medical, dental, vision and pharmacy coverage for both current and retired employees, along with their families, until reaching age 65. The Indiana State Police pension program provides a lifetime pension after 25 years of service. Additionally, the Indiana State Police Department provides comprehensive disability coverage and a life insurance program. Student loan forgiveness programs are being offered at this time through the following:  https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service
Eagles hold on for five-set win over Stars
Eagles hold on for five-set win over Stars
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—After seeing leads of 16-10 and 20-16 slip away in a two-point opening-set loss, you could not blame any University of Southern Indiana Volleyball fans for having a little concern when the Screaming Eagles saw their 13-10 lead in the fifth set shrink to a single point.
USI (12-9, 6-4 GLVC), however, like they did with its second and third-set victories earlier in the match, kept its composure as senior setter Casey Cepicky (St. Louis, Missouri) got a kill in the next point to give the Eagles a match-point opportunity. She then combined with senior middle blocker Sidney Hegg (Menasha, Wisconsin) on a block to secure USI’s 23-25, 25-21, 25-16, 23-25, 15-12 victory over host University of Illinois Springfield Friday night.
The win snaps a five-match skid for the Eagles, who out-hit the Prairies Stars .231 to .144. USI racked up 72 kills to Illinois Springfield’s 49 and had a 90-72 lead in digs.
Illinois Springfield (8-13, 4-6 GLVC) used runs of 6-0, 4-0 and 5-1 to steal the two-point, opening set win. The Stars benefitted from eight USI attacking errors and five service errors to pick up a two-point win in the fourth set and even the match at 2-2.
The Eagles bounced back from their opening-set loss with 16 kills and a .350 attacking percentage as they earned a four-point win in the second set to even the match at a win apiece. USI held the Stars to a negative .030 attacking percentage in a nine-point third set victory to take a one-set lead of its own.
USI won the first two rallies in the fifth frame, but it was Illinois Springfield that had an 8-7 lead at the midway juncture. The Eagles used a 6-2 run to surge in front, 13-10, but an Illinois Springfield kill followed by a USI attacking error got the Stars to within a point.
Cepicky’s kill, however, stopped Illinois Springfield’s momentum and allowed the Eagles to hold on for the win. She finished the match with five kills, a .625 attacking percentage, 53 assists, three aces, three blocks and 19 digs to lead the Eagles.
Hegg added eight kills, a .353 attacking percentage and five blocks, while sophomore outside hitter Leah Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois) erupted for 19 kills, 11 digs and four blocks.
USI also got 17 kills and 14 digs from freshman outside hitter Abby Bednar (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), while fellow classmate Taya Dazey (Fort Wayne, Indiana) chipped in 12 kills and 15 digs. Junior setter Taylor Litteken (Foristell, Missouri) added 10 kills, nine digs and five blocks, while senior libero Callie Gubera (Thorntown, Indiana) contributed 20 digs and eight assists.
The Eagles return to action Saturday at 3 p.m. when they travel to Lebanon, Illinois, to take on McKendree University. The Bearcats (6-14, 2-7 GLVC) suffered a three-set home loss to visiting the University of Indianapolis Friday evening and lost in three sets to USI last month at Screaming Eagles Arena.
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ACES Volleyball Returns Home
Aces look for 6th consecutive Valley win
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With its first 5-match Missouri Valley Conference win streak secured, the University of Evansville volleyball team looks to add one more to that tally on Saturday when the Purple Aces welcome Indiana State for a 1 p.m. match at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
Last Time Out
– Trailing by a score of 10-5 in the fifth set at Drake, the Aces staged a rally for the ages, scoring 10 of the final 12 points to clinch its first-ever 5-match MVC win streak
– Taya Haffner set her career mark with 50 assists while Giulia Cardona and Alondra Vazquez recorded 21 kills apiece
– Cecilia Thon played a huge role in the final rally, picking up two service aces
First Time For Everything
– On Oct. 15, the Purple Aces earned their first-ever road win over UNI by taking a 3-1 victory…it also marked just the third victory over the Panthers in 57 tries
– UE has now won five MVC matches in a row for the first time since joining the league in 1994
Rare MVC Feat
– On Monday, Giulia Cardona was named the MVC Player and Freshman of the Week after leading UE to road wins at UNI and Drake
– She became the first player to earn both honors in the same week since Abbie Lehman of Wichita State in 2014
– In Evansville’s three wins last week, Cardona racked up 4.75 kills and 19.2 digs per set while hitting .301
– The freshman recognition marked her second in a row after winning it on Oct. 11 with her efforts in wins over Illinois State and Bradley
– Over the course of UE’s 5-match win streak, Cardona has averaged 4.78 kills while hitting .342…she has also added 2.06 digs/set and 0.44 service aces
Highest Efficiency
– Entering the October 23 match against Indiana State, the Aces are hitting .260 on the season, which is on pace to smash the school record
– Since 1991, the highest mark has been .219 in 1998 and just six times UE has hit .200 or above, just one since 2001
Business as Usual
– Consistently one of the nation’s top players every time the Aces take the floor, Alondra Vazquez has notched at least nine kills in every match of the fall
– She remains on top of the MVC list with 4.40 kills/set while pacing the league in points (5.17/set) and aces (0.49/set)…defensively, Vazquez leads her squad with 3.13 digs per frame, 10th in the Valley
– Nationally, Vazquez is 20th in kill average, 22nd in aces per set and 27th with her service ace average
Serving up some Aces
– As a team, the Purple Aces have accumulated an average of 2.02 service aces per set, which is best in the Valley and 8th nationally
– Evansville is a perfect 15-0 on the season and 5-0 in the MVC when recording more service aces than the opposition
– The average for UE is on pace to be one of the top three on record (since 1991) with the top marks being 2.47 in 1991, 2.22 and 2.01 in 1996…UE has not averaged more than two aces per set since 1996
– Two of the heroes of the weekend Iowa sweep were Laura Ruiz and Cecilia Thon who made an extreme difference with their serving
– In the Oct. 15 win at UNI, Laura Ruiz picked up three aces in a 3-1 road victory over the Panthers…her ace in the third set was the decisive point in a 29-27 win that gave UE a 2-1 lead in the match
– It was Cecilia Thon’s turn in Des Moines where her serving anchored Evansville’s rally in the fifth set…Thon took over serving with the Aces trailing 11-8 and by the time she was finished – her team scored five in a row to go up 13-11, which included two service aces
Felony Charges
Jaquelin May Stewart
| Count 1 – Domestic Battery : 6F : Pending |
Calvin Johnson
| Count 1 – HC – Theft : 6F : Pending | |||
|  | Count 2 – Theft : 6F : Pending | ||
Michael Lyyn Floyd
| Count 1 – Domestic Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon : 5F : Pending |
Micki Lynn Mayo
| Count 1 – Dealing in Methamphetamine : 2F : Pending |
John Jerome Banks
| Count 1 – HC – Dealing in Methamphetamine : 3F : Pending |
Dallas Jonathon Decurtis
| Count 1 – Possession of Methamphetamine : 6F : Pending | ||||
|  | Count 2 – Possession of a Controlled Substance : AM : Pending | |||
James Gordon York
|  | Count 1 – Possession of Methamphetamine : 6F : Pending |
Michael Joseph Walker Jr.
| Count 1 – Possession of a Narcotic Drug : 6F : Pending |
Samuel Lee Martin Jr.
|  | Count 1 – Possession of Methamphetamine : 6F : Guilty |
Troy Lee Don Harms
| Count 1 – Battery by Bodily Waste : 6F : Pending |
Jessica Lynn Kellogg
|  | Count 1 – Intimidation : 6F : Pending | ||
|  | Count 2 – Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury : AM : Pending | ||
|  | Count 3 – Criminal Mischief : AM : Pending |
TRIBAL COURT
TRIBAL COURT
GAVEL GAMUTÂ By Jim Redwine
After forty years of serving as a judge in the white man’s courts, I was recently honored to be asked to serve as a Special Judge by appointment of the Court of Appeals of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of the Mohican Nation. The appointment of an outside judge was necessary because the case involves questions of tribal membership and the regularly sitting Native American judges for the Tribe had conflicts of interest due to the judges’ personal connections to the issues.
As I had no experience with Native American law, I had to first familiarize myself with the particular Tribe’s particular Constitution, procedural rules and statutes that applied to my assigned case. What I found was the bedrock issues for the Indian judicial system are remarkedly similar to the legal system I learned in law school and sat as a judge in. When I looked closely at tribal law, I came to the same conclusion attorney Abraham Lincoln did. Lincoln said the primary purpose of all courts and lawyers should be to:
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker, the lawyer (judge) has a superior opportunity of being a good person.â€
If one reads some newspaper editors or listens to cable news anchors, he or she might conclude compromise is anathema to the American body politic’s well-being. Conflict and strife with unyielding single-mindedness are the watchwords for national media and federal, and many states, officeholders. This way of addressing our personal and national problems seems rather discordant when a majority of Americans apparently believe their preferred lawgiver said:
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.â€
Matthew 5:9
It is ironic that those, many of whom champion Jesus the ultimate practitioner of compromise, so often call for obstinance and conflict. I guess the concept of situational ethics passes them by.
What I discovered in researching tribal law was what legal scholars have known since the days of Socrates: all courts are here to resolve controversies. That is their only charter, not to provide fodder for the gossip mill or entertainment for the afternoon or late-night talk show crowd. Judges, whether in the white man’s legal system or the Indian’s, have one main mission, which is to help people help themselves, if they can, to make peace.
I grew up on an Indian reservation but my experience with the kids I played ball with, fought with, and dated as they were just like me. Therefore, I was not surprised Native American courts had the same mission like the one I presided over in the white man’s world. On the other hand, it is comforting to think that should I for some reason get caught up in a tribal legal system it will be about the same as the social system I have always known. And I am glad America is finally getting around to recognizing what should have always been the case.
The tribal law I researched reminded me of laws enacted from the times of ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and English and French legal philosophers, such as John Locke and Voltaire, and American Founding Fathers, such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
Another great philosophical legal leader was Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce (1840-1904). Chief Joseph engaged in peaceful resistance until he was forced to surrender which he did base on certain representations from the white man’s government. Those representations were not honored. However, Chief Joseph upheld his end of the peace agreement and he was greatly admired as a peacemaker.
Chief Joseph’s legal philosophy is remarkedly similar to that of our earlier mentioned judge: Jesus said, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.â€Â Chief Joseph said:
“If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. Treat all men alike. Give them the same law.â€
As a tribal judge, even if only for one case, I feel quite at home with this court mission statement from Chief Joseph.
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UE Clay Club to Host Annual Chili Bowl Sale on October 28
EVANSVILLE, IN (10/22/2021)
The University of Evansville (UE) Department of Art and Clay Club will host the annual Chili Bowl Sale on Thursday, October 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will be held on the UE campus at the East Terrace Lawn, located next to Ridgway University Center off Walnut Street. In the event of rain, the sale will be moved to October 29.
For $10, customers can buy one-of-a-kind ceramic bowls with the option of filling it with chili. To-go containers will also be available. Chartwells, the food service provider of UE, is co-sponsoring the event and providing chili. Chef Brown will be serving his own unique recipe. Larger bowls will be for sale from $15 to $50, and a silent auction will have artistic bowls on display, with price ranges from $75 to $125. Customers may purchase up to eight chili bowls, and cash or check (made out to UE Clay Club) will be accepted.
“A lot of hours went into creating these unique ceramic bowls,” said Todd Matteson, chair of the Department of Art and Clay Club advisor. “The artists dedicated a lot of energy and hard work. I feel blessed to have such a wonderful group to work with on supporting such a great cause.”
The bowls are made by members of the Clay Club as well as UE students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the Evansville community. This year one hundred percent of the sales will go to St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Pantry. The Clay Club chose this organization to assist in fighting hunger in the local area.
The Clay Club was established to further the knowledge of ceramic arts at UE and provide activities, both social and educational, to all interested students. Members raise funds to attend conferences, visit museums and galleries, and host visiting artists.