Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry to keynote USI MLK, Jr. Luncheon Celebration
Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry to keynote USI MLK, Jr. Luncheon Celebration
The University of Southern Indiana will host a presentation by Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry, honoring the memory and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Celebration Luncheon. The event will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, January 20 in Carter Hall, located in University Center West. Doors will open at 10:15 a.m. The presentation is open to the public, and tickets are required to attend.
Terry’s presentation, “A Blueprint for the Future,” will examine how our investment in ourselves and community can lead to a breakthrough in freedom and justice for all.
A lifelong Evansville resident, Terry proudly serves as the city’s leader. A graduate of Bosse High School, she holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Kentucky State University and a master’s degree in health service administration from the University of Evansville. Her career highlights include serving as Deputy Director of the Carver Community Organization and 13 years as Executive Director of the Children’s Museum of Evansville (cMoe), where she led impactful initiatives and a $6.5 million capital campaign.
In public service, Terry made history as the first Black woman elected to the Vanderburgh County Council, serving from 2010-22, before her election as mayor in 2023. She prioritizes neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing and city employee well-being. An active community leader, she has served on numerous boards and as Indiana State Coordinator for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Terry and her husband, Marques, have three children and are active members of Memorial Baptist Church.
“We’re excited to welcome the campus and community to unite for such an admirable occasion,” says Jada Hogg, Associate Director and Interim Executive Director of the Multicultural Center. “Our ability to honor a trailblazer of the past and a trailblazer of our present day gives us the hope that tomorrow continues to be a future we can all be optimistic about seeing.”
Luncheon tickets are $35 for USI employees and students and $45 for the public. They can be purchased on the USI Multicultural Center website. A ticket includes lunch.
For more information or accommodations, please contact the Multicultural Center at 812-465-7188 or visit the Multicultural Center website.
Heavy Trash Pickup Resumes Today
Heavy Trash Pickup resumes in Evansville today after being suspended for fall leaf collection service.
Eligible Evansville Water and Sewer Utility City residential customers who need to get rid of a large item can request a heavy trash pickup.
State Comptroller Votes for Pension Fund to Hire Alternative Asset Manager to BlackRock
Supports Continued Focus on Fiduciary Duty
STATEHOUSE — State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla voted to affirm today the existence of comparable asset managers as an alternative to BlackRock in providing Global Inflation-Linked Bonds for the Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS). This action was taken pursuant to Indiana House Enrolled Act 1008 from the 2023 legislative session, and the vote was unanimous. INPRS is now responsible for selecting a different asset manager for these bonds.
“I commend State Treasurer Daniel Elliott for his thorough research regarding BlackRock’s involvement in broad reaching priorities that are non-fiduciary and focused on social and environmental policy initiatives,” said Comptroller Nieshalla. “State retirees and employees deserve to benefit from investment managers who focus solely on fiduciary duty.”
Board members were presented with solid evidence based on documents BlackRock filed with the SEC that demonstrate its engagement with an ESG focused agenda.
“I do commend BlackRock’s recent action to discontinue its affiliation with Climate Action 100+, but more needs to be done including ending its support of Net Zero and similar initiatives to demonstrate a refocused commitment of prioritizing beneficiaries over a political agenda.”
City and County Meetings for the Week of December 16, 2024
Here are the Evansville and Vanderburgh County meetings for this week.
| City Council Meeting | December 16, 2024 – 05:30 PM | ||
| Evansville Redevelopment Commission | December 17, 2024 – 08:30 AM | ||
| Board of County Commissioners & Drainage Board | December 17, 2024 – 09:30 AM | ||
| Water and Sewer Utility Board (Meeting will be held at the Sunrise Pump Station) | December 17, 2024 – 03:00 PM | ||
| Board of Park Commissioners | December 18, 2024 – 12:00 PM | ||
| Board Of Public Safety | December 18, 2024 – 01:00 PM | ||
| Vanderburgh County Council Personnel & Finance Meeting | December 18, 2024 – 03:30 PM | ||
| Board Of Zoning Appeals | December 19, 2024 – 03:00 PM | ||
| Board Of Zoning Appeals | December 19, 2024 – 03:00 PM | ||
| Land Bank | December 20, 2024 – 09:30 AM | ||
| Animal Control & Education Commission | December 20, 2024 – 12:00 PM |
“12 Days of Holiday Safety” winter campaign
Holiday campaign to include daily social media tips to keep friends, family and neighbors safe during the holiday season and to promote the importance of preparedness and safety for winter storm season
Evansville, Ind. – Dec. 13, 2024 – As part of a company-wide effort to prepare for extreme weather and the 2025 winter storm season, CenterPoint Energy is launching a new “12 Days of Holiday Safety” campaign.
The new holiday campaign will provide important daily winter and holiday safety tips and tools for customers, as well as a social media campaign with safety resources and tips, to help customers better prepare for the winter season. The holiday campaign follows a series of pre-winter preparedness actions CenterPoint has taken to strengthen and winterize its electric and gas infrastructure, as well as inspect and test cold-weather critical equipment ahead of severe weather that could impact the gas and electric system in the winter months.
“This holiday season, and through winter, we want all our customers to know about the array of safety actions we are taking to be prepared for the winter storm season, as well as how they, their families, and neighbors can be safe and better prepared for storms to come. To date, we have taken a range of actions to get ready, and we want our customers to take some simple steps to plan and stay safe ahead of extreme cold and winter storms,” said Richard Leger, Senior Vice President of CenterPoint Energy’s Natural Gas business.
CenterPoint Customer Campaign: 12 Days of Holiday Safety
As part of its “12 Days of Holiday Safety” campaign, CenterPoint will be raising awareness around important and helpful safety tips, tools and links to customer resources via email, as well as a new social media campaign. All of the holiday safety resources will be available at the CenterPointEnergy.com/ReadyForWinter website.
Among the customer safety areas CenterPoint will highlight are:
· Day One: Holiday lighting safety
· Day Two: Holiday cooking safety
· Day Three: Use CenterPoint’s Outage Tracker to stay informed
· Day Four: Holiday candle safety
· Day Five: Test smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors
· Day Six: Fireplace safety
· Day Seven: Holiday tree care and safety
· Day Eight: Space heater safety
· Day Nine: Unplug unused appliances, turn off unused lights and turn down thermostats
· Day Ten: Be prepared – have an emergency kit stocked and ready with supplies
· Day Eleven: Identify and know where your closest warming center is located
· Day Twelve: Sign up for CenterPoint’s Power Alert Service for your home, business or family members
Electric Customers Encouraged to Enroll in Power Alert Service®
As part of its campaign, CenterPoint electric customers are encouraged to enroll in the company’s Power Alert Service® to receive winter storm outage details, estimated restoration times and customer-specific restoration updates by phone call, text or email.
EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT
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UE women’s basketball drops game at RV Vanderbilt
Lady Blazers keep winning streak alive with road Region win at Lincoln Trail
Lady Blazers keep winning streak alive with road Region win at Lincoln Trail
ROBINSON, Ill. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers hit the road Saturday afternoon for another Region 24 showdown, this time heading to nearby Robinson, Ill. to face off against Lincoln Trail College.
The Lady Blazers battled from beginning to end and were able to increase their winning streak to three with an 80-69 victory over the Lady Statesmen.
VU got off to a bit of a slow start Saturday afternoon, falling behind early 7-3 before rallying back with an 8-0 run to take an 11-7 lead.
The two teams went back and forth throughout the first quarter of play, with the Lady Statesmen getting the upper hand with a pair of late baskets to hold a 16-15 advantage after the first 10 minutes of play.
Vincennes would look to again get control of the game early in the second quarter, opening the second period of play by outscoring Lincoln Trail 9-2 to take a 24-18 lead.
Lincoln Trail then answered back with a series of three-point shots to regain the lead midway through the quarter.
VU would regain composure and close out the first half strong, holding a narrow 37-35 lead as the teams headed into the locker rooms for the halftime break.
The Lady Blazers looked to take their game into overdrive early in the third quarter, opening the second half with a 14-0 scoring run to increase their lead to 51-37.
Lincoln Trail would try to answer back again and were able to cut the deficit down to seven before VU closed out the third quarter strong to head into the fourth quarter holding a 57-49 lead.
Vincennes would get their lead back to double digits early in the fourth quarter, building a 65-53 advantage before the Lady Statesmen answered with seven straight to cut the VU lead down to five.
This would be as close as the Lady Statesmen would get however as the Lady Blazers were able to close out the game and pick up the 80-69 victory over Lincoln Trail College.
“It was a rough one,” VU Interim Head Coach Ingrida Hartsfield said. “I’m just glad that the five that I played stuck it out to the end. They played defense and somewhat played offense. It was a rough game but a win is a win and we’ve just got to keep moving forward.”
The Lady Blazers were led offensively by freshman Ahmya Thomas (Phoenix, Ariz.) who finished with a career-high 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in the game.
Freshman Emani Washington (Indianapolis, Ind.) also surpassed 20 points in the game, finishing her night with 21 points, seven rebounds and three assists.
Freshman Jazmyn Robey (Sellersburg, Ind.) returned to the VU starting lineup Saturday afternoon and came away with 12 points and seven rebounds for Vincennes.
The Lady Blazers were once again playing with only seven active players, with VU Interim Head Coach Ingrida Hartsfield opting to play just five players for the entire second half.
“Ahmya is just such a huge asset to the team on both the defensive and offensive ends of the floor,” Hartsfield added. “She has been struggling these last few games but I think today she always played hard, which you can always count on her to do.”
“Emani has gotten so much more aggressive and we are starting to be able to depend more on her and know that she will deliver on the offensive end,” Hartsfield said. “Jazmyn definitely played a big part in the win just because we only played five people in the second half. I’m just pleased that that group was able to stick it out.”
The Lady Trailblazers will return home Tuesday, Dec. 17 when VU closes out the 2024 portion of their schedule with a tough matchup against NJCAA Division II No. 24 Jefferson College from Hillsboro, Mo. This game is set to tip-off at 5 p.m. eastern.
VU will then return to the P.E. Complex floor after the Holiday break on Saturday, Jan. 4 when VU hosts Volunteer State Community College from Gallatin, Tenn. This game is also set to tip-off at 5 p.m. eastern.
“Jefferson will be a tough game,” Hartsfield added. “They always are. They play aggressively and are well-coached. So I hope we can just keep our aggressiveness towards the basket going and hopefully be able to bring our bigs back into the game and use them more than we could tonight. Just playing together, playing hard and just seeing what happens.”
VINCENNES BOX SCORE
VINCENNES (80): Ahmya Thomas 9-18 10-15 29, Jazmyn Robey 4-11 4-4 12, Yanni Huggins 4-8 0-0 8, Emani Washington 8-15 4-4 21, Delora Pricop 1-3 0-0 2, Iris Comesana 1-1 0-0 2, Marta Gutierrez 2-6 1-2 6, Team 29-62 19-25 80.
Lincoln Trail – 16 19 14 20 – 69
VU (6-7, 2-0) – 15 22 20 23 – 80
Three-point goals: VU 3 (Thomas, Washington, Gutierrez). Rebounds: VU 43 (Thomas 8, Huggins 8). Assists: VU 19 (Thomas 7). Steals: VU 8 (Thomas 2, Washington 2, Gutierrez 2). Blocked Shots: VU 5 (Thomas 3). Turnovers: VU 21. Personal Fouls: VU 11. Fouled out: None. Technical Fouls: Thomas (4th – 7:09).