Mike Pence Calls on Senate to Reject RFK Jr. for HHS
Former Vice President Mike Pence took to X to ask senators to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services, citing Kennedy’s stand on abortion as the reason not to confirm him.
Pence reminded readers about the record of the Trump-Pence administration being “unapologetically pro-life for our four years in office.” He said, “There are hundreds of decisions made at HHS every day that either lead our nation toward a respect for life or away from it, and HHS under our administration always stood for life.”
He pointed out that for most of his career, RFK Jr. has defended abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy. Pence then asks senators to vote against the appointment of Robert Kennedy Jr.
Pence commented on the X page of Advancing American Freedom, a foundation formed by Pence to promote conservative values.
County Commission Agenda for November 19, 2024
AGENDA OF Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners
November 19, 2024 – 9:30 a.m.
Room 301, Civic Center Complex
1. Call to Order
2. Attendance
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Action Items
A. Torian Insurance: 2025 Property and Casualty Insurance Renewal Presentation
B. Engineer
1. Supplemental Agreement #1 to Beam, Longest, and Neff, LLC Consulting
Contract for Replacement of Wimberg Road Bridge #2430 Over Locust Creek
2. Authorization to Sign Financial Commitment Letter for Old State Road Bridge
#1580
C. Veterans Memorial Coliseum
1. Request for Electric Distribution Line Easement – Southern Indiana Gas and
Electric Company d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Indiana South
D. Sheriff
1. Agreement for Towing and Storage of Disabled, Abandoned, Wrecked, and
Vehicles Impounded by the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office – Tri-State
Towing
2. Agreement for Professional Services: School Resource Deputy
5. Department Head Reports
6. New Business
7. Old Business
8. Consent Items
A. Approval of November 12, 2024, Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes
B. Employment Changes
C. Auditor
1. Claims Voucher Reports
i. November 11, 2024 – November 15, 2024
D. Assessor
1. Request to Surplus Two 2012 Ford Fusions
E. Clerk
1. October 2024 Monthly Report
F. Engineer
1. Report and Claims
G. Highway
1. Request for Special Leave of Absence
H. Sheriff
1. Request to Surplus One 2017 Chevrolet Malibu
I. Board Appointments
1. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Coliseum Preservation Foundation
Drainage Board Immediately Following
i. Barbara Cole
ii. Staci Asher
9. Public Comment
10. Adjournment
USI sees record-breaking attendance at 2024 High School Business Day
USI sees record-breaking attendance at 2024 High School Business Day
The University of Southern Indiana Romain College of Business held its 2024 High School Business Day Case and Scholarship Challenge, sponsored by the USI Accounting Circle, on Tuesday, November 12. This year’s event saw a record-breaking number of participants with more than 170 high school students from 19 schools across Indiana and Kentucky.
High schools in Indiana represented included Bedford North Lawrence, Castle, Central, Crown Point, Evansville Christian, Families First Home Educators, Gibson Southern, Harrison, Loogootee, Master’s Classical, North, North Posey, Reitz and Silver Creek. Henderson County, Kentucky, high school students were also represented.
“This year’s High School Business Day Case and Scholarship Challenge was a resounding success,” said Dr. Tom Noland, Professor of Accounting and Chair of the Accounting and Finance Department. “I would like to thank the students and their teachers for attending and the staff, faculty and accounting professionals that made the day run smoothly. Congratulations to the winners.”
The event featured a case competition where student teams were given a challenging real-world business problem. They presented solutions to a panel of judges made up of faculty, USI students and business professionals. Because of the volume of teams competing, judging was split by random drawing into two divisions. First place teams split $750 between members and earned $250 for their high school.
In Pool A, the winners were:
- First place: Evansville Christian (William Gilbert, Eli Edwards, Stephen Linge and Ryder Cartwright)
- Second place: Castle (Alex Hall and Chris Hocking)
- Third Place: North Posey (Katelyn Seibert and Audrey Fisher)
In Pool B, the winners were:
- First place: North Harrison (Samantha Carr, Gavin Dobbins and Lydia Windell)
- Second place: Evansville Christian (Carson McConnell, Caitlin Johnson and McKayla Morphew)
- Third place: Families First Home Educators (Kari Swartzentruber and Lillian Marley).
Students also had an opportunity to take a multiple-choice exam to test their knowledge of business concepts and terminology. Three students earned scholarships from the Romain College of Business including:
- First place: Tyler Schmitt of Castle
- Second place: Sydney Siebe of Henderson County
- Third place: Samantha Carr of North Harrison
Students, along with parents and teachers, had the opportunity to interact with student organizations from the Romain College of Business and tour the USI Campus with visits to the Biometrix Discovery Lab and Textual Analytics and Publishing Lab (TAPLab).
Students also listened to and talked with current USI seniors Amber Collier, accounting and finance major; Gracie Madison, marketing and public relations and advertising majors; Grace White, accounting and finance major; and Keely Fuquay ’24, accounting major, and current Master of Business Administration student, who discussed their experiences on a student panel. They were also invited to listen to local professionals, and USI alums Kendall Burkart ’22; Ryan Clark ’18; and Braden Taylor ’19, M’21, discuss post-graduation life as part of a professional panel.
“This is our first time as a school participating in this event so taking home first place, it’s just surreal. We were all very shocked,” said Ryder Cartwright, a member of the Evansville Christian team which placed first in Pool A for the Case Competition. “We put in a lot of work over the past month or so and it really paid off.”
The event allowed high school educators to see their students experience what they’ve been preparing for in classes and recognize the impact of the event.
“Hopefully, they saw the real-world application of what we’ve been studying,” said Garrett Veal, Business Teacher at Evansville Christian High School. “Our Business Management class has been working on some of these same concepts in class, so for them to see how it could apply in a real-world case, it’s just great having that experience of being able to present that.”
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Indiana Quick Quiz1. Which Indiana county is named for the man who became the 9th U.S. President? 2. In what Indiana city will you find the Boone County Courthouse? 3.Which Indiana county is named for the inventor of the steamboat? 4.Which Indiana county is named for a former governor of New York? Answers Below
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Answers1. Harrison County (named for William Henry Harrison) 2. Lebanon 3. Fulton County (named for Robert Fulton) 4. Clinton County (named for DeWitt Clinton)
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Cam Haffner sets career mark against Radford
Cam Haffner sets career mark against Radford
Junior scored a career-high 23 points
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Junior Cam Haffner continued to roll, scoring a career-high 23 points to lead the University of Evansville men’s basketball team in Saturday’s contest against Radford.
After leading by as many as 22 in the first half and 18 at the break, the Purple Aces fell to the Highlanders by a final score of 92-81. Evansville had it going from outside, tying the program record with 17 3-point makes. Haffner hit six triples while Gabriel Pozzato and Josh Hughes hit four apiece. Pozzato scored 20 for UE while Hughes finished with 19. Leading Radford was Jarvis Moss, who posted 30 points on 11-of-15 shooting.
“This one stings. Being up as much as we were at home, you have to win these types of games,” UE head coach David Ragland said after the game. “We need to play a full 40 minutes and have not done that to this point. We need to look in the mirror and get better individually and as a team.”
Radford opened with a long possession, grabbing three offensive rebounds before taking a 2-0 lead. Evansville posted the next three with Gabriel Pozzato knocking down a triple. After the Highlanders battled back to take 10-8 lead, the Aces kicked it into gear. Over the next five minutes, UE went on an 11-0 run to take a 19-10 advantage.
Connor Turnbull scored four during the run while Tayshawn Comer capped it off with a triple. On the defensive side, UE held Radford to 0-for-4 from the field while forcing four turnovers. Kaia Berridge, Cam Haffner, and Josh Hughes added 3-pointers over the next three minutes to give Evansville a 31-15 lead with 8:46 left in the half. Michael Day played a pivotal role during the rally, earning three assists that resulted in nine points.
A quick spurt by RU cut the deficit to 12 before the Aces flexed their muscle once again, doubling up the Highlanders at 44-22 inside of the 5-minute mark. Hughes converted two more triples. Over the final minutes, Radford closed slightly, making it a 50-32 game at the break. Evansville’s outside shooting made the difference as UE knocked down 12 triples in 21 attempts.
Out of the half, the Highlanders came out hitting on all cylinders. Hitting seven of their first nine attempts, Radford scored the first 16 points of the period to get within two points. Evansville missed its first five attempts of the period while turning it over three times. Josh Hughes ended the stretch with a triple. Another three by Haffner made it a 56-48 game, but a tenacious Highlander squad continued to battle.
As the half approached its midway point, a flagrant foul turned out to be a 5-point possession as Radford knotted the game at 67-67. Hughes was the hero once again, breaking the tie, however, the momentum did not last as a triple gave RU the lead with 7:31 remaining. The teams swapped the lead four times over the next two minutes resulting in a 76-75 Highlander lead.
Holding a 78-76 advantage with 4:14 remaining, Radford scored eight in a row over the ensuing two minutes to go up 86-76. Evansville was unable to overcome the deficit, falling by a 92-81 final. Highlighting the comeback for Radford was a 22-for-27 (81.5%) effort from the field in the final 20 minutes as they finished the game shooting 63.6%. UE finished at 50.0% while going 17-for-35 (48.6%) from long range. RU wrapped the day up with a 29-24 edge on the glass.
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