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Eagles tripped up by Hillsdale 6-1 in Midwest Regional clash

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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis (3-1) was defeated by Hillsdale College (6-1), 6-1 in a Midwest Regional face-off Sunday morning in Michigan.

DOUBLES: In the No. 3 doubles the Screaming Eagles pair of senior Kooper Falkenstein and sophomore Preston Cameron triumphed over their opponents in 6-3 fashion. In the No. 1 and No.2, the Eagles both dropped straight sets to their opponents which handed the Chargers the double point.

SINGLES: Sophomore Lucas Sakamaki notched an impressive tiebreaker victory in the No. 5 singles, ultimately taking the final set, 10-5. Cameron fought to stay in the No. 3 singles to the very end. Cameron went from being down one set to narrowly falling in quite the battle of the tiebreaker set, 11-9. Senior Spencer Blandford had a similar story in the No. 6 match; after dropping one set early, grabbing the next and losing in tightly contested tiebreaker, 10-7.

Up Next: The Eagles are scheduled to face Tiffin University (Ohio) back at home next Saturday March 13.

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 Daily Scriptures 

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MONDAY 

“Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,” John 5:22 NIV 

TUESDAY 

“that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.” John 5:23 NIV 

WEDNESDAY 

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” John 5:24 NIV 

THURSDAY 

“Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.” John 5:25 NIV 

FRIDAY 

“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.” John 5:26 NIV 

SATURDAY 

“And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.” John 5:27 NIV 

SUNDAY 

“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.” John 5:28-30 NIV 

Submitted to the City-County Observer by Karen Seltzer 

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RECENT BOOKING RECORDS

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Vanderburgh County Awarded $771,150 for Green River Road Trail

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The Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners announced today that Vanderburgh County has been awarded $771,150 for the Green River Road Trail Project by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Next Level Trails Program. 

“We are ecstatic and grateful to receive this Next Level grant for our Green River Road Trail project. As Governor Holcomb stated, this an important community asset,” said Ben Shoulders, Vanderburgh County Commissioners President. “Infrastructure, green space, walkability and connectivity continue to be critical to the growth of Vanderburgh County as we attract and retain talent”.

“The trail will fill an important recreational role for east side neighborhoods.  This linear park will give parents with babies in strollers a safe place to walk and runners and bikers will enjoy the sheer length of the new trail which, combined with existing facilities, will reach from Highway 57 to Riverside Drive,” Said County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave. 

The trail will add 2.3 miles of asphalt trail along Green River Road from Lenape Lane to Millersburg Road. The project will include widening bridges at Firlick and Pigeon Creeks to accommodate the trail. The trail will connect the Green River Road Canoe Launch, Goebel Soccer Complex and Deaconess Sports Park. 

Vanderburgh County is one of 18 projects statewide selected for a Next Levels Trail Grant. 

Next Level Trails is part of Governor Holcomb’s $1 billion Next Level Connections infrastructure program, which will include projects including expansion of rural broadband services and completion of major highway projects statewide. 

Longstanding Farm Families Presented Hoosier Homestead Awards

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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler presented 51 Hoosier Homestead Awards to families today at the Indiana State Museum in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture.

To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years, and consist of 20 acres or more, or produce more than $1,000 in agricultural products per year.

“For generations, each of the families honored today have been committed to Indiana, to agriculture and to their families,” Crouch said. “The past year has been challenging in many ways but our agriculture industry remains strong. Hoosier farmers are a big reason why Indiana remains the 10th largest farming state. I was grateful to have the opportunity to present this award to these historic farming families.”

Families are eligible for three different distinctions of the Hoosier Homestead Award, based on the age of the farm. They can receive the Centennial Award for 100 years, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years or Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.

Since the program’s inception in 1976, more than 5,800 families have received the award.

Two families were recognized with the Bicentennial Award during the ceremony; the Weinantz farm from Bartholomew County was established in 1820 and the Hall farm from Orange County was established in 1818.

“The Hoosier Homestead program is a testament to the resiliency of our Indiana agriculture industry,” Kettler said. “Each of these families have played a significant role in the heritage of our state and I am certain their legacy will continue for years to come.”

The following list includes the March 2021 Hoosier Homestead Award recipients.

County Award name  Award year  Award type
Adams Lehman 1900 Centennial
Adams Nussbaum 1919 Centennial
Adams Theodore W. Buuck 1870 Sesquicentennial
Bartholomew Weinantz 1820 Bicentennial
Brown Pittman 1867 Sesquicentennial
Clark Dickey 1911 Centennial
Clay Bucklin 1917 Centennial
Clay Paul W. Reberger 1864 Sesquicentennial
Clay William E. Reberger 1864 Cent & Sesq
DeKalb George Homer Abel Homestead 1836 Cent & Sesq
DeKalb Mary C. Wilder 1920 Centennial
DeKalb Wilder 1920 Centennial
Dubois Jochem 1860 Cent & Sesq
Elkhart Goss 1911 Centennial
Elkhart Goss 1911 Centennial
Franklin Coffey 1918 Centennial
Franklin Laker 1856 Cent & Sesq
Fulton Richter 1920 Centennial
Harrison Billy J. Curts & Sharon Curts Martin 1917 Centennial
Harrison Fravel 1918 Centennial
Hendricks Aaron C. Hill 1881 Centennial
Howard Salmons 1918 Centennial
Huntington Johnson 1843 Sesquicentennial
Jay Rockwell 1910 Centennial
LaGrange Light 1909 Centennial
LaGrange Swihart 1859 Cent & Sesq
LaPorte Hiigli 1920 Centennial
LaPorte Metzinger-Dittrich 1921 Centennial
LaPorte Werner 1919 Centennial
Lawrence Evans 1905 Centennial
Madison Ralph H. Hinds 1918 Centennial
Martin Beasley 1902 Centennial
Martin Turpin 1921 Centennial
Montgomery Davidson 1837 Sesquicentennial
Montgomery Schoen 1870 Cent & Sesq
Newton Guard/Gordon 1866 Sesquicentennial
Noble Norris 1869 Sesquicentennial
Orange Hall 1818 Bicentennial
Parke Hartman 1822 Sesquicentennial
Parke Jeffries 1871 Cent & Sesq
Pulaski Arndt 1871 Sesquicentennial
Randolph Moore 1903 Centennial
Randolph Stocksdale – Moore 1859 Cent & Sesq
Rush Kehl 1845 Sesquicentennial
Scott Steve and Carrie Peacock 1906 Centennial
Shelby Shelton 1864 Sesquicentennial
Tipton Guy Kirby 1875 Centennial
Tipton Guy Kirby 1905 Centennial
Vermillion Sheets 1921 Centennial
Wabash Schilling 1854 Sesquicentennial
White Mattix 1921 Centennial

Photos from today’s ceremony will be posted to ISDA’s Flickr page by Tuesday, March 9, 2021. For more information about the Hoosier Homestead Award program, click here or visit www.in.gov/isda/.

Click here for an audio recording of Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch.

Click here for an audio recording of ISDA Director Bruce Kettler.

Borgstrom’s Walk-Off Base Hit Powers Aces To Doubleheader Split

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Borgstrom’s Walk-Off Base Hit Powers Aces To Doubleheader Split
Sophomore drives-in winning run in game one of Saturday twin bill
 

EVANSVILLE – On the second day of a four-game set, the University of Evansville baseball team earned a double-header split with a 3-2 win and 7-6 loss to Western Illinois on Saturday at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

Game One

Western Illinois jumped on the board early in the day’s first game, getting a run on a sacrifice fly to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Evansville answered in the bottom half of the inning as freshman Simon Scherry doubled, scoring sophomore Danny Borgstrom and redshirt senior Troy Beilsmith to put the Aces in front 2-1.

After the Leathernecks tied the game at two in the top of the second, the game hit an offensive lull. Junior hurler Jake McMahill settled in to his spot start role, finishing the game after six innings, allowing two runs on just one hit and striking-out five.

Freshman Jakob Meyer came in for the top of the seventh and worked well middle of the Leatherneck’s order allowing a double with one out, but shutting the door with back-to-back fly outs. In the Aces half of the seventh, following a foul out for the first out, junior Mason Brinkley came in to pinch hit and promptly drove a double down the left field line. After a pop out put two outs on the board, the Aces cycled back to the top of the order and Borgstrom.  On a 2-2 count, Borgstrom dropped a single over the center fielders head, scoring the winning run in Brinkley.

“It was great to see Jake McMahill give us a chance to compete on the mound and for Danny Borgstrom to deliver a big barrel to walk off was an exciting college baseball game that we earned and it was great to see Danny step up in a big time situation,” said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll.

Game Two

After a relatively light offensive game in the first half of the doubleheader, the two offensives exploded in the second game. Western Illinois pushed three runs across in the top of the first, but Evansville had an answer in the bottom half. Smashing his first home run of the season on Friday night, junior Tanner Craig drilled another homer, this one to opposite field, scoring two and cutting the Leatherneck’s lead to one at 3-2.

Two more runs in the top of the second increased WIU’s lead back to three.  With a pair of Aces on in the fourth, the aforementioned Brinkley powered a three-run home run down the right field line that glanced off the foul pole to tie the game at five.

Down the stretch, Western Illinois regained its lead in the seven, scoring a pair of runs and forcing Evansville into a corner in the bottom half of the inning. Evansville responded to the challenge as leadoff pinch hitter Kenton Crews doubled to open the inning. After back-to-back Ks, Beilsmith made it a one-run game with an RBI double to score Crews and Craig reached base with a two-out walk. The Aces looked poised to again mount a comeback, but a strikeout ended the threat as the Leathernecks grabbed the 7-6 win.

“We just couldn’t overcome a poor start from our starting pitcher and it was great to be able to have the winning run at the plate multiple times there in the bottom of the seventh,” said Carroll on the second game of the day. “You’ve got to credit their pitcher who doubled-up a change-up there on Mark Shallenberger and just made some big pitches late in that game.”

“Tomorrow’s an important day for our club as we come to the yard,” remarked Carroll on the opportunities ahead of the Aces on Sunday. “Experiencing a four-game weekend that we’ll have to be ready for at Southern Illinois. Hopefully we come to the yard with a lot of energy and have a chance to win the series.”

Evansville and Western Illinois close their four-game series on Sunday with a single game at 1 PM at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA

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EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

Monday, March 8, 2021

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

  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
  1. An executive session and a closed hearing will be held prior to the open session.
  1. The executive session and hearing are 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. February 8, 2021  (Scott and Hamilton)
  1. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
  1. PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE:
    1. Officers in the Field Training Program.  
    2. Final probationary interviews for Officer Brandon Brauser and Officer Andrew Beaver – both are eligible for reduced 9 month probationary period.
    3. Officers in SWILEA.
  1. NEW DISCIPLINARY MATTERS:
    1. 21-PO-08 – Officer Amanda Epmeier, Badge Number 1407, 3-day suspension.  Appeal filed on February 15th.  Set matter for hearing.
  1. PENDING DISCIPLINARY MATTERS:
    1. 21-PO-01 – Officer Lavarus Giles, Badge Number 1423, 21-day suspension.  No appeal filed.  Giles will address Commission at the Commission’s request at the March 8th meeting.
    2. 21-PO-06 – Officer Nathan Jones, Badge Number 1399, 5-day suspension.  Appeal filed on February 3rd.  Matter is set for hearing on April 12th.
  1. NEW BUSINESS:
    1. Discussion of officer selection process changes and update from city legal department.
  1. MERIT AWARD RECOMMENDATION:
    1. Officer Harrison Clayton – for life-saving actions taken on January 24, 2021 to provide medical care for a victim of multiple stab wounds.
  1. RESIGNATIONS:

 

    1. Officer Christopher Nellis, Badge Number 1498, resigned effective March 1, 2021 after serving 8 months and 28 days.
    2. Officer Morganne Carpenter, Badge Number 1484, resigned effective March 6, 2021 after serving 1 year, 7 months, and 27 days.
  1. REMINDERS:  The next meeting will be Monday, March 22nd at 4:00pm.
  1. ADJOURNMENT

HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS

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March 7 – March 13

The Week in Indiana History
hog

150 YEARS AGO

1871     Indianapolis Mayor Daniel McCauley announced that City Marshall George Taffe would be rigidly enforcing the hog ordinance.  Swine of all description would be prohibited from roaming at large in the city “no matter whether they have rings in their noses or not.”  A notice in the Evening News stated that “owners are hereby notified that the authorities are in earnest and if they would ‘save their bacon’ they must shut up their hogs or Marshall Taffe will save them the trouble.”
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100 YEARS AGO

1921     Burglars used nitroglycerin to blow open the safe at the Rushville Post Office.  Postmaster G. P. Hunt  found that the crooks had taken $10,000 worth of stamps.  Newspaper accounts said that detectives had few clues, other than a soft felt hat and some tools left behind by the “yeggmen.”  A citizen reported hearing an explosion between midnight and 1:00 am the night before. Pictured:  The 2-cent first class stamp in 1921.
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MARCH IS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

1926     Esther Griffin White, Richmond, Indiana, filed papers with the Secretary of State to run for election as Representative in the Sixth Congressional District.  Active in the political arena, she had been a delegate at the 1920 Republican State Convention.  When she ran for the Congressional seat, she was the first Indiana woman to do so.  She ran for Congress again in 1928.  Twice a candidate for mayor of Richmond, she never won a political office, although she worked hard to encourage the involvement of women in governmental affairs.  A long-time journalist, she wrote for several local newspapers and sometimes published her own,The Little Paper.   An energetic social activist, suffragist, and defender of minorities and the downtrodden, Esther Griffin White was inducted posthumously into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 1992.
power1935     The Rural Electric Membership Corporation (REMC) was created by the Indiana General Assembly.  At the time, less than 10 percent of rural America had access to electrical power.  The legislation, signed by Governor Paul V. McNutt, made it possible, in conjunction with the federal government, to provide loans to utility companies which would enable them to extend power lines to farms and homes “out in the country.”
quill1963     The Indiana General Assembly voted to adopt “Indiana,” by Arthur Franklin Mapes, as the official state poem.  Mapes, a long-time resident of Kendallville, was a machinist whose hobby was writing poetry.  During his career, he was honored with numerous awards on the state, national, and international level.  He often wrote about his hometown and state and the beauty of nature.
Dick Gregory

50 YEARS AGO

1971     Comedian, author, and social activist Dick Gregory was on stage at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis.  He was part of a program sponsored by the Black Student Union at Indiana-Purdue University in the city.  Joking and serious at the same time about current events and racism in America, he praised the new generation, calling them “the most morally honest, dedicated group of young people this country has ever seen.”
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Abe Martin Sez:  It’s what we learn after we think we know it all that counts.  (Kin Hubbard, Indianapolis News, March 7, 1923)
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Indiana Department of Administration

Guided Tours of the Statehouse will resume on April 5.  Please call or e-mail the tour office for more information.

(317) 233-5293
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Indiana Quick Quiz

Match the poets to their poems

1.  James Whitcomb Riley

2.  Sarah Bolton

3.  William Herschell

4.  Mari Evans

A.  When in Rome   B.  Ain’t God Good to Indiana?  C.  Paddle Your Own Canoe  D.  The Raggedy Man

Answers Below

Hoosier Quote of the Week

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“If you wish to get into the limelight and attract more attention than a circus parade, deck yourself out in a knee-length skirt and a khaki coat, annex a cane, and start out to exercise natural locomotion.”

– – – Esther Griffin White (1869-1954)

In 1923, she walked the National Road (Highway 40) from Richmond to Indianapolis and back and  wrote newspaper articles about the journey. 

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Did You Know?

The Official State Poem is “Indiana” by Arthur Franklin Mapes

God crowned her hills with beauty,
Gave her lakes and winding streams,
Then He edged them all with woodlands
As the setting for our dreams.
Lovely are her moonlit rivers,
Shadowed by the sycamores,
Where the fragrant winds of Summer
Play along the willowed shores.
I must roam those wooded hillsides,
I must heed the native call,
For a pagan voice within me
Seems to answer to it all.
I must walk where squirrels scamper
Down a rustic old rail fence,
Where a choir of birds is singing
In the woodland . . . green and dense.
I must learn more of my homeland
For it’s paradise to me,
There’s no haven quite as peaceful,
There’s no place I’d rather be.
Indiana . . . is a garden
Where the seeds of peace have grown,
Where each tree, and vine, and flower
Has a beauty . . . all its own.
Lovely are the fields and meadows,
That reach out to hills that rise
Where the dreamy Wabash River
Wanders on . . . through paradise.

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Answers:  1. D   2. C   3. B   4. A

Arts Commission Receives $23,000 Grant To Advance Creative Aging

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In collaboration with Aroha Philanthropies, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) has awarded the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) $23,000 in grant funding to advance creative aging in the state. Part of NASAA’s Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging initiative, these grants will expand opportunities for creative aging across the nation, facilitating lifelong learning, joy, social engagement, and improved well-being for older adults.

With this funding, the IAC will implement Lifelong Arts Indiana. The program is designed to support the creative well-being of Indiana’s rapidly growing number of citizens age 65 and older by increasing the number of teaching artists who are confident and prepared to provide arts learning for older adults.

“Within the next ten years, one in five Indiana citizens will be 65 or older. The timing couldn’t be better for this grant award which will help develop our creative workforce in service to our older Hoosiers,” said Indiana Arts Commission Executive Director Lewis Ricci.

Lifelong Arts Indiana will provide workshops and coaching to a diverse cohort of selected teaching artists. Subsequently, the program will support grant funding to implement creative aging residency projects.

“This timely investment lifts up the creative capacity of older adults,” says NASAA President and CEO Pam Breaux. “By working through state arts agencies, this initiative marks a major national expansion in programs and services designed to improve quality of life and nurture meaningful community connections for older adults.”

“Aroha Philanthropies is proud to partner with NASAA to support creative aging through our state and jurisdictional arts agencies,” said Ellen Michelson, founder and president. “This initiative marks an important step toward broadened awareness, adoption and funding of creative aging programs across the country.”

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