Women’s Soccer Picks Up Result Against Valpo
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – After two weeks off the University of Evansville women’s soccer team picked up a double overtime, 0-0, draw against Valparaiso, Wednesday at Arad McCutchan Stadium.
The Purple Aces looked sharp on both sides of the pitch, but where not able to find the back of the goal. UE put up 10 shots, outshooting the opponent for the first time this season, while holding Valpo to just four total shots.
Evansville came out hot in both halves, recording five shot attempts with one on goal in the first half and four in the second.
Emily Ormson recorded two shot attempts, which included a missed penalty kick at the 66-minuite mark. Monique Landrim also added two shot attempts in her 46 minutes of action.
The Aces defense continued the lockdown mentality and stretched their streak of holding teams scoreless to 342 minutes.
Evansville schedule to next take on Drake at 1 p.m. CT on March 28 in Des Moines, Iowa.
McLean and Hood combine for 6 RBI in win over SIUE
Aces pick up 9-5 victory on Wednesday
Katie McLean and Hannah Hood recorded three RBI apiece to help the University of Evansville softball erase a 4-0 deficit to take a 9-5 victory over SIU Edwardsville on Wednesday evening at Cooper Stadium.
With the Purple Aces (14-7, 2-1 MVC) trailing by a pair, McLean hit a single to shallow center that knotted the game at 4-4. An inning later, it was Hood coming through with the big hit. After SIUE (2-13) scored to take a one run lead, Hood belted a double to right-center that proved to be the game-winner. As a team, UE recorded nine runs on nine hits. McLean, Marah Wood and Lindsay Renneisen had two hit apiece while Renneisen scored two runs.
In the circle, Izzy Vetter made the start, throwing a scoreless three frames while striking out four. Megan Brenton tossed a single frame before Erin Kleffman picked up her second win of the year, going the final three innings while allowing one run on two hits. The Cougars posted four hits in the contest.
Neither team recorded a hit until the fourth inning when SIUE posted a pair of hits on their way to four runs. Two hits and an error helped them jump out to a 4-0 lead. Eryn Gould was hit by a pitch in her opening two at-bats of the game before Marah Wood notched the first Evansville hit of the game to lead off the bottom half of the fourth. Lindsay Renneisen added a 1-out bunt single in the frame before a single by Bella Coffey brought home the first run of the game.
Hannah Hood added a sacrifice fly before Katie McLean tied the game with a bases loaded 2-run single. The Cougars wasted little time jumping back in front, scoring once more in the fifth, but Evansville countered with a rally of its own. Another Wood hit was followed by a Jenna Lis walk. That brought Renneisen to the plate, who laid down a perfect bunt to load the bases. With one out, Hannah Hood delivered a 2-RBI double that put the Aces back in front by a 6-5 tally.
Alyssa Barela, McLean and Haley Woolf each had RBIs that extended the UE lead to 9-5 and reliever Erin Kleffman shut SIUE down from there on the way to her second win of the season.
Evansville continues its homestand with a 3-game series ag
No. 9 Indiana in Ninth After First Event Hoosier Quartet Earns All-America Status
With one day of finals complete at the 2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, No. 9 Indiana sits in ninth place with 18 team points at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
In the lone event of the evening, the Hoosier 800 Freestyle Relay team of freshman Tomer Frankel, junior Van Mathias, sophomore Brendan Burns, and junior Jack Franzman placed ninth overall with a time of 6:14.68. The time ranks as the sixth quickest time in program history.
The Hoosiers dropped 1.44 seconds from their entry seed time and were the top finishing Big Ten Conference team, topping the times set by Michigan (6:15.54, 11th place), Ohio State (6:16.63, 14th place), and Wisconsin (6:19.34, 17th place).
The lead off split of 1:32.98 from Frankel marked a career-best time in the 200 Freestyle and ranks him as the fourth-fastest performer in the history of the event at Indiana.
Each of the four Hoosier swimmers earned Honorable Mention All-America status for their efforts in the race.
FINALS RESULTS
800 FREESTYLE RELAY
- Tomer Frankel, Van Mathias, Brendan Burns, Jack Franzman – 6:14.68 (Honorable Mention All-America)
The 2021 NCAA Championships will continue on Thursday morning with the prelims of the 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, and 1-meter dive. The action gets underway at 10 a.m. ET.
No. 25 Volleyball Gears Up for Home Finale
University of Southern Indiana Volleyball looks to get back on track during its home finale this Friday, March 26 at Screaming Eagles Arena, also celebrating senior day for middle blocker Lauren English (Webster Grove, Missouri). USI dropped in the AVCA rankings to 25th following its struggles last weekend in Quincy.
The Screaming Eagles dropped back-to-back matches for the first time on the season on March 20 in the Quincy-hosted triangular, sending them to a 10-4 record. The Eagles now rank 25th nationally in the latest AVCA poll as a result but will look to continue their impressive season as they finish play in the GLVC East division over the next three weekends. Also being featured in this week’s poll are divisional-rival Lewis topping the national poll and GLVC-foe UMSL at eighth.
25th-ranked USI will take on the McKendree Bearcats on March 26 at 7 P.M. to close up Screaming Eagles Arena for the season and look to sweep the Bearcats in the season series. In Lebanon, the Eagles trumped McKendree 3-0 behind Katherine Koch’s 14 kills, Casey Cepicky’s 33 assists, and Sidney Hegg’s four blocks. The USI defense held the Bearcats to a hitting percentage of just .083, forcing 22 attack errors. Since the last meeting, USI has posted an 8-3 record while the visiting Bearcats are 5-3 in the same time frame, both squads come off back-to-back losses. Following the bout with the Bearcats, USI will close out against divisional opponents Indianapolis, Illinois Springfield, and No. 1 Lewis.
NOTES:
The Eagles have made strides on the season, receiving a national ranking for the first time in program history and reaching as high as 12th (3/3/21 poll). USI Volleyball currently ranks 25th nationally.
USI’s sophomore outside hitter Leah Anderson earned the program’s first AVCA National Player of the Week award since 2011 with her performance against Rockhurst and Lindenwood where she posted 34 kills and a hitting percentage of .446, amassing 38.5 points (6.42 points per set). (Release)
Senior setter Casey Cepicky has forced her way higher in the USI record book in career assists, ranking fourth all-time with 2,716. She ranked sixth to begin the season, dishing out 453 so far this year.
In the GLVC, USI has multiple players ranking highly in statistical categories, including: Kills - Leah Anderson 4th, Katherine Koch 10th; Aces - Leah Anderson 1st, Casey Cepicky 8th; Hitting Percentage - Taylor Litteken 5th; Assists - Casey Cepicky 5th; and Points - Leah Anderson 3rd.
USI Volleyball posted multiple impressive feats this season, recording five-striaght matches without losing a set, beating Illinois Springfield, UIndy, McKendree, Rockhurst, and Lindenwood. The 15-straight set wins were included in an eight-match win streak of victories as well with the Eagles beating Maryville, WIlliam Jewell, and Missouri S&T prior to their loss to UMSL.
HOW TO WATCH AND FOLLOW | March 26 | vs. McKendree | @ 7 P.M. While fans are not permitted to attend the games, they can watch free of charge on the GLVC Sports Network, which is available both you’re your desktop, mobile/tablet devices, as well as four over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV (4th Generation). 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. Apple users also can use AirPlay with their Apple TV or some of the newer smart TVs. (GLVCSN FAQs)
Gov. Holcomb Announces Plan for All Hoosiers to be Eligible for the Vaccine March 31
Governor also announces end date for statewide mask mandate, county requirements
INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb today delivered a statewide address to lay out the road ahead for Hoosiers in the fight against COVID-19.
Click here to read the Governor’s full remarks.
“As we continue to isolate if you test positive, quarantine if you’re a close contact, and get vaccinated when you’re eligible, the light at the end of the tunnel becomes brighter and brighter,†Gov. Holcomb said. “It’s up to each and every one of us to do our part to stay on our course.â€
Indiana’s current cases, positivity rate, hospitalizations, and deaths have all dropped drastically since mid-January and nearly a million Hoosiers are fully vaccinated. The state plans to open vaccine eligibility to all Hoosiers 16 years and older on Wednesday, March 31, provided Indiana receives a large increase in the amount of vaccine as outlined by the federal government. Additional mass vaccination clinics will be scheduled for April and the state will implement a large employer vaccination program.
Starting April 6, decisions about venue capacity and social gatherings will be made by local officials. Customers in restaurants, bars and nightclubs will no longer be required by the state to be seated. Six feet of spacing between tables and other seating will still be recommended as is spacing between non-household parties.
The statewide face covering mandate will become a mask advisory on April 6. Face coverings will remain mandatory in all state buildings and facilities and in all vaccination and COVID testing sites until further notice. K-12 schools will continue under current requirements through the remainder of the 2020-21 school year.
“When I visit my favorite restaurant or conduct a public event, I will continue to wear a mask,†Gov. Holcomb said. “It is the right thing to do. Hoosiers who take these recommended precautions will help us get to what I hope is the tail end of this pandemic.â€
Local governments, private businesses and other entities may institute more stringent guidelines. The Indiana Department of Health will continue to provide county level, color coded metrics to provide easy to understand information about whether virus levels are increasing or decreasing locally.
The state public health emergency will be renewed for another 30 days, beginning April 1. This declaration allows the state to act quickly if conditions take a turn for the worse and allows the state to continue to access hundreds of millions of federal dollars to support Hoosiers recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.
Senators Braun Introduce Bill To Support New VA Program
U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation that helps the Department of Veterans Affairs actively recruit and hire separating Department of Defense medical department personnel to help fill its more than 45,000 open positions.
The Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act of 2021 directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a program that will help actively recruit medical personnel, who are within one year of completing their military service, to remain in federal health care in departments like Veterans Affairs.
Representatives Robert E. Latta (OH-05) and Kathleen M. Rice (NY-04) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“The VA Inspector General has reported that staff shortages are a challenge for solving problems in Veteran care. This bill will empower the VA to proactively recruit active duty medical personnel who are separating from the military at the conclusion of their contract or at retirement to improve health care services for Veterans,â€Â said Senator Braun.
“This commonsense, bipartisan bill will help address two critical issues: It will expand opportunities to recruit VA health care providers, as well as help increase veteran employment by recruiting newly separated veterans to work in VA Medical Centers,â€Â Senator Hassan said. “I will continue to advocate for innovative solutions like these in order to support our veterans’ health and job opportunities.â€
“During my time in Congress, I have worked to make sure veterans are provided with the resources they need to successfully reintegrate into civilian life,â€Â said Congressman Latta. “I’m honored to join my colleagues in the Senate to reintroduce the bipartisan Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act, which will make it easier for veterans to use the skills they learned in the service to help other veterans. At the same time, the VA will benefit from employing qualified and hardworking professionals who have already proven their love and dedication to this nation. Moving this legislation should be a no-brainer.â€
Living Outside the Box
Living Outside the Box
by City-County Observer Staff
During the Christmas week of 2018, former CCO editor and publisher Joe Wallace memorialized a book he had held in his mind for the better part of the decade in his first book called Living Outside the Box. The inspirations for the book came from a career of seeing many good intentions that resulted from the time honored tradition of holding meetings to “think outside the boxâ€, result in little or no action. Living Outside the Box, the book is a call to action beyond the cliché’ of thinking outside the box that unfortunately do not typically lead to taking tangible positive actions. Changing the world or even a small part of it is not only dependent upon revolutionary thoughts, but on actualizing those thoughts through deliberate actions and Wallace has always valued action over words.
The book debuted on April 6, 2019 exclusively on Amazon. By April 14th, Living Outside the Box had climbed to #1 on Amazon in the Green Business Category and went on to hold the #1 New Release distinction in three separate categories during its first month in print. Wallace followed up the launch with a book signing tour that included cities from coast to coast in the United States, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Spain. At one speaking engagement nearly 5,000 people were in attendance. To date, Living Outside the Box has readers in all 50 states plus seven nations and Wallace has spoken at book signings all over the world. Some reviews on Amazon by verified purchasers are below:
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Joe’s book expresses the frustration that many of us have had trying to get things done in change resistant areas. His book has keen insights on being aware, being on the edge, being prepared, being knowledgeable, and being willing to change and to be change agents. It is a book that is applicable in a lot of areas, such as business, education, churches, and government. Get it and use it. Mark Collins
Packed full of innovative tips and strategies garnered through years of experience. Inspirational read for anyone interested in amping up their career or life in general. Humor adds a soft touch that makes this book not only educational but also entertaining. Robin G.
Fantastic read and frameworks to think and live differently. I invited the author to come speak to students in business strategy course I teach at CSU San Bernardino’s Palm Desert campus. Students enjoyed Joe’s perspectives on business, entrepreneurship and economic development. His book expands on his ideas and methodologies serving as valuable framework to tackle the coming changes in our economies. Professor Ezekiel Bonillas, California State University Palm Desert
Emergence:
When the COVID19 pandemic hit book signings, travel and speaking engagements were all ceased prematurely blunting the upward trajectory of sales. Book sales peaked at over 1,000 in December of 2019 just prior to the first cases being reported. Wallace along with most everyone spent the next year working from home and tending to his duties as CEO of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership virtually. The time has come for the reintroduction of this best seller in a post pandemic world where action is even more important as society needs action to solve the weaknesses laid bare by the pandemic.Â
Title: Living Outside the Box
Author: Joe Jack Wallace
ISBN-13 978-1092964890
ISBN 10: 1092964894
Copyright: #TXu 2-130-395
Contact Information:
Office Phone: (760) 340-1575
Cellular: (812) 431-3877
email: Joe.Wallace@CVEP.com
About the Box
Living Outside the Box is a call to action beyond the cliche’ of thinking outside the box that typically ends without any action being taken. To change the world takes fearless actions and this book is the guide to how to live your life and change the world for the bette
The book debuted on April 6, 2019. On April 14, 2019 it was ranked as the #1 Best Seller in the Green Business Category on Amazon and held the #1 New Release distinction in three separate categories over the first month post publication.
ReviewsÂ
Joe’s book expresses the frustration that many of us have had trying to get things done in change resistant areas. His book has keen insights on being aware, being on the edge, being prepared, being knowledgeable, and being willing to change and to be change agents. It is a book that is applicable in a lot of areas, such as business, education, churches, and government. Get it and use it. Mark Collins
Packed full of innovative tips and strategies garnered through years of experience. Inspirational read for anyone interested in amping up their career or life in general. Humor adds a soft touch that makes this book not only educational but also entertaining. Robin G.
Fantastic read and frameworks to think and live differently. I invited the author to come speak to students in business strategy course I teach at CSU San Bernardino’s Palm Desert campus. Students enjoyed Joe’s perspectives on business, entrepreneurship and economic development. His book expands on his ideas and methodologies serving as valuable framework to tackle the coming changes in our economies. Professor Ezekiel Bonillas
About the Author
Joe Jack Wallace is the CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership. He was also the founding Director of the Palm Springs Innovation Hub. Wallace has authored over 1,000 articles, has been a featured speaker on three continents and been a successful entrepreneur. He makes his home in Palm Desert, CA but hails from the small town of Sturgis, Kentucky.
Todd Rokita To Settle With Medical Device Manufacturer To Benefit Women
INDIANAPOLIS – An investigation led by Attorney General Todd Rokita has resulted in a $188.6 million multistate settlement with a medical manufacturing company accused of deceptively marketing its transvaginal surgical mesh devices to patients. Indiana will receive $5,982,218 as a result of the settlement, in which 46 other states and the District of Columbia also participated.
“Women across the country have suffered serious health complications caused by surgical mesh devices, and I will continue to hold companies accountable that misrepresent or withhold information about the risks associated with the devices,†Attorney General Rokita said.
Boston Scientific Corporation allegedly misrepresented the safety of its surgical mesh products and failed to disclose the full range of potential serious and irreversible complications caused by mesh. Surgical mesh is a synthetic knitted or woven fabric that is implanted in the pelvic floor through the vagina to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. These are common conditions faced by women due to a weakening in their pelvic floor muscles caused by childbirth, age, or other factors.
Although the use of surgical mesh poses a risk of such complications and is not proven to be any more effective than traditional tissue repair, millions of women have been implanted with the devices. Thousands are alleged to have suffered serious complications resulting from the devices.
The settlement provides comprehensive injunctive relief. In addition to paying $188.6 million, Boston Scientific Corporation must reform its practices related to surgical mesh, including its marketing, training, and disclosures regarding clinical studies.