JUST IN: All EVPL Locations Will Be Opened On A Limited Schedule
All,
For the past few weeks, members of the Administrative Team and the Location Managers have been discussing how and when EVPL would resume “in-person†services. It was decided to resume our in-person services beginning Monday, February 15.
All EVPL locations will be open 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Friday, and 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturdays. All other EVPL services (EVPL to Go, Book a Librarian and etc.) will continue 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
These conversations were not easy, and as to be expected were often difficult. Trying to pick the “perfect time†to resume our in-person services, knowing that there are still varying levels of apprehension among our EVPL staff made this decision very difficult. Unfortunately, with this disease, the pandemic and nature of our chosen profession, there will never be a perfect time.
Our jobs require us to work with the public, and often times to set the example of how to operate in these difficult times. As I have said before your altruism, dedication, and caring are what make our profession and EVPL so unique.
Most scientists feel COVID-19, in some form, will be here for some time. They also feel we can resume some functions of our daily life, as long as we are careful, and take the necessary precautions. Please remember how important it is to wear face coverings, use hand sanitizer, and continue to follow social distancing guidelines.
In the past two weeks we have seen the number of COVID-19 infections within Vanderburgh County go down significantly. For the first time in almost two months, Vanderburgh County’s seven day positivity rate had gone below 10%. We have not seen this figure this low since before the Thanksgiving Holiday break.
We appreciate everyone’s efforts to keep your coworkers and the public as safe as we can.
Scott Kinney
CEO-Director Of the Evansville/Vanderburgh Public Libraries
Always Assume You Are On “Thin Iceâ€
Always Assume You Are On “Thin Iceâ€
written by the staff of the DNR
With the recent temperature drops across the state, Indiana Conservation Officers are advising Hoosiers across the state of the potential hazards of being on frozen lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams.
It’s also important to keep a watchful eye for other people who may venture out on neighborhood retention ponds, lakes and other waterways and find themselves in trouble.
Every winter, thousands of Hoosiers safely enjoy fishing, skating, hiking, or just sliding around on frozen ponds and lakes. And every year, people drown after falling through ice.
Just like driving differently on snow versus on clear roads, it’s important to adjust your approach to safely have fun on ice.
The best rule of thumb is to put safety first. When you are thinking about getting on the ice, believe it is thin ice unless proven otherwise.
Here are a few tips to remember when considering standing on or walking on a frozen lake or pond:
- Remember that no ice is safe ice.
- If you don’t know the thickness of the ice, don’t go on it.
- Before going on the ice, leave a note of your whereabouts with a friend or family member.
- Don’t test the thickness of ice while alone.
- When testing the thickness of ice, use an ice auger. At least 4 inches of ice is recommended for ice fishing; at least 5 inches is recommended for snowmobiling.
- Wear a life jacket or flotation coat.
- Carry ice hooks and rope gear.
Wearing a life jacket is especially important when on the ice. If you fall through, a life jacket will keep your head above the water until help arrives.
Remember that the coatings of snow that Indiana receives can also make for treacherous ice conditions. The snow can insulate the ice, causing it to freeze at a slower rate. When snow and rain freeze into ice, it is never as strong as solid, clear ice.
Some other tips:
- If you see a pet or other animal in distress on the ice, do not go on the ice after it. Doing so can often end in tragedy. Instead, contact your local emergency response personnel, who are equipped to make a rescue.
- Remember that some bodies of water will appear to be frozen solid but can have thin ice in several potentially unexpected areas.
- Flowing water, such as rivers and streams, should be avoided when covered by a layer of ice.
- Water that is surrounded by sand may freeze with inconsistencies in the thickness of the ice.
- Underground springs, wind, waterfowl and other animals can also keep areas of ice thin.
Enjoy the winter weather but make safety a priority.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY COUNCILÂ MEETING AGENDA
 AGENDA  Of The VANDERBURGH COUNTY COUNCIL On FEBRUARY 3, 2021 At 3:30 P.M. In Room 301Â
1. OPENING OF MEETINGÂ
2. ATTENDANCE ROLL CALLÂ
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEÂ
4. INVOCATIONÂ
- 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: (A) County Council January 6, 2021Â
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- 6. PERSONNEL REQUESTS: (A) Circuit Court 1. Request to fill vacancy for Probation Officer 10001360-136136
- (B) Circuit Court – Pre-Trial Diversion 1. Request to fill vacancy for Probation Officer 93060000-930612Â
- (C) Prosecutor 1. Request to fill vacancy for Investigator 10001080-108146Â
- (D) Prosecutor IV-D – Child Support Division 1. Request to fill vacancy for Receptionist 10001400-140035Â
- (E) Prosecutor – Incentive Fund 1. Request to fill vacancy for Part-time Clerical 88970000-199000Â
- (F) Prosecutor – Adult Protective Services – State Grant 1. Request to increase hourly pay for Adult Protective Services Investigator – Extra Help 92010000-199000 and fill vacancyÂ
- (G) Co-op Extension 1. Request to fill vacancies for 3 Part-time 4-H Assistants 10001230-123120Â
- (H) Health Department 1. Request to fill vacancy for Part-time Administrative Aide 11590000-199000Â
- (I) Health Department – WIC 1. Request to fill vacancy for Administrative Aide 84030000-840321Â
- (J) Health Department – Safety Pin Grant 1. Request to establish supplemental pay for Public Health Nurse line 11590000-115926 from 94150000-941529Â
- (K) Cumulative Bridge 1. Request to fill vacancy for Design Engineer 11350000-113522Â
- (L) Auditor 1. Request to fill vacancy for Real Estate Clerk 10001020-102129Â
7. APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE: NONEÂ
8. REPEAL: NONEÂ
9. TRANSFERS: NONEÂ
10. OLD BUSINESS: NONEÂ
11. NEW BUSINESS: NONEÂ
12. AMENDMENTS TO SALARY ORDINANCE:Â
- (A) AuditorÂ
- (B) ProsecutorÂ
- (C) Co-op ExtensionÂ
- (D) Circuit CourtÂ
- (E) Prosecutor IV-D – Child SupportÂ
- (F) Cumulative BridgeÂ
- (G) Health DepartmentÂ
- (H) Health Department – WICÂ
- (I) Prosecutor Incentive FundÂ
- (J) Prosecutor – Adult Protective Services State GrantÂ
- (K) Circuit Court – Pretrial DiversionÂ
- (L) Health Department – Safety Pin GrantÂ
13. PUBLIC COMMENTÂ
14. REMINDER UPCOMING MEETING DATES/TIMES:Â
Personnel and Finance meeting February 24, 2021 @ 3:30 Room 301Â
County Council meeting March 3, 2021 @ 3:30 p.m. Room 301Â
15. ADJOURNMENTÂ
Young, Braun And A Bad Idea For Indiana
Commentary: Young, Braun And A Bad Idea For Indiana
By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana’s two Republican U.S. senators, Todd Young and Mike Braun, have an idea.
They want to impose term limits on members of Congress—two six-year terms for senators and three two-year terms for members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Young and Braun have signed on to an effort by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that is both pandering and quixotic to amend the U.S. Constitution to include such term limits.
It’s an effort doomed to failure, but getting it embedded in America’s founding charter really isn’t the point.
It’s a chance to play to the suckers in America’s political game, the less-thoughtful citizens who think holding a gun to their own heads is a meaningful threat to others. Because they buy the argument that all government is bad all the time, they’ll chop off their own limbs just to stub the toe of the state.
I never have liked the notion of term limits, but then, that’s because I’ve never been enthusiastic about limiting the choices people can make at the ballot box.
I’m even less fond of telling them they aren’t responsible for those choices. If we free people don’t like the government we’re getting, then it’s our job to turn out at the polls and fix it—and not count on some deux ex machina to save us from ourselves.
If we elect idiots, well, that just means we’re getting the government we deserve.
The government we have earned.
Because we made the decision to put those idiots in the positions they occupy.
Self-government is just what it sounds like—a do-it-yourself project. When we break it, we have to fix it.
Ourselves.
This is true everywhere in this nation, but it is particularly true in a state such as Indiana.
Because we are a relatively small state without a huge population or vast reservoirs of wealth, we cannot count on the weight of numbers or an abundance of cash to protect our interests.
Our only hopes for exerting influence over events are through force of reason—and we have seen how effective rationality is in today’s Washington—or by building influence over time.
When people analyze the career of the late U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, most of the attention focuses on his efforts to make the world a safer place and particularly on his historic partnership with U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Georgia, to keep weapons of mass destruction from finding their way into the wrong hands.
This is understandable. Lugar’s disarmament work was a huge achievement, one that had beneficial implications for the entire world.
But it also overshadows his other accomplishments.
Not the least of them was that he largely shaped agricultural policy in the United States during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The policies he crafted were helpful to farming states.
Such as Indiana.
Lugar was able to exert that sort of influence because he served for a long time. He was in the U.S. Senate for 36 years. Over that time, he developed not just expertise in manipulating the machinery of government but the relationships that greased the wheels of that machinery.
If he hadn’t been able to serve for six terms, this state would be poorer.
More important, many Hoosiers—many farm families—would be poorer.
It’s easy to understand why Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas, would be in favor of term limits. The state with the second-largest population and second-largest economy in the United States never will have a problem making its voice heard or getting its needs addressed.
It’s the smaller states that need the protections longevity provides. The chance for our senators and representatives to accrue influence levels the playing field.
Perhaps Cruz and another big-state Republican senator, Marco Rubio of Florida, who is pushing this constitutional amendment, grasp that.
It’s clear, though, that Indiana’s two senators, Todd Young and Mike Braun, do not get it at all.
And that’s a pity.
FOOTNOTE: John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
THE CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER POSTED THIS ARTICLE WITHOUT OPINION OR EDITING.
COMMENTARY: Vanderburgh County Republican Party Chairman Wayne Parke Served with Diligence and PassionÂ
Vanderburgh County Republican Party Chairman Wayne Parke Served with Diligence and PassionÂ
by the Staff of the City-County Observer
The Vanderburgh County Republican Party was recently advised that Wayne Parke, who has successfully served as the Party Chairman for over a decade, will not be a candidate to continue as the Vanderburgh County Republican Party Chairman. It is now time for the Party to contemplate their future, and it will be a difficult task to replace the diligence and commitment that Mr. Parke brought to the table.
The City County Observer, over the decade that Mr. Parke has served, has had a love and less than love relationship with Mr. Parke, but we have never ever had anything less than professional respect for his competence and commitment to make Vanderburgh County a better place through his political vision and leadership.
Through the Parke years we have enjoyed finding common ground on several issues, including the spending of over $50 million on space age water meters by the outgoing Weinzapfel Administration.
It is widely accepted belief that balanced government is only achieved when there are two healthy political parties represented. The long-term diligence of E. Wayne Parke is a testament to this concept. Balanced, but functional governance in Vanderburgh County, is perhaps the biggest accomplishment of this successful businessman’s leadership. Other political types could learn much from what Mr. Parke has done for the Evansville/Vanderburgh County political landscape.
It is also commendable that Mr. Parke contributed generously from his own personal funds to strengthen the local Republican Party of Vanderburgh County, that had fallen into irrelevance before he took the helm of the local GOP.
We have found Mr. Parke to be a strong willed, focused leader with endless perseverance. Yes, he was a little hard headed and opinionated at times and ruffled political feathers of people in his own party. The City County Observer has also found Wayne to be a person of conviction who can be counted on to do what he commits to do with passion and grit.
Wayne Parke has conducted his role as the Vanderburgh County GOP Chairman with honor and determination. He will be missed, but his accomplishments as a political visionary will benefit the members of his party for many years to come.
UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
The University’s history began as the dream of one man – John C. Moore – a resident of Moores Hill, Indiana (a small town west of Cincinnati). Moore was the original #UEChangemaker. He wanted a college for his community, and he made it a reality on February 10, 1854, when the original charter for Moores Hill Male and Female Collegiate Institute was drafted. The college was the fifth co-educational college in the United States. Classes began September 9, 1856.
The college’s name was officially changed to Moores Hill College on September 20, 1887. In 1917 George Clifford, a prominent Evansville businessman who later became a University trustee, convinced the Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church that Moores Hill College should be moved to Evansville since it was the only city in Indiana without an accredited college within a 50-mile radius.
Residents of the city raised $500,000 in one week in 1917 to move the college to Evansville. It reopened in 1919 as Evansville College, and in 1967 the college was renamed and incorporated by the Indiana legislature as the University of Evansville.
Today, the University is a private, United Methodist Church-related, comprehensive university with a mission to empower each student to think critically, act bravely, serve responsibly, and live meaningfully in a changing world.
UE is ranked as a top Midwest university by U.S. News & World Report with approximately 1,976 undergraduates from 44 states and 55 countries. Areas of study are offered in the William L. Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences, Schroeder Family School of Business Administration, College of Education and Health Sciences, and the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The University also offers six master’s degree programs (health services administration, public service administration, public health, leadership, physician assistant science, and athletic training) and a doctoral degree program (physical therapy).
UE also ranks as one of the top master’s degree granting institutions for the percentage of undergraduate students who study abroad. UE operates our own study abroad programs at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England.
At UE, there’s a difference between an idea and an idea made real. It begins with the choice to step in. A decision to stand out. A determination to reimagine everything. And every day, we strive to be a little more fearless than the day before. Because at UE, we shape powerful and enduring change.
In addition, specific programs offered by the University of Evansville are accredited by their appropriate specialized professional organizations. Accreditation by professional organizations informs the public that the specific program has met standards of quality established by that profession.
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET
- Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET
- National Association of Schools of Music Commission on Accreditation
- Indiana Department of Education*
- Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
- Indiana State Board of Nursing
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
- Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
- The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant has granted Accreditation – Provisional status to the University of Evansville Physician Assistant Program sponsored by the University of Evansville.
*By virtue of specialized program accreditation in engineering, nursing, education, physical therapy, and athletic training programs at the University of Evansville, students meet the minimum standards to sit for professional licensure examinations in these professional disciplines.
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YESTERYEAR: Cadick Apartment Building
by Pat Sides
This early image of the brick and limestone structure at 118 SE First Street has remained virtually intact since its construction in 1917. Evansville was experiencing perhaps the largest building boom in its history during this decade, which included the elegant McCurdy Hotel that opened in the same year across the street from the Cadick.
The second and third floors of the apartment building contained “house-keeping suites†that featured the most modern amenities, and rent ranged from fifty to sixty dollars a month. The first floor was reserved for “bachelor suites†and medical offices, which included space for laboratories and surgery rooms.Â
The apartments were a project of Spencer County businessman Denby Cadick, whose name is still visible on the building’s façade. His next project — a theater at Third and Sycamore that would seat 3,500 movie-goers — was not as successful, however. The Cadick Theater’s construction began in the early 1920s, only to end unfinished within a couple of years. It is now the site of the old Greyhound Bus depot.
ADOPT A PET
Thumper is a 5-year-old male Holland Lop mix. He was surrendered from Warrick County for his people “not having enough time.†He can go home for $50 which includes his neuter and registered microchip! Contact Vanderburgh Humane atwww.vhslifesaver.org/adopt for details!