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NCAA Awards Championship Events To Evansville 

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NCAA Awards Championship Events To Evansville gets chance to host swimming and diving

Evansville, Ind. – The NCAA announced today that the University of Southern Indiana and the Evansville Sports Corporation have been chosen to co-host the 2024, 2025 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight at the Ford Center, as well as the 2026 NCAA II Swimming and Diving National Championships at the Deaconess Aquatic Center. The NCAA also awarded the 2023 NCAA II Cross Country Midwest Regional to USI and the Evansville Sports Corporation.
 
The official news release is available on the NCAA’s website.
 
“Evansville Sports Corp and USI are excited to work together once again to bring high-level NCAA championship competition to the area,” said Eric Marvin, President, Evansville Sports Corp. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to bring the Division II Men’s Elite Eight back to the Ford Center in 2024 and 2025.
 
“Angel Mounds is another outstanding venue that will allow us to showcase our region for the 2023 DII Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Regionals,” continued Marvin. “The Deaconess Aquatic Center is under construction and will be a world-class venue for the DII Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in 2026.”

Evansville has a rich history of hosting NCAA national championship events for men’s basketball. The city hosted the NCAA Division II men’s basketball championship from 1957-75, 2002, 2014, 2015, and 2019 and is scheduled to host in 2021 and 2022. The semifinals and quarterfinals of the 2020 NCAA II Tournament were scheduled to be played at the Ford Center last year, but were canceled due to COVID-19.
 
The 2026 NCAA II Swimming and Diving National Championships will showcase the new Deaconess Aquatics Center that is slated to open in the spring of 2021. This will the first national championship hosted by Evansville for the sports of swimming and diving.
 
In addition to the national championship events, USI and Evansville will host the 2023 NCAA II Cross Country Midwest Regional at Angel Mounds. Evansville hosted the 2019 NCAA II Midwest Regionals at Angel Mounds and was scheduled to host the regional and the national championships this fall (2020) until they were canceled due to the pandemic.
 
“Bringing the Division II championships to Evansville is a big win for us,” said Jon Mark Hall, USI Director of Athletics. “It is nice to have a partner organization like the Evansville Sports Corporation to help attract major events like this to our region. An added plus are great facilities like the Ford Center and the yet-to-open Deaconess Aquatic Center, in addition to a cross country course like Angel Mounds, to host these outstanding championships.”
 
Officially formed in 2010, the Evansville Sports Corporation has been instrumental in bringing major sporting events to the region, which creates an economic impact to the region. Other national and regional events include the 2012-2016 PGA Tour’s Web.com Tour; 2017 U.S. Figure Skating National Theatre on Ice Competition; the 2018-23 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championships; 2015 and 2016 Big Ten Golf Championships; the 2012 and 2013 Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Tournament; and the 2013, 2014, 2016 GLVC Basketball Tournaments.
 
USI Men’s Basketball has advanced to the Elite Eight four times in the history of the program (1994 Springfield, Massachusetts; 1995 Louisville, Kentucky; 2004 Bakersfield, California; and Evansville in 2019) and won the Division II national title in 1995. The Screaming Eagles advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 Elite Eight in Evansville.
 
USI Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, which has dominated the Great Lakes Valley Conference over the last decade, has hosted the NCAA II Midwest Regional four times (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) and the NCAA II National Championships four times (1987, 2004, 2009, 2017).

Indiana FFA Member Competes For National Office

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Noah Berning will soon be vying for one of the six National FFA Officer positions. In the running are 38 of the United States’ most elite young agriculture leaders.

Berning was selected by a state nomination committee to serve as the National FFA Officer candidate on behalf of Indiana.

“Indiana FFA is an exceptional youth organization that is developing strong leaders and agriculturists,” said Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler. “I truly admire Noah’s ambition to serve not only the state of Indiana but all of the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Best of luck, Noah!”

Berning was an active member of the Heritage FFA Chapter in Monroeville where he competed in many contests ranging from welding to ag sales. Notably, Noah placed as a gold individual at the national farm business management contest at the 2019 National FFA Convention. He is now a Freshman at Purdue University double majoring in Ag Systems Management and Agriculture Economics. Since arriving at Purdue in August, he has participated in the Purdue Grand Prix Junior Board, Agronomy Club, Collegiate Farm Bureau and became a member of Farmhouse Fraternity.

Over the last few months, Berning has been preparing for the intense interview process that will be taking place entirely in a virtual format this year.

“I know that I didn’t make it here alone,” Berning said. “I am honored to have the opportunity to represent the state of Indiana and all of those who have invested in me. I look forward to making many connections along this journey.”

In order to be considered, candidates must complete a two-phase interview process. If they pass the first phase, which consists of four rounds and eliminates 50% of the candidates, they will be tested in round-robin conversations, media interviews with stakeholders and their ability to lead a classroom discussion, as part of the second phase.

The newly-selected National FFA Officers will be announced on Oct. 29, during the final session of the 2020 National FFA Convention and Expo.

“Noah’s dedication to Indiana FFA and passion for agriculture is unwavering,” said Sam Miller, Indiana FFA Acting Director. “I am certain Noah will make Indiana FFA and our state proud.”

For more information about the National FFA Organization visit ffa.org or inffa.org to learn more about the Indiana FFA Association.

HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS: “Light’s Golden Jubilee” in 1929

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October 18 – October 24

The Week in Indiana History

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1840     Mother Theodore Guerin and five other Sisters of Providence began organization of St. Mary of the Woods College near Terre Haute.  In 1846, the college was granted the first charter for higher education of women in the state of Indiana.  Mother Theodore also established schools in other cities, including Jasper, Vincennes, Madison, Fort Wayne, Evansville, and Columbus.
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1920     Over 13,000 Indiana teachers were in Indianapolis for their annual convention.  They met in five different venues in the city:  Tomlinson Hall, Caleb Mills Hall, the Masonic Temple, the Claypool Hotel, and the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church.  Guest speakers included former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

Edison1929     “The Celebration of Light’s Golden Jubilee” was held in Indianapolis.  The event honored the 50th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of the electric light.  Airplanes flew over the World War Memorial while searchlights “spotted” them in the air.  One beam was rated at one-billion candlepower.  Other planes flew low over residential sections of the city with “Edison” spelled out in lights on their lower wings.
Blimp1930     Indianapolis residents with a sense of adventure were invited to take a ride in the Goodyear Blimp.  Named The Vigilant, the Zeppelin-Type ship was 128 feet long and 37 feet in diameter.  It carried 86,000 pounds of helium.  For a fee of $5.00, passengers were given a 15-minute ride over the city at 1,500 feet.  The craft was under the command of Charles E. Brannigan, a world war test pilot.
TR-11954     The TR-1, the first transistor radio, went into production by the Regency Company in Indianapolis. Selling at $50, the radio was expensive for its time but caught on quickly because of its small “pocket size.”  Over 100,000 were sold the first year.  According to the Smithsonian Magazine, the TR-1 “launched the portable electronic age.”

1987     Under a heavy cloud cover, an Air Force Corsair jet crashed into the Ramada Inn near the Indianapolis airport.  The plane was en route to Tinker Air Base in Oklahoma when the engine flamed out.  The pilot was able to eject, but 10 people in the hotel were killed.

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Indiana Quick Quiz

     Match each of the following Indiana schools to its location.

1.  Taylor University  2.  DePauw University  3.  Earlham University  4.  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology  5.  Martin University

A.  Richmond   B.  Indianapolis        C.  Upland   D.  Greencastle        E.  Terre Haute

Answers Below

Hoosier Quote of the Week

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“We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do.”

– – -  Mother Theodore Guerin (1798 – 1856)

Did You Know?

     At age 17, Thomas Edison came to Indianapolis to work as a telegraph operator at the old Union Station.  He had already had a stint in Fort Wayne.  At the time, Western Union was paying its telegraphers a salary of $75 a month, not bad for 1864 when skilled craftsmen were making about $50 a month.  It is thought that the young Edison boarded in a home at the southeast corner of Illinois and Market Streets.  While in the Hoosier capital, he developed what might have been his first true invention.  It was a combination device that would record a telegraph message on a paper tape and then play it back at a slower speed to make the message easier to transcribe.   Alas, the young inventor spent too much time inventing and too little time at the telegraph key.  He was fired after a few months, and he moved on to another telegraph job in Cincinnati.

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IT AIN’T BEANBAG

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IT AIN’T BEANBAG

GAVEL GAMUT By Jim Redwine

As described by Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst political system except for all the others”. And as we suffer through our ongoing political pandemic and naively hope for a November 03 cure the political sausage-making gives evidence of Churchill’s observation. On the other hand, if we step back from the splattering mud, we might find some passing amusement in the process. Of course, that is only if we personally or people we care about are not running for office.

The first political campaign I cared about involved the presidential race between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater in 1964. As I was active military at the time I was quite interested in each candidate’s position on the “police action” in Vietnam. Also, 1964 was my first chance to vote as I had just turned 21 and the 26th Amendment lowering the voting age to 18 was not ratified until 1971. You may recall, if you lived through the ’60’s, or you may have seen old black and white TV images of that famous political advertisement run against Goldwater showing a little girl plucking a daisy as a mushroom cloud rose in front of her. Well, I saw it in 1964 and heard Johnson promise not to send “American boys to die in an Asian war”. As I was one of those American boys, that sounded good to me so I voted for Johnson. That was my first lesson in political reality.

1964 temporarily cured my faith in voting but I relapsed in 1972 when as a young lawyer I decided to save the criminal justice system by supporting a friend of mine in his bid to be elected county prosecutor. Another idealistic attorney friend of mine and I dove head first into election day politics. We stayed up all night making political signs then at o’dark-thirty started putting them up at polling places. We were involved. We felt virtuous.

Then we pulled into a large precinct where many people were lined up to vote. As we each grabbed a sign with our champion’s name on it and jumped out of my old Ford sedan a large woman hustled up to us and asked if we had been sent by “Headquarters”? Neither of us knew what a political party’s headquarters was so we stared at her blankly as she loudly proclaimed, “Well, you better get some ‘supplies’ out here as these people ain’t voting right!” We headed home.

No, democracy is not perfect but it is not all bad and you have to admit it is often interesting. Peg and I still vote every time we have the opportunity even though we are aware our government is staffed with humans, not Plato’s recommended Philosopher Kings. Do we sometimes get disappointed by our choices; certainly?  Do we get discouraged; yeah. Do we want any other political system; nope!

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Indiana Arts Commission Announces 2020 Recipients of State’s Highest Honor in the Arts

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Indiana Arts Commission in partnership with the Office of the Governor announced the 2020 recipients of the Governor’s Arts Award.

Originally presented in 1973, these awards recognize excellence in artistic achievement, philanthropy, arts education, and leadership in the arts and are presented biennially at a public event. The public event for the 2020 recipients has been postponed to 2021 due to the public health crisis.

More information about the public event, including the date, will be available early next year.

2020 Governor’s Arts Award Recipients:

Jim Bodenmiller, Advocate (West Lafayette, IN)
Jim‘s work on behalf of the arts has had a long history of impact in the Tippecanoe County region. He has served on the board of many arts institutions, with a leadership style that was instrumental in putting several on a path to sustainability. As an IAC Commissioner, and later as chair, Jim oversaw the implementation of the Regional Arts Partner system which continues today as a successful model for equitably distributing funds to all the state’s 92 counties. In 1997, Jim retired from Eli Lilly after 35 years with the company. He continues as a strong advocate for the arts in the state, presenting to legislators and committees of the General Assembly.

Michael Cleveland, Musician (Henryville, IN)
With a Grammy win and a record-setting 12 wins as Fiddle Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association, fiddler Michael Cleveland’s indomitable spirit, rare talent and work ethic have brought him to the pinnacle of his profession. His masterful playing attracts an all-star roster of guests on his 2019 release, TALL FIDDLER. The album, co-produced by Jeff White and Sean Sullivan along with Cleveland,  is peppered with the same level of musical potency that first lit a fire in Cleveland, prompting him to form his band Flamekeeper, recently profiled in the inspiring documentary Flamekeeper: The Michael Cleveland Story, and take the stage as a touring musician.

Hurley Goodall, Advocate (Muncie, IN)
Born in 1927, Hurley graduated from Muncie Central High School in 1945, worked in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1945-47 and was a civil rights leader in the 1950s-60s. In 1976, he co-authored a book entitled A History of Negroes in Muncie. In 1980, he presented the Black Muncie History Collection to the Ball State University Bracken Library where it is still available in its Archives and Special Collections. Hurley Goodall was instrumental in the development of the Indiana Arts Commission Arts Trust and the passage of the enabling legislation for the Arts Trust.

John Green, Author (Indianapolis, IN)
John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. He is also the coauthor, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. He was the 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner, and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print. John grew up in Orlando, Florida before attending Indian Springs School and then Kenyon College. He currently lives in Indianapolis with his family.

Harrison Center for the Arts, Arts Organization (Indianapolis, IN)
The Harrison Center is a force for cultural development in Indianapolis and a model for community arts, education, and urban revitalization programs across America. The organization addresses community problems with cultural solutions: art, music, education, and grassroots activism. The Harrison Center also cultivates emerging art patrons by redefining the boundaries of artist and audience: everyone is part of the art.

Robert and Barbara Stevens, Advocates (Columbus, IN)
Since moving to Columbus, Indiana in 1985, Bob and Barbara Stevens have been leaders in business and supporters of the arts. The Stevens believe in giving back and leaving a legacy for their community and Columbus has benefited from their support of numerous arts and community-based organizations. Their commitment to Columbus and the surrounding area can be seen in the range of projects, causes and Indiana artists they have supported including the Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Commons Building in Columbus, Indiana University J Irwin Miller Architecture Program in Columbus, the Brown County Art Gallery Expansion and the new Visitor Center at the T C Steele State Historic Site in Brown County.

2020 Governor’s Emerging Artist Award Recipient:

Amy Oelsner, Musician (Bloomington, IN)
Amy Oelsner’s homemade pop songs sparkle with these eternal truths: that story-telling is part of being alive, and excavating the past is part of growth. Oelsner, who records as Amy O, is a lifer of the indie-pop underground. Her latest, Shell, brims with poetic granular details of everyday life; it’s her third studio album, and tenth including her many years of home recordings. In addition to music, Amy was the Assistant Director of Rhino’s Youth Center and led the Zine Writing Program, which encouraged adolescents to share their own stories and engage with the public in creative ways. More recently, Oelsner has dug even deeper into her work as an educator and arts organizer. She’s been teaching songwriting at Ivy Tech Community College and is the Founder/Director of Girls Rock Bloomington, a music camp for girls, trans and non-binary youth that teaches positive self-esteem and self-expression through music education and mentorship.

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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“Left Jab” and “Middle Jab” and “Right Jab” October 18, 2020

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“Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab” was created because we have a couple of commenters that post on a daily basis either in our “IS IT TRUE” or “Readers Forum” columns concerning National or International issues.

The majority of our “IS IT TRUE” columns are about local or state issues, so we have decided to give our more opinionated readers exclusive access to our newly created “LEFT JAB and Middle Jab and RIGHT JAB”  column. They now have this post to exclusively discuss national or world issues that they feel passionate about.
We shall be posting the “LEFT JAB” AND “MIDDLE JAB” AND “RIGHT JAB” several times a week.  Oh, “LEFT JAB” is a liberal view, “MIDDLE JAB” is the libertarian view and the “RIGHT JAB is representative of the more conservative views. Also, any reader who would like to react to the written comments in this column is free to do so.

Better Books Book Sale – Now 50% Off

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Adopt A Pet

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Peanut is a female American rabbit! She’s 3 years old and was surrendered due to landlord issues. Her adoption fee is $50 and she’ll go home spayed and microchipped. Get details at www.vhslifesaver.org/adopt!

 

HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS

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