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Indiana Quick Quiz   There are many interesting museums in Indiana. Match each one below to its location. 1. Red Skelton Museum 2. Old Rotary Jail Museum 3. Howard Steamboat Museum 4. Clabber Girl Museum 5. Elwood Haynes Museum A. Crawfordsville B. Terre Haute  C. Kokomo  D. Vincennes      E. Jeffersonville Answers Below
“I can’t imagine being an American icon! It would be pretty difficult to look at your face in the mirror and think that of yourself without laughing and spitting toothpaste all over.” – – – Jane Pauley
Mary Alice Smith Gray Did You Know?   The cornerstone for the Riley Hospital for Children was laid in October of 1922. One of the special guests at the ceremony was 72-year-old Mary Alice Smith Gray. As a young girl, she had worked as a housekeeper in the Greenfield home of Reuben and Elizabeth Riley. As the legend goes, little Mary Alice was quite a storyteller and, when her work was done, would often sit with the family and relate imaginary tales involving elves and fairies. One of the Riley children was so enchanted by her stories that, years later, he wrote a poem entitled “Little Orphant Allie.” A typesetter misread the name and made it “Annie.” Now you know how “Little Orphant Annie” became one of the best-loved James Whitcomb Riley poems of all time.
ANSWERS: 1. D   2. A    3. E 4. B    5. C
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HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS: Doors Open at Riley Hospital for Children
1860   Ashbel Willard, the 11th Governor of Indiana, died at the age of 39. He was the first Indiana Governor to die in office. He had served in the Indiana House of Representatives and was Lieutenant Governor under Governor Joseph Wright. As the state’s chief executive, he won approval for a plan for a new state prison which was later built in Michigan City. Plagued by poor health most of his life, the young Governor died from respiratory problems. His body lay in state in the Senate Chamber of the old Statehouse before burial in his hometown of New Albany. Pictured: A detail from the official Governor’s portrait by Indiana artist George W. Morrison.
1874   William S. Wooton received a patent for a large office desk, designed to be a “one-man office.” Manufactured in Indianapolis, the Wooton was called the “King of Desks” and featured over 100 letterboxes, cubbyholes, and drawers. The desk was made in a variety of hardwoods and was favored by such business leaders as John D. Rockefeller, Joseph Pulitzer, and Charles Scribner. U. S. Grant owned a Wooton desk, and a special model was made for Queen Victoria.
1940   Four movie theaters in South Bend hosted the world premiere of “Knute Rockne, All American.“ Many of the stars of the movie were in town to attend events honoring the famous Notre Dame football coach. Among the Hollywood visitors were Bob Hope, Anita Louise, Charlie Ruggles, Pat O’Brien (who played Rockne,) and Ronald Reagan (who had the role of team star George Gipp.)
1970   WFYI, Channel 20, began broadcasting in Indianapolis. The city’s first non-commercial TV outlet was made possible by volunteers led by Ardath Y. Burkhart, whose “Ardath’s Army” went door-to-door raising the money to build the station. Among those on the air for the first broadcast were Indiana Governor Edgar Whitcomb and Indianapolis Mayor Richard Lugar. The channel was part of the PBS network, and many original supporters were mothers who wanted their children to be able to watch “Sesame Street.”
2008   Senator Barack Obama addressed a crowd of 21,000 in the grandstand at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Noting the recent collapse of the economy, the Presidential candidate said, “There are better days ahead. . . this isn’t the time for fear or panic.” The Illinois Senator campaigned heavily in the Hoosier State. His appearance at the fairgrounds was his 46th visit to the state for the election year.
AG Curtis Hill Announces $39.5M Multi-State Settlement With Anthem
Attorney General Curtis Hill today announced that Indiana has joined a $39.5 million multistate settlement with Indianapolis-based Anthem. The settlement stems from a 2014 data breach that exposed millions of Americans’ personal information.
In February 2015, Anthem disclosed that cyberattackers infiltrated its systems beginning in February 2014, using malware installed through a phishing email. A federal grand jury last year indicted members of a China-based hacking group on charges related to a series of computer intrusions, including a data breach of Anthem.
The cyberattackers were able to gain access to Anthem’s data warehouse, where they harvested names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, healthcare identification numbers, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and employment information for 78.8 million Americans. About 4,558,354 Indiana residents were impacted by the breach.
“Consumers are vulnerable when companies entrusted to protect their personal information fail to take the appropriate steps to do so,” Attorney General Hill said. “We are reassured by Anthem’s commitment to improve its data security practices and are confident that the company will not repeat past mistakes.”
Indiana will receive $2,682,793.39 from the settlement, all of which will go to the Agency Settlement Fund. In addition to this payment, Anthem agreed to a series of provisions designed to strengthen its security practices. Those provisions include:
- Prohibiting misrepresentations about the extent to which Anthem protects the privacy and security of personal information;
- Implementing a comprehensive information security program that incorporates principles of zero-trust architecture. This includes regularly reporting security matters to the Board of Directors and promptly notifying the CEO of significant security threats;
- Implementing security requirements with respect to segmentation, logging and monitoring, anti-virus maintenance, access controls and two-factor authentication, encryption, risk assessments, penetration testing and employee training, among other requirements; and
- Conducting third-party security assessments and audits for three years, as well as requiring that Anthem make its risk assessments available to a third-party assessor during that term.
Through this settlement, Anthem has reached a resolution with Indiana and 42 other states. California has also reached its own settlement with Anthem.
Court documents related to this multistate settlement are attached.
Previously, Anthem entered into a class-action settlement that established a $115 million settlement fund to pay for additional credit monitoring, cash payments of up to $50 for affected Americans and the reimbursement for out-of-pocket losses for affected consumers. The deadlines for consumers to submit claims under that settlement have passed.
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LEFT JAB†AND “MIDDLE JAB†AND “RIGHT JAB†OCTOBER 4, 2020
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 JABâ€Â 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 so8
Enjoy fall fun and Halloween events
A cornucopia of fall fun and Halloween events are happening at DNR properties throughout October.
Campsite decorating, pumpkin decorating, costume contests and a variety of other events are a part of these weekends. You can come for one activity, stay for a day, or spend the entire weekend at most events.
Activities will follow the state’s guidance for event planning, including social distancing, mask requirements, hand-washing, and sanitizing of program materials.
For details regarding a fall or Halloween event near you, or one that’s well worth a road trip, visit the DNR Calendar at calendar.dnr.IN.gov.
HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE
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Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Meeting
 The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2020, in the John H. Schroeder Conference Centre at the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut, IN 47713, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to Senate Enrolled Act 313, Section 1, I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1, as amended. The purpose of the meeting is for discussion of one or more of the following: collective bargaining, (2)(A); for discussion of the assessment, design, and implementation of school safety and security measures, plans, and systems (3); and to train school board members with an outside consultant about the performance of the role of the members as public officials (11).Â
Beginning at 5:30 PM, the Board will call upon those who have completed and submitted a Request for Public Comment form and the regular meeting of the School Board will commence immediately following in the EVSC Board Room, same address.Â
Lodge Shooting
 On today’s date around 11:30 a.m., the Evansville Police Department was called to the 2700 block of Lodge Avenue for a shots fired call. The caller heard a gunshot in the hallway of the apartment building.
   Officers were able to find the victim in the hallway with a gunshot wound in her upper left chest area. An arriving ambulance crew transported her to the hospital for treatment.Â
 It appears that this shooting stems from an earlier confrontation between the victim’s juvenile son and the suspect, where the suspect robbed him of his cell phone.Â
 The victim, in an effort to retrieve her son’s phone, went looking for the suspect, finding him in the hallway of an apartment building. After a brief struggle, the suspect shot the victim and fled the scene.Â
 At this time we do not have any identification on the suspect. If anyone knows anything about this incident they are asked to contact the Evansville Police Department’s Detective Office.Â
 The current status on the victim’s condition is unknown.Â