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HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS
USI takes third in GLVC Championship, Morphew named GLVC Freshman of the Year
University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country Team took third place in the 2020 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship Saturday afternoon.
USI finished with a total of 85 points only behind Drury University (72 points) and Southwest Baptist (53 points).
Senior Jennifer Comastri was comfortable out front, pacing the Screaming Eagles as she crossed the line in 21 minutes, 39.5 seconds to claim fourth place overall. Freshman teammate Allison Morphew was the next Eagle to find the line as she clocked in at 22:29.4 in 12th place. Morphew was the first freshman of the Championship race to finish, making her GLVC Freshman of Year; capping off an incredible first collegiate cross country season.
Sophomore Mckenna Cavanaugh kicked it in quickly after Morphew giving herself 15th overall which also happens to be the cut-off for All-GLVC honors. Sophomore Aubrey Swart and Freshman Adele Schnautz closed out the scoring by placing 25th and 29th, respectively for the Eagles.
One last bright note, the Eagles had three runners recognized for their outstanding performance today.
Three All-GLVC: All runners who finished 15th place or better were named All-GLVC, so that includes Comastri (fourth), Morphew (12th) and Cavanaugh (15th).
This will conclude the 2020 USI Cross Country Season due to the cancellation of the NCAA II Midwest Regionals and NCAA II Championships earlier this year.
USI finishes as 2020 GLVC Runner-Up after close battle with Lewis
University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country was edged out by Lewis University to settle for 2020 Great Lakes Valley Conference Runners-Up. This snaps the remarkable 15-year streak of consecutive GLVC Cross Country Titles for the men.
This whole race felt strangely familiar to the GLVC Triangular where the Screaming Eagles were only narrowed out by the Lewis Flyers by seven points. Today, USI and Lewis were going back and forth as live team scores were updated, but in the end Lewis had just enough to claim victory with 51 points to USI’s 57 points. In fact, according to the live results, the last team split at the seven-kilometer mark, before the line, had USI trailing Lewis by a single position.
Senior Gavin Prior led the team like he had once before earlier at the Triangular finishing seventh overall clocking in at 25 minutes, 20.7 seconds. Teammate and junior Noah Hufnagel sprinted closed behind capping off a ninth overall finish for the championship.
Seniors Wyat Harmon and Grady Wilkinson were side by side as they placed 11th and 12th respectively directly ahead of a pair of Lewis runners. Next, sophomore Braden Nicholson the last Eagle to score, found the line coming in 18th place, again just nipping a Lewis runner before the line.
Junior Cameron Cox rounded out the top 20 and freshman David Heinemann finished in 25th to complete top seven for USI.
It was a heartbreaker today for USI not only for the fact that the team standings were so close, but this will also conclude the 2020 USI Cross Country Season due to the cancellation of the NCAA II Midwest Regionals and NCAA II Championships earlier this year.
One last bright note, the Eagles had four runners recognized for their outstanding performance today.
Four All-GLVC:Â All runners who finished 15th place or better were named All-GLVC, so that includes Prior (seventh), Hufnagel (ninth), Harmon (11th) and Wilkinson (12th).
ITOWN Church Donates 250 Backpacks With Personal Hygiene Supplies For Recently Released Offenders
 Two hundred fifty backpacks full of hygiene products were donated to the Department of Correction from ITOWN Church in Fishers, Indiana.
ITOWN Missions Pastor Mike Woods says the COVID-19 Pandemic has limited their ability to help incarcerated individuals, “We wanted to figure out the best way for us to provide the resources for when men and women have served their time and get out.”
 ITOWN and IDOC’s Re-Entry Division began collaborating on new ways to help the department and the people they serve. ITOWN purchased the backpacks which include toiletries and other necessary items.
“We wanted to put these bags together to let them know ‘we’re here for you, we love you’. We stand with our friends at the Department of Correction,” Missions Pastor Woods said. “We’re always looking for ways to enhance the services so men and women don’t return.” |
 Re-Entry monitors picked up the backpacks and took them to a DOC facility in Plainfield, Indiana. From there, the backpacks were packaged and will be distributed to all DOC facilities to be given to individuals upon their release.
The re-entry division has faced unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including placement of some recently-released individuals into safe housing. |
 “It’s a wonderful opportunity to be able to provide an additional level of service to individuals being released from our facilities that may not necessarily have a permanent home to go to,” said Ricky Ganaishlal, re-entry monitor. “In addition to providing them with somewhere to live, we also wanted to provide the essentials they would need.”
“We exhaust every single opportunity we can to make sure that we provide an opportunity for men and women leaving our facilities to have housing,” Ganaishlal said. “We’re releasing them to their communities knowing that they have a roof over their head and the essentials they need to continue to be successful.” This donation of backpacks will be the first of four donations totaling 1,000. |
EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
Monday, October 26, 2020
4:00 p.m. Room 307, Civic Center Complex
- EXECUTIVE SESSION:
- An executive session and a closed hearing will be held prior to the open session.
- The executive session and hearing are closed as provided by:
- I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5): To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
- 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.
- 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.
- OPEN SESSION:
- CALL TO ORDER
- ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
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- October 12, 2020Â (Cook, Scott, and Hamilton)
- APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
- PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE:
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- Officers in the Field Training Program.
- Officers in SWILEA.
- PENDING DISCIPLINARY MATTERS:
- 20-PO-11 – Corporal Tony Mayhew, Badge Number 773, 21-day suspension. Appeal filed and hearing set for November 9th. Subpoenas were due October 12th. Subpoena objection heard October 26th.
- 20-PO-12 – Officer Jarid Harris, Badge Number 1306, 21-day suspension. Appeal filed and set for counsel progress report on October 26th.
- PROMOTIONAL PROCESS:
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- Approval of written testing date accommodations for Sergeant Candidates 4828 and 1076.
- RETIREMENTS:
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- Corporal William Braun, Badge Number 767, retiring effective January 19, 2021 after serving 32 years, 4 months, and 18 days.
- Officer Eric Middendorf, Badge Number 1087, retiring effective January 19, 2021 after serving 32 years, 1 month, and 18 days.
- REMINDERS:Â The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 9, 2020 at 4:00pm. Â
- ADJOURNMENT
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Evansville City Council Meeting Agenda
City Council Meeting AgendaÂ
AGENDA
| I. | INTRODUCTION |
10-26-2020 Agenda Attachment:
| II. | APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDUM |
10-12-2020 Draft Memo Attachment:
| III. | REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS |
| IV. | SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY |
| V. | CONSENT AGENDA:Â FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS |
A. ORDINANCE F-2020-19 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations, Additional Appropriations and Repeal and Re-Appropriation of Funds for Various City Funds Sponsor(s): Beane Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Beane Discussion Date: 11/9/2020 F-2020-19 Attachment:
B. ORDINANCE R-2020-25 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1300 1302 W. Iowa Street Petitioner:Â Hartford Bakery, Inc. Owner: Hartford Bakery, Inc. Requested Change: R2 to M2 Ward: 6 Brinkmeyer Representative: Maria L. Bulkley, Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP R-2020-25 Attachment:
C. ORDINANCE R-2020-26 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 213, 215, 217 and 219 W. Indiana Street Petitioner: Bryan Beal Owner: Premier Elite Investments LLC Requested Change: R5 to C4 Ward: 3 Heronemus Representative: Thomas J. Keith, Andy Easley Engineering Inc. R-2020-26 Attachment:
| VI. | COMMITTEE REPORTS |
| VII. | REGULAR AGENDA:Â SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS |
| VIII. | RESOLUTION DOCKET |
| IX. | MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS |
A. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, November 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
B. BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT
C. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
| X. | COMMITTEE REPORTS |
| XI. | ADJOURNMENT |
USI, Evansville Communities Invited To Virtual Keynote By former Secretary Of Defense Leon Panetta
Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, USI President, to assist in moderating Q&A session
Members of the USI community, USI alumni and local community members are invited to attend a virtual address by Leon Panetta, former United States Secretary of Defense, at noon CDT Thursday, October 29.
Panetta’s speech, “Challenges of Leadership in Democracy,” is part of the We Stand Together Speaker Series organized by the New Presidents Academy. As a member of the New Presidents Academy, Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, President of the University of Southern Indiana, will join Nora Roberts Miller, President of Mississippi University for Women, to moderate a Q&A session with Panetta following his presentation.
While online registration is not required, it is encouraged and allows attendees to submit questions for Panetta in advance. The virtual event is expected to conclude at 1:30 p.m. CDT.
Former White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton, Secretary of Defense under Barack Obama, and long-time congressman Leon Panetta co-founded The Panetta Institute for Public Policy with his wife Sylvia in 1997. He co-directed it with her until 2009, when he left to serve as CIA Director and then-Secretary of Defense. He returned to the Institute as chairman in 2013.
A Monterey, California, native and Santa Clara University School of Law graduate, Secretary Panetta began his long and distinguished public service career in 1964 as a U.S. Army intelligence officer, receiving the Army Commendation Medal. Upon discharge, he went to work in Washington as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senate Minority Whip Tom Kuchel of California. In 1969, he was appointed director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, where he was responsible for ensuring equal opportunity in public education, and later he served as executive assistant to the mayor of New York City. He then returned to Monterey, where he practiced law until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976.
Serving his Central Coast district in Congress for 16 years, Secretary Panetta became a respected leader on agriculture, federal budget, ocean and healthcare issues. From 1989 to 1993 he chaired the House Budget Committee and won passage of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, Medicare and Medicaid coverage of hospice care for the terminally ill, and numerous measures to protect the California coast, including the creation of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
In 1993, Secretary Panetta left Congress to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget for the incoming Clinton administration. There, he was instrumental in developing the policies that led to a balanced federal budget and eventual budget surpluses. In 1994, he accepted the appointment as the president’s chief of staff and is credited with bringing order and focus to White House operations and policymaking.
Upon leaving the Clinton administration in 1997, Secretary Panetta joined with his wife Sylvia to establish and co-direct The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, based at California State University, Monterey Bay. Reflecting the Secretary’s ideals and personal example, the nonpartisan, not-for-profit study center seeks to attract thoughtful men and women to lives of public service and prepare them for the policy challenges of the future.
SOMEHOW IT’S WORKING
SOMEHOW IT’S WORKING
GAVEL GAMUTÂ By Jim Redwine
Less than one year ago 19 denoted the previous century and the end to one’s teenage years. If 19 had ever caused me any emotional response at all it was probably nostalgia for the bucolic of high school or, perhaps, of trepidation for adulthood. Otherwise, 19 was benign. I do not know why the Corona Virus is called COVID-19. Hey, I changed my major from physics to humanities during my freshman year of college after I got my first semester grades. I have long since left science to the upper half assumes. Therefore, I, and I suspect most folks, just repeat the current pandemic’s appellation as given to us by those with thick glasses and white lab coats.
But this column is not a lament for a lost opportunity to spend my life watching some Algernon race some Charlie in a maze match. It is an acknowledgment that in spite of ’Ole 19 the world is still turning thanks to a lot of dedicated people.
The list is almost endless and so I will not attempt to exhaust it. But every day I am amazed by the appearance of water from the tap, electricity through the lines, groceries on the shelves, education via the Internet and imaginative educators, medical care, police and fire protection, one-click banking, governmental services, road maintenance, trash pick-up, fuel supply, house construction, property repair and, of course, online shopping and delivery. You might have noticed that I have not mentioned cable news.
If I was brought to reality by my experience with college physics, I am absolutely blown away by the way our society has persevered in the face of ’Ole 19. Much as people regrouped after the Crash of 1929 or WWII and Korea or polio, AIDS, Vietnam, Oklahoma City, 9/11, the Gulf War, and Iraq we have carried on. As our first cousins, the British might say, “We are muddling throughâ€, and it is said with justifiable pride.
Peg and I talk every day about how impressed we are that our lives can continue on due to the courage and sacrifice of so many complete strangers. We know we will eventually all win because so many of you refuse to give up. Thank you!
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