The virtual Evansville Otters game broadcast, the third virtual Otters production in 2020, is premiering now on the Evansville Otters Youtube channel! Click here to watch the virtual game broadcast.
With the Frontier League championship baseball season canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Otters want to bring Evansville Otters baseball and the Bosse Field experience straight to our fans virtually in the safety and comfort of their own homes one more time. Â
The virtual broadcast will feature a re-broadcast of the August 29, 2019 home game against the Gateway Grizzlies with new commentary. The re-broadcast will include interviews with Frontier League Deputy Commissioner Steve Tahsler, Frontier League Umpire Supervisor Deron Brown, Otters Bench Coach Boots Day, MLB.com’s Senior Content Manager Jenifer Langosch, former Otters and MLB pitcher Andrew Werner, former Otters pitcher Andre Simpson from the 2003-05 Otters clubs, and DugoutDish.com founder Chelsea Ladd. There will also be interviews with former Otters broadcasters, among others. The University of Evansville Purple Aces’ mascot, Ace Purple, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch, and Otters owner Bill Bussing will give his All-Otters Team of players since 2001, the beginning of the Bussing ownership, in an OttersTV segment. Plus, fans will recognize other familiar sights and sounds that they would normally experience on a gameday at Bosse Field.
See it all on Youtube.com, and be sure to subscribe to the Otters’ channel while you’re there!
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 On August 20, a female called police records to report that her debit card was being used at different locations in the Evansville area. One of those locations was Rural King. A representative from Rural King was able to give detectives some video of two people who were together when the stolen debit card was being used.
 Anyone who might recognize the male and female depicted in these pictures is asked to call the special investigations unit at 812-436-7959 or the WeTip Line at 1-800-78-Crime.
Marty was born on February 24, 1950, to Leo and Jean Beckman in Evansville, Indiana. She studied to be a Special Education Clinician at Indiana State University, and later went on to help her husband John establish and flourish his accounting practice.
Marty was a bright light in this world, whose exuberant personality and generous heart was noticed by everyone around her. She was a loving mother to her three children, a wonderful big sister to her siblings, an adored grandmother, and a cherished friend to so many. She housed a number of exchange students and Evansville Otters baseball players, and always had an open door for those who needed it. Marty showed her caring nature by continuously providing a home full of life, especially around the holidays. Marty’s love didn’t stop with humans; she also had love to share with many dogs and birds throughout the years.
Marty’s passions included sailing and traveling, with fond times in Hawai’i,  the Virgin Islands, skiing adventures with John, and a recent trip to Maine with her girlfriends where her daily routine revolved around the fall foliage, discovering lighthouses, and indulging in lobster.
She loved playing the piano, was a talented painter, and spent hours reading and mastering her craft at crosswords and word games.
If Marty’s vocabulary didn’t dazzle a crowd, then her elegance and grace sure did. Always making time to socialize and support her friends, Marty loved to dress for an occasion where her style and charm invariably lit up a room.
Marty is survived by her husband of 36 years John Friend; her children Melinda (Steve) Pearce, Eric (Emily) Friend, and Lee Vida (Lee Jarvis); her grandchildren Peyton (Nate) Broadhurst, Ryan Magruder, Talula Friend, Sadie Friend, and Josephine Friend; her great-grandchild Aspen Broadhurst; her siblings Bob (Valerie) Beckman, Chuck (Cheri) Beckman, and Melody (Martin) Eastman; and many loving nieces and nephews.
Marty was preceded in death by her parents.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, September 25th at Sunset Funeral Home. A graveside service will take place outside at the Lakeside Pavilion Gazebo at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 26th at Sunset Memorial Park. The service will be standing with chairs reserved for immediate family and those unable to stand. Friends and Family can also visit from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Heart To Heart Hospice Of Evansville, Llc, an amazing organization that helped us through every step of this transition.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 871 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the state laboratory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 95,750 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 3,106 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 13 from the previous day. Another 219 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by the state and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 1,092,596 tests for unique individuals have been reported to the state, up from 1,083,765 on Tuesday.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, the Indiana State Department of Health and other state leaders will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana.
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
State Health Commissioner Kristina Box, M.D., FACOG
WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2:30 p.m. ET, Wednesday, September 2
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IS IT TRUEÂ we have an outstanding group of law enforcement professionals that are doing everything they can to protect us? Â …if you feel members of our local law enforcement don’t have a dangerous job please that time and read the EPD Â and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff Office daily activities reports posted in the CCO?
IS IT TRUE one big reason why the “Affordable Housing Trust Fund “cash balances’ is almost depleted is that the majority of Evansville City Council members recently voted to award a not-for-profit developer $400,000 for a housing project for the economically disadvantaged? Â …. it’s obvious that a couple of Evansville City County members should take a class in “Cash Flow Management”?
IS IT TRUE we been told that an elected officeholder is telling people living at the Woodlawn Park Apartments that the City Of Evansville may be considering locating a “Police Sub-Station ” near this crime-ridden property in the very near future? …when one of the residents ask this elected city official where is the money coming from to locate a “Police Sub-Station” near the Woodlawn Park Apartments the politicians quickly changed the subject?
IS IT TRUE we been told if members of the Evansville City Council decides to pull a “rabbit out of the hat” and fund a “Police Sub-Station” near the Woodlawn Park Apartments they will have to pay the officers who man it hazard pay?
IS IT TRUEÂ we been told if members of the “Keep Evansville Beautiful” Association would visit the Woodlawn Park Apartments they would be stunned to see that the grounds and surrounding area are far from being beautiful?
IS IT TRUEÂ many people are wondering why the Evansville Codes Enforcement Department hasn’t done a better in requiring the owners of Woodlawn Park Apartments to comply with the city building codes regulations?
IS IT TRUEÂ that the COVID-19 national testing program will last for at least another year?
IS IT TRUEÂ several years ago the Indiana State Legislature approved “Sports Book Gaming” in Indiana? …we still wonder why they didn’t include “SIMULCAST HORSE RACING”? Â …during times like these a “SIMULCAST HORSE RACING” venue located at Tropicana -Evansville would generate a bunch of extra gaming dollars for the Vanderburgh County taxpayers?
IS IT TRUEÂ the “Defund the Police” movement has been a great thing for companies that manufacture and sell guns?…3 million guns have been purchased by private citizens since March?…half of those sales happened during the months of June, July, and August? …the rate at which the FBI is currently doing background checks on private gun purchases is around 190,000 per day?
IS IT TRUEÂ we wonder how on earth can a city that has ZERO population growth, minimal wage growth, and experiencing a serious economic downturn can expect to collect more tax money from its huddled masses than it did the year before?
IS IT TRUE that a local and well-respected minority-owned newspaper named “Our Times†is starting to endorse 2020 candidates?  …that they recently endorsed incumbent Vanburgh County Commissioner Ben Shoulders? …that Commissioner Shoulders has now received endorsements from several labor unions (IBEW, Plumbers, Builders, Teamsters), Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding, County Commissioners Jeff Hatfield, and Cheryl Musgrave, and the local Latino newspaper “El Informadorâ€?
IS IT TRUE when the Vanderburgh County Council discusses the Evansville CVB proposed 2021 budget again we expect that County Councilman Joe Kiefer will recuse himself from any discussion or voting on the agency’s budget request because his son is the President of the CVB?
IS IT TRUEÂ we are told that members of the Vanderburgh County Council will approve the CEO of the Evansville Vistors and Convention Bureau $170,000 salary request for 2021 because its part of the contractual agreement he signed with this agencies Board Of Directors last year?
IS IT TRUE are told that former Evansville Mayor and Chancellor of Ivy Tech and candidate for Indiana Attorney General has the Republican political strategists worried? Â …that word in the street is that the Jonathan Wienzapfel campaign is doing very well throughout every section of the State?
IS IT TRUE that State Senator Vaneta Becker (R) is representing portions of Vanderburgh and Warrick County with style and class?
IS IT TRUE that District 76 State Representative Wendy McNamara (R) is also doing a bang-up job for the people she represents?
IS IT TRUE we also would like to thank Kemberle Weightman for preparing and sending us the daily EPD activity report?
IS IT TRUE when the people fear the Government we have Tyranny! Â When the Government fears the people we have Liberty?
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INDIANAPOLIS — Since Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis became a legislator in 2012, there’s been a consistent theme when Indiana politics collides with race.
“We’ve gotten a lot of avoidance of even the term racism,†Shackleford said, now as chair of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, or IBLC, in a year that’s been called a racial awakening around the country.
State Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis, last month when she unveiled the initiatives the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus will pursue in the 2021 session of the General Assembly. Photo by Janet Williams, TheStatehouseFile.com
After several months of slowed business and closed schools prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, police in Minneapolis killed George Floyd, a Black man, after kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes. A bystander captured the scene on camera, prompting outrage and protests nationwide as it was shared on social media.
Shackleford said it’s this tragedy that’s thrust race to the forefront of Indiana politics. Coupled with time in quarantine and social isolation, video evidence of attacks on Black men like that shared after George Floyd’s death by police capture greater attention.
“I would say it’s been kind of a perfect storm with COVID-19 and people being at home. They got to see racism on full display,†Shackleford said. “When you have everyone at home and millions watching, that starts to ignite in them action for a movement.â€
And that’s the kind of pressure, Shackleford said, that can help a majority-white state and legislature discuss openly what challenges the Black community faces.
In 2020, there are 13 members of the IBLC. That’s around 8.6%  of the 150-member legislature in a state where nearly 10% of residents identify as Black, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly one in five Hoosiers identifies as a person of color.
Each year, the caucus shares policy goals with the governor and legislative leaders that largely go ignored, such as a call for a comprehensive hate crimes bill that wasn’t heeded until 2019 — and even then, the final product wasn’t exactly what the caucus demanded.
While the 2020 legislative session isn’t expected to begin until January, Gov. Eric Holcomb delivered a half-hour speech Aug. 18 announcing new measures to promote equity and inclusion in the state in response to renewed conversations around racial justice. His plan includes mandatory body cameras for state police, the launch of a new dashboard to track data around equity and inclusion programs, and a promise to appoint a first-ever chief equity, inclusion, and opportunity officer.
Gov. Eric Holcomb delivered a statewide address last month to address action his administration is taking to increase diversity and opportunity in state government. The StatehouseFile.com
For Black leaders like Shackleford and Holcomb’s opponent for re-election, Democrat Dr. Woody Myers, the question of sincerity remains at the forefront of how they interpret Holcomb’s new equity and inclusion plan.
When IBLC members met with Holcomb earlier in the summer, Shackleford said he indicated he would be announcing a plan to respond to the unrest. But when a member requested to see a draft of the plan to offer feedback from the caucus, he declined. And the plan he did unveil did not include the caucus’ priority justice reform items, including bans on racial profiling, chokeholds, and no-knock warrants.
Shackleford added she worries that, if done incorrectly, Holcomb’s proposed chief equity, inclusion, and opportunities officer would end up as a symbolic post rather than a way to enact meaningful change.
Myers criticized Holcomb’s approach to equity and inclusion with a simple statement after he announced it to the public: “Much too little, much too late.†Myers later explained his statement referred not only to Holcomb’s choice to unveil a plan months after protests around racial justice began with renewed force, but also to problems that should have been addressed under former Republican Govs. Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels.
Myers pointed to issues like maternal and infant mortality among Black mothers, for one, that have made little progress even with efforts by the Holcomb administration to improve Indiana’s infant and maternal mortality ranking.
Former state health commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Dr. Woody Myers is joined by his wife Stacy on Wednesday when he announced his campaign for governor. Photo by Victoria Ratliff, TheStatehouseFile.com
Indiana saw the biggest decline in its infant mortality in six years as of 2018, dropping to 6.8 infant deaths per 1,000 births. The Black infant mortality rate declined by nearly 16% in the same period, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. But Indiana’s maternal mortality rate remains among the highest in the nation, according to America’s Health Rankings.
“His job is not to convince me,†Myers said. “His job is to do the right thing for the people of this state. And thus far, in my view, he hasn’t.â€
The rhetoric in Holcomb’s speech is also at odds with prominent leaders in his party, who gave addresses of their own at the Republican National Convention last week. Vice President and former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence did not reference the deaths of Black men and women in his acceptance speech, focusing instead on violence, rioting, and using his platform to push for “law and order.†He also outlined accomplishments he attributed to the Trump administration, including the lowest unemployment rate for African Americans ever recorded.
Darryl Heller, director of the Civil Rights Heritage Center through Indiana University in South Bend, said Holcomb needs to denounce both Pence and President Donald Trump for using language that ignores the full conversation around racial justice if he wants Hoosiers to believe him.
“He’s dog-whistling to his white base, and I think Gov. Holcomb needs to call him on that,†Heller said of Pence’s speech. “If Gov. Holcomb wants to be sincere and honest with himself, and with the rest of us Hoosiers, then he needs to take leadership in his party.â€
But Holly Lawson, press secretary for the Holcomb re-election campaign, said Holcomb, the Trump administration at Republicans at large share the same goal: Supporting Black communities while also upholding law enforcement.
“Like Governor Holcomb, multiple speakers at the RNC addressed the deep issues Black people face today and the work that is being taken — while at the same time respecting law enforcement and the rule of law,†Lawson said in a statement.
Lawson pointed to the address where Holcomb unveiled his equity and inclusion plan, during which he urged protestors to remain peaceful: “If you want to change, don’t throw a brick,†he said. “Use a brick to lay a foundation for something better.†She compared this statement to those made by Pence and Trump at the RNC.
“The American people know we don’t have to choose between supporting law enforcement and standing with African American neighbors to improve the quality of life in our cities and towns,†Pence said in his acceptance speech. “From the first days of this administration, we have done both.â€
President Trump has taken to social media in recent days to criticize racial justice protests. Trump’s official account retweeted a claim from One America News Network that demonstrations around the country are part of an organized uprising against his administration.
Holcomb remains an honorary chair for the Trump re-election campaign and praised Pence’s acceptance speech last Wednesday, voicing his support in a message posted to his campaign’s Twitter account.
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden also voiced his support for law enforcement in recent remarks. He does not support defunding the police, as the Trump campaign has claimed several times since protests began.
Like Shackleford, Heller said the COVID-19 pandemic helped bring attention to racial disparities along with recent Black deaths involving police.  The Black community in particular continues to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic, according to health experts.
But Heller said there’s a third factor that brings race to the forefront of politics as well: Four years of President Donald Trump, who has wielded race since campaigning for the presidency as a tool to divide those who don’t support him from those who do.
“Gov. Holcomb will say the words, ‘black lives matter,’ and that ‘black livelihoods matter.’ I applaud him for making that statement publicly,†Heller said. “We can’t get those kinds of statements out of our national leaders, though, and the leaders of his party.â€
FOOTNOTE: Erica Irish is the 2020 Russell Pulliam editor for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.Â
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