Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab†June 14, 2020
Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab†June 14, 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 so.
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020
12:00 NOON
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      a. Reopening Plan- Holtz
      b. Park Daze Program- Schneider
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6. Â Â Â Â REPORTS
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      b.Brian Holtz
7. Â Â Â Â ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS
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Summer Play Daze Coming June 18th
Join the fun this summer at a different Neighborhood Park. The Department of Parks and Recreation would like to introduce the Summer Play Daze activity program for the 2020 summer season.
Summer Play Daze will take place every Tuesday and Thursday between 1 to 2pm at different Evansville Neighborhood Parks. The first day of Summer Play Daze will be Thursday, June 18th at Bellemeade Park.
With COVID- 19 shutting down city pools this summer, Program Director Holly Schneider said this is another opportunity for kids to still have fun this summer. She said, “Summer Play Daze provides a variety of activities for children between the ages of 5 and 14 years to participate in while building our community one park at a time.â€
At each Neighborhood Park, there will be activities such as: dancing, creating a craft, playing in sprinklers, playing with a parachute, and much more. Don’t forget to finish the day with a free snow cone from Kona Ice.
Dates and locations for other Summer Play Daze are:
June 23- Howell Park
June 25- Garvin Park
June 30- Bayard Park
July 2- Vann Park
July 7- Fulton Park
July 9- Lorraine Park
July 14- Tepe Park
July 16- Akin Park
Summer Play Daze wouldn’t be possible without sponsorship from: Evansville Parks Foundation, Old National Bank, Berry Global, Vectren, WIKY, WEOA, Deaconess Hospital, Mattingly Charities, and Bunny Bread.
To learn more about Summer Play Daze, please contact Schneider at 812-435-9340.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 432 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 39,543 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of today, nearly 39 percent of ICU beds and more than 83 percent of ventilators are available.
A total of 2,231 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 17 over the previous day. Another 182 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 ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 340,637 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 335,180 on Friday.
To find testing locations around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link. More than 200 locations are available around the state.
Attempted Murder on South Side
Just before midnight on June 12, 2020 officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of S Bedford Ave in reference to multiple calls of shots fired. The caller stated that there was a subject down that was bleeding from the head. Officers arrived on scene and located a male victim that had suffered an apparent gunshot would to his head. The victim received medical treatment and was transported to a hospital to receive further medical aide. At this time the medical status of the victim is unknown. There is no suspect in custody in relation to this incident. The investigation is ongoing at this time. No further details at this time.
Small-Town Vigilantes Duped Into Standing Guard For Antifa ‘Bus Invasion’ Hoax
Small-Town Vigilantes Duped Into Standing Guard For Antifa ‘Bus Invasion’ Hoax
In Forks, Wash., dozens of would-be vigilantes accused a multi-racial family of being Antifa agents because they were camping in a school bus, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office. The group allegedly confronted the family in a parking lot, then knocked down trees in the woods to block their path later that same night, in a case that is now under criminal investigation.
Sheriff’s departments in Curry County, Ore., and Payette County, Id., have also received a flurry of calls about “Antifa buses†coming into their areas, but have not found any evidence to back those claims up.
The latest version of the hoax appears to claim that Sparta, Ill., is next. “Antifa terrorists to be bused to Sparta, Illinois with orders to burn farmhouses and kill livestock in rural ‘white’ areas,†several false Facebook posts say.
“We have no evidence leading us to believe this threat is at all credible,â€Â the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department told an ABC affiliate. “It would appear that the author’s goal is to place fear in our community members, thereby creating fear and discontent.â€
Some often-repeated posts about the “invasions†feature a doctored photo showing two buses with the words “Soros Riot Dance Squad†edited onto them, the Associated Press reported in a fact-check last week.
That Soros is George Soros, a Jewish Hungarian-American billionaire and Democratic donor who is often portrayed — without evidence — as the boogeyman and puppet-master behind various far-right conspiracy theories over the years.
Candace Owens, a Black far-right commentator who has often opposed the Black Lives Matter movement, claimed in late May that Soros is paying looters to “burn down†Minneapolis. Actor James Woods also suggested on May 31 that Soros was behind the protests.
The White House also added fuel to the Antifa claims last week, with a now-debunked video that claimed to show Antifa violence during the protests while using footage from other incidents. The video has since been deleted.
A recent AP analysis found that about 85 percent of those arrested at protests in Minneapolis and in Washington, D.C., were residents of those states, despite conspiracy theories to the contrary.