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USI Dental Hygiene Clinic To Offer Free Dental Cleanings For Veterans

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The University of Southern Indiana Dental Hygiene Clinic will provide free dental cleaning, fluoride and X-rays for military veterans from Monday, February 24 through Friday, February 28. Appointments are now being scheduled for this free clinic.

“Over the course of the last academic year, USI students were able to serve 330 area veterans,” said Joel Matherly, assistant director of USI’s Veteran, Military & Family Resource Center. “Oral health care is a tremendous need across the area, and we appreciate how the USI Dental Hygiene Clinic has responded specifically to the needs of local veterans.”

The USI Dental Hygiene Program collaborates with USI’s Veteran, Military & Family Resource Center to offer special clinic hours for veterans. USI Dental Hygiene faculty will supervise the students who will be working in the clinic.

Appointments are required and can be made by calling 812-464-1706. Proof of military affiliation and picture identification is required. Veterans will need to bring photo identification and proof of military affiliation to their appointment.

The USI Dental Hygiene Clinic is located on the USI campus in the Health Professions Center Room 1040, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, Indiana 47712.

The Dental Hygiene Program at the University of Southern Indiana is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and by the United States Department of Education.

Right to Life of Southwest Indiana promotes 40 Days for Life

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Right to Life of Southwest Indiana (RTLSWIN) is sponsoring the 40 Days for Life Prayer Vigil, an internationally coordinated 40-day campaign that aims to end abortion locally through prayer and fasting, community outreach and a peaceful all-day vigil in front of abortion businesses. The Spring Campaign will commence on February 26 through April 5, 2020, with prayer partners standing and/or walking in front of Planned Parenthood on Weinbach Avenue in Evansville.

“We have blessed in Southwest Indiana that many of our residents support life,” said Mary Ellen Van Dyke, Executive Director of Right to Life of Southwest Indiana.  “Those who support life and participate in these peaceful prayer vigils give voice to those who are voiceless – the preborn.”

The prayer campaigns to end abortion occur twice a year with Southwest Indiana’s Fall Campaign last year being the largest gathering ever with approximately 350 people participating.  To sign up to be a prayer partner for the 40 Days for Life go to the RTLSWIN web site at www.rtlswin.org/40-days-for-life/ or call 812-474-3195.

 

WARRICK HUMANE SOCIETY PRESENTS “DOGGIE DATE” WEEKEND WITH WHS!

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Find love this Valentine’s Day with Warrick Humane Society’s “Doggie Date Weekend”. This is a great chance to spend the weekend with a WHS Dog to get them out of the shelter for a few days and see if there just might be a Furever Love Connection! Prospective participants can fill out an adoption application on the Warrick Humane Society’s website www.warrickhumanesociety.org. 

Doggie Dates may be picked up between 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM on Thursday, February 13, 2020, or between 12 PM – 4 PM on Friday, February 14, 2020. Pick up is first-come, first-serve, so all the dogs get a chance to meet their weekend Valentine.  “Doggie Date”drop off is Sunday, February 16, 2020, from 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM.  If a Furever Love Connection is made, Warrick Humane Society will offer $50 off adoption fees for anyone who participates in Doggie Date Weekend. 

Bills Belie Lawmakers’ Tired ‘Local Control’ Mantra

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Micromanagement

Bills belie lawmakers’ tired ‘local control’ mantra

Statehouse lawmakers can’t seem to resist the temptation to challenge decisions made by their counterparts in local government. The current session finds more examples in bills aimed at county prosecutors and city council representatives.

Senate Bill 436, authored by Sen. Mike Young, R-Speedway, was a clear swipe at Democratic Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears, who announced last year he would no longer prosecute adults arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession. Young filed legislation allowing the Indiana attorney general, or a special prosecutor appointed by the attorney general, to file charges and prosecute any case an elected prosecutor declines to enforce. It also stipulated the prosecution costs would be charged to the county, not the attorney general’s office.

The bill cleared the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee last week on a mostly party-line vote, but it wasn’t called for a full Senate vote before this week’s deadline for bills to be approved in their original chamber. Statehouse observers know that ill-advised legislation often resurfaces, however, and Young insists his bill was aimed at “social justice prosecuting,” not Mears’ announcement.

Regardless, it represented an unwarranted attack on local decision-making. The Marion County prosecutor had said his office would devote its resources to prosecuting violent crime in Indianapolis, not misdemeanor marijuana cases.

Not a single person testified in favor of the bill at the Jan. 28 hearing, while many who testified against it said it undermined prosecutors’ authority. David Powell of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council noted he filed the death penalty three times in his 20 years as Greene County prosecutor. “I know of (elected prosecutors) who would never file the death penalty because they don’t believe in it – should they be removed from office?” he asked the committee. “Prosecutors have to make very, very difficult decisions. It’s the toughest job in government; we’re criticized for every decision we make.”
Another bill targeting local decision-making is advancing. House Bill 1065 would change the voting procedure for local income tax councils, making it more difficult for elected officials in more populous cities to increase the local income tax rate for an entire county. Critics claim the current process represents taxation without representation. But former Fort Wayne City Councilman John Crawford, who shepherded Allen County’s 2017 increase through the process, said that is not the case.
“You simply lose if the other side has more votes, like any election,” he wrote in an email. “How you apportion out the votes and rules will always be perceived as unfair by some factions. Right now, most counties don’t have a major city so county officials’ votes control LIT tax, and city officials’ votes in those counties don’t have an effect. If (the) law changed as contemplated, as soon as some combination reaches 50.1% all other votes of remaining officials will have no effect.”

Crawford noted local officials have used their authority judiciously: in 2013 “to maintain essential services after property tax caps gutted local budgets” and in 2017 to invest in sidewalk and alley improvements and riverfront development “which were popular and will benefit the entire region.”

“It’s not broke,” the former Republican councilman wrote. “Fort Wayne and Allen County are prospering and have one of lowest tax rates of surrounding counties. The proposed fix is only a different formula and no better. So we should leave it alone.”

Better yet, lawmakers should leave local elected officials to their work. Voters have entrusted those officials to make decisions and have the opportunity to remove them from office if they don’t like those decisions. The micromanaging from the Statehouse must stop.

 

Ivy Tech Community College Increases March Start Date Course Offerings

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Ivy Tech Community College has expanded the number of courses offered in an eight-week format and is providing a record number of classes that students can take starting this March. This will allow more Hoosiers to enter into higher education without having to wait until the summer or fall semesters.

Students can now enroll at Ivy Tech at five different times during the year as opposed to three. March 16 is that next class start date and Ivy Tech is encouraging students to apply now to be ready to start class in March. Ivy Tech has seen that students succeed at higher rates in an eight-week format.

“It is more focused and faster to complete,” Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann said. “For working adults, that means less time for life to get in the way. Part-time students focus on just one class at a time. Full-time students focus on just two to three classes at a time.”

Ivy Tech now offers more than half of all courses in the 8-week format and students are passing at significantly higher rates and dropping fewer classes. A majority of students also indicate they like this new format and are more engaged.

“Our faculty have done yeoman’s work redesigning for 8-weeks and helping students succeed in this new rhythm,” Ellspermann continued.

Applications to Ivy Tech are valid for two years. An application submitted with the noted start term of Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 and Summer 2018 means the applicant will not need to reapply to start classes that begin in March. Anyone without an application can apply to the school for free at www.ivytech.edu/apply-now.

Interested students can visit the Evansville campus at 3501 N. First Avenue to begin, or continue, the enrollment process. There is also an Express Enrollment Day planned for Feb. 13 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

There is still time to file the 2019-2020 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is the starting point for almost all financial aid opportunities for March courses, including scholarships, grants and various fee remissions. FAFSA filers will use Ivy Tech’s school code: 009917.

 

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Caine is a male Boxer mix, 5 years old. He gets along with other dogs and rides wonderfully in the car! He has been featured on Eyewitness News twice. He’s also got an adorable underbite. How has nobody taken him home yet?! Caine’s adoption fee is $110 and includes his neuter, microchip, and vaccines. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for details!

HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE

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Roeder, field athletes shine at Tiger Small College Invitational

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University of Southern Indiana’s women’s track & field team’s throwers shone the brightest at the Tiger Small College Indoor Invitational Friday evening.

The Screaming Eagles posted five top-15 performances; including two top-10s and one athlete who tallied points for USI finishing in the top eight.

Sophomore Georgianna Roeder was the lone scorer for the Eagles in the meet as she finished sixth in the shot put with a toss of 33 feet, 8 inches. Roeder’s mark was a personal best by nearly an entire foot. Just sneaking into the top 10 was freshman Cassie Janas with her own toss of 32’ 7” rewarding her with ninth place. Junior Mariah Paris also placed 14th with a mark of 31’ 4”.

Junior Ralen Campbell added another top-15 finish with a mark of 14’ 10” good enough for 13th place in the long jump.

Janas showed off her strength in the weight throw with a toss of 40’ 6.75” which gave her 12th place in the weight throw.

Other Notables: USI as a team remains ranked in the latest USTFCCCA poll released last week. The Eagles fell three spots now at No. 25; one of three GLVC teams. Eagles remain behind Southwest Baptist coming in at seventh and Indianapolis at sixth.

Up Next: USI will make trip up north for the GVSU Big Meet on Feb. 14-15 held in Allendale Michigan.

USI drops the spring opener to EMU 7-0

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University of Southern Indiana’s women tennis squad fell to Eastern Michigan seven to zero Friday Evening at the Evansville Tennis Center.

This was not an ideal start to the Screaming Eagles’ season, but there were a couple signs of promise that were on display.
First, while most of the Screaming Eagles struggled in their singles matches, junior Lauryn Thompson mustered to win three games in each of her sets, the most by any USI player for the night. Thompson did eventually fall 6-3, 6-3 in her match.

In the doubles, the team composed of sophomores Shelby Braselton and Kylie Skepnek fought their way to a well-earned, 7-5 victory.

The Eagles look to bounce back on Feb. 22 when they play host to the Knights of Marian University back at the Evansville Tennis Center with matches starting at 4 P.M.

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