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HOTJOBS IN EVANSVILLE
Gov. Holcomb Now Accepting Applications for Fellowship Program
Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced today that applications will be accepted through February 28, 2020 for the 2020-2021 Governor’s Fellowship.
The Governor’s Fellowship is highly selective and provides a unique experience in Indiana state government by placing fellows in various state agencies on a rotating basis throughout the year.
“Our Governor’s Fellows are such a valuable piece to our team,†Gov. Holcomb said. “The wide range of assistance they provide over the course of their fellowship is key to serving Hoosiers in a timely and thorough manner.â€
The program is open to college graduates who receive their bachelor’s degrees in either the fall 2019 or spring 2020. Fellows are paid, full-time employees who participate in the day-to-day activities of state government.
Many Governor’s Fellow participants have gone on to successful careers in both the public and private sectors — with some serving at the highest levels of local, state and federal government.
The application and submission guidelines can be found online at www.in.gov/gov/fellowship.htm. To be eligible for consideration, the application and all supporting materials must be postmarked or submitted via email by February 28, 2020.
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USI Men’s Basketball Team Falls In Overtime To UE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team forced the University of Evansville to overtime but fell 71-68 Monday evening at the Ford Center. USI concludes the exhibition schedule Friday when it visits Purdue University for a 7 p.m. (CDT) game.
The defense was the name of the game for the first five minutes of the game as Evansville was only able to generate a 3-2 lead. The Aces would extend the lead to as many as eight points, 23-15, with 7:57 left in the opening half when the Eagles made their run.
USI cut the deficit to two, 24-22, on a lay-up by junior forward Josh Price, but Evansville responded by re-extending the margin to six points at 28-22. The Eagles scored seven of the last nine points to send the game into halftime tied, 29-29 when junior forward Clayton Hughes slammed home a dunk as time expired in the opening 20 minutes.
Hughes led the Eagles during the first half with nine points on four-of-six from the field, while USI, as a team, shot 40.6 percent from the field (13-32).
In the second half, USI posted its first lead of the game, 33-32, before Evansville used an 8-0 run to grab a seven-point advantage, 40-33, by the first media timeout. The Eagles erased the deficit once more with an 11-4 run to knot the game at 44-44 when Price converted a layup with 9:12 to play.
The Eagles would grab the lead again at 5:17, 54-53, on a steal and a layup by freshman guard/forward Chance Coyle. Both teams would trade leads as the game came down to the wire in regulation. USI junior forward Emmanuel Little tied the game at 59-59 with a pair of free throws before Evansville’s Artur Labinowicz missed three free throws with 0.5 seconds left to force extra time.
USI grabbed a quick two-point lead in overtime, 61-59, on junior forward Justin Carpenter’s layup. The Aces, however, surged with six quick points to retake the lead, 65-61. The Eagles rallied once more, 65-65, on a pair of jumpers by Little with 2:09 left.
The 65-65 tie would be the last one for the Eagles as the Aces scored six of the final nine points to earn the exhibition victory.
Individually, Little led USI with a double-double, scoring 20 points on six-of-15 from the field and eight-of-11 from the line and grabbing 11 rebounds. Hughes joined Little in double-digits with 11 points, on four-of-seven from the field and three-of-five from the charity stripe.
The Eagles, as a team, shot 42.9 percent from the field (24-56) and tied the Aces on the boards, 41-41.
Following the conclusion of the exhibition schedule Friday at Purdue, the Eagles open the regular season November 8 when they visit Hillsdale College on day one of the G-MAC/GLVC Crossover Classic in Hillsdale, Michigan. USI finishes the first weekend of action on November 9 when it plays Malone University at Hillsdale.
Eagles back on track with 2-0
University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer got back on track with a 2-0 victory at Quincy University Sunday afternoon in Quincy, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles go to 10-4-1 overall and are 8-4-1 GLVC, while Quincy is 5-9-1 overall, 4-8-1 GLVC.
With the win, USI is tied with Maryville University (9-4-1, 8-4-1 GLVC) for fifth in the GLVC standings. The Eagles also are percentage points behind Bellarmine University (11-3-2, 8-3-2 GLVC), which moved into fourth today with a tie at Missouri University of Science & Technology (5-7-3, 5-6-2 GLVC).
USI played defense throughout the first half as Quincy finished the half with a 5-2 lead in shots and a 4-0 advantage in corner kicks.
The second half was a different story as the Eagles were able to counter attack and break through the Hawks’ defense for a pair of goals. Sophomore forward Katlyn Andres posted the first goal at 46:51 for the eventual game-winner. The goal was Andres’ sixth of the season, tying her for the team lead with junior forward Maggie Winter.
USI sealed the victory at 70:48 when junior forward Taylor McCormick broke through on a pass from junior forward Audrey Andrzejewski. The goal was McCormick’s third of the year.
Between the posts, USI freshman Maya Etienne blanked the Hawks while facing 13 shots and making four saves in 90 minutes. Etienne posted her 10th win of the season and her eighth shutout.
USI returns to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field for the final two regular season matches of 2019, hosting Maryville Friday at 5 p.m. and Missouri S&T Sunday at noon. Sunday’s match with Missouri S&T is Senior Day for the Eagles.
USI leads the all-time series with Maryville, 6-4-1, after a pair of wins last year at Strassweg Field, winning 3-1 during the regular season and 2-0 in the first round of the GLVC Tournament. Overall, the Eagles won three of the last four matches between the two programs.
The Eagles lead the all-time series with Missouri S&T, 10-5-1, after the two teams battled to a 0-0 double overtime tie in 2019. USI also has battled the Miners to a draw over the last five years at 2-2-1.
“IS IT TRUE” OCTOBER 28, 2019
We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUEâ€Â will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?
IS IT TRUE that the recent City-County Observers 2019 “Community Achievement Awards”  luncheon was a huge success? … were humbled that we were given the opportunity to honor six (6) incredible citizens at this prestige event?  … we give five (5) cheers to Margaret Koch, Vanderburgh County Commissioner Ben Shoulder, Steve Hammer, EPD Sergeant Jason Cullum, Christine Keck, The Honorable Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Margaret “Maggie” Lloyd for doing positive things for our community?  …we also give an additional five (5) cheers to the United States Senator Mike Braun, Lt Governor Suzanne Crouch, and Brad Ellsworth for their extremely interesting remarks during this event?
IS IT TRUEÂ we have been approached by several people to do a printed edition of a Sunday paper? …when the City-County Observer first started publishing many years ago we produced a printed edition once a week for a couple of years and always made an honorable profit?
IS IT TRUE according to the Evansville Courier and Press that the  Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Superintendent David Smith was the highest-paid administrator in Indiana’s five largest school systems last year and local teachers were the lowest-paid?  … if this is true this is downright shameful?
IS IT TRUE we are also told that many employees of the EVSC are finally getting tired of the practices of political patronage, nepotism and pork-barrel politics within the school system?
IS IT TRUE last year the National Golf Foundation was hired by the Evansville Parks Board to perform an evaluation of all city-owned golf courses? …the National Golf Foundation presented their findings to the Evansville Parks Board at their September 18, 2019 meeting? …one recommendation of the National Golf Foundation was about the future use of the Wesselman Par 3 Golf Course? …the Evansville Parks Commissioners plan to receive public input at it’s November 6, 2019 meeting?
IS IT TRUE we are told by several of our golfing “Moles” that it looks like the fix may be in? Â …they predict the Board of Park Commissioners will decide to close down Wesselman Par 3 Golf Course? ..everybody knows that the Evansville Parks Board are political appointments and they generally do what the politicians want?
IS IT TRUE our golfing “Moles” also predicts that Wesselman Par 3 Golf Course will be declared surplus property by the Evansville Parks Board and will become a part of Roberts Park’s future development?
IS IT TRUE that our golfing “MOLES” also tells us that we should pay special attention to future discussions concerning McDonald’s golf course?
IS IT TRUE to understand what risk if any that VenueWorks of Evansville LLC may have with respect to the Thunderbolts, one must first examine addendum #6 to the legal agreement between VenueWorks and the City of Evansville that was funneled through the Evansville Redevelopment Commission?  …this agreement deals with the daily operations of the Evansville Thunderbolts where it is clearly stated that: “VenuWorks shall be entitled to utilize facility (Ford Center) staff and resources reasonably necessary in connection with its operation of the SPHL Franchise?” …that this agreement also states that during any such periods in which VenuWorks operates the SPHL Franchise, all operating expenses of the SPHL franchise shall be deemed an expense of the facility (FORD CENTER) and all operating revenues of the SPHL franchise shall be deemed a revenue of the facility (FORD CENTER)?
IS IT TRUE that the above contractual agreement seemly translates that taxpayers of Evansville will provide free labor to support the Evansville Thunderbolts hockey team and all operating expenses associated with the team will be borne by the Ford Center?  …this agreement also suggests that as revenue also accrues to the Ford Center, the reality is that when it comes to the Evansville Thunderbolts, VenuWorks of Evansville LLC is seemly not at risk for poor financial performance? …under the terms of the addendum #6 of the original agreement, the taxpayers of Evansville are seemly saddled with the losses associated with the SPHL franchise while VenuWorks is still paid a fee for management services?
IS IT TRUE we are extremely disappointed that not one candidate running for Mayor or City Council has the political guts to address the bad public policy agreement between the City and VenuWorks, LLC concerning the Thunderbolts hockey team?
IS IT TRUE that Evansville City Councilwoman Connie Robinson is retiring after 24 years representing the people of the 4th Ward?  …Connie is known as “Her Brothers Keeper?”  …she worked tirelessly for the citizens of the 4th Councilmatic Ward?  …she is hardworking, honest and very personable? …from time to time we respectfully disagreed with Mrs. Robinson’s political decisions?  …she always voted her conscience?  …Connie’s term will be over at the end of this year and we wish her well?
IS IT TRUE we have been told by those in the know are predicting that the control of the Evansville City Council will remain in the hands of the Democrats? Â …this is aa developing story?
Today’s “Readers Poll” question is: If the election was held today for City Council Ward Four (4) who would you vote for?
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Commentary: Curtis Hill’s Funhouse Mirror World Of Family Values
By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.comÂ
INDIANAPOLIS – When the charges of sexual harassment against him first broke, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said the same thing again and again.
He wanted due process.
He wanted a fair trial.
He wanted a chance to tell his story.
Well, he got it – and it established that he’s not only a creep but also not that bright.
For four days, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission held a hearing on Hill’s conduct at a party marking the end of the 2018 legislative session. The hearing could result in the attorney general losing his license to practice law.
That also would cost him his office. By law, the state’s attorney general must be a member of the bar.
The hearing was damning for Hill.
Not only did the four women he groped at the party testify to that fact again, but another woman from his time as a prosecutor in Elkhart testified that he had pursued and propositioned her, despite repeated rejections.
“We should f***,†the woman testified that Hill told her, “because it would be hot.â€
As they had before, many witnesses testified that Hill moved through the party like a blind, inebriated octopus, his hands touching just about every woman with whom he came in contact. Those witnesses again reported that women at the party asked other women and men to shield them from Hill’s advances.
House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, and former Senate President Pro Tempore David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said, once again, that Hill changed his story as the scandal deepened. When they first met with him to discuss the charges, Hill told them he had had a lot to drink that night and couldn’t remember much. Later, he insisted that he hadn’t been drunk and had observed the rules of propriety.
Earlier investigations had established that the party was the third bar Hill hit that night, which undercut his claims of sobriety. So did the fact that the few witnesses willing to testify that Hill was sober seemed to be the lobbyists buying him drinks that night.
How did Hill respond to all this evidence?
Well, one line of defense was the equivalent of trotting out an old joke: “Who are you going to believe – me or your own lyin’ eyes?â€
He said all the women and all the witnesses were wrong. He hadn’t been drunk. He hadn’t touched anyone in an inappropriate fashion. He hadn’t told a woman she was “hot,†but instead complained that the room was. He hadn’t gripped and groped a woman’s back and buttocks but merely touched her bareback because she was wearing a backless dress.
So, really, it was the dress’s fault.
Any reports of unwelcome touching should be attributed to the fact that he was a politician with a hearing problem who sometimes reached out to people and leaned in so he could listen better.
There is at least one word Hill doesn’t seem to be able to hear.
“No.â€
Hill’s second line of defense was to suggest that, however bad he might have behaved, it was wrong for anyone to notice it or make it public. The real crime wasn’t that he treated women like playthings, degraded them and made them feel uncomfortable, even frightened, but that the women complained about it.
And someone paid attention to them.
That’s what passes for logic in the funhouse mirror world of family values Curtis Hill inhabits.
The irony, which should be bitter for Hill by now, is that, however coarse his conduct was, he easily could have skated.
If he’d stuck to his story when first confronted by Bosma and Long and acknowledged he’d had too much to drink that night, then apologized to the women, Indiana’s political structure would have engaged in Olympic-level gymnastics to avoid dealing with any question of sexual impropriety. Too many other Hoosier politicians have their own peccadillos to hide to want any thorough airing of the issue.
But that’s not what Hill did.
Instead, he’s blamed everyone else for his troubles.
There must be a mirror somewhere near Hill’s office or in his home.
He should find it and stare into it.
If he does, he should be able to see who’s at fault for all this.
FOOTNOTE: John Krull is the director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com and publisher of a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
This article was posted by the City-CountyObserver without bias or editing.