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USI men land four on podium at OVC Championships

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field racked up four podium finishes en route to an eighth-place showing at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships this week.
 
The Screaming Eagles opened the meet Thursday evening by landing three runners in the finals of the 1,500 meters. Senior Brady Terry, junior Isaac Stanford and freshman Griffen Wheeler all secured berths in Saturday’s final.
 
USI got the scoring started later in the evening as sophomores Alex Nolan and Landen Swiney raced to respective finishes of fourth and eighth place in the 10,000 meters.
 
Sophomore Joe Schwartz gave the Eagles two more points with a seventh-place showing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Friday afternoon, while Terry, Wheeler and Stanford ran to respective finishes of second, third and seventh in the finals of the 1,500 meters Saturday afternoon.
 
Nolan and sophomore Tyler Zimmerman capped off the scoring for USI with third and eighth-place showings in the 5,000 meters Saturday afternoon.
 
As a team, the Eagles finished with 31 points. Nolan accounted for 11 points to lead the Eagles, while Terry’s second-place showing in the 1,500 meters was worth another eight. The 1,500 meters ended up as the top scoring event for the Eagles as Terry, Wheeler and Stanford accounted for a combined 16 points.

 

Strong efforts in 5k/10k lead USI women to 7th at OVC meet

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field racked up a combined 44 points in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters en route to a seventh-place finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships this week.
 
Freshman Hadessah Austin won both races and was, once again, named the OVC Freshman of the Year—Austin was the OVC Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year in February.
 
After the Screaming Eagles saw a pair of runners—senior Audrey Comastri and freshman Maggie Smith—qualify for the finals in the 1,500 meters, USI churned out an impressive finish in the 10,000 meters Thursday night.
 
USI went 1-2-3 in the 10k, with sophomore Ellie Hall and senior Cameron Hough following Austin across the finish line.
 
Comastri, junior Emily Rempe and freshman Abrielle Richard secured berths in the finals of the 800 meters with strong efforts in the prelims on Friday.
 
Following the 800 meters, USI secured three more points as sophomore Sara Livingston and freshman Amber Fusner finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
 
On Saturday, Comastri got the scoring started for USI with a sixth-place finish in the 1,500 meters. She led for a majority of the race but faded in the final lap.
 
Comastri returned later in the day for an eighth-place finish in the finals of the 800 meters. USI had a solid scoring effort in the 800 meters as Rempe and Richard placed third and seventh, respectively.
 
Austin cruised to the victory in the 5,000 meters, while Hough and Hall finished third and fifth respectively.
 
As a team, USI finished with 59 points, just four points behind sixth-place Lindenwood and 13 behind SIU Edwardsville and Tennessee Tech for fourth place.

OVC Female Track Athlete of the Year: Sa’Nijah Houston, Lindenwood
OVC Female Field Athlete of the Year: Anna Thomason, Southeast Missouri
OVC Female Freshman of the Year: Hadessah Austin, Southern Indiana
OVC Women’s Coach of the Year: Eric Crumpecker, Southeast Missouri
OVC Female Athlete of the Championship: Anna Thomason, Southeast Missouri

Felton III and Oulgout qualify for finals for UE track and field on the first day of the  MVC Outdoor Conference Championships

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The Purple Aces competed in 18 events in the first day of competition
CARBONDALE, Ill. – On the first day of the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Conference Championships, the University of Evansville track and field team reset four program records while qualifying for three finals.
After a day of competition, the Purple Aces men’s team is ninth of 10 teams while the women’s team is tied with two other schools for 10th. UE’s men qualified for three final events on Sunday as sophomore Raymond Felton III (Houston / Clear Brook) placed in the top five in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes while senior Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn. / Central HS) placed fifth in the 800-meter race. Overall, Evansville had nine runners set new PRs with four new program records.
SPRINTS, HURDLES, & RELAYS
Junior Kate Walke (Batesville, Ind. / Oldenberg Academy) had the first short-distance event of the day with the 100-meter hurdles. Walke placed 12th in the event with a time of 15.27 seconds. The Aces then competed in the 400-meter races, where freshman Myles Terry (Evansville, Ind. / North HS) finished 12th with a time of 49.81 seconds. While on the women’s side, sophomore Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS) finished a place higher in 11th place with a time of 56.77 seconds to rebreak her program record by just under three tenths of a second.
In the 100-meter dash events, Felton III qualified for Sunday’s final in third with a new PR of 10.48 seconds. Felton’s 100-meter dash time also broke the UE program record that’s stood since 1973. Junior José Ocampo (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) and sophomore Connor Shin (Bloomington, Ind. / Bloomington North HS) also finished in the event with times of 11.05 and 11.07 seconds.
Evansville returned to the hurdles for the 400-meter event. Freshman Zander Pickens (Poseyville, Ind. / North Posey HS) set a new PR in the event with his first finish at under a minute, running the event in 58.82 seconds. In the women’s event, Johnson finished a place outside of qualifying for the finals with a time of 1:02.92. But she did set a new program record in the event by three-quarters of a second.
The Aces ended their first day of the championship with the men’s 200-meter dash. Felton III qualified for the 200 finals as well, placing fifth with a time of 21.09 seconds. Felton’s time also set a new program record for UE, beating the previous record from 1979 by just under a tenth of a second. Terry and Shin also ran in the event for Evansville, finishing with times of 21.85 and 22.14 seconds.
MID-DISTANCE
Sophomore Tommaso Losma (Lombardia, Italy) ran the first mid-distance event of the afternoon. Losma ran the men’s 1,500-meter race in 4:04.21. In the women’s 1,500 race, sophomore Chase Hayes (Noblesville, Ind. / Western HS) set a new PR, finishing in 4:48.80.
The Aces’ only mid-distance qualifier was Oulgout in the men’s 800-meter race. Oulgout placed fifth overall on Saturday with a PR of 1:50.79 seconds. Sophomore Cedrik Flipo (Beloeil, Quebec) finished just outside of qualifying range with a time of 1:52.24 for 10th. In the women’s 800-meter race, Hayes finished two seconds under her season best at 2:21.96.
DISTANCE
The first track event of the day for UE was bright and early on Saturday morning as sophomores Samuel Lea (Worcester, England) and Avery Stephens (Newburgh, Ind. / Castle HS) ran in the 10K race. Both had top 10 finishes in the event as Lea had the fastest time at 31:06.35 for sixth place, and only seven seconds off the current program record set in 2004. While Stephens finished ninth in the women’s race with a PR of 38:57.23.
THROWS
Freshman Emma Bertel (Franklin, Ind. / Franklin Community HS) was the first Evansville thrower to compete on Saturday. Bertel placed 16th in the women’s discus with a throw of 35.66 meters, only a little over a meter of her season best throw. In the men’s discus, sophomores Cole Johnson (Salem, Ill. / Salem Community HS) and Tyler Cherne (Boardman, Ohio / Boardman HS) finished back-to-back with throws of 40.68 and 39.95 meters.
The Aces’ throwers then moved to the javelin. Senior Kaitlyn Sansone (Fairfield, Ohio / Mercy McAuley HS) threw for 28.86 meters. In the men’s javelin, Johnson competed in his second event of the day with a throw of 37.07 meters.
UP NEXT
UE begins day two of the MVC Outdoor Championships at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning with the men’s hammer and the women’s shot put. Evansville’s first track event of the day will be at 1:15 p.m. for the men’s 4×100-meter relay.

Otters offense arrives late in one-run defeat

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Pearl, Miss. – The Evansville Otters comeback attempt came up short as they fell in the series middle game to the Mississippi Mud Monsters, 3-2.

The Otters fell behind after giving up two runs in the second and one run in the third as the Mud Monsters hurried to a 3-0 lead.

Adrian Montilva made his first professional start for the Otters, giving up two hits and a walk in the second inning that led to two runs. A lead off error ended up leading to the third Mud Monsters’ run. He finished his four innings with two strikeouts and two walks.

The Mississippi starter,who was also making his first professional start,held the Otters hitless through six innings, only scattering three walks in that time.

Joan Gonzalez took to the mound following Montilva and faced the minimum in the fifth and sixth, going six up and six down.

Pavin Parks kicked off the seventh with a leadoff triple and JT Benson followed with a hard hit ball that forced an error, allowing Benson to reach safely and Parks to score. Following a pitching change, Benson would steal second and score on a Keenan Taylor single to cut the lead to 3-2.

Grif Hughes and Alex Valdez shut the door to finish the game for the Otters. However, the Otters’ bats failed to tie the game.

Evansville looks to avoid the sweep on Sunday, with game three in Pearl starting at 2:00 p.m. CT.

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The Word in 120 by Jerome Stewart, Job and Trust.

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Job and Trust.

In the book of Job; for a while he had lost everything important to him. But he never gave up on trusting in the LORD. Not one time! It cannot be emphasized enough that the God Job trusted in, is the exact same God today. Job would once again be blessed bountifully by the LORD, with more than he had lost. In chapter  42 vs. 12 the bible says; “the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning.” In the beginning, Satan was involved and his goal was to induce Job to  curse God. He failed! After Job had lost his wealth, after his home was destroyed, after all 10 of his children had died, after fire destroyed his sheep and some of his  servants were killed in a raid, Job never once cursed the LORD. Early in chapter 1 vs. 21 Job said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return  there, the LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; Blessed is the name of the LORD.” In chapter 2 vss. 4 thru 6; Satan said to the LORD; “Skin for skin! Yes all  that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!” And the LORD said  to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.” Vs. 7 says; “So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from  the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.” Later Job had to man up when it came to a recommendation he received from his wife. Remember they had lost  everything! Vss. 9 and 10 the bible says; “Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” But he said to her, “You speak as  one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Chapter 13  vs. 15: Job displayed tremendous respect for the LORD. He said, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” Although Job questioned the wisdom of the LORD, and  had to be put in his place, he never once cursed the LORD. Job had three so-called friends giving him reasons as to why he was being punished, but Job did not trust  in his friends, he trusted in the LORD! Trials and tribulations are a part of life. They are faith testers. Which begs the question? Whom do you place your trust in? 

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$416,350 federal grant funds available for Indiana specialty crop industry

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NDIANAPOLIS (May 15, 2025) –  The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), is seeking project proposals from Indiana’s specialty crop sector for funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

“Hoosier farms feature more than just corn and soybeans,” Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith, Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture said. “Indiana offers more. We’re also a top producing state of watermelons, mint, cantaloupe, and tomatoes. Our specialty crop farmers, researchers, manufacturers, and others are encouraged to apply for this funding provided by USDA through our Indiana Department of Agriculture, and we look forward to the great impact these projects will make on our state.”

The USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program offers federal funding annually to state departments of agriculture to support their specialty crop industries. This year, Indiana will be allocating $416,350 to selected projects.

Eligible projects must enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Indiana, defined as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, horticulture and nursery crops. For a full list of eligible specialty crops please click here.

Funding will not be awarded to projects that benefit a particular commercial product, or provide a profit to a single organization, institution or individual. Each project must identify at least one of the USDA performance measures that specifically demonstrate the project’s impact on enhancing the competitiveness of eligible specialty crops.

ISDA is seeking projects that address the following issues: enhancing food safety; improve the capacity of all entities in the specialty crop distribution chain to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act; invest in specialty crop research; develop new/improved seed varieties and specialty crops; improve pest and disease control methods; increase child and adult nutrition knowledge and consumption of specialty crops; improve efficiency and reduce costs of distribution systems; and/or, create sustainable long-term environmental outcomes.

Applications are currently open and are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 4, 2025. Proposals must be submitted online through the Indiana State Department of Agriculture’s Grants Management System. Indiana Specialty Crop Block Grant application resources are located on ISDA’s Grants and Funding

Vanderburgh County Announces 2026 Budget Constraints

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Vanderburgh County Announces 2026 Budget Constraints

Evansville, IN  – Due to anticipated reductions in tax revenue resulting from Senate Bill 1 (SB1), the Vanderburgh County Commissioners and County Council have announced that the 2026 county budget will face significant limitations.

Department heads have been informed that budget increase requests for 2026 will not be considered, with the only likely exceptions being for previously signed contractual obligations.

This proactive measure is necessary to maintain financial stability in light of the revenue shortfalls expected under SB1.

Vanderburgh County remains focused on responsible stewardship of public funds and appreciates the cooperation of all departments and community partners during this time of adjustment.

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