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Andres scores to give Eagles a 1-0 win

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University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer sophomore forward Katlyn Andres (Louisville, Kentucky) scored with 10 minutes to play to provide the Screaming Eagles a 1-0 victory over Southwest Baptist University Friday afternoon in Bolivar, Missouri. The Eagles go to 6-2-0 overall and are 4-2-0 GLVC, while Southwest Baptist University is 3-4-1 overall, 2-4-0 GLVC.

Andres picked up her fourth tally of the season on a breakaway after the Eagles cleared the ball out of the defensive end following a Bearcat corner kick. The goal, scored at the 79:18 mark, was Andres’ fourth of year, tying her for the team lead with junior forward Maggie Winter (St. Louis, Missouri).

Between the posts, freshman goalkeeper Maya Etienne (Midland, Michigan) was masterful once again in posting her sixth win and fifth shutout of the season. Etienne made five saves in the shutout, facing a total of 10 shots.

The Eagles reach the halfway mark of the four-match road swing Sunday at noon when they visit the Panthers of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. Drury, who is 1-6-1 overall and 1-4-0 in the conference, are slated to host McKendree University this evening in Springfield.

Drury holds an 8-6-0 advantage in the all-time series, but USI has won the last three matches, including the last two at Strassweg Field, 5-0 in 2017 and 3-1 in 2018.

  E.P.D Crime Prevention Unit Fall Festival Child Safety Tip

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  E.P.D Crime Prevention Unit Fall Festival Child Safety Tips

  • Before you arrive at the Festival, talk with your child about the large crowd that will be there.  Tell them that there will be numerous Police Officers and Officials that your child can safely approach if they become separated from you. After you arrive at the Fall Festival, point out Police Officers and Deputies in uniform.  Tell them they can go to anyone wearing a similar uniform for help.  Also point out Nut Club members to your child and the distinctive straw hats with the various bands (bolo’s) around their hats. Tell them they can also seek out these Nut Club Members for help.
  • Make sure you as a parent are constantly aware of your children’s whereabouts.  Children are easily distracted at the Fall Festival, with all its sights, sounds, and smells, and is a prime spot to be easily distracted-even for adults.
  • It is always best for parents of younger children to hold that child’s hand when walking in or around the Fall Festival. (For numerous safety reasons)
  • Before you leave for the Fall Festival, take a picture on your cell phone, of your child/children so that you know for sure what they are wearing. It can also be shown to Officers who are looking for the lost child.
  • If you become separated from your child, do not panic.  Seek out the closest Police Officer, Deputy or Nut Club Member for assistance.  The clothing color and style will be helpful for Officials actively looking for your child.  (The better the description or photo, the easier it will be for Officials to spot your child.)
  • For your children who are older and/or adults in your group, have a pre-determined meeting spot if you or anyone else in your group becomes separated.
  • If you feel your child is old enough to wander around without you, it is best if they pair up with a sibling or friend of similar age. Have them check in with you by calling or texting, every 15-30 minutes to update their location to you. Have a pre-determined time and location of departure in order to meet at that location when you are leaving the festival.
  • Parents, it recommended that you not allow any child younger than high school age to walk around in the games/rides area on Friday or Saturday nights without adult supervision.  This becomes a VERY congested area.

Mobile Sports Wagering Begins In Indiana

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Sports betting in Indiana officially expanded Thursday to mobile devices, allowing gamblers to wager on their favorite teams on their cells phones.

The Indiana Gaming Commission put rules in place that allow casinos running sports bookmaking operations to accept wagers via mobile devices.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states like Indiana to allow betting on college and professional sports when, in May 2018, it struck down a 1992 law that had barred sports wagering in most states. After that ruling, individual states began legalizing betting on sports.

Indiana legalized sports wagering in the 2019 legislative session and Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1015 into law in May. Thirteen casinos began to operate their own sports books on or after Sept. 1. Now, Hoosiers can bet on the Fighting Irish at Notre Dame or the Indianapolis Colts on their phones and desktops as mobile betting apps are becoming more widely available.

Mobile betting operations will be run through apps that are linked to Indiana’s casinos. Currently, only two are active—DraftKings Sportsbook licensed with Ameristar East Chicago and BetRivers licensed by French Lick Casino.

Indiana is currently the only state in the region to have a mobile sports betting operation. Dustin Gouker, the lead analyst for PlayIndiana.com, said that while Illinois has legalized sports wagering, there are no mobile options. Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio are exploring betting options.

PlayIndiana.com, in a news release, said Thursday that Indiana could generate substantial profits if neighboring states don’t expand their sports betting options.

“The state’s best-case scenario is to generate nearly $400 million in annual revenue from a handle of close to $6 billion if neighboring states such as Ohio and Kentucky do not legalize sports betting,” PlayIndiana.com reported.

But the Indiana Gaming Commission is more cautious, citing a study by Eilers and Krejcik Gaming which estimated that with mobile wagering, the state could see $256.1 million in revenue by year five of all wagering on sports.

Gouker said many bets, whether made at casinos or on mobile devices, will be placed on National Football League teams.

“Football is number one in the United States in terms of how much is bet,” he said.

Jennifer Roberts, associate director at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas’s International Gaming Institute, has seen how sports betting has worked in her state.

“When you look at what happened in Nevada for the several decades we’ve had sports betting,” Roberts said. “It’s always been an amenity to other forms of betting.”

She said that sports betting in Nevada is not as profitable as other forms of gambling, like blackjack or roulette, because it is a low margin way of betting, which means that although it brings in a lot of money, it also pays out a lot to people who bet.

FOOTNOTE:  Brandon Barger is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalists.

Cameras In Highway Construction Zones Could Reduce Accidents

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By Brandon Barger
TheStatehouseFiles.com

INDIANAPOLIS—Dennis DeMoss remembers the phone call he received after the accident happened.

“It’s five o’clock in the morning. Just a normal day going to work,” said DeMoss, a superintendent with Rieth-Riley Construction Co. and the founder of the Road Construction Awareness Corp.

His son, a highway construction worker like himself, was killed by a truck on May 9, 2014 while tearing down a work zone on I-69. The accident killed another man as well.

DeMoss spoke Tuesday in front of the Interim Study Committee on Roads and Transportation and urged lawmakers to take action to protect workers in highway construction zones. The committee was discussing legislation that would place automated cameras in work zones to record and ticket speeders to prevent crashes.

There have been 28,747 crashes in INDOT work zones between October 2009 to the present, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation. Of those, 4,485 resulted in injuries and 124 were fatal. Most of those accidents are caused by speeding in the work zones.

Sen. Blake Doriot, R-Goshen, worked in construction and has experienced the near-misses caused by speeding cars.

“I was almost involved in an accident, being a surveyor out there. Someone lost control, distracted somehow. We stepped over the barrier wall and the car struck 50 feet from where we were standing,” Doriot said.

The cameras are supposed to be placed at different work zones to track the speed of the people driving. If a driver goes more than a certain number of miles over the speed limit the cameras will take a picture that will be sent to the police. A ticket will be issued through the mail.

There are currently five states that use the photo system that is being proposed in Indiana—Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Maryland, and more recently, Pennsylvania. In Maryland, 7% of drivers drove 12 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit in a work zone. After the automated photo system was implemented, that percentage dropped to 1%.

Lawmakers discussed the Pennsylvania model to explain how the system would work. In that state, the cameras are only allowed on projects funded by the federal government and they take pictures of the license plates of the speeding cars if they are 11 miles per hour or more over the posted speed.

Some who oppose the use of cameras in construction work zones believe that it would be an issue of privacy, but Doriot disagrees.

“If you think about it, a state trooper, he sees them, he’s going to get their license plate and it’s going to be recorded,” Doriot said. “So, what’s the difference?”

Doriot also said that the cameras should be put on both federal funded projects as well as the state-funded projects in Indiana.

DeMoss told the committee that he would give his retirement to have the camera technology 10 years ago to prevent the accident that took his son’s life.

Things That Go Bump In The Cemetery

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Things That Go Bump In The Cemetery

WESTWARD HO!

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WESTWARD HO!

Gavel Gamut by Jim Redwine 

www.jamesmredwine.com

Peg is a born Yankee from New York and northern Indiana. Her family, on both sides of both sides, came to America from Ireland. I am pretty sure Peg’s ancestors brought every piece of furniture they owned with them across the ocean because she and I are now moving a lot of that stuff to Oklahoma. I can relate to those Irish husbands who were ordered by their wives to pack everything from giant kettles to pipe organs into and on top of the ships that headed west from Ireland a hundred and seventy-five years or so ago. With Peg it was a huge antique bed, several sets of family china and, of course, a very heavy piano, just to mention a few of the items we are dragging further west from Indiana to Osage County, Oklahoma.

After Peg and I got an estimate of $18,000 to move our things from Indiana to the Tallgrass Prairie, I suggested we just leave everything we owned but our toothbrushes in our Indiana home and leave the doors unlocked. My thought was that 90% of our stuff had never been unpacked from when we moved 12 years ago so why worry about it. Peg demurred as we say in the law.

“Jim, if you are moving me across the Mississippi River into the Wild West I am taking some semblance of civilization with me. For all I know there isn’t even a Walmart within 20 miles of that cabin.”

It turns out she is right. However, just as mushrooms appear magically after a spring rain, there is a Dollar General store about every square mile from Indiana to Oklahoma. Peg was not assuaged by this observation.

Peg and I are married and as most couples do we discuss and pretend to negotiate major issues such as moving. Our so-called negotiation has gone somewhat as follows. “Peg, let’s accept that we cannot cram the contents of a 4,000 square foot modified barn into a 2,000 square foot log cabin.”

“Fine, Jim, we’ll take my half of our things and you can just leave your silly toys such as your tractor, zero-turn mower, golf cart, guns and stupid books behind. That should give us enough room.”

“Well, can we at least take only one sample of each thing?”

“I suppose so. I really could wear the same clothes every day and we can just take two plates and two forks. No one will find us out there anyway so why have extras for guests.”

“Now, don’t get all out of sorts. I meant can’t we pare down a little? Do we really need to plan for all your relatives to come by making sure we have preserved every bit of Irish paraphernalia that was shipped across the Atlantic and is now being dragged halfway across America?”

That was probably a tactical error on my part as it gave Peg this opening – “That’s easy for you to say, most people out there are related to you!”

I sensed all of our faux-negotiation was over and acquiesced to fate. On the other hand, I really didn’t want to spend $18,000 to move. It turns out that would have been a bargain. And I am sure our friends we recruited to help would agree. I would name them and thank them publicly, but I do not wish to make any future lawsuits against us for back injuries automatic losers. Maybe if I don’t admit responsibility in print some future judge won’t put judgement liens on everything we own. But surely our friends will forgive us for having them lift items that weigh more than a buffalo.

Another problem is we not only have to load everything Peg wants moved, we have to unload it all too. That means calling on new-found Oklahoma friends for help. I notice these new friends are getting harder to find. And you may recall we had that little problem of stuffing 4,000 square feet of stuff into 2,000 square feet. I suggested we simply drive it to Goodwill and dump it all. Wrong again! What Peg demanded was that we build a bunkhouse to handle the overflow. That $18,000 quickly disappeared in the rearview mirror. By the way, we just completed our eighth trip with a loaded trailer hauled by a loaded pickup and followed by a loaded car. On the other hand, we probably have only about five more loads to go!

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INDOT Offers Scholarships, Jobs To Engineers in Training

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INDOT

The Indiana Department of Transportation is offering civil engineering students scholarships of up to $3,125 per semester, and paid employment during summer breaks and upon graduation.

Students must be accepted or enrolled full time in one of Indiana’s certified civil engineering schools and apply using the form at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov. Applications for the 2020-2021 school year must be submitted by Tuesday, December 31, 2019.

INDOT’s scholarship program uses federal funds to offer $3,125 per semester or $2,083 per trimester for up to five years of post-secondary civil engineering education. Scholarship funds can be applied to educational expenses, fees and books. In return, recipients will work for INDOT in full-time, paid positions during their summer breaks and upon graduation.

Students must be accepted or enrolled full-time in one of Indiana’s Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) certified civil engineering programs. Eligible programs include Purdue University Fort Wayne, Purdue University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Trine University, Purdue University Northwest, University of Evansville, University of Notre Dame, and Valparaiso University.

Learn more about the INDOT Engineer Scholarship program the application process at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov. Applications for the 2020-2021 school year must be submitted by Tuesday, December 31st.

Students or parents with questions may contact Talent Development Manager Adam Beasley at ABeasley2@indot.in.gov or 317-234-7930.

Helfrich Park Teacher Receives October Cause for Applause

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Helfrich Park STEM Academy Teacher Chris Combs is the October recipient of the EVSC’s Cause for Applause award. The award seeks to recognize individuals who go above and beyond their normal job responsibilities.

Combs was nominated by a parent of a new sixth grade student who was nervous about the transition to middle school. Over the summer, the parent had shared her concerns with Combs who took it upon himself to help ease the transition.

“Mr. Combs contacted me right before the beginning of the school year and offered to give my son a personal one-on-one tour of Helfrich Park, walk his schedule and answer any questions we may have while the building was still quiet,” wrote his nominator. The nominator goes on to say that Combs also has stayed after school to help her son with school work.

“I am blown away that someone would take time out of their personal schedule to help my son and our family. Mr. Combs’ selflessness, helpfulness and understanding speaks volumes to his character and what a great asset he is to not only Helfrich Park, but to the EVSC as a whole.”

Anyone can nominate an employee of the EVSC for the award. Deadline for nominations is the third Friday of each month. To nominate an EVSC employee, go to www.evscschools.com and click on About Us and see Cause for Applause under Community. Paper forms are available at the schools for those without access to the Internet.

Historic New Harmony Offers Free Public Events To Celebrate Atheneum’s 40th Anniversary

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Historic New Harmony invites the public to attend two free events to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Atheneum, a masterpiece of modern architecture, in New Harmony, Indiana Thursday, October 10 and Friday, October 11. A town panel discussion and speaker series will highlight how the town of New Harmony and the Atheneum have been a role model for culture and architecture.

Thursday’s panel discussion, “The Future of New Harmony as a Cultural Town,” moderated by 14 News on-air host and regional broadcasting legend Mike Blake,  will begin at 6:30 p.m. and highlight local and regional “role models.”

Panelists include:

  • Dr. James Beeby, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern Indiana and Professor of History
  • Annette Buckland, Retail Entrepreneur and owner of The Mews in New Harmony
  • Jeremy Efroymson, Efroymson Family Fund
  • Fred Frayser, Board of Trustees President, Working Men’s Institute
  • Docey Lewis, Artist and Cultural Entrepreneur
  • Kent Parker, Investor, Philanthropist, Developer of Church Street Commons and Bicentennial House
  • Dr. George Rapp, Philanthropist, New Harmony Paint-Out and Hoosier Salon
  • Kent Schuette, Professor emeritus of architecture and urban design at Purdue University
  • Sherrianne Standley, Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation

Friday’s speaker series event, “200 Years of New Harmony: A Role Model for the Future,” brings together leaders from the world of art, preservation and architecture. The event will be held from 2- 7 p.m. at the Atheneum and is sponsored by Hafer.

Every era of New Harmony has hosted cutting-edge design thinking. Richard Meier’s Atheneum exemplifies how radical design turns into a monument of historic preservation in just 40 short years. The newly published book “Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmony” serves as a foundation for discussing the whole cycle of patronage, commissioning, using and preserving history and the built environment. This speaker series event will reflect on the book and how New Harmony remains at the intersection of cosmopolitan, provincial and vernacular design thinking. It will propose strategies for keeping its avantgarde position into the future and sustain its exemplary role as a small-town living community.

Featured speakers include:

Dr. Karla Britton, Keynote: Professor of Art History with the School of the Arts, Humanities, and English at Diné College, the tribal college of the Navajo Nation, in Tsaile, Arizona and former Yale Lecturer in Architecture / School of Architecture, her academic work focuses on the modern architect’s engagement with tradition in twentieth-century architecture and urbanism.

Dr. Silvia Rode:  Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures and board member for the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana. Her research on utopianism includes utopian concepts between WWI and WWII, theories on urbanism and 19th century communal societies. She is also the author of Franz Werfel Star of the Unborn: Utopia as Fictional Genre Discourse and Intellectual History.

Dr. Michelangelo Sabatino: Professor and Director of the PhD Program in the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology. Former Dean and Inaugural John Vinci Distinguished Research Fellow. Co-editor of Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmony.

Ben Nicholson: Professor of Architecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Co-editor of Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmony. Has served as Buell Visiting Critic, Cornell, and the Bannister Fletcher Visiting Professor, University of London, and exhibits internationally.

Richard McCoy: founding director of Landmark Columbus, an organization that cares for and celebrates the world-renowned cultural heritage of Columbus, Indiana. A former Fulbright Scholar to Spain, McCoy holds a master’s degree in art history from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University.

Aaron Betsky: President of the School of Architecture at Taliesin, former Director of Cincinnati Art Museum. Trained at Yale, Betsky has worked as a designer for Frank O. Gehry & Associates and Hodgetts + Fung, taught at SCI-Arc and served as the director of the 11th Venice International Architecture Biennale.

Completed in 1979, the Atheneum is an internationally celebrated and award-winning example of modern architecture. Notable for its light and clean spaces, the Atheneum is a three-story building with a long ramp and overlaying grids that provide beautiful views of the town, Wabash River and surrounding countryside from just about anywhere inside and on the spacious viewing deck on the roof. It was designed so that visitors can take a specific path through the building and then emerge into New Harmony itself.

Additional information about the celebration can be found at www.usi.edu/atheneum40.