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Deaconess Aquatic Center Update

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Deaconess Aquatic Center Update From Friends Of Mayor Winnecke
This week the Evansville Parks Board accepted final construction bids for the Deaconess Aquatic Center. The action was a big step forward for the project, as construction contracts can now be prepared and considered for approval at the December 4th meeting of the Parks Board.
Approval of the contracts will then allow contractors to begin work, which is expected to break ground this December with work lasting 14-18 months.
The $28.4 million state-of-the-art facility will be located in Garvin Park, a central location that is in the middle of Jacobsville which is attracting new housing developments and investment along the North Main Street corridor.
Throughout the process to replace Lloyd Pool, the Mayor’s Aquatic Task Force has worked diligently to ensure Evansville builds a facility for everyone – competitive and recreational swimmers. The “stretch 50” pool will be able to accommodate local swim and diving teams while swim programming will be the primary focus of the recreational pool. And to be honest, the spray park will simply be for fun.
While construction begins, development of swim programming, forming operational partnerships, recruitment of events and private fundraising will all continue so that the Deaconess Aquatic Center becomes a top destination for swimmers.
A tremendous amount of work has taken place to get to this point and the thank you list is very, very long. However, it is important to recognize the leadership of Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, the support from our Olympian Lilly King and the financial investments from our private donors to which Deaconess Health Systems has led the pack.
In the coming months, more updates will be shared as progress happens on this exciting facility.
It is still our goal to have a groundbreaking in December so that work can proceed through the winter season. Behind the scenes, the Fundraising subcommittee has been working hard to raise private funds and soliciting interest from groups/events seeking to use the facility.
Thank you for your support!

Protecting Hoosier Students

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Protecting Hoosier students by Wendy McNamara
Our children deserve to be safe. While concerns about bullying and cyberbullying continue to grow, I remain committed to help achieve that goal. Bullying comes in many forms – physical, verbal, social and cyber – and can even cross the line into criminal behavior. As an educator, I know how unnerving the possibility of this situation can be.
There are laws to prevent this type of behavior including a law I authoredthat adds cellphones to the definition of cyberbullying and requires the Department of Education, State Board of Education and school corporations to clearly identify resources for cyberbullying on their website.

All schools must adopt policies prohibiting bullying and determine appropriate responses, and must establish investigation and reporting procedures. School administrations are required to distribute a discipline plan to students and parents.Students in grades 1-12 undergo age appropriate, research-based instruction on bullying prevention. State law directs schools to quickly reach out to both parents of the involved students.

Click here to learn more on how to recognize, prevent and report bullying. The Indiana Department of Education also maintains a resource page on anti-bullying school policy if you have additional questions.

 

NOTHING’S PLENTY FOR ME

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Gavel Gamut By Jim Redwine

NOTHING’S PLENTY FOR ME

For those of you who read last week’s Gavel Gamut and are wondering about Peg’s and my cinematic futures let me report we have not yet received a call from Martin Scorsese. I know he has been busy. We remain both confident and hopeful. However, as we await stardom life goes on. Specifically, what we have going on is the interminable saga of our move from JPeg Ranch Hoosier in Posey County, Indiana to JPeg Osage Ranch in Osage County, Oklahoma.

Peg and I bought a cabin in Osage County last December. Our plan was to vacation there occasionally as we have numerous family members in Oklahoma. What we have discovered is the truism of the ancient admonition, “Where your treasure is there will your heart be also.” And as our modest treasure has ever so increasingly been “invested” in the cabin we have slowly shifted our focus to the Tall Grass Prairie. Let me say the simple pleasures described by Laura Ingalls Wilder in her Little House on the Prairie books have been put in jeopardy by our transition.

We are in the throes of our tenth round trip of 1,200 miles with a loaded trailer and pickup.  (This time we have graduated to a U-Haul, my guess is Atlas Van Lines is in our future). At first we amused ourselves with the bucolic image of The Beverly Hillbillies with junk piled high as they headed west. After a couple of trips the analogy became too apt. Now we feel more closely aligned with the fate of Sisyphus. We are not sure why, but it seems the completion of one trip only guarantees we must start another. And what we have discovered is that no matter what household item we need in one place is always in the other. We now have duplicates of everything from can openers to skillets.

Peg and I used to wonder how other people had such difficulty with everyday tasks such as how does one keep track of where they put what. Now we get it. However, the question we now most often ask one another is, “Why did you ever buy that?” We are continually discovering items that have not surfaced in years, many still in their original packaging. Of course, we must pack and move them anyway. This phenomenon has tested our ability to refrain from asking one another, “Can we just throw that away?” 

I have found that a great deal of what Peg holds to be indispensable is really superfluous. And I resent her attitude about many of the items in my Man Cave; wait until we start on the junk in her Girl Cave. She does not understand that I might need some of what she calls worthless items someday. I suggest we ask the husbands of the world to fairly judge what should be placed in the Conestoga and what should be dumped along the trail.

What Peg and I do agree on is the mystery of how over thousands of years we have gone from maintaining what is truly essential to accumulating thousands of items we forget we have. George Gershwin’s old song goes:

♫ I got plenty of nothing

And nothing is plenty for me.

I got no car.

I got no mule.

Got no misery. ♫

Porgy and Bess (1935)

Well, paring down to the essentials is a fine thought but I must end this column as Peg is calling out to me to load another box onto the trailer.

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Volleyball Earns First MVC Tournament Berth Since 2008

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UE Heads To Cedar Falls Next Week

With the results of the other Missouri Valley Conference matches on Friday evening, the University of Evansville volleyball team has officially clinched a berth in next week’s conference tournament.

Evansville will finish in the top six and head to the tournament for the first time since the 2008 campaign.

“The girls have done so much for the program this year,” Aces head coach Fernando Morales said.  “They deserved this.  I am so happy and proud of them and excited about the future of this program.”

The Aces (16-12, 7-10 MVC) dropped a 3-0 decision on the road at Bradley (14-14, 10-7 MVC) on Friday.  Rachel Tam led UE with 10 kills while Alondra Vazquez finished with nine.  Gabriela Macedo finished with 18 digs and officially holds the single-season program record.  Allana McInnis had 21 assists.  The Braves were led by a 15-kill effort from Hannah Thompson.

Bradley got the evening started on a strong note, taking a 25-14 win.  Up 6-5, the Braves scored six of the next seven to take a 12-6 lead.  From there, they continued to add to it before winning by 11.

Evansville regrouped and had a much better start to the second frame, taking a 7-1 lead.  After notching three kills in the first set, Chloe Bontrager added her fourth before Rachel Tam had three in a row.  The Braves pushed back with five in a row to get within one, but the Aces continued to hold the lead until late in the match.  Bradley was finally able to tie it at 19-19 before taking a 2-0 lead on the strength of a 25-21 win.

In the third set, the Braves scored six of the opening seven points and would go on to take a 25-16 win to clinch the 3-0 match.

Tomorrow, the regular season comes to an end with a 5 p.m. match at Illinois State.

 

HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE AREA

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Death List Report For Vanderburgh County

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Death List wk 11-18-19 to 11-22-19

Baby Shark LIVE! On Sale NOW!

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Vail signs contract extension with Evansville

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The Evansville Otters have signed pitcher Tyler Vail to a contract extension for the 2020 season.

Vail, the Easton, Pa. native, comes back to the Otters for what will be his fifth season overall with the franchise.

Vail was with the Otters from 2015 to 2016 before signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, and then returned to Evansville for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

“Tyler’s consistency throughout his career with us has been a big factor in the Otters’ success,” Otters manager Andy McCauley said.

“It feels great to come back to Evansville and play in front of a great fan base,” Vail said.

The Otters coaching staff use Vail in several roles on the pitching staff and as one of the experienced leaders on the team, he has handled the bullpen communication for the team on days when he isn’t starting.

After spending time in early May in the bullpen in the 2019 season, Vail transitioned back to the starting rotation, having a career year on the mound.

The right-hander went 5-5 with a career-best 2.78 ERA, making 11 starts in 18 total appearances. In 81.0 innings pitched, Vail struck out 84 batters.

“Tyler’s turnaround after May was instrumental to our playoff run,” McCauley said. “With moving (Patrick) McGuff and (Randy) Wynne in a week, Tyler stepped up when we needed him most.”

“His dominance from June to September was impressive.”

In 2019, Vail also had one complete game and two outings with 10 strikeouts, one against Schaumburg and the other against Windy City.

Vail also became the Otters’ franchise career leader in strikeouts with 331. Plus, Vail holds Otters’ career records in wins, games started, and innings pitched.

Vail says he is excited about the 2020 season and getting to play in new venues with the Frontier League expanding toward the Northeast and to 14 teams in the league.

Eagles fall in NCAA II first round at #1 GVSU

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer did not have the outcome it wanted as it lost its first round match to number-one ranked Grand Valley State University, 7-1, Friday afternoon in Allendale, Michigan. The Screaming Eagles, who were the eighth seed, see their season end with a 12-7-2 mark, while GVSU, the top seed in the regional, advances with a 20-1-0 record.

The Lakers struck early and often as they built a 4-0 lead within the first 21 minutes of the match. The 4-0 lead would hold through the intermission.

In the second half, the breaks started to go the Eagles’ way as they picked up an own goal off a miscue by the Lakers to cut the deficit to 4-1 at 50:16. The 4-1 score would be as close a USI would come in the final 45 minutes as GVSU responded three more goals to bring the match to a 7-1 conclusion.

The loss ends the 2019 campaign for the Eagles, who will say good-bye to their seniors – midfielder/forward Caroline Canoy, midfielder Courtney Spicer, defender Loryn Willis, defender Emma Luczkowski, and forward/midfielder Emilie Blomenkamp. This group of USI seniors finish their career with a 41-26-11 record; the 2018 GLVC regular season championship, the first in program history; and the 2019 GLVC Tournament title, the first in program history.

Gov. Holcomb announces additional $6.3 million in Next Level Broadband grants

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Brings the total grant amount to $28.4 million for the program’s first round

Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced the Next Level Broadband program has awarded an additional $6.3 million in funding to bring the first round total to $28.4 million for 14 broadband expansion infrastructure projects across the state.

The total first round funding will provide broadband infrastructure to more than 11,300 homes and commercial locations in 18 counties.

“In the 21st century, high quality, affordable broadband is essential to the success of Hoosiers and our state,” Gov. Holcomb said. “Economic development, the health of our citizens and our quality of life will be directly impacted by expanding broadband to these unserved areas.”

Today’s award of $6.3 million for three broadband expansion infrastructure projects closes the Next Level Broadband program’s first round of funding. The initial $22.1 million for 11 broadband expansion infrastructure projects was announced in August.

The $100 million Next Level Broadband program is the largest single state investment in broadband. For the first round of funding, service providers could apply for up to $5 million per project to expand service to unserved areas if they provided at least a 20 percent match. Unserved areas are those without at least one telecommunication provider offering internet fast enough to provide the most basic services – at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload.

In addition to the $28.4 million awarded through Next Level Broadband, the nine telecommunications providers and utility cooperatives contributed $23.3 million in matching funds, resulting in $51.7 million total investment for broadband.

“This funding gives us the ability to help residents obtain what has become a necessary part of a high quality of life,” said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch. “We are thrilled to be able to extend the grant’s first round with these three projects, which will take these 10 counties out of internet darkness and on to the Next Level.”

Gov. Holcomb asked Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch, along with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, to oversee the program.

OCRA received 64 applications, and a multi-agency committee reviewed the proposals based on the Next Level Broadband program objectives.

For more information on the selected proposals, visit ocra.in.gov/nlc.htm or click on the project name listed below.

Next Level Broadband is part of Gov. Holcomb’s $1 billion Next Level Connections infrastructure program, which accelerates the completion of major highway projects, expands access to rural broadband services, creates more nonstop flights and pursues the expansion of rail projects in northwest Indiana.

 

The following applicants will provide unserved areas service levels of up to one-gigabyte download and upload service, the highest speed available on the market.

Jackson County Rural Electric Membership Corporation
Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Scott and Washington counties
This project will serve approximately 1,050 unserved households, 25 unserved businesses and eight anchor institutions in Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Scott and Washington counties. The requested grant amount is nearly $1.3 million with a local match of nearly $4 million for a total project cost of nearly $5.2 million.

Mainstream Fiber Networks, LLC
Benton County
This project will serve approximately 2,435 unserved households and 554 unserved businesses in Benton County. The requested grant amount is more than $3 million with a local match of nearly $3.2 million for a total project cost of more than $6.2 million.

Mainstream Fiber Networks, LLC
Floyd County
This project will serve approximately 2,084 unserved households and 389 unserved businesses in Floyd County. The requested grant amount is more than $2 million with a local match of more than $2.1 million for a total project cost of more than $4.1 million.

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