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Ivy Tech Plans Homeschool Student College & Career Day Nov. 15
Ivy Tech Plans Homeschool Student College & Career Day Nov. 15
EVANSVILLE, IN – Ivy Tech Community College is planning a college and career day for current homeschool students and their families on Friday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
At the event students will have the opportunity to:
- Take tours of campus
- Try out actual college classes
- Take IvyStrong and learn about strengths and career inclinations
- Learn about financial aid and scholarship opportunities
To RSVP, go to link.ivytech.edu/value.
Willard Library Annual Lecture | Nov. 4
Event Details:
Date: Monday, November 4, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Browning Gallery
You’re invited to the Friends of Willard Library Annual Lecture happening on Monday, November 4, at 6:30 PM in the Browning Gallery! This year’s event will feature renowned historian James MacLeod, who will present Postwar Evansville – A City Transformed. Join us to gain fascinating insights into Evansville’s evolution in the postwar era and what makes our city’s story unique.
In addition to the lecture, we’re thrilled to introduce our new exhibit honoring children’s librarians, including the beloved Ms. Anita. Her legacy and those of many dedicated librarians will now be celebrated in a permanent display on the wall of the Lankford Reading Room.
Don’t miss this inspiring evening dedicated to our library’s history and the people who make it special.
Fair Housing public meeting 11/12
The City of Evansville Department of Metropolitan Development and City Consultants & Research, LLC, will host a Fair Housing public meeting on November 12, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.
The meeting will be held in the CK Newsome Center.
Evansville residents are encouraged to attend the meeting and share their experiences about housing conditions in Evansville with officials. These officials and residents will be able to discuss potential strategies that can make housing more accessible in Evansville.
Along with this discussion, those in attendance can expect to learn more about housing barriers in Evansville.
In September, the City of Evansville released a Fair Housing Survey to hear directly from residents. This survey aimed to obtain candid, honest feedback about residents’ experiences with housing discrimination issues. This survey will be open until November 23, 2024.
Community members who can not attend the public meeting are encouraged to respond to the survey.
The Fair Housing Survey can be found at surveymonkey.com/r/YJ8V3CF.
The survey, along with the November 12th meeting, is a continued effort to make sure that resident concerns are heard.
“The push to make housing more accessible is one of the many ways that city officials are making Evansville a city that works for all residents,” said Kolbi Jackson, Executive Director of the Department of Metropolitan Development. “It is important to us to ensure that we are addressing housing concerns that come directly from citizens.”
All Evansville residents are invited to this meeting to share, learn, and collaborate.
Media with inquiries about this meeting may contact Joe Atkinson Mayor’s Office Communications Director at jatkinson@evansville.in.gov or (812) 436-4965.
EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT
FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.
Deputy breaks three-meter dive record in loss at Evansville
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Men’s Swimming and Diving fell short in the crosstown battle on the campus of University of Evansville on Friday evening, 83.5-152.5.
Highlighting the night was sophomore Nathan Deputy‘s monstrous performance in the three-meter dive event. The Evansville native continues to shine in the crosstown battle shattering the three-meter school record, scoring 278.33. Deputy broke his own record from the diving only meet against the Purple Aces last spring where he scored 271.88. Junior Lane Pollock delivered another consistent day off the one-meter dive board with a score of 264.38.
Another huge moment came from junior Jack Hannon who’s been a Screaming Eagle for all three years of the programs existence. Hannon placed first in the 1000 freestyle (10:26.83) as the pool deck roared in support.
Freshman Luke Rich continued to improve with a second place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:48.13), marking a personal best. Freshman Justin Knauf showcased a similar story, posting a personal best in the 200 IM (2:01.34).
Freshman Jude Winnington earned another personal best in the 100 butterfly (53.27). Sophomore Sam Smith trailed right behind the freshman with a third place 100 butterfly finish (53.47).
What’s Next
The Eagles will return to the pool on Nov. 14-16 at the A3 Performance Invitational hosted by Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Lady Blazers fall in season opener at Moberly Area Classic
MOBERLY, Mo. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers opened their season Friday afternoon at the 2024 Orscheln Classic hosted by Moberly Area Community College in Missouri.
The Lady Blazers opened their season against Mineral Area College and came out on the wrong end of an 87-69 final score to the Lady Cardinals.
Vincennes got the season off to an excellent start, opening the game and quickly building an 8-3 lead in the first quarter.
Mineral Area battled back and closed out the quarter on an 11-2 run to take an 18-13 lead after the first 10 minutes of play.
The Lady Cardinal lead continued to grow in the second quarter, getting the lead to double digits at 29-19 before closing out the first half of action with eight straight points, giving Mineral Area a 43-28 lead going into the halftime break.
The Lady Blazers battled into the second half but were unable to get the lead back to single digits, with Mineral Area leading 69-53 heading into the fourth quarter of play.
Vincennes would gain some momentum early in the fourth quarter, opening the final period of play with an 8-3 run to cut the deficit to 11 before the Lady Cardinals swung the momentum back with a 9-2 scoring run of their own.
The two teams traded baskets down the stretch with Mineral Area holding off the Lady Blazers and coming away with the 87-69 victory.
The Lady Blazers were led offensively by a big double-double by sophomore Kennedy Johnson-Corley (Clarksville, Tenn.) who led VU with 29 points and 11 rebounds in her Trailblazer debut, while also coming away with three steals and two blocks.
Freshman Netala Dixon (Dyersburg, Tenn.) had a good all-around game, finishing with 13 points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks.
Freshman Ahmya Thomas (Phoenix, Ariz.) was the third Lady Trailblazer in double figures, coming off the bench to score 13 points, grab five rebounds and dish out three assists.
The Lady Trailblazers will regroup and look to get in the win column when they return to Moberly Area C.C. tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 2, for the final day of the Orscheln Classic.
Vincennes will close out their opening weekend slate against host Moberly Area Community College. Tip-off time is set for 6 p.m. eastern.
No. 4/6 Hoosiers Fall to No. 2/2 Texas
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 4/6 Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving fell to No. 2/2 Texas in early-season dual meet action on Friday (Nov. 1) inside the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
Indiana’s day, split in two sessions, was highlighted most-of-all by its veteran men’s divers. Seniors Carson Tyler and Quinn Henninger finished 1-2 on both springboards. Tyler posted scores of 407.03 on 1-meter and 441.60 on 3-meter. Henninger was right behind him with scores of 353.78 and 408.98. Freshman Joshua Sollenberger placed fourth on 1-meter (339.23) and junior Maxwell Weinrich was fourth on 3-meter (375.45). On the women’s side, senior Skyler Liu was the runner-up on the 1-meter board (301.05) and third on 3-meter (312.93).
Sophomore Miranda Grana continued her fast form, winning the backstroke double. In the morning, Grana posted an NCAA A cut in the 200-yard backstroke with a 1:50.50, the fastest time in the nation this season. She followed it up in the evening with a 51.04 in the 100 back to become the second-fastest woman in program history.
IU swept the 200 back thanks to Grana and junior Owen McDonald’s program record and NCAA A cut 1:38.13 in the morning. McDonald toppled Brendan Burns’ 1:38.18 from the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Like Grana, junior Kristina Paegle won two events. Paegle outpaced Texas Olympian Erin Gemmell in the 50-yard freestyle (21.92) and 100-yard freestyle (48.11) and posted the meet’s best anchor splits in the 200 freestyle relay (21.42) and 200 medley relay (21.48).
Junior Zalán Sárkány posted Indiana’s second program record of the day in the 1,000-yard freestyle. His 8:39.44 was 10 seconds quicker than IU’s previous standard and finished second Friday by nineteen hundredths.
TEAM SCORES
Men: No. 2 Texas 97, No. 4 Indiana 89
Women: No. 2 Texas 123, No. 6 Indiana 63
HOOSIER WINNERS
Men
Luke Barr – 200 freestyle relay (1:16.57)
Finn Brooks – 200 freestyle relay (1:16.57)
Mikkel Lee – 200 freestyle relay (1:16.57), 50 freestyle (19.32)
Owen McDonald – 200 backstroke (1:38.13)
Dylan Smiley – 200 freestyle relay (1:16.57)
Carson Tyler – 1-meter (407.03), 3-meter (441.60)
Jassen Yep – 200 breaststroke (1:51.94)
Women
Miranda Grana – 200 backstroke (1:50.50), 100 backstroke (51.04)
Kristina Pa
No. 18 Trailblazers erase second half deficit in season opener overtime win
VINCENNES, Ind. – The No. 18-ranked Vincennes University Trailblazers opened their 2024-25 campaign Friday night inside the Physical Education Complex with day one of the 2024 Kiwanis Classic against East Mississippi Community College.
The Blazers were able to battle back from a 13-point second half deficit to force overtime and come away with an 80-73 victory over the Lions.
Vincennes got off to a slow start in the season opener, with East Mississippi scoring the first seven points of the game, which VU immediately answered with a 7-0 run of their own.
VU broke away midway through the first half with a 13-2 scoring run to take a 28-18 advantage over the Lions before EMCC answered back with a late first half 12-0 scoring run to regain the lead at 35-32.
The teams would trade baskets going into the break with East Mississippi holding a 37-33 lead over the Trailblazers going into the locker room at halftime.
Coming out of locker room in the second half EMCC looked determined to put the game away early, building the largest lead of the game at 53-40 with 15 minutes remaining on the clock.
The Lion lead would remain at double digits before the Blazers got the crowd back into the game with an 8-0 run to cut the East Mississippi lead to 60-57.
VU would even the score at 61-61 with 3:30 to play before the Lions answered back with five straight.
Vincennes refused to go away, closing out regulation with a three-point play by sophomore and 2024 NJCAA All-American Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.) and a basket by sophomore Bryan Akanmu (Paris, France) evening the score again at 66-66 with 28 seconds left.
The VU defense would hold, sending this game into overtime.
In the overtime period, the two teams began by trading shots back and forth, with VU getting a spark off of a three by freshman Christian Andrews (Asheville, N.C.) before Lebron Thomas sealed the game late at the free throw line, closing out the victory for the Blazers by the final score 80-73.
“We just made more solid plays,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “I thought we fought on the defensive end pretty well except for the last five minutes of the first half. Those last five minutes we gave in to a little bit of the ‘we’re ahead and I’m tired’ mentality and we were a little slow on close outs, a little soft on post defense. We got a little loose and we gave them a chance to get momentum and then it was a heck of a thing to get it away from them.”
“I thought we were fighting and trying to get traction the first 10 minutes of the second half,” Franklin added. “We just couldn’t quite finish plays and make the little shots. Of course they throw up one at the shot clock from about 40 feet. But we showed a lot of toughness tonight. We didn’t do anything special. We just said we need to get solid and get stops. We know what we need to do to get stops.”
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Aces men’s soccer unbeaten streak snapped at Missouri State
The Purple Aces shot with 60% accuracy on Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An early lead didn’t last for the University of Evansville men’s soccer team in a 6-1 loss to the Missouri State Bears.
Redshirt freshman midfielder Jacopo Fedrizzi (Guilia, Italy) scored his fourth goal of the season at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium in the seventh minute. But six unanswered goals from Missouri State resulted in UE’s first loss since September. Senior midfield Jose Vivas (Teruel, Spain) was the only Evansville player with multiple shots on Friday with two.
“We were beat by the better team tonight,” said Head Coach Robbe Tarver following the match. “We asked the team to press and they punished us for it. We won’t let one game define us. We will be ready for Belmont on Wednesday.”
It was a fast start to Friday’s match as the Bears had the first shot in the third minute. But it was the Aces who struck first as Fedrizzi had the first shot for UE and the team’s only goal. Fedrizzi found his way to the six and shot the ball past Missouri State’s goalkeeper into the middle of the net. Evansville held onto the lead for the next 27 minutes as the Bears racked up eight shots. Missouri State found the equalizer in the 34th minute as the first half ended with the match tied 1-1.
It was all Bears out of the gate in the second half with two goals in the first four minutes. The Aces pressed shortly after with back-to-back shots including a chance for senior forward Nacho Diaz Barragan (Almeria, Spain) in the 63rd minute that was saved in the middle of the net. UE had a third shot on net in the 75th minute from freshman midfielder Håkon Edstrøm (Baerum, Norway) took an attempt from just inside the 18 that was also saved.
Evansville’s final shot came from Vivas in the 76th minute to the left of the penalty area. The shot sailed just high over the crossbar. In the final 10 minutes of the match Missouri State netted three more goals starting in the 82nd minute. The Aces didn’t find the offensive end again as the Bears handed UE its first loss in over a month.
Evansville returns home for its final match of the regular season on Wednesday evening. The Aces welcome Belmont to Arad McCutchan Stadium to try and get a home win against the Bruins for the first time since 2017. Kickoff for UE’s final MVC match of 2024 is set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday November 6th.