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EPA Announces 2019 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing 14 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners across 12 states and the District of Columbia for outstanding achievement in 2018 for the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals for use in households and facilities nationwide. The Safer Choice program helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and are safer for human health and the environment.

“The 2019 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards recognize the leadership contributions of Safer Choice partners and stakeholders who, over the past year, have shown outstanding achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals,” said EPA Assistant Administrator Alexandra Dapolito Dunn. “We are pleased today to be recognizing the leadership shown, and accomplishments of, a diverse array of organizations over the past year.”

The 2019 Partner of the Year award winners represent businesses—including woman-owned, and small- and medium-sized – local government, and associations. The following organizations from seven EPA regions are being awarded this year:

Albertsons Companies- Boise, Idaho

BASF Home Care and I & I Cleaning Solutions – Florham Park, N.J.

Berkley Green – Uniontown, Pa.

Earth Friendly Products – Garden Grove, Calif.

Hazardous Waste Management Program- King County, Wyo.

Holloway House, Inc.- Fortville, Ind.

Household & Commercial Products Association – Washington, D.C.

Jelmar, LLC- Skokie, Ill.

Lemi Shine- Austin, Texas

The Procter & Gamble Company- Cincinatti, Ohio

RB- Parsippany, N.J.

Seventh Generation- Burlington, Vt.

Solutex, Inc.- Sterling, Va.

Wegmans Food Markets- Rochester, N.Y.

AG Curtis Hill continues defending Indiana law requiring parental notification when minors obtain abortions

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Attorney General Curtis Hill this week asked the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to rehear a challenge to an Indiana law requiring parental notification when minors obtain abortions.

Last month, a three-judge panel of the court upheld a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of Indiana’s parental notice law. In a petition filed Tuesday, Attorney General Hill asked the full 11-member court to reconsider the issue.

“This case involves the fundamental question of whether the U.S. Constitution prohibits Indiana from requiring an unemancipated minor to notify her parents of an impending abortion,” Attorney General Hill said. “The law already grants exceptions in cases where the minor shows that avoiding notification is in her best interests, such as if she resides with abusive family members.”

States have a clear interest in protecting the rights of parents and the well-being of minors, Attorney General Hill added.

“Even after a minor obtains an abortion authorized by a court, parents still have rights and responsibilities in the care and upbringing of their child,” Attorney General Hill said. “As they love and care for their daughter, parents need to know what she has been through. An abortion is a facet of medical history that could have implications for future treatment. It is an event that could bear on a child’s emotional needs and mental health.”

Eagles heading to Music City for Trevecca Showcase

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University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Cross Country return to action Saturday when the Screaming Eagles compete at the Trevecca Nazarene University Division II Showcase Invitational at Vaughn’s Gap Course at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The men’s race is set to begin at 8 a.m., while the women’s race follows at 9 a.m.

About Trevecca Division II Showcase Invitational
Saturday’s race marks the fourth annual Trevecca Showcase Invitational and is the first time the Eagles will participate at the event. The men’s course will be an eight-kilometer competition, while the women will compete on a 5k course.

According to TNU’s website, Vaughn’s Gap Course is well known to runners and cross country programs across the Southeast and the nation. The course is a regular site for SEC, the A-SUN Championships and numerous other college and high school events each year.

The Competition
A total of 12 schools are scheduled to compete in Nashville this week, including GLVC foe Truman State University. The Eagles are one of five programs from the Midwest Region competing this week, with Truman, Trevecca Nazarene, Saginaw Valley State University and Oakland City rounding out the Midwest Region competition.

USI will be one of five ranked teams in this week’s men’s race, with No. 10 University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, No. 16 Lee University, t-No. 20 Saginaw Valley State and t-No. 20 University of Charleston joining the Eagles.

The Eagles also are one of three Top 25 teams in this weekend’s women’s field, with No. 11 Lee and No. 14 UC-Colorado Springs competing. Saginaw Valley State is receiving votes in the poles.

Speaking of Rankings
USI held its spots as the Eagles are ranked No. 8 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Top 25 men’s poll and No. 12 in the latest USTFCCCA Top 25 women’s poll.

Last time out
USI’s men are coming off a first-place performance at the Stegemoller Classic. Led by junior Gavin Prior (Mattoon, Illinois), the Eagles sent the top eight finishers across the finish line and nine of the top 10 as they posted the perfect score.

The Eagles also were impressive in the women’s race as juniors Jennifer Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) and Doriane Langlois (Stains, France) cruised to first and second-place finishes, respectively. Freshman Presley Warren (Henderson, Kentucky) was one of three USI runners in the top four and one of six in the top nine as the Eagles cruised to a comfortable win in their season-opener.

ADOPT A PET

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Arrest made in January murder

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Evansville Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of Delvin Mitchell (25). Mitchell was killed just after midnight on January 25, 2019. He was found unresponsive by officers who responded to a shots fired call in the 2300 block of Frisse Ave.

Police have charged AMBER BREWER (27) with Murder in connection with the case. The charge has an enhancement because a firearm was used. BREWER is currently in jail in Henderson Kentucky on federal firearms charges. 

With the assistance of the FBI Underwater Evidence Search Team, police were able recover the murder weapon from Pigeon Creek near Diamond Ave. Investigators were able to match ballistics from evidence recovered at the crime scene with the gun recovered in the creek. Additional information was used to connect BREWER to the case, including digital evidence. 

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about Mr. Mitchell’s death is asked to call police. 

This arrest came after a month’s long investigation that included members of the EPD, FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, FBI Underwater Evidence Search Team, US Attorney’s Office, Indiana State Police Lab Firearms Examination Unit, and the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office. 

Lowry Designated MVC Athlete of the Week

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Rewriting the record books, junior cross country runner, Anna Lowry earns Missouri Valley Conference Athlete of the Week for the second time this season and third time in her career.

Lowry captured her second straight event title at the Austin Peay Cross Country Festival over the weekend. Her 16:46.42 time set a new school record by over a minute, a new course and personal record, while also being the fastest 5K in the MVC this season.

Helping her team defend its championship from a season ago, Lowry finished the race almost a minute faster than the next runner from Bethel.

The Purple Aces will next travel to the Fast Cats Classic on Oct. 12.

 

Prayer Vigil & Walk Kicks Off 40 Days For Life

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Right to Life of Southwest Indiana welcomes all to attend a prayer vigil in observance of the 40 Days for Life campaign to end abortion on Tuesday, September 24 at 6 p.m. on the front steps of Memorial Catholic High School on Lincoln Avenue.  Bishop Siegel will say a prayer and then those in attendance will walk to Planned Parenthood on Weinbach.  Pastor Jamie Kent of Trinity United Church of Christ in Mount Vernon will conclude with a prayer in front of Planned Parenthood.  There will be a bus to transport prayer partners back to the high school.

40 Days for Life is an internationally coordinated 40–day campaign that aims to end abortion locally through prayer and fasting, community outreach, and an all day vigil in front of Planned Parenthood.  The campaign is a peaceful and educational presence.  Prayer partners send a powerful message to the community about the tragic reality of abortion.

According to Mary Ellen Van Dyke, Executive Director, “While Planned Parenthood does not commit abortions locally, it sends young moms to locations in Bloomington and Indianapolis, where Planned Parenthood kills their unborn children.  Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion corporation in the USA and killed more than 320,000 unborn babies last year.”

Since the first coordinated 40 Days for Life campaign took place in 2007:  16,004 lives have been saved; 104 abortion centers have closed; and 191 abortion workers have quit.

 

 

Mt. Vernon Man Arrested for Child Molesting

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Posey County – Indiana State Police initiated a criminal investigation in September after receiving information a female under the age of 16 had been sexually molested by a 33-year-old Mt. Vernon man.

During the investigation, Indiana State Police Detective Wes Kuykendall revealed Curtis Mosby, 33, of Mt. Vernon, had allegedly molested the female in January 2019. The female victim is also under the age of 16. This morning the investigation continued at the Indiana State Police Post in Evansville, which resulted in the arrest of Mosby. He was taken to the Posey County Jail where he is currently being held on bond.

Arrested and Charge:

  • Curtis Mosby, 33, Mt. Vernon, IN
  1. Child Molestation, Level 1 Felony

Investigating Officer: Detective Wes Kuykendall, Indiana State Police

 

EPD REPORT

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EPD REPORT