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BREAKING NEWS: JOBS FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA ANNOUNCES FALL ENDORSEMENTS

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The Jobs for Southwest Indiana Political Action Committee (JPAC) announced their endorsements for the fall elections today.

JUST IN:  Southwest Indiana Chamber created JPAC in 1996 as a separate organization to support pro-business candidates for local and state offices.  JPAC is a ten-member, bipartisan board co-chaired by a Republican and Democrat member of the Chamber’s Board of Directors. The members use long-established criteria and guidelines to determine support for candidates.

During this election cycle, the Chamber surveyed candidates in the Evansville Municipal races.  The candidate responses to a pre-determined questionnaire can be found at www.swinchamber.com.

JPAC has endorsed the following candidates in contested races:

FOR MAYOR

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke: “Mayor Winnecke has been a true champion of business in Southwest Indiana and for the City of Evansville in his tenure in office. His leadership on our new downtown environment, the Stone Family Center for Health Sciences, Mickey’s Kingdom and the coming Deaconess Aquatic Center as well as his leadership on important regional and national initiatives such as the construction of the I-69 Bridge, has made a real difference in our region’s success.  We continue our support of Lloyd Winnecke’s service as the Mayor of Evansville.”

FOR CITY COUNCIL

The City Council has authority over the regulatory climate of the City of Evansville as well as its budget.  As the center of our region, Evansville’s prosperity and quality of life matter to our businesses, our citizens, and the greater region.  JPAC supports elected leaders that ably represents the interests of their constituents as well as the needs of the larger community and welcomes candidate who demonstrates the skills to do both.

This year, Evansville is fortunate to have many worthy candidates who have stepped up to serve.  JPAC continues its support of Missy Mosby, Jonathan Weaver, and Justine Elpers; each of whom has been receptive to the initiatives we find important for a thriving business environment.  We believe the City of Evansville will be well-served by these individuals:

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL – AT LARGE (3 seats)

Ron Beane

Kaitlin Moore Morley

Jonathan Weaver

FOR EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL –  WARD #1: Tim O’Brien

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL –  WARD #2: Missy Mosby

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL –  WARD #3: Zachary Heronemus

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL –  WARD #4: Alex Burton

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL –  WARD #5: Justin Elpers

 

Underage Drinking – The Social Media Impact: Town Hall Tonight

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To be held tonight, Monday, October 21st, 6:00-8:00 pm

Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, 200 S. E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd

Browning Room

Youth First, Inc. is hosting a town hall forum to increase community awareness on the effects social media has on the teen brain, especially when it pertains to substance use and its consequences. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2018, 95% of teens reported they have a smartphone or access to one and 45% said they are online “almost constantly.”

 Moderator Dennis Jon Bailey, WIKY Morning Show DJ, will guide a panel of local experts to provide insight to parents, youth workers, and other adults who want to know how social media is impacting substance use.

 Panelists:

o   Dr. James Schroeder, PhD, HSPP – Vice President of the Psychology Program, Evansville Easterseals Rehabilitation Center

o   Lieutenant Monty Guenin – Commander, Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force, Evansville Police Dept.

o   Brittnie Hughes – Social Emotional Learning Specialist (SELS), Department of Neuroeducation, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation

o   Katie Omohundro, MSW, LCSW – Youth First School Social Worker, Vanderburgh County

o   Lisa Hutcheson, MEd – Vice President for Policy and Programs, Mental Health America of Indiana & Director, Indiana Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (ICRUD)

Local teens will share the ins and outs of the most popular apps such as SnapChat, Instagram, and TikTok, along with advice about how adults can keep children and teens safe while online.

 

Daily Scriptures for the Week of October 21, 2019

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MONDAY

“Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with

God.”

Hebrews 7:22 NLT

TUESDAY

“There were many priests under the old system, for death prevented them from

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remaining in office.”

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Hebrews 7:23 NLT

WEDNESDAY

“But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever.”

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Hebrews 7:24 NLT

THURSDAY

“Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through

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him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.”

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Hebrews 7:25 NLT

FRIDAY

“He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless,

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unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the

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highest place of honor in heaven.”

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Hebrews 7:26 NLT

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SATURDAY

“Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day.

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They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus

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did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.”

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Hebrews 7:27 NLT

SUNDAY

“The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after

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the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been

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made the perfect High Priest forever.”

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Hebrews 7:28 NLT

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USI gets over .500 in the GLVC with 1-0 win

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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer pushed its record over the .500 mark in the GLVC with a 1-0 victory over Lewis University Sunday afternoon at Strassweg Field. The Screaming Eagles see their record go to 5-5-3 overall and 5-4-2 in the GLVC, while Lewis goes to 7-5-2, 4-5-2 GLVC.

USI won a rough and tumble first half when senior forward Eric Ramirez converted a penalty kick at the 17:31 mark. Both teams had four shots, one on-goal, and four fouls each. The goal was his team-best fifth of the season.

In the second half, the Eagles’ defense took over and finished off the shutout victory. USI junior goalkeeper Justin Faas completed a weekend shutout sweep by making three saves after facing eight shots.

The GLVC weekend sweep moves the Eagles from 11th to sixth in the league standings, percentage points out of fifth with four matches to play in the 2019 regular season.

USI hits the road next week for its final road trip of the regular season with visits to Truman State University Friday at noon in Kirksville, Missouri, and Quincy University October 29 at 2:30 p.m. in Quincy, Illinois.

The Eagles have a chance to reach the .500 mark against Truman State University (5-6-2, 4-5-2 GLVC), trailing the all-time series, 9-8-3, after the 0-0 double overtime tie last year in Kirksville. USI has had the advantage over the last six years, going undefeated at 4-0-2.

Quincy (7-6-0, 5-5-0 GLVC), also leads the all-time series with USI, 17-7-2, but the Eagles have had the upper hand over the last five years, going 4-0-1 versus the Hawks. USI won at Quincy last fall, 2-0, on goals by senior midfielder Sean Rickey and Ramirez.

USI falls 6-1 in dual against Charleston

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Tennis suffered a 6-1 loss to the University of Charleston (West Virginia) Sunday evening at the Charleston Racquet Club.

Senior Lauren Hambrock (Terre Haute, Indiana) fell in the first set of her singles match 6-2. She fought back taking the next set 6-4 before eventually falling 6-0 in the third set.

The bright spot for the Eagles was Junior Lauryn Thompson (Evansville, Indiana). Thompson dropped the first set of her singles match 6-4 but came roaring back with 7-5 and 6-3 set victories in the second and third respectively.

Freshman Chole Isaac (Fairview Heights, Illinois) and Thompson picked up another victory for USI 6-2 in the doubles.

Up Next, USI will travel to Martin, Tennessee for a dual against the Skyhawks of UT-Martin on Oct. 25-26.

 

Eagles and Flyers fight to 1-1 draw

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer and Lewis University battled to a 1-1 double overtime draw in the annual Kick for the Cure Match Sunday afternoon at Strassweg Field. The Eagles go to 9-3-1 overall and are 7-3-1 GLVC, while Lewis is 6-5-3 overall, 4-4-3 GLVC.

USI trailed at the end of the first 45 minutes, 1-0, after allowing a goal at 15:16. A very close first half saw the Flyers lead in shots, 6-5, and shots on-goal, 3-1.

In the second half, USI dominated the match by outshooting Lewis, 9-2, and evened the score, 1-1, at 56:39 when USI junior forward Maggie Winter scored. Winter posted her team-high sixth of the season on a cross by sophomore forward Katlyn Andres. The score would remain 1-1 through the end of regulation.

The over-time saw Lewis control the chances, posting a 5-0 advantage in shots, but the Eagles’ freshman goalkeeper Maya Etienne stymied the Flyers with a pair of saves. Etienne was credited with her first career tie after making five saves and allowing one goal in 110 minutes of action.

USI hits the road next week for its final road trip of the regular season with visits to Truman State University Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Kirksville, Missouri, and Quincy University October 29 at noon in Quincy, Illinois.

The Eagles trail in the all-time series with Truman State, 7-3-1, after the Bulldogs won last fall’s meeting, 2-0, in Kirksville. The Bulldogs, who are 6-6-1 overall and 6-5-0 in the GLVC at the conclusion of this weekend, have won five of the last six meetings with the Eagles.

Quincy, which is 5-8-0 overall and 4-7-0 in the GLVC, also leads the all-time series with USI, 16-6-1, and have won the last seven matches versus the Eagles after posting a 2-1 win at Quincy last fall. USI senior midfielder Emilie Blomenkamp had the Eagles’ lone goal versus the Hawks in the loss.

EPD REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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https://www.vanderburghsheriff.com/jail-recent-booking-records.aspx

“IS IT TRUE” OCTOBER 21, 2019

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?

IS IT TRUE all we are hearing from the good people at the Evansville Convention and Vistors Bureau are crickets?  … it’s the best-known secret that three (3) Vanderburgh County Council members would like to be the next Executive Director of this organization? …we are told that two (2) current employees of this group are also interested in being hired as the leader of this organization?  …we are also not surprised to hear that several employees working in responsible positions within Evansville/Vanderburgh County Government would also like to be the next Executive Director of the Evansville Convention and Vistors Bureau?

IS IT TRUE that the Executive Director of the Evansville Convention and Vistors Bureau is paid a whopping $125,000 a year salary (not including salary and perks)? …that over the past 20 plus years the Executive Director has come from outside Vanderburgh County? …many people feel that its time for someone from this area is hired to head this worthy organization? …we agree with that assessment?

IS IT TRUE we are told by reliable sources that business tycoon Ron Geary will be in town this week to meet a group of well-heeled business people to discuss a possible multi-million venture capital opportunity in Evansville proper?

IS IT TRUE that book author Joe “Jack” Wallace is flying in from California this week to attend our “Annual Awards Luncheon” at Tropicana-Evansville on Friday? …that Joe “Jack” Wallace will be signing his book entitled “Working Outside The Box” at this event? …that  Holly K. Dunn will also have autograph copies of “Sole Survivor”?  …”Uncommon Heart” authored by Olympian Anne Audain will also be available to those in attendance?…it looks like its book signing time in ole Evansville

IS IT TRUE  we are told that it’s extremely important that Mayor Winnecke hand-picked City Council candidates win? …if they don’t he will be facing a less than a cooperative City Council during the next four years?

IS IT TRUE that Ward One (1) an Ward Two (2) are the two City Council races to watch?

IS IT TRUE that the City-County Observer is seriously considering endorsing one (1) candidate in the Evansville City Council race?

IS IT TRUE that we are told that there may be several surprises in the upcoming City election?  …that the yard signs that have been illegally placed on city right-a-ways will take a back seat to door-to-door politicking?

IS IT TRUE that the former Vice President of Communications for Vectren Energy  Corp. Chase Kelly was professional, open and candid? …anytime we had concerns about rate changes or proposed State or Federal legislation concerning extremely technical information she always was able to break it down in simple laymen terms? …she always kept up in the loop and informed about by sending us current news releases?

IS IT TRUE that from 1972-1974 Curt John was Vanderburgh County Chief Deputy Auditor?  …from 1975-1980 he was Auditor of Vanderburgh County?  …from1982-1984 he served as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Evansville?  …he also served as the Vanderburgh County Attorney?  …Curt served on the Evansville City Council Evansville from 1996 to 2011?  …was well known for being a caring person, conservative and fair-minded?  …that the Evansville City Council needs another Curt John?

IS IT TRUE that Alfonso Vidal is an extremely well-respected community leader?  …that Alfonso is considered to be a main mover and shaker of the Latino community of our region?  …that Alfonso is one of a very few Latinos who are openly Republican?  …we give five (5) cheers to Alfonso Vidal for helping to improve the quality of life of the Latino people of our region?

IS IT THAT we just learned that super attorney Neil Chapman has leaped from one tall downtown bank building to another?  …this move is something that Superman would do?

Today’s “Reader Poll” question is: If the election was held today for City Council Ward Two (2) who would you vote for?

FOOTNOTES: This year’s awards luncheon will be held at Tropicana-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B. The registration begins at 11:30 am, the event officially starts at 12 noon on October 25, 2019.  The Keynote speaker will be announced later this week.

Reservations for this event may be obtained by calling Jim Knauff at 812-457-1017.  The deadline for registration is October 22, 2019. Last year’s event was a sellout.

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Commentary: The Harsh Beauty Of Truth

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By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS – They appeared within days of each other, like flowers blooming just as a storm hit.

Three of America’s enduring novels – William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury,” Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” and Thomas Wolfe’s “Look Homeward, Angel” – were published in the autumn of 1929, just days before the stock market crashed and sent the nation into the most profound economic depression in its history.

Vastly different books written by vastly different men, the novels shared at least one thing in common. They were signs of something stirring in American culture, a willingness to peer beneath the surface and record without hesitation what one saw in the scurrying places down below.

Hemingway’s book came first. It was published on Sept. 27, 1929.

Taken often – particularly in the movies – as an aching tragic love story, “A Farewell to Arms” is much more than that. Hemingway is often – and with justice – criticized for his macho chest-thumping and seeming celebrations of combat, but his relationship with war was more complicated than his myth suggests.

In “Farewell,” his lovers flee a World War I in which rules and alliances seem to have been shattered. Comrades kill comrades and chaos reigns.

Hemingway wrote of the importance of exhibiting “grace under pressure” because he saw that the world often made no sense. It was crucial to maintain the presence of mind when reason itself seemed to have abdicated the throne.

Faulkner’s book appeared next, on Oct. 7. A tour de force, American letters hadn’t ever seen anything like “The Sound and the Fury.” In some ways, American literature still hasn’t.

It was an explosion of the modernist technique. A tale told by several voices, it is the story of a doomed Southern family. Each narrator carries wounds and each wound was inflicted by history.

In the course of the story, Faulkner probes and exposes all the sore points of the Southern heritage – race, incest, guilt, defeat, despair.

Before Faulkner, Southern literature celebrated regional notions of chivalrous conduct, mythology grounded more in wishful thinking than historical fact.

After Faulkner, such denials of Southern reality became harder, even impossible, to sustain. He’d torn away from the concealing curtain.

Wolfe’s book followed Faulkner’s less than two weeks later, on Oct. 18. Now often dismissed as a self-absorbed coming-of-age story, “Look Homeward, Angel” was more intricate than that. Wolfe, with a master’s degree from Harvard, was the best-educated of his literary contemporaries – and he likely was the best-read of them.

“Look Homeward, Angel” mingled elements of James Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, and Sinclair Lewis to take a penetrating look at the not so quietly desperate life of a Carolina mountain boom town. It slices away at one of the sustaining myths of American life, that small communities were temples of virtue and rectitude.

Six days after Wolfe’s book came out, “Black Thursday” happened and the stock market started its long, hard drive. Five days later, “Black Tuesday” – Oct. 29, 1929 – happened and the debacle was complete.

Over the next decade, as much as 25 percent of the American population – and in some parts of the country the number was closer to 40 percent – would be jobless. The stock market and the American economy wouldn’t return to the levels known before the crash until the early 1950s.

The despair Hemingway, Faulkner and Wolfe depicted became the national norm.

But they demonstrated a diamond-like resilience in the American character. However profound our devotion to illusion maybe, we Americans periodically do find the clear-eyed courage to peer into the darkness and not blink.

Hemingway, Faulkner, and Wolfe weren’t saints. Tortured men, they all drank too much and battled demons from their own experience and, often, of their own making.

Each writer came to a hard end. Hemingway, of course, committed suicide. Faulkner suffered a series of debilitating injuries and illnesses brought on by heavy drinking before he died. Wolfe succumbed to tuberculosis of the brain, brought on, one story has it because he shared a bottle of whiskey on a raw day with a sickly hobo.

Each, though, left his work as a kind of monument, an affirmation that there is harsh beauty in truth.

And a timeless reminder that we Americans can’t make dark times any lighter by ignoring that darkness.

FOOTNOTE: John Krull is the director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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