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YESTERYEAR: EVANS CAFE BY PAT SIDES

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YESTERYEAR: EVANS CAFE

BY PAT SIDES

When Henry and Ann Evans opened the doors to their new restaurant before dawn on October 23, 1943, the juke box was blasting the hit song “Pistol Packin’ Mama,” as workers from the Evansville shipyard filed in to grab an early breakfast.

Evans Café was one of the city’s most popular dining venues for decades, advertising itself as “Evansville’s Leading Family Restaurant” and attracting loyal customers from a 50-mile radius.

Located at 1010 South Kentucky Avenue, the restaurant soon developed a reputation for home-style cooking, which was served at affordable prices. Evans Café originally had only 28 seats, but eventually seating capacity exceeded 200.

After 1984, the café closed and re-opened several times under new owners. 

EPA Awards $2.3 Million In Funding For 21 Small Businesses To Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $2.3 million in funding for 21 small businesses to develop technologies that will help protect human health and the environment by monitoring air quality, treating drinking water, cleaning up contaminated sites, and creating greener, less toxic materials.

“These funds support small businesses that have developed new technologies to monitor air quality, test for PFAS, and address other pressing environmental challenges,” said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “Through EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research program, we provide important assistance to entrepreneurs as they develop innovative solutions that will strengthen both environmental protections and economic growth.”

These 21 small businesses are receiving Phase I contracts from EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which awards contracts annually through a two-phase competition. Companies compete for a Phase I award of up to $100,000 by submitting research that addresses key environmental issues. After receiving a Phase I award, companies are eligible to compete for a Phase II award of up to $300,000 to further develop and commercialize the technology.

SBIR Phase I Recipients Include:

  • Creare LLC, Hanover, N.H., AirQAST Portable Automated Air Quality Monitoring
  • Anfiro, Inc., Woburn, Mass., Block Copolymer Membranes for Total Removal of Ionic and Nonionic PFAS from Industrial Wastewaters Optionally Co-Contaminated by Alcohols
  • Brisea Group, Inc., Parsippany, N.J., Development of Microwave-assisted Membrane Filtration for Pretreatment of PFAS in Industrial Wastewater
  • AAPLasma LLC, Feasterville, Pa., Non-Thermal Plasma Assisted Inactivation of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Wastewater
  • Framergy Inc., Wilmington, Del., Innovative Pretreatment Technologies for PFAS in Industrial Wastewater
  • Mainstream Engineering Corporation, Rockledge, Fla., Field-deployable Measurement of Fluorocarbons in Water
  • PTP Strategy LLC, Gainsville, Fla., CDD-SORT: A Next-Generation System to Detect Hazardous & Recyclable Materials in Discarded C&D Debris
  • Faraday Technology Inc., Englewood, Ohio, Electrochemical Pretreatment of PFAS-Contaminated Aqueous Effluents; Electrochemical Extraction and Remediation of PFAS in Soils
  • Talk About It Solutions DBA Remooble, Maple Grove, Minn., Fast Acting Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Paint Removers for Epoxy, Latex and Lacquer Coatings
  • Claros Technologies Inc., Stillwater, Minn., Novel Sorbent Technology for Simultaneous Removal and Degradation of Waterborne PFAS
  • Polykala Technologies LLC, San Antonio, Texas, Development of “Smart” Polymer Nanofiber Mats for Selective and Efficient Removal of PFAS from Landfill Leachate
  • TDA Research Inc., Wheat Ridge, Colo., Disposable Test Strips for Ultra-Sensitive Quantification of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Ground Water; Development of a Non-Toxic Paint Stripper
  • Sporian Microsystems Inc., Lafayette, Colo., Low Cost Hyperspectral Measurement System to identify Harmful Materials in Construction and Demolition (C&D) Materials
  • Oxbyel Technologies, Inc., Mesa, Ariz., Electrochemical Mineralization of PFAS in Industrial Wastewater
  • QuakeWrap, Inc., Tucson, Ariz., Trenchless Water Main Point Repairs with SuperLaminate
  • 2W iTech LLC, San Diego, Calif, Rapid Field Trace Detection of Perfluoroalkyl Substance in Water
  • BioLargo, Inc., Westminster, Calif., Aqueous Electrostatic Concentrator to Remove Per-and Poly-fluroakyl Substances from Water
  • KWJ Engineering Incorporated, Newark, Calif., Ultralow Power Sensor Package for Ground Level Air Pollution Levels from Wildland Fires
  • MicroAeth Corporation DBA AethLabs, San Francisco, Calif., Black Carbon and UV Particulate Matter, Multi-Gas, Multi Pollutant Sensor Platform
  • Intellisense Systems, Inc., Torrance, Calif., Remote Air Quality Reporting (RAQR) Device
  • Enoveo USA, Berkeley, Calif., The NODE biosensor: real-time contaminant detection in stormwater

EPA’s SBIR funding supports both the economy and the environment by creating jobs and promoting small businesses to bring environmental technologies to market. One EPA SBIR small business, GreenTechnologies, LLC, is commercializing a sustainable and innovative treatment and nutrient recovery process for wastewater. Their processes recover nutrients such as phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen in wastewater and convert the excess nutrients into sustainable slow-release fertilizers, branded under the name GreenEdge®, which are being sold commercially throughout the country and internationally.

EPA is one of 11 federal agencies that participate in the SBIR program, enacted in 1982 to strengthen the role of small businesses in federal research and development, create jobs, and promote U.S. technical innovation. To be eligible, a company must be an organized, for-profit U.S. business and have fewer than 500 employees.

Indiana’s Apple, Pieroni Win Gold at FINA World Championships

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Indiana University postgraduate swimmers Zach Apple and Blake Pieroni won gold with Team USA in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday morning at the 2019 FINA World Championships.

The Hoosier duo helped the Americans win the relay with a World Championships record time of 3:09.06. Swimming second in the relay, Pieroni split a 47.49 in his 100 meters. Apple followed and posted the best split in the event with a 46.86.

Both Apple and Pieroni are eligible to swim in more relays for Team USA this coming week at the World Championships. Pieroni will also compete individually in the men’s 100m freestyle.

In the final of the men’s 400m freestyle, Hoosier postgrad Zane Grothe took eighth place for Team USA with a time of 3:45.78.

Earlier in prelims, IU postgraduate swimmer Vini Lana tied for 28th overall in the men’s 50m butterfly with a mark of 23.91.

Swimming prelims in Gwangju begin each night at 9:00 p.m. ET, with finals the next morning starting at 7:00 a.m. ET. Swimming at the FINA World Championships runs through Monday, July 28.

“LEFT JAB AND RIGHT JAB” JULY 22, 2019

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“LEFT JAB AND RIGHT JAB”

“Right Jab And Left Jab” was created because we have two commenters that post on a daily basis either in our “IS IT TRUE” or “Readers Forum” columns concerning National or International issues.
Joe Biden and Ronald Reagan’s comments are mostly about issues of national interest.  The majority of our “IS IT TRUE” columns are about local or state issues, so we have decided to give Mr. Biden and Mr. Reagan exclusive access to our newly created “LEFT JAB and RIGHT JAB”  column. They now have this post to exclusively discuss national or world issues that they feel passionate about.
We shall be posting the “LEFT JAB” AND “RIGHT JAB” several times a week.  Oh, “LEFT JAB” is a liberal view and the “RIGHT JAB is representative of the more conservative views. Also, any reader who would like to react to the written comments of the two gentlemen is free to do so.

FOOTNOTE: Any comments posted in this column do not represent the views or opinions of the City-County Observer or our advertisers.

Mid-States Corridor Project Tier 1 Environmental Study

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August Public Meetings Scheduled

 The Mid-States Corridor Project examines the concept of an improved highway connection in southwest Indiana. The Mid-States Corridor is anticipated to begin at the William H. Natcher Bridge crossing of the Ohio River near Rockport, continue generally through the Huntingburg and Jasper area and extend north to connect to Interstate 69 (either directly or via SR 37).

The Mid-States Corridor Regional Development Authority (RDA) and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) have started a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which is required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for major construction projects that will include federal funding.

The Tier 1 EIS will include the following:

  • Analysis and comparison of benefits, impacts and costs of a range of reasonable options to identify a preferred corridor for the proposed facility
  • Assessment of the social, economic and environmental impacts of each corridor, along with consideration of ways to avoid, minimize or mitigate impacts
  • Identification of the project’s purpose and need, and consideration of a variety of options to meet both, including improvements to and use of existing facilities and construction of new roadway facilities
  • Analysis of a no-build alternative to serve as a baseline for comparison

The Tier 1 EIS is expected to take just over two years to complete with a Record of Decision (ROD) expected in summer 2021. The ROD is the Federal Highway Administration’s final approval of the preferred corridor.

After a Tier 1 ROD, a more detailed Tier 2 environmental study will determine specific alignments and preferred alternatives within the selected Tier 1 corridor.

Public Meetings Scheduled

Public involvement is a key part of the environmental study process. The first of several public meetings are planned for early August. The meetings will introduce members of the community to the Mid-States Corridor Project, explain the tiered study approach, describe the potential preliminary corridors and introduce ways for the public to stay informed and provide feedback.

Meetings are planned for Washington, French Lick and Jasper at the following locations:

Monday, Aug. 5: Washington High School              

608 E. Walnut St., Washington, IN

Auditorium (Enter through Gate 4 off 7th St.)

5:30pm to 7:00pm (local time)

Tuesday Aug. 6: Springs Valley High School

326 S. Larry Bird Blvd., French Lick, IN

Cafeteria

5:30pm to 7:00pm (local time)

Thursday, Aug. 8: Jasper High School

1600 St. Charles St., Jasper IN

Cafeteria

5:30pm to 7:00pm (local time)

Each meeting feature an open house format. A short project presentation is planned for 6 p.m. each evening. Project team members will be at multiple stations to answer questions and comment cards will be available to offer public input. Additional public meetings will be held at project milestones.

Find more information regarding the Mid-States Corridor project including how to sign up for e-newsletters, text alerts, social media updates and to learn about the project office location/hours of operation please visit www.midstatescorridor.com.

Project Office Location 

 A Mid-States Corridor project office is located at Vincennes University Jasper Campus. The office is in the Administration Building and is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, and by appointment. A project representative will be available during office hours to answer questions, and handouts and displays from the public meetings will be on site.

 

Mid-State Corridor Project Office

Vincennes University Jasper Campus

Administration Building, Room 216

850 College Ave.

Jasper, IN 47546

Members of the community can reach the project office by calling 812-482-3116. There are several ways to follow project progress, ask questions and offer feedback.

 

Find project information online at www.midstatescorridor.com.

  • Sign up for project e-newsletters on the website.
  • Receive project text alerts by texting “midstates” to 33222.
  • Email questions and comments to info@midstatescorridor.com.

Information and updates are also provided on social media, Facebook (Mid-States Corridor) and Twitter (@MidStatesStudy).

The Mid-States Corridor Project examines the concept of an improved highway connection in Southwest Indiana. The Mid-States Corridor Regional Development Authority and the Indiana Department of Transportation are conducting the required Tier 1 Environmental Study for the project to determine a preferred corridor. Find more information at www.midstatescorridor.com.

 

ADOPT A PET

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Rain is a beautiful female gray & white cat! She has previously lived with other cats and also with dogs, and done fine. She came in on June 6th from a family that had too many animals and got overwhelmed. Rain’s adoption fee is $40 and includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and more! Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!

 

Appeals panel rejects man’s challenge of child molestation conviction

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 Dave Stafford for www.thiendianalawyer.com

A man convicted of Level 1 felony child molesting and sentenced to 48 years in prison failed to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that his victim’s medical report was improperly admitted or that her testimony was incredibly dubious.

The appellate panel affirmed the Elkhart Superior Court’s conviction in Ryan Baxter v. State of Indiana, 18A-CR-2050.

Baxter was arrested after his 4-year-old stepdaughter, A.W., told her grandmother that he had molested her during a noncustodial visit with her mother and Baxter, her stepfather. The grandmother told A.W.’s biological and custodial father, after which “A.W. underwent a sexual assault examination,” Judge Melissa May wrote for the panel. “The nurse, Nancy Grant, determined A.W. had an injury consistent with prior penile penetration that was healing.”

After being charged with three counts of Level 1 child molesting, an Elkhart County jury convicted Baxter of one count, prompting his appeal. Baxter argued the medical report was inadmissible hearsay because it contained A.W.’s identification of Baxter as the culprit.

“The identification of Baxter as the perpetrator was relevant and necessary in order for Grant to know if she could discharge A.W. into Father’s custody without A.W. being subjected to more abuse after she was released,” May wrote. “Because the identification of Baxter as the perpetrator was necessary to ensure A.W.’s safety, the court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the medical report.”

Likewise, the COA rejected Baxter’s argument that A.W.’s testimony should have been stricken under the incredible dubiosity rule, and therefore the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.

“Incredible dubiosity is not available to invalidate A.W.’s testimony because her testimony is not inherently contradictory and it is corroborated by other witness testimony. At trial, Grant, a sexual assault nurse examiner, testified A.W. sustained injury to her hymen that was consistent with penile penetration. Grant’s testimony provides circumstantial evidence in support of A.W.’s testimony and invalidates Baxter’s incredible dubiosity argument,” May wrote, citing to Moore v. State, 27 N.E.3d 749, 760 (Ind. 2015), which rejected that rule when testimony is supported by circumstantial evidence.

JUST IN: Sheriff’s Office Arrests Woman for the Murder of her Husband

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Sheriff’s Office Arrests Woman for the Murder of her Husband

An Evansville woman is in custody on charges of murder after deputies responded to a report of suspicious circumstances at west side home yesterday evening.

On Saturday, July 20, 2019 at approximately 6:03 PM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to 2601 Glenview Drive in order to investigate reported suspicious circumstances. A female 911 caller claimed that she had stabbed her husband with a knife and needed an ambulance and the police. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and made contact with the 911 caller, Mrs. Wendy Payne, who was found in the back yard of the residence.

Sheriff’s deputies observed that Mrs. Payne was covered in blood and heard her state that she had stabbed her husband. Deputies detained Mrs. Payne and made entry into the residence to check the welfare of any possible victims. A deputy observed a male victim lying on the floor of the kitchen. He appeared to have sustained an injury to his upper left chest consistent with that of a stab wound. The deputy also observed a large kitchen knife on a table next to the male. The victim was identified as Mr. Edward Lee Payne, the husband of Mrs. Wendy Payne.

The deputy checked the victim, but could detect no signs of life. German Township Fire Department and AMR personnel responded, but no life-saving measures could be attempted. Mrs. Payne was transported to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Operations Center to be interviewed by detectives. While being transported, Mrs. Payne stated numerous times, “I’m going to jail for murder”. A witness on scene indicated the defendant said, “I killed him”.

Detectives interviewed Mrs. Payne, who invoked her right to remain silent and not speak without an attorney present. Mrs. Payne was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on a single count of murder.

An autopsy took place today at 11:00 AM at the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office. The Coroner will release an official determination of the cause and manner of death. Mrs. Payne will make an initial court appearance later this week.

ARRESTED:

Wendy Owen Payne (pictured above), 51, of Evansville. Murder (Indiana Code 35-42-1-1(1))

PREVIOUSLY: 2019-NR-033

FOOTNOTE: Presumption of Innocence Notice: The fact that a person has been arrested or charged with a crime is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.

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Vail sets franchise record in Otters’ win

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Tyler Vail made Evansville Otters history in an 8-2 win against the Florence Freedom Saturday, setting the franchise’s all-time mark for strikeouts when he struck out Florence’s Andre Mercurio in the bottom of the first inning.

eading into Saturday’s start, Vail needed two strikeouts to pass former Otter Andre Simpson’s mark of 303. Vail accomplished the feat in the first inning.

 

Vail, in his fourth season with the Otters, picked up the win Saturday as he finished with five strikeouts. He went six shutout innings, allowing only three hits.

 

With his total strikeout number in an Otters’ uniform at 307, the Easton, Pa. native will see that record number continue to grow as the regular season rolls on.

 

Vail now has five quality starts on the season, going at least six innings and allowing only three earned runs in each start. He improves to 4-5.

 

He also received plenty of run support in Saturday’s start as Evansville’s offense was able to force Florence to use five pitchers.

 

Making a spot start for the Freedom, Zak Spivy took the hill against the Otters. Florence’s original probable starter, Tyler Gibson, was signed by the Cincinnati Reds organization mid-afternoon on Saturday.

 

After two scoreless innings between both teams to begin the game, the Otters’ offense came alive in the top of the third.

 

After David Cronin and Ryan Long were able to reach base, Mike Rizzitello singled to score Cronin from third and the game’s first run in favor of the Otters.

 

Carlos Castro hit a ground ball to Freedom shortstop Austin Wobrock who threw to second base for what appeared to be a force out. Instead, Rizzitello was called safe at second and second baseman Caleb Lopes overthrew Connor Crane at first, allowing Castro to advance to second, Rizzitello to third, and Long to touch home extending the Otters’ lead to two.

 

A sac fly to right field by Dakota Phillips scored Rizzitello as the Otters extended their lead to 3-0.

 

The Freedom had an opportunity to respond in the bottom of the fourth with the bases loaded and two outs, but Vail was able to work out of the jam.

 

The Otters tacked on another run in the top of the fifth on a hit from Castro to score Keith Grieshaber, putting the Otters in control at 4-0.

 

Spivy, the right-hander for Florence, threw five innings, allowing four runs – two earned – on four hits while tossing five strikeouts. He was given the loss, dropping his record to 0-3.

 

In the top of the seventh inning, Castro crushed a two-run home run for his 10th of the year, and Jack Meggs added a two-RBI single give the Otters an 8-0 lead.

 

Otters reliever Cam Opp pitched two scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth innings.

 

The Freedom scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth on RBI knocks by Crane and Isaac Benard off Michael Gizzi to make the final score 8-2.

 

The Otters will conclude their visit to Florence Sunday at 4:35 p.m., seeking a divisional series win. Tyler Beardsley will be on the mound for the Otters, going up against left-hander Mike Castellani.

 

EPD REPORT

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EPD REPORT

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