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Sobriety Checkpoint Results for Saturday, May 25, 2019
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, May 25, 2019 near the intersection of NW 2nd Street and S. 3rd Avenue. A total of 78 vehicles were diverted from NW 2nd Street into the checkpoint. The checkpoint ran from 10:00pm to 2:00am.
A total of two (2) motorists were arrested for Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated after entering the checkpoint.
Motorists who had not been drinking and in possession of a valid license were back on the road in less than 90 seconds. Motorists who had been drinking were checked for signs of impairment and given the option to find alternate transportation if their breath alcohol content approached the legal limit.
Funding for local sobriety checkpoint operations is provided by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Previously:Â Sobriety Checkpoint Planned for Memorial Day Weekend
ARRESTED: Â
James Thomas Floyd (pictured above), 66, of Corydon, KY. Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated as a Class C Misdemeanor (.11 BrAC).
Michial Joseph Harris IIÂ (pictured above), 29, of Evansville. Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated as a Class A Misdemeanor (.10 BrAC), Operating a Motor Vehicle with an Open Container as a Class C Infraction.
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.
“READERS FORUM” MAY 26, 2019
We hope that today’s “READERS FORUMâ€Â 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.
HERE’S WHAT’S ON OUR MIND TODAY
We wonder where did the GAGE Board Of Directors get the money to pay for the $600,000 plus loss of our tax dollars during the 2009 Freedom Festival event?
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND TODAY?
Todays “Readers’ Poll†question is: Are you disappointed that the Hydroplane Racing at Evansville HydroFest was abruptly canceled?
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Burdette Park Pool Opens
Burdette Park Pool Opens
MAY 25TH, 2019 
PAUL WILCOXEN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
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As many people enjoy the holiday weekend, local pools opened for their first official day.
At Burdette Park, People enjoying basking in the sun and cooling off at the park’s pool. The grand opening brought out many locals including Kelly Happe, who says this was an important part of his childhood.
“I came here as a kid growing up,†said Happe. “[I] came every year, but today is special because we throw a threw a niece a surprise graduation party.â€
The Burdette Park Pool is one of the largest Aquatic Centers in the Midwest. Park officials expected a record turnout for this year’s grand opening. The park pool will remain open throughout Memorial Day weekend and it takes months to get the pool opened.
Season passes are on sale now through the end of the weekend. Thousands of guests are expected to swim during the hot summer season.
Police Use Tourniquets On Two Victims After Triple Shooting At House
Police Use Tourniquets On Two Victims After A Triple Shooting At House Party
Evansville Police was called to 2012 N 5th Ave at 11:45 Friday night for a report of a large party. When officers arrived, they began talking with several people outside the home. While officers were talking to them, they heard gunfire coming from inside the house.Â
Additional officers were sent to the scene as dozens of teens and young adults began fleeing the house.Â
Officers heard more gunfire coming from inside the home and made entry to locate the shooter/ shooters. While searching for the shooter, officers found three female partygoers who had been shot. Officers applied tourniquets to two of the victims to stop the loss of blood. All three were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive.Â
Due to the number of people fleeing the home, the shooter/ shooters were able to exit without being identified by police. A handgun was found on the basement floor, but police have not determined who left it there.Â
Police detained 77 party goers as potential witnesses and attempted to gather information on the suspect/ suspects. Police have not identified any suspect at this time.Â
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call EPD orÂ
WeTip at 1-800-78-CRIME.
Survey: Legal Profession Rife†With Bullying, Sexual Harassment
Katie Stancombe for www.theindianalawyer.com
The legal profession has a problem, according to the International Bar Association.
The IBA conducted what it calls the largest ever global survey on bullying and sexual harassment in the legal workplace, interviewing nearly 7,000 people from 135 countries.
Results from the survey revealed a common and unsettling trend that the legal profession is “rife†with bullying and sexual harassment, regardless of whether policies and training have been implemented to address it.
Key findings of the study uncovered that in the workplace, one in three female attorneys have been sexually harassed, and half of the women have been bullied. In the United States, the survey found more than 45 percent of respondents said they had been bullied and at least 24 percent said they had been sexually harassed.
Similarly, one in three men have been bullied at work and one in 14 have experienced sexual harassment. Nearly 57 percent of bullying cases went unreported, and 75 percent of sexual harassment cases were kept silent.
“It is deeply shameful that our profession, predicated on the highest ethical standards, is rife with such negative workplace behaviors,†said IBA President Horacio Bernardes Neto, partner of Motta Fernandes Advogados in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“Bar associations, law societies, and law firms must lead by example and expose unacceptable behavior. The IBA will be undertaking a global engagement campaign to ensure that eradicating bullying and sexual harassment is prioritized. We must work for positive change,†Bernardes Neto said.
Survey results note that 65 percent of practitioners who have been bullied in the workplace consider or ultimately leave their job, as did 37 percent of sexually harassed practitioners.
The report further discovered that while policies are present in more than half of legal workplaces, their desired effects are lacking. Although training does have some positive impact, only one in five legal workplaces educates their staff to prevent and properly respond to bullying and sexual harassment.
Survey respondents in workplaces with policies and training are just as likely to be bullied or sexually harassed as those at workplaces without, it concluded.
“These types of behavior are insidious and must be confronted,†said IBA Executive Director Mark Ellis. “The legal profession has been called upon regularly to advise other industries on bullying and sexual harassment. However, our ability to drive broader change is undermined if our own house is not in order. The IBA will promote cross-sector collaboration to ensure these societal-wide issues are addressed.â€
Of respondents, 73 percent of respondents work in a law firm, with in-house lawyers and government lawyers comprising 9 and 5 percent, respectively. Members of the judiciary made up 3 percent. Most respondents were younger than 40, and 67 percent were women.
The IBA offered 10 recommendations for change, including raising awareness, revising and reimplementing policies and standards, and gathering data to improve transparency on the issue, among other things.
A second version of the study will be conducted in 2024 to provide further data on bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession and will be compared to these results.
“We should call out bad behavior and support those who suffer as a result of it,†the survey concludes. “It is incumbent on all members of the profession to work together to address these issues because the findings of this research are dawning upon us all.â€
Food Truck Festival
The 3rdAnnual Evansville Food Truck is coming back to Bosse Field on Sunday, June 2nd, 2019.  Several food trucks are traveling from surrounding states to bring the area an exclusive day in culinary creations, a live music festival with numerous acts and a day of community celebration.
This year’s beneficiary is Gilda’s Club of Evansville.  Gilda’s Club will receive 10 percent from all ticket sales from the event. The organization will also offer a half-pot drawing, host a survivors’ “Walk the Bases†and offer additional activities geared towards National Cancer Survivor Day.
“We believe no one should go through cancer alone. We’re a community of caring individuals who meet survivors, family, and friends at their point of need – whether it’s social support, education, resources/referrals or helping live a healthier lifestyle. Our program is proven to reduce anxiety, stress and to improve quality of life. We serve anyone impacted by cancer – men, women, children – all free of charge,†said Amy Mangold, development director for Gilda’s Club Evansville. “We are honored and thrilled to be the beneficiary of this year’s Food Truck Festival proceeds. Fun was the foundation of Gilda Radner’s life, so it is fitting that we partner with an entertaining event filled with delicious food, great music, and activities. EvansvilleEvents.com recognizes that Gilda’s Club is 100% locally funded and wants to help us make sure that no one faces cancer alone. Join us as we support local cancer survivors, their families, and friends.â€
“Unfortunately, cancer still continues to play a big part in our community and so many are affected in some way. With your attention and support, we can do much more to help those directly affected by this deadly condition.â€Â – Joe Notter, Evansville Food Truck Festival organizer and president of EvansvilleEvents.com.
Tickets can be purchased at EvansvilleFoodTruckFestival.com
Judge Rules For Hendricks County Deputy In Mentally Ill Man’s Slaying
Katie Stancombe for www.theindianalawyer.com
A federal judge has ruled in favor of several parties, including a Hendricks County sheriff’s deputy, after a mentally ill man was fatally shot during a welfare check.
At the time of his death, then-29-year-old Brad King suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. He took medication and received treatment for his mental illness but still experienced “good and bad days,†the latter of which often left him confused and quiet with a “glazed-over look†in his eyes, according to court documents.
King also had a fixation with knives — a common symptom of his condition — and slept with one under his pillow. He also tended to call 911 when he was having a “bad day.†His parents, with whom he lived at the time, had concerns that police might misinterpret symptoms of mental illness as threats and told Kin to not call police, but a family member instead.
While his parents were at work one day in November 2016, Brad called 911 and asked someone to come to his home because he was “going through a little psycho phase.†Deputies were dispatched to conduct a welfare check, but no one answered the door when they arrived.
King then called 911 several more times after they left, hanging up each call. Later in the day, Deputy Jason Hays, who conducted the initial welfare check, returned with another deputy. As they checked out the property, the deputies noticed King walking toward them staring straight ahead with his hands “awkwardly†in his pockets.
When King complied with the deputies’ request to show his hands, they noticed he was holding a carving knife. King did not drop the knife as ordered and proceeded toward the deputies, whose guns were drawn.
He then raised his hands to ear level, holding the knife with the blade pointing toward the deputies. King allegedly turned his head quickly between them, and, according to the deputies, began a “very hard charge, full-out sprint, leaning, lunging motion†toward Hays.
Hays then fired one fatal shot, killing King on the scene. But the parties disputed the facts of what happened, as the only witnesses were the two deputies present at King’s death.
On behalf of his son’s estate and individually, Matthew King alleged federal and state civil-rights and tort claims against the Hendricks County Commissioners, the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Brett Clark in his official capacity, and Hays in his official and individual capacities.
The Kings argued that their son “was probably super confused,†but “wouldn’t react in a violent manner†and “wouldn’t have charged [the deputies] with a knife.â€
Thus, the question was raised: Would inconsistencies between the deputies’ testimony and other known facts permit a jury to find that King, among other things, was not holding a knife and did not charge Hays?
In reviewing the case, Southern District Court Judge James R. Sweeney II noted that while many courts have denied summary judgment where physical evidence plainly contradicts the defendant-officers’ self-serving testimony, they have not “found genuine factual disputes based on ambiguities, minor inconsistencies, or speculation.â€
The district court therefore concluded that the second officer’s testimony was consistent with Hays’ account of the shooting, and that the Kings’ arguments, conjecture, and speculation did not create a genuine dispute of any material fact.
Specifically, Sweeney found that a lack of fingerprint evidence on the knife’s handle did not contradict the deputies’ testimony, but rather failed to corroborate it further. The court also rejected the Kings’ assertions regarding their son’s preferences and tendencies, including the fact that he wouldn’t carry a 10-inch knife in place of his favorite, smaller knife, or that he carried it in his left hand instead of his right.
“Brad’s preference for a different knife does not create a genuine dispute of material fact,†Sweeney noted. “And while carrying a ten-inch knife in one’s pocket is odd, it is fully consistent with Deputy Thomas’s testimony that Brad had his hands in his front pockets ‘very awkwardly.’â€
The district court further rejected arguments that the bullet’s trajectory was inconsistent with Hays’ testimony regarding the shooting, concluding King had been crouched down when struck and that Hays’ use of deadly force was constitutionally reasonable.
“Brad’s parents have suffered a great loss. But on this summary judgment record, a jury could not reasonably find that their loss resulted from an unconstitutional use of deadly force,†Sweeney wrote. “Defendant Deputy Hays is therefore entitled to summary judgment on Plaintiff’s § 1983 claim.â€
The district court likewise found the defendants entitled to judgment under the King’s Monell and ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims. It therefore dismissed the Kings’ federal claims in King v. Hendricks County Comissioners et al., 17-cv-04412, likewise dismissing their state claims without prejudice.
FSSA Secretary Jennifer Walthall Receives National Impact Award
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Jennifer Walthall, M.D., M.P.H. is this year’s Jerry W. Friedman Health and Human Services Impact Award winner. The Impact Award is presented annually by the American Public Human Services Association. It was created in honor of Friedman, who served as executive director of APHSA from 2001 to 2010 following decades of various leadership roles in human services. Dr. Walthall received the award this week at APHSA’s National Health and Human Services Summit in Washington, D.C.
In presenting the award, Tracy Wareing Evans, APHSA president and CEO, noted “(Friedman) never forgot the critical role that frontline agency workers play and inspired others to recognize these often-unseen heroes. Dr. Walthall embodies this spirit as she serves as the secretary of the Family and Social Services Administration and has created change and impact across the agency.â€
Criteria for the award include that recipients:
- have demonstrated a similar commitment that would honor Friedman’s health and human services legacy
- have made a lasting contribution to the local, state or national health and human services system, through their adaptive leadership, system design, product development and/or technological advancements
- have demonstrated that he, she or the organization has added value to an integrated service delivery system, and contributed in ways that are both sustainable as well as adaptable to changing environments and needs
- have inspired others to lead boldly in the health and human services sector
Wareing Evans went on to highlight Dr. Walthall’s efforts to lead FSSA in building a data-informed cross-sectoral approach to improve health and well-being in communities across Indiana, saying, “As a leader of a large complex organization, Dr. Walthall’s investment in the department’s infrastructure and team are deeply valued by her staff and peers. Her work in creating modern technology to enable her staff to focus time on the most effective and efficient solutions for families and communities, in addition to her regular employee engagement activities through web-chats and other innovative mediums, are at the forefront of generative leadership.â€
Secretary Walthall said: “It is an honor to receive the 2019 Jerry W. Friedman Health and Human Services Impact Award on behalf of our administration and the entire FSSA team. In Indiana we believe great government service, paired with compassion and innovation, can truly impact the lives of individuals in need as well as entire communities. This prestigious award only adds even more wind to our sails as we continue our efforts to positively impact the health of Hoosiers every day.â€
EDITOR OF THE CCO “LETS FIX THAT” SERIES GEORGE Â FRANCIS LUMLEYÂ PASSES
OBITUARY OF GEORGE Â FRANCIS LUMLEYÂ
Funeral Held Today At Ziemer Funeral Home North Chapel, EvansvilleÂ
Evansville, IN – George Francis Lumley, III, age 59, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2019. George was born in Salem, Indiana, on August 28, 1959, to George Francis Lumley, Jr. and Martha Leona Farrell Lumley. He was a graduate of West Washington High School and Indiana University Southeast, served in the United States Air Force and the Kentucky Air National Guard, and was a Certified Public Accountant. He married Nancy Rebecca King on April 28, 1984, and she survives, along with daughters Martha Louise Stilwell (husband Jeffrey) and Rebecca Rose Miller husband Jeff, two beloved foster children, and a baby on the way.
He was preceded in death by his father; uncles John “Jack” Farrell, Harry Farrell and Tom Lumley; and aunts Rosemary Janis and Alice Taylor. In addition to his wife, children, and grandchildren, he is survived by his mother, uncle Mark Lumley, and his siblings and their families: Mary Pankey (Dennis); Cathy Eastridge (Marty); Beth Mauck (Herb); Patricia Van Meter (Burl Stewart); Teresa Ebeling (Brian); Diane Wood (Art); Steve Lumley (Vanessa); Lisa Reed (Bob); and Patrick Lumley (Charlene).
George enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. In his retirement, his passion became community gardens and teaching children about growing food. He also enjoyed fishing, canning, cooking, and genealogy.
Visitation will be from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm CST Sunday, May 26, 2019, at Ziemer Funeral Home North Chapel, 6300 N. First Ave., Evansville, IN 47710. A memorial service will begin at 3:00 pm CST at the funeral home with Rev. Andy Payton officiating.
In lieu of flowers, you may make memorial contributions to Seton Harvest, 9400 New Harmony Road, Evansville, IN 47720 or Borrowed Hearts Foundation, 1144 Indy Court, Evansville, IN 47725.
Condolences may be made online at www.ziemerfuneralh