INDIANAPOLIS – Below find Gov. Eric J. Holcomb’s public schedule for May 24, 25 and 26, 2019.
Friday, May 24: 500 Festival Memorial Service
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The governor will give remarks.
WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Noon, Friday, May 24
WHERE:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Indiana War Memorial
431 N. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Friday, May 24: International School of Indiana Class of 2019 Commencement Ceremony
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The governor will give the keynote address.
WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5 p.m., Friday, May 24
WHERE:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Scottish Rite Cathedral
650 N. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Saturday, May 25: 500 Festival Parade
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The governor will participate in the parade.
WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11:45 a.m., Saturday, May 25
WHERE:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Downtown Indianapolis
Click here to see the parade route.
Sunday, May 26: 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The governor will attend the race.
WHERE:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Indianapolis Motor Speedway
4790 W. 16th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46222
U.S. Senator Mike Braun will embark on his northern Indiana Jobs Tour where he will visit 12 Hoosier communities to discuss the robust economy helping Hoosier families.
The communities Senator Braun will visit on this tour include Angola, Ferdinand, Kokomo, Logansport, Plymouth, Middlebury, Elkhart, LaGrange, Kendallville, Huntington, and Bluffton.
“Northern Indiana is America’s manufacturing powerhouse, and this tour is an opportunity to hear how President Trump’s tax cuts are helping Hoosier small business owners and what more can be done to help them thrive,â€Â said U.S. Senator Mike Braun.
Monday, May 27, 2019 at 2:00 PM ET
Open Press
Speaking at Dedication of the Veterans Memorial
2455 Pine Dr., Ferdinand, IN 47532
Ferdinand, Indiana
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 12:00 PM ET
Closed Press
Grissom Air Force Base
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 2:00 PM ET
Open PressÂ
Radiation Oncology Center Tour at Logansport Memorial Hospital
1025 Michigan Avenue
Logansport, Indiana
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM ET
Open PressÂ
Marshall County Robotic Dairy Operation Tour
11505 13th Rd.
Plymouth, Indiana 46563
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 8:30 AM ET
Closed Press
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Tour
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 12:30 PM ET
Open Press
Tour of Grand Design RV
11333 Co Rd 2
Middlebury, Indiana 46540
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 2:00 PM ET
Closed Press
Roundtable Meeting with RV Industry Executives
RV/MH Hall of Fame, 21565 Executive Pkwy
Elkhart, Indiana 46514
Wednesday, May 30, 2019 at 3:30 PM ET
Open Press
ETHOS Innovation Center
1025 N Michigan Street
Elkhart, Indiana 46514
Wednesday, May 30, 2019 at 5:30 PM ET
Open Press
LaGrange County Coffee With Hoosiers
LaGrange Public Library
203 W Spring Street
LaGrange, Indiana 46761
Thursday, May 31, 2019 at 8:30 AM ETÂ
Open Press
Trine University
Angola, Indiana
Thursday, May 31, 2019 at 10:30 AM ETÂ
Closed Press
Kraft Foods
Kendallville, Indiana 46755
Thursday, May 31, 2019 at 2:15 PM ETÂ
Closed Press
Tour of Onward Manufacturing Company
1000 East Market Street
Huntington, Indiana 46750
Thursday, May 31, 2019 at 3:30 PM ET
Open Press
Wells County Coffee Hour with Hoosiers
211 Water Street
Bluffton, Indiana 46714
For eight innings, the University of Evansville baseball team played even with Indiana State. Unfortunately, the third inning was a different story, as the Aces fell in their Missouri Valley Conference Championships opener, 7-0.
Junior right hand pitcher Adam Lukas (5-6) looked sharp early, tossing a pair of perfect frames to open the game. However, Indiana State would catch up with him in the third inning, loading up the bases. That’s when the Sycamores Jake Means launched a grand slam home run to left, giving ISU a 4-0 advantage. Indiana State would tack on one more, ending Lukas’ night, with Evansville down 5-0. Freshman left-hand reliever Michael Parks came in and gave up a 2-run double, before finally putting out the fire.
Parks would settle in from there, keeping the Sycamores off the scoreboard the rest of the way, going 5 2/3 innings, striking out four, giving up just one hit in the process.
However, the Aces offense, which out hit Indiana State 7-5, had several scoring opportunities early, but stranded seven runners in the first five innings.
“We had a chance to get out of their big offensive inning but couldn’t minimize the damage”, said Aces head coach Wes Carroll. “We had some chances early offensively but couldn’t get the RBI knock. You have to credit their starter and the at bats their offense put together in that big 3rd inning. We have shown fight throughout the year so there is no doubt in my mind we will give it our all tomorrow.”
The loss drops the Aces to 24-28 overall and 11-11 in MVC play. They will now face elimination Thursday afternoon, when they take on Dallas Baptist University. First pitch from Duffy Bass Field is at 3 p.m.
We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUEâ€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.
IS IT TRUE that today’s “IS IT TRUE” character drawing is none other than the ‘Chief Of Staff ” of the City-County Observer “Mole Nation?” …we call him “Mole #1”? …that “Mole #1 is in charge of 143 “CCO Moles?”  …that members of the “Mole Nation” are the one who tells us what going on in area politics and business?
IS IT TRUE that the City Of Evansville Computer Information Technology budget is approximately $4 million dollars per year? …we been told by credible sources that the Mayor’s 2020 budget request may recommend the total removal of all of the Computer Information Technology costs from the City of Evansville Departments budgets? …if this budget request is approved by City Council all the City Of Evansville Departmental Computer Information Technology costs will be transferred to the Evansville Water & Sewer Utility Department? …if this proposal is approved does this mean that County residents will be helping Evansville to pay for Computer Information Technology costs?
 Is IT TRUE we wonder why should the Evansville Water And Sewer Department be responsible for paying the Computer Information Technology work done at city departments?  …we also wonder who is paying for the Computer Information Technology costs at all of the Vanderburgh County departments?
IS IT TRUE that the City of Evansville receives around $7 million dollars a year from the not-for-profit Water and Sewer Utility Department for in lieu of property taxes payments? Â …is this why some people at the Civic Center call the Evansville Water and Sewer Department a “cash cow”?
IT TRUE that the Democrats now only how a 4 t0 3 majority on the Evansville City Council? …the Evansville City Council now have two (2) politically non-partisan members serving on City Council?
IS IT TRUE that SEC and Finra has a  new requirement that Cities over 100,000 population must be using the accrual method of accounting as of December 31, 2019? …until that date, Evansville would remain on the cash method of accounting system which allows the City Controller to present a less than accurate financial report to members of City Council?
IS IT TRUE that at the end of this year the ability for the City of Evansville to continue the financial manipulations of city funds will come to an end? …that all of the hundreds of millions of dollars of debt that have been accumulated by the City of Evansville over many years will have to be consolidated because of the change from the cash to an accrual method of accounting? Â …that this new State mandate requirement is referred to as the “481 Accounting Adjustment” program? Â …that Evansville is the third largest city in Indiana and is the last to convert into the State mandated the accrual method of the accounting system?
IS IT TRUE that we are told that a recommendation from a Florida Golf Professional consultant was to close two (2) of the City’s golf courses? …that McDonald’s Golf Course and Wesselman’s Par 3 may be on the 2020 budget-cutting chopping block?
Todays “Readers’ Poll†question is: Are you pleased with the overall progress of Evansville since Mayor Winnecke took office?
By Victoria Ratliff
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS—Attorney General Curtis Hill’s disciplinary hearing on accusations that he groped women at an end-of-session legislative party in 2018 has been tentatively scheduled for October.
Hill, a first-term Republican, is facing the potential loss of his license to practice law following a complaint to the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
On Wednesday, former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Myra Selby, who has been appointed to preside over the case, met with attorneys for the disciplinary commission and Hill’s attorneys to set deadlines for pre-hearing details and to schedule the hearing. Hill was not present.
Hill’s private attorneys, James Voyles, and Angie Mahone, with co-counsel Don Lundberg on the phone, and the disciplinary commission attorneys, Seth Pruden and Angie Ordway, told Selby they expected the hearing would last five days. The biggest reason for the length: the potential number of witnesses. Some 56 were interviewed in previous investigations of the incident, and Voyles said Wednesday he expected to call from 18 to 25.
Selby tentatively scheduled it to begin on Oct. 21.
Hill is accused by four women—Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-Munster; Gabrielle McLemore, communications director for Senate Democrats; Samantha Lozano, a legislative assistant for Indiana House Democrats; and Niki DaSilva, a legislative assistant for Indiana Senate Republicans—of inappropriately touching them at an Indianapolis bar during a party celebrating the end of the 2018 legislative session. Hill has denied wrongdoing.
In October, Daniel Sigler, a special prosecutor appointed to look into the allegations, decided against filing charges against Hill. While Sigler said he found the women credible, and that there was no denial by Hill that he’d touched them, Hill disputed the extent of the contact. Sigler cited “significant†alcohol consumption by Hill but said there was no proof he intended to touch the women in a “rude, insolent or angry†manner needed for a battery charge.
The case, however, was resurrected in March when the Supreme Court disciplinary commission filed a 10-page complaint against Hill, accusing him of committing both felony-level and misdemeanor battery while acting “with the selfish motive to arouse his sexual desires.â€
Hill, the commission said, “has denied responsibility for his actions†while shifting his account of what happened.
When confronted by legislative leaders about the conduct at the party, Hill first said he’d had too much to drink, but later said he was not inebriated.
“As the elected Attorney General, (Hill) holds a position of extreme public trust and his office touches on virtually all areas of state government,†the disciplinary committee said. “As a government lawyer, (Hill) has a heightened duty of ethical conduct that is long established in Indiana ethics law.†He has shown no remorse, they said and instead has implied the women “falsified their accounts†or were mistaken.
“The respondent’s conduct caused actual or potential injury to his victims and their future careers by forcing them to choose between reporting his conduct or remaining silent,†according to the complaint.
The potential outcomes for Hill range from being cleared of wrongdoing to a reprimand, suspension of his license to practice law or even disbarment. He faces no criminal penalties and cannot be removed from office as impeachment is up to the legislature. However, Indiana law requires the attorney general to be licensed to practice law in this state.
Even if Hill survives this disciplinary commission action, his legal woes may not be over. The four women filed an intent to pursue a civil case, but so far have not filed a lawsuit.
One thing left unresolved Wednesday was where the hearing will take place. Attorneys for both Hill and the disciplinary commission asked that it be held either in the Indiana Supreme Court in the Statehouse or in a Marion County courtroom in the City-County Building.
“I think we’re open to a conversation, whatever works for everybody,†Voyles said.
A pre-hearing briefing will take place seven days before the hearing begins, with Selby ordering that witness and exhibit lists be submitted by Sept. 6.
FOOTNOTE: Victoria Ratliff is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
