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Rohleder leading Aces at MVC Championships

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 In a full day of competition, the University of Evansville women’s golf team opened the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Championships at Sandy Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Ind.

The Aces sit in ninth after the first two rounds of action, recording a first-day total of 627 (307-320). Leading the championship after the opening day is Drake, who finished with a 598 (301-297), holding a one-stroke lead over second-place Southern Illinois.

Pacing Evansville on the first day, Sophia Rohleder carded a two-round total of 149 (74-75) to open the tournament. Rohleder began the championship with three birdies in the first four holes as Rohleder finished the day in a tie for eighth.

In a tie for 25th after Monday, freshman Alyssa McMinn concluded the opening day with a total of 155 (74-81), matching Rohleder for the low Aces’ round of the day. Senior Sydney Anderson joined Rohleder and McMinn with rounds of 75-or-under, tallying a first-round 75 in route to a total of 160 (75-85), finishing in a tie for 40th after the first day.

Both Madison Chaney and Lexie Sollman saw improvements in their second rounds as Chaney sits in a tie for 43rd with a total of 164 (84-80) and Sollman concluded the opening day in 50th with a two-round total of 174 (90-84).

Evansville closes the championship with the tournament’s final round on Tuesday at Sandy Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Ind.

EPD REPORT

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EPD REPORT

“READERS FORUM”

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We hope that today’s “READERS FORUM” 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 are told that state law now allows restaurants and entertainment establishments to apply for a Liquor License if they are within 3,000 feet from a waterway.

We just learned that the Executive Director of the Evansville/Vanderburgh County Building Authority, Dave Rector now manages 20 properties within Vanderburgh County. All we can say about this is thanks to Dave Rector for a job well done.

The Democratic At-Large City Council candidate Kaitlin Moore Morley’s political statement on her campaign mailer has caused some concerns among small business people. Her political mailer stated that “she wants to ensure that economic incentives go to companies that pay their employees at least $15 per hour.”

Oh, please take time and read the new “LEFT JAB, RIGHT JAB” article, sit back, and watch CCO posters Ronald Reagan and Joe Biden intellectually slug it out on national issues that might interest you.

WHAT”S ON YOUR MIND TODAY?

Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Do you think that the Republicans will take control of the Evansville City Council?

Please go to our link of our media partner Channel 44 News located in the upper right-hand corner of the City-County Observer so you can get the up-to-date news, weather, and sports. We are pleased to provide obituaries from several area funeral homes at no costs.  Over the next several weeks we shall be adding additional obituaries from other local funeral homes.  Please scroll down the paper and you shall see a listing of them.

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City-County Observer Announces New Managing Editor

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The City-County Observer announces the appointment of Timothy Justin Phillips as the new managing editor, effective immediately. Over the last several months, Mr. Phillips has been assisting with the revamping of the City-County Observer website while enhancing our social media presence.

Timothy is a recent graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English/Journalism from Indiana University Southeast. He is currently working on his Master’s Degree at IUS. While at Paoli Senior high school, he was actively involved with the school newspaper and served as the yearbook editor. His college coursework included mass media communications and photojournalism.

When not fulfilling his editing responsibilities with the City-County Observer, Timothy spends his leisure time hiking and playing competitive chess.

It is common knowledge that the 75 year old publisher of the CCO is posturing to retire soon. Mr. Phillips is being groomed to be his replacement in the very near future. Timothy has shown the ability to manage the complex publishing and marketing challenges that are required to be a competent editor for an online publication.

During the next several weeks, we will be introducing Mr. Phillips to the movers and shakers of this community so that they will get an idea of whom they will be working with at the City-County Observer in the future.

Finally, we expect that once Timothy gets acclimated to the cultural, political, and social climate of this region, he will take the City-County Observer to the next level of publishing.

In closing, Timothy states that he is committed to upholding the mission statement of the City-County Observer by focusing on principals of journalistic integrity. He understands that the role of the media should be to inform and educate our readership. He will serve as the community watchdog by sounding the alarm when citizens’ rights are in danger of being violated by elected and appointed officials.

In conclusion, his hiring will ensure that the City-County Observer will maintain its position as this area “True Watchdog” for years to come.

 

HATFIELD ANIMAL CRUELTY BILL HEADED TO GOVERNOR TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW

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Legislation authored by Representative Ryan Hatfield (D-Evansville) that will strengthen our animal cruelty laws is headed to the Governor’s desk to be signed into law.

House Bill 1615, approved 92-0 in the House today, will update Indiana’s animal cruelty statutes to crack down on people who choose to harm animals.

“The goal of this legislation is to create better protections for Hoosier animals and people,” Hatfield said.

“FBI Profiler Robert Ressler says, ‘Murderers often start out by killing and torturing animals,’” Hatfield added. “There is a direct link between people who abuse animals and people who abuse other people. When we strengthen animal cruelty crimes to protect animals, we also protect fellow Hoosiers.”

The bill also prohibits an animal control program, animal shelter, or humane society from killing an animal by any means other than humane euthanasia, which is defined in the bill as the use of sodium pentobarbital or a derivative, to be administered in a manner that causes painless loss of consciousness and death.

“This legislation is not everything I would have liked, but it does take significant steps toward sending a clear message that if you choose to abuse animals, you will pay for it,” Hatfield concluded.

 

EVANSVILLE NATIVE AND INVENTOR SCOTT MASSEY GOES TO CAMEROON, AFRICA

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Heliponix in Central Africa

Scott Massey’s trip to Cameroon, Africa introduced him to an amazing group of students, engineers, tradesmen, teachers, and farmers laying the foundation of the new African economy which was funded by the United States Department of State through the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Heliponix has open sourced a design manual in multiple languages that shows how anyone in Africa can build their own low-cost ($300) hydroponic system from readily available materials, uses only 4 square meters, and can produce 250 kg of vegetables annually for urban and rural environments.
After Scott’s entrepreneurial workshops and lectures at the Universities in Douala, Ngaoundéré, and Yaoundé Cameroon, He then began to build hydroponic farms at orphanages of children displaced by regional conflict. The video assembly instructions are shown below!

How to build a low-cost hydroponic farm from local materials found in Africa.

View Open Sourced Hydroponic Farm Design

FOOTNOTE:  We were featured in the Institute of Food Technologists April 2019 Newsletter! Heliponix has been selected as one of the five finalists for the final pitch event taking place at IFT19 in New Orleans on June 4th!  Heliponix won $5,000 at the Crossroads pitch competition in Bloomington, Indiana at the Dimension Mill.

Scott Massey will be speaking on a panel discussion at the Agrinovus Stakeholder meeting on April 17 at 2 PM EST at 642 N Madison St, Bloomington, IN 47404, USA

Scott Massey will be a judge in the PNW Big Sell Pitch Competition 1 PM CST on Saturday, April 27 at Purdue University Northwest Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center 7150 Indianapolis Blvd. Hammond, IN 46324.

CEO, Scott Massey was nominated for the Rising Entrepreneur Award through Techpoint. The GroPod won the Best New Tech Product award at the 2018 Mira Awards.

 

 

 

Gov. Holcomb Public Schedule for April 18

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INDIANAPOLIS – Below find Gov. Eric J. Holcomb’s public schedule for April 18, 2019.

Thursday, April 18: Fairbanks Circle of Hope Dinner

WHO:              Gov. Holcomb

WHAT:            The governor receive the Richard M. Fairbanks Circle of Hope Award.

WHEN:            Doors open at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 17
Dinner begins at 7 p.m.

 

WHERE:          The Westin Indianapolis
241 W. Washington St.

Indianapolis, IN 46204

ADOPT A PET

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Ginger is a 9-year-old female orange tabby. She was surrendered March 6th due to her family’s allergies. Her adoption fee is $40 and includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!

 

USI Softball Ranked No. 3 in Region, No. 21 Nationally

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University of Southern Indiana Softball moved up four spots to No. 21 in the latest NFCA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll Wednesday morning before landing at No. 3 in the first NCAA Division II Midwest Region ranking of the year.

The Screaming Eagles (30-14, 16-4 GLVC) have six games remaining to their regular season slate, beginning with a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader against rival Bellarmine University Friday at 11 a.m. (CDT) in Louisville, Kentucky.

Live stats and GLVC Sports Network coverage can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.

USI, which has a 25-7 record in regional action this year, finishes the regular season with a GLVC doubleheaders at Lewis University and the University of Indianapolis.

The Eagles, who have a two-game lead in the win column over UIndy for first-place in the conference standings, are one of two GLVC teams listed in this week’s Top 25 and one of five GLVC teams list in the regional rankings.

Joining USI in the Top 25 is No. 9 UIndy, while the Greyhounds are currently No. 2 in the region. The University of Missouri-St. Louis and the University of Illinois Springfield are regionally No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, while Drury University is ranked No. 10 in the region.

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member Grand Valley State University, ranked No. 15 nationally, holds the top spot in the region, while Wayne State University (No. 4) and Ashland University (No. 8) represented the GLIAC in the first regional ranking.

The Great Midwest Athletic Conference is represented in the region ranking by No. 7 Ohio Dominican University and No. 9 Trevecca Nazarene University.

Eight teams—five at-large and three automatic bids—qualify for the NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament, which is hosted on the campus sites of the top two seeds either May 9-11 or May 10-12.

The NCAA II Midwest Super regional is hosted by the highest remaining seed of the two advancing teams May 16-17.