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“LIVING OUTSIDE THE BOX”

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“LIVING OUTSIDE THE BOX”

Joe Wallace is the author of the forthcoming book called Living Outside the Box that took its inspiration from a series of situations where thinking outside the box never lead to action. 

Finally, in a moment of frustration, Joe uttered the words “what good does it do to think outside the box if you don’t have the courage to live outside the box?”   The title and the idea of this book were born with that statement.

Excerpt from Chapter 2: Eternal Awareness

“Some people seem to have an insatiable curiosity about what is going on around them.  Others are content to go with the flow and avoid the exercise of learning what makes their surroundings tick and more importantly what are the opportunities from the improvement that are literally right under one’s nose. The level of curiosity that a person has is directly proportional to the number of opportunities to enjoy life to the fullest or identify things within a particular region or ecosystem that are in need of improvement.

The origins of entrepreneurship are the ideas and perspectives that people have and then act upon to create changes that often have profoundly positive economic or social outcomes. These outcomes can range from businesses that create wealth through solving problems by offering solid solutions to existing problems to elegant services that make human life better.

Ideas and perspectives germinate in the minds of acutely aware individuals during the day to day activity of living. By the powers of observation and through a healthy feeling of discontentment with the status quo, curious visionaries identify potential solutions to society’s problems. When these visionaries have ambition, drive, and access to capital, sometimes they become entrepreneurs. When their ideas become successful products and services, the entrepreneurs and their communities can accumulate wealth and enhance the quality of life.”

Author Bio:

Joe Wallace is CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership that operates the Palm Springs Innovation Hub where he also serves as the founding Managing Director. Wallace entered the world of mentoring entrepreneurs and businesses serving as the founding President and CEO of the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville and Innovation Pointe where entrepreneurship was the prime focus. 

Joe’s work has been honored with the CSU San Bernardino’s Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award, the R & D Top 100 Award, the Clean Air Award, and the Indiana University Growth 100 Award along with many others.  Over his career, Joe has been recognized as a creative leader who is not afraid to live his life outside the box.  

Wallace was graduated from Stanford University with an MS in Mechanical Engineering and has earned technical certifications from both Harvard and MIT. With over 10 start-up businesses and experience mentoring over 100 others, Joe enjoys a reputation of a person with a depth of technical knowledge who applies common sense solutions that work to business and life.

EDITORS NOTE:

We highly recommend if your a CEO of a developing corporation this book is a must read for you middle and upper echelon management team!

Joe’s book is extremely insightful and intellectually based.

 

More Than Half of Domestic Violence Cases in Indiana Involve a Gun

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More Than Half of Domestic Violence Cases in Indiana Involve a Gun

MARCH 25TH, 2019 AMANDA PORTER INDIANA

A number of reported crimes including deadly shootings across the Tri-State are taking center stage. Police say many of these cases are linked to reports of domestic violence. Like earlier this month in Grandview, Indiana, police say a man fatally shot his wife before shooting himself.

Then this past weekend A Muhlenberg County man allegedly fired at his wife and their two daughters as they were leaving home.

“You would never imagine what goes on behind closed doors. And it can start as just protective, overbearing behavior and it escalates to something more serious, sometimes death,” says Erika Taylor with the Evansville YWCA.

Crime scene tape wraps around a Grandview home marking the scene of a fatal domestic violence shooting. Police say Alan Bennett turned the gun on himself after killing his wife in early Marc.

In Muhlenberg County William Dortch is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting at his wife and two children as they were leaving the home.

“Maybe the children have witnessed a very traumatic experience, and ask yourself is this what you want your children to go through as well. You need to exit the relationship if possible,” says Taylor.

Domestic violence experts say first and foremost the victim needs to think about safety.

“Here at the YWCA we offer a 24/7 shelter in a secure facility,” says Taylor.

Keep documents together in one safe place.

“Social security cards, birth certificates, for themselves and their children. An extra set of keys for the vehicle. Things that the abuser might hide. Get an extra set of all those things because if you need to leave in an urgent situation, you can take all of that with you,” says Taylor.

Take pictures of the abuse and tell co-workers, family, and friends.

“If there is an instant later when they need that evidence you’ll have it, you’ll be armed with the proper evidence to help you in your case,” says Taylor.

“I tell victims to call the YWCA. We are here to help 24 hours a day. Think about your safety and the safety of your own children. And know that you are better than this. You don’t need or deserve a relationship like this. You are worthy of so much more.”

Click here for domestic violence resources at;

The Evansville YWCA

-Has a 24-hour shelter

Albion Fellows Bacon Center

-Has a short term safe haven.

The Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence

-Has several resources

Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
-Has several resources

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Librarians Weigh In On Proposed Legislation

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Librarians Weigh In On Proposed Legislation

MARCH 25TH, 2019 MEGAN DIVENTI INDIANA

Libraries across the Hoosier state could be feeling the impact of two bills working their way through the State House right now.

One of those bills, House Bill 1343, would give the fiscal body of a city, town, or county with a library complete oversight of that budget.

“And this additional oversight I think is maybe just a little overkill,” says Trista Smith, Newburg Chandler Public Library director. “I think it’s really important to make sure we are being responsible, but I do think we have a lot of stuff in place, a lot of processes in place that already ensure that we are doing what we need to do.”

But Tri-State librarians are concerned about the financial impact these bills could have. “We put money in a rainy day fund every year just in case,” says Smith. “You know we have this beautiful building and god forbid the heating and air went out or any kind of large repair, you know we need to have that outside of our operating budget and that’s really important.”

But not every library system shares the same concerns.

The EVPL released a statement saying in the part-the bill would likely have little to no impact on EVPL branches for a couple of reasons.

Among them, there are already several levels of financial oversight in place with both the local government and the state, and the EVPL has a healthy reserve fund in case of emergencies.

Senate Bill 64 was authored by local Senator Jim Tomes.

It would require libraries to conduct an annual background check on anyone who interacts with children under 14.

Senator Tomes said in part because libraries often serve as an extension of school-background checks should be required.

But local librarians say performing those checks is costly and there are already safeguards in place.

“It’s intention is good you know making sure we have the appropriate people around our children is important, but I think it just steps a little over what’s reasonable to expect from a library,” says Smith.

House Bill 1343 is scheduled for another committee hearing Thursday.

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Community Development Block Grants Now Open For Applications

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The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs is announcing the first round of Community Development Block Grants for 2019 is open.

The following programs are accepting applications this round:

The complete application, which includes the instructions, proposals/application template and sample documents can be found at www.in.gov/ocra/cdbg. A video overview of the application can be accessed here.

New guidelines from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on LMI census data and income surveys requires OCRA to make adjustments to the income survey policies and procedures.

Effective April 1, applications must use the new census data and income survey process. Communities must use the HUD LMI Map tool to source the LMI data. An income survey would only be necessary if a community has an LMI percentage lower than 51 percent. In those cases, the community must seek permission from OCRA before moving forward with an income survey. Additionally, income survey certifiers will no longer be required to verify an income survey. A webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2 to provide more detailed information on this change.

Round one proposals are being accepted until Friday, May 3 at 4:00 p.m., ET. Final applications are due by Friday, June 28 at 4:00 p.m., ET with funding awards announced on Thursday, August 15.

Funding for all of the CDBG programs comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is administered by OCRA. The state of Indiana distributes CDBG funds to rural communities to assist units of local government with various community projects like: improving infrastructure, downtown revitalization, public facilities improvements and economic development.

For further information on these programs, contact the assigned Community Liaison for your region.

More States Consider Requiring Legal Malpractice Insurance

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KATIE STANCOMBE FOR WWW.THEINDIANALAWYER.COM

As more states move toward requiring attorneys to carry malpractice insurance, opinions on the matter among Hoosier attorneys remain unchanged: Many Indiana lawyers believe purchasing professional liability insurance should not be required to practice law.

Currently, Oregon and Idaho are the only states that require attorneys to carry legal malpractice insurance coverage. Active consideration of the issue is taking place in Washington state, which has proposed that failure to comply with obtaining coverage would result in attorney suspension, as well as California, which has proposed similar amendments to its licensing rules. California is also proposing that attorneys be required to disclose if they are not insured.

Indiana does not require attorneys to do either of those things, leaving professional liability insurance optional. However, the state does require malpractice insurance to be carried by limited liability companies and partnerships.

Those in favor of mandatory malpractice coverage argue public protection is at risk and that lawyers who fail to carry coverage may leave clients unable to secure relief in the event of malpractice. Those taking advantage of by attorneys acting fraudulently have limited recourse against lawyers who fail to exercise ordinary care.

On the flip side, opponents argue there are insufficient data to prove the issue is large enough to warrant government intervention. Opponents also seem wary of handing over the reins to insurance markets, which they say could prove to be costly for attorneys in more ways than one.

Indianapolis malpractice attorney Jon Pactor said although he thinks all attorneys should carry professional liability insurance, he generally does not favor requiring them to do so.

“I don’t like the idea that the insurance industry can control who can practice law by whether they can get insurance,” Pactor said. “If a lawyer must have insurance to maintain a license, it effectively makes the insurance industry a quasi-licensing industry.”

Presumably, if lawyers must have insurance, that insurance should cover the specific work they perform, he said. But what if they can’t get that coverage? That means attorneys, clients, and communities could suffer losses in the availability of legal services.

“If, for example, the attorney cannot get insurance for debt collections to work, then that has a limitation not only on the lawyer’s practice but also on the availability of the lawyer’s services to the public,” Pactor said.

Jennifer Ritman agreed, noting that in her 30-plus years of providing professional liability insurance through Ritman & Associates, Inc., she’s never failed to find coverage for Hoosier lawyers. However, requiring that coverage for all attorneys could complicate things, especially if the insurance market nosedives or prices skyrocket and become unaffordable.

“I think it’s a slippery slope when you say your ability to practice hinges on something you have no control over — the insurance industry,” Ritman said. “That’s the tricky part for me.

“I’ve had issues when it becomes unaffordable for lawyers if they had a disciplinary complaint or were in a tricky area of law,” she added. “You can’t control what the market’s going to do. That’s the problem.”

Greenwood attorney Patrick Olmstead said the first thing he does when sought out for malpractice advice is to ask whether the attorney has insurance. Unfortunately, he noted, even if the answer is yes, their clients may be under a false sense of what they’re entitled to.

“Let’s say for sake of argument I was representing someone in 2013 and I screwed up her case and I didn’t tell her,” Olmstead posed. “It costs her a lot of money, she finds out in 2019 and sues me. Well, if I don’t have insurance in 2019, she’s out of luck. Even though I gave her a letter saying I was insured at the time, it doesn’t matter. I get to choose whether I get insurance or not.”

In the center of the dispute across the country, California legal ethics and malpractice attorney Jim Ham said he disagrees with mandatory malpractice insurance, but he does believe disclosures should be presented at the beginning of an attorney-client relationship for transparency. However, Ham said clients should educate themselves regardless of whether an attorney has coverage or not.

“Insurance is no panacea. It’s not a replacement for doing your homework, and even if we had it, clients can’t assume that this is going to protect them, in their particular circumstances,” Ham said. “It’s better for the consumer to be informed.”

Ham said uninsured attorneys usually take responsibility for their mistakes. “Just because your uninsured doesn’t mean you’re trying to hurt somebody,” he said.

 

421 LOUNGE WELCOMES CHICAGO’S SUSHI ROLL!

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Chicago band, Sushi Roll, is set to perform high-energy dance music at Tropicana Evansville’s 421 Lounge this weekend!  The 421 stage becomes the “Land of the Rising Fun” for Sushi Roll’s fans, who call the group “AMAZING!”

Founded by musical veterans in 2012, Sushi Roll creates a colorful stage show with memorable costumes inspired by Japanese animation, called Anime.  Their music transitions between revved-up versions of your favorite pop and rock hit by artists like Bruno Mars, Rick Springfield, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Nelly, AC/DC, P!nk and the Jackson 5, connecting them into one magical, musical journey.

Enjoy Sushi Roll at 421 Casino Lounge on Friday and Saturday, March 29 & 30 from 8 PM – 1 AM!  Must be 21 years of age or older.  No admission fee, just a two-drink minimum for a night of fun!

For more information, contact Bobbi Warren, Bobbi Warren Productions, at 812-401-0094 or bobbi.warren@att.net.

 

Exhibit of Contemporary American Indian Artists to be Displayed at UE

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“First Americans: Paintings and Prints by Contemporary American Indian Artists” will be on display at the University of Evansville in the Krannert Gallery in the Krannert Hall of Art and Music from April 8-May 11. The exhibit will feature works from local art collections, curated with the assistance and expertise of Stephen and Sandra Falls of Haubstadt, Indiana. There will be a reception on April 25 at 6:30 p.m. Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public.

This exhibit is part of the Emerging Contemporary Artist Lecture Series sponsored by the Efroymson Family Fund and the University of Evansville’s Department of Art.

Gallery hours are Monday through Sunday, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., and Sunday, noon-8:00 p.m.

For more information, please contact the UE Department of Art at 812-488-2043, email art@evansville.edu, or visit the gallery’s Facebook page.

Aces In Third After First Round A t Saluki Invite

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Opening the weekend at the Saluki Invite, the University of Evansville women’s golf team impressed in the first round at Hickory Ridge Golf Course in Carbondale, Ill.

In the opening round, Evansville recorded a 313 as a team, placing the Aces in third among the 14-team field. Evansville sits 14-strokes back of leader and tournament-host Southern Illinois with Indiana State in second a team-total of 305.

Leading the Aces in the first round was Sophia Rohleder, who finished with a four-over 76. Rohleder’s opening round was just six-strokes off the pace of the tournament lead and placed Rohleder in a tie for sixth.
Two Aces tied one another with 77s in the opening round as Sydney Anderson and Madison Chaney both sit in a tie for 10th. Another pair of Evansville student-athletes are tied for 37th. Alyssa McMinn and Caitlin O’Donnel, who is competing as an individual, each tallied an 83 in the first round.

Sitting just two strokes behind the duo of McMinn and O’Donnel is Lexie Sollman after carding a first-round 85, placing Sollman in a tie for 48th midway through the comeptition.

Evansville closes the Saluki Invite with the final round on Monday morning with teams teeing off at 9:00 a.m.

Otters’ Boy Scout Night scheduled for May 18 at Bosse Field

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The Evansville Otters will once again welcome local boy scouts for a night at the ballpark, hosting Boy Scout Night Saturday, May 18 at Bosse Field.
Local boy scout troops are invited to enjoy a fun-filled evening at historic Bosse Field as part of the Otters’ 25th anniversary season. Boy Scouts can watch the Otters take on the Florence Freedom May 18 at 6:35 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for youth and $8 for adults. Registration for Boy Scout Night include a general admission ticket to the game and hot dog, chips and water for each person registered.
“This event is a highlight activity for scouts and their families in our council,” said Scout Executive for Buffalo Trace Council John Harding.
Following the game, scouts can enjoy a team meet-and-greet, participate in a baseball clinic with players, and camp out overnight in the outfield at Bosse Field with breakfast provided the next morning.
“The clinic and overnight opportunity at Bosse Field creates a memory that lasts a lifetime,” said Harding.
Scouts will also receive a commemorative Scout Night patch.

This Week at USI

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6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27

USI men’s basketball to compete in NCAA Division II Elite Eight

For the fourth time in its history, the University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team will be appearing in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight Wednesday at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The Screaming Eagles open action Wednesday at 6 p.m. against third-ranked West Texas A&M University.

The first 500 USI students who present their student ID at the Ford Center Box Office will receive a free ticket to Wednesday’s game. Tickets for the entire NCAA Division II Elite Eight can be purchased at Ticketmaster or at the Ford Center. The USI Alumni Association will host a Pregame Party from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 at Backstage Bar and Grill, directly across from the Ford Center. Official tournament t-shirts are available for purchase online, at the USI Campus Store or at the Pregame Party for $19.99. Read more

USI alumni, media invited to tour Screaming Eagles Arena

The University of Southern Indiana Alumni Association will hold a reception for USI alumni in honor of Ronald S. Rochon, USI’s fourth president, from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 1 in the new Screaming Eagles Arena, with brief remarks beginning at 6:30 p.m. Attendees will be able to meet Dr. and Mrs. Rochon and be among the first to tour the new arena.

This event will mark the first opportunity for media to tour and shoot footage of Screaming Eagles Arena prior to its official opening for a moderated conversation with Gen. Colin Powell, USA (Ret.) on Thursday, April 4 and the inauguration of Ronald S. Rochon as USI’s fourth president on Friday, April 5. Interested outlets are please asked to contact Ben Luttrull, Media Relations Specialist, at bluttrull@usi.edu or 812-461-5259 to confirm their attendance. Information about parking, entrances and media credentials will be distributed closer to the event.

6 p.m. Thursday, April 4

General Colin Powell to speak on leadership at USI in April

The University of Southern Indiana will present “Leadership: Taking Charge,” a moderated discussion with General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 4, 2019, at the new USI Arena. The discussion will be free and open to the public. General Powell will be the fourth speaker in the University’s Romain College of Business Innovative Speaker Series. Previous speakers include T. Boone Pickens, legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist in 2013, Dr. Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2015, and Dr. Oscar Salazar, founding chief technology officer of Uber in 2017. Read More

10:30 a.m. Friday, April 5

USI holding inauguration of fourth president, Ronald S. Rochon, April 5

The public is cordially invited to attend the inauguration of Ronald S. Rochon as the fourth president of the University of Southern Indiana at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 5 at the newly-opened Screaming Eagles Arena on USI’s campus (Guests should be seated by 10:15 a.m.). The ceremony, with a theme of “Building Community by Celebrating Diversity, Engagement, and Service,” will highlight the University’s impact on its students and alumni, as well as the local and global communities. As part of the ceremony, presidents and other delegates of colleges and universities from around the country will participate, along with USI students, faculty, alumni and other special guests. Additional guests include, but are not limited to the governor of the State of Indiana, military generals, USI trustees, mayor of Evansville, members of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, former USI presidents and other University representatives. Read More

STUDENT EVENTS

A collection of events on campus and in the community sponsored by USI student organizations

can be found on the USI events calendar by clicking here.

Friday, April 12 – Sunday, April 14

Startup Weekend Evansville 8.0 to focus on community health care

With an eye toward using innovation to make our area healthier, Startup Weekend Evansville (SWE) 8.0 will be held from Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14 in the newly-remodeled third floor of the Health Professions Center on the University of Southern Indiana campus. Open regionally to students, faculty, staff and the community, Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups. For this year’s event, SWE organizers have chosen to theme the event “Better Health Through Innovation,” and are asking participants to focus their ideas on ways to improve the health outcomes of Vanderburgh County and the surrounding area. Read More

 

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