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Raise the Roof

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YWCA Evansville is asking the community to help Raise the Roof! The YWCA roof is in desperate need of replacement. Water leaks are causing significant internal damage to the 94 year old building. Donations made to the YWCA Raise the Roof fund will now have double the impact thanks to a generous pledge of $50,000 in matching funds from an anonymous donor. Thanks to this pledge, YWCA Evansville will only be only $60,000 short of the funds needed to replace their leaking roof.

YWCA Evansville has served the Tri-State community since 1911, operating from the same building for the past 94 years. The YWCA is a home to hundreds of homeless women and children each year. As a safe place for healing and recovery, the YWCA building has witnessed the transformation of countless women. Although the roof has experienced several emergency repairs over the years, it is currently decades old and in need of replacement in order to prevent further damage to client bedrooms and common areas.

“The safety and wellbeing of clients is our top priority so we work diligently to maintain and repair our historic building,” said Erika Taylor, chief executive officer of the YWCA. “The current state of our leaking roof has caused major interior damage to the ceilings, walls and floors of client bedrooms and common areas. It is imperative that we have our roof replaced as soon as possible. We are calling upon the Tri-State community to open their hearts and their wallets to help fund this urgent need.”

Raise the Roof 

EPD REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Obituary for Larry D. Speicher

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Obituary for Larry D. Speicher
by Koehler Funeral Home-Chandler and Boonville

 

Boonville, IN – Larry D. Speicher, 65, of Boonville, Indiana passed away peacefully at his home on March 17, 2019.
Larry was born in Evansville, Indiana to the late Raymond (Jack) and Rayetta (McKinney) Speicher.

He loved riding his motorcycle, singing karaoke, bowling, telling jokes, camping, and playing the fiddle, but above all, he loved his family and spending time with them, along with spoiling his grandkids.

Larry leaves behind his wife and love of his life for 24 years, Doris A. Feldmeier-Speicher; children Scott R. (Reva) Speicher, Dale R. Speicher, Christina R. (Javen) Cox and Daniel W. Ahlefeld; grandchildren Veronica F. Ahlefeld (Jonathan Ellis), Jack and Michael Speicher, Kadyn and Sadie Cox and 2 great-grandsons; sister Diane (Ronnie) Weisheit as well as many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his brother, David W. Speicher.
Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, March 22, 2019, at Koehler Funeral Home in Boonville, IN officiated by Brother David Smith and with military honors.
Visitation will be held from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. on Thursday, March 21, 2019, and from 9 A.M. until time of service on Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Koehler Funeral Home of Boonville, Indiana is entrusted with care.

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Obituary for Jerry Don Noble

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OBITUARY OF JERRY DON NOBLE

by Koehler Funeral Homes-Chandler and Boonville

Newburgh, IN. – Jerry Don Noble, 83, of Newburgh, Indiana, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital.
Jerry was born in Rockport, Indiana on January 3, 1936, to the late Jerry W. Noble and Esther (Bufkin) Noble Girdley.

Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, Jerry W. Noble and Esther (Bufkin) Noble Girdley; step-father, Porter Girdley; and sister, Diana Fox.

Jerry attended Boonville High School and the University of Evansville where he earned a Master’s degree in Education. He retired from Castle High School as an English teacher after 29 years and was very well-known locally as a Southern Gospel singer, including the last 10 years singing with Victoria Mason Ford (Jerry and Victoria). He recorded several albums, including his last gospel album, By Grace Alone. He was very active in promoting Southern Gospel music. He was a member of Abundant Life Community Church in Newburgh, Indiana.

He was known for his strong Christian faith (which he expressed in music), humor, sharp wit and, of course, marking anything from newspaper articles to menus with a red pen when finding grammatical errors – a pet peeve of his. Jerry loved going to gospel concerts and movies and checking out new coffee shops and restaurants. He was also a great lover of animals.

Jerry is survived by his wife of 64 years, Angela A. Noble; sons, Ronald K. Noble (Laquita) and Cary W. Noble (Brenda); daughter, Michelle K. Noble; sister, Linda Crawford; brothers, Bob Girdley (Delores) and Arch Girdley (Jane); grandchildren, Justin Graham, Danesha Whitlock, Geneva Jo Noble, Chekinah Noble, Angie Burrows, Isaiah Noble, Brenden Wynn, Tabitha Noble, Valerie Bower, Jennifer Noble and Alex Croghan; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 P.M. on Friday, March 22, and from 9 to 10 A.M. on Saturday, March 23, at Koehler Funeral Home in Boonville, Indiana.

Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. on Saturday, March 23. The service will be performed by Pastor Mark Short. Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery in Boonville, Indiana.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Evansville Rescue Mission.

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Obituary for Irene Walters

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Obituary for Irene Walters

by Mason Brothers Funeral Homes-Evansville, Ind

Irene Fortman Walters, 90, daughter of the late George and Martha Sanders Fortman, departed this life on March 13, 2019, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born on January 9, 1929, in Aurora, Illinois.

Irene was married to the late Elmer Spencer Walters, Sr. on April 5, 1944. This union was blessed with five children: Sandra (Terry) Atwater of Wadsworth IL; Elmer (Janet) Walters, Jr. of Aschaffenburg, Germany; Monica Butler of Fishers IN; Errol Stacey (Carolyn) Walters of Evansville IN; and Jennifer (Richard) Gold of Evansville IN. Irene’s husband, Elmer Walters, Sr., preceded her in death on February 1, 2007.

In addition to her children, Irene leaves to cherish her memory a host of grand, great, and great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings: Lethal Fortman, Samantha Atkins, James Fortman, George Fortman, Nile Fortman, Lafayette Fortman, Martha Tyler, Eldridge Fortman, and Gayle Smith.

Irene was a dedicated homemaker who thoroughly enjoyed cooking for and spoiling her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends. She loved the company of others, watching cooking shows, hosting and feeding people in her home and receiving hugs and kisses from those she loved. She amused her family and friends with her QVC obsession since they were often the recipient of all her duplicate orders. Irene was lovingly called Ms. Irene, Grandmother, Great Ga, and Mama.

As a result of her generous spirit, gregarious personality, passion for cooking and love for others, she was loved deeply by her family and many friends. Her family fondly remember her many funny sayings and stories, among them, “love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck” and “parking on a dime, waiting for a penny change.” Her influence and humor will forever remain in their lives.

Irene loved God, loved to pray and was a member of the Washington Avenue Church of Christ in Evansville IN prior to moving to Indianapolis IN where she worshipped at the Kingsley Terrance Church of Christ before becoming housebound.

Visitation hours are scheduled for Friday, March 22, 2019, from 9-11am at the Washington Avenue Church of Christ at 4001 Washington Avenue, Evansville IN 47714. The funeral service will follow at 11 am at the same location. Entombment at Park Lawn Mausoleum in Evansville. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Irene’s life. Condolences may be left at www.masonbrothersfuneralservices.com

Obituary for Bobette Jennings Wood

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Obituary for Bobette Jennings Wood

by Mason Brothers Funeral Homes-Evansville, Ind.

Bobette (Jennings) Wood, a long-time resident of the Evansville-Henderson area died March 15, 2019, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Born in 1932, Bobette loved children and worked in childcare services much of her life. “Bobbie” was also a prolific painter and artist. Over the years, she produced many oil paintings and gave them out of love to her family and friends. Bobette loved all kinds of music and danced and sang along whenever she could. Mother was full of love and lived to spread that love to others who were lucky enough to meet and be around her.

In her last years, she attended Cleaves Memorial C.M.E. Church. She was treated with much love from this church. Her attendance brought her joy and peace.

While married to John Burley Scales, Bobette had three children: John Erick, Rebecca Joan, and Burley Jane. She later married Virgil Wood and had a happy marriage with him for many years.

She is preceded in death by her parents: Edward and Delia Jennings; her sister: Joann Payne; and a brother: Edward Jennings.

In addition to her three children, Bobette is survived by two grandsons: John Michael Scales and Joshua Allen Scales; three great-grandchildren; as well as nieces and nephews.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RECENT BOOKING RECORDS

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IS IT TRUE MARCH 20,2019

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” 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 at Monday’s City Council meeting Finance Chairman Jonathan Weaver said; “as of February 29, 2019, the City’s General Fund has a deficit of more than $10 million dollars”?
IS IT TRUE if your CEO of a for-profit Corporation and you just found out that your company has a $10 million dollars deficit we bet you would immediately fire the Controller of his Corporation?  …all we heard from the Mayor of Evansville concerning this $10 million dollars deficit issue are crickets?
IS IT TRUE OldMustangMan posted this comment on Facebook that was made by the “Deputy Mayor” of Evansville?  …the “Deputy Mayor’ of Evansville said;  “Wait for a sec……let’s wait to criticize before the article is updated with comments from the Administration. For the record, the 2017 audit was a “clean” audit by the SBOA. The comment of “overdrawn accounts” has been included by the SBOA for decades at least since 1997. This Administration has put together a corrective action plan to fix the issue that has been occurring for decades, across multiple Administrations and City Councils.”
IS IT TRUE that it has not always been the subject of local mainstream media that the City of Evansville has consistently run negative balances in several key accounts and the hole is getting deeper? …according to some Facebook posts by Deputy Mayor Steve Schaffer, this sort of deficient accounting practice has been going on since 2001 and that being the case the old “we have always done things wrong so that makes us right” argument is being floated on social media? …most of us grew up with parents that taught us that just because Johnny smoke pot doesn’t mean it is okay to smoke pot? …the same idiocy follows that just because Johnny is up to his eyeballs in debt doesn’t mean it is okay to perpetually run accounts with negative balances? …the City of Evansville General Fund now has a negative balance of $10,025,916 which is about the same depth that the hole was last year?…the Downtown Master TIF has dropped over $2 million to a negative balance of $1,272,577 from a positive balance of $758,000 at this time last year?…perhaps the most insulting and damaging negative balance that went $256,000 deeper into the red since last year with a balance of NEGATIVE $3,876,935?…what is most disturbing is that the City of Evansville has managed to keep this situation out of the limelight?
IS IT TRUE that the CCO warned about the pending deficit spending disaster of the City of Evansville for several years?…former Councilman John Friend, CPA also warned that this was deficit spending disaster was coming for many years? …it seems that the only member of the current City Council who recognizes and admits to these deficiencies is At-Large Councilman and City Council Finance Chairman, Jonathan Weaver?…we wonder what our former banker Mayor Lloyd Winnecke thinks of a city that overdraws its accounts by over $10 million and keeps on spending like there is no tomorrow?
IS IT TRUE that the secrets about the appraisals surrounding the former CVS on North Main that was leased by DaVita Dialysis Center for $1,600 per month is maddening?…by connecting the statements of DMD Director Kelley Course, it can be surmised that the City of Evansville and DaVita Dialysis Center have spent about $2 million dollars to purchase and refurbish this building?  …this building is now on sale and bids are being solicited based on the value of the building based on the cash income method?…income real estate is often valued based on the CAP rate which in Evansville is between 8 and 12 times the annual gross revenue potential?…the lease rate of $1.600 per month at a CAP rate of 10 would yield a value of only $192,000 for this building that supposedly has over $2 million in it?…there is actually a bidder that has offered $178,000 which is on the low end of the CAP rate expectation so this offer needs to be taken seriously?…the fact that the City of Evansville paid over $535,000 for this vacant building and according to the DMD Director Kelly Course DaVita Dialysis Center reportedly added another $1.5 million after they leased it from the DMD is irrelevant? …it sounds like the viability of income property in Jimtown has not changed much in 50 years since the manufacturing base left town?…investing in Evansville as if it was a high-cost coastal enclave has and will always lead to losses and this time the taxpayers of Evansville were fleeced again by their own government?  …bottom line the investments of the City of Evansville in the Jimtown CVS was just plain old dumb?
IS IT TRUE yesterday one of our posters named Frank Lee made the following statement concerning the Overdrawn City of Evansville Accounts?  ….he said; “How can the City have overdrawn accounts because they lump about 90 Funds into a single Bank Account, so the City uses the money from other Funds to prop up the overdrawn ones?”
IS IT TRUE that we are pleased and grateful that the minds of sanity came together to change some unreasonable rules that would have made the Rathbone follow the fate of the McCurdy due to a downright silly parking situation?…now that the dumb law has been corrected as it should have long long ago the Rathbone can once again be utilized for housing as it has been for many years?…the parklike grounds will be preserved in a part of the City of Evansville that is not famous for parklike anything?…this is a situation where the local government did the right thing after doing the wrong thing and we commend them for doing so?
IS IT TRUE we are very surprised that the only CPA on the Evansville City Council didn’t publically speak out against the out of control deficit spending habits of the Winnecke Administration?
IS IT TRUE here’s the video and agenda from yesterdays morning ERC meeting (March 19, 2019)?  … the 800 North Main Street building briefly discussed?   …please start playing the attached Video at 8:30 to learn what was said about this building?

 

http://evansville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=280

IS IT TRUE below is a link of the video of the ERC Dec. 18,2018 meeting?  …please start playing video at 3:55 to see the discussion about the DaVita Dialysis Center investing $1.5 in the 880 North Main Street building?  …during this meeting it was mentioned that DMD has 2 appraisals based on the income approach, but the appraised values are never mentioned when the video recording was on?

http://evansville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=2649

IS IT TRUE attached below is a video and agenda of the ERC March 5, 2019 meeting that concerns the opening bid for 800 N Main St?  ….please start playing the Videro at 16:30 to hear the discussion about lone bid to purchase this building?

http://evansville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=2776

Todays“Readers Poll” question is: Who do you blame for the unacceptable deficit spending of the City of Evansville?

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.

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

 

Indiana House Passes Abortion Law

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March 14, 2019,

By Andrew Longstreth
TheStateHouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana House voted 69-25 Thursday for a bill that restricts health care providers from performing or assisting an abortion on grounds on any ethical, moral or religious objections.

Senate Bill 201, authored by Sen. Liz Brown, R-Fort Wayne, adds nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists to current law which says physicians and their employees can decline to participate in abortions.

SB 201 also includes a prohibition on requiring certain providers to prescribe, administer, or dispense a drug that is capable of inducing an abortion.

Among those voting in opposition to SB 201 was Rep. Chris Chyung, D-Dyer, who voiced his concerns on the fairness of the bill and the necessity of an emergency exception rule.

“This bill does not have an emergency exception and would hang out to dry women who are victims of rape or incest or their lives are in immediate danger,” he said.

An emergency exception would allow patients to receive drugs that are used for abortions in cases that are life-threatening.

“We, the House of Representatives, should not be in the business of punishing rape victims in my opinion. Yet this bill as written would allow this to happen,” said Chyung. “As a man weighing in on this issue, I fully recognize that my opinion means far less than any woman, so I would encourage my male colleagues to consider the same.”

The bill was voted on in the Indiana Senate on Feb. 19 and passed 39-1. It now goes back to the Senate. If they concur with the changes made in the House, it goes to Gov. Eric Holcomb for his consideration.

FOOTNOTE: Andrew Longstreth is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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Adopted Evansville Brothers Reunite After 71 Years

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Adopted Evansville Brothers Reunite After 71 Years

MARCH 19TH, 2019 VERONICA DEKETT INDIANA

It was an emotional reunion for these two brothers, one driving more than 15 hours to make the trip.

Mark Vance is from Evansville and drove to Virginia beach to meet his older brother.

Ron Miller was adopted at 5-years-old, and there was no guarantee he’d ever find his biological family.

When Ron left Indiana and moved to Virginia, his odds went down, but after years of searching Ronmet his brother for the very first time.

It was meeting 71 years in the making.

Mark Vance says, “Oh my god. Oh my god little brother. I told you, you never know where I‘m going to show up.”

When Ron Miller agreed to go to brunch, he had no idea his brother would be waiting around the corner.

Up until this moment, the two had never met in person.

Ron Miller says, “I knew I had a brother out there somewhere and sisters. Didn’t know where they were at though, I just felt it, you know somewhere in my heart I felt it.”

Ron and mark are just two of 18 kids. They were born in Evansville, Indiana and given up for adoption when they were babies. Mark stayed in Indiana, but Ron planted roots in Hampton Roads, Virginia after he joined the Navy at 17-years-old. It wasn’t until a month ago that they were connected through Ancestry. Com.

Nicole Miller-Strauser says, “I‘ve been waiting for this for a long time for my dad. I know how important it was for him to find his family because he was placed in an orphanage when he was a little boy.”

They spent the morning looking at pictures and swapping stories. Trying their best to make up for lost time.

Ron Miller says, “I just hate that it took 71 years to find my family.”

Mark Vance says, “I‘m just amazed, I‘m speechless. Never give up hope. If you’ve got a loved one out there, find them.”

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