Walks plague Eagles in season-opener
No. 1 University of Southern Indiana Softball opened its 2019 season with a pair of losses Friday afternoon at the UAH Charger Chillout.
The Screaming Eagles (0-2) fell to No. 13 Young Harris College, 5-1, in the opener before suffering a five-inning, 13-4 setback to Delta State University in the nightcap.
Walks plagued USI pitching throughout the day as junior pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Kentucky) issued eight in the opener versus Young Harris before freshmen hurlers Katie Back (Indianapolis, Indiana) and Elissa Brown (Brownsburg, Indiana) combined for four against Delta State.
Young Harris (3-2) 5, USI 1
USI opened the scoring in the top of the third inning when senior second baseman Claire Johnson (Pittsboro, Indiana) hit an RBI-triple to push across freshman Julianne Bell (Loogootee, Indiana), who pinch ran for junior shortstop Taylor Ricketts (Georgetown, Kentucky).
Young Harris, however, capitalized on a throwing error in the last half of the fifth inning to even the score at 1-1. The Mountain Lions took advantage of a walk and a hit-by-pitch in a four-run sixth inning that put the Eagles in a 5-1 deficit.
Leonhardt (0-1) was charged with the loss despite getting out of early jams in both the first and second frames. Leonhardt racked up seven strikeouts, but gave up five runs, four earned, off four hits in five-and-a-third innings of work.
Delta State (6-1) 13, USI 4 (5 inn.)
After a near two-hour delay prior to beginning the game, USI surrendered five runs in the top of the first and four more in the top half of the second inning as it fell in an early 9-1 deficit.
Delta State tacked on another tally in the fourth, but the Eagles answered with three runs in the last half of the frame to cut the Lady Statesmen’s advantage to six runs. Johnson, who tripled and scored in the first, had an RBI-single in the fourth inning, while Brown and freshman utility player Mikaela Domico (Naperville, Illinois) each recorded RBIs.
The Lady Statesman, however, answered USI’s surge with three runs in the top of the fifth inning to retake a nine-run lead that would eventually become a run-rule victory after five innings.
Back (0-1), who had an RBI in the first inning, was charged with the loss after giving up nine runs, five earned, of six hits and two walks in one-plus innings of work. Brown surrendered four runs, three earned, off seven hits in four innings.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: PUBLIC LIBRARY SHOULD CANCEL “DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR”
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: PUBLIC LIBRARY SHOULD CANCEL “DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR”
written by Vanderburgh County Resident Phyllip Davis
If the Drag Queen Story Hour was an event held by local drag performers without any additional resources being used by EVPL for the event, it would be fair game and definitely entitled under the fair use of a public facility. That is not the case with the event that will be held at the North Park library branch. This event is being put on by a touring production and they are being paid for their appearance through funding by EVPL. Additionally, part of the funds being used has come from the Public Education Foundation who awarded a grant to EVPL for LGBT programming. I would be one of the first to defend the right for local Vanderburgh County residents to be able to use the EVPL facilities for meetings like this or anything else, as their taxes pay for the facility.
I also support and believe that each and every one of us has the right to pursue their personal happiness and determine their sexual identity, gender and desires as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others or require others to finance their passions through the use of public funds.
Due to the rift that this has caused in our community, the public resources used by EVPL to host this event and deal with the fallout and surely the additional resources that will be required for public safety for the event, the library should cancel the event.
“READERS FORUM” FEBRUARY 9, 2019
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House Supports McNamara Bill Banning Violent Criminals From Changing Their Names
Joe Cook by Pat Sides
In the 1920s and 1930s, entertainer Joe Cook was a household name, although his multi-faceted talent is now largely forgotten. Born in 1890 as Joseph Lopez, he was adopted by Evansville residents who operated a grocery store at the corner of Oak and SE Fourth streets, where the family also resided.
The younger Cook left Evansville for New York in 1917, and his penchant for madcap comedy quickly led to huge success as a vaudeville, Broadway, and radio star. Cook never forgot his hometown, which he mentioned in every performance he gave.
He is seen here (second from left) on a visit to Evansville in 1935 when a plaque in his honor was placed at the site of his childhood home. Illness forced him to retire early, and he died in 1959.Â
Surprise of a Lifetime for Local Tri-State Students
Surprise of a Lifetime for Local Tri-State Students
FEBRUARY 8TH, 2019 
TYRONE MORRIS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
Cedar Hall chose 16 students for a trip to the happiest place on Earth. One of those students is 12-year-old Madison Lambert.
She’s the last one of her seven siblings to attend Cedar Hall, but she’s the first one lucky enough to go on this trip with EPD.
Madison has had a tough year because her mother, Elizabeth Lambert, is battling breast cancer, but her teachers say she always shows up to school with a smile.
As part of the surprise for these 16 students, their families greet them as their names are called.
Madison’s mom came right from her radiation treatment Friday and says she wouldn’t have missed this moment for the world because of how hard her daughter has worked to get picked.
“It’s a great great thing. It made Madison want to work harder every year so she would get picked, and even if she didn’t get picked we told her, ‘hey we’ll find a way to get there, we’ll find a way to get there’, and those kids who did get it, they deserved it. So it proves that you deserve it, baby. She deserves it,†says Lambert.
This Connecting with Cops trip is the first time the groups will be flying to Disney World, which is another first for Madison. But a trip to the happiest place on earth is just what Madison needs.
This is also the first time the Henderson Police Department will be joining EPD and the kids on the trip. They are all taking off for Disney World on May 13th.
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Nurses launch Medicare For All ‘Barnstorm’ ActionsÂ
Nurses launch Medicare For All ‘Barnstorm’ ActionsÂ
The grassroots Medicare for All movement will ramp up like never before Feb. 9-13, during the Medicare for All Week of Action, as volunteers across the U.S. host 150 Medicare for All “barnstorm†mass organizing meetings to kickstart canvassing and grassroots lobbying in local communities throughout the country.Â
“Nurses have been fighting for decades to win Medicare for All, so we are thrilled to see the movement for real health care reform in America expanding like never before,†said Bonnie Castillo, RN, executive director of National Nurses United (NNU), sponsor of the Medicare for All week of action. “The barnstorms are about harnessing that momentum and continuing to build it out even further, into every community, conversation by conversation, neighbor by neighbor—until the people’s will for Medicare for All becomes the political will to get it done.â€Â
What: Evansville, IN Medicare for All Barnstorm
When: Saturday, February 9th at 3 pm
Where: EVPL Central Library, Browning Rooms A & B
See map of 150 U.S. locations at medicare4all.org/actions
A recent Reuters-Ipsos poll showed 70 percent of respondents support Medicare for All. According to nurses, ground support has been unprecedented, with volunteers knocking on doors, crowd canvassing, and phone banking—identifying tens of thousands of Medicare for All supporters, from August 2017 through September 2018 alone. An organizing call for the barnstorms, featuring Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who will soon be introducing the new House Medicare for All Act; Senator Bernie Sanders, sponsor of the Senate bill; and NNU’s Castillo, was attended by thousands of people.Â
With the impending introduction of Jayapal’s new House bill, nurses and activists say the barnstorms will focus on organizing to knock on doors, make phone calls to and otherwise rally the American public to lobby representatives for the bill’s passage.Â
“Profiting off sick people is sick,†said Briana Moss, whose fight to maintain insulin for her Type I diabetes inspired her to host the Dubuque, Iowa barnstorm. “I know people with diabetes literally dying because they cannot afford their insulin. My grandparents
are too scared to retire. Having health care tied to your occupation holds everybody back. In what should be the greatest country in the world, there’s no excuse for this.â€
Allentown, Pa. barnstorm host Emily Hibshman, 25, says she is fighting for a future in which young people can fulfill their potential, rather than basing life decisions around aging out of family insurance at 26. She says she is committed to holding elected officials accountable.
“I want people who support an incremental change in the existing system to think about who will be hurt by continuing to do that,†said Hibshman. “Any democratic politician worth their salt needs to get behind Medicare for All. People want it. If you’re not behind it, you need to get out of office.â€
Nurses say they have been blown away by the massive response to the call for barnstorming events, and are heartened to see everyday people stepping up and joining the movement.
“The health care and insurance industries may be able to buy politicians and the media, but they will never be as persuasive as our thousands of volunteers,†said NNU Copresident Jean Ross, RN. “We’re going to put intense pressure on Congress members to sign on as cosponsors of the Medicare for All Act of 2019 and for key House committee members to bring the legislation to hearings. In honor of our patients who have paid the ultimate price in this deadly system, we know we can’t wait any longer – and together, with all of the working people and allies standing up this week and beyond, we will see that Medicare for All makes it across the finish line.â€
Our Revolution is sponsoring and Medicare for All Indiana will hold an event on Saturday, Feb. 9th at 3 PM in the Browning Room at Central Library to discuss Single Payer Medicare for All. The recent election demonstrated that health care is a high priority for Americans. In addition to sky rocketing drug prices, soaring premiums and increasing out of pocket costs, health care costs are also hurting businesses trying to provide coverage for their employees. Medicare for All, in one form or another, is popular among Democrats, Independents as well as Republicans. It is time to join the rest of the industrialized world in providing affordable and effective medical care for all our citizens. Join us for a discussion and planning session to explore Medicare for All proposals. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Dr. Dick Connolly at dc25@evansville.edu.