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Sergeant Carey Huls Named Sellersburg District’s Public Information Officer
Superintendent Douglas Carter has announced the lateral appointment of Sergeant Carey Huls to serve as the Sellersburg District Public Information Officer. Huls was the successful candidate of a promotion process that included a written test, an oral interview and a culmination of seniority, education and overall job performance. The Sellersburg District is made up of Washington, Scott, Harrison, Floyd and Clark Counties. Sergeant Huls’ predecessor, Sergeant Jerry Goodin, recently retired from the state police to serve as the Sheriff of Scott County.
Carey Huls is a native of Salem Indiana and a 1984 graduate of Indiana University where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice in 1995. Prior to college Huls served our country in the United States Navy from 1985 until 1991. After his service to the Navy, Huls enlisted with the Indiana Army National Guard where he served as an Infantry Squad Sergeant from 1992 until 1996.
Upon graduation from the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy in June of 1995, Huls was assigned to the Seymour District where he primarily patrolled Jackson County. In 2003 he transferred to the Sellersburg Post where he patrolled until his promotion to Corporal in 2008. After serving as a district duty officer for nine years, Huls was promoted to the position of Squad Sergeant where he supervised a group of troopers assigned to the district’s special criminal enforcement squad. During his time on the department Huls also served as a firearms instructor.
Sergeant Huls’ new duties will include the coordination of public education programs and to serve as the Department’s news media liaison on public safety, crime prevention and law enforcement public interest issues.  He will also be available to present public safety and informational programs to community and service organizations.
Sergeant Carey Huls has been married to his wife Jessica for 24 years and they have five children.
Bolt For The Heart Donates 134 more Automatic External Defibrillators
Late this morning, January 23, 2019, the President and Board Members of the Bolt For The Heart (BFTH) foundation were welcomed to Governor Holcomb’s office for a personal “Thank you†for donating an additional 134 AED units to the Indiana State Police. This brings the total number of AED units donated to the state police to 465 and marks the fulfillment of a 2014 pledge by BFTH to put an AED in state police road patrol vehicles. The value of this donation exceeds $600,000.
Gov. Holcomb visited with Pierre Twer, the President of the BFTH, a non-profit organization, along with BFTH Board Members, corporate friends of BFTH and state police officers that recently received an AED the result of the latest fund raising drive held on Thanksgiving Day last year.
Related to the most recent donation of AED units, Pierre Twer commented, “While this past Thanksgiving Day run raised enough funds to purchase 114 AED units, we couldn’t have made the goal of 134 without a special donation from our good friends and partners at HeartSaver, a committee of volunteers representing Deaconess Foundation and The Heart Hospital at Deaconess Gateway in Evansville, Indiana.â€Â Twer continued, “HeartSaver donated 20 AED units in 2018 and 15 in 2017, all of which allowed for the placement of placed AEDs in state police vehicles from the Jasper, Evansville and Putnamville state police posts.† Twer concluded, “Since October of 2014 HeartSaver has helped save countless lives through their donation of more than 300 AEDs in the tri state region of Southern Illinois, Southwestern Indiana and Western Kentucky.â€
Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter, who was also present at today’s event commented, “I can’t put into words what the donations of AEDs has meant to the state police and to the people whose lives have already been saved because of organizations like HeartSaver and Bolt For The Heart.â€Â Carter concluded, “Pierre, all I can truly say is ‘Thank you’ for having a vision and putting that vision into action through Bolt For The Heart; no one will ever truly know how many lives your vision will save.â€
When asked about what the future holds for Bolt For The Heart Twer said, “Now we’re ready to turn our efforts toward the many other local and county police agencies in Indiana that could benefit by having an AED in an officer’s patrol vehicle, because our ultimate goal is to have an AED in every police vehicle in Indiana.â€
More About Bolt For The Heart
The donation of the AED’s to the state police was borne the result of an experience Pierre Twer had while running in the 2010 Boston Marathon. During that race Pierre witnessed another marathon runner suffer a cardiac arrest. That runner was saved by an AED.
This inspired Pierre to collaborate with Heart Reach Carmel and establish the Bolt for the Heart 5K Family Thanksgiving Run, of which 2018 was the seventh year for the run and the third consecutive year the Indiana State Police was the primary recipient of the AED’s. Since its inception, this 5K run has grown from 41 runners to more than 3,000 that participated this past Thanksgiving Day run or in a virtual run held at locations across Indiana.
Each year since the run started 100% of the proceeds have been used to purchase AED’s for donation to not for profit organizations. The support from the central Indiana community for the Bolt race has been tremendous as many people enjoy running a 5K knowing their registration fees are going directly to buying AED’s for police vehicles.
In 2015, the Board of Directors of Bolt for the Heart identified the Indiana State Police as the recipient of AED’s from funds raised in the 2015 Thanksgiving Day run, which ISP Supt. Carter was also a registered runner. In fact Supt. Carter ran the entire 5K run in full state police uniform!
At the conclusion of the press conference attending troopers were issued their AED’s and placed window stickers on their patrol cars to easily identify the police vehicle was equipped with an AED.
History & Source of AED’s Donated to ISP Through BFTH:
2014 = Bolt Donation Day                                         5 AED’s
2015 = Bolt for the Heart Race, Presented in 2016  55 AED’s
2016 = IU Health Donation Day                               15 AED’s
2016 = IU Health Additional Donation                    50 AED’s
2016 = Indiana State Police Alliance                       10 AED’s
2016 = IU Health Community Engagement Dept    30 AED’s
2016 = Bolt for the Heart Race                                 50 AED’s
2017 = Bolt for the Heart Race,                               90 AED’s
*Includes 15 Units donated by HeartSaver / Deaconess Hospital
2018 = Corporate Donations                                     26 AED’s
2018 = Bolt for the Heart Race                             134 AED’s
*Includes 20 units donated by HeartSaver / Deaconess Hospital
Total Donated: 465 AED’s
For more information about Bolt for the Heart visit: http://boltfortheheart.com/
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NCAA Division II Men’s Elite Eight Tickets on Sale
NCAA Division II men’s basketball Elite Eight tickets are now on sale through the Ford Center Box Office. The 2019 post season tournament is returning to Evansville, Indiana, as the city has been selected to host for a record 24th time. The event will be co-hosted for the fourth time by the University of Southern Indiana.
The Elite Eight will be held March 27-30 at the Ford Center in downtown Evansville, marking a return to the same site that hosted the NCAA post- season event in 2014 and 2015. The Ford Center, which opened in 2011, is an 11,000 seat state-of-the-art arena located in the core ofEvansville’s downtown district that hosts numerous sporting events and concerts on an annual basis.
“We are very excited to have the NCAA Division II Elite Eight return to Evansville,†said Evansville Sports Corporation President Eric Marvin. “There is an amazing buzz and excitementfor basketball throughout the state and we receive tremendous support from fans and the business community. People in this area are really dedicated to the sport and Indiana overalltakes their interest in college basketball to another level!â€
The Elite Eight will feature eight Division II men’s teams competing in a total of seven games over the course of four days for the honor of calling themselves an NCAA national champion. In addition to the Elite Eight games, the NABC will resume its Division II College All-Star game at the Ford Center on March 29, where 20 Division II senior student athletes will be selected to compete.
As it stands, Bellarmine University from Louisville, Kentucky is the top ranked Division II men’sbasketball team with a perfect, undefeated record. Northwest Missouri State, Indiana (PA), Nova Southeastern, and USC Aiken round out the top five. Ferris State, out of Big Rapids, Michigan, is the defending 2018 champion.
Tickets can be purchased at ncaa.com/tickets or through the Ford Center Box Office. All group tickets must be purchased through the Ford Center.
Prices:
All Session Pass: $40
Single Session Adult Pass: $18 Single Session Student Pass: $10 Group Pass (10 or more): $10
For additional information on this event, please contact Eric Marvin at emarvin@evansvillesports.org
Arts Council’s free kids film festival includes free admission to Evansville Museum
Arts Council’s free kids film festival includes free admission to Evansville Museum
Families in Evansville can enjoy a free day of international children short films and activities this Saturday at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science thanks to the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.
The free admission is part of the Arts Council’s annual children’s film festival, which features the New York International Children’s Film Festival Kid Flicks Tour from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26 at the museum’s Koch Immersive Theatre.
Admission to the museum and theatre would normally cost $60 for a non-member family of four with two adults and two kids over the age of 4, but thanks to the Arts Council’s generous contribution to host the event, admission is free for all to enjoy.
“Children’s familiarity with film, and the humor and charm of short films, make the Children’s International Film festival an approachable avenue to introduce young people to other cultures and ideas,†said Arts Council Executive Director Anne McKim.
The New York International Children’s Film Fest Kid Flicks Tour features the best international short films from the prestigious film event. From 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, people can come and go as the theatre shows 30 short films from 13 countries. The average runtime for films is 7 minutes.
In addition to the short films, the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library will offer children’s activities connected to the event’s international themes. The Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science is also hosting its Super Saturdays on Saturday, Jan. 26. The theme is “Artspocalypse†– a hands-on, out-of-the-box art experience for the whole family, including creating melted crayon art, painting rocks, inventing art monsters and more.
FILM SCHEDULE:
11:30 a.m. – Kid Flicks 1 (Ages 3-7)
9 films in English, or no dialogue. Average runtime of 6 minutes.
12:30 p.m. – Kid Flicks 2 (Ages 8+)
9 films in English, with English subtitles, or no dialogue. Average runtime of 9 minutes. 2 p.m. – Viva Kid Flicks! (Ages 7+)
11 films in Spanish with English subtitles, or no dialogue. Average runtime of 7 minutes.
For more information, contact Zach Evans with the Arts Council at zach.evans@artswin.org.
The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana is a 501(c)3 nonprofit located in Downtown Evansville at 212 Main St. The Arts Council operates the Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Art Gallery and is the only free public arts space in the city. To learn more about the Arts Council, visit artswin.org, and follow them on Facebook, Twitter andInstagram.
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