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Author, Scholar, Activist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor To Keynote 2019 Mandela Day

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Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author and assistant professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University. A widely sought-after author and speaker, Taylor was named one of the 100 most influential African Americans in the United States by The Root in 2016. She is the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, which won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book in 2016. She is also the editor of How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, which won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ nonfiction in 2018. Her writing has been published in the New York Times; the Los Angeles Times; Boston Review; Paris Review;Guardian; The Nation; Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society; Jacobin and beyond.

 “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation” – 2019 University of Southern Indiana Nelson Mandela Social Justice Day Keynote Address. This event is free and open to the public, and includes a moderated question and answer period following the address.

 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 26

USI Performance Center. A map of campus featuring the Performance Center can be found on the USI website at USI.edu/map.

PARKING: Media members are free to park in any available parking spot on campus.

NELSON MANDELA SOCIAL JUSTICE DAY: The mission of the Nelson Mandela Social Justice Day and Speaker Series is to raise dialogue at USI around current issues of human and civil rights, public service, and activism through diverse, dynamic, nationally, and internationally known public intellectuals and academics.  Keynote speakers are augmented with a day of educational opportunities for the USI community.  Previous speakers include Tia Oso, Dr. Cornel West, Tim Wise and Dr. Alex Lichtenstein.

 

Mental Health Bill Advances Out Of Senate, But Concerns About Privacy Follow

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By Erica Irish
TheStatehouseFile.com

 INDIANAPOLIS — A comprehensive mental health and school safety bill is off to the Indiana House for review after a 29-20 vote in the Senate Tuesday.

Senate Bill 266, authored by law enforcement veteran Sen. Michael Crider, R-Greenfield, said even though the measure underwent extensive changes and expansions that he did not want, it serves as a critical first step to averting school violence caused by students.

“I sat in my office across from parents from Noblesville. I saw the looks on their faces,” Crider said, referring to the May 25 shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in which a 13-year-old student shot his teacher and a classmate. “Someone knew that student was having issues. It’s incumbent upon us as policymakers to try and figure out ways to try and address that situation.”

But the bill survived by a close margin, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressing their concern with how certain provisions will interfere with the lives of children.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that we have an element of mental health problems in our state and in our country,” said Sen. Jim Tomes, R-Wadesville. “But sometimes I wonder if we don’t have more of an issue of a lack of moral character.”

If signed into law, SB 266 would allow the state to award secured school grants to schools seeking to partner with mental health professionals outside the school community or provide internal counseling services.

Students who would benefit from these programs would have to first receive consent from a parent or guardian, and schools that receive dollars to expand mental health services would have to disclose the available resources to parents.

Legislators like Tomes, however, say these provisions don’t do enough to protect individual privacy. Tomes pointed out a clause in the bill that outlines intervention rules at the state level. For example, the bill would require the Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana to develop a behavioral health plan for individuals from birth to age 22 regarding “(1) comprehensive mental health services; (2) early intervention; and (3) treatment services.”

“These are children. They’re not specimens,” Tomes said. “Is this some major government program or experiment we’re going to conduct?”

His colleague Sen. Mike Young, R-Indianapolis, dubbed the measure “Senate Bill 1984” when voicing his opposition, referring to the classic novel by George Orwell that describes a world regulated by “thought police,” propaganda and an invasive government called “Big Brother.”

Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis, also warned the parental consent requirement could spur conflict between schools and families. He said if a school identifies a child as a “dangerous person” based on their behavior and the parents refuse to consent to in-school treatment, the district might be left to a difficult choice.

“You know what the school’s going to do?” Taylor asked. “Kick them out.”

But for single parents like Sens. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, and Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores, who each spoke from personal experience as single fathers, said schools are one of the first places where mental health issues can be discovered and treated.

“When you’re a single parent and you’re working, you’re not spending the most time with your children,” Bohacek said. “The schools are.”

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

 

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CITY COUNTY OBSERVER OFFERS COMPLIMENTARY OBITUARIES

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Last week the City-County Observer made an agreement with Funeral Homes located in Boonville and Chandler, Indiana that allows us to post their obituaries in our publication at no costs. We feel by posting complimentary obituaries in the City-County Observer to be a public service to the communities we serve.

We also feel that this gesture allows us to pay proper tribute and respect not only to the deceased person but to their family members.

Today, we are extremely pleased to announce that Koehler Funeral Homes of Boonville and Chandler have agreed to allow the City-County Observer to post complimentary obituaries of the deceased that they are providing a dignified funeral for.

Mason Brothers Funeral Homes in Evansville and Henderson, Ky have just agreed to allow City-County Observer to post complimentary obituaries.  During the next several weeks, we will be announcing additional Funeral Homes that have agreed to allow us to post complimentary obituaries in our newspaper.

In the coming days, we shall be announcing additional area Funeral Homes that have agreed to allow the City-County Observer to post complimentary obituaries.

KOEHLER  FUNERAL HOMES SERVING WARRICK COUNTY SINCE 1895

Koehler Funeral Home is dedicated to providing services to the families of Warrick and the surrounding Counties with care and compassion.

For over 100 years the Warrick County community has trusted Koehler Funeral Home with helping them plan the celebrations of lives lived.

We serve every family in our community with great pride. We are able to offer a wide range of services to meet your families needs and customs. We will listen to you and your wishes to help plan a celebration consistent with your expectations. We will take the time to plan every detail and help to relieve the burden on your family during your time of loss.

Our facility offers a warm, comfortable, family-oriented environment with traditional architecture and tasteful decor. We can accommodate all types of funerals and memorials both large and small, public or private. We have two chapels:

Boonville Chapel-304 East Main Street, Boonville, IN 47601

Perigo Chapel-7022 Heim Road, Chandler, IN 47610

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MASON”S BROTHERS FUNERAL HOMES

OUR HISTORY

Mason Brothers Funeral Services operates the Mason Family of Funeral Homes which has multiple locations in Southwest Indiana and Western Kentucky. In addition to the funeral homes, we operate Olde Town Monuments Gallery.  The first funeral home was founded in 1935 by Ernest F. Mason, Sr. and his wife Mayme Starks Mason in Madisonville, Kentucky. They mentored their children in the business and established a legacy of professionalism and exceptional service which has been perpetuated by Ernest F. Mason, Jr., Judy Mason, William C. Mason, and youngest son, Roth S. Mason.

William C. Mason opened a location in Evansville, Indiana in 1982. Roth S. Mason started a location in Mayfield, KY in 1987 and later in Henderson, KY.

In an effort to offer families more comprehensive funeral services, Roth S. Mason opened Olde Town Monuments Gallery; a full monument service offering Granite Markers, Bronze on Granite Markers, and Monuments in all colors and shapes including benches. In the very near future, Mr. Mason will open a crematory to serve the Tri-state area.

Throughout the years, Masons have ministered to the needs of thousands of families while ensuring a dignified home-going service for their loved ones.  Mason Brothers Funeral Services is currently owned and managed by Roth S. Mason, licensed funeral director & embalmer with over 25 years of experience. He is licensed in the state of Indiana as well as the state of Kentucky. Mr. Mason is the current President of the Kentucky Association of Morticians, a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, and a member of the International Cemetery, Crematory and Funeral Association.

FOOTNOTE:  Please go to our newly created Obituary section located on the bottom half of our publication so you can view recent obituaries.

Johann Funeral Home BY Pat Sides

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YESTERYEAR BY PAT SIDES

In this 1950s image, the white hearse hints at the original function of the buildings on Garfield stretching between Illinois and Indiana streets, now in use as apartments.

The structure in the foreground was the Albert Johann Memorial Chapel, which is seen from the intersection of Illinois and Garfield (looking southeast). It was part of the undertaking business established in 1866 by Albert Johann, Sr., who had arrived in Evansville from Germany in 1848.

After the Civil War, the Jacobsville neighborhood grew rapidly, populated by an influx of German immigrants; the mortuary filled a vital need in the neighborhood, eventually becoming the largest in the city.

Owned by the same family throughout its long history, the funeral home closed in 1979.

Evansville Ivy Tech Student Recognized By IDOE Today With Student Excellence Award

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Lisa Hamrick, an Ivy Tech Community College Evansville Campus student, today (2/26/19) was honored with an Award for Excellence by the Indiana Department of Education at the Indiana Government Center Auditorium in Indianapolis.

Hamrick was nominated by Donna Zimmerman, program chair for Advanced Automation and Robotics. She said Hamrick is a driven student who gives her all to whatever challenge is placed before her.

A single mother of two, Hamrick said she originally was a cyber security student and liked the program, but had already worked some in advanced manufacturing. After getting a taste of robotics, she changed her major.

Zimmerman said she had been faced with dwindling participation in the Robotics Club, and approached the Student Life director about how to see an increase. Hamrick was approached about helping out. “She sent Lisa to see me, and Lisa immediately joined the club, submitted all the necessary paperwork, started a membership drive, and literally saved the Robotics Club from disbanding.”

Hamrick said there was something about helping others, by altering toys to perform a function for someone with a disability that caused her to switch majors. Now, she works with Zimmerman with 3D printing pieces to be used to build a prosthetic arm and working hand. “We even got to go to EnableCon 2018, an international conference on prosthetics, and participate in a panel discussion,” she said.

Hamrick serves as a work study and also does some cleaning of Ivy Tech buildings, while she takes several classes each grading period. She is involved in five student organizations and takes a leading role in many. “She gives her all to them, and truly serves each with excellence,” Zimmerman said.

Following her anticipated graduation in 2020, she plans to study mechanical engineering and eventually become a professor. “I love to teach,” she said.

The Indiana Career and Technical Education Awards for Excellence program identifies and celebrates career and technical education students, programs, active partnerships that contribute to high quality career and technical education, guidance/career services displaying excellence in Indiana, and outstanding contributors to careers in technical education in Indiana.

“Lisa is the perfect person to receive this honor,” said Evansville Chancellor Jonathan Weinzapfel. “She exemplifies what an engaged student is at Ivy Tech. She loves her classes, she participates and leads many organizations, and she is working toward a career that she loves and is passionate about.”

 

 

Marriage Licenses For Vanderburgh County Issued

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Marriage Licenses Issued

Senior Day set for Wednesday when Aces welcome Salukis

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Game time is 6 p.m. at the Ford Center

 The 2018-19 home schedule will wrap up for the University of Evansville men’s basketball team on Wednesday night when they take on Southern Illinois in a 6 p.m. contest at the Ford Center.  It will mark Senior Day where the 2019 class of Jared Chestnut, Dainius Chatkevicius, Shea Feehan and Marty Hill will be honored.  ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network presented by Learfield will have live coverage.

Setting the Scene

– Evansville welcomes the Salukis to the Ford Center for its home finale for the second season in a row; last year, the Aces picked up a 75-44 win over SIU

– On Saturday, the Aces complete the regular season at Valparaiso in a 1 p.m. contest

– With Arch Madness a week away, UE is locked into the 10th spot and will take on the #7 seed at 8:35 p.m. on Thursday, March 7

– The Aces hope to put an end to a recent slide, falling in its last six games and 10 out of 11 overall

Last Time Out

– Trailing by 10 with 4:10 remaining, the Aces staged a huge rally, getting with two points with a chance to get even closer, but Bradley hung on for a 63-61 win on Saturday at Carver Arena

– K.J. Riley registered 13 points and 9 rebounds, both team highs, while Peoria native Shea Feehan scored 11

– UE out-shot the Braves by a 38.6%-32.7% margin, but BU made 23 out of 30 free throws while the Aces made just 12 trips to the line, converting eight of those attempts

Takeaways from Bradley

– Despite falling in its last six games, the Aces have been extremely competitive, especially in the second half; UE has outscored the opposition by 1.5 points in the final 20 minutes over the 6-game skid and has tied or outscored the opponent 4 times

– Evansville trailed Bradley by 5 points at the half; over the last six games, the Aces have averaged a 13.0-point deficit at the end of the first half

– Over the final 10 minutes of the first half, opponents have outscored UE by a 141-74 tally in the last six contests

– Dainius Chatkevicius added another 7-point game; over the last five games, he has posted 9.6 points

Send Marty to Minneapolis

– Senior Marty Hill is one of 16 finalists for the Dark Horse Dunker Competition

– Four rounds of voting will take place with the winner participating in the dunk contest at the Final Four

– This year’s Final Four is in Hill’s home town of Minneapolis

Scouting the Opponent

– Southern Illinois suffered a 4-game slide in mid-January, but has won six out of ten games since January 23 including a 63-53 win over Loyola on Sunday

– The Salukis defeated the Aces by a final of 78-73 in the first meeting at SIU Arena

– Four Salukis average double figures with Armon Fletcher leading the way with 15.3 points per game; he is also tied for the team high with 5.9 rebounds

– Kavion Pippen averages 12.5 PPG while Aaron Cook and Sean Lloyd average 10.8 and 10.5, respectively

 

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Eagles Close Regular-Season Play At UIS, McKendree

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball concludes the 2018-19 regular season this week when it visits the University of Illinois Springfield Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Springfield, Illinois, and McKendree University Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lebanon, Illinois.

Both Great Lakes Valley Conference games will be aired on 95.7 The Spin and on the GLVC Sports Network, while live stats, audio and video can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.

USI (18-8, 11-5 GLVC) looks to build momentum by completing regular-season sweeps of Illinois Springfield and McKendree before beginning the GLVC Tournament March 8 in Edwardsville, Illinois. USI defeated the Prairie Stars, 74-47, February 16 after edging the Bearcats, 66-62, two days earlier.

Sophomore forward Imani Guy (Columbus, Indiana) had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Eagles against Illinois Springfield, while junior guard Emma DeHart (Indianapolis, Indiana) added 16 points. Junior guard Ashley Johnson (Louisville, Kentucky) had 16 points, six assists and four steals to pace the Eagles against McKendree, while senior center Kacy Eschweiler (St. Charles, Missouri) added 14 points and 11 rebounds. Guy chipped in 12 points and nine rebounds.

On the year, Guy leads the Eagles with 12.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, while senior guard Alex Davidson (Salem, Indian) is chipping in 12.2 points and 3.2 assists per contest. DeHart is contributing 10.0 points per appearance, while Eschweiler is averaging 9.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per outing. Johnson is producing 9.2 points and a team-high 3.4 assists per contest.

USI Women’s Basketball Notes
• Eagles close out PAC with win over UIndy. Davidson had a career-high 25 points as USI Women’s Basketball defeated Indianapolis, 80-73, in the final women’s basketball game at the PAC. The Eagles used a 15-2 first-quarter run to jump out to a 12-point halftime lead; then went on an 11-0 second-half run to squash the Greyhound’s comeback bid.

• Seniors honored. The Eagles honored their four seniors—Davidson, Eschweiler, guard Milana Matias and forward/center Mikayla Rowan—following Saturday’s game against Indianapolis. This year’s senior class has played in a combined 338 games, recording  1,829 points, 1,149 rebounds, 400 assists, 193 steals, and 137 blocks during the previous four seasons; all while posting an 82-31 overall record and a 50-20 mark in GLVC play.

• Lewis hands Eagles 15-point setback. USI suffered a 72-57 setback to No. 11/15 Lewis to begin its final week at the PAC. The Eagles could not recover from a 28-8 run that the Flyers used during the last 13 minutes of the first half. Guy had 18 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the loss.

• Statistical leaders. Guy averaged 17.0 points and 10.0 rebounds to lead the Eagles last week, while Davidson averaged 16.0 points and 3.5 assists per game. DeHart chipped in 10.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per appearance, while Johnson contributed 9.0 and 8.5 points per contest, respectively.

• GLVC Tournament Points Rating System. With one week of GLVC play remaining, the GLVC Tournament Points Rating System (GTPRS) has the Eagles in fourth place with a rating of 3.63. Drury (4.81) leads the league, while Lewis (4.44) and Truman State (3.69) are second and third, respectively. Maryville (3.53) is fifth, while Bellarmine (2.94), McKendree (2.88) and William Jewell (2.84) round out the top eight teams. The GTPRS will determine the participants and seeding of the GLVC Tournament in 2018-19.

• USI one of five teams to clinch GLVC Tourney berth. According to the most recent GTPRS, the Eagles are one of five teams to have clinched a spot in the GLVC Tournament. They are joined by Drury, Lewis, Truman State and Maryville.

• USI seventh in regional rankings (2/20). The Eagles are ranked seventh in the first of three NCAA II Midwest Region rankings. The GLVC has four teams in this week’s ranking, led by No. 1 Drury and No. 2 Lewis. Truman State is No. 6. The NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament consists of eight teams, three of which will be automatic bids awarded to the GLVC, GLIAC and GMAC. The other five teams will consist of the highest ranked teams in the region.

• Physical Activities Center. Last week the Eagles said good bye to the PAC. Opening for the 1980-81 season, USI Women’s Basketball posted a 363-194 record all-time at the PAC, including a 217-81 record under Head Coach Rick Stein. The Eagles have hosted two NCAA II Regional Tournaments at the PAC—1998 and 2002—and played host to the 1998 GLVC Tournament as well as GLVC Tournament games in 2010, 2011 and 2014. USI begins play in the Screaming Eagles Arena starting in 2019-20.

• PAC Fast Facts.
–USI opened the PAC with a 67-57 loss to Saint Joseph’s College in 1980-81.
–The Eagles’ 100th game at the PAC was a 77-72 win over Kentucky Wesleyan to end the 1987-88 season.
–USI’s 100th victory at the PAC was a 97-74 win over IUPU-Fort Wayne in that same season.
–USI evened its all-time record at the PAC to 106-106 with an 82-70 win over Delta State on December 15, 1996. The Eagles have not been under .500 since.
–The Eagles have not had a losing season at the PAC since the 1991-92 campaign, going 299-98 since the 1992-93 campaign.
–USI has had three perfect seasons (1996-97, 2000-01, 2017-18) and five perfect regular seasons (1997-98, 2009-10) at the PAC.
–USI’s longest home winning streak at the PAC is 33 games (1996-98). The Eagles second-longest home winning streak was 28 games (2017-18), while the third longest streak was 23 games (2000-02).

No. 2 Indiana Men’ Swimming and Diving Ready for Big Ten Championships

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 The No. 2-ranked and two-time defending champion Indiana University men’s swimming and diving team heads to Iowa City, Iowa for this week’s 2019 Big Ten Championships.

The four-day meet will begin on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. ET with the finals of the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium. On Thursday through Saturday, the team will swim in prelims at 12:00 p.m. ET, with finals each night starting at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Live results for the swimming events can be found at IUHoosiers.com. Live results for the diving events can be found at DiveMeets.com. For more information on the Men’s Big Ten Championships, including a schedule of events, ticket and parking info, fans can click HERE.

The Big Ten Championships will be streamed live via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. Complimentary access to BTN2Go is available to viewers connected to the internet network of a Big Ten university. Fans elsewhere can sign up for the pay-per-view webcasts.

Scouting the Hoosiers

Indiana enters this week’s Big Ten Championships ranked No. 2 in the nation in the latest CSCAA/TYR Top 25 poll. IU is one of four Big Ten teams in the national poll – Michigan (No. 6), Ohio State (No. 13) and Purdue (No. 24).

During the dual-meet season this year, the Hoosiers posted an undefeated record for the third-straight year, going 8-0. During the season, IU took down ranked opponents No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Michigan, No. 8 Louisville, No. 8 Florida, No. 22 Missouri and No. 23 Notre Dame. IU has won 30-straight dual meets, with the team’s last loss coming on Jan. 16, 2016.

2018 Big Ten Championships

Indiana repeated as Big Ten Champions in 2018, winning the program’s 26th men’s team title. The Hoosiers earned back-to-back Big Ten Championships for the first time since winning three-straight from 1983-85. IU won the team title with a total score of 1,658 points. Michigan was second with 1,617.5 points, while Ohio State was third with 1,300.5 points.

For the week, IU won a total of 24 medals – 14 gold, seven silver and three bronze. Indiana also won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships for a second-straight year – a program first.

Vini Lanza was named Swimmer of the Championships for the second-straight season after winning seven gold medals, while Michael Hixon repeated as Diver of the Championships after winning the 1-meter dive and taking silver in the 3-meter dive.

Indiana had one of the best meets in school history, as the Hoosiers totaled 11 school record swims, seven Big Ten record swims, nine Big Ten Meet record swims, nine pool record swims, 18 NCAA A cuts, 97 NCAA B cuts, 29 NCAA Zones qualifying scores and 88 personal-best marks.

 

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