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St. Vincent Evansville Birth Announcements for February 5, 2019
Emily and Brandon Wilson, Evansville, daughter, Cecilia Grace, January 26
Ariel Oestreicher and Jakob Lute, Evansville, daughter, Helena Grace, January 26
Amanda and Jeremy Allen, Chandler, IN, son, Grayson Scott, January 28
Alisha and Daniel Lawson, Owensville, IN, son, Grayson Levi, January 28
Georgina Maciel and Clayton Sanders, Evansville, son, Henry Clayton, January 29
Ruth and Benjamin Nyarko, Newburgh, son, David Ebo Seklenam, January 29
Sara and Tim Bryant, Evansville, daughter, Jayanna Kaylee Sue, January 29
Amy and Kenneth Wells, Evansville, son, Aiden Jeremiah, January 29
Autumn and Derek Meadows, Claremont, IL, daughter, Chloe Jo, January 30
Megan and Franklin Kincaid, Evansville, son, Finn Robert, January 30
Amber Fairchild and Ricky Burress, Evansville, son, Ricky Wayne, January 31
Paige Overstreet, Evansville, son, Frankie Christopher Reese, February 1
Jessica and Shane Kneer, Evansville, son, Blake Owen, February 1
“READERS FORUM” JANUARY 8, 2019
We hope that today’s “READERS FORUMâ€Â 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?Â
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
The potential Democratic candidate for the Mayor of Evansville will not be filing today. We are told If this individual decides to run for Mayor of Evansville he shall ask the Democratic party officials to select him as their Mayoral candidate in a political caucus in the near future.
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Todays“Readers Poll†question is: Are you looking forward to going to arena football games at the Ford Center?
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Senate Committee Approves Bill to Raise Smoking Age
Senate Committee Approves Bill to Raise Smoking Age
FEBRUARY 8TH, 2019 
TYRONE MORRIS INDIANA
Young adults in Indiana may have to wait until they are 21 for a smoke if the Indiana Chamber of Commerce gets their way.
Senate Bill 425 passed the Indiana Senate Health Committee Wednesday morning 8 to 2.
The minimum purchase age is 18 but Senate Bill 425 would raise that to 21.
The bill would also apply to e-liquids or e-cigarettes that contain nicotine.
The bill will have a second committee reading before heading back to the full Senate.
Details of Senate Bill 425:
Minimum age to purchase tobacco and e-liquids. With certain exceptions, raises from 18 to 21 years the age at which a person may: (1) sell or buy tobacco products or e-liquids and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine; and (2) enter designated smoking areas of a club or cigar specialty store. Allows a person who is at least 18 years of age on June 30, 2019, to continue to hold a valid tobacco retailer permit until it expires. Allows a person who is: (1) at least 18 years of age on June 30, 2019; or (2) at least 18 years of age Minimum age to purchase tobacco and e-liquids. With certain exceptions, raises from 18 to 21 years the age at which a person may: (1) sell or buy tobacco products or e-liquids and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine; and (2) enter designated smoking areas of a club or cigar specialty store. Allows a person who is at least 18 years of age on June 30, 2019, to continue to hold a valid tobacco retailer permit until it expires. Allows a person who is: (1) at least 18 years of age on June 30, 2019; or (2) at least 18 years of age and serving in the armed forces or reserves or a veteran discharged or separated from service in the armed forces or reserves under conditions other than dishonorable; to buy tobacco products or e-liquids and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine and enter designated smoking areas of a club or cigar specialty store. Prohibits a person who is less than 18 years of age from buying or possessing e-liquids or electronic cigarettes that do not contain nicotine. Makes changes regarding notices posted at tobacco and electronic cigarette retail establishments and at cigarette vending machines
UE Softball Opens 2019 Season On Friday
Aces travel to Rosemont, Illinois
 The 2019 season is just a day away for the University of Evansville softball team as they open up the year at the Total Control Sports Invitational in Rosemont, Illinois.
The Dome at the Ballpark in Rosemont will be the host this weekend. It is located just minutes from downtown Chicago and is located close to O’Hare International Airport. The dome contains two fields, which will each host games simultaneously throughout the weekend.
“Our team is excited to get the season started,†Purple Aces head softball coach Mat Mundell said. “We have several girls on the team who are from Illinois, so this will give them a chance to play close to home. It will also be unique for us to play in a dome where we are guaranteed to get all of our games in. It will be an exciting tournament with a pair of Big East schools and a full weekend of great competition.â€
Evansville plays a pair of games on Friday (Purdue Fort Wayne and DePaul) and Saturday (Detroit and Butler) before a single game against Green Bay on Sunday. Live stats will be available for Friday’s game against the Mastodons and Saturday’s contests versus Detroit.
Pacing the 2019 squad are a pair of Preseason All-Conference players in Morgan Florey and Eryn Gould. Florey – a senior pitcher from Peoria, Ill. – was one of the top pitchers in the NCAA last season. She struck out a program record 303 batters last season and finished third in the nation with 10.6 strikeouts per seven innings.
Gould is the reigning Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and earned spots on the All-MVC First Team and NFCA All-Region squad. Gould led the team with a .377 batting average along with 13 doubles and a pair of triples.
The Aces lost just one player from last year’s team as they return most of their lineup. The top power hitter from last season was Lindsay Renneisen. As a freshman in 2018, she led the team with eight home runs on her way to 21 RBI. Fellow freshman Elyse Hickey paced the team with 27 walks on the season.
Florey was the top performer in the circle last year, finishing with 11 wins and a 2.00 ERA. Jaime Nurrenbern picked up a pair of wins and had a solid 2.98 ERA in her first college season. Ashleigh Downing also picked up a pair of wins while completing the year with a 3.90 ERA.
UE opens up with games against Purdue Fort Wayne and DePaul on Friday. The Mastodons went 19-35 last season while the Blue Demons are the defending Big East Tournament Champions. They played in the Fayetteville, Ark. regional in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Saturday’s first opponent – Detroit – was 14-30 last season while Butler posted a 20-28 mark. On Sunday, the Aces take on Green Bay, who is coming off of an 11-35 campaign.
AG Curtis Hill Helps Lead 16-State Coalition Supporting Kentucky’s Regulation Of Abortion Clinics
Attorney General Curtis Hill this week asked a federal appeals court to uphold states’ authority to regulate abortion clinics. He and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost are leading a 16-state coalition supporting the constitutionality of a Kentucky law requiring abortion clinics to maintain transfer-and-transport agreements with local hospitals. These arrangements enable quick access to higher-level medical care for patients who might experience emergencies or complications at clinics.
The Kentucky provision existed for 19 years without issue. Then, hospitals in the Louisville area disassociated themselves from abortion clinics and ended the transfer-and-transport agreements. At that point, the clinics filed a lawsuit claiming the law created undue burdens for women wanting abortions.
A federal district court accepted the clinics’ reasoning and declared the law unconstitutional. The 16-state brief asks the appeals court to reverse that decision.
Rather than being overregulated, abortion clinics in Kentucky actually face fewer rules than other medical facilities, Attorney General Hill noted. Kentucky’s ambulatory surgical centers not only must maintain the transfer-and-transport agreements but also must staff their facilities with physicians who have admitting privileges at area hospitals.
“Under the Constitution, states have the authority to pass and enforce reasonable laws,†Attorney General Hill said. “Requiring abortion clinics to maintain basic health and safety standards falls well within a state’s prerogative.â€
Supreme Court Warns Against City, Town Court Judges Assuming Role Of Prosecutor
February 5, 2019
for IndianaLawyers
A word of discretion was offered to judicial officers Monday when Indiana Supreme Court justices condemned the impropriety of assuming a prosecutor’s duties, a message shared in a disciplinary opinion elaborating on the judicial ban of a former New Haven City Court judge.
The high court gave additional insight into charges filed against then-New Haven City Court Judge Geoffrey L. Robison, who resigned Dec. 26 after he was charged with improperly assuming the duties of a prosecutor and wrongly approving infraction deferrals for juveniles.
Robison, who had served as city court judge since 2000 and was not an attorney, filed and processed infraction tickets without prosecutor approval, improperly used the prosecutor’s signature stamp to execute deferral agreements on infractions, and improperly placed 67 juveniles into an infraction deferral program, according to the Supreme Court’s Monday disciplinary opinion. The latter offense was a violation of Indiana Code section 34-28-5-1(f), but according to the opinion, Robison claimed he was unaware of a change in Indiana law that made minors ineligible for infraction deferral.
In a conditional agreement entered last month, Robison agreed to not perform judicial duties in the future. The New Haven City Council unanimously voted to close the city court at the end of 2018.
The Commission on Judicial Qualifications alleged Robison violated five provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct, including rules 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.9(A) and 2.12(A). But Robison denied that he committed misconduct, and considering that he is no longer a judge and that his court is now closed, the Supreme Court held that “continued litigation would be an inefficient use of limited judicial resources.â€
Even so, the justices said their per curiam opinion was meant to clarify municipal courts’ power to administer infraction cases and infraction deferral agreements while also cautioning judicial officers against the impropriety of assuming the prosecutor’s duties.
“Put simply, trial courts may neither dismiss these deferral cases sua sponte nor use the prosecutor’s signature stamp to administer or execute infraction deferral agreements,†the court wrote. “Either action is an improper assumption of the prosecutor’s distinct role and flouts the Code of Judicial Conduct’s overarching goal of an independent, fair, and impartial judiciary.â€
The high court noted Robison is not the first Indiana judge to face such allegations, citing two public admonitions against former Fremont Town Court Judge Martha C. Hagerty, who was admonished for repeatedly engaging, or allowing staff to engage, in ex parte conversations with a traffic infraction litigant and his attorney. It also cited the public admonition of Walkerton Town Court Judge Roger L. Huizenga, admonished for participating in an ex parte conversation with a defendant about the status of her traffic infractions and for assuming the role of the prosecutor when negotiating a resolution to the defendant’s case.
“While municipal courts are created by statute and empowered to decide only certain cases, their status as ‘special courts’ does not absolve them of the duties of a separate but co-equal branch of government,†the justices wrote. “Municipal court judges, like all judges, must endeavor to maintain, preserve, and protect the independence of Indiana’s judiciary, even when administering the lowest-level civil and criminal offenses.â€
Disciplinary proceedings relating to Robison’s case were terminated. He will not be assessed costs, as the action was dismissed without a hearing and without a finding of misconduct by the panel of masters.
Tri-State Treasures: UE Equipment Manager Darryl Buente
Tri-State Treasures: UE Equipment Manager Darryl Buente
FEBRUARY 7TH, 2019 MITCH ANGLE EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
This spring, longtime Aces equipment manager Darryl Buente plans to retire after a 37-year-long career serving athletes at the University of Evansville.
Buente’s love of purple is well known by fans, athletes, and faculty members. The color encompasses multiple aspects of his life including his wardrobe, attitude, and even his car.
His legacy at the University of Evansville is detailed in this latest installment of Tri-State Treasures.
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