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“READERS FORUM” JANUARY 4, 2019

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We hope that today’s “READERS FORUM” 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? 

WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?

Todays“Readers Poll” question is: How many new members do you think will be elected to the 2019 City Council?

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The City-County Observer Encourages The Candidacy Of Ben Trockman For Evansville City Council  

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The City-County Observer Encourages The Candidacy of Ben Trockman for Evansville City Council 

The City of Evansville is in an election year and rumors of candidacies are filling the air.  One of the whisper candidates that is getting much attention is a possible candidacy announcement by Ben Trockman.

During the last several days we posted comments in our “IS IT TRUE” section that Ben Trockman is considering running for the First Ward seat on the Evansville City Council.  We received several off the record comments concerning the possibility of him running for City Council. The consensus of those comments was in support of Ben’s candidacy. A couple of people suggested that he might not be up to the task because he is physically challenged.

Ben Trockman’s unfortunate accident in 2006 that robbed him of his mobility at a young age is well known.  He was as an enthusiastic competitor in athletics while at Harrison High School. Since his accident, he has channeled that competitive spirit into activities that have helped many people who face similar challenges to his own. Rather than settle in and live a silent life, Ben Trockman moved through his rehabilitation and went on to complete a bachelor’s degree from Evansville’s University of Southern Indiana.

Even though he has held several responsible positions in his working career he still found time to work tirelessly for charities like the Easter Seals campaign and serves as an advocate for those with disabilities.  Ben even organized a job fair for people with disabilities and surprisingly landed a spot at Evansville’s Old National Bank that feeds his passion.

Ben Trockman has proven to be an effective communicator with a national platform.  If he should choose to run for the Evansville City Council and win, we predict that he will immediately become the most qualified ambassador of the physically challenged that our community has ever known.

An accident that would have defeated many has made Ben Trockman a better person with a passion for his community and the physically challenged.  Evansville would be lucky to have such a person to serve on the Evansville Cty Council.  He is wise beyond his years and carries with him the kind of wisdom that only can be gained in trial by fire situations.

Ben Trockman is well spoken, intelligent and respected?

The City-County Observer encourages the candidacy of Ben Trockman for Evansville City Council.  Win or lose Ben Trockman will have a chance to prove that “E Is For Everyone.”

Boonville Accepts Bid to Build Solar Field

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JANUARY 3RD, 2019 PAUL WILCOXEN INDIANA, WARRICK COUNTY

The City of Boonville is one step closer to breaking ground on a new solar field in hopes of helping energy customers save some money.

“Green energy, you know, we hear about it, we talk about it, well we did it,” said Mayor Charlie Wyatt.

Thursday’s board of works meeting in Boonville lasted all of five minutes – and in that time – mayor Charlie Wyatt announced plans on the city’s commitment to clean, renewable energy.

“It’s an opportunity for us to be able to put this solar project in and right now, in today’s dollars, it’s equal to about 17,000 dollars a month in electrical savings,” said Wyatt.

Bidding for the project started in November with five coming back before the deadline.

“The low bidder is local to the area, they’re based out of Tell City, Casey Electric, and we deemed them to be qualified,” said City Engineer Clint Roos.

Casey Electric’s bid was nearly 883,000 dollars.

The project is phase 1 of the project with the solar field set to break ground south of the Boonville sewer works off Millersburg road – projected to cost nearly 1.7 million dollars when it’s all said and done.

“It’s tax money, that’s what it is,” said Wyatt. “There’s no raise or anything like that. It’s a bond anticipation note that we have taken. It’s kind of like buying a house. You put everything up front and then you know what you can spend, and that’s what we were able to do.”

The idea was unveiled 2 1/2 years ago as part of a long-term goal for the city of Boonville.

“We’re also looking, hopefully, in the future about being able to do solar energy at our wells over in Spencer County where we produce the energy, and then it goes to the bulk plant,” Wyatt added.

City officials say construction of the solar field will begin late February or early March in hopes of having it up and running sometime in the summer.

Late runs lift Eagles over Saints, 80-75

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Late runs lift Eagles over Saints, 80-75

BOX SCORE (HTML) | USI-MARYVILLE GLVCSN REPLAY


ST. LOUIS, Mo. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball used late runs to win a hard-fought battle with Maryville University, 80-75, to restart 2018-19 Great Lakes Valley Conference schedule Thursday evening in St. Louis, Missouri. The Screaming Eagles go to 9-3 overall and 1-1 in the GLVC, while the Saints are 5-7, 0-3 GLVC.


The opening half featured a series of runs by the Eagles and the Saints as USI went into the locker room with a 35-30 lead. USI led by as many as five points five times during the first half and was led by junior guard/forward Kobe Caldwell (Bowling Green, Kentucky), who had a team-best 15 first-half points and six rebounds.


Caldwell combined with sophomore forward Emmanuel Little (Indianapolis, Indiana) for an 8-0 run to put the Eagles in front during the final two minutes before halftime, 30-26. Little followed Caldwell in the scoring column with nine points during the first 20 minutes.


USI and Maryville continued to attack and counter-attack during the second half as the teams traded the lead nine times and saw the scored tied seven times. After the Saints built a four-point advantage, 59-55, with 6:53 left in the game, USI rallied with a 10-1 run to take a 65-60 advantage and the lead for good with 5:14 to play.


The Eagles took command for the final three minutes with an 11-6 run that was ignited by a sophomore forward Josh Price (Indianapolis, Indiana), who had five of the 11 points during the run. The surge enabled USI to reach its largest leads of the game, seven points, twice (76-69 and 77-70).


Maryville made a late run at USI, cutting the margin to three points, 78-75, before the Eagles closed out the 80-75 win on a pair of free throws by senior guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) with three seconds left.


The Eagles finished the game by hitting 47.4 percent from the field (27-57), 44.4 percent from downtown (8-18), and 72.0 percent from the line (18-25). USI also won the battle on the glass, 37-27. The game also featured a total of 16 lead changes and 12 ties.


Individually, Caldwell led USI with 22 points on eight-of-16 from the field, three-of-four from beyond the arc, and three-of-three from the line. He also tied a season-high with eight rebounds.


Stein followed Caldwell in the scoring column with 15 points, all of them in the second half. Price and Little rounded out the double-digit scorers with 13 points and 12 points, respectively.


USI sophomore guard Mateo Rivera (Indianapolis, Indiana) narrowly missed a triple-double in the game, finishing with nine points, nine rebounds, and a career-high 11 assists.


The Eagles conclude their two-game GLVC road swing Saturday when they visit the University of Missouri-St. Louis for a 3 p.m. contest. UMSL saw its record go to 10-3 overall, 1-2 GLVC, after losing to top-ranked Bellarmine University, 66-53, at home this evening.


USI leads the all-time series 37-11 versus UMSL, 31-2 in GLVC action. The Eagles, who are 15-7 versus the Triton all-time on the road, won their 15th-straight over UMSL in the only meeting in overtime last year, 84-73. Stein led USI with 23 points, while senior guard Nate Hansen (Evansville, Indiana) followed with 21 points in the victory. Forward DayJar Dickson also had a double-double with 15 points and 21 rebounds.


Game coverage information for USI Men’s Basketball can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.












	            

            


        


        
        

            

                
AG Curtis Hill Announces Multistate Settlement With For-Profit Education Company

                

	                                                                            
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For-profit education company Career Education Corp. (CEC) has agreed to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forgo collecting more than $556.5 million in debts owed by 195,136 students nationally. This agreement is part of a settlement with Attorney General Curtis Hill and 48 other attorneys general.


The Assurance of Voluntary Compliance filed Wednesday caps a five-year investigation.


“Protecting Indiana students from fraud is a top priority,” Attorney General Hill said. “Institutions of higher learning must follow the rules and will be held accountable when they don’t. My commitment to protecting Hoosiers from unscrupulous business practices is unwavering.”


CEC agrees to forgo any and all efforts to collect amounts owed by former students living in the states participating in the agreement. In Indiana, 2,702 students will get relief totaling $5,622,489.


Nationally, the average individual debt relief will be about $2,852.


CEC has also agreed to pay $5 million to the states. Indiana’s share will be $2,750.


CEC is based in Schaumburg, Ill., and currently offers primarily online courses through American InterContinental University and Colorado Technical University.  


CEC has closed or phased out many of its schools over the past 10 years. Its brands have included Briarcliffe College, Brooks Institute, Brown College, Harrington College of Design, International Academy of Design & Technology, Le Cordon Bleu, Missouri College, and Sanford-Brown.


A group of attorneys general launched an investigation into CEC in January 2014 after receiving several complaints from students and a critical report on for-profit education by the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.


The attorneys general alleged that CEC pressured its employees to enroll students and engaged in unfair and deceptive practices. These practices included making misleading statements or failing to disclose information to prospective students on total costs, transferability of credits, program offerings, job placement rates, and other topics.


As a result, some students could not obtain professional licensure and incurred debts that they could not repay nor discharge.


CEC denied the allegations of the attorneys general but agreed to resolve the claims through this multi-state settlement.


Robert McKenna, former Washington state attorney general and current partner at the San Francisco-based law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, will independently monitor the company’s settlement compliance for three years and issue annual reports.


Under the agreement, CEC must:


    

  • Make no misrepresentations concerning accreditation, selectivity, graduation rates, placement rates, transferability of credit, financial aid, veterans’ benefits, or licensure requirements.
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  • Not enroll students in programs that do not lead to state licensure when required for employment, or that due to their lack of accreditation, will not prepare graduates for jobs in their field.  For certain programs that will prepare graduates for some but not all jobs, CEC will be required to disclose such to incoming students.
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  • Provide a single-page disclosure to each student that includes: a) anticipated total direct cost; b) median debt for completers; c) programmatic cohort default rate; d) program completion rate; c) notice concerning transferability of credits; d) median earnings for completers; and e) the job placement rate.
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  • Require students before enrolling to complete an Electronic Financial Impact Platform Disclosure, which provides specific information about debt burden and expected post-graduation income. CEC is working with the states to develop this platform.
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  • Not engage in deceptive or abusive recruiting practices and record online chats and telephone calls with prospective students. CEC shall analyze these recordings to ensure compliance. CEC shall not contact students who indicate that they no longer wish to be contacted.
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  • Require incoming undergraduate students with fewer than 24 credits to complete an orientation program before their first class that covers study skills, organization, literacy, financial skills, and computer competency. During the orientation period, students may withdraw at no cost.
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  • Establish a risk-free trial period. All undergraduates who enter an online CEC program with fewer than 24 online credits shall be permitted to withdraw within 21 days of the beginning of the term without incurring any cost. All undergraduates who enter an on-ground CEC program shall be permitted to withdraw within seven days of the first day of class without incurring any cost.
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CEC has agreed to forgo collection of debts owed to it by students who either attended a CEC institution that closed before Jan. 1, 2019, or whose final day of attendance at AIU or CTU occurred on or before Dec. 31, 2013.


	            

            


        


        
        

            

                
Eagles Hold Off Late Maryville Rally For Seven-Point Win

                

	                                                                            
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Eagles Hold Off Late Maryville Rally For Seven-Point Win


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Media: Postgame Comments | First-Half 3-pointers | Guy puts USI up 73-60 | Guy gives USI 7-point lead | Guy, Johnson make critical buckets | Full Replay




ST. LOUIS—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball held off a late fourth-quarter rally to earn an 84-77 Great Lakes Valley Conference road win over host Maryville University Thursday evening.


Four Screaming Eagles scored in double-figures and nine different players contributed in the scoring column as USI ended a two-game skid.


Early run

The Eagles (9-3, 2-0 GLVC) used a 12-0 in the opening period to take a 10-point lead. Six different players contributed in the scoring column as USI grabbed the 12-2 lead five minutes into the contest.


First-half from downtown

USI hit five three-pointers for the game and all of them came in the opening half as USI led by as many as 17 points before going into the intermission with a 47-35 lead. Sophomore guard Emma DeHart (Indianapolis, Indiana) sunk three of the three-pointers as she scored 11 of her 13 points in the first 20 minutes.


Maryville builds momentum, but USI counters

The Saints (7-5, 1-2 GLVC) scored the final five points of the second quarter to turn a 17-point deficit into a more manageable 12-point hole at the break. USI, however, scored five straight points to begin the second half and extend its advantage to 52-35.


Guy steps up with a big “And 1”

As USI’s lead gradually dwindled, sophomore forward Imani Guy (Columbus, Indiana) stepped up on multiple occasions in the second half, but the first stopped a Maryville run that threatened USI’s double-digit lead. With the Eagles lead at 60-50 late in the third period, Guy snared an offensive rebound on a missed free throw, quickly scored a layup, drew the foul and sunk the free throw to steal momentum away from the Saints.


Fourth quarter woes

USI dominated the fourth quarter against the two teams that played for a national championship in 2018, but it was Maryville who stole the show in the final 10 minutes this evening. The Saints cut the Eagles’ 17-point cushion to 66-55 heading into the fourth and got to within 75-73 with less than 90 seconds to play.


Guy, Johnson come up with critical buckets

Guy had an old-fashioned three-point play with 6:45 to play in the game that turned a four-point lead into a 71-64 advantage; then scored a big layup with a minute left to put the Eagles up 77-73. Junior guard Ashley Johnson (Louisville, Kentucky) scored another basket with 26 seconds to play to put USI up, 79-73.


Davidson, Rowan seal win at the line

Senior guard Alex Davidson (Salem, Indiana) hit 4-of-4 free throw attempts in the final 20 seconds and senior forward/center Mikayla Rowan (Brazil, Indiana) made 1-of-2 attempts to seal the win for the Eagles.


Statistical leaders

Guy scored 13 of her team-best 15 points in the second half to lead the Eagles, while Johnson scored 12 of her 14 points in the final 20 minutes of the game. Davidson also finished with 14 points, while DeHart added a career-high nine rebounds and four assist to her 13 points. Senior center Kacy Eschweiler (St. Charles, Missouri) finished with eight points, while Rowan and sophomore guard Kennedy Williams (Marshall, Illinois) each had seven points.


Senior guard Stephanie Sherwood, a Newburgh, Indiana, native, paced the Saints with 20 points and eight rebounds.


Up Next

USI returns to action Saturday at 1 p.m. when it visits the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The Tritons (7-5, 1-2 GLVC) fell, 54-50, to Bellarmine University Thursday evening in St. Louis.


SOUTHERN INDIANA 84, MARYVILLE 77


SOUTHERN INDIANA (9-3, 2-0 GLVC)


Guy, Imani 6-9 3-6 15; Johnson, Ashley 5-7 4-4 14; Davidson, Alex 4-8 5-5 14; DeHart, Emma 5-8 0-0 13; Eschweiler, Kacy 4-10 0-0 8; Williams, Kennedy 3-9 0-2 7; Rowan, Mikayla 1-1 5-9 7; Sherwood, Morgan 2-2 0-0 4; Matias, Milana 1-1 0-0 2; Brown, Ashlynn 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 31-58 17-26 84.


MARYVILLE (7-5, 1-2 GLVC)


Sherwood,Stephanie 9-16 1-1 20; Barton,Mary 4-11 2-2 11; Monis,Abby 5-7 0-0 10; Lenahan,Erin 3-5 4-5 10; Stidham,Hunter 3-6 2-3 8; Longs,UU 2-6 2-4 6; Kirby,Taylor 1-2 2-3 4; Jansen,Jayda 2-5 0-0 4; Steward,Kayla 2-9 0-0 4; Hendrixson,Erika 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-67 13-18 77.


Southern Indiana…………..   25   22   19   18  -   84


Maryville…………………   15   20   20   22  -   77


3-point goals—Southern Indiana 5-14 (DeHart, Emma 3-4; Williams, Kennedy 1-3; Davidson, Alex 1-3; Eschweiler, Kacy 0-3; Johnson, Ashley 0-1), Maryville 2-14 (Sherwood,Stephanie 1-4; Barton,Mary 1-3; Lenahan,Erin 0-1; Longs,UU 0-3; Steward,Kayla 0-3). Fouled out—Southern Indiana-None, Maryville-None. Rebounds—Southern Indiana 35 (DeHart, Emma 9), Maryville 33 (Sherwood,Stephanie 8). Assists—Southern Indiana 20 (DeHart, Emma 4), Maryville 18 (Barton,Mary 5). Total fouls—Southern Indiana 19, Maryville 24. Technical fouls—Southern Indiana-None, Maryville-None. A-131












	            

            


        


        
        

            

                
Food Inspection Report For Vanderburgh County

                

	                                                                            
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Deaconess Set to Launch Diabetes Prevention Program

                

	                                                                            
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Deaconess Set to Launch Diabetes Prevention Program


JANUARY 2ND, 2019  MITCH ANGLE EVANSVILLE, INDIANA


Deaconess is preparing to launch a new program for people wanting to kick off the new year making healthier choices.




The hospital is gearing up to launch a diabetes prevention program set to begin in two weeks.


The program aims at preventing type two diabetes and will run for a full year free of charge. Those who choose to enroll in the program will learn how lifestyle choices can bring on type two diabetes and how small, but necessary, lifestyle changes can prevent it.


Officials say living a healthier lifestyle will also lower the risk of having a heart attack or stroke.


The program will start on January 15th from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will be held in the Deaconess Clinic Downtown.


Click here to learn how to register for the program.




	            

            


        


        
        

            

                
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Titan is a beautiful pit bull boy of 6 years old. He is easy on a leash & rides great in the car! Titan has done well with some dogs, cats, and rabbits during his time at the shelter, but would still like to meet any new canine roommates to make sure everything’s kosher. His adoption fee is $110 and includes his neuter, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 or visit www.vhslifesaver.org for adoptio


	            

            


        


        
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