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“READERS FORUM” SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

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We hope that today’s “READER%S 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?

Todays“Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that the new owners of Ellis Park are going to invest the money to make the track and casino more upscale and customer friendly?

Please take time and read our articles entitled “STATEHOUSE Files, Channel 44 News, LAW ENFORCEMENT, READERS POLL, BIRTHDAYS, Hot Jobs” and “LOCAL SPORTS”.  You now are able to subscribe to get the CCO daily.

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Democratic Candidate Jeff Hatfield Answers Questions

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Democratic Candidate Jeff Hatfield Answers Questions

SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2018 MITCH ANGLE CAMPAIGN 2018

Election day is two months from today. One of the most high profile races in the area is the one for Vanderburgh County Commissioner.

In our continuing series of “What the Candidates Have to Say,” we are talking with Democratic Candidate Jeff Hatfield.

His questions:

If elected, what is the single largest change you would like to make to Vanderburgh County Government?

What would you support, and what would you oppose, concerning development along the University Parkway?

Should the Vanderburgh County jail be expanded, if so, by how much, and how would the county pay for it?

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ANONYMOUS SOURCES By Jim Redwine

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GAVEL GAMUT By Jim Redwine

ANONYMOUS SOURCES

Law enforcement agencies often rely on Confidential Informants to investigate criminal matters. Many times crimes cannot be solved if those who commit the crimes or those they voluntarily tell about the crimes do not talk to the police. It is a truism that it is hard to catch a fish that does not open its mouth.

As long as the police are simply investigating a crime there is no reason why “anonymous sources” should not be mined for information. However, once a law enforcement agency decides to ask a judge for permission to arrest someone or search someone’s home or business, the basis for the judge to determine probable cause must comport with Constitutional standards. And there are both the U.S. Constitution and the Indiana Constitution to consider.

No longer can “anonymous sources” be cited as a basis for probable cause but Confidential Informants may be used as long as the police support the C.I.’s ability to actually know the evidence attributed to them by setting out the facts establishing the C.I.’s ability and opportunity to observe or know of the crime in question.

And if the case goes to court the C.I.’s identity may be ordered disclosed by a judge. In other words, a C.I. must be an actual person who truly had direct knowledge of the crime and the involvement of the defendant who was arrested or whose premises were searched. In my experience as a prosecuting attorney for seven years, a practicing attorney, and a judge for thirty-eight years, when a law enforcement officer cites to a Confidential Informant such a person has almost always been shown to actually exist when required to be divulged by a Court.

Unfortunately, there have been a very few times that a C.I. was created by an officer who let the “ends justify the means”. When such failures occur we all lose because the system of justice is not just. Of course, these bad acts are only disclosed because a court of law can be asked to force the police to disclose the C.I. If there were no oversight of these activities, people could be unjustly convicted and we would all lose because we would lose faith in the legal system. Then even when the officers acted strictly in compliance with the Constitution we might not believe them.

That is the danger of “anonymous sources”. If there is no mechanism to determine if such people truly exist or are simply the figment of a writer’s desire to advance an agenda, the public may lose faith in all reports.

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VANDERBURGH COUNTY DEATH REPORT

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Death List WK 9-3-18 TO 9-7-18

A Surgeon’s Odyssey

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A Surgeon’s Odyssey

by Dr. Richard Moss

Have a look. Check out links.  A good read.  Available on Amazon or Simon/Schuster online. I have copies in my house and office if nearby.  Happy to sign.  Softcover, hardcover, Ebook.  Leave a comment and five stars if so moved.  thanks, Richard.

From 1987 to 1990, author Dr. Richard Moss traveled extensively through Asia while working as a cancer surgeon in four different countries including Thailand, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. His work was voluntary, however, the payoff was in the rich, fascinating, and, often bizarre experiences he had both as a surgeon and wanderer.

Based on this three-year excursion, A Surgeons Odyssey delves into the true-to-life adventures, struggles, and quandaries of a young surgeon from humble beginnings who found himself in a strange and tragic but beautiful world, striving to save those suffering from horrifying disease under hellish circumstances. In this memoir, Moss shares his story that includes insights into life, other cultures and religions, and the tragedy of intolerable disease amidst destitution and scarcity.

A Surgeons Odyssey tells of a young man’s decision to forgo comfort and financial security for the adventure of a lifetime, pitting himself against the specter of overwhelming suffering and illness. It narrates the unique journey of a cancer surgeon who, against conventional wisdom, embarked on a pilgrimage of healing and experienced surgical triumphs and setbacks amidst some of the most beguiling and fascinating cultures in the world. Richard Moss MD.

LINK TO BOOK.

https://www.archwaypublishing.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-001172278

USI Board of Trustees approves 2019-2021 biennial budget request

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At its regular meeting on Thursday, September 6, the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees reviewed and approved the 2019-2021 Operating and Capital Improvement Budget Request that will be submitted to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE).

The operating budget was developed using the performance funding metrics created by the ICHE. In addition to increases in overall degree competition, at-risk degree completion, student persistence and on-time graduation rate, USI will be eligible to receive funding for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) degree completion. If the metrics are funded at the levels recommended by ICHE, the University would receive more than $4.4 million for improved performance.

In its 2017-19 Capital Improvement Budget Request, USI received board approval to renovate and expand the Health Professions Center. This $48 million proposed project will improve classrooms, laboratories, student study space and technology infrastructure across all three floors of the center. As part of these improvements, the Student Health Center would be moved to a new facility for University Health Services, Counseling and Wellness.

Additional components of the 2019-2021 budget request include a small increase in funding for Historic New Harmony, and continued funding for Campus Security Enhancements, STEM Innovation and Expansion Initiative, Strong Start Summer Bridge Program, Dual Credit and funding for general repair and rehabilitation of campus facilities.

In other business, the Board of Trustees approved housing and meal plan rates for the 2019-2020 school year and approved the distribution of 2018-2019 general repair and rehabilitation funds for campus improvements

Volleyball heads to Illinois State and Bradley Aces play on Friday and Saturday

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Road play continues for the University of Evansville volleyball team as the Purple Aces head to central Illinois to face Illinois State on Friday evening before heading to Bradley on Saturday.  Both matches will begin at 7 p.m.

UE played its first three league matches over the last week; the team competed hard in each one, but enters the weekend at 0-3.  Highlighting the opening three matches was a 5-set contest at home against Loyola in the opener as Rachel Tam posted 22 kills with Mildrelis Rodriguez finishing with 17.

The start of conference play did not deter the great start to the year for Rachel Tam.  In the first three MVC matches, Tam recorded 3.92 kills per frame – including 22 against Loyola; the only difference for Tam has been her hitting percentage, overall, she is hitting .208, but finished at 0.122 in the first three league matches.

Sophomore Allana McInnis has settled in as UE’s top setter and has responded with at least 18 assists in seven of the last eight matches.  That included the top match of her college career against Tennessee State, where she had a total of 60 assists in leading UE to a 5-set win; she posted 51 in the MVC opener against Loyola.  McInnis continues to play well as a sophomore, notching 6.19 assists per game while recording 16 or more in 11 of the 16 matches; since the NKU match on Sept. 8, she has averaged 7.9 assists per set, a total of 236 over the course of 30 sets.

Illinois State comes into the weekend with a 10-4 overall mark and are 2-0 in the first two league matches with road victories at Missouri State and Southern Illinois.  The Redbirds do a nice job of spreading the ball around as six players average between 2 and 3 kills per set; Lexi Varga has the top tally of 2.81; they lead the MVC hitting .246.  On defense, Courtney Pence paces the Valley with 5.48 digs per frame.

Bradley has also gotten off to a nice start in 2018, sitting at 12-2 while picking up two road wins in the opening weekend of league play.  Erica Haslag is the top offensive player, notching 3.87 kills per set, ranking third in the conference.

UKE COMBS IS BRINGING HIS “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART” TOUR TO FORD CENTER FEBRUARY 16

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LUKE COMBS CONFIRMS 2019 HEADLINE ARENA TOUR

TICKETS ON SALE NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

NOMINATED FOR MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR AND NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR AT 2018 CMA AWARDS

Luke Combs will kick off his “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” in 2019—his first ever headline arena tour, marking another major career milestone for the breakthrough musician. The extensive tour—which will feature special guests LANCO and Jameson Rodgers—will commence January 31 at Birmingham’s Legacy Arena at the BJCC and will span through the

legendary venues across the country including New York’sand Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, among many others.

The tour—which was originally announced by Combs earlier this morning on SiriusXM’s The Highway channel—will go on-sale next Friday, September 14 at 12:00PM local time. In an effort

to combat scalping, fan club tickets will be sold through the Ticketmaster Verify FanTM program and all tickets will have fan-focused pricing offered between $25-$50.

His second headline tour, the “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” follows Combs’ record- breaking, 55-city sold-out “Don’t Tempt Me With A Good Time Tour”—completed earlier this year—and will be preceded by a series of fall U.K./European headline shows—which sold out months in advance. See below for details.

The tour culminates a massive breakthrough year for Combs, which saw the release of his platinum certified debut album, This One’s For You, released on River House Artists/Columbia Nashville and two recent nominations at the 2018 CMA Awards for Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year.

This One’s For You is currently the most streamed country album of 2018, achieving over one billion streams and was also the largest album debut from a new country artist in 2017. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, where it has spent a total of 12 weeks at #1 and at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. Additionally, Combs has had three consecutive #1 radio singles—3x platinum “Hurricane,” 2x platinum “When It Rains It Pours” and platinum “One Number Away.”

In addition to his breakout debut album, Combs released the deluxe edition, This One’s For YouToo, earlier this summer, which landed at #1 on Billboard Country Albums Chart and #4 onBillboard 200 Chart.

Since the release of This One’s For You, Combs has been named Billboard’s Top 100 Artist and Top New Country Artist of 2017, “Best New Country Artist” at the iHeart Radio Awards, Music Row’s “Breakthrough Artist Of The Year” and 2017 Artist To Watch by Amazon Music, Billboard, Bobby Bones, CMT, HuffPost, Nashville Lifestyles, Pandora and Rolling Stone.

This One’s For You was produced by Scott Moffatt (except for “One Number Away,” whichwas co-produced by Sammy Mitchell and Jackie Boyz) and recorded in Nashville, TN at Gold Cassette Studios and Direct Image Recording Studio.

LUKE COMBS’ “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR”

January 31—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at the BJCC* February 1—Huntington, WV—Big Sandy Superstore Arena* February 2—Greensboro, NC—Greensboro Coliseum Complex* February 7—Wichita, KS—INTRUST Bank Arena*

February 8—North Little Rock, AR—Verizon Arena*
February 9—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center*
February 14—Greenville, SC—Bon Secours Wellness Arena*
February 15—Knoxville, TN—Thompson-Boling Arena*
February 16—Evansville, IN—Ford Center*
February 21—Hershey, PA—Giant Center*
February 22—Columbus, OH—Schottenstein Center*
February 23—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena*
February 28—New York, NY—Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom†March 1—Bangor, ME—Cross Insurance Center*
March 2—Worcester, MA—DCU Center*
March 8—Tupelo, MS—BancorpSouth Arena*

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March 9—Orange Beach, AL—Amphitheatre at The Wharf* March 28—London, ON—Budweiser Garden*
March 29—Oshawa, ON—Tribute Communities Centre* March 30—Kingston, Ontario—Leon’s Centre*

April 11—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena* April 12—Moline, IL—TaxSlayer Center* April 13—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center* April 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center* April 26—La Crosse, WI—La Crosse Center* May 10—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center*

May 11—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center Omaha* May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheater*

UE men’s golf opens season on Saturday at IU

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Aces play Saturday and Sunday

 The University of Evansville men’s golf team opens its 2018-19 campaign this weekend at the Fuzzy Zoeller Invitational in Henryville, Ind.

Hosted by Indiana University, the tournament will take place at Champions Pointe Golf Club on Saturday and Sunday.  Par will be 72 for the event with yardage set for 7,174.  Three rounds will take place with two on Saturday and a final set of 18 holes on Sunday.

A total of 13 teams will be participating including: Indiana, Bethune-Cookman, Bowling Green, Evansville, Georgetown, IUPUI, Oakland, Fort Wayne, Southern Illinois, Toledo, Western Illinois, Western Kentucky and Youngstown State.

UE looks to replace one of the best golfers in program history with the graduation of Tyler Gray.  His career average of 73.67 was the lowest in program history.  Four returning players look to step into Gray’s spot including Noah Reese, Matthew Ladd, Spencer Wagner and Cameron Weyer.

Reese has the lowest stroke average of any returning players, finishing last year with a 76.00.  His top effort in 2017-18 was a 7th place finish at the Butler Fall Invitational.  Ladd completed the season just behind him with a 76.04.  He had a great fall season in 2017, notching a 74.33 average.  Wagner and Weyer finished with averages of 76.76 and 77.16, respectively.

Evansville also returns Jessie Brumley, Gabe Rohleder and Robert Waggoner to go along with newcomers Dallas Koth and Tyler Roat.

 

Redbird Invitational marks opener for women’s golf

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Aces play Sunday and Monday

 The fall season for the Purple Aces women’s golf team commences on Sunday with the University of Evansville taking part in the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Ill.

Set for Sunday and Monday, the Aces play a total of 54 holes with 36 in day one and 18 more in the final day.  Weibring Golf Club is the host course and features a par of 72 and yardage of 6,002.

Joining UE in the tournament are host Illinois State, Akron, Western Illinois, Ohio, Ball State, Bowling Green, UNI, Bradley, Butler, Northern Illinois, Drake, Eastern Kentucky, Illinois Wesleyan and Loyola.

Evansville brings a balanced team into the 2018-19 campaign with three returning players and three newcomers.  Leading the returners is sophomore Sophia Rohleder.  The Evansville native recorded an 80.69 average as a freshman and found her groove in the spring of 2018, finishing at 79.33.  She posted a pair of 12th place efforts in March.

Behind her was Madison Chaney.  Chaney completed the year with an 81.42 average, but also had a great spring, finishing at 79.40 with an impressive finish of 9th at the Lonnie Barton Invitational.  Lexie Sollman is back for her junior season; her best finish last year was a 20th at the Alabama State Spring Kickoff.

Set to make their debuts for UE are Sydney Anderson, Alyssa McMinn and Caitlin O’Donnell.

 

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