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Candidates Running For EVSC School Board

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AUGUST 25TH, 2018 TOWNSEND OUTLAW EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

There will be races this year for seats on the Evansville Vanderburgh School Board.

School Board races in Evansville are non-partisan. Two candidates are on the ballot for the District One Race. They include incumbent Chris Keifer and challenger Jean Webb.

There are 3 people running for the 2 seats in District Two. They include Ann Ennis, Clark Exmire, and incumbent Andy Guarino. There will also be 3 choices for the At-Large Seat.

Those candidates running are David Hollingsworth, Melissa Moore, and incumbent Rance Ossenberg.

Friday was the deadline to file to run for the offices.

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“Happy Anniversary To The Guy In My Life Who likes To Ski In The Trees. Love, MM”

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GAVEL GAMUT

By Jim Redwine

AH, I REMEMBER IT WELL

August 25th. Ah, I now remember it well, thanks to Peg who sweetly asked me over our first cup of coffee, “Jim, isn’t this just a beautiful morning?” I looked up from the trial transcript I was proofreading and grunted, “Yeah”. Things went downhill from there.

As Peg had interrupted my work I assumed she would be pleased to get me some more coffee; so I held up my cup and said as politely as Oliver Twist, “More”. 

Her response threw me off: “It’s in the coffee pot. Why don’t you see if you can pour your own while I concentrate on making the bed, emptying the dishwasher, feeding the cat, sweeping the floor and pulling the weeds in the garden? By the way, Happy Anniversary!”

I went into a crisis-recovery mode. “Are you sure, I thought it was the 25th.”

“Today IS the 25th and you should already know that since I made a point of telling you yesterday on August 24th that I was planning your favorite dinner for today. Of course, you had your head stuck in that transcript then and merely mumbled something like ‘Okay’”.

Thinking at warp speed I said, “Oh what a grand wedding it was on such a gorgeous day.”

“We got married in a thunderstorm! You kept telling me ‘It never rains on August 25th so we can have the wedding outside’. But our family and guests had to dodge lightning bolts and huge raindrops!”

“Well, at least our D.J. stayed dry.”

“Our D.J. was Rodney Fetcher and he had to set up in the tool shed so he wouldn’t get electrocuted!”

“Yeah, he did a great job. Remember, we did our first dance to Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison.”

“It was Today by Randy Sparks of the New Christy Minstrels.”

“Anyway, you looked great in that blue dress.”

“It was coral to match your tux. Which, by the way, you managed to spill our champagne toast on.”

I decided to take an old friend’s advice for situations such as this, “When in a hole the first thing is to stop digging.” 

“Okay, what do you want to do to celebrate this happy occasion? Dinner at the Red Geranium? A quiet glass of wine out by the fire pit? Whatever sounds good to you will be fine with me.”

“I would have appreciated it if you had simply remembered that we did, in fact, get married.”

“I do remember and it was, I mean is, wonderful. It was just that it snuck up on me. Would a movie help?”

“No movie, no Red Geranium, no wine by the fire. How about just a card or at least some flowers?”

Oh, Gentle Reader, I don’t know about you but all I can hear going on in my head is the duet by Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier from the musical Gigi. Perhaps Peg will allow me up from the canvas if I bring home a box of chocolates with the Lerner and Loewe lyrics taped to them:

“The dazzling moon,

There was none that night.

The month was June 

It was [August}; 

That’s right …”

Well, you get the idea. I’m just glad we have only one anniversary per year because the chill in the air at JPeg Ranch is not conducive to my getting my work done and anything else is completely out of the question.

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Ellis Park calls off Sunday races because of water-main break; Facility also cancels simulcast wagering and gaming operation

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Ellis Park has cancelled Sunday’s racing because of a water-main break that is preventing water getting to the grandstand or barn area, track management announced. Simulcasting and the historical horse racing gaming operation also are closed today.

New Map Helps Identify Areas Of Opioid Overdoses

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New Map Helps Identify Areas Of Opioid Overdoses

August 26, 2018  

Staff Report
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse has launched an interactive, online naloxone administration heat map that provides insight into the location of incidents where naloxone was administered and reported by emergency medical services providers.

Also known by the brand name Narcan®, naloxone blocks the effects of an opioid overdose and can save the life of the patient. After administering naloxone, Indiana EMS providers report to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security the locations of incidents when an overdose situation is presumed.

“Naloxone is a proven life-saver,” said Jim McClelland, executive director for Drug Prevention, Treatment and Enforcement. “This map gives first responders a visual asset to help them deploy resources more efficiently. It’s one more tool we can use to attack the drug epidemic and promote recovery—an important focus of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration.”

Developed through a partnership between the Indiana Management Performance Hub and the IDHS, the map displays naloxone administrations reported by EMS since Jan. 1, 2014.

“As we continue to battle the opioid epidemic from all angles, this new tool will both inform our first responders and help identify general locations that have seen an increase in naloxone delivery,” said Dr. Michael Kaufmann, the state EMS medical director. The mapping tool will help guide the state’s agenda to combat opioid addiction.

Care was taken to protect privacy with the placement of points on the map. In densely populated areas, locations where the naloxone administration occurred are represented within 100 meters of the point on the map. In moderately populated areas, they are within 300 meters, and in rural areas, they are within 500 meters.

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Ellis Park update: Crews Still Working On Water Main Break

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Crews continue to work on the water main break that occurred at Ellis Park late Saturday afternoon and forced the track to close Sunday. The break has disrupted water flow to the grandstand and clubhouse areas.
Ellis Park racing secretary Dan Bork said the stable area has access to water, with water trucks filled from a different pump. That allowed the track surface to be properly watered and maintained for Sunday training and to provide for the horses’ care, he said.
“The leak is being worked on by professional crews,” Bork said. “Hopefully we’ll have a solution by end of the day. The plan is to resume live racing on Friday.”
Simulcast wagering and the historical horse racing gaming operation is closed until further notice, he said.
Ellis Park will provide updates as information becomes available.
Ellis Park has three remaining race dates: Friday Aug. 31, Sunday Sept. 2 and Labor Day, Sept. 3. There is no live racing on Saturday Sept. 1 to accommodate the opening of Kentucky Downs’ race meet.

Supporting Local Food Bank, Families

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Tri-State Food Bank received more than $19,000 for additional food purchases to help local Hoosiers in need. The food bank supports33 counties in Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.

The funding is part of the $300,000 provided by the current biennial state budget, which was distributed to 11 food banks around the state by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. This state funding allows local food banks to purchase essential items like milk, produce and high demand, non-perishable food.

According to Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, which is the state’s food bank association, 280,000 children in Indiana don’t know where their next meal is coming from. To lower that number, Dare to Care partnered with nearly 300 local social service agencies like food pantries, shelters and emergency kitchens to distribute 19.9 million meals to our local communities over the last year.

If you or someone you know needs help securing food, please call 2-1-1 or click here.

General Colin Powell To Speak On Leadership At USI In April

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The University of Southern Indiana will present “Leadership: Taking Charge,” a moderated discussion with General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 4, 2019, at the new USI Arena. The discussion will be free and open to the public.

General Powell will be the fourth speaker in the University’s Romain College of Business Innovative Speaker Series. Previous speakers include T. Boone Pickens, legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist in 2013, Dr. Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2015, and Dr. Oscar Salazar, founding chief technology officer of Uber in 2017.

The son of Jamaican immigrants, Powell was born in Harlem in April 1937, and was raised in the South Bronx. He received a commission as an Army second lieutenant in 1958 and went on to serve in the United States Army for 35 years, rising to the rank of Four-Star General.

He served as National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Powell was the first African American, as well as youngest and first ROTC graduate, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During his time as chairman, he oversaw 28 crises, including the Panama intervention of 1989 and Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

Under President George W. Bush, Powell was appointed the 65th Secretary of State and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. As Secretary of State, he led the State Department in major efforts to address and solve regional and civil conflicts. He used the power of diplomacy to build trust, forge alliances and then help transform these unstable regions into areas where societies and cultures have the potential to prosper. He also worked at the forefront of American efforts to advance economic and social development worldwide.

Among the many U.S. Military awards and decorations Powell has received are the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Soldier’s Medal, Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart. His civil awards include two Presidential Medals of Freedom, the President’s Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal and the Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal. In addition, he has received awards from over two-dozen countries to include a French Legion of Honor and an honorary knighthood bestowed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

His autobiography, My American Journey, was a New York Times best seller and has been published in more than a dozen different languages. Powell’s second book, It Worked for Me: In Life & Leadership (May 2012), was an instant New York Times best seller as well and reveals the lessons that shaped his life and career.

Powell earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from the City College of New York.  He and his wife, the former Alma Vivian Johnson, have three children and four grandchildren.

“Leadership: Taking Charge” is hosted by the USI Romain College of Business and made possible through private gifts to the USI Foundation.

Lawyer: State Not Enforcing Lake Michigan Public Access Opinion

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Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com

An attorney who is part of the legal team that won an Indiana Supreme Court decision preserving public access to the shores of Lake Michigan says state agencies are refusing to enforce the court’s order while private property owners on the lakefront seek a possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled in February that the state’s public trust rights to the Lake Michigan shore extend to the ordinary high-water mark, permitting any individual to walk on the shore above the water’s edge. Plaintiffs Don and Bobbie Gunderson unsuccessfully argued their property deeds in Long Beach entitled them to ownership of the entire beach, up to wherever the water is at any given time, effectively restricting public access to the shore above the water.

But attorney Patricia Sharkey, who represented Long Beach Community Alliance in the suit, said in an email to Indiana Lawyer that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Attorney General’s Office are refusing to enforce the order.

“DNR is creating a ‘no man’s land’ problem that shouldn’t exist and which lakefront owners have used to excuse hiring a private security guard to kick people off the beach and to scurry to try to build revetments down into the water and recklessly level dunes and plow sand from public trust property into the lake,” Sharkey wrote. “This despite the fact that no stay of the (Indiana Supreme Court) decision was sought or granted.”

Spokespeople for the DNR and the AG’s office did not respond to emails seeking a response Friday.

Attorneys for the Gundersons earlier this month were granted an extension until early October to file a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sharkey said she doesn’t believe the high court will take the case, citing an Indiana decision she said “follows well-established law and is well written and reasoned.”

In the interim, though, she described a situation in which some lakefront landowners appear to be acting to effectively privatize the public shore between their lake and their land.

“Most people in Long Beach are shocked that the Indiana Supreme Court decision is being ignored by DNR and exasperated with what they see as both DNR’s and lakefront owners’ willful misconstruction of the decision,” Sharkey wrote. “It is like the wild west out here with lakefront owners just ignoring the law.” She said representatives of the DNR and the AG’s office have declined repeated requests to meet with the Long Beach Community Alliance about enforcement of the court’s opinion.

“Fortunately, the Town of Long Beach understands the Indiana Supreme Court decision and Long Beach police are refusing to kick people off the beach and have told lakefront owners they have no right to do so. But I am being contacted about a new beach ‘crisis’ almost every day,” Sharkey said.

Read more about the Lake Michigan public access case in the Sept. 5 edition of Indiana Lawyer.

Ty Kennedy gets a big horse in Jazzy Times; Peitz goes to 6 for 13, as Graham wins three

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Jazzy Times is the kind of break-through horse that Ty Kennedy has worked for throughout his young riding career. The gelding, claimed for $25,000 four races earlier` by owner-trainer Wes Hawley, gave Kennedy his biggest victory to date in capturing Ellis Park’s $100,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Turf Sprint.
Now the 24-year-old jockey is hoping that Jazzy Times tops that in the $500,000, Grade 3 Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint on Sept. 8 at Kentucky Downs.
“We’re looking forward to the next race with him,” Kennedy said recently after working Jazzy Times at Churchill Downs. “He’s going to have to step up again. But he’s done it both times on the turf so far, so who knows how high the horse will take us?”
The first time Hawley ran Jazzy Times, the gelding was fourth in a $32,000 claiming race on dirt. He shipped to Indiana Grand to try the grass, with Kennedy aboard for the first time. Jazzy Times won that $25,000 claiming race by a head, then in the next start won his first stakes in the Ellis race, beaten Extravagant Kid and Maniacal by a half-length.
“Wes said he had a feeling he’d be a grass horse, and that’s what we were taking a shot with,” Kennedy said. “And Wes Hawley was right.”
What Hawley also told people going into that turf debut is that he thought Jazzy Times might wind up being another Chamberlain Bridge. That’s the horse Bret Calhoun claimed for $35,000 in 2008 that went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in 2010, also at Churchill Downs.
“Before he ran this horse up at Indiana, that’s the horse he referenced, Chamberlain Bridge,” Kennedy said. “He said that he’s got one just like it, if not better. I said, ‘Let’s go find out.’ Wes took us up there and man, just phenomenal on the grass, he was. Then he stepped up at Ellis and he’s going to have to step up again. But we all think he can or we wouldn’t be trying it. Wes has 100-percent confidence in this horse, and that’s good enough for me. I believe in him 100-percent as well.”
Hawley figured Jazzy Times had back class, given that he was third in a Grade 1 sprint at Santa Anita two years ago, when trained by Bob Baffert.
“So he’s proven,” Kennedy said. “We just think he’s a little bit better on turf, and that’s what he’s showing us right now.
“I told Wes that the first time I got on him, he kind of feels like a quarter horse, because he’s got a stout neck to him. He’s strong within himself, makes you work a little bit. But he’s just a classy horse. He knows his job and he knows how to do it well. He really enjoys his training. Wes and his crew have done a terrific job with him.”
Kennedy said it would be huge for his career if Jazzy Times could win the Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint. In his only other stakes in limited opportunities besides at Ellis, the jockey won a $100,000 race for Iowa-breds in 2016 at Prairie Meadows.
“The dream is everybody wants to find that horse,” Kennedy said. “A lot of people here have had the horse and then some. This will kind of be my first big horse to take us to that level. It’s something we’re definitely prepared for, yet excited for at the same time. Because we think this horse can really take us to the first weekend in November right here at home at Churchill. That’s our goal, and that’s what we’re pointing for, and we’re looking for a heck of a ride.”
Kennedy gives his agent, Rocco O’Connor (also known as Li’l Rocco in his role as Ellis Park paddock analyst), credit for getting the mount on Jazzy Times. O’Connor, also 24, was briefly an assistant trainer to Hawley and the men remain good friends.
“It would be unbelievable, especially for me and my career,” O’Connor said, adding of the Ellis stakes, “It meant a lot to win for Wes when we won here at Ellis, and especially for Ty. Ty is an extremely hard working young man. You never have to ask him twice to do anything. He’s willing to do anything. He’s a very capable riding.
“He’s just moving his tack over to the Kentucky circuit, which is hard to do for a young rider. It would really help his career to get this horse to the winner’s circle at Kentucky Downs and, as Wes said, ultimately the goal is the Breeders’ Cup. If we could ride this train all the way there, it would be an unbelievable experience.”
At O’Connor’s encouragement, Kennedy left Prairie Meadows early to get to Kentucky, whereas the past couple of years the jockey didn’t make the move until after the Iowa track closed, getting a late start at the Ellis meet. O’Connor had represented Kennedy for a short period of time in December at Turfway Park before the agent left for Oaklawn Park.
“He said, ‘You know, I’ve got faith in you,’” O’Connor said. “And it’s worked out well. We picked up some really nice Indiana business. People don’t notice his wins over in Indiana. It’s been a really nice transition, and I think it only will grow. We’re going to go to the Fair Grounds this winter and keep working to build up business for Kentucky. That’s going to be the goal, to keep his tack here.”
A lot of trainers would switch to a more experienced rider when shooting for a $500,000 race. But
“Wes is a really nice guy,” O’Connor said. “My back relationship with Wes I think has a lot to do with that. And Wes is a small-time guy, too. You find those small-time guys always want to help some other small-time guys out. So we thank Wes for that. It’s really nice of him to keep us on this horse.”
Peitz gets sixth win out of 13 starters; Graham pulls off hat trick
Trainer Danny Peitz quietly has had a terrific Ellis Park meet, winning six of 13 starts, with a pair of seconds and thirds. His most recent win was Saturday’s seventh race with the favored second-time starter Talbeya, owned by Shadwell Stable. The 2-year-old filly was last much of the way under James Graham, coming six-wide and driving to a two-length victory over second choice Unapologetic Me. The time for 5 1/2 furlongs on grass in the $42,000 maiden race was 1:04.37, with Talbeya coming the last sixteenth-mile in well under six seconds. Talbeya was third in her Aug. 4 debut.
Peitz said a major key is that the horses were getting in the races for which he was pointing.
“They’ve all gotten in, for one thing,” he said. “Everything has just run well here. The right races came up, they were all doing good, and they used those races — and they weren’t rained off. I don’t know how many times it was supposed to win and didn’t, and we would win (a turf race).”
“He’s unbelievable,” Graham said of Peitz. “His horses are coming into form. I’m sure how tough that race was. But it had to pretty decent because there were a lot of horses backed in the race. I was worried being that far back as I was. That scared me more than Danny.”
Graham is having a fantastic meet as well, with Talbeya his third winner Saturday, putting him in a tie for second at 22 wins with Shaun Bridgmohan. Two-time defending champ Corey Lanerie leads with 27 wins.
“I loved the way she did it,” Graham said of Talbeya. “The last quarter-mile, I’d like to see how fast she ran. She was 10 lengths off turning for home. I hadn’t even moved on her. She just took me there. When I got her outside, she really went vroooom! She’s a ball of fire, and she lets you know it, too.”
Of his meet, the jockey said, “We’ve made some changes over the last two, three months and it seems to be working out. I did this a couple of years ago, too, I ended up being second-leading rider. I’m just happy to be back in the rhythm. When I get the opportunity on the decent ones, I can get the job done just as good as anyone. I’ve been totally consistent the whole meet, that’s all I’m looking for.”
Shadwell is 5 for 7 this meet with a second and third, trailing only the six wins by Joey Keith Davis. Calumet Farm also has five victories, out of 19 starters.
Peitz also trained Talbeya’s mom, Terfaashah, for Shadwell, as well as Talbeya’s sister Musabaqa, who won a race this meet out of which she was claimed.
“She’s a little bitty peanut thing with a foot, that you wouldn’t think grass,” Peitz said of Talbeya. “But just being City Zip made me think you have to try grass.”
We have a Wiener: Piper Evans sweeps semi, Wiener Dog Derby
Piper Evans, only 1 1/2 years old and in her first competition, dominated Saturday’s Wiener Dog Derby presented by Select Chauffeured Transportation, taking the first semifinal and then winning right back an hour later in the championship. Piper is owned by Mindy and Reggie Evans of Evansville.
Rounding out the top four (with owners) were Hersey (Steve and Tammy Sherwood), Cooper Born (Chris and Jill Born) and Smokey Woodley (Brandon Woodley). The top four from each semifinal advanced, with second semifinal winner Daphnie Rose (Mary Haynes), Frank (Matt and Tara Phillips), Duke (Randall Newman) and Ellie Sparkles (Leanne Stauder) also made the championship race.
“We know that she’s really fast,” Mindy Evans said. “We have four boys and she runs around with them. That was basically her training. It’s really exciting to have her win because we just did it for fun.
Mindy Evans said they didn’t bring Piper to any of the practice sessions at Ellis Park. “Not at all,” she said. “She chases around a soccer ball that we have; when we throw it, she chases it. But no practice.”
The big winner was The Arc of Evansville, the non-profit benefitting from commemorative t-shirts sales. A total of $3,105 was netted for The Arc, whose mission is to empower individuals with disabilities to build relationships, gain independence and achieve their full potential.
Upcoming events for final four racing dates
After this Saturday’s card, there are only four racing dates remaining: Sunday Aug. 26, Friday Aug. 31, Sunday Sept. 2 and Monday, Sept. 3, with the meet concluding on that special Labor Day program. There is no live racing on Saturday Sept. 1 to accommodate the opener of Kentucky Downs’ meet, though Ellis remains open for simulcasting wagering and historical horse racing gaming terminals.
The last two Sundays are again Value Day with discounted soft drinks, beer, hotdogs and more, followed by Kids on the Track sponsored by Cash Waggner & Associates, where kids 12 and under line up by age group and compete in foot races for prizes.
Friday is Gentlemen’s Day, with area merchants providing men-themed prizes via drawings after every race and more.

Phillips Heading To Twins Organization

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The Minnesota Twins have signed right-handed pitcher Alex Phillips.

“Couldn’t be happier for Alex getting this opportunity with Minnesota,” Evansville manager Andy McCauley said. “Once he got in the routine of professional baseball, he dominated the league.”

Phillips, who resides in Buda, Texas, joined the Otters midway through the season and made 16 appearances on the mound for Evansville and had six saves. In 22 innings, he stuck out 41 batters while finishing with a 1-0 record and 1.23 ERA.

He only walked three batters. In his final appearance with Evansville Aug. 23, he pitched two innings against Southern Illinois and struck out six batters to earn the win.

“It also reinforces the Otters commitment to moving players to affiliated teams regardless of the time of the year,” McCauley said. “We wish Alex the best of luck.”

Phillips is the 74th player in Otters franchise history to sign with a MLB organization out of Evansville and he is the first since Patrick McGuff and Logan Taylor were signed by the Cincinnati Reds in July.

Fans can also follow Otters social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for game updates throughout the current homestand.

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