When: Saturday, July 28 9:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Where: 3501 N First Avenue
Background: New Student Orientation (NSO) is designed to help students become familiar with the college environment and have a successful start to their college career. The goal is to answer any questions incoming students have, connect them to campus resources, familiarize them with campus and help them capitalized on their college experience.
The Evansville Otters dropped a tight ballgame 4-3 to the River City Rascals as River City picked up the wire-to-wire victory on Friday night at CarShield Field.
River City plated two runs in the first inning to take an early lead. Paul Kronenfeld hit an RBI single and Braxton Martinez followed that up with a two out RBI knock of his own.
Evansville got one back in the third on a sacrifice fly from J.J Gould.
River City restored their two-run lead with an RBI double from Martinez in the bottom of the third.
Mike Rizzitello doubled home a run in the top of the fifth to bring Evansville to within one run.
Jeff Gardner tied the game in the top of the sixth with a solo homer, his seventh of the season.
Paul Kronenfeld put River City back in front with a solo homer of his own in the bottom of the sixth.
That home run proved to be the difference with River City clinching the 4-3 victory thanks to Cody Mincey striking out the side in the ninth for the save.
Ryan Orr gets the win for River City after working a scoreless inning out of the bullpen.
Austin Nicely gets hung with the loss, his fourth of the year. Nicely went 5.2 innings, allowing four runs on 11 hits while punching out four.
River City starter Jonny Ortiz did not factor into the decision. He tossed 5.2 innings, allowing three runs on eight hits and collected five strike outs.
In 2006, the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board approved the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office as a regional training site for this forty (40) hour course, which is required of all newly hired jail officers during their first year. The new officers were instructed in subjects such as: ethics, tactical communication, report writing, jail operations, physical security, searches, evidence gathering, booking and admissions, blood borne pathogens, cultural awareness, suicide prevention, mental illness and legal issues.
The regional officers will return to their respective agencies next week in order to continue additional facility specific training. Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office confinement officers will spend the next two weeks attending additional classroom and practical training, which will include topics such as: housing unit supervision, gang identification, defensive and physical tactics, record keeping and practical scenarios. Upon completion of the classroom training, the new confinement officers will be assigned to a Field Training Officer (FTO) for an additional ten (10) weeks before being permitted to work alone.
At any given time the Sheriff’s Office houses over 675 inmates within the confines of a 146,500 square foot facility. As an Indiana Law Enforcement Academy accredited provider, the Sheriff’s Office accepts applications from outside agencies to attend the Basic Jail Officers Course at our facility.
Pictured above: Jail Officers Course – Class 2018-229
Attorney General Curtis Hill today responded to several groups that dropped off petitions at his office demanding that he withdraw Indiana from a lawsuit challenging the federal Affordable Care Act.
Attorney General Hill’s statement is as follows:
“Along with 19 other states, we have opposed the Affordable Care Act because it is unconstitutional. In NFIB v. Sebelius, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly upheld the core provision of the ACA — the individual mandate — as a ‘tax.’ However, Congress later repealed this tax while leaving the mandate in place. As a result, the foundation on which the Supreme Court built its justification for Obamacare’s constitutionality ceased to exist. I hope to see the emergence of sound policies that constitutionally safeguard the healthcare needs of all Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions. I support efforts to this end by Governor Holcomb and the General Assembly here in Indiana, and I support such efforts by Congress and the Trump administration on the national level.â€
The Evansville Otters let a late lead slip away as they fell 8-3 to the Gateway Grizzlies on Thursday night at GCS Ballpark.
Following a Travis Harrison two-out double in the first inning, Brant Whiting singled him home to put Evansville up 1-0 early.
Gateway tied the game in the bottom of first on a Justin Ellison RBI single to right.
J.J Gould put the Otters back in front with an RBI double in the second.
An RBI double off the bat of Trae Santos tied the game for Gateway in the fifth.
The Otters jumped back in front on David Cronin’s sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh.
Gateway took the lead for the first time with two runs in the bottom of the seventh. Paul Russo scored on a wild pitch and Brennan Morgan gave Gateway the lead with an RBI single to center.
Trae Santos broke the game open with a grand slam in the eighth to make it an 8-3 game, the final score by which the Grizzlies went on to win by.
Max MacNabb gets the win for Gateway. MacNabb tossed seven innings allowing three runs, two earned while striking out seven.
Randy Wynne is tagged with the loss for the Otters, his seventh of the year. Wynne went seven innings, allowing four runs on 11 hits while striking out nine.
Chris Metrick collected the save after throwing two scoreless innings to close out the game.
Evansville hits the road and travels to O’Fallon to take on the first-place River City Rascals starting tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. at CarShield Field.
Coverage of the series can be found on WUEV 91.5 FM presented by Kruckemeyer & Cohn with Sam Jellinek (play-by-play) on the call.
Evansville returns to Bosse Field on July 31 to face the Joliet Slammers which kicks off a six game homestand.
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?
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