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UE Receives $100,000 Grant from Schell Foundation 

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The University of Evansville has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Charles E. Schell Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee. The funds will provide educational assistance loans without interest or security to qualified students to aid them in securing a practical education that would not be otherwise attainable. This grant money will create a revolving loan fund for UE students. As these students repay their loans, it will enable the University to continue lending to other students. 

The Charles E. Schell Foundation for Education was established by the will of the late Charles Edson Schell and is administered by Fifth Third Bank, Trustee, to provide a means for qualified students to manage the cost of higher education without undue hardship. Students may use the funds for billable student expenses, including tuition, fees, books, or room and board

“This is UE’s second grant from the Schell Foundation; the first coming in 2009,” said Sylvia DeVault, UE corporate and foundation relations officer. “We at UE are very grateful for this support from the Schell Foundation.”

Washington Post Ranks Indiana Top Republican Pick-Up Opportunity in Senate Mike Braun Ranked GOP’s Most Likely Victory, Donnelly Most Vulnerable Democrat

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Indiana climbed to number two on the Washington Post’s ranking of the Top 10 Senate Races in the country, meaning Mike Braun is the Republican best positioned to unseat an incumbent Democrat, and Senator Donnelly is the most vulnerable Democrat in the Senate.
The updated ranking comes on the heels of a new poll showing Mike Braun continuing to gain ground over Senator Donnelly, a stellar fundraising quarter for Braun which found the businessman handily outraising his incumbent opponent, and a groundswell of grassroots momentum behind Braun’s candidacy across the state.
“From polling to fundraising to grassroots enthusiasm, it’s clear Mike Braun has all the momentum in this race,” said spokesman Josh Kelley. “This new ranking just reaffirms what Hoosiers already know: Sleepin’ Joe’s days of obstructing President Trump’s agenda in the Senate are numbered.”

Attorney leads Indy students to win national debate competition

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Katie Stancombe for www.theindianalawyer.com

When Indianapolis attorney Maurice Scott’s wife told him there were students at the Global Prep Academy who had questions about current government issues, he immediately volunteered to give some answers.

“I kept hearing how students were personally affected by the Muslim travel ban, potholes, food desserts and deportation of a loved one,” Scott said. “I was amazed that students at such a young age had questions, paid attention to their community, and wanted to know what steps to take to resolve issues.”

He said it was an easy decision to partner with the school once he knew the middle school students had an interest in learning more about the role of government in their own lives. The students also partnered with a local non-profit called Winning Experiences in Avondale Meadows, which mentors youth through civic education and experiential learning.

Scott and three students travelled to Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday to participate in a national debate competition to test their new-found knowledge. Voting rights, gerrymandering, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, social security and tax reform were the main topics of discussion.

Approximately 50 middle school and high school students from Texas, New York, Indiana and Wisconsin competed as individuals and teams on various current issues at the event. Scott’s students placed first in the middle school group, debating the different branches of government.

“The judges complimented the students on their knowledge for their age,” Scott said.

He said he plans to gather more students and teachers for next year’s competition with hopes of partnering alongside other charter schools and collaborating with the Marion County Bar Association.

Scott said he loves seeing kids grow and develop into contributing members of society. He also said he thinks this kind of program could open doors for more students to come.

“I tell my students I want them to become the next generation of lawyers, judges, community activists, politicians,” Scott said. “I want them to be problem solvers. Being a member of the GPA debate team is the start to a bright future.”

Food Inspections Report

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Food inspections 7-19-18

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Michael McConomy: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor), Disregarding stop sign (Class C infraction), Failure to register (Class C infraction)

David Lynn Powers: Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony)

Ellis Floyd Gold: Unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon (Level 4 Felony)

Torrance Jermaine Stewart Jr.: Unlawful possession or use of a legend drug (Level 6 Felony), Carrying a handgun without a license (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor)

Earnise Jermaine Boyd: Residential entry (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor), Theft (Class A misdemeanor), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor)

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Jess Powers via email at jpowers@vanderburghgov.org

Daniel Allen Gaffney: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Interference with the reporting of a crime (Class A misdemeanor)

Amanda Gail Foster: Assisting a criminal (Level 6 Felony), False informing (Class B misdemeanor)

Amber Rochelle Cottrell: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)

Shane E. Okeefe: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 4 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Improper motorcycle license endorsement (Class C infraction), Registration and display of registration (Class C infraction)

HOYT JOBS IN EVANVILLE

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Vickie Foley 2-year-olds impressive in debuts

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Vickie Foley trains a small stable, currently totaling nine horses, but two of those were good-looking winners in their 2-year-old debuts at Ellis Park.
Alexis Harthill’s Include Edition rallied from last and five-wide out of the turn to prevail this past Sunday by 1 1/3 lengths at almost 24-1 odds, paying $49.60 to win. A week earlier, the Vickie Foley et al syndicate’s Mine Inspector broke slowly, quickly got into striking position before blowing to the lead to romp by 7 3/4 lengths. The Discreetly Mine colt covered 5 1/2 furlongs on turf in 1:03.43, including the last sixteenth-mile in 6:08 seconds.
James Graham rode both horses.
Harthill and Foley were a bit surprised by Include Edition’s victory, which they watched from Louisville. Vickie’s brother, trainer Greg Foley, saddled the filly and was in the winner’s circle with his family. It was a big day for the Foley clan as Greg won the prior allowance race with Transatlantic Kiss, one of his three wins this meet heading into Friday’s card.
 “We were going to ride with Greg, and his whole family ended up going,” Vickie said of Include Edition. “And it was raining. We just decided to stay home. We were there in spirit. We were hooping and hollering and went out to dinner celebrating.
“She broke well, but she didn’t like being pinned down on the inside and I liked how Graham let her settle, let those horses go on, and he moved her out (from) the slop hitting her in the face. He just let her relax and she just exploded. She did it with such grace. He didn’t get excited and rode her beautifully.”
Greg Foley played a role in both youngsters landing in his sister’s barn. Greg Foley was the underbidder on Mine Inspector as a yearling and urged his sister to take a look at the colt when he was offered at a 2-year-old auction. Her syndicate, overseen in conjunction with Louisville accountant Bill Malone, acquired Mine Inspector for $45,000, or $7,000 less than his previous owner paid for him as a yearling.
Greg Foley purchased Include Edition for $15,000, one of three yearlings he bought with the idea of ultimately selling to clients. When he had no takers after paying for the youngsters to be broken over the winter in South Carolina, he asked his sister and Harthill if they would be interested. Harthill bought two of the three. Her other purchase, a West Virginia-bred now named Tryon Summer, was second in her debut at Indiana Grand on July 4.
“After it’s said and done, yeah, he’d love to have the fillies, but he’s happy we have them,” Vickie said. “This filly (Include Edition) has trained excellent. She’s very intelligent. She’s done everything you want. But they were touting (in the race) horses of Ben Colebrook, Steve Asmussen, one who had a bullet work.”
“All those fancy horses, so they forgot about her,” said Harthill, who also is an owner in Mine Inspector.
Mine Inspector got left at the gate, spotting the field several lengths but soon strode up to be in the second flight of horses, tipping out on the turn to sweep to the lead. Approaching the wire, Ellis announcer Jimmy McNerney said, “Here’s a good one, folks. Mine Inspector is running a gi-normous race here!”
“This little horse, he’s not real sharp right from the gate,” Vickie Foley said. “He’s been to the gate many times but has always been a little slow breaking. That will come with experience.”
She admitted briefly being worried after the break, thinking, “Oh crap. But then when I saw how easily he was recovering, I wasn’t.”
Said Graham: “He did everything right. He’s a smart little horse. He’ll improve. He quickened up nicely when I called on him, galloped out strongly, too. They went so far in front, I was just glad he didn’t break real good, break running with them. Then I’d have had to sit and wait on them and fight him maybe. But when I pulled the trigger, he quickened. And he quickened smart.
“He might stretch out later on, too. He’s not an aggressive horse mentally, which is a great thing.”
As it turned out, a horse Vickie Foley and Malone couldn’t have afforded made it possible to buy the one they wanted.
“We bought this horse at Ocala, and he was a real nice-looking individual,” Vickie said. “We got him at the right price. We just really liked him. In fact, the reason I was really on to him, Greg had bid on this horse at the yearling sale. Greg loves Discreetly Mine colts…. Greg put us on this horse.”
Malone said they got Mine Inspector for under their budget because the prior owner reselling had just sold another horse for a nice profit at the sale, and as such didn’t put a predetermined minimum selling price on the colt.
“When we went to the sale and looked at all the horses, Vickie said, ‘That’s the one. That’s the one I want,’” Malone said. “We sat there for two days, didn’t buy anything, waiting for this. If you don’t have a lot of money, it’s tough to buy horses. We had a Mine Inspector 25 years ago, and we renamed this one Mine Inspector.”
Foley said she’s looking at the $75,000 Ellis Park Debutante on Aug. 19 for Include Edition, while Mine Inspector likely will be pointed toward a $140,000 allowance race at Kentucky Downs.
“We have a small stable but we’re pretty loaded with some nice stock. And we haven’t even turned Tigers Rule loose,” Vickie Foley said, alluding to her nice turf 3-year-old who narrowly lost Keeneland’s Grade 3 Dixiana Bourbon last fall.
Good Lord draws eight older horses
Churchill Downs allowance winners Majestic Affair (2-1) and Concord Fast (3-1) head Sunday’s $50,000 Good Lord Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs. The stakes, previously known as the Don Bernhardt, was renamed in recognition of its three-time winner Good Lord, who was trained by the recently retired Ellis Park fixture Forrest Kaelin. The field, with horse (weight) jockey/trainer and odds:
Post time: Sunday at 4:10 p.m. CT
  1. Smart Spree (120) Morales/McKnight 4-1
  2. Shut the Box (120) Landeros/Montano 5-1
  3. Line Judge (120) Graham/Amoss 6-1
  4. He’s Munnie (120) Rocco/Lyster 15-1
  5. Concord Fast (122) Chuan/Hartman 3-1
  6. Woodland Walk (120) Berrios/Shanyfelt 12-1
  7. Control Stake (120) Lanerie/G. Foley 7-2
  8. Majestic Affair (120) Bridgmohan/Cox 2-1
Ellis graduate Talk Veuve to Me captures Indiana Oaks
Talk Veuve to Me, who was second in her racing debut last summer at Ellis Park, romped to a 4 3/4-length victory over Figarella’s Queen in last week’s Grade 3, $200,000 Indiana Oaks at Indiana Grand and now is in Saratoga.
“She showed what I was expecting her to show,” said Keeneland-based trainer Rodolphe Brisset, who has two wins and two thirds in five starts at the current Ellis meet. “It was maybe a little quicker than what I was thinking on paper. But she took the lead pretty easy. You could see that she was looking around a lot, just went to the wire cruising.
“She’s very unlucky being born in one of the best years —how many good fillies do we have this year? — between Monomoy Girl, Midnight Bisou and Red Ruby and I’m sure I’ve left out some. It’s a very, very strong year for 3-year-old fillies. I don’t know where everybody wants to go. She may have to face them and turn the table on some to be in the top three. But we are what we are.”
Figarella’s Queen, a 13-1 shot ridden by Robby Albarado, closed from sixth to finish 6 3/4 lengths in front her Brad Cox-trained stablemate Kelly’s Humor, winner of last year’s Ellis Park Debutante.
Talk Veuve to Me, a daughter of Violence, originally was purchased by Brisset privately after she failed to sell at a 2-year-old auction. Brisset was about to go out on his own, after being an assistant to Hall of Famer Bill Mott, and he sold part-interest in Talk Veuve to Me to good friend Stephen McKay. The filly was second in her debut at Ellis Park last summer, then sidelined by a slight stress fracture. Returning to the races in March at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, she won by 11 lengths and the Team Valor International syndicate bought majority interest.
In her next two starts, Talk Veuve to Me was second in Churchill Downs’ Grade 2 Eight Belles on the Kentucky Oaks undercard, then second in New York’s Grade 1 Acorn behind Kentucky Oaks winner Monomoy Girl.
“She had two real hard races, the Acorn, the Eight Belles,” said Team Valor president Barry Irwin. “We wanted to find a spot we were confident she would win. Just so she wouldn’t lose another race and get seconditis. Rodolphe picked out this one, and it worked out great.”

JUST IN: Video of Ron Geary And Saratoga Connections Concerning Ellis Sale

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Wanted Felon From Pursuit Tracked By Sheriff’s Office K-9

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Wanted Felon From Pursuit Tracked By Sheriff’s Office K-9

A wanted felon is in custody this evening after leading the Sheriff’s Office on a pursuit through the southern part of the city.

On Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 1:21 PM Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Indiana State Police troopers and Evansville Police officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force attempted to stop a dark green 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo is driven by wanted felon David Anthony Zachary.

Zachary fled in the vehicle, leading authorities on a 25-minute pursuit that wound through the southeast and southwest areas of the city. Speeds of the pursuit reached 50 mph. The vehicle came to a stop in the bushes of a residence at the corner of Boeke Road and John Court. Zachary fled on foot and was tracked by a Sheriff’s Office K-9 assigned to the Marshals Service Task Force.

Zachary was located in the yard of a residence at the corner of Harper Avenue and Sycamore Street. Zachary surrendered to the K-9 team and was taken into custody without further incident.

During the pursuit, Zachary’s vehicle made contact with two different vehicles. There were no reported injuries and only minor damage involved.

Mr. Zachary had an active felony warrant for violating the terms of his probation, which stemmed from a September 2017 arrest for Reckless Driving and Resisting Law Enforcement. Mr. Zachary is being held in the Vanderburgh County Jail with no bond.

ARRESTED: David Anthony Zachary (33, of Evansville. Criminal Recklessness as a Level 6 Felony, Resisting Law Enforcement as a Level 6 Felony, Resisting Law Enforcement as a Class A Misdemeanor, Operating without a License as a Class C Misdemeanor, Leaving the Scene of an Accident as a Class B Misdemeanor

 

Presumption of Innocence Notice: The fact that a person has been arrested or charged with a crime is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.

 

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD REPORT

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