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Splash into Summer this Saturday.
The Splash into Summer FREE City Pool Cookout scheduled for Rochelle-Landers Pool this Saturday will be held at Hartke Pool, 201 N. Boeke Rd., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rochelle-Landers Pool will be closed Saturday and Sunday, July 14 and 15, to allow the pool’s swim team and lifeguards to participate in the City Swim Meet at Garvin Pool.
Adopt A Pet
Moxie is a female black Lab mix! She was adopted from the VHS last September, treated for heartworms, and then returned for a lack of time with heartworms again. Poor Moxie! She’s only 2 years old and has a long life ahead of her, hopefully heartworm-free. Her adoption fee is $110 and includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and 2nd heartworm treatment. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!
Aces baseball represented at the next level
Several becoming stars at the next level
 It has been an impressive summer for several University of Evansville baseball alums who are enjoying success at the professional level.
In his sophomore season for with his hometown squad – the Colorado Rockies – Kyle Freeland has pitched at an elite level. With a July 12 start against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the books, Freeland stands with an 8-6 record with a 3.11 ERA. He has posted 92 strikeouts while walking just 38 batters.
He has been a steady arm in the Rockies’ rotation, accumulating 12 quality starts in his last 15 games. A quality start in Major League Baseball is defined as a game where the starting pitcher goes at least six innings and allows three earned runs or fewer.
Freeland has done that and much more for Colorado. The southpaw has made 19 starts and has given up more than three earned runs on just two occasions. He has been on a nice roll over the last month, giving up just eight earned runs in 37.1 innings of work.
An even more important statistic in MLB is wins above replacement (WAR). In short, WAR is a baseball stat that summarizes a player’s total contribution to their team in just that one stat. As of July 13, Freeland is tied for 13th in all of the MLB in the statistic and tied for 6th among pitchers.
His work has helped the Rockies to a 48-45 mark as the team is just 4 games out of the second wildcard spot in the National League.
Freeland is not the only UE baseball alum to be in the majors this year. Kevin Kaczmarski, the leading hitter in the NCAA in 2015 (batted .465), was called to the majors by the New York Mets on June 22. Kaczmarski graduated from Evansville in 2015 and was drafted by the Mets in the 9th round of the 2015 MLB Draft.
Kaczmarski made his first Major League start against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 9. In four games with the Mets, he drew a walk in six plate appearances. The native of Cary, Ill. earned his call-up with an impressive showing with the Mets AAA squad – the Las Vegas 51s. He batted .363 with 29 hits in 80 at-bats to go along with 8 RBI and 7 walks.
That came on the heels of his 2017 effort that saw him bat .274 in 128 games with the AA Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Kaczmarski was sent back to the AAA squad on July 11.
Kyle Lloyd, who made his MLB debut with the San Diego Padres in 2017, has been with the El Paso Chihuahuas in 2018. The Chihuahuas are the AAA affiliate of the Padres. Lloyd has won three of his seven appearances while striking out 29 batters in 30 innings of work. He has not pitched since being placed on the disabled list on May 8.
Former UE shortstop Eric Stamets has also been at the AAA level this season, playing in 42 games for the Columbus Clippers. The Clippers are in the Cleveland Indians system. Stamets checks in with a .196 average while scoring 11 runs and posting 8 RBI. He has been on the disabled list since June 26. Just before his stint on the DL, Stamets had a 2-4 effort with an RBI, walk and run scored on June 23 versus the Gwinnett Stripers.
Evansville also has a pair of 2017 graduates making their way up the ladder. Pitcher Connor Strain, who was taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of last year’s draft, has been lights out this year. He started the year with the Great Lakes Loons, who are the Dodgers Class A squad. He appeared in 16 games while notching a 1.40 ERA in 25.2 innings of action. Opponents hit just .217 against him.
On July 9, he was rewarded for his efforts and earned a promotion to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, who are at the Class A-Advanced level. Strain made his debut with the Quakes on July 10, throwing two scoreless innings while striking out two batters.
Trey Hair was a 34th-round pick in 2017 by the Tampa Bay Rays. He started this season playing for the Rays’ Class A Short Season squad – the Hudson Valley Renegades. After betting .471 in four games, he earned a quick promotion to the Class A Full Season team – the Bowling Green Hot Rods.
Playing in nearby Bowling Green, Ky., Hair has seen his success translate to the next level, batting .317 in 16 games and 63 at-bats with the Hot Rods.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ANIMALS, INC TO HOST A CRAFT AND VENDOR FAIR!
Another Chance for Animals, Inc. will host a Craft and Vendor Fair on Saturday, August 4, 2018 from 9:00AM to 4:00PM to benefit the rescue. Another Chance for Animals is dedicated to the rescue, care and placement of homeless animals in the area, working diligently to find forever homes and loving families for these animals. The event will be held at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 300 Court Street, Evansville, IN.
The fair will feature a variety of vendors plus a bake sale. Monetary donations or a donation of pet supplies is suggested for admission. Applications for crafters and vendors will be accepted until July 20, 2018. Applications may be found here: https://form.jotform.com/80937599484174
IDEM issues Air Quality Action Day today for three Indiana regions
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has issued an Air Quality Action Day and is forecasting high ozone levels for Saturday, July 14, 2018 in the following areas:Â
- Central Indiana – Marion, Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Monroe, Morgan and ShelbyÂ
- Southeast Indiana – Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Scott and Washington
- Southwest Indiana – Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and WarrickÂ
IDEM encourages everyone to help reduce ozone by making simple changes to their daily habits. You can:
- Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation
- Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip
- Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.
- Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds
- Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air conditioner to 75 degrees or aboveÂ
Anyone sensitive to changes in air quality may be affected when ozone levels are high. Children, the elderly and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.Â
A SUMMER PLACE (NOT THE MOVIE) By Jim Redwine
GAVEL GAMUT
By Jim Redwine
Week of 16 July 2018
A SUMMER PLACE (NOT THE MOVIE)
I was married, had a son and was broke when I started Law School in Bloomington, Indiana in the summer of 1968. Although I was working full-time on a night stock crew at a Kroger’s grocery store and was receiving the G.I. bill for my Air Force service, our family just made it. My mission was to get out of school as quickly as possible. I.U. allowed 44 of us new law students to enroll on a new 27-month plan instead of the normal three years with three summers off. Only 6 of us completed the program where we actually started in June 1968 and took the Bar Exam in the summer of 1970 before we graduated in August.
What this did for my family and me was to allow me to become a lawyer when that would not have been possible had we had to remain in Law School another year. My G.I. Bill benefits were used up by the spring 1970 semester and we could not survive on my Kroger pay.
Now I will leave it up to my past clients and those who have appeared in front of me as judge to determine if I.U. made an error in judgment in allowing me to cram three years of education into two. But as for me it was a necessity. However, it also showed me how the summertime, when most Law Schools are not in session, could be put to use.
Another long-term association I have had as judge is with the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. While NJC does conduct summer continuing education sessions for judges from every state and many foreign countries, these courses, due to the demands of working judges’ schedules, usually are a maximum of two weeks. In two weeks judges can have existing skills more finely honed. However, the in-depth education and training one should experience before being charged with the thousands of critical judging decisions affecting our citizens requires a greatly expanded curriculum and much more time. Unfortunately, in America today all judges get their judicial education after they become judges. Such a system of on-the-job training might work well for workers on a night stock crew, but it is anathema to receiving equal justice from new judges.
In some countries, the pool of potential judges is formed in Law Schools where those who wish to someday be a judge must complete a rigorous and specially designed regimen. That is in contrast to America where if one wishes to be a judge all that is required is that he or she graduate from a law school. And in Law School not even the law professors are likely to have a clue about what a judge’s role really entails.
What I suggest is a system of developing a pool of attorneys who have a Law School specialty of Judging much as in medicine where one must be trained as a neurologist before they operate on someone’s brain. Naturally the students who want to later be considered for election or appointment as judges should have at least all the education and training of any attorney who will appear in front of the judge, so the judicial specialty must call for additional Law School time just as a medical student who wants to specialize needs extra education and time. I suggest the three summers of a Law School education are a natural fit for a Judicial Specialty. I will more fully address these issues in future columns. Try to curb your excitement.
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