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HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE
Indiana court pilot project helps woman gain independence
Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianalawyer.com
Jamie Beck’s journey from being confined in a nursing home to living in her own apartment and working a full-time job was aided by a pilot project funded by the American Bar Association and run through the Indiana state court administration.
Eight years ago, Beck, a woman diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, had been put into a nursing home in Richmond because she had no one to care for her. Both her parents and stepfather had died, leaving the then-19-year-old alone and without support.
She was adjudged by the Wayne Circuit Court to be incapacitated and was appointed a permanent legal guardian.
However, last week, Beck, now 27, made Indiana history. She became the first Hoosier to have her guardianship terminated in favor of a supported decision making agreement.
“This is really cool because guardianship is a significant infringement on somebody’s rights,†said Melissa Keyes, legal director at Indiana Disability Rights and Beck’s attorney. “For Jamie to have her rights restored while still being supported in making life decisions is fantastic.â€
In an order signed June 13, Wayne Superior Judge Gregory Horn found Beck was no longer an incapacitated person and was capable of managing her affairs through informal supports as well as the supported decision making document.
The pilot project that helped Beck was developed collaboratively by the Adult Guardianship Office of the Indiana Office of Court Services and Indiana’s Working Interdisciplinary Network of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS). It was just one of three in the country to receive a $30,000 grant in June 2017 from the ABA to examine less restrictive options for guardianships. The Indiana pilot is looking specifically at supported decision making.
Erica Costello, staff attorney at the Adult Guardianship Office, said while guardianships are still needed, alternative options that provide more freedom to adults should also be available.
Supported decision making was known in Indiana, Costello said. Agencies and nonprofits had been talking and thinking about the alternative, but the grant money enabled the conversation to be turned into action.
Wayne County was chosen to be the base of the pilot project because the community already has the infrastructure needed. It is being served by Achieva Resources, a Volunteer Advocates for Seniors and Incapacitated Adults program, and Horn was interested and supportive of the project, according to Costello.
The goal now is to extend the project into other counties. That effort was given a boost when the ABA provided about $3,000 to continue the grant from its planned termination in May until Sept. 30, 2018.
Indiana Disability Rights has been a partner in the pilot project. It helped to develop the forms that can now be used by others to write a supported decision making agreement, and it has offered education and training. Also, IDR identified Beck as someone interested in obtaining such an agreement.
Like Costello, Keyes said there is a need for alternatives to guardianships.
She explained supported decision making as just formalizing an ancient concept. Most adults seek out information and talk to trusted friends and acquaintances when they need help understanding matters such as car repairs or home buying.
Through her supported decision making agreement, Beck has designated a support team of select individuals who will help her make decisions about such daily responsibilities as finances, health care, legal matters and housing.
Keyes called Jamie “incredible†and noted more individuals could benefit from supported decision making.
“I am concerned about all the other people like Jamie that don’t have her self-advocacy or drive,†Keyes said. “They are sitting in nursing homes, wanting to make decisions on their own but they just haven’t found their voice.â€
Daily Scriptures for the Week of June 18, 2018
MONDAY
““To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?†says the Holy One.†Isaiah 40:25 NIV
TUESDAY
“Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He whobrings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name.Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.†Isaiah 40:26 NIV
WEDNESDAY
“Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my Godâ€?â€
Isaiah 40:27 NIV
THURSDAY
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, theCreator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and hisunderstanding no one can fathom.â€
Isaiah 40:28 NIV
FRIDAY
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.†Isaiah 40:29 NIV
SATURDAY
“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;†Isaiah 40:30 NIV
SUNDAY
“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.†Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Submitted to the City-County Observer by Karen Seltzer
“IS IT TRUE” JUNE 18, 2018
We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUEâ€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?
IS IT TRUE we are told that the Vanderburgh County Commission candidate Jeff Hatfield has raised a whopping $90,000 plus during the first month of his campaign?  …were also told that we shouldn’t be surprised to hear that Mr. Hatfield’s campaign war chest will go over the $100,000 mark by the end of this month?
IS IT TRUE Â that it looks like the deal between Deaconess Hospital-Evansville and Henderson Community Methodist Hospital/Union County Hospital is about ready to be consummated? …we give the officials at Deaconess Hospital-Evansville credit for making one heck of a savvy business deal between the two area hospitals? … we are told that the quality of healthcare in the Henderson area should dramatically improve after the merger of services during the next several months? Â …that the CCO recently questioned the terms and conditions of the business transactions between both hospitals? Â … it’s now obvious that Henderson Community Methodist Hospital has to do something quickly in order to keep the doors opened and pay their current bills? Â …we wish both hospitals the best in the future and hope that the citizens of Henderson, Kentucky area will continue receiving up-to-date and affordable healthcare?
IS IT TRUE we’ve been told that the e-mail that local Realtor Stacy Stevens GRI, CRS, SRES sent to City Council members concerning the proposed noise ordinance really insulted members of Council?  …we wouldn’t be surprised that an attempt to make sure that Ms. Stevens won’t be re-appointed to Area Plan Commission could be in the making?
IS IT TRUE it looks like the former Evansville Mayor and current Ivy Tech Chancellor Jonathon Wienzapfel meddling in state and local politics may be over with? …it was recently publicized that Mr. Wienzapfel was helping to host a political fundraising event for a local and statewide candidate?  …we were told that Chancellor Wienzapfel current employer told him to withdraw from being a sponsor of the two political fundraising events?  …we are told that Chancellor Wienzapfel is now spending his time educating students at Ivy Tech and not being a “political kingmaker”?
IS IT TRUE on the corner of the Lloyd Expressway and Fielding Road plans to build an  IGA Convenience Store and Gas station has hit a snag? … that the Area Plan Commission voted against this questionable project and members the Evansville City Council and upstaged them by voting to approve this controversial project across from Harrison High School? …even afterward the residents voiced serious concerns about this project City Council still approved it anyway?
IS IT TRUE like a thief in the night the original plans for the IGA Convenience Store and Gas station were changed without giving proper notice to the adjoining property owners or City Council members? …it looks like the project developer may have discreetly changed the route of the access road of Fielding Manor Court, without any discussion with the adjoining property owners?
IS IT TRUE that this project has gone through many phases? … step #1 was to rezone the property to meet the County’s zoning regulations? …step #2 was that the Area Plan Commission voted 7-3 against the rezoning, with two abstentions?
IS IT TRUE that step #3 the rezoning request was forwarded to City Council for a final vote and passed by a 6-3 vote in favor of the rezoning? Â …the 6-3 vote made by City Council ensures that this decision can’t be vetoed by the Mayor?
IS IT TRUE that step #4 allowed the City Engineer’s office to begin the lengthy oversite with local, county and state departments in reviewing and approving reasonable options for access along Fielding Road and developing the best possible solution for safety and mobility?
IS IT TRUE that it’s obvious that either a staff member of Area Plan or State officials errored in allowing the project developer to amend the site plans without contacting City Council or adjoining property owners?
IS IT TRUE we would like to thank State Representative Wendy McNamara for providing information to the City-County Observer concerning the current happenings at the State House?
IS IT TRUE we wonder if anybody has heard from the Democrat who is running for the United States House of Representatives seat against Congressman Larry Bucshon?
IS IT TRUE last Friday was officially the last day for former CVB Executive Director, Bob Warren? … Mr. Warrens staff had a going away lunch for him and he left town right afterward?  ….that former CVB Executive Director Warren did some good things to improve tourism during his last 6 years in Evansville? …we are told that Mr. Warren may also be remembered as the man who used taxpayers dollars to buy a “ROASTED PIG” for the CVB Christmas party?  …we wish him well during his retirement?
Todays “Readers Poll†question is: Do you feel that changing the route of the access road to Fielding Manor Court, without any discussion with the adjoining property owners was inappropriate?
Please take time and read our articles entitled “STATEHOUSE Files, CHANNEL 44 NEWS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, READERS POLL, BIRTHDAYS, HOT JOBS†and “LOCAL SPORTSâ€.  You now are able to subscribe to get the CCO daily.
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Train Derailment Near Toyota Plant
Train Derailment In Princeton
JUNE 17TH, 2018 
TOWNSEND OUTLAW INDIANA
The Gibson County Sheriff’s Office is ordering an evacuation near the site of a train derailment. The evacuation is ordered for a one-mile radius around Old Highway 41 and Caniff Trailer Court. This is near the Toyota plant.
Deputies say the derailment occurred around 7:30 Sunday night. An explosion was reported following the derailment. Video sent to us from a witness shows several cars off the tracks and either on their side or turned upside-down. The video also shows a part of the train on fire.
Highway 41 is closed between State Road 168 and State Road 64.
Few other details are available at this time.
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Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners Meeting
AGENDA of the Vanderburgh County
Board of Commissioners for June 19, 2018 at 3:00 pm, Room 301
- Call to Order
- Attendance
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Action ItemsÂ
- Health Insurance Contract ExtensionÂ
- First Reading of Resolution CO.R-06-18-007: Amendment to the Phoenix Commerce Center TIF Plan
- Board Appointment
- Department Head Reports
- New Business
- Old Business
- Consent Items
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- County Health:Â
- Public Health and Healthcare Preparedness GrantÂ
- Environmental System Research Institute, Inc. Maintenance Contract for ArcGIS Software
- Sheriff Offices: Interlocal Agreement with Jefferson County Regarding the Transfer of InmatesÂ
- County Prosecutor: Vehicle Lease Agreement
- County Health:Â
- Approval of June 5, 2018 Meeting Minutes
- Employment ChangesÂ
- Legal Aid Society: 2017 Annual ReportÂ
- County Clerk: May 2018 Monthly ReportÂ
- County Auditor: June 4- 15, 2018 Claim Voucher ReportÂ
- County Engineering:
- Department Report
- Pay Request #35 University Parkway T.I.F. for the sum of $2,599.29
- Pay Request #6 Phoenix Commerce T.I.F. for the sum of $6,890.00
- Road Closure Request: Windemere Farms HOA for a Summer Social on July 7, 2018Â
- Surplus Request: Old National Events Plaza Various ItemsÂ
- United Neighborhood of Evansville: May 2018 Monthly ReportÂ
- County Prosecutor: Request to Waive Fees at the ONEP for the October 9, 2018 Addiction is Real Event
- American Medical Response: Vanderburgh County / 911 Ambulance Call SummaryÂ
- Workers Compensation Compromise Stipulation
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- Public Comment
- Rezoning
- Final Reading of Rezoning Ordinance VC-4-2018
Petitioner: B & L Properties, LLC
Address: 12401 Browning Road
Request: Change from Ag to PUDÂ
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- First Reading of Rezoning Ordinance VC-5-2018
Petitioner: Kloc Holdings, LLC
Address: 610 E. Hillsdale RoadÂ
Request: Change from R to C-4 & Ag
- Adjournment
Commentary: What Happened To Liberty And Justice For All?
By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.comÂ
INDIANAPOLIS – These days, as I read the news, I find the words to an old Bob Dylan song running through my head:
I can’t see my reflection in the mirror
I can’t speak the sounds that show no pain
I can’t hear the echo of my footsteps
I can’t remember the sound of my own name.
We Americans have lost our way.
This is not the America I have known, the America I was taught to honor, even revere, as a child. This is not the America to which I pledged allegiance in school when I was a small boy.
That pledge didn’t proclaim liberty and justice only for some or just for those who support the president.
No, it promised liberty and justice for all.
That’s what this country was supposed to stand for. That’s who we Americans aspired to be, the people who created a land where everyone could be free.
In the past, we Americans sacrificed in defense of liberty. We fought wars – even with ourselves – to keep or make people free.
In fact, we became a nation in the first place out of a desire to escape tyranny. So many American family stories – mine among them – contain tales of an ancestor fleeing oppression and hardship in search of freedom.
These are the stories that define us as a people.
Or at least they used to.
Now, though, we are the nation that tears families apart as they try to flee terror and seek asylum in the land of the free. We are the nation that rips children from the arms of their parents and places them in camps that are at best inadequate and at worst subhuman. We are the nation that sends people home to be killed by thugs and murderers.
We do this, the attorney general to the United States tells us, for biblical reasons.
“I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command to Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes,†Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a speech in Fort Wayne.
The biblical passage Sessions cites has figured in American history before.
Loyalists to the British crown leaned on it to make a case against the American Revolution in the 1770s. And southern slaveholders used the same words to combat the case for abolition in the years leading up to the Civil War.
Sessions, like so many self-proclaimed devout Christians, seems to miss the point of the crucifixion. Jesus’s suffering and martyrdom were powerful and redemptive in part because his punishment was so obviously unjust. His misery wasn’t just a comfort to the spirit, but also a challenge to the conscience.
Yet Jeff Sessions urges Americans now to stand with the heirs to Pontius Pilate and not with the spirit of the figure nailed to the cross.
Our policy regarding refugees, immigrants and their families – their children – isn’t biblical.
It isn’t conservative.
It isn’t liberal.
It’s just wrong.
And it’s mean.
It’s too much to expect this president and his cultish coterie of appeasers and enablers to understand America’s historic sense of moral aspiration. They view every national act through a prism of personal, political and financial self-interest.
But it’s not too much to expect that U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, and U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, both of whom are honorable men who have taken oaths to serve this country, will rise to their duty and remember who we are.
And what we stand for.
The same goes for the members of Indiana’s congressional delegation.
This is a time for them to put party aside and do the right thing – the decent thing.
And it is our duty as citizens to support them if they do.
If we do, if we stop this injustice, maybe we will be able once more to see our reflection in the mirror, hear the echo of our footsteps, remember the sound of our own name.
And, maybe, just maybe, once again speak the sounds that show no pain.
FOOTNOTE: John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism, host of “No Limits†WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
The City_County Observer posted this article without opinion, bias or editing.
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