Otters swept on the road by Miners
The Otters opened the scoring in the second inning for the second straight game. Luis Vilorio doubled to bring home Carlos Castro and Vilorio then scored on a Ryan Long single to put the Otters up 2-0.
The Miners got one back in the bottom half of the frame when John Holland singled home Romeo Cortina to bring the Miners to within one.
Southern Illinois then tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Dougie Parks singled home the tying run.
The Miners took the lead in the seventh when Ben Moore singled home two runs to put the Miners up 4-2.
The Otters got the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth, but Jeff Gardner grounded out to first as the Miners took the finale of the series 4-2.
Otters’ starter Tyler Vail did not factor into the decision after throwing 5.1 innings, allowing two runs and striking out six.
Miners’ starting pitcher Kurt Heyer also did not earn a decision as he threw just four innings, giving up two runs and striking out two.
Sean Adler is dealt the loss for the second time in the series after allowing two runs in 1.2 innings out of the bullpen.
Austin Dubsky gets the win for the Miners after tossing four innings of shutout baseball in relief of Heyer.
Michael Starcevich earns the save as he closed the door on the Otters’ offense in the ninth.
Following an off day on Monday, the Otters will be back in action June 5-7 when they host the Gateway Grizzlies at Bosse Field. The first game of the series is scheduled for Tuesday with first pitch at 6:35 p.m.
“IS IT TRUE” JUNE 4, 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 today the U.S. Supreme Court gave a victory to a Colorado baker who argued he should not be compelled to make a cake for a same-sex wedding?  …this case pitted freedom of religion against marriage equality and protection from discrimination?  …the 7-to-2  Supreme Court ruling was focused on this case and did not address the larger question of whether the First Amendment protects providers of wedding and other services who have cited religious and freedom of expression objections when refusing to serve gay and lesbian customers?
IS IT TRUE on March 1, 2018, the Owensboro Health System President and Chief Executive  Officer, Greg R. Strahan sent a certified letter of interest to Methodist Hospital Chairman of the Board, Dane Shields?…attached below is a certified letter we received from an anonymous source yesterday for your review?
IS IT TRUE that last week we posted the names of Henderson Community Methodist Hospital and Union County Hospital Board of Directors members?  …the reason why we didn’t post the Deaconess Hospital-Evansville Board of Directors members was that we couldn’t find a listing of them?
IS IT TRUE we just received this e-mail from a Susan Hon?  …she wrote: I live in Ward 2 and thinking about running for City Council Ward 2? … for 12 years this position has been held by Missy Mosby?  …Missy claims she works for you? …she works for the dogs “It Takes A Village” and sell houses?  …Missy is all about the dogs, not the city?  …Is it Time For A Change”?
IS IT TRUE that several months ago ECHO Housing attorney Scott Wylie alleges that “all donor funds that have come to ECHO have been accounted forâ€? …we wonder if ECHO Housing attorney Scott Wylie still feels that all money that came into Echo Housing has been accounted for since the forensic audit has been completed?
IS IT TRUE according to the Assistant Chief of the EPD the Forensic Audit of ECHO HOUSING has been completed but they can’t release the results because of possible criminal charges?  …since the EPD feel that there might be criminal activities pertaining to the financial transactions of ECHO Housing we wonder why the EDP haven’t turned over the results of the Forensic Audit to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor office for possible criminal indictments?
IS IT TRUE we have been contacted by several readers asking us what is the educational and professional background that makes one qualified to be hired as the Executive Director of ECHO Housing?  …that our readers also wonder would who appoints members of the ECHO Board 0f Directors?
IS IT TRUE that both St Vincents and Deaconess Hospitals are part of an important data gathering effort to learn more about Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome  (NAS)?  …that NAS is when a baby is born dependent on drugs (mostly opioids) due to mom’s substance abuse?  …the Commission on the Improvement of Children (CISC) has on its website a factual explanation of infant mortality, including an explanation of the survey our hospitals have volunteered to participate?  …attached is the link to the CISC for your review?
http://www.in.gov/children/files/cisc-2017-1108-pp.pdf
IS IT TRUE we appreciate the excellent work that the Chief Deputy of the Vanderburgh County Treasurer Department is doing?  …that Dottie Thomas deserves five (5) cheers for doing a good job as the Chief Deputy of the Vanderburgh County Treasurer Department?
IS IT TRUE we commend the Courier and Press senior political writer, Tom Langhorne for reporting that the Mayor’s wife was doing some political lobbying on behalf of people who want the proposed noise ordinance to be approved by city council?
IS IT TRUE we would like to thank the AMR Medical Transportation personnel, emergency room staff, nurses and Doctors at Saint Vincent Hospital for doing a great job in treating our Publisher during a serious medical crisis over the last several days?  …we are happy to report that he is now home quietly resting?
Todays “Readers Poll†question is: DO you feel that the EPD should turn the results of the Forensic Audit of ECHO HOUSING over to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor office for possible criminal indictments?
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Attorney Fee Denial Affirmed In Investor’s Unsuccessful Lawsuit
Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.ccom
An investor in a life sciences company who lost the bulk of her $400,000 investment won’t have to pay nearly twice that amount to lawyers who represented the company that prevailed in part in a countersuit against her.
Julie Menefee entered into a contract in 2007 for ownership shares in Bloomington-based BioConvergence, LLC. She agreed to invest $400,000 in the company in exchange for 3,333 Class B-1 units of membership interest. This represented a valuation of $120 per share.
In 2012, after BioConvergence founder and CEO Alisa K. Wright informed Menefee that her shares were now worth about $15.50 apiece, Menefee sued her and BioConvergence. The suit raised claims including securities fraud, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty. BioConvergence filed a counterclaim alleging breach of contract against Menefee.
Ultimately, a jury ruled for the defendants in 2017, including on the defense counterclaim against Menefee. A special judge in the Monroe Circuit Court, however, subsequently declined to award a defense request for attorney fees and costs totaling $732,018.39.
In a 54-page opinion Friday, Court of Appeals Judge Elaine Brown affirmed the decision in BioConvergence, LLC, and Alisa K. Wright v. Julie Menefee, 53A04-1708-PL-1810. Relying on Dale Bland Trucking, Inc. v. Kiger, 598 N.E.2d 1103, 1105 (Ind. Ct. App. 1992), the panel held that the lack of an enabling indemnity provision in the contract precluded a claim for attorney fees, and Menefee’s claims were not frivolous or in bad faith.
“Here, the indemnity provision did not explicitly permit an award of attorney fees nor refer to the recovery of attorney fees in an indemnity action,†Brown wrote for the panel. “Accordingly, we cannot say that reversal is warranted.â€
Commentary: School’s Out, Hunger’s In
Commentary: School’s Out, Hunger’s In
By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.comÂ
INDIANAPOLIS – The number startles.
Emily Weikert Bryant, executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, tells me 279,000 Hoosier children struggle to be fed during these coming months.
John Krull, publisher, TheStatehouseFile.com
Bryant and I, along with the Indiana Department of Education’s Adam Barker and Tina Skinner, talk over the air about summer food insecurity, particularly among children.
The end of a school year can mean many things for kids – a chance to break the routine, the opportunity to spend more time outside, an opening to work, spend time with friends or travel with family.
But, for an alarming slice of Indiana’s children, the end of school also means that it’s time to go hungry. The meals they receive at school stop when classes do. For too many Hoosier children, that can mean going 10 or 11 weeks without knowing when the next nutritious meal will come or where it will come from.
Bryant, Skinner, and Barker say the best number we have indicates that nearly 18 percent of the state’s population can be defined as food insecure, but figure probably is low. There’s a stigma attached to being hungry one’s self – and an even greater one for having hungry children.
Many people who need food are too embarrassed to ask.
There are resources available for hungry people, hungry families, and hungry children, Barker, Bryant, and Skinner tell me.
They describe herculean efforts to deliver meals at parks, at schools, at drop-offs, and at many other sites. They deliver meals in paper bags and in backpacks. They feed people at community get-togethers as part of a widespread effort to end the embarrassment and erase the stigma of hunger – if everyone is eating at the community meal, there’s no reason for shame.
The portrait that emerges from their descriptions is of a small army of Hoosiers struggling to solve a big problem.
They make a dent.
But not much more than a dent.
All this work and all these meals reach only about 16 percent of the Hoosiers who are food insecure – just under 45,000 children of the 279,000.
The rest continue to go hungry.
Barker and Skinner, a nutrition specialist, talk about the costs of allowing children to go hungry. Study after study has demonstrated that students who are hungry or ill-nourished don’t learn as quickly or as well. They present more discipline problems. And they are far less likely to succeed in work and in life.
Put another way, children who aren’t fed decent meals will have a hard time leading satisfying lives and stand a much greater chance of causing problems for society at large.
That’s the big picture.
The smaller one is more intimate, more painful.
A memory surfaces as Barker and Skinner talk. Years ago, I volunteered at an inner-city elementary school in Indianapolis. More than 95 percent of the students in the school were deemed at-risk and were on the free and subsidized breakfast and lunch program.
I was at the school the morning the kids came back from Thanksgiving break. I was shocked at the way many of them crowded into the cafeteria and the near desperation with which they ate their food.
One teacher told me, “A lot of them probably haven’t had much to eat over break.â€
Over Thanksgiving weekend.
The memory makes my jaw tighten as Barker, Bryant, Skinner and I talk.
No child should have to live like that.
No child should go hungry.
But, over these coming summer months, 234,000 Hoosier children will.
Nearly a quarter of a million children in our state will go hungry.
They will go through the day hungry.
And they will go to bed hungry.
Day after day, week after week, month after month.
Here in Indiana.
Here in America.
Here in the heart of the world’s breadbasket.
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.