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USI Named Top Radio School In Indiana By Indiana Association Of School Broadcasters

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The University of Southern Indiana was named Top Radio School by the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) at their annual conference in March in Indianapolis.

Students representing USI’s Radio and Television Program, as well as the student-run radio station 95.7 FM The Spin, were honored in individual and station categories. The Top Radio School award is determined by a point system based on first, second and third place awards in the individual categories.

Students receiving recognition at the IASB conference were:

  • Will Huck and Cody Gard – First Place in Spot Production
  • Noah Alatza – First Place in Radio Newscast
  • Christie York – First Place in News Report, Second Place in Radio Newscast
  • Colin McDuffee and Riley Cornett – First Place in Radio Show
  • Emma Ulrich – First Place in Radio Copywriting
  • Will Huck, Eli Eilliams, and Aaron Chatman – First Place in Radio Imaging
  • Aaron Chatman, Raymond Kandal, Bailey Meenach and Christie York – Second Place in Spot Production

In additional to the IASB awards, Christie York and Noah Alatza received honors from the Indiana Society of Professional Journalism. York received first place in Best Student Radio Newscast and second place in Best Student News Reporting and Best Student Sports Reporting, while Alatza received second place in Best Student Radio Newscast.

FOOD INSPECTION REPORT

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Food Inspection Reports 6-14-18

VANDERBURGH COUNTY CURRENT WARRANTS

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EVANSVILLE CURRENT WARRANTS

June Youth of the Month Uses Engineering Skills to Help City

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When community volunteers gather in September to build the new Mickey’s Kingdom playground along the Evansville riverfront, 18-year-old Sophia Mazzocco will see her vision realized. The recent Memorial High School graduate and engineering club president designed the safety system for the $1.8 million-dollar project.

“This plan incorporates blue light safety beacons commonly seen on college campuses into the perimeter of the playground allowing a quick and effective way to contact the police department in case of emergency,” Sophia explained.

Sophia’s safety plan for the 20,000-square-foot, handicap accessible playground was approved by Evansville Police Chief Billy Bolin, Parks and Recreation Department Executive Director Brian Holtz and Deputy Director Utilities Program Management Office Mike Labitzke.

“Having Sophia play a vital role in this project was inspiring. To gain the insight of someone younger who was willing to give of herself was an asset,” Holtz said. “Like with any large-scale project, there are many steps and challenges. Sophia met each one with a sense of purpose, and in the end was able to accomplish this project.”

In a few months, Sophia will start her freshman year at the University of Louisville where she plans to study civil engineering. She wants to one day start an engineering company that would also serve as a nonprofit platform to help with sustainable housing or agriculture solutions in third world countries.

Before that happens, though, she’s interested in continuing a volunteer project at U of L that she became involved with as a freshman at Memorial: Dance Marathon for Riley Hospital for Children. Sophia served as president of RMDM (Reitz Memorial Dance Marathon) her junior and senior years. The leadership she displayed and guidance she provided inspired fellow RMDM Executive Committee member Lily Koch to nominate her for June Youth of the Month honors.

 

“Sophia’s leadership has impacted me personally because I want to be a leader like her. She’s very diligent and leads by example. She pushed us all to do our best. Not anyone else’s best, but our best. She’s opened my eyes to the good RMDM does,” Lily said. “Sophia does so much for others. I wanted to do something nice for her. I believe her hard work and dedication should be admired and applauded.”

“As I’ve grown throughout high school, I have looked to various mentors to model my actions and overall attitude after. If I could make a positive impact on everyone I met, I would, but it feels great to actually see the impact I have had on Lily,” Sophia added.

This year, Sophia helped the RMDM team raise $28,902.79 and received the Riley Hospital for Children Next Generation Philanthropist Award. She also gives of her time as a volunteer for the St. Vincent de Paul Society by visiting families in need and collecting and distributing gifts during the holiday season.

“Service has always been a main priority of mine throughout my life,” Sophia explained. “I firmly believe that happiness comes from selflessness. By following this motto, I have been given amazing opportunities to help others, and the joy that comes from doing good is unparalleled to any other thing I’ve experienced.”

In addition to her service work, Sophia was captain of Memorial’s tennis team as a senior and was a member of student council, National Honor Society, and the senior advisory council.

As Youth Resources’ June Youth of the Month, Sophia becomes a YR Youth of the Year candidate. The Youth of the Year is named at Youth Resources’ Hall of Fame Celebration in April.

Click here to learn more about Mickey’s Kingdom playground.

A VISUAL JOURNEY: FROM AIDS TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY TRAVELING EXHIBITION OPENS AT THE EVANVILLE MUSEUM

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A traveling exhibition organized by the Indiana Historical Society celebrating 30 years of LGBTQ history in Indiana opens June 1, 2018 at the Evansville Museum. As seen through the lens of Indianapolis photographer Mark A. Lee, the photographic display gives viewers a front row seat to events, both public and private, that shaped the lives of many Hoosiers. 

“A VISUAL JOURNEY: FROM AIDS TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY” documents members of the AIDS community, past and present Bag Ladies, members of Pride and those who fought for marriage equality,” writes Lee.” “It also pays tribute to five very special people who are no longer here – for reasons other than AIDS – and takes a peek into our future as it provides a closer look at the transgender community.” Mark A. Lee will attend a reception at the Museum on Thursday, June 14, at 6:00 pm, that is open to the public admission-free.

The June 1 – June 27 exhibition, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company and Cummins, also highlights the Indiana Historical Society’s work with the Indiana LGBTQ Collecting Initiative. First announced in 2014, the initiative includes oral histories, photographs and research materials donated to the IHS archive. The Indiana LGBTQ Collecting Initiative is supported by the Efroymson Family Fund and a grant from The Indianapolis Foundation, a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate. 

Former Otter Allen has contract purchased by Mets

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Former Evansville Otters second baseman Josh Allen had his contract purchased by the New York Mets Thursday out of the American Association’s St. Paul Saints.

The Mets have assigned Allen to Double-A Binghamton.

“Couldn’t be happier for Josh and his family, he’s truly a great independent baseball story,” Evansville manager Andy McCauley said. “I signed Josh out of an open tryout and he went on to be a league most valuable player and now he’s in Double-A with the Mets.”

In January, Evansville finalized a deal to send Allen to St. Paul. In return, the Otters received catcher Mike Rizzitello and a player to be named later from the Saints.

“As tough as it was to trade Josh, we realized it’s the best thing for him as a player,” McCauley said. “He had nothing left to prove in the Frontier League.”

With the Saints this season, Allen played in 24 games and batted .344 with 17 runs, 31 hits and six doubles. He also had two triples and four home runs.

Allen, a Fort Meade, Fla. native, left the Otters as the all-time franchise leader in triples (19), stolen bases (76) and hit by pitches (51).

He is second in several other career statistical categories; including games played (347), at bats (1,222), hits (374), doubles (70), RBIs (171), runs (261) and total bases (596).

Allen is third in career home runs and walks with 38 and 191, respectively.

His best season in Evansville came in 2016, where he set a single-season franchise record with a .354 batting average in earning the FL Most Valuable Player award. He also set the season record for doubles that year, finishing with 34.

With Allen, Evansville made the playoffs three times and won the 2016 Frontier League title.

A Frontier League All-Star selection in 2014, 2016 and 2017, Allen joined the Otters in 2014 after playing collegiately at the University of West Florida.

“I’m sure everyone that knew Josh in Evansville will be pulling for him,” McCauley said. “We wish him the best of luck.”

Anti-abortion student group sues Ball State alleging discrimination

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Olivia Covington fo www.theindianalawyer.com

An anti-abortion student group at Ball State University is suing university officials alleging free speech and equal protection violations, claiming the university discriminated by declining to allocate student activity fees to group while giving fees to other student-run political organizations.

The Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of Students for Life at Ball State University and three student members — Julia Weis, Renee Harding and Nora Hopf — in the Indiana Southern District Court on Wednesday. The complaint names the Ball State Board of Trustees, President Geoffrey S. Mearns, dean and vice president for student affairs Kay Bales and members of the Student Activity Fee Committee as defendants.

According to the complaint, Students for Life at Ball State — an affiliate of Students for Life of America, a national organization — applied to receive roughly $300 from the pool of mandatory student activity fees to “design and distribute educational resource material for pregnant and parenting students at Ball State University.” The Student Activity Fee Committee denied the request, citing the university’s policy of not funding “(a)ny Organization which engages in activities, advocacy, or speech in order to advance a particular political interest, religious faith, or ideology.” As a result, the organization paid $289.45 to foot the cost of the pro-life materials.

However, according to the complaint, student activity fees were used to fund other political and ideological student organizations, including Feminists for Action, the Secular Student Alliance and Spectrum. Feminists for Action organized a pro-choice rally and lobbied Congress to continue funding Planned Parenthood, while the Secular Student Alliance hosted a “God is Dead” event and Spectrum advocated for “social affirmation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and questioning lifestyles.”

Though neither Students for Life nor the three political groups mentioned in the complaint are included on the list of 12 student organizations that receive direct funding from the Student Activity Committee, those organizations can receive a portion of the student activity fees if they are co-sponsored by one of the 12 core organizations. Students for Life sought the $300 through the Student Government Association, a core organization, which forwarded the request to the committee, leading to the denial.

In addition to claiming free speech and equal protection violations, the student plaintiffs allege they are forced to subsidize views they do not agree with because they are required to pay student activity fees, which were allocated to organizations such as Feminists for Action and the Secular Student Alliance. The plaintiffs also allege the defendants are given “unbridled discretion” to allocate the fees in a manner that is not viewpoint neutral.

“Ball State University says it pledges to ‘value the intrinsic worth of every member of the community,’ but its student government is playing favorites and stifling free speech,” Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, said in a Wednesday statement. “If BSU wants to respect every member of its community, it will give Students for Life, along with other groups, equal footing. We support the free speech rights of all students, encourage the open exchange of ideas, and ask that the rights of pro-life students be respected as their peers’ rights are.”

Ball State did not respond to a request for comment on the allegations in the complaint, which seeks a declaratory judgment that the plaintiffs’ First and 14th Amendment rights were violated. The three students and Students for Life also seek an injunction to prevent university officials “from enforcing the Student Activity Fee Policy and the portions of the Student Organization Handbook challenged in this complaint.” Finally, the complaint seeks $289.45 in compensatory damages, as well as nominal damages and attorney fees.

The case of Students for Life at Ball State University, et al. v. Rick Hall, et al., 1:18-cv-1799, has been assigned to Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker and referred to Magistrate Tim Baker.

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KY HBPA, Kentucky Downs enter unprecedented agreement to move $500K each in purses to Keeneland, Churchill, Ellis

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Kentucky Downs is transferring $500,000 apiece to the purse accounts at Ellis Park, Churchill Downs and Keeneland in an unprecedented agreement with the Kentucky HBPA, which represents owners and trainers at the commonwealth’s five thoroughbred tracks.
“This is jaw-dropping and unparalleled in horse racing, to have one track boosting purses paid to horsemen at other tracks, especially when each track has different ownership,” said Marty Maline, executive director of the Kentucky HBPA. “We are proud to be working with Kentucky Downs’ visionary ownership and management to work to further strengthen racing in the commonwealth.”
The Kentucky division of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association negotiates contracts with the racetracks, including the percentage of wagering and other considerations that go into purses, and must approve the conditions under which money is transferred to another track’s account.
“Churchill Downs sincerely appreciates the work and leadership of the Kentucky horsemen on this transfer of purse money,” said Kevin Flanery, president of Churchill Downs Racetrack. “Our partnership with our horsemen is key to the success of Churchill Downs and all Kentucky racetracks, and we look forward to strengthening Kentucky racing.”
Said Bob Elliston, Keeneland’s vice president of racing and sales: “A pillar of the Keeneland mission is the betterment of the entire horse industry and, as a major subset of that, the Kentucky racing community. We appreciate the foresight of Kentucky horsemen to allocate their purse funds to continuously elevate one of the most competitive and highest-quality racing circuits in the country.”
The purse money is available because of Kentucky Downs’ lucrative Historical Horse Racing terminals, which provide another betting product with electronic games based on the results of previously run races while remaining pari-mutuel in design.
“The tracks receiving this money for their horsemen either have, or in the case of Churchill Downs is well into the process of installing, Historical Horse Racing operations that have proven so beneficial to Kentucky Downs,” Maline said. “We already have $130,000 maiden races and $145,000 allowance races at Kentucky Downs, so it’s appropriate that some of the revenue generated for purses at Kentucky Downs beef up a need at sister tracks that are investing in a successful mechanism to increase purses as well as generating considerable tax money for the state.”
Kentucky Downs offers the highest daily purses in North America for its elite five-date all-grass meet in September. A total of $2.4 million in purse money and Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund (KTDF) supplements already was in place for Ellis Park’s meet that runs July 1 through Labor Day. That includes funding for four $100,000 grass stakes on Aug. 5 that comprise Kentucky Downs Preview Day. The additional $500,000 will be used to enhance non-stakes races across the board, with maiden races now going for $42,000, the highest ever at Ellis Park.
“While Keeneland already has very nice purses, we felt that their claiming races could use a boost, especially with the competition for those horses from other tracks in the region,” Maline said. “The money going to Churchill Downs will be used to enhance purses at its September and fall meets.
“Kentucky racing was on the ropes several years ago, but we’re on an upward trajectory with the horsemen and racetracks working together. Summer racing had been a weak link, but Ellis Park now is a vibrant, economical option for owners and trainers, and that’s keeping horses and jobs in the state, which only helps our race meets in the fall.”
Said Kentucky Downs senior vice president and general manager Ted Nicholson: “When current ownership purchased the track in 2007 from Brad Kelley, one of Mr. Kelley’s stipulations was that Kentucky Downs would be a positive force for the betterment of horse racing in the commonwealth. When purses are up at racetracks, a lot of good things fall into place.
“We’re happy that we’re in a position to lend an assist to the other racetracks. No one knows better of the needs of horsemen at each track than the Kentucky HBPA. So it’s appropriate — in addition to being their contractual right — that the HBPA leadership work with the other tracks’ managers to decide how the extra purse money is used.”
The Kentucky HBPA has worked with Kentucky Downs the prior two years to augment Ellis Park purses by a total of $3 million for the 2016 and 2017 meets. There is precedent for Kentucky Downs transferring funds to tracks besides Ellis Park. In 2012, Kentucky Downs contributed KTDF purse supplements — which can only be used on non-claiming races — ranging from $153,206 to $500,946 to the other tracks in the state.
The $1.5 million total going to Ellis, Keeneland and Churchill Downs does not involve any KTDF money and therefore has no regulatory restrictions on how it can be used for purses.
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