This handsome devil was once just a friendly ol’ neighborhood tomcat, roamin’ the streets and causin’ trouble. But he is very affectionate and loving, so a kind stranger brought him to the VHS and he’s just too sweet to live outside! He does have FIV (which is similar to HIV in people) but it can only be transmitted to other cats through deep bite wounds, so if the kitties are friendly, he can live just fine with others. His adoption fee is $40 which includes his neuter, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!
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UE Men’s basketball draws Wyoming in 2018 MVC/Mountain West Challenge
ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference/Mountain West Challenge Series returns for its 8th season in 2018 and will feature the University of Evansville men’s basketball team taking on the University of Wyoming.
Set for Wednesday, November 28, the game between the Purple Aces and Cowboys will take place at the Ford Center. It will mark the third meeting between the schools. On December 23, 1988, the Aces earned an 84-63 win at Roberts Stadium before the Cowboys defended their home court on Dec. 5, 1989 with a 66-64 triumph.
Evansville is playing in the series for the seventh time and has gone 2-4 in its first six contests. UE’s games in the series include:
12/5/10 – at Air Force – L – 56-57
12/3/11 – vs. TCU – L – 68-70 OT
12/1/12 – at Colorado State – L – 72-79
12/20/15 – at Fresno State – W – 85-77
12/3/16 – vs. Boise State – W – 72-67
11/29/17 – at New Mexico – L – 59-78
In 2017, for the second consecutive season, the Mountain West and Missouri Valley split the 10-game series, 5-5. The MW has an all-time series edge of 3-1-3 in seven previous Challenge seasons, including an overall advantage of 38-27 in games played in association with the series.
The Challenge Series features head-to-head competition between 10 Mountain West and 10 Missouri Valley teams annually, with each conference hosting five games apiece each season. The 2018 edition of the Challenge Series is the eighth.
Annual matchups for teams in the Challenge Series are based upon factors including the previous year’s achievements, records and RPI rankings, as well as projected rankings/strength of teams in the upcoming season, based upon composite sources. Each season is considered separately in terms of matchups, therefore, games from the previous year’s Challenge Series may not be returned.
Television rights for each Challenge Series contest will be controlled by the home team’s conference television agreement, which will dictate the distribution of the game and all related matters, including tip times.
2018 Challenge Series Schedule:
11/27/18 – Nevada at Loyola Chicago – Chicago, Ill.
11/27/18 – Boise State at Drake – Des Moines, Iowa
11/27/18 – Southern Illinois at Colorado State – Fort Collins, Colo.
11/28/18 – Valparaiso at UNLV – Las Vegas, Nev.
11/28/18 – UNI at Utah State – Logan, Utah
11/28/18 – Indiana State at San Jose State – San Jose, Calif.
11/28/18 – Missouri State at Air Force – Colorado Springs, Colo.
11/28/18 – Wyoming at Evansville – Evansville, Ind.
12/1/18 – New Mexico at Bradley – Peoria, Ill.
12/1/18 – San Diego State at Illinois State – Normal, Ill.
-       INFO: For all of the latest information on University of Evansville men’s basketball, visit GoPurpleAces.com or follow the program on Twitter via @UEAthletics_MBB.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DONATE: For information on giving to UE Athletics or its individual athletics programs, visit the DONATE tab on the top of GoPurpleAces.com.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TICKETS: To purchase tickets for University of Evansville athletics events, log on to GoPurpleAces.com and click on the TICKETS tab on top of the page.
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IS IT TRUE MAY 4, 2018
We hope that today’s “Readers Forumâ€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 that the Indiana University Hoosiers got a big shot in the arm yesterday when Romeo Langford made his college choice to play basketball for the Hoosiers?…Langford is a home grown player who would have been more suited for a Rick Pitino led Louisville Cardinals team until Slick Rick got fired for breaking every rule in the book?…Romeo may also have chosen to attend the one and done capital of the NBA training league known as the Kentucky Wildcats until the whole one and done way of managing a team fell from grace?…he may have even been a Kansas Jayhawk until the Jayhawks were mentioned as a potential target of the NCAA reign of terror on Adidas sponsored teams headed for probation?…we are pleased to see Romeo headed to Bloomington and would appreciate it if he stays for more than one year?…we do not advise holding ones breath as Langford is one of the few who will be ready for the NBA after 26 weeks in college?
IS IT TRUE that the annual version of the media celebration called the White House Correspondents Dinner went on an Oscar’s imitation the other night when a female comedian named Wolf picked on the appearance of a member of the White House staff in a most distasteful way?…for one woman to make a joke about a tree falling in the forest and to think it is funny to wish that tree fell on a member of President Trump’s staff is just horrible?…to tell what she thought was a joke about how another staffer who could stand to lose a pound or two burns her fat into ash and then uses the ash to get a smoky look around her eyes is plain callous?…it is time for some level of civility to come back to the USA?…if those who do not like President Trump who didn’t even attend think this is how to take back the congress or the White House, they are dangerously mistaken?…even people who do not particularly like the Trump Administration know a catty rant when they hear it and will harden their support of anything that is not a left wing rude person?
IS IT TRUE we are told that several party loyalists are sick and tired of GOP Chairman Wayne Parke bullying tactics of sending demeaning and insulting e-mails to elected and appointed officials when he disagrees with something they say or do?
IS IT TRUE we are told that several politically connected individuals are talking about launching a campaign to oust GOPÂ County Party Chairman Wayne Parke right after the Republican primary elections? …we are told if the Mayor supports Mr. Parke to continue as party Chairman it will cause a major split in the Vanderburgh County Republican party?
IS IT TRUE that the wife of the Mayor sent out an e-mail to several City Council members encouraging them to vote for proposed “Noise Ordinance” that currently being considered by the Evansville City Council? Â ..we are told that her e-mail offended many of the people who oppose this proposed ordinance? …we are also told that this e-mail has caused the Mayor to lose future support from individuals who voted for him and donated money to his campaign in the past?
IS IT TRUE we are told that City Council members Jonathon Weaver and Missy Mosby have styled a proposed city ordinance that will force the City Controller to be more accountable in reporting the balances of money spent on public safety to Council? …we always support any decision that encourages “good public policy”? Â …we give five cheers to Weaver and Mosby for creating this long overdue city ordinance?
IS IT TRUE we are told that the last two(2) political fundraising event held for Vanderburgh County Councilman Jim Raben were extremely well attended? Â …we were told that many prominent Democrats attended the “Re-elect Jim Raben To County Council” Â fundraising events?
IS IT TRUE that it is painful to read the crime stats in the City of Evansville when it comes to violence and homicide?…2018 is slightly kinder than 2017 was but it is still concerning to be in one of the top 25 violent crime capitals of the United States?…it is just heat stopping to learn that one person has been charged with 9 counts of child molestation?…there are still roughly 800 convicted child molesters on record in Evansville so be vigilant and keep your children safe?
Today’s “Readers Poll†question is: Are you planing to vote in the upcoming Republican primary?
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Commentary: Trump Takes Charge By Letting Go
By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.comÂ
INDIANAPOLIS – President Donald Trump did something smart, something good – something right – with North Korea.
He stepped back.
Now, the long-troubled Korean peninsula and people have a chance for peace. The odds that they will get peace still are long, but the chances look a lot better than they did a few weeks ago.
If they do achieve peace, it also will mean greater peace for a troubled world.
This is a good thing.
North Korea is the most militarized part of the world. Its leader, Kim Jong-un, is both unstable and amoral, a dangerous combination. He’s killed members of his own family and threatened the United States and other countries with North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal.
For a time, it seemed that President Trump was determined to match or perhaps top Kim’s pugnacity and irrationality. The two leaders traded threats, keeping the world balanced on a knife edge between anxiety and terror in the process.
As Trump and Kim taunted each other, the world often seemed at the edge of war, held hostage by two men with impulse-control issues and vast numbers of nuclear weapons at their disposal.
It was in that space that South Korean President Moon Jae-in saw an opportunity.
The Seoul Olympic Games gave South Korea a chance to extend an olive branch to their neighbors and onetime fellow countrymen.
South Korea invited North Korea not just to participate in the games, but to have the two countries that once were one form teams together.
The thaw began, and it continues now.
President Trump’s supporters argue that he should be honored for this development. Quite a few of them – including U.S. Rep. Luke Messer, R-Indiana, whose Senate primary campaign is chasing Trump voters with the ardor of a hungry dog chasing a thrown bone – even have urged that the president be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump may not merit a Nobel, but he does deserve credit, just not for the reason his most devoted followers think.
His inflammatory saber-rattling and adolescent boasting don’t merit lauding.
But his willingness to cede the central position in the discussions regarding North Korea does.
Too many U.S. presidents have fallen victim to the fantasy that U.S. power equals U.S. omnipotence. Too often, they have acted as if we could remake the world as we wished, wiping away centuries of history and uprooting millions of lives along the way.
But America’s power, great as it is, is not limitless.
We, like every other nation and every other person on the planet, are bound by reality.
And the reality is that any lasting peace on the Korean peninsula would have to be created and implemented by the peoples of North Korea and South Korea. Any “peace†foisted on the two nations by outsiders would have been an ongoing source of resentment and fuel for future conflagrations.
The only way to peace is the way now being pursued – that of allowing the Korean people to talk and work through their differences. If they can put an end to nearly 70 years of warfare, distrust and tension, their lives will be better,
and every human being will be able to sleep more soundly.
This is as it should be.
Too many leaders – not just in the United States, but everywhere – think it is their duty to solve every problem. They forget, at times, that the important thing is the solution, not the person who arrives at it.
Sometimes, the best – the wisest – thing a leader can do is get out of the way.
Part of the reason there is a shot at peace along the Korean peninsula is that President Trump did just that.
Donald Trump sees himself – and his followers see him – as a take-charge guy, one who commands attention.
It goes against his nature to let go, to surrender the stage to someone else.
That’s what he did here.
That’s why things are better.
He deserves credit for that.
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.
This article was posted by the City County Observer  without opinion, bias or editing. without opinion, bias or editing.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I WOULD BE HONORED BY YOUR VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
I WOULD BE HONORED BY YOUR VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
This upcoming Tuesday, all of Indiana will go to the polls and select those who best represent their Party as a General Election Candidate. As one of those candidates I can say it has been an honor to be broadly supported by all the citizens I’ve met from the hundreds of community events I’ve attended.
I love our corner of Indiana! I’ve never run for public office before; never held a government job. Â I have an entrepreneurial spirit that has led to private sector investment and job creation. Â It is that spirit I now wish to apply to the work of County Commissioner.
I believe that my experiences, my work ethic, my dedication to conservative values will aid me as a County Commissioner. Â I know how to create jobs and balance tight budgets. Â I posses the grit and determination it takes to fight for our local economy on a regional or national scale. Â Most of all, I can apply sound conservative business practices into our County’s government.
I ask for your support and I hope to earn your vote. Â It is you the voter, the taxpayer, the property owner, the families of this community that make it a great place to live and work. Â Send me to work for you and together we can continue to improve Vanderburgh County.
Sincerely,
Steven W. Hammer
Vanderburgh County Commissioner-Candidate
Footnote: This letter was posted by the City County Observer without opinion, bias or editing.
Evansville-Native Fired Up Fans For The Indy 500
MAY 4th, 2018 
TOMMY MASON EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
As the calendar flips to May, race fans gear up for a Memorial Day tradition – The Indianapolis 500. But did you know, one unlikely Evansville-native spent many of her later years firing up fans, and drivers each race day?
This is the latest installment of Tri-State Treasures.
“Lady and Gentlemen start your engines.â€
With those famous words, the starting grid at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway comes alive. In 1978, Mary Fendrich Hulman took over a tradition her late husband, Tony Hulman, started decades earlier.
Born in Evansville in 1905, Mary was the daughter of Cigar Company President John H. Fendrich.
Remnants of the family forturne are still present with the Fendrich Cigar Company building, still standing, behind Willard Library, in what now houses Berry Global.
Vanderburgh County Historian Stan Schmitt says Mary was also born into another famous local family.
“Mary’s great grandfather on the other side of the family was John Augusta Reitz. Who was the big lumber king here. The Reitz Home was his home. So Mary grew up knowing the Reitz Home when it was still a house,†Schmitt said.
Mary’s knowledge of the home and the decorations inside, would later aid historians after the property was converted into a museum in 1974.
“She remembered where everything was in the house. She had items and paintings from the home. So she came in there, and could tell them oh this room had this type of material. So she supplied them with things and original items for it,†said Schmitt.
Just a few blocks away at 827 S.E. First Street stands the Fendrich home where Mary grew up. In 1926, Mary would meet a wealthy Terre Haute businessman named Tony Hulman.
Hulman’s properties extended from Indianapolis to Terre Haute, with several more in downtown Evansville.
Schmitt says the couple’s marriage at Assumption Church in Evansville was described at the time as “the†wedding of the century.
“This is one where cars were parked for blocks. You had hundreds of people showing up. You had special police out. The Fendrick home on first street to guard all the gifts.â€
In 1945, the Hulman’s paid $750,000 for a dilapidated property on the westside of Indianapolis that we know today as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Mary and other family members questioned the potential of the property, but apparently “father knows bestâ€.
After 30 years of rebuilding the world’s greatest race course Tony Hulman died in 1977.
Although her husband coined the phrase for drivers to start their engines – it was Mary who would continue the tradition.
“Lady and Gentlemen start your engine.â€
But Mary’s first attempt at the command wasn’t without controversy.
“She said ‘Lady and Gentlemen Start Your Engines’ but their was a problem with the microphone at the time, and what most people heard was just Gentlemen Start your engines. She didn’t realize it had happened until after the race. And Janet Guthrie only heard what other people heard, and she was outraged. That it had gone backwards that she had been thrown in with the guys again.â€
The mishap angered Guthrie, but the two would make up at the victory banquet. Mary continued her duties with the speedway until her death in 1996.
Even though the couple who saved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are gone, what they started in Indianapolis still gives fans an extra thrill Memorial Day weekend, and their name and legacy lives on through several structures in Evansville.
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