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UE Theatre closes 2017–18 Shanklin Theatre season with Grapes of Wrath

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The University of Evansville Department of Theatre’s final production of the season, The Grapes of Wrath, by Frank Galati, based on the novel by John Steinbeck, opens Friday, Apr. 13, at 7:30 p.m., in Shanklin Theatre. Additional performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on April 14, 19, 20, and 21, and at 2:00 p.m. on April 15 and 22.

This Tony Award-winning play is an expansive retelling of John Steinbeck’s brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The riveting tale follows the impoverished Joad family’s flight from the Dust Bowl and into the promised land found out West. Full of loss, triumph, and endless struggle, this timeless epic is a celebration of the soaring tenacity of the human spirit.

UE professor John David Lutz directs The Grapes of Wrath. UE department chair Eric Renschler serves as the scenic designer; UE students Hilary Rubio from San Antonio, Texas, is the costume designer; Renée Voteau, St. Louis, Mo., is the lighting designer; Serenity Rowland, Durham, N.C., is the sound designer; Bailey Brandvold, Great Falls, Mont., is the dramaturg; and Emma Blevins, San Antonio, Texas, is the stage manager. UE professor Chuck Meacham serves as the technical director.

The cast features UE students Joseph W. Schwalb from Milwaukee, Wis., as Tom Joad; Aaron Gonner, Dubuque, Iowa, as Jim Casy; Shannon White, Rockwall, Texas, as Ma Joad; Isaac Baker, Bowling Green, Ky., as Pa Joad; Gina DeLise, Woodstock, Ga., as Rose of Sharon, Davis Brinker, Minneapolis, Minn., as Uncle John, and Jackson Pitt, McKinney, Texas, as Al Joad.

Ticket prices are $18 for adults and $16 for senior adults, students, and UE faculty and staff.

Made possible by a generous grant from the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, all high school, students can obtain free tickets by going to the UE Theatre Ticket Office. UE students may obtain one free student rush ticket beginning at noon on the day of the performance they wish to attend. Tickets may be purchased by calling 812-488–2031, Monday through Friday, noon-5:00 p.m.

ALABAMA WITH SPECIAL GUEST TRAVIS TRITT WILL BE AT FORD CENTER SEPT. 15

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WITH SPECIAL GUEST TRAVIS TRENT

FORD CENTER – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Evansville, IN – ALABAMA is the band that changed everything; they brought country music to the mainstream. Their music is timeless and can be heard today as a part of every cover band’s set list in nearly every college town in America. While their music continues to stand the test of time, their numbers and stats are beyond compare. They have charted 43 #1 singles including 21 #1 singles in a row, a record that will likely never be surpassed in any genre. They have won over 178 CMA Awards, Grammy Awards, ACM Awards and counting. They’ve earned 21 Gold®, Platinum® and Multi-Platinum® albums and were namry Group of the Century. They are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

TRAVIS TRITT Nearly 30 years after Travis Tritt launched his music career, the Grammy award-winning artist continues to sell-out shows and stay true and relevant to Country music fans across the globe. A Marietta, Ga. native, Travis Tritt is dubbed one of “The Class of ‘89,” which included Country music superstars Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Alan Jackson; all of whom dominated the charts in the early ‘90s. Among his eleven studio albums and

 

numerous charted singles are nineteen Top 10 hits, including “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde,” “Here’s A Quarter” and “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive.” His near three-decade career has produced millions in album sales, two Grammy award wins and multiple No. 1 singles on the Country radio charts. Most recently, Tritt released a special live 2-disc CD and DVD, titled A Man and His Guitar – Live From The Franklin Theatre, which is now available through all major digital retailers.

Tickets can be purchased at Ford Center Ticket Office, Ticketmaster.com or by phone 800.745.3000 Ford Center is managed by VenuWorks of Evansville, LLC. For more information on Ford Center visit:

 

ADOPT A PET

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Chacha is a 2-year-old female guinea pig. She’s a tricolor Abyssinian. She has 2 sisters named Iella and Stella. The adoption fee is $15 per guinea pig and some may be required to go home together, as guinea pigs are social animals who do better with friends. The adoption fee includes a cardboard carrier to get them safely home!

YWCA Evansville Commemorates Equal Pay Day on April 10, 2018

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The YWCA of Evansville and other professional and community organizations in Evansville will mobilize on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 to call attention to the persistent and sizable gap between men’s and women’s wages. April 10th symbolizes the day when women’s wages catch up to men’s wages from the previous year. Every year in April, thousands of women’s, civil rights, labor, and community organizations across the country come together for a national day of action promoting fair pay known as Equal Pay Day.

“Pay inequality isn’t just a women’s issue; it is a family issue,” says YWCA CEO, Erika Taylor.“Research shows that 42 percent of mothers with children under the age of 18 are their families primary or sole breadwinners. Pay equity is critical in helping families make ends meet.”

According to the most recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, the median earnings for U.S. women working full time, year-round were just 80 percent of U.S. men’s median earnings—a gap of 20 percent, which means they have to work until April 10, 2018 to be paid as much as the typical man took home by December 31, 2017. Progress to close the gap has stalled during the last decade and the gap is even larger for women of color.

In Indiana, median earnings for men were $46,300 compared to women’s median earnings of $34,180 — an earnings ratio of just 74 percent. This is the sixth worst pay gap in the nation. Here in the 8thCongressional District, the gap is even greater at 70.8%. Earlier this year several Indiana lawmakers hoped to change that disparity by proposing equal-pay legislation to close the gap. The two measures that would charge employers with discrimination if they failed to pay women or minority workers equally. It would also give the Indiana Civil Rights Commission expanded authority to investigate and resolve wage complaints.

YWCA Evansville has invited two of the proponents of the equal pay bill, Senator Jeanne Breaux of Indianapolis, and Senator Vaneta Becker of Evansville to take part in the events on April 10th. Also attending will be Erin Macey from the Indiana Center for Working Families.

YWCA has scheduled a lineup of events on this day—open to the public.

  • ï‚·  First of all, wear RED on Equal Pay Day to show that women are “In the Red” with their pay.
  • ï‚·  Next, follow @YWCAevansille on twitter and retweet the statistics and information posted by YWCA Evansville.EVENTS SCHEDULE
  • ï‚·  11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Main Street next to Zuki – YWCA is sharing the sour truth about the wage gap at our annual Lemonade Stand on Main Street where male community leaders including Mayor Winnecke, Bob Jones, Jonathan Weinzapfel, Ken Haynie, and more will be serving up the lemonade which is discounted by 20% for women–the wage gap for women.
  • ï‚·  5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Old National Bank Auditorium (1 N. Main Street.) – YWCA is hosting The Unhappy Hour, featuring comedian Rachael Goldman. Come learn more about how the wage gap impacts women in the workforce and families from speakers Vaneta Becker (IN State Senator), Jeanne Breaux (IN State Senator), Sloane Standley (YWCA Board Member), and Erin Macey (IN Center for Working Families). Appetizers and Cash Bar! Come learn, laugh, and be inspired! Special thanks to Old Nationals Bank and Acropolis Restaurant.The YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. The YWCA has been serving the Evansville area since 1911 and from its inception has provided housing and services for women and girls. The Evansville YWCA is a member of the YWCA of the U.S.A., the oldest and largest women’s membership movement in the country.

    Over the years, YWCA programs have changed to meet the evolving needs of women and girls. In 1979, the YWCA opened the first domestic violence shelter in Evansville. Other current programs include the YES! sober living program, Emergency Shelter for homeless women and children, and the Live Y’ers after-school and mentoring program for at-risk girls in grades 3 through 12. Special programs and events for the general public are also offered.

    Visit www.ywcaevansville.org for more information.

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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http://www.vanderburghsheriff.com/recent-booking-records.aspx

“IS IT TRUE” FOR APRIL 9, 2018

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” 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 commend the At-Large City Councilman and Finance Chairman Jonathon Weaver for requesting that the ECHO Board Of Directors and their newly appointed Executive Director come before City Council at this evenings Council meeting to explain why they are worthy of receiving approximately $500,000 of our tax dollars this year? …we predict that they will make a passionate plea to convince Council to release the embargo Federal and State funds to ECHO Housing?

IS IT TRUE  we hope that At-large City Council member and Finance Chairman Jonathon Weaver will remind Council members that the Forensic audit will begin on April 17, 2018, and should take a month to complete?  …he should also remind Council that the final results of the Evansville Police Department investigation of ECHO Housing aren’t complete and haven’t been made public?

IS IT TRUE for the sake of transparency we respectfully request that At-Large Councilman and Finance Chairman Jonathon Weaver will ask members of ECHO Housing Board Of Director’s if they had a policy that allowed the past Executive Director to write and sign agency checks with only her signature?  …we can’t wait to hear the answer to this question?

IS IT TRUE we wonder if you would you donate any of your personal money to ECHO Housing before the official results of the Police investigation and the Forensic audit are made public?  …if the answer is “no” then why would the Evansville City Council even consider releasing the Federal and State tax dollars to ECHO Housing at this time?

IS IT TRUE we predict that members of the City Council will not approve giving the Federal and State funds to ECHO Housing until the police investigation report and the Forensic audit are made public?

IS IT TRUE several readers brought to our attention that the Airport public announcement welcoming people to Evansville is the voice of Evansville Mayor Winnecke? …they pointed out that Airport is jointly controlled by the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County?  …they feel the Airport welcoming announcements should also include the Presidents of the County Commission and the County Council of Vanderburgh County?

IS IT TRUE we predict that the proposed that the new Northside Lloyd swimming pool will be built on the Robert Parks site?  …all the Mayor has to do is find the money to build this multi-million dollar state of the art swimming pool?

IS IT TRUE at tonights Evansville City Council meeting an amendment to the Ordinance creating Chapter 9.30 (Regulation of Noise) of the Evansville Municipal Code will be discussed in detail?  …that the sponsors of this are Council persons Dr. Dan Adam (D) and Connie Robinson (D)?  …we wonder if the people opposing this Ordinance will make public some of the interesting e-mails sent back and forth between the individuals pushing for a more restrictive noise Ordinance?

IS IT TRUE we expect that any day the Chairman of the Vanderburgh County Democratic party, Scott Danks will be announcing the names of the individuals running in the upcoming General election?  …Mr. Danks promises that his party will have well known and qualified candidates running for every State and County offices list on the General election ballot?  …he also stressed that he has two extremely well known and qualified candidates that will be running for Vanderburgh County Commissioner and County Prosecutor positions?  …he even predicted that both people running for these offices would be elected?  …this is definitely a developing story?

IS IT TRUE that 63 people applied for the Evansville/Vanderburgh Vistors and Convention Bureau Executive Directors job?   …we hear that the final applicant for the Evansville/Vanderburgh Visitors and Convention Bureau Executive Directors job is from out-of-town?  …that the Evansville/Vanderburgh Visitors and Convention Bureau Board Of Director hired a national firm to vet the final applicants for this job?  …we are hearing that the new Executive Director could be from the same state that the recently hired local Chamber of Commerce Executive Director is from?

IS IT TRUE that we recommend that “2nd Amendment Patriots” better be ready to attend the April 23, 2018, City Council meeting?  …at this meeting City Council members will hear a “GUN SENSE INDIANA PRESENTATION” led by Sean O’Daniel?

IS IT TRUE that the Vanderburgh County Property Tax Bills are being mailed Monday, April 9th, 2018?  …the Deadline is May 10th, 2018?

Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Should City Council should give Federal and State tax dollars to EHO Housing without knowing the findings of the police investigation and the Forensic audit?

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TODAY’S EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING  HAS NOISE ORDINANCE ON AGENDA

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EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING -APRIL 9, 2018  AT 5:30 P.M.
 

AGENDA

I. INTRODUCTION

 

AGENDA Attachment:

II. APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDA

 

MEMO Attachment:

III. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

 

IV. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY

 

V. CONSENT AGENDA:  FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

 

A. ORDINANCE G-2018-11 An Ordinance Creating Chapter 9.30 (Regulation of Noise) of the Evansville Municipal Code Sponsor(s): Adams, Robinson Discussion Led By: ASD Chair Adams 4/23/2018
G-2018-11 Attachment:
B. ORDINANCE F-2018-03 An Ordinance Regarding City of Evansville Funds Allocated to ECHO Housing Corp. Sponsor(s): Elpers, Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 4/23/2018
F-2018-03 Attachment:
C. ORDINANCE F-2018-04 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Repeal, Re-Appropriations within the Department of Metropolitan Development Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 4/23/2018
F-2018-04 Attachment:
D. RESOLUTION C-2018-08 A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Ratifying, Confirming, Authorizing and Approving an Agreement Between the City of Evansville and the Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Local Union No. 215 Sponsor(s): Robinson Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 4/23/2018
C-2018-08 Attachment:
E. RESOLUTION C-2018-09 A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Ratifying, Confirming, Authorizing and Approving an Agreement Between the City of Evansville Metropolitan Evansville Transit System (METS) and the Chauffers, Teamsters and Helpers Local Union No. 215 Sponsor(s): Robinson Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 4/23/2018
C-2018-09 Attachment:
VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

VII. REGULAR AGENDA:  SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
A. ORDINANCE G-2018-12 An Ordinance Vacating that 12’ Alley Running Parallel to S.E. 10th Street Between Cherry Street and Lincoln Avenue in the City of Evansville, Indiana Sponsor(s): Robinson Discussion Led By: Public Works Chair Mosby 4/9/2018 5:30 p.m. Notify: Krista Lockyear, Lockyear Law, LLC
G-2018-12 Attachment:
VIII. RESOLUTION DOCKET

 

IX. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
A. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, April 23, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.
B. GUN SENSE INDIANA PRESENTATION:  Sean O’Daniel
C. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
X. COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

Subcommittee: Youth Sports Grant, Chair McGinn 4/9/2018, 4:00 pm, Room 301 Notify: All Applicants

XI. ADJOURNMENT

 

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNTY TO DISCUSS “GUN SENSE INDIANA” AT APRIL 23, 2018 MEETING

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LINK OF “GUN SENSE INDIANA PRESENTATION’ LED BY SEAN O’DANIEL ON APRIL 23, 2018 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

GUN SENSE INDIANA INFORMATION

Voter Registration Deadline April 9th

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Voter Registration Deadline April 9th

APRIL 8TH, 2018 TOWNSEND OUTLAW INDIANA

Monday, April 9th, 2018 is the deadline to register to vote in Indiana’s upcoming Primary Election. Primary voting is May 8th, and any voter must be registered by Monday, April 9th. Along with hundreds of state legislators, Hoosiers can vote for nine U.S House of Representative seats, and one U.S Senate seat on this years’ ballot.

Voter registration will re-open for the general election on May 22, 2018, two weeks after Primary Elections are over.

To register to vote for the 2018 Primary Elections click on the link below

https://indianavoters.in.gov/

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