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“What Now” That The Payday Fight Is Over

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PayDay Loans: They Shouldn’t Be The Only option

by Gail Riecken CCO StateHouse Editor

It was welcoming news that the newest push to increase interest rates on PayDay loans was defeated. I’ve not seen before such a widespread commitment among organizations and individuals to harness the cost to PayDay customers. Telling PayDay lobbyists “no” is one thing, but families do need better options. Information about those programs available is a good start.

I was excited to learn from one of the advocates for working families that her organization and others are actively working to improve the publicity about ongoing options available to families. There will be a presentation in April in Evansville from one of the organizations which, when the date is advertised, I’ll make sure CCO has it in this online publication.

One of those options is a program I worked to get through the legislature-Prize-linked savings accounts. Available through banks and credit unions in Indiana and operating in other counties, Evansville has yet to pick up this idea—- www.savetowin.org for more information.

There are other options to save for emergencies which we need to know more about,  but there may always be that need for a family to borrow money. Some 20 counties in Indiana have answered that need. They have an employer program where borrowing on the next paycheck comes out at work with 21% apr instead of the PayDay cap at 36%.

It is positive that our legislators slammed down hard on PayDay lending. Tell them “thank you”. Now let’s think of more ways we can help Southwestern Indiana families in a constructive way to meet their needs.

MEET MATT HOSTETTLER CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

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MEET MATT HOSTETTLER CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Matt is a lifelong resident of southwestern Indiana. Born in Evansville, he grew up in Blairsville in Posey County and attended North Posey High School before going on to Purdue University as a National Merit Scholar Finalist where he obtained a B.S. in Management from the Krannert School of Management.

Matt and Michelle were married in 2012. Since then, Matt has gone to work for CountryMark Refining and Logistics as a Crude Oil Gauger and Pipeline Operator. He and Michelle and their son, Gabriel, currently reside in Fort Branch where they attend Vertical Church.

From a young age, Matt’s father, former United States Congressman John Hostettler, instilled in him an understanding of a citizen’s responsibilities associated with a constitutional government.

 Following Representative Tom Washburne’s retirement announcement in August 2017, Matt felt called to step up and participate in civilian-led government to help ensure that the constitutional freedoms and sound fiscal policies that we as Hoosiers enjoy are preserved for the next generation.

Purple Aces’ Baseball Team Extend Its Winning Streak To Four Games With A 3-2 Extra-Inning Victory

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Evansville sophomore first baseman Troy Beilsmith delivered a walk-off, two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning Wednesday to help the Purple Aces’ baseball team extend its winning streak to four games with a 3-2 extra-inning victory over visiting Bowling Green State University at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.

“I am really proud of the effort tonight by the guys to find a way to win a close game,” said UE head baseball coach Wes Carroll.  “We didn’t play our best tonight, but we found a way to come through with a clutch hit by Troy Beilsmith there in the 12th inning to win it.”

After winning relief pitcher Dalton Horstmeier (1-1) opened the 12th inning with a triple down the right-field line offensively, UE would load the bases against BGSU reliever Daniel Buratto (1-1) thanks to a pair of walks.  Falcons’ third baseman Gama Martinez would snare a pair of ground balls to force back-to-back runners at home plate to keep BGSU alive in the 12th before Beilsmith roped a 1-1 pitch off the wall in left field for the game-winning hit to cap a two-hit performance.

Evansville opened the scoring in the fifth inning on a solo home run to right field by freshman third baseman Tanner Craig, his first collegiate home run.  The Falcons would answer back with a pair of runs in the sixth inning before UE rallied to tie the game at 2-2 in the ninth inning on an RBI single by Horstmeier, who opened the game as UE’s right fielder.

In addition to picking up the victory on the mound with two scoreless innings, Horstmeier also paced the UE offense with a 3-for-5 effort at the plate with an RBI.  Beilsmith, Craig and senior catcher Andrew Tanous also had two-hit efforts for UE.  Offensively, four BGSU players pounded out two hits each.  On the mound, six of the seven UE pitchers who saw action did not allow a run.

“I thought that the pitching staff did a tremendous job tonight,” said Carroll.  “They really gave us a chance to win this game.”

With the victory, Evansville evens its record at 5-5 on the 2018 campaign.  BGSU, meanwhile, falls to 3-10 with the loss.  Evansville will travel down to Fort Meyers, Florida this weekend to battle Florida Gulf Coast University in a three-game series.  The series begins on Friday night with a 5:30 pm central time contest.

The New Harmony Gazette

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New Harmony Gazette Mar-2018

Eagles split fourth day at PFX Spring Games

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University of Southern Indiana Softball earned a 5-2 win over LIU Post to salvage a split to its fourth day of competition at the PFX Spring Games.

USI (11-6), which slipped to No. 14 in the latest NFCA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, began the day with a 5-1 setback to defending national champion and previously No. 1 ranked Minnesota State University Mankato, which slipped to No. 9 in the latest NFCA Top 25 Wednesday.

The Screaming Eagles conclude the PFX Spring Games Thursday when they take on Midwest Region foes University of Findlay and Grand Valley State University at 8 a.m. (CST) and 10:30 a.m., respectively.

#9 Minnesota State Mankato 5, #14 USI 1 (Box Score)
The Mavericks (14-2) got a run in the second inning and four in the fourth to build a commanding 5-0 lead.

USI got an RBI-single from senior third baseman Mena Fulton (Bloomington, Indiana) in the top of the sixth inning, but missed opportunities plagued the Eagles throughout the contest.

The Eagles, who had an error lead to all four of Minnesota State Mankato’s runs in the fourth, left the bases loaded in both the first and sixth frames and stranded a total of 12 runners on base throughout the contest.

Sophomore pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Kentucky) was charged with the loss after giving up five runs, one earned, off five hits in 3 2/3 innings of work. Leonhardt (4-4) struck out three batters, but four walks, including two with the bases loaded, doomed the reigning GLVC Freshman of the Year.

Rennie signs contract extension with Evansville

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The Evansville Otters have signed right-handed pitcher Luc Rennie to a contract extension.

Rennie, a San Diego, Calif. native, joined the Otters before the 2016 season after spending time in the Baltimore Orioles’ organization.

“I’m looking forward to having Luc back,” Otters manager Andy McCauley said. “He’s coming off a great season for us and hopefully he’ll continue to improve.”

Rennie made 13 appearances on the mound for Evansville last season with 12 starts. In 77.1 innings, he struck out 66 batters while finishing with a 2.91 ERA and 7-5 record.

“He was able to pound strikes last year with exceptional movement on his fastball,” McCauley said. “Luc will be in our starting rotation.”

In 32 career appearances with the Otters, Rennie has struck out 112 in 130.2 innings with a 4.75 ERA.

He was drafted in the 16th round of the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft from Torrey Pines High School in San Diego by the Orioles and split time between Frederick, Delmarva and Aberdeen from 2012-15.

He pitched 221.1 innings in affiliated baseball, winning 11 games and striking out 188 in four seasons.

Evansville will celebrate Bosse Field’s Opening Night May 11 against the Washington Wild Things at 6:35 p.m. The Otters are hosting a job fair Saturday at Bosse Field from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Eagles hurt by big inning, fall 12-7

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The University of Southern Indiana baseball team allowed eight runs in the fourth and fell to the University of West Florida, 12-7, Wednesday afternoon in Pensacola, Florida. USI, which has lost its last four, watched its record go to 5-6, while West Florida went to 12-8.

The Screaming Eagles jumped out to a 2-0 lead after an inning-and-a-half. Senior right-handed starter Nick Gobert (Jasper, Indiana) gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead with an RBI-single to score senior first baseman Nick McNamara (Mt. Vernon, Indiana), who had tripled with two down.

USI freshman shortstop Ethan Hunter (Terre Haute, Indiana) extended the lead to 2-0 with an RBI-single to score junior catcher Logan Brown (Mt. Vernon, Indiana). The 2-0 lead would stand until the bottom of the second when the Argonauts plated pair to knot the game at 2-2 and take the lead in the third, 4-2.

Hunter struck again in the top of the fourth with an RBI-ground out to cut the deficit to 4-3. West Florida responded in the bottom half of the fourth with an eight-spot off of four Eagle hurlers to take command of the contest 12-3.

The Eagles would try to rally, scoring two in the sixth on a two-run single by senior centerfielder Buddy Johnson (Shelbyville, Kentucky) and one in the seventh when Gobert scored on a wild pitch to make the score 12-6. USI inched closer again in the ninth when Gobert scored on a ground out by senior third baseman Sam Griggs (Evansville, Indiana), but 12-7 would be a close as the Eagles would come in the final frame.

At the plate, Gobert led the way with three hits and three runs scored, while Hunter and Johnson led the way with two RBIs each. Gobert (0-2) took the loss for the Eagles, allowing five runs on seven hits in three-plus innings of work.

Junior right-hander Ryan Gulledge (Evansville, Indiana) had the best day on the mound for the Eagles, throwing four scoreless innings and struck out a career-high five batters.

USI stays on the road for a visit to Louisville, Kentucky. The Eagles are slated to play Friday against Alderson Broaddus University in a noon (CST) match-up and Bellarmine University at 3 p.m. in a non-conference contest.

The Eagles will be facing off with Alderson Broaddus for the first time in the history of the program, but has an all-time record of 79-70 versus Bellarmine. Last season, USI took three of four from the Knights last season in Louisville during GLVC play.

Classics by Candlelight

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The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana presents
Classics by Candlelight
featuring the
Friday, March 9th, 7 p.m.
St. Boniface Catholic Church
418 N Wabash Ave, Evansville, IN
Classics by Candlelight, presented by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, is a series of concerts by classical music groups performing in area churches. All concerts in the series are free and open to the public. Seating may be limited.

Summary judgment for Steak ‘n Shake in patron’s shooting reversed

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Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com

In a case watched closely by both the plaintiffs and defense bar, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for Steak ‘n Shake after determining the chain owed a duty to a customer at an Indianapolis restaurant who was shot in the face during an escalating conflict with another patron.

In December 2012, Amber Hamilton and her brother Dustyn were at an Indianapolis Steak ‘n Shake when another group of people, including Ricky Jackson, entered the restaurant. Jackson began harassing the siblings because of Dustyn’s sexual orientation and tried to goad Dustyn into fighting him.

A server and a cook working that evening were aware of ongoing argument, but did not call for help until 30 minutes later when it seemed the argument would turn physical. The cook, who was acting as the manager, asked both groups to leave, but they ignored her and a fight ensued between the feuding men.

Hamilton also joined the fray until Jackson shot her point blank in the face, causing serious injuries. She survived, but filed a negligence suit against Steak ‘n Shake, alleging the restaurant failed “to take affirmative action to control the wrongful act of third parties.”

Steak ‘n Shake filed a motion for summary judgment, which was initially denied, but granted more than a year later on a motion to reconsider.

In an appeal that drew amicus petitions from both the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed in Amber Hamilton v. Steak ‘n Shake Operations Inc., 49A02-1704-CT-776, in light of recent Indiana Supreme Court caselaw.

Specifically, Judge Robert Altice wrote Wednesday that the cases of Goodwin v. Yeakle’s Sports Bar & Grill, Inc., 62 N.E.3d 384 (Ind. 2016) and Rogers v. Martin, 63 N.E.3d 316 (Ind. 2016), establish the analytical framework for deciding the instant case. Those cases evaluated foreseeability as it relates to the duty a landowner owes an invitee in negligence actions and determined that a “foreseeability analysis should focus on the general class of persons of which the plaintiff was a member and whether the harm suffered was of a kind normally to be expected — without addressing the specific facts of the occurrence.”

Applying that framework here, the Court of Appeals defined the “broad type of plaintiff” as a restaurant patron who, like Hamilton, was subject to taunts and threats, while the “broad type of harm” was resulting injuries. Under those definitions, the court found Steak ‘n Shake had a duty to provide for Hamilton’s safety considering the 30-minute conflict that led up to Jackson shooting Hamilton.

“Steak ‘n Shake did not have to know the precise harm that would befall its customer, only that there was some probability or likelihood that one of its patrons could be harmed and that the potential harm was serious enough that a reasonable person would have been induced to take precautions to avoid it,” Altice wrote. “An escalating thirty-minute encounter that included verbal threats and taunts, blocking of the exit, and pounding on windows in an effort to incite a physical altercation, all of which Steak ‘n Shake had knowledge, clearly created some likelihood that one of Steak ‘n Shake’s patrons could be harmed and that the potential harm could be serious.”

Thus, the grant of summary judgment was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings on Hamilton’s negligence allegations.

 

Hoosier Divers Ready for NCAA Zone C Championships

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The Indiana University diving teams will head to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the NCAA Zone C Championships this week.

The three-day meet will get underway on Thursday, March 8 and run through Saturday, March 10. Live results for the championships can be found at IUHoosiers.com.

There are five zone meets spread across the country that allow divers to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Based on performances at the previous NCAA Championships, each zone earns a set number of qualifying spots.

NCAA Zone C Schedule
Thursday – Women’s 1-meter/Men’s 3-meter – 1:00 p.m. ET
Friday – Women’s 3-meter/Men’s 1-meter – 1:00 p.m. ET
Saturday – Women’s and Men’s Platform – 11:00 a.m. ET

Top-18 in the opening round/prelims advance to the finals. Scores will carry over.

Zone C NCAAs Qualifying Breakdown for 2018
Women’s Auto Qualifiers
1-meter: 8
3-meter: 10
Platform: 10

Men’s Auto Qualifiers
1-meter: 10
3-meter: 10
Platform: 11

Once a diver posts an auto-qualifying finish in an event, he or she only has to be among the top 12 to earn the NCAA Championships berth in the other events.

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