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Aces downed by hot-shooting Flames

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The University of Evansville women’s basketball team dropped a road contest to UIC, 96-77, on Saturday afternoon in Chicago, Illinois.

Graduate guard Hannah Noe and junior guard Kerri Gasper each led the way for the Purple Aces with 14 points each, while sophomore guard Macie Lively and freshman guard Kayla Casteel recorded 13 apiece. The Flames were led by Brittany Byrd, who finished with 29 points on six made three-pointers.

The Flames shot 51.5% (34-66) from the field and 50% (12-14) from beyond the arc, while Evansville went 23-54 (42.6%) from the field and 12-28 (42.9%) from three. Both the Aces and Flames struggled with turnovers, combining for 37 giveaways, but UIC held a 39 to 22 advantage on the boards.

In the opening quarter, the Flames started out hot, shooting 44% (8-18) from the field including four from beyond the arc to take a 20-9 lead into the second frame.

The Aces responded in the second quarter, opening the period with a 13-4 run capped-off by a three by Casteel that trimmed the UIC lead to just two at 24-22. A 24-11 stretch for the Flames provided UIC with its largest lead of the first half at 48-33, but the Aces scored the last five points of the second quarter to cut the Flames’ lead to 10 at 48-38 at the halftime break.
In the third quarter, UIC returned to its hot-shooting ways, knocking down six triples and finishing the quarter 57.7% from the field, increasing its lead to 20 at 76-56.

Evansville battled back from the deficit in the final ten minutes of action, cutting UIC’s lead as low as 15, but the Flames answered with a 10-0 run through the middle portion of the fourth quarter in route to the Flames’ 96-77 win.

Evansville wraps-up its pre-holiday slate on Tuesday when the Aces travel to take on SEMO at 1 p.m. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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

Tax Reform Bill Could Impact University of Evansville Endowment

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DECEMBER 17TH, 2017  BRITNEY TAYLOR EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

 Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are still wrestling with the details of the new tax reform bill, some of which could have a negative impact on higher education.
The bill proposes a 1.4% excise tax on endowments, which would affect scholarships for many students.

Schools with an endowment of $250,000 per part-time student and $500,000 per full-time student would be affected.

Although the endowment at UE isn’t high enough to be affected, officials say the future is still a concern.

Donna Teague said, “We would hope that our lawmakers would see that, and make the right decisions to help higher ed and our students because as you know, higher education is very important. It’s important that students get a degree to help them in the future. So we need to try to make higher ed as affordable as possible.”

Kentucky Wesleyan’s endowment is also not high enough to be affected.

Negotiations on the new tax reform bill are still ongoing.

Britney Taylor

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COA Reverses Involuntarily Mental Health Commitment

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Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com

A woman involuntarily committed to the Evansville State Hospital for mental health treatment must be released after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined Friday there was insufficient evidence to support her commitment.

As a result of her diagnosis with schizoaffective disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, P.B. suffered from paranoia and delusions and believed her mother was conspiring to harm her. She was also “poorly compliant” with outpatient treatment because she believed her medication was poisonous.

P.B. was admitted to the Evansville State Hospital on Feb. 13, and one day later the St. Joseph Superior Court entered an order to continue her regular commitment without a hearing. After P.B. filed for dismissal of her commitment, the trial court held a hearing, where Dr. Boris Vatel testified in favor of continuing the commitment because she was gravely disabled.

The trial court ultimately continued P.B.’s involuntary commitment, but the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed that decision on Friday. Judge Michael Barnes, writing for the unanimous panel, pointed T.K. v. Department of Veteran Affairs, 27 N.E.3d 271, 273 (Ind. 2015), which disapproved of the Court of Appeals using a standard of review that affirmed involuntary commitments “merely if a reasonable person could have drawn the conclusion that commitment was necessary, even if other reasonable conclusions were possible.”

Although P.B. had paranoid delusions and often had confrontations with her neighbors, there was no evidence her delusions caused her to destroy property or harm herself or other people, Barnes said. Additionally, there was no evidence she was unable to provide food, clothing and shelter for herself, he said.

 “Essentially, Dr. Vatel’s recommendation in favor of P.B.’s continued involuntary commitment was based on her unpleasantness and inability to get along with other people, her paranoid delusions, and her failure to fully cooperate with treatment,” the judge wrote. “None of this is untrue, and there is no doubt that P.B. suffers from severe mental illness. However, the statutory definition of ‘gravely disabled’ is very specific, and it has not been met here.”

Thus, the appellate panel concluded P.B.’s regular involuntary commitment deprived her liberty without sufficient evidence.

The case is In the Matter of the Commitment of P.B. v. Evansville State Hospital, 71A03-1706-MH-1362.

Groundbreaking Set for St. Vincent Patricia Browning Stone Indoor Sensory Playground

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Generous Gift Made By Bill And Mary Stone

WHAT: A groundbreaking ceremony will be held for the new indoor sensory playground, located on the campus of St. Vincent Evansville, in addition to recognizing donors – Bill & Mary Stone

WHEN: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 11 a.m. 

WHERE: St. Vincent Center for Children, 3900 Washington Avenue, Evansville

DETAILS:

St. Vincent will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its new state-of-the-art, indoor therapeutic sensory playground for young patients who are cared for at St. Vincent Center for Children in Evansville. The playground will help provide sensory stimulation and cognitive development for children who struggle with a variety of conditions such as Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD).

The playground was made possible due to a generous donation by Bill and Mary O’Daniel Stone. They are natives of Evansville and are 1973 graduates of Memorial High School. Bill is CEO of Connecticut based, SS&C Technologies, which also has a large Evansville office. The playground will be named in honor of Bill’s mom, Patricia Browning Stone, who is also a graduate of Memorial High School and of the St. Mary’s School of Nursing.

The St. Vincent Center for Children is a comprehensive outpatient facility that was created to address the unmet healthcare needs of the region’s children. Services include pediatric behavioral health, pediatric subspecialty clinic, a resource center and the Tri-State’s only behavior-based, intensive feeding therapy program.

NO BROWN BAG SERIES PERFORMANCE DURING DECEMBER 20 or 27

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BROWN BAG PERFORMANCE SERIES TO START RESUME ON JANUARY 3, 2018 

The Brown Bag Performance Series will take a winter break the weeks of December 20 and December 27. Please join us again at noon on January 3, as we welcome B&B Entertainment.

The Brown Bag Performance Series is a free program occurring at noon on Wednesdays at the Arts Council’s Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery at 318 Main Street. The Brown Bag Series is made possible in part by the Mesker Music Trust, managed by Fifth Third Investment Advisors.

Adopt A Pet

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Athena is a female chocolate Australian Shepherd. She’s around 8 months old and weighs 43 lbs. Her previous owner surrendered her for financial reasons. Athena is already spayed, microchipped, and up-to-date on her shots and can go home for $100 through Friday, December 16th. After that, she has no adoption fee for the Empty the Shelter event – but if you really want her, don’t wait!! She will go quickly. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!

A Christmas Carol At Willard Library’S Browning Gallery

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Willard Library

The Evansville Otters Signed Pitcher Greg Stagan

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Evansville, Ind. (Dec. 11, 2017)–The Evansville Otters have signed starting pitcher Greg Stagani of West Liberty University to a 2018 contract.
Stagani, 23, was 4-2 with a 2.60 ERA in seven games at West Liberty as a senior in 2017.  Stagani struck out 49 and walked 14 in 34.2 innings pitched, earning a birth on the All-Mountain East Conference second team.
Stagani was 5-5 with a 3.07 ERA in 11 games for the Hilltoppers as a junior in 2016.
A native of Richmond, Ohio, Stagani began his collegiate career at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
The Otters will face the Washington Wild Things at Bosse Field on May 11 to open the 2018 Frontier League regular season.

CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTER FLAG

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