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HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE
“What Were You Wearing?†Survivor Art Installation Coming Soon
Evansville, IN – Monday through Friday from February 26 through March 9, a sexual assault survivor art installation titled “What Were You Wearing?†will be on display in the Bower-Suhrheinrich Visual Arts Center at Ivy Tech Community College. Outfits featured have been recreated from the stories of student survivors.
Open free to the public on Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., the Center is located in room 107 on the Evansville campus.
According to Renee Rockers, mental health counselor, the installation asks participants to understand that it was never about the clothing. “The act of shedding those clothes is never enough to bring peace or comfort to survivors of sexual assault. The violation is not simply woven into the fabric of the material, it is a part of the survivor’s new narrative. Instead, it requires all to evaluate what enabled us as individuals, and as a society, to ask, ‘What were you wearing?’ in the first place.â€
Support from the Ivy Tech Counseling Office or Albion Fellows Bacon Center will be available at the viewing from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. each day.
Holcomb Visits Columbus to See & Hear Regional Workforce Success Stories Firsthand
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Holcomb today traveled to the Columbus Learning Center to participate in a roundtable discussion and to learn about the region’s successful and well-established workforce partnerships, including the Community Education Coalition and Economic Opportunities through Education (EcO) Network. While there, he heard directly from students who have taken advantage of local education and work-based opportunities to pursue pathways leading to rewarding and fulfilling careers in Southeast Indiana. The governor joined other state and local elected officials as well as education, community and business leaders. The goal of the visit was learn about successful, locally-developed programs to skill-up Hoosiers and put them to work in high-demand, high-wage careers.
Men’s Tennis Notches Home Win 8-1
University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis notched another win for the 2017-18 season with a 8-1 decision over William Jewell College Friday at the Evansville Tennis Center.
The Screaming Eagles (4-1) came out strong with a 3-0 sweep in the doubles competition. The pairing of freshman Alexander Lawrenz (Hamburg, Germany) and freshman Spencer Blandford (Louisville, Kentucky) was the first to win, 8-0, in the number two doubles. The duo of junior Andrew Dones(Georgetown, Indiana) and Ilia Karelin (Ekaterinburg, Russia) secured another win in number three doubles 8-1. USI captured the 3-0 doubles victory with a final win from the number one group of senior Samuel Kiladejo (London, England) and freshman Martim Cafe (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) with a final score of 9-7.
Singles competition saw Karelin winning the first match in straight sets at number three singles, while Lawrenz earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory at number two. The Eagles finished out the rest of the matches in the win column with freshman Yahor Bahdanovich (Minsk, Belarus) securing a 6-1, 6-3 win at the number four singles slot; Blandford winning in 6-3, 6-1 at number five; and Café posting a 6-3, 6-0 decision at number six.
USI returns to action Thursday with a trip to Michigan for a match with the Timberwolves of Northwood University.
“READERS FORUM” FEBRUARY 17, 2018
WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?
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?
Todays “Readers Poll†question is: If the Republican primary for the 8th District Congressional race was held today who would you vote for?
Please take time and read our articles entitled “STATEHOUSE Files, CHANNEL 44 NEWS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, READERS POLL, BIRTHDAYS, HOT JOBS†and “LOCAL SPORTSâ€.  You now are able to subscribe to get the CCO daily.
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IU Qualifies 21 for Final Night of Finals at Big Ten Championships
IU Qualifies 21 for Final Night of Finals at Big Ten Championships
 COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team will bring back 21 finalists on Saturday for the final night of the 2018 Women’s Big Ten Championships at the McCorkle Aquatic Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Of the 21 finalists, five compete in Championship Finals, eight in B Finals and five in C Finals. Those numbers don’t include the 1,650 freestyle, which IU will have three swimmers participating. Entering the final night, IU is in second place with a total of 787 points.
200 Backstroke
Five Hoosiers qualified for the evening finals of the 200 backstroke, with senior Kennedy Goss leading the way. Goss will be the No. 2 seed for the Championship Final with an NCAA B cut of 1:52.12
Three IU swimmers earned spots in the B Final with an NCAA B cut times. Rachel Matsumura (1:55.34), Marie Chamberlain (1:55.45) and Camryn Forbes (1:55.81) qualified 11-13 for Indiana. Forbes’ mark was a personal-best for the freshman.
Fellow freshman Bailey Kovac will swim in the C Final after coming in with a personal-best and NCAA B cut of 1:57.54, cutting nearly five seconds off her previous PR.
100 Freestyle
Five IU swimmers qualified for the evening finals of the 100 freestyle with NCAA B cut times. Holly Spears (49.24), Delaney Barnard (49.52) and Maria Paula Heitmann (49.54) will all swim in the B Final. Both Barnard’s and Heitmann’s times were personal-bests.
Freshman Grace Haskett (49.71) and senior Ali Rockett (49.84) will swim in the C Final. Rockett’s mark is a personal-best.
200 Breaststroke
Two-time defending champion Lilly King will be the top seed in the Championship Final of the 200 breaststroke on Saturday night after touching the wall with an NCAA A cut of 2:06.38. King’s time is the sixth-best of her career and ranks as the seventh-best time in school history.
Joining King in the A Final will be Laura Morley, who qualified seventh overall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 2:11.35.
Freshman Abby Kirkpatrick will swim in the B Final after posting a PR and B cut of 2:13.34, while Mackenzie Atencio swam a PR and B cut of 2:13.79 to qualify for the C Final.
200 Butterfly
Shelby Koontz continued her great swimming this week, earning a spot in the Championship Final of the 200 butterfly, qualifying seventh overall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 1:56.89.
Reagan Cook qualified for the B Final with a time of 1:57.97, while Christine Jensen earned a place in the C Final with a mark of 1:59.34. Both times are NCAA B cuts.
Platform Dive
Jessica Parratto will make her third Championship Final appearance of the week after qualifying second overall with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 340.45. Parratto, who won the title last year in the event, had two scores of 80 points or higher in prelims.
The freshmen duo of Mya Kraeger and Taylor Carter both scored points for the Hoosiers, with each recording personal-best and NCAA Zones qualifying scores. Kraeger finished 17th overall with a total of 257.45, while Carter was 21st with a score of 242.75.
The No. 9 Hoosiers will conclude the 2018 Big Ten Championships on Saturday evening with the finals of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststrokes, 200 butterflies, 1,650 freestyle, platform dive and 400 freestyle relay.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
200 Backstroke
Kennedy Goss – 1:52.12 (Championship Final – NCAA B Cut)
Rachel Matsumura – 1:55.34 (B Final – NCAA B Cut)
Marie Chamberlain – 1:55.45 (B Final – NCAA B Cut)
Camryn Forbes – 1:55.81 (B Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Bailey Kovac – 1:57.54 (C Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
- Katie Keller – 1:59.88
100 Freestyle
Holly Spears – 49.24 (B Final – NCAA B Cut)
Delaney Barnard – 49.52 (B Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Maria Paula Heitmann – 49.54 (B Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Grace Haskett – 49.71 (C Final – NCAA B Cut)
Ali Rockett – 49.84 (C Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Laurel Eiber – 50.84
200 Breaststroke
Lilly King – 2:06.38 (Championship Final – NCAA A Cut)
Laura Morley – 2:11.35 (Championship Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Abby Kirkpatrick – 2:13.34 (B Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Mackenzie Atencio – 2:13.79 (C Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Hope Hayward – 2:15.72 (Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
200 Butterfly
Shelby Koontz – 1:56.89 (Championship Final – Personal Best, NCAA B Cut)
Reagan Cook – 1:57.97 (B Final – NCAA B Cut)
Christine Jensen – 1:59. 34 (C Final – NCAA B Cut)
Sam Lisy – 2:00.66
Platform Dive
Jessica Parratto – 340.45 (NCAA Zones Qualifying Score)
Mya Kraeger – 257.45 (Personal Best, NCAA Zones Qualifying Score)
Taylor Carter – 242.75 (Personal Best, NCAA Zones Qualifying Score)
A WEE MOUSIE’S REVENGE By Jim Redwine
GAVEL GAMUT By Jim Redwine
A WEE MOUSIE’S REVENGE
I can’t relate in a family newspaper my very first thought as I slipped on that icy stoop at JPeg Ranch and crashed precipitously into the large stone behind it. As I felt my left kidney complain about the cruel blow, my mind was in the pure reaction mode. Contemplation of the irony involved arose only after I realized I was not dead. Peg later said I must have actually landed on my head as there appeared to be no lasting damage.
But as the Good Book says, “In the beginning …†Last Friday morning’s near rendezvous with mortality began about 5:00 a.m. when I was shaving and heard Peg shriek, “Jim, get down here!†As I had experienced that tone for years I went ahead shaving thinking she probably had some task in mind for me that might be able to be avoided if I feigned deafness.
Peg stormed into the bathroom with the same attitude I remembered my drill sergeant had in basic training. “There’s a mouse in the sticky trap behind the commode in the laundry room!†I figured this was not going away but held out a glimmer of hope the mouse may have managed to escape and, therefore, so could I. I made no reply.
“You (why me?) need to get that thing out of here right now! And take it out to the burn pile. Do not even try to just throw it in the trash until the trash men come next week.†She is always at least one bad decision ahead of me.
Gentle Reader, you may recall that last Friday we still had the frozen remnants of ice and sleet from Mother Nature’s assault. Most of it was melted but some had re-frozen. Unfortunately for me the clear, invisible ice still covered the path out to the burn pile and most importantly the deck and steps leading to the path. Hold that thought.
Resigning myself to my spousal fate I checked behind the commode and found one fairly normal sized mouse looking at me with what appeared to be a respectful appeal for clemency. I picked up the trap and mouse with my left hand and headed out the three-season porch to the deck. Everything looked okay to me so I stepped down off the deck onto the large white stone step which also looked clear. Well, it was clear, clear ice.
Faster than the falling stock market I ended up crashing on my left kidney into the stoop and wishing I’d pass out. I didn’t. I first processed the similarity between the excruciating pain I was currently feeling and the only slightly more exhilarating level brought on when I broke my leg skiing. Once I finished cursing the darkness I began to contemplate why I had not just released the mouse and let it slip on the ice. Instead, the mouse pulled away from the now crumpled trap and as I helplessly watched it looked back over its shoulder with an expression that appeared to me both sardonic and sarcastic. It did not hang around to offer aid or comfort.
After about ten minutes of writing on the ice-covered ground and trying to figure out how I could parlay the situation into some advantage against Peg, I struggled my way back into the house seeking sympathy. Peg said, “I do not see any blood and, more importantly, where’s the mouse?†That was when the poem by Robert Burns, Ode to a Wee Mousie, came to mind. “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go astrayâ€, or in my case, Peg’s best-laid plans for me.
Oh by the way, not only was Peg about as sympathetic as a traffic cop in Alabama when you have an Indiana license tag but when I went to see Dr. Lee he took one brief but professional look and said, “You are not dying, it’s only an ugly bruise. But if you want me to, I’ll call Peg and tell her you cannot do any chores until Spring.†Unfortunately, he was only kidding.
For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www.jamesmredwine.com
Mike Duckworth to Speak at Republican Breakfast

Mike Duckworth, Candidate for Vanderburgh County Commission District 2, has been invited by the Vanderburgh County Republican Party to be the guest speaker at the February GOP Breakfast this Saturday.
The Vanderburgh County Republican Party holds a breakfast every month for the entire GOP County Committee including current office holders, candidates, precinct committeemen, and the Central Committee. The event is used to update the county committee on current events, political happenings, and affords candidates an opportunity to engage directly with rank-and-file Republicans.
Mike will make the case that he is the best candidate to represent the citizens of Vanderburgh County. Mike has a proven history of public service, both within government agencies and with non-profit organizations. He will point to his experience as a Sheriff’s Deputy, member of the South West Indiana Mental Health Board of Directors, EVSC Board President, and as Superintendent of the County Highway Department, all of which has provided first-hand knowledge of how local government works and, also, how it can be improved.
The Committee to Elect Mike Duckworth is inviting the press to attend to hear Mike’s vision for Vanderburgh County and be updated on the current status of the campaign.
EVENT DETAILS:
GOP Breakfast, Saturday, Feb 17
C.K. Newsome Center, Rooms 118 A-B
7:30 am Doors Open
8am-9am Program