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UE Men Pick Up Huge Win Over Bradley

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Averaging 21 points per game in his first three Missouri Valley Conference games of the season, Ryan Taylor matched that output once again on Saturday, scoring 21 as the University of Evansville men’s basketball team took a 68-44 win over Bradley on Saturday inside the Ford Center.

Taylor hit 8 of his 17 field goals on the day and was 4-for-6 from outside. He was one of three to hit double figures for the Purple Aces (11-6, 1-3 MVC).  Dru Smith finished the day with 14 points while Blake Simmons had 12.  The offense was rolling as the Aces were credited with 23 assists on 25 makes.  K.J. Riley posted seven while Smith and Simmons finished with six and five, respectively.

“Bradley plays as hard as anybody we will see all year and it was up to us to match them,” UE head coach Marty Simmons said after the win.  “This is about as hard as we have played all season.”

“We had a good practice yesterday and it really carried over into today,” Simmons added.

Pacing Bradley (12-5, 2-2 MVC) was Donte Thomas, who had 12 points and four steals.  ElIjah Childs hit 5 out of 7 shots to tally 10 points.

“This was a must win based on how close we have been,” Aces senior Blake Simmons explained.  “We knew we had to execute, play well and listen to the coaches.  We did that and picked up a big win tonight.”

Ryan Taylor opened the day with a triple, accounting for three of his game-high 10 first-half points.  UE continued to lead until the Braves tied it at 10-10 on a Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye triples at the 16:19 mark.

The decisive run of the first half came with the Aces up 16-14 with 13:08 on the clock.  Evansville reeled off the next 14 points while holding Bradley scoreless for seven minutes.  Blake Simmons began the run with a three while Taylor added five in the run to give UE a 30-16 lead with six minutes remaining in the half.

Bradley cut into the lead just a bit with three points in the final two seconds of the period to make it a 35-25 game going into the break.  They were able to get within eight points on the first possession of the second stanza before Evansville solidified its advantage.

Up 38-29, the Purple Aces were able to post 10 in a row led by a Noah Frederking 3-pointer and an and-one by Dru Smith.  Midway through the half, Frederking’s third field goal of the game set the advantage at 21 points – 52-31.

The lead never got under 19 in the final 10 minutes as the Aces pulled off the win by a final of 68-44.

Frederking had an efficient outing for the squad.  He notched seven points on a perfect 3-for-3 shooting and hauled in a career-best five rebounds.  Dainius Chatkevicius had a game-high seven caroms and notched six points while Riley added six points and five rebounds to go along with seven assists.

Evansville outshot Bradley by a 49.0%-34.9% tally and finished a perfect 10-10 from the charity stripe.  Rebounding also went UE’s way by a 35-22 final.

“We definitely needed this,” Dru Smith said.  “As long as we can keep executing the game plan and continue to play hard on defense, we will continue on this path.”

That path continues at the Ford Center on Wednesday as the Aces welcome Missouri State in a 7 p.m. game.

 

USI goes cold at Drury, falls 71-61

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team went cold in the second half and lost to Drury University, 71-61, Saturday afternoon in Springfield, MO. USI saw its record fall to12-4 overall and 3-1 in the GLVC, while Drury goes to 9-2, 3-1 GLVC.

The Screaming Eagles and the Panthers traded control of the game throughout the opening half that featured 15 lead changes and four ties. USI’s largest leads of the half was three points, 11-8 at 13:29 and 34-31 at 1:09.

Offensively, the Eagles had seven different players score in the opening half, junior guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) leading way with nine points. Senior forward Julius Rajala (Helsinki, Finland) followed with eight points.

In the second half, USI and Drury continued to trade buckets until the Eagles seemed to take control with an 8-2 run to lead by three, 42-39, with 16:33 remaining. The Panthers, however, responded with a 12-0 run and took command with a 13-point lead, 66-53, with 2:09 to play. Drury would cruise the rest of the way to its 71-61 win as USI could get no closer than nine points in the final 76 seconds.

Individually for the Eagles, Stein led three players in double-digits with 16 points. Rajala followed with 12 points, while junior guard/forward Nate Hansen (Evansville, Indiana) rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11 points.

Rajala led USI on the glass with a career-high 12 rebounds for this second double-double of 2017-18. Senior forward DayJar Dickson (Washington, D.C.) also reached double-figures on the glass for the fourth time this season with 11 boards.

The Eagles return to the friendly surroundings of the Physical Activities Center Thursday when they host the University of Indianapolis for a 7:30 p.m. match-up. UIndy moved to 9-4 overall and 3-2 in the GLVC after a 76-69 victory at Rockhurst University this afternoon.

USI is leads the all-time series with UIndy, 55-22 overall, 51-21 in conference play. The Eagles also has a 35-8 all-time home mark against the Greyhounds, 34-8 in league action. USI took the first meeting this year in Indianapolis, 73-67, behind the 24-point performance of Rajala.

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300 Indiana Townships Could Be Affected by House Republican Proposal

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JANUARY 7th, 2018  TYRONE MORRIS INDIANA

 More than 300 Indiana townships could be eliminated under a proposal by House Republicans.

It targets townships with populations of fewer than 1,200. Over the next five years, it would likely affect property owners’ taxes.

House Speaker Brian Bosma has introduced the plan. The Indiana Township Association says people living in those smaller townships could see better fire and EMS service thanks to combined tax bases.

Indiana has 1,005 townships, but as rural populations have dropped off, some townships have struggled to afford basic needs.

Tyrone Morris

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PHONY PROPHETS PAINTING AN ALTERNATE GLOBAL WARMING REALITY?

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By Susan Stamper Brown

On December 28, President Trump wrote on Twitter: “In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!”

Predictably, social media lit up with comments by agitated alarmists who apparently believe everything, including the gas problem their great uncle had during Christmas dinner, is caused by global warming. They won’t be happy until the Earth freezes over and everyone dies.

They must have missed the news that Escambia County Florida had nearly two inches of snow on December 10, Erie, Pennsylvania just broke a 59-year-old snowfall record and  International Falls, Minnesota had a record-breaking 37 degrees below zero Christmas week. This happened thanks to a phenomenon scientists call a “Rossby wave” — not global warming — whereby Alaska blows it’s arctic air south while simultaneously “inhaling” warm air from the tropics. We get a break from the cold while folks in the Lower 48 get to experience what living in Alaska is like without buying a plane ticket.

You’re welcome.

Besides record-breaking cold, alarmists ignore that snowfall has increased for more than a century.

Up here in my little slice of paradise, researchers were recently shocked that the snowfall has doubled on Mt. Hunter in the Alaska range since the mid-1800s. In that same time frame, southcentral Alaska has experienced a 117 percent increase in winter snowfall and a 49 percent increase in summer snowfall. In addition, from 1950 to 2011, many coastal Alaskan towns have experienced winter snow increases ranging from 26 percent in Yakutat to 67 percent in Kodiak. 

On December 6, 2017, in the Chugach mountains I call home, Thompson Pass, experienced one of history’s most intense snowfalls at a rate of 10 inches per hour. That’s a record even for Thompson Pass which often gets between 600 to 900 inches of snow per year.

Additionally, the sea ice improved this year.

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Alaska’s “cool late-summer weather over the central Arctic Ocean helped preserve sea ice, slowing its melting enough to rank this year’s annual ice minimum as only the eighth lowest in the satellite record, far from the worst it’s been.”

Record cold. Record snow. Recovering sea ice. But, things are not always as they appear. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology announced in February 2017 they are investigating the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for alleged climate data manipulation after whistleblowers stepped forward, including Dr. John Bates, former principal scientist at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville North Carolina who claims NOAA scientists put a “thumb on the scale” to favor their global warming argument.

Maybe this is not about science at all. Maybe it’s more about phony prophets painting fake pictures to produce an alternate reality.

Alarmists are not interested in the indisputable evidence the Earth goes through cyclical periods of cooling and warming. The Earth experienced periods of glaciation, then melting, long before the construction of Al Gore’s energy-devouring Nashville home and Leonardo DiCaprio’s excessive use of private jets.

Gore said the Arctic would be ice free by 2014 and the guy Democrats call a “prophet,” James Hansen, former director of NASA’s Godard Institute for Space Studies, predicted the Arctic ice would melt by the end of 2017.

Oops.

Hansen recently published a paper suggesting we are now on the brink of a short ice age caused by…wait for it…global warming. He claims global temperatures are an “unreliable diagnostic of planetary condition as the ice melt increases” and predicts “large scale regional cooling by mid-century” for the North Atlantic and Southern oceans.

Obviously, climate alarmists have the same answer for every weather pattern, so the rest of us normal folks should forget them and focus on reality. Right about now, a little global warming sounds nice as we dream of white sandy beaches, not the white powdery stuff outside our windows waiting to be shoveled.

FOOTNO)TE: ©2018 Susan Stamper Brown Susan lives in Alaska and writes about culture, politics and current events. She is a regular contributor to Townhall and The Christian Post. Susan’s nationally syndicated column is published in scores of newspapers and publications across the U.S.  She was selected as one of America’s 40 Best Conservative columnists for 2017, and one of the 50 Best for 2015 and 2016. 

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Southern Indiana Gets New Prosecutor Focused On Violence

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IL for www.theindianalawyer.com

The U.S. Justice Department says the federal Southern District of Indiana will receive an additional assistant U.S. attorney to focus exclusively on violent crime.

The department announced Thursday the Indianapolis-based Southern District is one of 27 locations around the U.S. receiving new federal prosecutors who will concentrate on violence-ridden neighborhoods.

 It says the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative will focus the new assistant U.S. attorney’s attention, on prosecuting violent offenders. It also will assign prosecutors to each of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s six districts to monitor and prosecute the worst violent offenders.
U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler said in a news release that it’s “no secret that Indianapolis is struggling with violent crime.” He says gun crimes carry the risk of lengthy federal prison sentences.

Bill to Raise Age of Consent Proposed Again

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January 5, 2018  

By Emily Ketterer
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS – Rep. Karlee Macer, D-Indianapolis, is proposing a bill for the second time to raise the age of consent in Indiana from 16 to 18 years old.

Macer said her goal with this proposal is to protect young women and men from exploitation.

“I know there are other legislators around the country who are doing what I’m doing,” Macer said. “Which is doing more work to protect our young people from being solicited in such a way.”

State Rep. Karlee Macer, D-Indianapolis, has prosed legislation to raise the age of consent. Photo by Bryan Wells, TheStatehouseFile.com

House Bill 1111 would add “indiscretion” as a criminal offense, which would be filed against a person who is at least 23 years old engaging in sexual intercourse or sexual conduct with an individual under the age of 18.

One of Macer’s reasons for raising the age of consent is sex trafficking.

“With the age of consent law in the state of Indiana, a lot of time through social media, they are able to groom our children,” Macer said. “They’re able to lure them into an industry that is consensual. That is another piece that I think is really important.”

Macer said she feels the bill may have more a chance to get a hearing this year because of an Indiana Supreme Court case in which 40-year-old Sameer G. Thaker was charged with a felony for sending a sexual image to a 16-year-old.

“He was charged with a felony, but if he had sex with her, it would not be a crime at all,” Macer said.

She said Justice Mark Massa, in his written opinion, acknowledged the law’s inconsistency.

“I hope, sadly, that that will be something that will encourage more conversation about the age of consent,” Macer said.

Macer said that her proposal will not impact the current “Romeo and Juliet law” in Indiana, which protects adults from facing criminal charges for having a sexual relationship with their underage partner within a four-year age range. She said she feels the law is important to young relationships.

“I am in no way, shape or form trying to affect young love,” Macer said.

Macer worked on the legislation with Reps. Dave Ober, R-Albion; Ryan Hatfield, D-Evansville; and Linda Lawson, D-Hammond. She said she is also working with law enforcement and other leaders to help the bill pass.

“I hope that there is an opportunity to get this passed and to recognize how important it is that we truly advocate for our children,” she said.

FOOTNOTE: Emily Ketterer is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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Ruling: Menards Founder’s Ex-Fiancee Doesn’t Deserve Ownership

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IL for www.theindianalawyer.com

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the founder of the Menards building supply stores doesn’t owe his former fiancee an ownership interest in the company.

Debra Sands filed a lawsuit in 2008, alleging that John Menard promised her an ownership share in exchange for her work at the company while they were involved in a romantic relationship and during their engagement.

A state appeals court ruled in 2016 that Sands didn’t deserve an ownership share in the company or damages. The Supreme Court upheld that decision, ruling that Sands and Menard weren’t engaged in a joint enterprise. The court also says Sands failed to show her contributions increased Menard’s assets.

Sands’ attorney didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment Friday.

According to Forbes, Menards is the nation’s third-largest home improvement chain. According to its website, Menards has 33 stores in Indiana.

UE Softball Season Just Five Weeks Away

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Aces Announce Challenging Slate For 2018

 In what is shaping up to be an extremely challenging schedule, the University of Evansville softball team is set to face off against five NCAA Tournament teams and nine postseason teams from the 2017 campaign.

“The Missouri Valley Conference is a grind every year so in order for us to prepare for that we have really decided to challenge ourselves early in the non-conference to help get us ready,” UE head softball coach Mat Mundell said.

Evansville is coming off of a 20-33 overall record while going 11-15 in Missouri Valley Conference games.  UE returns 11 players from last season and will see eight newcomers take the field.  Highlighting the Aces’ returners are defending MVC Newcomer of the Year Brittany Hay and All-Conference Second Team member Morgan Florey.

“Postseason experience is something you will see a lot of our opponents have in common,” Mundell added.  “That was intentional we want to be one of those teams so we thought what better way to get there than to play teams who have made it.”

It will be an exciting start to the season as the Purple Aces head to Lafayette, La. To take part in the Louisiana Classic presented by Louisiana Lafayette.  After opening up against Samford on February 9, the Aces take on the host Ragin Cajuns later that day.  Last season, they were the Sun Belt Champions and played at LSU in the NCAA Tournament.  They had one of the top records in the nation, finishing at 47-8.

Illinois-Chicago will mark the third opponent in the event.  The Flames are coming off of a banner season of their own as they posted a 39-22 record on their way to the Horizon League Championship.  Their NCAA Tournament berth saw them play at the University of Oregon.  UE finishes the tournament with games against Iowa out of the Big 10 and Eastern Illinois.

Another impressive weekend of action features the Aces heading to the Georgia Classic in Athens, Ga.  Running from Feb. 16-18, the Aces take on Winthrop and Georgia twice while playing Samford in a single game.  The Bulldogs had a 35-23 mark in 2017 and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament.

Following the trip to Georgia, the Purple Aces head south once again from Feb. 23-25 to Chattanooga for the Frost Classic.  In the opening game, the Aces take on IUPUI where current assistant coach Heather Tarter led the Jaguars to the Summit League Regular Season Championship last season.  She was also named the league’s Coach of the Year.  UE also takes on Southeast Missouri State, EIU, Western Illinois and Chattanooga that weekend.

The month of March begins much closer to home as the Aces make the quick trip to Bowling Green, Ky. for the Hilltopper Spring Fling.  Evansville will play five games in the tournament against Austin Peay, Dayton and Western Kentucky.  The Hilltoppers were a postseason team in 2017, playing in the National Invitational Softball Championship.

From March 9-11, UE plays its fifth and final pre-conference event at the Racer Classic in Murray, Ky.  It will be another competitive weekend for the squad, who faces defending Horizon League champion Flames for the second time while also squaring off against Oakland, Kent State and Murray State.  The Golden Flashes of Kent State went 33-28 last year on their way to the Mid-American Conference Championship while advancing to the Waco Regional in the NCAA Tournament.  The Racers won 36 games on their way to a berth in the NISC.

MVC play commences with a home series against Drake on March 17-18.  Last season, Evansville swept the Bulldogs in Des Moines.  Another home weekend is up seven days later when UNI comes to town.  The Panthers were 33-19 overall and an impressive 20-6 in the Valley.

On March 30, UE plays its first conference road series at Loyola before heading to Butler in a midweek game on April 5.  UE returns to Cooper Stadium for a 3-game set against Missouri State on April 7-8 before making the trip to UT Martin on April 11 in its final regular-season non-conference game.  The Skyhawks are coming off of a 39-20 campaign and a postseason trip to the NISC.

Another postseason team is on tap that weekend when the Aces head to Normal, Ill. to play Illinois State.  The Redbirds were 33-24 last year and 20-6 in the MVC on their way to the finals of the NISC.  The road trip continues on Wednesday, April 18 with a doubleheader at Indiana State and a 3-game series at Valparaiso on April 21-22.

Indiana State comes to Evansville for a single game on the 24th before defending conference tournament champion Southern Illinois comes to Cooper Stadium for three games.  The Salukis won 33 games on their way to the MVC Tournament crown.  They played their NCAA Regional in 2017 at Ole Miss.  The regular season finale will take place at Bradley with three games on May 5-6.

The MVC Tournament is set for May 10-12 in Des Moines, Iowa.

 

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