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EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE

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EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE

BY MARK HURT CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE 

At a Lincoln Day event in Jasper County earlier this year, one of my advisers had an interesting experience. One, I am sure, well-intentioned young attendee asked him why Republicans were not more in favor of higher education. Whey he pressed him for what he meant, he cited that New York had just passed a bill authorizing free college education for any New York resident making an annual income of $ 100,000.00 or less. The young attendee thought that might be a good platform plank to attract young people to the Republican side.

They had a good conversation. My friend reminded him that the socialist Bernie Sanders had the same idea in the last Presidential race and that Hillary Clinton was close that same view – both embracing more and more the socialist approach to problem solving – spend other people’s money. He recalled for him that the country Sanders cited as a prime example of what New York was trying to do now was Norway. A paradise, if you believe United Nations’ reports on the best countries in which to live. Yes, in Norway there is universal free education through the university and universal free medical care. Sounds great, even assuming incorrectly that the care they receive is on par with hospitals in the USA.

Any downsides he asked him? None the college junior could think of.
Here are a couple downsides. The lowest federal income rate in Norway is 40% and no deductions are allowed. If you make more than $ 78,000 per year, the income tax rate jumps to 68%. Also, there is a 25% national sales tax (what Europeans refer to as a VAT – a Value Added Tax) and a 100% tax on new vehicles, yes 100%! A Honda, for example costing $20,000 in the USA would then be just under $40,000 in Norway. Furthermore, gas is perpetually at least $ 10.00 per gallon. That is why most Norwegians do not own cars and fewer still own homes, and Norwegians have the highest personal debt in the world.
A socialist paradise? Not quite, just in theory. My colleague asked the young Lincoln Day attendee how those numbers fitted into his expected $23,000 per year salary upon graduation from IUPUI. He was floored. As the student put it, “I never thought about that and our professors do not mention it.” As the famous business guru, Dr. W. Edward Deming used to say, “In God we trust, all others bring data.”

ROY MOORE

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Cops Connecting With Kids Pick Cedar Hall School Students Part of “Reveal Week” 2018 Disney Trip

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Evansville Police Officers and Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputies joined the staff of Cedar Hall School yesterday for their 2018 Walt Disney World trip reveal.

At the school wide assembly our law enforcement professionals  announced that 16 students will travel to Walt Disney World as part of the “Cops Connecting With Kids” program in January, 2018.

The group will take 48 kids in total from McGary Middle School, Glenwood Leadership Academy, and Cedar Hall. The McGary kids found out they earned their trip on Monday. The Glenwood kids will find out on Friday morning during their 9:00am assembly.

The “Cops Connecting With Kids Disney” trip is completely funded through a sponsorship program and fundraisers. The goal of the “Cops Connecting With Kids” program is to build relationships with kids through positive interactions with law enforcement.

In the first three years of the program, 118 kids earned an all expenses paid trip to the Disney theme parks. The 2018 trip will bring the total to 166 kids.

Commentary: Still a fight for love and glory

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By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.com 

INDIANAPOLIS – The actress Lauren Bacall once affectionately called her husband Humphrey Bogart “the ugliest handsome man you’ve ever seen.”

As I sit in a movie theater watching a special 75th anniversary screening of the Bogart classic “Casablanca,” I realize how apt Bacall’s description was.

 

In many ways, Bogart was the most unlikely of screen idols.

A slight man with an oversized head who spoke with a slight lisp and had a face almost skeletal in structure, by all common reckoning he shouldn’t have been able to radiate the force he did.

But he did.

In this, the most star-making of his many complex and powerful performances, he did more than own the screen. He created a character that set a code for masculine conduct that lasted for at least two generations.

The movie’s plot is familiar, a tale of two pining lovers – Bogart’s Rick and Ingrid Bergman’s Ilsa – separated by fate and circumstance in a world “gone crazy,” one plunged into the maelstrom of a global war. The tension in their story is as old as life itself, the conflict between desire and duty.

Bogart’s Rick is a reluctant hero. At the beginning of the film, he is a wounded man. To the outward world, he is cool and confident, a graceful, self-assured figure in an immaculate white dinner jacket. In private, he nurses his wounds, bathing them in bourbon to the tune of a tinkling piano.

Rick’s narrative arc is the movie’s point. As the plot propels itself forward, Rick rediscovers his best self, remembering his responsibilities to others and to the world around him as he sacrifices the thing he wants most – a life with Ilsa – so he and she can serve the greater good.

There are, to be sure, moments that now seem absurd.

As I watch the scene in which the lovers have reconciled, temporarily, and Bergman’s Ilsa says to Bogart’s Rick that she feels so overwhelmed that he will have “think for both of us,” I try to imagine a circumstance in which my wife, my daughter or any other woman I respect would say such a thing to a man.

I cannot conjure up a single plane of reality in which that might occur.

Nor would I want it to.

Other parts of the Bogart/Rick code, though, still resonate.

Part of that code is the implied assertion that a man’s character should be defined and revealed through his conduct. That what he feels should be made clear by what he does, how he cares for those around him, what he defends, what he resists and where he stands when things that matter are at stake.

And some of that code also can be found in what a man holds back, the taciturn refusal to display one’s wounds, which is an act of faith that there can be and is dignity in owning one’s vulnerabilities and disappointments without reveling in them.

We all hurt at times, but we all have to find ways to keep going.

We owe that much not just to those around us, but to our best selves.

The film’s final scene is justly famous. In it, Bogart’s Rick and the superb Claude Rains’ Capt. Renault, having resolved to return to the world of conflict, stride into the fog, two small figures who seem to grow in stature even as they disappear into the mists, two men ennobled by their determination to try to make moral sense of a world enshrouded by chaos and malice.

The movie’s message – that we should focus not just on what we are owed but also on what we owe others and the world around us – is as pertinent today as it was in 1942.

As the song “Casablanca” made famous makes clear, it’s still “a fight for love and glory, a case of do or die.”

Because we still live in a world where “the fundamental things apply, as time goes by.”

John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

Vanderburgh County Current Warrants

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Vanderbugh County Current Warrants

NCAA II XC Championship Start Times Moved Up

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Due to the threat of inclement weather in the Evansville Tri-State area late Saturday morning, the start times for the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships at Angel Mounds have been moved up.

The women’s six-kilometer race is now scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. (CST), while the men’s 10k race has been changed to a 9:30 a.m. start time.

Otters Sign Rookie Outfielder

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The Evansville Otters have signed outfielder John Kukura of Pace University to a 2018 contract.
A 2017 graduate, Kukura collected 205 hits in 166 games with Pace to finish fifth on the school’s all-time hits list.  The New York City native holds Pace’s career record with 11 triples, including a single-season mark of eight as a junior in 2016.  Kukura hit .341 with 33 RBIs and a .536 slugging percentage in 2016 to be named Pace’s Co-Male Athlete of the Year.

Kukura earned first-team all-Northeast Ten Conference accolades in 2016 and 2017 as well as back-to-back American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region honors.  He was also named to both the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team and NE10 Academic All-Conference Team in 2016 and 2017.

The Otters will face the Washington Wild Things at Bosse Field on May 11 to open the 2018 Frontier League regular season.

Volleyball To Wrap up 2017 Season On The Road

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Purple Aces Play Bradley And Illinois State

 In the last weekend of the regular season, the University of Evansville volleyball team heads north for matches at Bradley and Loyola.

Last weekend, the Purple Aces completed the home schedule against Valparaiso and Loyola.  UE dropped those contests by finals of 3-1 and 3-0, respectively.  Mildrelis Rodriguez had a match-high 17 kills against the Crusaders while Rachel Tam posted 13 to lead the team on Saturday versus the Ramblers.

The Purple Aces honored their four seniors as the team completed its home schedule.  Prior to Saturday’s contest against Loyola, Cathy Schreiber, Erlicia Griffith, Montana Schafer and Jelena Merseli were recognized.

Mildrelis Rodriguez has always done well for the Aces on both sides of the net and that showed on Friday against Valparaiso.  The junior finished the contest with 20 digs and 17 kills.  In a 5-set win over Bradley earlier this season, Rodriguez had a great 20-20 performance, notching 21 kills and 22 digs while adding three block assists.  It was the first such performance for a UE player since Brooke Maher in 2010.  Maher had 20 kills and 31 digs versus Drake on Nov. 20, 2010.  Rodriguez is second on the team with 2.44 kills per set and is also second with 3.46 digs per game.

Rachel Tam had a strong effort in the final weekend of home action as she finished with 23 kills in the contests against Valpo and Loyola.  That translated into an average of 3.29 per set.  In her previous 30 sets of work, Tam averaged just 2.0 kills per set.  In the first meeting of the season at SIU, she set career marks in kills (27) and attempts (79).  Her kill total was the most for a UE player since Oct. 24, 2015.  Tam continues to lead the way for the Aces with 2.86 kills per set.

Sitting at .267 for the season, Cathy Schreiber has been UE’s most accurate hitter.  In the weekend of October 27-28, Schreiber had 24 kills in 44 attempts with just six errors while notching 4.00 kills per set.  Schreiber’s season hitting mark of .267 ranks near the top ten in the MVC.  She has had double figure kills in five of the last 10 matches while hitting .300 or higher on ten occasions.

Entering the final weekend of play, Bradley sits at 9-21 overall and 2-14 in conference play.  They have dropped their last five league outings.  Erica Haslag is ranked second in the Valley with 4.28 blocks per set while Kathryn Graf is third in blocks with an average of 0.98 per game.

Illinois State enters the homestretch with a mark of 18-11 and are solidly in the conference tournament with an 11-5 record.  The Redbirds have won three in a row, taking down Valparaiso, Loyola and Bradley.  Jaelyn Keene sits third in the MVC with 3.99 kills per set while Courtney Pence leads the Valley in digs (6.62/set).

AXIOM Designs Vinyl Wraps for Evansville Police Department Mounted Patrol Horse Trailers

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ESpeck and Blondie, popular members of the Evansville Police Department’s mounted patrol unit, are no longer transported via unmarked vehicles. Their two horse trailers, now bearing newly designed vinyl wraps were unveiled November 8, 2017 at a news conference held on the grounds of the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville. Design services were provided by Evansville marketing company, AXIOM.

The concepts, created by AXIOM Art Director, Jason Snader, incorporate the colors of blue traditionally associated with law enforcement, as well as images of galloping horses, and Evansville landmarks. Alvey’s Sign Company, Inc., also of Evansville, printed and installed the vinyl wraps.

EDITORS FOOTNOTE: AXIOM is a full-service Marketing, Media, and Digital agency headquartered in Evansville.

 

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.

Piper Leigh-Ann Brown: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)

Regina Belle Hayden: Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Level 6 Felony)

Marc Kevin Ausenbaugh: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)

Keegan Scott Dannheiser: Battery by means of a deadly weapon (Level 5 Felony), Battery resulting in moderate bodily injury (Level 6 Felony)

Frederick Franklin: Conspiracy Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 4 Felony)

John Joseph Schaefer: Conspiracy Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 4 Felony)

Tyler Matthew Emrich: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)

Nathan James Williams: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony)

Antonio Hanger: Invasion of privacy (Level 6 Felony)

Anthony Ray Burris Jr.: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony)

Audra Leeann White: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor)

Kayla Jo Frasier: Possession of narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor)

Frank Paul James Lewis: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)

Yolanda Andrea Gibson: Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Public intoxication (Class B misdemeanor)

Monna Gail Alvey: Theft (Level 6 Felony)

Walter William Alvey Jr.: Theft (Level 6 Felony)

Brandon Michall Nordby: Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life (Level 5 Felony)

Joseph David Gross III: Criminal confinement (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery on a person less than 14 years of age (Level 6 Felony)

Caleb Scott Hawkins: Domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury (Level 5 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)

Deborah Lynn Petrangelo: Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)

Mark Anthony Porcher: Robbery (Level 5 Felony), Invasion of privacy (Class A misdemeanor)

Mitchell Kent Greathouse: Conspiracy Armed robbery (Level 3 Felony), Armed robbery (Level 3 Felony)

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