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UE Men’s Soccer falls in Music City to Lipscomb

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The University of Evansville men’s soccer team came out on the wrong end of a see-saw match with Lipscomb, losing on the road to the Bison, 4-2, in a non-conference match-up Wednesday night.

The Aces fell behind early, as a mistake on a throw-in allowed Lipscomb’s Ihaia Delaney to tally his 3rd goal of the season, putting UE down 1-0 in the match’s 12th minute.

Evansville sophomore goalkeeper Frederik Reimer (Vester  Hassing, Denmark) drew a yellow card at the 23:27 mark of the first half, and was soon replaced by junior Greg Niven (St. Louis, Mo.).

Junior midfielder Zac Blaydes (Midway, Ky.) would even things up for the Aces in the match’s 33rd minute, tallying his second goal of the season on a quick free kick to knot the game at one.

Then, just before intermission, freshman Adam Snow (Florence, Ky.) headed home a goal off of a pass from fellow first-year player Sam Bonano (Evansville, Ind.), giving UE a 2-1 advantage going into halftime. The tally was Snow’s fifth of the campaign.

However, the second half proved to be another story. Lipscomb knotted the game up two minutes into the second stanza on a turnover, which Logan Paynter turned into his sixth goal of the season, tying the match up at two.

That’s the way it would stay until the 65th minute, when Ivan Alvarado gave the Bison the lead on a header inside the box. His fourth tally of the season made the score 3-2.

Bennie Harris would cap the scoring with an insurance goal in the 79th minute for his first tally on the year, as Evansville fell 4-2, dropping them to 6-7 and 2 on the campaign. Lipscomb moves to 8-6.

The Aces go back into Missouri Valley Conference play this Saturday, as they stay on the road to face Drake in Des Moines, Iowa. Kick-off is at 3 pm (CT).

 

Harvey’s late goal pushes Aces past Indiana State

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 Rabe makes eight saves in first collegiate start

 

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Searching for a road conference win, the University of Evansville women’s soccer team snapped its skid with a 2-1 victory over Indiana State in an MVC match in Terre Haute, Indiana on Wednesday night

“I thought the girls showed the fight and drive we were missing on Saturday,” said Aces head coach Krista McKendree.  “It’s always hard to win on the road, especially when our backs are against the wall as they are currently and I was happy for them to get a result. Overall we competed for the full 90 (minutes) and that is what we have been focusing on.”

Freshman midfielder Jayme-Lee Hunter and sophomore midfielder Mikayla Harvey each scored for the Aces. Between the posts, sophomore Julie Rabe made her first collegiate start in goal, earning the victory, making eight saves and allowing one goal. The Sycamores were led by Tessa Leong who recorded Indiana State’s lone goal.

In the seventh minute, Hunter opened the scoring as she curled a corner kick far post past the keeper to score off the set piece for the Wellington, New Zealand native’s fourth goal of the season.

Indiana State tied the match at one in the 19th minute as Tessa Leong scored on a shot from 40 yards out.

Much of the second half passed without many scoring chances for either side as possession was primarily controlled in the midfield.

The Aces found what would prove to be the game-winner in the 75th minute as Harvey unleashed a rocket from 30 yards out that flashed past the keeper for the Waterloo, Illinois native’s third goal of the season.

UE was out-shot by Indiana State, 17-5, but Evansville capitalized on both of its two shots on-goal, while the Sycamores scored just one of their nine shots on-frame.

The Aces return to Arad McCutchan Stadium for Senior Day on Saturday when Evansville takes on Missouri State at 3 p.m.

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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

IS IT TRUE OCTOBER 19, 2017

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We hope that todays “IS IT TRUE” 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?”

IS IT TRUE that the truth is finally being leaked out by the powers that be about just how expensive it is about to be to live in Evansville, Indiana?…an official for the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility actually admitted that a customer will be paying about $300 more in 2017 that they did in 2016 for the exact same service?…that corresponds to a 26% price increase in a single year and another 16% increase is coming next year?…water rate increases are on tap for 2019, 2020, and 2021 as well which will have Evansville well on the way to having the highest water bills with respect to the average wage in the United States?…the necessary action of replacing some of the 600 miles of decrepit water pipes that are made of cast iron and are over 90 years old is what makes these exorbitant price increases necessary?

IS IT TRUE that this is not as a result of fixing the BILLION DOLLAR SEWER problems?…this is just about replacing pipes that should have been replaced when the baby boomers were teenagers?…by the time the BILLION DOLLAR SEWER issues are all corrected the average water and sewer bill in Evansville will land somewhere north of $250 per month?…coupling that with Vectren bills that are the highest in the state with respect to the average wage, any money that may be saved by having affordable housing will be eaten up by the cost of utilities?…that when the utility bills for a modest home average $1,000 per month that is about what it cost to make a payment on a $250,000 house?…between these highly inflated utility bills and the runaway costs of health insurance and deductibles which now averages over $20,000 per year for a family of four that doesn’t get a subsidy, economic life in Evansville, Indiana, USA is getting out of hand?

IS IT TRUE that all of these runaway costs are a direct result of decades of elected officials failing to provide adequate stewardship over the infrastructure of Vanderburgh County and the City of Evansville?…we take this opportunity to remind you that the taxpayers of Vanderburgh County will be hit with a 20% increase in local income taxes to go along with that 26% increase in water and sewer bills, and another Vectren rate increase?…this all happened in a year that the average wage increase is closer to 2.5%?…as a late great professor from the University of Evansville once said, “come the revolution all of this $%#!  will cease?”…the obsession with fun and games is what has led the sheep to this unsustainable abyss?

IS IT TRUE we are hearing that the unnamed Evansville City Council member who requested that the Evansville City Controller, Russ Lloyd Jr provide him with an accounting  breakdown of Invoices and Unrecorded Liabilities for 2015, 2016 and 2017 is really causing the Winnecke administration a great deal of stress?  …the unnamed Evansville City Council member requested information that had to do with: 1) Account Payable Open Items Reports for 2015-2017. 2) Accrued Compensation Hours for Police and Fire Employees as of Aug 16-18, 2017. 3) Accounting Notes reports for 12/31/2016 and for the City of Evansville and other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) as prescribed by GASB 45 actuarial calculation of retired employees health insurance liability. 4) Also provided to city officials were the accounting notes for the City of Evansville concerning the (PERF) Public Employees Retirement Fund of which Evansville participates in?  …we are told that the unnamed City Council member is thinking about giving copies of these reports to the general public?

IS IT TRUE  that the highly respected fiscal conservative Richard Clements is now the Vice President of Commercial Lending for the Evansville State Bank?  …if Vanderburh County  GOP chairman Wayne Parke would had supported Mr. Clements for the Evansville City Council he won’t be having the problem with the “Tax and Spend” City Councilman Dan McGinn (I)?  …in case you may have forgotten Mr. Clements was a key player in helping to defeat the City/County consolidation effort?

IS IT TRUE Channel 25 News reported during their 10:00 P M news cast last night that 1st Ward Evansville City Councilman Dan McGinn resigned from the local Republican party?  …they also did a quick interview with local GOP Chairman Wayne Parke concerning this issue?  …we would like to respectfully point out to the people at Channel 25 News department that this subject was reported in the City County Observer on October 14, 2017?

IS IT TRUE we are told if Mayor Winnecke isn’t happy with the way that local GOP Chairman Wayne Parke has handled the Dan McGiin issue he has no authority to replace Mr. Parke as Chairman?

IS IT TRUE we would like to thank Vanderburgh Chief Deputy County Prosecuting Attorney Gary James Schutte II for doing one heck of a job for the citizens of Vanderburgh County?  …Vanderburgh County Prosecuting Attorney Nick Hermann should be very thankful that Mr. Schutte is around to watch his blind side?

IS IT TRUE since the son of the former United States Congressman John Hostettler, Matt Hosettler announced that he shall be running for to soon to be vacated State House of Representative seat presently held by Thomas Washburne his campaign has really begun to take off?  …its now obvious that the President of the Vanderburgh County Commission, Bruce Ungethiem is now facing the biggest challenge in his political career when he takes on Matt Hostetter in the District 64 State Representative Republican primary?

IS IT TRUE that the Vanderburgh County Council passed a “Wheel Tax” by a 5-2 vote? … that many area conservatives now considered them to be “Tax And Spend” liberal?  …Democrats Mike Goebel and Stephanie Terry voted against the tax increase?  …we thought that Democrats were considered to be “Tax And Spend” liberals?

Todays READERS POLL question is: Do you feel that the taxpayers of Vanderburgh County are finally getting tired of the “Tax And Spend” attitude of our local elected officials?

Please take time and read our newest feature articles entitled “LAW ENFORCEMENT, READERS POLL, BIRTHDAYS, HOT JOBS” and “LOCAL SPORTS” posted in our sections.  You now are able to subscribe to get the CCO daily.

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Application Period For Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program Announced

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Channel 44 News: Application Period For Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program Announced

OCTOBER 18TH, 2017  TYRONE MORRIS KENTUCKY

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has opened the application period for the Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program.

Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles says he is proud to have made that announcement as more than 3,200 acres of hemp were grown this year, the most ever under the Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program.

Industrial hemp is one of several alternative crops that have made its way into Kentucky’s agricultural economy in recent years.

In 2017, Kentucky’s farmers planted 3,200 acres of hemp, up from 2,350 acres in 2016, 922 acres in 2015, and 33 acres in 2014, the first year of the program.

Grower applications must be postmarked or received by 4:30 p.m., November 15th. Processor/Handler applications are preferred by November 15th with a final deadline of June 1st.

Applications can be downloaded from the KDA website. To download applications, click here.

BEST FRIENDS

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Justices Affirm Evansville SWAT Drug Arrest That Split COA

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Dave Stafford fr www.theindianalawyer.com

The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously affirmed drug convictions against an Evansville man who challenged a “military-style” SWAT team raid on his house that turned up cocaine, marijuana and prescription painkillers. The convictions previously were reversed in a divided opinion of the Indiana Court of Appeals that was vacated when justices granted transfer.

Mario Watkins was convicted of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance as a lesser-included Class A misdemeanor, possession of cocaine as a Level 6 felony, possession of a schedule IV controlled substance as a lesser-included Class A misdemeanor, possession of marijuana as a lesser-included Class B misdemeanor, and maintaining a common nuisance as a Level 6 felony.

He was charged after Evansville police acted on a tip from a longtime informant that there were drugs and a gun in Watkins’ house. Police got a search warrant, staked out and observed the house, and developed a plan to execute the warrant. They raided the house in multiple directions using a battering ram and a “flash-bang” grenade that was deployed in a room where only a nine-month-old boy was laying under a blanket in a playpen.

A majority of a Court of Appeals panel found the search unreasonable under Litchfield v. State, 824 N.E.2d 356. The majority opinion written by Judge Elaine Brown held that law enforcement needs for a military-style assault in this case were low and the degree of intrusion unreasonably high.

But justices aligned with the COA dissent of Judge Melissa May in affirming the trial court.

“We hold that the totality-of-the-circumstances Litchfield test — a test applied hundreds of times in our courts — remains well-suited to assess reasonableness under Article 1, Section 11. See Simons v. Simons, 566 N.E.2d 551, 557 (Ind. Ct. App. 1991) (“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”). Applying that test here, we find that the search warrant execution was not unreasonable,” Chief Justice Loretta Rush wrote for the court.

Under these circumstances, police noticed activity at the house consistent with drug dealing, they corroborated the informant’s tip, and they had reason to believe executing the warrant could be dangerous. The court also held that while the degree of intrusion was high, police carefully tailored their tactics.

However, the court rejected the state’s argument that “the courts should not second-guess officers,” as Rush wrote in Mario Watkins v. State of Indiana, 82S01-1704-CR-191.

“The Litchfield test continues to serve us well, so we decline the State’s invitation to replace it with an unprecedented ‘no reasonable officer’ test for search warrant executions,” Rush wrote. “Under the totality of the circumstances, the search warrant execution at Watkins’s house did not violate Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution. And the search warrant affidavit survives our deferential Fourth Amendment review because it provided a substantial basis for the probable cause finding. We therefore affirm the trial court.”

The court also cautioned that police use of “flash-bang” grenades that have drawn rebukes from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, including a judgment against Evansville police in a prior case, could spoil an investigation.

“(F) lash-bang grenades should be the exception in search warrant executions. Their extraordinary degree of intrusion will in many cases make a search constitutionally unreasonable,” Rush wrote. “And we have serious concerns about officers here setting off a flash-bang grenade when the only person in the room was a nine-month-old. Ultimately though, this search warrant execution — under Litchfield’s totality-of-the-circumstances test — did not  violate  our Constitution’s  search-and-seizure protections.”

St. Vincent Evansville Birth Announcements for week of October 18, 2017

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JoAnna and Matthew Przymus, Fort Branch, IN, daughter, Lenora Jo, Oct. 9

Christine and Chase Emge, Evansville, daughter, Emmalyn Rae, Oct. 10

Jennifer Robinson, Owensville, IN, daughter, Willow Christine, Oct. 10

Melanie Moore and Jeremny Crane, Mount Carmel, IN, daughter, Jessie Raye, Oct. 10

Shannon Jarnagin and Zachary Williams, Chandler, IN, son, Ozzy Zachariah John, Oct. 10

Ann and Christopher Cunningham, Newburgh, son, Albert Dwayne, Oct. 11

Billie and Matthew Walker, Evansville, son, Warren Robert, Oct. 11

Shawna Franks and Derek Smith, Evansville, daughter, Penny Lane, Oct. 11

Shawna Franks and Derek Smith, Evansville, daughter, Emmory Nicole, Oct. 11

Alyssa Belwood and Tyler Huggins, Evansville, son, Kaedyn Scott, Oct. 12

Amy and John Hayden, Owensboro, KY, daughter, Hope Isabella, Oct. 13

Amy and John Hayden, Owensboro, KY, son, Austin Keith, Oct. 13

Erin and Matt Schriefer, Evansville, daughter, Emily Carmen, Oct. 13

Maria Mendizabal and Shawn Hawkins, Evansville, son, Oliver Shawn, Oct. 13

Shannon and Mark Clayton, Evansville, son, Jack Anthony, Oct. 13

Andrea and Alexander Narang, Newburgh, daughter, Amelia Jean, Oct. 14

Courtney Long and Christopher Risley, Freelandville, IN, son, Cohen Todd, Oct. 15

Working Together Awards And Reception!

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Celebrate Working Together!
Opening Reception For Exhibit Slated For Thursday
Join the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana and the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, & Science as we launch our cooperative exhibit, Working Together!
This is an annual exhibit that is in its 24th year, and will open with a reception and awards presentation Thursday, October 19 from 6 – 8 p.m.
The exhibit will run from through December 3 at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science.
Working Together is a collaborative exhibit between the two arts-based organizations and is presented through a generous grant from Bill Beard in memory of Barb Beard.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
6 – 8 p.m.
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science
Riverside Drive, Evansville
COMING THIS WEEKEND…
The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana and Languages And Culture in Action present the acclaimed Spanish artist and L.A.C.I.A. Cultural Ambassador Maestro Soler for a Meet the Artist session. The New Kind of Guitar Feeling will take place Sunday, October 22 at 2 p.m. at the Arts Council’s Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery. The event is free to attend.
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