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96th Annual West Side Nut Club Fall Festival Concludes
The 96th West Side Nut Club Fall Festival concludes Saturday night after a week of music, food, contests, rides, pageants and parades. An Evansville tradition since 1921, the festival occupies over four city blocks is considered to be one of the largest street festivals in the United States.
The Sheriff’s Office has been talking to festival goers all week long at our tent located at the intersection of W. Franklin Street and N. 11th Avenue (next to the lost and found booth). Stop by the Sheriff’s Office Fall Festival tent today and pick up a free munchie map. Untill 4:00 PM today you can also enter for a chance to win a 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle from the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association (ISA). Proceeds will benefit the families of deputies and officers killed in the line of duty as well as the ISA’s Youth Leadership Camps and Scholarship Program.
Sheriff Dave Wedding stated, “The Evansville Police Department and the Evansville Fire Department have had their work cut out for them all week long. Managing and attending to a crowd of over 200,000 people is no small task.” The Sheriff added, “I’d also like to thank the West Side Nut Club for organizing this fantastic event. Thanks to their hard work, 136 local charities and civic organizations had the opportunity to raise vital funding that directly benefits the community.”
“READERS FORUM” SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?
 We hope that todays “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:Â Do you feel that Mayor Winnecke should make a public statement if he’s for or against the COIT tax increase before City Council votes on this issue next Monday?
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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Neighborhood Conference Kicks Off In Evansville After 14 Years
CHANNEL 44 NEWS: For the first time in 14 years the regional Neighborhood Conference is being held in Evansville. Delegates from five different states and 22 different cities made the trek to Evansville for a three day conference.
The event kicked off Thursday night with keynote speaker Lloyd Winnecke addressing the crowd. Officials say this conference is a time to share best practice with cities that are similar in size and scope.
The conference is also a great time to show off all of what Evansville has to offer to its regional neighbors. Officials say the conference is all about sharing ideas and learning from each other.
“We have a lot of our own people coming to this conference and this also an outreach program for leadership roles we teach some of our neighborhoods how different cities evolve with urban sprawl, handling blight,†says United Neighborhoods President Brent Jackson.
The three day conference includes other keynote speakers like, Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and Shoe Carnival Senior Vice President Sean Georges.
The three day conference includes other keynote speakers like Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and Shoe Carnival Senior Vice President Sean Georges.
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Dr. Bill Thomas’ ChangingAging Tour to visit USI
Dr. Bill Thomas. Image copyright: ChangingAging. Click here to view this release in a browser and download images.
The University of Southern Indiana will host Dr. Bill Thomas’ ChangingAging Tour on Monday, November 6 at the USI Performance Center. The event will include two performances: Disrupt Dementia from 2:30 to 4 p.m., and Life’s Most Dangerous Game from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Our culture tells us that aging will change us against our will, and for the worse. Dr. Bill Thomas, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare, argues that this is false. Blending myth and science, live music and visuals, the ChangingAging Tour is barnstorming the country in a rock and roll tour bus to bring communities a new and highly disruptive understanding of aging.
Drawing on ancient wisdom and scientific breakthroughs, the ChangingAging Tour challenges audience members to reject ageist stereotypes and embrace the moments of life that offer the greatest risk, reward and possibility.
Thomas was recently on the USI campus as a keynote speaker for the University’s Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness conference. Dr. Ann White, dean of USI’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, said Thomas was particularly taken by the culture of the University and wanted to find a way to bring the message of the ChangingAging Tour to the campus and the community.
“USI is honored to host Dr. Bill Thomas and his tour group,†said White. “No matter what your age, these performances will inspire, energize and connect the generations as we look at aging across the lifespan.â€
The Tour includes two non-fiction theater performances as well as an immersive lobby experience between shows. In the afternoon, Disrupt Dementia –– featuring music and stories from Samite, Nate Silas Richardson and co-hosts Dr. Jennifer Carson and Kyrié Carpenter –– challenges common misconceptions and stereotypes of dementia. The evening performance, Dr. Thomas’ signature show, Aging: Life’s Most Dangerous Game with musician Nate Silas Richardson and Namarah McCall, explores the continuum of human aging as a rich process of growth.
“Aging can be reimagined as a vivid and enlivening process that presents us with extraordinary risks, and rewards,†said Thomas. “So, how are we supposed to play this most dangerous of all games? What do winning and losing look like?â€
Through the performances, attendees will explore:
- The difference between truth and illusion when it comes to aging
- Effective insights for better health and well-being gained from the wisdom of elders
- Exciting possibilities for every stage of life
- Illuminating insights on what elders — even those living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease — can teach us about creating kind and inclusive communities
- The important role we all play as elders or elders-in-training
In addition to the two performances and lobby experience, attendees will have access to food options available on campus between the shows.
The performances are made possible by AARP Indiana, the University of Southern Indiana and the USI Foundation. Tickets can be purchased at https://changingaging.org/event/evansville-in/. For more information, contact Katie Ehlman, director of the USI Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness, at 812-228-5123 or mehlman@usi.edu.
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About Dr. Bill Thomas
Named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top 10 Americans shaping aging, Thomas is known world-wide for transforming long term care through The Eden Alternative and The Green House model, radical alternatives to institutional care. Thomas designed the nation’s first Senior ER, now the standard for hospital emergency rooms nationwide. He is currently prototyping a modular compact smart-house designed to maximize independence and well-being through the application of high touch tech and a minimalist ethos. Â
Adopt A Pet
Bella is a 6-year-old female solid gray cat. She’s housetrained and gets along w/ other cats. She’s one of the adoptable crew at River Kitty Cat Café in downtown Evansville! Bella’s adoption fee is $15 thru October 31st, and she’s ready to go home TODAY already fixed and up-to-date on vaccinations! Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!
vy Tech Community College to Host Annual Robotics Competition
Students in grades 4-12 interested in robotics are invited to take part in an upcoming VEX Robotics competition at Ivy Tech Community College Evansville. The annual VEX Robotics Challenge on Saturday, November 4, at 9 a.m. The event will be held on campus in Vectren Auditorium, Room 147 at 3501 N. First Ave.Â
This year’s competition is titled “Math Whiz,†and is sponsored by Ivy Tech’s School of Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering and Applied Technology.
The focus of the contest is for the team members to be able to think on their feet. The teams will be supplied ahead of time with angles and elevations of turns. In a series of challenges, competitors will have to calculate times and distances to see how well they know their robot’s capabilities. Distances will not be disclosed until the race starts. The VEX Robotics Design System offers students an exciting platform for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). These are just a few of the many fields students can explore by creating with VEX Robotics technology. Beyond science and engineering principles, a VEX Robotics project encourages teamwork, leadership and problem solving among groups. www.vexrobotics.com
To register, contact Gloria Coons at gcoons2@ivytech.edu for a registration form. In order to ensure correct t-shirt size, registrations are due by Oct. 13
There is no cost to attend the event or to compete, and the public is encouraged to come by and cheer on their favorite team. Those interested in competing should contact Gloria Coons at gcoons2@ivytech.edu. Registration deadline is Oct. 13, to ensure t-shirts for competitors can be provided.
OUR JIMMY KIMMEL PRESIDENT
Making Sense by Michael Reagan
Please, Mr. Trump, I’m on bended knee.
Please, Mr. Trump, quit acting like a talk-show host and start acting like the president of the United States.
When it comes to NFL players and NFL teams taking a knee in protest before their football games,I’m pretty much like most Americas.
I was appalled at what quarterback Colin Kaepernick did last year when he decided to remain seated during the national anthem.
In his head, Kaepernick was protesting what he claims is the ongoing oppression of people of color in America by police.Fine.
But most of the country interpreted it differently.
They saw a privileged, highly paid pro athlete disrespecting the American flag and those who served under it in battle.
Kaepernick has paid a high personal price for his principles. He’s now unemployed — and apparently unemployable.
Though not a superstar, he’s probably better than half a dozen no-name backup quarterbacks in the NFL.
Yet his pre-game troublemaking and the bad publicity he’s created for himself and the league has clearly kept him from being picked up by a team that could use him.
No owner wants to have to deal with him or the negative attention that comes with him.
His best hope might be getting a CFL team to sign him if he promises to behave during “O Canada.â€
Four weeks ago the whole Kaepernick protest thing was beginning to fade away on its own. Only about four NFL players were still taking the knee during the “The Star-Spangled Banner.â€
With its TV ratings falling and attendance in decline for other reasons, the league office was thrilled to see the NFL protest movement losing steam. So was the rest of a politically weary America.
But then, late in the fourth quarter, President Trump streaked onto the field.
At a rally for the Senate primary in Alabama last Friday, he told a crowd, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say ‘get that son of a b —- off the field right now? Out! He’s fired! He’s fired!’â€
Thanks to the meddler in chief, one in eight players took a knee during the national anthem during the games last weekend and Monday.
They didn’t take a knee to support Kaepernick or to disrespect the flag. They did it to protest Trump and his attack on NFL players.
Yes, President Trump said what so many of us are feeling. But he had no reason to get in the middle of stuff he doesn’t need to be in – and shouldn’t be in.
Trump unconditional supporters are praising him for taking a stand, but he wasn’t leading the way.
The ones who should take credit for taking a stand against the NFL “Kneelers†are the people of the United States.
We’re the ones who’ve stopped watching or going to the games because of the players’ politics. We deserve the credit.
The president is following the people’s lead.He joined the winning team after the game was over.
I know we can chalk up the president’s meddling to the all-purpose excuse – “It’s Trump being Trump.â€
But the president should never call anyone a “S.O.B.†in public.
Not even if he really feels that way. Not even though we may agree with him.
There simply are things a president should not do or say – let’s call it “Presidential Behavior 101.â€
I know President Trump was playing to his base again. I know they cheered his comments and fell in love with him even more.
But I’m tired of hearing him sound more like Jimmy Kimmel than the president.