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Henderson Native Talks About Struggles With PTSD

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Henderson Native Talks About Struggles With PTSD

OCTOBER 20TH, 2017  BRITNEY TAYLOR HENDERSON, KENTUCKY

During his 20 years of military service he has been through quite a bit in his life, and now he’s sharing his stories with the Tri-state.

Kentucky-native Justin Jordan hosted a book signing at the Henderson County Public Library. Jordan’s book is called “And Then I Cried, Stories of a Mortuary NCO”. He’s from Henderson, but headed off to join the Air Force 20 years ago.

Jordan became a Non-Commissioned Officer and was put in charge of mortuary affairs, and he says that job changed his life.

Justin Jordan said, “Mortuary Officer for six years of my 20-year career. I came back and had some pretty severe PTSD and instead of letting in beat me. I decided to write a book and share my story and to this day I continuously get messages from brothers and sisters from around the country saying it helped them. So mission accomplished there, but we have a long way to go, losing 20 veterans a day with suicide and it’s got to stop.”

The book details just how tough it was to console grieving families, and his personal battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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A SCHOOL FOR JUDGES By Jim Redwine

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Gavel Gamut

By Jim Redwine

www.jamesmredwine.com

(Week of 23 October 2017)

A SCHOOL FOR JUDGES

No matter what kind of job we have we had to learn how to do it. My first job, at age ten, was mowing our neighbor’s yard. I learned it from my older brother who taught me by putting me behind a mechanical push mower in the heat of an Oklahoma summer. At first the yard looked about as rough as I was treated. However, by sweat and repetition I was eventually able to make our neighbor’s yard look passable and collect my share of the one dollar we made.

On the job training is a time-honored method of teaching one to do a job. It is probably not the best system for learning such jobs as judging. You would not want to seek justice from a judge whose only prior training to be a judge was mowing yards.

Besides OJT, we have school classrooms where we study everything from Shop to Algebra. Such general education might be of some use if a judge’s first case happened to involve a lawsuit over a poorly crafted footstool but otherwise not so much.

Then we might send our future judges to Law Schools where general principles of law and critical analyses are droned into their heads. But such amorphous concepts will not mean much to you if your first day in court is also the judge’s.

So, Jim, I hear you asking, how do we avoid having judges whose only preparation for sending their fellow human beings to jail or taking their children away is mowing yards, sleeping through Algebra or listening to law professors? Here is how.

We actually require our judges to continuously attend classes in judging and, fortunately, these classes are usually taught by experienced judges who have already made the mistakes they try to help new judges avoid. One of those judge schools is the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. I first attended NJC in 1986 and first served as a member of the NJC faculty more than twenty years ago.

Indiana and almost every other state have their own systems of judicial training and education. The NJC has judges from every state and many foreign countries who attend.

Over the years I have taught and helped teach judges from the U.S.A., Palestine, Ukraine, Russia and several other countries. Currently, along with fellow faculty judges from Mississippi, Colorado, Indiana, Tennessee and Maryland I have been engaged in teaching an Internet course to judges from several states. This allows the faculty judges and the student judges to remain in their courts while still being involved in continuing adult education.

In my opinion, the education new judges, and even experienced judges, receive from such a system of judges teaching judges is better than simply electing or appointing a new judge and hoping for the best.

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BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY VICTORY THEATRE – FEBRUARY 16

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TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 10 AM
Evansville, IN – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is making a stop at Victory Theatre on February 16 as party of their

25th anniversary celebration. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 27 at 10 AM.

2017 marks the 24th anniversary of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s remarkable arrival onto the music scene. Since it’s formation in the early nineties in Ventura, California, the band has toured virtually nonstop, performing on average over 150 shows a year, and has produced a sizable catalog of recorded music, with sales of over 2 million albums to date.

Early on, during their legendary residency at the Derby nightclub in Los Angeles, they reminded the world, in the midst of the grunge era no less, that it was still cool to swing. The band, cofounded by singer Scotty Morris and drummer Kurt Sodergren, was at the forefront of the
swing revival of that time, blending a vibrant fusion of the classic American sounds of jazz,

swing, and dixieland, with the energy and spirit of contemporary culture.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s all original core line-up includes Scotty Morris (lead vocals and guitar), Kurt Sodergren (drums), Dirk Shumaker (double bass and vocals), Andy Rowley (baritone saxophone and vocals), Glen “The Kid” Marhevka (trumpet), Karl Hunter (saxophones and clarinet) and Joshua Levy (piano and arranger).

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s efforts to promote and revitalize swing music have taken shape as much more than a simple tribute. Taking inspiration from the creators of this uniquely American art form, the band’s original horn-infused music and legendary high energy show introduces the genre to a new and younger generation while remaining cognizant and respectful of the music’s rich legacy.

After 24 years, 10 records, over 2800 live shows, and countless appearances in film and television, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is showing no signs of slowing down, and is looking forward to celebrating it’s 25th anniversary in 2018.

Death List Records

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Death List WK 10-16- TO 10-20

Ghosts Haunt Downtown Evansville And Popular Arts District For Two Spooky Nights Of Family-Friendly Fun!

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Phantom Performances Depicting The City’s Richest History, Myths And Fables!  

Two nights. Two neighborhoods. Two tours. October 27 and 28, with tours departing every 20 minutes from 6 – 9 pm. Get your tickets for just $15 at the door, or hauntedevansville.com!   

Not your average ghost walk! The first annual Haunted Historic Evansville ghost walks in the Haynie’s Corner Arts District and old Riverside Historic District are two unique walking tours with live historical reenactments with Evansville Civic Theatre actors portraying the ghosts of Evansville’s past: Benjamin Bosse, Karl Kae Knecht, Annie Fellows Johnston, George Haynie, and more.

The tours promise a dash of thrill, and a twinge of spine-tingling chill, also incorporating accounts of supernatural hauntings and tragic tales from these neighborhoods.

The Riverside Historic District tour departs from First Presbyterian Church on Second St.

Haynie’s Corner Arts District tour departs from Center of Hope Church on Third St. 

About Haunted Historic Evansville: Haunted Historic Evansville is a non-profit fundraiser benefitting Haynie’s Corner Arts District Association, Evansville Civic Theatre and Old Evansville Historic Association.

Editors Footnote: Title Sponsor: The Dapper Pig

IU Swimming & Diving Notches Three Wins over No. 2/3 Texas and No. 4/18 Florida

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The No. 6/10-ranked Indiana University men’s swimming and diving teams earned three team victories in a double-dual meet against No. 2/3 Texas and No. 4/18 Florida at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium in Gainesville, Fla.

On Saturday, the Hoosiers posted 10 individual wins and three relay victories. For the meet, IU totaled 19 individual wins and an impressive seven relay victories.

The No. 6 Indiana men defeated No. 2 Texas, 264-165, and took down No. 4 Florida, 242-187. With the two victories, the Hoosiers extend their dual-meet win streak to 15-straight.

“Two fantastic wins over the defending NCAA champion Texas Longhorns and third-place Florida Gators,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “Sweeping all the relays put a statement on the competition that we can be a force to be reckoned with come NCAA’s in March. I was really proud of our young Diving contingent for really stepping up in scoring some valuable points. They allowed us to leave Mike Hixon and James Conner at home to prepare for Winter Nationals later in the semester, which makes these wins even more impressive.”

The No. 10 Indiana women beat No. 18 Florida, 251-178, but fell to No. 3 Texas, 226.5-200.5.

“Our women’s team gave Texas a really good meet over the two days and the score was much closer than last year,” Looze remarked. “Winning three of the four relays was a huge step forward in our quest to win relay national titles this season. We made a commitment to improve the speed on our team and that is paying positive dividends thus far.”

Blake Pieroni again led the way for the Hoosiers on Saturday, winning the 100 and 200 freestyle events for the second-straight day. Pieroni posted NCAA B cuts in both events winning the 100 in a time of 43.53 and the 200 in a mark of 1:35.17. Both times are also the third-fastest in their respective events this year.

Lilly King and Kennedy Goss both had nice showings on Saturday for the Hoosiers. King won the 200 breaststroke in a NCAA B cut time of 2:12.51 and also placed fourth in the 400 IM with a NCAA B cut and personal-best time of 4:18.43. King’s mark ranks her as the 20th-best performer in school history.

Goss won the 200 freestyle for the second-straight day, touching the wall in a NCAA B cut time of 1:47.88. She also earned a NCAA B cut in the 200 backstroke, placing third in a mark of 1:58.17.

Mohamed Samy had a tremendous swim in the 400 IM to earn the victory, touching the wall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 3:50.02. Samy’s time is the third-best in the nation and ranks him as the ninth-best swimmer in the event at IU.

Ian Finnerty, like King, completed a sweep of the breaststroke events with a win in the 200 on Saturday. Finnerty touched the wall with a NCAA B cut time of 1:59.50, which is the sixth-best mark this season.

Rounding out the individual winners for the Hoosier men, Adam Destrampe touched first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:27.87.

For the IU women, Ali Rockett won the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.34, while Shelby Koontz touched the wall first in the 200 butterfly with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 1:59.05. With her mark, Koontz ranks as the 15th-best performer in the event at Indiana.

Rachel Matsumura earned a NCAA B cut in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:59.00, placing fourth overall.

Ali Khalafalla had another nice race in the 50 freestyle on Saturday, finishing second to UF’s Caeleb Dressel with a NCAA B cut time of 20.05 that ranks as the fifth-best in the country. Also in the 50 free, freshman Bruno Blaskovic placed third with a NCAA B cut of 20.19.

Vini Lanza took second in the 200 butterfly, touching the wall in a NCAA B cut time of 1:46.22 that puts him No. 2 in the nation so far this season.

In the relays, the Hoosiers were again dominant. Over the course of the two days, the Hoosiers won seven of the eight relays.

In the 400 medley relay, the Hoosier team of Samy, Finnerty, Lanza and Pieroni won handily, touching the wall in a time of 3:11.19. The time is the fastest in the nation by over two seconds. The IU women also took first in the 400 medley relay, as Rockett, King, Christine Jensen and Grace Haskett touched in a time of 3:36.21. The mark is the fourth-fastest time in the country so far.

In the 200 free relay, the Hoosier team of Khalafalla, Blaskovic, Oliver Patrouch and Nikola Miljenic won with a time of 1:19.23, which ranks as the fastest time in the nation so far this season.

The No. 6/10-ranked Indiana Hoosiers men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be back in the pool on Friday, Oct. 27 when the team faces No. 18/14 Tennessee and No. RV/15 Kentucky in a double-dual meet in Knoxville, Tenn.

 

MY DAD, HEF & REAL WEALTH

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By Tom Purcell

Since Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s recent death, a variety of voices have been calling him everything from a cultural icon and innovator to, according to New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, “wicked,” a “chauvinist” and “a pornographer.”

“Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest,” writes Douthat. “There are even conservative appreciations, arguing that for all his faults Hef was an entrepreneur who appreciated the finer things in life and celebrated la difference.”

Douthat then goes on to tear old Hef’s legacy apart, and with good reason.

For all his peccadilloes, Hefner’s success says more about America than it does about anything else. For good or ill, a fellow like Hefner could only reinvent himself in a free country like ours.

As it goes, Hef was something of a loser when he was a teen. A kid of average looks, he was frustrated that girls ignored him. He decided to transform himself. He nicknamed himself – “Hef” – which is something a normal man would never do. And he concocted a fantasy life in which he would be rich, worldly and the life of every party.

In 1953, Hef published the first issue of Playboy. It featured Marilyn Monroe and flew off the newsstands. Hef said America was repressed and his mission, which involved exploiting the male sex drive to make dough, was to set us free.

Over the next six decades, we really were set free, too. Despite the fact that marriage rates are way down, divorce rates are high, and illegitimacy and single-parent households have soared, old Hef believed to the end that we Americans are still repressed.

I don’t want to give the fellow’s legacy too much credit for these trends. They would surely have happened had he and Playboy never existed.

But his legacy brings us back to the concept of freedom.

In America, any man is free to be a fool. Any man is free to shun spirituality and inner beauty to pursue ego, dough and scantily-clad young women.

But our freedoms also allow a man to choose to live a virtuous life, as my father has. He married young and worked long and hard for his family. My father knows what it is like to love one woman, through good and bad, for nearly six decades – an experience Hef never knew.

My father, 84, is surrounded by six children, 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The home he and my mother created is a place of great happiness on Sundays and holidays – and anytime any of us want to stop by.

My father gave us something old Hef failed to give his children: a clear example of how to pursue a virtuous life.

Whereas Hef became a caricature of himself as an old man – wearing silk pajamas all day long and using his worldly wealth to keep a torrent of young women nearby – my father has earned the love and respect of his family, friends and neighbors.

Whereas my father is getting by on a modest retirement income, he has one thing Hef never could attain: real wealth.

Old Hef was able to create a new life in America and enjoy the trappings of worldly wealth for 91 years. Good for him.

I wish the old fellow well as he settles up with his maker, as we all must in time.

I hope for his sake that our maker goes easier on him than Douthat did.

UE’s Annual Chili Bowl Sale Planned for October 26

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The University of Evansville’s annual Chili Bowl Sale is planned for October 26 from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by the UE Clay Club, will be set up in the area between Hyde and Sampson Halls on UE’s campus. The rain location for the event is Eykamp Hall, Room 253, Ridgway University Center.

Chartwells, the new food service provider at UE, will provide the chili this year.

For $10, customers can buy a one-of-a-kind ceramic bowl and fill it with chili. Styrofoam containers will be available for those who prefer not to put chili in their newly purchased bowls.

Smaller bowls priced at $5 and larger bowls ranging from $15-$50 will also be for sale at the event. There will be a few bowls sold at a Silent Auction as well, ranging in value from $60-$100.

The bowls are being made this year by members of the Clay Club and other UE students, faculty members, alumni, and members of the community.

Part of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to At the Cross Mission in Mount Vernon, Indiana, which is a meal kitchen for the less fortunate. The rest will go to the Clay Club to be used to fund attendance at conferences, visiting artists, and studio/gallery visits.

USI Volleyball earns first win at UIndy since 2002

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University of Southern Indiana Volleyball returned to the win column as it defeated host University of Indianapolis 25-23, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21 in a Great Lakes Valley Conference match Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore middle hitter Elexis Coleman (Joliet, Illinois) had 12 kills and seven blocks to lead the Screaming Eagles, while sophomore right side hitter Amanda Jung (Belleville, Illinois) chipped in nine kills and seven blocks. Senior middle hitter Te’Ayla Whitfield (Fort Wayne, Indiana) added nine kills, a .389 attacking percentage, and six blocks for USI, which defeated the Greyhounds (12-11, 7-4 GLVC) in Indianapolis for the first time since September 20, 2002.

USI (9-14, 3-8 GLVC), which finished with 14 blocks as a team, also got 12 kills from sophomore outside hitter Mikaila Humphrey (Floyd Knobs, Indiana) as well as 45 assists and three blocks from freshman setter Casey Cepicky (St. Louis, Missouri). Senior libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) led the Eagles’ back row with 17 digs, while junior defensive specialist Haley Limper (Springfield, Illinois) and sophomore defensive specialist Lizzy Gardner (Lafayette, Indiana) each had 10 digs.

The Eagles return to action Tuesday at 6 p.m. when they host Midwest Region foe Trevecca Nazarene University in their “Dig for the Cure” match at the Physical Activities Center.

Set 1
USI scored five of the last six points to earn a two-point win and one-set advantage. Coleman had three kills and a .600 attacking percentage to aid the Eagles in the opener.

Set 2
UIndy flipped roles with the Eagles in the second stanza as the Greyhounds won five the last six rallies to earn a two-point win and even the match at a set apiece. Jung and Humphrey each had four kills to pace the Eagles in the second frame.

Set 3
The Eagles hit .314 and had five blocks in the third set to earn the four-point win. Coleman and Jung each had four kills and three blocks to lead the Eagles, who used a 5-0 run to break a 10-10 tie midway through the stanza.

Set 4
USI held the Greyhounds to just seven kills and a .000 attacking percentage to wrap the match up in four sets. Cepicky had 12 assists, while Whitfield added three kills and three blocks for the Eagles, who defeated UIndy for the second time in the last three meetings.

Southern Indiana (9-14, 3-8 GLVC) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Humphrey, Mikaila 12-0-1; Coleman, Elexis 12-0-7; Whitfield, Te’Ayla 9-0-6; Jung, Amanda 9-0-7; Cepicky, Casey 2-2-3; Yochum, Alyssa 2-0-0; Stose, Lindsey 2-0-3; Lee, Jessica 1-1-0; Gardner, Lizzy 0-3-0; Totals 49-6-14.0. (Assists) – Cepicky, Casey 45. (Dig leaders) – Farrell, Shannon 17; Limper, Haley 10; Gardner, Lizzy 10

Indianapolis (12-11, 7-4 GLVC) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Flaws, Teigan 13-0-3; Fehribach, Anna 11-0-2; Furlong, Katie 8-0-0; Kruzan, Julia 6-0-3; Irbe, Rachel 5-0-1; Kleinert, Kailey 3-0-5; Voelz, Katie 3-0-5; Ertel, Mary Grace 1-0-0; Jacquay, Taylor 0-1-0; Waugh, Alexis 0-1-0; Spears, Alyssa 0-3-0; Totals 50-5-11.0. (Assists) – Spears, Alyssa 24; Waugh, Alexis 21. (Dig leaders) – Martin, Olivia 25; Spears, Alyssa 5

Nolan wins GLVC Championship as Eagles extend streak

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The ninth-ranked University of Southern Indiana men’s cross country team earned its 13th consecutive Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship Saturday morning at the Kirksville Country Club in Kirksville, Missouri.

Sophomore Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) was named the GLVC Runner of the Year after becoming a GLVC Champion, crossing the line in 24 minutes, 28.66 seconds on the hilly 8,000-meter course. Nolan is the son of Jim Nolan, a four-time GLVC Champion (1980-83).

Second across the line was senior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) in 24:35.64. Senior Cain Parker(Petersburg, Indiana) rounded out the top five in 24:50.47. USI was able to get four runners in the top six as junior Darin Lawrence (Indianapolis, Indiana) finished just seconds behind Parker in 24:53.34.

Capping the scoring for the Screaming Eagles was senior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky) with an 11th place finish in a time of 25:13.95. Sophomores Nathan Hall (Springfield, Missouri) and Javan Winders(Mansfield, Tennessee) also earned top 20 finishes as part of USI’s top seven.

By finishing in the top 15, Nolan, Grau, Parker, Lawrence, Cecil and Hall were named All-GLVC. Head Coach Mike Hillyard was named Coach of the Year.

USI won the event with 24 points, 19 ahead of second place Lewis University. The Eagles now have 25 GLVC Championships.

USI will take the next two weeks to prepare for the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships November 4 in Cedarville, Ohio.

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