The Ivy Tech Medical Assisting students are hosting the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Sept. 19, in Room 107 at Ivy Tech Evansville, 3501 First Avenue.
The event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Appointments are encouraged. Visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: Ivy Tech to register. Those donating will receive a free haircut coupon from Sport Clips.
For additional information call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
The University of Southern Indiana men’s and women’s cross country teams are back in action Saturday when they host the Stegemoller Classic at Angel Mounds. The women’s 5k race begins at 8:30 am with the men’s 8k race to follow at 9:15 am.
With the NCAA II Cross Country Championships at Angel Mounds in November, there are a number of teams making the trek to Evansville this weekend. Joining the Screaming Eagles are Bellarmine University, California University of Pennsylvania, Concord University, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Lee University, Lewis University, Lincoln Memorial University, Northwest Missouri State University, Queens University of Charlotte, Trevecca Nazarene University as well as Division I schools Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, SIU Edwardsville and University of Tennessee at Martin.
In the latest U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association polls, both USIÂ teams are in the top five, with the women remaining fifth and the men climbing one spot to fifth.
CSU-Pueblo, Lewis, Lee, Northwest Missouri State and Queens, N.C. on the men’s side all competed at the Championships last year and are all ranked coming into this weekend’s meet. Bellarmine is receiving votes.
On the women’s side, CSU-Pueblo, Lee, and Queens, N.C. also competed at last year’s Championships. Lee and Queens are represented in this week’s top 25, while Lewis and Bellarmine are receiving votes. CSU-Pueblo dropped out of the most recent poll.
UT Martin’s men’s team is 14th in the South Region poll, while their women are 15th in the region. USI finished a spot ahead of the Skyhawks in both the men’s and women’s team results at the Covered Bridge Open in Boone, North Carolina, two weeks ago.
At the Covered Bridge Open, the USI men finished second as senior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky) paced the Eagles with a fourth-place finish. The women also ran well, taking third with juniors Hope Jones(Cumberland, Indiana) and Melina Gryschka (Garbsen, Germany) placing fourth and sixth, respectively.
Attorney Reprimanded For Handling Of Adoption Case
Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
The Indiana Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded a Hamilton County adoption attorney who failed to inform his clients that a birth mother they planned to adopt a baby from had chosen someone else to adopt her child.
In the disciplinary case against Steven Kirsh, In the Matter of Steven M. Kirsh, Respondent, 29S00-1703-DI-154, Steven Kirsh was hired by clients to represent them in an intended adoption with a birth mother, who had tentatively agreed to allow the clients to adopt her baby after its birth. However, when the birth mother expressed concerns to Kirsh about the clients adopting the child and asked for profiles of other prospective parents, Kirsh provided the additional profiles, prompting the birth mother to select another couple to adopt the child.
Kirsh did not discuss any of these facts with his clients until after the birth mother selected a different set of adoptive parents. Further, while the attorney did have other prospective adoptive parents sign conflict-of-interest waivers, he failed to have the clients sign one.
Then, when Kirsh and his clients began discussing a partial reimbursement of fees the clients advanced, he presented them with a release form that purported to bar the clients from filing a “claim†with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. The clients refused and instead retained separate counsel while they considered a legal malpractice suit, though the parties were eventually able to reach a settlement.
Meanwhile, the disciplinary action against Kirsh was opened in March 2017, and the parties agreed he had violated Indiana Professional Conduct Rules 1.7(a), 1.8(b) and 8.4(d). Those rules relate to prohibitions against representing a client when the representation may be materially limited by responsibilities to another person; using client information to the disadvantage of the client without their consent; and engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.
In an order dated Sept. 8, the Indiana Supreme Court determined the appropriate discipline was a public reprimand against Kirsh. The costs of the proceeding are also assessed against him.
The order was signed by Justice Steve David as acting chief justice. All justices concurred except Chief Justice Loretta Rush, who did not participate.
Dawn is a 1-year-old female American rabbit! She and several friends were pulled from Evansville Animal Care & Control when they were overrun with bunnies. Her $40 adoption fee includes her spay & her microchip! Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 or visit www.vhslifesaver.org for details!
The University of Evansville men’s soccer team battled, but was unable to overcome an early goal as the Aces fell to Butler, 1-0, on Tuesday evening in Indianapolis, Indiana.
“The guys never stopped competing.  We gave everything we had until the final whistle,” said Aces head coach Marshall Ray. “It is difficult to put yourself in a hole early and have to dig out against a very good team like Butler.”
The lone goal of the match came just 12 minutes in as Butler connected a string of passes leaving Joey Harvey alone in the box in a one-on-one situation. Harvey dribbled and finished to give Butler the 1-0 advantage.
Following a bit of a slow start in the opening 15 minutes, the Aces found their rhythm midway through the first half. Evansville recorded its first shot in the 29th minute and proceeded to fire four more with a pair on-goal.
In the second half, the intensity continued for the Aces as UE came close to equalizing on three separate occasions in the final six minutes of the match. With just 18 seconds remaining, senior midfielder Ian McGrath sprinted into the box for what would be the Aces’ final chance. McGrath unleashed a shot that sent Butler goalkeeper Eric Dick sprawling to the ground to make a sve, preserving the 1-0 win for the Bulldogs.
Butler out-shot the Aces, 19-10, with an 8-4 advantage on shots on-goal.
McGrath led the way for the Aces with four shots, two on-goal, while freshman forward Sam Bonano took a pair of shots with one on-goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Frederik Reimer helped preserve the deficit at just a goal, making six saves between the posts.
“I thought we created some chances late in the match and had a lot of energy and effort to get numbers forward,” said Ray on the Aces’ late-match push. “We now turn our focus to Sunday and prepare ourselves for the coming matches.
The Aces return to Arad McCutchan Stadium on Sunday for a 2 p.m. meeting with Eastern Illinois.
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IS IT TRUE we are astonished to learn that after determining that the North Main street road was too narrow, that a fairy with pixie dust must have widened the road because it has been announced that the City has decided to live with what they have until someone else doesn’t and then it will be lawsuit time because of weekly accidents on North Main street? …we wonder when the taxpayers of this community are going to start holding the officials at the Evansville DMD accountable for their bad business decisions?
IS IT TRUE that the SKANSKA ad posted in a local paper is calling the new Downtown IU Medical Complex the Multi-Institutional Academic Health Science Health Facility?
IS IT TRUE we wonder why members of the mainstream media hasn’t published any detailed information about the City of Evansville proposed 2018 city budget?
SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2017Â 
 WARREN KORFF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, OWENSBORO
Several Tri-State Universities are getting good grades from the U.S. News and World Report’s annual Best Colleges Rankings.
The University of Evansville is ranked the third best value college in the Midwest. Kentucky Wesleyan is ranked 3rd best value college in the South.
Also from the area Butler is ranked 2nd and Valparaiso 4th as Best Regional Universities in the Midwest. Murray State is 32nd and Western Kentucky is 33rd in the same category in the South.
Rose Hulman is ranked the best engineering school in the country.
The University of DePauw is ranked as the 53rd best Liberal Arts College in the nation.
Notre Dame is ranked as the 18th best National University. Princeton is ranked as the best University in the country.
Click here for the full list of ranked schools.
Members of the Evansville Bar Association are volunteering their time on Friday, September 15, 2017, to assist The Arc of Evansville for the fourth annual “Annual Day of Service.â€Â The EBA’s Day of Service coincides with service projects sponsored by bar associations throughout the State of Indiana.  The Evansville Bar Association volunteers will assemble at the Arc at 8:30 a.m. and will begin scraping and painting parts of the Arc headquarters on Virginia Street.
Chair of the 2017 EBA Day of Service Project, Joe Langerak of the law firm of Jackson Kelly, explained the reason the Bar Association selected the Arc: “The Arc of Evansville advocates for those who often cannot advocate for themselves. In addition, it helps those with disabilities achieve their full potential. The Arc also helps those with disabilities find meaningful employment. These folks are often a forgotten or ignored cross section of the community, especially those with severe disabilities. The EBA is pleased to assist the Arc as it does this good work in our community.â€
