Aces battle to 2-2 draw with Bradley
The University of Evansville men’s soccer team battled and overcame a pair of deficits to earn a 2-2 draw with Bradley on Wednesday night at Arad McCutchan Stadium in Evansville, Ind.
“It’s a Valley game and I know Bradley’s teams are always going to fight and battle and compete,” said Aces head coach Marshall Ray. “Anytime you get on the field against a team like that you have to be able to do the same and I felt like we matched that.”
Senior midfielder Ian McGrath scored both of the Aces’ (5-3-1, 0-1-1 MVC) goals while firing a career-high 10 shots with six on-goal to lead Evansville. For the Braves (6-3-1, 1-0-1 MVC), Clark Emerson and Younes Dayekh each scored. In goal for Evansville, sophomore Frederik Reimer made a pair of saves, allowing two goals, to move to 1-3-1 on the season.
The Braves struck first in the 14th minute of the midweek showdown as Clark powered his way through a pair of defenders and finished from inside the six yard box to put Bradley in front, 1-0.
In the 61st minute, Evansville equalized the match at a goal apiece after redshirt sophomore Hunter DeWeese was taken down in the box, earning a penalty kick. McGrath stepped to the spot and scored his sixth goal and second penalty kick goal of the year.
Not long after, Bradley pushed back in front again in the 70th minute as Jha’Lon Johnson slipped a through ball to Dayekh who drilled the ball off the far post and in to give the Braves a 2-1 lead.
With just 11 minutes left in regulation, junior midfielder Zac Blaydes soared a ball over the top of the defense that found McGrath striding into the box. McGrath took a dribble and smashed the ball past the keeper and into the back of the net to knot the match at two.
Despite plenty of action in the 20 minutes of the two overtimes, neither side could find the game-winner in the 2-2 draw.
Evansville out-shot the Braves, 26-10, with a 13-4 advantage on shots on-goal.
“We had some opportunities. I think Weber had one off the crossbar and Simon, there at the end of regulation, hit one off the post,” said Ray. “Eventually those are going to start going in for us. We’re pleased with the point with the situation we were put in going a man down and fighting through overtime and coming back twice to tie the game up. We just have to do a better job of not putting ourselves in those situations.”
Next up for the Aces is a trip north to take on the top-ranked Indiana Hoosiers on Tuesday, October 3 at 6:30 p.m. (CDT) in Bloomington, Ind.
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UE Volleyball to assist in Hurricane Maria relief
Aces have several ties to Puerto Rico
 Head coach Manolo Concepcion, graduate assistant Melissa Rabell and student-athletes Joselyn Coronel and Mildrelis Rodriguez each have ties to Puerto Rico, which was severely impacted last week by Hurricane Maria.
The hurricane struck the island with winds in excess of 150 miles per hour and has had a devastating effect on the island. Necessities such as food and supplies are in dire need in the island. As a way of helping those who are so close to them, the Purple Aces volleyball team is holding a supply drive to assist those in need in Puerto Rico.
Collection boxes will be placed in the hallway of the Carson Center with supplies also being collected at the Aces’ matches next week. Everything collected will be sent to the affected areas of the island.
Next week, the Aces are home to face Drake on Oct. 6 and UNI on the 7th. The Panthers are 22nd in the latest NCAA national rankings. Fans who bring a donation to the match will receive $2 off of their ticket.
Items in need include: cans of food, water, batteries, battery-operated items (ie. fans and radios), solar lamps, hand sanitizers and sanitizing wipes.
Those who are unable to donate directly to the Aces efforts can also do so through the Red Cross, which has a Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Fund.
St. Vincent Evansville Birth Announcements for week of September 25, 2017
Tamara and John Kuntz, Evansville, IN, daughter, Kennedy Knives, Sept. 16
Chandera Bradley, Evansville, IN, daughter, Camari Diana, Sept. 17
Bethany and Jeff Ausenbaugh, Newburgh, IN, daughter, Kellyanne Faith, Sept. 18
Jessica and Gavin McFall, Evansville, IN, son, Aden Gene, Sept. 18
Myiona and Andrew Frieson, Evansville, IN, son, Devon Lavell, Sept. 18
Jessica and Frank Eaton, Chandler, IN, daughter, Aeryn Marie, Sept. 18
Jewellana and Nicholaus Perdue, Newburgh, IN, ston, Nicholaus Ryan, Sep. 18
Rebekah Schisler and Randy Wolfe, Evansville, IN, daughter, Olive Rose, Sept. 18
Renee Craig and De’Arrius Miller, Evansville, IN, son, Dominic Roman, Sept. 18
Ellen and Phillip Timmons, Evansville, IN, daughter, Quinn Ryan, Sept. 19
Mary and Joshua Wildeman, Evansville, IN, son, Archie Russell, Sept. 19
Lorin and Josh Pemberton, Newburgh, IN, daughter, Zoey Joy, Sept. 19
Ashley and Micah Gibbs, Princeton, IN, daughter, Elizabeth Jo Ann, Sept. 19
Ashly Zavala, Mount Carmel, IL, daughter, Isabella Rose, Sept. 19
Sarah and James Morris , Boonville, IN, son, Bentley James, Sept. 20
Lindsey and Jason Daseler, Evansville, IN, son, Zayden Alexander, Sept. 20
Amanda and Chad Oost, Evansville, IN, son, Sullivan Connor, Sept. 20
Tyler and Damian Douglas, Chandler, IN, daughter, Annabelle Faye, Sept. 20
Jennifer and Michael Clement, Robards, KY, daughter, Emily Kate, Sept. 21
Elyse and Andrew Niemeier, Evansville, IN, daughter, Marin Hazel, Sept. 21
Emily and Ryan Elmore, Newburgh, IN, son, Judah Ryan, Sept. 21
USI awarded $330,000 grant to implement Advance Care Planning program
The University of Southern Indiana has been awarded a $332,360 grant from the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) to implement an Advance Care Planning (ACP) program into nursing homes across southwest Indiana.
The three-year grant, entitled: Advance Care Planning in Southwest Indiana Nursing Homes: Promoting Quality of Life and Culture Change, will be implemented through USI’s New Harmony Conversations team. Dr. Kevin Valadares, chair of the Health Administration Program and associate professor of health services, is the principal investigator for the grant, and USI faculty members Dr. Katie Ehlman, associate professor of gerontology, and Dr. Marie Pease, associate professor of social work, will serve as co-investigators.
“Advance care planning is the term used to describe the conversations that people have about future health care preferences and how to design health care to ensure these specific wishes are carried out,†said Valadares. “Our work on this project will have a major impact in meeting the needs of our community, and the grant from the ISDH will take our work to a new level.â€
Based on the Respecting Choices® Last Steps® model, this program will seek to recruit a total of 15 nursing homes and 75 ACP facilitators and train them in providing advance care planning conversations for individuals residing in a nursing homes. A total of 750 nursing home residents are projected to be affected over the three-year program.
For more information, contact Valadares at kvaladar@usi.edu or visit USI.edu/health/master-of-health-administration/advance-care-planning-in-southwest-indiana-nursing-homes/.
Cross Country teams remain in top 10, head to Louisville Saturday
The University of Southern Indiana men’s and women’s cross country programs return to action Saturday morning when they travel to E.P. Tom Sawyer Park for the Greater Louisville Classic in Louisville, Kentucky.
The event is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. (CDT), with the men running an 8k and the women a 5k.
In the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, the men dropped one spot to sixth after being idle last week. USI was tied for fifth with the University of Mount Olive last week. The Screaming Eagles are second in the Midwest Region behind Grand Valley State University, who is ranked second nationally.
In the women’s poll, USI remained eighth after having last weekend off. Top-ranked Grand Valley State and fourth-ranked Hillsdale College are both ahead of USI in the regional rankings, where the Eagles are third.
With the Eagles preparing for the Regional Crossover meet in Romeoville, Illinois, the following week, USI will likely hold out many of its top runners Saturday.
Challenge to alcohol permit presents issue of first impression
Jennifer Nelson for www.theindianalawyer.com
A liquor store seeking to challenge the type of alcohol permit awarded to a Hamilton County specialty food store does not have standing to pursue judicial review under the Administrative Orders and Procedures Act, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in a first impression case.
21st Amendment Inc. objected at a hearing held by the Hamilton County Local Alcoholic Beverage Board in which Grapevine Cottage, a local specialty food shop that also sold alcohol, sought to renew and transfer its license. Grapevine holds a Type 115 grocery store alcoholic beverage permit; 21st Amendment has a Type 217 package store alcoholic beverage permit. It claimed most of Grapevine’s sales were in alcohol so it should have to hold a different permit and that granting Grapevine’s request would dilute 21st Amendment’s permit.
21st Amendment claimed it had a statutory right to bring an action to abate the sale of alcohol that constitutes a nuisance. The Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission denied its petition to intervene, leading to the liquor store to file a verified petition for judicial review under AOPA. 21st Amendment claimed it had standing because it is a “permittee with a statutory right to abate a nuisance.†The commission filed a motion to dismiss, claiming 21st Amendment is barred from seeking judicial review under law, or lacks standing to do so. The trial court found the liquor store couldn’t seek to abate the public nuisance on a petition for judicial review and gave it 30 days to file a separate amended complaint on that issue.
“At issue in this case is Indiana Code section 4-21.5-5-3(a)(3), which accords standing for judicial review if the party has ‘standing under a law applicable to the final agency action.’ While our courts have previously decided standing questions under the other subsections of the statute, it appears that our courts have not yet had occasion to address standing under Indiana Code section 4-21.5-5-3(a)(3),†Judge Patricia Riley wrote.
“We agree with 21st Amendment to the extent that a party with ‘standing under a law applicable to the final agency action’ is not obligated to pursue relief under the separate statute; rather, judicial review under the AOPA is appropriate in those situations. I.C. § 4-21.5-5-3(a)(3). Here, however, we cannot say that the Commission’s issuance of an alcoholic beverage permit constitutes a final agency action to which the public nuisance laws apply,†she continued.
“Rather, as the public nuisance statutes establish, it is the conduct of the permittee (i.e., Grapevine Cottage) or conduct otherwise carried on in premises where alcoholic beverages are kept/sold that may give rise to a public nuisance claim. See I.C. §§ 7.1-2-6-1; -2. As the alleged nuisance is not the result of the agency’s action, but rather the subsequent conduct of the permittee, 21st Amendment does not have standing under Indiana Code section 4-21.5-5-3(a)(3) of the AOPA. As the trial court found, 21st Amendment’s statutory right to abate and enjoin a public nuisance for improper alcohol sales must be achieved through a separate nuisance action.â€
The case is 21st Amendment, Inc. v. Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission, 49A05-1612-PL-2863.
Rep. Messer Joins President Trump in Indiana, Urges Support for Tax Cuts
U.S. Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06) joined President Donald Trump at the Indiana State Fairgrounds today to urge support for the President’s tax cut plan, which was released this afternoon.
“This is a great day for Indiana’s workers and a great day for the American economy,” Messer said. “President Trump’s tax plan will bring more jobs, fairer taxes and bigger paychecks to Hoosiers. I’m excited the President is here in Indiana, where we’ve led the nation in delivering the kind of tax cuts and pro-growth policies that get our economy moving. I look forward to working closely with him and anyone else ready to deliver for Hoosier workers.”
The President’s tax cut plan, which was unveiled in coordination with House and Senate Republicans today, lowers tax rates for individuals and families, eliminates special interest loopholes, expands deductions for middle-class families and delivers the lowest tax rates in modern history for American job creators of all sizes. More details of the plan can be found here.