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Otters take series behind 3-0 win over Miners

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The Evansville Otters got a home run from Ryan Long and an impressive start from Shane Weedman on the mound Sunday in a 3-0 win over the Southern Illinois Miners in front of 1,953 at Bosse Field.

Long led off the bottom of the first by leaving the park with his second homer of the season.

Evansville doubled the lead in the third with a Jeff Gardner sacrifice fly, scoring Josh Allen.

The Otters took a 3-0 lead in the sixth as Zach Welz grounded into a double play with the bases loaded and nobody out, which allowed Gardner to score.

Weedman earned his fifth win of the year, pitching 5 2/3 innings with no runs and one hit allowed. Weedman struck out four in the start as he improved to 5-3 on the season.

Matt Parish took the loss after surrendering two runs and four walks in 4 2/3 innings of work.

The Otters will make a brief road trip for a three-game series at Florence this week, starting with a doubleheader on Wednesday at 4:35 p.m. CT.

Fans can listen live to all three games on 91.5 FM WUEV as Lucas Corley (play-by-play) will provide coverage.

The Otters return home to Bosse Field on Friday to begin a series against the River City Rascals at 6:35 p.m. On Friday, the Otters partner with the city of Evansville and the ‘E is for Everyone’ campaign.

Admission to the game will be free with a special voucher courtesy of the campaign and vouchers can be picked up at any Evansville public library in advance of the game and a limited number will also be available at the Otters front office.

Fans must have a ticket to enter, either with the campaign voucher or a regular game ticket. The first 500 fans through the gates will also receive a t-shirt and postgame fireworks will follow the game.

Tickets for August home games are still available by going to evansvilleotters.com or calling 812-435-8686.

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Flaming Tire Leads to two Drunk Driving Arrests

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A flaming front tire caught the attention of a deputy working Drive Sober or Get Pulled Overtraffic enforcement early this morning. While investigating that driver for intoxication, a second intoxicated motorist was stopped trying to enter I-69 against traffic.

On Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 1:35 AM a sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the area of Covert Avenue near Season’s Ridge Boulevard when he observed a Toyota Sienna minivan traveling eastbound. The van was weaving between lanes and throwing sparks and debris from the right front wheel. As the deputy moved closer, he observed the front wheel was severely damaged and appeared to be on fire. The deputy activated his emergency lights and siren, but the vehicle continued, running the stop sign at Fuquay Road and Covert Avenue. The vehicle eventually stopped at the I-69 overpass. A second deputy working Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over traffic enforcement as well as an Evansville Police Department officer then arrived to assist.

The driver, Ms. Catherine Cecilia Javier, appeared to be intoxicated and was unable to successfully complete any of the standardized field sobriety tests offered to her. A certified breath alcohol test indicated her BrAC was .174, which is more than double the legal limit.

While still on scene with the disabled minivan, deputies observed a vehicle traveling west on Covert Avenue attempt to enter I-69 against traffic. Deputies directed the vehicle from the off ramp and then made contact with the driver, who identified himself as Mr. John Nicholas Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez appeared intoxicated and was unable to successfully complete any of the standardized field sobriety tests offered to him. A certified breath alcohol test indicated his BrAC was .147.

Sheriff Dave Wedding explained, “Thanks to funding from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, we are able to field additional deputies whose main focus is stopping drunk drivers.” The Sheriff added, “We will never know exactly how many lives are saved annually by this extra enforcement, but I can tell you that when we arrest intoxicated motorists driving vehicles close to catching fire or against interstate traffic, we are certainly having a positive impact on roadway safety.”

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, Evansville Police Department and Indiana State Policewill conduct Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement throughout August until Labor Day. Enforcement funding is provided by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

ARRESTED:

Catherine Cecilia Javier (pictured above), 46, of Newburgh. Resisiting Law Enforcement as a Level 6 Felony, Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated as a Class A Misdemanor

John Nicholas Gonzalez (pictured above), 30, of Henderson, KY. Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated as a Class A Misdemeanor

 

Minivan stopped by deputy on Covert Ave east of Newburgh Road.

Presumption of Innocence Notice: The fact that a person has been arrested or charged with a crime is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Vanderburg County Recent Booking Record

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

IS IT TRUE AUGUST 14, 2014

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IS IT TRUE the the Vanderburgh County Republican caucus has voted 9-4 to appoint John Hayden to complete the term on the Evansville City Council vacated by the resignation of Anna Hargis, CPA?…Hayden is a local native attending Bosse High School and The University of Southern Indiana?…according to his public profile he holds degrees in accounting and finance, but no CPA?…Councilman Hayden’s day job is to serve at a tax manager at Shoe Carnival but has done stints at both Vectren and Old National Bank?…the time at Vectren and ONB should be sufficient for the new councilman to have  made contacts with the movers and shakers of Evansville?…we hope this young man of 34 will use his financial education to promote due diligence and rational thought on the Evansville City Council that has been obsessed with spending other peoples money on fun and games nonsense for the last two decades?

IS IT TRUE we expect after this rejection by his own party elders that this was the last stand of the level headed gentleman Alan “Top Gun” Leibundguth, who has tried every way possible to break into politics since moving home nearly a decade ago?…perhaps MR. Leibundguth will find some other way to indulge his desire to serve the public?…there are other ways to serve with honor and impact that do not require winning an election?

IS IT TRUE that the shooting spree continued in Evansville with an alleged drive-by shooting near the Arbors Apartments?…this violent crime did not result in a death, but it did result in a bullet hole in a 19 year old kid’s arm?…this supposedly occurred at 3:30 am in the wee hours of Friday morning?…we must observe that there are not many positive things that ever come from roaming the streets of that neighborhood at 3:30 am?…statistically speaking this is the sort of thing that leads pure data analysts to place Evansville below long time crime infested  Gary, IN on the safe cities list?

IS IT TRUE that online job site Indeed.com has released the best places in America to find a job in 2017 and the list from top to bottom is as follows: Miami, Orlando, Raleigh, Austin, Sacramento, San Jose, Jacksonville, San Diego, Houston, and Memphis?…while three of these cities are in high cost and high tax California, six are in states with no personal income tax, seven are in the south, and not a single one is in the Midwest or Northeast?…we wonder is good climate and favorable tax policies are becoming the most impactful drivers in job creation?

IS IT TRUE we appreciate Saint Vincent Hospital Public Relations Department for sending us news of interest concerning the happenings at their facilities system wide?

Todays “READERS POLL” question is: Do you feel that newly appointed City Councilman John Hayden will practice sound conservative values?

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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City Council Meeting August 14, 2017

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CITY OF EVANSVILLE COMMON COUNCIL

I. INTRODUCTION
II. APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDA
III. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
IV. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
V. CONSENT AGENDA: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

ORDINANCE G-2017-21

An Ordinance to Vacate Erie Avenue Right of Way through Devonshire Gardens, Reservations and Easements for Erie Avenue Right of Way in and through Devonshire Gardens, and an Unnamed Unimproved Roadway Running East/West from Hoosier Avenue to Erie Avenue as Described in Misc. Rec. 50, Page 395, Deed Rec. 221, Page 435; Deed Record 201, Page 522; Deed Rec. 160, Page 583; Deed Drawer 1, Card 425; Deed Rec. 156, Page 440; Deed Rec. 159, Page 539; Deed Drawer 1, Card 15708; Deed Drawer 1, Card 15707 and Deed Drawer 1, Card 16962, Which May Not Represent All Documents Describing this Right of Way
McGinn
Public Works Chair Weaver 8/28/2017
Bret Sermersheim, Morley

An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5.70 (Contractor Licensing) of the Code of Ordinances
Adams
A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 8/28/2017

Marco DeLucio, ZSWS

An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations, Additional Appropriations and Repeal and Re-Appropriation of Funds for Various City Funds McGinn
Finance Chair McGinn 8/28/2017
Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

ORDINANCE G-2017-22

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

ORDINANCE F-2017-14

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

ORDINANCE F-2017-15

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

ORDINANCE R-2017-18

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS

An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing the Issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds of 2017 (EHA RAD IV Project)
McGinn

Finance Chair McGinn 8/28/2017 Kelley Coures, DMD

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 224 Richardt Avenue
Jeffery A. Hahn Owner: JCM&E Properties, LLC R2 to C4 Ward: 6 Brinkmeyer Joshua Claryborn, Jackson Kelley PLLC

VII. REGULAR AGENDA:

ORDINANCE G-2017-17

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

ORDINANCE G-2017-18

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

ORDINANCE G-2017-19

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

ORDINANCE G-2017-20

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

An Ordinance Amending Section 10.15.080 (Parking) of the Evansville Municipal Code
Mosby
A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 8/14/2017

Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

An Ordinance Amending Section 8.05.030 (Trash and Debris) of the Evansville Municipal Code
Mercer, Adams
A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 8/14/2017

Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Code by Establishing an Overlay Zone in the West Franklin Street Area Relaxing Certain Parking Requirements
Weaver, Mosby

A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 8/14/2017 Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

An Ordinance Creating Chapter 5.50.300 Series (Pedicabs) of the Evansville Municipal Code
Hargis, Adams
A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 8/14/2017

Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

ORDINANCE F-2017-13

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

RESOLUTION C-2017-16

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

RESOLUTION C-2017-17

Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:

VIII. RESOLUTION DOCKET

RESOLUTION C-2017-19

Sponsor(s): Resolution Docket Notify:

An Ordinance Creating Chapter 3.115 of the Evansville Municipal Code Concerning a Tax Phase-In Program and Establishing Guidelines
McGinn, Elpers

Finance Chair McGinn 8/14/2017 Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

A Resolution of Evansville Common Council Regarding Tax Phase-In Program Scoring
McGinn, Elpers
Finance Chair McGinn 8/14/2017

Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Ratifying the 2017 Consolidated Housing and Community Development Annual Action Plan
McGinn

Finance Chair McGinn 8/14/2017 Kelley Coures, DMD

A Resolution Recognizing Public Safety Appreciation Day Elpers
Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

IX. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

  1. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, August 28, 2017 at5:30 p.m.
  2. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

X. COMMITTEEREPORTS

XI. ADJOURNMENT

Indiana Prosecutors Call For Law-And-Order Approach To Fighting Opioids

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Indiana Prosecutors Call For Law-And-Order Approach To Fighting Opioids

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The Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Inc. is using the state’s opiate plan to fault the 3-year-old criminal code reform which emphasizes treatment over prolonged incarceration.

Patricia Baldwin, president of the association and prosecutor of Hendricks County, issued the statement Thursday on behalf of the AIPA. She said the plan from Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Indiana Drug Prevention, Treatment and Enforcement Task Force to combat the opiate epidemic by increasing rehabilitation efforts is laudable but impossible without “meaningful enforcement.”

“I, and the prosecutors around the state, certainly appreciate the efforts of the task force to bolster prevention and treatment resources in our state,” Baldwin said. “We want the plan to succeed. It cannot succeed, however, without a comparable and equivalent improvement on the enforcement side.”

The task force released a “Preliminary Action Steps” report in May. It does include proposals for stepped-up enforcement by reducing the supply of illegal drugs rather than imposing stronger punishment on individuals caught possessing or dealing drugs. The report advocates for interrupting drug trafficking routes, dismantling illegal manufacturing of drugs, expanding the use of electronic surveillance, and empowering state police to mobilize troopers in response to surges in crime for limited periods of time.

Baldwin criticized the task force and the criminal code reform for treating drug abuse as a medical issue and not as a criminal offense.

“The report urges us to think of a heroin user as having a substance use disorder, and to ignore the illegal aspects. Proponents of this way of thinking suggest that (substance abuse disorder) is no different than diabetes,” Baldwin said. “Most in the law enforcement community do not accept the comparison.”

Baldwin’s statement came on the same day that President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national emergency. A few days prior, he had called for stronger law enforcement tactics, but on Thursday instructed his administration “to use all appropriate emergency and other authorities to respond to the crisis caused by the opioid epidemic.”

Baldwin argued that a tough law-and-order approach of arresting, prosecuting and incarcerating drug dealers actually promotes rehabilitation by applying consequences to actions. She then blamed the Indiana Legislature’s reform of the state’s criminal code in 2014 with weakening the ability of law enforcement to hold dealers accountable and encouraging users to get help.

The overhaul of Indiana’s criminal code focused on reducing recidivism and overcrowding in the state prisons by keeping low- and medium-level offenders who committed non-violent crimes in the county jails where they could receive treatment and education. The most dangerous offenders would be sent to the Indiana Department of Correction.

Baldwin claimed high-level offenders are serving short sentences in local jails and that “fully 30 percent of the worst of the worst drug dealers convicted in Indiana received no prison sentence last year.” She did not substantiate her assertions but she pointed to the rise in child abuse cases and children in need of services cases along with the murder rates in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis as evidence that offenders are increasingly on the streets and causing problems.

“The less severe the consequences for possession of drugs, the less likely addicts will take corrective action,” Baldwin said. “A robust enforcement effort is absolutely necessary to a functional prevention and treatment effort.”

HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE

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Associate degree, Bachelor’s degree preferred in business administration. Assist in preparation of operating budgets and development budgets….
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Valid driver’s license preferred. Demonstrates excellent guest relations in communication and cooperation, assists patients, licensed practitioners, co-workers…
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Prior printing experience with good mechanical. Ability to climb ladders / steps. Maintain and enforce all company safety, environment….
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Salsarita’s Fresh Mexican Grill – Evansville, IN
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Required license or certification:. Valid Indiana Driver’s License. Assist with the preparation and review of operating and development budgets and perform…
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CBRE 1,527 reviews – Mount Vernon, IN
May require valid driver’s license. Minor repairs to file cabinets, office furniture, keyboard tray installation, ceiling tile replacement, carpet tile…
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Benthall Brothers, Inc – Evansville, IN
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Food Inspection Report For Vanderburgh County

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Food Inspection Reports

Tiger Moth rallies wide to edge Walkabout in Groupie Doll

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‘She was the best horse. Because she covered a lot more ground and was still able to get it done’ – Corey Lanerie after winning stakes for first time

 

Corey Lanerie is in position to win a fourth Ellis Park riding title. But Sunday he won the track’s biggest race for the first time, guiding John Gunther’s late-running Tiger Moth to a three-quarters of a length victory over Walkabout in the 36th running of the Grade 3 Groupie Doll Stakes.
“It feels great, first time winning this stakes here at Ellis Park,” said Lanerie, who owns a 25-20 lead over Jon Court in the jockey standings. “It feels good to win the signature race of the meet…. You get all the people here, especially on a day like today, all the fans come out for this race. It’s a big day. You get a lot of publicity for winning it, so I was glad to finally get it done.”
In fairness, Lanerie and other riders often have been out of town on Groupie Doll Day, which in recent years fell on the same day as Mountaineer Park’s stakes-laden West Virginia Derby card. In fact, this Saturday, Lanerie was busy winning a race at Arlington Park and finishing an extremely close fourth aboard 80-1 shot Enterprising in the $1 million Arlington Million. So Lanerie applauded Ellis racing secretary Dan Bork positioning the Groupie Doll on a Sunday when there is not the competition from out-of-state stakes.
“I like the way they’re scheduling them now so we can go somewhere to ride stakes, get back over here and not lose any business,” he said.
With Put Da Blame On Me zipping off resolute fractions, including a second-quarter mile in a testing 22.61 seconds, Lanerie had Tiger Moth settled into 10th in the field of 11 fillies and mares. Just behind him was the Ian Wilkes-trained Walkabout, who looked like the winner under jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. when they split horses and surged to the fore to wrest the lead from Put Da Blame On Me in mid-stretch.
 Lanerie — by design — came seven-wide with Tiger Moth and thought he might have to settle for second.
“Brad and his assistant Tessa (Bisha) told me it would probably be better if I came around with her, because she would be back and she kind of has a grinding run,” Lanerie said. “I went really wide, a lot wider than I normally would. I felt like I went a mile and an eighth. When I saw Brian get through on Walkabout, I said, ‘I’m not going to beat him.’ But once we straightened out for home and my mare got on her right lead, she just proved that she was going to get him and that she was the best horse today. Because she covered a lot more ground and was still able to get it done.”
Officially, Tiger Moth covered the mile in 1:36.10, paying $9.40 to win as the second, a payoff right on line with the 7-2 odds that Joe Kristufek tabbed the mare as the program favorite.
“Being second gets a little old,” said Hernandez, who also was second on One Mean Man behind Flatlined in the $50,000 Cliff Guilliams. “I really thought when we got through that we had it done, but that other horse has really gotten good right now and was just able to get up on his at the end.  I thought they were the best two horses in the race, on paper, and it turned out that way.  I just wish we could have gotten there in front.”
Trainer Brad Cox watched the Groupie Doll on his phone minutes before his flight from Albany, N.Y., to Louisville took off. Even in miniature, he liked what he saw.
“Going in, we thought the race had pace in it. I figured that would be a good set-up,” Cox said upon landing. “Normally, with large fields at a mile, a mile and a sixteenth, you’re going to get the pace set up. So we did. The instructions to Corey was to stay after her, keep riding her, and as they come back she’ll keep coming. She did. Big effort. Huge accomplishment for her as a broodmare.
“She seems to do her best running when you can just fan her off the turn and get her out in the middle of the track and give her a clean shot. She’s not a filly to get stopped, change path and get her going again. She has that one long, sustained run. Kind of like a train. Not that she’s big. She just gets in that one stride and is coming, never gets tired.”
Danzatrice rallied late to take third, with the Cox-trained Pinch Hit fourth, nipping She Mabee Wild.
“She was trying,” said Shaun Bridgmohan, who rode Danzatrice. “I chose to save a little bit more ground, and waited a little bit longer before she got loose. But once she did, she never quit trying.”
Put Da Blame On Me, owned by Evansville’s Mike Bruder, weakened to sixth as the 2-1 favorite after being 8-1 in the morning line. Rounding out the field were Cced, Adore, Hone In, Brooklynsway and She Takes Heart.
The Groupie Doll was big for Gunther and Tiger Moth because it made the 5-year-old mare a graded-stakes winner, though she had become graded stakes-placed when a rallying third in Oaklawn Park’s Grade 2 Azeri in March before finishing fourth in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom.
An oddity of Tiger Moth is that while she trains extremely well over the track at Cox’s Churchill Downs’ base, she has not run well there, finishing sixth and fifth in graded stakes this spring before taking Indiana Grand’s $100,000 Mari Hulman George in her last start before the Groupie Doll for her first stakes victory of any kind.
“It looks like her form keeps getting better and better,” Lanerie said. “Brad and his team have done a great job. This was the first time I saw her and sat on her. Glad to be a passenger, and glad they let me ride her.”
Tiger Moth, a daughter of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, now is 5-4-2 in 17 starts, earning $233,300. It was Cox’s second Groupie Doll victory, following Call Pat in 2015.
The Groupie Doll is named for the two-time champion who won this race as a 3-year-old in 2011 and finished third at 1-5 odds in her first start at 5, but then went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint for the second time.
“We’re very proud,” said Buff Bradley, who trained Groupie Doll, whom he co-owned and bred in partnership with his late father, Fred Bradley. “We always wanted to win the Gardenia and then when they renamed it to the Groupie Doll, it became very special.  This was his home track.  The marquee race at Ellis Park named after your horse is just very special.”
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