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EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Segovia’s clutch hit helps Otters prevail in front of sellout crowd

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With the game tied in the eighth inning, Alejandro Segovia hit a two-run RBI single with two outs, helping the Evansville Otters beat the River City Rascals 4-2 in front of another sellout crowd of 5,455 at Bosse Field Saturday.

With Saturday’s standing room crowd, 11,592 fans have gone through the gates of the ballpark this weekend with the series finale set for Sunday.

Segovia’s heroics helped the second sellout crowd of the season go home happy after Ryan Long was tagged out at home trying to score on Jeff Gardner’s fielder’s choice two batters earlier in the inning.

The Rascals struck first in the second when Paul Kronenfeld hit a sacrifice fly to give River City a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom half of the inning, Evansville answered as Segovia hit his 13th home run of the season to tie the game at 1-1.

River City took back the lead in the third with a Jason Merjano RBI groundout, giving the Rascals a 2-1 advantage.

The Otters responded in the fourth as Gardner hit an RBI single, scoring Josh Allen to tie the game at 2-2.

The game remained tied until the eighth when Evansville got to River City’s Jonny Ortiz, tagging him for two earned runs off one hit and two walks in 2/3 of an inning. Ortiz took the loss, dropping to 2-1.

Segovia finished 2-4 with a home run and three RBIs.

Shane Weedman allowed two runs off two hits in 6 1/3 innings of work for Evansville as he took a no-decision.

River City’s Hector Hernandez went seven innings and got a no-decision, giving up two runs on four hits with 10 strikeouts.

Kyano Cummings earned the win to improve to 4-2 as he struck out one in 1 2/3 innings. Randy McCurry posted his 14th save of the season and he finished with two strikeouts.

The Otters and Rascals finish the series from Bosse Field on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 5:05 p.m.

On Sunday, it’s Greg Jelks Number Retirement Day, Janet Gries & Host Family Recognition Day, Harry Potter Night and Courier & Press Family Fun Day. Fans can enjoy the famed book and movie series by taking pictures in a photo booth with props, get their face painted, participate in a costume contest and scavenger hunt and enjoy butter beer.

The Otters will also honor the late Greg Jelks by retiring his jersey number. Jelks was a manager for the Otters and he guided the franchise to the 2006 Frontier League championship. Sunday is also Family Fun Day, sponsored by Evansville Courier and Press with tickets for four $12 and select concession items $2.

Fans can listen live to the game on 91.5 FM WUEV and watch on the Otters Digital Network. Lucas Corley (play-by-play) and Bill McKeon (analysis) will provide coverage.

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

Sobriety Checkpoint Results for Friday

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The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, August 18, 2017 near the intersection of North Saint Joseph Avenue and Buchanan Road.

The Sheriff’s Office, Evansville Police Department and Indiana State Police participated. A total of 148 vehicles were diverted from North Saint Joseph Avenue into the checkpoint. The checkpoint ran from 11:00pm to 2:00am. A total of two (2) motorists were arrested for Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated, either after entering the checkpoint or after being stopped for a traffic violation before the checkpoint.

Additionally, four (4) motorists were taken off the road after testing higher than .06 BrAC (but less than the legal limit of .08) on a portable breath test. Those motorists were allowed to call a friend to pick them up or take a cab ride home.

Funding for local sobriety checkpoint operations is provided by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA).

Previously: DUI Checkpoint this Weekend in Support of Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Blitz

ARRESTED:

Evan Allen Weinzapful (pictured above), 24, of Evansville. Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated as a Class A Misdemeanor (.175 BrAC) (Evansville Police Department)

John Alan Robertson (pictured above), 38, of Evansville. Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated as a Class A Misdemeanor (.178 BrAC) (Indiana State Police)

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.

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Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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

Channel 44 News: Expedition Crew Says It Has Found The USS Indianapolis

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Wreckage from the USS Indianapolis has been found more than 72 years after it sank in the final days of World War 2.

A crew, lead by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allan, found what is left of the ship in about 18,000 feet of water August 18. The exact location of the find is not being made public.
A Japanese submarine used torpedoes to sink the Indianapolis July 30, 1945. The ship sank in 12 minutes. Approximately 800 of the ship’s 1196 crew members survived the initial attack, but only 316 Sailors and Marines survived the four to five days they had to spend in the water before help arrived. Some of the initial survivors drowned, some died of dehydration, and some were victims of shark attacks.

The USS Indianapolis went down just days after it completed a top secret mission of delivering components of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

The 2016 movie “Men of Courage” starring Nicholas Cage was based on the events of the USS Indianapolis.

“READERS FORUM”-AUGUST 20, 2017

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WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?

We hope that todays “Readers Forum” 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: Do feel that America is in trouble?

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Adopt A Pet

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Casey is a 5-year-old female orange tabby. She was declawed on all-four paws prior to her arrival at VHS! A quieter home without very boisterous young children would be best for Casey. But she does get along with other cats. Her adoption fee is $50 and she’s already microchipped, spayed, and vaccinated… ready to go home today! Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for adoption details.

 

Plainfield Clerk-Treasurer Wesley Bennett To Be State’s Next DLGF Commissioner

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Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced that Plainfield Clerk-Treasurer Wesley Bennett will serve as commissioner of the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) beginning Sept. 5.

Current DLGF Commissioner Courtney Schaafsma has been nominated by Indiana Office of Management and Budget Director Micah Vincent to serve as executive director of the state’s Distressed Unit Appeals Board (DUAB).

Bennett has more than 25 years of management experience in sales, finance, banking and local government. He is completing his 12th year and third term in office as clerk-treasurer for the Town of Plainfield.

“Wes’s professional experience and accomplishments as well as his years of community and public service make him ideally suited to take on this new role,” Gov. Holcomb said.

Prior to his service as clerk-treasurer, Bennett was assistant branch manager for First National Bank and Trust and worked in sales and operations for Bank One.

He is a board member of Accelerate Indiana Municipalities, Vice President of the Indiana League of Municipal Clerks & Treasurers, and volunteers his time to serve on several boards, committees and community organizations.

Bennett will resign his positions as Plainfield clerk-treasurer, Hendricks County Republican Party chairman, Vice President of Indiana League of Municipal Clerks & Treasurers, and board member of Accelerate Indiana Municipalities upon his appointment as DLGF commissioner.

Schaafsma has served as DLGF commissioner since 2014 and is the longest serving commissioner in DLGF’s history, also serving for four years before that in various roles at the department. Prior to her service with the state, she worked for Crowe Horwath for nine years, advising local governments on financial matters.

Members of Indiana’s DUAB must vote to officially appoint Schaafsma to the role of executive director, a matter they will consider at an upcoming meeting.

New ABA President To focus On Legal Education Reform

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New ABA President To Focus On Legal Education Reform

IL for www.theindianalawyer.com

The new president of the American Bar Association is taking steps to begin her work toward legal education reform by appointing members to a new commission designed to help the profession navigate future changes in legal education.

Miami attorney Hilarie Bass, who was sworn in this week as ABA president, announced Wednesday her appointments to the 10-member Commission on the Future of Legal Education. The commission, created by the ABA Board of Governors in February, is designed to work alongside the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar to “explore possible changes to methods of training and testing the future generations of law students.” Areas of focus for the commission will include the bar exam, alternative teaching methods, length of law school and other issues still to be identified.

The commission will be chaired by Patricia D. White, dean and professor of law at University of Miami School of Law, and will included members from various disciplines within the legal profession. They are:

•    David Faigman, University of California Hastings College of Law chancellor and dean
•    Horacio E. Gutierrez, Spotify general counsel
•    Gillian Hadfield, University of Southern California Center for Law and Social Science director; professor of law
•    Hon. Andrew D. Hurwitz, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge
•    Deborah Jones Merritt, Ohio State University chair in law
•    Blake D. Morant, George Washington University School of Law dean
•    David Stern, Equal Justice Works executive director
•    Richard Susskind, professor in the United Kingdom; IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
•    David B. Wilkins, Harvard Law School professor, vice dean of Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession; Center on the Legal Profession director

In a joint statement released Wednesday, Bass and Maureen O’Rourke, chair of the council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the bar, said they “look forward to working together to ensure that legal education in this county provides the best possible preparation for the nation’s future lawyers.” In addition to legal education reform, Bass’ presidency will focus on advancing women in the law, establishing a legal fact-check program and addressing the legal needs of homeless youth.

Ellis Juvenile Contender Ebben Has Owner On Cloud Nine

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 You will know by the screaming if the winner of Sunday’s $75,000 Ellis Park Juvenile is Ebben. On the other hand, you might hear that same raucous cheering even if the 2-year-old gelding is second or third.

 Ebben is one of the first yearlings purchased by Sam Aguiar. The Louisville attorney was part of the Pocket Aces syndicate and decided to start his own stable with Churchill Downs-based trainer Steve Margolis. Ebben was third at 14-1 odds June 28 at Churchill, a race won by a really nice horse in Hollywood Star, second in the recent Saratoga Special. Ebben then won a maiden race at Indiana Grand to earn his shot at the seven-furlong Juvenile.
“If we’ve got a horse who can be competitive out there and just not finish in the bottom, then we know we’ve got a 2-year-old that has some potential,” Aguiar said by phone. “If we were to finish fourth or better tomorrow, even if we don’t win, you’ll probably think that we won. The first race when we finished third, I had to eventually tell my buddies that we needed to get away so the people could get in the winner’s circle. Because we’d thought we’d just won the Kentucky Derby, and we finished third in a maiden special weight.”
Aguiar, whom you’ll see referred to in his ads by his first name Craig, gave friends in his law office small pieces of the horse.
“It’s probably the worst thing that could happen: We’re 1 for 1 right now with a horse,” he said with a laugh. “It would be like if I went in front of a jury after six months of practicing law, didn’t know what I was doing and thought I was better than I was, and got this huge verdict. It’s the same thing here, like a false sense of security the way you think you know what you’re doing, when really it was probably nothing more than a lot of luck.
“Who knows how he’ll do tomorrow? But the fact that as a first-time starter he went out and had the lead until the last sixteenth against that $600,000 Dale Romans horse, then came right back and went eight-wide into the stretch (at Indiana), thought he didn’t have a chance and ran right past everybody — it’s pretty cool.”
Ebben, who will be ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., is 10-1 in a field of 12 that includes 8-5 favorite Ten City, the Bashford Manor winner.
“I think you’ve got what may be the best 2-year-old in the country in Ten City,” Aguiar said. “Then you’ve got the other Romans horse, Dak Attack, and then it’s wide-open underneath that. I think you’re going to get disgustingly good prices on the rest of the field. This Ten City horse looks like he might be something special. So I like it. I like that we get to run a horse against that caliber and see where our horse stands. The fact is, we bought our horse for $25,000. The fact that he’s even getting to start (Sunday) is freaking awesome. It is so cool. If he would hit the board, we’d be on Cloud Nine.”
 Ebben got his name because Aguiar’s young son Owen couldn’t correctly pronounce older brother Evan’s name.
“Owen would say, ‘I want to see Ebben,’” the lawyer said. “I thought it was the cutest thing. I got to thinking that Owen was going to learn to pronounce his v’s one day and wasn’t going to call his brother Ebben forever. I figured if I had a horse named Ebben, it would be that good, adorable reminder.”
Marquee Cal Gal wins turf debut in Saturday allowance feature
Trainer Phil Sims and owner-breeder David Jacobs have long wanted to get Marquee Cal Gal in a turf race. That opportunity happened in Saturday’s $43,000 open allowance race, in which the 6-year-old mare took the lead with an eighth-mile to go to beat favored Justa Lady by a length. Marquee Cal Gal covered 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:01.17 under Jack Gilligan, the last sixteenth-mile in an excellent 5.94 seconds. She paid $15.80 as the fourth choice in the field of seven. Finishing another 1 1/4 lengths back in third was the 4-year-old Marquee Miss, the winner’s full sister whom Jacobs sold as a yearling for $19,000.
“This is her first time on the turf, and she goes in 1:01,” Sims said. “This was a good field, a good group. We’ve been trying to get on the turf. She worked on the turf back at Keeneland in the spring. Worked really well. I entered her in the Giant’s Causeway, and she got on the also-eligible list and didn’t draw in because she didn’t have any turf earnings. Now she has some turf earnings. This experiment worked.”
The victory continued a big meet for the 20-year-old Gilligan, who rides favored Ten City in the $75,000 Ellis Park Juvenile. Gilligan has won 11 races this meet, tying for fifth in the standings.
Marquee Cal Gal won for the 11th time in 27 starts, her earnings now $229,350. Her prior 11 races were all over synthetic surfaces at Presque Isle and Turfway Park, including losing the $50,000 Holiday Inaugural by a neck to Marquee Miss. Sixteen races back, Sims ran Marquee Cal Gal in a $15,000 claiming race at Turfway Park. She won by nine lengths, wasn’t claimed and was eligible for starter-allowance races, where she’s feasted on the competition.
Both Marquee Cal Gal and Marquee Miss are out of Jacobs’ Marquetry mare Marquee Delivery and were sired by Cowboy Cal.
“The older already had training money invested in her and the other one was a yearling,” said Jacobs, who lives in Stamping Grounds, Ky., outside of Georgetown. “I had no idea what she was going to be. I said, ‘I don’t want two with the same bloodlines, so I’ll sell one.’”
Yes, he has had reasons to regret that decision. But Marquee Cal Gal has turned out fine as well.
“This is the first opportunity that we’ve had to run her on the turf,” Jacobs said. “Looks to me like she’s suited for it.”
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