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Governor Holcomb’s Schedule for August 12 – 17, 2017

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Below find Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb’s public schedule for August 12-17, 2017.

Saturday, August 12, 2017

What:   Third Annual Indiana Conference on Citizenship and Society of Sagamores Summit

Gov. Holcomb will be honoring civic and community leaders with an official lapel pin recognizing their distinctive honor and membership in the Society of Sagamores of the Wabash at the Society of Sagamores Summit.

Who:    Gov. Holcomb

When:  Gov. Holcomb remarks at 1:45

Where: The Levey Mansion

2902 N. Meridian St.

Indianapolis, IN 46208

Monday, August 14, 2017

What:   Unveiling the Next Level Jobs Initiative in Brazil

Who:    Gov. Holcomb

Workforce Development (DWD) Commissioner Steve Braun

Higher Education (CHE) Commissioner Teresa Lubbers

Secretary for Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo

Various state and local official

When:  10:45 a.m. ET

Where: Great Dane Trailers

2664 US 40 Brazil

Brazil, IN 47834

Monday, August 14, 2017

What:   Unveiling the Next Level Jobs Initiative in Indianapolis

Who:    Gov. Holcomb

DWD Commissioner Steve Braun

CHE Commissioner Teresa Lubbers

Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo

Various state and local officials

When:  2:15 p.m. ET

Where: Allison Transmission

1 Allison Way

Indianapolis, IN 46222

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

What:   Unveiling the Next Level Jobs Initiative in Batesville

Who:    Gov. Holcomb

DWD Commissioner Steve Braun

CHE Commissioner Teresa Lubbers

Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo

Various state and local officials

When:  10:45 a.m. ET

Where: Hillenbrand

1 Batesville Blvd.

Batesville, IN 47006

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

What:   Unveiling the Next Level Jobs Initiative in Madison

Who:    Gov. Holcomb

DWD Commissioner Steve Braun

CHE Commissioner Teresa Lubbers

Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo

Various state and local officials

When:  2:15 p.m. ET

Where: Grote Industries

2600 Lanier Dr.

Madison, IN 47250

Thursday, August 17, 2017

What:   Unveiling the Next Level Jobs Initiative in Elkhart

Who:    Gov. Holcomb

DWD Commissioner Steve Braun

CHE Commissioner Teresa Lubbers

Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo

Various state and local officials

When:  10:15 a.m. ET

Where: Lippert Components

3501 C.R. 6 E

Elkhart, IN 46514

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Gov. Holcomb will be in Northwest Indiana Thursday afternoon to unveil the Next Level Jobs initiative and participate in a jobs announcement. Additional information will be available closer to the date of the announcement.

Link Of Death List Records For Vanderburgh County

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Death list 8-7-17 to 8-11-17

Former Deputy Prosecutor Won’t Be Disciplined For Misconduct

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Former Deputy Prosecutor Won’t Be Disciplined For Misconduct

IL for www.theindianalawyer.com

A former Marion County deputy prosecutor will not be discipline for alleged misconduct that led to the reversal of a child molesting conviction, though the Indiana Supreme Court noted in a Friday opinionthat the lack of disciplinary action was not an endorsement of the attorney’s conduct.

While working as a Marion County deputy prosecuting attorney in 2012, Indianapolis attorney Gillian DePrez Keiffner represented the state during the trial of Bruce Ryan, who was charged with sexual misconduct with a minor. She also represented the state in the 2013 child molesting and sexual misconduct trial against Brandon Brummett.

Both men were convicted, but their convictions were overturned in the Indiana Court of Appeals on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct. The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed that decision for Brummett, finding Keiffner’s conduct rose to the level of fundamental error, but reached the opposite conclusion for Ryan. Her challenged conduct related to comments she made during closing arguments at both trials.

Keiffner had previously been forced to resign her role as deputy prosecutor after she received a public reprimand for a drunken driving arrest in 2009. As part of a resolution of the case of Matter of DePrez, 928 N.E.2d 198 (Ind. 2010), Keiffner agreed to resign her position, and in a footnote in a Friday opinion, the Indiana Supreme Court wrote it was unclear how she came to resume her prosecutorial role.

After Ryan and Brummett’s appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission  charged Keiffner with violation of Indiana Professional Conduct Rule 3.4(e) — which prohibits a lawyer from alluding to irrelevant or unsupported matter during a trial, asserting personal knowledge of facts or stating a personal opinion as to justness, credibility or culpability — in regard to both trials. The commission also charged her with a violation of Rule 8.4(d), a prohibition against prejudicial conduct, in Brummett’s trial.

The commission’s prosecution of the instant disciplinary action was structured around the notion that a criminal appellate finding of prosecutorial misconduct is dispositive of the question of similar misconduct in a disciplinary proceeding. But in a Friday opinion, the Indiana Supreme Court wrote in a per curiam opinion that such a notion was previously rejected in Matter of Smith, 60 N.E.3d 1034 (Ind. 2016).

Specifically, Smith held that while “a written trial transcript ‘presents only a small part of the whole picture,’” a disciplinary proceeding allows the parties to “offer additional evidence that paints a more complete picture.”

“Similar to the respondent in Smith, Respondent has attempted in this disciplinary proceeding to provide additional contexts for the events at issue,” the high court wrote. “And like Smith, the hearing officer ultimately found Respondent’s testimony credible.”

Thus, a majority of the court accepted the hearing officer’s report and determined that the allegations against Keiffner were not proven by clear and convincing evidence. However, the opinion did not provide a specific tally of votes among the justices.

“We caution that by no means should our opinion today be read as an endorsement of Respondent’s actions,” the court wrote. “…Respondent’s conduct in these cases caused one conviction to be lost, placed another at unnecessary risk of being lost, and placed herself at risk of professional discipline. Prosecutors would be well-advises to exercise better care in crafting their presentations to juries than Respondent did here.”

Thus, the court entered judgment in favor of Keiffner in In the Matter Of: Gillian DePrez Keiffner, 49S00-1509-DI-522.

Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Meeting

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The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, August 14, 2017, in the John H. Schroeder Conference Centre at the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut, IN 47713, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to Senate Enrolled Act 313, Section 1, I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1, as amended. The purpose of the meeting is for discussion of collective bargaining, (2)(A); initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, (2)(B); purchase or lease of property, (2)(D); and job performance evaluation of individual employees, (9).

The regular meeting of the School Board will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the EVSC Board Room, same address.

August serves as reminder from Vectren to Call Before You Dig

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In an effort to remind residents to dial 8-1-1 before digging, Aug. 11 has been designated National Call Before You Dig awareness day. Not only does it ensure the safety of all involved, but it is the law to inform local utility companies regarding the intent to dig at least two full days prior by calling the national 811 free service. After telling the 811 operator where the digging will take place and the type of work involved, the approximate location of buried lines, pipes and cables will be marked.

Throughout 2016, Vectren Energy Delivery (Vectren) responded to roughly 1,000 damages to underground lines and pipes. Striking a single line can cause injury, repair costs, fines and inconvenient outages. Installing a mailbox, building a deck, planting a tree and laying a patio are all examples of digging projects that need a call to 811 before starting.

The depth of utility lines can vary for a number of reasons, such as erosion, previous digging projects, and uneven surfaces. Utility lines need to be properly marked because even when digging only a few inches, the risk of striking an underground utility line still exists.

“Calling 811 is easy, free and can ultimately save a life,” said Mike Roeder, president of Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana-North. “Every six minutes, an underground utility line is damaged from someone not calling 811 first. We hope by educating our customers, together we can keep one another safe while improving that statistic.”

For more details, visit www.vectren.com or www.Indiana811.org.

 

Air Quality Forecast

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Air quality forecasts for Evansville and Vanderburgh County are provided as a public service.  They are best estimates of predicted pollution levels that can be used as a guide so people can modify their activities and reduce their exposure to air quality conditions that may affect their health.  The forecasts are routinely made available at least a day in advance, and are posted by 10:30 AM Evansville time on Monday (for Tuesday through Thursday) and Thursday (for Friday through Monday).  When atmospheric conditions are uncertain or favor pollution levels above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, forecasts are made on a daily basis.

Ozone forecasts are available from mid-April through September 30th.  Fine particulate (PM2.5) forecasts are available year round.

Friday

August 11

 Saturday
August 12		 Sunday
August 13		 Monday
August 14		 Tuesday
August 15
Fine Particulate
(0-23 CST avg)
Air Quality Index		 Good Good Good Good NA*
Ozone
Air Quality Index		 Good Good Good Good NA*
Ozone
(peak 8-hr avg)
(expected)		 NA* NA* NA* NA* NA*

* Not Available and/or Conditions Uncertain.

Air Quality Action Days

Ozone Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when maximum ozone readings averaged over a period of eight hours are forecasted to reach 71 parts per billion (ppb), or unhealthy for sensitive groups on the USEPA Air Quality Index scale.

Particulate Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when PM2.5 readings averaged over the period of midnight to midnight are forecasted to reach 35 micrograms per meter cubed (µg/m3).

Current conditions of OZONE and FINE PARTICULATE MATTER are available in near real-time on the Indiana Department of Environment Management’s website.

Lois Patton elected into MVC Hall of Fame

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Aces pioneer earns prestigious honor

ST.LOUIS – One of the most influential names in the history of University of Evansville athletics has been elected into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame as Lois Patton was selected for the Class of 2018.

“This is overwhelming and surprising, but I feel that it is a validation of my work at the University of Evansville,” Patton said.  “This recognition is a testament to the university and the support it has had for the women programs and how it has survived and improved quite a bit over the years.  This is definitely the pinnacle of my career and is very humbling.”

Patton is the pioneer of women’s athletics at the University of Evansville.  She started at UE working in the Physical Education Department before joining athletics.  She started the women’s basketball, women’s tennis, softball and volleyball programs at UE and she spent time coaching all four programs while simultaneously serving as professor of Health and Physical Education and the Director of the Women’s Sports Program.

“It is great to be able to receive this recognition, especially in the 25th anniversary of women’s sports in the MVC,” Patton continued.  “This shows just how far female athletic programs have come, but it is also something that has seen females have new opportunities across the board.”

She was instrumental in expanding women’s athletics at UE to six varsity teams in the early 1980s and coached until 1981 when she moved into an administrative role as Women’s Athletic Director at UE.

While at Evansville she expanded the curriculum as the head of the Department of Physical Education and that work helped the program expand to include majors such as athletic training, sport studies and exercise science.

“We think the world of Lois and are happy to be recognizing her on campus, but this recognition in the Valley is only fitting for her accomplishments and her dedication to women’s sports at the University of Evansville,” UE Director of Athletics Mark Spencer said.

Patton retired in the late 1990s, but continues to play an active role in UE athletics where she serves on the Hall of Fame committee, acts as a photographer and supports all of the Aces programs.  The new volleyball and women’s basketball floors are named in her honor – Lois D. Patton Court, while one of the most prestigious awards for the Purple Aces – the Lois D. Patton Award – is given annually to the top female senior student-athlete

In 2016, Patton was the recipient of the John Sanders Spirit of the Valley Award.

“Lois is a pioneer in women’s athletics and her induction into the MVC Hall of Fame is most deserving,” said UE Senior Associate Athletic Director/SWA Sarah Solinsky.  “Her vision and passion to create opportunities for female student-athletes at UE has made a lasting impact in the development of what our women’s sports have become over the years.”

Five other representatives of the Purple Aces are currently in the league hall of fame.  The others are Arad McCutchan (2004 – Lifetime Achievement), Jim Byers (2008 – Lifetime Achievement), Fred Schmalz (2012 – Men’s Soccer Coach), Krissy Meek-Engelbrecht (2013 – Women’s Soccer) and Mick Lyon (2016 – Women’s Soccer Coach).

Other inductees in the 2017 MVC Hall of Fame Class are Darren Brooks (Southern Illinois), Christian Goy (Illinois State), Mary Ellen Hill (Bradley), Bill Rowe (Missouri State) and Dani Tyler (Drake).

“The Missouri Valley Conference has always been recognized for the great success of its athletics programs, with a rich history that dates back more than a century,” said Commissioner Doug Elgin. “Our MVC Hall of Fame has provided us with an opportunity to honor the student-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors who have played important roles in the Conference and in intercollegiate athletics.”

The league will conduct its annual Hall of Fame ceremony as part the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Championship next March 1-4. The March 2 festivities will begin with an 8:00 a.m. breakfast, followed by the induction ceremony at 8:30 a.m.  Tickets to the 2018 Hall of Fame event – scheduled to be held in the Peabody Opera House which is adjacent to Scottrade Center – can be obtained by calling the league office at (314) 444-4300. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

“The individuals we will be honoring in the Class of 2018 are representative of the men and women who have preceded them in our Hall of Fame. They’ve brought significant honor to themselves, their institutions and to the Conference. We are truly humbled to have this opportunity to salute them for their achievements.  In a year in which we are celebrating 25 years of women’s athletics in the MVC, we’re excited to announce our six-person class, which includes three women who positively impacted women’s athletics at their institutions.”

 

Luke Messer Thanks Senator Long for U.S. Senate Endorsement

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U.S. Congressman Luke Messer thanked Senator David Long, President Pro Tempore of the Indiana State Senate, for endorsing him today in his campaign for United States Senate.

“I’m humbled and honored to receive David Long’s endorsement.  David is an extraordinary Hoosier leader who get things done. He is also my friend and mentor,” Messer said. “Senator Long’s leadership has been central to all of Indiana’s biggest policy achievements over the past decade. His endorsement is energizing not only to me, but everyone on our team who is working to elect a U.S. Senator who votes with Hoosiers 100% of the time.”

Senator Long released the following statement today endorsing Luke Messer for United States Senate.

“I have known Luke Messer for many years. As a young and talented member of the Indiana House, Luke proved his conservative credentials early on by helping us create a new vision for Indiana in partnership with Gov. Mitch Daniels. As a strong and innovative leader for educational choice, Luke fought to ensure Hoosier families and children have the options they need to obtain a world-class education. As a quickly-rising star in the US Congress, Luke has proven he can work with difficult coalitions of interests to move an agenda for the American people. And Luke is a great father and husband. Throughout it all, Luke and I have forged a strong bond of friendship and mutual respect that I personally value greatly.

 “Now Luke has announced he is running for the United States Senate. While the Republican Party is blessed to have a number of candidates interested in the seat, I believe Luke to be the absolute best person to effectively represent the interests of all Hoosiers in the US Senate. At a time when seemingly nothing gets done in Washington and partisanship is more important to some than country, Luke Messer is the type of strong yet thoughtful conservative who can help break through the quagmire of inaction and put the interests of our state and nation first. I am honored to endorse Luke Messer to be our next United States Senator from Indiana.”

Senator David Long, President Pro Tempore, Indiana State Senate

Messer will officially launch his campaign for United States Senate during the 6th Annual Messer Family BBQ in Morristown, Indiana, on Saturday, Aug. 12. For more information or to RSVP for the BBQ, visit www.LukeMesser.com.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.

Josiah Frank Caton Jr.: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)

James Eric Webster: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Public intoxication (Class B misdemeanor), Disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor)

Groupie Doll ‘very well-matched, very competitive field’

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Even the horse for whom the Grade 3 stakes is named got beat here at 1-5;

Bruder says Put Da Blame On Me will play ‘catch me if you can’ from rail
HENDERSON, Ky. (Friday, August 11, 2017) — Who knew when a 3-year-old filly named Groupie Doll won the 2011 Gardenia Stakes at Ellis Park that she would become a two-time champion? Certainly we knew who Groupie Doll was two years later, when the reigning Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner and champion female sprinter again ran in the Gardenia, making the case as the most accomplished horse ever to run at Kentucky’s second-oldest track.
And Groupie Doll got beat that day at 1-to-5, the shortest odds ever in her remarkable 23-race career. But the defeat got her back on track to winning her second championship — her accolades including having the mile Gardenia renamed in her honor in 2015.
Doubtful there is another Groupie Doll in Sunday’s $100,000, Grade 3 Groupie Doll. But we do know that no horse will be anywhere close to an odds-on favorite in a wide-open, capacity field of 12 fillies and mares.
Ellis Park odds-maker Joe Kristufek made his 7-2 program favorite Tiger Moth, who finished third in Oaklawn’s Grade 2 Azeri earlier in the year in her best graded-stakes performance and most recently won Indiana Grand’s Mari Hulman George. Iowa Distaff winner Danzatrice, whose seven victories include three stakes, is the 4-1 second choice. Walkabout is 5-1 after winning Churchill Downs’ Grade 3 Matron but then was fifth in the Iowa Distaff.
“It’s a true Grade 3,” said Brad Cox, trainer of Tiger Moth and the 3-year-old Groupie Doll contender Pinch Hit and who won the stakes in 2015 with Call Pat. “It’s a very, very good race —very well-matched. It’s a very competitive field, to say the least. Mine are both doing excellent. Obviously with a large field, that’s good as far as a pace set up. That will be a positive for Tiger Moth. A filly like her, I think a mile or a mile and a sixteenth is her best thing. Just because in those size fields you’re assured a good pace to run at. So we’re hoping there’s some early pace for her to run at late.
“And Pinch Hit deserves the opportunity to step up and run against these, and she’s got a race over the track. She’s training great, and if she gets a good trip she could be very dangerous.”
The three favorites are alongside in the starting gate: No. 7 Danzatrice, No. 8 Tiger Moth and No. 9 Walkabout. Indeed, the most-fancied horses fill the outer half of the gate, with No. 10 Pinch Hit coming in off a six-length mile allowance victory at Ellis, No. 11Student Body romping by 11 in a six-furlong allowance at the track, and No. 12 Brooklynsway the most accomplished horse in the field on paper but stubbing her toe in two 2017 starts following a year’s layoff.
Danzatrice won the Iowa Distaff in her last start. The 4-year-old Walkabout won the Grade 3 Matron moved from Arlington Park to Churchill Downs this spring. She subsequently finished seventh in Churchill’s Grade 2 Fleur de Lis, a poor effort that mystifies trainer Ian Wilkes. But he says her Iowa Distaff, in which she was fifth by a total of three lengths behind Danzatrice, was quite good.
“She just couldn’t get through,” Wilkes said. “If she did, she’d have been right there. The race before, no excuse. I was dumbfounded about that. But the last race she really ran well.”
Walkabout is notable in another way, being out of the same mare, Arlucea, as Fort Larned, who won the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic for the same team in Wilkes, owner Janis Whitham and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.
“We’re coming into the Groupie Doll with a legitimate chance,” Hernandez said. “Fort Larned, he’s a special horse for us. It’s always special to ride for the Whitham family. It’s just fun, and hopefully we can get another graded stakes out of her. She hasn’t gotten to that Grade I level yet, but any time you can knock out these kind of races, you’ve got to be proud of horses like her who always try.”
The exception to outside horses having the inside track as far as credentials is 8-1 shot Put Da Blame On Me. She could be tough with her speed on the rail under James Graham, who rode her to a pair of snappy mile allowance victories at Churchill Downs.
“The post is great,” said Mike Bruder, the retired Evansville businessman who has a horse running in his hometown track’s biggest race for the first time in 40 years as an owner. “As long as speed continues to dominate here, it’s great for me. I’m going out of there ‘catch me if you can.’ If they catch me, they catch me. But that’s the way her race runs.”
Adore, the Steve Asmussen-trained stablemate of Danzatrice, has flashed signs of being a really good horse. The Indiana-bred She Mabee Wild, fourth in a pair of graded stakes, has kept some tough company but prevailed over a solid allowance field at Churchill Downs and is ridden by red-hot Jon Court.
Even the pair of 30-21 shots — Florida invader She Takes Heart and Hone In — earned the right to try to play spoiler with second-level allowance victories.
Edgar Estevez, who trains She Takes Heart for his brother Miguel and sister-in-law Deanna Cook, brought the 4-year-old filly to Ellis several weeks ago. The hope was to get in an allowance prep and then the Groupie Doll, but the allowance race did not get enough entries to be used. Esteves says She Takes Heart has relished the cooler temperatures compared to south Florida.
“There are some good horses in there — it’s a very competitive race — but there’s not one outstanding horse that you’d say, ‘This is the one,’” Esteves said. “But there are good horses, no doubt about it. She’s going to have to run.
“She has been training here very well, just phenomenal.”
The first Groupie Doll was run in 1982 at 1 1/8 miles, then called the Stroh’s Handicap and won by seven-time stakes-winner Sweetest Chant, who four years later would have a stakes named after her at Gulfstream Park. The Stroh’s became the Coca-Cola Handicap in 1985 and 1986 before starting its 28-year run as the Gardenia. The race received Grade 3 status in 1988 and switched from nine furlongs to a mile in 2005.
The Groupie Doll Stakes (Grade 3)
Purse: $100,000
Distance: mile
Post time: Sunday at 4:10 p.m. Central (eighth race)
pp horse (weight) jockey/trainer odds
1.  Put Da Blame On Me (120) Graham/Tomlinson 8-1
2.  She Takes Heart (120) Hill/Estevez 30-1
3.  She Mabee Wild (120) Court/Danner 15-1
4   Hone In (120) Mena/V. Oliver 30-1
5.  Adore (120) G. Saez/Asmussen 12-1
6.  CCed (120) Rocco/Walsh 12-1
7.  Danzatrice (120) Bridgmohan/Asmussen 4-1
8.  Tiger Moth (120) Lanerie/Cox 7-2
9.  Walkabout (122) Hernandez/Wilkes 5-1
10. Pinch Hit (115) De La Cruz/Cox 12-1
11. Student Body (115) Doyle/Davis  10-1
12. Brooklynsway (120) Borel/Flint 8-1

Photos below: Top left: Groupie Doll morning-line favorite Tiger Moth winning Indiana Grand’s $100,000 Mari Hulman George under Florent Geroux (Note: Corey Lanerie will ride in the Groupie Doll). Credit: John Engelhardt

Top right: She Takes Heart winning a Gulfstream Park allowance race. Credit: Leslie Martin/Coglianese Photography

At bottom: Walkabout (at left with Brian Hernandez wearing red and gray silks) winning Churchill Downs’ Grade 3 Matron. Credit: Coady Photography

Saturday’s promotions: Come meet three-time Kentucky Derby winner Calvin Borel at Making of a Racehorse, the free, family-friendly fan program that lets the public see the preparation that goes into getting a horse to the races. Starts at 7:30 a.m. Central by the starting gate, positioned in the first-turn chute, with parking adjacent in the south end of the lot by the Ohio River levee. Come talk with Calvin, get his autograph (we’ll have free Brass Hat posters) and have your picture taken with the Hall of Famer. Also: We visit with the ever-popular trainer John Hancock, the dean of the Ellis Park backside, with supervised pony rides for the kids around his barn.
 Inside Track: Join announcer Jimmy McNerney at 10:30 a.m. Central on the clubhouse’s second floor as he handicaps the afternoon’s races. Free with programs, coffee and donuts available to participants.
Wiener Dog qualifiers: Come see these cute little rascals with our last two qualifiers for the Aug. 26 Wiener Dog Derby. You can get a free Wiener Dog t-shirt by “betting” $2 on the winning dog, with all money going to charity.
Saturday, Aug. 12 only: Ladies Day — Free admission in the Gardenia Room, where women can check out cool stuff from area boutiques and get a chance to win a Michael Kors purse.
Sundays: Value Day — Every Sunday enjoy substantial savings on draft beer ($2 for 16 ounces), hotdogs and 12-ounce Coke products ($1.25) and chips and peanuts ($1).
Kids on the Track: Kids 12 and under square off in heats by age group for foot races on the racetrack, the winners getting a pair of jockey goggles and all the fame they can stand. Simply meet in the winner’s circle after the last race every Sunday during the live meet.
Aug. 20 live-money Bluegrass Tournament: Ellis Park is back with a handicapping tournament, this a live-money event presented by AmWager. Entry fee is $500 ($200 to prize money and $300 bankroll), betting minimum of $20 on each of 10 races from Ellis Park’s card and optional races to be announced. Top four finishers get trip to 2018 National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas, plus hotel and airfare up to $500. Top 10 finishers earn prize money. Register at www.amwager.com/bluegrasstournament.
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