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E’ville Iron Hosts Frog Follies – Midwest’s Premier Street Rod Show Starts Aug. 25-27

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More than 4,000 souped-up street rods from across the country will converge on the Vanderburgh County 4-H Center (Highway 41 north of Evansville) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 25, 26, and 27, when the E’ville Iron Street Rod Club hosts its 43rd annual Frog Follies street rod show.  The public is invited to view the modified classic cars, vintage 1948 and older, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday.

Frog Follies is the nation’s largest pre-1949 car show, and is also one of the Midwest’s largest charity events.  A portion of each $5 admission (children under 12 admitted free) is donated to local nonprofit organizations, including the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center.

In addition to the dazzling display of street rods, Frog Follies offers the Tri-State’s best people-watching, concession stands operated by local charities, and family-oriented fun, including: 

-          Arts & Crafts Fair – Thousands of handmade items for sale.

-          Swap Meet – Over 150 booths sell car parts and accessories for all makes and models.

-          Celebrity Frog Races, Saturday, August 26, 3:15 p.m. – Local celebrities encourage their frogs to cross the finish line in the Industrial Building.

-          Easterseals Half-Pot Drawing – Tickets $5 each throughout the weekend at Easterseals tent, near the Activities Building.  One free half-pot entry to each Frog Follies attendee! You do not have to be present at the drawing to win.

Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke is scheduled to address attendees at closing ceremonies, which are open to registered street rodders ONLY, Sunday at 2 p.m. in the fairgrounds arena.

For more details on Frog Follies, call 812-428-FROG or visit www.frogfollies.org.

 

Prosecutor William C. Hartley Jr. Appointed to Supreme Court Committee

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The Indiana Supreme Court has appointed Wabash County Prosecutor William C. Hartley Jr. to serve as one of four new members added to its Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. His term will continue through June 30, 2022.

The 13-member Supreme Court committee reports to the court with recommendations and proposed amendments to court procedures. It also serves to review the Indiana Rules of Evidence.

Prosecutor Hartley is a 1993 graduate of IU-Kokomo and received his J.D. from Valparaiso University in 1996. He has served as Wabash County Prosecutor since 2003, is a former chairman of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council and serves as a member of the IPAC board of directors.

Aces Men’s Soccer picked to finish high in MVC

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Evansville places trio on Pre-season All-Conference Team

The Missouri Valley Conference has released its pre-season poll for the upcoming men’s soccer season Wednesday, and big things are expected from the University of Evansville in 2017.

Evansville is picked to finish second in the MVC, earning one first place vote. UE is just behind Loyola, which is the pick to win the conference regular season title.  They garnered five first place votes. Missouri State, which picked up the remaining first place nod, is picked to finish third in the league.

The Valley also released its annual pre-season all-conference team, with the Purple Aces placing three players on the squad in senior midfielder Ian McGrath (New Lenox, Ill.), junior forward Zac Blaydes (Midway, Ky.) and sophomore defender Simon Waever (Holte, Denmark).

For McGrath, the honor comes one day after he was named to the prestigious Mac Hermann Trophy Watch List.

The Aces opened training camp Wednesday, with the exhibition opener against IUPUI scheduled for Sunday, August 20 at 7 pm at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

 

VANDERBURGH COUNTY CURRENT WARRANTS

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VANDERBURGH COUNTY CURRENT WARRANTS

Otters stumble in doubleheader with Florence

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The Evansville Otters could not keep pace with the Florence Freedom, dropping a pair of games 6-2 and 12-1 on Wednesday night.

Evansville (42-37) slipped out of second place in the West division with the losses this evening and saw River City surpass them

Florence (53-28) has now won nine straight for their longest win streak of the year.

In game one, the Florence Freedom scored the first two runs of the game in the bottom of the third inning on a two RBI single from Andrew Godbold.

Florence added a run in the fourth inning on a solo home run from Keivan Berges to make it 3-0.

Evansville scored their first run on an RBI single from Josh Allen to bring home Ryan Long.

Florence responded in the bottom of the inning with a three RBI double from Berges.

Evansville added one more run on a solo home run from Brandon Soat, his seventh of the year to make it 6-2 in the top of the sixth.

Cody Gray recorded the win for Florence.

Trent Lunsford took the loss for Evansville giving up all six runs along with six walks and four strikeouts in 4 and 2/3 innings.

In game number two, the Otters opened up the scoring in the first frame.

An RBI double from Dane Phillips brought home Long to give Evansville an early 1-0 edge.

It would be the Freedom from there on out.

In the bottom of the first inning, an RBI double from Collins Cuthrell and a two RBI single from Jordan Brower gave Florence a 3-1 lead.

In the third inning, an RBI double from Ryan Rinsky and an RBI single from Mike Morris extended the lead to 5-1.

Florence put three more on the board in the fourth inning.

Keivan Berges lead off the inning with his second home run of the twin bill.

Rinsky and Austin Wobrock both added on RBI single to make it 8-1.

In the fifth, a Berges RBI single brought home Taylor Oldham and Godbold scored on an Otters wild pitch.

The Florence onslaught would end in the sixth inning.

Ozzy Braff delivered on a pinch hit two-run home run to make it 12-1.

Brandon Cook took the loss for Evansville.

In his first start, he went just one inning giving up three runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout.

Braulio Torres-Perez took the win for Florence giving up just four hits and one unearned run in six innings.

The Otters and the Freedom will conclude the series tomorrow at 6:05 p.m. CT at UC Health Stadium.

Fans can listen on 91.5 WUEV with Lucas Corley providing play-by-play coverage.

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

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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

IS IT TRUE AUGUST 17, 2017

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IS IT TRUE we hope that todays IS IT TRUE 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?

IS IT TRUE that the purge of historical statues that set off a firestorm in Charlottesville, Virginia last week has come home to Evansville?…the Evansville Catholic Diocese was the target of vandals Monday night when an act of vandalism toppled a state of the Virgin Mary?…we hope this sort of thing does not continue as decisions about what statue gets to stand in a certain place should be at the discretion of local governmental officials or the courts as opposed to a mob in the street?  … the knocking down of the Virgin Mary statue in Evansville was an act of vandalism and the perpetrators when caught should be criminally charged?

IS IT TRUE if you compare the financial reports of the City of Evansville from July 31, 2017  to July 31, 2016, the hospitalization fund has declined by several million of dollars?  …we are told by reliable sources that serious financial troubles are around the corner for the City of Evansville?

IS IT TRUE during his last term in office former City Councilman John Friend, CPA sponsored a “separation of funds ordinance” in order to insure that the City Controller’s  would not manipulate fund balances?  … upon the urging of the City Controller and Finance Chairman, Dan McGinn the newly elected City Council voted to repeal of this ordinance?  …that all the money collected from all sources are now put into one fund account which make it extremely hard to track on how much money is in each city account?

IS IT TRUE that on December 31, 2019 the Indiana State Board of Accounts will be requiring that all cities must use the accrual method of accounting?  …that Ft. Wayne, South Bend and  Indy have been using the accrual method of accounting for a number of years?

IS IT TRUE that the Carmel City Council is considering a partnership with Pedcor to finance a $40 million dollar for a downtown hotel?  … the City of Carmel and Pedcor are looking at a proposal that would allow them to form a public-private entity that would them own the hotel.

IS IT TRUE the proposed terms of the agreement for this project will be that the City of Carmel and Pedcor would take out a $25 million loan to pay the majority of the project costs? …the city and Pedcor anticipates that the hotel income will cover the note payments?

 IS IT TRUE when the City of Carmel built The Center for the Performing Arts they projected that it would pay for itself?  …the city leaders projection that the The Center For Preforming Arts would be self sustaining were way off?  …that the taxpayers of Carmel must pay millions of dollars to cover the bond and yearly maintenance costs to keep the Center For Preforming Arts open?

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 the Evansville City Council members are facing a major financial shortfalls concerning this years budget?

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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EDITOR’S FOOTNOTE:  Any comments posted by our reader’s in this column do not represent the views or opinions of the City County Observer or our advertisers.

 

Channel 44 News: Tickets on Sale for ‘A League of Their Own’ 25th Anniversary Event

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Tickets on Sale for ‘A League of Their Own’ 25th Anniversary Event

AUGUST 18TH, 2017  TYRONE MORRIS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

  The Racine Belles will take over Bosse Field for a celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary. Parts of ‘A League of Their Own’ were filmed at Bosse Field where an announcement was made Thursday about the anniversary celebration.

The signs are still in place where the filming of ‘A League of Their Own’ occurred. It is the 25th anniversary of the film, and the historic Bosse Field will be celebrating come September. While the film has ended, the message still remains the same: come and support the Racine Belles.

A quarter century has passed since Hollywood transformed Bosse Field into a 1940s set to film ‘A League of Their Own’. Now, 25 years later, the film stands the test of time. “Little Evansville, Indiana got on the map with this blockbuster hit with Tom Hanks, Madonna…,” said Joe Notter, president and founder of Evansville Events.

Evansville Events and Evansville Otters are teaming up to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary on September 30th. “We’re already getting emails as far out as Alaska. People are asking about how can we get tickets. ‘We want to get tickets’, we want to fly in’. So we know that there is definitely going to be people traveling in from out of town who were part of this movie, from extras to actors,” said Notter.

Notter is tapping into Twitter trying to get big names to drop in. “I’ve already tweeted Tom Hanks, actually, maybe he’ll show up, who knows, but we’re definitely going to source as much as we can,” said Notter.

Seats are sure to go fast and tickets will increase in price as the event gets closer. One thing is for sure be ready to enjoy a night of family fun because we all know: there’s no crying in baseball.

Event organizers are asking local extras or actors to contact them. If you were a part of a ‘A League of Their Own” filming, email League@evansvilleevents.com.

To purchase tickets, go to here.

Youth Resources’ Make a Difference Grant Fall Application Cycle Now Open!

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