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IS IT TRUE JULY 9, 2017

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IS IT TRUE that the malaise of brick and mortar retail has gone to extreme levels in the past week?…the last K Mart in Owensboro was on the casualty list of the latest hit list of the Sears organization?…this is the second round of closings for the two legacy brands that helped define the shopping habits of Americans for 50 years in 2017?…anyone who thinks the brick and mortar retail carnage is over is kidding themselves as the online craze is really just getting started?

IS IT TRUE the large legacy New York City chain Macy’s is now selling on the stock market for less than one third of the appraised value of their free and clear real estate?…one would think that Macy’s stock would be a no brainer given that statistic?…the trouble with real estate is that banks will,loan against it and that is the biggest concern with buying Macy’s stock?…the management of Macy’s may not get it yet and could leverage the real estate with debt to hold on to a dying business?…if they mortgage their real estate to prop up brick and mortar retail they will squander the last vestige of value that the Macy’s brand has to offer?

IS IT TRUE that the former consumer electronics giant HH Gregg that operated a retail store on Evansville’s east side after Circuit City went under just announced they have sold all of their intellectual property?…that includes the name HH Gregg, all patents, brands, trademarks, slogans, advertising materials, and banners?…the total sale price was reported to be only $400,000 for everything of value that remains of a once mighty brand?…that is less than a medium sized family home in Lake Ridge Crossing in Newburgh and a fraction of some private homes in McCutcheonville?

IS IT TRUE the 20 most popular stores in America are: 20) Best Buy, 19) Rite Aid, 18) Dollar General, 17) United States Postal Service, 16) Dunkin Donuts, 15) 7 Eleven, 14) Lowe’s, 13) Wendy’s, 12) Shell Gas Stations, 11) The Home Depot, 10) Burger King, 9) Taco Bell, 8) Dollar Tree, 7) CVS PHARMACY, 6) Target, 5) Walgreens Pharmacy, 4) Starbucks Coffee, 3)Subway, 2) McDonalds and number one (1) Walmart?

IS IT TRUE the 5 restaurant chains that are taking over America are: 5) Click-Fil-A. 4) Wingstop. 3) Marco Pizza, 2) Jersey Mike’s Subs and number one (1) is Raising Cane’s chicken fingers?

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2017 Aces Stakes Auction at Bauerhaus

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The annual Aces Stakes event is set for Monday evening at the Bauerhaus on the north side of Evansville.  One of the unique features of the event will be a silent auction for some great items!  Below is a list of what will be available at Monday evening’s event.

This is just a small selection of the silent auction items that will be available on Monday Aces Stakes set for Monday evening at the Bauerhaus

1958-59 WGBF Coke Radio Ad (Marv Bates) (1st championship)
Aces vintage framed picture
1982-83 Camera Day Photo
Egidijus Mockevicius signed cutout
Jerry Sloan Bobblehead #1
Jerry Sloan Bobblehead #2
Jerry Sloan Autographed Card
Aces! Aces! Framed Picture
Robert Stadium Brick
Robert Stadium Brick
Program Package (71,86,92, 2010)
Pro V1 golf balls w/ Aces logos
Andy & Alan Benes Autographed Baseball
Roger Clemens Autographed Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals pack
Kyle Freeland MLB Package (Signed Ball/Cards)
Kyle Freeland Autographed Jersey
Aces Package 1 (xc bag, sweatsuit, shirt, hat, water bottle)
Aces Package 2 (2 shirts, drawstring, hat, (water bottle)
Aces Package 3 ( 2 shirts, drawstring, basketball)
Nike Coat (L) W/Aces Logo
Nike Dri-fit hat W/ Aces Logo (Purple)
Nike Dri-fit hat W/ Aces Logo (Gray)
Men’s Training Sweatshirt w/Aces Logo (L)
Nike Polo w/Aces Logo (L)
Nike Thermo Pullover w/Aces Logo (L)
Nike Fullzip w/Aces Logo (2X)
UEFC Combo (Polo/Shirt (L))
Evansville Dri-fit Combo (LS,Shirt (XL))
Hampton Inn “One Night Stay”
Country Inn & Suites “One Night Stay”
Holiday Inn Express “One Night Stay”
Rolling Hills Country Club golf for (4) and hat
Stand Sideline at MSOC game
Stand Sideline at WSOC game
Sit Courtside with Media Row at MBB
Women’s basketball experience
Run out of tunnel with men’s basketball
2 floor seats for men’s basketball 2017-18
Men’s basketball MVC Package
Women’s basketball MVC Package

Adopt A Pet

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Olive is a 2-year-old female brown tabby. She’s a pleasantly plump gal (aren’t we all) with pretty green eyes! She lives in the Cageless Cat Lounge, which means she gets along fine with other cats. Olive’s $30 adoption fee includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and FeLV/FIV test. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for details!

Inveniam Viam Rallied Through The Stretch To Take $50,000 Ellis Park Turf Race

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Inveniam Viam Rallied Through The Stretch To Take $50,000 Ellis Park Turf Race

A $20,000 claim in New Orleans this winter, Ellis Park Turf Stakes winner
now is 4 for 4 for 2016 leading owner Chester Thomas, trainer Brad Cox
HENDERSON, Ky. (Saturday, July 8, 2017) — Chester Thomas, last year’s winningest owner at Ellis Park, won his first race of the young season at his hometown track in fine fashion as Inveniam Viam rallied through the stretch to take the $50,000 Ellis Park Turf by a half-length over front-running Corby.
The 5-year-old Inveniam Viam now has won all four races since being claimed for $20,000 out of a race for Louisiana-born horses Jan. 20 at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. The mare captured allowances races against open company at the Fair Grounds and Churchill Downs before earning her first stakes victory. She’s now 9-5-3 in 24 starts, earning $247,959 with the $30,070 purse.
Thomas, who is from nearby Madisonville, Ky., had a third with the first five starters this meet for his Allied Racing Stable.
“Are you kidding me? It’s awesome,” he said. “First stakes of the meet, and to win this race here, it’s our second stakes as an owner. So it’s really good. Hopefully we have better things coming.”
 He said Inveniam Viam is “by far” the best horse he ever plucked out of a claiming race.
“Got to give credit to Brad Cox,” he said. “He picked the horse out; he’s trained the horse. Really improved the horse. Brad is having a great year. Yeah, how do you do any better than this? Yeah, nice claim. Kudos to Brad Cox.
“We’re excited to be here,” he said of Ellis Park, adding of track owner and president Ron Geary, “I was telling Ron last weekend, we’re running all of our horses here, as we did last year. It’s good to get the monkey off. We hadn’t won one yet – and this was the right one to win. Manny did a great job riding. Had my heart pumping a little bit, but he got her home when it counted.”
By the way, Inveniam Viam is Latin for “I’ll find a way or make one.”
Inveniam Viam settled into sixth in the field of eight fillies and mares, fanning eight wide into the stretch before swooping up to reel in Corby on the final strides. The daughter of the Louisiana stallion Half Ours covered 1 1/16 miles on firm turf in 1:41.35, paying $7.20 to win. Corby and jockey Jon Court held off the Jose Lopez-ridden La Piba by three-quarters of a length, with co-favored Burma Road a neck back in fourth while edging Rattataptap and Crook Stick as only 2 1/4 lengths separated the winner from the sixth-place finisher.
“Everything set up,” Court said. “We looked like the speed of the race, unless somebody went crazy. I knew Manny Cruz was well-mounted.”
Cruz is back riding in Kentucky and the Midwest for the first time in five years. He was riding first-call at Churchill Downs for trainer Kenny McPeek, but returned to Florida to be home for his young sons. Recovering from injuries incurred in a spill at Tampa Bay Downs, he thought Indiana Grand would be a good place to get his career rekindled, with easy access to Kentucky.
“I had two young boys who needed me, but now they’re raised,” Cruz said. “They said, ‘Daddy, you can get outta here again. Go to Kentucky.’
“… Brad Cox rode me in Indiana and we did well. And now my opportunities are starting to pick up a little more with him. I’m getting back. The race today, it helped me that the horses I had to follow ran a little bit close. I’m riding a good horse, who gave me all the choice to handle the position I wanted. When I wanted a little bit more, she gave it to me, and a little bit more at the quarter pole. She responded in the last eighth like a mature horse and helped me to get this job done.”
Gabriel Saez had a big day, winning three races: the second with Restless Ramble ($2.40), fourth with Frozen Hannah ($10.20) and ninth on More Than Kisses ($8.00).

EPD New Officer Appointment And Merit Award Ceremony To Be Held On Monday July 10, at 1 pm.

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Evansville Police Department will hold its Appointment and Merit Award ceremony Monday July 10, 2017 at the Victory Theatre at 1 pm. EPD will announce the appointment of thirteen new hires as well as award three civilians and two current Officers with Merit Awards. The Evansville Police Department Foundation (EPDF) will be on hand to award numerous scholarships to several deserving young citizens.

2017 Cops Cycling for Survivors Bicycle Ride around Indiana

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Monday, July 10, 2017, will mark the start of the 16th annual Cops Cycling for Survivors bicycle ride around Indiana. A departure ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. EDT at the Police and Fire Fighters Memorial on the capital grounds in downtown Indianapolis. The cyclists will depart shortly after comments by Governor Eric Holcomb and Howard County Sheriff, Steve Rogers.  After the 9:00 a.m. departure from the memorial, the cyclists will head north to Kokomo where they will meet with Deputy Carl Koontz’s family, friends, and co-workers to honor and remember his ultimate sacrifice for Hoosiers on March 20, 2016.  The cyclists’ journey will last 13 days and cover nearly 1,000 miles bicycling the perimeter of Indiana honoring fallen police officers and their families.

Cops Cycling for Survivors Foundation, Inc. annual bike ride consists of active and retired police officers, law enforcement survivors, law enforcement family members and friends of law enforcement riding their bicycles around the perimeter of Indiana to raise funds and awareness of the sacrifices made by Hoosier law enforcement families across Indiana. Funds raised from this event are used to perpetuate the memories of officers killed in the line-of-duty and to aid surviving family members and co-workers of officers killed in the line-of-duty. Previously raised funds have been directly donated to foundations, scholarships and camps that have been started in memory of fallen officers or by Indiana survivors in honor of their fallen heroes.  In addition, Project Blue Light at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy has been supported.

The ride is scheduled to conclude the afternoon of Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Heroes of Public Safety Section.  The closing ceremony will begin at 2:00pm EDT.  Cops Cycling for Survivors President, Rich Crawford, will provide the closing message.  All are welcome to attend.

There will also be a stationary ride fundraising event on Monument Circle in front of Emmis Communication on Friday, July 7, 2017, from 7:00 am to 3:00pm.   Come out and meet some of the cyclists, sign the support truck, buy some Cycling for Survivors swag, donate, or just hang out.

The general route of the ride will be as follows:

Day 1, Monday, July 10, 2010 – Indianapolis to Kokomo

Day 2, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 – Kokomo to Bluffton

Day 3, Wednesday, July 12, 2017 – Bluffton to Angola

Day 4, Thursday, July 13, 2017 – Angola to Mishawaka

Day 5, Friday, July 14, 2017 – Mishawaka to Merrillville

Day 6, Saturday, July 15, 2017 – Merrillville to Kentland

Day 7, Sunday, July 16, 2017 – Kentland to Terre Haute

Day 8, Monday, July 17, 2017 – Terre Haute to Princeton

Day 9, Tuesday, July 18, 2017 – Princeton to Huntingburg

Day 10, Wednesday, July 19, 2017 – Huntingburg to Jeffersonville

Day 11, Thursday, July 20, 2017 – Jeffersonville to Madison

Day 12, Friday, July 21, 2017 – Madison to Bloomington

Day 13, Saturday, July 22, 2017 – Bloomington to Indianapolis

By July 7th, additional information on specific locations of meals and overnights can be found by clicking on the Calendar tab of the website. Click view calendar and the month of July. http://www.copscycling4survivors.org/events.php

Senior Day at the Fair

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Senior Day at the Fair
VANDERBURGH COUNTY 4-H FAIRGROUNDS AUDITORIUM
Tuesday, July 25, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
 
                          Tickets: $10 per person
            ($7 for Event & $3 for Gate Admission)
    Deadline to purchase tickets is Tuesday, July 18.
Menu:  Fried Chicken, American Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Wheat Bread with Butter, Cookie with Ice Cream Cup, and Iced Tea
Space is limited.  Sold on “First Come, First Serve” Basis
or while tickets last, at SWIRCA & More Activity Center,
16 W. Virginia Street, Evansville, Indiana
                    All tickets are non-refundable.

UNITY ON WEST FRANKLIN STREET

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UNITY is an interactive public art project created by Vessence Corporation CEO, Nancy Bellmont, that examines how labels both help and hinder our ability to build unity as a nation and as a human race.  Labels can create excuses for violence.  Albion is bringing the global movement, UNITY, to Evansville to change the tone of our conversation to a renewed spirit of optimism, camaraderie, and respectfulness in order to prevent violence in our community.

Albion is hosting the 1st UNITY on Franklin on July 22, 2017 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Franklin Street Bazaar to unite our community, to celebrate our uniqueness, and to strengthen our ties to each other.  UNITY is a circular arrangement of 32 poles in a large field. Each pole is labeled with an identifier.  Participants tie yarn to each pole with which they identify. A canopy of interconnectedness forms as more people participate.  In the end, participants see that they are all connected by something.  Participants of all ages will have the opportunity to tie colorful yarn to posts that reflect their identities.  As a result, their yarn intertwines with others’ to create a web of interconnectedness.  For more information about UNITY Project, visit www.unityproject.net.

About Albion Fellows Bacon Center

Albion Fellows Bacon Center is a non-profit organization whose mission is to prevent domestic and sexual violence and to empower victims through advocacy, education, support services and collaborative partnerships. The center provides services to victims of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, and financial) in 11 counties in southern Indiana. Services are provided 24 hours a day to the following counties: Vanderburgh, Posey, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Dubois, Gibson, Pike, Orange, Crawford, and Harrison.  For more information, please visit www.albionfellowsbacon.org.

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, July 10, 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.

EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION Meeting Agenda

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EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

Monday, July 10, 2017

2:00 p.m.  Room 307, Civic Center Complex

  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
  1. An executive session and a closed hearing will be held prior to the open session.
  1. The executive session and hearing are closed as provided by:
  1. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5): To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
  2. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(6)(A): With respect to any individual over whom the governing body has jurisdiction to receive information concerning the individual’s alleged misconduct.
  3. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(9): To discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees.  This subdivision does not apply to a discussion of the salary, compensation, or benefits of employees during a budget process.
  1. OPEN SESSION:
  1. CALL TO ORDER
  1. ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS
  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
    1. June 12, 2017 (Hegeman, Cook, and Scott)
  1. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
  1. PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE:
    1. Sergeant Steve Kleeman – 6 officers in field training
    2. Final probationary interviews for Officer Lavarus Giles, Officer Andrew Kingston, and Officer Joseph Pugh.
  1. REQUEST FOR FUNDS: 
    1. Sgt. Doug Schneider requests $50.00 to attend the Indiana State University Career Opportunity Fair on September 20, 2017.
    2. Sgt. Doug Schneider requests $250.00 to register for the 2017 Junior Achievement/Public Education Foundation career event on September 27th.
  1. NEW DISCIPLINARY MATTERS:
    1. Personnel Order 17-PO-10:  Officer Corey Nutt, Badge Number 1356 – 3 day suspension – no appeal filed.
    2. Personnel Order 17-PO-12:  Officer Jamarius Ward, Badge Number 1378 – written reprimand – no appeal filed.
  1. PENDING DISCIPLINARY MATTERS: Personnel Order 16-PO-27:  Officer Marcus Craig, Badge Number 1250 – 21 day suspension, with a further recommendation that the Merit Commission consider termination.  Appeal hearing to be set at later date pending disability hearing per motion at February 21st meeting.
  1. REMINDERS:  The scheduled meeting on Monday, July 24, 2017 is cancelled.  The next meeting will be August 14th with the Executive Session beginning at 2:00pm

 

  1. ADJOURNMENT
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