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State offers cooling centers during hot weather byWendy McNamara
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With hot weather officially here, it’s important for Hoosiers to have access to a safe and cool place to stay. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration offers a free resource for Hoosiers to find cooling centers across the state. |
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Call 211 or 866-211-9966 to find the nearest cooling center or click here for a list of centers.Additionally, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security has tips for staying safe in extreme heat: • Use air conditioning or reflective materials in windows to help keep your house cooler; Also, the American Academy of Pediatrics has a video on protecting children from sunburn. |
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I urge Hoosiers to use these resources and tips to stay cool when the weather gets hot. Have a fun and safe summer.
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Looking at Age in the 2024 Point in Time Count
The Point in Time (PIT) Count is a once-a-year count of individuals and families in shelters and places not meant for human habitation, usually happening during the last 10 days in January. This year, the count happened on January 24th in 65 out of 91 counties of the Indiana Balance of State (Marion County completes their own count).
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Here are a few insights from the 2024 PIT Count:
- Approximately 1 in 4 people counted in the PIT count were under the age of 24. IHCDA was awarded $1.5 million in June of 2024 for the Youth Homelessness Systems Improvement(YHSI) Grant. These resources will be instrumental in addressing youth homelessness moving forward.
- In Indiana people aged 35-54 were overrepresented in the 2024 PIT count compared to recent national PIT and census data. People ages 65 and older were underrepresented.
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- People under the age of 18 are mostly found in Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
- People between 35-54 make up the majority of our unsheltered population.
You can find additional data, and many other resources, at the HMIS Data Portal.
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Joel Zimba named Executive Deputy AD for External Relations for UE Athletics
Zimba brings a wide range of athletics experience to the Purple Aces
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville Director of Athletics Dr. Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried has announced the hiring of Joel Zimba as the Executive Deputy Athletics Director for External Relations. Zimba joins the Purple Aces following a 5-year stint as the District Director of Athletics & Activities at Verona (Wisc.) Area School District.
“We are excited to welcome Joel Zimba and his family to Evansville. Joel is a leader with infectious energy, values teamwork and relationships, and understands the big picture,” Siegfried exclaimed. “His experience as a District Athletics Director for the last five years will serve him well in this important role for UE Athletics.”
In his time at Verona, Zimba spearheaded all facets of developing, implementing, and improving school athletics programs and events. One of the main highlights of his tenure was his work in orchestrating a large-scale capital project that included the building of a new high school. The project, which included a voter approval of $183M referenda, saw him monitor the construction of a competition pool, cross country course, field house, all exterior fields (baseball, soccer, football, and lacrosse) along with facilities for wrestling, gymnastics, weight, and cardio.
“I humbly thank Dr. Ziggy Siegfried and President (Christopher M.) Pietruszkiewicz for the opportunity to become the Executive Deputy Athletics Director for External Relations at the University of Evansville,” Zimba said. “Ziggy has transformed UE into one of the premier athletic departments in the country and, more importantly, has created a culture built on enthusiasm, hard work, and integrity.”
“I am truly blessed to be joining UE at a time of such positive momentum. I am eagerly looking forward to serving our outstanding student-athletes alongside our incredible coaches and staff and contributing to providing an exceptional student-athlete experience,” Zimba added. “My family is excited to embrace the UE spirit and become part of this vibrant community. Go Purple Aces!”
Along with the new facilities, Zimba had a hands-on approach in multiple facets within the district. He encouraged all students to participate in athletics by executing programming for over 25 sports and more than 50 club teams. He directly supervised, evaluated, and professionally developed more than 120 employees district-wide including coaches, administrators, and support staff.
His work resulted in the creation of four part-time District administrative athletic positions, which enhanced the vision, mission, and initiatives. Zimba negotiated a district-wide co-curricular compensation increase of 12% to recruit, retain, and develop talented coaches and staff.
Prior to assuming his role at Verona Area School District, Zimba held three positions at Valparaiso University between 2015 and 2019. While working towards his Master’s, Zimba served as a Men’s Basketball Graduate Assistant from 2015-16 where he completed planning, managerial, and administrative duties for the men’s basketball program.
He was elevated to the Director of Men’s Basketball Operations at Valpo in 2016 and held that position until 2018. Zimba’s responsibilities in that position included budget administration, facility supervision, equipment inventory control, team travel coordination, development of the practice schedule, and summer camp management.
Zimba’s final year at Valparaiso saw him serve as the Assistant Director of Annual Giving where he played a pivotal role in sourcing and soliciting annual gift commitments up to $10K. He supported the President Circle and accomplished a goal of 125 new donors while helping senior executives raise over $700K from over 2,000 donors.
In 2016, he earned his Master’s of Science in Sports Administration from Valparaiso while earning a Bachelor of Letters & Science in Afro-American Studies Intergroup Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011. Joel and wife Krystin have a four-year-old son – Tayden.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING…
Dr. Treymane Clardy, Verona Area School District – Superintendent
“Joel Zimba has been a cornerstone of our community, exemplifying academic and athletic excellence throughout his tenure as our Athletic Director in the Verona Area School District. His unwavering commitment to sportsmanship, ethics, and service to others has profoundly influenced our student-athletes and the broader community. We are immensely proud of his achievements and wish him continued success in his new role as Executive Deputy Athletic Director for External Relations at the University of Evansville.”
Chad Wiese, Verona Area School District – Deputy Superintendent
“Joel Zimba is a huge loss for our school district. His work ethic, technical abilities, and, most of all, his interpersonal skills will be greatly missed. Joel’s time in the Verona Area School District resulted in historic achievements and participation rates in our athletic programs. I wish him the best as the Executive Deputy Director for External Relations. Joel’s hire at the University of Evansville will make an immediate impact. I’m confident great things lie ahead.”
David Ragland, University of Evansville – Head Men’s Basketball Coach
“I met Joel 8 years ago and had the honor of working with him for two years at Valparaiso University. I had the opportunity to watch how passionate he is about the student-athlete experience. Joel is selfless and a tireless worker. He is honest and will do what is right no matter the situation. Joel embodies all the qualities of the culture Dr Ziggy Siegfried has worked so hard to create for our athletic department here at UE. Dr Ziggy Siegfried has created great momentum within our athletic department, built on positivity, problem-solving, and connectivity through effective communication. I’m excited to watch our athletics department improve with Joel Zimba’s addition and look forward to working alongside him.”
Steve Watson, Loyola Chicago – Director of Athletics
“Evansville is getting one of the best in Joel Zimba. With his background and experience in athletics administration, there’s no doubt he’ll do great things for the Purple Aces. Congratulations to Ziggy and his staff for landing a good one!”
Jackie Manuel, American University – Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
“Joel Zimba is a great friend and person. Joel is a hard worker and consummate professional who strives to serve others every day. EU is getting a high-character person that is committed to excellence.”
Jamie Sims, Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District – District Director of Athletics and Activities
“I had the great pleasure to meet and begin working with Joel Zimba in 2020 as an athletic director, and since then, I have had the opportunity to partner with and create a meaningful relationship that surpasses the world of education-based athletics. Mr. Zimba’s leadership skills and ability to get the best out of the most as a part of his character, leadership, and overall care and concern for others continue to inspire and motivate me to do precisely that in my current capacity. Joel’s passion for leading others and ensuring equitable outcomes for all has resonated with me and overflowed into the Big 8 conference here in Wisconsin. Today, I am a better leader because I have met and worked alongside Joel Zimba. He has definitely left his life, print, and legacy in Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics.
Indiana State Police Participating in “Best Looking Cruiser Contest”
Indiana State Police Participating in “Best Looking Cruiser Contest”
The American Association of State Troopers is conducting their annual “Best Looking Cruiser” contest. The Florida Highway Patrol cruiser was voted the “2023 Best Looking Cruiser.” This contest began as a friendly competition between state agencies as a fun way to allow community support and interaction with law enforcement in a positive manner.
The Indiana State Police submitted a photo taken in Indianapolis during the solar eclipse this past April. The photo of our Dodge Durango was taken during “totality.” The Dodge Durango is the newest platform for an Indiana State Police cruiser.
This year’s contest will be tabulated through the SurveyMonkey website. To cast your vote in the “2024 Best Looking Cruiser Contest”, you can vote here SurveyMonkey or by going to statetroopers.org. Simply scroll through the photos and at the bottom of the page select Indiana from the drop-down menu and click done.
The winner will be presented with the “Best Looking Cruiser Award” and featured on the cover of the AAST’s “America’s Best Looking Trooper Cruisers 2025 Wall Calendar.” The calendars will be available for purchase at American Association of State Troopers this fall. Calendar sales will benefit the American Association of State Troopers Foundation, which provides educational scholarships to dependents of member troopers.
The Indiana State Police hopes to be one of the top cars chosen. Help us by voting DAILY on the survey. Your vote counts!
Voting has begun and will and will continue through Monday, July 29, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. (EST).
EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT
FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.
Joe Biden and the determination to get back up
Joe Biden and the determination to get back up
Joe Biden’s irritation was evident.
John Krull, publisher, TheStatehouseFile.com
During his interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, the president almost seemed to shake his head in disbelief throughout.
If his thoughts had been revealed in a word balloon above his head, they would have read something like this:
“My opponent kept falling asleep in the courtroom where he was being tried and ultimately convicted on 34 felony counts, mistakenly identified a photo of a woman who had accused him of sexual assault in a civil case as being one of his ex-wives, forgets when he’s speaking on the stump who he’s running against and who’s president now, tells a lie with every other breath—and I’m the guy you’re asking to prove his fitness to hold office?”
Biden’s implied argument through the Stephanopoulos interview was that he’s being held to a different and higher standard than Donald Trump is. The president thinks he’s being treated unfairly.
Biden is right, but his contention is beside the point.
More on that in a moment.
I understand Joe Biden’s frustration.
The place where I was born—in a housing project in Cleveland, Ohio—isn’t far removed culturally or geographically from the president’s birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
I have a good idea of the waves of condescension Biden had to wade through as he started his climb. I can guess how many self-styled blue bloods sneered at him because he didn’t go to the right schools or come to the office with a social pedigree.
What sustained him while he made his way in the world was the same quality that does so for every American striver—a determination to endure and keep moving forward. He learned that lesson young and it has carried him through the tragedies of losing his first wife and two of his children, along with the lesser disappointments of political defeats and other setbacks.
You can hear that bedrock determination in the Biden refrain repeated again and again following his disastrous debate against Trump: “When you get knocked down, you get back up.”
A core Biden belief is that things happen in life that are beyond our control, but how we respond to those events is entirely our responsibility.
As I listened to the Stephanopoulos interview, I was struck by how often Biden said his failure during the debate was his fault and his alone, but when he started to tout his accomplishments as president and was using the first-person singular—the word “I”—he quickly caught himself. He said the victories were possible because he has a great team with him.
The contrast with Trump—who can’t stand to share credit with anyone and blames every setback on someone else—was stark.
Biden said once he wouldn’t even be seeking re-election if Trump weren’t running again. While that likely isn’t true—the engine of ambition driving a lifelong striver like Biden never rests and always finds fuel—it explains at least part of the president’s unyielding refusal to step aside.
Guys like Joe Biden learn young that the last guy you let back you down is a trust fund baby such as Donald Trump, a career scammer who’s spent his entire life ducking the consequences of his misdeeds and fleecing the people you grew up with.
When a guy like that tells you he wants a fight, you give him one.
You keep getting back up no matter how often you get knocked down.
You don’t quit.
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Murder Arrest
On July 17th at approximately 8 p.m. officers were dispatched to 302 E. Louisiana in reference to shots fired. On scene officers found 37-year-old Joshua A. Seymour deceased.
The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office later confirmed that Seymour’s cause of death was a shotgun wound to the chest.
The investigation led detectives to obtain a warrant for murder for 54-year-old Martin K. Miniard. Miniard was located in New Harmony on July 19th
. Multiple agencies worked together and Miniard was taken into custody, and booked into the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center, just after midnight on July 20th
.The Evansville Police Department would like to thank the many agencies that assisted us with the quick capture of Miniard. We greatly appreciate the assistance of the U.S. Marshall Service, the Posey County Sheriff’s Dep
Gage Bobe named Men’s Basketball Graduate Assistant
Gage Bobe named Men’s Basketball Graduate Assistant
Bobe played five seasons for the Purple Aces
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Gage Bobe’s journey with the University of Evansville men’s basketball program began as a walk-on in 2019. After earning a scholarship, Bobe worked his way into the starting lineup on a regular basis. With his playing career complete, Bobe will remain with the program as a graduate assistant.
“Gage has been a part of the Aces program since he entered college 6 years ago and that will continue. He embodies all that we look for in our program when my staff and I are recruiting,” Purple Aces head coach David Ragland said. “We want self-starters, everyday guys, hard workers, consistent workers, vocal leaders, individuals willing to sacrifice for the greater good, and individuals focused on leaving a situation better than they found it.”
“Those that know his story know that he came to UE as a walk on then earned a scholarship. Gage didn’t stop there, he then earned playing time and eventually a starting role on our team. He was not given anything along the way, he worked his tail off to create opportunities for himself,” Ragland continued. “As my staff and I learned Gage more, we admired not only his work ethic but also his knowledge of the game of basketball. As time went on and Sammy was towards the completion of his graduate assistantship, it became clear to my staff and I that Gage was the perfect replacement. We are very much excited to have Gage remain here at the University of Evansville in the role as our Graduate Assistant.”
Bobe improved in each season with the UE program. The 2022-23 campaign may have been his best as he completed the conference portion of the season converting 44.0% of his attempts, tops in the Missouri Valley Conference. Starting 31 games, Bobe averaged 5.6 points and set his career scoring mark with 22 points at Valparaiso.
“Accepting the position of GA at UE was a no brainer when Coach Ragland offered me this opportunity. I am going on year 6 now in the city of Evansville and this place feels like home. All I have ever wanted since I have been here was to see this program succeed,” Bobe exclaimed. “When I had the opportunity to continue to accomplish that goal, saying yes was easy. I believe Coach Ragland and the rest of the staff are the perfect people to get this program on track and I am thrilled to be part of it. This new chapter of my life is not just a professional milestone but a personal mission to give back to a program that gave me so much.”
His sharpshooting continued in 2023-24 as he connected on a 3-pointer in 15 of the final 16 games while chipping in an average of 4.1 PPG. Over the final 11 games of the season, he drained 22 of his 48 outside attempts.