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APPARENTLY, TRUMP IS A WINNER SURROUNDED BY LOSERS
APPARENTLY, TRUMP IS A WINNER SURROUNDED BY LOSERS
Raging Moderate by Will Durst
Donald Trump is a winner. Just ask him. After all, he won the presidential election. They don’t get much bigger than that. And winners find it distasteful to hang with losers. And that is exactly what someone filled his staff with. Big-time losers. Which is why they are getting replaced faster than lead changes in a NASCAR race with staggered starts and the cars outfitted with 12-ounce gas tanks.
The Republican Senate similarly failed the president in their gazillionth attempt to undo ObamaCare. And although he can’t fire them, he did intimidate and insult and threaten members of his own party through a series of devastating tweets. You could say, his adept contempt for their inept attempt was to a major extent not exempt of torment. But you probably won’t.
After kicking around the idea of how to replace ObamaCare for 7 years, Republicans found themselves bereft of ideas and unraveled to where their mantra of “Repeal and Replace†shrank to a faint echo of “Repeal Now and Then Maybe Replace with Something Else Later On. Maybe Not.†With the emphasis on the “not.â€
In a rare televised 2 a.m. vote the GOP Senate proved unable to convince three of their own to vote on something called the “Skinny Repeal.†And it all crashed down to the Senate floor with a thud that could have stirred Everett Dirksen out of his slumbering repose.
The Skinny Repeal was a last ditch effort after the Fat Repeal was discarded for lacking public support. Neither did the Plump, Portly, Rotund or Tubby Repeal display much appeal amongst people destined to lose coverage. And nobody ever talks about the Pudgy or Obese Repeals, which were mothballed without ever seeing the light of day, presumably gathering dust in Senator Ted Cruz’s closet.
The most dramatic moment in the demise of the Skinny Repeal was not the final count, 51 nays to 49 yeas, but the way it went down. Senator John McCain strode briskly forward and cast a decisive thumbs- down, mercifully sending a sleepy Vice President Mike Pence home, who was only hanging around to break a tie. Way past his bedtime.
Not surprisingly, McCain’s motivation is now being questioned. Is this a return to his normal irascible renegade self, or is he purposely sticking it to a President he sees as morally vacant, or after being diagnosed with brain cancer, did he find it repugnant to leave a publicly paid hospital stay in his home state of Arizona, to fly on the taxpayer’s dime to throw millions off health care so rich people could have more money? He’s not talking.
Since the Skinny Repeal failed, Senator Mitch McConnell reportedly has scuttled attempts to fashion a Scrawny Repeal much less a Slender, Gaunt, Malnourished, Emaciated or Anorexic Repeal. And the Cadaverous Repeal is dead on arrival. The upshot being, the Majority Leader might be forced to actually compromise with Democrats. His worst nightmare come true. Then, next week, locusts.
President Trump immediately tweeted his preferred remedy is to let ObamaCare implode. Because having a leader willing sacrifice constituents to prove a point is one sure way to Make America Great Again. And Donald Trump will continue to be a winner. Perhaps the only one.
Channel 44 News: Suicide Prevention Seminar Addresses Suicide Rate in Indiana
Suicide Prevention Seminar Addresses Suicide Rate in Indiana
AUGUST 4TH, 2017Â 
 TYRONE MORRIS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA  Â
It featured two keynote speakers who touched on various aspects of Suicide. Frank Campbell and Megan Chesin were present at the seminar. Dr. Chesin presented evidence-based practices on how to help prevent people from taking their lives.
Indiana has a higher suicide rate than the national average. In Vanderburgh Co. alone, 36 people have committed suicide this year.
The Tri-State Mental Health Community has several area resources including a suicide hotline. The hotline is available 24 hours a day.
Also, in September, the Suicide Prevention Coalition will be hosting a ‘Lifesavers Walk’. That will be at Evansville State Hospitl on Saturday, September 9th.
Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners Agenda
AGENDA
Vanderburgh County
Board of Commissioners
August 8, 2017
3:00 pm, Room 301
- Call to Order
- Attendance
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Action Items
- First Reading and Permission to Advertise Notice of Public Hearing for Vacation Ordinance CO.V-08-17-004
- Department Head Reports
- New Business
- Road Hearing Presentation
- Old Business
- Public Comment
- Consent Items
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- County Clerk: Professional Service Agreement with Dossett Consulting, LLC
- County Health: Letter of Acceptance with Great Kids, Inc.
- County Commissioners Quit-Claim Deeds:
- 620 Ravenswood Drive
- 4207 Theatre Drive
- 117 E. Oregon
- 2511 Pine Tree Drive
- Hogue Road
- Approval of August 1, 2017 Meeting Minutes
- Employment Changes
- Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana: Vanderburgh County Report July 2017
- County Commissioners: Morley and Associates Survey Proposal
- County Auditor: July 2017 Accounts Payable Voucher
- County Engineering:
- Department Head Report
- Pay Request #26 University Parkway T.I.F for the sum of $21,216.60
- Burdette Park: Estimate for Fabricate and Install of Signs from Alvey’s Signs
- Superintendent of County Buildings: Permission to Seek Quotes: Coliseum North Elevation Tuck Point Repair
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- Adjournment
Adopt A Pet
Nick and Rick are 1 ½-yr-old male guinea pigs. They are a bonded pair and must go home together. The adoption fee is $30 for both! (Cage & supplies not included.) Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for details!
Governor Holcomb’s Schedule for August 7-11
INDIANAPOLIS – Below find Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb’s public schedule for August 7 – 11, 2017.
Monday, August 7, 2017Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Gov. Holcomb and Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch will gather with other state and local officials for a conversation with U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson in East Chicago regarding efforts to date to assist residents affected by lead contamination.
WHO:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb
Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch
U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly
U.S. Sen. Todd Young
U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky
East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland
WHAT: USS Lead Superfund site visit in East Chicago
PURPOSE:Â Brief HUD Secretary Ben Carson on progress of USS Lead Superfund site cleanup.
WHEN: Â Â Media availability with Gov. Holcomb and other officials will occur at about 12:45 p.m. CT, immediately following closed briefings with federal, state and local officials.
To join the media availability, please RSVP to cmckinney1@gov.in.gov, or reply to this email, by 5:00 p.m. CDT Saturday (tomorrow). Those who do not RSVP will not be granted access to the availability.
WHERE:
Carrie Gosch Elementary School building – media check in at front gate
455 E. 148th St.
East Chicago, IN 46312
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Gov. Holcomb and Lt. Gov. Crouch will join members of the state’s agriculture community at the Indiana State Fairgrounds for a roundtable discussion with U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue regarding the federal farm bill. The meeting is closed to press, but photographers will be permitted to spray the top of the meeting. Following the roundtable meeting, there will be a brief media availability with Secretary Perdue, Gov. Holcomb, Lt. Gov. Crouch, and other representatives.
What:Â Â Indiana State Fair visit and farm bill roundtable discussion with USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue
Who:Â Â Â USDA Secretary Perdue
Gov. Holcomb
Lt. Gov. Crouch
When:Â 12:00 p.m. ET, with media availability to follow at approximately 12:45 p.m. ET
Where: Indiana State Fairgrounds – Normandy Barn
1202 E 38th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
View map of the Indiana state fairgrounds at http://www.indianastatefair.com/fairgrounds/map/.
State Fair credentialed media only
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
What:Â Â Navy Week Proclamation Ceremony
Who:Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
When:Â 3 p.m. ET
Where: Indiana State Fairgrounds – MetroPCS Family Fun Park
1202 E 38th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Gov. Holcomb will join Commission for Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers to kickoff the “Roadtrip Indiana†tour. As a spinoff of the television of “Roadtrip Nation,†“Roadtrip Indiana†consists of three Hoosier students embarking on a two-week journey across Indiana, exploring career interests through interviews with employers across the state.
What:Â Â Road Trip Indiana Kick-Off Press Conference
Who:Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
Commission for Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers
When:Â 9:30 a.m. ET
Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway– on the bricks
4790 W 16th St.
Speedway, IN 46222
Friday, August 11, 2017
What:Â Â Ten Point Coalition Lunch
Who:Â Â Â Vice President Mike Pence
Second Lady Karen Pence
Gov. Holcomb
When:Â 12:00 p.m. ET
Where: Indianapolis Marriott Downtown
1202 E 38th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Friday, August 11, 2017
Gov. Holcomb will participate in the unveiling of Vice President Pence’s gubernatorial portrait in the South Atrium of the Statehouse at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Additional details will follow.
What:  Vice President Pence Official Governor’s Portrait Unveiling
Who:Â Â Â Vice President Mike Pence
Second Lady Karen Pence
Governor Eric Holcomb
Various state and local officials
When:Â 2:00 p.m. ET
Where: Indiana Statehouse Atrium
200 W Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
FOOTNOTE: Additional information about the general public’s attendance and media coverage will be announced next week.
Sheriff’s Office Preparing for Students Returning to School
- In the coming days Vanderburgh County students will be returning to school for the 2017-2018 school year. The Sheriff’s Office will be stepping up our presence and enforcement around county schools and bus routes to help make sure this school year gets off to a safe start.
The beginning of school will result in a large number of buses on the road, children getting on and off those buses, new bus stop locations, new bus routes, congestion in and around the schools, new student drivers and many other factors to be aware of as our kids return to the classroom. The Sheriff’s Office will be increasing patrols and watching for unsafe driving behavior, monitoring bus routes for safety issues and enforcing school bus stop arm violations.
Sheriff Dave Wedding explained, “The added presence of our deputies will function as a deterrent and a reminder to slow down and pay attention. Having deputies stationed near our schools puts us in a position to respond immediately to any situations that may arise.â€
At some locations, sheriff’s deputies will be assisting school personnel with traffic direction in and out of the school parking lots and drop off zones. The Vanderburgh County Highway Department will place large school zone warning signs near all of these schools to help warn drivers.
Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation schools will begin their first day on Wednesday, August 09, 2017. Corpus Christi School begins on Tuesday, August 08, 2017. St. Joseph School begins their first day on Wednesdy, August 09, 2017. Resurrection Catholic School begins on Thursday, August 10, 2017.
Tips for back to school safety:
- If bus service is available, please utilize it.
- Please take pictures of your new student before you get to the school. Do not park in the drop-off zones of any of the schools to take your child into class.
- Utilize the proper restraint systems in your vehicle.
- Keep your speed to a minimum and pay extra attention in and around school zones and near school bus loading areas.
- When a school bus stops and a red stop arm or flashing red lights appear, children are boarding or exiting the bus. Be on the lookout for children crossing the street even after the bus has moved on.
- Please, no cell phone use in the school zones while operating a vehicle and no texting at any time while operating a vehicle.
- Encourage children getting on and off school buses to be very mindful of surrounding traffic, because the traffic may not be watching for them.
- Give yourself plenty of time. Do not let the frustration of running late compromise the good driving decisions you make.
- Please call 911 to report dangerous driving situations.
Next week’s Back to School traffic enforcement comes in advance of a statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” blitz, which is scheduled to run from August 11 through September 04, 2017. The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will hold a news conference next week to provide the details.
Pictured above: A November 03, 2016 crash involving a school bus on Old State Road. 2016-NR-085Â
Back to School by Wendy McNamara
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Bridgmohan wins 3, including on Attribute by 14 1/2 lengths; Landeros finally gets back home to win on Valentine Wish
‘He was very impressive. He is a horse with a future,’ Bridgmohan on Attribute
Shaun Bridgmohan stayed home in Kentucky for the first time this summer because he believed he could win the more races here than Saratoga. And Saturday at Ellis Park, he won three and added a pair of seconds in five mounts.
Bridgmohan now is 7 for 32 at the meet. His last win Saturday was for major client Brad Cox, whose meet-best record improved to 11 wins in 23 starts after the 2-year-old filly Katie’s Reward captured the eighth race at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf.
The jockey also seems to be back in the fold with 2016 Ellis champion trainer Steve Asmussen, for whom Bridgmohan won the third race on WinStar Farm’s very nice and extraordinarily-bred 3-year-old maiden Attribute and the sixth race on the $10,000 claimer Candir. Bridgmohan’s seconds also were for Asmussen, who is gaining in the standings on Cox with nine winners, albeit out of many more starters (59, of which 13 are seconds).
“You can never go wrong doing that,†he said of riding for the meet’s two winningest trainers.
Attribute, a son of Gainesway Farm’s world-renowned stallion Tapit and out of the  fine millionaire Leah’s Secret, won by by 14 1/2 lengths over Fault Line, covering 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.42 while cruising home. It was Attribute’s first start wince finishing fourth Nov. 20 at Churchill Downs in his debut.
“That horse ran absolutely great today,†Bridgmohan said. “Very, very nice horse. I rode him first time out, and he obviously hadn’t run for a while. Today he was very impressive. He is a horse with a future. He did everything I asked him to do. I got after him a little bit, he got to idling around. I just said, ‘I’ll keep your mind on your business.’ He was very responsive and ran really, really well.â€
Dawn and Ike Thrash’s favored Katie’s Reward had raced once before, finishing second at Churchill Downs June 24 on dirt. She prevailed by two lengths at Ellis over the late-running Ippodamia’s Girl.
“She ran very well first time out, obviously,†Bridgmohan said. “Thanks to Brad for giving me the opportunity to break her maiden and win on her. Won a couple for Steve today, which I also have to thank him. He gave me an opportunity to win a few today.â€
Bridgmohan was Asmussen’s go-to rider a decade ago, teaming with multiple Grade 1 winner Kodiak Kowboy, Louisiana Derby winner Pyro and a plethora of other major winners.
Landeros finally makes it back home
Jockey Chris Landeros gave new meaning to the racetrack saying “getting home in time.†Landeros rode at Saratoga Thursday for his father in law, trainer Ian Wilkes, but because of storms in the northeast didn’t make it back to Kentucky and Ellis Park until shortly before the eighth race. He was seventh on Gymnastic in that race but then took the featured ninth race, a $41,000 allowance, for the Vicki Oliver-trained Valentine Wish, a two-length winner over Wolf Gourmet in the 1 1/16-mile grass race.
On Friday, Landeros missed out on a pair of Ellis winners because of weather-induced flight issues.
“Sometimes it goes that way,†he said. “I was fortunate to get out of New York today, though. I rode Thursday, and everything was on time. We got a call at 1 in the morning. My wife woke me up and said, ‘Chris, the flight’s canceled.’ We were on Southwest. We called Southwest and it took us an hour and a half to get to somebody, because it was so busy and overwhelmed with people changing their flights. The earliest we could get out on Southwest was Sunday morning.  So we tried American. We even thought about driving. We wouldn’t have made it. It’s 14 hours.
“Thank God I have some good people behind me. They said, ‘Chris, you aren’t getting out tonight (Friday). There are some bad storms coming. Go out in the morning.’ So that’s what we did. We flew out (Saturday) morning. We got lucky; two seats left on the plane. We flew to Philadelphia, and then we were delayed three hours. It was unfortunate I missed the second and third race. Just bad luck. But, hey, you know what? I got to spend some quality time with my family. We stayed in Saratoga because we couldn’t get out of Albany. So I went to the sales all day Friday with Ian. I got a different perspective of the sport, that’s for sure. I loved every bit of it. Hey, we could have been stuck in a lot worse places.â€
Landeros watched from afar as two of his mounts won at Ellis, including the Wilkes-trained Giant Payday, with Jon Court picking up the mount.
“That’s OK. I’m hoping I can get him back,†he said the mount. “Ian knows the situation. We’ll see what happens. Jon rode a heck of a race on him. He’s a horse we’re just starting to figure out and knowing what he likes.â€
Is it painful watching his horses win without him? “It’s not,†Landeros said. “I wasn’t hurt. My family is OK. My father in law is a very, very good guy. He’ll take care of you and he knows the situation. I was happy for Jon. He’s having a heck of a summer. I texted him a little while ago and said, ‘I hope when I’m 57, I look just like you.â€
Sprinting out: Meet-leading rider Corey Lanerie, Court, Brian Hernandez and Robby Albarado were out of town to ride at Mountaineer Park for its West Virginia Derby card. Court, whose 17 wins are second in the rider standings behind Lanerie’s 22, continued his hot streak by winning the $750,000 West Virginia Derby aboard front-running Colonelsdarktemper, trained by Court’s father in law, Kentucky-based Jinks Fires, and owned by auto-racing great A.J. Foyt. Colonelsdarktemper, the Indiana Derby runner-up, won by a length over Game Over, with Kentucky Derby runner-up and 2016 Ellis Park Juvenile winner Lookin At Lee third under Lanerie. Hernandez was fifth on the Randy Morse-trained Silver Dust and Albarado ninth on the Dale Romans-trained Impressive Edge.
The Cox-trained La Piba, with Lanerie up, won the $75,000 West Virginia Senate President’s Cup on grass by a neck over the Brendan Walsh-trained Corby and Court. Corby was second and La Piba third in the $50,000 Ellis Park Turf Stakes won by Inveniam Viam.
The Asmussen-trained Gun Runner, ridden by Louisville resident Florent Geroux, captured Saratoga’s Grade 1 Whitney Stakes by 5 1/4 lengths over 2015 Travers winner Keen Ice.
Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg’s streak of four straight wins at Ellis ended when Indian Trick was fifth in the fifth race.
Wiener-dog qualifiers: The first half of the field has been set for the Aug. 26 Wiener Dog Derby, with Donna Smiley’s Ellie Smiley shooting up the outside fence to edge Mike Hayes’ Itty Bitty in the first heat. In the second heat, Erin Nixon’s O-Lee ran to his practice session, overcoming decidedly short legs to prevail over Milo Seals. The top two in both heats advance. The final two qualifiers will be this coming Saturday, Aug. 12.
