Concepcion set to continue work with USA Volleyball
Aces coach to work in Colorado at the end of the summer
University of Evansville head volleyball coach Manolo Concepcion will continue his work with USA Volleyball this summer after assisting the program earlier in 2017.
Concepcion has been invited to be part of the coaching staff that will be training the USA Youth National A2 Team Invitational Program this summer. The camp will take place from July 26 through August 1 in Colorado Springs. Earlier this year, Concepcion was involved with USA Volleyball as an Evaluator and Court Coach at four of their tryouts. July’s camp will see him assisting in the training of the roster of players selected to represent the United States.
“I am honored to be invited for the National Team program,†Concepcion said. “Growing the game and long-term development with motor learning principles are two aspects that we feel strongly passionate about, so this will be a great opportunity to continue to learn and absorb from some of the best coaches in the nation, while training some of the best athletes as well.:
The USA National A2 Invitational Team Program is designed to give more of the country’s top athletes the opportunity to work with top High Performance coaches at a competitive event. Players who participate in the program train for 4 days as a group, training in all skills and focusing on position-specific areas each day.
On the fifth day, players are split into 16 tiered 8-player teams, in which they train for a full day under international rules and learn opponent scouting. The final two days of the program feature an international-style tournament culminating in a tournament championship on the final day. Besides the High Performance Pipeline Coaches who are also college coaches working the A2 Program, coaches from across the country are invited to watch the competition portion of the event this summer.
Semi-truck Crash on Lloyd Expressway Results in Injuries and Spill
- On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at approximately 4:57 AM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of the Lloyd Expressway at the intersection at Boehne Camp Road upon report of a motor vehicle crash involving injury.
On scene investigation and witness statements indicated that a white semi-truck operated by Mr. Joel J. Cobb of Memphis, TN had been traveling west on the Lloyd Expressway prior to colliding with the rear of a blue Volvo semi-truck. The Volvo had just begun movement under a green light at Boehne Camp Road when struck and was forced into the rear of a white Oldsmobile Alero passenger car. Â The force of the collison tore the cab from the frame of the white semi-truck.
The Perry Township Fire Department and AMR arrived to assist with the injured drivers. After extrication, Mr. Cobb and his passenger, Mr. Deron Brown of Memphis, TN were transported to the hospital for treatment of serious but non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Volvo semi-truck reported no injury. The driver of the passenger vehicle, Mr. David Bretz of Evansville, complained of neck and head pain and was evaluated at the hospital.
Pursuant to state law regarding crashes involving serious bodily injury or death, all the drivers consented to post-accident blood draws. The investigation will remain open pending toxicology results.
The crash resulted in a significant diesel fuel and oil spill, which required closing or restricting travel on the roadway for nearly five hours.
Pictured above: Crash scene on W. Lloyd Expressway at Boehne Camp Road.
IS IT TRUE MAY JUNE 26, 2017
IS IT TRUE that the federal government has been running housing programs for years intending to help people of limited means keep a roof over their heads with housing subsidies?…some such programs involve placing people and families in housing projects that are administered entirely by public servants?…these programs in their beginning were started with the admirable goal of helping people temporarily with the intention that they improve their skills and learn to manage their lives so that they can return to the real market rate world and cease being a burden on the taxpayers?…over time these programs often failed to rehabilitate lives and ended up trapping people in the cycle of dependency known as being permanently dependent on the generosity of the American taxpayer to keep a roof over their heads?
IS IT TRUE many government housing projects over time have degraded into violent places where illegal activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution are prevalent?…for people of potential to become trapped into permanent dependency in violent neighborhoods was never the intention of any of the federal housing programs but for many recipients of this generosity violence and lawlessness is a way of life?…it is time for such programs to be reformed and refocused on the original goal of changing life for the better instead of turning people with potential into permanent wards of the state?
IS IT TRUE federal housing programs also work and get worked by private investors in real estate through the Section 8 voucher programs?…these vouchers are direct payments to landlords who have chosen to invest in properties that cater to people whose rent is paid by the taxpayers of the United States?…this practice was started in some ways to improve the living conditions of the people who would have otherwise been trapped in the cycle of dependency that government projects?…some landlords who enrich themselves by “fleecing the taxpayers by appearing to help the helpless†do as bad of a job at tenant management as Uncle Sam does?…it is not unusual for such investment groups to buy a building on credit, milk the Section 8 vouchers for a few years, and let the bank take the building back?…this happens all of the country?
IS IT TRUE when urban renewal envelopes a property that has been taken by a bank, another set of investors will often come in and convert the former Section 8 properties to market rate properties and make a killing?…such place often then notify the long term residents that they have a short time to be gone and follow up by renting to urban professionals or professional school students like medical students as the case may be?…renting to medical students even if there are just a few of them is a much more profitable operation than just cashing Section 8 vouchers?…keep your eyes open because such and activity may happen at a complex near you?
IS IT TRUE at Wednesday “Mayors Traveling City Hall” .Mayor Winnecke looked totally surprised when some in attendance verbally insulted him?  …its looks like Mayor Winnecke political honeymoon with the common folk of the 4th Ward is over with?
IS IT TRUE that some of residents of the 4th Ward also made insulting remarks towards City Council President Missy Mosby and At-Large Councilman Jonathan Weaver at Wednesdays “Mayors Traveling City Hall” meeting? … Mosby and Weaver response to the insulting remarks were to quickly leave the meeting without comment? Â …they couldn’t take the political heat so they quickly got out of the kitchen?
IS IT TRUE we totally agree that the new owners of Lincoln Estates should evict trouble makers, drug dealers and deadbeats living at Lincoln Estates apartment complex?  … the decision of giving Lincoln Estates residents letters of tenancy for terminations without warning could cause problems for the unemployed, elderly people who have serious health issues, the working poor and disabled people living there?
Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that the City should help the displaced residents of Lincoln Estate?Â
CHANNEL 44 NEWS: Plans Revealed for Airport Upgrade
Plans Revealed for Airport Upgrade
After securing authorization to borrow 8 million dollars, the plans for Evansville Regional Airport are becoming more clear. It’ll be a three phase plan – the first to start just after the Fourth of July. That initial phase is to add an addition..