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MAY BIRTHDAYS

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Tim Deisher

Ellada Hadjisavva

Jude McCord

Cate Sisco

Phyllip Davis

Randall Forster

Lon Walter

Candy Cooper

Julie Beery

Amy Word

Cory Ray

Jordan Baer

Donna Robinson

Charles D. Eubank

Jesse Daniel

Larry Rhodes

Kalah Georgette

Libby Treado

Joshua Calhoun

Susan Beacon

Becky Gish

DR Sholar

Deborah Wintner

Jamie Fuch

Brenda Hughes

Wayne Ellis

Jimmy Leflter

Roy N Bayne

Steven Pirnat

Christina Wick

Matt Riordan

Brock Lance

Timothy Barnett

Tim Deisher

Ashley Hammer

Tim Deisher

Rick Tomlinson

Todd Morgan

Modesto Caldera

Jaima A. Graham

John Franks

John Miller

Scott Danks 

Kalah Georgette-Vowel

Dennis Au

Tim Mills

Rick Herdes

Mike Hahn

Dan Whitehead

Kirsten Noffsinger

Tom Wedding

Eddie Robinson

Cindy Basinski

Sharon Harrison

Thom Wilder

Janice Geurin Labhart-Miller

Susan Hyatt

Greg Woods

Chase Coslett

Susie Webb

Michelle Kirk

Libby Treado

Tim Black

Chad Brady

Emily Cosby

Jeremy Schnepper

Tracy Hayden

Lisa Roth

John Miller

TROPICANA EVANSVILLE SPONSORS EVANSVILLE HYDROFESTâ„¢

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TROPICANA EVANSVILLE SPONSORS EVANSVILLE HYDROFESTâ„¢

Tropicana Evansville is proud to be the official Hotel & Casino of Evansville HydroFestâ„¢.  This event will be staged on the Ohio Riverfront in Downtown Evansville, Indiana over the Labor Day weekend, September 1 – 3, 2017, hosting the American Power Boat Association’s North American Championships.

“For the past 22 years, Tropicana Evansville has provided entertainment on the Ohio River.  The decision to bring more excitement to the riverfront was easy to make,” said John Chaszar, General Manager of Tropicana Evansville.  “We invite our HydroFest guests to return in late 2017 when we open our new 75,000 square foot land based casino and entertainment facility.”

Admission cost for Evansville HydroFest is $10 total for all 3 days.  Children 12 and under are free.  The wristbands will go on sale June 29th in a variety of Evansville and Tri-state locations.  For more information about Evansville HydroFest visit www.evansvillehydrofest.com.

“Race Teams, APBA Officials, and Fans will enjoy the convenience and quality of Tropicana Evansville’s Hotel and Casino, which is right across Riverside Drive from our beautiful Ohio River race course,” said Randy Lientz, Race Director of Evansville HydroFest™.  “We appreciate the strong support of Tropicana Evansville and look forward to more exciting announcements with them about other events during Evansville HydroFest™!”

 

Air Quality Forecast

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Air quality forecasts for Evansville and Vanderburgh County are provided as a public service.  They are best estimates of predicted pollution levels that can be used as a guide so people can modify their activities and reduce their exposure to air quality conditions that may affect their health.  The forecasts are routinely made available at least a day in advance, and are posted by 10:30 AM Evansville time on Monday (for Tuesday through Thursday) and Thursday (for Friday through Monday).  When atmospheric conditions are uncertain or favor pollution levels above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, forecasts are made on a daily basis.

Ozone forecasts are available from mid-April through September 30th.  Fine particulate (PM2.5) forecasts are available year round.

Tuesday
May 30
Wednesday
May 31
Thursday
June 1
Friday
June 2
Saturday
June 3
Fine Particulate
(0-23 CST avg)
Air Quality Index
Good Good NA* NA* NA*
Ozone
Air Quality Index
Moderate Good NA* NA* NA*
Ozone
(peak 8-hr avg)
(expected)
NA* NA* NA* NA* NA*

* Not Available and/or Conditions Uncertain.

Air Quality Action Days

Ozone Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when maximum ozone readings averaged over a period of eight hours are forecasted to reach 71 parts per billion (ppb), or unhealthy for sensitive groups on the USEPA Air Quality Index scale.

Particulate Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when PM2.5 readings averaged over the period of midnight to midnight are forecasted to reach 35 micrograms per meter cubed (µg/m3).

Current conditions of OZONE and FINE PARTICULATE MATTER are available in near real-time on the Indiana Department of Environment Management’s website.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.

Michael Lamar Jackson: Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Conspiracy Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor)

Ladonna Gail Atherton: Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Conspiracy Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor)

Rudy Valenteno Studdard: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 5 Felony), Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Driving while suspended (Class A infraction)

Demetrius Andre Nelson: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)

Christopher Alan Gilmore: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)

Zachary Todd Herron: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Driving while suspended (Class A infraction)

Walter Matthew Gardner: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in the body (Class C misdemeanor)

Tracy Lynette Patton: Theft (Level 6 Felony)

 Evansville, IN – Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.

Michael Lamar Jackson: Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Conspiracy Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor)

Ladonna Gail Atherton: Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Conspiracy Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor)

Rudy Valenteno Studdard: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 5 Felony), Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Driving while suspended (Class A infraction)

Demetrius Andre Nelson: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)

Christopher Alan Gilmore: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)

Zachary Todd Herron: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Driving while suspended (Class A infraction)

Walter Matthew Gardner: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in the body (Class C misdemeanor)

Tracy Lynette Patton: Theft (Level 6 Felony)

IS IT TRUE MAY 30, 2017

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IS IT TRUE that the Lincoln Estates complex had 112 residential living units when the new owners picked it up from a bank that had repossessed it?…the reported sale price of around $2.6 million works out to $23,000 per unit which is a heck of a lot cheaper than the $240,000 per unit that the government paid to turn the old safe house into apartments?…there must be a reason that the Lincoln Estates complex was recorded as a “zero dollar” transfer back in 1999?… If government protocol was used in the construction the taxpayers may well have paid today’s equivalent of over $200,000 per unit or more than $20 million to build the place?…there would have plenty of pork to feed plenty of cronies well on such a job?…the reality of what Lincoln Estates is worth in the real world is the $23,000 per unit that the new owners just paid?…at a comparable cap rate of 8 percent and a scheduled rent of $900 per month per apartment, the new value of Lincoln Estates will likely exceed $10 Million, proving that private money is smart money and government money is just plain dumb?

IS IT TRUE that the saga of the Lincoln Estates affordable housing project is unfolding daily and the rats are scattering from the ship as reality is being exposed?…one reality that has come forward is that the complex was built using tax credits that were available back in 1999 when it was built?…we will assume that the construction company made a hefty return at the expense of the taxpayers and that the workers were paid according to the inflated government scale commonly known as “prevailing wages”?…it is likely that both the workers and the company were winners in this well subsidized project and the taxpayers lost?

IS IT TRUE that the daily management of the Lincoln Estates project was carried out by the Evansville Housing Authority  after opening with smiling politicians mugging for the camera?…there were many tenants admitted to the apartments and the lion’s share of them were subsidized by the taxpayers?…even with guaranteed rent payments courtesy of the taxpayers, the complex always came up short financially?…eventually the complex failed and was repossessed by the bank that held the note?…we find it extremely interesting that the Evansville Housing Authority wanted to buy it from the bank after managing it into the ground years before but the bank was not interested in their low ball offer?

IS IT TRUE that today a new owner that is very hard to pin down has the deed may be converting this property into market rate properties?…after 18 years, many taxpayer dollars down the drain, countless tenant inflicted damages, and egg on many faces, Lincoln Estates is now in private a developers hands?…that so far the only winners are the people who got subsidized rent for all of these years and the original construction group?

IS IT TRUE that the question arises as to what the prospects for success for the new owners will be?…Lincoln Estates sits on the edge of downtown Evansville which is well poised to absorb this number of residential units due to the handful of medical students who will soon be studying in downtown Evansville?…one of the demographic statistics that has limited the ability of downtown Evansville to attract basic things like a grocery store, a pharmacy, or even a gas station has been the fact that there are not enough people with disposable income living there?  …if the new owners adopt a new business plan to keep subsidized tenants out and charge market rates like the McCurdy is to the new tenants, they are very likely to have a profitable future?

IS IT TRUE that many people are blaming the new owners for the misfortune of relocation that is being suffered by the former tenants?…in reality, the blame for the failure of Lincoln Estates lies squarely on the backs of the Evansville Housing Authority and the other un-named stakeholder who failed to manage a Section 8 housing project in at least a break even way?

IS IT TRUE we wonder why Mayor Winnecke decided to sell the once not-for-profit Evansville Housing Authority to a group of for profit business people?  …we wonder how money did the business investors pay the city to acquire the assets of the not-for-profit Evansville Housing Authority?  …we wonder what city account was this money deposited in?

IS IT TRUE we wonder if you would like to know who were the owners of Lincoln Estates before Bayview Loaning Service LLC took over the ownership of this property in 2016?

IS IT TRUE the real question is now, “which public housing complex located in Evansville will be the next to fail?”

Todays “Readers Poll” questions is: Would you like to know who were the owners of Lincoln Estates before Bayview Loaning Service LLC took over the ownership of this property in 2016?

Dream Car Museum Supports Victims of Cancer

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Dream Car Museum Supports Victims of Cancer

The American Cancer Society and Bennett Motors is working together to support victims of cancer. Bennett Motors opened their DreamCar Museum on Heidelbach Avenue to the public for the “Dreaming of a Cure” event. Admission was free but donations…

DEMOCRATS HAVE AN OBSCENE NEW MANTRA

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DEMOCRATS HAVE AN OBSCENE NEW MANTRA

By Rick Jensen

Has anyone noticed the moral and organizational collapse of the Democratic Party?

While the president’s tweets and his lack of command over the English language earn him nationwide “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the Democratic Party itself is in a stunning meltdown that threatens to dissolve whatever sense of decency and morality its members once strove to maintain.

Perhaps being on the front lines of fighting against rights to life and religious freedoms has some bearing upon the issue, but it’s gone far beyond that.

In some dystopian left-wing fantasy, a CPAC convention in which the president of the NRA leads a multitude of conservatives in chants of “F@&* Obama! F@&* Obama!” would be front page news in the New York Times and Washington Post.

Liberal icon Rachel Maddow would host guest after guest, psychologists, historians and Democratic Party leadership in dissertations explaining why Republicans would be so callous as to expose their children to such profane behavior.

And yet, it is the Democrats who did just that.

On May 20th, the California Democratic Party’s State Convention showed the current soul of the party.

Outgoing chair John Burton called upon the packed Sacramento Convention Center crowd to chant the new Democratic Platform slogan, “F@&* Donald Trump.”

Burton signaled the generally unfaithful using the official Democratic Party gesture, both middle fingers held high, and led a gleeful throng in a chant of “F@&* Donald Trump.”

This is what now passes as Democratic Party messaging.

We’re not talking about some small group of liberal recalcitrants. These are thousands of Democratic Party leaders and activists. California party leaders were actually onstage proudly “giving the finger” to the President.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Obama’s Former Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis looked on, laughing it up in the background, totally in support of this profane meltdown.

Were children in attendance?Was Children’s Caucus Director Judy Jacobs onstage shouting obscenities?

Hey, kids!Show Mommy and Daddy what you learned from the California Democratic Convention!

Perhaps the California Department of Family Services should consider children of Democrats to be living in unsafe households.

Even if kids weren’t at the convention, they got the message.

The message is that as long as you’re a Democrat, language forbidden by the FCC is a perfectly acceptable form of intellectual debate.

California is an excellent example of the Democratic Party’s self-destruction in a couple more events.

When Bernie Sanders supporters expressed their support for single-payer government health care, they were shouted down by the party chair, using the convention’s most popular word, the “F” word, in such a way as to instruct the liberals to perform a most difficult physical contortion upon themselves.

If you want your kids to be “good Democrats,” it’s going to take more than a few yoga lessons to abide by these new rules of the party’s leadership.

And in keeping with the party’s respect for elections, Democratic organizer Kimberly Ellis, who lost the race for party chair to Eric Bauman, demanded a recount.

She and her supporters doubt all the votes came from credentialed party delegates.

Recalling how Hillary and the DNC shut out Bernie delegates at the Nevada State Convention, it seems a reasonable suspicion.

Nearly 3,000 party delegates voted in the election and Ellis lost by 60 votes, the kind of margin California political veterans will recall cost Republican Tom McClintock the State Controller race (0.03 percent) after some “missing” absentee ballots miraculously appeared just in time to keep the Democrat from losing.

She knows how her party plays the game, so, of course, she doesn’t believe the outcome.

To their credit, the liberals chose not to riot or commit the violence seen so often in Berkeley and D.C.

The foul language, delighted displays of obscene gestures and dishonest electioneering isn’t just a California version of the Democratic Party.

It’s a nationwide dysfunction.

Add to this the angry soft-porn “comedy” stylings of an unapologetic Stephen Colbert and you get the idea of just how toxic this new, unhinged Democratic Party is to families and reason.