Upcoming Vanderburgh County Democratic Party Calendar of Events

06/27/2017

Wednesday, June 28th	Meeting	6:00 PM	Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting Location: FOP – 801 Court Street – Evansville, IN
Wednesday, July 12th	Golf Scramble	11:00 AM EST	8th District Democratic Committee Golf Scramble Location: Geneva Hill Golf Course – 13446 South Geneva Hills Road – Clinton, IN Cost: $75 per golfer. Â Sponsorships available. Contact: Jeff Lehman jldemo@minerbroadband.com
Wednesday, July 26th	Fundraiser	7:30 AM – 9:00 AM	Breakfast with Ben: Hosted by the Shoulders for Commissioner Committee Location: Emge’s Deli – 206 Main St – Evansville, IN Cost: $25 per person. Â $100 for Co-Host RSVP at shouldersforcommissioner@gmail.com or (812) 202-9384
Wednesday, July 26th	Meeting	6:00 PM	Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting Location: FOP – 801 Court Street – Evansville, IN
Wednesday, August 30th	Meeting	6:00 PM	Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting Location: FOP – 801 Court Street – Evansville, IN
Wednesday, September 27th	Meeting	6:00 PM	Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting Location: FOP – 801 Court Street – Evansville, IN
Wednesday, October 25th	Meeting	6:00 PM	Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting Location: FOP – 801 Court Street – Evansville, IN
Wednesday, November 29th	Meeting	6:00 PM	Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting Location: FOP – 801 Court Street – Evansville, IN
Wednesday, December 27th	Meeting	6:00 PM	Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting Location: FOP – 801 Court Street – Evansville, IN

Adopt A Pet

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Chico is a male Bull Terrier whoâ€™s approximately 4 years old. He weighs 50 lbs. He was pulled from Evansville Animal Care & Control when they were out of empty kennels. Chicoâ€™s $100 adoption fee includes his neuter (will be done before he goes home), his registered microchip, vaccines, and heartworm test. Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for details!

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Air Quality Forecast

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Air quality forecasts for Evansville and Vanderburgh County are providedÂ as a public service.Â They are best estimates ofÂ predicted pollution levels that can be used as a guide so people can modify their activities and reduce their exposure to air quality conditionsÂ thatÂ may affect their health.Â 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).Â When atmospheric conditions are uncertain or favorÂ pollution levels above theÂ National Ambient Air Quality Standards, forecasts are made on a daily basis.

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

	Monday June 26	Tuesday June 27	Wednesday June 28	Thursday June 29	Friday June 30
Fine Particulate (0-23Â CST avg) Air Quality Index	Good	Good	NA*	NA*	NA*
Ozone Air Quality Index	Good	Moderate	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 AlertsÂ are issued by the Evansville EPA when maximum ozone readings averaged over a period ofÂ eight hours are forecasted to reachÂ 71 parts per billion (ppb), or unhealthy for sensitive groups on the USEPA Air Quality Index scale.

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

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

National and regional maps of current conditionsÂ are available through USEPA AIRNow.

Evansville Regional Lab Manager Retires after 40 Years of Dedicated Service

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Evansville â€“ After serving 40 years with the Indiana State Police, Joe Vetter has decided itâ€™s time to retire and enjoy more time with his wife and family.

Vetter started his career with the Indiana State Police in 1977 when he graduated from the academy and was assigned to the Connersville Post. In 1979 he was promoted to Sergeant and assigned to the General Headquarters Laboratory in Indianapolis while the Evansville Regional Lab was being built. Vetter was sent to the National Training Center of Polygraph Science in New York City where he received his Polygraph Examiner certification.

Â In March 1980, Vetter was assigned to the Evansville Regional Laboratory and served as the Assistant Laboratory Manager and Polygraph Examiner. He was promoted to First Sergeant in 1987 to serve as the Laboratory Manager at the Evansville Regional Lab. Vetter retired as an Indiana State Trooper in 2007, but was rehired as a civilian with the rank of Forensic Science Supervisor and was assigned as Laboratory Manager of the Evansville Regional laboratory.

Â â€œJoe has been an integral part of our laboratory operations for over 37 years. The knowledge and experience he developed during his years of dedicated service is not something that we can readily replace.Â Joe fostered an atmosphere of respect, open communication, and above all-service to others. Joe has served his staff and the Indiana Criminal Justice System in Southwest Indiana well. His selfless dedication to duty as Manager at our Evansville Regional Laboratory has resulted in him leaving us better than when he started, which in my view is the true mark of a successful career. We all wish Joe well as he and his family start the next well deserved chapter in their lives,â€ said Major Steve Holland, Commander of the Indiana State Police Laboratory Division.

Â Vetter and his wife, Julie, reside in Evansville.

Engelbrecht Carousel Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 10:00AM, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden along with the Evansville Zoological Society, will celebrate the opening of the Engelbrecht Carousel. The return of a carousel is the first project in the Zooâ€™s Capital Campaign to engage members, rekindle memories for residents who treasure the zoo, and to attract new visitors.

WHAT: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and official opening of the Engelbrecht Carousel at Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden

WHO: Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden and the Evansville Zoological Society

WHERE: Engelbrecht Carousel, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden, 1545 Mesker Park Drive, Evansville, IN 47720

WHEN: Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 10:00AM (Please allow approximately 15 minutes to travel to the Engelbrecht Carousel from the Zooâ€™s Front Gate)

This Week at USI

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Around the World in 80 Days to open 2017 New Harmony Theatre season

New Harmony Theatre will kick off its 30th season this summer with Around the World in 80 Days by Mark Brown. The play runs June 23 – 25 and June 30 – July 2 at Murphy Auditorium in historic New Harmony, Indiana. Single tickets are $30 for an adult, $28 for seniors age 60+, $10 for ages 25 and under, and $24 for USI employees. Season package tickets are also available. Shows start at 7:30 pm on Friday nights, 2 p.m. and 7:30 on Saturdays, and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sundays. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit USI.edu/nht or call the box office at 812-465-1668.Â Follow on Facebook at New Harmony Theatre for updates and photos. Read More

Exhibit open through Tuesday, July 21

New Harmony Gallery hosts new exhibition Mercatus

The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is hosting the exhibition, Mercatus, Saturday, June 3 through Tuesday, July 21. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Read More

Throughout the Summer:

Registration open for USI summer camps

Registration is now open for a variety of camps offered this summer through the University of Southern Indiana. The camps each have a different focus, and range from engineering and other STEM-related themes to sports and general enrichment. Here is a sampling of the offerings available for summer 2017. Visit USI.edu/summer for the full listing of camps. Read More

Thursday, July 13 â€“ Saturday, July 15

Conference to discuss benefits, share resources for early childhood education

The Evansville Chapter of the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC) will host a Reggio Summer Institute from July 13- 15 at the University of Southern Indianaâ€™s Mitchell Auditorium, located on the first floor of the Health Professions Center. Registration for the Institute is open, and an early bird discount is available for AEYC members as well as daily rates through Friday, June 23. Registration is online at IAEYC.org. Read More

Thursday, August 10 and Friday, August 11

10th annual MAIA aims to shatter aging stereotypes

Dr. Bill Thomas, touted as one of Americaâ€™s â€œtop 10 innovatorsâ€ by the Wall Street Journal, will be the opening keynote speaker for the 10th annual Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness (MAIA), planned for August 10 and 11, 2017, at the University of Southern Indiana. This yearâ€™s MAIA, sponsored by USI and SWIRCA & More, also has a slate of new concurrent speakers and topics related to healthy aging, plus a few familiar faces that are returning by popular demand to celebrate our 10th annual conference. This conference appeals to health care and social service professionals, health care administrators, clinicians, older adults or retirees, family members providing care for a loved one, students and anyone who wants to learn tips for leading a healthier life.

Registration open now; March to be held Saturday, November 4

Registration now open for 16th annual Norwegian Foot March

The 16th annual Norwegian Foot March will take participants 18.6 miles through the rolling hills of Evansvilleâ€™s west side. Carrying a 25-pound rucksack, participants will begin and end at the University of Southern Indiana, working to make it back to the finish line in under four and a half hours. Itâ€™s an experience unlike any other, happening Saturday, November 4, 2017. Registration is currently open for the 16th annual Norwegian Foot March. ROTC cadets, Soldiers and veterans, as well as civilians, may register individually or as part of a four-member team. Registration can be completed online or by calling USI Outreach and Engagement at 812-464-1989. Read More

EPD Activity Report

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EPD Report

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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http://www.vanderburghsheriff.com/jail-recent-booking-records.aspx

IS IT TRUE JUNE 26, 2017

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IS IT TRUE that Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke recently announced that he plans to seek a third term as your mayor in the 2019 election?…that is 29 months away but it does give Winnecke a long time to raise money to fend off any challengers who decide to toss their hat into the ring?…in his two campaigns for mayor, Winnecke has proven to be able to raise over a million dollars for an office that only pays around $100,000 per year?…with the apparent popularity that Winnecke enjoys and over a million bucks in his war chest, it will be one formidable task to defeat Winnecke in a general election?…we must all remember however that in 2009 former Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel was routinely referred to as a rock star and thought to be on a path to become Governor of Indiana?…one local luminary, Larry Aitken actually said on camera that Weinzapfel should be President of the United States?…two years later after the Ford Center was shoved down the taxpayer’s throats without a referendum, a promised hotel without subsidy failed to materialize, and the McCurdy fiasco began, Homestead Tax credit grab, Weinzapfel chased from his own primary by the late great Rick Davis?…Mayor Winnecke would be we’ll served to avoid becoming a little dictator because real people do not like hubris?

IS IT TRUE that two people have already sort of floated challenging Winnecke?…one is the always controversial and embattled bad boy City Councilman at large Jonathan Weaver?…we are not sure whether the registered Democrat Weaver who never saw a Winnecke initiative that he didn’t love will run as the Republican he votes like or as the Democrat that he claims to be?…what we do know is that Weaver does have a broad base of support that has kept him on the City Council despite a boat load of personality issues from throwing tantrums to having restraining orders issued against him?…an oversized ego seems to propel Weaver through life no matter how his personality tries to commit political suicide?…Weaver’s popularity in certain circles is a real enigma but it may well put him into the 3rd floor corner office of the Civic Center if Winnecke trips up and creates an opening for him?

IS IT TRUE that the other person who is not willing to rule out a run for Mayor of Evansville is Vanderburgh County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave?…Musgrave has also served as the County Assessor and more importantly as Indiana’s top official for Local Government Finance?…Musgrave has been a visible member of the Republican Party but has also shown a tendency toward supporting progressive actions?…she is not and has never been owned by any political machine of any particular flavor and seems to be be holding to no one other than the taxpayers?…Winnecke and Musgrave have often worked together to move things forward but separate along the line where rationality meets irrational belief in fun and games?…Winnecke is a long time registered Republican who spends money like a Chicago Democrat on fun and games projects and public relations like there is no tomorrow?…Musgrave may run as a Republican in a primary challenge to Winnecke or she may even consider running as an independent which is where her reality really is?…any race that has Winnecke vs. Musgrave will become a choice of fluff vs. substance and it will be interesting to see who Evansille would choose?

IS IT TRUE there is the possibility of a three way campaign with Winnecke as the Republican nominee, Weaver as the Democrat nominee, and Musgrave as an Independent?…this would shake out as a race between a polished PR guy with an addiction to fun and games, a bad boy former weather guy with a big ego, and a woman of intellect and substance who is owned by no one?…another way to describe this is a Republican who acts like a Democrat vs. a Democrat who sucks up to a Republican vs. a woman who sees through the partisan personal nonsense and do what is right?…it is going to be an interesting 29 months?

IS IT TRUEÂ that the 500 pound gorilla concerning the future Evansville Mayoral race could be none other than Vanderburgh County Commissioner Ben Shoulders or Vanderburgh County Councilmen Mike Goebel? Â …both gentlemen are well educated, personable, well spoken andÂ are extremely entrenched in Vanderburgh County politics? Â …both individuals have the whereabouts to launch a formable campaign for Mayor of Evansville?

IS IT TRUEÂ at tonights City Council meeting the Evansville Metropolitan Development Director Kelley Coures wii be talking about theÂ “uniform conflict of interest and disclosure statement”? Â …we also hope that he will bring up the subjects of political patronage, influence peddling, government wasteful spending and pork barrel politics?

IS IT TRUE we also hope thatÂ the Evansville Metropolitan Development Director Kelley Coures will also give City Council an update concerning what it will cost the taxpayers to correct the design mistake on the North main street project? Â …we also hope he will tell us would will pay to correct this expensive problem?

IS IT TRUE that Kristin Comer an employee of the Vanderburgh County Commission office is a delight to work with? Â …she is extremely knowledgeable about governmental issues, professional and polite?

IS IT TRUE we hear that 2nd Ward City Councilwoman Missy Mosby will be hamming it up at tonights Council meeting? Â …Ms Mosby will be attempting to get City Councils approval for a “pot belly pig” ordinance that will allow pigs to live in the Evansville City limits? Â …that Missy Mosby has given a new meaning to “pork barrel” politics?

Todays â€œREADERS POLLâ€ question is: If the election were held today for Republican nomination for Mayor of Evansville who would you vote for?

EDITORS FOOTNOTES: Â If you would like to advertise or submit and article in the CCO please contact us City-County Observer@live.com .

Any comments posted in thisÂ columnÂ doesn’tÂ represents the views orÂ opinions of our advertisers.

7th Circuit: Colts Not Required To Renew Season Tickets

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7th Circuit: Colts Not Required To Renew Season Tickets

Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com

An Indianapolis Colts season tickets holder did not automatically have the right to transfer ownership of his tickets from one season to the next, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a diversity suit against the professional football team.

In the case of Yehuda Frager v. Indianapolis Colts, Inc., 16-4183, ticket broker Yehuda Frager had purchased 94 season tickets in 2015, pursuant to a deal that allowed season ticket holders to transfer their ticket rights upon payment of a fee equal to 30 percent of the sale price. However, when Frager requested to transfer the rights to tickets for the 2016 season, the Colts denied him, prompting the instant suit.

Frager claims the football team converted the tickets and that he is, thus, entitled to reimbursement. But Judge William T. Lawrence of the U.S. District Court for the Southern Indiana disagreed, dismissing Fragerâ€™s case last November.

In the Coltsâ€™ contract with season ticket purchasers, there is a clause that states â€œthe Colts reserve the rightâ€¦to reject any order, transfer, or renewal.â€ Though there may have been an expectation that he could renew his 2015 season tickets in 2016, 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner wrote Thursday that Frager and other ticket holders have no right to future season tickets unless the Colts sold them that right, a possibility foreclosed by the language of the ticket contract.

To demonstrate the 7th Circuitâ€™s logic, Posner pointed to a 20th century opinion from then-Chief Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Emery v. Boston Terminal Co., 59 N.E. 763 (Mass. 1901). In that case, the plaintiffs had been tenants of a property obtained through eminent domain by the defendants. The lease had expired, and while the tenants believed the owners would renew it, Holmes said such a belief represented a â€œspeculation on a chance, not a legal right.â€

â€œAnd so it is here,â€ Posner wrote. â€œFrager had a reasonable expectation that heâ€™d be able to renew his season tickets for 2016. That purchasers of season tickets are willing to pay a 30 percent transfer fee in the online marketplace indicates that the expectation of renewal added to the salable value of season tickets, but given the words of hi contracts with the Colts, it was merely â€˜a speculation on a change, not a legal right.â€™â€