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IS IT TRUE MAY 9, 2017
IS IT TRUE that a  well known local pastor and 2nd Ward resident Steve Ary asked members of the Evansville City Council a couple financial questions during last night’s council meeting?  … City Council President Missy Mosby refused to answer pastor Ary’s pointed questions concerning the utilities costs and payments issues at the Ford Center?  …Missy Mosby announced that he will receive an answer to his questions vie mail from legal counsel in the near future?
IS IT TRUE that pastor Ary is also the editor/publisher of the monthly Vanderburgh Independent Press (The VIP)? …this monthly publication has a strong conservative and religious bent?  … that At-Large City Councilwoman Michelle Mercer (R) stated that his being the editor of a monthly newspapers is the reason why City Council should refused to be transparent in answering his questions concerning utilities costs and payments of the Ford Center?
IS IT TRUE we are surprised to learn that a citizen of Evansville 2nd ward and the editor/publisher of a monthly conservative and religious bent publications seemly have no rights when it came to his receiveing answers from City Council to questions regarding city business? …we strongly believe that Council members Missy Mosby (D) and Michelle Mercer (R) has a responsibility to be totally transparent concerning the finances of this city regardless of who is asking the questions or how they feel about person asking them? …just in case you need to know that the other 6 remaining Council members just in silence watching all this go down?
IS IT TRUE its important to point out that pastor and newspaper publisher Steve Ary has been a tax-paying resident of Evansville nearly his entire life? … that he and his family lives in Missy Mosby’s 2nd Ward? …that Pastor Ary inquiry on how our city tax dollars are spent on the Ford Center could had been handled by either by City Controller Russ Lloyd Jr, Council Finance Chairman Dan McGinn (R), accounting expert Councilwoman Anne Harris-CPA (R), DMD Executive Director-Kelley Cources because they were at the meeting?
IS IT TRUE we are amazed that pastor Ary was singled-out by select members of the Evansville City Council because he is an editor and publisher of a local monthly newspaper? .. Its obvious that pastor and editor/publisher Steve Ary was being discriminated against by two (2) members of the Evansville City Council because of his employment?  …that someone should tell Council members Missy Mosby and Michelle Mercer that there are Federal and State laws that protect people from being discriminated because of their line of work?
IS IT TRUE its been alleged by Pastor Ary that City Council attorney,  Josh Claybourne, advised  him if he does not “announce himself as being with the media†when he at the podium, that he can ask question the Council as a constituent of the 2nd Ward, and therefore he can receive the answers to his questions? …that after taking Claybourne’s advise, pastor Steve did not announced himself as a member of  the media, but rather, as pastor and citizen of  the 2nd Ward?  …that Councilwoman Mosby still refused to answer his questions about governmental issues?  …we wonder who came up with the policy that members of the media can’t ask any questions concerning city business at any official city council meeting?
 IS IT TRUE that we were given the actual questions pastor Steve Ary asked City Council during last nights meeting? …that you can read those questions below?
 1. How much are the annual utility bills for gas, electric, and water at the Ford Center?
 2. Who pays for the Ford Center utility bills? Is it the City, VenuWorks, or is it both?  If it is both, what is that cost ratio?
3. Did the Evansville Redevelopment Commission write any checks to cover either full or part of the Ford Center utilities bills?
3. Did the Evansville Redevelopment Commission write any checks to cover either full or part of the Ford Center utilities bills?
4) Recently the ERC approved a contract between VenuWorks and the ERC. Â Does this contract make the city taxpayers responsible for all the debts incurred by the Evansville Thunderbolts Hockey team during the 2016-17 season?
IS IT TRUE that the people of this city deserve answers to paster Steve Ary’s questions,?  … we feel that any members of the local media should be treated with equality, and not as a second class citizen?  …we hope that pastor Ary and newspapers editor /publisher sues members of city council because they discriminated against because of his line of work?
TODAYS “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that any member of the media should be allowed to ask any questions concerning city business during any official city council meeting
CHANNEL 44 NEWS: Evansville City Council Gives Green-Light For New Costco Store
Evansville City Council Gives Green-Light For New Costco Store
Evansville City Council approved the construction of a new Costco store A re-zoning for the store passed a second reading at Monday night’s council meeting. The new Costco will be built along the block of North Burkhardt Road. Costco…
EVSC Hosts United Champions Special Olympics
EVSC Hosts United Champions Special Olympics
Tuesday, May 9
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Central High School Stadium
Middle School students in Life Skills classes in the EVSC will participate in the United Champions Special Olympics tomorrow, May 9, at Central High School Stadium. Students along with their peer partners will participate in various track and field activities.
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USI Softball nets No. 2 seed, hosting duties for NCAA Regional
University of Southern Indiana Softball was awarded the No. 2 seed for this week’s NCAA Division II Midwest Region Tournament and the right to host one of the two four-team brackets in an announcement by the national office Monday morning.
The Midwest Regional will take place Thursday through Saturday at the USI Softball Field.
USI (41-12) will square off with the No. 7 seed, Grand Valley State University, in the opening round Thursday at 2:30 p.m., while the No. 3 seed, Saginaw Valley State University, will take on the No. 6 seed, the University of Indianapolis, Thursday at noon to begin the tournament.
The winner of the USI-GVSU bout will take on the winner of the SVSU-UIndy contest in game three of the tournament Friday at noon; while the losers of those contests will meet in an elimination game Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Three games are slated to take place Friday as the final contest will feature the loser of game three versus the winner of game four in another elimination contest.
The championship will take place Saturday at noon, while the “if necessary†game is Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
On the other side of the bracket, the top-seeded University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons host the No. 8 seed, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Thursday in St. Louis; while the No. 5 seed, Truman State University, takes on the No. 4 seed, Wayne State University, in the opening round Thursday in St. Louis.
The winners of the two regionals will square off in a best-of-three Super-Regional May 18-19 at the highest seed.
USI, ranked No. 6 in last week’s national poll, is hosting an NCAA II regional tournament for the first time in program history. The Screaming Eagles, who are meeting Grand Valley State in the opening round for the third consecutive year, went a combined 6-2 against the Midwest Region field this year, including 3-1 against their sub-regional.
The Eagles defeated Grand Valley State to begin the 2015 NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament in St. Louis, but suffered a loss to the Lakers in the first round of the 2016 NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament in Indianapolis. USI defeated the Lakers, 5-0, at The Spring Games in March and swept a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader from Indianapolis in April; but suffered a 4-3 setback to Saginaw Valley State in February.
Special Report: Trump To Nominate Notre Dame Professor To 7th Circuit
Special Report: Trump To Nominate Notre Dame Professor To 7th Circuit
IL for www.theindianalawyer.com
President Donald Trump reportedly plans to nominate Notre Dame Law School professor Amy Coney Barrett to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Barrett would take the Indiana seat on the Chicago-based appellate court left vacant by the retirement of former Circuit Judge John Tinder in February 2015. Trump’s plans to nominate Barrett were reported by news services and legal websites, including the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and ABA Journal.
Barrett has been a professor at Notre Dame since 2002. Prior, she worked in private practice and clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Former President Barack Obama nominated Myra Selby to the seat, but Selby, an Ice Miller LLP partner and former Indiana Supreme Court justice, never received a hearing from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Barrett and Notre Dame Law School officials could not immediately be reached for comment Monday. Republican Sen. Todd Young said in a statement, “I could not be more pleased with the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the federal bench. During the vetting process, I had the chance to interview Mrs. Barrett and expressed to the White House my belief that she would be a home run pick. I’m glad the President views her with as much regard as I do. With this selection, President Trump continues to demonstrate a knack for nominating individuals to the federal bench who will faithfully interpret the Constitution of the United States. Mrs. Barrett’s qualifications should make for a swift, bipartisan confirmation process.â€
Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly’s office is waiting for the announcement by Trump before commenting.
Rollover Crash on US 41 Sends Four to the Hospital
- On Monday, May 08, 2017 at approximately 4:30 AM the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to US Hwy 41 and E. Mt Pleasant Road upon report of a rollover crash involving injury.
- Upon arrival, deputies found a 2013 Toyota Tacoma on its top with three victims trapped inside. A fourth victim had managed to crawl out of the vehicle. Scott Township Fire Department firefighters were able to free the trapped occupants, all of which were transported to Deaconess Hospital for treatment.
The 2013 Toyota was being driven by Mr. Ernest Margelot of Owensboro, KY. Mr. Margelot had been north bound on US 41 when a 1999 Dodge Ram driven by Mr. Darrin Vogel of Evansville failed to yield and entered his path from southbound US 41. The vehicles collided, causing the Toyota to rollover 6 or 7 times and land on its roof.
All four occupants of the Toyota were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. None of the occupants were ejected, despite the the vehicle rolling over multiple times. The vehicle was equppied with both front and rear side airbags (SABs), which deployed during the collison.
Frontal air bags have been standard equipment in all passenger cars since 1998 and all SUVs, pickups and vans since 1999. SABs are now offered as standard or optional equipment on new passenger vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that seat belts have saved 147,246 lives in the period 1975-2001, and that air bags saved 8,369 lives between 1987 and 2001.
DRIVER 1:Â
Darrin Voegel, 51 Evansville, IN
DRIVER 2:
Ernest Marelot, 41, Owensboro, KY
USI Starts Post-Season Play Thursday
The 24th-ranked University of Southern Indiana baseball team starts the 2017 post-season with the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament May 11-14 at U.S. Ballpark in Ozark, Missouri. The Screaming Eagles (32-17), who enter the tournament as the top seed from the East Division, begin tournament action against William Jewell College (21-25), the fourth seed from the West Division, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Prior to the USI-WJC match-up on Thursday, the first round of the GLVC Tournament features the University of Illinois Springfield (31-18), the East’s third seed, versus Quincy University (17-10), the West’s second seed, at 9 a.m.; Bellarmine University (33-17), the East’s second seed, versus Missouri University of Science & Technology (26-21), the West’s third seed, at 12:30 p.m.; and Drury University (33-17), the West’s top seed, versus the Saint Joseph’s College (32-18), the East’s fourth seed, at 4 p.m.
Live coverage of the Screaming Eagles baseball games this week can be found on GoUSIEagles.com, while GLVC Tournament information, including the bracket, ticket information, and directions to U.S. Ballpark, can be found at GLVCSports.com.
SCREAMING EAGLES BASEBALL NOTES:
USI versus the GLVC Tournament Field. USI is 11-7 against the 2017 GLVC Tournament Field (1-2 vs. Drury; 2-2 vs. Bellarmine; 3-1 vs. Illinois Springfield; 2-1 vs. Quincy; and 3-1 vs. Saint Joseph’s). The Eagles are hitting .277 as a team versus the field, led by senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles‘ .355 average. Junior leftfielder Drake McNamara drove in a team-best 13 RBIs against the tournament field, followed closely by sophomore catcher Logan Brown and junior shortstop Sam Griggs with 12 and 11 RBIs, respectively.
On the mound, senior right-hander Lucas Barnett was 4-0 against the field with a 0.84 ERA, while junior right-hander Kyle Griffin struck out a team-best 43 batters in games versus the field.
USI in the GLVC Tournament. USI is 41-38 in the GLVC Tournament since 1980, winning the conference tournament championship in 1983, 1985, 1993, and 2010. The Eagles went undefeated in the tournament during 1985, 1993, and 2010.
USI climbs national polls. The Screaming Eagles climbed into the Collegiate Baseball/ABCA Top 30 at number 24. USI also was ranked 20th last week in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25.
USI on a roll the last 2 weeks. The Eagles have won eight of their last nine games, winning a road game at Kentucky Wesleyan College; sweeping the University of Indianapolis at home; and taking three of four from Saint Joseph’s on the road. Junior leftfielder Drake McNamara led the team with a .429 batting average, while junior shortstop Sam Griggs drove in a team-best 15 runs.
Eagles win GLVC East. USI won the GLVC East Division outright by taking three of four from Saint Joseph’s on the final weekend of the regular season. The Eagles, who clinched the East title on the final day for the second-straight year, finished with a two-game lead over Bellarmine.
USI perfect at home in the GLVC with third sweep. The Eagles were a perfect 12-0 at home this season in the GLVC that included three conference sweeps.
Leading the way in the GLVC, NCAA II. USI ranks first in the GLVC and 10th in the NCAA Division II with a 3.17 ERA. The hurlers also lead the GLVC and are eighth nationally with a 3.08 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
The difference of a month. The Eagles went 21-5 in May and April with the team hitting .293 and posting a 2.43 ERA, compared to 11-12 in February and March with a team batting average of .259 and a 3.88 ERA. Senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles has seen the biggest turn around amongst the players, going from .154 (3-19) in nine games during February/March to .388 (26-67) in 22 of the 26 games during April and May. On the mound, junior right-hander Kyle Griffin went from 2-3 with a 5.25 ERA to start the year to 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA in the last six weeks.
Season hitting leaders. Junior designated hitter/leftfielder Drake McNamara (.360), senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles (.337), junior first baseman Nathan Kuester  (.302), and sophomore infielder Jacob Fleming (.300) are the Eagles hitting over .300  this season. McNamara leads USI with a team-best seven home runs and 42 RBIs.
Season pitching leaders. Senior right-hander Lucas Barnett has the Eagles’ best ERA among the starting pitchers with a 2.18 ERA in 12 games, 11 starts, and 70.1 innings of work. Barnett, senior right-hander Colin Nowak, and junior right-hander Kyle Griffin all have six victories, while Griffin recorded a team-high 86 strikeouts in 12 games.
Griffin posts single-game high; season record. Junior right-hander Kyle Griffin struck out a season-high 12 batters versus Saint Joseph’s and set a USI single-season record with 86 strikeouts this season. Griffin broke the record of 84 set by Jonathon Wandling during USI’s run to the national championship in 2014.
Archuleta at USI. USI Head Coach Tracy Archuleta is USI’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 410-209 (.662) in nine-plus seasons and is 558-333 (.626) in 14-plus seasons all-time as a head coach. He has been named the ABCA Division II Coach of the Year twice (2010 and 2014) after leading the Screaming Eagles to a pair of national championships and the ABCA Division II Midwest Region Coach of the Year after leading USI to the regional crown in 2016. Archuleta also has earned a pair of GLVC Coach of the Year awards (2011 and 2014) at USI.
Vanderburgh County Democratic Party Calendar of Events 5/8/2017
| Wednesday, May 31st | Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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| Friday, June 2nd |
Golf Scramble | TBD | Vanderburgh County Central Committee Golf Scramble
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| Saturday, June 10th |
Golf Scramble | 9:00 AM | Posey County Democrats Golf Scramble
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| Wednesday, June 28th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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| Wednesday, July 12th |
Golf Scramble | 11:00 AM EST | 8th District Democratic Committee Golf Scramble
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| Wednesday, July 26th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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| Wednesday, August 30th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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| Wednesday, September 27th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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| Wednesday, October 25th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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| Wednesday, November 29th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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| Wednesday, December 27th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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