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Softball to face Austin Peay on Wednesday

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Aces and Governors to play DH at Cooper Stadium

 Another midweek doubleheader is on tap for the University of Evansville softball team as they welcome Austin Peay to Cooper Stadium for a doubleheader on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

The first of two consecutive weekends in the state of Iowa took place as the Aces traveled to Cedar Falls for a 3-game set at UNI.  The Panthers got a leg up on Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader before grabbing a 3-2 win in Sunday’s finale with a walk-off home run in the 8th inning.  Hayli Scott hit .600 in the series while Morgan Lambert batted .375.  Ashleigh Downing tossed 7.0 innings on Sunday, allowing just three earned runs.

Sophomore Ashleigh Downing gave the Purple Aces her best effort on Sunday at UNI.  After the Aces allowed 21 runs in Saturday’s doubleheader, the team was look for a solid game in the circle.  Downing did just that; in her first MVC start, Downing went the distance, allowing just three runs on six hits.

Hayli Scott batted .400 over the last five games.  The senior had four hits in ten at-bats, including three extra base hits and a home run.  She had two RBI and slugged .900.  Scott also drew three walks.  Scott had a strong effort in Cedar Falls against UNI, hitting a home run in the first game of the series.  In game two, she came in as a pinch hitter and reached via a walk before going 2-2 with an RBI and two walks in the series finale.  Her efforts pushed her season average to a team-high .356 while her 12 RBIs is second.

Austin Peay stands at 13-19 overall and 2-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference.  Danielle Liermann leads the way with a .350 batting average.  A strong power hitter, she has recorded 8 home runs, 8 doubles and 28 RBI, all team highs.  In the circle, Autumn Hanners stands with a 5-7 mark and a 3.34 ERA.

 

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD Report

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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IS IT TRUE ARPIL 4, 2017

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IS IT TRUE it looks like that the Evansville Thunderbolts semi-professional hockey team could finished their first season in the Ford Center at a cut rate rent of $1,000 per home game?  …that the former Evansville IceMen were charged around $10,000 per home game?…the Thunderbolts did not step up and set their bush league on fire are losing about three times as many games as they lost?  …the Thunderbolts have 3 remaining home games left in the season?  …it looks like the Bolts will finished 10th out of a 10 team league and may barely reeked out a 10 or 12 win season?  …its to bad that the former minority owner Mike Hall wasn’t allowed  to use his hockey knowledge and management skills in helping to build a winning team? …we are told that Mr. Hall is extremely likable and personable? …the only patient by blind investor in this hockey folly is the good old City of Evansville that can’t seem to find a lost cause that they don’t want to sink taxpayer money into?

IS IT TRUE we wonder why we haven’t heard one comment from City Council Finance Chairmen Dan McGinn and Council President Missy Mosby about the Evansville financial involvement in the Thunderbolts?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville City Councilman Jonathan Weaver speaking through his attorney recently said    that he is innocent of allegedly violating a restraining order because he didn’t contact his ex-wife in December?…Councilman Weaver faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of invasion of privacy for allegedly violating a restraining order by coming into contact with his ex-wife, Amanda Gatson?…Councilman Weaver has been accused of violating this order at a December 2016 event at the Ford Center while she was working in a bar concession area at the venue?…Weaver’s assertion is that he was never ordered not to go to the Ford Center?…Amanda Gatson however was employed that night at the Ford Center and the restraining order against Weaver allegedly states that Weaver cannot go to her place of employment?…its also been alleged there is no exception stated in the restraining order for Ford Center or any other location?…the ultimate challenge to the restraining order would happen if Ms. Gatson ever got a job at the Civic Center?…Mr Weaver couldn’t even serve as a City Councilman if she got a job there?…it will make for an interesting trial if it goes that far because if a judge literally interprets the restraining order Councilman Weaver may be in a heap of trouble?

IS IT TRUE that Indiana has long been known as a state that is so conservative that it often cuts off it’s nose to spite its face?…the latest target of those who shame “dark ages” laws are the archaic laws that Indiana has with respect to alcohol sales?…an entrepreneur who owns some convenience stores where cold beer sales are forbidden found a way to get around the dark age law by installing some seating so people can eat inside making his business qualify as a restaurant?…restaurants unlike any other business including liquor stores can sell cold beer?…the list of states that forbid alcohol sales on Sunday keeps getting shorter and soon it will be down to one and that one is likely to be the temperance league Republic of Indiana?…there really are a lot of idiotic laws that survive on the books of many states but preventing a convenience store from selling cold beer is just picky?…that similarly for not selling alcohol on Sundays in stores when one can get inebriated in a restaurant just defies logic?…this is almost as silly as the federal law that prohibits people who earn less than $200,000 per year from buying stock in start-up companies but allows poor people to gamble in casinos and buy lottery tickets?…if you are looking for logic, government on any level does not seem to be a good place to look?

IS IT TRUE that the words used in the listing of the Tin Man Brewery look very much like this is simply going to be an asset sale as opposed to selling a going business with any cash value from a profitable operation?…the words chosen are all about brewing equipment being state of the art where no expense was spared and even touting the nice tables and chairs to use in a restaurant operation?…the CCO has no idea what was actually spent to outfit the Tin Man operation but the reality in an asset sale is that the prices paid are typically less than 25% of what things sell for new?…this may offer a good opportunity for some budding entrepreneur to get into the craft beer and restaurant business on the cheap?

IS IT TRUE every day we are looking in the local paper to see if County Commissioner Musgrave and Shoulders have decided to be transparent and advertise the now vacant position of Director of Burdette Park? …so far we haven’t seen such an ad published in the Evansville Courier and Press?

FOOTNOTES: Todays “READERS POLL” question is: Do feel that the taxpayers of Evansville should cover the financial losses generated by the Thunderbolts

We urge you to take time and click the section we have reserved for the daily recaps of the activities of our local Law Enforcement professionals. This section is located on the upper right side of our publication.

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CHANNEL 44 NEWS: Downtown Alliance Works on New Developments in Evansville

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Downtown Alliance Works on New Developments in Evansville

Downtown Alliance is working on new developments to make Evansville a regional hub. New projects being worked on in the city include the McCurdy building, the Tropicana expansion, the IU School of Medicine, and a new Hyatt Place hotel. “What…

St. Mary’s Hospital for Women & Children Birth Records

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Tricia and Andrew Venditti, Chandler, Ind., son, Luca Otello, Mar. 26

Korinne and Matthew Ellis, Evansville, daughter, Peyton Rose, Mar. 27

Lee and Bryant Mosbey, Evansville, sons, Elijah Edward, and Deacon Bryant, Mar. 27

Vechyra Terry and Kerwin Gray, Evansville, daughter, Kayahni Dae’Mor, Mar. 28

Kymberly and Dustin Mosby, Grandview, Ind., son, Kingston Arthur, Mar. 29

Chelsea Randolph and Kory Kerns, Owensville, Ind., daughter, Rayna Kaye, Mar. 30

Elizabeth McBride and Kurt Stewart, Tennyson, Ind., daughter, Natalie Marie, Mar. 30

Eagles visit UE before starting homestand

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The University of Southern Indiana baseball team returns to southwestern Indiana for five games this week, beginning with a visit to the University of Evansville Wednesday for the “Battle at the Braun” and finishing with a four-game weekend-set Saturday and Sunday versus the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. First pitch for the “Battle at the Braun” match-up with Evansville (8-20) is set for 6 p.m., while the first half of the GLVC-series with UW-Parkside(12-10, 6-2 GLVC) is a 2 p.m. doubleheader before concluding with a noon twin bill on Sunday. Coverage of the Screaming Eagles in 2017 can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.

UE Open House Set for Saturday, April 22

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The University of Evansville will host an Open House for prospective students on Saturday, April 22. Registration for the event will begin at 8:00 a.m. that day.

Those attending will have the opportunity to talk to UE faculty, admission counselors, and student life staff. They can take a campus tour led by a current UE student         and attend information sessions about scholarships and financial aid, study abroad, and UE’s Career Advantage Program. Attendees will also learn about the UE Guarantee. This is the University’s assurance that UE will provide the opportunities, talented faculty, and academic experience that will lead students to success while at UE and after graduation.

Lunch will be provided at the Open House.

Individual campus visits can also be scheduled throughout the year.

For more information on the Open House and on individual campus visits, please call UE’s Office of Admission at 812-488-2468, or sign up online at www.evansville.edu/visit.

Watch party set for Kyle Freeland’s MLB debut on Friday

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Former UE star to pitch for Colorado Rockies

  Former University of Evansville pitcher Kyle Freeland will make his Major League Baseball debut for the Colorado Rockies on Friday in their home opener at 3:10 p.m. CT.

The Purple Aces athletic department invites fans in the area to a watch party to commemorate his start on Friday at the Buffalo Wild Wings located at 715 N Green River Road.

Members of the athletic department will be on hand to mingle with fans and enjoy Freeland’s first MLB start.  All guests in attendance at Buffalo Wild Wings will also be given a wristband, which will be good for free admission to Friday’s UE baseball game against Indiana State at Braun Stadium.  The Aces and Sycamores will begin their series opener at 6 p.m.

While you are at the restaurant, fans are asked to mention “Home Town D”.  By doing so, you will help UE receive a donation of 10% of your total bill (not including alcohol).  The donation goes to the Purple Aces SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) and is used for various community service projects such as Toys for Tots, Habitat for Humanity and Project Linus.

As a junior, Kyle Freeland led the Aces to their second-ever MVC regular season crown. He picked up 10 victories in the process while posting a 1.62 ERA over 94.2 innings of work, including four complete games and six outings that featured 10-or-more strikeouts. His 122 punch outs and 13.56 strikeout-to-walk ratio that season ranked second in the nation.

Following the season, Freeland was selected eighth overall by the Rockies. After spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons with the Grand Junction Rockies, Asheville Tourists and Modesto Nuts, Freeland emerged as a hot prospect in the Arizona Fall League with the Salt River Rafters. He’d parlay that success into impressive performances last season with the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats before finishing the season with the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes.  He was officially called up to the big league club on Sunday.

ACLU, Planned Parenthood Praise Preliminary Injunction Against Abortion Law

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ACLU, Planned Parenthood praise preliminary injunction against abortion law

Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com

Pro-choice advocates are celebrating a “major victory” for a woman’s right to choose Monday after a federal judge blocked a portion of an Indiana abortion regulation that would have required women to get an ultrasound at least 18 hours before an abortion procedure.

After granting an earlier request for a preliminary injunction against a law that would have prohibited abortions because of genetic abnormality, race, sex or ancestry and would have mandated disposal of an aborted fetus through burial or cremation, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana struck down another portion of House Enrolled Act 1337 early Friday evening, ruling that the ultrasound mandate placed on undue burden on women seeking abortions, particularly low-income women.

Prior to HEA 1337, which went into effect last July, women were required to have ultrasounds before having an abortion, but the ultrasound could be done on the same day as the abortion procedure. The 18-hour mandate only applied to “informed consent appointments,” during which abortion providers were required to provide women with information regarding pregnancy and abortions.

Originally, the informed consent appointments could be performed at any of the 17 Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky health care centers across Indiana. However, only six of the health centers can provide ultrasounds, which meant that under HEA 1337, only those six centers could also provide the informed consent appointments if the appointments and ultrasounds had to be completed at the same time.

“The new ultrasound law creates significant financial and other burdens on PPINK and its patients, particularly on low-income women in Indiana who face lengthy travel to one of PPINK’s now only six health centers that can offer and informed-consent appointment,” Pratt wrote in her 53-page order. “These burdens are clearly undue when weighed against the almost complete lack of evidence that the law furthers the State’s asserted justifications of promoting fetal life and women’s mental health outcomes.”

Ken Falk, legal director of the ACLU of Indiana, which represented Planned Parenthood in district court, said in a Monday news conference that Planned Parenthood does not have sufficient staff or funds to extend its ultrasound services to additional health centers around the state.

But in the Friday order, Pratt wrote that the state suggested that Planned Parenthood start accepting ultrasounds from other health care providers or make “different business decisions, such as buying less expensive ultrasound machines so that more health centers can offer the informed-consent appointment.”

But Pratt wrote that under the “undue burden” inquiry laid out in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 846 (1992) and Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S. Ct. 2292, 2299 (2016), “’given the reality of how PPINK provides its abortion services…is (there) an undue burden on its patients?’” Thus, the state’s suggestions for offering ultrasounds at more locations are neither the proper consideration for the issue, nor persuasive, Pratt wrote.

The state of Indiana has 30 days in which it can appeal Pratt’s preliminary injunction. A representative from the Indiana Attorney General’s office did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment on the Friday ruling or the office’s next steps.

HEA 1337 was signed into law last year by then-Gov. Mike Pence, while Republican Greg Zoeller was still attorney general. Falk said his and PPINK President & CEO Betty Cockrum’s struggle with the state on abortion-related issues has spanned multiple administrations, so it is difficult to know whether the fact that Indiana now has a new governor and a new attorney general will change the way the state chooses to proceed after Pratt’s most recent ruling.

Even so, Cockrum said she hopes the preliminary injunction against the ultrasound provision in HEA 1337 will send a message to the Indiana General Assembly to stop trying to “practice medicine.”

“We practice evidence-based medicine at Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, and the protocol that works and that is in practice is that the ultrasound be provided just shortly before the abortion,” Cockrum said Monday. “And for politicians to decide, for all of the wrong reasons, that that should get tampered with in state law is wrongly placed, is misguided and, I would suggest, is irresponsible.”

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