Adopt a Pet
Sting is a 3-year-old male German Shepherd/Lab mix. He’s a favorite among VHS staff and volunteers! Sting does well in the car, is easygoing, and loves all people he meets. You could have your own “celebrity†dog – he has visited both 99.5 WKDQ and Eyewitness News WEHT/WTVW for their weekly pet segments! His $100 adoption fee includes his neuter, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!
Kansas is adding Evansville to their “Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour” on October 14 at Victory Theatre
KANSAS – VICTORY THEATRE – OCTOBER 14 ROCK BAND KANSAS TO CARRY ON LEFTOVERTURE 40TH
ANNIVERSARY TOUR TO EVEN MORE SELECT U.S. CITIES DUE TO HIGH DEMAND
SEXTUPLE-PLATINUM ALBUM TO BE PERFORMED IN ITS ENTIRETY FINAL U.S. DATES FOR LEFTOVERTURE 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR NEW STUDIO ALBUM THE PRELUDE IMPLICIT OUT NOW
KANSAS will be expanding their highly successful Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour to more parts of the United States in the fall of 2017! Kansas will make a stop in Evansville, IN on October 14. Billboard announced the expansion of the tour in an exclusive article and interview here: http://bit.ly/2msBQCh
For the first time in its 43-year history, the band is performing the hit album in its entirety. The tour showcases more than two hours of classic KANSAS music including hit songs, deep cuts, and new songs from their new album, The Prelude Implicit.
“We are having so much fun doing these Leftoverture 40th Anniversary shows, we just want to keep doing them,†comments KANSAS guitarist and original member Richard Williams. “We had no idea when we started doing these, last fall, that they would be so popular. When we first started discussing this concept, we were just hoping to be able to do ten of these type shows. We would not have predicted we would end up doing nearly 70 of them. I can’t think of a better way to wrap up 2017, before taking a break from the road at the beginning of 2018, to record a new studio album.â€
Tickets can be purchased starting on March 31. More information is available at www.kansasband.com. Additional presale and VIP package information will be available at the band’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/kansasband.
In 1976, KANSAS released the album Leftoverture. Containing the smash hit and million-selling single “Carry On Wayward Son,†along with fan favorites such as “The Wall,†“Miracles Out Of Nowhere,†and “What’s On My Mind,†Leftoverture became the band’s breakthrough album. The album peaked at #5 on Billboard’s Album charts and reached sextuple- platinum status with more than six million copies sold. They are performing the album in its entirety on this tour.
The Prelude Implicit, the band’s most recent album, which was released on September 23rd, marked KANSAS’ biggest selling week in the Soundscan era, and the highest charting release since Power (1986). The album reached #14 on the Top 200 album chart, #41 on the Billboard 200, #5 for Rock Albums, #6 for Physical Albums, #17 on the Vinyl Albums chart and more
HATFIELD CONDUCTING TOWN HALL IN EVANSVILLE TODAY
State Rep. Ryan Hatfield (D-Evansville) invited area residents to join him at a town hall at 7 p.m. Thursday (March 23) to discuss the 2017 session of the Indiana General Assembly.
The event will take place at the St. James Baptist Church, 1808 N. 4th Avenue.
“As we head into the final weeks of the 2017 session, I want to give the people of Evansville a chance to make their feelings known about some of the major issues we are facing this session, including a new state budget, an infrastructure improvement plan, and improvements in public education,†Hatfield said.
“I plan on giving those who attend an update on these critical issues, and hear from them about what they would like to see the Legislature accomplish before we finish our work in mid-April,†he continued.
Hatfield has two more town halls scheduled in the weeks to come:
April 8 at the Vanderburgh County Central Library, 200 SE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
April 25 at the Potter’s Wheel, 333 Jefferson Avenue.
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BREAKING NEWS: PAT TULEY WITHDRAWS NAME FOR BURDETTE PARK DIRECTOR’S JOB
Dear President Ungethiem,
When Commissioner Musgrave first approached me about this position, and later Commissioner Ungethiem followed up with me about it, this position intrigued me. Throughout this process, I have given much thought about serving as the Manager of Burdette Park. I believed, and still believe, I have the experience and a demonstrated skill set that would provide for a positive contribution to this community and in particular to Burdette Park. For the past several years, I was the Chief Facilities Officer of the 3rd largest public school system in this state. As the chief of facilities, I oversaw nearly 5,000,000 square feet of buildings; approximately 700 acres of grounds, managed approximately 200 people, and oversaw millions of dollars of public funds on an annual basis.
Fact: The county reached out to me about this position. Fact: it was not Commissioner Shoulders who approached me about this position.
I appreciate the opportunity to serve as the Manager of Burdette Park. However, since the appointment, I witnessed the divisiveness of this appointment. As a former county commissioner, I recognize the importance of the county commissioners and the county council working together for the betterment of Vanderburgh County. The appointment is at the point that it has become a distraction to the board. You, the board, are challenged daily with very important issues that must be met in order to move this county forward. You must move on and not let this get in the way of the fine work you are doing on behalf of this community. Please redirect your time and energy into facing these difficult challenges.
Therefore, effectively immediately, I respectfully remove my name from consideration as Manager of Burdette Park. My personal recommendation is for the board to name Gerald “Jerry†Grannan interim manager of Burdette Park until you have completed your search for a new manager. I have full faith and confidence that Mr. Grannan will serve you with distinction in this role.
I was born and grew up in here. I was educated here and worked for 35+ years in the public sector. No matter where I may land in the future, Evansville and Vanderburgh County will always be my “home.†I thank the Board of Commissioners and wish you nothing but the best.
Pat Tuley
EDITORS FOOTNOTE: Â This is a developing story. Â We are now working on to see if the current Director of Burdette Park Jacob Murphy will remain Director of Burette Park.
IS IT TRUE MARCH 22, 2017
IS IT TRUE That the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville has hired its sixth person to serve as president and CEO in its ten years history?…the new leader of the often embattled organization is named Ellen Horan?…Ms. Horan came to Evansville as a trailing spouse when her spouse took an executive position at Accuride?…Horan most recently was employed as president and CEO of the Greater Reading (Pennsylvania) Chamber of Commerce and Industry until late 2015 when she came to Evansville with her husband?…as a well educated professional and a trailing spouse, we are glad to see her find a position in Evansville that may utilize both her experience and education?
IS IT TRUE we are hearing that a member of the Vanderburgh County Commission has been pushing members of the County Council to join her effort to combined both governmental office into one common area? Â …she have been told several times by leadership of the County Council that they aren’t interested in consolidating both offices? Â …we have been told that preliminary plans have been drawn for this project? …we also have been told that the cost to combine both county offices could be around $500,000?
IS IT TRUE during the early years, the Veterans Memorial Coliseum was the place where the best entertainment occurred. This included hosting car shows, the Shrine Circus, and Evansville College used to play its basketball games there. Once Roberts Stadium was built in the fifties, the Coliseum lost some of its appeal and it closed in 1969. The Coliseum that was built by the city and was given to Vanderburgh County around this time. During the waning years of not being in use, the Coliseum deteriorated until the Veterans Council of Vanderburgh County took it over and started to renovated the building.  …we want to thank members of the Veterans Council of Vanderburgh County for saving this historic landmark from the wreaking ball?  …we resent that a couple of our elected officials tried to meddle in the daily business activities of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum?  …we are pleased with the way that Veterans Council of Vanderburgh County Commander Mark Acker and his staff are running this facility on behalf of the taxpayers of this community?  …we would like for the person that demanded that Commander Acker hand over the keys to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum to  him please go and hide under a rock?
IS IT TRUE that Forbes Magazine has released it’s list of the 15 fastest growing cities in the United States for the period from July 2014 – July 2015?…there are some cities that are having some explosive population growth and the top two literally grew by more people than are in the City of Evansville in a single year?…Dallas and Houston both in the State of Texas grew by more than 120,000 people in a single year?…back before 1900 Evansville was larger than both Dallas and Houston, neither of which has any physical asset that compares to the Ohio River?…we don’t know what they are putting in the water to have an economy that can attract that many people but the low levels of regulation and high self esteem that Texans seem to have must be responsible for these population explosions?…other cities on the growth list were San Antonio, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Miami, Tampa/St. Pete, and Seattle?
IS IT TRUE that this week is the 50th anniversary of the North High School Indiana State Basketball Championship that happened in 1967?…that is a good memory from childhood and it was a time when Evansville was a much more happening place than it is today?…a little known fact is that the Harrison Warriors that year had two players who went on to play for Jacksonville State?…the star of that Jacksonville team was future NBA star Artis Gilmore who led Jacksonville and the two stars from Harrison to the NCAA championship where the lost to John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins?
FOOTNOTE: Â Today’s “Readers Poll” question is: Should the Vanderburgh County Council approve the spending of $500,000 to combined both county offices into one business pod?