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IS IT TRUE MAY 3, 2017
IS IT TRUE after 3,240 days the McCurdy Hotel is finally opening for business as an apartment building?…between the parking lot fiasco that cost the taxpayers of Evansville $606,000 and the $960,000 handout to one of Mayor Weinzapfel’s regular campaign donors from Indianapolis there are finally apartments being offered for rent?…when all was said and done it was the Evansville based Kunkel Group that has gotten the old historic hotel to the finish line where people can live again?…one bedroom units of modest size are being offered starting at $799 per month and up to $1,500 per month for higher floors with a view?…two bedroom units are starting at $999 per month and going up to $1,800 per month for the primo units with views?…one thing is for sure and that is there will be no Section 8 vouchers being spent for these apartments which are commanding big city downtown prices in little old Evansville?…as much as the City County Observer has made fun of the political malfeasance associated with this project, we are glad to see the structure saved and the doors open for business?
IS IT TRUE that our characterization of the obsolete lighting bollards that once provided light along the downtown riverfront walkway as “light bulbs” tweaked a couple of people?…the reality is they were put there to do the job of light bulbs and just some cheapo light bulbs may have done a better job than these overpriced broken things?…we do believe that given it was the City of Evansville with cronies to feed and relatives to employ willfully paid way too much for some exotic light emitting device that does what a light bulb does?…we are also not surprised that the spare parts are no longer available making a new solution for lighting necessary?…we do assume that there are three copper wires available somewhere in the George Jetson light bollards making is possible to design some fitting that will take an LED light bulb and light the paths as they should be?…that would take thinking outside of the box which Parks and Recreation people seem to have difficulty with?…if there are three wires available (one is a ground) a solution can be devised to extend the life of these bollards for lighting purposes if the morons that roam the downtown wreaking havoc and violence can be controlled?
 IS IT TRUE we have also learned that vandals have done a job on the light bollards just like they did a job on the emergency kiosks on the jogging trail by Garvin Park?…vandalism is a serious problem in Evansville?…it seems as though every time something nice is installed, some group of hoodlums comes along and destroys it?…even the McCurdy had a giant rat grafitti face on the outside of the bricks making a sandblast job necessary?…vandalism and mayhem on the part of a few seem to ruin everything from sandboxes in the Sunset Park, to the slide boards in Kid’s Kingdom, to public lighting?…we call upon our fellow citizens to turn these self indulgent pieces of crap in to law enforcement?…maybe Evansville needs to treat vandalism and grafitti the way Singapore does and dispense lashes with a cane to the backsides of these useless punks?…a few punks are ruining a good thing for the vast majority?
IS IT TRUE that according to United States Census Bureau statistics Vanderburgh County’s poverty rate increased by 62.3% from 200-2015?…while Vanderburgh County topped the region in sinking further into poverty the rest of the Tri-State fell further into poverty as well?…Union County, Kentucky saw its rate increase by 59.2% and Henderson’s increase by 42.9%?…Evansville leaders (political and otherwise) regularly boast of the vitality of the local economy and preen themselves for rooftop martini gatherings and Perhaps for some, prosperity is on the rise but nearly one in six Evansvillians were living at or below the federal poverty threshold in 2015?…the long term trend suggests that poverty is likely to increase in the Tri-State in spite of neglecting infrastructure? …the current crop of leaders and their predecessor are responsible for much of the catastrophic rise in poverty because of their tax and spend habits but they are too busy congratulating themselves on insignificant strides in downtown Evansville to even know it?
 IS IT TRUE Missy Mosby primary opponent shall be announcing his exploratory campaign committee members in the near future?  …we are hearing that the individuals that have agreed to serve on this committee are all loyal Democrats?  …we were told that Mosby’s soon to be announced primary opponent is planning to raise $75,000 to defeat her in her re-election bid? …Mosby won her last primary re-election campaign by a mere 12 votes over a little known opponent?
IS IT TRUE that At-Large City Councilman Jonathan Weaver future political opponent may be a highly educated female with a good moral compass?
FOOTNOTES: TODAYS “READERS POLL” question is:Â Are you disappointed in the Evansville City Council for not being more concerned with the contract between Thunderbolts/VenuWorks and the City?
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CHANNEL 44 NEWS: Ohio Valley Conference Representatives Visit Evansville
Ohio Valley Conference Representatives Visit Evansville
Plans for the 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Tournaments are underway . OVC representatives and various local officials and community leaders gathered at the Ford Center to check out the venue and discuss potential issues moving…
ST. VINCENT AND TRI-STATE ORTHOPAEDICS TO BREAK GROUND ON ST. VINCENT ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
St. Vincent Evansville and Tri-State Orthopaedics will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its highly anticipated construction project, St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital, on Wednesday, May 17 at noon. The $95 million, 135,000-square-foot, four-story St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital will be located at the northeast corner of Warrick Wellness Trail and Epworth Road, making it a natural extension of the St. Vincent Epworth Crossing campus, which provides a variety of outpatient services.
St. Vincent Orthopedic Hospital will include 48 inpatient rooms, 10 operating suites (with room for expansion), and two procedure rooms. The facility will open in 2019. Services provided will include:
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- Elective orthopedic and spine surgeries (inpatient and outpatient)
- Pre-procedure education
- Pre-procedure clinic
- Imaging services (CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound, MRI)
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- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Durable Medical Equipment
- Pastoral Care & Chapel
- Hospitalists
- Dining Services
- Community Meeting Space
Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners Agenda
AGENDA
Vanderburgh County
Board of Commissioners
May 2, 2017
3:00 pm, Room 301
- Call to Order
- Attendance
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Action Items
- First Reading of Vacation Ordinance CO.V-05-17-002 & Permission to Advertise Notice of Public Hearing
- Final Reading of Ordinance CO.05-17-009: Amending County Health Department Fees for Service
- Department Head Reports
- New Business
- Old Business
- Public Comment
- Consent Items
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- Treatment Court: Professional Services Agreement with Tamika Evans Teaching Thinking for a Change
- Burdette Park: Royal Crown Beverage Contract
- Approval of April 25, 2017 Meeting Minutes
- Employment Changes
- Neighborhood Association Registration 2017:
- The Villas of Deerfield
- Indian Woods
- Township Standards 2017:
- Center
- German
- Knight
- Perry
- Pigeon
- Union
- Treatment Court : Request to Surplus a Vehicle
- County Commissioners:
- Temporary Replacement Transfer Request for Burdette Park
- Coverage Letter for Medical Compression Garments
- County Auditor: April 2017 Accounts Payable Voucher
- County Engineering: Department Head Report
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- Rezoning
- First Reading of Rezoning Ordinance VC-6-2017
- Final Reading of Rezoning Ordinance VC-1-2017 as Amended
- Final Reading of Rezoning Ordinance VC-2-2017 as Amended
- Adjournment
USA Gymnastics Hosts Region 4 Championships in Evansville
Old National Events Plaza Hosts USA Gymnastics Region 4 Championships in Evansville
WHO: USA Gymnastics Region Trampoline and Tumbling 4 Chair .
WHAT: Region 4 Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, where approximately 800 athletes will compete in Sr. Elite and Jr. Elite competitions. Regional Champions in all disciplines will be named.
WHERE: Old National Events Plaza, 715 Locust Street, Evansville, IN 47708. Free parking is available in the lot located at the corner of Locust and 9th Streets. Street parking is free evenings and weekends. Double Tree Hilton provides paid for parking garage at the corner of MLK Jr. Blvd. and Walnut Street.
WHEN: Friday, May 5th from 5pm – 8pm for training. Saturday, May 6th from 8am – 8pm. Sunday, May 7th from 8am – 4pm. Grand March scheduled Saturday at 1pm (inside the Old National Events Plaza).
WHY: This competition will prepare athletes for national and international events. The Jr. Olympic Regional Championships (Levels 1-10) will name Regional Champions in age groups for all disciplines (synchronized trampoline, Levels 9 & 10). This will also serve as the second and final opportunity to qualify for the Stars & Stripes Championships and USA Gymnastics Championships held in the summer of 2017.
TICKETS: Adults – $10.00 per day, $20 weekend wristband
Children 6 – 12 – $5.00 per day, $10 weekend wristband
Children 5 and Under FREE
Programs $10 CASH ONLY Please!
Griffin Earns Second GLVC Honor
Griffin Earns Second GLVC Honor
University of Southern Indiana junior right-hander Kyle Griffin (Morganfield, Kentucky) has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second time in a month after posting his second shutout of the season in the 5-0 win over the University of Indianapolis. Griffin threw a seven-inning complete game, scattering three hits and striking out nine Greyhounds.
After a slow start to 2017 that saw the junior right-hander go 1-3 with a 5.90 ERA in the first month of the season, Griffin has become a force on the mound for the Eagles. The junior right-hander raised his record to 5-3 and lowered his ERA to 3.63 after going 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA in his last five starts.
The 20th-ranked Screaming Eagles finish the 2017 regular season on the road when they make their final trip to Saint Joseph’s College for a four-game series May 5-7 in Rensselaer, Indiana. The first pitches for USI (29-16, 19-5 GLVC) and Saint Joseph’s (31-15, 13-11 GLVC) are set for 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday before the squads conclude the regular season Sunday with a noon doubleheader.
Indiana Supreme Court Hears INDOT Case During Rucker’s Final Oral Arguments
Indiana Supreme Court Hears INDOT Case During Rucker’s Final Oral Arguments
Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
In his last oral arguments on the bench of the Indiana Supreme Court, Justice Robert Rucker and three other justices considered the public standing doctrine and the concept of parens patriae as they weighed granting transfer to a case involving a dispute between a state agency and a local municipality.
The court, minus Justice Geoffrey Slaughter, heard arguments in the case of Board of Commissioners of Union County, Indiana v. Joe McGuinness, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation, 81A01-1603-PL-00696, on Tuesday, the last day Rucker hear arguments. The milestone for the retiring justice was marked with little fanfare, with Chief Justice Loretta Rush telling audience members at the beginning of arguments they were part of history as they witnessed his final thoughts and questions as a justice. The court then got down to business, hearing the case and making no other public reference to the most senior justice’s retirement next week.
The case stems from roadwork the Indiana Department of Transportation completed on State Highway 27 in Union County in 2010 and 2011, when INDOT allegedly damaged septic systems on the properties of three private landowners, causing raw sewage to leak into a ditch. In its case before the Union Circuit Court, Union County claimed INDOT’s alleged negligence “may (have impacted) other properties and may (have implicated) a broader public health and safety concern… .†The trial court dismissed the case, finding the county lacked standing to sue the state.
However, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed in December, with Judge Michael Barnes holding that the county could seek declaratory relief as to who bears responsibility for State Highway 27. Additionally, the appellate panel held the county could also seek injunctive relief under the public standing doctrine.
But Andrea Rahman, a deputy attorney general who argued before the court on behalf the state, warned the justices that letting the Court of Appeals’ ruling stand would allow Union County and other similar local governmental entities to usurp the state’s parens patriae authority to sue on behalf of its citizens. An affirmation of the decision would circumvent the Supreme Court’s holding in Board of Commissioners of Howard County v. Kokomo City Plan Commission, 263 Indiana. 282, 330 N.E.2d 92 (1975), which reserves parens patriae authority to the state.
But James Williams, counsel for Union County, pointed to the court’s opinion in State ex rel. Cittadine v. Indiana Department of Transportation, 790 N.E.2d 978, 979 (Ind. 2003), a case which links the public standing doctrine to the Declaratory Judgment Act. A municipal corporation such as Union County is defined as a “person†under the Declaratory Judgment Act, Williams said, giving the county public standing to bring its claims against INDOT. Cittadine does not reference “citizens,†Williams said, but rather only references “persons,†disputing Rahman’s arguments that only citizens can bring claims under the public standing doctrine.
Posed with a question from Rucker about why the county’s claim does not satisfy the standing requirements to bring a declaratory judgment claim, Rahman said the only issue the county cited to show its rights were affected was the possibility of a public health concern. If the Court of Appeals decision is affirmed, then the door would be open for counties to bring claims against their own residents based on “vague and speculative claims†of possible public health concerns, she said.
Rather than bringing a claim against INDOT, Rahman said the appropriate remedy for the county would have been to first seek a resolution with the private owners of the leaking septic tanks. If a resolution could not be reached, then the landowners could have joined the state as a party, she said.
Williams agreed that Rahman’s method was one way to approach the issue, but said the county chose to bring claims against INDOT instead because it would have been unfair to sue the citizens because it was unclear if a local ordinance violation had occurred. Instead, he said the county was seeking declaratory judgment as to who is responsible for the ditch where the raw sewage is leaking and, if the state bears that responsibility, an injunction ordering the state to comply with its duty.
Full oral arguments in the case can be viewed here.
Taking Care of Business Tuesdays 2017
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TAKING CARE OFÂ
BUSINESS TUESDAYS:
a workshop & lecture series
for Arts Council members
1st Tuesday of the month, 6 – 7 PM
Don’t forget — tonight is May’s Taking Care of Business Tuesday lecture with registrar of the Evansville Museum of Art, History & Science, Liz Bragg. Liz will be discussing how artists should plan to present their work for submission into exhibits, display in public spaces, and for local consignment.
This event is FREE for Arts Council members!
Not a member but interested in a specific lecture? You can still attend for $10 per TCB Tuesday event.
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TCB Tuesday events provide free lectures and networking opportunities for artists members. They will be held every first Tuesday of the month at the Arts Council’s Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery, located at 318 Main Street in Downtown Evansville.
  2017 Taking care of Business Tuesdays line-up:Â
For more information, please call (812) 422-2111 or email info@artswin.org.
Let’s take care of some business!
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Eagles Finish Regular Season On The Road
Eagles Finish Regular Season On The Road
The 20th-ranked University of Southern Indiana baseball team finishes the 2017 regular season on the road when it makes its final trip to Saint Joseph’s College for a four-game series May 5-7 in Rensselaer, Indiana. The first pitches for USI (29-16, 19-5 GLVC) and Saint Joseph’s (31-15, 13-11 GLVC) are 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday before the squads conclude the regular season Sunday with a noon doubleheader.
Game coverage for the final weekend of the 2017 regular season can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
SCREAMING EAGLES BASEBALL NOTES:
USI climbs national poll. The Screaming Eagles climbed two spots in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25, rising to 20th nationally. USI appeared in the national poll for the first time since February last week, entering the NCBWA poll at number 22.
USI on five-game winning streak. The Eagles have won their last five games, winning a road game at Kentucky Wesleyan College and sweeping a four-game series from the University of Indianapolis. Senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles led the USI hitters with a .500 batting average (14-28), while junior outfielder Drake McNamara hit a pair of home runs and junior shortstop Sam Griggs drove in 12 RBIs.
Eagles lead GLVC East. The four-game sweep of the University of Indianapolis put USI in sole possession of first place in the GLVC East Division with four games to play. USI has a one-game lead over Bellarmine University and a two-game lead over the University of Illinois Springfield.
USI perfect at home in the GLVC with third sweep. The Eagles were a perfect 12-0 at home this season in the GLVC and recorded its third conference sweep of the year after taking all four from UIndy Saturday and Monday.
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 18-4 in April with the team hitting .288 and posting a 2.10 ERA, compared to 9-12 in February and March with a team batting average of .259 and a nearly double 4.02 ERA. Senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles has seen the biggest turn arounds amongst the players, going from hitless (0-11) in seven games during February/March to .415 (22-53) in 18 of the 22 games during April. On the mound, junior right-hander Kyle Griffin went from 1-3 with a 5.90 ERA to start the year to 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in April.
Season hitting leaders. Junior designated hitter/leftfielder Drake McNamara (.353), senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles (.343), and sophomore infielder Jacob Fleming (.319) are the Eagles hitting over .300  this season. McNamara leads USI with a team-best eight home runs and 38 RBIs.
Season pitching leaders. Senior right-handers Lucas Barnett has the Eagles’ best ERA among the starting pitchers with a 2.42 in 11 games, 10 starts, and 63.1 innings of work. Senior right-hander Kyle Nowak leads the Eagles with six victories (6-3), while junior right-hander Kyle Griffin has recorded a team-high 74 strikeouts in 11 games.
GLVC Pitcher of the Week. Junior right-hander Kyle Griffin was named the GLVC Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season. Griffin threw a complete game shutout of UIndy, striking out nine, in his only outing of the week.
Archuleta at USI. USI Head Coach Tracy Archuleta is USI’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 407-208 (.662) in nine-plus seasons and is 555-332 (.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.
USI vs. Saint Joseph’s. USI enters this week’s action with a 42-41 all-time series lead over Saint Joseph’s College and is looking to end the series in with a winning record versus the Pumas. The Eagles swept last year’s four-game series at the USI Baseball Field and are 17-13 since 2007. USI also will be looking to get back on track at Rensselaer, going 3-7 in its last 10 road games versus Saint Joseph’s.
NCBWA Top 25 Poll
1. Mercyhurst (Pa.) -13-
2. Chico State (Calif.) -1-
3. North Georgia -2-
4. Southern New Hampshire
5. Tampa (Fla.) -1-
Emporia State (Kan.)
7. Mount Olive (N.C.)
8. Colorado Mesa
9. Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
10. Delta State (Miss.)
11. Minnesota State
12. Northwood (Mich.)
13. West Chester (Pa.)
14. Angelo State (Texas)
15. USC Aiken
16. Felician (N.J.)
17. Dixie State (Utah)
18. Southern Arkansas
19. Lubbock Christian (Texas)
20. Southern Indiana
21. Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
22. Millersville (Pa.)
23. Catawba College (N.C.)
24. California Baptist
25. St. Cloud State (Minn.)
Also receiving votes:Â Texas A&M-Kingsville; St. Thomas Aquinas, N.Y.; West Alabama (32-17); Walsh,; UNC Pembroke; Valdosta State, Ga.; Cal. Poly-Pomona; West Texas A&M.