Board of School Trustees of the EVSC meeting
The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 4:00 PM. on Monday, August 11, 2025 in the Schroeder Conference Centre located in the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut, IN 47713, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the following: collective bargaining, (b)(2)(A); initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, (b)(2)(B); and job performance evaluation of individual employees (b)(9).
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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT
FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.
Canney leads charge as pitching staff shuts out ‘Bolts
The Otters sent Alex Canney out for his second start of the season and delivered another gem. He worked through two scoreless innings, striking out two and getting a nifty double play that ricocheted off his glove right to J.J Cruz to begin the play.
Crux led off the third with a single back up the middle, followed by a Cohen Wilbanks walk. Crix Taveras placed his bunt perfectly past the first baseman to get a single as well. With the bases loaded, Ellis Schwartz walked in the first run of the game. J.T. Benson hit a sac fly to make the lead 2-0.
After Canney struck out the side in the fourth, Evansville wasted no time to add some more runs. Logan and Graham Brown both singled to start the inning. Wilbanks stepped up with runners on the corners and one away. He grounded one to first, but hustled to beat the throw back to first, allowing L. Brown to score. Taveras followed with a single, and once again, the hustling Wilbanks scored a run. He tried going first-to-third and forced a wide throw from the outfield that went off an umpire, to which Wilbanks took home, pushing the lead to four.
Canney continued to deal, striking out two in the fourth and worked around two base runners to strike out three more in the fifth to finish his night. He ended with 10 punch outs and joined Braden Scott as the only active Otter to have double digit strikeouts in a game this season.
Gunnar Dennis, who was teammates with Canney at Ole Miss this past collegiate season, followed to work the sixth and the seventh. Not to be outdone, he struck out four, allowing just one hit.
The combo of Logan and Graham Brown struck again in the eighth, as L. Brown doubled, followed by G. Brown’s 10th home run of the season. Wilbanks reached for the third time and Taveras got his third hit of the night and doubled to score Wilbanks, giving Evansville a 7-0 lead.
Nick McAuliffe pitched the eighth, striking out one before Alex Valdez pitched the ninth, also getting a punch out to complete the shutout.
With his three hits tonight, Taveras is now 8-for-13 this week with four doubles and four RBIs. Wilbanks also has a hit in every game he has started since being activated on August 1.
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GAVEL GAMUT
By Jim Redwine
www.jamesmredwine.com
(Week of 11 August 2025)
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For the public good. We rarely take note of how much many people do for free. We just accept, and even expect, such civic minded persons as clergy people, medical personnel, fire and rescue workers and numerous other generous citizens to furnish our society with essential services. Who supports the schools, the religious institutions, civic organizations and countless, often nameless, beneficial causes? We know innumerable important services must get rendered but they are often given without fanfare and without recognition. What we do know is our lives are made better by a whole lot of people who owe us nothing and receive just that.
One of the most thankless public service groups is attorneys who take on unpopular people or causes. John Adams set the bar for putting right above his and his family’s personal interest in 1770 when, as a prominent lawyer and leader of the Colonials’ cause against England, he represented the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. A crowd of Colonial protesters was fired upon resulting in five Americans being killed and six more wounded, the most famous of whom was Black citizen, Crispus Attucks, who is often referred to as the first martyr of the American Revolution. Of the eight British soldiers involved, six were found not guilty and two were convicted by a jury of manslaughter, not the original charge of murder.
Both John Adams, who became our second president, and his wife Abigail understood the Colonial public would revile Adams for representing the British. In fact, Adams claimed he lost half of his law practice due to his courageous actions. But it was a matter of doing the right thing and establishing that a fair trial was more important than succumbing to a mob mentality.
As Attorney Atticus Finch stood for in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, when he defended poor Black Tom Robinson, justice was more vital to our American democracy than an attorney’s comfort and popularity. When the power of the government comes down on the defenseless, attorneys are often called upon to forego ease and incur the slings and arrows of what might otherwise be governmental power and public opinion run amok. They become the thin, and often disliked, line between tyranny and due process.
I often reflect on what my brother told me was the main reason I should follow his service and enter the legal profession, “You can do more good for more people in law than anything else”. While these lessons of courage, self-sacrifice and altruism may seem unnecessary after so many instances of the harm done by the ravages wrought by the swollen tide of misguided public clamor, our legal profession today may need a reminder. In our current culture of universities, corporations, municipalities and vapid national media bowing to governmental threats and malicious actions, we need our lawyers to once again put duty before fear and courage before capitulation.
In a July 31, 2025 article published by Reuters, the alarm bell has been rung. In their Special Report: How Trump’s crackdown on law firms is undermining legal defenses for the vulnerable, authors Mike Spector, Brad Heath, Kristina Cooke, Joseph Tanfani and David Thomas point to some of America’s most elite law firms as abandoning their core principles under financial pressure from the Trump Administration.
As for me, I do not spend much time assigning blame to those who threaten and coerce. I do not expect altruistic or ethical behavior from them. I do call upon the attorneys to remain true to what lawyers from Adams to today have stood for, an America where when a person has nowhere else to go, an attorney will seek the right regardless of the cost to that attorney or his law firm. Such selfless actions may not be seen as heroic by a public that may generally agree with governmental power being abused against those who are unpopular. Attorneys should not take up legal arms seeking accolades. Their oaths call for them to choose the harder right simply because it is right. Duty often calls for sacrifice and often the old adage, “No good deed goes unpunished”, is the result.
However, if one’s only motivation to eschew the easier wrong is public acceptance, such attorneys might as well resign themselves to lives of comfort and self-contempt. Right for right’s sake in the face of corruption for corruption’s sake is the core principle of America’s legal conscience. The events of our time are once again calling for lawyers to remember why they became lawyers.
For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www.jamesmredwine.com
American Red Cross: Safety Tips for the New School Year
INDIANA, August 8, 2025 — With many students across the region returning to school, the American Red Cross is offering a helpful safety checklist to help keep your child safe throughout the school year.
If your student is younger or going to school for the first time, teach them:
- Their phone number, address, how to get in touch with their parents at work, how to get in touch with another trusted adult and how to dial 911.
- Not to talk to strangers or accept rides from someone they don’t know.
If your child walks to school, teach them to:
- Walk on the sidewalk. If no sidewalk is available, walk facing traffic.
- Stop and look left, right and left again to see if cars are coming.
- Cross the street at the corner, obey traffic signals and stay in the crosswalk.
- Never run out into the street or cross between parked cars.
If your student takes the bus to school, teach them to:
- Get to their bus stop early and stand away from the curb while waiting for the bus to arrive.
- Board the bus only after it has come to a complete stop and the driver or attendant has instructed them to get on. And only board their bus, never an alternate one.
- Stay in clear view of the bus driver and never walk behind the bus.
If your student rides their bike to school, teach them to:
- Always wear a helmet.
- Ride on the right in the same direction as the traffic is going.
If you drive your child to school, teach them to:
- Always wear a seat belt. Younger children should use car seats or booster seats until the lap-shoulder belt fits properly (typically for children ages 8-12 and over 4’9”), and ride in the back seat until they are at least 13 years old.
If you have a teenager driving to school, make sure they:
- Use seat belts.
- Don’t use their cell phone to text or make calls and avoid eating or drinking while driving.
If your student is joining a sports team, make sure they:
- Wear protective gear, such as helmets, protective pads, etc.
- Warm up and cool down.
- Watch out for others.
- Know the location of the closest first aid kit and AED.
If you are considering getting your student a cell phone:
- Download the free Red Cross First Aid and Emergency apps to give them access to first aid tips for common emergencies and real-time weather alerts. Find the apps in smartphone app stores by searching for the American Red Cross or going to redcross.org/apps.
BACK TO SCHOOL CHECKLIST FOR DRIVERS
- Slow down.
- Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is getting ready to stop ─ slow down and be prepared to stop. Red flashing lights and an extended stop sign indicate the bus is stopped and children are getting on or off.
- Motorists must stop when they are behind a bus, meeting the bus or approaching an intersection where a bus is stopped.
- Motorists following or traveling alongside a school bus must also stop until the red lights have stopped flashing, the stop arm is withdrawn, and all children have reached safety. This includes two and four-lane highways.
- If physical barriers such as grassy medians, guide rails or concrete median barriers separate oncoming traffic from the bus, motorists in the opposing lanes may proceed without stopping. Do not proceed until all the children have reached a place of safety.
Fall Critter Camp Sessions
Fall Critter Camp at Warrick Humane Society
Newburgh, IN — Warrick Humane Society is thrilled to announce the return of its Fall Critter Camp, an engaging weekly after-school program designed for kids who love animals and want to learn more about caring for them.
The WHS Kids Program will host two separate 8-week sessions this fall, divided by age group:
Session One: Ages 8–9 Dates: August 21 – October 9, 2025
Session Two: Ages 10–12 Dates: October 23 – December 18, 2025 (No session on November 27 due to the Thanksgiving holiday)
All sessions will be held Thursday evenings from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM at the WHS shelter in Newburgh.
Fall Critter Camp provides a unique opportunity for children to experience hands-on learning about shelter pets and animal care in a fun, age-appropriate environment. Campers will participate in educational activities, crafts, games, and interactions with adoptable animals.
The registration fee is $120, which includes a WHS t-shirt, a plush adoptable stuffed animal, various crafts and activities, and occasional snacks.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, email: volunteerwarrick@gmail.com](mailto:volunteerwarrick@gmail.com
About Warrick Humane Society: Warrick Humane Society, a no-kill shelter located in Newburgh, Indiana. It was founded in 1983 by a handful of dedicated volunteers who rescued lost, injured and neglected animals. Since WHS opened their building in 1997 and began actively working with Animal Control agencies and other rescue organizations, WHS has saved thousands of animals and placed them in loving homes. Warrick Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) no-kill rescue dedicated to improving companion animals’ lives. WHS does not receive any funding from taxes or any national organizations. WHS is funded entirely by individual and corporate donations, bequests, grants and fundraising events. Because all animals adopted by WHS ar
