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Indiana Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Program Accepting Applications

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The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association will again be awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. There will be approximately forty (40) $500.00 scholarships awarded to qualifying students throughout the state.

The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Fund was established for the purpose of receiving, investing and dispensing funds in order to provide college scholarships to qualified students who are committed to pursuing an education and career in the law enforcement field.

To qualify for one of these scholarships, the applicant must be an Indiana resident, must be a current member of the association or a dependent child or grandchild of a current member of the association, attend an Indiana college or university, major in a law enforcement field and enroll as a full time student (12 hours).

Scholarship applications are available from your high school counselor, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office or by writing to the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association, 147 East Maryland Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3608, and requesting an application form. The scholarship application can also be downloaded from the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association by clicking here. The applications must be completed and received by the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association on or before April 1.

ACES LOOK TO CONTINUE WIN STEAK AT CARBONDALE

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ACES LOOK TO CONTINUE WIN STEAK AT CARBONDALE

The University of Evansville men’s basketball team will look to make history on Saturday as they look for their 4th-consecutive road win over Southern Illinois on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Carbondale.

Last season, the Purple Aces earned an 85-78 overtime win at SIU Arena, marking the third road win in a row over SIU.  That matched a streak from 1996-98.

Tomorrow’s contest can be streamed live on ESPN3 while a live broadcast is available at www.WUEV.org.

For the first time this season, the Purple Aces won back-to-back MVC games, topping Loyola by a final of 60-58 on Wednesday night at the Ford Center.  Ryan Taylor paced the squad with 16 points while Jaylon Brown and Dru Smith finished with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Evansville led by as many as 15 in the opening moments of the second half, but the Ramblers stormed back to take a lead of their own before the UE defense clamped down, holding Loyola without a field goal for six minutes to clinch the win.  Turnovers played a large role in the win as UE turned 17 Rambler turnovers into 19 points.

Turnovers have played a large role for UE this season; in its wins, the Aces are +4.3 in the turnover battle while its losses have seen UE finish at -0.3 in turnovers.  When UE finishes with more points off turnovers this season, UE is 9-3; when the opposition wins the battle, the Aces are 3-10.  In the recent 2-game win streak, the Aces have averaged six fewer turnovers per game than its opponents.

The UE defense has clamped down in the final five minutes over the last two games, both wins; the opposition has shot 18.2% (2-11) in the last five minutes of the two wins while the Aces shot 75% (9-12).  In the 9-game losing streak, the opposition hit 29 out of 44 attempts (65.9%) while the Aces shot 34.9% (22-63).

With a 14-12 overall record and a 7-6 league mark, Southern Illinois sits in a tie for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference.  On Wednesday, SIU dropped a 49-41 defensive battle at UNI as Leo Vincent was the top scorer with 9 points while Sean O’Brien notched 8 points and 12 rebounds.

Mike Rodriguez is the top threat for SIU, scoring 13 points per game while also leading the squad with 113 assists and 34 steals.  Armon Fletcher enters Saturday’s game with 12.6 PPG with O’Brien checking in at 12.0; he is also their top rebounder with 8.2 per game.  Rodriguez was the leader of the pack in January’s match-up, leading all scorers with 20 points as he hit 9 out of 13 free throws.

On January 15, the Salukis picked up a 73-61 win at the Ford Center to move the all-time series to a 68-53 tally in their favor.  UE is 16-41 in road contests against SIU, but has won in its last three trips to Carbondale; the program has never won four consecutive road games in the series.

 

ALWAYS KNOWN, NOT ALWAYS APPLIED by JIM REDWINE

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Gavel Gamut

By Jim Redwine

www.jamesmredwine.com

(Week of 13 February 2017)

ALWAYS KNOWN, NOT ALWAYS APPLIED

Last year was spent observing grown people who were seeking to lead and inform the Free World calling each other names. This year has begun with little promise of a different approach. One might say the adults we have hired to govern us and those who are paid millions to report about them are all acting like children. However, my memories of childhood belie that comparison. It seems to me our leaders and their detractors would benefit from a re-taking of grade school where the rules were clear: Get along or get out; Pay attention or pay the consequences; Tell the truth or be quiet; and the Golden Rule of Describing Others – If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything!

The reasons these rules sound so familiar is because they have been the touchstone for civilized behavior since we came out of our caves. They are valid, easy to remember and rarely applied. That is why we keep having to re-learn them, the hard way. Sometimes the re-learning only costs embarrassment; sometimes it takes economic catastrophe or even war.

Gentle Reader, are you about fed up with politicians and news anchors engaging in behaviors that would get them stood in the corner if they were in grade school? Are we not paying enough in taxes and for advertised products to get a functioning government and civilized language and demeanor?

There is a solution. Turn off the television!

If the politicians and pundits have no audience they will have no reason to play to it.

Peg and I have made a concentrated effort to eschew the nightly diatribes and do other things with our time. Of course Peg, being Peg, has taken advantage of this to find even more tasks that I must get done. That’s okay; it’s better than watching adults engage in a perpetual food fight.

P.S. For a more advanced exposition of this theory see the Robert Fulghum book

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

For more Gavel Gamut articles go to:

www.jamesmredwine.com

Link To Food Inspection Reports For Vanderburgh County

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food inspection reports

Rally in Evansville Calling For The Defunding Of Abortion Planned Parenthood

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Rally in Evansville Calling For The Defunding Of Abortion Planned Parenthood

Today a rally will be held on the public sidewalk at the Planned Parenthood facility at 125 Weinbach Avenue in Evansville, starting at 9 a.m.  This event is one of over 200 being coordinated nationwide by the #ProtestPP Coalition, calling for Planned Parenthood to be stripped of all federal funding, and for all such funding to be redirected to Federally Qualified Health Centers that do not perform abortions. Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain, receives over $420 million from the federal government every year.

Congressional leaders are working to cut funding for the controversial organization as part of the budget reconciliation process, while preserving the assistance this funding is meant to provide for poor women. Rallies will be held nationwide on February 11 in over 200 cities from coast to coast, supporting the defunding effort and educating the public about Planned Parenthood’s central role in the abortion industry and their long record of unethical activity.

“Planned Parenthood claims that American women rely on them for healthcare, but in fact four out of five women will never set foot in a Planned Parenthood facility,” said Mary Ellen Van Dyke, Executive Director of Right to Life of Southwest Indiana. “Planned Parenthood provides less than 1% of annual pap tests and zero mammograms, but performs 34% of annual abortions in the U.S. They’ve been caught shielding child predators, defrauding Medicaid, and harvesting fetal tissue for profit. This controversial organization does not deserve our tax dollars.”

Van Dyke emphasizes that no funding would be taken away from programs that help poor women and families. Every dollar taken from Planned Parenthood would be redirected to Federally Qualified Health Centers that provide a wider range of services and higher standard of care than Planned Parenthood, without doing abortions. “The effort to defund Planned Parenthood has nothing to with taking healthcare away from women. It’s about taking tax dollars away from the nation’s largest abortion chain,” she explained.

#ProtestPP is a coalition of state and national pro-life groups, headed by three national pro-life activist organizations: Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Created Equal, and the Pro-Life Action League. For the February 11 rally, 40 Days for Life is also serving as a major partner.

See also Why Defund Planned Parenthood? at ProtestPP.com.

UE Professor Accepts Birdhouse Construction Challenge

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The Office of Study Abroad at the University of Evansville has issued a unique construction challenge to UE civil engineering professor Mark Valenzuela. Build a birdhouse in one hour with no plans and no materials – except for whatever wood, instructions, and tools can be “won” for him by participants in a trivia contest.

Both the challenge and the trivia contest are part of an event planned for Thursday, February 23, noon-1:00 p.m., in the North Lobby of the Koch Center for Engineering and Science. The activities are designed to bring awareness to a study abroad program that will enable students to travel to Nicaragua to work with Habitat for Humanity on building a home for a family in need.

The public is invited to attend this free event and help Valenzuela build the birdhouse by answering trivia questions. For each question answered correctly, he will receive a crucial tool or piece of information to finish the birdhouse. Attendees will also be encouraged to bet on how long it will take Valenzuela to complete construction, and the person with the closest time will receive the birdhouse.

Eagles drop match to APSU 5-2

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The University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis team dropped their third consecutive match against NCAA Division I competition Friday after being defeated 5-2 by Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

The Screaming Eagles (1-3) battled in doubles play, but were unable to come away with the point. At number one doubles, senior Aaron Barris (Marietta, Georgia) and junior Samuel Kiladejo (London, England) were defeated 6-4 by Almantas Ozelis and Aleh Drobysh. The duo of sophomore Ilia Karelin (Ekaterinburg, Russia) and sophomore Andrew Dones (Georgetown, Indiana) were also defeated by a score of 6-4.

Sophomore James Hardiman (Backwell Bristol, United Kindom) picked up another win at number one singles, defeating Manual Montenegro 6-2, 6-3. Hardiman has defeated all three NCAA Division I opponents he has faced this spring. Barris tallied the Eagles’ other point at number four singles, winning his match 6-3, 6-2.

USI is back in action tomorrow when they face Lindenwood University at 4:30 p.m. at the Evansville Tennis Center.

Betsy Knows Best

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Adopt A Pet

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Palace is a 10-year-old female brown/orange torbie. Cute “grumpy cat” face, but very sweet! Likes to talk. Her $30 adoption fee includes her microchip, vaccines, spay, and more. Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for details!

UE Softball enters final week of preseason

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Aces ready to open the year at Auburn next week

 Just seven days remain until the University of Evansville softball team will open the 2017 season at the Plainsman Invite in Auburn, Okla.

 

Evansville made one of the top ten turnarounds in the NCAA last season, improving their season win tally by 14.  This year, a team that features nine seniors is ready to make its move.  Head coach Mat Mundell scheduled a competitive non-conference slate that will see the Purple Aces take on three of the top six teams in the preseason rankings.

 

In the opening week, UE is set to face second-ranked Auburn.  The third weekend of the season will see the Aces face the preseason #1 team – Oklahoma.  Evansville faces the Sooners on March 3 and has the opportunity to face them again depending on how the bracket works out.  In the final non-conference tournament in Lexington, Ky., UE will face preseason #6 Michigan on the second day of the event.

 

With a week left until it all begins, Coach Mundell is excited about where his team stands.

 

“Our girls have been working very hard.  There is some great competition in practice with everyone fighting for playing time,” Mundell said.  “As a coach, it is very exciting to have the depth that we do.  We have a few different lineups that we are looking at; it is a good position to be in where you have several options.”

 

The opening tournament at Auburn begins next Friday with a 9:45 a.m. game versus Mercer and a 4:45 p.m. contest against SIU Edwardsville.  The Aces also face Creighton twice and face the second-ranked Tigers on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

 

“Next week will see us put the finishing touches on a few things, crossing our T’s and dotting the I’s,” Mundell added.  “We will work a lot of simulating some situations and other things like that to be prepared for the weekend.”

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