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Jewelry? Got it. Fossils? Yup. Vitamins? No. Minerals? Yes. Crystals? Geodes? We have those, too!
Don’t miss the 15th Annual GeoFest at the Indiana State Museum this weekend – Feb. 17, 18 and 19. From shopping to fun family activities, from ancient fossils to new age crystals, GeoFest is the best place to indulge your inner rock hound.
GeoFest is included with museum admission.
King, Dalesandro Lead Hoosiers at Big Ten Championships
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team added another two league titles to the team’s haul at the 2017 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday night at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
Heading in to the final day of competition on Saturday, the Hoosiers sit in second place with a total of 791.0 points, just 14.5 points behind first-place Michigan. Minnesota is in third place with 753.0 points, while Wisconsin is in fourth with a total of 741.0.
Lilly King put on a show in the Championship Final of the 100 breaststroke, defending her Big Ten title with the best time in the history of the event – 56.30. King’s mark breaks her own NCAA, American, U.S. Open, school, Big Ten and Big Ten meet records, as well as set the Boilermaker Aquatic Center pool mark.
King won the race by over 2.6 seconds and now owns the top three times in the NCAA this season. The Evansville, Ind. native now has won four individual Big Ten titles in her young career – the 100 and 200 breaststroke in 2016 and the 200 IM and 100 breast this season.
Laura Morley placed 14th overall in the 100 breast, placing sixth in the B Final with a NCAA B cut time of 1:01.54. Mackenzie Atencio was seventh in the C Final to take 23rd place with a NCAA B cut time of 1:02.36.
Gia Dalesandro had one of the best performance in the history of the 100 butterfly for the Hoosiers, winning Big Ten title with a school, Big Ten, Big Ten meet and Boilermaker Aquatic Center pool record time of 50.45. Her time is the fifth-best performance in the history of the event and the fastest time in the NCAA this year.
The title is the fourth individual crown for Dalesandro in her career and she becomes just the second Hoosier in Big Ten history to win the event, joining Rosie Wicht who won in 1984.
Also, in the Championship Final for Indiana, Christine Jensen took eighth place with a NCAA B cut time of 53.08.
Shelby Koontz won the C Final of the 100 fly with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 53.35 that ranks her as the sixth-best performer in the event in school history. Olivia Barker placed 19th overall with a NCAA B cut time of 53.83.
Kennedy Goss paced the Hoosiers in the 200 freestyle, placing fourth in the Championship Final with a NCAA B cut time of 1:44.30. Also in the A Final, freshman Maria Paula Heitmann took sixth overall with a NCAA B cut mark of 1:45.77.
In the B Final, Delaney Barnard touched third to place 11th overall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 1:46.38. With her time, Barnard ranks as the 10th-best performer in the event in school history.
Holly Spears won the C Final of the 200 freestyle for the Hoosiers, touching the wall first with a time of 1:48.02.
In the Championship Final of the 3-meter dive, Jessica Parratto placed fifth overall with a NCAA qualifying score of 358.95. Parratto was consistent throughout her list, scoring over 57 points on all six of her dives.
The redshirt junior will look to make it 3-for-3 on Championship Finals on Saturday in the platform dive. Parratto won both the NCAA and Big Ten titles in the event in 2015.
Dalesandro continued her great night, leading the Hoosiers with a sixth-place finish in the 100 backstroke Championship Final with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 52.68. With her mark, Dalesandro ranks as the eighth-best performer in the event in IU history. Also in the A Final, Ali Rockett took eighth place with a NCAA B cut time of 53.00.
Rachel Matsumura placed third in the B Final to finish 11th overall with a personal-best time of 53.73 that puts her as the 15th-best swimmer in school history in the event. Marie Chamberlain won the C Final to place 17th overall with a NCAA B cut mark of 54.11.
In the 400 IM, Sam Lisy led the charge for the Hoosiers, placing seventh in the Championship Final with a NCAA B cut time of 4:12.15.
In the B Final, Reagan Cook placed third to take 11th overall with a NCAA B cut time of 4:13.65, while Bailey Pressey placed 13th overall with a NCAA B cut mark of 4:14.97. Shelly Drozda touched third in the C Final to place 19th overall with a personal-best time of 4:16.79. With her time, Drozda ranks as the 14th-best swimmer in the event at IU.
The Hoosiers will continue at the 2017 Big Ten Championships on Saturday morning with the prelims of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, platform dive and 1,650 freestyle. The action gets underway at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
100 Butterfly
1. Gia Dalesandro – 50.45 (Personal Best, School, Big Ten, Big Ten meet and Pool record, NCAA A cut)
8. Christine Jensen – 53.08 (NCAA B cut)
17. Shelby Koontz – 53.35 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut)
19. Olivia Barker – 53.83 (NCAA B cut)
400 IM
7. Sam Lisy – 4:12.15 (NCAA B cut)
11. Reagan Cook – 4:13.65 (NCAA B cut)
13. Bailey Pressey – 4:14.97 (NCAA B cut)
19. Shelly Drozda – 4:16.79 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut)
200 Freestyle
4. Kennedy Goss – 1:44.30 (NCAA B cut)
6. Maria Paula Heitmann – 1:45.77 (NCAA B cut)
11. Delaney Barnard – 1:46.38 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut)
17. Holly Spears – 1:48.02
100 Breaststroke
1. Lilly King – 56.30 (Personal Best, NCAA, American, School, Big Ten, Big Ten meet and Pool record, NCAA A cut)
14. Laura Morley – 1:01.54 (NCAA B cut)
23. Mackenzie Atencio – 1:02.36 (NCAA B cut)
100 Backstroke
6. Gia Dalesandro – 52.68 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut)
8. Ali Rockett – 53.00 (NCAA B cut)
11. Rachel Matsumura – 53.73 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut)
17. Marie Chamberlain – 54.11 (NCAA B cut)
3-Meter Dive
5. Jessica Parratto – 358.95 (NCAA Qualifying score)
200 Freestyle Relay
4. Ali Rockett, Lilly King, Shelby Koontz, Holly Spears – 1:30.41
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IS IT TRUE after noticing that the familiar president of The Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville (GAGE), Chris Kinnett was not in attendance at the ribbon cutting of the new downtown Doubletree Hotel, the City County Observer became curious about his absence?…what we have learned is that the revolving door at GAGE has swung again and Mr. Kinnett is no longer working there? Â …would love for him to contact us to explain his reasons for leaving GAGE? Â …the 5th person to hold the leadership position at GAGE in its less than 10 year history is listed on the website as Thom Endress?…Mr. Endress is listed as interim president so we guess there will be a 6th leader of this organization soon?…we wonder why the departure of Kris Kinnett was not covered by the local media as other departures have been?…it will be interesting who the next person to enter the meat grinder will turn out to be?
IS IT TRUE it will be interesting to see what kind of job description the GAGE governing group will publish when looking for leader #6?…we wonder if some of the bullet points will be to serve as a sycophant for the Mayor of Evansville and provide photo-ops for him on a regular basis?
IS IT TRUE that in the spring of 2010 the City County Observer uncovered the fact that GAGE had been used by then Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel to illegally funnel $40,000 per year to DMD Director Tom Barnett because the salary schedules for the City of Evansville were not sufficient to attract Barnett to town?…we also discovered and exposed that GAGE founding President and CEO Joe Wallace never signed Mr. Barnett bogus employment contract but then Gage Chairman of the Board and Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel did?. Â …after Wallace refused to sign the bogus employment contract Mayor Weinzapfel then took the pay request to Gages Executive Committee for approval? Â …they approved his request? Â …one of the members of the Gage Executive Committee was none other than Mayor Winnecke?
IS IT TRUE not long after bogus employment contract issue Mr. Wallace was forced out as CEO and  President of Gage by Mayor Weinzapfel and went on to a very successful career in Palm Springs, CA ?  …its also common knowledge that Mr. Wallace was highly respected and did an outstanding President and CEO of Gage before he was forced? …he is a contributing author with the CCO and other publications?
IS IT TRUE a couple people on the Gage Board, in local Government, past Gage clients and ordinary citizens urged Mr. Wallace to sue GAGE Board Chairman Mayor Weinzapfel for wrongful dismissal, interference with daily work activities and defamation of his character? …he decided not to sue and went on down to road to bigger and better things? …we hope one day that Mr. Wallace will come forward to tell us and our readers why he was really fired as the CEO of Gage?
IS IT TRUE we are also curious about the silence of former Mayor turned Community College Chancellor Jonathan Weinzapfel regarding the non-relocation of the IVY Tech Nursing Tech students to the new downtown IU Medical School? Â This decision happened at the same time when the taxpayers of Evansville were seemly being shaken down to support a $51 million bond issue that would help pay for the construction for the downtown IU Medical School?…it was portrayed to be a downtown success story with 1,500 Nursing Tech students moving downtown and now there will only be a small fraction of that in the expensive building?…if this was the plan all along they should have just sent the IU Medical and University of Evansville students to the campus of Southern Indiana University since it has new state of the art medical classroom facility too?. Â …it looks like another bait and switch backroom political was just pulled off by our local and state elected officials? Â …we wonder if the IU Medical School may turn out to be a bigger boondoggle than the Ford Center if nothing more than a couple of a hundred medical students use the building?…boondoggles in Evansville always seem to have the same set of fingerprints on them?
IS IT TRUE it was stated during a Channel 25 TV news story that room rates will be  $139 to $250 a room at the new downtown Doubletree Hotel?  …looks like the owners are of the new downtown Hotel are about to find out what competition is all about?…equivalent rooms can be bought all over town in better locations for $89 or less?…we foresee some serious discounting on the horizon for the downtown Doubletree Hotel if they hope to have an occupancy rate of 65% like they said they would?
FOOTNOTE:  Todays “READERS POLLS” question is: Do you feel that the new  downtown Doubletree Hotel will be successful?
Haynie’s Corner Pub to Change Ownership After 41 Years
After more than 41 years of business the Haynie’s Corner Pub is about to have a new owner. Danny Baumgart has owned the bar since 1976 and wasn’t looking to sell the place but says the opportunity just fell into his lap. Moriah Hobgood will be…
Lilly King Had An Unbelievable 50 Breaststroke Time For The Hoosiers
The Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team got off to a great start at the 2017 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday night at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
After the first two events of the Big Ten Championships, Indiana sits in fourth place with a total of 108 points. Minnesota leads with a total of 118, while Michigan is second with 114 and Wisconsin is third with 110.
In the 200 medley relay, the IU team of Kennedy Goss, Lilly King, Gia Dalesandro and Ali Rockett took home the silver medal with a NCAA A cut time of 1:35.74 – just .01 seconds off the school record. The Hoosiers were right there at the end, but got out-touched by Minnesota at the wall, who won with a Big Ten record time of 1:35.55.
King had an unbelievable 50 breaststroke time for the Hoosiers, as she was the only swimmer to break 26 second with her split of 25.55. The Evansville, Ind. native’s time is the fastest in the country so far this season.
In the 800 freestyle relay, the Indiana team of Stephanie Marchuk, Goss, Delaney Barnard and Dalesandro finished fourth overall with a season-best and NCAA A cut time of 7:04.50.
Marchuk’s leadoff time of 1:46.81 was a NCAA B cut mark and was the fastest time this season for any Hoosier in the 200 freestyle.
The Hoosiers will continue at the 2017 Big Ten Championships on Thursday morning with the prelims of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and 1-meter dive. The action gets underway at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
200 Medley Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
COA: Dirty pictures allowed by Legislature
Marilyn Odendahl
Revisiting the question of whether sending sexually explicit photographs to a 16- or 17-year-old is permitted under state law, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld its earlier ruling by finding the Legislature’s inaction to amend the statute implies dirty pictures are suitable for these teens.
Sameer Girish Thakar was charged with a Class D felony for dissemination of matter harmful to minors after he allegedly sent an electronic photo of his genitals to a 16-year-old girl in Oregon. He successfully moved to get the charging information dismissed on the grounds that the statute criminalizing dissemination of matter harmful to minors is unconstitutionally vague.
Key to Thakar’s argument was the decision by the Court of Appeals in a nearly identical case, Salter v. State, 906 N.E.2d 212 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009).
Salter split the appellate panel with the majority asserting the Legislature has made no distinction between Indiana’s age of consent at 16 years of age and dissemination of harmful material.
According to the majority’s opinion in Salter, “the Indiana legislature has made an implied policy choice that in-person viewing of another person’s genitals is ‘suitable matter’ for a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old child. … [I]f such images are harmful to sixteen- and seventeen-year-old children, then why would our legislature allow those children to view the same matter in-person, in the course of sexual activity?â€
Judge Nancy Vaidik, now chief judge, dissented, in Salter. She argued even though the Legislature has not criminalized sex between adults and 16- and 17-year-olds, that does not mean that sending sexually suggestive pictures to a minor is suitable.
In State of Indiana v. Sameer Girish Thakar, 29A02-1606-CR-1265, the Court of Appeals was not swayed by the dissent in Salter.
The unanimous appellate panel noted the state made no attempt to show that Thakar is different from Salter. Instead, the state contended it is logical to distinguish between an adult have sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old and an adult sending suggestive material to a 16-year-old.
The Court of Appeals disagreed and, again, pointed to the inaction by the Legislature to make any distinction.
“Regardless of whether the legislature could choose to make such a distinction as the State claims should exist, the fact remains, that it did not expressly do so. And without clearly stating such a distinction, we believe the dissemination of harmful matter statute is vague, ambiguous, and must be construed against the State,†Judge Michael Barnes wrote. “Without some clear statement by the legislature to the contrary, we conclude reasonable persons would find it confusing for the State to permit actual sexual activity between adults and sixteen year olds while criminalizing the transmission of sexual images from an adult to a sixteen-year-old.â€
