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Strong defensive effort lifts Eagles past Jewell, Stein to 300th win

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball Head Coach Rick Stein earned his 300th career win Thursday evening as the Screaming Eagles defeated William Jewell College, 57-39, in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest at the Physical Activities Center.

 

The Screaming Eagles (11-2, 3-0 GLVC) used a stifling defensive effort in the opening period as they built a comfortable 30-13 halftime deficit.

 

USI held the Cardinals without a field goal for nearly eight minutes to open the game as it jumped out to a 12-1 advantage. The Eagles held William Jewell to just 14.3 percent (2-14) shooting in the first quarter as they ended the period with a 16-6 advantage.

 

The Eagles went on an 11-0 run in the second period to build a commanding 30-8 lead before the Cardinals could get anything going.

 

William Jewell (5-6, 2-2 GLVC) scored the final five minutes of the half; then put up the first three points of the third quarter to cut USI’s lead to 14 points. USI, however, answered as junior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois) scored five straight points to put momentum back into the Eagles’ corner.

 

USI essentially ended any chance of a William Jewell comeback later in the quarter as the Eagles scored nine straight points to build a 44-20 lead with just under three minutes to play in the frame.

 

Grooms, who had five of USI’s nine points in the run, led the Eagles with a game-high 15 points, four assists, and three steals, while senior guard Tanner Marcum (New Albany, Indiana) added 11 points and five rebounds. Marcum had seven of USI’s first nine points in the contest.

 

Both teams struggled to take care of the ball as each finished with 22 turnovers. USI, however, had a 44-34 edge on the glass, led by junior forward Morgan Dahlstrom (Grayslake, Illinois), who finished with eight points and a team-best 11 rebounds.

 

Senior guard Maddie Nelson, who eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in her career, paced the Cardinals with 13 points and 10 rebounds. William Jewell shot just 23.5 percent (12-51) from the field and was 2-of-22 (.091) from three-point range.

 

USI returns to action Saturday at 1 p.m. when it hosts Rockhurst University at the PAC. The Hawks (8-3, 3-1 GLVC) suffered an 81-75 setback to No. 4 Bellarmine University Thursday evening in Louisville, Kentucky.

 

Eagles pull away from Cardinals to win 88-71

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team restarted Great Lakes Valley Conference play with an 88-71 victory over William Jewell College Thursday evening at the Physical Activities Center. USI sees its record go to 13-0 overall for the third time in the history of the program and 3-0 in the GLVC, while William Jewell is 3-8, 0-4 GLVC.

The victory also was the 100th career victory at the Physical Activities Center for Head Coach Rodney Watson. Watson, who was named the Division II Bulletin Coach of the Month for December, has an overall career record of 171-49 (.777), 92-37 in the GLVC (.752).

The Screaming Eagles struggled to get a bucket in the first three minutes of the game, trailing early, 2-0 and 4-2, to the Cardinals before taking the lead for good on a 12-1 run to make the score, 14-5, with 13:31 left in the opening half. USI would push the lead to its largest of the first 20 minutes, 11 points, with an 8-0 burst to get the score to 27-16.

William Jewell, however, ignited for a run of its own to cut the USI margin to five points twice before the Eagles took a 45-37 lead into the intermission. Senior guard Jeril Taylor (Louisville, Kentucky) paced the Eagles during the first half with 15 points.

In the second half, USI began to pull away from William Jewell, using at 17-2 run midway through the period to extend its halftime lead to 22 points, 78-56, with 5:49 to play. Senior guard Cortez Macklin (Louisville, Kentucky) exploded in the second half to lead the Eagles’ run, hitting three three-point bombs and scoring all 12 of his points during the final 20 minutes.

The Eagles would go on to lead by as many as 24 points, 85-61, with 3:25 remaining and cruised to the 88-71 final.

Individually, Taylor would lead three Eagles in double-digits with 17 points, while sophomore guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) and Macklin followed with 13 points and 12 points, respectively.

USI concludes its three-game homestand Saturday at 3:15 p.m. when it welcomes Rockhurst University to the PAC. The USI-Rockhurst game Saturday is the annual Varsity Club/Alumni Association Soup & Hot Dog Dinner.

Rockhurst saw its record go to 7-4 overall, 1-2 in the GLVC, after losing, 80-71, at Bellarmine University tonight in Louisville, Kentucky. The loss snapped the Hawk’s four-game winning streak.

The Eagles are 16-1 all-time against Rockurst and have won the last 13-straight contests with the Hawks. USI, which is 7-0 versus the Hawks at the PAC, posted a 79-71 road victory last year behind the 19-point, eight-rebound effort of George Edwards.

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Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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PELATH ON HOLCOMB’S AGENDA: WELCOME TO THE ERA OF TAX AND SPEND REPUBLICANS

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PELATH ON HOLCOMB’S AGENDA: WELCOME TO THE ERA OF TAX AND SPEND REPUBLICANS

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana House Democratic Leader Scott Pelath from Michigan City today issued the following statement after Gov.-elect  Eric Holcomb announced his agenda for the 2017 session of  the Indiana General Assembly:

“At first glance, I must say this proposal contains a lot of taxing and spending. If this program had been announced by a Democratic  governor, I suspect the Republicans in the House and Senate  already would have sharpened their pitchforks and made plans to storm the battlements.

“But the unique dilemma facing our next governor and his party will be to  reach a medium between an honestly-held desire to improve  many areas in our state against a steadfast party dogma that  taxes cannot be raised and government spending is bad. Already I have seen the usual complaints about  state lawmakers living up to the pledges they signed so many years ago. Many will find that a commitment made when you  weren’t in charge of government can take a whole new light when you run the show.

“I cannot deny that there are many things here that are worthy of bipartisan support. Indiana House Democrats do recognize the need to  improve our infrastructure, and it has been good to see a  general recognition that taxes collected on the sale of gasoline should go toward improving our roads.

“We will need to hear more about this impressive array of tax increases that are being discussed here. Merely calling them user fees will not remove the stigma that comes with asking people to pay  more than they have in the past.

“And while I applaud the commitment to expansion of pre-K, I find this program  distressingly vague on ways to improve the ongoing troubles facing our state’s public schools. Thanks in large part to previous administrations’ hyper-salivation over charters and vouchers and the like, the schools that carry most of the heavy lifting for educating Hoosier children are having to do more with less state support. We need to listen to them more closely.

“Now that we are figuring out the parameters of debate for the 2017 session,  Indiana House Democrats stand ready to offer their services to help these warring factions within the Republican  majorities find an answer to their dilemma. Our role will be to make sure that the voices of those who feel  they are ignored by government can be heard.”

IS IT TRUE JANUARY 6, 2017

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IS IT TRUE that it is time to batten down the hatches and set in for a stretch of extreme cold with a chance of snow?…while our children seem to enjoy the snow, adults are annoyed at best by the white powder if there is a bit of driving involved in their day to day lives?…another thing that comes with extreme cold in the City of Evansville is frozen water pipes in crawl spaces that disrupt the home fires but more importantly the aging infrastructure that delivers water to our homes also tend to burst causing giant pot holes and disrupting traffic?…it would be nice to see a plan from the City of Evansville to replace the old dilapidated water lines in favor of newer ones that won’t break when winter hits or make our water brown from rust and awful tasting?…if the truth be told, the people of Evansville by proxy are approving of our elected officials obsession with glamour projects instead of necessary ones?

IS IT TRUE the word on the street is that the young man who was found dead at Central High School yesterday may well have been dealing with bullying?…bullying is a recurring problem in many high schools and the schools of the EVSC are no exception?…we reassert our compassion for the students of Central and the family and friends of this young man?…if bullying did indeed play a part in this death, we hope that the bullies are punished for their actions?

IS IT TRUE the Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives had publicly stated that a long-term road and bridge funding plan unveiled Wednesday morning will help put Hoosiers to work?…investments in infrastructure creates jobs both in and outside of the direct construction jobs that are temporarily put in place to complete the work?…in a manufacturing-heavy state, where people travel in cars to work because trains and bikes are seldom an option, having well maintained roads are vital to the economy?… the plan calls for the average Hoosier would pay $5 more per month than they do right now, and that in our way of thinking is a bargain?…the Evansville City Council and the Vanderburgh County Council and Commissioners could take a lesson in maintenance from the Speaker of the House?

IS IT TRUE the 2016 Federal Register’s record-setting page count ends at 97,110 pages?…in 2016, more than 15,000 pages above the previous record were adopted which exceeds the previous record of 82,000 pages set in 2010?…the difference is more than 19 percent, which is no small feat for a document that has been published since 1936?…in percentage terms, this new record exceeds the difference between Babe Ruth (714) and Henry Aaron’s (755) home run totals by more than a factor of three?…Aaron would have needed to hit at least 850 home runs to beat Ruth’s record by the same margin as this year’s Federal Register beat 2010’s record?…Regulatory agencies issued 3,853 regulations, more than a 13 percent increase over last year, and the highest total since 2005?…if we really want to examine why in the daylights it takes twice as long and cost four times as much to build new infrastructure we need look no further than the cage of the regulatory beast which seems to have paralyzed our country for many years?

FOOTNOTE: “READERS POLL” question is: Do you feel that local Attorney Scott Dank’s can make the Vanderburgh County Demo Party competitive once again?

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Judge Blocks Indiana’s Attempt To Limit Birth Certificate Ruling

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Judge Blocks Indiana’s Attempt To Limit Birth Certificate Ruling

Marilyn Odendahl for www.the indianalawyer.com

Indiana’s motion to alter the judgment allowing both females in a same-sex marriage to be listed on their child’s birth certificate was met with a sharp caution from the bench about re-litigating or attempting to limit the court’s order.

Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, issued a ruling Dec. 30 granting in part and denying in part the state’s motion to alter or amend judgment in Ashlee Henderson and Ruby Henderson, et al. v Dr. Jerome Adams, et al., 1:15-cv-00220.

The Hendersons and seven other female, same-sex married couples and their children had filed a complaint against the state because the birth certificates only listed the birth mother as a parent.

Finding that Indiana was discriminating against these women and violating the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses, the court entered a permanent injunction preventing the state from withholding the presumption of parenthood to female, same-sex spouses of birth mothers.

The state responded to the June 2016 ruling with a motion asking the court to modify and clarify the declaratory judgment and permanent injunction.

In particular, it requested the court remove its order barring the state from enforcing the “born in wedlock” and “born out of wedlock” statutes. Indiana argued the plaintiffs lack standing because the law only applies to adoption proceedings.

However, the court provided a reminder that the state’s Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 59(e) motion is not an opportunity to re-litigate motions.

Pratt wrote, “Because the State Defendant has failed to point out a manifest error of law or fact and seems to simply relitigate its argument from its summary judgment reply brief, the Court DENIES the Motion to Amend Judgment regarding the request to remove any declaration or injunction directed at Indiana Code 31-9-2-15 and 31-9-2-16.”

Again, the court fired back when the state asked for clarification of whether the permanent injunction applied only to wives of birth mothers who conceived through artificial insemination by an anonymous donor.

The court noted that nowhere in its order were “anonymous donors” discussed or considered.

“The Order means what it says and says what it means,” Pratt wrote. “It applies to female, same-sex spouses of birth mothers and children born to a birth mother who is married to a same-sex spouse. It does not apply additional limitations as the State Defendant questions.”

Link To Vanderburgh County Food Inspection Reports

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7th Circuit Affirms Indiana’s Ban On Robocalls

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7th Circuit Affirms Indiana’s Ban On Robocalls

Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com

A political organization that argued Indiana’s ban on telephone robocalls disfavored political speech and was content discrimination got a terse reply from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday.

“We don’t get it,” Circuit Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote in Patriotic Veterans, Inc. v. Greg Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, 16-2059. “Nothing in the statute … disfavors political speech. The statute as a whole disfavors cold calls (that is, calls to strangers), but if a recipient has authorized robocalls then the nature of the message is irrelevant.”

Bans on computer-assisted robocalls that deliver recorded messages have been sustained in two circuits. But Patriotic Veterans sued to block I.C. §24-5-14-5 after South Carolina’s law was overturned and after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down an Arizona town ordinance regulating the content of signs in Reed v. Gilbert, 135 S. Ct 2218 (2015).

But Easterbrook wrote that Indiana’s law bans robocalls not on the basis of content, but requires the consent of the person being called to use the technology.

“No one can deny the legitimacy of the state’s goal: Preventing the phone (at home or in one’s pocket) from frequently ringing with unwanted calls. Every call uses some of the phone owner’s time and mental energy, both of which are precious,” Easterbrook wrote.

“Preventing automated messages to persons who don’t want their peace and quiet disturbed is a valid time, place, and manner restriction.”

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