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Join us virtually for the 5th Annual Bolt for the Heart Family 5k Run/ Walk; Proceeds buy AEDs for ISP patrol cars

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Last year, Bolt for the Heart (BFTH) teamed up with the Indiana State Police to promote and participate in the Thanksgiving Day 5K Run/Walk to raise money to equip ISP patrol cars with lifesaving AED’s. The event, held in Carmel Indiana, raised enough money to purchase 55 AED’s which were placed in ISP cars that patrol Indiana’s more rural counties. Since that time, BFTH has worked with another contributing partner, IU Health, who donated funding to purchase an additional 15 AED’S.

New for this year, BFTH is offering everyone to participate in a virtual race that can be completed anywhere and on your time schedule. Visit website here: http://boltfortheheart.com/events/virtual-race-5k/. Like the event held in Carmel on Thanksgiving Day, all proceeds go to purchasing AED’s.

Racing begins November 1st and runs through the end of December. Entries are $20.00 and include a 2016 Custom Finisher Medal and Commemorative Race Bib.

When you finish, send BFTH a photo or two with your finish time and use the hashtag #LetsBolt on your social media posts.

“We, as a department, have been blessed by the caring generosity of the Bolt for the Heart organization and their stated goal of ensuring each and every state police road patrol commission is equipped with an AED,” stated Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter.  “Now, with the Virtual Run, we have the opportunity to show our gratitude by encouraging friends, family, co-workers and other Public Safety professionals in our communities to commit to participating in the 2016 BFTH 5K walk/run anytime during the month of November and December.”

AEDs are predominately used on patients who suffer sudden cardiac arrest. Among the successes of AED use in the state of Indiana is Danny Rhoad, a 13-year-old Westfield boy whose life was saved by an AED that was stationed at Grand Park in May. He was playing baseball when a ball struck him in the chest. Coaches ran to a concession stand, which had an AED, and used the defibrillator to restore Rhoad’s heartbeat.

“Three other instances in which an AED was applied were administered by an Indiana state police officer, and two of the patients were successfully resuscitated,” said Pierre Twer, president of Bolt for the Heart. “In these three examples, the heart was stopped. In two of these examples, these people have gone on to live meaningful lives. And that’s because of AED’s being available to troopers. That’s why this is so valuable and important to us.”

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Adopt A Pet

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Pecan is a male Dutch rabbit. He’s a year & a half old. Pecan is already neutered & ready to go home today! His $30 adoption fee includes a cardboard carrier to get him home. Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or www.vhslifesaver.org for adoption details!

 

Dr. Terrance Roberts to Speak at EVSC Middle Schools

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Wednesday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.
Thompkins Middle School
 
Thursday, Nov. 3, 1:30 p.m.
Washington Middle School
Dr. Terrance Roberts, one of the Little Rock 9, will speak to students at Thompkins and Washington middle schools this week. The Little Rock 9 were the first group of African American students to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957. In 1999, he and the others were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton.
Dr. Roberts will speak at Thompkins Middle School on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 9 a.m. Following his presentation, he will meet with a group of students for questions and answers. He will speak at Washington Middle School on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 1:30 p.m. At 1 p.m., Thursday he will meet with a smaller group of students.
Dr. Robert’s visit is sponsored by CYP

Highland Teacher Named EVSC’s November Cause for Applause Recipient

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Rodney Walker, teacher at Highland Elementary School, was awarded the EVSC’s Cause for Applause award for November. The award seeks to recognize individuals who go above and beyond their normal job responsibilities.

Walker was nominated for the monthly award by fellow teachers Barb Lynn and Becky Ulrich. In their nomination letter, Lynn and Ulrich said Walker “has a heart of gold,” consistently working to make a difference for students at Highland and in the entire Central High School district.

Lynn and Ulrich site many examples of Walkers generosity, including purchasing shoes and supplies for the school’s basketball team, mentoring high school students, providing rides to doctor’s appointments, donating furniture and other items for graduating seniors and much more. “Truly, this individual works tirelessly for the good of others,” wrote Lynn and Ulrich. “We happily put our hands together to celebrate his work and commitment to students.”

Anyone can nominate an employee of the EVSC for the award. Deadline for nominations is the third Friday of each month. To nominate an EVSC employee, go to www.evscschools.com and click on About Us and see Cause for Applause under Community. Paper forms are available at the schools for those without access to the Internet.

Casse’s stable rolls into Breeders’ Cup with Tepin, horses for each juvenile race

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Trainer Mark Casse has his finest assembly of horses for the Breeders’ Cup this year, even if you didn’t count his champion mare Tepin, the international star who Saturday at Santa Anita Park shoots to repeat last year’s Mile victory

Casse, who after a hiatus of two decades resumed having a strong Kentucky presence several years ago, earned his first and second career Breeders’ Cup victories last year at Keeneland, with Catch a Glimpse taking the Juvenile Fillies Turf the day before Tepin’s big triumph over males. That ended an 0-for-23 record in the event dating to his first starter in 1994, after which he never ran another horse in the Breeders’ Cup until 2006. 

But the past several years, Casse has developed one of the strongest stables in North America, including his long-time Canadian base and now in Kentucky, New York and Florida.

Casse, coming off his third Keeneland training crown, is running seven horses in the Breeders’ Cup’s 13 races spread over Friday and Saturday. That includes Catch a Glimpse running in Saturday’s $2 million Filly & Mare Turf as she seeks to rebound from a drubbing in Keeneland’s Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1). He’s also the only trainer to have a horse in all four 2-year-old races.

“And all of them have legitimate chances,” he said of his juvenile contenders after Monday’s post-position draw.

Tepin, who drew post-position 8 for the Mile, lost for the first time in nine races when a late-running second to front-running Photo Call in Keeneland’s Grade 1 First Lady on Oct. 8. That ended a streak that included her historic win over males in Royal Ascot’s Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes and the Woodbine Million in addition to the Breeders’ Cup.

Casse has the talented duo of John Oxley’s La Coronel (impressive winner of Keeneland’s Grade 3 Jessamine) and Live Oak Plantation’s Victory to Victory (Woodbine’s Natalma winner) in Friday’s $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf, as well as Gary Barber’s Keep Quiet (Grade 3 Bourbon victor) in the $1 million Juvenile Turf. He comes back Saturday with Keeneland’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity victor Classic Empire in the $2 million Juvenile and Stonestreet Stables Valadorna, a six-length maiden winner at Keeneland, in the $2 million Juvenile Fillies.

La Coronel drew post 14 in the Juvenile Fillies Turf’s capacity field. It was the same post that the Casse-trained My Conquestadory had three years ago at Santa Anita when finishing fourth after a tough trip.

“She kind of lays just off the pace away,” Casse said of La Coronel. “Hopefully we can get over a little bit into the first turn. But you know what? She’s a really good horse, so she could possibly overcome it.

“… If you said to me, ‘Who could take the worst draw and get the job done?’ it would have been La Colonel. It hurts, but it’s not the end of the world. We run some horses I think have to have the perfect trip to be successful. She’s a pretty darn good horse.”

Florent Geroux, who is having a career season after relocating to Kentucky from Chicago, was given his choice between La Coronel and Victory to Victory and opted for La Coronel.

“I called him (Sunday) night and said, ‘OK, it’s time,’” Casse said of his decision. “Because he had asked me, and I said, ‘I don’t know, I don’t know. You’ve got to make the call.’ He had ridden La Coronel; she broke her maiden at Saratoga before he rode Victory Victory, and he said to Mr. Oxley, ‘We’re going to win the Breeders’ Cup with this one.’ So I think that might have been one of the determining factors.

“… I thought we got some good posts with horses who needed good posts. I think Keep Quiet (post 2) needs the perfect trip to be competitive, and he got a great post. Victory to Victory, she’s a nice horse and she drew a nice post in 5. All in all it was great. Tepin was perfect.”

Casse believes Tepin simply prefers training at Churchill Downs to Saratoga, where she was much of the summer and into the fall.

“The difference watching Tepin train at Saratoga and Churchill was unbelievable,” he said. “Maybe that was my mistake. Maybe we should have gone back to Kentucky. The problem with Kentucky is that it’s very warm. I just heard the forecast, and hopefully it’s not quite so hot” at Santa Anita.

Tepin is the Mile’s 3-1 favorite over the British gelding Limato (7-2) and the Irish 3-year-old filly Alice Springs (4-1). The field of 14 includes six horses from Keeneland’s Shadwell, including the victorious Miss Temple City, who won two Grade 1 races at Keeneland going against boys rather than taking on Tepin. A horse like What a View, a Grade 1 winner who is 5 for 5 at Santa Anita, finished eighth in the Shadwell but lost by a total of only 3 1/4 lengths. Photo Call, who upset Tepin in the First Lady, also is in the Mile.

“It seems to me this was one heck of a mile,” Casse said. “Of course whenever you’re in it you think it’s pretty tough. But I think this is an exceptional Mile. She’s doing extremely well, and we should have no excuses.”

Casse and owner Gary Barber are hoping that Catch a Glimpse, who beat males in taking the Grade 3 Penn Mile, simply did not handle the turf at Keeneland when fading to seventh in the QEII for 3-year-old fillies.

“The game plan — and it will be pretty much the same thing this time — was to make no mistake who was going to be on the lead,” Casse said. “And I told Florent that. I said, ‘There’s some speed in there. I want you to come away from there and show everybody we mean to be on the lead.’ … But our filly didn’t come out running at all.”

Catch a Glimpse, who won a pair of Grade 3 stakes at Keeneland and Churchill in the spring, already had a free entry into the Breeders’ Cup by virtue of taking the Belmont Oaks. Casse said Barber told him, “I think she’ll like Santa Anita. But it’s up to you. If you tell me she isn’t herself, that’s good enough and we’ll send her home.”

Continued Casse, “And after two weeks, I couldn’t tell him that. I said, ‘Gary, I can’t tell you this filly isn’t training really well.’ And that’s why we’re here.”

Classic Empire is the 4-1 second choice in the 1 1/16-mile Sentient Jet Juvenile, in which Churchill Downs’ Grade 3 Iroquois winner Not This Time is the 7-2 favorite (a huge plug for Ellis Park, where Not This Time won a maiden race by 10 lengths). 

The 2-year-old Classic Empire is 3 for 3 in races where he made it through the race, including taking Churchill Downs’ Grade 3 Bashford Manor in his second start. The $475,000 Keeneland yearling was favored in Saratoga’s prestigious Hopeful Stakes but wheeled at the start, losing jockey Irad Ortiz. A month later — and with blinkers added — he made amends by winning Keeneland’s 1 1/16-mile Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) by three lengths over fellow Juvenile contender Lookin At Lee. It was a huge performance in his first start around two turns and for all intents and purposes his first farther than the Bashford Manor’s six furlongs and off what amounted to three months between starts.

“Never batted an eye,” Casse said. “That just shows how good he is. The blinkers just maybe make him not see too much. He is so smart that he sees a lot of things. But I can tell you one thing, he’s a focused horse.”

Julien Leparoux, who is 3 for 3 on Classic Empire but was sidelined by injury for the Hopeful, is back in the saddle.

“Perfect draw,” Casse said. “It’s a good race. He’s going to be very tough, but it’s a tough race. Our horse has trained really well. He’s definitely one of the horses to beat. Valadorna, my take on it is the filly division is not as tough as the colt division. On that Saturday, when they ran the Alcibiades and the Frizette, I thought our filly (winning a Keeneland maiden race) was as impressive as either one of those other winners. I’m just glad we’re in there.”

The odds agree that Valadorna fits. She’s the 5-1 second choice behind Santa Anita’s Chandelier (G1) winner Noted and Quoted, the favorite at a fat 9-2.

ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER AWARDED ADVANCED CERTIFICATION FOR PRIMARY STROKE CENTERS 

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St. Mary’s Medical Center announced that it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. The Gold Seal of Approval® and the Heart-Check mark represent symbols of quality from their respective organizations. St. Mary’s is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system

St. Mary’s underwent a rigorous onsite review in August. Joint Commission experts evaluated compliance with stroke-related standards and requirements, including program management, the delivery of clinical care and performance improvement.

“St. Mary’s has thoroughly demonstrated the greatest level of commitment to the care of stroke patients through its Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers,” said Wendi J. Roberts, RN, executive director, Certification Programs, The Joint Commission. “We commend them for becoming a leader in stroke care, potentially providing a higher standard of service for stroke patients in its community.”

“We congratulate St. Mary’s for achieving this designation,” said Nancy Brown, chief executive officer, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. “By adhering to this very specific set of treatment guidelines St. Mary’s has clearly made it a priority to deliver high quality care to all patients affected by stroke.”

“St. Mary’s is pleased to receive advanced certification from The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association,” said Dr. Allison Weaver, Neurologist and Stroke Medical Director at St. Mary’s. “The certification provides us with the opportunity to highlight the exceptional stroke care we provide as well as to continually strive to advance our care even further.”

Established in 2003, Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers is awarded for a two-year period to Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospitals. The certification was derived from the Brain Attack Coalition’s “Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers” (JAMA, 2000) and the “Revised and Updated Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers” (Stroke, 2011).

Stroke is the number four cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies of a stroke every four minutes; and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.

WINNERS OF THE AUTUMN BARN FARMS POPCORN OCTOBER 1- 30 BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY DRAWING

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City-County Observer is proud to advertise all veteran-owned businesses, but we are particularly pleased to announce that Autumn Barn Farms Popcorn will be awarding tins each month to lucky winners chosen randomly from those whose birthdays appear on our site for each month. Please send in names and birthdays of your friends and family members, so they can have a chance to win. Winners will receive a half gallon tin valued at $10, that can be refilled for $7. We will award 15 tins for the month.

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USI Volleyball begins five-match road trip to end regular season

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University of Southern Indiana Volleyball begins a five-match Great Lakes Valley Conference road trip to end the 2016 regular season Friday at 7 p.m. when it visits the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

 

The Screaming Eagles (9-16, 3-10 GLVC), who have lost five straight and seven of their last eight, also visit Maryville University Saturday at 3 p.m. in St. Louis.

 

USI concludes the regular season with trips to GLVC East Division foes Bellarmine University, November 8 at 6 p.m. (CST) in Louisville, Kentucky; the University of Illinois Springfield, November 11 at 7 p.m. in Springfield, Illinois; and McKendree University, November 12 at 5 p.m. in Lebanon, Illinois.

 

Live stats as well as GLVC Sports Network coverage for all five matches can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.

 

USI Volleyball Notes

 

Farrell ties USI record. Junior libero Shannon Farrell tied Amber Gogel’s nine-year old single-match school record for digs this past Friday when she racked up 37 in USI’s four-set loss versus Missouri S&T. Farrell, who averaged 7.86 digs per set last weekend, had 21 of those 37 digs in the fourth set.

 

Gogel originally set the USI single-match record when she racked up 37 digs in a four-set win over Quincy University September 7, 2007, back when sets were played to 30, not 25.

 

Farrell about to move up USI record book, again. Farrell needs just four digs to move past Jamie Roth (1994-97) for fourth all-time at USI. Farrell enters the weekend with 1,258 career digs, including 467 this season. She needs just 33 digs to become the first player in program history to reach 500 digs in back-to-back seasons.

 

Zwissler in the record books. Senior middle/outside hitter Amy Zwissler (Bloomington, Illinois) ranks seventh all-time at USI with 252 career block assists and is sixth in total blocks (282) since 2000. Zwissler needs just two block assists to match Laura Ellerbusch (2002-05) for sixth all-time, and three blocks to tie Margaret Buschman (2005-08) for fifth in total blocks.

 

Shoultz in the record books. Senior setter Quin Shoultz (Columbus, Indiana) moved past Michelle Weesies (1991-93) for sixth all-time at USI in career assists this past Saturday. Shoultz now has 2,162 career assists during her three seasons at USI.

 

GLVC Tournament picture. With five matches remaining in the regular season, an 18th straight trip to the GLVC Tournament is beginning to look like a long shot for USI. The Eagles are four games behind the eighth and final spot in the GLVC Tournament field.

 

Indiana Tech Law School dean argued for more time

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Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianalawyer.com

The decision by the Indiana Tech board of trustees to close the university’s law school came after law school dean Charles Cercone repeatedly argued the institution could become viable if it remained open.

“I was trying to get more time,” he said. “But given the board and the information they had in front of them, it just wasn’t an easy pitch.”

Cercone said the board voted Oct. 23 to close the school but held off on announcing the decision because Indiana Tech President Arthur Snyder wouldn’t be available for comment until this week. Indiana Tech released a statement Monday morning announcing the law school’s closure.

Now the law school has 30 days to develop and submit a plan for closing to the American Bar Association as required by Rule 34 of the ABA Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools.

The dean said his goal is to make sure the current students are able to transfer to other law schools where they can continue their legal education and ultimately be able to practice law. He has reached out to law school deans in Ohio and Indiana and, he said, has gotten a good reception.

“I think both the ABA and the other deans want to do the best they can for our students,” Cercone said.

Jon Olinger, a member of the law school’s charter class, said he was saddened by the decision to close but that he was most concerned about the faculty.

“The students will land on their feet,” Olinger said, noting the third-year class will be able to graduate and sit for the bar exam while the first- and second-year classes will be able to transfer. But the faculty and staff are getting hit hard because many had uprooted their lives, sold their homes and moved to Fort Wayne to teach at the law school.

Of the university administration, Olinger said “They need to be ashamed of themselves.” He said this is a “total lack of consideration for the lives of the staff and faculty.”

According to Indiana Tech Law School’s website, of the 12 listed as faculty members, five were hired in 2015, including Cercone, and two were more came in 2016. Two law school faculty members reached this morning declined to comment. Others did not return messages.

Cercone said the board of trustees had been in “really serious discussion” about the fate of the law school since late September or early October.  Indiana Tech stated it decided to close because of financial constraints. The university had already incurred a loss of nearly $20 million in operating the law school and believed that for the foreseeable future, the deficit would continue growing.

“Our law school faculty and staff have made commendable efforts in serving our students,” Snyder said in a press release. “Despite their many positive achievements, we have not seen enough of a corresponding increase in demand by prospective students to enable the school to continue in operation.”

Cercone acknowledged the market is “exceptionally difficult” and there are many unknowns as to how the legal job market will change.  In addition, he noted while the faculty is committed to maintaining student quality and not accepting applicants who earn a lower LSAT score, the competition for these students is fierce among other law schools.

Still, he tried to make the case that if Indiana Tech Law School had more time to tout its curriculum and faculty, as well as post better bar exam passage rates, that would have increased student enrollment.

Cercone was confident that law school would have gotten full accreditation and bar results from subsequent graduating classes would have improved.  He said the institution has raised its admission standards and made its curriculum more rigorous.

The law school suffered a major blow this fall when only three of the 13 graduates who took the July bar exam passed. Cercone does not believe the low passage rate caused the board of trustees to pull its support.

“I don’t think, in the long run, the bar results were a determining factor in the board’s decision,” Cercone said. “I think it was much more where is the legal market trending, especially for quality students.”

Olinger does not agree. He called the university’s statement that it was pulling the plug because of finances a “garbage excuse.” He contended the bulk of the $20 million loss came from construction costs to build the law school and, echoing Cercone, given more time, the law school would have been successful.

“This isn’t something that happens on a whim,” he said of the decision to close. “They’ve been planning this for a while.”

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