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RAFFI’S OASIS CAFE THE HOME OF MOUTH WATERING GYROS AND LAMB

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RAFFI’S OASIS CAFE THE HOME OF MOUTH WATERING CRAB CAKES AND GRILL COOKED  GYRO

Raffi’s Oasis Café, located at 5702 E Virginia St, Evansville, IN 47715 is a little gem. It is a locally owned Mediterranean Grille on the East side located between Burkhardt and Green River. Oasis has a small but fanciful dining room. All the tables are clean and decorated. The fountain drink station is also very clean and the restrooms were nearly spotless which spoke volumes toward Raffi’s care and cleanliness.

Eye-stimulating artwork lines the walls, along with statues and other Mediterranean décor throughout. It’s a very casual restaurant with a laid-back feeling with two flat screen televisions constantly playing news at a low, comfortable volume.

When we ordered at the counter the order taker was very friendly, and even helped us to decide which entrées to order. We asked her what she liked the most, and she said that everything is good. “Typical of most restaurants,” I thought, but I very quickly realized that she wasn’t exaggerating.

The crab cakes are absolutely mouth-watering. I could have eaten the crab cakes as my entire meal, but I wanted to try several flavors. Next, I tried the deep fried and breaded chickpeas falafel served with a salad dressing for dipping, and was equally impressed. The tabbouleh salad made with chopped parsley, tomatoes, onions, peppers and cracked wheat had a peculiar texture but had a very eclectic taste. It had an interesting but zesty flavor, and it is excellent for your health.

The lamb shawarma was amazing, absolutely amazing. It was served in a grill-cooked gyro with an incredible mixture of shaved, roasted lamb, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickle, and a savory cream sauce that accented each ingredient which caused the whole meal to burst with flavor. A small salad was served with the shawarma and helped to clear the palate between bites so that every bite was like tasting this delectable dish for the first time.

As we enjoyed one of the best meals we have ever had from a restaurant in Evansville, Raffi Manna approached our table and asked how everything tasted. We told him that it was absolutely amazing. Raffi was very presentable and professional. We asked him some questions about his restaurant, the food, and operations. He was happy to answer every question we had, and he explained to us that all of the food can be found in and around The Holy Land, including Jerusalem, and Bethlehem, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, and that there are also some Arabian dishes.

He also said that all of the food is healthy, and that he cooks it all himself. That’s right, all of it. He does not have anyone do it for him, and he loves what he does and the business he’s in. Raffi stated that he received his civil engineering degree from Vanderbilt in Nashville, and that he has been a business owner/operator for 30 years, and his experience seems to shine in all that he does.

I now have a new favorite restaurant. There were so many amazing items to choose from, I will definitely be revisiting, and that will be very soon.

Man Dies After ATV Accident (Gibson County)  

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Indiana Conservation Officers responded to an ATV accident in Gibson County of an unresponsive male who later died of an apparent heart attack.

Virgil Hogan (63) of Owensville was found unresponsive by another ATV rider who immediately called 911.

Owensville Fire Department arrived on scene, started CPR and was able to get a pulse.  Hogan was then transported to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville where he passed away.

It is unknown whether the ATV accident occurred before or after the heart attack, but there is no evidence to believe the cause was a result of any other factors.

Injuries from the ATV accident itself were very minor in nature.

Responding agencies included Gibson County Sheriff’s Department, Owensville Fire Department, Gibson County EMS and Indiana Conservation Officers.

The accident occurred on private property off of County Road 300 South at approximately 12:50 pm on Sunday November 6th 2016.

St. Mary’s Hospital for Women & Children Birth Records

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Carrie and Brandon Poag, Wadesville, Ind., sons, Mason William, and Caiden Henry, Oct. 27

Amelia and Michael Robb, Evansville, son, Zayden James, Oct. 30

Julie and Travis Donberger, Evansville, daughter, Caroline Rose, Oct. 30

Sherie and Gabriel Cooley, Wadesville, Ind., son, Silas Francis, Oct. 31

Tiffany Martin and Kurt Pritchett, Princeton, Ind., son, Kawhi Edward Gregory, Oct. 31

Brattany Williamson and Matthew Hudson, Evansville, daughter, Alivia Marie, Oct. 31

Rebecca and Jeff Rhymer, Evansville, daughter, Olivia Kathryn, Nov. 1

Mallory and Jonathan Rietman, Evansville, daughter, Emme Louise, Nov. 1

Lindsay and Jason Halbig, Evansville, son, Wyatt Lee, Nov. 1

Ruth and Beau Raben, Mount Vernon, Ind., daughter, Paisley Ann, Nov. 1

Michaela Weber and Craig Taylor, Evansville, son, Bradley Gerald, Nov. 1

Brittany and Justin Strockbine, Mount Carmel, Ill., daughter, Scarlett Marie, Nov. 2

Amanda and Bradley Cadden, Evansville, son, Blaze Marcus, Nov. 2

Katherine and Matthew Potter, Evansville, son, Anderson Matthew, Nov. 2

Allysa and Scott Mills, Evansville, daughter, Bexley Katherine, Nov. 2

LeKeshia Baker and Normiko Givens, Evansville, son, Tristian Georgio, Nov. 2

Dana Gieselman and Lucious Wagner, Evansville, sons, Malik Dwayne, and Hakeem Mitchell, Nov. 2

Mary and Robert Albrecht, Richland, Ind., son, Colton Matthew, Nov. 3

Eagles tip-off regular season Friday

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball tips off the regular season Friday at 6 p.m. when it hosts NAIA foe Roosevelt University at the Physical Activities Center.

USI is coming off a 61-56 exhibition win over NCAA Division I opponent Butler University Sunday. Junior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois) scored a game-high 22 points, including 19 in the second half, while senior guard Tanner Marcum (New Albany, Indiana) had 17 points to go along with a game-high five assists and four steals.

Roosevelt, which hosts Ave Maria University Wednesday night, is off to a 1-0 start after defeating the University of Michigan-Dearborn, 60-58, Saturday. Junior guard Paige Gallimore led the Lakers with 25 points and 12 rebounds.

Friday’s game, which will be an exhibition for Roosevelt, will be aired on WSWI 95.7 FM; while live stats, audio and GLVC Sports Network coverage can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.

USI Women’s Basketball Notes

Eagles top D-I Butler in exhibition. USI Women’s Basketball defeated NCAA Division I foe Butler University, 61-56, in its only exhibition game of the preseason. Junior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms had a game-high 22 points, including 19 in the second half, as the Eagles claimed their first exhibition win since 2014.

USI earns third exhibition win over D-I foe. The Screaming Eagles’ 61-56 win over Butler marked the third time USI has defeated an NCAA Division I opponent in an exhibition game. USI defeated the University of Evansville, 76-72, in 2014 and had a 75-74 win over Morehead State University in 2006.

Marcum puts up big numbers in exhibition. Senior guard Tanner Marcum had 17 points to go along with a game-high five assists and four steals in USI’s win over Butler.

GLVC in exhibition games. The GLVC went 8-12 in exhibition games during the preseason, including 3-12 versus NCAA Division I opponents. In addition to USI’s win over Butler, Drury posted a 66-60 win over Illinois, while William Jewell notched a 69-66 victory over Western Illinois.

Familiar face. A familiar face will be in the PAC Friday when the Eagles host Roosevelt University in their regular-season opener. The Lakers are under the direction of former USI point guard Keisha (Collins) Newell. Newell averaged 11.2 points and 4.0 assists per game as a freshman in 2005-06 before transferring to Loyola-Chicago.

Season-Openers. USI is 22-19 all-time in season-openers, including 12-5 under Head Coach Rick Stein.

 

Eagles open ’16-17 regular season in conference challenge

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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball begins the 2016-17 regular season campaign Friday and Saturday in the GLVC/GLIAC Challenge at the University of Indianapolis. The Screaming Eagles tipoff the year against Lake Erie College Saturday at 4 p.m. (CST) (this is a new start time) and conclude the opening weekend versus Ashland University Sunday at 1:15 p.m. (CST) .

Game coverage for the challenge games, including live stats, video stream (Sunday only), and audio broadcasts, is available at GoUSIEagles.com. The games also can be heard on WEOA 98.5FM/1400AM and 95.7FM The Spin.

USI Men’s Basketball vs. GLVC/GLIAC Challenge Quick Notes: 

  • USI battles, but falls to Purdue in exhibition.The University of Southern Indiana battled Division I and nationally-ranked Purdue University, but lost 85-63. The Screaming Eagles were led by senior guards Bobo Drummond and Jeril Taylor, who had 17 points and 16 points, respectively.
  • GLVC prediction for 2016-17. USI is forecast to place fifth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division during 2016-17.
  • USI posts winning record for 24-straight years.USI finished 2016-17 with a 19-11 overall record, marking the 24th-straight that the Eagles have concluded a season with a winning record.
  • Since 1992-93.The Eagles are 589-165 since 1992-93, a .781 winning percentage.
  • USI’s record all around in 2015-16.USI finished the 2015-16 campaign with a 19-11 overall record, going  3-2 at neutral sites; 12-4 at the Physical Activities Center, and 4-5 on the road.
  • Top returning scorers from 2015-16.­Senior guard/forward Jeril Taylor is the Eagles top returning scorer from 2015-16 with 16.2 points per outing. Sophomore guard Alex Stein and senior guard Bobo Drummond round out the top three returning scorer with 14.2 and 13.2 points per game, respectively.
  • On the glass.Senior guard/forward Jeril Taylor led USI on the glass with 6.8 rebounds per game in 2015-16.
  • Experienced team in 2016-17.The Eagles are an experienced team in 2016-17 with seven returning players. These returning players comprised 63 percent of the Eagles offensive production in 2015-16.
  • Stein is GLVC co-Freshman of the Year.Sophomore guard Alex Stein was named the GLVC co-Freshman of the Year and had one of the best freshman seasons in the history of the USI program. Stein finished his first year by averaging 14.2 points per game (led the team in scoring six times), reached double-digits 24 times in 30 games (had a season-high 26 points versus Missouri University of Science & Technology), and dished out  2.7 assists per game.
  • Drummond named 2nd-Team All-GLVC.Senior guard Bobo Drummond was named second-team All-GLVC by the league’s coaches. Drummond was third on USI in scoring with 13.2 points per game (14.4 in GLVC action), while dishing a team-high 3.4 assists per contest.
  • Lake Erie vs. USI.The Eagles hold a 3-0 all-time series advantage with the Storm with Lake Erie College, including the last meeting won by USI, 90-89, on a last second three-pointer by Lawrence Thomas.
  • Ashland vs. USI. USI leads the all-time series with Ashland University, 19-13, but has not played the AU Eagles since they departed the GLVC in 1994-95. In 1994-95, USI swept Ashland (85-71 on the road; 86-75 at home) on its way to the 1995 NCAA Division II national championship.
  • USI vs. GLIAC All-time.The Eagles are 55-25 all-time against teams from the 15-team Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

 

Tax Court: Man Can Leave Estate To Non-Biological ‘Children’

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Tax Court: Man Can Leave Estate To Non-Biological ‘Children’

Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com

Although he had no biological children, an Illinois man who spent the latter part of his life in Indiana can legally leave his estate to a couple who he considered his children under the doctrine of an in loco parentis relationship, the Indiana Tax Court decided Monday.

When Orville Rauch died in October 2010, he left the majority of his estate to Robert and Claudia Wandless. Although the Wandlesses were not his biological children, Rauch had befriended them individually when they were children, and when the two got married and started a family, their children referred to Rauch as “grandpa.”

Throughout his life, Rauch, who never married and had no children, treated the Wandlesses as his children and provided for them financially in the same way he would have provided for biological children. They, in turn, cared for Rauch as a father figure until his death.

In September 2011, Rauch’s estate filed its inheritance tax return and reported that the Wandlesses were his children in loco parentis and, as a result, treated them as Class A transferees in computing the inheritance tax liability. The inheritance tax return was accepted by the probate court the same month.

However, the Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue filed a petition for rehearing in January 2012, asserting that Rauch’s estate had not shown that Orville took the place of the Wandlesses’ biological parents or that he had the rights, duties and responsibilities of a parent, as is required for an in loco parentis relationship. The couple should have been classified as Class C transferees, the department said, which meant the estate owed an additional $512,919.68 in inheritance tax, plus interest.

But the probate court denied the department’s petition in May 2012, writing that “Rauch considered himself in the role of the father to (Robert) and Claudia Wandless – and discharged a natural obligation above and beyond the duty of a parent by financially providing for (them), and leaving his legacy, farmland, to them as if they were his children whom would normally inherit the land.”

After a subsequent motion to correct error was denied, the department brought its argument before the Indiana Tax Court. But Judge Martha Blood Wentworth upheld the judgment of the probate court Monday, writing that an in loco parentis relationship is based on intent, not legalities.

Wentworth wrote that the Indiana Supreme Court had defined the test for in loco parentis relationships 150 years ago as “whether the circumstances, taken in the aggregate, amount to moral certainty that a testator considered himself in the place of the child’s father, and as meaning to discharge that natural obligation which it was the duty of a parent to perform.”

“The Court does not find a requirement that the natural parents be dead or that a testator must assume all the obligations and duties of a natural parent to have an in loco parentis relationship,” Wentworth wrote.

But the department further argued that Rauch’s relationship with the Wandlesses was that of a friend, a statement it evidenced by the fact that the couple never lived with Rauch as children and maintained close relationships with their parents even as they grew closer with Rauch.

Wentworth, however, said such an argument required the weighing of evidence, a role that falls to the probate court, not to her. Because the probate court had already established facts that evidenced Rauch’s intent to be a father figure to the couple, there was enough evidence to support the judgment in favor of the in loco parentis relationship, she said.

The case is Indiana Department of State Revenue, Inheritance Tax Division v. The Estate of Orville J. Rauch, 49T10-1207-TA-00038.

Adopt A Pet

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 Cuddles is a 1-year-old male Maine Coon mix! His name suits him, for he’s very affectionate. He wants to be with people at all times. His adoption fee is $18 thru 11/19 as part of the “Fantastic Cats” special! It includes his neuter, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or at www.vhslifesaver.org for adoption details!

USI to play Quincy in NCAA 1st round

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The fourth-seeded University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team takes on the fifth-seeded Quincy University in the first round of the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Friday at 7 p.m. at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. The USI (13-3-3)-Quincy University (12-5-2) winner advances to play top-seeded Rockhurst (16-2-2) for the right to advance to the round of 16.

The second half of the Midwest bracket includes second-seeded Tiffin University (14-4-2), third-seeded Saginaw Valley State University (15-4-1), and sixth-seeded Drury University (11-4-3). This half of the Midwest Regional is being played in Saginaw, Michigan.

Live coverage of USI’s run through the NCAA II post-season, including live statistics and video, can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.

Week 12 and NCAA II Tournament Notes: 

Eagles in the NCAA Tournament: USI is making its first visit to the NCAA Division II Tournament in 34 years, dating back to its 1982 match with Oakland City University at Strassweg Field. USI lost that match, 1-0.

Between the posts: Junior goalkeeper Adam Zehme (Orland Park, Illinois) leads the Eagles between the posts with a 13-3-3 mark and a 0.91 goals against average. Zehme has a career-best 13 wins, 69 saves, and seven shutouts this fall. He needs two victories to tie the USI single-season record for wins and two shutouts to move into fourth all-time.

Scoring leaders: USI freshman midfielder Sean Rickey (Columbia, Illinois) is USI’s active scoring leader with 19 points on six goals and a team-high seven assists. The Eagles may get their one-two punch of freshman forward Eric Ramirez (Vincennes, Indiana) and junior midfielder Kyle Richardville (Vincennes, Indiana) back for the NCAA II Tournament after missing the last few matches and the GLVC Tournament with injuries. Ramirez and Richardville had recorded 21 points (10 goals, one assist) and 19 points (seven goals, five assists), respectively, before suffering the injuries.

Ramirez having best freshman year:  Despite going down with a hamstring injury and missing the last match, freshman forward Eric Ramirez has had the best freshman season ever for a USI player, posting a team-high 21 points on 10 goals and one assist. Ramirez, who was named the GLVC Freshman of the Year, broke the freshman record of nine goals set by Eric Schoenstein in 1988.

USI’s All-GLVC performers: The Eagles had four players named All-GLVC with junior goalkeeper Adam Zehme and freshman forward Eric Ramirez being named to the first team, while junior midfielder Kyle Richardville and senior defender Michael Sass (New Palestine, Indiana) were named to the second team.

USI vs. Rockhurst: USI lost a heartbreaker to Rockhurst, 2-1, in overtime when the Hawks were ranked number one nationally back in October. The Eagles have a lot of ground to make up in the all-time series against Hawks, trailing17-1-3.

USI vs. Quincy: The Eagles trail the Hawks in the all-time series, 17-4-1, but have posted back-to-back wins over Quincy, winning 2-0 last fall at Strassweg Field and 2-1 this year in Quincy, Illinois.

 

 

EAGLES GOING TO NCAA II TOURNAMENT

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First Tournament Appearance Since 1982
For the first time in 34 years, the University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team has received a bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The 20th-ranked and fourth-seeded Screaming Eagles (13-3-2) will play fifth-seeded Quincy University (12-5-2) in the first round of the Midwest Regional Friday at 7 p.m. in Kansas City, Missouri.

The top half of the Midwest Regional bracket is being hosted by sixth-ranked and top-seeded Rockhurst University (16-2-2).

The winner of the USI-Quincy match advances to play Rockhurst Sunday at 1 p.m. for the right to advance to the Midwest Regional championship game against the second half of the Midwest bracket. The second half of the Midwest bracket includes second-seeded Tiffin University (14-4-2), third-seeded Saginaw Valley State University (15-4-1), and sixth-seeded Drury University (11-4-3). Dates and times for the regional championship game are to be announced.

The Midwest Region title game will be played in Hays, Kansas, and hosted by the Central Region’s Ft. Hays State University. The Midwest Region champion will play the winner of the Central Regional, which features Ft. Hays State (13-4-1) and Lindenwood University (13-3-2), in the quarterfinals of the NCAA II Tournament in Hays.

USI is coming off a third-place finish in the Great Lakes Valley Conference after concluding the regular season with a mark of 13-3-3 and a 10-2-3 mark in the GLVC. The squad bowed out of the GLVC Tournament last Friday when they lost to the University of Indianapolis, 2-0, in the conference semifinals.

The Eagles’ only appearance in the NCAA II Tournament was in 1982 when they lost to Oakland University (Mich.) at Strassweg Field in the first round.

Coverage of all of the Eagles’ action in the NCAA II Midwest Regional, including links for live stats, audio and video broadcasts, can be found on GoUSIEagles.com. More information about the NCAA II Men’s Soccer Tournament can be found at NCAA.com, including the bracket for the entire 38-team field.

The NCAA II Tournament semifinals and final will be played December 1 and 3 at Children’s Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri, and hosted by Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and Kansas City Sports Commission.

 

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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