| Friday, November 4th |
Fundraiser | 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast with Ryan Hatfield for State RepresentativeÂ
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| Tuesday, November 8th | Election Night Celebration | 6:00 PM | VCDP Election Night Celebration
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| Wednesday, November 30th |
Meeting | 6:00 PM | Vanderburgh County Democrat Club Meeting
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Lewellyn Technology, an electrical safety and combustible dust consulting company, announced plans today to expand its offices here, creating up to 30 new high-wage jobs by 2021.
“From cybersecurity to defense to workplace safety initiatives, Hoosiers across the state are working to keep the nation safe,†said Governor Mike Pence. “With the growth of companies like Lewellyn Technology, Indiana has added more than 161,000 new jobs since just 2013. By building a growth-oriented business climate here in Indiana, we’re proud that homegrown Hoosier companies like Lewellyn Technology can find the resources they need to succeed.â€
The company will invest $1.5 million into its 5,000-square-foot headquarters at 6210 Technology Center Drive in Boone County, adding an additional 3,000 square feet of office space that will include a new training center for employees and clients. Located in the Northwest Technology Park, the company will begin renovations early next year on its growing office, with plans for its new space to be operational by next summer. As part of its growth, Lewellyn Technology will support rising demand across the country for workplace safety training and services.
Lewellyn Technology currently employs 55 associates across the country, including more than 20 in Indiana. The company is currently hiring master electricians, combustible dust consultants, electrical engineers and sales associates, with plans to give hiring priority to military veterans. Average wages for news positions are expected to exceed the state’s average wage by nearly 40 percent. Interested applicants may apply through Indiana Career Connect.
“We are excited about the expansion and growth projections, which will allow us to better promote awareness of safety in the workplace, ensure longevity for our associates and continue job creation in Indiana,†said Mike Vea, president and co-owner of Lewellyn Technology.
Founded in 1993, Lewellyn Technology works to keep commercial facilities safe from electrical and combustible dust explosions and accidents. Offering services ranging from assessments, consulting, engineering and training, the company specializes in arc flash and combustible dust safety, in addition to offering on-site and online workplace safety training. The company serves clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, including universities and government units. Lewellyn Technology’s revenues have risen by 60 percent over the last three years and this year the company was recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.
“The town of Zionsville is proud Lewellyn Technology chose to expand their current footprint and grow their talented workforce here in Zionsville,” said Zionsville Mayor Tim Haak. “We recognize their commitment to Zionsville and continue to be energized by the growth here.â€
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Lewellyn Technology LLC up to $275,000 in conditional tax credits and up to $50,000 in training grants based on the company’s job creation plans. These incentives are performance-based, meaning until Hoosiers are hired, the company is not eligible to claim incentives. The town of Zionsville approved additional incentives at the request of the Boone County Economic Development Corporation.
“Lewellyn Technology has been a great business addition to our research, development and technology park,” said Angela Wthington, vice president of asset management and development at Browning, which owns and manages Northwest Technology Park. “We are thrilled they selected Northwest Tech as their home and are already expanding. Browning looks forward to Lewellyn Technology’s continued success and growth here in Boone County.”
Lewellyn Technology is the fourth company in the last two months to announce that it is adding new jobs in Boone County. Together, these companies plan to create more than 740 new Hoosier jobs. This includes global software firm MOBI, which is investing $11.51 million to expand its operations and add 521 new jobs in Zionsville.
Air quality forecasts for Evansville and Vanderburgh County are provided as a public service. They are best estimates of predicted pollution levels that can be used as a guide so people can modify their activities and reduce their exposure to air quality conditions that may affect their health. The forecasts are routinely made available at least a day in advance, and are posted by 10:30 AM Evansville time on Monday (for Tuesday through Thursday) and Thursday (for Friday through Monday). When atmospheric conditions are uncertain or favor pollution levels above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, forecasts are made on a daily basis.
Ozone forecasts are available from mid-April through September 30th. Fine particulate (PM2.5) forecasts are available year round.
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Ozone Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when maximum ozone readings averaged over a period of eight hours are forecasted to reach 71 parts per billion (ppb), or unhealthy for sensitive groups on the USEPA Air Quality Index scale.
Particulate Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when PM2.5 readings averaged over the period of midnight to midnight are forecasted to reach 35 micrograms per meter cubed (µg/m3).
Current conditions of OZONE and FINE PARTICULATE MATTER are available in near real-time on the Indiana Department of Environment Management’s website.
National and regional maps of current conditions are available through USEPA AIRNow.
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REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016
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Lee Levinson purchased his first racehorses more than 30 years ago and soon had a seminal realization: After you get past the initial investment, a cheap horse eats as much as a good horse and costs the same to train without the earning potential.
“I didn’t have the money, and I bought some stuff that really wasn’t high quality. I realized then how the game worked,†Levinson said recently, adding of his long-time friend Don Nelson, “I told Don, ‘I’ll be back. I’ll buy good stuff and I’ll do it right.’ About a year and half ago, I put up the money and said, ‘We’re going to buy some good stuff.’â€
One of the five yearlings bought last year by Levinson was Lookin At Lee, who on Monday was among the 11 two-year-old colts and geldings entered in Saturday’s $2 million Sentient Jet Juvenile at Santa Anita. The winner likely will be voted 2-year-old champion and become the favorite for the 2017 Kentucky Derby.
When Lookin At Lee captured the $75,000 Ellis Park Juvenile in August, it was the first stakes victory for the owners, life-long racing fans from Oklahoma. When the son of 2010 3-year-old champion Lookin At Lucky was second to the ultra-impressive Not This Time in Churchill Downs’ Grade 3 Iroquois, it was their first time in a graded stakes. When he was a much closer second to Classic Empire in Keeneland’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, it was their first time in a Grade 1 stakes.
Not This Time and Classic Empire also are in the 1 1/16-mile Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
“I got to the stage in life that I didn’t mind spending some money to try to do what I always wanted to do,†said Levinson, an attorney who also is in the oil, tobacco and hotel business in Tulsa. “And I had the ability to do it. I wanted to do it the right way.
“It’s a dream come true, to be totally honest. I realize how hard it is to get there, to get a quality horse like we have. Even if you buy good horses, your chances of getting one this good are not great. So I realize what we have. It might be a once in a lifetime opportunity, who knows?â€
The friends race as L and N Racing, with the partnership also including Levinson’s sons Mike and Andy. Through fellow Oklahoma attorney and horse owner Clark Brewster, they hooked up with trainer Steve Asmussen, the 2016 Hall of Fame inductee who helped pick out the yearling at Keeneland’s 2015 September sale.
They paid $70,000 for Lookin At Lee and sent him to get his earliest training at Asmussen’s parents famed El Primero Training Center in Laredo, Texas.
“Steve liked him very much. He said he was a steal,†said Nelson, a prosecutor from Mannford, Okla., who with his wife, Carol, have owned horses dating to when the state approved parimutuel horse racing in the early 1980s. “He thought he’d go for $150,000, $175,000. And Keith, his dad, he doesn’t say much. All he told me was, ‘Don, this colt here can run a little.’â€
Lookin At Lee, named by Mike Levinson for his dad, so far has earned $199,695. He won his second start by 4 3/4 lengths at Ellis Park, where Asmussen had a string for the first time in years and was the leading trainer. Two weeks later he captured the EP Juvenile by three-quarters of a length over the talented filly Caroline Test.
In the Breeders’ Futurity, Lookin At Lee was more than 15 lengths back after a slow start, running late but unable to threaten Classic Empire. He has trained in blinkers since and will race in them for the first time Saturday.Â
“He got pretty far back, Steve thought, in the race at Keeneland,†said assistant trainer Scott Blasi, who is overseeing the training of Lookin At Lee and Dirt Mile contender Gun Runner at Santa Anita. “We’re looking to have him maybe a little sharper and hopefully there is some pace to run into.
“He did incur some traffic at Keeneland, maybe compromised his finish a little bit. But it was a good race, and he deserves to be here. He’s very big and physical. I think the more races he has, the better he’ll get.â€Â
Churchill Downs-based Ricardo Santana Jr. has the mount.
“If that race was a mile and an eighth, I don’t think anybody would beat us,†Levinson said. “We get stronger as the race goes on, so I’m pretty excited about it…. Not many people give us a chance, but I think we’ve got a good chance.â€
Jennie Rees is a racing communications specialist from Louisville. Her Breeders’ Cup coverage, which concentrates on the Kentucky horses, is provided free to media as a service by Kentucky Downs, Ellis Park, the Kentucky HBPA and JockeyTalk360.com.
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Indiana Tech Law School will close at the end of this school year, the Fort Wayne institution announced less than one semester after graduating its first class.
The school announced on its website it would close June 30, 2017, after the end of the current academic year.
The school said 71 students were enrolled.
“This was an extremely difficult decision for all involved,†Indiana Tech President Arthur Snyder said in a statement. “Over the course of time it has become apparent that the significant decline in law school applicants nationwide represents a long term shift in the legal education field, not a short term one. Specific to Indiana Tech, the assessment of the Board and our senior leadership team is that for the foreseeable future the law school will not be able to attract students in sufficient numbers for the school to remain viable.â€
The statement said Indiana Tech had lost nearly $20 million in operating the law school that opened in 2013 and had gained provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association. Of its inaugural class of 2016, just three of 13 people who took the bar exam in Indiana and another state passed.
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 28, 2016) — In response to urging by Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06), the U.S. Department of Education today announced it will restore Pell Grant eligibility to students who were using the grants to attend ITT Technical Institute when it abruptly closed last month.
Federal Pell Grants are provided to low-income students pursuing postsecondary education, and lifetime eligibility for the need-based grants is limited.
Messer sent a letter to the Education Department earlier this month, after he realized the Department was refusing to restore Pell Grant eligibility to ITT Tech students, leaving them with few options to finish their degrees.
The Education Department responded to Messer’s letter today, saying it would reverse its previous decision and reset Pell Grant eligibility to these students, per Messer’s suggestion that Section 437(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act required this action.
“ITT Tech closed largely at the hand of federal bureaucrats, yet they had no back up plan for the students who would be impacted the most,†Messer said. “For many low-income students, Pell Grants are their best shot to attend college and secure a better future for themselves. I’m relieved that the Education Department is doing right by these students and ensuring they have a path forward to continue their education.â€
It’s estimated that the Education Department’s decision today could help more than 16,000 students.
Messer has also authored a bill that would allow veterans to recover their GI Bill educational benefits if they were using their benefits at a college or university that closes, preventing them from completing their degree.
The bill (H.R. 6003) would apply to the nearly 7,000 veterans who were enrolled at ITT Tech at the time it closed.
Based in Indiana, ITT Tech operated 130 campuses nationwide and served about 40,000 students when it announced on Sept. 6, 2016 that it would close. The announcement followed an Aug. 25 decision by the Education Department to prohibit the institution from enrolling new students using federal student aid.
Local Gas Station Gets Robbed of Hundreds in Cash
Police say a male suspect entered the Circle K gas station on West Columbia Street Saturday.
The clerk told police the suspect had his face covered and tapped a gun on the counter before demanding money. Police are still looking for the suspect.
EVSC Encouraging Family Fitness Through New Program
The initiative aims at heightening fitness across all generations involved in the EVSC, “It’s a family initiative, it doesn’t just go for the actual students or for the staff members the teachers or the other staff, it goes to them, their families, just everyone. We want to be part of that community presence that promotes health and wellness and fitness and says, ‘â€It is great to get healthy,â€â€˜ said Jason Woebkenberg. The inaugural run was a huge success with more than 200 participants. EVSC officials say they hope the event becomes an annual one.
