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#2 Mount Carmel (9-0) vs #15 Sesser Valier (5-4)

#6 Fairfield (8-1) vs #11 Anna Jonesboro (7-2)

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#4 Eldorado (8-1) vs #13 Flora (6-3)

#7 Carmi (7-2) vs #10 Shelbyville (6-3)

Dozens of little ones and their parents crowd the Mesker Park Zoo for the kick off of the annual Boo at the Zoo event.

Kids got dressed up in their favorite costumes, and ate all their favorite candy.

But, it your kid can’t have a certain food or has a food allergy there’s still something for them.

This is the first year the zoo is participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project.

“A lot of families have children with allergies and Halloween can be a tough time for them so this year,” said Kelley Weis, Mesker Park Zoo Executive Director. “We’ve made a really big effort to try to have non food items at every station so that the kids can enjoy it without having to worry about it.”

Boo at the Zoo runs Oct. 21-23 & 28-30; Fri & Sat. from 5-8pm, Sun. 3-6pm.

THE JOHN FRIEND CPA SELECTED AS CCO “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD WINNER

We are pleased to announce that former Evansville City Councilmen  JOHN FRIEND CPA  has been selected as the sixth (6th) CCO “Outstanding Community Service” Award Winner” for 2016. Mr. Friend is extremely well thought of in our community and he gives a great deal of his time and financial resources to help those in need.  He is extremely well respected in the business community.

As City Council Finance Chairman Mr. Friend openly challenged members of the Winnecke Administration for their excessive spending habits and continued lack of planning for future capital projects.  He also warned fellow Council members, the City Controller, select members of the local media and the Mayor himself about the major budget shortfalls facing the city in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 city budgets.  His sound financial advice fail on deaf ears which is the main reason why the City of Evansville is presently experiencing major cash flow challenges.  Also when Mr. Friend warned fellow Council members, the City Controller, select members of the local media and Mayor Winnecke about the major financial shortfall facing the City employees Healthcare fund in 2016 and 2017 they once again didn’t heed his visionary warnings.

During his last several years in office he stood steadfast and continued to be the financial watchdog for the citizens of this community even when people within the Winnecke Administration, a couple of city council members tried to destroy his creditability. Time as proven that Mr. Friends concerns about future budget shortfalls were correct and his creditability remains in intact.  Just in case you would like to know that he also has dire concerns about the 2018 city budget and has passed it on to the power that be.

We are pleased to publicly recognize former City Councilman and Finance Chairman John Friend CPA for being a “fiscal watchdog” for the citizens of this community.

Education:

Mr. Friend is a Graduate of Indiana State University, School of Liberal Acts ( Economics) and School of Business (Accounting)

Credentials:

Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA)
Member of the National Association of Certificated Valuation Analysts (CVA)
Member of Charter Global Management Accountants Association (CGMA)

President of John Friend and Company, P.C. – Certified Public Accountants and Consultants

Public Service

Served two terms on the Common Council of Evansville, Indiana (2008-2012)
Served as the Finance Chairman of the Common Council from 2009-2013
Served as the President of the Common Council for 2014

Boards: Levy Authority Board
Utility Advisory Board
Swirca Board member
Evansville Museum (Served two years as Treasurer)
Leadership Council of the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business)

Honors:

Selected as one of 100 Civilians Nationwide to the National Security Forum (War College)

Mr. Friend is married to Marty Friend for 35 years and they have four children and seven grandchildren

So far the 2016 the “Outstanding Community Services Awards” are Vicki Hubiak President Of HR Solutions and Anne Audain six time Olympian and world record holder in the 500 meter race., Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding, County Councilman Thomas J. Shelter, The Honorable Judge David Kiely and John Friend CPA.

This years awards luncheon will be held at Tropicana-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B. The registration begin at 11:30 am, the event officially starts at 12 noon on November 2, 2016.  This event is two table from being a complete sell out.

OUR EDITOR’S NEW ROUTE

BY BILL HAZELIP

In the late thirties and early forties I would pick up my spending money by selling papers. The Evansville Press printed several versions of the Red Streak and Blue Streak plus the regular editions. These special “hot Streaks” sold like war-time doughnuts. The two best two corners were the Greyhound Bus Station at third and Sycamore, the other hot corner was at Fourth and Main in front of the Walgreen drug and coffee store! Back in those days the war time news seemed to be happening everywhere and the people had to rely on the printed media and radio news. For most part the news reports were as accurate as possible and persons working in those areas of communications were highly regarded. Back in those days too were the facts that Journalists felt they had a responsibility to tell the unbiased truth regardless of which political party it might effect.

Today, we receive news from many sources and these bits of information come with a price, its called viewer rating and each Journalists will lower themselves to slant any type of story to be first with the news. In 2016 the Journalists are regarded as circus barkers, fast money artists, and in some cases out right liars. So what does this have to do with the two best corners to sell paper? We have two editors, they basically are not needed. The Courier’s “opinion page” now carries stories from New York, Chicago, West coast, and the USA papers. local news for most parts are non-existing! Like the freight train Caboose Engineer, there are no need for editors and soon their Corporate, Gannet Publishing, will be sending out pink slips.

The Courier’s two editors, Pate and Ethridge need to stake their claim to these newly rebuilt corners. Selling papers was my start and they can start their new career from these locations….. WISH THEM LUCK!

EDITORS NOTE;  THIS LETTER WAS POSTED WITHOUT BIAS, EDITOR AND OPINON.

GREGG, DEMOCRAT TICKET TO LAUNCH STATEWIDE BUS TOUR NEXT WEEKEND
The “Moving Indiana Forward” Bus Tour Will Stop In 54 Communities Over Seven Days

INDIANAPOLIS – Today the Gregg for Governor campaign announced that NEXT SATURDAY it will launch the “Moving Indiana Forward” bus tour, which will take John Gregg and Christina Hale to more than 50 communities across the state over seven days.

The tour kicks-off in Gregg’s hometown of Sandborn and will include rallies, visits to schools, local businesses, factory gates, shops and town squares. Superintendent Glenda Ritz, attorney general candidate Lorenzo Arredondo, Evan Bayh and Senator Joe Donnelly are expected to join for portions the tour. Congressional, Statehouse and local candidates will also participate in the various events.

Below is a schedule of stops. All times are local. This schedule will be updated with specific times and locations early next week.

Saturday, October 29, 2016
Sandborn
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Sandborn Community Center
200 South Ross Street
Sandborn, Ind.
*Bus Tour Kick off Rally

Bloomington
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Indiana University Memorial Stadium
1001 East 17th Street
Bloomington, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Bedford
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Harp Commons, West Side of Courthouse Square
1531 J Street
Bedford, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Columbus
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Yats Cajun Creole Restaurant
325 4th Street
Columbus, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Brownstown
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Brownstown, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

New Albany
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Bicentennial Park
118 East Spring Street
New Albany, Ind.
*Rally

Sunday, October 30, 2016
Jeffersonville
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
*Breakfast – meet and Greet with area voters

Corydon
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Corydon Square
117 East Beaver Street
Corydon, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

English
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
English Civic Center
English, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Tell City
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Tell City, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Boonville
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Boonville, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Evansville
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Evansville, IN Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Mount Vernon
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Posey County Democratic Party Rally
6620 Carson School Road
Mount Vernon, Ind.
*Rally

Monday, October 31, 2016

Washington
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Washington, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Vincennes
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Vincennes, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Terre Haute
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Terre Haute, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Brazil
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Kennedy Crossing Bingo Hall
8990 North Kennedy’s Crossing Road
Brazil, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Greencastle
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Greencastle, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Plainfield
4pm – 4:30pm
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Plainfield, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Zionsville
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Zionsville, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Shelbyville
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Outside of the Bookmark Coffee Shop
9 Public Square
Shelbyville, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Greensburg
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Greensburg, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Lawrenceburg
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Lawrenceburg, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Madison
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Madison, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Austin
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Austin City Hall
80 West Main Street
Austin, Ind.
*Meeting with area health officials to discuss HIV outbreak

Franklin
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Franklin, IN
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Martinsville
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Martinsville, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

New Castle
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
New Castle, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Richmond
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Richmond, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Muncie
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Vera Mae’s Bistro
207-209 South Walnut Street
Muncie, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Anderson
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Goode’s Candy Shop
1423 West 53rd Street
Anderson, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Gas City
3:15pm – 4:00pm
Hontz Hall
307 West South H Street
Gas City, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Fort Wayne
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Fort Wayne, Ind.
*Rally

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Bluffton
9:00am – 9:30am
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Bluffton, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Huntington
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Huntington, IN
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Wabash
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Charlie Creek Inn
111 West Market Street
Wabash, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Columbia City
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Brewha Coffee Shop
120 North Main Street
Columbia City, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Warsaw
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Warsaw, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Goshen
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Goshen, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Elkhart
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Agape Missionary Baptist Church
248 West Wolf Avenue
Elkhart, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

South Bend
5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Courthouse Steps, St. Joseph County Courthouse
101 South Main Street
South Bend, Ind.
*Rally

Friday, November 4, 2016

Plymouth
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Opie’s Deli and Office
114 North Michigan Street
Plymouth, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Rochester
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Rochester, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Logansport
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Logansport, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Knox
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Knox, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

LaPorte
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
LaPorte, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Valparaiso
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Valparaiso, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Michigan City
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Michigan City, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Saturday, November 5, 2016
Lake County Morning – Gary, Hammond and Highland
Times and Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Lake County, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

West Lafayette
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
West Lafayette, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Kokomo
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Kokomo, Ind.
*Meet and Greet with area voters

Indianapolis
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: TO BE DETERMINED
Indianapolis, Ind.
*Rally

New Email Shows Brazile May Have Had Exact Wording Of Proposed Town Hall Question Before CNN
By HADAS GOLD FOR POLITICO

A new email obtained by POLITICO is shedding more light on the mystery of whether and how interim DNC chair Donna Brazile might have obtained the text of a proposed question from a town hall between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in advance, and possibly shared it with the Clinton campaign.

And now CNN, which co-hosted the town hall with cable network TV One, is pointing the finger at its media partner for what appears to be a breach of the traditional secrecy surrounding the questions for such events.

The email obtained by POLITICO was written by town hall co-moderator Roland Martin on the day of the town hall to CNN producers. But it shows him using word for word the language of a question that Brazile appeared to have sent to the Clinton campaign a day earlier. That email, from Brazile to the campaign, was included in yesterday’s release of hacked emails by Wikileaks of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta.

Here’s what the record shows: On March 12, Brazile, then vice chair of the DNC and a CNN and ABC contributor, allegedly wrote an email with the subject line “From time to time I get the questions in advance.” It continues:

Here’s one that worries me about HRC.
DEATH PENALTY

19 states and the District of Columbia have banned the death penalty. 31 states, including Ohio, still have the death penalty. According to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, since 1973, 156 people have been on death row and later set free. Since 1976, 1,414 people have been executed in the U.S. That’s 11% of Americans who were sentenced to die, but later exonerated and freed. Should Ohio and the 30 other states join the current list and abolish the death penalty?

Jennifer Palmieri, director of communications for the Clinton campaign, wrote back within three hours, seemingly not as worried:

Hi. Yes, it is one she gets asked about. Not everyone likes her answer but can share it.

She then instructs a copied employee to share the campaign’s standard answer to the question to Brazile.
The next day, Roland Martin, a host on the TV One cable network who was co-hosting the town hall with CNN’s Jake Tapper, sent an email to CNN producers with three questions, the third of which dealt with the death penalty. POLITICO obtained that email, and here’s the text of the third question:

DEATH PENALTY

19 states and the District of Columbia have banned the death penalty. 31 states, including Ohio, still have the death penalty. According to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, since 1973, 156 people have been on death row and later set free. Since 1976, 1,414 people have been executed in the U.S. That’s 11% of Americans who were sentenced to die, but later exonerated and freed. Should Ohio and the 30 other states join the current list and abolish the death penalty?

The wording, spacing, capitalization are identical.

At the town hall later on the same day Martin sent the question to CNN producers, Martin introduced an audience member who asked Clinton about the death penalty with similar language.

“Secretary Clinton, since 1976, we have executed 1,414 people in this country. Since 1973, 156 who were convicted have been exonerated from the death row. This gentleman here is one of them. This is Ricky Jackson, wrongfully convicted of murder in 1975, he spent 39 years in prison. He is undecided. Ricky, what is your question?”

Martin said before introducing questioner Ricky Jackson.  Martin initially said in an interview on Tuesday that he did not “share my questions with anybody. Literally. My executive producer wasn’t even aware of what I was going to ask.”

In a follow up interview on Tuesday, Martin said that he did send his questions to CNN via his producer and his TV One team.

In a follow up email on Wednesday, upon being informed of the email POLITICO had obtained, Martin said he did not believe had had consulted with Brazile ahead of the town hall.

“As far as consultation, I don’t believe I did. I know I asked all of my social media followers for their input on what they wanted me to ask. I did the same for the Hillary Clinton town hall we did in South Carolina in 2014. And I know that I called Rep. Clyburn to lock down language on his 10-20-30 amendment. That is an issue I’ve pushed for several years. I also know I called other members of Congress to ask them specific questions about their various bills and their status. All of that informed my questions. That’s called research,” Martin wrote.

But he did not explain how Brazile could have had the same exact language of a proposed question a day before he submitted them to CNN producers. CNN, in turn, is pointing the finger at TV One.

 “As we have said since news of this broke, CNN did not share any questions with Donna Brazile, or anyone else for that matter, prior to the town hall,” a CNN spokesperson said in an email to POLITICO. “Given that our broadcast partners for the town hall at TV One sent this question to us the day AFTER it appeared in Donna’s email, we have every reason to believe it came from them.”

In a statement on Tuesday, Brazile, whose contracts with CNN and ABC were suspended when she became interim DNC chair in July, denied receiving questions in advance or sharing them with the campaign, writing, in part, “As a longtime political activist with deep ties to our party, I supported all of our candidates for president. I often shared my thoughts with each and every campaign, and any suggestions that indicate otherwise are simply untrue. As it pertains to the CNN Debates, I never had access to questions and would never have shared them with the candidates if I did.”

Brazile also cautioned that the intelligence community has made it clear the Russian government is responsible for cyberattacks “aimed at interfering with our election, and that WIkiLeaks is part of that effort.” The argument seems to suggest that some of the emails may be fakes, but no specific effort to authenticate or deny the authenticity of this email or any others in the most recent Wikileaks release has been made.

A Democratic party official suggested Brazile was simply preparing for a panel. She did appear on ABC’s “This Week” the same day as the town hall. But the death penalty was not discussed during that show.

Asked about the new email on Wednesday, a DNC spokesman referred POLITICO to Brazile’s previous statement.

UPDATE 6:20p.m.:  In a tweet sent on Wednesday afternoon, Brazile defended Martin, saying he “is a solid professional, good, tough no nonsense journalist. I’m sorry that he’s being accused of such non sense. Apologies.”

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VIDEO PUTS DEMOCRATS ON DEFENSIVE ABOUT DIRTY TRICKS
By STEVE EDER and JONATHAN MARTIN

A Democratic operative, wearing a checkered blue shirt and a tie, spoke calmly, explaining exactly how agents could infiltrate the rallies of Donald J. Trump and cause mayhem among the Republican’s nominee team, his security staff and supporters.

Creating an explosive reaction, said the operative, Scott Foval, was “the whole point of it.”

Mr. Foval and Robert Creamer, another operative working for the Democratic National Committee, were the unwitting stars of an undercover video released this week in which they and others were captured discussing unseemly tactics like instigating violence at Mr. Trump’s rallies and arranging for fraudulent voting.

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the party committee moved to distance themselves from the behavior described in the videos, and the committee said the two men were no longer assisting it. The party also cast doubt on the veracity of the released video, which was produced by Project Veritas, a conservative group led by the activist James O’Keefe that has been heavily criticized as using deceptive editing.

Still, the videos were an embarrassment for Mrs. Clinton at a moment when she is trying to frame Mr. Trump’s claims of a rigged election as nothing more than the fevered dreams of a conspiracy theorist. During Wednesday’s debate Mr. Trump referred to the videos, which together have been viewed more than eight million times on YouTube, as proof of unfair play.

And just months after the Democratic chairwoman, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was forced out of her post after hacked emails revealed party officials discussing how to damage Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential bid, the Clinton campaign was again forced on the defensive because of the actions of the party.

Campaign finance records show that the Democratic committee made two payments, one in July and another in August, totaling about $64,000 to Mobilize Inc., a Chicago-based firm connected to Mr. Creamer, for “communications consulting.”

The committee said that Mr. Creamer was brought on for something relatively tame: “bracketing,” the industry term for when one party holds a dueling event, like a news conference, to draw attention from an opposition event.

But in the Project Veritas videos, the tactics described went far beyond mere distraction.

Mr. Creamer is not seen on the Project Veritas videos approving or endorsing plans to instigate fights at Trump rallies, but his underling, Mr. Foval, is shown boasting about using unseemly methods, like planting people at the gatherings to agitate the crowd.

“Sometimes the crazies bite,” Mr. Foval said. “Sometimes the crazies don’t bite.”

Both men and others in the video are seen discussing — or at least nodding along when their undercover interviewers broach the idea — how people could illegally vote. Among the practices described are moving voters across state lines by using cars with the destination state’s plates, and using pay stubs to make illegal immigrants appear to be citizens for voter registration purposes.

While the 2016 race has been remarkable for its ugly tone, there is a rich political history of campaigns pushing ethical and legal boundaries to undermine the opposition. In 1972, supporters of Richard M. Nixon, who was even better positioned to win than Mrs. Clinton, unleashed an organized campaign of sabotage: forging letters, disrupting rallies and even flying an airplane over the Democratic National Convention that year with a banner that read “Peace Pot Promiscuity — Vote McGovern.”

And during the Florida presidential recount in 2000, George W. Bush’s backers, including the longtime Trump confidant Roger J. Stone, staged the “Brooks Brothers Riot,” when young Republicans were flown into South Florida to disrupt the recount.

But it was unclear from the Project Veritas videos whether any of the elaborate plans had been carried out.

“We do not believe, or have any evidence to suggest, that the activities articulated in the video actually occurred,” said Donna Brazile, the interim Democratic chairwoman. The Clinton campaign similarly denounced the tactics, while chiding Project Veritas, saying it has “been known to offering misleading video out of context.”

Mr. Creamer said in a statement on Wednesday that the “unprofessional and careless hypothetical conversations” caught on hidden camera were regrettable, and he denied that any of the “schemes described” had ever taken place.

He told The Chicago Sun-Times that one interviewer had posed as a potential donor and another as a niece of the donor, raising the possibility that people captured in the videos were merely engaging in puffery to pry some money loose.

Mr. Foval did not respond to a message seeking comment on Thursday.

Mr. Creamer is a longtime Democratic strategist from Chicago, and was a consultant during President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns. According to White House guest logs, he has been a frequent visitor, usually as part of groups of Democratic activists or while accompanying his wife, Jan Schakowsky, a Democratic congresswoman from Illinois, to social events.

The hacked emails of the party committee and of John Podesta, the Clinton campaign chairman, have shown an occasional lack of coordination between the party and Mrs. Clinton’s campaign. They also give a glimpse of Mr. Creamer’s role in party strategy.

During the final days of the 2012 campaign, Mr. Creamer co-hosted a call with the Democratic committee’s communications director at the time, Brad Woodhouse, for supporters about the “state of play” in battleground states, according to Mr. Podesta’s emails made public by WikiLeaks.

In the late spring of this year, Mr. Creamer was included and referred to on a series of internal Democratic committee emails also published by WikiLeaks. In one email, the party officials discussed having a presence with signs outside the Republican National Committee when Mr. Trump met there with Speaker Paul D. Ryan in May.

“Discussed with Creamer, et. al today,” wrote Eric Walker, a communications staff member.

Trump rallies were a particularly ripe target, gatherings that have sometimes been marked by violence, as Mr. Trump revved up his supporters with tough talk and protesters tried to disrupt the events.

A seasoned field operative who had worked with People for the American Way and Americans United for Change, Mr. Foval and others in the videos claimed credit for orchestrating some high-profile incidents, including when protesters heckled Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, then a presidential candidate, at the 2015 Iowa State Fair.

Mr. Foval appeared to claim that his group had trained a 68-year-old woman who breathes with the help of an oxygen tank and was knocked to the ground during a confrontation at a Trump rally in North Carolina last month.

But in a phone interview Thursday, the woman, Shirley Teter, said she attended the rally, which was near her home, on her own accord and had not received any protest training.

“The last thing in the world I want to see is Trump getting elected to be our president,” Ms. Teter said. “It is the first time in years that my heart actually ached, and I felt I had to do it.”

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St. Mary’s Is First In Region To Offer First-Of-Its-Kind Dissolving Heart Stent

(Evansville, IN) St. Mary’s Health, part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system, has become the first health system in Southwest Indiana and one of four in the entire state to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new treatment option – the world’s first FDA-approved dissolving heart stent.

The use of stents has been shown to be important during the first three months after a blocked artery has been opened. After that, the artery can typically remain open on its own, making dissolving stents a natural next step in stent innovation.

The Absorb stent works similarly to a metal stent: It is placed into the artery and expanded so that it pushes plaque against the artery wall and enables better blood flow. Eventually, new tissue grows over the old tissue and the stent is no longer needed. However, unlike metal stents, which are permanent, Absorb is made of naturally dissolving material, similar to dissolving sutures. The stent gradually disappears over approximately three years, after it has kept the clogged artery open and promoted healing of the treated artery segment.

“When you break a bone and get a cast, the cast comes off once the bone has healed, providing you a full range of motion. This is what we can now offer many patients through the Absorb stent,” said Dr. Philip Casino, interventional cardiologist. St. Mary’s is the first in the region to use the dissolvable stent.

While the Absorb stent is an exciting new development, it’s not quite ready to be used for each patient. The dissolvable stent is currently only available in a relatively limited number of sizes when compared to traditional metallic stents. Additionally, there are certain places in the heart where metallic stents might still be preferred.

But for patients who are eligible for the Absorb stent, there’s no question the magical device makes a difference.

“With Absorb, we’re able to leave a patient’s options open should they need future intervention,” Dr. Casino notes. “It allows us to more effectively treat those patients who may not be ideal for a metallic stent.”

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women around the world and coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease. It affects 15 million people in the U.S., but can be prevented with assistance from your doctor and living a healthier lifestyle.