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First Lady Karen Pence Will Award Grants to 40 Organizations from Across Indiana Tomorrow

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Will Be First Lady Karen Pence’s Final Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation Grant Reception

Indianapolis – On Thursday morning, First Lady Karen Pence will host the foundation’s final reception at the Governor’s Residence for 40 organizations and charities that serve Hoosier families and children across Indiana. There, First Lady Karen Pence will award each organization with a check ranging from $500 to $1,000 in grant money from the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation. The First Lady will also award the Foundation’s fourth and final major grant of $95,000 to the Art Therapy Program at Riley Hospital for Children.

First Lady Karen Pence started the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation in August of 2013 as a way to recognize and lift up organizations and charities across the state. At the inaugural First Lady’s Luncheon held in April 2014, the Foundation awarded its first major grant of $100,000 to the Art Therapy Program at Riley Hospital for Children.  At the second year’s luncheon, the Foundation awarded the second major grant of $65,000 to Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, which supports food banks and food pantries in all 92 counties. Last year, the third year, $100,000 was awarded to the Indiana Bicentennial Commission for its interactive “Treasures of the Statehouse” display at the Indiana State Library.  This final reception will be the eighth of its kind.

Thursday, October 6:

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT – First Lady Karen Pence to award grants to 40 organizations from across Indiana

*Media are welcome to attend. Members of the media must arrive by 9:30 a.m. for a security sweep and must enter through the 46th street gate. Media parking will be available on the circle drive. Please have media credentials available.

Governor’s Residence, 4750 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN

Representatives from the following organizations will be on hand to receive their award and recognition:

 

Applicant Name Website County(s) Served
ArtMix: Art Redefining Disability www.artmixindiana.org Marion, Hendricks, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby, Hancock, Hamilton, Boone
Aurora, Inc. http://auroraevansville.org/ Vanderburgh County
BCH, Inc. www.baptistchildrenshome.org Lake, Porter, St. Joseph, Elkhart, Wells, Tippecanoe
Best Buddies Indiana www.bestbuddies.org/indiana Marion, Hamilton, Boone, Madison, Hancock, Lake, Tippecanoe, Delaware, Johnson, Floyd, Clark, Monroe, Bartholomew, Blackford, Jay, & Ripley
Bloomington Community Orchard http://www.bloomingtoncommunityorchard.org Monroe County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington bgcbloomington.org Monroe County
Brooke’s Place for Grieving Young People www.brookesplace.org Hamilton, Marion, Hancock, Johnson, Hendricks, Morgan, Boone
Bryson’s Time Out Take Ten www.brysonstot10.org Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Dubois, Pike, Gibson
Caring About People, Inc. www.caringaboutpeopleinc.com Allen County
Cops Cycling for Survivors http://www.copscycling4survivors.org All counties
CORE, The Resource Store coretheresourcestore.org Allen, Adams, Wells, Dekalb, Noble
d/b/a/ Chaucie’s Place, Hamilton County Vesta Foundation for Children, Inc. www.chauciesplace.org Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, and Tipton
Dunebrook, Inc. http://dunebrook.org La Porte County
Early Childhood Alliance www.ecalliance.org Allen County
Flight1 www.flight1.org Marion and its surrounding counties
Fort Wayne Youtheatre www.fortwayneyoutheatre.org Allen County
GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne www.gigisplayhouse.org/fortwayne Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley
Harrison Center for the Arts Harrison Center for the Arts All counties
Holly’s House, Inc. www.hollyshouse.org Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Hoosier Uplands Afterschool Program http://www.hoosieruplands.org/ Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties
Indiana Women In Need Foundation (I.W.I.N.) www.iwinfoundation.org all counties of Indiana are eligible
Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition www.indytenpoint.com Marion County and surrounding counties
Jefferson County Transitional Services, Inc. www.ruthhaven.com All counties
Little Oaks Ranch, Inc. littleoaksranch.org Hendricks and Putnam
Muncie Children’s Museum www.munciemuseum.com Allen, Blackford, Grant, Henry, Hancock, Howard, Jay, Marion, Madison, Randolph, Wells, and Wayne.
RemedyLIVE http://remedylive.com All counties
Riley Teen Leadership Council In development Mainly Marion, Hamilton, and Hendricks County, but participants can be from any county in the state.
RiverBend Cancer Services www.riverbendcancerservices.org St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaPorte, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, Wabash
Room Full of SIsters N/A Marion County
School on Wheels Corp www.indyschoolonwheels.org Marion County
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf www.sjid.org All counties
St. Marks United Church of Christ stmarksucc.org Floyd County
Teachers Warehouse https://www.facebook.com/TeachersWarehouse Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, and Owen counties
The Salvation Army Indiana SalvationArmyIndiana.org Marion County
Tipton Cam, Inc. www.tiptoncam.doodlekit.com Tipton County
Trinity Horizons, Inc. dba Trinity Life Ministry trinitylifeministry.com 30 plus Indiana counties
Westminster Neighborhood Services, Inc. www.westmin.org Marion County
Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis, Avondale Meadows Center www.indymca.org Marion County
Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana c/o Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Foundation www.ypin.org Marion County
YWCA of Evansville, IN www.ywcaevansville.org Vanderburgh County

 

The Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation is a 501 ( c ) (3). The First Lady receives no compensation. Donations are tax deductible. Learn more about how to make a donation or request a grant on the Foundation’s website at: www.IndianaFirstLadysCharitableFoundation.org

 

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Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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IS IT TRUE OCTOBER 5, 2016

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IS IT TRUE there is a nasty rumor going around that the State isn’t going to fund the Ivy Tech building adjacent to the new downtown IU Medical School?  … a State budget sub-committee is meeting this morning and their agenda doesn’t have anything about the funding of Ivy Tech expanding to the  IU Medical School-Evansville  in 2017?

IS IT TRUE its important that the State includes Ivy Tech students in the new IU Medical School plans because it would greatly enhance the students enrollment at that facility to around 1,500 Medical students?

IS IT TRUE its time for the backers of the Medical School to start calling Indianapolis to inquire why the Ivy Tech expansion plans to located in the IU Medical Center complex in Evansville wasn’t included in todays State budget sub-committee is meeting.

IS IT TRUE Mayor Winnecke Administration and Council leadership (McGinn, Mosby and Weaver) are finally realizing that the “Health Care Chickens Have Come Home To Roost”?   …it’s  common knowledge that they have known that in 2016, and 2017 the City Employee Health care fund will have major deficit shortfalls?

IS IT TRUE we hearing that the Mayor is weighing his options and considering holding off on making any announcement concerning any possible adjustments to the City Employees Health care agreement until Monday? …we are told this could be a stall tactic to deter the Fire and Police membership from staging a peaceful protesting at Westside Nut Club Fall Festival?

IS IT TRUE Mayor Winnecke and the City Council leadership (McGinn, Mosby and Weaver) are telling people that they have the votes to reduce our Homestead Tax Credits by 2%? …we hope you realize that when they do that everyone living in Vanderburgh County property taxes shall go up additional 2%?

IS IT TRUE that the City of Evansville Personnel Director George Fithin and City Controller Russ Lloyd Jr should  had known about the impending City’s employees Health Care increases?    ..they should have urged the Mayor to sit aside reserves to address the obvious looming  Employee  Health Care increases?

IS IT TRUE many readers are asking why the City of Evansville are having a major shortfall in the premium in the Employee Healthcare cost but the County employees healthcare rate are staying the same for 2017?  …the only answer we can give is that the County Healthcare program isn’t self insured and the County Council used sound business practices in administrating the program?  …on the other hand the City is self insured and has used the “ole political meat ax approach” in administrating their employee Healthcare program?

IS IT TRUE that at the stroke of midnights on December 31,2017 all Healthcare plans in existence nation wide established after March 10, 2010 will terminate and the full provisions of Obamacare will be mandated for all group plans will be the law of the land?

IS IT TRUE that experts in the Healthcare industry have predicted costs in most of the group health care plan will skyrocket as much as 80%?   …that the City’s self insured  Healthcare plan will probably not experience the projected 80% increase but will have significant increases in costs?

IS IT TRUE we are extremely disappointed in the Winnecke’s administration for not disclosing to our city employees in advance that at midnight  on December 31, 2017 they shall be facing major increases in their Healthcare premiums?

IS IT TRUE if City Council members have true love for members of the Police and Fire Departments they should step up and forfeit their own health care coverage? …it’s  time that Council step up lead by example?

FOOT NOTES: Todays READERS POLL question is: Are you getting sick and tired of our elected and appointed City officials playing political games with our hard earn tax dollars?

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2014 State Board of Accounts Audited Financial Statement Shows That Evansville Health Care Benefit Liability Is $234,000,000 Dollars

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2014 State Board of Accounts Audited Financial Statement Show That City Retirees Health Care Benefit Liability is $234,000,000 Dollars

(the practice of non-contribution to this fund has been going on for several years or decades)

Attached below is the link of Note #8 of the 2014 State Board of Accounts Audited Financial statement.  This  link shows that the post retired city employees  Employment Health Care Benefit liability as of 2014 is $234,000,000 dollars.  This link points out that the City of Evansville  for a period of many years or decades contributed zero dollars to the post retired city employees Employment Health Care Benefit fund.

NOTE #8. The City of Evansville Retiree Healthcare Plan is a single-employer defined as employee benefit healthcare plan administered by the City of Evansville in an internal service fund. The plan provides health care benefits and life insurance to eligible retirees and their spouses. Indiana Code 5-10-8 assigns the authority to establish and amend benefit provisions to the City.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT SECTION entitled  Funding Status and Funding Progress As of January 1, 2014, states the most recent actuarial valuation date, the plan was 0 percent funded. The actuarial accrued liability for benefits was $234,240,397 and the actuarial value of assets was $0, resulting in an unfunded actuarial accrued liability (UAAL) of $234,240,397.

Go to the link attached below and then go to the top of page 19 and you shall read the reference made by the SBOA concerning the City of Evansville Retiree Healthcare Plan.

The following is the website  .. http://www.in.gov/sboa/WebReports/B45886.pdf

FOOTNOTE: This link suggests that the City of Evansville should have put money in the City of Evansville Retiree Healthcare Plan fund in the amount of $234,000,000  but failed to meet the city’s obligations to the Evansville City Retiree Healthcare costs.

We wonder if the City has contributed any money  towards the Evansville Retiree Healthcare fund in 2015 and 2016.  We also would like to know if the Mayor has dedicated funds in the 2017 City budget  towards the Evansville Retiree Healthcare fund.

Bottom line we wonder why past and present city Administrations decided not to contributed any money towards the Evansville Retiree Healthcare fund.  It looks like the practice of non-contribution to this fund has been going on for several years or decades.

Finally, we wonder is the City required by ordinance to contribute to this fund or was this just like a gentlemen  agreement?

CHANNEL 44 NEWS

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Vanderburgh County Election Preps Underway

OCTOBER 4TH, 2016

LAUREN LESLIE EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

 In just 34 days, Vanderburgh County voters will head to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2016 election. Vanderburgh County election officials are gearing up for election day making all the necessary preparations. Polling machines are scheduled to be tested this Thursday.

Election officials do expect large voter turnout. Beginning next Wednesday voters can utilize the Vanderburgh County election office to vote early, “A lot of people like it for the convenience, they can just go in when they’re ready to vote instead of waiting for that one day in case something comes up and may not get the opportunity to vote,” said Debbie Stucki

UE Men’s Basketball Team Reaches New Lease Agreement at Ford Center

OCTOBER 4TH, 2016   

MATT PEAK EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

 The Evansville Redevelopment Commission approves a new five-year lease agreement with the University of Evansville Men’s Basketball Team.

According to the commission, it is a more simplified deal where teams pay rent and the Ford Center handles concessions.

In the past, agreements were more complicated and based on ticket sales and attendance.

As for the Lady Aces, their contract with the Ford Center is up at the end of 2016-17 season.

This will allow the venue more open dates on the calendar to book more acts.

Enhanced Security at 2016 Fall Festival

OCTOBER 4TH, 2016

MATT PEAK EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

 For the second day of the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival, Evansville police say there have not been any major incidents, but that does not mean they are not prepared.

44News Reporter Heather Good talked with an EPD official at length about the security measures taken at this year’s Fall Fest.

 

Indiana Voter Registration Project Investigation Expands to Multiple Indiana Counties

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Indianapolis – The investigation that began in late August of 2016 alleging the filing of fraudulent voter application information has expanded from the original involved counties of Hendricks and Marion to also include the counties of Allen, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Lake and Madison.

As part of the expanded investigation, state police detectives obtained a search warrant for the business offices of the Indiana Voter Registration Project, located at 2425 North Meridian Street, Suite A, in downtown Indianapolis.  The search warrant was served mid-morning of Tuesday, October 4th.  The affidavit and search warrant are sealed for a period of 30 days from the time the warrant was granted, which was October 3, 2016.

An investigation of this nature is complex, time consuming and is expected to continue for several more weeks or months.

Important points related to this ongoing investigation include:

  • In accordance with state law, all voter registration applications received by Indiana voter registration offices are processed according to established policies
  • A representative sample of voter registration applications received by county voter registration offices suspected of being fraudulent have been COPIED and provided to state police detectives.  In all cases the ORIGINAL applications are maintained by the appropriate voter registration office
  • The expanded number of counties involved leads investigators to believe the total of potentially fraudulent records may be in the hundreds, thus creating a potential to disenfranchise many voters
  • The possible fraudulent or false information is a combination of made up names and made up addresses, real names with made up or incorrect addresses and false dates of births with real names as well as combinations of all these examples.

Victims of the activities by some agents of the Indiana Voter Registration Project may not discover they have been disenfranchised from voting until they go to vote and realize their voting information has been altered.  Such action may result in the citizen having to cast a provisional ballot.

There are simple steps people can take now, before the election, to protect their right to vote by ensuring they are properly registered.  Visit this site and follow the directions to confirm you are properly registered:  https://indianavoters.in.gov

If after checking this source, a citizen discovers inaccurate information that indicates they could be a victim, they should contact their local voter registration office and the 24 hour Indiana State Police Voter Registration Application Fraud tip line of 888-603-3147.

The investigation continues and no further information is available at this time.

ISBA Director Pyrz Announces Retirement

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ISBA Director Pyrz Announces Retirement

Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianalawyer.com

Thomas Pyrz, longtime executive director of the Indiana State Bar Association, has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2017 after 25 years at the helm.

Pyrz has informed ISBA president Mitch Heppenheimer and, according to a succession plan put in place a couple of years ago, a search committee will be convened to screen and recommend potential replacements to the board of governors. Both Pyrz and Heppenheimer expect the committee will conduct a national search for a replacement.

“It’s a fantastic job,” Pyrz said of his tenure. “The people are wonderful. The issues are wonderful. No day is the same.”

Pyrz was encouraged to apply for the top job by the former ISBA executive director Jack Lyle. At the time, Pyrz was serving at Fort Benjamin Harrision in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps and making plans to return to the Pentagon. He took a leap of faith, retiring from the military in 1991, then applying and waiting 11 months before being tapped to lead the association.

In retirement, he will be spending more time with his wife of 45 years, Mary Ellen, a retired schoolteacher; two sons; and five grandchildren. Also, he said he will be looking for “just the right kind of activity and the right job,” possibly in the legal field.

Heppenheimer said Pyrz’s retirement will be a loss for the association, crediting him with being a steady hand.

“He has done so much and is well-respected across the state and the country,” Heppenheimer said. “He’s meant everything to the association.”

Reflecting on his tenure, Pyrz said the two accomplishments that stand out are the development of the lawyer assistance program and the Casemaker project.

The assistance program started informally in the 1990s as a group of lawyers helping their colleagues before eventually going to the Indiana Supreme Court where it became the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program.

The Casemaker project began in the 2000s. It is an online legal research tool that is available free to ISBA members.

Although his term is ending, Pyrz does not expect his calendar or duties will slow down as he gets closer to his last day in office.

“I’ve not had a slow day in 25 years,” he said.

Births At St. Mary’s Hospital for Women & Children

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Christin and Zachari Carlson, Mount Vernon, Ind., son, Knox Douglas, Sep. 23

Megan and Matthew Johnson, Evansville, daughter, Kylie Grace, Sep. 23

Chelsey Wardrip and James Leach, Evansville, son,  Khaiden Timothy-James, Sep. 26

Elizabeth and Matt Stuckey, Evansville, son, Ender Nolan, Sep. 26

Maria and Scott Taylor, Evansville, daughters, Jade Agnes and Orion Alice, Sep. 26

Cassandra and Tracy Hansen, Evansville, son, Tripp Levi, Sep. 27

Felicia Stauffenberg, Grayville, Ill., son, Logan Matthew, Sep. 27

Julie and Jared Crummley, Mount Carmel, Ill., son, Lucas Dale, Sep. 27

Julie and Matt Burgher, Evansville, daughter, Ellie Marie, Sep. 27

Nooralhada Abdelfattah and Ahmad Ahmad, Evansville, daughter, Aheda Amyra, Sep. 27

Sierria Vincent and Jacob Mitchell, Evansville, son, Jacob Levi II, Sep. 27

Balqes and Kumeel Alsawaf, Evansville, daughter, Aqeelah Kumeel, Sep. 28

Kaylene and Gary Chumley Jr., Boonville, Ind., son, Jace Gerald, Sep. 28

Marishka and Joel Bohannon, Evansville, son, Joel Nathaniel Malachi III, Sep. 28

Angela Payne and Joseph Bennett, Evansville, daughter, Clara Lynn, Sep. 29

Brittany and Jarrett Littlefield, Eldorado, Ill., daughter, Teagan J, Sep. 29

Davina Johnson and De’Aveyonte Emery, Evansville, daughter, Amirykal Azella, Sep. 29

Haley and Joshua Fletcher, Evansville, son, Rhydian Michael, Sep. 29

Heather Pinkston and Nicholas Robb, Princeton, Ind., son, Maverick McCory, Sep. 30

Jessica and Phillip Schleeter, Evansville, son, Cynric Zavyan, Sep. 30

Kaela and Adam McDaniel, Wadesville, Ind., son, Logan Eugene, Sep. 30

Samantha Kimble, Evansville, daughter, Madelyn Pauline, and son, Duke Nicholas, Sep. 30

Ashley and Justin Hicks, Evansville, son, Jaxtin Wayne, Oct. 1

Brittany and Robert Kallbreier, Evansville, son, River Cruz, Oct. 1

USI Moving Up GLVC Standings

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team comes home to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field on a three-match winning streak and moving up in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings. USI (7-4-0, 4-4-0 GLVC) will put its winning streak on the line this weekend when it hosts William Jewell College (1-7-2, 1-6-1 GLVC) Friday at 5 p.m. and Rockhurst University (9-1-1, 6-1-1 GLVC) Sunday at noon.

Live coverage of USI’s two-match home weekend can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.

Week 6 Eagle Notes:

Last weekend: The Eagles swept a GLVC road trip for the first time since 2012 when they defeated Saint Joseph’s College and the University of Indianapolis with identical 1-0 scores. The two victories moved the Eagles from the lower fourth of the GLVC standings to the seventh spot and in contention for a spot in the GLVC Tournament at the end of the month.

Big weekend for Hopkins in goal: Sophomore goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana) had a big weekend for the Eagles in the sweep of Saint Joseph’s and UIndy. Hopkins posted back-to-back shutouts; tied a season-high for saves with seven versus Saint Joseph’s, including a game-saving stop of a penalty kick; and set a new season-high with eight saves versus UIndy. For the season, Hopkins has a 4-3 record and a 1.14 goals against average in nine matches.

Game winners: Sophomore forward Ryley Hancock (Evansville, Indiana) took over the team lead in game-winning goals with her third in the victory over Saint Joseph’s. Hancock’s three game-winning goals are followed by senior forward Gabriella Korte (St. Louis, Missouri), who has two.

Leading Scorers: The Eagles have scored 23 goals through 11 matches this fall, flying by the 19 scored during the entirety of the 2015 campaign. Senior forward Gabriella Korte tops the USI scoring leaders with 11 points on a team-high four goals and three assists, while sophomore defender Olivia Wilde (Racine, Wisconsin) follows with 10 points on four goals and two assists.

In the GLVC: USI is ranked first in the GLVC for total points and second for assists and goals.

This week’s opponents in the GLVC: While the Eagles were picked to finish 13th in the GLVC this fall, William Jewell was forecast to finish 12th and Rockhurst was voted fifth by the league’s head coaches.

USI looks to even the score with William Jewell: USI is looking to even the all-time series with William Jewell when it hosts the Cardinals. The Eagles trail the all-time series, 3-2-0, after losing to the Cardinals on the road, 2-1, last fall. USI is 1-1-0 at home against William Jewell, winning in overtime, 3-2, in 2014.

USI looks to break winless streak with Rockhurst: The Eagles trail in the all-time series versus the Hawks, 10-1-1, after dropping last year’s meeting, 3-2, in overtime. The Hawks, who start the week second in the GLVC standings, are 3-0-1 in the last four meetings after losing to the Eagles, 2-1, in 2010.

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