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Volleyball improves against one of MVC’s best

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Aces drop Saturday match at Southern Illinois

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Facing the second-place team in the Missouri Valley Conference, the University of Evansville volleyball team put up a valiant effort but dropped a 3-0 final on Saturday evening.

Mildrelis Rodriguez and Cathy Schreiber were the top offensive performers for the Purple Aces (4-18, 0-9 MVC) notching 11 and 7 kills, respectively.  Jelena Merseli had 17 assists while Olivia Goldstein finished the night with 10 digs.

Southern Illinois (16-7, 7-2 MVC) spread the ball around as four players notched six or more kills.  Abby Barrow had the top tally with 8.  Mariana Pilon had the top dig total of the night with 15.  The Salukis opened the first game scoring the first three points and utilized a late run to earn a 25-14 win.  Evansville kept it close at 15-10, but SIU battled back to finish the set on a 10-4 run.

Evansville put its best foot forward in the second game, battling the Salukis in the early going to tie it up at 8-8.  The Salukis had the upper hand in the middle portion of the game, leading by seven at 22-15.  The Aces never gave up as Olivia Goldstein had a pair of service aces in a 5-0 run that got her team with a pair at 22-20.  UE cut the gap to one at 24-23, but a Ginger Perinar kill clinched the set for SIU at 25-23.

In the third frame, the Aces faced a 7-2 hole, but kept fighting to cut the deficit to three at 18-15 as part of a 5-1 run.  That is as close as the Aces would get as they fell by a final of 25-18.

Beginning on Friday, the Aces make their way through the state of Iowa they travel to UNI for a Friday evening match before heading to Drake on Saturday.

EPD Activity Report

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Intoxicated Motorist Runs from Sheriff’s Office Only to be Stopped by his Passenger

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An intoxicated motorist wanted on a felony warrant fled from a sheriff’s deputy, but his flight was cut short by the actions of his passenger.

On Thursday, October 14, 2016 at approximately 11:15am a Sheriff’s Office K-9 and a Evansvillle Police Department detective assigned to the Joint Drug Task Force initiated a traffic stop on the Lloyd Expressway at the Martin Luther King exit. The vehicle (a blue 1999 Ford Explorer) initially pulled over, but once the deputy exited his vehicle the driver sped westbound onto Division Street.

As the deputy gave chase he observed the suspect run through two red lights and nearly collide with another vehicle. The vehicle eventually stopped on Fulton Avenue at W. Virginia Street. The driver, Mr. Michael Anthony Luttrull, was then taken into custody.

The passengers, Ms. Lori McDade and Ms. Stacey Burton, were detained and eventually arrested on narcotics related charges. Mr. Luttrull was found to have active felony and misdemeanor warrants. Mr. Luttrell admitted to consuming 3/4 of a fifth of bourbon prior to driving. A certified breath test showed Mr. Luttrell’s breath alcohol content to be .124.

During an inventory of the vehicle, a gram of methamphetamine was located. Further information developed during the investigation led to the acquisition of a search warrant for 2200 Jefferson Avenue. More than an ounce of methamphetamine was seized at that location along with nearly $7,000 in currency and a mint condition 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Deputies later learned that the reason Mr. Luttell stopped fleeing was because of the actions of one of his passengers. Ms. Stacey Burton disabled the vehicle by shifting the transmission out of gear and turning off the ignition during the pursuit.

ARRESTED:

Michael Anthony Luttrull (pictured above), 54, of Newburgh. Resisting Law Enforcement as a Level 6 Felony, Operating while Intoxicated with a Prior Conviction as a Level 6 Felony, Operating while Intoxicated as a Class A and Class C Misdemeanor, Reckless Driving as a Class A Misdemeanor, Driving while License Suspended as a Class A Infraction

Lori Lynn McDade (pictured above), 54, of Evansville. Possession of Methamphetamine as a Level 6 Felony, Visiting a Common Nuisance as a Class B Misdemeanor

Stacey Lynn Burton (pictured above), 46, of Evansville. Visiting a Common Nuisance as a Class B Misdemeanor

 

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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“READERS FORUM” OCTOBER 16, 2016

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CHANNEL 44 TV NEWS: Focused on the Candidates: Stephen Melcher

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Focused on the Candidates: Stephen Melcher

OCTOBER 16TH, 2016

HEATHER GOOD CAMPAIGN 2016

 44News is focused on the candidates. As election day approaches, we meet with the people hoping for your vote.

A former Evansville city councilman, Democrat Stephen Melcher has served two terms on the county commission and is running for re-election in the third district.

He says his experience will provide consistency on the board.

A military veteran, Melcher says he has always been a public servant and wants to continue his work for the voters.

44News Anchor Heather Good has more with the candidate.

Election 2016: How to Write-in a Candidate

OCTOBER 14TH, 2016

CHELSEA KOERBLER

 As some Americans are unhappy with their choices for president, Google Trends data suggests a record number of people are searching “How to write-in a candidate.”

However, those numbers aren’t being seen by the Vanderburgh County Election Office.

But in general, the Vanderburgh County election supervisor says, people are excited to vote in this election.

Since opening up early voting on the 12th, they’ve already had 700 early voters and sent out more than 2,700 ballots.

But, if you are unhappy with the Republican or Democrat running for president, you can write in a candidate and it’s fairly simple in Indiana.

“Touch the area where it says write-in,” said John Gerard, Vanderburgh County Election Office Supervisor. “And then a screen’s going to pop in that you just type the name in and you hit accept.”

Gerard says the only tricky part comes when choosing who to write in. You can’t just write-in anybody. In Indiana you can only choose from a list of candidates registered as Independent or write-ins.

TRUMP VS HILLARY – EMBARRASSMENT VS EVIL

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TRUMP VS HILLARY – EMBARRASSMENT VS EVIL

Making Sense by Michael Reagan

Everyone knows I’m not a Trump supporter.

He’s personally embarrassing.

He has embarrassed the Republican Party.

He has embarrassed the country.

He’s right about many things. And he did much better at the second debate.

But it doesn’t matter. Unless there’s a miracle, he’s going to lose to Hillary.

He’s going to be defeated by the weakest, most unlikable, least trustable candidate the Democrats have nominated since, well, her husband.

It’s not just Hillary we’ll be stuck with for four years, by the way. It’ll be a two-fur.

We’ll also get four more years of her dirty old man, Bill, who singlehandedly did more to debase and embarrass the office of president than anyone.

America is already in big trouble. I’m 71 and I won’t live to see it, but it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

It really makes me sad to think about what’s happening to the country, or why.

Most young people — the millennial voters everyone’s trying to please — don’t have a clue what’s going wrong now because they don’t know anything about history.

They don’t know how America got to be great, or how much better off they are than their parents or grandparents — or why.

They don’t know where their great country came from, or who built it, or why immigrants came here, or why the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

For them, American history started with the iPhone, Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders promise of free college.

I was talking to my 38-year-old son the other day. He’s got a 9-month-old daughter and he’s worried about her future.

So am I.

What kind of country is she going to find after four or — God forbid — eight years of a Clinton co-presidency?

Everyone who reads this column knows how I feel about Donald Trump. Trump knows how I feel about Trump. My father in heaven knows.

I’m embarrassed. My father would be embarrassed. My mother would be embarrassed. My stepmother would be embarrassed. And rightly so.

Trump is no conservative, no Republican, no gentleman, no policy wonk, no answer to America’s prayers or needs — at home or overseas.

Trump is Trump, and always will be. He has been as embarrassing as he is now since the day he started to run.

The purists on talk radio and in the conservative movement, and the GOP establishment– the chickens who let Trump steal their party instead of their ideas — are jumping ship like rats.

Trump isn’t perfect as a human being or a Republican and never will be.

But I’m willing to be embarrassed by him for four years if that’s what it takes to stop Hillary.

America can’t afford to have her in charge for one hour.

Her bad economic ideas, her dishonesty, her corrupt politics, her slimy friends, her Supreme Court choices and her phony family’s family values will start us down a path that will lead to the destruction of the American way of life.

That scary thought far outweighs any concern — and embarrassment — I’d have voting for Donald Trump.

Study: Pay Gap 44 Percent Between Men, Women Partners

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Study: Pay Gap 44 Percent Between Men, Women Partners

IL for www.theindianalawyer.com

A new study has found that the gender gap in pay is persisting in the legal profession with women partners making an average of 44 percent less than their male counterparts.

Data from the 2016 Partner Compensation Survey by Major Lindsey & Africa showed compensation increased overall for law firm partners. The median salary climbed to $575,000, a 21 percent increase from 2014. However, the disparity between the genders is stark as the average compensation for male partners is $949,000 while female partners only earn $659,000 on average. The 44 percent gap is slightly lower than the 47 percent differential reported in 2014.

“After seeing much more modest increases in compensation following the Great Recession, the results from 2016 demonstrate that BigLaw is resilient,” said Jeffrey Lowe, Global Practice Leader of Major Lindsey & Africa’s Law Firm Practice and the study’s author. “However, notwithstanding these strong results, the effects of the Great Recession will continue to be felt for a long time. It was a watershed event that has forever changed the course of BigLaw.”

Also, male partners reported average originations of $2.59 million, representing a gain of 18 percent over 2014. However, female partners posted a gain of 40 percent, rising to $1.73 million from $1.24 million in 2014.

The results of the fourth biennial study were based on responses from more than 2,100 U.S. law firm partners in U.S. firms with Am Law 200-, NLJ-350 or Global 100-rankings in the past five years.

Other key findings include:

•    Equity partners are earning an average of three times as much as non-equity partners. Equity partners make an average of $1.10 million, up 13 percent from 2014, and non-equity partners average $367,000, an increase of 9 percent over 2014.
•    Equity partners continue to originate substantially more revenue ($3.1 million) than their non-equity partner counterparts ($720,000), a key factor for determining compensation.
•    The average compensation of white partners is $876,000, up 14 percent from 2014. Likewise, Hispanic partners average $956,000, a 100 percent increase; African-American partners average $797,000, up 39 percent; and Asian Pacific partners average $875,000, a 36 percent bump.
•    Compensation varies greatly among geographic locations. Average compensation ranges from a low of $564,000 in Seattle to a high of $1.43 million in Silicon Valley, a difference of more than 150 percent.

Also for the first time, the 2016 survey measured respondents’ satisfaction with their professional lives and their work as attorneys. Eighty-two percent of the respondents classified themselves as very satisfied, moderately satisfied or slightly satisfied when factoring in compensation, versus 72 percent when compensation was not taken into consideration.

“The legal industry has a reputation for being grueling and stressful, and many have always assumed that lawyers are just in it for the money,” Lowe said. “Instead, this survey shows that most law firm partners practice because they are passionate about their work, regardless of the financial incentives.”

Wallace Innovation Incubator’s Standout Companies,Took Home Two Honors At The Annual SBEMP Awards

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Palm Springs iHub Shines at SBEMP Awards

CVEP CEO Joe Wallace, who also serves as managing director of the Palm Springs iHub, and Hank McCarrick, the owner of SecoSys, one of the innovation incubator’s standout companies, took home two of the four honors bestowed Wednesday night at the second annual SBEMP Awards at the private Colony 29 estates in Palm Springs.

Presented by law firm of Slovak, Baron, Empey, Murphy, & Pinkney LLP, the event celebrates local business leaders and the impact they make across the Coachella Valley.

The Palm Springs iHub and Accelerator Campus have attracted 48 start-up companies, which in turn created almost 150 jobs, in the areas of clean energy, health and medicine, digital media, and wearable technologies.

SecoSys, which is featured in the new edition of Vision Greater Palm Springs,creates intelligent water meters to manage, control, and conserve water in real-time at commercial and residential sites. Joining Wallace (Leadership) and McCarrick (Environment) among the SBEMP honorees were Dr. Sharon Brown-Welty (Impact) of CSUSB Palm Desert Campus and Tyler and Kelly McLean (Entrepreneur) of Splash House.

Expansion on Tap for Indiana’s Triton Brewing Company

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Indianapolis - Triton Brewing Company, a traditional community-based production brewery, announced plans today to grow its brewing and distribution operations in Indiana. The company, which recently celebrated its five-year anniversary, has increased its production nearly tenfold since 2011, and its beer is now available in more than 1,500 local and national retailers statewide.

“Indiana businesses have created more than 156,000 new jobs since 2013 thanks to the dedication and hard work of Hoosier entrepreneurs like the team at Triton Brewing Company,” said Governor Mike Pence. “Indiana offers innovators a low-cost, low-tax business climate and a limited red-tape regulatory environment that has been recognized as the best in the nation for small businesses. Indiana is a state that works for job creators of all sizes, and we are committed to supporting the continued growth of Indiana-grown ideas like Triton Brewing Company.”

Triton Brewing Company, which has brewed more than 1,100 batches representing 128 of its brands since 2011, will invest $435,000 over the next three years at its Indianapolis facility near Fort Benjamin Harrison in order to increase production and expand its Midwest distribution into Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois. The company, which utilizes both laboratory and sensory testing for quality control, plans to add a centrifuge and related equipment to support the increased production and will add a kitchen to its 10,600-square-foot facility to provide fresh, seasonal fare for customers.

As part of its planned growth, Triton will add up to 17 new full-time jobs by 2019. The new positions will specialize in brewing, bottling and operations to support the company’s current team of 11 Hoosiers, including 5 full-time employees.

“This is a significant investment in our people and our organization, and this support from the state of Indiana will help us continue to grow and add jobs locally,” said David Waldman, director of operations for Triton Brewing Company. “We have a very strong connection to the community and the state, and we look forward to building our company and our lives here in Indiana. Many of the names of our signature beers are inspired by Indiana, and we look forward to sharing this Hoosier inspiration across the region.”

Triton, which also partners with Triton Tap in Broad Ripple, is dedicated to supporting increased community events and engagement as well as giving back to the Hoosier community. In just the last three years, Triton has supported more than 50 local charitable organizations and has contributed to community-focused festivals across Indiana that also benefit specific causes, including Anderson Brewfest, Brew Ha Ha, Evansville Zoo Brew, Indiana Microbrewers Festival and Noblesville Brewfest.

“It is exciting to follow the evolution of Indy’s craft beer community over the past few years,” said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett. “The need for amenities that help attract and retain talented individuals from across the globe is more important than ever, and Indy’s creative class of artisan food and drink producers has really put us on the map. Cheers to Triton for their continued success.”

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Triton Brewing Company up to $57,000 in conditional tax credits and up to $45,000 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 city of Indianapolis will provide additional workforce assistance at the request of Develop Indy, a business unit of the Indy Chamber.

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