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HOLLY’S HOUSE PARTICIPATING IN ALL-STATE FOUNDATION PURPLE PURSE CHALLENGE 

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Evansville-based Holly’s House empowers victims of intimate crime and abuse by providing support, promoting justice and preventing violence.  The Purple Purse Campaign develops funding to provide financial assistance to victims leaving a violent a relationship.  You can help by donating on CrowdRise through Oct. 25

Holly’s House is one of 100 nonprofit domestic violence organizations across the country competing for $650,000 in grant money as a part of The Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse Challenge, which kicked off today. The Challenge, an annual competition hosted on CrowdRise, is a public fundraising and awareness campaign that coincides with October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

This is the third time Holly’s House has participated in the Purple Purse Challenge, which last year raised nearly $3.1 million for 161 domestic violence organizations throughout the United States.

“The Purple Purse Challenge allows us to sustain our Emergency Assistance Fund for survivors of domestic and family violence which is co-managed by Holly’s House, Albion Fellows Bacon Center, Lampion Center and the YWCA”, said Sidney Hardgrave, Executive Director of Holly’s House.  “Since the fund was established in 2010, almost $27,500 has been allocated to assist 145 victims with critical expenses that will help them establish independence from an abuser.”

In its sixth year, the Purple Purse Challenge provides an opportunity for organizations that support domestic violence survivors to increase their donor base and push for vital funds. One-hundred percent of proceeds go toward nonprofits that provide life-changing

financial empowerment services to help domestic violence survivors build safer lives for themselves and their families.

Beginning this year, the Challenge will level the playing field by dividing partner organizations into two divisions based on organizational budget size – giving everyone a great shot at the $325,000 in grants awarded by The Allstate Foundation.

In order to count toward an organization’s total; donations must be received by Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. ET. Along with $115,000 in weekly bonus challenges, the organization in each division that raises the most money will receive a $100,000 grant; second place will receive $50,000; third place will win $25,000; fourth place earns $20,000; and fifth place will get $15,000.

The Purple Purse Challenge is part of The Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse program, which aims to help end domestic violence and financial abuse through financial empowerment. In its 12th year, Allstate Foundation Purple Purse has propelled more than 800,000 victims on the path to safety and security, and has invested more than $50 million to empower women to break free from abuse through life-changing financial education, job training and readiness and small business programs for survivors.

CrowdRise Challenges are innovative fundraising competitions for charitable organizations designed to build capacity, create easy engagement and leverage the power of the crowd to provide new, meaningful funding streams for organizations in every sector.

To help Holly’s House win The Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Challenge, head to https://www.crowdrise.com/HollysHouse-PurplePurse2016

ABOUT HOLLY’S HOUSE
Holly’s House is a non-residential child and adult advocacy center providing services for victims of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault in Southwest Indiana.  The mission of the organization is to empower victims of intimate crime and abuse by providing support, promoting justice and preventing violence. For more information, please visit www.hollyshouse.org.

ABOUT THE ALLSTATE FOUNDATION Established in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent, charitable organization made possible by subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL). Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the country, The Allstate Foundation brings the relationships, reputation and resources of Allstate to support innovative and lasting solutions that enhance people’s well-being and prosperity. With a focus on building financial independence for domestic violence survivors, empowering youth and celebrating the charitable community involvement of

Allstate agency owners and employees. The Allstate Foundation works to bring out the good in people’s lives. For more information, visit www.AllstateFoundation.org.

ABOUT CROWDRISE CrowdRise is the world’s largest and fastest growing online platform dedicated exclusively to charitable fundraising. CrowdRise is used by millions of individuals, tens of thousands of charities, hundreds of companies and many of the
most famous artists and athletes in the world to creatively leverage their resources and networks to unlock the power of the crowd to support positive social missions and create massive impact.

Founded by actor Edward Norton, film producer Shauna Robertson and Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe, CrowdRise has conceived, implemented and powered campaigns that have raised hundreds of millions dollars to date. For more information visit CrowdRise.

 

Air Quality Forecast

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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.

Friday
September 30		 Saturday
October 1		 Sunday
October 2		 Monday
October 3		 Tuesday
October 4
Fine Particulate
(0-23 CST avg)
Air Quality Index		 good good good good NA*
Ozone
Air Quality Index		 good good good good NA*
Ozone
(peak 8-hr avg)
(expected)		 31-40 ppb 26-35 ppb 31-40 ppb 36-45 ppb NA*

* Not Available and/or Conditions Uncertain.

Air Quality Action Days

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.

air quality forecast

Greater Louisville Classic next up for UE Cross Country

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Aces to run on Saturday morning 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On Saturday morning, the University of Evansville cross country teams head east to the Greater Louisville Classic.  The Purple Aces will run in the blue race, which features an 8K men’s race at 10:45 a.m. ET with the women’s 5K race following at 11:30 a.m. ET.  Tom Sawyer State Park will host the race.

Sienna Crews and Hannah Welsh took the top two positions last weekend as the Purple Aces ran in the Austin Peay Invitational.  The women came home in third place out of nine participating teams while the men took fourth out of ten.

Crews, who also won the event last year, blistered her previous course record in the 5K race.  She ran a 19:05 as a freshman, but improved that to an 18:10 this year, which is also her PR.  It bested her 18:33.87 in last year’s MVC Championship.  She finished nine seconds ahead of teammate Hannah Welsh, who also set a PR with an 18:19.

Ashton Bosler was third on the team.  She made it 3-for-3 with runners setting PR’s as she recorded a time of 19:45 to finish in tenth place.  Her old PR came last year at the MVC Championship and was a 20:09.09.  Next up was Kylie Hasenour.  She fell just seven seconds she of her top time at UE, running a 20:34 to take 27th.

For the men, Ricky Hendrix was the top finisher once again as the team ran 4 miles.  He topped Stanley Chepchieng and Tucker Dawson.  Hendrix came in 6th place, posting a time of 22:20.  His efforts came in a race that featured 89 participants.

Chipeching earned a top-20 finish, taking 20th with a time of 23:06.  Frondorf had a solid run.  His 23:13 was good for 26th place overall.

Fourth for the guys was freshman Tucker Dawson.  He circled the 4-mile course in 23:29 to take 34th.  Twelve seconds behind him was Paul Schwartz, who placed 38th and ran a 23:41.

 

PARALLEL UNIVERSES by Jim Redwine

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Gavel Gamut

By Jim Redwine

(Week 03 October 2016)

PARALLEL UNIVERSES

Peg’s mom gave us her small Florida condo when she decided to move back to Indiana. It is part of a retirement complex where owners must be over 55 years of age; we qualify. For about 20 years we have spent part of the Christmas holidays at the condo. I remember our first trips there. We drove down non-stop (19 hours) and came back the same way. It now takes us at least 2 extra days. Those first few years we filled each day with trips to the beach, sightseeing, miles of walking on golf courses and many hours of swimming. We frequented sports bars where we watched college football games late into the night while noshing on burgers and fries washed down with draft beer.

We met other snowbirds from New York, Massachusetts, Canada and the mid-west who enjoyed getting away from the condo complex and engaging in dancing, dining and conversations about sports, politics and contemporary music. Those folks have remained friends for years.

During this same period Peg and I have attended my high school reunions which are held every 5 years in Oklahoma. Twenty years ago there was a live band playing Beatles songs. This past weekend there was one guy doing an Elvis impersonation. He was quite convincing. Whereas twenty years ago and several times in between everyone danced and shouted out the lyrics, this year people sat and listened politely while occasionally tapping their toes.

Over the years the reunions have included alumni football games, trips to local ranches for beer and barbeque and an occasional reprise of high school rivalries between contesting classmates. This year we met for a buffet of soft food and iced tea accompanied by a few announcements about the classmates who either could no longer be with us or who have retired to Florida.

Peg and I are looking forward to seeing some of those friends and our other Florida acquaintances this Christmas. We plan to sit around the pool and talk about the weather as we enjoy some lemonade. It will be exhilarating!

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EPA Requests Applications To Reduce Diesel Emissions From School Buses

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of approximately $7 million in rebates to public school bus fleet owners to help them replace or retrofit older school buses. Upgrading buses with older engines reduces diesel emissions and improves air quality.

“Modernizing school bus fleets across the country with retrofits, replacements, and idle reduction practices helps reduce children’s exposure to air toxics,” said Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. “With the amount of time kids spend on buses, we need to protect them from the harm older diesel engines can cause.”

EPA standards for new diesel engines make them more than 90 percent cleaner than older ones, but many older diesel engines still in operation predate these standards. Older diesel engines emit large quantities of pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), which have been linked to serious health problems such as aggravated asthma and lung damage.

EPA will accept applications from September 29 to November 1, 2016.

This is the fourth rebate program to fund cleaner school buses offered under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) reauthorization. Nearly 25,000 buses across the country have already been made cleaner as a result of DERA funding.

To learn more about the rebate program, applicant eligibility, selection process and informational webinar dates, visit www.epa.gov/cleandiesel/clean-diesel-rebates.

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Judge Denies State Bid To Reduce $31 Million Award Against DCS

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Judge Denies State Bid To Reduce $31 Million Award Against DCS

Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com

A federal judge Friday rejected the state of Indiana’s motion to reduce a jury’s $31 million award last year against Department of Child Services workers and a state police officer for the wrongful removal of a couple’s children and prosecution of their parents.

“(T)he court finds no reason to conclude that the jury’s award in this case was either excessive or unreasonable as compared to other similar (or dissimilar) cases,” Judge Rudy Lozano wrote in an order issued Friday in Roman Finnegan, et al. v. Laurel Myers, et al., 3:08-CV-503.

Almost a year ago, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana returned the verdict after a 15-day trial. The jury ruled for the plaintiffs on four of five claims that actions of DCS caseworkers and investigators violated the rights of Pulaski County family whose daughter died.

Lynette and Roman Finnegan’s children were taken from their home after their daughter, Jessica, died and DCS suspected abuse. But a later investigation determined the child died after she was prescribed medication that caused a fatal drug interaction with another medication she took to treat a heart condition.

Nevertheless, DCS continued to pursue false neglect substantiations against the parents that a Pulaski County judge wrote were arbitrary and capricious as a matter of law.

“Today’s ruling confirms the jury’s findings that the DCS defendants repeatedly violated the constitutional rights of the Finnegan family, causing enormous damage and warranting the $31 million verdict,” Indianapolis attorney Ron Waicukauski said in an email. “We are pleased by the thoughtful decision and are glad to be one step closer to bringing the Finnegans’ decade-long ordeal to a just conclusion.”

A spokesperson for the office of Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, which defended the state in this case, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Butler Fall Invitational next up for UE Men’s Golf

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Tournament to be played on Monday and Tuesday

 A quick turnaround has the University of Evansville men’s golf team back on the course on Monday at the Butler Fall Invitational.
Highland Golf Club in Indianapolis will host the event on Monday and Tuesday.  Par is set to be a 70.  Play gets underway on Monday at 9 a.m. with Tuesday’s final round beginning at 8:30 a.m.  Both times are eastern.

Aside from host Butler and the Aces, other teams playing are: Marian, Eastern Illinois, Chicago State, IUPUI, Bellarmine, UIndy, Morehead State and Vincennes.

Wil Pahud fired off an even 72 as Aces completed the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic in 12th place on Monday at Elks Run Golf Club.

Pahud’s even round for the day gave him a total of 227 for the event, good for a tie for 46th out of the 100 golfers.  Tyler Gray was the top finisher for the Purple Aces.  He shot a 1-over 73 on Monday and tied for 23rd.  He completed the event with a 222.

Third on the squad was Cameron Weyer.  His 79 in the final round saw him finish the tournament with a 234.  He tied for 72nd.  One behind Weyer was Noah Reese.  His 78 on Monday gave him a total of 235, tying for 76th.  Matthew Ladd registered an 88 in the final day and total a 238 in the three rounds of play.

Evansville’s top individual finisher was Zac Turi.  The sophomore carded a 79 in the final round and tied for 61st in the final finishing order.  His total was a 231.  Austin Carmack was two behind Turi with a 3-round score of 233.  He finished tied for 69th.

 

It’s time for Hayrides, Hikes & Fall Fun! 

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Adopt A Pet

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Bella is a 2-year-old female American Staffordshire Terrier. She was surrendered to the shelter with 2 other dogs. Bella is shy, but she does much better with a more confident dog companion like her sister Bailey. Bella’s adoption fee is only $100 and is all-inclusive. If you’d like to adopt one of her sisters as well, get a $25 discount for adopting two dogs at once! Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or www.vhslifesaver.org for details!

 

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