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Eagles Leap in ITA Rankings Before GLVC Tournament

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team earned the second seed in the East Division for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tennis Tournament with its 5-1 conference record. Overall, the Screaming Eagles finished the year with a 15-4 record before moving into the GLVC Tournament. The event will be held in Romeoville, Illinois.

USI in 2015-16
Despite dropping two region matches in February, USI went on to win 13 of their final fifteen matches including six sweeps. The Eagles managed a 10-match win streak that was snapped in the final week of the regular season. The streak is the team’s longest since the 2012-13 season when USI won 12 consecutive matches, winning the conference tournament and making an appearance at the national championships.

ITA Rankings Updated
USI moved up six spots in the latest ITA national rankings release Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles make the jump six spots to 39th and move ahead of GLVC opponents Drury University and Lewis University. The University of Indianapolis is ranked 19th and tops the region poll. USI also remains fourth in the Midwest Region Rankings.

Star Seniors
Two USI seniors have been models of consistency for the Eagles over their time in Evansville. Jack Joyce(Bournemouth, England) has lead a young and talented roster, filling any position necessary. Joyce has a 17-5 record in singles competition and is on his way to his fourth 20-win season as an Eagle. Joel Stern(Mjoelby, Sweden) has anchored the back end of singles matches for USI. The fourth year senior has earned a 15-4 mark during his singles matches. The two have teamed together in doubles play for 12 matches winning 11, including their first 11 of the year.

Top Newcomers
With the third most combined win on the team, freshman James Hardiman (Blackwell Bristol, United Kingdom) currently holds a 10-match win streak in singles play to highlight his season record of 16-3. The freshman’s doubles record, 16-3, mirrors his singles mark with 13 of those wins coming with junior Aaron Barris (Marietta, Georgia). Another first year Eagles, junior transfer Paul Forichon (Nimes, France) leads USI in combined wins with an 18-3 singles record, including a nine-match win-streak, and a 16-8 doubles record.

USI Record Book 
A number of Eagles have worked their way up the USI record books. Joyce has moved into fifth all time for career singles wins with 74. Joyce also moved into a tie for fourth place with assistant coach Ben Boesing for the most doubles wins in a career with 79. The two totals move Joyce into third place all-time for the most combined wins. The doubles team of Barris and Hardiman sit in third all-time with their current 13 match win streak.

Rockhurst in 2015-16
The Hawks of Rockhurst University finished their 2015-16 regular season just above .500 with a 9-8 mark. Their 3-2 record in GLVC action was good enough for the third seed in the East Division. The Hawks have lost two consecutive matches and are a combined 2-6 away from Kansas City.

2015 GLVC Tournament
The Eagles also took on Rockhurst in the quarterfinal round of last year’s GLVC Tournament. USI took all three doubles match to get out to the early lead before winning the match, 5-1.  In the semifinals, then #15 Drury fell behind early losing two of three doubles matches but eventually won the match, 5-2.

USI (15-3, 5-1 GLVC) begins play in the quarterfinal round of the GLVC Tennis Tournament Friday morning. In the opening round, the Eagles will take on Rockhurst University for the second consecutive year at 9 a.m. at Plainfield East High School in Plainfield, Illinois

USI’s Pence earns GLVC weekly honor

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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field senior All-American Tyler Pence (Springfield, Illinois) has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Track Athlete of the Week following his performance at the Bellarmine Classic this past weekend.

Pence finished first in the 5,000 meters with an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 14 minutes, 8.98 seconds. His time currently ranks second in the GLVC and 13th, nationally.

The weekly honor is the first for Pence this year and the second of his outdoor career—he also earned GLVC Runner of the Week honors two times during his cross country career.

Pence joins fellow classmate Johnnie Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) in earning GLVC Track Athlete of the Week honors this year. Guy has earned a pair of GLVC Track Athlete of the Week accolades during the outdoor season after capturing three awards during the indoor campaign.

Despite Pence’s efforts this past weekend, the Screaming Eagles slipped two spots to No. 25 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Top 25 Computer Rankings.

In addition to Pence, Guy ranks second in the nation in the 5,000 meters, while juniors Chase Broughton (Marengo, Indiana) and Josh Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) rank fifth and seventh, respectively, in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 10,000 meters.

Junior Noah Lutz (Evansville, Indiana) is 26th in the 10,000 meters, while Broughton and Josh Guy and 30th and 40th, respectively, in the 5,000 meters.

USI returns to action Friday when it competes at the Hillsdale “Gina” Relays in Hillsdale, Michigan. Johnnie Guy also will be aiming for the school-record when he competes in the 10,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational.

 

Dr. Bucshon’s Opioid Addiction Treatment Bill Passes Energy and Commerce Committee

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Bill will expand access to opioid addiction treatment for Hoosier patients
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Legislation authored by Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. to improve and reform the treatment for opioid addiction passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce today.

“The opioid addiction epidemic has left no area this nation untouched. Every week we see in the news the devastating impact it has on our families, friends, and neighbors.  The evidence is clear that this epidemic is growing and it will continue to grow unless we take action. As a doctor, father, and public policy maker, I want to do my part to help our communities overcome this challenge. That’s why I introduced legislation to reform and improve the way patients are treated for opioid addiction. I’m proud that this bipartisan bill passed the Energy and Commerce Committee today. I encourage all of my colleagues to support it on the House floor in the coming weeks.” 

H.R. 4981, the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act, was introduced by Reps. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) and Paul Tonko (D-NY). H.R. 4981 amends the Controlled Substances Act to expand access to medication-assisted opioid addiction treatment, ensures patients have access to a wider range of comprehensive, evidence-based treatment options, and helps minimize the potential for drug diversion. The legislation is the product of months of stakeholder engagement, expert input and bipartisan negotiation and is supported by the American Medical Association, the Harm Reduction Coalition, the Drug Policy Alliance, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the National Council on Behavioral Health, among others.

 

H.R. 4981 is expected to be considered on the House floor sometime in May.

Take Back the Night 2016

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Take Back the Night 2016, April 28, 2016 

Registra on Begins at 6:00 p.m. Tropicana Evansville’s Events Plaza March Begins 6:30 p.m.
Free Commemora ve T-shirts

Take Back the Night March is a protest of sexual assault and rape held at dusk as a symbolic gesture to make the night safe again for vic ms and communi es. This event has become an annual tradi on for the Evansville area. The March starts at Tropicana Evansville’s Events Plaza and will proceed to The Four Freedoms Monument, then back to the Events Plaza for a candlelight ceremony to honor survivors. A local survivor will speak about the impact that sexual abuse has had on her life. A er her speech, audience members will have the opportunity to speak out against rape and to honor the impact on their lives.

Take Back the Night is an annual rally and march held throughout the United States and Europe to protest sexual assault and rape. Our Nineteenth Annual March is sponsored by Albion Fellows Bacon Center and community partners. If you need accommoda ons due to a disability, please call Chrissy Wicks at (812) 422-9372. If you, or someone you know, needs assistance or informa on about domes c or sexual violence, call (812)424-RAPE (7273) or 1-800-339-7752.

Andrew Horning challenges 8th District Corruption

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Freedom, IN – Sixteen years ago, the New York Times said that Indiana’s “Bloody 8th” congressional district often fired incumbents, and did not “…cotton to country club Republicans or to social-engineering liberals.” Yet it appears the corrupt parties are preparing to foist exactly such candidates, including a three-term incumbent, upon Indiana’s 8th Congressional district.

So did the district change, or has something else happened to turn this district into yet another stronghold for the Powers That Be?

It’s only fairly recently that most people have become aware of the crony corruption of both Wall Street and K-Street, and the cozy interrelationships between regulators and the regulated. Voters are only now learning about the false façade of choice in taxpayer-supported primary elections. And so they’re only now looking for fair, reasonable alternatives to the surprisingly recent, self-appointed, illegal, destructive, increasingly and irretrievably corrupt, “Two Party System.”

There is such an alternative for 8th district voters.

Andrew Horning of Freedom, Indiana, who consistently exposes both the fraud of primary elections, and the unconstitutional, destructive powers and immunities the Democratic and Republican parties, has been nominated as the Libertarian Party of Indiana’s candidate for District 8 US House of Representatives.

Vanderburgh County recent Booking Records

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http://www.vanderburghsheriff.com/recent-booking-records.aspx

IS IT TRUE APRIL 27 2016

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IS IT TRUE that we hear that former Vanderburgh County Republic Party Chairman Joe Harrison Jr. is supporting Donald Trump for President?   …Joe Harrison Jr has been spotted picking up Trump yard signs at the local Trump headquarters and distributing them out to others for a week or so.?  …our Indy “Moles” tell us that Joe Harrison  Jr is a longtime friend of former Indiana Republican Party Chairman, Rex Early, Trump’s Indiana Presidential Campaign Chairman?

IS IT TRUE if TRUMP wins the Indiana and the Republican primary for President you can expect Joe Harrison Jr will be appointed by Rex Early to a high profile position within the “Indiana For Trump for President” campaign committee?

IS IT TRUE it looks like Donald Trumps visit to Indiana this coming Thursday, may prove to be the most important political campaign trip he has taken so far?  …Evansville could prove to be the beginning of the end to Ted Cruz quest to become the Republican nominee for the next President?

IS IT TRUE we are hearing that this Thursday “Trump For President” rally will have an overflow crowd?  …when all said and done we bet the event organizer’s wish they would had rented the Ford Center for this event?

IS IT TRUE yesterday former President Bill Clinton made two stops in Evansville ? …he stopped by  the Central Labor Council of Southern Indiana and Penny Lane Coffeehouse?   …he had an unannounced private meeting with a couple of local individuals?   …some of the individuals  who attended this private gathering were: former City Councilman  John Friend CPA,  former Sheriff and U S Congressman Brad Ellsworth, 8th District Democratic Party Chairman Tony Long, Vanderburgh County Party Chairman Rob Faulkner, and past Democratic Party Chairman Mark Owen ?

IS IT TRUE yesterday the Evansville Brownfield Corp. had another unadvertised secret meeting held at the YWCA at 10:30 am?  …this not-for-profit  organization just received $1.7 millions of our hard earned money from City Council?  ...this corporation received this money from the city without submitting any past audits or financial statements?

IS IT TRUE yesterday “Readers Poll” was: Who do you endorse in the Democratic primary race for District 77 State Representative? …the results are as follows: 173 people voted?  …Brandon Lee Ferguson had 41 votes, Ryan Hatfield had 53 votes and Lori Sherman received 79 votes?

FOOTNOTE: Todays “READERS POLL” question is: Who do you endorse in the Republican primary race for the President?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

by Laura Blackburn

Monday evening’s City Council meeting reached a new low, even for this group. The unanimous decision to amend the “Good Neighbor Ordinance”was bad enough to sink the Good Ship City Council, but it got worse by the end of the voyage.

This ordinance is a travesty. It exposes renters who have family members with mental illness, alcohol, or drug issues to a real possibility of losing their homes. If there are two incidents that involve police runs, the entire family can be evicted by the police. In some cases, that will render an abused mother and her children homeless. It can do the same for elderly parents who are caring for a mentally ill or intellectually challenged child. The scenarios that can render innocent people homeless are endless. If being evicted is not bad enough, the fact that most landlords will not rent to people with evictions on their record really makes life impossible for a lot of people. Many of those who are evicted will not be able to afford all of the deposits and other costs associated with moving on short notice, even if they can find someone who will rent to them.

There is also the constitutional rights issue of “innocent until proven guilty” that is being violated in our local “law.” How often do you read that someone who was charged with a crime has had the charges dismissed? So, if someone is accused of a crime and the prosecutor finds some “probable cause”, their family gets evicted while they sit in jail awaiting trial. Then, for some reason the charges are dropped and the accused goes free, but it doesn’t repair their and their family’s lives. It doesn’t even put them back in their homes and remove the eviction from their background check. I hope this ridiculous miscarriage of justice is reconsidered, but I suspect it will take several millions of dollars in legal fees to bring the local “patriots” to their senses.

The grand finale to the show came when Missy “1st Amendment” Mosby shut down an attempt of activist George Lumley to address the Council, and topped it off with a threat to deny all citizens their right of remonstrance before Council on a permanent basis. If the voters knew before the last election what they know now I doubt Missy would be an elected official.

FOOTNOTE:  This letter was posted without opinion, bias or editing.

Winsett Named Editor-in-Chief Of Professional Journal

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Rebecca P. Winsett PhD, RN has been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief of the nursing and health professional journal Progress in Transplantation.

This inter-professional journal is specific to clinicians working in donor procurement and management, pre- and post-transplant hospital care, and the long-term care of abdominal and thoracic donors and recipients. End stage renal, liver, heart, pancreatic, and bowel disease and subsequent organ transplantation is a highly specialized area of medicine in which state-of-the-art technology, research, and innovative techniques are used to address serious and complex medical problems. The journal accepts original research and clinical practice issues from nurses, pharmacists, social workers, psychology, psychiatry, nutritionists, and donor, pre- and post- transplant coordinators.

Dr. Winsett has been involved in transplant nursing since 1976 and has over 100 publications in transplantation. NATCO, The Organization for Transplant Professionals has sponsored the journal since its inception in 1991. She began her new role April 11, 2016.  Dr. Winsett will continue her employment part-time with St. Mary’s as well.

Coleman and Reese to transfer from UE

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Aces Roster Shaping Up For 2016-17 Season

University of Evansville interim head women’s basketball coach Matt Ruffing has announced the transfers of two student-athletes from the Purple Aces program.

Camille Coleman and Taloni Reese have decided to transfer from UE at the completion of the spring semester.  Coleman, who completed her freshman season and Reese, a sophomore in 2015-16, are both looking to attend an institution closer to their homes in northern Indiana.

“I want to thank Camille and Taloni for all of their hard work and dedication to our program,” Ruffing said.  “We respect their decision to move closer to home and wish them the best of luck in the future.”

 

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