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OTTERS SEND SIX TO ALL-STAR GAME

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The Evansville Otters announced today that they will send six players to Frontier League All-Star Game in Florence, Ky., on July 13. League officials, team managers, and general managers voted second baseman Josh Allen and shortstop Rolando Gomez as West Division starters. First baseman Nik Balog, third baseman Chris Riopedre and pitchers Randy McCurry and Tyler Vail will join them on the roster.

In 46 games this year, Allen is hitting .359 with 5 home runs and 20 RBIs. Gomez is hitting .288 with 3 home runs and 16 RBIs in 39 games. Balog is hitting .322 with 3 home runs and 20 RBIs in 46 games. Riopedre is hitting .328 with 1 home run and 19 RBIs in 37 games.

Vail (2-2), a starter, leads the Frontier League with 59 strikeouts in 57.2 innings pitched. McCurry (1-1) leads the league with 14 saves.

Allen and Balog are in their third years with the Otters. Gomez and Vail played for Evansville last season. Riopedre and McCurry joined the club this year.

After a week on the road, the Otters return home tomorrow to face River City Rascals. Tickets may be purchased online at www.evansvilleotters.com or by calling 812-435-8686, ext. 21.

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ELLIS PARK CANCELS LIVE RACING FOR JULY 4; REMAINS OPEN FOR SIMULCASTING, INSTANT RACING

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 Ellis Park called off its July 4 card Monday because of flooding on the track caused by deluges of rain overnight and in the morning.
The track will be open for simulcasting from across the country, as well as its Instant Racing gaming.
Ellis owner Ron Geary said they will work to add the Thursday before Labor Day, Sept. 1, as a make-up day for the cancelation.

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HEA 1019 -The Body Camera Bill.

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 Submitted by State Representative Gail Riecken, D 77

There were several bills that passed this last session, like HEA1337, that legislators on both sides of the isle said had gone too far. That law signed by the Governor was struck down by the courts yesterday.

However, not all bills were bad and I was fortunate to work on one that shines as a success when everyone works together for the benefit of Hoosiers.

HEA 1019 is the Body Camera bill. The new law goes into effect today and for the first time gives a person involved in a recorded law enforcement activity access to view a recording of a camera worn by law enforcement or on the dash of the vehicle. To learn how to request access and who specifically is awarded that opportunity, go to my website www.in.gov/H77 for a report written in question and answer form.

The Body Camera law is a start and we will see revisions as we try out this new law. As my part I will be requesting through the public access process any local reports and the resolution of those reports each month through October. Although the law helps give access, there is one major flaw in that the law and that

is it does not state the length of time between the request and the response from law enforcement.
As a matter of good faith I have encouraged law enforcement to adopt a local policy on the time period and make it well known. This and one other issue were mentioned most when I spoke with constituents about the law—when are cameras allowed to be on and off and what happens in case of malfunction. I believe law enforcement has policies regarding these topics and hope they are made public as soon as possible.

 

ELLIS PARK RECAP: Ivy’s College Fund Wins First ‘Baby’ Race

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Prime Time Man Takes Grass Allowance

 Ellis Park expects its 2-year-old racing to be a hallmark of the 2016 summer meet. And Sunday’s first “baby” race of the season didn’t disappoint. However, it was a case where experience ruled.

Five of the 2-year-old fillies – from the powerful stables of Churchill Downs leading trainer Mark Casse, Mike Maker, Brad Cox, Bernie Flint and 1992 Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Lynn Whiting— were running for the first time in the five-furlong event. Another in the field of seven, trained by Ellis-based John Hancock, had raced once. But it was Ivy’s College Fund, making her fourth start, who romped by 11 3/4 lengths over the Flint-trained She’s Super Cool. Ivy’s College Fund, a daughter of Albertus Maximus, is trained at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington with trainer and co-owner Guillermo Rangel.

Ivy’s College Fund was third in her first two starts at Churchill Downs before struggling home ninth on the turf at Indiana Grand.

“There were some nice babies in there who had never started but showed good works in the morning,” jockey Leandro Goncalves, aboard Ivy’s College Fund for the first time, said of Sunday’s sixth race. “She’s a very fast filly. I rode against her last time on the grass, and I don’t think she liked it. But I tell you, she left there today like a quarter horse.”

Speaking of good works, Ivy’s College Fund’s works at The Thoroughbred Center have been blazing, including out of the gate in the mud in 35 1/5 seconds for three-eighths of a mile.

“If you go 36 there, it’s very good,” Goncalves said. “Normally they go 38 or 37, because I work horses there. When I saw the works, I said, ‘Geez, I hope that’s true.’ And she showed that today.

“I rode for Guillermo the other day at Belterra, too, and we won. So we’re 2 for 2, and I ride one for him Monday. He said, ‘Just ride your race. If she breaks good, you go. She’s very fast.”

She’s Super Cool, ridden by James Graham, held off the Casse-trained Royal Asscher and jockey Robby Albarado by a half-length, with the Cox-trained Whatsyoursign another half-length back in fourth. Lady Hansen, the Maker-trained 4-5 favorite off her own very fast works, hesitated at the start and wound up fifth.

In the $39,000 eighth-race allowance feature, Zayat Stable’s Prime Time Man shot through the stretch under Albarado to prevail by head over Ft David and Miguel Mena in a three-horse surge to the wire. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, the 3-year-old Prime Time Man closed from last to cover the mile on turf in 1:34.04 and paid $13.60 to win as he defeated older horses. Knight of Valor finished another neck back in third in the field of nine. Heavy favorite Dream Seeker battled for the lead with second choice Derby Champagne and faded to eighth. Derby Champagne finished sixth.

“I got squeezed back leaving there, so I was committed to staying back there and make a late run,” Albarado said. “I went wider than I wanted to, but I had enough horse and he actually got me there.”

FOOTNOTE:  Racing resumes at 12:50 p.m. ET Monday with a special July 4 card, with Ellis then going to its Friday-Sunday schedule.

Indiana State Police Reminds Drivers to Celebrate Responsibly this July Fourth

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The Indiana State Police, in partnership with the Governor’s Council on Impaired & Dangerous Driving and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), would like to remind all Indiana motorists to celebrate July Fourth responsibly by driving sober and safe.

“Lower gas prices this long 4th of July weekend likely means even more people will be traveling by car over the holiday weekend,” said Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter. “For this reason the state police will have additional patrols looking for impaired and aggressive drivers, as well as people that are not using their seatbelts.  So, if you choose to drink and drive, expect to spend most of your weekend behind bars.”

During the 2015 July Fourth holiday period (6:00 p.m., July 3 through 5:59 a.m., July 6), there were 964 traffic collisions in Indiana. Of those, 64 were alcohol-related, with 73 percent involving a driver with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 or greater. In total, there were 43 injuries and 2 deaths as a result of alcohol-related crashes.

“Crashes due to impaired driving are an unnecessary reality we can all prevent,” said Council Chair Todd Meyer. “By looking out for ourselves and one another, we can work together to keep each and every motorist safe this July Fourth.”

The Indiana State Police, the Governor’s Council, and ICJI would like to remind motorists that crashes and deaths resulting from impaired driving can be prevented with the following precautions:

·         Before the celebration begins, plan a safe way home

·         Do not drive or ride impaired

·         If you do drink, use a taxi, public transportation, ridesharingservice or designate a sober friend or family member and give them your keys

·         If you see a drunk driver on the road, call 911

·         If you know someone who is about to drive or ride impaired, take their keys and help make arrangements to get them home safely

 

Judge grants e-liquid maker temporary restraining order in vaping case

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Kayleigh Colombo for www.theindianalawyer.com

One scorned e-liquid manufacturer will get a short reprieve from Indiana’s new vaping laws, which effectively shut many players out of the market when the laws took effect Friday.

A federal judge on Thursday afternoon granted a temporary restraining order for Naples, Florida-based GoodCat LLC and ordered the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to grant it a provisional manufacturing permit so that it could continue participating in the Indiana market. The order is set to expire in 14 days.

Richard Young, chief judge for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Indiana, wrote in the order that “Goodcat has a reasonable likelihood of succeeding on the merits” of its case against the vaping laws. Temporary restraining orders are essentially short-term injunctions before a trial happens.

GoodCat’s lawsuit against the state, which was filed June 20, focused on the constitutionality of the laws’ stringent security firm requirements, which critics said essentially put one private Lafayette firm in charge of vetting security practices for all manufacturers permitted in Indiana. GoodCat sells its products in 200 Indiana retailers.

The laws set out narrow rules for which security firms could qualify, and then required all manufacturers to sign a five-year contract with a qualified firm before they submitted applications to the state. Six of the seven e-liquid manufacturers approved by the state used Lafayette-based Mulhaupt’s as their security firm.

IBJ reported June 18 that at least 30 national and local manufacturers tried to do business with Mulhaupt’s, but many were unsuccessful, including Goodcat. The security firm said it was being choosy with whom it worked.

“Permitting GoodCat to continue essentially under the status quo for two weeks does not pose significant harm to the public interest,” Young wrote in his order.

Young has scheduled a hearing for July 11 to collect more information about the case.

“GoodCat is grateful that the temporary restraining order will allow the e-liquid products it manufactures to, at least for now, remain on the shelves of Indiana retailers,” said GoodCat’s lawyer Eric Heyer, counsel at Washington, D.C.-based Thompson Hine LLP.

The GoodCat decision was a bit of good news for scorned e-liquid manufacturers on Thursday. Another judge acting in a second federal case challenging the vaping law did not grant plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction and upheld the law’s constitutionality.

Evan McMahon, who runs vaping industry group Hoosier Vapers and owns his own shop, told IBJ that Young’s order “shows there is a path to victory here.”