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Springtime Thank-A-Teacher Opportunity

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Throughout the year, the Public Education Foundation encourages the community to support our public schools students and staff.  But in the spring, during Teacher Appreciation Week, PEF offers to help.

The annual Thank-A-Teacher and Salute-A-Staff program kicked of April 21 and runs through May 6.  By making a thank you donation in honor of any public school educator or support staff, the community will help fund future classroom and teacher grants.

A personal card with a small gift will be sent to each honoree before May 11.

“Through this program, parents, guardians or grandparents support our independent grants and give a unique message of support to the school staff and educators,” said PEF Executive Director Am Walker.

On average, annually PEF awards $10,000 in Excellence in Education grants to 15-18 teachers and schools affecting anywhere from 2,000 to 15,000 students!

Persons wishing to participate can access the Thank-A-Teacher and Salute-A-Staffer form through the “Support Us” page and also the “Home Page” at www.pefevansville.org or can send an

e-mail request to info@pefevansville.org.  Donation amounts are confidential.  The thank you card will be sent to designated recipients before May 11.  School mail may take two days to reach the honoree.

Adopt A Pet

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Precious is a 10-year-old female Chihuahua/rat terrier mix! Precious’s most endearing quality is that she carries her stuffed toys around in her mouth everywhere she goes. She is a lap dog and just wants to be cuddled! For $120, she goes home TODAY spayed, vaccinated, microchipped, and heartworm-negative! Call (812) 426-2563 or visit www.vhslifesaver.org for adoption details!

The Governor’s Week in Photos

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1) Governor Pence Honors Businesses for Contributions to State’s Economy & Hoosier Workforce // April 18, 2016. Governor Mike Pence honors 25 Indiana companies with the Governor’s Century or Half Century Business Award at the Statehouse, recognizing each company for its longevity and service to its employees, community and the state. More than 1,400 companies from across the state have been recognized during the 25-year history of the award.

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 2) Governor Pence Joins Japanese Manufacturer for Ribbon Cutting in Porter County // April 19, 2016. Governor Mike Pence joins U.S.- and Japan-based executives from MonoSol, a subsidiary of Japan-based Kuraray Co. Ltd. Central, in Portage to cut the ribbon on the company’s new manufacturing facility at Ameriplex at the Port in Portage.image002

3) Supporting Food Safety From Farm to Fork // April 19, 2016. Governor Mike Pence joins Senate President Pro Tempore David Long and representatives from the agriculture community to ceremonially sign House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1267 at the Joseph Decuis Farm in Columbia City. HEA 1267 outlines food safety requirements for small poultry producers in Indiana.

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4) Governor Pence Attends Major Moves 2020 Groundbreaking in Huntington County // April 21, 2016. Governor Mike Pence joins Indiana Department of Transportation representatives, local officials, and business leaders for an official groundbreaking of a project to widen and modernize Lafayette Center Road, or CR900, in Huntington and Allen counties. The groundbreaking is a Major Moves 2020 project.

 

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 5) Governor Pence Tours Speedway ahead of 100th Running of the Indy 500 // April 22, 2016.Governor Mike Pence visits with young Hoosiers from Washington Township at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In the second photo, Governor Pence is pictured with Indiana Secretary of Commerce Victor Smith (left) as he receives an update from Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles (middle) regarding the significant capital improvements that resulted from the Motorsports Investment District legislation passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2013.

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EVSC Virtual Academy to Host Informational Session

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Students in kindergarten through grade 12 and their families interested in learning more about virtual learning are invited to attend the EVSC Virtual Academy’s informational meeting Monday, May 9, at 6 p.m. at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center, located at 1901 Lynch Rd. in Evansville. At the meeting, students and families will learn more about the EVSC Virtual Academy, review the content of the courses offered, receive instruction expectations, ask questions and more.

The EVSC Virtual Academy offers full- and part-time online instruction for students in grades 9 – 12 and full-time enrollment for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The online curriculum is taught and facilitated by licensed EVSC teachers. The high school curriculum includes required and elective courses and numerous Advanced Placement courses. Students enrolled in online courses have regular contact with teachers to ensure they are progressing successfully.

For more information, individuals can contact Janet Leistner, director of EVSC Virtual Academy, at 435-0939 or visit www.evscschools.com/evscva.

COA: Time expired in bringing criminal trial

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Scott Roberts for www.theindianalawyer.com

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a man’s felony and misdemeanor charges after it found the state did not bring him to trial within a 365-day time period.

Byron Tinker was arrested on July 16, 2012, and later charged with Class D felony maintaining a common nuisance and three Class A misdemeanors: possession of marijuana, dealing in marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

On Feb. 19, 2015, Tinker filed a motion to dismiss charges against him because the state had not brought him to trial within the 365 days required by Indiana Criminal Rule 4(C). The trial court denied his motion, but Tinker filed an interlocutory appeal.

There were several time periods in dispute as to what time should be assigned to whom. The first 167 days were assigned to Tinker as he admitted. The second 69 were assigned to the state as the state did not specifically say the time should be assigned to Tinker. Tinker accepted a plea agreement during that time, but it remained outstanding.

A 203-day stretch that was originally assigned to Tinker by the trial court was reassigned to the state at the appellate level. The state never mentioned why the days should be assigned to Tinker, only suggesting the COA remand the case for the trial court to explain why it assigned the dates to Tinker. The COA declined, and the 203 days were assigned to the state.

The COA said the trial court also erred when it said Tinker had an obligation to object to his trial date being more than a year after his charges. Tinker only needed to object if a trial date was set outside of the one year period, which it never was. The judges noted 357 days had passed before the state took action again, and those days were also assigned to the state.

That pushed the state well past the 365 day limit, and the COA said because of that his charges should be dismissed with prejudice.

The case is Byron Tinker and Travis Kelley v. State of Indiana, 10A01-1507-CR-999

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WHAT TRUMP PEOPLE DON’T GET .post-header

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Making Sense by Michael Reagan

Trump people kill me.

They’ve been whining for weeks about how the Republican Party primary system works.

They say it’s rigged because their hero is pulling in the most votes and the most delegates but still might not win the nomination.

They say it’s all very simple: Trump’s getting the most votes and therefore it’s only fair that the person with the most votes from the people should win the nomination.

As I tweeted earlier this week, if that’s the way Trump’s followers think, then they should all be supporters of Al Gore.

In the 2000 election Gore got 540,000 more votes than George W. Bush, but Bush ended up in the White House because he accumulated the most Electoral College votes.

The Founding Founders & Framers knew what they were doing when they set up the Electoral College to indirectly choose the president.

They didn’t want a popular vote and they didn’t want Congress to pick the chief executive.

And they sure didn’t want a candidate for president to be able to just campaign in three or four big states and rack up huge vote totals and win that way.

The Founders deliberately set it up so each state got its electoral votes in proportion to its representatives and senators.

They wanted every part of the country to be part of the process of choosing a president, not just one heavily populated region or one strong faction of nut balls or extremists. (Not that Trump people are nutballs or extremists.)

It’s the same representative principle at work in the Republican Party’s primary system.

The GOP doesn’t want some guy to be able to win the nomination by flying a 757 into a handful of big states like California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Ohio and Florida, holding campaign events for 20,000 people at the airport and then flying home to Upper Upper Manhattan.

They want a nominee who gets on the ground, walks the neighborhoods, shakes hands and does the hard retail work at the grass roots.

That’s what Ted Cruz has been doing to win his delegates while Trump has been doing TV interviews and zooming back and forth over Flyover Country.

Trump people might not like the primary process because their hero is not winning, or think there is cheating and rigging going on.

But they have to understand there is a process and it’s not about vote counts, it’s about the delegate count. It’s not that tough to get.

Meanwhile, what really concerns me lately is how Trump is wrecking his ability to unify the GOP around his candidacy in the fall if he does win the nomination.

He spends parts of every speech and press conference announcing that he hopes that his supporters don’t make trouble if he doesn’t win. He hopes they don’t riot in the streets.

I’m getting tired of his veiled threats, because that is what they really are.

It’s time for Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, to stand up at a press conference and tell Trump to cut it out.

Maybe threats and intimidation are part of the Donald’s winning strategy in business. But it’s not how it’s supposed to work when you’re trying to win the presidential nomination of the Republican Party.

 

Indiana State Police Partners with the DEA for the 11th Drug Take Back Day

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On Saturday, April 30, 2016 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is sponsoring the 11th nationwide “Prescription Drug Take Back” initiative.  The “Take Back” initiative seeks to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft through proper disposal of prescription drugs.

Collection sites will be set up nationwide for expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs which will be properly disposed of without threat to the environment.  This program is for liquid and pill medications.  Needles, new or used, will not be accepted for disposal.  This service is free and anonymous with no questions asked.

Once again, the Indiana State Police are pleased to partner with the DEA, and as in the past, the drugs may be dropped off at any Indiana State Police Post, except the Toll Road Post.  The event will be on Saturday, April 30th, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.   Also participating are the Indiana State Police Capitol Police Section which will host a drop off site on Friday, April 29th, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. inside the Indiana Government Center North public entrance off of Robert Orr Plaza in Indianapolis.  This is between the government north and south buildings, immediately west of the State Capitol building.

Aces Fall Tennis to Shockers 4-0

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The University of Evansville Women’s Tennis (8-19, 0-7) finished up their regular season on Saturday morning when they paid a visit to the 22-3 Wichita State Shockers.  The Shockers, who came into the matched ranked #26 in the nation according to the ITA, defeated the Aces handedly by a score of 4-0.

The match marked the end of the regular season for the Aces who fought hard but were not able to get anything going against a very tough Wichita State team.  In the match, the Shockers were able to wrap up the doubles point promptly with wins at both flight one and two.  Flight three went unfinished but the Aces were represented well as Marina Moreno and Andjela Brguljan had the match tied at 4-4 before the match was called because the Shockers had secured the doubles point.

In singles play, Wichita State was able to secure victories at flight two, four, and five to wrap up the match.  The other three singles matches went unfinished.

Singles Competition

  1. Julia Schiller (WSU) vs. Marina Moreno (UE) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
  2. Giulia Guidetti (WSU) def. Andjela Brguljan (UE) 6-3, 6-0
  3. Aleks Trifunovic (WSU) vs. Marina Darzyan (UE) 6-0, 4-3, unfinished
  4. Abby Stevens (WSU) def. Katie Delgado (UE) 6-0, 6-0
  5. Tanaporn Thongsing (WSU) def. Doreen Crasta (UE) 6-3, 6-0
  6. Summer Schlotterback (WSU) vs. Kennedy Craig (UE) 2-6, 1-5, unfinished

Doubles Competition

  1. Aleks Trifunovic/Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSU) def. Marina Darzyan/Doreen Crasta (UE) 6-1
  2. Abby Stevens/Giulia Guidetti (WSU) def. Katie Delgado/Kennedy Craig (UE) 6-4
  3. Julia Schiller/Summer Schlotterback (WSU) vs. Marina Moreno/Andjela Brguljan (UE) 4-4, unfinished

 

The Aces will wrap up their season this coming weekend when they travel back to Wichita State for the MVC Tournament which is slated to take place April 29th-May 1st.

 

Eagles Remain in Fourth with One Round to Play

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s golf team sits in fourth place after round two of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship. The three round even is being held at Annbrair Golf Course in Springfield, Illinois for the second consecutive year.

After the score of 316 in the opening round, the Screaming Eagles answered with a 308 in round two. In fourth place, USI trails the tournament leader and defending national champion, University of Indianapolis who has the top two scoring individuals through the first two rounds. The University of Missouri-St. Louis sits in second with a combined 39-over-par. Leading USI by one stroke, the University of Illinois Springfield has a two round total of 623 and sits in third.

Two Eagles sit in the top ten after Saturday’s second round. Junior Allison Koester (Wadesville, Indiana), the 2015 GLVC Individual Champion is tied for sixth after a 76 in the second round. Koester went two-over on both nines today to bring her tournament total to 152. Sophomore Taylor Howerton (Evansville, Indiana) played the back-nine at plus-five, but played her second nine holes at one-under-par. The sophomore sits in a tie for ninth with a two round total of 154.

Rebounding from yesterday’s 81, senior Anastasia Carter (Granger, Indiana) was two-under for her first four holes. Carter carded a 76 for the round and sits in 16th with 157 stokes.

Seniors Brittanie Garrison (Evansville, Indiana) and Molly English (Martinsville, Indiana) matched each other’s scores again today. Yesterday. On Friday, the two carded scores of 81’s. After today’s round, the seniors sit in a tie for 22nd with scores of 161.

The third and final round of the GLVC Championship will tee-off Sunday morning at 8 a.m. at Annbriar. The Eagles will be paired with Lewis University and Drury University for their final 18 holes. After tomorrow’s round, a GLVC Championship team will be crowed, as well as the all-conference and individual awards. Links for live stats and video coverage for tomorrow’s final round can be found below.

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