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Shangri-La is a 3-year-old female medium-haired tabby cat! She had a beautiful litter of kittens named after “Ancient Cities,†and then nursed two additional orphaned kittens later after hers were weaned! Her $30 adoption fee includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and more. Call (812) 426-2563 or visit www.vhslifesaver.org for adoption details!
Traffic Collision Involving E.P.D. Motor Officer – Update
At 11:41 am on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, EPD Officer Allen Gansman stopped to assist a stalled motorist on eastbound Highway 66 (Diamond Avenue) approximately 500 feet west of Kratzville Road. The stalled motorist, a Chrysler minivan, was stopped in the right-hand lane of eastbound Diamond.
Officer Gansman activated the emergency lights on his motorcycle and parked on the shoulder of the roadway behind the van. Traffic began to merge from the right lane into the left lane, yielding to the stopped emergency vehicle.
As Officer Gansman began to push the van off the roadway onto the shoulder in order to clear the traffic lane, a Toyota pick-up truck being operated by a seventeen-year-old was traveling eastbound on Highway 66 in the right-hand lane approaching the area where officer Gansman’s vehicle was parked. The truck failed to slow down and move to the opposite lane, yielding to the emergency vehicle as required by law.
As the truck continued eastbound, it drifted off the roadway onto the shoulder, striking the EPD motorcycle causing it to be propelled forward striking officer Gansman. The impact of the motorcycle then drove the officer into the van.
The investigation revealed that the juvenile driver of the truck was texting when the collision occurred. Neither the juvenile nor the driver of the stalled vehicle were injured in the collision, however the juvenile was transported to the hospital to have blood drawn for testing. The driver of the stalled van was also transported to the hospital for evaluation.
Officer Gansman suffered serious injuries including a number of fractures to his legs. He was conscious and able to speak at the scene of the collision. He was transported to Deaconess Hospital for treatment where he has undergone surgery with more scheduled. Officer Gansman has a long recovery ahead of him, but is in good spirits.
The investigation is ongoing and an evaluation is being done to determine the appropriate charges for the juvenile driver. Traffic Collision Involving E.P.D. Motor Officer – Update
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ERRORS HALT OTTER COMEBACK
The Evansville Otters suffered a loss in heartbreaking fashion by a score of 7-6 against the Lake Erie Crushers on Tuesday night at Bosse Field. Errors (4) would prove to be detrimental to the Otters, resulting in multiple extra run opportunities. Erie would jump on the board first following an RBI groundout in the third inning. The Crushers would go on to tack on additional runs in the fourth and sixth to bring the score to 3-0. Evansville would muster a remarkable comeback in the latter half of the sixth. Two Otters would reach base via a walk and a double to set the table for Denzel Richardson, who hammered a missile off the right field wall for a triple. Chris Sweeney would go on to drive in Richardson via a sacrifice fly the next at bat, tying the game in the process. Evansville captured the momentum in the seventh following a titanic solo blast of a homerun off of the bat of John Schultz. Unfortunately, the eighth would prove to be disastrous for the hometown team. Four Crushers’ batters would reach base safely before a decisive three-run double put the game seemingly out of reach at 7-4. However, the Otters would fight back in the eighth thanks to a parade of four singles, which brought Evansville back within striking distance at 7-6. The ninth summarized a night filled with numerous almost shots at victory when Chris Breen launched a high flying line drive to left-center field, with a runner at first, that just barely fell short of being a game winning homerun and into the glove of a Crushers outfielder.
Up next, the Otters will look to rebound against the Crushers tomorrow at home, with first pitch slated for 6:35 pm CDT. Tickets are on sale and may be obtained by calling (812) 435-8686.
IS IT TRUE JULY 20, 2016
IS IT TRUE we are still looking for Suzanne Crouch’s name to surface during the last minute search for a new Republican gubernatorial candidate for the State of Indiana? …we are hearing that the extremely popular State Auditor Suzanne Crouch is been encourage by many prominent Republicans throughout the state to run for Governor? Â …we are extremely surprised that the local main stream media hasn’t followed up on this possible developing political story?
IS IT TRUE we wonder why Mayor Winnecke desire to become the next Governor of Indiana ended so abruptly? Â …could the reason was he found out that the committee in charge of selecting the GOP candidate for Governor are looking for someone with true conservative values?
IS IT TRUE that we are wishing a speedy recovery for EPD Officer Allen Gansman? …that he is undergoing surgery for injuries sustained while on duty? Â …he was helping a stranded motorist get her vehicle off Diamond Ave. when a passing motorist hit his motorcycle and pushed it in to him? Â …please join us in praying for his speedy recovery?
IS IT TRUE that there has still not been an explanation for the similarity of Melania Trump’s speech in Cleveland to the one given in 2008 by Michelle Obama? …that the professional speechwriter who was hired to pen the speech Mrs. Trump claimed to write herself proved that the speech she gave was not the one he wrote? …that perhaps she is responsible for the content of her speech?
IS IT TRUEÂ State Senator Jim Tomes surprised many Republicans when he submitted his name for consideration in the Indiana governor’s race? …that Sen Tomes alleges that he has the votes to win the July 26, 2016 State Executive Committee meeting responsible for selecting the 2016 GOP nominee for Governor? Â …Mr. Tomes also states that he has the support from voters throughout the State to elect him Governor of Indiana?
IS IT TRUE that local Democrats are hoping to see Senate candidate Evan Bayh to make an appearance at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on August 4? …that the dinner is going to be an elaborate affair at Tropicana that hearkens back to the days of the chairmanships of Larry Aiken and Bob Brenner?
IS IT TRUE we urge you to vote in todays “READERS POLL” because we have included the name of State  Senator Jim Tomes in this newly amended poll?
FOOTNOTE: “IS IT TRUE†will be posted on this coming Friday?
Todays READERS POLL question is: Who would vote for as the next Governor of Indiana?
Please take time and read our newest feature articles entitled “HOT JOBS†and “LOCAL SPORTS†posted in our sections.
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CHANNEL 44 NEWS: REWARD INCREASED IN SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN MURDER CASE
  REWARD INCREASED IN SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN MURDER CASEÂ
A group gathered Tuesday night at the intersection of Washington and Thompson where Breedlove was found dead last year. His mother announced the $15,000 reward has been increased to $40,000.
Derrick Murray, Bobby Michael Handegard and Bobby John Handegard were arrested August 4th and charged with murder. They were later released due to a lack of evidence.
At the remembrance service, people were not shy about their calls for justice.
State Revenue Department Bound By 1998 Ruling
Fresenius USA Marketing Inc., a Delaware corporation that sells products such as dialysis machines and blood lines, collected sales tax on the medical equipment and supplies it sold in Indiana to medical clinics that provide dialysis to patients. It then sought a refund with the revenue department in December 2007 for sales tax paid between Jan. 1, 2004, to Oct. 31, 2007. The department denied the refund in 2010, leading to this tax appeal. Both parties filed for summary judgment in 2013.
In 1998, the revenue department interpreted the predecessor to the Durable Medical Equipment Exemption to apply to sales of medical equipment made to health care service providers for treating patients with a prescription. In 2008, the department issued two Revenue Rulings that again exempted those purchases. But the department later revoked those 2008 rulings and replaced them with new ones that changed the interpretation of the Durable Medical Equipment Exemption to exempt only sales made directly to patients with a prescription, according to the court opinion.
Fresenius argued that it’s entitled to the exemption because the department is bound to follow the interpretation of the exemption from the 1998 ruling, which was published in the Indiana Register. Because it was published there, the department is bound by it, despites its claims otherwise, Judge Martha Wentworth wrote in Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. v. Indiana Department of State Revenue, 49T10-1008-TA-45.
“Fresenius designated evidence demonstrating that its facts are substantially identical to those in the 1998 Ruling. Moreover, the Department did not demonstrate that Fresenius’s factual situation varied in some material respect to the facts set forth in the 1998 Ruling,†she wrote. “Indeed, the Department has stipulated, among other things, that Fresenius has facts identical to the facts in the 1998 Ruling. For example, the parties have stipulated that, like the taxpayer in the 1998 Ruling, Fresenius sold medical equipment and supplies to healthcare service providers to treat patients, that the healthcare service providers used the equipment to treat patients with prescriptions for its use, and that federal law required the equipment to be used by licensed practitioners or under a licensed practitioners’ direction.â€
Wentworth granted Fresenius’ motion for summary judgment and ruled against the department. She remanded the matter to the department to grant the refund, with applicable interest, after Fresenius provides the department with verification that it has refunding to its customers the full amount of sales tax it erroneously collected from them during the period at issue.
July 20, 2016 Board of Park Commissioners Meeting
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016
12:00 NOON
REVISED AGENDA
 CALL TO ORDER
MINUTES —July 6, 2016
 CONSENT AGENDA
a.  Request Re: Declare Ice Maker Surplus at the C.K. Newsome Community Center. – Holtz
b. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with George
Ann Griffin-Atkinson for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
c. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with Brianna
Linenburg for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
d. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with Grace
Myer for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
e. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with
Kasandra Catherine Neimeier for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
f. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with
Kiersten Overton for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
g. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with Michael
Ruhnke for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
h. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with Dana
Tang for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
i. Â Request Re:Â Approve and Execute Independent Skating Professional Agreement with Christin
Thompson for Swonder Ice Arena. – Crook
OLD BUSINESS
a.  Request Re: Review and Approve Revisions to Park Property Use Permit. – Stahl
NEW BUSINESS
a. Â Request Re:Â Consideration of Request for Admission Special at Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic
Garden for NSA Tournament Attendees by the Evansville Sports Corporation. – Kelley Weis
b. Â Request Re:Â Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comments.
REPORTS
a. Â Kathy Hutter, Lloyd Pool
b. Â Lisa Wube, Sports
ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS
  ADJOURN
VANDY GOP UPDATE
VCRP PARKING LOT RUMMAGE SALE
Who Republican Party Central Committee
What Parking Lot Sale
When Saturday, July 23 – 8:00 – 3:00
Where 815 John Street
Volunteer to workÂ
THURSDAY, July 21- Morning or Afternoon (item intake and pricing)
FRIDAY, July 22 – Morning or Afternoon (item intake and pricing)
SATURDAY – July 23 – 4-Hour Shift
5:00 – 8:00 am SET UP
8:00 – 3:00 SELL
3:00 CLEAN UP
Seasonal items – Christmas, etc.
Household Items – Furniture, kitchen items, collectibles, patio stuff, tools, pictures, books, toys, baby items,
Accessories – purses, wallets, scarves, jewelry, tote bags, wristlets, belts, etc.
Small Electronics – No TVs
To Volunteer contact:
Marsha at marshaabellbarnhart@gmail.com or
Mary Jo at beamerjo59@gmail.com or
VCRP Headquarters at 812-425-8207
In honor of Mike Pence becoming the 6th person from Indiana becoming vice president, we will be having a viewing party of his convention speech at the Vanderburgh County GOP headquarters. This is a big deal as it is not every decade that Indiana gets put in the national political spotlight. The party gets started at 8PM, with the governor slated to make his speech sometime in the 9PM Central hour. Please feel free to bring any snacks and or beverages for the party you would like to have.
RSVP with Josh Kunkel (local Field Director for Mike Pence’s governor campaign) at jkunkel@mikepence.com, phone 260-348-0079.
                   Indiana GOP Sets July 26 Vote On Pence Replacement Pick
Indiana GOP chairman Jeff Cardwell says the 22-member Republican state committee will meet July 26 to vote on who will oppose Democratic nominee John Gregg on the November ballot.
Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb and U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks and Todd Rokita have announced bids for the GOP nomination. Â Â Other possible hopefuls have 72 hours before the state committee meeting to declare their candidacies.
                          Vanderburgh County 4-H Fair GOP TentÂ
Volunteers are needed to staff the VCRP Tent during this year’s 4-H Fair. The 4-H Fair will be held July 25 – July 30, and volunteers are needed 4:00PM – 8:00PM daily. Duties will include distributing candidate information, passing out balloons to children, promoting voter registration, and responding to requests for absentee ballots. Â To volunteer contact Mary Jo Kaiser at 812-425-8207.
                                From the CANDIDATES
Nick Wildeman for Council Fundraiser –
Join the candidate to hear his vision of Vanderburgh County.
Date: July 21, 2016.   Time: 6pm to 8pm. Where: 1350 E. Chandler Ave, Evansville,IN 47714
Individuals $100 Couples – $175.  Hosted by Dr. Matthew Hanka and Ann Hanka, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Carol McClintock, & Commissioner Bruce Ungethiem.  RSVP TO NICK AT (812) 589-0930 or nicholas@vote4wildeman.com.
Angela Koehler Lindsey Fundraiser – Ladies Luncheon
Date: August 5, 2016
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Where:Evansville Country Club
3810 Stringtown Rd, Evansville, IN. 47711
Please RSVP to Angela (812) 457-3739.
Donations may be made to: Citizens for Angela
Yard Signs –
Remember to show your support for our candidates with the display of a yard sign. Now is the time to contact candidates and order your yard sign. Visit the VCRP Candidates webpage for candidate information and campaign links, or contact Mary Jo Kaiser at 812-425-8207 for assistance.
Voter Registration for November 8 Election
If you are not registered to vote, in order to be eligible to vote in the November 8 General Election, a voter registration form must be submitted. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, October 11, 2016.
To register to vote “online” : Online Voter Registration
To register to vote “in person” : Voter Registration Office
Civic Center Complex, Room 214
1 NW ML King Jr. BLVD
Evansville, IN 47708
ONLY the version of the state voter registration form (VRG-7) and the county voter registration form (VRG-11) published on the Indiana Election Division website will be accepted by county voter registration offices.
Mark your Calendar:
RNC 2016 Convention …………………………………………July 18-21
County Commission Meeting………………………………………July 19
Pence Aceptance Speech Viewing Party………………………July 20
Nick Wildeman Fundraiser…………………………………………..July 21
VCRP Rummage Sale………………………………………………….July 23
City Council Meeting…………………………………………………..July 25
4-H Fair GOP Tent……………………………………………………….July 25-30
School Board Filing Period Begins………………………………July 27
County Council Meeting………………………………………………August 3
Angela Koehler Lindsey Fundraiser…………………………….August 5
School Board Filing Period Ends…………………………………August 26
Wendy Mac Golf Outing………………………………………………September 27
VCRP/ Winnecke Golf Outing ……………………………………..September 30
Voter Registration ENDS……………………………………………..October 11