| Bucshon receiving the “Champion of Healthcare Innovation†award from HLC President Mary R. Grealy at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. |
| (WASHINGTON, D.C.) –Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. was named a “Champion of Healthcare Innovation†by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), a coalition of leaders of the nation’s premier healthcare companies and organizations.
“Policy at the federal level must help spur innovation, research, and development for the United States to remain a world leader in healthcare,â€Â said Bucshon. “As one of only a few physicians in Congress, I’m leading the fight to make sure Washington, D.C. does not get in the way of cutting edge medical advancements that will undoubtedly improve the lives of patients across the country.†The award presentation took place at the Council’s annual Healthcare Innovations Expo on Capitol Hill. The day-long event is dedicated to showcasing new developments in health care technologies, treatments and practices. This year’s event featured, among other displays, emerging cancer therapies, virtual reality technologies to assist veterans with post-combat stress challenges, and uses of health data sharing to combat opioid abuse and addiction. “We’re on the verge of a remarkable era in American healthcare. Genomic and biologic research, improved data analytics, and advanced mobile technologies are enabling people to live longer, healthier lives,â€Â said HLC President Mary R. Grealy. “To continue this exciting transformation, we need visionary leadership and sound policymaking. We honored Representative Bucshon for providing important advocacy and leadership for patients and consumers.†The Healthcare Leadership Council is a coalition of chief executives of the nation’s leading health care companies and institutions. |
Dr. Bucshon Recognized by National Health Leaders for Leadership in Healthcare Innovation
Man loses “Home Damage Appeal” That Blamed Neighbor’s Watering
Man loses “Home Damage Appeal” That blamed Neighbor’s Watering
Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com
A man whose Monroe County home was lost to mold contamination lost his appeal of a jury verdict in favor of his neighbor. The homeowner had claimed his neighbor’s excessive watering of her lawn caused water damage to the basement of his home.
David Kimbrough sued Ramona Anderson in August 2012, alleging that her watering habits caused mass amounts of water to flow from her yard into the lower level of his home over a period of years. But by that time, the home had fallen into such disrepair that the Monroe County Assessor removed the residence form the tax roll due to “severe black mold damage.â€Â Kimbrough also lost an art collection that an appraiser valued as worthless due to mold contamination.
The jury returned a verdict for Anderson after hearing testimony that included witnesses who testified there were numerous maintenance issues with Kimbrough’s residence that could allow water to infiltrate into the wall and then into the foundation. Another of Anderson’s witnesses, a hydrogeologist, attributed the cause of damage to poorly installed drains around the foundation, lack of a sump pump, poor grading, or poorly maintained gutters.
Kimbrough argued much of that evidence should not have been admitted, nor should the jury have known about an insurance claim he filed for water damage at the house in 2006, before Anderson moved there. Mold problems at the home were first detected then. He also said the jury was improperly instructed on Anderson’s affirmative defense arguments of Kimbrough’s comparative fault and failure to mitigate.
In David L. Kimbrough v. Ramona F. Anderson, 53A05-1507-PL-883, the panel affirmed the jury verdict. “(W)e conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in precluding testimony from Anderson’s insurance company regarding instructions given to Kimbrough, in admitting Kimbrough’s prior home insurance claim file, and in admitting one of Anderson’s expert reports into evidence,” Judge Paul Mathias wrote for the court. “Further, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Kimbrough’s motion for judgment on the evidence on two of Anderson’s affirmative defenses or in instructing the jury.”
LIBERALISM: THE WOLF ON A SLED DOG TEAM
By Susan Stamper Brown
A wise Alaskan once said, “If you tie a wolf to a sled dog team, there will be lots of activity but no forward progress.â€
He was right, and his excellent word picture can easily be applied to the state of things in America these days, given all the commotion happening over bathrooms, wedding cakes and other non-issues raised by the proverbial wolves of secular liberalism who prey about, seeking to devour what’s left of the America our Founder’s established.
Sure, conservatism struck out this election cycle, but like the Boston Red Sox learned from being 0-3 against the Yankees in the 2004 World Series, persistence pays off. Take it from this blonde columnist who has experienced more disappointing defeats than victories in her life thus far — pushing forward, despite temporary defeat is the stuff winning is made of — especially when what we’re doing is less about us and more about “For love of the game.†Or, in the case of conservatism, for the love of God and country.
That kind of devotion is maddening to the wolves of secular liberalism who will not rest until they’ve removed all things rational, moral, traditional and right, like liberal Harvard Professor Mark Tushnet, who says the culture wars are over and his side won, simply because they are on top this inning. The highly educated but not-so-wise professor is already making plans on what should be done to those conservatives, evangelical conservatives specifically, he claims lost the culture wars.
Bloviating in Balkinblogspot.com on May 6, Tushnet proposed “taking a hard line†approach over playing nice would suffice. “Trying to be nice to the losers didn’t work well after the Civil War… (And taking a hard line seemed to work reasonably well in Germany and Japan after 1945),†he wrote. You really cannot fix stupid. The sheer idiocy of equating evangelical conservatives to the Nazi’s of 1945 Germany highlights why it’s necessary for liberals to hunker down behind fake labels and syrupy words to disguise how they really feel.
As Ronald Reagan once said, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.â€
“But the war’s over, and we won,†Tushnet bragged in his blogging rant. Maybe in his mind it’s over, but what he and other secular liberals fail to get is that it’s fundamentally impossible to win a war that’s already been won. (Evangelicals understand that the ultimate “culture war†between right and wrong was waged on a cross two thousand years ago.)
The battles we fight today are for the hearts and minds of individuals and for the soul of a nation blessed by God once upon a time and in a land far, far away from this dark place we now stand where wolves seek to devour the very things which allow them the ability to freely roam.
President Reagan prophetically understood the dangers we face: “If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth…Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the ideals of the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.â€
I hate to break it to liberalism’s wolves, but all of us irritating conservatives will continue getting up, knockdown after knockdown, because, as Braveheart’s William Wallace said, “It’s all for nothing if you don’t have freedom.â€
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MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH Has Served The Community For 91 Years
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH Has Served The Community For 91 Years
Memorial Baptist Church has served the community for 91 years ministering to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the congregation.
In the last years we our motto is to Evangelize, Emancipate, Educate, Empower, and Innovate through programs and services.
ABOUT MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
- ï‚· Â The church has only called three (3) pastors in its 91 years.
- ï‚· Â The church has over 4,000 members
- ï‚· Â Currently offers over sixty (60) ministries including:
- ï‚· Â Counseling services
- ï‚· Â NA/AA meetings
- ï‚· Â Youth Activities
- ï‚· Â Bible Study
- ï‚· Â Mission Ministry
- ï‚· Â Food Pantry
- ï‚· Â Angel Tree Ministries
- ï‚· Â Has an open door policy to the community
- ï‚· Â Works with local organizations and companies to provide ser-vices such as High School Equivalency preparation (GED) andneighborhood association meetings.
- ï‚· Â Works with its non-profit arm the Memorial Community Devl-opment Corporation which offers five (5) Core Areas:
- ï‚· Â Childcare and Youth Programming
- ï‚· Â Housing and Neighborhood Stabilization
- ï‚· Â Health & Nutrition
- ï‚· Â Education
- ï‚· Â Empowerment & Economic Development
COA: Lack of warning signs reinstates suit in fatal crash
Scott Roberts for www.theindianalawyer.com
The Indiana Court of Appeals found the Hancock County Board of Commissioners was not liable for the way an intersection was designed but found there was an issue of material fact as to whether the county should have installed warning signs there. A man was killed at the intersection in 2009 in a crash with another vehicle, triggering a lawsuit.
Phillip Jones was driving a truck on County Road 400 West when he struck a car driven by 17-year-old Jacqueline Thomas on County Road 200 North. Jones died as a result of the crash. Drivers on 400 West weren’t required to stop at the intersection, but those on but 200 North were. Thomas had crept up a little bit in the intersection to see if drivers were coming before her car was hit by Jones, who died in the crash.
Nikki Jones filed a wrongful death suit against the Hancock County Board of Commissioners representing her son, alleging the board and highway department owed a duty to protect the users of Hancock County roadways form dangerous conditions. The suit claimed the board did not monitor accidents at the intersection and breached its duty by not installing an alternative traffic control device there. The board said it was immune under the Indiana Tort Claims Act, especially Indiana Code 34-13-3-3(8). The trial court granted summary judgment for the board, saying it was immune from liability for failure to adopt an ordinance changing the traffic control devices and for the design of the roads.
In an opinion written by Judge Elaine Brown, the COA agreed that the board was not liable for design of the intersection. An ordinance was adopted in 1992 which provided CR 400 was a preferential through road where it intersected 200N. Because Indiana Code 34-13-3-3-3(8) says “A governmental entity or an employee acting within the scope of the employee’s employment is not liable if a loss results from the following: The adoption and enforcement of or failure to adopt or enforce a law unless the act of enforcement constitutes false arrest or false imprisonment,†the COA upheld the ruling that the board was exempt.
However, the COA did find summary judgment was inappropriate when it came to the installation of warning signs. The board did not ask for summary judgment on this issue and could have installed warning signs because those are not required to go through a legislative process before being installed. The COA remanded this part of the decision the trial court for further proceedings.
The case is Nikki Jones, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Phillip Matthew Jones v. Hancock County Board of Commissioners, 30A01-1506-CT-543.
EVSC to Host Summer Creativity Camp, Registration Deadline Approaching
Technology is what makes the world go round and this summer, students currently in third through sixth grades in Evansville and the surrounding area can take advantage of the EVSC’s Summer Creativity Camp offered at Highland Elementary School.
The week-long camp includes ten different week-long pathways in which students can choose from to enroll. The Highland Creativity Camp is scheduled for June 13-18 from 8 to 11 a.m. each day. Parents will be responsible for transportation. Cost for the camp is $80 to $100, depending on the pathway selected.
- Beginning Photography
Students will learn basics of digital photography and photo editing using Apple iPads. We will experiment with composition and various lighting techniques. Student will learn basics in photo editing and enhancements using selection techniques/masks, adjustment layers, and color filters. Students will create and bring home a digital portfolio of their work to show family and friends all the great photos they took during the week. - Construction Zone: KEVA Planks and K’NEX
Students will choose which medieval siege engine to build with KEVA planks and blueprints-catapult, trebuchet, or a wrecking ball. Students will experiment with counterweights, adjust the arm recoil or the height of the flight deck, determine which travels farther (a marshmallow or a piece of macaroni), or turn cranks, a winding drum, or hoist rope to learn lessons on pendulums and the effects of energy and motion. - Creation Station
Your child can experience the feeling of their own DIY projects. We will complete 5 different imaginative projects during this week. We will paint a terracotta pot and plant your own flower, create their name out of cardboard and cover with fabric to make a great wall hanging in their bedroom, and make a piece of art out of melted crayons. Other projects will include a custom t-shirt and a photo/memo board. A good imagination will boost the outcome for their projects, but I will have many ideas for them to duplicate if they get stumped on an idea. - Creative Writing
Students will spend the week strengthening their writing skills while exploring their own lives and the world around them. We will determine why writers write and what great writers do. From personal narratives to poetry to short stories, we will have the opportunity to explore it all! We will also complete an author study and students will have the chance to communicate with a published author. To end the week, our writers will publish their writings in a real book to keep. - mine-CRAFTS
Do you like Minecraft? In this class, we will make a variety of Minecraft decorations. These do-it-yourself projects will be fun to make and be useful to decorate in any way you choose. During the week, we will paint canvas, create Décor Torches, Minecraft Masks, keychains, and desk organizer. At the end of the week, students will take their projects home. - Coding is Cool
Students will learn the basics of coding and programming. We will start with coding a virtual world introducing the concepts of scene setup, camera usage, events, objects, and more. Following this, students will explore coding for robotics application – both drag and drop and Javascript. Students will test their robotics code using Sphero robotic balls. At the end of the week students will have a better understanding of the language programmers use to “talk†to computers. They will leave with video of their virtual world and their Sphero running a maze. - Project Palooza
Boys and girls will push their creativity to the max in this project based session. They will enjoy creating a variety of fun make and take projects. We will be building birdhouses and book ends, creating art using stones, discovering how versatile felt can be, and creating bowls out of balloons and fabric. This session is sure to keep their creative juices flowing. Come join us for a week full of projects, fun, and friends. - Stop Motion Animation
Students will learn the workflow of creating a Stop Motion movie. Students will work individually or in a small group to write a story plot and animate it using an iPad Stop Motion app. Time will be spent storyboarding the scenes, building the scene background, taking LOADS of pictures with the iPad, recording sound effects and editing the movie. Students will enjoy a movie premiere on Friday where they will reveal their Stop Motion film to the class. - 3D Printing and Engineering
Students will get the opportunity to work through the engineering design process while working on their problem solving skills. Students will be presented with real world problems and create ideas to solve them. They will then use computers to design solutions. Did we mention that they will be able to print them on our state of the art 3D printer? Not only that, but students will have access to 3D scanning, which can allow them to scan and print themselves. - Terrific Tech Tools and Web Design
Have you ever wanted to create your own web site? Now is your chance! We will be designing individual web sites, with the help of Weebly. We will also become experts at using several creativity tools to enhance our web sites, including PowToon, Voki, Emaze, Padlet, and many more!
The Camp is sponsored by Highland Elementary School PTA.
Space is limited. To learn more about the camp, visit http://evscstudents.com/creativity-camp. To register, visit http://evscstudents.com/creativity-camp/highlandcc16/. Deadline for registration is May 27.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below is a list of the felony cases filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Daniel Lee Fuhs Assisting a criminal, Level 6 felony
Michael Alan Schroeder Invasion of privacy, Level 6 felony
Dillon Andrew Myers Possession of a narcotic drug, Level 6 felony
False informing, Class B misdemeanor
Indiana Economy Sets New Employment Record in April
More than 12,000 Private Sector Jobs Added in April; More Than 150,000 Private Sector Jobs Gained Since January 2013
Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today issued the following statement regarding the April employment report, issued by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, that reports that Indiana’s economy added 12,000 jobs in April, bringing the total jobs added to the state’s economy to more than 150,000 since the Governor took office. More Hoosiers were working in April of 2016 than ever before. The previous peak was February 2016.
“The April employment report is a testament to the strength of the Hoosier workforce and our pro-growth economic policies,†said Governor Pence. “With more people working than ever before in our state’s history and recently being named the best place in the Midwest to do business, Indiana’s economy is on a roll.â€