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Governor Mike Pence Statement on Loss of Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV
Directs Flags Be Flown at Half-Staff in Monroe County
Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today issued the following statement, after news that Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV, a former Indiana University student, was killed in the line of duty yesterday while serving in Iraq. The Governor directs that flags be flown at half-staff effective immediately in Monroe County until sunset on the day of his funeral service.
“I ask all Hoosiers to join me today in mourning the loss of US Navy SEAL Charlie Keating IV, who lost his life while defending this great nation,†said Governor Pence. “While he hailed from Arizona, Charlie attended Indiana University where he was a standout track and field athlete. He served this nation with honor and distinction. He made every Hoosier proud and his courageous sacrifice will be remembered always. Our freedoms exist because of heroes like Charlie Keating who willingly step forward and answer the call to serve. The First Lady and I extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends, and I urge all Hoosiers to keep this hero and all our men and women in uniform in their prayers.â€
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Indiana State Police Present 2015 Forensic Scientist of the Year Award
The Indiana State Police Forensic Scientist of the Year Award is presented annually to a Forensic Scientist within the Laboratory Division deemed to have consistently provided a superior quality forensic analysis service in a highly professional, proficient and unbiased manner for the Indiana Criminal Justice Community.
Forensic Scientist Melissa Oberg’s accomplishments in 2015 are worthy of such recognition and have earned her this award. The 2015 award was recently presented to Oberg and the below information outlines her outstanding work that resulted in this acknowledgement.
In 2015, Forensic Firearms Identification Unit Forensic Scientist Melissa Oberg completed 269 cases involving 1,698 laboratory examinations. During these examinations she performed 1,160 microscopic comparisons, which exceeded the Forensic Firearms Identification Unit average of 773 comparisons. Her case turnaround time from date of submission to completion was 82 days, which was below the Forensic Firearms Identification Unit average of 91 days. Mrs. Oberg produced results of the highest quality and successfully completed all proficiency and competency testing. She volunteered to work 11 rush cases and 5 police-action shootings, and she completed 129 technical and administrative reviews of other analysts’ and supervisors’ casework.
In 2015, Forensic Scientist Oberg assisted the Forensic Firearms Identification Unit to branch out into Field Support. After completing a Shooting Scene Reconstruction School, she was instrumental in the establishment of proper field documentation protocols that changed how laboratory forensic scientists provide field services in order to better assist local and Indiana State Police Crime Scene Investigators.
In addition, Forensic Scientist Oberg was assigned as the lead trainer in educating a new employee in the field of Firearms Identification. She coordinated the training with the National Firearm Examiners Academy, was solely responsible for this individuals training locally, and is now subsequently reviewing the analytical examinations of this new employee’s casework. This assignment took a considerable amount of time, research, and coordination to complete in a successful manner.
Forensic Scientist Oberg is a member of the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE) Board of Directors, and she also serves as the AFTE treasurer. AFTE is an international association with worldwide membership. She regularly interacts with the AFTE members by handling payments, bills, and answering questions. She handles inquiries involving the AFTE Journal and is a voting member of the Board of Directors. In addition, she sits on the Professional Investors Committee for AFTE, which involves decisions regarding a scholarship endowment and areas in which AFTE invests its assets.  In short, Forensic Scientist Oberg is responsible for the day-to-day fiscal operation of this Association, whose assets total nearly $700,000.
Forensic Scientist Oberg has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from St. Joseph College where she was also a collegiate athlete, playing on the tennis team. She started employment with the Indiana State Police Laboratory Division in January 2006 at the Lowell Regional Laboratory as a member of the Drug Unit. In November 2006, she was hired as one of the first civilian Firearms Examiners assigned to the Forensic Firearms Identification Unit in the Laboratory Division. She is also a certified Fellow by the American Board of Criminalistics and is certified by the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners in the area of Firearms Identification.
Melissa resides with her husband Chris in Indianapolis.
Guy, Roberts net GLVC honors as Eagles prep for league meet Â
University of Southern Indiana senior Johnnie Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) and sophomore Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio) have been respectively named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track Athletes of the Week.
Guy made his 10,000-meter meter season debut Sunday night at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, California. He was the top collegiate finisher in his section and the No. 2 collegiate finisher overall as he posted an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying time of 28 minutes, 34.79 seconds.
Already with the second-fastest time of the year in the 5,000 meters, Guy posted the fastest 10,000-meter time in Division II and the second-fastest time amongst all NCAA Divisions.
The national champion in the 10,000 meters in 2014, Guy’s mark also was just 1.44 seconds off of Dustin Emerick’s school-record time of 28:33.35, which was set at the 2012 Payton Jordan Invitational, and less than 20 seconds away from the U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time of 28:15.00.
Guy’s award marks the third time this season and the fifth time in his outdoor career that he has earned GLVC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors. It is the third straight week that the No. 13 Screaming Eagles have garnered the award after senior Tyler Pence (Springfield, Illinois) earned GLVC Track Athlete of the Week honors last week.
The GLVC Track Athlete of the Week honor also is Guy’s 10th combined Indoor and Outdoor accolade of his career. He also garnered GLVC Cross Country Runner of the Week honors five times.
Roberts is earning her second GLVC weekly award of her outdoor career after taking home her first honor a month ago.
Already with an NCAA II automatic qualifying time and school-record mark in the 10,000 meters this year, Roberts shattered her own school record in the 5,000 meters Friday night as she won the championship race in the event at the Hillsdale “Gina†Relays with her automatic qualifying time of 16:05.28.
Roberts’ time ranks third in Division II and is amongst the top 30 in all NCAA Divisions.
She will lead the USI women’s track & field team in this week’s GLVC Outdoor Championships in Liberty, Missouri. The Eagles are looking to improve upon a 6th-place finish from the GLVC Indoor Championships two months ago. USI’s women have finished eighth in each of the last four GLVC Outdoor meets.
The No. 13 USI men’s track & field team is looking for its fourth straight top-four finish at this week’s GLVC Outdoor Championships. The Eagles have finished in the top five in 10 of the last 14 GLVC Outdoor meets and have finished in the top four of the last six GLVC Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
The GLVC Outdoor Championships are Thursday-Saturday in Liberty, Missouri. Live results as well as GLVC Sports Network coverage can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.
Governor Pence to Join Regional Leadership in Evansville for SS&C Ribbon Cutting
Will also keynote Southwest Indiana Chamber “Lunch with the Governor,â€Â make an announcement regarding 21st Century Scholars Program
Governor Mike Pence will join regional leadership in Evansville to cut the ribbon on financial services company SS&C’s new office. Following, the Governor will keynote the 2016 Southwest Indiana Chamber “Lunch with the Governor.†Later in the day, Governor Pence will make an announcement regarding the 21stCentury Scholars Program. Details below.
Thursday, May 5:
10:30 a.m. CDT – Governor Pence to join regional leadership in Evansville to cut the ribbon on SS&C’s new office
*Media are welcome to attend.
Sterling Square – 110 N. Fulton Ave., Evansville, IN
12:00 p.m. CDT – Governor Pence to keynote the 2016 Southwest Indiana Chamber “Lunch with the Governorâ€
*Media are welcome to attend.
Old National Events Plaza –  715 Locust St., Evansville, IN
5:00 p.m. EDT – Governor Pence to make an announcement regarding the 21st Century Scholars Program
*Media are welcome to attend.
Indiana State University, University Hall (Bayh College of Education) – corner of 7th and Chestnut Streets, Terre Haute, IN
Indiana State Police to Participate in Click It or Ticket Campaign
 May 6th thru 30th, 2016, Indiana State Police Troopers throughout the state will join officers from more than 250 state and local agencies in Indiana, as well as thousands more across the nation, in the federally funded Click It or Ticket campaign. This campaign also includes the Memorial Day holiday weekend and the federally funded Combined Accident Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) overtime project.
During this period, troopers will be raising awareness about the benefits of occupant restraints through education and enforcement, and utilizing high visibility patrols and sobriety checkpoints to help ensure the safest environment for all motorists on Indiana roadways.
According to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, in 2015, there were 818 fatalities on Indiana roadways with 33 percent of those fatalities unrestrained.
“Statistics have shown that wearing a seatbelt and properly restraining children in a child restraint seat dramatically reduces the possibility of injuries and death from a traffic crash,†commented Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter. “We are committed to ensuring everyone buckles up every time, all the time, to safeguard Hoosier’s while traveling throughout Indiana.â€
The Indiana State Police remind motorists to:
- Wear seatbelts and utilize child restraint devices.
- Appoint a designated driver if you plan to drink alcoholic beverages.
- Never ride with someone that has been drinking. Don’t let them drive. Be a friend and take the keys.
- To report dangerous and/or impaired driving, dial 911.
Attorney Must Pay Parking Ticket
Scott Roberts for www.theindianalawyer.com
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that an attorney who was given a $20 parking ticket that ended up costing him $150 in late fees only needs to pay his ticket. The attorney sought $2,500 in damages and fees over the incident.
James Gilday parked on the street instead of his normal garage when going to work in October of 2012 because the entrance to it was blocked by a charity run. After he finished his work, he came back to find a $20 parking ticket because he did not pay the meter. He paid the fine on time, he presumed.
A month later, Gilday received a letter saying his citation remained unpaid, but he ignored it. The city was actually charging him a late fee, but the letter did not say that. Another letter a few months later said there would be an administrative hearing on his ticket, but he ignored that as well and did not show up to the hearing. The administrative judge entered a $150 default judgment against him. Gilday filed an action to review the administrative decision, asking the trial court to vacate the judgment, refund his ticket and give him no less than $2,500 in damages, but the trial court found the $150 fine was appropriate. Gilday appealed.
Judge John Baker wrote the decision in the case and began by noting this was the first case in which a parking ticket had been successfully appealed to the COA.
Baker wrote Gilday must have paid his ticket on time because the date on the check was within the time frame, and the city misplaced the envelope that had the postmark. There was no other evidence that disputes the fact. Because of that, the court had no legal authority to assess the late fee or demand the hearing.
Gilday claimed that a police officer directed him away from his normal parking spot, so he shouldn’t have to pay his parking fine, but Baker wrote that nobody forced Gilday to park where he did and not pay the meter.
Gilday also claimed the city of Indianapolis should have been sanctioned by the trial court because of the difficulty he had obtaining his record for the trial and the deficiencies of the versions of the record he obtained. However, the COA said it could not find evidence of any sanctionable behavior.
The case is James Gilday v. City of Indianapolis, 49A02-1506-CT-715.
USI Moves To 3rd In Region Poll
The 26th-ranked University of Southern Indiana baseball team is third in the second NCAA Division II Midwest Region poll of 2016. The Screaming Eagles follow Quincy University (first) and Grand Valley State University (second), while placing ahead of the University of Indianapolis (fourth) and Missouri University of Science & Technology (fifth) in the top half of the region poll.
The bottom half of the region’s top 10 includes Ashland University (sixth), Hillsdale College (seventh), Lewis University (eighth), the University of Missouri-St. Louis (ninth), and Trevecca Nazarene University (10th).
USI concludes the 2016 regular season Friday and Saturday when it visits UIndy for a GLVC four-game series. First pitch Friday is set for noon (CDT) at Greyhound Park on UIndy’s campus and Saturday at 11 a.m. (CDT) at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.
| MIDWEST | DII Record | In-Region Record | |
| 1 | Quincy | 31-11 | 31-11 |
| 2 | Grand Valley St. | 28-12-1 | 27-11-1 |
| 3 | Southern Ind. | 30-15 | 29-14 |
| 4 | UIndy | 31-15 | 31-15 |
| 5 | Missouri S&T | 30-15 | 30-15 |
| 6 | Ashland | 28-15 | 27-14 |
| 7 | Hillsdale | 28-18 | 26-17 |
| 8 | Lewis | 25-16 | 23-16 |
| 9 | Mo.-St. Louis | 25-20 | 24-20 |
| 10 | Trevecca Nazarene | 28-17 | 28-1 |