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EVSC Board Approves New Harrison Boys Varsity Basketball Coach, Bosse Girls Basketball Coach

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(April 19) the EVSC Board of School Trustees approved the appointment of Nathan Fleenor as the boys varsity basketball coach at Harrison High School and Garland Copeland as the head girls basketball coach at Bosse. Fleenor replaces Bryan Speer, athletic director at Harrison, who stepped down as head coach earlier this year.

Fleenor is currently a social studies teacher and department head at Harrison and will continue in that role. Most recently, Fleenor also served as the junior varsity boys basketball coach and varsity assistant coach at Harrison.

Fleenor’s overall record is 166-78. In 2014, under his leadership, Harrison’s junior varsity team placed in the top 10 in the state for the most wins and in 2014, lead the state in wins. He led the team to three junior varsity SIAC conference championships, five junior varsity city championships and two junior varsity SIAC tournament championships. At the varsity level, he helped lead the team to three sectional championships, five city championships and three SIAC championships.

In 2006, Fleenor served as Harrison softball coach and led the team to city and sectional champions. Fleenor was also named Softball Metro Coach of the Year in 2006.

Fleenor received his B.S. degree from Indiana University and a Masters in Education from Olivet Nazarene University.

Copeland most recently served as the assistant girls basketball coach at Bosse and interim head coach. Copeland, a graduate of Bosse, played basketball at Bosse, Olney College and USI.

Copeland has worked for the EVSC since 1994 and is currently the head custodian at the EVSC’s Culver Family Learning Center.

 

Ivy Tech Media Opportunity

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What: Dedication of Innovative and Unique Ivy Tech Classroom Funded by TMMI

When:  Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 12:15 p.m. B-roll/Photos available prior to and following event. (see below)

Where:  Ivy Tech Community College, 3501 N. First Avenue Room 256

*Please come by the Marketing & Communication Office (room 140) for directions

Background:  Ivy Tech officials, donors, and students will join together for the dedication of a new, innovative classroom. This 360-degree classroom includes unique, high-tech tools which facilitate a hands-on, interactive learning environment. The room was made possible through a generous donation to the Ivy Tech Foundation by Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana.

B-roll/Photo opportunities will be available prior to the dedication from 11:45-Noon during an actual class using the room; and again following the dedication at 1 p.m. in  a communication class using the classroom.

Remarks will be made by an Ivy Tech student, an Ivy Tech faculty member, a representative from the donor organization, and Chancellor Jonathan Weinzapfel.

Event Contact: Erica Schmidt, director of development, (812) 429-1409

USI Athletics honors top student athletes

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Guy, Hodges, Roberts named top USI athletes

Durham & Woodford recognized with “Eagle Pride” awards
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In an evening that celebrates the accomplishments of the University of Southern Indiana student athletes during the 2015-16 year, junior Haley Hodges (softball), sophomore Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio), senior Johnnie Guy (men’s cross country/track & field), senior McKinsey Durham (women’s soccer), and senior Lucas Woodford (men’s soccer) were recognized as the top student athletes at the 14th annual USI All-Sports Banquet sponsored by Old National Bank Monday evening.

For the first time in the history of the award, a co-ONB/USI Female Student Athlete of the Year was given to Hodges and Roberts.

Hodges has made her mark on the softball the field in 2016. She has set single-season school records for home runs and RBIs and is among the national leaders in both categories. The computer science major has earned GLVC Player of the Week honors twice this year and is in the midst of one of the greatest statistical years in school history.

USI’s softball team, currently, is ranked fifth in the NCAA Division II Midwest Region and third in the GLVC standings with a 32-14 overall record and a 20-6 mark in league play.

Roberts also has made her mark this spring, only on the cross country course and track throughout the 2015-16. She finished fifth in the nation at the NCAA Division Two Cross Country Championships to earn All-America honors and was the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year. She has set school records in both the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters in outdoor track this spring and will compete for a national title next month.

Previous winners of the award were Shannon Wells (2003, volleyball), Jenny Farmer (2004; cross country/track), Heather Cooksey (2005; cross country/track), Laura Ellerbusch (2006; volleyball),Allison Shafer (2007; cross country/track), Kristin Eickholt (2008; softball), Mary Ballinger (2009, 2010; cross country/track), Danielle LaGrange (2011, 2012; volleyball), Susan Ellsperman (2013; women’s soccer), Anna Hackert (2014; women’s basketball), and MacKenzie Dorsam (2015; softball).

A two-time ONB/USI Male Student Athlete of the Year, Guy exemplifies the true meaning of student-athlete as he excels both in his sport and in the class room. The engineering major is a two-time Academic All-American, a 14-time All-American, and in the past year has earned two GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year awards, the GLVC Runner of the Year honor, and five All-America accolades.

The USI men’s cross country team placed 10th at the NCAA Division II National Championships this past fall and 26th at the NCAA II Indoor Track & Field National Championships in March.

Previous winners of the award were Duncan Bray (2003, 2004; soccer), Matt Keener (2005; baseball),Chris Thompson (2006; men’s basketball), Melvin Hall (2007; men’s basketball), Paul Jellema (2008; men’s cross country/track), Shaun Larsen (2009; baseball), Jamar Smith (2010; men’s basketball),Trevor Leach (2011; baseball), Dustin Emerick (2012; men’s cross country & track), Michael Jordan(2013; men’s cross country & track), Johnnie Guy (2014; men’s cross country & track), and Tyler Pence(2015, men’s cross country & track).

Durham and Woodford were named the female and male recipients the ONB/USI Screaming Eagles Pride Award. The award winners, who have been role models on the men’s and women’s soccer teams and in the department, were selected in a vote by the Athletics staff.

Durham, a four-year member of the women’s soccer team and a major in kinesiology, helped lead the USI student athletes as the co-president of the USI SAAC. The three-time Academic All-GLVC performer finished her career this year after playing in 65 matches over four seasons, making 56 starts as an Eagle.

Also a three-time Academic All-GLVC performer, Woodford helped lead the Eagles to the GLVC Tournament this past year and concluded his USI career by making 70 starts in the men’s soccer defensive third. The sport management major also has a tremendous impact on the community by organizing trips by the team over the last four years to the Evansville Rescue Mission to help out the less fortunate among us.

Previous winners of the Pride Award were Ginnie Roberts (softball) 2003; Mike Arnold (men’s basketball) 2004; Brian Kendall (men’s cross country/track) 2005; Angie Davis (softball) 2006; Geoff Van Winkle (men’s basketball) 2007; Kathy Wood (softball) 2008;  Austin Inge (men’s track) and Brittany Neuman (women’s basketball) 2009; Jeron Lewis (men’s basketball) and Sara Loete(softball) 2010; Lauren Meneghetti (women’s basketball) and Mohamed Ntumba (men’s basketball) 2011; Susan Ellsperman (women’s soccer) and Brendan Devine (men’s cross country/track) 2012;Ellena Stumpf (women’s tennis) and Scott Ernstberger (baseball) 2013; Stephanie Carpenter(women’s basketball) and Jeff Neidlinger (men’s soccer) 2014; and senior Austin Davis (men’s basketball), and senior Mary O’Keefe (women’s basketball) 2015.

Dr. Brandon Field, an associate professor of engineering, was presented the Dr. Jane Davis Brezette Faculty Excellence Award. The award is presented to a USI faculty member, who has contributed to the success of USI Athletics by mentoring student athletes and helping them to achieve their goals in the classroom and beyond.  Previous winners of award were Dr. Jane Davis-Brezette, the former chair of Kinesiology and Sport and instructor in the Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education (2008); Tim Mahoney, an instructor in the Romain College of Business (2009); Patti Marcum, an instructor in the Pott College of Science Engineering, and Education (2011); Dr. Lacie Rogers, an instructor in the Romain College of Business (2012); Dr. Darrin Sorrells, an instructor and learning specialist in Academic Skills (2013); Chris Croft, an instructor in Pott College of Science Engineering, and Education (2014); and Timothy Bryan, an instructor in accounting (2015).

The USI Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) recognized women’s cross country with the Team GPA Award (3.48), while baseball was presented with the Team Spirit Award.

Women’s cross country has twice earned the Team GPA Award (2016 and 2013), tying softball (2014 and 2012) for second, and  following  volleyball, which has won the award five times (2015, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007) since the creation of the award in 2006. Women’s soccer (2006) and women’s basketball (2011) have each earned the honor once.

The Team Spirit Award, which is selected in a vote by the SAAC and created in 2005, is the first for baseball. Men’s cross country/track & field (2005, 2009, 2011) and men’s soccer (2012, 2013, 2014) has been honored three times, while softball (2014, 2015) and men’s tennis (2007, 2008) have been chosen twice. Men’s basketball (2010), women’s soccer (2012), and women’s cross country/track & field (2006) have been selected for the award once.

 

 

VCSO Bicycle Patrol Racking up the Miles

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The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Bike Patrol has been logging miles in county neighborhoods.  This past week deputies spoke to children about bicycle and pedestrian safety and answered questions about Indiana’s bicycle laws.
Deputy Nathan Espenlaub explained, “It’s amazing what you notice when you are moving along silently on a bike.  I introduced myself to several people who had no idea I was in the area until I spoke.” Deputy Espenlaub added, “The kids seem to spot me quick enough though, I passed out alot of stickers.”

Deputies will be on the bicycles throughout the summer and fall and will patrol neighborhoods, bicycle trails, walking paths and special events like the 4H Fair.  Sheriff Dave Wedding stated, “I am looking forward to getting out there on a bike myself and talking to our neighborhood residents about their concerns.”

The new program utilizes specially outfitted bicycles that allow sheriff’s deputies to patrol areas commonly used by pedestrians and cyclists. The goal of the program is to increase bicyclist and pedestrian safety. Funding for equipment and overtime is being provided by a grant from theIndiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Pictured below: A few of the neighborhoods and trails the bike patrol has already visted (the route riden is shown in color.)

Previous Press Release: 2016-NR-018 

 

 

TUESDAYS READERS FORUM

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WHAT ON YOUR MIND TODAY?

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DR. RICHARD MOSS –14 POINT PLAN TO SAVE AMERICA

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DR. RICHARD MOSS –14 POINT PLAN TO SAVE AMERICA

Dr. Moss discussed his plan to present to the voters of Indiana’s 8th Congressional District to return conservative values and policies to SW Indiana. For nearly six years now we have been represented by a big spending, liberal Republican, a loyal foot soldier of the Republican Establishment, who has disappointed his constituents at every turn. Dr. Moss is an Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon from Jasper, IN.

“I have a simple Fourteen Point Plan that addresses the major national issues affecting the 8th district, the state, and the country.”

#1 JOB CREATION & ECONOMIC GROWTH
We need to bring our corporations back from abroad and encouraging companies here by lowering and simplifying taxes, reducing regulations, and providing an optimal business climate to entice businesses to come to Indiana and put our people back to work with good paying jobs. I embrace the American Free Enterprise system and vigorously reject Socialism.

#2 ENERGY
I stand strong in support of environmentally sound development of our natural resources, including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy. Our energy industry creates good paying jobs, keeps fuel and energy costs down, ensures energy independence, makes Indiana more competitive, and provides revenue for necessary state programs and infrastructure.

#3 IMMIGRATION
I embrace a Pro-American Immigration Policy. I support deportation of illegal aliens, e-verify, and exit-entry visa tracking. I would repeal the Immigration Act of 1965 and end chain migration based on family reunification. I would build a wall and secure our border. Border security is national security. I oppose amnesty and birthright citizenship. No driver’s licenses, in-state tuition, or access to our welfare programs. I would end the waves of immigrants entering the country that take jobs from Americans and lower wages, and increase burdens on schools, healthcare, prisons, criminal justice, law enforcement, our safety net, and our local communities and states. Immigration is not an entitlement or right for immigrants. It exists to benefit the American people.

#4 HEALTH CARE REFORM
As a doctor, I know that our current medical system is in need of reform. But I oppose Obamacare and any other attempt to nationalize our medical system. We need free market reform based on competition and choice. We need health care that is portable, affordable, and personal.

#5 AGRICULTURE
Indiana has up to 70% of its land under cultivation. Corn, soybeans, and tomatoes are produced in bounty. Hog farming is most prominent. Maintaining this elevated level of agricultural production is essential. Reducing regulations and lowering taxes and allowing our farmers to compete and export will help.

#6 EDUCATION
Our educational institutions must provide students with marketable skills and classical education that will enable them to find jobs through vocational training and instruction or to enter and succeed in college and find productive
employment after. I support our community colleges that provide one and two-year associate degrees at reduced cost that are market or job oriented. I encourage parent-teacher based education that is state and locally controlled.

#7 BALANCED BUDGET
I endorse a balanced budget, and would limit federal spending to a fixed low percentage of the economy or GDP. I would start by reducing spending to pre-Obama 2008 levels other than for increases in inflation and population. I support zero-based budgeting and sunset provisions on all programs to ensure a lean, effective government that, like regular Americans, must live within its means. Our national debt and unfunded liabilities threaten our nation and are unsustainable.

#8 STRONG TRADITIONAL FAMILY VALUES
A strong, moral culture centered on the traditional, intact married family and faith are key elements of our Hoosier and American values and essential to a flourishing civil society.

#9 A UNIFYING VISION FOR THE COUNTRY/NOT BALKANIZATION
Everyone is an individual first. I oppose the government’s efforts to balkanize the nation on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and “class.” We are one nation with one language and one culture. It used to be called the “melting pot.” The Left, the media, many of our schools and campuses, elements within the Democrat Party and some clueless Republicans, reject this and embrace dividing the nation into competing racial and ethnic tribes. This is un-American – and will undermine the country. I embrace the individual, the melting pot, E Pluribus Unum (“From One Many), Americanization, assimilation, one language, one culture. I stand with Martin Luther King and support a merit-based, colorblind society that is founded on “the content of one’s character, not the color of one’s skin.” It has worked for two centuries and should not be abandoned now. But such thinking is under assault. I will defend it.

#10 BLUE COLLAR CONSERVATISM
Working Americans are under attack in this country. They have been abandoned by elements within the Democrat Party and foolishly ignored by Republicans. It is time to regain their confidence and win their votes by promoting our energy industry (all fossil fuels including coal, oil, natural gas;

#11 REINING IN THE FEDERAL BUREACRACY AND THE FEDERAL COURTS INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT
Our fourth branch of government, the federal bureaucracy, operates under the radar screen. But every year it issues tens of thousands of pages of regulations that have the impact of law with little or no credible Congressional oversight. They are unaccountable, unelected and wield tremendous power. In particular, I would rein in the EPA with its destructive CO2 emissions regulations (among many others) that are closing down coal plants and many other related industries and companies, imposing terrible burdens on Hoosiers, our state and the country.

#12 TERM LIMITS
I favor term limits as one of the most effective mechanism to end our reckless, out of control federal government by professional career politicians in both parties, their special interests, consultants, and lobbyists that go to Washington, cut deals, grow the size of government and bankrupt our country.

#13 REBUILDING OUR MILITARY
President Obama has gutted our military. American weakness is provocative. When America withdraws our enemies advance as we see around the world with Russia and China on the move, Iran pursuing nuclear weapons, ISIS spreading, and the Middle East in flames. The world is safer and America is safer when America has the strongest military in the world.

#14 RESTORING THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS
I defend liberty, private property, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. We must put our reckless federal government back into its Constitutional box to increase the circle of liberty for the rest of us. I embrace all ten amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights but would emphasize three because they have been under assault. They are the First Amendment including free speech and religious liberty, the Second Amendment, the right of self-defense, and the Tenth Amendment regarding state sovereignty. I will oppose those who attempt to take away our God-given rights.
“Our nation is at the precipice. Time is running out. Enactment of this plan will get us back on the conservative track in Southwest Indiana. It will move the 8th District, Indiana, and the country in the right direction toward fiscal, economic, moral, cultural, and demographic strength.

“I ask for your vote in the Republican Primary May 3, 2016.
I will be your conservative champion in Washington. I will not let you down.

Thank you.”
Richard Moss M.D. Candidate for Congress, 8th District Indiana

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT D.K. AT 812-661-2298
EMAIL: hq@rmoss4congress.com WEBSITE: rmoss4congress.com

The Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau, Inc., Endorses Cheryl Musgrave

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The Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau, Inc., endorses Cheryl Musgrave for Vanderburgh County Commissioner District Three in the May 3 primary election.

“After interviewing all three candidates, Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau, Inc. feels Cheryl has the most knowledge and experience to do the job from day one.” said Bruce Blackford, member of the Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau, Inc.

“This was a no-brainer,” said local Farm Bureau, Inc., Board President Dave Brenner. “Cheryl is a strong, independent-minded leader who has always done the right thing for Vanderburgh County. We urge all our members and those who care about the Farm Bureau to vote for Cheryl Musgrave on the Republican ballot on May 3, 2016.”

“I am honored by this endorsement, and will work hard to keep property taxes low, build better roads, and bring good paying jobs to our community,” said Musgrave.

7th Circuit: Horse Racing Venture Was A Business

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7th Circuit: Horse Racing Venture Was A Business

BY SCOTT ROBERTS FOR INDIANA LAWYER 

An Indiana man who ran a horse racing business had his tax deficiencies for the 2005 and 2006 tax years voided by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals after Judge Richard Posner ripped apart an opinion by the U.S. Tax Court.

Merrill Roberts became interested in horse racing in 1999 and built a horse track on land he owned in Indianapolis. In 2005, he decided to build a bigger horse training facility, but built it in Mooresville after the city of Indianapolis opposed the construction. The U.S. Tax Court found in 2005 and 2006 he had erroneously deducted the expenses of his horse racing business because it was only a hobby during those years. The court assessed tax deficiencies of $89,710 for 2005 and $116,475 for 2006. In 2007, the court declared it a business, and it has been considered a business ever since.

Posner wrote the decision was “untenable; it amounts to saying that a business’ start-up costs are not deductible business expenses – that every business starts as a hobby and becomes a business only when it achieves a certain level of profitability.” Posner said Roberts’ business did not begin in 2007 but 2005, when he decided to build a large training facility.

He pointed out an inconsistency in the ruling when the Tax Court said Roberts did not purchase the Mooresville property to run a business, but said the business didn’t start until it began functioning at the property. “The judge seems not to have understood that the decision to build the facility, and its construction, are also indications of a profit motive.”

The Tax Court based its ruling off a “goofy regulation” Posner wrote, citing 26 C.F.R. Section 1.183-2, Treas. Reg Section 1.183-2: Activity Not Engaged in for Profit Defined.” The regulation says that the court can use another test as long as the court proves the other factors are insufficient.

However, even when using the test, which has nine factors, Roberts’ horse racing venture was a business. All nine factors supported or at least were neutral about his horse racing venture. “It may have been a fun business, but fun doesn’t covert a business to a hobby. If it did, Facebook would be a hobby, Microsoft and Apple would be hobbies, Amazon would be a hobby, etc. ad infinitum,” Posner wrote.

The case is Merrill C. Roberts v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 15-3396.

YESTERYEAR: DELTA QUEEN

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Before the legendary Delta Queen cruised the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the sternwheel steamboat ferried passengers up and down the California coast. Christened in 1927, the Delta Queen was acquired by a Cincinnati company in 1946 after the boat served a brief stint in the U. S. Navy during World War II. It was then overhauled and returned to its original use as an overnight passenger boat. The Delta Queen was a familiar sight at Dress Plaza for many years, where this image shows it docked in the late 1950s. In 1980, Mayor Michael Vandeveer proclaimed July 15 “Delta Queen Day in Evansville.”

FOOTNOTES: We want to thank Patricia Sides, Archivist of Willard Library for contributing this picture that shall increase people’s awareness and appreciation of Evansville’s rich history. If you have any historical pictures of Vanderburgh County or Evansville please contact please contact Patricia Sides, Archivist Willard Library at 812) 425-4309, ext. 114 or e-mail her at www.willard.lib.in.us.

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