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ST. MARY’S HEALTH FOUNDATION SELECTED AS ROTARACT SIGNATURE PROJECT RECIPIENT

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ST. MARY’S HEALTH FOUNDATION SELECTED AS ROTARACT SIGNATURE PROJECT RECIPIENT

The Rotaract Club of Evansville has selected St. Mary’s Health Foundation as the beneficiary of its 2016 Signature Project. The Rotaract Club dedicates its fundraising efforts to one non-profit organization each year that is working for the public benefit to enrich community spirit and alleviate social disadvantage in the Evansville area.

The Signature Project will fund the creation of a Rotaract Club of Evansville Pediatric Reading & Healing Wagon Program at St. Mary’s Hospital for Women & Children. Rotaract members will visit pediatric patients at St. Mary’s Hospital for Women & Children once a month to read to children during their hospital stay. Signature Project funding will purchase books and a wagon to transport the books to individual patient rooms.

“We are thrilled to be the beneficiary of the Rotaract Club’s Signature Project. This program will promote learning and bring smiles and comfort to pediatric patients and their families,” said Carlene Oliver, Director of Pediatrics & Pediatric ICU for St. Mary’s.

Signature Project funding will be presented at the Rotaract general membership meeting on February 4, 2016 at Fifth Third Bank in downtown Evansville (15th floor) at 11:30 a.m.

For more information about the Rotaract Club of Evansville Pediatric Reading & Healing Wagon Program, please call Randy Capehart, St. Mary’s Media Relations Coordinator at 812.485.4044. For more information about the Rotaract Club of Evansville, please contact Amber Embrey, Rotaract President, at 812.465.1194 or aembrey@iupui.edu.

Sen. Becker’s Mine Subsidence Bill Passes Senate

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Legislation authored by State Sen. Vaneta Becker (R-Evansville) to provide protections for owners of dwellings or structures on land used for coal mining passed the Senate this week unanimously.

Senate Bill 336 would provide mine subsidence insurance coverage for a dwelling or structure on land mined after Aug. 3, 1977. Under current law, mine subsidence is available only for homes built over land that was strip mined, but an owner of a home built over land that was mined underground cannot obtain insurance coverage should a subsidence occur on areas mined after 1977.

“Senate Bill 336 is the answer to a problem that has been unaddressed for too long,” Becker said. “This bill is a long-awaited relief for owners of properties built on foundations with existing underground mines, many of whom bought their homes not knowing of the instabilities that lie underground. Knowing that they can be insured is a heavy weight off of their shoulders.”

SB 336 now moves to the House of Representatives for further consideration.

USI’s Guy, Roberts earn GLVC Scholar Athlete honors

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University of Southern Indiana senior All-American Johnnie Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) and sophomore All-American Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio) have been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Scholar Athletes of the Year form men’s and women’s cross country, respectively, in a vote by the league’s faculty athletic representatives.

 

Guy, who is earning GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors for the second consecutive season, claimed his third straight GLVC title this past fall.

 

His effort was crucial in leading the Screaming Eagles to their league-record 11th straight GLVC championship. Guy went on to earn All-Midwest Region and All-America honors for the third year in a row.

 

An engineering major with a 3.63 grade point average, Guy is the third student athlete in program history to earn GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors and the first to do it in back-to-back years. The two-time Academic All-American also was the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s track & field last spring.

 

Roberts is coming off a breakout year that saw her finish second at the GLVC Championships. Her effort helped guide the Eagles to their fifth straight GLVC title and seventh in the last eight years.

 

An exercise science major with a 3.81 GPA, Roberts earned her first-career All-America honor in addition to All-Midwest Region accolades after finishing fifth at both the NCAA Division II National Championships and NCAA II Midwest Region Championships. Her fifth-place finish at the national meet matched Mary Ballinger for the best placement at the national meet in program history.

 

Roberts is the fifth USI women’s cross country runner in program history to garner GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors and the first since Jackie Henderson in 2010.

COA affirms negligence action barred against woman’s employer

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Jennifer Nelson for www.theindianalawyer.com

An employee who received workers’ compensation benefits for her injury on work property is barred by the Workers’ Compensation Act from filing a negligence lawsuit against her employer and its subsidiaries, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday.

Brenda Hall worked for Ameritech when she tripped on a snow-covered sign and injured her arm. She was awarded workers’ compensation benefits in September 2009. Hall then sued Dallman Contractors LLC, Shook LLC and AT&T Property Management, which was later substituted with AT&T Services Inc.

AT&T Services, which is 83 percent owned by AT&T Inc., argued Hall’s claim is barred under the exclusive remedy provision of the Act. The trial court agreed, but the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for further proceedings. The trial court again ruled in favor of AT&T Services after it presented evidence both it and Ameritech are subsidiaries of AT&T Inc., and therefore joint employers of Hall.

Ameritech is 100 percent owned by five state Bell Telephone companies, which are 100 percent owned by AT&T Teleholdings Inc., which is 100 percent owned by AT&T Inc.

Hall appealed, arguing the COA should strictly construe the statutory language and find that the Act’s definition of employer limits a “joint employer” to the subsidiaries of a single “parent corporation,” one that is a direct or immediate parent corporation, and any higher-tiered “parent” corporations should be excluded.

She also maintained that if none of the Bell companies holds a majority of shares of Ameritech, then AT&T Teleholdings should be deemed the parent corporation, not AT&T Inc. As such, AT&T Services and Ameritech would not be subsidiaries of the same parent corporation and therefore are not joint employers of Hall such that AT&T Services can assert the exclusive remedy provision of the Act.

AT&T Services claimed Ameritech is a third-tier subsidiary, and that the comments to the Indiana Business Corporation Law’s definition of subsidiary elaborates that the term “includes all ‘tiered’ subsidiaries.”

The COA agreed with AT&T Services that both Ameritech and AT&T Services are subsidiaries of AT&T Inc., so they should be considered joint employers pursuant to the Act’s definition of “employer.” Thus, Hall’s negligence action against AT&T Services is barred because she received workers’ compensation benefits from Ameritech.

The case is Brenda Hall v. Dallman Contractors, LLC, Shook LLC, and AT&T Services, Inc., 49A02-1502-CT-67.

I Heart Art Exhibit

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Jyawook named to MVC preseason squad

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  After putting together a successful junior campaign in 2015, Josh Jyawook is certain to play a big role in the 2016 season for the University of Evansville, and on Wednesday, the Missouri Valley Conference agreed, naming the outfielder to its preseason all-conference team.

 

“This is great recognition for Josh,” UE head coach Wes Carroll said. “Obviously, he had a great season last year, and hopefully, he’ll have a lot of confidence going into this season. He’s a talented senior for us, and we’re expecting a big year out of him.”

 

Jyawook, a native of Hoffman Estates, Ill., finished seventh in the Valley last season in on-base percentage, posting a .445 mark with a .314 batting average, 14 doubles and 32 runs batted in. He finished the year with 17 multi-hit games, but he also excelled defensively, landing the No. 1 play on ESPN’s SportsCenter on April 15.

 

Collectively, the Aces were picked to finish seventh in the Valley. Missouri State, Dallas Baptist and Wichita State were picked in the top three, with the Bears earning five of the eight possible first place votes.

 

The Aces will begin the 2016 baseball season on Feb. 19 at South Alabama, and the first home series of the year will take place March 4-6 against Northern Illinois.

 

Indy Eleven and St. Louis FC to play match at UE

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Over the course of its history, the University of Evansville men’s soccer program has played host to a number of marquee events, from nationally-televised games to national championships, but later this spring, another will be added to that list as Saint Louis FC and Indy Eleven will play an exhibition match at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

The match, which will be the first-ever professional soccer event staged on campus, is slated for 7:30 p.m. on March 16. Prior to the contest, the UE men’s soccer team will kick off its spring season with a showdown against the Saint Louis FC reserve team at 5 p.m.

“This is an opportunity to showcase the sport of soccer within our community, but it’s also going to give our guys the chance to see what a professional environment will look like,” UE head coach Marshall Ray said. “We’re looking forward to hosting two very competitive teams in their respective divisions, and hopefully, we’ll have a good night of soccer here at the University of Evansville.”

Saint Louis FC is hoping to build upon a debut season in 2015 that featured a ninth-place finish in the United Soccer League and a trip to the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The club, which is affiliated with Chicago Fire of MLS, ranked fourth in attendance in the USL.

“The University of Evansville is a storied soccer program with a great history and an outstanding facility, and the community has a great soccer tradition as well,” Saint Louis FC head coach Dale Schilly said. “It’s only fitting that Indy Eleven and Saint Louis meet there for our preseason match. Indy is a very good team that, like us, has made a number of improvements. It should be an exciting game, and more importantly, it will be great preparation for the regular season for both teams.”

After drawing nearly 10,000 fans per game in 2015, Indy Eleven is one of the best-supported soccer clubs in the North American Soccer League. The club has led the NASL in attendance in each of its first two seasons of existence, and it features eight players with MLS experience, including 2008 Goalkeeper of the Year Jon Busch and Jamaican international Lovel Palmer.

“We are excited to get down to the University of Evansville and showcase Indy Eleven to the soccer fans of southern Indiana,” Indy Eleven head coach Tim Hankinson said. “The game against Saint Louis FC will provide one of the best challenges of our preseason calendar, and it will serve as a solid measuring stick as we prepare for the NASL season.”

Tickets to the friendly $5 and will be sold on the day of the event.

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Gilda’s Club Will Host Family Valentine’s Day Party

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Pre-registration for the free event, which is open to the community, is required.

Gilda’ Club Evansville is hosting a Family Valentine’s Day Party for the community. The free event is on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the Clubhouse located 5740 Vogel Road, Evansville, Indiana. The doors will open promptly at 11am, and the event will last until about 1pm. The event will include food, arts & crafts and goodies for the kids.

“In the upcoming weeks, we are hoping to launch our Youth Program for children living with cancer and for children impacted by a loved one’s cancer diagnosis,” Debbie Folz, Program Director, stated. “This is one of the many events we plan on having throughout the year for our families who have been touched by cancer, so thank you in advance for your support of Gilda’s Club.”

Pre-registration is required by Wednesday, February 10, 2016 by calling 812-402-8667 or emailingangie@gcevv.org.

For more information, call Serina at 812-402-8667.

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