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IS IT TRUE JANUARY 19, 2016

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IS IT TRUE we are waiting for the 2015 City Audit conducted by the State Board of Accounts to be made public any day now?  …this audit shall prove if past City Councilmen and Finance Chairmen John Friend, CPA was correct about the City having a $6 million dollar deficit in 2015?

IS IT TRUE in case you haven’t been paying attention we would like to point out that Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding is doing one heck of a job?  …Sheriff Wedding is considered to be a blue collar and hands on Sheriff?  …he is extremely well thought of by the rank and file of the Sheriffs Office?  …we also are very pleased with the professional way the men and women of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff Office conduct themselves?

IS IT TRUE the city razed a house in the 1200 block of South Bedford?  …that several of the neighboring residents made a special effort to thank “Let’s Fix That” proprietor George Lumley in his arm-twisting effort to get this house taken out?  … Mr. Lumley attributed the success to the Evansville Citizen Concern mobile app?  … by generating multiple concerns on the app to the mayor’s office has proven to be an effective Blight Fighting tool?

IS IT TRUE it was suggested that Mr. Lumley thank the city for taking this house out?  …that he should apologize for giving the city a hard time about the methods they use to address blight?  ..  Mr. Lumley responded that he thought an apology was indeed in order?  …that every city official should apologize to each and every resident living in a neighborhood containing one of these Zombie Houses that has not yet been taken out or otherwise remediated?

IS IT TRUE that Michelle Peterlin has been painting at her Kasson Studio with Acrylic on Canvas and using local models?  …her printings are titled “Spirit Within Conflict”?  …today we had the honor to get a sneak preview of her masterful work?  …its with pleasure that we proudly announce that Michelle Peterlin has agreed to share her paintings with the CCO readers in the near future?  …we guarantee that you shall be extremely impressed with her outstandings paintings once you view them?

IS IT TRUE that today “READERS POLL” ask; Do you feel that John Friend CPA statement that the 2015 City Budget had a $6 million deficit is accurate?

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JOE KIEFER TO RUN FOR AT LARGE COUNTY COUNCIL SEAT

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JOE KIEFER TO RUN FOR AT LARGE COUNTY COUNCIL SEAT

January 18, 2016

When I announced that I was not going to seek re-election for the County Commissioner’s seat, I stated that in the coming months I would be looking for other ways to serve our community.  I would like to announce that I plan to seek the office of the County Council as an At-Large member.  I feel my time on the Board of County Commissioners has served me well in understanding our needs in Vanderburgh County.  My broad experience having served as both a council member and a commissioner, I believe, will help me do a better job finding solutions to those needs. I plan on filing for this office Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 3pm at the County Election Office.
I am 53 years old and the Managing Broker at Hahn Kiefer Real Estate Services.  I have a Bachelor Degree in Construction Management and two Master’s degrees, including a Master of Public Administration.  I have previously served as a member of the City Council and County Council and I am currently a member of the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners.

Rotary/PEF/Love Foundation classroom grants

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Now through February 11, 2016, applications are available for Rotary/PEF/Love Foundation classroom grants.  Any public school teacher at a Vanderburgh County school may apply. Grant amounts are up to $2,500.

The grants are given to original programs/projects created by teachers. Projects should demonstrate long-term educational benefits as well as promote important values to students. Last year, Rotary/PEF/Love Foundation gave 26 grants. Teachers used the funds for activities/programs ranging from poetry slams to 3D-Printer Packages to benefit tech-skills and problem solving.

PEF and the Rotary Club began a partnership in 1987 with the help of Rotarian and PEF Board member Calvin Dentino. In 2004, the Love Foundation joined the partnership and the trio has given more than $605,800 to 843 classroom grants since 1987.

A committee composed of Rotary/PEF/Love Foundation representatives will name grantees by April 15, 2016. Funds will be distributed in September 2016. Application forms may be downloaded from the Public Education Foundation website (www.pefevansville.org) or www.evansvillerotary.com.

YESTERYEAR-Evansville Chrysler Plant

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The high productivity of Evansville factory workers in World War II continued for years after the war’s end. On March 25, 1953, the city’s Chrysler plant rolled out the millionth Plymouth automobile made in Evansville, with the plant manufacturing an average of 100,000 cars per year in the three years prior to that. The president of the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit joined local officials that evening at an open house celebrating the noteworthy milestone, an event attended by an enthusiastic crowd estimated at 30,000.

FOOTNOTE: 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.

Indiana Justice Applications Due Next Monday

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Indiana Justice Applications Due Next Monday

Those interested in becoming Indiana’s next Supreme Court justice have until noon on Jan. 25 to submit their applications. Justice Brent Dickson is retiring from the court April 29.

Qualified applicants will be interviewed by the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission Feb. 17-19, with a likely second round of interviews taking place March 3-4. All interviews will take place in Room 319 at the Statehouse and will be open to the public. The seven-member nominating commission will then select three finalists, with Gov. Mike Pence choosing the next justice within 60 days of receiving the finalists’ names.

This will be Pence’s first appointment to the Indiana Supreme Court.

Applications are available on the court’s website. Questions may be directed to commission counsel Adrienne Meiring at 317-232-4706 or Adrienne.meiring@courts.in.gov.

St. Mary’s Hospital for Women & Children Birth Records

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Erin and Bruce Clemons, Newburgh, Ind., daughter, Abigail Paige, Jan. 10

Kimberly and Adam Morrow, Evansville, daughter, Quinn Marie, Jan. 11

Natalie and Caleb White, Owensville, Ind., daughter, Kelsey Dawn, Jan. 11

Amber and David Dishman, Mount Carmel, Ill., daughter, Lillian June, Jan. 11

Stacey and Jeff Moore, Evansville, son, Hunter James, Jan. 11

Ellee and John Mullins, Boonville, Ind., son, Lane Thomas, Jan. 11

Kady and Aaron Klingaman, Evansville, son, Braven Kole, Jan. 11

Jessica and Shane Kneer, Evansville, son, Logan Shane, Jan. 12

Tara and Jordan Fewkes, Albion, Ill., daughter, Blair Bradley, Jan. 12

Doneva and Chris Perkins, Princeton, Ind., son, Beau Landry, Jan. 12

Kylie Dossett and Kyle Julian, Evansville, daughter, Leotta Rose, Jan. 12

Janett and Brandon Neber, Princeton, Ind., son, Mason Robert, Jan. 14

Lauren and Aaron Sisk, Evansville, daughter, Josslee Mae, Jan. 14

Kathryn and Craig Love, Evansville, son, Camren Davis, Jan. 14

Elizabeth Brewer and Stanley Sobey, Princeton, Ind., daughter, Annabelle Grace, Jan. 14

Stacy and Chad Beckham, Evansville, son, Joel Michael, Jan. 15

Perla Guzman and Ernesto Velazquez, Evansville, daughter, Adeline Sarai, Jan. 15

Lindsey and Brandon Hirsch, Boonville, Ind., daughter, Riley Rae Margo, Jan. 15

Ashlee and Brandon Jones, Henderson, Ky., son, Beckett Allen, Jan. 15

Virginia Perry and Allen Byrns, Oakland City, Ind., daughter, Courtney Lee, Jan. 15

Kierra Cartwright, Evansville, daughter, Zacoriah Ra’yonna, Jan. 16

Lindsey and Kyle Suver, Evansville, daughter, Magnolia Everly, Jan. 16

25th Annual Easter Seals Home Run Sweeps ALL CASH RAFFLE proceeds stay in the Tri-State. Grand prize is $100,000 CASH!

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Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center officials in Evansville, IN, have announced that tickets are now available for the 25th annual Easter Seals “Home Run Sweeps” ALL CA$H Raffle.  The annual fundraiser underwrites therapy services at the nonprofit organization, which serves more than 5,400 children and adults with disabilities from a 30-county area of southwestern Indiana, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky.

 

Easter Seals Child Representative Abby Wells of Newburgh, IN, made an appearance at a January 5th press conference to help announce the start of ticket sales. Ten-year-old Abby was born with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.  She and her mother, Amy Wells, spoke about the progress Abby has made because of ongoing therapy. Children from the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center’s Dan & Nancy Mitchell Therapeutic Preschool also helped kick off the raffle, which offers one grand prize of $100,000 CASH; one 2nd prize of $10,000; and one 3rd prize of $5,000. 

 

As always, all “Home Run Sweeps” ALL CA$H Raffle proceeds will fund physical, occupational and speech therapy for Tri-State indviduals with disabilities who couldn’t otherwise afford those life-changing services.  The Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center offers a sliding fee scale, and no one is turned away due to inability to pay for therapy.

 

A maximum of 3,000 raffle tickets are available for $100 each until just before the drawing at noon (CDT) on March 14; ticket holders do NOT have to be present to win. Tickets may be purchased individually or by groups.  Entrants must be at least 18 years old.  To purchase tickets:

  • Visitthe Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, 3701 Bellemeade Ave., Evansville, Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm CDT, and purchase using cash, check, debit card, or money order.  (Credit cards cannot be accepted and tickets cannot be purchased over the phone.)
  • Print an order form available at www.EasterSealsSWIndiana.comand mail with check or money order.
  • For more information, call 812-437-2607.

 

Last year’s Home Run Sweeps ALL CA$H Raffle sold 2,301 tickets and raised $115,248.  This year’s goal is to surpass last year’s results and sell all 3,000 tickets.  In the first 24 years of the Sweeps, this event has raised $2,830,151 to underwrite therapy.

 

Sponsors of this year’s Home Run Sweeps are Kemper CPA Group, Evansville Courier & Press, WEHT Local, Local 7 WTVW, 104.1FM WIKY, and 93.5 DUKE FM.  Indiana Raffle License Number for this event is #139590.

 

USI Men Could Not Overcome Rough First Half

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 15th-ranked University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball could not overcome a rough first half and lost to ninth-ranked Bellarmine University, 80-65, Monday evening in Louisville, Kentucky. USI watched its record go to 13-4 overall and 5-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while Bellarmine rose to 14-2, 7-0 GLVC.

The Screaming Eagles had trouble getting the lid off the bucket in the first half, starting the game one-of-seven, and trailed by eight points, 16-8, with eight minutes gone. USI would close to within two, 16-14, on a three-pointer by junior guard Jeril Taylor (Louisville, Kentucky) at 10:16, but would not score again for the next six minutes until freshman guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) broke the drought at 4:01 left in the half and the Eagles down, 29-16.

The Knights increased their lead to 18 points twice before a brief 5-0 run by the Eagles cut the deficit to 13 points, 36-23, with 1:36 left. Bellarmine got the last four points of the opening half and led 40-23 at the intermission.

As a team, USI shot only 32.1 percent in the opening half (9-28) and committed 12 turnovers. The lone positive of the first half for USI was outrebounding Bellarmine 20-16.

In the second half, the Eagles found their range and were able work their way back into contention. USI, which outscored Bellarmine in the second half, 42-40, cut the deficit to as few as 10 points three times in the final five minutes after trailing by as many as 22 points in the final half.

The Eagles shot 50 percent in the second half (15-30), but was only three-of-12 from beyond the arc. USI outrebounded Bellarmine, 15-13, after halftime and 35-29 for the game.

Taylor led USI’s second half comeback attempt by scoring 24 of his game-high 27 points in the final 20 minutes. The junior guard was seven-of-13 in the second half, hitting three three-point field goals, while converting seven-of-seven trips to the line.

The Eagles three-game road swing concludes this weekend when they visit Lewis University (January 21) and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (January 23). Game time Thursday at Lewis is 7:30 p.m., while tip-off at UW-Parkside next Saturday is 3 p.m.

Live coverage of the final two games of the road is available at GoUSIEagles.com.

Veterans Community Alliance Appoints New CEO

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The Tristate Veterans Community Alliance (TVCA) Board of Directors has appointed Dan Knowles as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2016. Dan is an Army veteran and a West Point graduate who served 7 years on active duty before accepting a brand management position with Procter & Gamble in 1986. He left P&G in 2000 to become chief marketing officer of Reynolds & Reynolds in Dayton. In October 2002, he started his own business consulting firm and has since worked with multi-national and regional companies in pharmaceuticals, healthcare delivery, information technology, construction, and banking as well as serving on several non-profit boards. This appointment is an acceleration of plans previously agreed to formalize the TVCA organizational structure in July 2016. The decision was made in recognition of faster progress than anticipated toward achieving the non-profits’ goals. Board Chairman Maj Gen (ret) Leonard Randolph, Jr. MD said, “Recent feedback from key stakeholders indicated that this was the right time to make this move. As a co-founder, Dan has been instrumental in creating the vision, building the organization, and helping us recruit and align key donors and partners to better serve veterans and their families in the tristate. The progress achieved to date has been extraordinary and has exceeded our very high expectations.” As one of three co-founders, Dan has helped lead development of the TVCA since mid- 2014. Knowles is looking forward to the challenge: “I’m honored to be able to lead such a committed and talented group of people who work so hard to serve those who have sacrificed for our country. Working together with our local partners and supporters, we can make this region a destination for the disciplined, highly skilled, military leaders and families needed to continue growing our community in the coming decade.” The TVCA has been recognized as one of the more promising community-impact organizations for veterans in the country. It helps coordinate access to, and improves the effectiveness of, services provided to veterans of all eras by over 85 tristate organizations in the sectors of Employment, Education, Health/Wellness and Family Services. Key partners include the USO, the local VA, United Way, the Red Cross, Interact for Change, and most of the universities and large employers in the community. With the help of the Cincinnati Reds and Major League Baseball, the TVCA built and opened its unique Veteran InProcessing (VIP) & Welcome Center in mid-July at CityLink in the West End. This facility, and its web-based Veteran & Family Resource Portal (www.tristatevca.org/access), allow the TVCA to connect veterans and their families with other veteran peer mentors and partners proven to provide exceptional services. In the past 5 months, over 130 veterans have received help through the staff at the VIP Center and over 3,000 have visited the website. For more information, visit www.tristatevca.org or call 513 357-2008.

Adopt A Pet

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Edith is a 3-year-old female orange tabby! Her adoption fee is $30. She goes home spayed, microchipped, & vaccinated for that price! Visit www.vhslifesaver.org or call (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!

 

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