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Ivy Tech Hosts Diversity Enrichment Conference

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Ivy Tech Community College in collaboration with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana’s African American Collaborative, an affinity group within TMMI, will host a Diversity Enrichment Conference at Ivy Tech’s main campus in Evansville on Thursday, October 29 at 5:30 p.m.

 

This event features the dynamic speaker and diversity professional, Eric Ellis, M.A., who has been helping organizations develop diversity solutions for more than 25 years.  He will conduct an interactive session which will emphasize the reasons why diversity is critical for organizations, how it can positively impact each of us and how we can become informed advocates for Diversity and Inclusion.

 

Eric Ellis is President and CEO of Integrity Development Corporation, a Management Consulting Firm in West Chester, Ohio. His firm specializes in developing long-term Diversity and Inclusion solutions for some of the most significant organizations in our nation.

Governor Pence Honors 2016 Indiana Teacher of the Year with Sagamore of the Wabash

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Governor Mike Pence today honored 2016 Indiana Teacher of the Year Jean Russell with a Sagamore of the Wabash. The ceremony was held at Haverhill Elementary School in Fort Wayne, where the Governor also stopped to meet with students, teachers, and staff.

 

“With more than 25 years of experience and numerous awards and recognitions to her credit, Jean Russell has dedicated her career to our kids,” said Governor Pence. “I was pleased to learn that she has been named Indiana’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, and I’m honored today to recognize her further with a Sagamore of the Wabash, a tribute to Hoosiers who have rendered distinguished service to the state and contributed greatly to our Hoosier heritage. Like the many dedicated teachers in our state, Jean Russell does Indiana a great service in the classroom each and every day to ensure that our kids get the education they deserve.”

 

A photo of Governor Pence awarding Jean Russell with a Sagamore of the Wabash can be found below and attached.

 

At Large Council Candidate Roberts Myers Calls For A Vote To End Health Insurance For City Council Members.

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Monday’s Evansville City Council Meeting was probably the most frustrating one for me to watch, all year. I witnessed a handful of outgoing council members manipulate the council meeting process for their own political gain and to fulfill their personal agendas.

What SHOULD have happened:

At the start of the meeting, an immediate vote should have been called. That vote would be to determine whether or not to approve the Mayor’s adjusted budget. That never happened.

What DID happen: Conor O’Daniel quickly started going through his proposed amendments and sweeping cuts to the city’s budget. He quickly asked for votes on amendments and none of the other 8 stopped him. What is most sad is that Mr. O’Daniel (and his “special interest council mates”) waited until Monday’s meeting to spring this proposal onto the group. He failed to reach out to the Mayor’s office, earlier in the week, to try to negotiate. I find his behavior and actions to be very unbecoming of an elected official. Again, he had backing on that council and he did not act alone! Evansville is better off with the “special interest council mates” not being on the board, next year.

What stood out to me the most were these items:

1) Overtime cuts for Fire, Rescue, Police. Hopefully, if our house catches on fire, it doesn’t happen at the end of a payroll period. Natural disaster? Good luck, everyone.
2) Sweeping cuts over over 40% to funding of community non­profits. Voices, UNOE and several others. Very sad.
3) Moving $730,000.00 into the police vehicle budget, bringing it to $1 million. For some reason, the “special interest council mates” felt that leasing was bad and buying was better. I would have to get more detail, but there is hopefully some major financial benefit that I don’t see, otherwise this was a terrible idea.
4) The 9 members of Evansville City Council, though very much part­time, all receive full Health Care Benefits. That cost is nearly $180,000.00 per year to the tax payers (this according to a fine citizen who spoke at city council ­ Conor O’Daniel responded and never attempted to correct the figure, so I am assuming that it is accurate). This makes no sense at all. The members are all retired or practicing doctors/lawyers/CPA’s or they are real estate agents. They don’t NEED the health insurance, do they?
When I am elected, I will do what none of the 9 current members did last night, I will absolutely call for a vote to end paying the health insurance for Evansville City Council Members.

What was the solution and how could these cuts have been prevented?

The solution wasn’t waiting until the end of their 4 year term to slap these insane cuts onto the City of Evansville. The solution was to work harder to increase revenues coming into the City of Evansville. The board should have found ways to add more homes with values of over $200k in order to increase the overall tax revenue income. The board should have found ways to attract more businesses to bring in more tax revenue. The board should have worked with the revenue generating entities, such as the pools and golf courses, to help them increase revenues. That makes them self­ sufficient and lessens the burden on the budget. The majority of this current Evansville City Council has shown their failure of doing any of these things, over the past 4 years. Many of them have spent the last 4 years causing the ship to begin sinking. Now, several are jumping off of the ship but not before poking major holes into the hull and ripping the sails just before jumping into their life boats.

It is time to add a member to Evansville City Council that understands business, budgets and has a plan to increase tax revenues without increasing tax burdens to the businesses and citizens of our fine city! It is time to have someone who knows how to work with the Mayor, department heads and fellow city council representatives in a way that brings prosperity. It is time to stop the childish bickering during city council meetings by unqualified and immature representatives.

Robert Myers

Candidate for At- Large City Council City Council

7th Circuit affirms man’s sentence for molesting baby

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Jennifer Nelson for www.theindianalawyer.com

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s sentence, supervised release conditions and restitution order after he pleaded guilty to raping, molesting and creating pornographic videos of an infant with the mother’s permission.

Christopher Bour paid a woman referred to as Natisha for permission to molest her baby; he also took explicit photographs of Natisha’s four-year-old daughter. He pleaded guilty to purchasing a child for the production of child pornography; three counts of producing child pornography; and one count of possessing child pornography. He was sentenced to life for purchasing the child and 1,020 consecutive months on the remaining counts. The judge imposed lifetime supervised release conditions for each count and then ordered him to pay $75,000 in restitution.

Bour argued that the court erred in considering the sentencing-memorandum discussion of videos that show him masturbating on a bedspread that is identical to one seen in a video with the baby. He argued because the conduct in the videos is not unlawful, it should have been excluded. But his conduct was relevant to the sentencing decision because the videos show Bour took pleasure in producing the graphic films, Judge Daniel Manion wrote.

The judges found the imposition consecutive terms was a procedural error because the District judge declared it was imposing a sentence within the guidelines but then imposed an out-of-guidelines sentence. But, this is legally harmless because Bour was also sentenced to serve life in prison on one count. Even though the judge should have explained why he imposed consecutive sentences on top of the life sentence, the result is the same either way, Manion continued.

The 7th Circuit declined to remand Bour’s conditions of supervised release for resentencing and affirmed the restitution order. The judge had the authority to announce he would impose restitution within 90 days of sentencing but defer his decision on the amount until a later time.

The case is United States of America v. Christopher Bour, 14-2211, 15-1090.

IS IT TRUE OCTOBER 29, 2015

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IS IT TRUE that a long time supporter of EPD has continued to encouraged us to post links concerning the Milan verses EPD Chief Billy Bolin Federal lawsuit for the 3 months?  …we finally gave into his requests?  …we encourage you to review the attached questions and links provided to us by him?

IS IT TRUE that on June 21, 2012, a SWAT team from the Evansville Police Department executed a raid of Louise Milan’s home? …the raid occurred as police were investigating threats made on an Internet posting website? …questions have been raised as to why the department felt it necessary to use a military style raid, multiple flash bangs, and a ram to enter the home?

IS IT TRUE the only connection to the address was the IP address of the unsecured router? …EPD detectives drove by the home prior to the raid and determined that the router was unsecured and accessible from the street? …surveillance of the home observed only one young, teenage female leave and return to the residence?

IS IT TRUE prior to the raid, a detective was asked to associate Louise Milan’s address with suspects? …in response, the detective determined that Marc Milan had been known to associate with Derrick Murray, who was suspected of making the threats? …the only association of Marc Milan to the address of Louise Milan was that he shared the same last name as Anthony Milan Jr. who was listed as once living at the address? …Marc Milan has never been identified as living at Louise Milan’s address? …the only known association of Derrick Murray to the address was that he was identified on the porch of the house down the street from Ms. Milan’s address?

IS IT TRUE after the Swat Team raid was executed, an effort was made to associate Anthony Milan  Jr. as living at Louise Milan’s home? …an entry was made to EPD’s RMS system showing Anthony living at Ms. Milan’s address? …that RMS entry was made by Chief Bolin?

IS IT TRUE here’s a  LINK  of a copy of Evansville Police Chief  apology letter of July 2, 2012 to Edna Milan regarding the flash bang grenade incident at Ms. Milan’s home on June 21, 2012.   ,,,the apology letter from Police Chief Billy Bolin sent to Edna Milan  makes reference to the address of Anthony Milan Jr.?

Chief Billy Bolin Apology Letter
IS IT TRUE that the other link provided to us by is the U S Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit-Planintiff-Appellee, Louise Milan’s  36 page “Response Brief” for the Milan EPD Swat Team raid case that we find  extremely interesting.   …that the footnote located on bottom of page 5 states that EPD Chief Billy Bolin on June 28, 2012 (1 week after the raid on Milan’s home) changed the address of Anthony Milan Jr from the EPD system.

Plaintiff-Appellee, Louise Milan’s Response Brief

 IS IT TRUE we ask Gail Riecken how she cut the 2016 City budget?  …Mrs. Riecken stated “My intent is to look at contracts for legal, IT, and accounting, which total millions, and to look for efficiencies in city departments.” “I can’t comment on the cuts made by CC because I was not a part of the budget hearing process. I know the Mayor failed to provide leadership to set the budget in the right direction.” “I don’t remember a budget committee meeting when I was on City Council, the department heads weren’t there to answer questions.”   Mrs. Riecken also stated if she’s “elected,  she will not take a pay raise in any year of her term.”?

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Governor Pence to Keynote Indiana Medical Device Manufacture Conference

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Governor Mike Pence will deliver the keynote address at the Indiana Medical Device Manufacturers Conference. Details below.

 

Thursday, October 29:

 

9:30 a.m. EDT – Governor Pence to keynote the Indiana Medical Device Manufacturers Conference

*Media are welcome to attend.

The Montage, 8580 Allison Pointe Blvd, Indianapolis, IN

Eagles’ season ends with 2-0 loss

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer concluded the 2015 campaign with a 2-0 loss to 18th-ranked Bellarmine University Wednesday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky. USI puts the 2015 season in the books with a 5-10-2 overall mark, 4-10-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while Bellarmine heads into the post-season with a 15-1-2 overall mark, 12-1-2 GLVC.

The Screaming Eagles battled the nationally-ranked Knights to a scoreless tie through most of the first half until Bellarmine posted its first tally with 24 seconds left before halftime. The Knights took the 1-0 lead in to the intermission after outshooting the Eagles, 7-1.

In the second half, Bellarmine increased the margin to 2-0 with a goal at 70-38.The 2-0 margin would be the eventual final score and end USI’s fall.

Individually for USI in 2015, freshman forward Ryley Hancock was the Eagles’ season-leader in scoring with nine points on two goals and a team-high five assists. Hancock was followed by the eight-point season-performances of senior forward Madi Vellky, who had three goals and two assists, and junior defender Kelsey Smith, who had a team four goals.

Dr. Bucshon Opposes Budget Agreement

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 On Wednesday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. voted against the Budget Agreement negotiated by Congressional leaders and President Obama. Following his vote, Bucshon released the following statement explaining the agreement failed to follow regular order and was presented to members with little notice:

 

“I was hopeful we could come to an agreement that would tackle the challenges we face with our nation’s debt,” said Bucshon.“Unfortunately, this deal was negotiated by Congressional leadership and the White House with little input from members, was not adequately vetted through the regular legislative process, and was presented to the House with little notice. That’s not regular order and that’s not the way the process should work.  

 

“In addition, discretionary spending was increased without substantial enough mandatory spending reforms to not only offset the increase, but put us on a budget trajectory to pay off our $18 trillion national debt. This deal also failed to provide certainty for Indiana’s agriculture industry. The farm bill was reopened and the crop insurance program was changed. Even though the promise of fixing this provision at a later date was made, I could not trust that it would happen. The risk to Indiana’s farmers is too high.

 

“Finally, I am pleased additional resources are being invested in our military; however, this goal could have been accomplished through the regular legislative order. Hoosiers want more from Washington. This agreement simply does not reflect the priorities of the people I represent.”

 

H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act, is a two-year budget deal that suspends the federal debt limit until March 2017 and breaks the budget caps for defense and non-defense programs passed in 2011. It adds $1.5 trillion to the current $18.1 trillion national debt and increases discretionary spending by $80 billion over two years. 

 

H.R. 1314 passed the House by a vote of 266 to 167 with 79 Republicans voted in favor and 167 Republicans voting against.

Indiana State Police Arrest Two Men in Connection to Asphalt Scam

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 Indiana State Police arrested two men this morning in connection with the alleged asphalt scam that occurred earlier this year in Posey County.

On August 14, Indiana State Police initiated a criminal investigation after Leslie Oaks, 39, an employee of Oaks Construction, approached an 87-year-old woman at her New Harmony residence and told her that the crew had an extra load of asphalt from a recent job in Mt. Vernon and they could offer her a good price for her driveway. She was allegedly quoted a price between $1,000 and $2,000. She agreed and the crew started immediately. Near the completion of the job, Odie Herrin, 36, another Oaks Construction employee, entered her residence and demanded $6,000 for the job. She wrote the check and contacted her son after the crew left. Her son immediately contacted Indiana State Police and the crew was stopped on I-64 near the state police post. One of the employees was identified as Michael Coope, 34, of Clinton. He was arrested for an outstanding warrant out of Crawford County, IL, for Failure to Appear for Home Improvement Fraud. The rest of the crew were released, but detectives continued their investigation.  The 87-year-old woman was able to cancel her check before it was cashed.

After reviewing the criminal investigation the Posey County Prosecutor’s Office issued arrest warrants for Leslie Joseph Oaks, 39, of Clinton, IN, and Odie Curtis Herrin, 36, of West Terre Haute, IN. Oaks was arrested at approximately 11:30 at the KOA Campground in Gibson County and Herrin was arrested at a hotel across from the Indiana State Police Post. Both men are currently being held on bond in the Posey County Jail.

Arrested and Charges:

  • Odie Curtis Herrin, 36, 1097 South Boyll Place, West Terre Haute, IN
  1. Attempted Robbery, Level 5 Felony
  2. Attempted Home Improvement Fraud, Level 6 Felony
  3. Attempted Home Improvement Fraud, Class A Misdemeanor
  4. Home Improvement Fraud, Class B Misdemeanor
  • Leslie Joseph Oaks, 39, Clinton, IN
  1. Attempted Home Improvement Fraud, Level 6 Felony
  2. Attempted Home Improvement Fraud, Class A Misdemeanor

UE Women’s Soccer Playing for #2 Seed on Thursday vs. Missouri State

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Major postseason scenarios are on the line as the University of Evansville women’s soccer team (4-10-2, 2-2-1 MVC) hosts Missouri State (9-5-1, 3-2 MVC) on Thursday, Oct. 29. The match will be held at Arad McCutchan Stadium and begin at 6:00 p.m.

 

PLAYOFF SEEDING SCENARIOS

With a win on Thursday, Evansville would earn the #2 seed and a bye entering the MVC Tournament (Nov. 6-8). There are also scenarios with a tie or a defeat that UE could become either the third, fourth or fifth seed depending on the Illinois State – Indiana State and UNI-Loyola outcomes (Thursday at 6 pm).

 

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG:

AUDIO – WUEV 91.5 FM

https://www.evansville.edu/wuev/downloads/WUEV_HIGH.m3u

 

LIVE STATS – Stat Broadcast

http://www.Evansville.StatBroadcast.com

 

WATCH – GoPurpleAces.com

http://www.GoPurpleAces.com/Watch

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