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Feed the hungry and reduce your library fines during annual Food for Fines

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Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library cardholders that have accrued fines can “pay” them off while helping to feed the hungry in our community during Food for Fines. The annual program will run November 16 through December 15.

 

For each canned or boxed food item a cardholder donates, their overdue fines will be reduced by $1. The maximum amount waived is $10. Food donated will go to the Evansville Rescue Mission and the Emergency Food Pantry Coalition.

 

Fees for Interlibrary Loan, lost or damaged items, or collection balances are not eligible to be waived.

 

To have an account credited, items can be taken to the Check Out desk at any EVPL location.

 

In 2014, more than 10,248 pounds of food were collected during Food for Fines.

Governor Pence Declares November Adoption Awareness Month in Indiana

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Governor Mike Pence has issued a proclamation declaring the month of November as Adoption Awareness Month in the state of Indiana.

 

“Adoption Awareness Month is an important time to celebrate those around the state who have opened their hearts and their homes to Indiana’s foster children,” said Governor Pence. “We owe many of these success stories to the important work of adoption agencies and attorneys from around the state who help connect Hoosier families with some of our most vulnerable children. While our administration has made strides to improve the adoption process in Indiana, each of us must continue to play a role in seeing that every child in Indiana finds a loving home.”

 

In 2014, Governor Pence signed into law House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1222, which created a nonrefundable $1,000 tax credit per adopted child beginning taxable year 2015. It also created an Adoption Study Committee to look at ways to make adoptions easier and more affordable for Hoosier families.  The Governor’s Adoption Study Committee completed its work and issued its final report with recommendations on June 30, 2015.

 

Currently, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) is actively recruiting adoptive families for between 75 and 100 children, and more than 100,000 children in the United States foster care system are waiting to be adopted. In 2014, DCS completed more than 1,100 adoptions.

 

The proclamation, which can be found attached, coincides with an Information & Awareness Adoption Fair that Governor Pence and First Lady Karen Pence are hosting on Monday, November 16 in the North Atrium of the Indiana Statehouse. The Adoption Fair will take place from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. EST, with a short program beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST that will feature remarks by Governor Pence and Indiana Department of Child Services’ Director, Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura, as well as a closing prayer offered by First Lady Karen Pence. Representatives from the Indiana Department of Child Services and sixteen adoption agencies and associations will be in attendance to provide information on both public and private adoptions, post-adoption services, how to afford adoption, as well as additional available resources. Information regarding adoption in Indiana can also be found here: http://www.in.gov/dcs/2730.htm.

 

Adopt A Pet

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 Meet Cookie, a 7-year-old female cattle dog mix. She is heartworm-positive, but VHS will cover the cost of her treatment! Her adoption fee is $100 and includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and more. Visit www.vhslifesaver.org or call (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!

 

EPA and Partners Launch Challenge to Recycle Nutrients from Livestock Waste

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, pork and dairy producers, and environmental and scientific experts to launch the Nutrient Recycling Challenge, a competition to develop affordable technologies that recycle nutrients from livestock waste.

Every year, livestock producers manage more than one billion tons of manure, which contains valuable nutrients – nitrogen and phosphorus – that plants need to grow. Challenge participants will develop technologies that extract nutrients from livestock manure to generate products with environmental and economic benefits that farmers can use or sell.

“Scientists and engineers are already building technologies that can recover nutrients, but further development is needed to make them more effective and affordable,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “The Nutrient Recycling Challenge will harness the power of competition to find solutions that are a win-win for farmers, the environment, and the economy.”

During the four-phase competition, innovators will turn their concepts into designs and eventually into working technologies that livestock farms will use in pilot projects.

Phase I, which begins Nov. 16 and ends Jan. 15, calls for papers outlining ideas for these technologies. Phase I prizes will be announced in March and include up to $20,000 cash to be split between up to four semi-finalists; invitation to a two-day partnering and investor summit in Washington, DC; and entry into subsequent phases of the challenge with larger awards. Final awards will be announced January 2017, with farm demonstration pilots to follow.

Partners in the Nutrient Recycling Challenge are:

•           American Biogas Council

•           American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

•           Ben & Jerry’s

•           Cabot Creamery Cooperative

•           Cooper Farms

•           CowPots

•           Dairy Farmers of America

•           Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

•           Iowa State University

•           Marquette University

•           National Milk Producers Federation

•           National Pork Producers Council

•           Newtrient LLC

•           Smithfield Foods

•           Strategic Conservation Solutions

•           Tyson Foods

•           U.S. Department of Agriculture

•           Washington State University

•           Water Environment Research Federation

•           World Wildlife Fund

The Governor’s Week in Photos – A Tribute to the late Amos C. Brown III

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Indiana Black Expo // July 17, 2015. Governor Mike Pence joins Indiana broadcasting icon and community activist Amos Brown and community members for an impromptu photo at the 2015 Indiana Black Expo.

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2) Interview // July 17, 2015. Governor Mike Pence pauses for a one-on-one interview with Amos Brown at the 2015 Indiana Black Expo.

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3) Indiana Black Expo // 2012. Governor Mike Pence joins Indiana broadcasting icon and community activist Amos Brown for an interview at the 2012 Indiana Black Expo.

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Split COA orders refund of $12K in foreclosure deficiency payments

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Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.om

A Court of Appeals panel wrote Friday that justice demands an attack on an improper 2009 garnishment order and a refund to a couple that paid $50 a week in deficiency payments after losing their home to foreclosure.

The panel ordered plaintiffs be refunded more than $12,000 they were improperly ordered to pay.

Judges Rudolph R. Pyle III and Terry Crone reversed a trial court order denying plaintiffs’ motion for a refund in William C. Elliott and Mary Kay Elliot v. Dyck O’Neal, Inc., Successor in interest to Fifth Third Mortgage Company, 82A05-1411-MF-518. The Elliotts’ Evansville home was foreclosed upon in 2007, and an in rem judgment was entered. The home later sold at a sheriff’s sale, leaving a deficiency of about $16,900 on the mortgage.

Dyck O’Neal Inc. obtained interest in the deficiency and sued the Elliotts, winning a garnishment order in 2009. After representing themselves in the past, the Elliotts sought counsel who appealed the garnishment order and denial of a motion to correct error. The Elliotts argued that because the foreclosure order did not contain an in personam judgment, there was no basis for the garnishment.

“Here, in the foreclosure proceeding against the Elliotts, the trial court entered a default judgment and entered only an in rem judgment,” Pyle wrote for the majority, finding Dyck O’Neal “improperly initiated proceedings supplemental from the in rem judgment and sought an order for garnishment of wages. … (G)iven the specific facts of this particular case, we conclude that equity demands that the Elliotts are entitled to a refund, and we remand with instructions to determine the total amount paid by the Elliotts to Dyck O’Neal and enter an order for the refund of that amount including the applicable interest.”

Pyle wrote in a footnote that the ruling appears to be a collateral attack on the court’s garnishment order. “(W)e find there are ‘extraordinarily compelling reasons’ to address the merits of such an attack on that order, which improperly ordered the Elliotts to pay a deficiency judgment based on an in rem judgment in a foreclosure order.”

Judge Elaine Brown dissented and would affirm the trial court. “I would find no such extraordinarily compelling reasons exist in this case, especially given the long delay in the challenge to the propriety of the garnishment order,” she wrote, noting any challenges would be untimely.

The panel also affirmed the trial court’s denial of Dyck O’Neal’s motion to amend the foreclosure order to add an in personam judgment.

Daily Off Topic Forum November 15, 2015

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Dr. Richard Moss Will Speaking At The Dubois County Freedom Makers Meeting

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Dear Patriots,

Dr. Richard Moss will be speaking at the Dubois County Freedom Makers meeting at Shoney’s in Jasper, on 231, Tuesday Dec 8th at 6:30 PM EST. There is no cost for the meeting but if you come early you can order food or eat off the buffet if you want at your expense. Beverages are also available.

He will then have a meeting at his house at 8:00 PM EST. It is only about 5 min from the Shoney’s to his house on the corner of 15th and Emily in Jasper. If you cannot go to Shoney’s you are still welcome to attend the meeting.

If you cannot attend either of these in person you can join us for the meeting VIA computer or phone using the link or phone number below. If you have never used GOTOMEETING, it is advised that you go to the link early so you have time to download the program if you plan to attend using the computer. It is best to use a headset with a microphone to speak at the meeting as laptops will pick up all ambient noise in the room. If you have to use your laptop system please take it to a quiet place in the house without TV, washers, dishwashers or kids at play. We will keep this meeting to one hour or less.

1. Please join my meeting, Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
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2. Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.

Dial +1 (224) 501-3412
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812-694-0971

40TH ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ICE RACING SERIES

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Saturday night January 23rd is the date, 7:00PM is the start time. That’s when the Gladiators of motorsports will square off at FORD CENTER for ROUND 2 of the 40TH ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ICE RACING SERIES.

The world’s top ice racers will mount upon their highly modified, exotic state-of-the-art super cross motorcycles to battle it out on Ford Center’s specially prepared solid ice race course. The word treacherous comes to mind. High speed thrills and spills guaranteed as these extreme athletes let it all hang out competing to win the Evansville Championship. Along with the gold and glory riders earn valuable World Championship Points towards the sport’s most prestigious title – 40TH ICE RACING WORLD CHAMPION!

Also racing for their own World Championship Title will be the wild and wooly, always unpredictable ICE Pro Unlimited Outlaw Quads. These machines are definitely not your father’s ATV from the farm. In this class of ice racing almost anything goes. In fact, there are only three basic technical rules. A “dead man” kill switch must be installed for when the rider and his machine become “separated” in a wreck; quads cannot exceed 50″ in width at any point; and they must be rear wheels driven only, no 4-wheel drive.
Any chassis configuration, any engine make and displacement, any fuel, nitrous, razor sharp steel studded tires, 0-60MPH in less than 3 seconds, etc, etc. You get the picture – the guys are crazy!

Race fans will also see local riders competing in select ICE Amateur Classes. Most have never raced on ice in their life! To add even more to the excitement and fun Special Attractions are planned as well making for 2 1/2 hours of nonstop motorsports mayhem–!

Indiana State Police Seeks Recruits for 76th Recruit Academy

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The Indiana State Police is now accepting applications for the 76th Recruit Academy.  Individuals who are interested in beginning a rewarding career as an Indiana State Trooper may apply online at http://www.in.gov/isp/2368.htm.  This website will provide a detailed synopsis of the application process as well as information on additional career opportunities with the Indiana State Police Department.

Applications must be received via e-mail by 11:59 pm (EST), on Wednesday, January 6, 2016.  Applications received after the deadline will notbe accepted for the 76th Recruit Academy.

Basic Eligibility Requirements and consideration factors for an Indiana State Trooper:

1. Must be a United States citizen.

2. Must be at least 21 and less than 40 years of age when appointed as a police employee.     (Appointment date is October 21, 2016)

3. Must meet a minimum vision standard (corrected or uncorrected) of 20/50 acuity in each eye and 20/50 distant binocular acuity in both eyes.

4. Must possess a valid driver’s license to operate an automobile.

5. Must be willing, if appointed, to reside and serve anywhere within the State of Indiana as designated by the Superintendent.

6. Must be a high school graduate as evidenced by a diploma or general equivalency  diploma (GED).

The starting salary for an Indiana State Police Department recruit is $1,445.75 bi-weekly during the academy training.  At the completion of academy training, the starting salary is $39,213.00 a year.  The Indiana State Police also offers an excellent health care plan, which includes medical, dental, vision and pharmacy coverage for both current and retired employees, along with their families.  The Indiana State Police pension program provides a lifetime pension after 25 years of service.  Additionally, the Indiana State Police Department provides comprehensive disability coverage and a life insurance program.

Interested applicants can obtain additional information about a career as an Indiana State Trooper by visiting http://www.in.gov/isp/3041.htm to find the recruiter assigned to your area.

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