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Youth First Expands to Loogootee Schools
Social Work, Prevention Programs, Social Skills ValuedÂ
Youth First’s model of school-based social work and prevention programs is expanding to a sixth county and a new school corporation in Indiana. With the addition of Loogootee Community Schools in Martin County, Youth First will now serve 55 public, parochial, and private schools.
“We are excited about being able to provide our students with an additional resource,†said Loogootee Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Joan Keller. “We want our children to not only be successful academically, but we want our children to be successful emotionally and socially. To succeed in one area and not the other two is to limit the success our students will be able to achieve once they leave our school.â€
Elizabeth Christmas is the new Youth First Social Worker at Loogootee Middle School. She is equipped with a toolkit of programs and strategies designed to help students succeed in school and in life.
“We want all children to have the same opportunities to reach their full potential, no matter the challenges they face, and that is why Youth First is so grateful to be part of the Loogootee schools and community,†said Parri O. Black, Youth First President & CEO.
Loogootee Community School Corporation committed $30,000 a year for three years to bring Youth First to Martin County. Community volunteers are helping Youth First raise another $40,000 a year in support.
The Martin County Community Foundation is one of the major funders. According to Executive Director Curt Johnson, “The assistance and guidance that our children will have available to them will be invaluable for their growth and success as students and adults.â€
St. Vincent de Paul of Loogootee also played a major role in bringing Youth First to the area. “The potential to lift up the lives of our area youth is one we strongly support,†said Board Member Joe Williams.
Board Member and former Loogootee Mayor Don Bowling added: “Any and all effort in this area will pay lasting and rewarding dividends for generations to come.â€
“To be able to have a dedicated social worker in our school to reach our young people at a critical time in their lives is a sound investment,†said Dan Gregory, community volunteer. “I encourage all area service organizations and individuals to support this program to enrich the lives of our area youth.â€
Gregory joins parent and pharmacist Melissa Courter and retired educator Beth Lett in rallying support and donations. For more information about how you can help, contact Wade Lowhorn, Vice President of Philanthropy at Youth First: 812-421-8336, ext. 102 or wlowhorn@youthfirstinc.org.
Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Meeting
The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2015, in the John H. Schroeder Conference Centre at the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut, IN 47713, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to Senate Enrolled Act 313, Section 1, I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1, as amended. The purpose of the meeting is for discussion of collective bargaining, (2)(A); initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, (2)(B); purchase or lease of property, (2)(D); and job performance evaluation of individual employees, (9).
The regular meeting of the School Board will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the EVSC Board Room, same address.
CCDE Welcomes Former NYC Ballet performer, Patrick Henson for Company Auditions
Children’s Center for Dance Education (CCDE) is pleased to welcome Patrick Hinson, former dancer with the New York City Ballet, to Evansville. Patrick will be hosting this year’s Children’s Center for Dance Education 2015 Company Auditions on August 29th from 12:00 – 2:00. CCDE is proud to bring in talented performer(s) each year to assess dancers in the organization, and to expose these youth to well-known performers with years of experience.
Patrick has been involved in the world of dance since the early age of 7. Over the past 37 years he has worked extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, both as a professional dancer, and as a ballet master / teacher.
His formal dance training occurred at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Dance under the tutelage of Frederic Franklin, David McLain, Oleg Sabline, and James Truitte.
At the age of 14 he joined the Cincinnati Ballet Company, and at the Age of 17 he was invited to join the New York City Ballet. In addition to the tremendous influence that George Balachine had on Patrick, upon his arrival in New York he met Stanley Williams who has forever remained a constant inspiration and influence on Patrick’s teaching and coaching. In 1981 Patrick joined American Ballet Theater where he was privileged to have worked with Choo San Go, Kenneth MacMillan, Glen Tetley, and Anthony Tudor, amongst others. Upon returning to New York City Ballet in 1983 Patrick had numerous works created on him including works by Elliot Feld, William Forsythe, Lar Lubovitch, Peter Martins, Jerome Robbins, and Twyla Tharpe.
After retiring from New York City Ballet in 1990 he as invited to join Hartford Ballet as their ballet master and interim artistic director. Since that time he has served as a ballet master and / or teacher for numerous dance organizations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
As a répetiteur, Mr. Hinson has staged works by George Balanchine, Peter Martins, and August Bournonville, among others. He has also re-staged and choreographed numerous productions of his own, including full-length productions of “Giselle”, “The Sleeping Beauty”, “The Nutcracker”, and “A Midsummer Nights Dream”.
For more information, please contact the Children’s Center for Dance Education at (812) 421-8066 or by emailing the organization at adm.cc4de@gmail.com.
Indiana employment hits historic high in July
Private-sector jobs reach 2.6 million, as state’s unemployment rate falls to 4.7 percent
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Indianapolis
Indiana’s unemployment rate fell again in July, to 4.7 percent, as the number of people with private-sector jobs in the state climbed to a historic high.
Total private employment in Indiana has swelled to 2,614,800, the state Department of Workforce Development said Friday. That’s more than 2,000 jobs above the former all-time peak set in March 2000, the department said.
The state has seen a sustained run of hiring over the past 12 months, with private employment growing by 59,800.
The hiring binge has steadily pushed down the jobless rate, which stood at 5.8 percent a year ago and has now fallen to 4.7 percent. The jobless rate hasn’t been that low since November 2007, just before the start of the recession.
Unemployment insurance claims are at their lowest levels since 1999.
Indiana’s unemployment rate is now significantly lower than the national rate of 5.3 percent and the rates in all surrounding states. The next-lowest rate in a neighboring state is Ohio, at 5 percent.
In a statement, Gov. Mike Pence called the record high private sector job number an “achievement (that) belongs to the hardworking people of Indiana and to the businesses large and small, whose hard work and ingenuity achieved this historic milestone.â€
Pence said his administration has “made job creation job one and aimed to get more Hoosiers working than ever before by 2016. … We cut taxes for working families and job creators. We cut government red tape. We signed honestly balanced budgets that hold the line on spending while making significant investments in education, infrastructure and our workforce.â€
Indiana, however, continues to lag in wages and economic growth.
Indiana’s economic output made some of the smallest gains in the country last year, growing only 0.4 percent. That was among the weakest growth rates among the states and far under the nation’s growth rate of 2.2 percent.
Hourly wages in Indiana also dipped by 0.2 percent last year when adjusted for inflation, while U.S. hourly earnings rose by 1.3 percent. That suggests that while Indiana is creating new jobs, they are relatively low-wage ones.
Median household income in the state remains below its pre-recession level.
TRUE FRIENDS By Jim Redwine
Gavel Gamut
(Week of 24 August 2015)
TRUE FRIENDS
Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) in his book Pudd’nhead Wilson wrote:
“The passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.â€
Perhaps Twain was sending a message to a false friend he may have asked to help him out of Twain’s great financial problems he encountered as he began his sixties. Of course, with his biting sarcasm and cynical view of life, he may have just been being himself.
At the other extreme is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s (1803 – 1882) description in his essay, “Friendshipâ€:
“Should not the society of my friend be to me poetic, pure, universal and great as nature itself?â€
Emerson’s most uttered thought on friendship is, “The only way to have a friend is to be oneâ€. Emerson also wrote of false friends, “If he is unequal [of your friendship] he will presently pass awayâ€.
This last thought brings to mind a phrase from the song “Caledonia†by contemporary Scottish songwriter Dougie MacLean, which is the favorite song of one of my closest friends:
♪♪ I have moved and I’ve kept moving.Â
Proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing
Found others on the way. ♪♪
The ancient and universal proverb, “A friend in need is a friend indeedâ€, speaks to both true and false friends. We can all be friends when nothing is required of us. It is when our relationships with our friends cause discomfort that we find out if they, or we, are true friends.
Of course, when we attempt to determine what makes a particular person special to us we naturally look to our mutual experiences. Have we shared pain such as divorce, death, disappointment, discouragement or disability or happiness, such as marriage, birth, success, accomplishment and acclaim?
In going through this exercise several close friends come to mind such as my great friend of half a century, Walt Jordan, and my brothers, sisters, children and my wife who have had to accept my faults and foibles for a long time as well as those who have suffered my friendship for less time, but with no less frustration.
There is an unintended consequence of naming particular friends or even particular classes of friends. In the law there is a principle called ejusdem generis whereby one assumes if a general category of things, friends for example, is set out followed by a list of particular things, certain friends, then it is assumed all things, say all one’s friends, are set forth.
Such is not the case here. Fortunately I have more true friends than I could ever name in one article. And by way of this article thanks to each of you as I am sure my true friends read every one of my Gavel Gamuts.
Two Impaired Drivers Arrested during Sobriety Checkpoint and Saturation Patrol
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|  Between 11:00 last night and 1:00 this morning, Indiana State Police, Newburgh and Chandler Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint on SR 662 at Ellerbusch Road. During the three-hour period officers checked 50 motorists and arrested one impaired driver. Trooper William Campbell arrested Quinn Kinnaird, 18, of Evansville, for driving under the influence of marijuana. Kinnaird also had marijuana and drug paraphernalia on her possession. She was arrested and taken to the Warrick County Jail where she is currently being held on bond.
Arrested and Charges:
Warrick County Sheriff’s Department conducted a saturation patrol in the area of the sobriety checkpoint.  Deputy Jared Scully arrested Evelyn Albertson, 46, of Newburgh, for driving while intoxicated. Albertson had a BAC of .08%. She was taken to the Warrick County Jail where she was later released after posting bond.
Media Note: First Mug Photo is of Kinnaird Second Mug Photo is Albertson
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Law Enforcement Gears up for Annual ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ Blitz
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- The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will be participating in the annual nationwide ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over‘ drunk driving enforcement campaign. Indiana’s high-visibility enforcement effort, also known as Operation Pull Over Blitz 83, will run from August 19 through September 7, 2015. The traffic safety partnership held a press conference at Bud’s Harley Davidson on Morgan Avenue today to announce the blitz.
This drunk driving enforcement campaign will consist of saturation patrols and DUI checkpoints as part of a comprehensive effort to curb drunk driving in August and through the Labor Day holiday weekend. Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputies, Evansville Police Officers andIndiana State Police Troopers within Vanderburgh County will join more than 250 state and local law enforcement agencies, and thousands more across the country, to conduct high-visibility patrols aimed at discouraging drinking and driving. Research has shown that high-visibility enforcement like the ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign reduces drunk driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent.
According to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), in 2014 there were 94 fatal alcohol-impaired collisions in Indiana. A total of 15 motorcyclists were killed in alcohol-impaired collisions. Motorcyclists face an increased threat from impaired drivers due to the lack of crash protection inherent to motorcycles as well as their lower visibility.
Sheriff Dave Wedding stated, “Our participation in this nationwide effort will help make Vanderburgh County roadways safer for everyone this Labor Day. If you have any doubt about your sobriety, please do not get behind the wheel or on your bike.â€
On this Labor Day if you do choose to drive impaired, you will be arrested. No warnings. No excuses.
Funding for local impaired driving enforcement is provided by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA).
Pictured above (left to right): Mr. Mark Hartman (ICJI), Lt. Noah Robinson (VCSO), Sgt. Todd Ringle (ISP), Sgt. Scott Hurt (EPD)
Pictured above: ‘Choose Your Ride’ squadcabs and motorcycle units at Bud’s Harley-Davidson.
Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records
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