PEORIA, Ill. – The University of Evansville baseball team extended its winning streak to seven games on Saturday afternoon, as the Purple Aces posted a 6-1 victory over the Bradley Braves at Dozier Park in Peoria, Illinois.
“Today was a great win, and we continue to play good baseball,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “It really started on the mound for us today, as Donovan Schultz gave us a superb effort, giving us seven strong innings. Then, I thought that Max Hansmann was outstanding for his two innings, and really had a nice three-pitch mix going today.
“Offensively, we did enough today. Obviously, Mark Shallenberger had a big three-run home run for us, which was huge. Harrison Taubert also came through with a big two-out RBI hit to extend our lead from four to five runs to really put things out of reach today. It’s always great to win a series on a Saturday, but we have to come to the park looking for more tomorrow.”
Evansville took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI double to right-center field by senior shortstop Simon Scherry. UE then broke things open with a four-run fourth inning, as junior outfielder Ty Rumsey opened the scoring in the frame with an RBI single to right field, before graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger crushed a long three-run home run to right field to give UE a 5-0 lead.
Bradley’s lone run of the game came in the fourth inning, as the Braves strung together three-straight two-out base hits off of UE starter Donovan Schultz to trim the UE lead to 5-1. But, Schultz worked out of the jam, and would shut down the Braves the rest of the way. Overall, Schultz (2-1) earned the victory by limiting Bradley to a single run on seven hits in a career-best 7.0 innings of work with four strikeouts.
Junior outfielder Harrison Taubert would provide UE with an insurance run with a two-out RBI hit in the eighth inning to give UE a 6-1 lead. Sophomore reliever Max Hansmann would make sure that the lead would hold up, as he tossed 2.0 no-hit, scoreless innings with three strikeouts to nail down the victory.
Senior designated hitter Kip Fougerousse led UE at the plate by going 3-for-5 with a double. Scherry and Shallenberger both had two-hit days as well for UE, which out-hit Bradley, 13-7.
With the victory, Evansville improves to 21-17 overall and 9-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Purple Aces have not only won seven-straight, but UE has also won 11 of its last 12 games overall. Bradley, meanwhile, drops to 10-26 overall and 4-10 in the MVC with the loss. The series will conclude on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. in a game that can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS and seen live on ESPN+.
The Purple Aces finished 11th and 14th as a team in Terre Haute
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Freshman Nicole Prauchner earned her second podium finish of the outdoor season on the final day of the Gibson Invitational for the University of Evansville track and field team.
Six Purple Aces set personal records in Terre Haute on Saturday on the final day of the Gibson Invitational hosted by Indiana State. Prauchner had the best finish of the day for UE, taking first in the women’s 1500-meter with a PR of 4:34.40. Teammate Kalina Urbaniak (Suchy Las, Poland) was close behind in fourth with a time of 4:37.57 while Avery Stephens set a PR of 5:16.66 in the event.
Evansville also had a top-five finish in the men’s 1500-meter race as freshman Rafael Rodriguez (Segovia, Spain) placed fourth with a PR of 3:52.08. Several Aces had PRs or high finishes in the 1500-meter race as Tommaso Losma (Lombardia, Italy) placed ninth with a time of 3:57.38 while Samuel Lea (Worchester, England) set a PR of 4:00.10.
Junior Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn. / Central HS) also set a season-best in the 1500-meter with a time of 4:01.53. Oulgout also ran a season-best in the men’s 800-meter race at 1:55.75 for 12th place. Also in the 800-meter race, freshman Jakub Nowicki (Poznan, Poland) placed 19th with a time of 1:57.95.
UE’s other top-five finish on Saturday came in the women’s 800-meter race for freshman Eilen Brenne (Skien, Norway) placing fourth with a time of 2:13.67. Evansville’s final PRs both came from sophomore Jose Ocampo (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico), who set two personal records in the 100-meter dash and the 400-meter race with times of 11.08 and 51.71. The Aces also had two runners compete in the hurdles, sophomore Kate Walke (Batesville, Ind. / Oldenburg Academy) in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at 15.59 seconds and freshman Woody Burrell (Ceaderburg, Wis. / Ceaderburg HS) in the 400-meter hurdles at 58.40 seconds for 16th place.
In the field, UE competed in two events on Saturday, the men’s shot put and the women’s discus. Evansville saw its best finishes in the men’s shot put as graduate throwers Jaden Hayes (Huntingburg, Ind. / Southridge HS) and Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind. / Princeton Community HS) placed 12th and 13th with season-best throws of 14.69 and 14.67 meters. The Aces only women’s thrower on the day was senior Brooke Springer (Henderson, Ky. / Henderson Community HS) with a discus throw of 33.71 meters.
UE’s men finished 14th of 24 teams with a final score of 10 points at the Gibson Invitational. While Evansville’s women finished 11th of 20 teams with 20 points.
The Aces are back in action next weekend at the Outdoor Music City Challenge hosted by Vanderbilt on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27. UE will also compete in the Rick Erdmann Twilight meet hosted by Eastern Kentucky on April 27.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Trailing 2-1 in the second inning, Murray State scored seven unanswered runs to defeat the University of Evansville softball team by an 8-2 final on Saturday at Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at Cooper Stadium.
Murray State’s first two runners of the afternoon reached base before Mikayla Jolly forced a double play for the first two outs. The Racers were limited to one run as the game entered the bottom of the first.
Alexa Davis led the bottom of the first off with a single and would tie the game on a hit by Jenna Nink. Jess Willsey’s RBI double brought in Nink to give the Purple Aces their first lead of the contest. Bailey Broemmer of MSU tied the game with an RBI double in the top of the second before a perfectly executed double steal put them back in front at 3-2.
Evansville threatened in the bottom of the frame as Marah Wood led off with a single and stole second. Following a strikeout, a hard line out halted the threat. Murray State held the 1-run lead until the top half of the fourth when Parker Holcombe’s 2-run single added some insurance and extended the lead to three. They added three more runs in the final innings.
UE was held to six hits with Jess Willsey going 2-for-3. Broemmer went 2-2 for the Racers while Holcombe had two hits in four plate appearances. Jolly took the loss with 3 2/3 innings of work and five runs, four earned, crossing the plate. Bre Haislip started the game for the Racers and allowed two unearned runs in 2 1/3 frames. Raylee Roby tossed 4 2/3 innings of relief and gave up just one hit.
Sunday’s series finale is set for a 12 p.m. start.
He chided Senate Democrats for their “partisan” behavior in moving to dismiss the impeachment charges against Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
Several things made Braun’s statement even more clueless than is his alternate-reality norm.
The first is that it wasn’t precisely true.
It is true that all 48 Democratic members of the U.S. Senate voted to dismiss the drummed-up and unspecified charges, but so did three independents—and one Republican, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, refused to line up with her GOP colleagues on one of the votes.
The second is that his argument that Democrats were somehow evading the rules by doing so was close to delusional.
The impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives succeeded only on the second vote. On the first vote, it failed because Republicans couldn’t get their full caucus behind it.
It succeeded on the second, desperation vote because the GOP firebreathers persuaded a couple of Republicans to sit out the mulligan round.
Even then, the House Republicans’ “decisive” mandate fell four votes short of being a majority of the entire House, which considerably weakened its force as a statement of broad public disapproval.
Worse, it moved as a nonbinding resolution.
This meant it had all the legal enforcement power of a Valentine card.
But it was the timing that made Braun’s fulminations even more foolish than normal.
He issued it two days after the trial began of former President Donald Trump on charges that he paid porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their alleged sexual encounter, lied about the transaction and did so to alter the outcome of a presidential election.
Trump’s is the first criminal trial of a former president in American history.
He also will face trial on nearly 60 other charges in three other criminal cases.
As Trump’s first trial ramped up, one Republican after another—New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and former U.S. Attorney General William Barr were the most prominent—who had been critical of the former president in the past lined up to say they would vote for him in November.
Even if Trump had been convicted on criminal charges.
I’m sorry, but that’s the very definition of rabid partisanship.
If a person is willing to support someone who flouted the law for an office that carries with it a duty to respect and enforce the law, that person’s loyalty is not to the nation or the law. It is to a political party or, more troubling, to a person who lacks respect for both the laws of the land and basic ethical behavior.
This should not be a hard bar to clear.
At least, it isn’t for many Americans.
If my best friend were charged with a felony, I might contribute to his or her legal defense fund. I likely would show up in court during the trial to demonstrate moral support.
And, if my friend were convicted, I probably would visit her or him in jail or prison, because a friend is a friend.
But I wouldn’t vote for my friend to hold any public office—much less the one that carries the ultimate responsibility for executing the law and justice across the land.
I owe my country more than that.
If anything, Mike Braun—who now is the frontrunner to be Indiana’s next governor—has been more abject in his capitulations to Donald Trump than any other Republican.
His fealty to the former president is so servile and obsequious that it would not surprise me if Braun mows the lawn, empties the trash cans and cleans the bathrooms at Trump residences.
Braun coveted—no, he begged—for Trump’s endorsement in the governor’s race and offered his own endorsement of the four-times-indicted former president so slavishly that it would make almost any other human being with a modicum of self-respect cringe.
Braun can say many things about the Democrats’ dismissal of the Mayorkas impeachment shortage.
He can say they were stupid.
He can call them short-sighted.
But he cannot expect any reasonable person to take him seriously if he accuses someone—anyone—else of being partisan.
Mike Braun doesn’t have a leg to stand on there.
Maybe because he’s stuffed his foot all the way down his own throat.
John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. The views expressed are those of the author only and should not be attributed to Franklin College.
Q&A with Vernon Smith: Octogenarian Democrat says adversity has fueled him
By DeMarion Newell, TheStatehouseFile.com
Vernon G. Smith used his experience of overcoming racism to achieve success and help mentor the next generation of African American youth in Gary.
In his other life as a college professor, Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, researches “the achievement and plight of African American males and educational leadership.” He has written several books and many journal articles. Photo provided.
While Smith was a student at Indiana University, racism was alive and well on campus, he said, which helped shape him into the man he is today. Smith was one of just over 300 Black students. One professor had given a 45-minute speech on why Blacks weren’t as good as whites.
Smith sat in the front determined to prove his professor wrong by having success in his class.
“I was sitting in front because I wanted to get to know the professor. I wanted the professor to know me,” Smith said. “And so if I’m between an A or B, because he knows me, he’s probably gonna give me an A. If he doesn’t know me, he’ll feel comfortable giving me a B.”
Smith received a B in the class. He said he knew being in that class was going to be challenging but he had to keep going regardless because “the battle is not over until you quit.”
“I think it was God’s way of preparing me to deal with multiple issues, you know,” Smith said. “Don’t give up, just find another talent, every setback is an opportunity for a comeback.”
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, became a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1990. Prior to his election, Smith had served on the Gary City Council since 1972.
He is currently a professor of education at Indiana University Northwest (IUN), where he has won every teaching award offered on the Northwest Campus. He has also served as the interim dean of IUN’s School of Education.
Smith’s professional background includes experience at several public schools in Gary. He was the principal of Williams School from 1985 to 1992, principal of Nobel School from 1978 to 1985, and assistant principal of Ivanhoe School from 1972 to 1978. Smith taught in Gary Public Schools between 1966 and 1971. He graduated from Froebel High School and earned his bachelor of science, master of science and doctorate of education degrees from Indiana University and has undertaken post-doctoral work at Indiana University and Purdue University.
As of January 2024, he is one of just 10 Black Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives, where Republicans have had partisan control for over a decade.
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, found himself one of just a few hundred Black students at Indiana University as an undergraduate. An incident with a racist professor became a catalyst in his decision to not to allow himself to become discouraged in his dreams of being a teacher and social activist. Photo provided.
Smith’s experience dealing with racism in college made him determined to do twice as well as his counterparts, and it also made him have drive and stick-to-itiveness because he was determined that people were not going to define his future. That’s also one of the reasons he got a full professorship.
While Smith was going for tenure and promotion, a secretary made a mistake and gave him his dossier without removing the reviews. Normally, the information doesn’t get back to you directly. The blind review did not have the names of the people on it, but there was one person who said, “He’s just a politician. If we give him tenure and promotion, he’ll never do any more research.”
“I don’t let people define me,” Smith said. “I define myself as who I want to be. I work hard in trying to create a public image and you don’t determine what I can do, what I can’t do or what I will do. And so I feel that was a way of God ordering my step because he wanted me to be a full professor.”
Smith continued: “So, you only make changes for two reasons. I don’t care what reason you come up with. It’s either through agitation, which is outside or dissatisfaction, which is internal. I wasn’t internally dissatisfied with just being an associate professor. This professor, whoever it was, I don’t know who, it was to irritate me to make me go further.”
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, in earlier years. He taught in Gary public schools before becoming a college professor and a state representative. Photo provided.
TheStatehouseFile.com recently met Smith over breakfast for a Q&A to talk about life behind the scenes of being a representative.
Where does he stay during the legislative session?
With Gary being around two hours and 20 minutes from the Statehouse, would Smith travel back and forth every day after the legislative session?
“I stay in a hotel when I’m down there, and I have a house in Gary,” he said. “I used to have a furnished apartment down there [Indianapolis], but it’s such a waste paying for furnished apartments, and I’m only sleeping there three nights out of seven days a week. So I just figured it’s cheaper for me.
“If I just stay in a hotel, the only downside of being in a hotel is that it’s gonna move in and out. I gotta bring my first luggage down every Monday and check out every Thursday, so that’s a headache.”
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, at 8 years old. Photo provided.
What keeps him going?
It’s a Republican supermajority in the Statehouse, so the Democrats rarely win bills. Smith introduced five bills in the legislation session that didn’t pass; for example, House Bill 1017 would prohibit Indiana schools from teaching about Christopher Columbus or former United States presidents who were known to have slaves. However, the bill would allow instruction on these individuals if the teaching included information about their ownership of slaves or the decimation of indigenous populations.
Smith’s goal was to send a message and to get people thinking. Smith knew it was essentially a waste of one-fifth of the bills he’s allowed to write, but he hoped to wake people up.
“[I’m] elected to be the voice of the people in my district. And I get up and I say things that [Republicans] don’t want me to say,” Smith said.
“And so being the voice of my people, that’s all I can do. I never make promises that I’m going to get this done or that done. I simply say I’m going to voice your opinion. That’s why I answer all letters, all emails, I return all phone calls, and I respond to people by being in the public so I can feel closer to the people.
“I believe stop signs were made for traffic, not for people. … So therefore, I have determination, I have drive, I have stick-to-itiveness because I understand that if it’s not said, if I don’t challenge it, maybe nobody will.”
Do Democrats and Republicans hang out outside of the session?
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, who has served in the Indiana House of Representatives since 1990, is still known as a dapper dresser. Photo provided.
“Some of them do,” Smith said. “And I have had people that I was close to, I hung out with, but most times I don’t do a lot of hanging out. When I finish the session, I’m working on community projects for Gary and working on things that I have to do for the university. So, I don’t do a lot of hanging out.”
What community projects does he do for Gary?
Smith not only is the voice of the people in his district, he also tries to make a difference in his community. He sponsors the annual Spirit of Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day for the needy and homeless, which provides gifts and food for over 600 people. He sponsors the annual Harvest Fest that feeds the homeless and needy during the Thanksgiving season. He chairs the Alumna of Indiana University Black Alumni group. He hosts the Penny-A-Ton Drive, which raises over $3,000 annually to provide clothing, food and toys to needy Gary students. And he also sponsors a Stash the Trash project to clean Broadway in Gary.
Do disagreements on bills carry over to behind-the-scenes?
Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, in a file photo.
During a House session in February 2021, confrontations broke out while discussing a bill concerning school district boundaries that some were calling racist. The clash happened on the same day Black members were celebrating Black History Month by wearing traditional African garb. The Black members believed there was racist intent in the bill and were booed off the podium.
Afterwards, Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis, spoke of a verbal altercation a Republican representative had with Smith in the bathroom.
“I don’t bring [politics] up, I leave what happened on the floor, on the floor,” Smith said. “I do go to some of the dinners and receptions, and sometimes I sit with Republicans, and they’ll ask me some questions, but usually I don’t bring it up. They bring it up.”
Do his college experiences still affect his job today?
“That made me an overcomer. I didn’t end up getting an A out of the class, I got a B, but the bottom line is that I know those challenges were there, and so because they are there you have to keep going regardless because the battle is not over until you quit. Nobody could make you stop, you have to quit. …
“Don’t give up, just find another talent, every setback is an opportunity for a comeback.”
DeMarion Newell is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news site powered by Franklin College journalism students.
Vernon G. Smith used his experience of overcoming racism to achieve success and help mentor the next generation of African American youth in Gary.
In his other life as a college professor, Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, researches “the achievement and plight of African American males and educational leadership.” He has written several books and many journal articles.
While Smith was a student at Indiana University, racism was alive and well on campus, he said, which helped shape him into the man he is today. Smith was one of just over 300 Black students. One professor had given a 45-minute speech on why Blacks weren’t as good as whites.
Smith sat in the front determined to prove his professor wrong by having success in his class.
“I was sitting in front because I wanted to get to know the professor. I wanted the professor to know me,” Smith said. “And so if I’m between an A or B, because he knows me, he’s probably gonna give me an A. If he doesn’t know me, he’ll feel comfortable giving me a B.”
Smith received a B in the class. He said he knew being in that class was going to be challenging but he had to keep going regardless because “the battle is not over until you quit.”
“I think it was God’s way of preparing me to deal with multiple issues, you know,” Smith said. “Don’t give up, just find another talent, every setback is an opportunity for a comeback.”
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, became a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1990. Prior to his election, Smith had served on the Gary City Council since 1972.
He is currently a professor of education at Indiana University Northwest (IUN), where he has won every teaching award offered on the Northwest Campus. He has also served as the interim dean of IUN’s School of Education.
Smith’s professional background includes experience at several public schools in Gary. He was the principal of Williams School from 1985 to 1992, principal of Nobel School from 1978 to 1985, and assistant principal of Ivanhoe School from 1972 to 1978. Smith taught in Gary Public Schools between 1966 and 1971. He graduated from Froebel High School and earned his bachelor of science, master of science and doctorate of education degrees from Indiana University and has undertaken post-doctoral work at Indiana University and Purdue University.
As of January 2024, he is one of just 10 Black Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives, where Republicans have had partisan control for over a decade.
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, found himself one of just a few hundred Black students at Indiana University as an undergraduate. An incident with a racist professor became a catalyst in his decision to not to allow himself to become discouraged in his dreams of being a teacher and social activist. Photo provided.
Smith’s experience dealing with racism in college made him determined to do twice as well as his counterparts, and it also made him have drive and stick-to-itiveness because he was determined that people were not going to define his future. That’s also one of the reasons he got a full professorship.
While Smith was going for tenure and promotion, a secretary made a mistake and gave him his dossier without removing the reviews. Normally, the information doesn’t get back to you directly. The blind review did not have the names of the people on it, but there was one person who said, “He’s just a politician. If we give him tenure and promotion, he’ll never do any more research.”
“I don’t let people define me,” Smith said. “I define myself as who I want to be. I work hard in trying to create a public image and you don’t determine what I can do, what I can’t do or what I will do. And so I feel that was a way of God ordering my step because he wanted me to be a full professor.”
Smith continued: “So, you only make changes for two reasons. I don’t care what reason you come up with. It’s either through agitation, which is outside or dissatisfaction, which is internal. I wasn’t internally dissatisfied with just being an associate professor. This professor, whoever it was, I don’t know who, it was to irritate me to make me go further.”
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, in earlier years. He taught in Gary public schools before becoming a college professor and a state representative. Photo provided.
TheStatehouseFile.com recently met Smith over breakfast for a Q&A to talk about life behind the scenes of being a representative.
Where does he stay during the legislative session?
With Gary being around two hours and 20 minutes from the Statehouse, would Smith travel back and forth every day after the legislative session?
“I stay in a hotel when I’m down there, and I have a house in Gary,” he said. “I used to have a furnished apartment down there [Indianapolis], but it’s such a waste paying for furnished apartments, and I’m only sleeping there three nights out of seven days a week. So I just figured it’s cheaper for me.
“If I just stay in a hotel, the only downside of being in a hotel is that it’s gonna move in and out. I gotta bring my first luggage down every Monday and check out every Thursday, so that’s a headache.”
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, at 8 years old. Photo provided.
What keeps him going?
It’s a Republican supermajority in the Statehouse, so the Democrats rarely win bills. Smith introduced five bills in the legislation session that didn’t pass; for example, House Bill 1017 would prohibit Indiana schools from teaching about Christopher Columbus or former United States presidents who were known to have slaves. However, the bill would allow instruction on these individuals if the teaching included information about their ownership of slaves or the decimation of indigenous populations.
Smith’s goal was to send a message and to get people thinking. Smith knew it was essentially a waste of one-fifth of the bills he’s allowed to write, but he hoped to wake people up.
“[I’m] elected to be the voice of the people in my district. And I get up and I say things that [Republicans] don’t want me to say,” Smith said.
“And so being the voice of my people, that’s all I can do. I never make promises that I’m going to get this done or that done. I simply say I’m going to voice your opinion. That’s why I answer all letters, all emails, I return all phone calls, and I respond to people by being in the public so I can feel closer to the people.
“I believe stop signs were made for traffic, not for people. … So therefore, I have determination, I have drive, I have stick-to-itiveness because I understand that if it’s not said, if I don’t challenge it, maybe nobody will.”
Do Democrats and Republicans hang out outside of the session?
Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, who has served in the Indiana House of Representatives since 1990, is still known as a dapper dresser. Photo provided.
“Some of them do,” Smith said. “And I have had people that I was close to, I hung out with, but most times I don’t do a lot of hanging out. When I finish the session, I’m working on community projects for Gary and working on things that I have to do for the university. So, I don’t do a lot of hanging out.”
What community projects does he do for Gary?
Smith not only is the voice of the people in his district, he also tries to make a difference in his community. He sponsors the annual Spirit of Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day for the needy and homeless, which provides gifts and food for over 600 people. He sponsors the annual Harvest Fest that feeds the homeless and needy during the Thanksgiving season. He chairs the Alumna of Indiana University Black Alumni group. He hosts the Penny-A-Ton Drive, which raises over $3,000 annually to provide clothing, food and toys to needy Gary students. And he also sponsors a Stash the Trash project to clean Broadway in Gary.
Do disagreements on bills carry over to behind-the-scenes?
Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, in a file photo.
During a House session in February 2021, confrontations broke out while discussing a bill concerning school district boundaries that some were calling racist. The clash happened on the same day Black members were celebrating Black History Month by wearing traditional African garb. The Black members believed there was racist intent in the bill and were booed off the podium.
Afterward, Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis, spoke of a verbal altercation a Republican representative had with Smith in the bathroom.
“I don’t bring [politics] up, I leave what happened on the floor, on the floor,” Smith said. “I do go to some of the dinners and receptions, and sometimes I sit with Republicans, and they’ll ask me some questions, but usually I don’t bring it up. They bring it up.”
Do his college experiences still affect his job today?
“That made me an overcomer. I didn’t end up getting an A out of the class, I got a B, but the bottom line is that I know those challenges were there, and so because they are there you have to keep going regardless because the battle is not over until you quit. Nobody could make you stop, you have to quit. …
“Don’t give up, just find another talent, every setback is an opportunity for a comeback.”
Footnote: DeMarion Newell is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news site powered by Franklin College journalism students.
Apply now for the FFY24 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP-S)
The FFY 2024 Nonprofit Security Grant Program-State (NSGP-S) grant application window is now open for local applicants. To receive NSGP-S, organizations must NOT be located in Hamilton or Marion Counties.
Due to the deadline to return applications to FEMA, the application period for NSGP funding will be short. Indiana local applications are due to grants@dhs.in.gov by 5 p.m. EDT on May 30, 2024. All proposed projects are capped at $150,000.
Visit the NSGP landing page for full information on the NSGP grant, including the necessary forms required to apply for funding.
The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) is a competitive reimbursement grant program intended to provide federal funding for physical security enhancements and other security-related activities to nonprofit organizations that are at risk of a terrorist attack. The NSGP seeks to integrate the preparedness activities of nonprofit organizations with broader state and local preparedness efforts.
The NSGP-S program is open to all 501c3 nonprofit organizations located outside of Marion and Hamilton counties. Applicants within Marion and Hamilton counties should apply for the NSGP-Urban Area (NSGP-UA) program.
The items below must be completed prior to applying:
finishing the vulnerability assessment,
securing an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and
determining what items organizations need to address vulnerabilities.
The NSGP landing page features several resources to help you be successful in your application, including:
A Fiscal Year 2024 NSGP FAQ
Fiscal Year 2024 NGSP Subapplicant Quick Start Guide
The full FY24 Nonprofit Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Spring Wine Walk Sponsored By Romain Cross Pointe is Friday, April 26 (Featured wines exclusively from Oliver Winery and a new hospitality tent)
ANNOUNCEMENT – April 19, 2024: The Downtown Evansville Economic Improvement District (EID) is hosting their Spring Wine Walk Presented by Romain Cross Pointe on Friday April 26 from 5:30 – 8:30 PM. Registration will take place on the 200 Block of Main Street in front of Zuki Downtown (222 Main Street).
In continuing a partnership since 2021, wines poured during the event will be exclusively from Oliver Winery in Bloomington, Indiana. Oliver will serve eight of their popular wines (Blossom Drop, Cosmoberry, Dry Red Blend, Key Lime Pie, Melon Mint Moscato, Peach Pie, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc). All wines will be poured outside on Main Street, and attendees can carry their wine into their favorite shops. In addition to Oliver’s award-winning wines, there is shopping, live music from DJ Beamz, Georgia Funkadelic, Logan Dyer, and Korey Miles, custom typewriter poems from Poetry on the Spot, and a photo station. New for 2024, a hospitality tent presented by F.C. Tucker Emge REALTORS® will provide complimentary 5-minute chair massages, snacks, and photo points for event attendees. The event is for guests 21 years of age and older. Admission is $15 per person and includes two four-ounce tastes of Oliver wine, a commemorative tumbler, and a passport. Ticket prices increase to $25 per person at the event. Many Downtown restaurants will feature special items during the Wine Walk.
Guests will redeem their tickets at two tents on the 200 and 300 Blocks of Main Street. Each ticket is eligible for a four-ounce wine taste. Guests will visit shops on the passport and the Romain sponsor space and receive a stamp at each location. Multiple individuals will be drawn from the stamped passports to receive prize baskets of Downtown Evansville merchandise and giveaway items from businesses.
“We are excited to elevate the Wine Walk experience with a new hospitality area featuring complimentary chair massages and snacks. Buy your tickets in advance and save $10. Join us for an evening of shopping, dining, and enjoying all Downtown has to offer,” said Adam Trinkel, executive director, of EID.
Event proceeds will be used to support the EID’s clean and beautification efforts. Visit DowntownEvansville.com/WineWalk or Downtown Evansville Indiana on social media for event details and to purchase tickets.
About Downtown Evansville Economic Improvement District
Following a 2017 petition process of member property owners, the EID was formed in 2018 to provide benefits and services to member properties paid for by a special annual assessment on these properties. The EID builds a move active and inclusive Downtown Evansville. It enhances resident, consumer, investor, worker, and visitor experiences in Downtown Evansville. In 2024, the EID will produce 14 large-scale events in Downtown Evansville, welcoming over 50,000 people to the District. To learn more about the EID and its progress in enhancing the Downtown experience, visit www.downtownevansville.com.
