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UE Community Gears Up for Highly Anticipated Solar Eclipse

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EVANSVILLE, IND. (03/05/2024) As the date for the much-awaited solar eclipse draws near, the University of Evansville (UE) is pulling out all the stops to ensure an unforgettable experience for its community as part of “UEclipse.” On Monday, April 8, this celestial event promises to attract thousands of visitors to the area, and UE is ready to host an array of activities to mark the occasion.

In anticipation of the eclipse, the University is hosting a lecture on Sunday, April 7, by distinguished alumna Maria Weber ’08, PhD, on solar magnetism titled “From Eclipses to Magnetism: The Secret Life of the Sun.” This presentation is funded by the Dr. Guy Banta Distinguished Lecture Series in Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The lecture will be held at 2:00 p.m. in Eykamp Hall on the UE campus.

On Monday, April 8, beginning at 12:45 p.m., the partial phase of the eclipse will commence, leading up to totality at 2:02 p.m. The eclipse will conclude with the partial phase ending at 3:20 p.m. To maximize enjoyment, UE has organized a series of events starting at 11:00 a.m. that day.

Highlights of the day’s activities include:

  • Live performances by the UE Pep Band and a captivating presentation by the UE Theatre, both taking place outside the Ridgway University Center at East Terrace Lawn.
  • Line dancing and moonwalk sessions hosted by the UE Dance Company.
  • A game zone for enthusiasts located on the first floor of Ridgway University Center.
  • Corn hole boards available for entertainment before the eclipse.
  • Access to sand volleyball and basketball courts at Hale Hall.

Additionally, Chartwells will provide food offerings at the soccer stadium concessions, and there will be special narrations by Jeffrey Braun, PhD, and Maria Weber, PhD, on what to expect as totality approaches.

UE advises attendees to plan their journeys accordingly due to expected increased traffic and potential internet connectivity issues. The University encourages nearby residents to join the festivities.

Hernandez named first team All-OVC​​​​​​​

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball junior guard Jeremiah Hernandez (Chicago, Illinois) was honored with first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors today. Hernandez named to the ten player first-team after being selected by the OVC head coaches and the communications directors.

The post-season conference honor is the first for Hernandez.

Hernandez is the leader of the Eagles in 2023-24, averaging a team-high 17.2 points per outing and is first on the team with 31.4 minutes per contest. The junior also is posting a team-best 20.5 points per game during OVC action, ranking second in the conference.

In addition to posting career season-highs in a USI uniform, Hernandez scored a career-high 35 points in the overtime win in the 2023-24 OVC opener at Southeast Missouri State University. He has posted nine games over 20 points this season and recorded a pair of games with 30-or-more.

Hernandez and the Eagles starts their second appearance in OVC Championship as the eighth seed at the Ford Center Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. USI is set to play fifth-seeded Tennessee State University in the first round.

USI Softball closes trip to The Spring Games with 5-0 victory

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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – University of Southern Indiana Softball closed its trip to The Spring Games in Madeira Beach, Florida, on Tuesday with a 5-0 shutout victory over the University of North Dakota.
 
Southern Indiana struck first in the bottom of the second inning Tuesday. USI loaded the bases with two outs when sophomore outfielder Caroline Stapleton (Shirley, Indiana) brought a run in on an infield RBI hit.
 
The Screaming Eagles built onto their lead in the next inning. Senior first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana) led off the third frame with a home run, her first of the season. Later in the inning, USI did some more damage with two outs. Freshman infielder Sydney Long (Haubstadt, Indiana) and senior outfielder Mackenzie Bedrick (Brownsburg, Indiana) tallied back-to-back RBI singles to put USI ahead 4-0. Southern Indiana scored one more time before the end of the third inning to lead 5-0.
 
From that point on, North Dakota kept USI off the scoreboard, but the five-run cushion was all that USI starting pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) needed. The right-hander shut down the Fighting Hawks, hurling a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts. For Newman, Tuesday’s performance was the ninth complete game and second shutout this season. The junior moved to 5-4 on the campaign with the win.
 
Offensively, Southern Indiana recorded its five runs off eight hits. Bedrick ended up with a two-hit game with an RBI. Junior infielder Hailey Gotshall (Lucerne, Indiana) tallied a hit and scored two runs.
 
North Dakota (5-17) mustered just the one hit at the plate, while junior pitcher Makaela Carr was charged with the loss to move to 3-4 this season. Carr lasted 2.2 innings, giving up five runs – two earned – off seven hits and two walks.
 
With Tuesday’s win, the Screaming Eagles improved to 6-9 this season as they head back north to begin Ohio Valley Conference play Saturday and Sunday at Tennessee Tech University. Saturday is set for a doubleheader starting at Noon. Sunday’s series finale is also scheduled for Noon.

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

 

FOOTNOTE:  EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.

THUNDERBOLTS HOST PENSACOLA THIS SUNDAY FOLLOWING TRIP TO HUNTSVILLE

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THUNDERBOLTS HOST PENSACOLA THIS SUNDAY FOLLOWING TRIP TO HUNTSVILLE

 

Evansville, In.:  After coming up just short in two games against the Quad City Storm this past weekend, the Thunderbolts look to bounce back this coming Friday and Saturday in Huntsville before returning home to take on the Pensacola Ice Flyers on Sunday afternoon at Ford Center.

 

Week In Review:

 

The Thunderbolts were swept in the weekend series by Quad City this past weekend, falling 6-3 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday.  Mark Zhukov, Myles Abbate, and Nick Prestia each scored on Friday, while Aiden Wagner potted both Evansville goals on Saturday.  Ty Taylor played in goal on Friday, stopping 24 of 29 shots, while Brendahn Brawley stopped 30 of 33 shots on Saturday.

 

The Week Ahead:

 

The Thunderbolts will be in Huntsville, Alabama to take on the Havoc this Friday and Saturday night at Von Braun Center, both games set to begin at 7:00pm CT.  Fans can watch Friday and Saturday’s games on FloHockey with a paid subscription or can listen in for free on the Thunderbolts Mixlr Channel.  Fans can also watch both games at the Official Thunderbolts away game watch party at Parkway Pizza on 3911 Broadway Avenue on Evansville’s West Side.  Back on Ford Center ice on Sunday afternoon, the Thunderbolts will host the Pensacola Ice Flyers at 3:00pm CT for Sunday Funday, featuring $2 hot dogs and popcorn.  In addition, SkyZone will be giving away free goodies while Legendary Inflatables will have a slide in the lobby.

BREAKING NEWS : Cheryl Musgrave’s Statement on the Misuse of Taxpayer Funds for Political Activities

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Evansville, IN- (March 5, 2024) – In a resolute stance against the misuse of taxpayer funds for political activities, Cheryl Musgrave, President of the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners, declares: “I will not vote to use taxpayer funds to pay for political activities.  I have been asked to support giving tax dollars to big corporations to fund their political activities. I won’t do it. It is wrong in every way to allow tax dollars to be spent on political candidates for public office or non-partisan candidates such as school board or judicial candidates.  It is wrong to allow direct or indirect use of taxpayer funded staff and equipment to be used for political candidates or purposes.”

The annual Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (“E-REP”) service agreement is an action item on the County Commission Tuesday, March 5, 2024, agenda.

In a time when transparency and accountability are paramount, it is crucial to uphold the integrity of public funds and ensure that they are not diverted towards partisan interests. The trust placed in elected officials to act in the best interests of the public must be honored and using taxpayer money for political purposes undermines this trust.

Musgrave firmly believes that taxpayer funds should be allocated towards essential public services, infrastructure, and programs that benefit the community as a whole, rather than being channeled into political activities that serve the interests of a select few.

As a staunch advocate for fiscal responsibility and ethical governance, Musgrave stands firm in her commitment to uphold the principles of fairness and accountability in the allocation of taxpayer funds.  By refusing to support the use of public money for political activities, Musgrave reaffirms her dedication to serving the public interest above all else.

Background:

The Commissioners have annually supported E-REP with $300,000 taxpayer dollars to be used to support economic development efforts. This year, the Commissioners have been presented with two different versions of the annual agreement with E-REP.

The first version, supported by Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave, prohibits E-REP from engaging in any partisan or non-partisan political activity as follows: “E-REP further agrees that there shall be no partisan or non-partisan political activity whether performed by E-REP or anyone acting on behalf of E-REP while receiving and utilizing taxpayer funds.”

A second version, proposed by E-REP, enables certain partisan and non-partisan political activity as follows: “…via its separate affiliated registered JPAC entity to recruit and endorse candidates for State and Local Offices, but not candidates for County Board of Commissioners, County Council, Mayors or City or Town Fiscal bodies.”

E-REP was created by merging the Evansville Chamber, the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville, and the Economic Development Coalition.  Assurances were given that the Chamber’s Political Action Committee known as J-PAC would be disbanded and no further activity of this type would take place in the new organization.  The organizers embodied this promise in the E-REP By-Laws, which state:

Section 5.6 Endorsement and Politics.  No individual or agency of this Corporation shall be permitted to use the Corporation in such a way as may be construed to give endorsement to any private or corporate enterprise or promotion for profit.  The name or influence of the Corporation shall not be used directly or indirectly in support of any person who is a candidate for political office.

By-Laws can be changed at any time by the E-REP Board of Directors; by placing the prohibition in the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioner’s Service Agreement, taxpayer funds are protected from misuse through political activities.

FOOTNOTE:  This article was posted without bias, opinion, or editing.

Vanderburgh County Arrest Warrants

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JOHNNY KINCAID IS THE CCO NEW STAFF REPORTER

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The City-County Observer is pleased to announce the addition of a new reporter, Johnny Kincaid to our staff.  Kincaid will cover the Evansville City Council, E-REP, and DMD meetings.  He will also cover various events in and around Evansville.

Johnny Kincaid is the former morning radio personality who spent 27 years waking up the good people of the Tri-State. He came to Evansville in 1987 to take on the morning show on WKDQ. When Kincaid added the program director to his job duties, he led the station to ratings success and brought one of the Freedom Festival’s most successful events. The first Mike Harvey sock hop from the Evansville riverfront drew 18,000 fans, establishing an annual tradition of dance parties with Harvey.

During the first Gulf War, Kincaid heard about a giant flag made in Evansville. The Great American Flag was sewn together at Anchor Industries in 1980 and at the time, the 7-ton flag was the largest in the world. The flag had been sitting in a warehouse in the DC area for years until a group that included Kincaid was able to get the flag displayed at the base of the Washington Monument on Flag Day. A busload of Evansville residents went to DC to assist in unfurling the flag.

When KDQ switched from oldies-based to country music, Kincaid moved to 106.1 WJPS. 

Kincaid decided to move away from radio and went to work for the University of Evansville as director of Smokefree Communities and eventually persuaded city and county leaders to adopt a law to eliminate smoking in workplaces.

He left U of E and went back on the radio on 105.3 WJLT. When the Evansville Police launched Coffee with a Cop, Kincaid decided to broadcast the morning show live from the event. He broadcasted from Coffee with a Cop every month. 

After leaving radio, Kincaid was hired by Vincennes University to be an instructor in training classes for corporations. The job morphed into teaching job skills to incarcerated men in Brachville Correctional Facility. He still volunteers for ministry weekends at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility.

Last year, Kincaid decided to enter the world of podcasting with “This Week in Evansville,” a 30-minute weekly show that gives in-depth coverage of the news and interviews with newsmakers. He has recently teamed up with the City-County Observer to post his latest episodes on the CCO webpage. 

Kincaid has a life-long interest in politics. “I voted in my first presidential primary in 1976. I voted for Ronald Regan, who was running against President Gerald Ford.” Kincaid said. As a morning show entertainer, he avoided tipping his hand about his political beliefs and will continue to do so at the City-County Observer.

Look for his byline on CCO articles and check out episodes of his podcast on City-County Observer near future.

Increasing Campaign Transparency

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