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IS IT TRUE WEEKEND: JANUARY 10 -11

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IS IT TRUE that the Mayor and his big political buddies, Mosby and Weaver attended a police roll call session yesterday?  …the rank and file police officers understand that the Mayor, Mosby and Weaver unexpectedly dropping by police roll call session and saying nice things about our men and women in blue is consider a nice political gesture?  …we wonder why the Mayor and his political buddies didn’t invite newly elected President Of City Council Dr. Dan Adams to attend this seemly politically motivated  event?

IS IT TRUE  we can’t wait to see if the Mayors political buddies Mosby and Weaver will attend State Representative Gail Riecken Mayoral announcement event today?  …we have been told that Dr. Dan Adams,  John Friend, CPA,  Al Lindsey , Stephanie Brinkerhoff -Riley, Conner O’Daniel have pledged to support Gail Riecken for Mayor campaign?  …we have been told by Connie Robinson she will make an official statement concerning her support for Gail Riecken after she talks with her constituents?  …the CCO shall also press Mosby and Weaver to make a public statement if they are going to support Gail Riecken for Mayor?
IS IT TRUE we are informed that the Mayor and first lady Carol McClintock recently sent out “Happy New Years” cards to many Democratic ward leaders and workers?  …we wonder why the Mayor finally decided to send out “New Years ” greeting cards after his third year in office?  …could this be consider yet another re-election public relations move?
 
IS IT TRUE we hear that the City of Evansville Uniformed Crime Report (UCR) for 2014 sent to the FBI has some classifications that has major increases in crimes?  …we can’t wait for Police Chief Bolin release this report to the public and how the Mayor will try to put a positive spin on it?
 
IS IT TRUE we hear that many rank and file members of the fire and police departments are going to start to closely monitored the political activities of Police Chief Bolin and Fire Chief Connelly during this upcoming city election? …we hear that certain individuals from Fire and Police Departments are starting to jockey for positions in a new Mayor Riecken administration?
IS IT TRUE we have heard many positive comments concerning the way City Council Attorney Scott Danks put the Mayors Chief of Staff in his place at the last Council meeting?  …we hope that City Attorney Danks will continue to put the Mayors Chief of Staff in his proper place because its obvious that he has become a rude, know it all and over bearing person?
 
IS IT TRUE we wonder why the main stream media wasn’t informed that Police Officer Ryan Winters had another accident this week on South Highway 41 after being disciplined for numerous past accidents involving patrol cars? 
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State Representative Gail Riecken’s To Announce She Plans to Run For Mayor Of Evansville

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Today at 11:15AM at the C. K. Newsome Community Center State Representative Gail Riecken will be making an announcement that she will be running for the Mayor of Evansville.  

United States Senator Joe Donnelly,  Democratic Party Candidate for Governor John Gregg, and State Democratic Party Chairman Joe Zody are part of the delegation planning to attend State Representative Gail Riecken’s Mayoral announcement.   Attendance of Senator Donnelly,  John Gregg and Joe Zody attending Representative Riecken’s Mayoral announcement is of extreme political significance.  We also have been told if State Representative Riecken is elected she will be the first female Mayor in Evansville 202 year history.

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Pet of the Week

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ALJ’s numerous errors require denial of benefits reversed

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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision of a federal judge to uphold the denial of a man’s request for disability insurance benefits. The appeals court held that an administrative law judge made a number of errors when considering the record.

Daniel P. Minnick sought Social Security benefits due to several serious medical problems, including fibromyalgia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and degenerative disc disease. The Disability Determination Bureau denied his claim and an administrative law judge determined he is not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. Since the Appeals Council denied his request for review, Minnick sought review in the District Court, which affirmed the ALJ’s decision.

In making her decision, the ALJ discredited one of Minnick’s treating physicians after finding he rendered inconsistent assessments. She also relied on a vocational expert’s testimony that Minnick could work in various unskilled sedentary occupations.

In Daniel P. Minnick v. Carolyn W. Colvin, acting commissioner of Social Security, 13-3626, the 7th Circuit judges pointed out that the ALJ offered a perfunctory analysis in determining Minnick’s degenerative disc disease did not meet or equal Listing of Impairments 1.04 involving spinal disorders.

“The ALJ dismissed the possibility of Minnick’s degenerative disc disease meeting or equal[ing] Listing 1.04’s criteria in two sentences. Beyond these two sentences, she provided no analysis whatsoever supporting her conclusion,” Judge William Bauer wrote.

They also found the ALJ erred by assessing a residual functional capacity assessment that was not supported by substantial evidence. She discredited Minnick’s testimony using “the type of boilerplate language that we have consistently criticized,” Bauer continued. The ALJ discounted the doctor’s opinion due to internal inconsistencies and because his opinions regarding Minnick’s ability to bend and twist were unsupported by the record. But they were supported by the record, the judges pointed out. They remanded the case for further proceedings.

Evansville couple arrested after police discover a video of the woman’s 12 month old daughter playing with a handgun

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Evansville Police arrested two people on various charges, including child neglect, after the couple allowed a 12 month old girl to play with a .40 caliber handgun.
Police arrested 19 year old Michael Barnes on Thursday night after he had agreed to meet with someone to sell a handgun. Barnes had an active warrant for Armed Robbery. Unbeknownst to Barnes, the person he had agreed to sell the handgun to was an undercover officer. When Barnes arrived at the meeting location across from Delaware Elementary School, he was approached by officers and tried to run. He was caught by a Vanderburgh County K-9 Unit a short distance away. The gun he had agreed to sell was found at the scene of his arrest. He was arrested for Resisting Law Enforcement with a Weapon, Carrying a Handgun without a Permit, and Carrying a Handgun without a Permit within 500 Feet of a School.
During the follow up investigation on Friday, detectives with the ATF/EPD Task Force were examining Barnes’ cell phone for evidence related to the attempted sale of the handgun. Investigators found two videos on the phone that showed a 12 month old boy playing with a handgun that appears to be the same one that was recovered from Barnes during his arrest. Barnes can be heard telling the child to say “pow” on multiple occasions while the child plays with the gun. The video also shows the child placing the muzzle of the gun in his mouth. At no point does Barnes try to stop the child from playing with the gun.
Investigators determined the child’s mother, 22 year old Toni Wilson, was present when the video was made. Wilson had been with Barnes during his Thursday night arrest, but was released at the scene. She denied knowing Barnes had a gun at that time.
Investigators went to Wilson’s home at 920 N Elliott on Friday afternoon to speak with her. When confronted about the video, she claimed it was a pellet gun.
Wilson was arrested for Child Neglect, Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon, and Allowing a Child to Possess a Firearm. Barnes is also facing those charges in addition to his original charges from his Thursday night arrest.
The 12 month old and two 1 month old twins were placed into emergency care. Barnes is not the father of the 12 month old, but is the father of the twins.

Ivy Tech to Host Business Professionals of America Conference

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Ivy Tech Community College Southwest will host the Indiana Business Professionals of America (BPA) District Ten Leadership Conference on Saturday, January 10. The event will be held at Ivy Tech’s Evansville campus, located at 3501 N. First Ave. Nearly 450 students from 17 area high schools in Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey, Spencer, Dubois, Perry, Pike, Knox, and Daviess counties will be competing.

 

Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference (High School Competition)

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Events will take place from approximately 7:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

Awards begin: 2:30 p.m.

Ivy Tech Community College Southwest

 

Students will be competing in contests in over fifty categories, under the four broad topics of Finance, Information Technology, Administrative Support, and Management/Marketing/Human Resources.  Participants are competing for the honor of representing Indiana Business Professionals of America District Ten at the State Leadership Conference in March and ultimately at the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California, at the end of April. Ivy Tech employees will be volunteering as judges for the events.

 

What is BPA? Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO (Career Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. Indiana BPA has close to 2,700 members in over 90 chapters.

BPA is a “co-curricular” organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering curriculum based on national standards. Resources and materials are available on-line and designed to be customized to a school’s program. The Workplace Skills Assessment Program (WSAP) prepares students to succeed and assesses real-world business skills and problem solving abilities in finance, management, IT and computer applications. Visit BPA.org for additional information.

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Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest single-accredited statewide community college system with more than 200,000 students enrolled annually.  Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana.  It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana.  It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.

 

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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EPD Activity Reports January 9, 2015

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ST. MARY’S WELLNESS CENTER TO OFFER HEARTMATH® RESILIANCE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM

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St. Mary’s Wellness Center at Epworth Crossing will present HeartMath®, the Resilience Advantage Program – Skills for Personal and Professional Effectiveness in January.

This HeartMath high impact program delivers a practical skill-set to respond dynamically and effectively to pressure, emotional challenge and change. Fifteen years of client results show significant, sustained improvements in health costs, productivity, stress levels, resilience, cognition and emotional well-being.

At the program’s core are easy-to-learn self-regulation tools and resilience-building practices that help individuals become more balanced, aware, and high functioning. Benefits include: Ability to focus, process information and solve problems, regenerative sleep, increase vitality and resilience while reducing stress, worry, frustration & fatigue.

A key component is the award-winning emWave® technology, real-time monitoring of the impact of emotions of physiology and cognitive state.

  • Recognize subtle stress signals before they become chronic.
  • Learn powerful techniques to boost performance, resilience and quality of life.
  • Be less reactive, think clearly and make good decisions under pressure

HearthMath® will be led by Wellness Coordinator Helen Emge Shymanski, a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and certified health coach. Shymanski has been professionally trained through Duke University Integrative Medicine, HeartMath®, and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.

The program is a four-hour package series. Participants have a daytime option across four different days:

  • Tuesday afternoon: January 20th, 27th, and February 3rd and 10th from 12:00 – 12:50 p.m.

The cost is $110 per person and includes the required HeartMath® Manual. Please call 812-485-5725 by Tuesday January 13th to register. For more information, visit StMarysEpworth.com/classes.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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 Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Matthew Dunn              Burglary-Level 5 Felony

Theft-Level 6 Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Marc Jones                 Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

Johnny Morris Jr          Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

John Munoz Jr              Carrying a Handgun without a License-Level 5 Felony

Possession of a Synthetic Drug or Synthetic Drug Lookalike Substance-

Class A Misdemeanor

Otis Murry Jr              Residential Entry-Level 6 Felony

Criminal Mischief-Class B Misdemeanor

Nicholas Oliver               Fraud on a Financial Institution-Level 5 Felonies (Two Counts)

Forgery-Level 6 Felonies (Two Counts)

Kima Shelby               Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

James Short                   Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

Criminal Mischief-Class B Misdemeanor

Possession of Marijuana-Class B Misdemeanor

Darius Smith                  Fraud on a Financial Institution-Level 5 Felonies (Two Counts)

Forgery-Level 6 Felonies (Two Counts)

James Smith Jr            Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator-Level 6 Felony

Joshua Smith               Intimidation-Level 5 Felony

Steven Alvey              Battery Against a Public Safety Official-Level 6 Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Milinda Case                Possession of Paraphernalia-Level 6 Felony

William Chastain         Burglary-Level 5 Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Ryan Gaw                      Burglary-Level 5 Felony

Zachary McCool         Carrying a Handgun without a License-Level 5 Felony

Driving While Suspended-Class A Infraction

David Moreno              Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman-Level 5 Felony

Tracy Rager                   Intimidation-Level 5 Felony

Michael Scott                 Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at kphernetton@vanderburghgov.org

Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law

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