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TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TO Disburse $40,000 TO 22 LOCAL COMMUNITY AGENCIES

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On Sunday, November 16th at 9:30 a.m., Trinity United Methodist Church will distribute grants totaling $40,000 to twenty-two (22) local community agencies.

The grants will be distributed from Trinity’s Fund for Service to Others (Fund B), which originated from bequests by two members and has since been added to from other bequests and gifts. Fund B distributes grant requests to human service organizations. The fund has been instrumental in the creation and continuation of Aurora, Habitat for Humanity, Patchwork Central, Tri-State Food Bank, Africa University, United Methodist Youth Home, and many others.

Trinity’s Fund B reviewed applications from local agencies (those in, or contiguous to, Vanderburgh County). Twenty-two agencies were selected that align with Trinity’s mission of service to the poor, the disadvantaged, and the community at large.

Throughout its history, Trinity has been home to leading philanthropists in Evansville. Part of this tradition has always been active volunteerism by individual members, as well as individual financial support for human service ministries. When the church’s then-new sanctuary was completed in 1865, its pastor was Rev. Albrion Fellows, whose daughter, Albion Fellows Bacon, was instrumental in promoting services and legislation locally and statewide to help the disadvantaged. Later, Trinity’s congregation led the fundraising efforts to bring Evansville College (now University of Evansville) to Vanderburgh County.

More recently, Outreach Ministries was founded, largely through the leadership of Trinity, and in its early years was housed in Trinity’s facility.

Trinity UMC is located in the historic heart of downtown Evansville, Indiana, at 216 SE Third Street. Trinity is a missional church whose members are working to transform the community and the world. For more information about the church and Fund B visit TrinityEvansville.org.

 EDITORS FOOT NOTE:  WE ARE IMPRESSED BY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP INCREDIBLE AND MOST GENEROUS DONATIONS TO HELP ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THE CITY COUNTY OBSERVER WOULD LIKE GIVE A BIG “THREE CHEERS” TO THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH!

 

University of Evansville Plans Veterans Day Events

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To honor military veterans and active-duty service members, the University of Evansville will host Veterans Day events on Tuesday, November 11. Brigadier General Ondra L. Berry, Harrison High School and University of Evansville graduate, will be the featured speaker at some of these events.

Berry serves as brigadier general and assistant adjutant general for the Nevada Air National Guard. He is vice president of diversity and inclusion, corporate diversity and community engagement for MGM Resorts International. Co-founder of Guardian Quest, a company committed to unleashing the potential of individuals and organizations, Berry has committed his life to inspiring others to realize their hidden potential.

What Are You Doing with What You Know?

7:00-9:00 p.m., Vectren Lecture Hall, Room 100, Koch Center for Engineering and Science

Berry will speak from his own experiences and understanding of a leader’s role, asking the question: what is each person truly capable of? He will talk about realizing one’s full potential and living beyond the definitions of leadership. Free and open to the public.

A Salute to Veterans Concert

7:30 p.m., Neu Chapel

The University of Evansville Wind Ensemble will perform this concert in the style of John Philip Sousa, famous band leader and march composer. Sousa served in the Marines from 1867 to 1875 and joined the Naval Reserve at the start of World War I. Kenneth Steinsultz, UE professor of music, will direct the Wind Ensemble costumed as Sousa.

In addition to events open to the general public, the University will host its annual Veterans Day Service with Brigadier General Berry as the key note presenter in Wheeler Concert Hall starting at 11:00 a.m. At 3:00 p.m. a session titled, “An Honest Discussion About Inclusion” is planned for UE’s faculty, staff and administration. Berry and LaNeeca Williams, UE diversity and equity officer, will lead the discussion on what inclusion is and what tactics and techniques can be used to make all feel included and valued.

For more information on Veterans Day events or to arrange an advance interview with Brigadier General Berry, contact Cherie Leonhardt, coordinator of veteran affairs, at 812-488-2141. For more information on the concert, contact the University’s Department of Music at 812-488-2754.

CITY-COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ALLEGING SEX DISCRIMINATION

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Posted below is the link to the upcoming City-County Human Relations Commission schedule hearing concerning an alleged sex discrimination complaint.

Public Hearing Notice 11 05 14

An American-Style Sex Sandal in Canada

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Jian Ghomeshi
Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman
TORONTO — Canada gave us now-former Mayor Rob Ford, who led comedy writers to get down on their knees, look to the heavens and shout “Thank You!!” due to his alcohol and drug-induced antics, coupled with his uncanny resemblance to Saturday Live’s late Chris Farley. Canada’s biggest scandal now swirls around CBC’s mega-radio-talk show star Jian Ghomeshi — who seems to be doing a Bob Filner imitation.
In case you forgot, the San Diego mayor became a big national story and editorial cartoonists’ favorite during his time in office, which started December 2012 and ended in his August 2013 resignation amid a lawsuit and multiple women alleging sexual harassment.
So many stories surfaced alleging inappropriate behavior by Filner that you almost expected Macy’s to suggest that his accusers walk down the streets of New York on Thanksgiving day.
It got to the point where you got the feeling that the worst answer a female employee could give Filner if he asked her “What do you want for Christmas?” would be: “A Christmas goose.”
Canada’s newspapers are brimming with reports about how the now-fired Ghomeshi liked to hit on women.
Literally.
Like in BDSM. Women are coming forward in the media claiming he slapped or choked them without permission — and that he’d turn his teddy bear’s head away from them before he started his Marquis de Sade act.
It’s at the point where, if you believe the allegations, you have the feeling the worst thing a woman could ask Ghomeshi would be: “Baby, how about a smack?”
Some, like the Toronto Sun columnist Mike Strobel, think Ghomeshi is Rob Ford deja vu.
“Shocking revelations, one after another, the alleged abuses, a police probe, the sudden removal of power, talk of a troubling video, it’s all so … Fordian,” Strobel wrote. “In fact, Jian Ghomeshi, hero of the liberatti, is making Rob Ford, champion of the right, look like a choirboy…Jeepers Creepers Ghomeshi has dragged the world’s most lovable stuffed toy into the gutter with Chucky, Annabelle, and Stephen King’s cymbal-banging monkey.”
Canada’s press is having a field day. Each day there’s a new tidbit. The Toronto Star: “Journalism students at the University of Western Ontario were cautioned against pursuing internships at Jian Ghomeshi’s popular radio show Q due to concerns about ‘inappropriate’ behavior towards young women by the now-fired host, according to a former student at the school and a journalism professor.”
It’s a real mess. Police are investigating his behavior with CBC employees, and the CBC has hired its own investigator to probe allegations of violence and groping. Ghomeshi is suing CBC for $55 million, arguing he wasn’t fired for good cause — and the CBC wants his lawsuit dropped.
The scandal started Oct. 24, when Ghomeshi announced on the air that he was taking a leave of absence without specifying why. Two days later the CBC announced it was dropping him after receiving information about him that media reports said purportedly showed a woman’s injuries. He argued he was fired only due to information he gave the CBC to prove his rough stuff was consensual after an ex-girlfriend claimed she hadn’t consented.
Next came a story with allegations from three women who had not filed complaints with police. In that story, his attorney insisted his client “does not engage in non-consensual role play or sex and any suggestion of the contrary is defamatory.” According to one account, nine people have now complained to the media.
This media gift that keeps on giving centers on someone who seemingly had it all. Perhaps for that reason, those around him are alleged to have looked the other way or downplayed longtime rumblings about him. Haven’t we heard that elsewhere before?
The popular host had interviewed the internationally famous such as Woody Allen, and his show’s quality was as excellent as his music had been when he was a musician. By all accounts, his view of life at the top with all the money, power, and appeal to women that goes with it wasn’t slapdash.
Or at least not “dash.”
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Copyright 2014 Joe Gandelman, distributed exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate.

IS IT TRUE November 10, 2014

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IS IT TRUE the smart meter integration into the City of Evansville’s infrastructure continues to create highlight film material for stupidity?…it is not so much about the meters themselves as it is about the non-thinking way the buying, planning, and implementation has been going?…Evansville has found a way to look dumb in an effort to spend nearly $50 Million to convince the voters they are smart?…there have been enough of these smart water meters installed across the country for a good statistical data base to have been in place to predict breakages caused by the installation crew and to have built that cost into the original deal?…such data must have either been ignored or altered to have come up short on the repair funds which prompted the City of Evansville to send out one of the most callous and selectively punitive letters we can imagine to its CUSTOMERS?…the letter and the timing of the letter to select CUSTOMERS that basically said “we are coming to switch out your meter and you have to do some expensive repairs before we get there or we may just break it ourselves and charge you to fix what we broke.”…this letter is an all time winner in the stupid governance category? …we  wonder if this callous letter was styled by one of the Mayors newly appointed backroom political patronage buddies ?

IS IT TRUE the City County Observer wants our readers to know that the water bill for the McCurdy that was sent to one of our senior citizens last week was not because the Kunkel Group that now owns the building neglected to pay their bill?…that distinction belongs to City Centre Properties of Carmel, IN who left the bill unpaid along with some property taxes, while never missing an opportunity to make political donations to the Weinzapfel of Anything coffers?…Kunkel Group officials tell us the water is not turned on to the McCurdy and that it won’t be until a refurbishment project begins?…billing that senior citizen for the negligence of a previous owner of the McCurdy earnes the City of Evansville Water and Sewer Utility it’s second stupid governance award for the week?…some of the things that happen within the walls of the Civic Center really make one wonder if their is some stupid juice in the water?

IS IT TRUE Mayor Winnecke is now on record as stating that land based casinos are a thing of “vision”?…he is of course correct but the visionaries who did this are people like Bugsy Segal, the mafioso who pioneered Las Vegas, and the Bautista Regime whom Fidel Castro ran out of Cuba at gunpoint?…land based casinos are not a grand vision, they are simply the most practical solution imaginable for a state that has gotten itself addicted to casino taxes?…calling this “vision” could land the Mayor a stupid governance prize but it does not rise to the level of the moronics perpetrated on Evansville this week by the Water Department so we will just leave the “vision” thing at silliness?

IS IT TRUE it has been pointed out that Evansville is near the bottom of the list for integration of smart electric meters?…such meters really do work with the grid to pinpoint problems and integrate distributed generation devices like solar panels and wind energy devices?…they are also useful in identification of opportunities for peak shaving by cascading power up algorithms for industrial applications?…whether the smart meters are for electricity or water, they are only as smart as the people using the information they transmit?…in the City of Evansville’s case that has thus far been far from smart?

IS IT TRUE the Republican wave that hit the U.S. Congress in Tuesday’s midterm election also boosted the party in state races, where it gained control of 10 chambers and could be on track to holding the largest number of legislative seats since before the Great Depression?…to be specific if the winners hold up as indicated, the democrats will hold fewer state chambers than they have since 1860?…that would be the year the the first Republican President Abraham Lincoln took office and the Civil War began?…how President Obama can remain oblivious to the depth of the defeat is just mind boggling?

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Report

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EPD Activity Report November 9, 2014

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Sheriff’s Department Trained to use Narcan

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Emergency rooms, paramedics and emergency medical technicians have been using an anti-overdose drug called Narcan since it was first developed in the 1960’s. This life saving substance was recently approved by the FDA for use as a pocket sized spray. When administered via the nose, Narcan (Naloxone) can counteract the fatal effects of a heroin or opiate overdose.The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office began training Sheriff’s deputies this week thanks to a state law that went into effect in July of this year. Indiana’s “overdose prevention law” allows law enforcement officers, fire fighters and first responders to administer Narcan to a victim of an opiate overdose. In addition to regular first aid training, Sheriff’s deputies are now trained to recognize an opiate overdose and to administer Narcan.

“Protecting life is the core mission of the Sheriff’s Office,” said Sheriff Dave Wedding. “We train our staff in CPR and the use of automated defibrillators; Narcan is another life saving tool that we now have at our disposal. If our Narcan program allows us to save even one life, it will have been well worth the effort.”

Vanderburgh County is not immune to the nationwide increase in heroin-related overdose deaths. Prescription painkillers such as Oxycodone and Hydrocodone are commonly abused prescription opiates that can slow and even stop breathing when taken at non-therapeutic levels. Often a responding Sheriff’s deputy is the first to arrive at the scene of an overdose. Minutes count in an overdose situation, so quick delivery of Narcan can dramatically increase the chances of a positive outcome. The sprayed version of Narcan is readily absorbed in the nasal cavity and does not have to be “breathed in”.

Our sincere thanks are extended to Fire Chief Keith Kahre, the Scott Township Fire Departmentand St. Mary’s Medical Center for providing training, support and technical assistance to our office and staff.

Pictured above: Deputy Robert Schmitt (foreground) attends First Aid class, which for the first time included Narcan training.

Pictured above: Narcan with nasal atomizer device.

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71 House Republicans Ready to Work

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Members of the Indiana House Republican Caucus convened on Wednesday to organize and elect their leadership for the upcoming legislative session.

The caucus re-elected State Representative Brian C. Bosma (R-Indianapolis) to his fourth term as Speaker of the House. In addition, State Representative Kathy Kreag Richardson (R-Noblesville) was selected to serve again as Caucus Chairwoman. This will be Rep. Richardson’s fourth term as Majority Caucus Chair.

State Representative Jud McMillin (R-Brookville) was newly elected to serve as Floor Leader. Former Majority Floor Leader, State Representative Bill Friend (R-Macy) will be appointed by Speaker Bosma to serve as the Speaker Pro Tempore.  Further appointments to the House Republican leadership team will be made in the coming weeks.

Hoosiers re-elected 63 members of the House Republican Caucus along with 8 newly elected House members:

  • Michael Aylesworth (R-Hebron), Retired Co-founder of Iroquois Bio Energy Company, representing House District 11;
  • Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville), Owner/Operator Borders Insurance and Financial Services and Elvis Impersonator, representing House District 45;
  • Mike Braun (R-Jasper), Owner of Meyer Distributing, representing House District 63;
  • Bill Fine (R-Munster), Attorney, representing House District 12;
  • Chris Judy (R-Fort Wayne), Production Worker at General Motors, representing House District 83;
  • Doug Miller (R-Elkhart), Owner of D.L. Miller Construction, Creekside Realty LLC,  and White Pines Properties, representing House District 48;
  • Curt Nisly (R-Goshen) Founder of C-Tech Solutions, representing House District 22 and;
  • Julie Olthoff (R-Crown Point), President of VIA Marketing, representing House District 19.

“I couldn’t be more proud of our team. In the past ten years, House Republicans have championed education reforms, made Indiana the 23rd  Right-to-Work state, created the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, repealed the inventory tax, cut corporate and personal taxes, enacted property tax caps and made Indiana the fiscal envy of the nation. Hoosiers have elected leaders who will continue to balance the budget, focus on education, address ethics and work for a safer Indiana.

“We are humbled that we have been given this continued opportunity to lead our great state,” said Speaker Bosma.

Volunteer to Become A SCORE Mentor

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Would you like to become a mentor for the Evansville SCORE Chapter? Our chapter is seeking unique individuals for a volunteer opportunity that will provide you a chance to share your executive knowledge and expertise with our local community. As a mentor you will offer free advice and mentoring to small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. SCORE mentors do make a difference in the lives of small business owners and you as a volunteer will receive much personal satisfaction.
If you are interested please contact me on my cell at 812 746 5655 or at boilerrail@gmail.com.

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