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Softball’s Dorsam garners All-America honor

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MacKenzi Dorsam

Junior utility player MacKenzi Dorsam is the fifth player in program history to earn All-America honors.
University of Southern Indiana softball junior utility player MacKenzi Dorsam has been named third-team All-America by the National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association.Dorsam is the fifth player in program history and the first since Sara Loete in 2008 to earn All-America honors.

A first-team All-Midwest Region honoree by the NFCA as well as Daktronics, Dorsam led the Screaming Eagles and was sixth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with a .388 batting average in 2014. In addition, she led USI with 54 hits, 34 runs, 31 RBIs, while also tallying eight doubles, one triple, and four home runs.

Defensively, Dorsam split time between second base, shortstop, and catcher, totaling 165 putouts and 65 assists while committing just seven errors. She also played a game at first base early in the season.

“What an honor for MacKenzi,” USI Head Coach Sue Kunkle said. “Her coaches and teammates are extremely proud of her!

“At the beginning of the year, MacKenzi made goals for herself and one of them was to get first-team All-Region honors so she could qualify (for the national ballot) and hopefully earn an All-America honor,” Kunkle continued. “She is an exceptional player who has worked hard to better herself as a player each year and is excited to bring even better things to this program next year.”

The Dubois, Indiana, native garnered second-team All-Midwest Region honors by Daktronics and the NFCA last year as the Eagles advanced to the NCAA II Tournament. She was named second-team All-GLVC East Division honors each of the last two seasons.

USI finished the 2014 season with a 22-23 overall record and a 12-22 mark in the GLVC, good for sixth in an East Division that saw two teams advance to the NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament.

2014 NFCA Division II All-American Teams

First Team
Pos.: Player, School
P: Morgan Foley*, Indianapolis
P: Jackie Bishop, Missouri Western State
P: Rita Hokianga, West Texas A&M
C: Natalie Wideman, California-Pennsylvania
C: Alyson Dzierzynski, LIU Post
1B: Anna Shartzer, West Alabama
2B: Jenny Nelson, Winona State
3B: Nicole Yancey, West Georgia
SS: Alexis Mercer, Armstrong Atlantic State
OF: Courtney Albritton*$, Valdosta State
OF: Morgan Spearman%, Angelo State
OF: Tiffany Brown, Pittsburg State
DP: McKenzie Rynard, Pittsburg State
UT/P: Cori Reinhardt+, Cal State, Monterey Bay
UT/Non-P: Darian Dunn, Angelo State
At-Large/UT-P: Ally Foster, Bellarmine

Second Team
Pos.: Player, School
P: Kayla Cox&^, Tampa
P: Hannah Perryman%, Missouri, St. Louis
P: Kalynn Schrock, Central Oklahoma
C: Kim Jerrick^, Midwestern State
C: Lindsay Erickson*$#, Minnesota State, Mankato
1B: Kendra Sancet, Texas Woman’s
2B: Tiffany Hollingsworth, Humboldt State
3B: Jessica Sipe, West Texas A&M
SS: Makayla Kovac, Colorado Mesa
OF: Renee Erwin, West Texas A&M
OF: Whitney Okvist+, Georgia
OF: Rebecca Lee, Hawaii-Hilo
DP: Lacye Walker, Armstrong Atlantic State
UT/P: Jenelle Trautmann$, Augustana
UT/Non-P: Ana Coscorrosa, Lee
At-Large/SS: Shelby Altman, Valdosta State

Third Team
Pos.: Player, School
P: Carley Tysinger, Catawba
C: Tiffany McIntosh, California State, San Bernardino
1B: Brielle Reighn, Caldwell
2B: Micherie Koria, Angelo State
3B: Nicki Sprague, Azusa Pacific
SS: Nicole Nobbe, California State, San Bernardino
OF: Macie Couey, Alabama-Huntsville
At-Large/OF: Ashton Bell, Lubbock Christian
At-Large/P: Alex Sagl, California-Pennsylvania
At-Large/SS: Samantha Holien, Minnesota State, Mankato
At-Large/UT-Non-P: MacKenzi Dorsam, Southern Indiana
At-Large/UT-P: Monique Roberge, Queens (NY)
At-Large/OF: Megan Konieczka, Sonoma State

^2013 NFCA Division II First-Team All-America
*2013 NFCA Division II Second-Team All-America
%2013 NFCA Division II Third-Team All-America
+2012 NFCA Division II First-Team All-America
$2012 NFCA Division II Second-Team All-America
&2012 NFCA Division II Third-Team All-America
~ 2011 NFCA Division II First-Team All-America
# 2011 NFCA Division II Second-Team All-America
! 2011 NFCA Division II Third-Team All-America

Freeland Named to 18-Man Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List

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Kyle Freeland

Kyle Freeland was one of just 18 pitchers named to the Pitcher of the Year Award watch list.
University of Evansville junior Kyle Freeland was one of just 18 pitchers named to the watch list for the Pitcher of the Year Award, sponsored by Diamond, in a release issued by the College Baseball Hall of Fame Wednesday afternoon.Freeland, who is 10-2 with a 1.90 ERA, is one of just five pitchers on the list with over 100 strikeouts this season, as the Denver, Colo., native has fanned 128 opposing hitters and walked just 13 in his 99.2 innings this season.  In addition, Freeland has surrendered just 13 extra-base hits during his junior campaign and is limiting opponents to a .214 batting average.

The Pitcher of the Year Award will be presented during the National College Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual Night of Champions on June 28 in Lubbock, Texas.

Jobless Grads

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Former Illinois lawmaker to seek Democratic treasurer nomination

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By Lesley Weidenbener
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS – A former Illinois legislator will seek the Democratic nomination for state treasurer at the party’s convention on May 31 in Indianapolis.

Mike Boland, who now lives in Fishers, filed paperwork with the party Friday morning to run.

He’s expected to be opposed and then face the winner of the GOP nomination. Three-term Marion Mayor Wayne Seybold, Don Bates Jr. of Richmond and Kelly Mitchell, who works in the treasurer’s office now, will face off at the Republican convention next month.

Boland, a 30-year educator, moved to Indiana in 2012 with his wife after serving in the Illinois General Assembly for 16 years, where he was active in legislation related to schools, veterans, child advocacy, agriculture and firefighters. Since arriving in Indiana, he’s become involved in Democratic politics by helping candidates and organizations with a mission to “restore balance to Hoosier government.”

Currently, Republicans hold all the state elected offices – except the superintendent of public instruction – and the GOP also controls the House and Senate.

“Mike Boland is a lifelong public servant who will work hard to advance the cause of ‘better and more balanced’ government in our Statehouse,” said State Democratic Chairman John Zody. “Hoosiers deserve better in our state, and a candidate like Mike who understands that mission. When elected, he will keep his focus on Hoosiers instead of on politics.”

Boland said in a statement that the state treasurer is “is tasked with enormous responsibility in the financial management of taxpayer dollars” and has some ability to move money separately from General Assembly appropriations.

“It is imperative that there be transparent and balanced representation in our Statehouse,” Boland said. “As treasurer, I will work to restore the trust of Hoosiers with my attention squarely focused on the fiscal health of our state.”

Democrats plan to gather in Indianapolis on May 30-31 for what they’re calling the ‘Big Dem Weekend,’’ which will include the party’s annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner followed by the State Democratic Convention.

Special Concerns Counselors to be at Plaza Park

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Special Concerns Counselors will be at Plaza Park International Prep Academy Tuesday morning from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., to be available for any students who would like someone to talk with.
The counselors are being made available following the death of a student at Plaza on Friday.

Vanderburgh County Democrat Party 2014 Event Schedule

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Friday, May 30th

TBA

Indiana State Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner:

ï‚· Location: Indiana Convention Center –100 S. Capitol Avenue – Indianapolis, IN ï‚· Cost: Individual Ticket: $125 – VIP: $500 – Sponsor a table of 10: $1,250
ï‚· Details can be found at: http://indems.org/index.php/pages/2014_jj_dinner

Saturday, May 31st

TBA

Indiana State Democratic Party Convention:

 Location: Indiana Convention Center–100 S. Capitol Avenue – Indianapolis, IN  7:00am – 10:00am Delegate Registration

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10:00am – 12:00pm District Caucus Meetings  3:00pm – 6:00pm General Session

Friday, June 13th

1:00 PM

IBEW LU 16 PAC Golf Scramble:

 Location: Eagle Valley Golf Course–10350 Old Petersburg Rd. – Evansville, IN
ï‚· Cost: $65 per individual, or $325 for a foursome and hole sponsor
ï‚· For more info please contact Bubba Fenton @ bubbaf16@twc.com or 812-664-1491 or

JD Martin 812-453-6054

Friday, June 20th

7:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Stephen Melcher’s 23rd Annual Freedom Labor Breakfast:

 Location: FOP Lodge – 800 Court Street – Evansville, IN  Cost: $75 per individual. Sponsorships Available

Saturday, June 28th

TBA

Southwestern Indiana House Democratic Caucus Cornhole Tournament:

 Location: Marina Point – 1827 Waterworks Road – Evansville, IN

 

Friday, August 15th

12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Missy Mosby’s Annual 39th Birthday Party in Memory of Red Mosby

 Location: Ellis Park 3300 Us Highway 41 N – Henderson, KY  Cost: $100 per ticket

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ï‚· Contact: Missy Mosby (812) 453-MISY

Sponsorships available.

Thursday, September 4th

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

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Shannon Edwards for Recorder Fundraiser:

ï‚· Location: Fraternal Order of Police 801 Court St, Evansville, IN
Chicken and Dumplings, mashed potatoes, green beans, and dessert dinner (buffet style).

ï‚· Suggested Donation $20 per person
ï‚· Pre-Order Quarts of Chicken and Dumplings $10 each, pick up between 4:00 and 5:00 at

the FOP Club on 9/4 or can be delivered the next day ï‚· Pre-pay orders and tickets available at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/committee-to-elect-shannon-edwards-meet-greet-fundraiser- tickets-11192277403

 

IS IT TRUE May 27, 2014 (includes 5-26)

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IS IT TRUE it has been reported that Evansville City Council President John Friend is calling for the resignation of Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley as the Council Vice President?…this comes a week after Brinkerhoff-Riley’s controversial recording of an exit conference about the city’s 2012 audit with the State Board of Accounts?…the Mole Nation has accurately reported that Friend had spoken with Councilwoman Riley on Friday and that the content of the meeting was to have been how those two could manage to work together if at all?…Friend apparently could not wait for common protocol to play itself out and is now telling Channel 25 that he had asked Brinkerhoff-Riley to resign as vice president by Memorial Day?…sources tell us that Friend does not have the votes required on the council to get rid of Councilwoman Riley so it looks like he is resorting to a TV campaign to try and get rid of her?…if anyone should know the possible side effects of a leak driven campaign to smear someone it should be Councilman Friend who was pilloried in the press for driving his boat under the influence of alcohol last summer after spending the night in the Benton jail?…any future candidate to oppose John Friend for any office has a ready made campaign at their fingertips if they just use that tool known as Google?

IS IT TRUE the secret recording of the exit conference according to Friend might make the city look less than attractive to potential businesses looking to bring jobs to the City of Evansville?…the last time we heard this whole line of nonsense was recently when voting on subsidies for a downtown hotel and the IU Medical School?…Friend, Mayor Winnecke, and several others blow the “can’t attract jobs unless ________” dog whistle every time they don’t get their way?…that old worn out dog whistle has actually been used on Councilman Friend recently when Mayor Winnecke’s minions blew the “if you kill Earthcare deal we won’t be able to attract jobs” whistle his way?…there are reasons that some businesses will come to Evansville and there are reasons some won’t?…as long as the local workforce is a willing supplier of Midwestern voices and slightly more than the minimum wage, the call centers will keep coming?…as long as it is a daunting challenge to hire a large engineering team and raise investment dollars, the high tech start up talent will keep on leaving?

IS IT TRUE Evansville’s difficulty with attracting good jobs that employ young educated professionals is more about what Evansville is than what people are willing to work for?…Evansville, in spite of the recent 0.006% population increase when people are pinned in their devalued homes is not a particularly attractive place to young educated professionals or educated professionals period for a number of reasons the CCO has written about many times?…a Google search reveals that a significant part of the community is plagued by sewer overflows due to a legacy of neglect?…a similar search unearths a City that can not balance its books, mow its parks, keep drug addicts needles out of children’s sand boxes, a government that tried to kill the Homestead Tax Credit in a closed door meeting, a mediocre public school system, and a host of other things that educated people silently choose to stay away from?…if the people who are educated and talented who have left Evansville could all vote in the next election we would probably see massive rejection of incumbents including John Friend and Mayor Winnecke?…their power depends somewhat on low turnouts of low information voters and the results are predictable?

IS IT TRUE Councilman Friend may just learn if he polled a significant number of former residents that Councilwoman Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley may just enjoy a large following who admire her work to expose the Earthcare Energy deal that sucked the City Council in like kids are sucked in by carnival barkers and her willingness to expose the potential for whitewashing of a state audit?…these words should be familiar to Councilman Friend and he will recognize them as coming from someone who trusted him to be a custodian of critical information?

“This is for safe keeping and transcription in case the audit is whitewashed. It may even be useful to get it out there before any whitewashing can be done. I wanted you all to have it in case I have a problem with my computer. If the audit gets whitewashed it needs to be exposed and some heads need to roll.”

IS IT TRUE, the very next day the media circus and the witch hunt began?…we must ask, who started the media circus and the witch hunt and for what purpose?…someday we hope the real reasons are exposed?…if Councilman Friend would have kept the trust of the author of that italicized email, the media circus would have never happened and the recording would have not been released?

IS IT TRUE we just posted a new Readers Poll and would like for you to read and cast your vote on the question?

To All Veterans

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riecken_2012 (175x220)Memorial Day is the day we remember those men and women who have died while serving in our country’s armed forces. Nationwide, cemetery services and parades are being held. Evansville is no exception.

This morning I attended the Locust Hill Memorial Day service. County Commissioner Stephen Melcher gave a stirring, heartfelt speech. It was because of the men and women like Stephen who participated in the service and the veterans in the audience that I decided to write this note.

I saw an old friend who still suffers from the service he gave to our country. As he fights cancer and PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), the VA loses his paperwork over again and continues to fail to correctly minister to his physical problems. He is lucky to have such a loving wife by his side.

This reminded me of a call for help that I received just last week. A friend, a disabled veteran married four years ago, is still not able to get the VA to recognize his “new” marriage.

The State Legislature, of which I am a member, is committed to veterans affairs and improving conditions for returning veterans. Here are two examples.

We passed a bill this past legislature that requires the state department of health, in consultation with the Indiana department of veterans’ affairs and the division of mental health and addiction, to study and report findings and recommendations to the legislative council not later than September 1, 2014, concerning implementation of a program for the treatment of veterans who have traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder.

We also passed a bill that provides that it is an unlawful employment practice (practice) for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by: (1) refusing to employ an applicant for employment on the basis that the applicant is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States; or (2) refusing to employ an applicant for employment on the basis that the applicant is a member of the Indiana national guard or member of a reserve component. The bill requires the Indiana civil rights commission to enforce alleged violations of the practice.

At the state level I believe we are working toward better service to veterans. I know we can do more. So, as we have remembered our veterans and servicemen and women on this important day, let us not forget to remember them every day.

E.P.D. Investigating Body Found in Pigeon Creek near Lamasco Park

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Today at approximately 9:48 AM Central Dispatch received a 911 call advising there was possibly a body floating face down in Pigeon Creek near Lamasco Park. E.P.D. Patrol Officers arrived and located the body floating near the creek bank. Detectives, Crime Scene Technicians and the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office were requested at the scene. The Evansville Fire Department was also contacted to assist with removing the body from the water. Although the investigation is still ongoing Detectives do not believe foul play is involved. The name of the deceased with not be released pending a positive identification and notification of family. The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office, Detectives and Crime Scene personnel will continue the investigation to determine the cause of death

 

 

 

Commentary: Free speech and moral duty

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By John Krull                            John-Krull-column-mug-320x400
TheStatehouseFile.com

It’s the season for graduation ceremonies.

That means days of celebration – caps and gowns, diplomas waved in triumph as graduates leave the stage, families hugging, kissing and crying with triumph and pride.

John Krull, publisher, TheStatehouseFile.com
John Krull, publisher, TheStatehouseFile.com
That’s all good stuff.

What’s not so good is the increasing tendency to see commencement ceremonies as a time to shut down the essence of education – free discourse.

Commentary button in JPG – no shadowThe most recent high-profile sign of this disturbing trend is the dust-up Rutgers University had over inviting former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to speak at the school’s commencement ceremony. After much dispute and many protests, Rice decided not to speak at the university.

Both students and – sigh – faculty members opposed Rutgers’ decision to have Rice speak. The opposition stemmed from Rice’s service in President George W. Bush’s administration, where she supported both the Iraq War and the use of torture while interrogating prisoners suspected to have engaged in terrorist activities or to have connections with terrorists.

The Rutgers students and faculty members who didn’t want Rice to speak at the university said the policies the former secretary of state supported and helped implement were violations of human rights.

I agree with them about the human rights violations, up to a point.

In my view, the Iraq War was a costly mistake from which we will be recovering for decades. And, to paraphrase former Republican presidential candidate (and former tortured prisoner of war) John McCain, not engaging in the torture of our captives is one of the ways we Americans demonstrate that we’re different from those with whom we fight.

But, then again, supporting the right of those with whom we disagree to speak freely – and to listen to those with whom we disagree – also is supposed to be one of the ways in which we’re different from those with whom we fight.

In justifying their opposition to having Rice speak, anti-war activists sometimes cite the commencement address former New York Times war correspondent – and later anti-war activist – Chris Hedges gave at Rockford College in Illinois in 2003.

During Hedges’ speech, in which he criticized the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq, members of the graduating class turned their backs to him in silent protest as he spoke. People booed and tried to shout him down. Several soon-to-be graduates, dressed in their black academic robes, tried to rush the stage to stop his speech and security had to restrain them. At least twice during the 18-minute talk, people angry about the nature of Hedges’ remarks unplugged his microphone.

All in all, it wasn’t exactly a proud moment for civility and academic discourse.

Rice said she decided not to speak at Rutgers in part because she didn’t want the university’s commencement to be a repeat of the Hedges-Rockford donnybrook. She said that graduation ceremonies should be happy times, devoid of rancor.

That’s nonsense.

Commencements are beginnings, not ends – ceremonies in which we launch graduates at every level into a larger world that will demand they assume greater responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is sifting through differing opinions, policies and points of view for one’s self and arriving at one’s own considered – that word is important – positions on questions that matter.

Doing so is both a test of intellect and of character. And the First Amendment exists not just to make sure that we all may speak freely, but to make certain that we Americans never have to outsource those tests of intellect and others.

Thinking for ourselves is both our right and our moral duty.

To say that commencement addresses never should include controversial or disagreeable ideas is to undercut the very idea of education, which always is a quest for greater understanding.

To understand something is not the same as agreeing with it.

When we shut down free discourse, we shut down the path to greater understanding, too. What’s the worst thing that could have happened if the folks at Rutgers University had listened to Condoleezza Rice speak?

They might have learned something they didn’t know before.

At a college or university – at any school, for that matter – is that such a bad thing to have happen?

John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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