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Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records
Softball Field to be Dedicated in Memory of its Chief Supporter
Due to the transformative work of a former booster for softball at Central High School in the early 1990’s, the softball field at the school will now bear the name of its chief supporter – Dennie Lynn. The Dennie Lynn Field at Central High School will be dedicated at noon, on Saturday, April 12. Speakers from EVSC, EVSC Foundation, Atlas World Group and the Lynn Family will address the crowd prior to the Central Lady Bears varsity girls softball game that day. The event is open to the public.
Lynn, who passed away in January 2013, was instrumental in bringing girls fast pitch softball to Evansville. He, along with other parents and supporters, built the first Central Bears softball field and played a fundamental role in creating the Central Softball Booster Club.
Andy Owen, athletic director at Central said, “Our boosters prepare the field for the team, assist us to raise money to support the team, and improve the field. Without Mr. Lynn’s leadership and many of our other supporters’ help, Central’s Lady Bears Softball would not be the strong and talented program it is.â€
Donations made to EVSC Foundation by friends, family, and former co-workers of Lynn at Atlas World Group will go toward a new state-of-the-art electronic scoreboard, a new sign for the field and a bronze plaque describing Lynn’s contributions to softball. Owen added that a new press box behind home plate is also planned.
According to Owen, before the 90’s softball was a much different sport than it is today.
Fast-pitch softball was just making its way into the area, and Lynn was determined to provide Central girls with an opportunity to play on their own field.
David Smith, EVSC superintendent, said of Lynn, “his passion to improve girls athletics raised the level of play for girls softball and his vision of a competitive girls softball program opened new opportunities to Central girls softball.
“An inspiration for many people, Dennie had the ability to motivate people to achieve their personal best in every endeavor, not just on the field, but in life.â€
EVSC School Board President Chris Kiefer added that “because of Dennie’s determination, Central High School had their first girls softball field. And once Central had its own girls softball field, other local high schools built softball fields of their own – helping to expand the program throughout the area.â€
Kevin Hammett, EVSC Foundation president, said that dedicating the field in Lynn’s honor, is a very fitting way to recognize Lynn and other parents like him; as well as donors at Atlas World Group – who have changed the school for the better. Dedicating this field ensures that Dennie Lynn’s legacy for excellence and opportunity for Central High School’s female athletes will never be forgotten.â€
Statute requires state to pay attorney fees on inmate’s appeal
Jennifer Nelson for www.theoindianalawyer.com 
Indiana Code 33-37-2-4 requires the state to pay appellate attorney fees and expenses when an inmate commits a crime in a state correctional facility, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Wednesday.
The state appealed the order from Madison County that it pay $5,232.35 in attorney fees and expenses to Anthony Lawrence, who was appointed by the court to file an appeal on behalf of Jeffrey Cook. Cook, an inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, was convicted of murdering another inmate who was a member of a rival gang. Cook was found to be indigent and appointed a public defender for trial. The state paid for the defender, but challenged the bill to pay Lawrence’s fees.
Madison Circuit Judge Dennis Carroll, when ordering the state to pay, noted it had been a longstanding practice for the state to pay the trial and appeal costs of inmates.
The state claimed that the burden of paying for appeals should fall on Madison County. The Court of Appeals held that I.C. 33-37-2-4, which recognizes the financial burden placed on counties containing state correctional facilities, shifts that burden to the state for trial and appellate costs.
“Not requiring the State to pay for the inmate’s appellate attorney fees and expenses—when it pays for the expenses at the trial-court level—would be inconsistent with the statute’s underlying policy and goals and would bring about an unjust result,†Chief Judge Nancy Vaidik wrote in In re the Order for the Payment of Attorney Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses, State of Indiana v. Jeffrey Cook, 48A02-1307-MI-615. “This is because the counties have no control if an offender is placed in a facility in its county.â€
Vaidik pointed out that the state can dispute counsel’s requested attorney fees and expenses as unreasonable before the trial court orders it to pay those fees. The state could also hire a public defender at a salary to defend the inmates at trial and to file their appeals, she wrote.
Catch the Latest Edition of “The Indiana State Police Road Showâ€
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Catch the latest edition of the “Indiana State Police Road Show†radio program every Monday morning at your convenience.
Download the program from the Network Indiana public website at www.networkindiana.com. Look for the state police logo on the main page and follow the download instructions. This 15 minute talk show concentrates on public safety and informational topics with state wide interest.
The radio program was titled “Signal-10†in the early sixties when it was first started by two troopers in northern Indiana. The name was later changed to the “Indiana State Police Road Show†and is the longest continuously aired state police public service program in Indiana.
Radio stations across Indiana and the nation are invited to download and air for FREE this public service program sponsored by the Indiana State Police Alliance and Cops for Kids, a subsidiary of the Indiana State Police Alliance.
This week’s show features Indiana Department of Transportation Public Information
/Media Relations Specialists Nathan Riggs. Mr. Riggs discusses the Work Zone Awareness Week and the upcoming road construction projects in Indiana.
Library event features local published authors
 Seven local authors will be featured at Central Library’s Local Voices: Conversations with Community Authors event this Sunday at 1:30 pm in the Browning Events Room. Authors will discuss their work, answer audience questions, and sign copies of their books. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
Authors present at Local Voices: Conversations with Community Authors will be:
• Jackie Egan (pen name Jackie Coleman) - A Summer in Ocracoke and Boomerang
• David Hayden – Muhammad and the Birth of Islamic Supremacism: The War with the Jews, 622-628 A.D.
• Mary Hukill - Community Garden Revolution
• Sandy Morris (pen name Sandy Andrews) – Best Friends series
• Robert R. Railey – Detective Morris, Homicide and Derek Christian, Antichrist
• Terry Seaton – Across the Channel
• Lanea Stagg – Recipe Records, Recipe Records: The 60s Edition and Recipe Records: A Culinary Tribute to the Beatles
Check the availability of these books for check-out from the EVPL at www.evpl.org. For more information, call (812) 428-8200.
IS IT TRUE April 10, 2014
IS IT TRUE the Civic Center Moles tell us that Mayor Winnecke is fighting like the dickens right to the end to do his best to get the IU Medical School to choose downtown Evansville as it’s favored location at the announcement tomorrow?…the Mayor cast his lot with downtown from the beginning and has stuck with it?…if nothing else Mayor Winnecke has certainly been persistent in his pursuit of the IU Medical School for the downtown?…we trust that the Mayor realizes that win, lose, or draw for the downtown location, Evansville and the entire metro will benefit greatly from this medical school?…we hope that there are no hard feelings period on Friday regardless of which location is chosen?…each site has its merits including the downtown but the CCO reader’s poll that was up last week is predicting that the Warrick County site will be chosen for its proximity to teaching beds, abundant apartment complexes, low crime rate, and working infrastructure?…we will all know in about 36 hours?
IS IT TRUE in sort of a surprise, Mayor Winnecke told another news outlet that there will have to be changes made to the downtown convention hotel design if the IU Medical School does indeed choose a downtown location?…that is an odd and inconsistent revelation coming from a guy who just a few days ago was lampooning John Dunn of Dunn Hospitality of costing Evansville a convention by requesting a market study from the Hilton organization that will cause an 80 day delay?…a design change will cause more of a delay than 80 days just by not having the permitting process initialized?…maybe Dunn Hospitality saved the Mayor’s bacon and gave him a straw man to rage against as opposed to announcing a delay due to not applying for a franchise on time or proving loan approval, which according to the Mayor’s own words cannot have happened by the March 31, 2014 contractual deadline?…the powers that be will by definition be forced to officially extend a deadline for this hotel AGAIN, and they won’t even know how much until the news about the IU Medical School is announced?…the flying circus on MLK continues to amaze anyone outside of the fishbowl?
IS IT TRUE the audit of the City of Evansville should be released tomorrow so the CCO published the 2011 audit today with excerpts of the findings so our readers can compare notes when the 2012 audit is released a full 15.5 months after the audit period has lapsed?…such a delay is necessarily a reflection on the haphazard accounting practices of the City of Evansville going back well into the Weinzapfel administration?…one would think that the people of this town would deserve more than uncertainty and mismanagement by local elected officials?
IS IT TRUE we hear that the County officials are considering tapping into the reserve accounts to do a little road repair?…a little is indeed the right word for only $500,000 of government spending?…we trust that if the reserves are tapped that there is a valid prevention based justification to do so?…this winter did indeed create a rainy day moment for the 2014 budgets when it comes to road repairs and we are lucky there is a rainy day fund to tap to do this work?…we hope the County Council will advise us as to how they plan to replenish that rainy day fund so there will be one the next time mother nature slaps Evansville upside the head?
IS IT TRUE the Facebook page that was established to defame John Dunn continues to struggle with getting anyone to like it?…as of this writing there were still not 40 people who are willing to put their names and faces on the line to sanction this asinine stunt?…we are encouraged that only a handful of hardcore entitlement minded people willing to sanction hate for a private businessman who has filled the coffers of Evansville charities and employ Evansville people for his entire career are not getting any traction?…from the looks of our comment section left wing democrats, right wind republicans, and nearly everyone in between supports Mr. Dunn’s actions?…the CCO agrees and hopes these Komrads learn a harsh lesson from the failure of their little Marxist rant?
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 Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Adam Hartzel                   Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury-Class C Felony
Criminal Reckless Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury-Class D Felony
Criminal Recklessness-Class A Misdemeanor
Invasion of Privacy-Class A Misdemeanor
Crystal Uziekalla             Neglect of Dependent-Class D Felonies (Six Counts)
Daniel Gray                       Resisting Law Enforcement-Class D 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 considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law
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April Arts Council Brown Bag Schedule
The Brown Bag Performance Series is a free program offered to the community by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana. The series runs weekly from October through April at the Arts Council’s BSF Gallery, located at 318 Main Street in downtown Evansville. The Brown Bag Performance Series is every Wednesday at noon. Summer performances are once a month. It is encouraged to bring your lunch and a friend and enjoy the free local performances. The Brown Bag Series is made possible in part by the Mesker Music Trust, managed by Fifth Third Investment Advisors. Below is the updated schedule for April.
4/9/14 – UE Opera: The University of Evansville boasts one of the few undergraduate opera theater programs in the nation. With at least two productions a year, the UE Opera is an arts destination in our community. Join us as we welcome them back for a second time this season.
4/16/14 – Philharmonic Orchestra’s Maestro Alfred Savia: Founded in 1934, the EPO is a professional orchestra comprised of approximately 80 musicians led by Music Director Alfred Savia.
Savia will be presenting a Conversation with the Maestro in regards to the upcoming EPO April 26th concert, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. Along with presenting recordings, guest musicians will accompany Savia to play some excerpts. Join the Arts Council in welcoming Savia for a wonderful Brown Bag Series presentation and performance.
4/23/14 – Sabrina Newton: Enjoy a new performer to the Brown Bag Series, Sabrina Newton. Newton’s music formation started in the church in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee where others quickly recognized and encouraged her talent. Sabrina quickly found her place as a part-time studio singer while employed at now music publishing powerhouse, Wrensong Music Publishing Corporation. From the choir loft to the stage at the Opry, Sabrina feels at home performing what she calls songs that stir the heart. Regardless if the song is country, gospel or pop, Sabrina brings her southern charm, wit and powerful vocals to every performance where she hopes to bring a little joy to audiences everywhere. Newton will be the last performance of the weekly Brown Bag Season before monthly summer performances begin.
2011 City of Evansville Audit Findings
In anticipation of the 2012 audit being made public on Friday we wanted our readers to have the findings of the 2011 audit available to peruse in advance of learning if the 2011 issues have been corrected and to see if 2012 was a better year for reconciliation and compliance at the Civic Center.
Excerpts Describing deficiencies.
“Fund balances were not reconciled to bank balances for the entire year of 2011. As of July 31, 2012, City officials were still unable to reconcile the ledger to the bank account and were still making adjustments to
the December 31, 2011 fund balances.”
“A materially correct annual report for 2011 was not presented for audit. Also, the City filed their annual report past the deadline.”
“The City’s accounting information system was not equipped to produce the following forms or their equivalent:Â
1. City and Town Form No. 208 – Ledger or Receipts, Disbursements, and Balances
2. City and Town Form No. 209 – Ledger of Appropriations, Encumbrances, Disbursements and Balances
Officials and employees are required to use State Board of Accounts prescribed or approved forms in the manner prescribed.”
“We were unable to obtain records in which the detail matched the control for the year 2011. The City also kept 2011 open through at least July 2012 which caused year end fund balances and total receipts and total disbursements of some funds to materially change. We also noted several instances in the utility funds where accrual entries were being made in the cash basis system.”
“The controls over the receipting, disbursing, recording, and accounting for the financial activities were insufficient for the following reasons:  1. Weaknesses in input controls.  2. Oversight deficiencies in the reconcilement process.”
“As stated in several prior reports, the City entered into a contract with SMG, effective January 1, 2006, to manage Roberts Stadium, Victory Theater, and Mesker Music Theater. The contract required an independent audit of SMG. An addendum to the contract was added on September 5, 2007, amending the contract from requiring an audit to requiring a review. As of July 2012, a review had not been completed for the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, or 2011. Without the independent review of SMG’s financial records the accuracy of amounts paid to or received from SMG cannot be verified.”
“The cash balance of the General Fund, Purchasing Internal Service Fund, Information Technology Services Fund, Miscellaneous Grant Fund, Sports Non-Reverting Fund, Home Admin Investment Trust Fund, Community Dev Block Grant Fund, Old Post Office Fund, Emergency Shelter Grant Fund, General Obligation Bond 2006 Fund, Park District Bond Refunding 2010 Fund, Redevelopment Bond Retirement Fund, Workers Compensation Fund, Evansville Civil City Payroll Fund, Accounts Receivable Clearing Fund, Electronic Tax Payments Fund, SRFWW – Evansville 09 Fund, SRFWW Evansville 0610 Fund, Sewage 2010B-1 Construction Fund, Water Utility-Operating Fund, and Water Utility – Consumer Meter Deposit Fund were overdrawn in 2011.”
Style Show to benefit St. Mary’s Auxiliary April 23rd
St. Mary’s Auxiliary and Gift Shoppe is hosting a Style Show Wednesday, April 23rd beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Mary’s Manor Auditorium. 14 News reporter Erin Meyer will serve as emcee for the event. The theme is “When the Clock Strikes Fashion.â€
The style show will feature the hottest fashions from local stores and boutiques (Victoria’s Boutique, House of White, GAP, Dillard’s Department Store) – for any occasion – from day to evening. There will be a silent auction and items available for purchase from 17 vendors, such as Mary Kay and Pampered Chef. Lunch will be provided by Acropolis Restaurant.
Tickets are $35 each or $300 for a table of ten. Proceeds will help fund special projects and services at St. Mary’s, such as Annual Scholarship Awards. Recently, the Auxiliary funded the Healing Garden at the newly-opened St. Mary’s Epworth Crossing.
Doors open at 10:00 a.m., lunch is served at 11:30 a.m., and the fashion show starts at noon. The reservation deadline is April 14th. Call Lisa Vaughan 812-319-9330 to reserve your spot.