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An Evening with THIRD DAY

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TICKET PRE-SALE
An Evening with THIRD DAY

Sunday, October 20 @ 7:00pm
Seats are $75 VIP, $25 and $20.
Pre-sale is Thursday, July 11 at 10:00am thru Sunday, July 14 at 10:00pm.
PASSWORD: TD2013
Tickets go on-sale to general public on Monday, July 15th at 10:00am.

THE CENTRE

Tri-State Business Expo – July 11 @ 7:00am-7:00pm
PEF/EVSC Summer Musical “Beauty and the Beast” – July 11-14
J&J Ventures Dart & Pool Tournament – Aug. 2-4 @ 7:00pm, 9:00am, 9:00am
100 Men Who Cook – Aug. 24 @ 6:00pm
Kentucky Reptile Show – Sept. 7 @ 10:00am
YWCA Legacy Style Show & Luncheon – Sept. 26 @ 11:30am
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County – Oct. 17 @ 7:30pm
An Evening with Third Day – Oct. 20 @ 7:00pm
Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales – Oct. 27 @ 12:00pm & 3:00pm
CMT On Tour: Hunter Hayes Let’s Be Crazy Tour – Nov. 8 @ 7:00pm
CENTRE’D ON KIDS 2014

Junie B. Jones – Feb. 5 @ 9:00am & 12:00pm
The Monster Who Ate My Peas – March 17 @ 9:00am & 12:00pm
Are You My Mother? – Apr. 22 @ 9:00am & 12:00pm
BROADWAY AT THE CENTRE 2013-2014

Elvis Lives! – Oct. 19 @ 7:30pm
Mamma Mia! – December 13 @ 7:30pm
Straight No Chaser – December 20 @ 7:30pm
Hello Dolly! starring Sally Struthers – January 12 @ 7:00pm
Bring It On: The Musical – February 9 @ 7:00pm
Hair – March 10 @ 7:30pm
Million Dollar Quartet – March 26 @ 7:30pm

Saftey Board Agenda

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AGENDA
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Building Commission – Ron Beane Police Department – Chief Billy Bolin
Emergency Management-Sherman Greer Fire Department – Chief Mike Connelly

~ Pledge of Allegiance ~

Departmental Reports:

• Police Department – Captain Andy Chandler
• Request approval to surplus two non-functioning EOTech 511 rifle sights.
• Request approval to surplus and destroy the following equipment that is either broken or outdated. The equipment has the frequencies the Drug Task Force uses and if not destroyed could potentially be used by criminals to monitor covert activities.
1 City tag 04584 Audio Intelligence Devices Unitel 210 Recorder
2 No city tag Smoke detector recording device, no brand name visible
• City tag 04583 Nextel Battery Transmitter
• City tag 04586 Audio Intelligence Devices Repeater
• City tag 19094 Audio Intelligence Devices Repeater
• No city tag Motorola pager device
• No city tag Motorola pager device
• No city tag Nokia cell phone device\
• No city tag Nokia cell phone device
• City tag no. 04581 Supercircuits monitor serial no. T030982
• City tag no. 18748, 18750, 18823, 18752, and one with no tag five Radius SP50 monitors
• No city tag, issued to Jacobs Kodak Easy Share camera, serial no. KCGHR80325328
• City tag 05675, Nikon Coolpix 4500 camera\
• City tag 11891 Sony handycam
• No city tag, Audio Intelligence Devices rear brake light transmitter
• No city tag, Motorola pager transmitter, no other identifiers
• No city tag, Hitachi camcorder, serial no. 60819155
• No city tag, Quasar camcorder. Serial no. C2IA13468
• No city tag, Sony Handycam camcorder, serial no.200545
• No city tag, Panasonic CCTV Camera, serial no. 92W01351
• No city tag, Panasonic Palmcorder, serial no. 80sc11010
• No city tag, Panasonic CCTV Camera, serial no. 92W01349
• No city tag, Canon NTSC ZR90 camcorder, no serial no.
• No city tag, Sears and Roebuck Model No. 560.21652650 tape recorder
• City tag 05680, Nikon Coolpix 4500, serial no. 3513873
• No city tag, Nikon Coolpix 995, serial no.3001783
• No city tag, Nikon Coolpix 995, serial no.3010526

• Fire Department ~ Chief Mike Connelly
• 1Q8
• Request approval to accept a donated vehicle from Audubon Chrysler.
• Building Commission ~ Ron Beane
• Request approval to open and award bids for the below listed properties:
• 1300 and 1302 N. Fulton Ave – Raze two commercial structures (joined at back wall), clear and level entire lot to city specifications, including the plywood between 1300 & 1302 N. Fulton, include the block wall in the rear of 1302 N. Fulton, Include in the bid all tress to be removed behind 1302 N. Fulton including fence post growing into larger tree, general debris, all other special conditions as noted on the “Specifications for Razing Unsafe Buildings”.
• 212 Polster Ave – Raze house, attached garage and remove (interior) fence, clear and level entire lot to city specifications.
• 1420 S. Governor St – Raze house and raze/remove metal shed, clear and level entire lot to city specifications.

Consent Section:

• Parking Permit
• Dave Backman with Permit Pullers requests approval to reserve 80 feet of parking space in front of 514 S. E. 2nd on July 23, 24, & 25th for their semi-trailer that is moving a family into the residence.
• Handicap Parking
• Request approval to remove the following handicap sign:
• 2617 W. Illinois Street – deceased
• Request approval to install the following handicap sign:
• Althea Young – 1710 S. Garvin – paperwork in order
• Request approval to deny following handicap sign:
• 512 E. Michigan St – rear parking available
• Sidewalk
• Bunge Masonry requests approval to use part of the sidewalk in front of the Old Post Office, 100 NW 2nd St, for 3-4 weeks beginning around July 11th to accommodate a man lift used in remodeling.
• Taxi Cab Driver’s Permit
• Request approval for the following to receive taxi cab drivers permits:
• Debra Morphis
• Norman Morphis
• Walter Young
• Sean Sinclair
• Jeffery Pierce
• Andrew Gulick
• Ricardo Brickman
• Lane Closure
• Germania Mannechor requests approval to close one lane of southbound Fulton Ave between Fountain and Maryland on August 1, 2013 at noon until August 3, 2013 at 2:00 am for the safety of patrons attending the Folksiest. ***barrels with lights and arrow sign requested***
• Acuity Environmental Solutions requests approval to close eastbound lanes of Franklin St between 10th Ave & 11th Ave July 16, 2013 at 6:00 am until July 19, 2013 at 6:00 pm for collection of soil and groundwater samples. At no time will both lanes be closed at the same time.
• Road Closure
• Backstage Bar & Grill requests approval to close Main between 5th & 6th on August 1, 2013 at 8:00 am until August 2, 2013 at 3:00 am for Lynyrd Skynyrd Pre-Party.

OTHER BUSINESS:

• Approve claims.
• Approve the minutes of Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Announcements:

Oak Hill Road between 57 & William Brooks Dr will close permanently on July 15, 2013
as part of the airport expansion.

There will be no meeting July 24, 2013 due to lack of quorum. The next meeting will be Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 1:00 pm.

BUCSHON TO HOLD HEARING ON MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVNESS

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Taps Berry Plastics CEO to give testimony on a national manufacturing competitiveness plan

(Washington, D.C.) – Representative Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology, will hold a hearing on the need for strategic planning for national manufacturing competitiveness on Wednesday July 10th at 2:00pm.

Specifically, the hearing will focus on H.R. 2447, the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013, legislation that would require the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Technology to develop a strategic plan to advance national manufacturing competitiveness every four years.

Bucshon selected Dr. Jonathan Rich, Chairman and CEO of Berry Plastics Corporation– an Evansville, IN based company, to provide comments and recommendations on the development of this national strategic plan.

Who: Rep. Larry Bucshon (IN-08)

Dr. Jonathan Rich, Chairman and CEO, Berry Plastics Corporation

Members of the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology

Other Witnesses

What: Hearing on Strategic Planning for National Manufacturing Competitiveness
When: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET

Where: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

EFD Retirements

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During July, over a span of just 18 days, EFD will lose 76 years of valuable experience due to the retirements of Captain James “Jim” D. Blanford, Jr. and Battalion Chief James “Jim” A. Fuchs, Jr.

Blanford retired July 3th after 33 years on the department, serving as Captain since 1984. He has been at Station#17 on the northside since 1998, although he served at Station #15 on the southeast side 14 years previously. Blanford said “The Fire Department’s all I’ve known my whole life” referring to the fact that his dad, James Blanford, Sr. joined EFD when Jim was just 2 years old. Jim Sr. retired in 1993. Jim is looking forward to his retirement by camping, going to “more” NASCAR races and spending time with family.

Fuchs will retire July 21st after nearly 43 years “on the job”. Fuchs has been a “Chief” since 1980 when promoted to Fire Prevention Coordinator (School Safety Liaison Officer) as a District Chief. Fuchs was promoted to Battalion Chief in 1986 and became the Chief Inspector (Fire Marshal) for the City. Fuchs has served in a number of capacities including the Chiefs of Training, Administration and Health & Safety and was the Assistant Chief under Mayor Weinzapfel. Jim is also looking forward to retirement citing his 4 grandkids as one of the main reasons, which will help “occupy his time”.

EFD wants to wish both men a long and happy retirement.

IS IT TRUE July 11, 2013

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Mole #3 Nostradamus of Local Politics
Mole #3 Nostradamus of Local Politics

IS IT TRUE July 11, 2013

IS IT TRUE Mayor Winnecke met yesterday with some of the young professionals who make Evansville their home to learn what it is they want to be more satisfied with the “quality of life” challenges that Evansville faces?…this is not the first such meeting that has been held in the last 10 years regarding the problems of “brain drain” and dead end careers that have plagued Evansville for many decades now?… Mayor Winnecke himself has been to countless seminars, sister city visits, and inter-city visits to discuss the same issues ad nauseum yet things just do not change?…former Mayor Weinzapfel took the same trips and talked to the same groups like Rotoract and YEP (Young Evansville Professionals) and heard all of the same critiques but not a thing has been done to advance the concerns of young professionals to the next level?…there was even a seminar called Smart Cities in 2010 paid for by private money to address these issues and only one elected official saw fit to attend and didn’t stay for the whole discussion?…we at the CCO hope that this old dog Mayor learns this time since he has heard these lessons many times before and done nothing to effect change?

IS IT TRUE the #1 complaint among young single professionals is that the dating pool is littered with half wits, morons, rednecks, and others deemed to be unfit to consider for marriage or decent conversation?…a little known secret is that the same situation contributes to brain drain for the older professionals who are single too but that is a discussion for another day?…the #2 thing on the list for young professionals is to be able to find a career track employment opportunity that is upwardly mobile so they can provide for their families if they are lucky enough to form one?…it is not just about JOBS as it was 30 years ago, it is about GOOD JOBS that challenge ones abilities and utilize ones academic training?…Evansville for a few people does offer good jobs but the density of these jobs is so sparse that job mobility is essentially non-existent for young professionals who find themselves in a challenging career?…the lack of JOB MOBILITY leads to depressed wages and a plateau for what could be good and lucrative careers?

IS IT TRUE that the last thing on a young professionals list of needs is a downtown hotel, an arena, or loft apartments in a dead location?…these are things that are attractive to young professionals that have the dating issues and the career issues in the rear view mirror?…those numbers are small here in River City?…young professionals do not give a rats arse about the Shrine Circus, dog parks, skateboard parks (with the exception of non working slackers), or the zoo?…these are only icing on a cake but do not constitute cake at all?…contrary to what some older Evansvillians claim this place is not closer to a positive tipping point than Detroit or downtown St. Louis are?…it is unfortunate but meeting after meeting that happen year after year with no tangible results just drive off the best of our young professionals to other locations that meet their needs without asking?

IS IT TRUE there is one class of young people in Evansville that we can’t seem to get rid of and that is the group that are uneducated, have no respect for education, and no ambition?…we have thousands of these?…this group is part of the reason that our valuable young professionals continue to high tail it out of town at the first opportunity?…there has not been a Mayor or City Council person in the last half century that is even close to understanding the dilemmas faced by young professionals who want to make Evansville their home?…as long as the person in the Mayor’s office thinks a convention hotel is the answer the brain drain will continue?…young professionals don’t even like conventions?…that is much of the reason why out of touch arcane ideas like convention hotels and ball fields are fodder for ridicule and laughter among the younger generation?

IS IT TRUE July 10, 2013

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Mole #3 Nostradamus of Local Politics
Mole #3 Nostradamus of Local Politics

IS IT TRUE July 10, 2013

IS IT TRUE several of the comments in the City County Observer and the Courier & Press yesterday asserted a claim that is so vile and so backwards that the CCO while allowing the posts to stand out for a while out of respect for the 1st Amendment does not believe is even possible in modern America outside of the confines of an utterly corrupt environment?…these assertions coming from several people were that certain members of the Evansville City Council and other former elected officials are extended the courtesy of being allowed to drive while intoxicated under the protection of the Evansville Police Department?…knowing many police officers and Evansville Police Chief Billy Bolin the CCO does not believe these assertions to be true and even though we regularly question the sanity of things that originate in the Civic Center we in no way accept that such an archaic and utterly corrupt practice would be attempted or tolerated in 2013 in Evansville, IN?…such corruption has of course happened in other places back during Prohibition and other such times when organized crime infiltrated politics and law enforcement?…movies have long liked to perpetuate the old boy style of corruption in the Old South with characters like Boss Hogg, Governor Howie Long, Porky’s, or Walking Tall?…there is most likely a historical grain of truth to the preferred and powerful getting a pass from law enforcement but this practice is one that we are certain has been eradicated in Evansville by now?…what is disturbing is that it is believed by several citizens that Evansville practices such things today?…such practices should never ever be tolerated at any level?

IS IT TRUE that in the CCO Reader’s Poll about support for the unanimously passed Johnson Controls Deal that our readers rejected the will of the Evansville City Council by a 5 to 1 majority?…the comments on the CP were equally as vicious toward the contract and the City Council?…one thing we are curious to learn is what the cost breakdown of each of these nearly $1,000 water meters is?…traditional water meters are a fairly inexpensive item some selling for under $100 each?…we would like to see a breakdown of the cost of this deal on a per meter basis on a materials, labor, maintenance, profit, and administrative overhead breakout?…we would also like to see the contract amended to mandate competitive bidding open to all for the installation of these meters which should be a fairly easy task to complete?…this whole deal from former Mayor Weinzapfel’s cram through, to the months of posturing by the City Council before unanimously capitulating to the Mayor’s will, to the uncompetitive secrecy surrounding the installation has been a disgusting way to provide stewardship over taxpayer dollars?

IS IT TRUE that well placed moles have told us that the Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Evansville City Controller have had the McGladrie study in hand for a while now?…this study has been withheld from the City Council during that time?…the City Council in spite of having this important financial information intentionally withheld consented to vote on and pass a $45.3 Million funding resolution for non essential items?…the next thing we know they will be rolling over and scheduling a vote on the $37.5 Million corporate welfare hotel, a $10 Million dog park, and other assorted items of no urgency?…before it is all said and done it is clear that the goals of this administration and its puppet are to pass about $100 Million in unnecessary spending without the releasing the McGladrie Study or getting the 2012 SBOA Audit results?…this is the height of irresponsible management of taxpayer dollars and each and every perpetrator of this blind following the blind scenario should be purged from office for playing along with this twisted spending spree?

IS IT TRUE that true to form and living up to the expectations of the CCO ObamaCare is imploding daily?…during the last four days we have learned that after 4 years the infrastructure has not been established to manage the law?…to date BIG COMPANIES and SMOKERS have seen their penalties deferred for at least a year and the FINANACIAL REQUIREMENTS for GETTING A SUBSIDY have been altered to require NO VERIFICATION?…in spite of the goodness or ineptness of the law itself it is now obvious that the Obama Administration is incapable of executing even the simplest things?…every one of these three deferred items could simply have been a couple of lines on a form?…this should be a strong lesson that bills need to be read before they are passed in every instance?…2014 is shaping up to be an interesting election year and the first real opportunity to clean every last member of the House of Representatives who voted for this turd out of office?…this is a shame because it could have worked well if our leadership had taken some time to think?

EPD Activity Report: July 9, 2013

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EPD Activity Report: July 9, 2013

Gail Riecken challenges Gov. Pence On Rockport Coal Gasification Project

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Gail Riecken

Dear Governor Pence:
 
Even though the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly ended two months ago, there are still many unanswered questions about Senate Enrolled Act 494, which is supposed to outline a process to determine if the Rockport Coal Gasification project is good for utility ratepayers across our state.
 
SEA 494 is supposed to go into effect after the Indiana Supreme Court decides that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission made the right decision in approving a contract between the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) and the plant’s developer, Indiana Gasification. The plant would turn coal into substitute natural gas.
 
As I’ve said, there are many questions that need to be answered in order to ensure that a proper public review has taken place. Governor, I am hoping that you will make sure those matters are addressed.
 
First, the heat map from the IFA and used to support SEA 494 tested various scenarios that should be updated with forecasts of future gas and coal prices. The data formula used and the review should come from independent experts.  Please help make sure that this information is updated and there is an independent analysis of that data.
 
Second, I believe there should also be an independent review of the estimates provided by Vectren, the chief opponent of this project. Their review – which claimed losses to ratepayers of close to $1 billion – was based on assumptions that the price of natural gas would stay under $4 during the first 15 years of the contract. It would be nice to take a look at their estimates in depth, but Vectren has not produced that detailed information to date. Even so, their price estimates do not jibe with any publicly available forecasts of gas prices that any of us have seen. They simply don’t make sense.
 
During House testimony on this bill, experts said the price of shale gas can’t stay low because the cost of producing it is twice what the market price has been.  The financial troubles of companies like Chesapeake, the largest shale gas producer until last year, would seem to bear this out.  And the truth is that NO ONE knows what the price of gas will be 15 years from now. It’s hard to say what it will be 15 weeks from now.
 
Indiana Gasification concedes that it is possible that substitute natural gas may cost more than natural gas.  But they say that if it does, consumers will be happy with low cost natural gas and will probably be saving a lot of money on the other 83% of their bill. In that case, consumers would do well but Indiana Gasification would not. 
 
Lastly, it is fair to question the definition of “savings” as used in SEA 494.
 
It is unfair to make savings a standard for one energy company — Indiana Gasification — and not all energy companies. This new standard must now be applied to all rate cases that come before the IURC. If not, the actions of IURC are prejudicial at best.
 
 
Just last week, Vectren announced they have entered into a contract to buy gas over the next 5 years.  The substitute natural gas plant was required to GUARANTEE consumer savings, and that guarantee was backed under the contract by everything that Indiana Gasification owned.  Where is Vectren’s guarantee of savings to the consumer on its long-term contract for gas?  There’s nothing wrong with any company entering into these types of long-term contracts for gas, but it is hard not to compare the two situations and feel there’s a double standard at work. 
 
This project is hard to lose, Governor. It was potentially the biggest project southwestern Indiana has known to date, a $2.8 billion project that would have provided up to 2,000 jobs at high wages, generated more than $30 million in state taxes over the first 10 years (plus local tax benefits), and provided greater opportunity for additional job creation through spin off companies and suppliers.
 
Hoosiers need to know that if the project fails, it does so with accurate information.
 
Thank you for your action in this matter.
 
Respectfully,
 
Gail Riecken                                                                           
State Representative                                                              
District # 77                     

Indiana State Police Launch Public Website Displaying School Bus Inspection Records

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Indianapolis, IN – The Indiana State Police, in accordance with state law, conduct inspections of all school buses used to transport children to public and private schools. All buses are inspected annually. Buses more than 12 model years old are inspected biannually.

While school bus inspection reports are a public record, historically there was not a simple way for parents, school officials, or the public in general to view the thousands of inspection reports prepared by state police personnel each school year. To make school bus records more accessible the Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division, in collaboration with the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT), and Indiana Interactive, a subsidiary of e-government provider NIC USA, developed a public access portal website where school bus inspection records can be viewed from the comfort of a parents’ home computer.

The all encompassing goal of this public access portal website is to provide parents, school officials, and the public in general, an easy to navigate website with up-to-date school bus inspection information. To that end, other website owners are invited to make a direct link to the Indiana State Police school bus inspection public access portal website.

The public access portal website became operational on July 1, 2013. The website contains records from more than 30,000 inspections and will automatically update within days after future school bus inspections are conducted.

Access to this new service can be made in several ways:
Visit this Indiana State Police website link at http://www.in.gov/isp/2988.htm. Read the introduction information and then click this link: https://secure.in.gov/ISP/BusInspections/Public/Index.

You may also go directly to the site at: https://secure.in.gov/ISP/BusInspections/Public/Index

Once on the site, simply select the county where the school is located and follow the on screen directions to view selected school bus inspection records.

Refer to this helpful guide:
1. Select the County of the School Corporation
2. Select the School or School District
a. A pie-chart summary of the most recent annual inspection is displayed reflecting the initial inspection results.
b. The initial annual inspection results DO NOT reflect the current status of the bus fleet
i. To see only the Approved, Ordered Repaired or Out of Service inspection results from the original annual inspection, click on either Total Approved, Total Ordered Repaired, or Total Out of Service
ii. To see definitions of these categories, hover the mouse over the selection
3. To see the current status of any bus, select ‘View Inspections’
a. Select the PDF to the right to view the printable inspection record
b. To see historical inspection records of any bus select the bus number on the far left side of the screen
i. This displays all records for a specific bus dating back to Oct. 2011
ii. Select the PDF to the right to view the printable inspection report

The Indiana State Police encourage parents to use this valuable resource to track the inspection reports of their child’s school bus. The only information a parent needs to successfully navigate the website is the bus number of their child’s bus.
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Contact Information:
Cpt. David Bursten
Public Information Office
317-232-0064
dbursten@isp.in.gov

Rep. Bacon responds to recent Obamacare announcement

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State Representative Ron Bacon (R-Chandler) issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the delay of a key provision of Obamacare:

“Two weeks ago, I chose to write my weekly column about the unintended effects of Obamacare. I expressed my concerns upon seeing many companies in Indiana cutting employee hours or cutting jobs all together in order to get around the employer mandate to provide health insurance. Yesterday however, we learned that a key provision of the Affordable Care Act has been delayed by one year.”

“I am very pleased to see this delay and simply regret that it did not come sooner. I’m afraid that for many Hoosiers, the damage has already been done. I consider this delay a small victory; but it doesn’t do anything to change what has already taken place.”

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