Vogel 5th grader to receive AAA Llifesaving Medal
Hero’s come in all sizes:
DeSean Smith, a 5th grader at Vogel Elementary School, will be honored tomorrow by AAA for his life saving actions on December 5th, 2012.
While serving as a School Safety Patrol member on Weinbach Ave, near Vogel School, DeSean saved a 7 year old girl who was walking to school.
DeSean saw a car approaching that was not slowing down as it neared the crosswalk. The car was travelling about 25mph and was only about 20 feet from entering the crosswalk. DeSean dropped his flag pole, ran into the street, grabbed the young girl, and pulled her out of the path of the oncoming car. DeSean’s actions prevented the girl from being struck by the car and being seriously injured or killed.
DeSean will recieve the AAA Lifesaving Medal in a ceremony at EPD Headquarters at 10:00am tomorrow. DeSean is one of only 8 students naitionwide to receive the award this year. He joins elite company as ony 407 students have received this award since it was first handed out in 1949.
Burglary and Battery Arrest News Release
On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at approximately 9:40 PM, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to 1950 Belmar Lane regarding an assault that had just occurred. Deputies were advised that the suspects had left the scene.
Upon their arrival, deputies spoke to the victim, Craig Taylor, at the residence. Taylor stated three male subjects broke down the front door of the residence and assaulted him. Taylor stated he was able to fight off the subjects and they all ran from the scene. Taylor suffered a cut to his face and nose during the assault. Taylor advised deputies he recognized one of the subjects who assaulted him as Leonard Schnitzler.
After a short investigation, deputies learned that Leonard was being treated at Deaconess Hospital for injuries he sustained during the assault. After his release, Leonard was transported to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Command Post where he was interviewed by detectives. Leonard admitted to being at the residence during the assault; however, he stated he could not provide information on Taylor being assaulted.
Leonard was transported to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Confinement Center where he was booked on several charges.
OFFENDER
Leonard A. Schnitzler
W/M 37 YOA
Evansville, Indiana
Victory Theatre and 93.5 The Wolf Present the “Summer Country Nights†Concert Series
The Victory Theatre and 93.5 The Wolf are excited to announce the 2013 Summer Country Nights concert series, which will take place over three dates in July, August and September in the historic Victory Theatre. The series will feature appearances by several hot up and coming country acts at very affordable ticket prices.
“We are thrilled to offer Evansville the opportunity to enjoy great music at a great price, and we want to make Main Street the place to be on these summer nights,†said Victory Theatre General Manager Ben Bolander. “These are acts that we believe we’ll see playing in larger venues like the Ford Center in a few years, so don’t miss your chance now to see them at a really reasonable price.â€
Tickets can be purchased for each individual concert, but fans also have the opportunity to buy a three-concert ticket package for a reduced rate. Tickets are $15 and $20 for single shows, or $36 for the three show package. All three shows and the package deal are on sale now at the Ford Center ticket office, Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.
Scheduled to appear are:
• Friday, July 12 – Tyler Farr with special guest Weston Burt
• Thursday, August 15 – Charlie Worsham with special guest TBD
• Friday, September 13 – No Justice with special guest TBD
All three concerts will begin at 8:00 PM.
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Victory Theatre. 600 Main St. Evansville, IN 47708. Office: (812) 422-8000
Tyler Farr was born and raised in the small town of Garden City, Missouri. The singer was first introduced to country music at age 16, when he spent a summer on the road with his stepfather, who played lead guitar for country icon George Jones. Farr grew to love country music, and he decided to make the move to Nashville to pursue a career as an artist. He landed a job working as a bouncer at the legendary Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge for five months until he was able to convince the management to let him sing. An avid outdoorsman, Farr found a friend in award-winning songwriter and fellow outdoorsman, Rhett Akins. Rhett had heard some of Farr’s music, and he wanted to work with him. In addition to recording and songwriting, Farr has toured extensively with Colt Ford, for whom Tyler wrote the song, “Hey Y’all,†as well as opening for Jerrod Niemann and Lee Brice in early 2011 on The Higher Education Tour. Tyler’s four-song digital album, Camouflage – EP, is available now.
Starting in his hometown of Grenada, Mississippi, Charlie Worsham was always out playing somewhere. From the Opry at age twelve to the local Missionary Baptist Church to the back-road blues joints he wasn’t even supposed to know about, much less play in, wherever he found a stage, he played. With his energy and showmanship onstage and his understated Mississippi “yes sir” and “no ma’am” offstage, it’s easy to understand why so many in Nashville’s music community are rooting for him.
No Justice is a country band originally from Stillwater, Oklahoma. Stillwater has also produced musical talents such as
Jimmy LaFave, Garth Brooks, The Great Divide, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stoney LaRue, Mike McClure and Jason Boland & the Stragglers. Having been a fixture in Stillwater since 2001, No Justice developed a large following across
Oklahoma and Texas, averaging more than 200 shows a year, all leading to the band’s signing in 2010 by Carved Records. No Justice is singer/guitarist Steve Rice, guitarist Jerry Payne, bassist Joey Trevino, drummer Armando Lopez and lead guitarist Cody Patton.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, June 26, 2013.
Lawrence Barrett Theft-Class D Felony
Possession of a Switchblade Knife-Class B Misdemeanor
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Thomas Elliottt Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon-
Class B Felony
Intimidation-Class C Felony
Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury-Class C Felony
Pointing a Firearm-Class D Felony
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Robert Johnson Theft-Class D Felony
Intimidation-Class D Felony
Jacob Knight Domestic Battery-Class D Felony
Gilbert Ricketts Jr Dangerous Control of a Firearm-Class C Felony
Ryan Taillon Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Felony
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions
Inhaling Toxic Vapors-Class B Misdemeanor
David Weirich Domestic Battery-Class D Felony
Criminal Confinement-Class D Felony
Interference with the Reporting of a Crime-
Class A Misdemeanor
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor
Phillip Young Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury- Class C Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury-Class A Misdemeanors
(Two Counts)
Scott Bond Auto Theft-Class D Felony
Orlando Cardenas Domestic Battery-Class D Felony
Gerald Clark Jr Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon-Class C Felony
Waylon Collins II Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon-Class C Felony
Lisa Crayton Theft-Class D Felony
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Jeffrey Feldhaus Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Operating a Vehicle with an Ace of .15 or More-
Class A Misdemeanor
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor
Kevin Forston Operating a Vehicle with an Ace of .15 or More-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor (Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Mack Jacobs Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Driving While Suspended-Class A Misdemeanor
Nickolas Luck Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
Donald Moody Dealing in Marijuana-Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana-Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Lindsey Norman Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
Robert Rankin Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
Robert Robertson Jr Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon-
Class B Felony
Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
(Habitual Substance Offender Enhancement)
Leslie Rogge Operating a Motor Vehicle after Forfeiture of License for Life-
Class C Felony
Andrew Tice Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony
Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Brittney Whitledge Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony
Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
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.
Intimidation Arrest
On Thursday, June 27, 2013, at approximately 4:40 AM, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 5900 block of Moline Dr. regarding harassment in progress. Deputies were advised that a male was outside 5915 Moline Dr. screaming at a female. Dispatch then advised the male had slashed a tire on a vehicle with a knife and was threatening to kill people.
Upon their arrival, deputies spoke to the victims, Brian Woolsey and Donald Cardin, separately. Both victims stated they heard a female screaming outside their residence and then someone knocking on their door. Woolsey stated he opened the door to a female who stated someone was chasing her. Woolsey stated he allowed the female inside. Once inside, a male subject, later identified as Charles Oldham, walked up the front steps holding a knife in his hands. Woolsey advised he told Oldham to leave. Oldham then stated, “I will get you guys and her tooâ€. At this time, Oldham walked toward Woolsey’s vehicle and stabbed the driver’s side tire with the knife he was holding. Afraid of what Oldham might do next, Woolsey grabbed a baseball bat and Cardin armed himself with a pair of “nunchucksâ€.
Woolsey and Cardin stated they went outside to look at the damage to the vehicle. Woolsey advised this is when Oldham made the statement he would kill both of them. Woolsey stated at this time Cardin hit Oldham over the head with the “nunchucks†causing a laceration to his head.
As deputies were speaking with Oldham, he stated he did not have a knife during the incident. He also continued to yell at Woolsey and Cardin and stated, “If I had a knife I would have killed youâ€.
The female victim left the scene prior to deputies’ arrival and could not be located.
Oldham was transported to Deaconess Hospital by AMR where he was treated for the laceration on his head and a chipped bone in his elbow. Oldham was then transported to the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center where he was booked on several charges.
OFFENDER
Charles Edward Oldham
W/M 38 YOA
Evansville, Indiana
Arrests made in Garvin Park Pool vandalism case
The Evansville Police Department has made multiple arrests following an investigation into vandalism at the Garvin Park Pool last week.
All of the suspects that are in custody are juveniles. Their names are not being released due to their ages.
Police are still trying to locate additional suspects. The remaining suspects are juveniles as well.
At this time, investigators from the EPD Juvenile Crimes Detective Unit believe as many as 6 individuals are responsible for the damage at the pool.
Due to the on-going search for additional suspects, no other information is being released at this time.
Visionary Investment is the Key to Solving Big Problems
Visionary Investment is the Key to Solving Big Problems
By: Joe J. Wallace, Managing Director
Coachella Valley Innovation Hub
and Editor of the CCO
Venture-backed entrepreneurship is essential to the development and commercialization of technological innovations. In ‘Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems” Jason Pontin writing for the MIT Technology Review called out both timidity in government research and a recently developed aversion to risk of the venture capital community for the shortage of big solutions being introduced into the marketplace since the turn of the 21st century. With banks still shying away from making loans that are not securely collateralized by hard assets and positive cash flow and the venture capital industry enamored with funding incremental problems over fundamental problems the opportunities for visionary entrepreneurs who aspire to the greatness that comes with solving big problems are diminished. Bruce Gibney, a venture capitalist at the San Francisco-based Founders Fund offers an even harsher critique of his own industry simply stating that “Venture Capital has ceased to be the funder of the future, and instead has become a funder of features, widgets, irrelevances.”
Investors from friends and family to Angels and even VCs respond that they’re still looking for the big ideas, so long as they are attached to a reasonable business model. Visionary George Bernard Shaw’s famous quote “The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him…The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself…All progress depends on the unreasonable man†is a pretty good description of why our ability to solve big problems seems to have been afflicted with a case of arrested development of late. Visionary entrepreneurs of the late 70’s like Bill Gates who just wanted to ““put a computer in every home and on every desktop,†and Apple’s Steve Jobs who wanted to make the “best computers in the world†may find themselves with no funding options in the absence of investors with the vision and courage to match their own.
The missing link in the options for funding a start-up or emerging businesses is the visionary investor that looks at what can be as opposed to what can be audited, underwritten, and proved beyond the shadow of a doubt through past performance. The personal traits of a vision investor are closer to those of an entrepreneur than they are to the bankers masquerading as venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. The vision investor sees opportunities where others see obstacles to shy away from. The vision investor embraces change and seeks out ways to step up to the plate and get their hands dirty participating in the entrepreneurial process. The vision investor is eager to learn new things on a daily basis and is an early adopter of new technologies. Finally, the vision investor seeks out deals that will either make a mint like Apple and Microsoft did for early investors or a big financial flop. Vision investing is no place for the faint of heart or a disengaged mind.
At the Coachella Valley iHub we have a saying that “we are not just about mentoring companies that create jobs; we are really wanting to mentor more Steve Jobsâ€. Part of the necessary mix for the success of the next Steve Jobs who comes along are access to capital and talent to support good original ideas. There is no shortage of opportunities in this world that visionary entrepreneurs can tackle. The Coachella Valley is geographically at the nexus of the best natural laboratory for renewable energy and earthquake detection, while offering easy access to the massive Southern California markets. The plethora of big problems in need of solutions creates a continuous need for visionary people and investors with vision to match.
A billion people on this earth need electricity, millions are without clean water, the climate is changing; manufacturing is inefficient, traffic snarls cities, education is a luxury, and dementia or cancer will strike almost all of us if we live long enough. If you are a visionary or a visionary investor with the knowledge, courage, and work ethic to tackle problems like these wherever you are, please get on about the visionary business of doing what our governments, our companies, and our financial institutions no longer have the vision, know how, or courage to do. The American way of life may just depend on it.
Alleged Witholding and Revising of Material Information Prompts City Council Attorney Request for McGladrie Study from City Attorney
The following letter is posted by the CCO without edit, bias, or opinion
Dear Ted;
Please be advised that I have had several Council members express concern about the current status of the I.T. assessment being conducted by McGladries.
Specifically, it has been explained to me that the original completition date was to have been in March or April 2013 and that the completion date has now been moved to August. They would like to know whether this is correct and, if so, why.
Secondly, they have been informed by a source within the administration that McGladries has already provided the administration with a preliminary report (either in writing or verbally) and that the report was rebuffed by the administration and that McGladries was instructed to make revisions to said report. The Council members would like to know whether this is, in fact, correct and, if so, would like a full explanation of such.
Lastly, they would like a current general status report of the I.T. assessment by McGladries .
The Council members are requesting that McGladries respond to the above stated concerns, in writing, directly to the Council via my office.
I appreciated your cooperation in this matter and apologize for any inconvenience that it may cause.
Scott A. Danks, Attorney at Law
for the
Common Council of the City of Evansville
Until We Reunite, David Cosby’s Final Earthly Journey
Until We Reunite, David Cosby’s Final Earthly Journey
By: David’s sister, Anita Cosby
Dear Mom,
By now you have Dave in your arms; he left us at 10:50 this morning. I never thought I would say this but I saw his face light up when he saw Heaven. He had all the family there: Missy, Dave, all the Grand Kids, and brothers Ron and Sammy. I put a cross in his hand, it was a wooden cross. There is a story to it and I am sure he will be telling you all about it. During his final moments I played him that song by Elvis that you and he loved listening to, Amazing Grace, and everyone was crying. His son David said the most beautiful prayer I think I have ever heard. I held his hand like I promised him; I could never break a promise to him. I talked to him about our life and about the things he would teach me. How he would chew me out when I did wrong. He would squeeze my hand every time I would mention you, God, or Heaven. His breathing had declined to the point that he struggled for each breath. The body he left down here with us was simply worn out. I talked and talked to him, held his hand, cried, laughed, and then cried some more. I told him I had to go to the bathroom but he would not let go of my hand. Though the room was full of family and friends, he did not want me to leave. I have never watched anyone pass before, honestly I thought I would be scared, but I wasn’t. As I looked into his face I began to feel at peace. It appeared the pain had left him, his eyes opened and his breathing slowed. We took the final journey together, hand in hand, as far as I could go. I told him you were waiting for him, Momma, I told him it was alright to let go. That he did. I let go of his hand, knowing he was safe with our Mamma and God.
P.S.
Dear Momma,
Give him hugs and kisses from all of us. Until we see each other again,
Love,
Anita Cosby