Old National Bank – Boo at the Zoo
Pre-Sale Tickets Now Available!
Evansville, IN – Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden is the perfect place to enjoy a safe family Halloween experience on the evenings of 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28 during Old National Bank Boo at the Zoo. Trick or treat your way through the Zoo visiting candy stations and enjoying craft activities, giant inflatables, a Mad Scientist, murals, face painting, creepy critters, games, AAZAK’s Tent of Terror, and a magician. Dress up in your favorite costume and arrive anytime between 5:00 & 8:00 p.m. Take a peek at creatures of the night in the Zoo’s Nocturnal Exhibit and trek through AMAZONIA. Visitors of all ages will have a frightfully good time, leaving the Zoo with a bag full of goodies.
Tickets are available for purchase at the Zoo, on www.meskerparkzoo.com, and Old National Bank downtown, One Main Street. Tickets are $6 for Zoo members and $8 for non-Zoo members. $1 off coupons are available at all 13 Evansville area Old National Banks.
Another exciting feature at this year’s Old National Bank Boo at the Zoo is the Scarecrow Decorating Contest, Sponsored by Monsanto. Contest categories include family/individual or business/organization. Prizes include $250 cash for first place in both categories, $50 for second place in both categories, as well as prizes valuing more than $500 along with a prize pack from Monsanto. Entry forms can be downloaded on www.meskerparkzoo.com.
Zoo gates will close at 2:00 PM on each night of Boo at the Zoo and reopen at 5:00 PM for Boo at the Zoo. Special thanks to Old National Bank, Townsquare Media, Channels 7 & 25, Monsanto Company, Alcoa, Deaconess Clinic, Heritage Federal Credit Union, Prairie Farms, and PCI Skanska and Industrial Contractors Skanska. Please visit www.meskerparkzoo.com for more information.
Letter to the Editor From Rep. Gail Riecken
Dear Editor:
It never seems to fail.
Confronted with concerns about the effectiveness of a hotline that fails to address the needs of abused and neglected children, officials with the state’s Department of Child Services (DCS) respond by throwing around some big numbers.
More than 14,000 calls received in August. An average of 544 per weekday and nearly 200 on Saturdays or Sundays.
Fans of bureaucracy must be thrilled. Look at those numbers! Boy, just think of all the reports that are filed as a result. What a bunch of paperwork, huh?
This, of course, is part of the problem with the DCS and the administration that spawned it.
Set aside the large numbers of calls, and the underlying events that provoked them. We all should be shocked that abuse and neglect of our youngest and most innocent Hoosiers continues at such a high volume.
What is more important is what is being done with these calls. That is where the failure has occurred, and that is what has led to the ongoing investigation of DCS by a legislative study committee.
When the changes to the child welfare system were made in Indiana, the administration chose a direction that satisfied the needs of bureaucrats, but failed Hoosier children.
In response to continuing challenges of dealing with poor and inadequate computer systems, instead of just instituting better technology, the administration broke the system into pieces.
The administration wanted standardized forms for employees answering the abuse and neglect calls coming in. Instead of educating locals, the state hired people to staff a new call center in downtown Indianapolis.
Why do so many of us think this is the wrong direction?
Call centers can be very stressful work environments. An employer told me that it takes a special person to work in that kind of environment: isolated, sitting with head phones on eight hours every work day listening to complaints. Add to that the immediacy of making decisions that abuse and neglect call workers must make with every call and you have an even higher potential of stress on the job and eventual high turnover.
The philosophy of one call center for child abuse and neglect calls just doesn’t work.
A second criticism is that call center workers, despite their training, have little to no experience in the field. If a neighbor calls in a report suspecting that a child is being beaten, that call will not be immediately sent to local officials for assessment. More than likely, the call will be stored away. The local office eventually may review the call and find that it needs to be assessed, but the immediacy of the incident is lost.
Indianapolis workers don’t have relationships in this area. I have heard from professionals that their calls aren’t honored. One public defender in another county said that, of the 10 calls she has made on children she is personally aware of, only 1 call was investigated.
Call center workers should be the most experienced, best trained employees.
What should happen?
Instead of continually trying to justify a failed system, the administration should fess up, pick up the pieces of the puzzle and change direction.
I think a hybrid system of call centers closer to home would answer both criticisms of call centers. Rotate workers in and out. If there aren’t enough employees, eliminate the jobs in Indianapolis and bring them home.
Or bring in an independent contractor to evaluate how to answer the administration’s need for better record keeping and maintain a system that is cost effective and meets the needs of those Hoosiers who use it.
And stop thinking that big numbers automatically mean success. They don’t.
Sincerely,
Gail Riecken
State Representative
Indiana House District 77
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, September 18, 2012.
Jordan Anglin Dealing in Cocaine – Class B Felony
Kimball Armstead Dealing in Cocaine – Class B Felony
Devin Brittain Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony
Strangulation – Class D Felony
Criminal Confinement – Class D Felony
Intimidation – Class D Felony
Interference with the Reporting of a Crime – Class A Misdemeanor
Dorian Givens Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony (Two Counts)
Johnny Givens Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .15 or More – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Trey Happoldt Dealing in Cocaine – Class B Felony
Jayson Hayes Operating a Motor Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class C
Felony (Two Counts)
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Jeremiah Hinsey Resisting Law Enforcement – Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor
Dealing in Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
Failure to Stop After an Accident Resulting in Damage to an Unattended
Vehicle – Class B Misdemeanor
Nicholas Logsdon Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony (Three Counts)
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
Marc Madole Dealing in Cocaine – Class B Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
Benjamin Payne-Neuffer Burglary – Class C Felony
Attempted Theft – Class D Felony
Joshua Peter Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Jeffrey Ralstons Operating a Motor Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class D
Felony
Clinton Rumble Dealing in Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor
Anthony Scroggins Theft – Class D Felony
Terry Wells Child Molesting – Class A Felony
Child Molesting – Class C Felony (Two Counts)
Dalton Wilson Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .08 or More – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony (Two Counts)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Tommie Wilson Criminal Confinement –Class D Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Carly Settles at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at csettles@vanderburghgov.org.
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
SENTENCE CHART
Class Range
Murder 45-65 Years
Class A Felony 20-50 Years
Class B Felony 6-20 Years
Class C Felony 2-8 Years
Class D Felony ½ – 3 Years
Barry Blackard: An open letter to the Evansville Bar Association
Fellow EBA Members:
As the local judicial campaigns continue to grow closer, I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out to my fellow members of the Evansville Bar Association and introduce myself both as a candidate and as an individual. For those of you whom I have not already met, my name is Barry Blackard and I’m currently involved in a race to replace a current Superior Court Judge, Brett Niemeier.
I am a 32 year old native of Evansville, a graduate of Central High School, Indiana University, and the John Marshall School of Law. I began my legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Carl Heldt of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court. For the past 6 years, I have served as an attorney in the Vanderburgh County Public Defender Agency handling hundreds of felony criminal cases in both the Circuit and Superior Courts, including matters in the Juvenile Division. My wife Kristyn and I have two boys with a daughter to arrive after the first of the year.
The Vanderburgh Superior Court Juvenile – Probate division needs a change in leadership. The Court is not user friendly to attorneys or the general public. Since taking office in 2001, Mr. Niemeier has had an opportunity to address the longtime inefficiencies of this Court, but has chosen to do nothing. Just last week, all Paternity (JP) matters, which account for approximately 1/3 of Mr. Niemeier’s case load, were transferred to another division due to growing backlogs. Whatever the excuse, that is unacceptable. When elected, the Juvenile – Probate division of the Superior Court will no longer be just the Juvenile Delinquency/CHINS Court as it seems currently. Delinquency and CHINS matters will no longer be preferred over you and your client’s Estate matters.
As Judge, the following changes will take effect immediately: The Court will no longer micromanage your law practice Eliminate threatening mail correspondence from the Clerk and from the Court which can both embarrass the attorney and panic the client. The Court will strive to honor an attorney’s busy schedule and greatly reduce the time spent in court Group cases together with common litigants Reduce unnecessary “Progress Dates†The Court will finally conform with the filing procedures of the other Superior Court divisions Allow counsel to file mark and stamp Agreed Entries Allow your clerical staff and runners to initiate lawsuits Restore Due Process in CHINS matters The Court will no longer faithfully follow all DCS/CASA recommendations and will allow you to argue your client’s case on the merits The Court will work in partnership with the various committees and all members of the EBA to improve how the Court functions.
As a candidate challenging an incumbent judge, I would appreciate any feedback that you as EBA members and as practitioners have regarding the above proposes changes to the Juvenile – Probate division.
I hope that I can earn your support.
Barry Blackard
Candidate for Superior Court Judge
Judge Niemeier Responds to Opponent’ Allegations
Dear Fellow EBA Member,
It is truly a sad day when a judge is falsely attacked by his opponent in search of a favorable rating from the Bar and to try to win an election. If Mr. Blackard`s allegations were not so serious, his letter would have been humorous. Let me explain why:
Mr. Blackard has NEVER handled an estate, guardianship, trust, adoption, child in need of service, parental termination, or paternity case in my Court, but yet he makes bold allegations against me, my staff, and my Court. According to computer records, Mr. Blackard has actually only been involved in 68 misdemeanor cases in my Court, when he was being trained as a public defender. That was approximately four years ago. Now he claims he knows how to run my Court.
I hate to bore you with the facts, but I feel compelled, since Mr. Blackard cannot justify his false assertions. First, he claims, “Since taking office in 2001, Mr. Niemeier has had an opportunity to address the longtime inefficiencies of this Court, but has chosen to do nothing.†That quote is preposterous. Prior to Mr. Blackard attending law school, I spearheaded an effort in adding another courtroom to handle the ever increasing caseload of the Court. Our Court sessions literally doubled over the next 6 years to accommodate this explosion of cases. I added court sessions in every area of the law that my Court handles. My clerical staff, which hasn`t had a new employee added in my 11 years on the bench, has been crossed trained to do almost every job within the Court for better efficiency and service to the public. We are now open at lunch and I personally sit on the bench more than any other judge in the area. The Supreme Court “caseload measures†make it clear that I could be cloned and that the caseload would still be more than recommended.
Mr. Blackard also claims that if elected, delinquencies and CHINS will no longer be preferred over probate and he would eliminate “threatening mail correspondence†from the Clerk and Court. The only mail correspondence which goes out to attorneys is standard form letters informing attorneys when they miss a deadline in probate and guardianship cases. These letters are polite. The first letter simply says, “I would appreciate your attention to this matter as soon as possible.†When the Court does not receive feedback, a second letter is sent which states “Your immediate attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated.†In cases when an attorney still does not correspond, in any fashion, the Court sets the matter for hearing with a standard order to appear. The letters are courteous and straight forward; no threats are made.
Probate has always been an important part of my Court. Mr. Blackard claims that I have not worked with the Bar to improve probate, but nothing could be further from the truth. As an example, to eliminate inconsistencies, I stopped having magistrates rotate through this Court. This was a suggestion of the probate bar. I also added two additional sessions a month for probate matters. Several years ago I met with the members of the probate bar to rewrite the probate rules and the probate bar committee was put in charge of proposing all new rules and a new fee schedule. Proudly, their new rules were enacted and are still used to this day. Earlier this year I appeared before the probate committee and gave a status report and took questions concerning probate matters. Recently, after hearing that members of the probate bar wanted to allow their runners to file guardianships, I implemented a pilot program for this change. I have also met with the family law bar committee to improve the Court. Several suggestions were implemented, prior to the paternities being transferred to Division IV. The truth of the matter is that I have had an open door policy for ANY attorney to make suggestions on how to improve my Court and we have enacted almost all of these suggestions. Of course, recently the Superior Court Judges created a new family division. I take pride in assisting with this restructuring.
Lastly, Mr. Blackard also makes an extremely serious charge that he will “Restore Due Process in CHINS cases.†To claim that I do not follow Due Process law and for him to boldly assert that an attorney can`t “argue the case on the merits†is simply a lie. I challenge Mr. Blackard to come up with even one case where I did not allow an attorney to fairly argue their case. To claim that I simply follow all DCS/CASA recommendations is laughable. Quite frankly, the public defenders and DCS attorneys who handle these cases grow tired of my patience when allowing the parents or opposing counsel to be heard. I treat everybody in my court with the utmost respect and never prejudge a case.
What is truly disturbing about these allegations are that they are being made with a total disregard to the truth. Unsubstantiated and false allegations hurt the Court`s reputation and I fear that the Bar who doesn`t practice in my Court might wonder whether they contain some truth. I assure you they do not and if you would like to contact the attorneys who regularly practice in my Court please do. I have already heard from numerous attorneys who are appalled by these assertions. I close by restating how I began, it is a sad day when a young attorney makes false allegations against a judge. I take great pride in my Court, my staff, my fairness, my integrity, and my work ethic. In 2008, I was honored with the Kinsey award, the highest honor that a Juvenile Judge can receive in the State of Indiana. I think that speaks volumes to the dedication that I have to the public and my Court.
Sincerely,
Brett J. Niemeier
Superior Court Judge –Juvenile/Probate Division
A Policy of Over-Spending: Are Civil Engineers’ Donations Dictating Policy? By Brad Linzy
A Policy of Over-Spending: Are Civil Engineers’ Donations Dictating Policy?
By Brad Linzy
Over the last couple days, partly spurred by curiosity, partly by a suspicion that there is more going on with the Roberts Stadium demolition deal than meets the eye, I sat about the task of pouring over then-candidate for Mayor Lloyd Winneke’s donor reports. In the course of this research one thing has become apparent – by far the most generous donors to now-Mayor Winnecke’s campaign tended to be from people who sit at the helms of civil engineering firms.
I want to say up front and in all fairness, I see no problem with individuals donating to a cause or campaign for honest reasons and without any expectation of quid pro quo, but it seems to me the sheer number and sizes of the donations given to this Mayor by people in the field of civil engineering – i.e. people who work at firms that deal directly with municipalities building bridges, roads, levees, managing waste water, building parks, bike trails, etc. – is telling of at least a hope these engineering executives have of ingratiating themselves to someone in a position to direct civic policy.
Of course, the Mayor is not in a position to hand out a contract directly to a crony, but he is certainly in a position to set policy that will lead to opportunities for contracts where they otherwise might not exist, e.g. Robert’s Stadium, its demolition, and the creation of a park and pedestrian bridge. In this policy decision alone there exists the opportunity to take bids on multiple contracts for different stages of the project.
First, as we have seen, the contents needed to be auctioned off, so a contract was needed for that. Next, the demolition of the building will require a contract and bids have already ballooned to 4x their initial estimates for that. Next, the parking lot will need to be demolished, and it’s possible that could get done under a separate contract. Then the park will need to be built…another contract. And let’s not forget that pedestrian bridge; that should be a nice, juicy contract for some lucky firm.
So we see that in this one policy decision alone, there could be at least FIVE different contracts with potentially FIVE different firms who may or may not have contributed to the campaign of this Mayor. We know already that Andrew Wilson of Wilson’s Auction, which got the contract for 10% of the auctioned contents, was a donor. Let’s take a look at some of the civil engineering firms that gave large sums to this Mayor’s campaign and guess at who might end up in the cat bird’s seat to receive some of these remaining contracts. Keep in mind, a donation does not necessarily equate to impropriety.
I will be using information from the following link for my data, which I don’t believe is comprehensive: https://city-countyobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Winnecke-Campaign-Pre-Election-Report-Oct-14-2011.pdf
Phil Kuntz is Executive Vice President at Janssen & Spaans Engineering, Inc. Based in Indianapolis, this firm specializes in bridges, but also does everything from sewers to subdivision designs. Kuntz gave $2500 to the Winnecke campaign. http://www.jsengr.com/
Keith Lochmueller is a partner at Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. (BLA). Based in Evansville, this is the firm that built the Evansville Riverfront Plaza and designed the Aztar Hotel complex. They seem to specialize in wastewater management and sewer systems, but they do about everything else too. Lochmueller gave $10,500 cumulative to the Winnecke campaign. http://www.blainc.com/index.html
Ed Jolliffe is the President of Hannum, Wagle and Cline Engineering. They too specialize in wastewater and stormwater drainage, but they do other things as well like a new Aquatic Center in Newcastle and the city center of French Lick. They have four offices, two of which are in Terre Haute and Indianapolis. Jolliffe gave $2500 to Winnecke. His partner David Hannum of the same firm gave $1000. http://www.hwcengineering.com/index.html
Willis (Rick) Conner is President, COO and Co-owner American Structurepoint Inc. This firm is based in Indianapolis with an office in Evansville and they build everything from Interstate exchanges to IMAX theatres. They also do sewers, site planning for parks, you name it. Conner gave a cumulative $8000 to Winnecke. http://www.structurepoint.com/
Martin Wessler is Chairman and CEO of Wessler Engineering. They are based in Indianapolis, but also have an office on Vogel Rd. in Evansville. They do everything pertaining to water, electrical, bridge construction and urban planning. Wessler and his firm gave $2500 to Winnecke. http://www.wesslerengineering.com/
John Brand is an Executive at Butler, Fairman, & Seufert. Here is yet another Indy-based company that does it all, including bridges, parks and sewer. Brand gave $2350 to Winnecke. http://www.bfsengr.com/
David Hynes is an engineer at Commonwealth Engineers. This company seems to specialize in sewers and recently put in a bid for an Evansville Westside community project. Hynes gave $1600 to Winnecke. http://www.commonwealth-engineers.com/
Jorge Lanz is President of Jacobi, Toombs & Lanz, Inc. (JTL) out of Louisville. They have their hands in many pies as well, including completion of a softball complex in Clarksville. Lanz gave $1000 to Winnecke. http://www.jtleng.com/staff.htm
Powers Engineering is an Evansville firm. They seem to specialize in water and sewer. They gave $1000 to Winnecke. http://www.powersengineeringinc.com/
Adam Westermann is an engineer at Black & Veatch, who has an office in Indy. They do everything from water to energy to telecom. Westermann gave $1500 to Winnecke. http://bv.com/
Steven Fehribach works for A&F Engineering out of Indy. They specialize in traffic control and road building. Fehribach gave $2000 to Winnecke. http://www.af-eng.com/
All told in the records I’ve seen, Winnecke received nearly $40,000 from individuals whose occupation was in civil engineering. As I said before, a political donation does not necessarily equate to impropriety or quid pro quo. It is possible that some of these people are just honest businessmen trying to put their company on equal footing with other firms. They could just really like Lloyd Winnecke. However, when a President or CEO of an Indianapolis-based firm takes such a keen interest in the politics of a town in which he does not reside, it is clear his gift is a calculated business decision, and when a local civil engineering executive gives in excess of $10,000 to a Mayoral campaign, a reasonable man can only conclude he believes his money will come back to him in kind.
The question is what effect, if any, have all these gifts had on Mayor Winnecke’s policy decisions? The question should be asked, if the Mayor had received none of these large gifts from civil engineering firms, would he have advocated a sale of the Roberts Stadium property? Such a move would have still resulted in an auctioneer contract, but no others.
Is it possible that what we are seeing here is the normal modus operandi for politicians and their donors? Do donors support politicians only insofar as their support is rewarded with a slice of some future pie? And do politicians avoid making policy decisions that would save the taxpayers he represents money in favor of policies which spend the maximum amount he can get away with politically? In the case of Lloyd Winnecke, the answer to these questions appears to be a resounding “yesâ€.
IS IT TRUE September 19, 2012
IS IT TRUE September 19, 2012
IS IT TRUE that today is of all things designated as International Talk Like A Pirate Day?…all of us need a little light hearted fun in this world gone wild so let’s just go with it for a sentence or two?…them scurvy scalawags that calls themselves City Centre Properties from the norther territories of Carmel is still the owners of record of the McCurdy Hotel and that them barstards still hadn’t paid ther taxes, arrrrgh?…them two lilly livered sidewinders runnin for President are both caught by the other sneaky camp on videos that makes em both look unfit to run a fast food joint, arrrrgh?…in the eye of an economic hurricane stirred up by the Kracken that we are hearin more about sneaky videos and sneakier Princess Kate’s topless photos than we are about fixin things, aaargh?…it is time for politicians from the Civic Center to the White House to walk the plank if they don’t start doing things right and talkin about policy mateys?
IS IT TRUE that according to Civic Center Moles the auction company signs still hanging on the side of Roberts Stadium and on the marquee along the Lloyd Expressway served their purpose last month?…that even the Planning and Zoning Commission has figured this out and is ready to serve notice to the Wilson Auction Company to removed the signs or face whatever consequences of not complying are?…that letting this slide for so long and the deer in the headlights look when confronted with it are just the latest in the discovery process of laziness and/or just a plain old let it slide attitude in the Civic Center?
IS IT TRUE we at the CCO are pleased to hear that the Chicago Teacher’s Union has voted to accept the deal they have extorted from the City of Chicago and will be returning to the classrooms they are paid very well to teach in?…this does not make them less selfish and it does not get the children of Chicago back the time spent out of the classroom and in some cases walking the streets of Chicago?…the head of the CTU doesn’t look like she has been missing many meals standing at the lectern and ranting like Jabba the Hut on crack?…the CTU served as bad examples to the kids they are paid to serve?…that Chicago just came off of a summer of killing like no other in the city’s history?…this came on the heels of what is claimed to be the nation’s strictest gun control laws?…Chicago has taken the first step in proving that gun control increases crime as 2nd Amendment supporters have asserted for years?
IS IT TRUE that it would be refreshing if the candidates for President and their campaigns would start to talk about what they propose to jump start an economy that is the worst it has been in 70 years?…in a world where countries are going under over excessive debt and a country where unemployment has stagnated at an unacceptable level while wages fall, housing collapses, taxes are uncertain, and the Arab world is howling for America’s demise, we are entertained with sneaky videos about the candidates and a naked princess?…we learned nothing new from all of this diversion?…we already knew that 47% of the tax returns filed had no income tax liability?…we already knew that President Obama is a proponent of redistribution of income?…we already suspected (we knew) that Princess Kate is one fine lady to look at?…it is time for the candidates for President and their campaigns to start talking substance and stop the idiotic elementary school gotcha stuff?…if the election were today and “none of the above†were a serious option that would be the best choice?…we hope that changes and that these two diversionists get on about the business of earning votes as opposed to buying them?
IS IT TRUE that the amount of unsolicited information coming our way after yesterday’s IS IT TRUE Part 2 regarding the reconciliation of the City of Evansville’s finances stacked up quickly and is under review?…there is obviously a pent up desire to rat some folks out in the Civic Center and our inboxes prove it?…we are pleased to be getting this information but will be very careful about publishing things that may be embellished a bit and could do some serious damage?