Alisa Almuly Palmeri will speak with students at three area schools.
Some middle school students in Evansville who are studying the Holocaust will have an opportunity to meet and speak with a woman who lived through it this week.
Alisa Palmeri and her family fled from the Nazi’s during World War II, traveling from Yugoslavia, to Italy, where an entire Italian town worked together to protect and care for them. She will share her story with students at EVSC’s Thompkins Middle School on Thursday, May 2, at 10 a.m.
The media is encouraged to attend the event at Thompkins. Palmeri will also work with students at Plaza Park International Prep Academy and Holy Rosary School. For information on arranging interviews at those locations, please call or email the contact person above.
Palmeri’s visit is sponsored by the Committee to Promote Respect in Schools (CYPRESS).
For more information on Mrs. Palmeri, visit: http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/05/19/wartime_hospitality_steeped_in_courage?pg=full
About CYPRESS: CYPRESS is a local organization dedicated to using the lessons of the Holocaust and other atrocities to create a kinder, more respectful world.â€
CYPRESS has also sponsored teacher trainings in the Holocaust and Civil Rights and recently launched an anti-bullying initiative called HEART. HEART is a collection of tools, activities and materials written by teachers designed to prevent school bullying. For more information on CYPRESS visit…www.cypressevansville.org
Earlier today, North High School was on lockdown very briefly, because it was believed that an unauthorized individual was in the building. The School Resource Officer was on the scene and it was determined quickly that it was a current student who was out of dress code and wearing a ball cap in the hallway. The lockdown was lifted after just a few minutes.
Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
Evan Beach Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Katrina Bennett Receiving Stolen Property-Class D Felony
Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
Michael Clavin II Intimidation-Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor
Mario Meriweather Child Molesting-Class C Felony
Public Intoxication-Class B Misdemeanor
Christopher Nichols Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .08 or More-Class C Felony
(Enhanced to a D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated- Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Driving While Suspended-Class A Misdemeanor
Adam Vincent Dealing in Marijuana-Class C Felony
Dealing in Marijuana-Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana-Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Receiving Stolen Property-Class D Felony
Cicely Cobb Theft-Class D Felony
Criminal Trespass-Class A Misdemeanor
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Trenton Duncan Dealing in a Schedule I Controlled Substance-Class B Felony
Dealing in a Counterfeit Substance-Class D Felony
Henry Hunter Criminal Confinement-Class C Felony
Residential Entry-Class D Felony
Strangulation-Class D Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury-Class A Misdemeanor
Angela Miller Possession of Methamphetamine-Class C Felony
Misty Willett Resisting Law Enforcement-Class D Felonies (Two Counts)
Reckless Driving-Class B Misdemeanor
Failure to Stop After Accident Resulting in Non-Vehicle Damage-Class B
Misdemeanor
Antonio Bushrod Jr Possession of Cocaine-Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor
James Ellis Operating a Vehicle as a Habitual Traffic Violator-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.
April 30, 2013, Robert Hicks, age 56, was convicted of killing his girlfriend, Anna Jochem, in July of 2012 in Vanderburgh County Circuit Court. Hicks’ faces 45-65 years. Judge David Kiely will sentence Hicks on May 28, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
“We’re pleased with the verdict and hope it gives the family some closure to move on from this horrific tragedy,†Prosecutor Nick Hermann said Tuesday. “We want to thank the Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators from the Evansville Police Department for their dedication and hard-work on this case.â€
For further information on the case 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.
MELISSA EMGE-BEVERLY OF HEALTHSOUTH DEACONESS
NAMED REGIONAL FINALIST FOR HEALTHSOUTH OUTSTANDING
EMPLOYEE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – HealthSouth, the nation’s leading provider of inpatient rehabilitative care, has named Melissa Emge-Beverly, occupational therapist at HealthSouth Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital as one of six finalists for its annual Outstanding Employee Achievement Award. The six regional finalists are selected from more than 22,000 HealthSouth employees in 27 states to receive this honor.
Employees are selected based on their performance in four areas: contributions to extraordinary patient experience, team spirit and cooperation, commitment to continuous quality improvement and going above and beyond the call of duty. Winners are first selected at each of HealthSouth’s 100 hospitals, then narrowed down at the regional level and one overall winner was announced May 1 at a dinner the night before the Company’s annual shareholder meeting in Birmingham, Ala.
“Melissa believes in what we do and what we stand for here at HealthSouth. During her 16 years of dedicated service, she has helped countless lives improve and return home,†says Barb Butler, chief executive officer of HealthSouth Deaconess. “Her professionalism, knowledge base, personality, work ethic, positive attitude and belief in our company make her a fantastic choice for this honor.â€
Melissa serves as an instructor and assisted with the development of HealthSouth’s Hip Fracture course. She also serves as an instructor and played a key part in the launch of HealthSouth’s STOP initiative, the first nationally-recognized program for safe patient mobility that is specifically designed for rehabilitation patients and has changed the culture of how clinicians move patients. Melissa also serves as a fieldwork instructor for local occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students and was honored as the hospital’s Clinician of the Year for 2012.
About HealthSouth Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital
HealthSouth Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital, a joint venture partner with Deaconess Health System, is an 80-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services designed to return patients to leading active and independent lives. Serving patients throughout the tri-state area, the hospital is located at 4100 Covert Avenue in Evansville and on the Web at www.healthsouthdeaconess.com.
About HealthSouth
HealthSouth is the nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in terms of patients treated and discharged, revenues and number of hospitals. Operating in 28 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves patients through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation satellite clinics and home health agencies. HealthSouth’s hospitals provide a higher level of rehabilitative care to patients who are recovering from conditions such as stroke and other neurological disorders, orthopedic, cardiac and pulmonary conditions, brain and spinal cord injuries, and amputations. HealthSouth can be found on the Web at www.healthsouth.com.
IS IT TRUE in ancient times legend has it that a city and its leaders with great ambitions and the labors of their subjects at their beckon call embarked upon a construction project that was to cement (or tar as some versions say) their glory forever as lords of the earth?…most cultures have such legends and some even have ruins to point to as lessons to their children not to spend their time and money of foolish pursuits of arrogance?…the legend is known to most of us who grew up with Judeo-Christian influences as the story of the Tower of Babel?…it seems as though many cities in modern America have at one time or another borrowed money and forced their taxpaying constituents to build their own versions of Towers of Babel?…Evansville has been guilty of erecting Towers of Babel in the past and all indications are that another such group of projects are about to be undertaken?…Towers of Babel seldom work out well for their builders?
IS IT TRUE the latest assertions coming from Mayor Winnecke’s office are that it is time to make haste and to not wait another hour before voting his administration the authority to borrow money to go forward with spending $37.5 Million taxpayer dollars (before interest and overruns) on getting a convention hotel in downtown Evansville?…the City County Observer agrees with some of the claims of supporters of this project with respect to making Evansville a slightly easier sale to conventions looking for a place to convene?…the 256 rooms proposed will indeed make a good resting place for 256 people who attend each convention we would not have otherwise gotten?…that is a drop in the bucket of attendees at major conventions?…while 256 Doubletree (3 Star hotel) may take Evansville a bit closer to becoming “Lord of the Flies†on the irrelevant convention circuit, it will not make us a major player?…for this reason and for the reason that public dollars should not be used to subsidize private business in a capitalistic society even though we recognize some value from this hotel, the CCO believes this to be a fool’s errand, a cover-up for a flawed Ford Center design, and the next monopoly piece in 21st Century Evansville’s TOWER OF BABEL?
IS IT TRUE that government has seen this rush to act many times and the most recent large and visible case being the rapid passing of ObamaCare jammed through the United States Congress without sufficient time to think or even read what it said?…then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi even had the arrogance and gall to state on camera “we have to pass it to see what it isâ€?…these words have become an albatross around her neck and a rallying cry to opponents to ObamaCare in its present form as the architects of the plan distance themselves and refer to its implementation as A TRAIN WRECK?…the willful failure to think things through completely and the rush to pass this subsidy before knowing the fate of the watered down proposal that Evansville government has made to the EPA mandate to fix our sewers is short sighted and deserving of a PRINCE OF BABEL award?…it is even more disturbing that the opponents to this rush to subsidy stayed on the couch or the porch Monday night when the parade of beneficiaries of such projects all showed up to sing praises to this Tower of Babel project at Monday night’s meeting of the City Council?
IS IT TRUE packing the podium with friendly beneficiaries is a trick mastered by the Weinzapfel Administration to make it look like the arena project enjoyed broad support and the Winnecke Administration is now playing the exact same cards?…the complacency of the public enabled the Weinzapfel Administration to have its way and if the public stays on the couch in silence soon Evansville will be borrowing over $100 Million to subsidize a hotel, read water meters from space, build another park or two, and who knows what else?…this will all be rushed through BEFORE WE KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE AUDITS OF THE FORD CENTER, ITS IT PROJECT, AND WHETHER OUR IMMEDIATE SEWER REPAIR BILL WILL BE $250 MILLION OR $600 MILLION?…this rush makes as much sense as a two year old urging its mother to spend the family food budget on candy and ice cream as opposed to good food?…these Towers of Babel are all going to happen unless the people of this fair city take the initiative to make their thoughts knows?…the adjectives to describe those who fall for the same tricks over and over are not flattering?…we shall know by the end of the summer whose Evansville this really is and if we are all to be treated to two years in Babylon playing out in downtown Evansville once again?
In 2002 Heather Ricketts was approached by her sister-in-law, Lori Ricketts, with an opportunity to start their own business on the west side of Evansville. Heather recognized the opportunity to do something she’d always wanted to do, and jumped on the idea. Having taken time to materialize their vision the two opened 2nd Hand Chic a short time later on Broadway Avenue. The two worked together for the first couple years until Lori left the business and opened an electrical contracting company with her husband. Since then Heather has moved the business to 716 N. Sonntag Ave. in the Westside Plaza next to El Charro.
The “Home Grown, Home Owned†2nd Hand Chic specializes in woman’s and junior’s designer clothes and accessories. Due to the changing seasons the shop is always running a sale on certain items. 2nd Hand Chic has an outstanding turnover in terms of product and has over 950 consignees so there is always a nice variety of sizes and styles. 2nd Hand Chic is full of blouses, jeans, handbags, jackets, and suits and the store receives new items daily. “ I like my customers more than anything†said Heather, “I love the fact that my customers have the opportunity to make some money from their clothes rather than them going to landfills.â€
Heather definitely experiences a symbiotic relationship with her customers, and it is not uncommon to see her staying open past her 5 pm closing time if there are people still interested in shopping through the many racks of clothing that fill her store. It is also often that Mrs. Ricketts pulls clothes off of the racks to give to any number of charity organizations. “Any product we have that does not sell we donate to charity.†Heather told me, “Currently we have given to the EVSC clothing bank, Ft. Campbell for soldiers and their families, different church clothing banks, as well as the victims of hurricane Katrina and the 2006 tornado that ripped through the tri-state area. Lately, we have been donating quite a bit to the Rescue Mission. It feels great to help and give back to those in need.â€
Heather’s consignment shop is rated one of Evanville’s favorite consignment shops. This serves as not only a huge compliment but as a testament to the way Heather runs her business and treats those that shop in her store. In the past Heather has held fashion shows with the clothes from her store as well as other fun promotions. The best way to stay on top of these events is by checking in and liking 2nd Hand Chic’s Facebook page. The store also runs sales off of the Facebook page in the “mention this post†style as well as updates to new products the store receives. The store is currently having a sale on all winter products. 2nd Hand Chic’s store hours are Tuesday – Friday 10-5, and Saturday 11-3. The store is closed Sunday and Monday. Inquiring customer’s can reach Heather by calling the store at (812) 422-6273.
Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Joshua Colbert Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony (Two Counts)
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Dealing in Marijuana-Class D Felony
Rodney Dubose Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury-Class D Felony
Paul Lukac Burglary-Class B Felony
Burglary While Armed with a Deadly Weapon-Class B Felony
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Tyler Riney Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony (Two Counts)
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Dealing in Marijuana-Class D Felony
Michael Schroeder Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Disorderly Conduct-Class B Misdemeanor
Logan Smith Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Visiting a Common Nuisance-Class B Misdemeanor
Eric Crowe Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon-Class B Felony
Possession of Cocaine-Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
Justin Henschen Burglary-Class B Felony
Burglary While Armed with a Deadly Weapon-Class B Felony
Charles Schoenbaum Domestic Battery-Class A Misdemeanor Enhanced D Felony
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Regene Newman at 812.435.5156 or via e-mail at rinewman@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
Class A Misdemeanor 0-1 Year
Class B Misdemeanor 0-180 Days
Class C Misdemeanor 0-60 Days
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I thought you might like to read what my friend and legislative colleague, Greg Porter, has to say about some of the political posturing going on up at the Statehouse in the wake of a 2013 legislation that I have had to characterize as one of “squandered opportunities:”
Don’t believe Republican tax cut talk: their “tax cuts” are phantom
INDIANAPOLIS – State Rep. Greg Porter (D-Indianapolis), ranking Democrat on the Indiana House Ways & Means Committee, today issued the following statement responding to Republican claims about the “tax cuts” enacted during the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly:
“People have come to expect overheated rhetoric about legislative accomplishments, but the Republican claims that this past session saw the largest tax cuts in Indiana history simply are not passing any sort of sniff test. I know that sounds nice and juicy and large and makes for good headlines, but these are phantom tax cuts that offer little relief where it is needed the most.
“Let us examine some of the ‘work’ that has been done:
“Hoosiers will see their state income tax rate cut from 3.4 to 3.3 percent, effective January 1, 2015. Not now, not next year, but the year after that. Then they will have to wait another two years—January 1, 2017, to be exact—before seeing it cut from 3.3 to 3.23 percent.
“What will that cut mean for the average Hoosier, who makes about $50,000 a year? In two years, it will mean about a buck a week. Two years after that, another buck a week in savings.
“And that, for all the talk about these cuts, is what most Hoosiers are going to see from this legislative ‘windfall.’
“Most of us will see nothing from the elimination of the inheritance tax, unless we have relatives die. Most of us don’t own corporations and financial institutions, so we won’t benefit from reductions in taxes affecting those areas.
“If we are to be honest as well, we might as well admit that some of these tax cuts—inheritance, for example—already have been in effect for a few years now.
“In 2012, we began the process of phasing out the inheritance tax over a nine-year period. That we decided to speed it up doesn’t mean we already weren’t heading down the road. We just aren’t being completely honest about how many will benefit from its elimination.
“Cutting taxes has been a bipartisan tradition for quite a few years now.
“In 1997, when Democrats controlled the House, we cut property and income taxes. In 1999, when Democrats controlled the House, we cut property taxes again. In 2002, when Democrats controlled the House, we repealed the corporate gross income tax and cut property taxes again. In 2004, when Democrats controlled the House, we began the process of phasing out the inventory tax. In 2007, when Democrats controlled the House, we cut property taxes again. In 2008, when Democrats controlled the House, we enacted the largest property tax cut in history.
“I would argue any or all of these cuts were as substantial as those passed this year.â€
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As always, please contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns related to our state government. Here is how you can stay in touch: call my office toll-free at 1-800-382-9842; write to me in care of the Indiana House of Representatives, 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204; or email me at h77@iga.in.gov.
