News Advisory – Lorraine Pool Temporarily Closed for Repairs

Lorraine Pool is closed today and tomorrow (June 5 & 6) due to a broken controller that is being replaced. The controller keeps the chemical levels in the pool adjusted properly. Swim team practice has been moved to Anthony Oates, 2599 Sunburst Blvd., today and tomorrow. The repair will not affect swim lessons, which starts next week.

Sen. Becker: Gov. Pence Signs Bill Giving Hoosiers

STATEHOUSE (June 4, 2013) — Legislation sponsored by State Sen. Vaneta Becker (R- Evansville) to allow Hoosiers more direct access to needed physical therapy services was signed into law today by Gov. Mike Pence.

House Enrolled Act 1034 eliminates the requirement that patients obtain a general physician or chiropractor referral in order to be treated by a physical therapist for 24 days or less. If treatment goes beyond 24 calendar days, then the patient must seek a referral. Becker said this policy enables Indiana residents to play a more active role in their health-care decisions, and will save both time and money.

“I have spent more than 20 years working to open up access to physical therapy services for Hoosiers. Today’s initiative will benefit both patients and the health-care industry by removing an unnecessary barrier to care,” Becker said. “Patients will be spending less time waiting for referrals and more time healing.”

HEA 1034 takes effect July 1, 2013

For the next two weeks, 29 area students will get an up close and personal look at the field of medicine at the 23rd annual Deaconess/EVSC Health Science Institute (HIS). Students participating in HSI will live on the campus of Deaconess Hospital for the two-week camp that started Sunday and will hear from more than 100 health professionals, participate in 12 different clinical rotations and explore Deaconess facilities, local universities, Purdue University and Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis.

Highlights for this year’s camp will include:

· Wednesday, June 5, 12:30 p.m., Deaconess Main Campus – students participate in triage training

· Wednesday, June 5, 6 p.m., Deaconess Gateway Campus – Students dressed in scrubs will operate daVinci surgical robot.

· Sunday, June 9, 6:30 p.m., Deaconess Main Campus – Local anesthesiologist will bring machines for students to experiment with.

· Tuesday, June 11, 3:30 p.m., Deaconess Main Campus – Local cardiothoracic surgeon will lead students through heart dissections.

· Wednesday, June 12, 2 p.m., Deaconess Main Campus – students will make splints and casts for each other.

Since the program’s inception in 1991, more than 500 students have participated, many of whom are now serving in the healthcare field as physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, respiratory therapists and others.

Let’s Get Crazy Tour

Friday, November 8 @ 7:00pm

Seats are $39.50 and $29.50.
Tickets go on-sale Tuesday, June 21st at 10:00am.

Tickets available at The Centre Box Office, Ticketmaster online or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

THE CENTRE

Dancing with Our Stars – June 8

Tri-State Business Expo – July 11

PEF/EVSC Summer Musical “Beauty and the Beast” – July 11-14

J&J Ventures Dart & Pool Tournament – Aug. 2-4

100 Men Who Cook – Aug. 24

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County – Oct. 17 @ 7:30pm

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

Visit www.smgevansville.com for more information.

State’s mortgage servicing abuse payments total $26.3 million

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced today that checks will be sent out next week to eligible Indiana borrowers who are part of the National Mortgage Settlement.

Eligible borrowers had their mortgage serviced by one of the settlement’s five participating mortgage servicers, lost their home to foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011, and submitted a valid claim form. Eligible Hoosiers can expect a check for about $1,480 which will be dropped in the mail between Monday, June 10 and Monday, June 17.

The participating servicers include Ally (formerly GMAC), Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. Zoeller said 18,448 checks totaling $26.3 million will be sent to Indiana consumers, and about 55.9 percent of eligible borrowers submitted a claim – which is comparable to the national response rate of 55 percent.

“These payments are meant to help compensate borrowers for mortgage servicing abuse,” Zoeller said. “The National Mortgage Settlement payments and the new mortgage servicing standards under the review of a national monitor will help ensure the public is protected from similar errors in the future.”

Zoeller said the payment does not limit a borrower from seeking relief through a separate lawsuit or other claims.

Nationally, the settlement administrator will mail valid claim payments to 962,278 loan records totaling $1.5 billion from June 10 through June 17.

In February 2012, 49 state attorneys general and the federal government announced the historic joint state-federal National Mortgage Settlement with the country’s five largest mortgage servicers. Preliminary data shows that, so far, the servicers have provided more than $50 billion in direct settlement relief to borrowers nationwide, much more than originally expected.

A relatively small number of borrowers will not receive a check in the initial mailing or will receive a split payment.
•Some borrowers will receive a check for less than the approximate $1,480 payment in situations where borrowers are divorced or separated and no longer live at the same address. The full per-loan amount will be paid on these loans, but the payment will be evenly split between the borrowers.
•A small number of borrowers who submitted a claim form but do not have a valid Social Security number on file will be delayed in receiving their payments while tax-related issues are addressed.
•Two servicers recently provided information on an additional 31,000 borrowers, and thus they could not be included in this distribution. Later this summer, these consumers will receive a notice and will have the opportunity to submit a payment application.

Every borrower who filed a claim will receive a letter regarding their outcome. Borrowers with questions about their National Mortgage Settlement payment should call the settlement administrator at 1-866-430-8358.

Indiana’s overall share of the settlement was about $145 million. Of that, approximately $100 million was used as direct assistance to Indiana borrowers who lost their homes due to foreclosure, or to distressed borrowers who seek to refinance and save their homes. The Indiana Attorney General’s Office received $43.8 million, with $28.8 million of that dedicated by the Legislature to the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the rest committed to the Consumer Protection Division and its Homeowner Protection Unit (HPU) and other efforts to prevent foreclosure.

“Indiana’s Legislature wisely channeled the settlement funds my office received into a fund to assist low-income homeowners who were most at-risk to be foreclosed upon and also the most likely to have difficulty paying their energy bills,” Zoeller said.

National Mortgage Settlement, Independent Foreclosure Review payments are separate

The IFR settlement is unrelated and separate from the National Mortgage Settlement and does not include the same governmental agencies. The IFR payments began in mid-April of 2013, and the OCC announced that final payments will be mailed in mid-July. For more information on the OCC Independent Foreclosure Review settlement, go to www.OCC.gov and click on Independent Foreclosure Review.