Organization: Property Owners and Managers Association of Evansville
When: April, 24, 2012 6:30 PM
Where: Browning Room, Central Library
The Evansville Police Department is preparing to launch a new Crime Free Housing Program. The Crime Free Multi-Housing Program is a, state-of-the-art, crime prevention program designed to reduce crime, drugs, and gangs on apartment properties. This program was successfully developed at the Mesa Arizona Police Department in 1992. The International Crime Free Multi-Housing Program have spread to nearly 2,000 cities in 44 U.S. states, 5 Canadian Provinces, Mexico, England, Finland, Japan, Russia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Puerto Rico. Australia has expressed interest in adopting the program.
The program consists of three phases that must be completed under the supervision of the local police department. Property managers can become individually certified after completing training in each phase and the property becomes certified upon successful completion of all three phases.
The anticipated benefits are reduced police calls for service, a more stable resident base, and reduced exposure to civil liability.
Increasingly, law enforcement finds that crime problems often migrate from apartment communities to condominium rentals and then to single family home rentals. This is especially true for organized crime, marijuana growers, methamphetamine labs, and gang activity. These criminals prefer the privacy, extra storage, and absence of daily on-site property management.
These private landlords soon find that the problems associated with serious criminal activity are beyond their ability to control. It cannot be solved by law enforcement intervention alone because of landlord-tenant and privacy laws. To solve the problem it requires a community-based solution like the Crime Free Rental Housing Program.
The Crime Free Rental Housing Program is a, state-of-the-art, crime prevention program designed to reduce crime, drugs, and gangs on small rental properties
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2012 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES # ELECTED CAND. # CANDIDATE NAME
President of the United States 1
2 NEWT GINGRICH
3 RON PAUL
4 MITT ROMNEY
5 RICK SANTORUM
United States Senator 1
6 RICHARD G. LUGAR
7 RICHARD E. MOURDOCK
Governor 1 8 MIKE PENCE
United States Representative 8th District 1
9 LARRY D. BUCSHON
10 KRISTI RISK
State Senator District 50 1 11 VANETA BECKER
State Representative District 64 1
12 JAMES AMICK
13 THOMAS W. WASHBURNE
State Representative District 76 1 14 WENDY (MAC) MCNAMARA
State Representative District 77 1
15 LEVON M. DOZIER
16 ALAN LEIBUNDGUTH
State Representative District 78 1 17 SUZANNE CROUCH
Clerk of the Circuit Court 1
18 J D STROUTH
19 DEBBIE G. STUCKI
20 HEATHER ZOSS
County Recorder 1
County Treasurer 1 21 SUSAN K. KIRK
County Coroner 1 22 FRANK E. COLEMAN
County Surveyor 1
County Commissioner District One 1 23 JOE KIEFER
County Commissioner District Three 1
County Council at Large 3 24 ANGELA KOEHLER LINDSEY
25 JEREMY C. MEEKS
Precinct Committeeman Ward One Precinct 1 1
26 TOM COHOON
27 BRAD LINZY
Precinct Committeeman Ward Two Precinct 13 1
28 SID PETERSON
29 JOHN A. WORTHINGTON
Precinct Committeeman Ward Six Precinct 3 1
30 JOSEPH L. TEMPLETON, JR
31 VICKIE M. TEMPLETON
Precinct Committeeman Armstrong Township Precinct 1 1
32 JASON GERTEISEN
33 WILBUR P. KROHN
Precinct Committeeman German Township Precinct 1 3
34 MICHAEL DILLBACK
35 FRANK PETERLIN
Delegates to State Convention Ward Three 3
36 HURSHEL B. COBB
37 JOSHUA M. GRIFFIN
38 ALAN LEIBUNDGUTH
39 TAMMI MITCHELL
40 TYLER G. MITCHELL
41 JIM D. REDDING
42 JD STROUTH
Delegates to State Convention Ward Four 2
FRANK E. COLEMAN
44 ROGER MADDEN
45 ROBERT P. MUSGRAVE
Delegates to State Convention German Township 3
46 SHAUN M. BARBER
47 BRENDA J. BERGWITZ
48 MICHAEL DILLBACK
49 FRANK T. PETERLIN
50 STEVE WILLETT
51 TRAVIS WILLETT
IS IT TRUE that the Associated Press is reporting that 2012 is a horrible year for new college graduates to find employment in their field?…that the last 3 years have been no picnic either and that our nation and especially certain areas that do not have professional based economies are full of degreed waiter and waitresses?…that some of this has to do with students who chose to pursue degrees that have never had jobs waiting for them or who partied in school and are among the degreed who can’t fill out a job application or form a complete sentence?…that some of these unemployed or underemployed young people also fell for a pitch from an institution of higher learning that overstated the recruitment on campus or presented statistics from long ago as though they were current?…that this situation not only is wasting talent but the loans carried by many of these young people will not be capable of being repaid creating yet another bubble that will burst leaving the federal government to deal with the fallout?…that some kids graduate college with $50,000 or more in loans and no prospect of employment at more than the minimum wage?…that these numbers simply do not work?
IS IT TRUE that the latest set of polls for the office of President of the United States are all within the margin of error and are about equal with respect to whether President Obama or Governor Romney will win by a fraction of a percent?…that while interesting the popular vote really does not have any direct bearing on the outcome of the election?…that most of the Electoral College polls still have President Obama with a lead but no polls are now predicting that either candidate has strong enough numbers to be elected?…that much of the country is predictably either blue or red and that the battle for the White House will take place in a relatively small number of states that are still in play?…that it really looks like the keys to victory for either candidate are Ohio and Pennsylvania?…that either candidate that can take both of those will most likely win?…that if those states split then some combination of states with enough electors to add up to either Ohio or Pennsylvania will win?…that a combination of the “too close to call†states like any three of Virginia, Iowa, Nevada, Minnesota, and New Hampshire will make up for one big loss?…that unless a scandal breaks or someone commits a faux pas it really looks like less than 10 states will be getting all of the attention from our candidates for President?
IS IT TRUE that the CCO MOLES that have been invited to make predictions in the upcoming primaries are starting to send in their ballots?…that as soon as we have them all but not later than Friday we shall publish the MOLES PREDICTIONS?
IS IT TRUE that the Earthcare Energy VETTING may be out of the news but it is not out of the minds of the people who are mystified at how this happened the way it did?…that not a day goes by that the CCO is not contacted by someone that is completely confused as to how this City Council vote happened under duress without much information about any VETTING of the business model, the management team, the markets, or the other investors being considered?…that this pot is nearing a boil and that much information that was not made available to the City Council prior to the vote is becoming common knowledge?…that as more and more of this information finds its way into the halls of government and into the general population that the process that lead to the 5 – 4 vote will come under intense scrutiny?…that it looks like at some point in the very near future that there will be an old fashioned “coming to Jesus†meeting for the process of VETTING projects in the City of Evansville?…that we hope that such a meeting is open to the public and not hidden behind the doors of a surrogate that will not allow the media or the public inside?…that we think the places for such meetings are the Evansville City Council and the Vanderburgh County Commissioners who substantially fund GAGE’s operation?
USIParticipation in ceremonies is up nearly 10 percent
This year, the University of Southern Indiana’s Commencement will be held on campus for the first time since 1991. Five ceremonies will be held over two days, April 27-28, in the Physical Activities Center (PAC), with a reception in University Center East following each ceremony.
“Since we have held the fall Commencement on campus, graduates and their families have responded enthusiastically to being at USI for degree conferral,†said President Linda L. M. Bennett. “With spring Commencement now on campus, more families will experience a memorable connection to the University at the time of great achievement for our graduates.â€
More than 1,400 students are eligible to participate in Commencement, including 16 summa cum laude graduates, 100 magna cum laude graduates, 128 cum laude graduates, and 51 University Honors Scholars. Participation in spring 2012 Commencement is up by almost 10 percent over spring 2011.
A ceremony for graduate students will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 27.
Undergraduates will participate in four ceremonies on Saturday, April 28. The College of Business and Division of Outreach and Engagement ceremony will be held at 9 .am.; College of Liberal Arts at noon; Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education at 3 p.m.; and College of Nursing and Health Professions at 6 p.m. The doors to the PAC will open one hour prior to the start of each ceremony.
Speakers at each Commencement ceremony will be USI alumni who have excelled in their professional lives. They will come from Chicago, Evansville, Henderson, Nashville, and Princeton, New Jersey. “We celebrate our alumni and are pleased to have alumni representatives address our graduates,†Bennett said. “They are resounding models for today’s graduates.â€
FRIDAY
Dr. Sheila Lynn Hauck, executive director of Professional Practice for Oncology and Palliative Care at St. Mary’s Medical Center, will deliver the Commencement address during the 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, ceremony. In 1997, she was a member of USI’s first graduating class in the master’s level nursing program when she completed a post-master’s certificate in the family nurse practitioner track. In 2011, she was among the first graduates of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Also during the ceremony, USI President Emeritus H. Ray Hoops and his wife Linda will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees.
SATURDAY
New Jersey resident Valerie McKinney, who earned a Master of Business Administration degree from USI in 2005, will be the speaker for the College of Business and Division of Outreach and Engagement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 28. She is the global serialization operations lead for Bristol-Myers Squibb and directs a cross functional global team to implement pharmaceutical serialization through the company, including all third party manufacturers and logistics partners.
College of Liberal Arts graduates will hear Joycelyn Winnecke, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from USI in 1982, during the noon ceremony. Winnecke is vice president and associate editor of the Chicago Tribune and is the sister of Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke. In 2004, she received USI’s Distinguished Alumni Award. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.
Dr. Joey V. Barnett is the vice chair and director of Graduate Studies in Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from USI in 1981. Barnett will address graduates in the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education at 3 p.m. Dr. Paul A. Kuban, associate professor of engineering, will receive the 2012 Distinguished Professor Award during this ceremony. The President’s Medal, the highest honor presented to a USI graduate, will be presented to Phillip H. Behrens.
J. Wayne Meriwether will be the speaker at the 6 p.m. ceremony for the College of Nursing and Health Professions. He is the chief operating officer at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky. He earned a Master of Health Administration degree from USI in 2008.
Guests of graduates participating in the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Nursing and Health Professions ceremonies will need tickets. For more information, go to www.usi.edu/commencement.
Tickets: $32.00 – $67.00 (Additional fees may apply)
Tickets go on sale FRIDAY, APRIL 27th at 10AM at the Centre box office, all Ticketmaster
outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or charge at 800-745-3000. The Centre is located at
715 Locust Street.
This intimate evening of powerful performance will incorporate stories, both humorous and
meaningful, that pay homage to Adkins’ working-man roots and rich musical heritage.
Inspiration for the SONGS & STORIES TOUR came as Trace released his 10th studio album, Proud To Be Here, last summer with
a CMT Invitation Only special. The special featured new hits “Just Fishin’†and “Million Dollar View,†a Q&A session and the
most-loved songs from Adkins’ twenty year career. The taping was so fun for Trace and his guests that he began laying plans for a
tour. “I’ve had many narrow escapes and blessings in my life. The right song at the right time has been my saving grace and that’s
something I have in common with the audience. Sharing meaningful songs, stories and some laughs ‘around the campfire’ is the
Country music tradition and I’m looking forward to it.†Fans can share their own stories, questions and the songs that have inspired
or shaped their lives on the Songs & Stories page at www.traceadkins.com. From humble beginnings as a small-town Louisiana
roughneck, to a Country super star with a twenty year career of hits, to his recent roles as outspoken author and actor, Adkins’ life
parallels the songs he sings. His albums showcase a range of earnest tributes and party anthems with humor and depth – the Songs &
Stories Tour promises to offer the same.
See the CMT performance that inspired the SONGS & STORIES TOUR:
http://www.cmt.com/videos/invitation-only-trace-adkins/1671287/full-episode.jhtml
Trace Adkins is one of Country music’s most versatile and accomplished entertainers. His instantly recognizable baritone has
earned 30 charted singles and 15 Top Ten hits gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums with total sales surpassing 10 million.
He is the author of A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck. He was a finalist on NBC’s The
Celebrity Apprentice, where he charmed millions while his recent role in The Lincoln Lawyer put him in the company of Matthew
McConaughey, Ryan Phillipe, Jon Leguiazamo and William H. Macy in the box-office topping theatrical release. A member of the
Grand Ole Opry, Adkins was raised on Country and Gospel and is known as a traditionalist who speaks his mind and honors the past.
The 6’6″ star is a father of five daughters and a family man to the core. He is a former oil rigger who still works his farm himself.
His “gruff” demeanor hides a self-deprecating, humble man with the coolness that comes from defeating death (more than once) and
realizing everything else is small stuff. When a fire claimed his home in June 2011 in Tennessee, Trace first made sure his family was
unharmed, then immediately redirected his fans’ offers of support to the Red Cross. Trace Adkins’ tenth studio album, PROUD TO BE
HERE, features the Top Ten hit, “Just Fishin'” and latest single, “Million Dollar View.†The album was released on August 2, 2011 on
Show Dog – Universal Music and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Country Album Chart.
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