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NEEDTOBREATHE: THE RECKONING 2012 TOUR

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NEEDTOBREATHE: THE RECKONING 2012 TOUR
with special guests Parachute and Drew Holcomb

September 21, 2012
Victory Theatre

Evansville, IN—NEEDTOBREATHE will bring their 2012 “The Reckoning” tour to Evansville on September 21, 2012 at 8 p.m. at the Victory Theatre. The tour will introduce the band’s fourth classic, Rock ‘n’ Roll album with special guests Parachute and Drew Holcomb.
The South Carolina band, NEEDTOBREATHE, includes Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart, Seth Bolt, and Joe Stillwell. The band has been featured on rock/pop charts, but a substantial amount of their singles has been charted on the Christian music charts. Recently, the band has had commercial success including their most recent album “The Outsiders”, which hit No. 9 on Billboard’s Rock Album chart and landed in the Top 20 on the Top 200. Other successes include placements in blockbuster films and television shows and selling out venues in cities such as Nashville and Chicago.

The 2011 “The Reckoning” album presented a new challenge for the band. The band spent months perfecting their latest songs on the album, in hopes of reaching their expectations and presenting insightful lyrics for their fans.
“We considered every note, every sound, and every lyric that went on this album. Everything was put through the ‘Do we really believe in this or not,’ filter. We never settled. We were looking for a spark. We were waiting for that moment to strike on each song before we called this album finished,” Bo Rinehart said.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 13 at 10 a.m. at The Centre Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets both physical and online, or by phone at 800-745-3000. The ticket prices include $24.50 for balcony and $29.50 for orchestra. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and full concessions will be available.
We look forward to seeing you at the show! For more information, call 812-435-5770.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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This feature is sponsored by Chris Walsh For Vanderburgh County Clerk. Chris Walsh is a veteran county administrator that strongly supports our local law enforcement professionals . Chris is a candidate that possess a non-partisan attitude with a consumer friendly demeanor. Chris also stands against unification of city and county governments.

This ad paid for by the committiee to elect Walsh Clerk, Kelly Walsh, Treasurer.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, July 9, 2012.

Blake Bellinger Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class D Felony

Failure to Stop After an Accident Resulting in Damage to Unattended

Vehicle – Class B Misdemeanor

Christopher Henderson Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony

Strangulation – Class D Felony

Public Intoxication – Class B Misdemeanor

Amanda Redman Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony

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

A Felony
20-50 Years

B Felony
6-20 Years

C Felony
2-8 Years

D Felony
½ – 3 Years

A Misdemeanor
0-1 Year

B Misdemeanor
0-180 Days

C Misdemeanor
0-60 Days

IURC Tells Vectren “NO” on $32 Million “Dense Pack” Fee Increase

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Councilman John Friend, CPA: The man whose petition started the movement that led to the NO VOTE for the Vectren fee

Today the Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission denied Evansville based Vectren Corporation’s (NYSE: VTC) request to add a new fee to ratepayer’s electric bills.

Last fall, Vectren sought regulatory approval to add a $1.08 monthly charge to residential bills. Vectren said it needed the money to cover $32 million in upgrades to the turbine blades but assured the public that the upgrade would lead to lower fuel costs that would offset the impact of the fee to ratepayers.

The request for the rate increase led to a series of articles by the City County Observer, a petition by Evansville City Councilman John Friend against the fee, and an IURC field hearing in Evansville where a capacity crowd of citizens testified about the hardships of paying the highest electricity rates in Indiana. Occupy Evansville also made the Vectren Building a major focus of their brief time of riverfront gatherings.

This denial is also the culmination of many years of work by Indiana State Representative Gail Riecken to balance the best interests of the people of her district with the needs of the utility industry.

UPDATE: City Response to “City of Evansville Wasting Water at Oak Hill Cemetery”

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Official Response

“As you know, the entire region is experiencing historic drought conditions. To prevent the lakes at Oak Hill Cemetery from drying up completely and causing the fish to die, cemetery staff has resorted to filling the lakes mechanically by running water into the lakes for about 6 hours each day. Everyone would prefer the lakes to refill naturally with rain, but since that is not happening it must be stressed that refilling the lakes mechanically is only being done as a last resort. Hopefully it will rain soon.”

Original Article

Why has this fireplug been filling an already full retention pond in the Oak Hill Cemetery for over 24 hours? The people of the City of Evansville have been asked to conserve water to accommodate the drought conditions for over a week now and the City continues to waste water by tapping into a fireplug to fill a retention pond in the Oak Hill Cemetery beyond it’s capacity. Is this another example of hypocritical government, is it waste, or is it just another case of the lazy right hand not knowing what the lazy left hand is doing?

City of Evansville Wasting Water

IS IT TRUE July 11, 2012

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The Mole #??

IS IT TRUE July 11, 2012

IS IT TRUE the James Bethel Gresham home in Garvin Park should be having bids made starting today to do the necessary repairs to bring it back to the condition of honor that it deserves to be kept in?…that the City County Observer would like to thank Jordan Baer for alerting us to the situation with this WWI shrine and for providing the pictures that inspired this call to action on the part of the Winnecke Administration that has been quite informative and cooperative in this matter?…the Parks Department in its obliviousness allowed this home to fall into disrepair and that we hope something is being done to correct the system in place that produces failure after failure?…we don’t even know when the ceiling in this home fell in?…it could have happened during the Weinzapfel Administration under different Parks Department leadership?…if this home were Roberts Stadium that it would be on the list for the wrecking ball over the leaking roof?…the restoration that is scheduled to begin today is a bright spot in this week and we once again thank Mr. Baer and congratulate the Winnecke Administration for taking the appropriate action rather than making a pile of excuses?

IS IT TRUE a number of friends and Moles have alerted us to a loss of bandwidth that seems to have occurred recently at Innovation Pointe?…the system installed back in 2007 was set up to deliver a top speed of 20 Mbs and consistently delivered speeds to individual computers that were over 10 Mbs with multiple users online?…of all the things that modern businesses and especially technology businesses need to be able to count on that high bandwidth is the most important?…it has been published often that a business park without sufficient bandwidth is not a business park at all?…since the CCO has never heard of such a problem at Innovation Pointe before that something must have happened to cause such a drop in bandwidth?…that one Speedtestâ„¢ run yesterday barely made it to 2Mbs which is well below what most residential home services deliver?…we encourage the powers that be to do whatever they need to do to get the bandwidth back to at least where it was securely set to in 2007 as without it the whole mission of this project pretty much goes out the window?

IS IT TRUE that if one is to delve into why so many people seem to be confused about things nowadays we should look no further than the changes in the definition of what is a tax being put forth by the Obama Administration?…that the latest foray into redefinition of the word tax is being asserted by our Attorney General Eric Holder who was recently voted to be in contempt of Congress and awaits trial?…that Attorney General holder has now put forth the argument that requiring people to show a identification card to vote is a “POLL TAX”?…that in order to do most anything in the United States of America including starting a job, cashing a check, boarding an airplane, driving a car, enrolling in school, entering the country from abroad, applying for a GOVERNMENT CLEARANCE, and a host of other things that one must show identification?…that the IRS even requires that an infant have a Social Security number in order to be claimed as a dependent on a tax return?…there is plenty of federal precedent that an ID be required for activities that are much less important and sacred than voting?…that Attorney General Holder even had the audacity to call a Voter ID a “POLL TAX” after the US Supreme Court has upheld the use of Voter ID’s in a case brought by the State of Indiana?

IS IT TRUE that the Wall Street Journal called AG Holder out the hardest when it published the following:

“Mr. Holder’s wallowing in a Jim Crow metaphor to score political points is a discredit to his department, to the rule of law, and to the nonracist country that 45 years after the Voting Rights Act made him its chief law enforcement officer.”?…that our government that refuses to call a tax a tax, obstructs congressional investigations, and now fans the fires of racism at an NAACP meeting needs a serious course in the language of reality?…it is all about TRUTH and TRUST and thus far this administration has mastered neither?

EPD Narcotics Task Force Arrests Alleged Blackford Drug Dealers

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News Release

Type of Crime: Narcotics Offenses
Date of Crime: 071012
Location of Crime: 742 E. Blackford and 820 E Blackford

SUMMARY

Investigators from the Narcotics Joint Task Force served search warrants at two Evansville homes last night. The search warrants led to the seizure of narcotics, money, and several arrests.

Investigators arrested KENETHA WAGNER at 742 E. Blackford. She was charged with Dealing Cocaine and Possession of Marijuana. Investigators found 17 grams of rock cocaine and 6 grams of marijuana in her home.

A second search warrant was served at 820 E. Blackford. JANORIS TAPP was arrested after investigators found hallucinogenic mushrooms in her home. They also found over $9,000 in cash, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. TAPP was charged with Possession of a Schedule I Narcotic, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Maintaining a Common Nuisance.

Investigators also arrested Shannon Thornton, Sharona Morris, and Michael J. Thomas for Visiting a Common Nuisance. James Morris was arrested for felony warrants out of Kentucky.

Mayor to announce Fitness in the Park Schedule

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EVANSVILLE, IN – Please join Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Parks Department Director Denise Johnson and local health advocate Sarah Hooper today at 1:30 p.m. at Hartke Pool for the announcement of the Fitness in the Park schedule for the remainder of 2012. Fitness in the Park is part of Mayor Winnecke’s Energize Evansville initiative. The goal is to get more people out exercising in our city parks and to encourage healthy lifestyles.

The next Fitness in the Park will be Saturday, July 14, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Hartke Pool. Admission to Hartke Pool during the 2-hour fitness event will be free! Other fitness events are planned for Garvin Park, Howell Park, Kids Kingdom playground and the Pigeon Creek Greenway, Lloyd Pool and Swonder Ice Rink.

New Animal Commissary At Mesker

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Evansville, IN – Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden is pleased to announce the opening of the new Animal Commissary. Zoo visitors are now able to watch through large windows as the diets for over 700 animals are prepared in this newly constructed facility. Animal diets are prepared daily to insure that only the freshest of food is being served to the animals. Denny Vogt, the Assistant Animal Curator at the Zoo, says “The new Commissary is a big improvement to the Zoo. It allows us to have a centralized location to prepare and distribute all of the animal diets.” The Commissary is separated into many different areas to help keep the food stored safely. The building includes a grain room, refrigerator and freezer, and a live animal room which holds our feeder rodents and insects that are feed to several collection animals. According to Erik Beck, Director of Operations, “The new commissary is a great balance between a modern, clean, efficient work space for the zookeepers and an opportunity for zoo guests to get a glimpse behind the scenes and see what it takes to feed a zoo.”

The Animal Commissary was also built to exemplify the Zoo’s many green practices. All lights will automatically turn off when there is no activity and multiple skylights will reduce the need for lighting. The zookeepers try very hard not to throw anything away. All food that the Zoo does not use directly for animal diets is either recycled or composted.

Zoo Members will receive a special opportunity to preview the new Animal Commissary during Member Appreciation Evening on July 11. This facility will be open for tours during the event from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Evansville’s Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden is open 365 days a year from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (entry gate closes at 4 p.m.). Adult admission is $8.50 and children ages 3-12 are $7.50. Children 2 and under are free. In recognition of their support, Vanderburgh County residents receive $1 discount. Group discounts and yearly memberships are also available. Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Please visit www.meskerparkzoo.com for more information.

If You Have an Income, You Need to Listen Closely to President Obama’s Words

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President Barack Obama

By: Gary Burke

In his remarks at the White House yesterday President Obama Called for extending Bush tax breaks for another year — at least for certain taxpayers, those earning less than $250,000 per year. Apart from the continued exacerbation of class warfare in pitting “the middle class” against “the wealthy,” a more deadly nuance lurked in his words.

Twice in his brief speech he pointed out that we need to enact this cutoff because “we cannot afford to spend on tax breaks for the wealthy.” Those words should frighten and arouse anyone who has an income. They are not ill-chosen words; they are a look into the very political and economic heart of the current president and his regime. Allowing income earners to keep a portion of their money is considered by them to be spending by the government. In other words, all of your money is theirs to spend. They spend it on their special programs, their cronies, their allies and their adoring lapdogs. They spend some of it on the producers in order to keep the well flowing.

Government has no money to spend except what it confiscates from those whose labor and intelligence produce wealth. A tax reduction is not government spending except in the convoluted sense of socialist elitists who believe they own everything and they alone know what and in what quantity is best for the masses.

Government is necessary and valuable. Its primary functions are to restrain evil, maintain internal peace and order, and keep its citizens secure. It needs to encourage individual liberty and personal responsibility. The details of how these are accomplished are matters of legitimate debate. One thing not subject debate is what government owns. It owns nothing.

Councilman Lindsey Introduces Resolution to Handcuff the Redevelopment Commission’s Ability to Borrow Money

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City Councilman Al Lindsey

ORDINANCE – G-2012-13 SPONSOR: LINDSEY
COMMITTEE: ASD

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.50
ADDING SECTION 2.50.041 OF THE EVANSVILLE CITY CODE

WHEREAS, the City of Evansville, Indiana, has previously established the Evansville Redevelopment Commission; and

WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Evansville, as the fiscal and legislative body of the City wishes to affirm its role of fiscal oversight while assisting the Evansville Redevelopment Commission in continuing its redevelopment efforts,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Evansville, Indiana, that:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 2.50 of the Evansville Municipal Code shall be amended to add the following Section:

“Section 2.50.041 Redevelopment Commission

A. The following definitions apply throughout this section.

1) “Affiliate” means any person, board, body or entity subject in any manner to the direct or indirect influence, control, appointment or direction of the Redevelopment Commission.

2) “Obligation” means any bond, note, warrant, lease, synthetic lease, agreement, swap, derivative, hedge, installment purchase contract, grant, either directly or through a third party or other structure or instrument under which money is borrowed, or revenue is leveraged.

3) “Public Funds” means all fees, payments, tax receipts and funds of whatever kind of character coming into the possession of the Redevelopment Commission.

B. The Redevelopment Commission may not enter into any obligation, directly or in combination with or through any affiliate, payable from public funds, secured by public funds or guaranteed by public funds without first obtaining the approval, by Ordinance or Resolution, of the Common Council of the City of Evansville.
C. The Redevelopment Commission may not enter into an obligation payable from public funds, unless the Redevelopment Commission first obtains the approval of the Common Council of the City of Evansville as provided in subsection B. The approving Ordinance or Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville must include the following:

1) The maximum amount of the obligation.

2) The maximum interest rate or rates, any provisions for redemption before maturity, and any provisions for the payment of capitalized interest associated with the obligation.”

SECTION 2. The sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are separable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional, invalid or unenforceable by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, and such unconstitutionality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Ordinance.

SECTION 3. In construing or interpreting this Ordinance, the construction or interpretation that resolves any doubts, ambiguities or conflicts shall be applied and adopted which resolves all questions of application, authority or oversight in favor of the Common Council of the City of Evansville and preserves or extends the Council’s authority.

SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be effective after its passage by the Common Council, signature of the Mayor, and such publication as is required by law.