EVANSVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Evansville Redevelopment Authority will hold a Meeting on Wednesday January 16, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. in the Civic Center Room 307, 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Evansville, IN 47708.
Manufacturing Expansion Announcement
(EVANSVILLE, IN) – Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Vanderburgh County Commissioner Marsha Abell and Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville President Debbie Dewey will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, January 15, at the Mayor’s office to announce a significant manufacturing expansion at a local business.
5/3rd Bank robbery suspect identified by EPD
The Evansville Police Department has identified the suspect from the robbery at 5/3rd Bank on 011213.
Police are looking for 33 year old Gary Wayne Snelling. Snelling is 5’10” and 290lbs. He does not have a permanent address at this time and there is no known vehicle description.
Snelling implied he had a weapon during the robbery, but never displayed one. Anyone with information on Snelling’s location is asked to call Evansville Police. Contact Information:
Evansville Police
Detective Office
812-436-7979
info@evansvillepolice.com
Aces Deal No. 23 Wichita State 71-67 Loss
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Three of Evansville’s seniors finished in double figures, led by Colt Ryan’s game-high of 24 as the University of Evansville men’s basketball team took down No. 23 Wichita State by a final score of 71-67 on Sunday afternoon at the Ford Center.
“We are excited, I have such respect for Gregg Marshall and their program with how hard they play, but I am proud of our team and how they hung together, it is a great win. This was the most unselfish that we played, our guys did their best to help each other,†Aces head coach Marty Simmons said. “Colt played with a lot of emotion out there today and our guys feed off of him. They really respond to him, but it definitely helps us to have our senior leadership. Our bench also played very well today.â€
Ryan connected on 9-of-19 shots for Evansville (11-6, 4-1 MVC) to lead the squad to its fourth-consecutive win. The Purple Aces are also a perfect 3-0 at home in league play this season. Troy Taylor posted a season-high 12 points, marking the third game in a row he has reached the 10-point mark. It is the first time in his career he has done so, his top stretch prior to now was a stretch of three double-digit outings in five games in his junior campaign.
“I’m happy with every win but we’re in MVC play now and every win counts,†Taylor said. “The crowd was great, we made a few plays and the crowd got loud, I give credit to them, they help us out tremendously and are like the sixth man on the court.â€
Neither team found an offensive rhythm early on as the score was 4-4 at the first timeout of the game. Wichita (15-2, 4-1 MVC) held a 4-2 edge as the teams combined to hit just two of the opening nine shots before a Ryan layup knotted the game up at 4-4. The Shockers hit their next two buckets to take an 8-4 lead before the Aces scored six in a row.
The defense of UE forced three-consecutive turnovers while Taylor hit three of his opening four attempts to take a 10-8 lead. Demetric Williams ended the stretch with a trey to put the Shockers back on top eight minutes in. Turnovers plagued the Shockers as they committed 11 while UE turned the ball over on just three occasions. WSU stayed in it thanks to a 20-10 rebounding lead in the opening stanza.
Ten lead changes and nine ties culminated in Evansville going to the break up 32-31. With two minutes remaining in the half, Malcolm Armstead, who was 6-8 in the half from the floor, knocked down his third trey to give WSU a 31-30 lead, but Egidijus Mockevicius countered with a bucket inside the final ten seconds to put the lead back in the Aces’ hands.
Out of the break, Ehimen Orukpe hit a layup to give the lead back to WSU before the Aces fought back to take a 38-37 lead on a free throw by Ned Cox. The Shockers retook the lead and would hold it for the next six minutes, leading by as many as five (50-45). Cleanthony Early led a 5-0 WSU run as they grabbed their largest edge of the game. Evansville fought back quickly with an 8-2 stretch that led to a 53-52 UE lead inside of eight minutes remaining.
D.J. Balentine, who scored just six points in the last five games entering Sunday’s contest, scored five in a row for UE as they retook the lead. With the game knotted at 56-56 with 5 minutes remaining, the Purple Aces posted their top run of the game, scoring five in a row, all tallies by Colt Ryan, to take their largest lead of the game before a 3-pointer by Cox gave UE a 64-58 edge with 1:48 left. With the lead standing at six with just over a minute left, the Shockers almost pulled off a miracle. Malcolm Armstead, who led the Shockers with 21 points, hit a layup to cut the deficit to four. On the inbound, Armstead recorded a steal as he found an open Early, who drained a three to cut the lead to one at 66-65 with 46 ticks remaining.
Evansville sunk three out of its next four free throws to open up a 69-65 advantage before it was cut to two on a Jake White bucket. The ensuing foul sent Ryan to the free throw line with 20 seconds left where he hit one out of two. Seconds later, White missed a three that would have tied the game and Lewis Jones responded on the other end, hitting a free throw that made it the final 71-67.
Wichita State shot 59.1% in the second half and 54.3% for the game while holding UE to 44.9% in the game. The top difference came in turnovers as UE forced 22 while committing just nine of its own. That led to 27 Aces points off the turnover while the Shockers notched just nine. WSU finished with a 36-21 rebounding advantage.
Aside from the performances of Ryan and Taylor, Ned Cox finished with ten points, nine of which came via the long-range shot. Mockevicius scored nine points while Balentine bounced back with eight. Armstead led WSU with 21 while Early finished the game with 16.
The Aces are a perfect 2-0 versus ranked opponents at the Ford Center. Last season, Evansville took down No. 15 Creighton 65-57 final in the first contest against a ranked team at the arena.
It is back to the road for UE as they travel to Drake for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday evening in Des Moines. The Aces return to the state of Indiana next weekend, traveling to Terre Haute on Saturday evening to take on Indiana State at 7:05 p.m. CT.
Upcoming Events at the Aiken Center
Announcing Alice In Chains at the Centre’s Aiken Theatre on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30pm
TICKET PRE-SALE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 STARTING AT 10:00AM THROUGH THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 UNTIL 10:00PM.
Seats are only $49.50 and $39.50 Tickets go on-sale Friday, May 22 at 10:00am.
Tickets will be available at The Centre Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations and charge by phone 800-745-3000 and online at www.ticketmaster.com
Centre’d On Kids “Charlotte’s Web” – Jan. 25 @ 9:00am & 12:00pm
Kentucky Reptile Expo – Jan. 26 @ 10:00am
Mid America Motorcycle Expo – Jan. 26-27 @ 10:00am
The Really Big “Game” Show – Feb. 9 @ 7:00pm
Rodney Carrington “Laughter’s Good” Tour – Feb. 16 @ 8:00pm
Jim Gaffigan “The White Bread” Tour – Mar. 29 @ 7:00pm
Daughtry/3 Doors Down In Concert – Mar. 4 @ 7:00pm
Centre’d On Kids “Junie B. Jones”-Apr. 4 @ 9:00am & 12:00pm
Casting Crowns “The Acoustic Sessions Live” – Apr. 11 @ 7:00pm
Scooby Doo Live@ Musical Mysteries – Apr. 17 @ 6:30pm
Alice In Chains – May 22 @ 7:30pm
DPatrick Presents
BROADWAY AT THE CENTRE 2012-2013
A Chorus Line – Feb. 20 @ 7:30pm
Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight! – Apr. 5 @ 7:30pm
Rock of Ages – May 9 @ 7:30pm
Visit www.smgevansville.com for more information.
IS IT TRUE January 14, 2013
IS IT TRUE January 14, 2013
IS IT TRUE the Centre has been absorbing operation losses as long as there has been a Centre and without respect for whether or not the Executive Inn was sitting next to it or not?…the CCO has obtained the operating financial statements for the Centre for the years 2006 – 2011 and there is not one year in that entire 6 year period that there were no operating losses?…During the years of 2006, 2007, & 2008 when the Executive Inn was more or less in decent shape, Roberts Stadium was the place for big shows, and the Ford Center was still a glimmer in Mayor Weinzapfels’s eye, the Centre lost $680,045, $565,350, and $672,399 respectively?…that in the years 2010 & 2011 when the Executive Inn was gone the losses at the Centre were $598,732 and $502,806 for an average operating loss that was slightly less than when the Executive Inn was there to support it?…an odd thing happened in 2009, the year that the Executive Inn was falling into disrepair and construction of the Ford Center was getting going?…in 2009 with a partial hotel and no Ford Center the Centre only lost $170,035 scoring its highest revenue in any of the years and its lowest operating loss?
IS IT TRUE that in the Centre’s location in downtown Evansville and considering the past financial performance the only logical conclusion is that the presence of a convention hotel had somewhere between no effect whatsoever and a slightly negative effect on the financial performance of the Centre?…we then wonder how one could reach a conclusion or even a delirious dream that building a hotel will matter much to the losses at the Centre?…we also wonder why debt service is not included when public facilities are evaluated for financial performance?…with an average operating loss of over $500,000 per year and a $30 Million or so debt to service the taxpayer’s of Vanderburgh County (owners of the Centre) have in reality been absorbing annual losses of closer to $2 Million per year?…given the size of the debt that must be serviced to keep the Ford Center payments current we expect the Centre will be a much better financial performer as its debt burden is only about one-fourth of the debt on the Ford Center?…we would love to see the increase in tax receipts in other businesses that are tangible as opposed to speculative to really understand what we the taxpayers are getting for what may well be a $10 Million per year shortfall?…it would take an incremental retail bubble of over $100 Million per year to make up for that with sales taxes?…there is no evidence period to support any assertion of an increase in property values so that argument is right down the drain?
IS IT TRUE we are saddened to learn that Schmidt Photo will be closing its doors after nearly a century of serving the people of Evansville?…to those who have frequented the place this comes as no surprise because the friendly staff has been sharing that possibility for some time?…this is a sign of the times as digital images seem to be replacing film?…we would like to thank the Schmidt family for many years of good service and wish them and their staff well in the next stage of life?
IS IT TRUE that the two articles by and about Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and the continuing hotel saga do indeed have one thing about them that are telling?…that telling thing is that the fellow who ran for Mayor of Evansville on the twin pillars of collaboration and transparency has gotten pretty “I†assertive as opposed to “we†assertive in his choice of words?…the word “we†is used in the context of “I want you to see things my wayâ€, while “I†is clearly used in taking credit for the perceived achievements in the same way his predecessor Jonathan Weinzapfel used the “I†word?…this transformation from real collaboration into an authoritative politician is not a favorable one?… this is what has gotten Evansville into the mess it faces today?
Mike’s Carwash To Offer Free Carwashes To Benefit Evansville Youth
The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will benefit from an event designed by Mike’s Carwash, celebrating its Grand Opening with FREE carwashes on January 18 -19. Also benefitting will be Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Ohio Valley.
In lieu of payment for the carwash, a $15 value, customers are encouraged to make a donation. Proceeds from the Carwash will be evenly divided between the EVSC Foundation and the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Ohio Valley. All proceeds donated to EVSC Foundation will benefit EVSC schools.
“We firmly believe in supporting local youth, especially through education and mentoring,†said Mike’s CEO Bill Dahm. “We are very happy to partner with these two outstanding Evansville organizations and hope customers will stop by for a free wash and give generously.â€
“Mike’s Carwash is providing a wonderful service to help to raise funds for EVSC Foundation, which in turn, benefits a wide variety of opportunities, programs, and projects in the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation,†said Amy Romain-Barron, president of the EVSC Foundation Board.â€
Located at 1300 N Green River Road, Mike’s is open from 7 AM to 9 PM each day of the FREE Wash Grand Opening event.
Family owned and operated since 1948, Mike’s Carwash, Inc. is headquartered in Indianapolis and has 42 carwash locations in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
Central High School will celebrate its heritage January 19
Central High School to Host “Celebrating Our Heritage†Event Jan. 19
Central High School will celebrate its heritage January 19 with an alumni gathering and event during the Boys Varsity Basketball game.
The evening will include an Alumni Reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the basketball game at 7 p.m. During half time, the school will host its first-ever Walk of Champions — a parade of championship trophies from throughout Central’s long history. Free tickets are available for Central alumni. To register, contact Central Athletic Director Andy Owen, at 435-8295 or by email at andy.owen@evsc.k12.in.us.
Central High School is the oldest, free public high school in continuous operation west of the Allegheny Mountains. The announcement of the opening of the school, then called Evansville High School, is found in the Evansville Journal for August 15, 1854. The opening date was September 4, 1854.
Evansville High School opened with an enrollment of 17 students – 8 boys and 9 girls. The school started on a quarter system with new students entering the high school in January of 1855. The report at the end of the year states that the High School had a year-end enrollment of about 30.
LOCATIONS OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL*
1854 First and Chestnut Street
1855 Second Street between Main and Locust
1855 First and Vine Street
1855 Public School Building, Fourth Street, (Became Wheeler School)
1863 Second and Clark Street
1868 Sixth and Vine Street
1970 5400 First Avenue- Current Location (Students enrolled for 1971-72 school year)
*taken from a plaque in the front foyer of Central High School
