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No. 5 Trailblazers battle from behind to pick up Region 24 win over Shawnee

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VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers climbed back into the top-five in this week’s NJCAA Division I National rankings, moving up one spot to No. 5.

The Blazers looked to be off to a quick start Wednesday night when VU hosted Shawnee Community College from Ullin, Illinois, but quickly fell behind after going cold offensively late in the first half.

Trailing by as many as 11 in the second half, the Trailblazers battled their way back to pick up a 67-62 victory over the Saints.

Vincennes got off to a quick start Wednesday night in front of the home crowd, scoring 12 of the first 15 points of the game to build an early nine point lead, which would hold at 16-7.

Shawnee would come to life though midway through the opening period, outscoring VU 11-2 to even the score at 18-18 and later use a 12-2 run to take a 30-21 lead.

VU would cut the deficit down to eight with a late free throw to end the first half, heading into the locker room trailing Shawnee 30-22.

Shawnee continued to ride the momentum of their first half run into the second half, building their largest lead of the game at 37-26 and holding a 41-31 lead.

VU answered back in a big way to swing the momentum back with 11 unanswered to take a 42-41 lead with just under 12:30 remaining on the clock.

The lead changed hands nine times during the second half of play, with VU trailing by four at 50-46 before rallying back again to take a 51-50 lead with under six minutes to play.

Vincennes got a big late game boost from back-to-back threes by sophomore Kent King (Washington, D.C.) and freshman Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.), connecting from behind the arc just before the shot clock buzzer sounded to give the Blazers a 61-56 advantage.

This lead would hold for the Blazers as VU put the game away at the free throw line, giving Vincennes the 67-62 victory over the Saints.

“Cold would be an understatement to describe the end of that first half,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “We just quit functioning. Over the last two and a half weeks I’ve said that I’m going to sit over here and there’s no more ‘I can’t play because Coach is being too tough’. I’m still giving the instructions and I didn’t see any reason in the world why we shouldn’t be able to function but we didn’t.”

“We were in a position early to really put them down and in trouble,” Franklin added. “The game was really sitting there and it was there for us to take control of the game and we went from that to nobody functioning. We’ve got an army of sophomores. We’ve got an army of sophomores who have been through it and have played in an Elite Eight. Been in big games, been in these positions, etc. But if you watched that half, did you see anything that said we have a bunch of old sophomores? So it’s a problem.”

“Somehow I haven’t gotten across to them whatever it is, but we can’t continue with that,” Franklin said. “We’ll see if we make some changes before Saturday because that can’t happen. Shawnee doubled the post. That’s it. They totally sold out to double the post. We work on that, obviously, because we go into the post all of the time. We train for that and have actions that get us open, but it really didn’t matter because we really didn’t want any part of it. The perimeter didn’t want any part of it. They didn’t want any part of an open shot. The post still could have gone up and scored but they didn’t go through it with enough intensity.”

 

Lady Trailblazers make program history in big Region 24 win over Shawnee

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VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers shooters were on fire from long range Wednesday night in the Physical Education Complex, riding an outstanding 19 three-point makes to setting a new VU school record for most points in a single quarter after scoring 49 points in the third quarter.

The Lady Blazers controlled the game wire-to-wire to pick up a massive 138-56 victory over the Lady Saints, the second most points a Lady Trailblazers team has ever scored in a single game.

VU set the tone early against Shawnee, after the Lady Saints scored the first three-pointer of the game, Vincennes answered back with 19 straight and extended into a 31-2 scoring run.

Vincennes closed out the first 10 minutes of play to hold a 33-7 lead over the Lady Saints.

VU kept the defensive pressure up in the second quarter, using a 14-0 scoring run to build a 53-15 lead and closed out the first half on an 11-0 run to take a 68-20 lead at the halftime break.

The scoring run continued out of the locker room, with the Lady Blazers opening the second half with 12 straight points and closed out the third quarter on a 29-3 scoring run to hold a 117-30 lead going into the final period of play.

In the fourth quarter, the Lady Blazers let fly almost exclusively from behind the three point arc.

While the Lady Saints were able to put together a few small scoring runs and ultimately win the fourth quarter scoring, it was far from enough as the Blazers cruised to a 138-56 victory over Shawnee.

The Lady Blazers obviously filled up the stats sheet Wednesday night, led by another outstanding outside shooting game by freshman Karina Scott (Noblesville, Ind.) who connected on a career-high eight three-pointers to set a new career-high of 28 points. Scott also came away with three rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Freshman Destinee Hooks (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the second VU scorer to cross the 20-point mark, finishing with 20 points, four assists, four steals and three rebounds.

Sophomore Brie Miller (Bainbridge, Ind.) just missed out on another double-double off the bench, scoring 19 points and grabbing nine rebounds on the night.

Freshmen Giavonnie Belton (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Makyla Tucker (Indianapolis, Ind.) came off the bench to score in double figures, with Belton finishing with 16 points, five assist and four rebounds and Tucker ending her night with 14 points, five assists and three rebounds.

Sophomore Katrina Litte (Valmiera, Latvia) picked up her first collegiate double-double, coming away with 14 points, a career-high 11 assists and six steals.

Sophomore Elikya Baseyila (Paris, France) also recorded a double-double, her seventh of the season and 19th of her VU career, ending with 12 points and a team-high 14 rebounds.

Sophomore Maycee Lange was the final VU scorer in double figures and not only recorded a double-double, but was very close to notching a triple double, finishing with 11 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high nine assists.

The Lady Trailblazers will look to keep this strong momentum going as VU heads into their next game, Wednesday, Feb. 14 when Vincennes hosts No. 6-ranked Wabash Valley College in a game that will not count towards the Region 24 standings.

 

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For every problem there is ….

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  • By John Krull, TheStatehouseFile.com
  • Sometimes, solutions to problems just present themselves.
    Conservatives across the nation have worked themselves into high dudgeon over two developments—Drag Queen Story Hours and the flow of undocumented immigrants across the southern border of the United States.

    Drag Queen Story Hours began years ago when LGBTQ citizens in some cities started hosting reading sessions in public libraries.

    Conservative critics jumped on the story hours. They said the drag queens were “grooming” children. One might have thought, though, if that were their intent, the readers would have chosen venues where parents, library staffers and other members of the public couldn’t attend, but, nonetheless, the critics felt they had identified a grave threat to the civic good.

    The drag queens said they hosted the story hours to let children know that not everyone in the world is heterosexual. The drag queens also wanted to show not just children but all other people that they were, well, also just people themselves.

    And if they are people, too, then they have the same First Amendment rights as everyone else. That means telling them they can’t read or say what they wish to any audience that wishes to hear them violates the Constitution.

    Okay, so that’s one problem.

    The other is the border.

    Conservatives such as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, are upset—really, really, really upset—that undocumented immigrants are crossing into the country. Abbott decided to give vent to his anger by threatening to defy a U.S. Supreme Court ruling saying border agents could cut razor wire blocking entry into the state.

    Abbott has managed to persuade 25 other Republican governors—including Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb—to sign a statement agreeing with him. Abbott even lured a handful of those governors, including Holcomb, to come to Texas to stand in symbolic solidarity with him at the Lone Star State’s southern border.

    Here’s the rub.

    The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution grants the federal government sole authority to conduct foreign policy. What’s more, Article 1, Section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution specifically grants Congress the sole power to determine immigration and naturalization policy.

    So, if Abbott, Holcomb and the other Republican governors have their knickers twisted in knots because of their distress over immigration, they should travel to Washington, D.C., and pester Congress to do something about the situation.

    Why didn’t they?

    Well, probably because U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, has said he and his GOP colleagues in the people’s chamber don’t want to do anything about immigration right now. Johnson said this even though the U.S. Senate just passed—with both Republican and Democratic votes—a new package that would fund the toughest border security measures in American history.

    Confused?

    That’s forgivable.

    Johnson, who also says the border “crisis” is the biggest challenge confronting the United States, is taking his marching orders from former President Donald Trump. Trump wants Republicans to do nothing about the border for now because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to receive any credit for solving the problem.

    Just how Biden would receive credit for solving a problem he had to be prodded and even dragooned into acknowledging, Trump doesn’t say—maybe because figuring that out would require actual thought.

    Trump’s intransigence leaves Republicans who have spent decades fulminating over immigration in a quandary.

    They don’t want to defy Trump for fear that daddy—whose already shaky hold on his notorious temper erodes still further when he’s facing multiple charges for criminal conduct—will spank them.

    So, instead they choose to deny reality and defy both the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court, while also proclaiming themselves law-and-order governors and strict constitutional constructionists.

    This is a problem.

    Well, really two problems, if you count the drag-queen drama.

    Fortunately, there is a solution.

    Instead of having drag queens host story hours at public libraries, why don’t we have them read the U.S. Constitution to the nation’s governors? The text seems to be one with which Abbott, Holcomb and the others who took part in the photo op in Texas are unacquainted.

    Having drag queens read it to them would accomplish two things.

    It would remind the governors where their duties lie—hint, not in crafting foreign or immigration policy—and it would acquaint them with the notion that every American has rights guaranteed by our founding charter.

    See?

    Two problems.

    One tidy solution.

    John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. The views expressed are those of the author only and should not be attributed to Franklin College.

2024 NBA All-Star Weekend Reminders

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INDIANAPOLIS (February 7, 2024) – The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (“ATC”) would like to provide a few reminders to ensure compliance with Indiana’s alcoholic beverage laws and regulations during the upcoming 2024 NBA All-Star Game and related events being hosted on February 16th–18th, 2024 in Indianapolis.  

  • LEGAL SERVICE HOURS 
    • Please be mindful of the legal hours for alcoholic beverage sales listed below. No retail sales of alcoholic beverages are permitted after 3:00 a.m. local prevailing time, and all alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises must be removed by no later than 3:30 a.m.
  • CARRYOUT SALES 
    • If a retailer permittee has carry-out privileges, the alcoholic beverages for carryout must be unopened and in original containers.
  • EMPLOYEE PERMITS AND TRAINING 
    • All persons dispensing, serving, handling, and/or accepting payment for alcoholic beverages at a retailer permittee or a package liquor store must hold a valid employee permit issued by the ATC.
    • All employees and managing owners must take server training and keep a copy of the certificate with them while they are serving or selling alcoholic beverages.
    • All retailer permittees and package liquor stores must maintain a copy of server training certificates and employee permits for each employee dispensing, handling, serving, selling, and/or accepting payment for alcoholic beverages.
    • Questions concerning employee alcohol permits for servers and bartenders should be directed to Dianna Cardenas (dcardenas@atc.in.gov).
    • Questions concerning temporary employee permits should be directed to Michelle Washington (dist6@atc.in.gov).
  • MINORS 
    • Minors are prohibited in taverns, bars, and other rooms containing a bar over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink to consumers.
      • Exception—Minors may sit at a table in the barroom area of a retail premises with limited separation if they are accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or other family member over the age of twenty-one (21) for the purpose of consuming food prepared on the licensed premises.
    • Ensure minors that hold restricted employee permits are not acting as a bartender and are not serving in barroom areas.
  • SUPPLEMENTAL CATERING REQUESTS 
    • Catering authority request forms must be submitted no later than February 15, 2024, in order to ensure timely processing.
    • No carry-in or carryout of alcoholic beverages is permitted.
  • TEMPORARY BEER & WINE PERMITS 
    • Application must be submitted online at least five (5) business days prior to the event. Local authorization form (with signatures) required.
    • No carry-in or carryout of alcoholic beverages is permitted.
    • Questions about obtaining temporary beer and wine permits should be directed to Michelle Washington (dist6@atc.in.gov).
  • ADVERTISING
    • A primary source of supply, wholesaler, or salesman of alcoholic beverages may place and display temporary banners or pennants advertising alcoholic beverages by brand name on or within two hundred (200) feet of a retailer or dealer premises beginning twenty-one (21) days before the sporting event, festival, or holiday and ending five (5) days after the close of the sporting event, festival, or holiday if the banners or pennants commemorate a sporting event, festival, or holiday held in Indiana.
      • Exception—No primary source of supply, wholesaler, salesman, or the holder of a retailer’s or dealer’s permit to sell alcoholic beverages may place or display any sign advertising alcoholic beverages within two hundred (200) feet of a church or school.
    • A sign advertising an alcoholic beverage by brand name may not indicate by arrows, hands, or other similar devices a particular retailer or dealer premises.
  • PUBLIC SAFETY

Extra Safety Precautions

    • Take extra steps to prevent public nuisance issues such as fights, crimes involving weapons, drug use and/or sales, and nudity.
    • Employ additional security measures and hire additional staff. Ensure adequate staffing, including door persons to check IDs, prevent carry-out violations, and prevent overcapacity.
    • Use metal detectors or wands and conduct purse checks and pat down procedures to prevent weapons inside of business.
    • Ensure compliance with fire department, health department, and code enforcement requirements.
    • Maintain control of the licensed premises and its operations. Do not allow a promoter or other third party to take over the permit location or your business. Only disclosed owners and/or managers may manage or run the operations of a permitted premises. 
    • Call 911 if an incident occurs to prevent the incident from escalating further.

Free or Discounted Rides to Consumers

    • Under IC 7.1-5-5-13, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailer permittees may provide directly to consumers free or discounted rides through taxicabs, transportation network companies (as defined in IC 8-2.1-17-18), or other ride services for the purpose of furthering public safety.
    • Free or discounted rides may be provided to consumers by vouchers, codes, or any other method to deliver the free or discounted ride and may not be conditioned upon the purchase of an alcoholic beverage.
  • OTHER REMINDERS 
    • Do not alter the floorplan of a licensed premises without prior approval from the ATC. Any alterations to a previously approved floor plan without prior authorization or approval may result in a notice of violation being issued to a permittee.
    • Ensure appropriate amount of inventory by placing orders with distributors early. Do not engage in retail-to-retail sales.
    • Permittees are only permitted to operate within the scope of their approved permit. Holders of beer and wine permits shall not sell or furnish liquor. Holders of catering hall permits shall not hold events open to the public. 

Long-acting reversible contraceptives bill is advancing to the Senate

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  • DeMarion Newell, TheStatehouseFile.com

  • INDIANAPOLIS—On Tuesday, the House passed a bill that is now being advanced to the Senate to help women who are giving birth to become Medicaid eligible and access contraceptives if needed.

    Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville.

    House Bill 1426 helps women who have just given birth gain access to contraceptives like IUDs or implants through Medicaid assistance. Authored by Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville, it passed on the third reading with a roll call of 94 yays and four nays.

    Critics of the bill at a Public Health Committee hearing on Jan. 30 argued it might affect the availability of certain contraceptives. Ultimately, these concerns didn’t derail the bill from passing.

    Fleming told The Statehouse File, “I am a retired obstetrician, and I took care of a lot of women who wanted birth control before they left the hospital. Traditionally, women come back for six weeks for a checkup, but some women aren’t able to do that because of unreliable transportation. Women who have challenges that prevent them from coming to a doctor’s office to get birth control was really what spurred me to bring this legislation.”

    The bill requires a hospital that operates a maternity unit to ensure that a woman who is giving birth is eligible for or receiving Medicaid assistance and has the option, if not medically contraindicated, of receiving an IUD before she is discharged. Hospitals with faith-based objections will be exempt from the requirement.

    “I took care of these women during their pregnancies and understood how distraught they were sometimes when they couldn’t get access to birth control and found themselves with a baby they couldn’t afford or couldn’t care for,” Fleming said.

    The bill also requires the Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services to reimburse the hospital for the cost of the contraceptive and procedure. These rules will come into effect on July 1, 2025, if the bill becomes law.

    The next step for HB 1426 after passing out of the full House is to go to the Senate, starting in the Senate Health Committee.

    DeMarion Newell is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students

Indiana Arts Commission Artist Needs Assessment Survey

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Beginning in the Fall of 2023, the Indiana Arts Commission launched a statewide Artist Needs Assessment. The goals of the Artist Needs Assessment are threefold: 

  1. Create an opportunity for local artists to network, connect, and learn from peers. 
  2. Inform new and refined services and programming for individual artists in Indiana. 
  3. Provide an open forum for artists of a variety of backgrounds to voice opinions, concerns, experiences, and needs connected to their experience as an Indiana creative.  

Following the conclusion of statewide listening sessions, and based on the initial feedback received, the following survey seeks to narrow in on some of the most important and pressing needs for creatives in Indiana. Your feedback will directly inform future services and programs provided by the IAC for individual artists in Indiana. 

Take the Artists Needs Assessment Survey.

The deadline to complete the survey is Friday, February 16, 2024, and is intended for any artists living and working in Indiana.  

Indiana State Museum And Historic Sites

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Summer forecast: 100% chance of fun!

Summer Camp registration is now open to non-members. To secure a spot for your camper, please register quickly as several camps are now sold out with waitlist options available. With various camps to choose from at the Indiana State Museum, you’ll find the perfect experience for every age and interest from Pre-K to ninth graders. Camps are also offered at Angel Mounds, Gene Stratton-Porter, Lanier Mansion and T.C. Steele State Historic Sites.
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STATEMENT ON SENATE UKRAINE/BORDER PACKAGE PROCEDURAL VOTE TODAY

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WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Braun released the following statement on his upcoming “No” vote on a procedural measure to move forward on the Senate’s Ukraine package which includes an immigration bill. The vote is expected at 1pm today.

“President Biden created this border crisis – he reversed strong policies on day one, refuses to enforce our laws, and could end this crisis today with the stroke of a pen. I can’t support a bill that gives $100 billion of borrowed money to foreign countries for their borders but doesn’t fully secure our own.” – SENATOR MIKE BRAUN

BACKGROUND:

  • Monday statement on border package text, citing concerns with baselining 5,000 illegal crossings as a new definition of emergency, when President Obama’s DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson previously cited 1,000 as a crisis.

Virtual Author Talk with Bestselling Author Tessa Bailey!

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