Saturday, December 1, 2012
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will pick-up litter near one of the city’s busiest traffic intersection during the monthly Clean Evansville clean-up from 9 to 11 a.m. Three “Clean Teams†will gather near the interchange at the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. 41. The teams will move from the interchange west toward Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Teams will meet near the CK Newsome Community Center to drop-off their trash bags.
Mayor Winnecke will stop by the 911 Gives Hope for the Holidays Toy Drive at Walmart East from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. The toy drive continues through Sunday at 6 pm. All toys collected will be given to children at local hospitals. 911 Gives Hope is a charitable organization made up of emergency services personnel consisting of police officers, firefighters and paramedics.
Mayor Winnecke will help judge the annual Aurora Gingerbread House Contest. The event will take place at The Centre in Exhibition Hall B. The Mayor will arrive at approximately 2:15 p.m. for judging. An awards ceremony is set to begin at 4:15 p.m.
The Mayor will wrap-up the evening watching the Civic Theatre production of A Christmas Carol. The play opens at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Mayor Winnecke will help solicit donations during the first hour of the annual Santa Clothes Club Telethon. The telethon will be at Washington Square Mall from noon to 6 p.m. The event will be broadcast live on WEHT and also on WTVW from 5 to 6 p.m.
Mayor Winnecke and First Lady Carol McClintock will attend the Evansville Philharmonic’s Peppermint Pops concert at 1:15 p.m. The concert features Broadway’s Jenn Newman and an early visit by Santa.
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke’s Weekend Schedule
REP. GAIL RIECKEN APPOINTED TO LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
INDIANAPOLIS–State Rep. Gail Riecken (D-Evansville) has been named to House committees for the 2013 and 2014 sessions of the Indiana General Assembly.
STATE REP. GAIL RIECKEN (D-Evansville), 77th District, is the Assistant Democratic Floor Leader. In addition, she will be the ranking Democrat on the Family, Children & Human Affairs Committee. Riecken also was appointed to the Financial Institutions and the Local Government committees as well as the Statutory Committee on Ethics.
IS IT TRUE November 30, 2012
IS IT TRUE this Friday, November 30th at 1 PM, Fire Chief Mike Connelly will present EFD’s Combat Challenge Team with Certificates of Recognition for an outstanding season that included placing at a World Championships competition?…there will also be a photo session and time for interviews with the media?…the presentation will be at the EFD Administration Building, 550 SE 8th Street, Evansville?
IS IT TRUE that last night the University of Louisville Cardinals football team beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to qualify for their second BCS Bowl Game in the last 7 years?…in the mid 50’s when the economic significance of Louisville and Evansville were similar the University of Evansville Purple Aces football team took the UL Cardinals to school and beat them by a comfortable margin?…in the 1980’s both schools started thinking of downgrading or eliminating football?…that whole decision process lead to the elimination of football at UE while UL doubled down and hired Howard Schnellenburger who had just won a national championship at Miami to take over the team?…since then the Cardinals have had 5 ten win seasons, built a new 56,000 seat stadium that is mostly sold out, appeared in many bowls including big wins in the Fiesta Bowl over Alabama and the Orange Bowl over Wake Forest?…this year’s payout to the Cardinals for making the BCS is roughly $15 Million?…the revenue from home football games is now in the area of $20 Million per year?
IS IT TRUE the season has taken another exemplary person from the City of Evansville?…today we are sad to report that Jim Price the long time Republican steady leader from the 1st Ward who has served as an Evansville City Councilman for 21 years and as the Knight Township Trustee for 12 years has passed away?…we at the CCO cannot recall even one bad thing ever being said about Mr. Price?…recently Mr. Price lost his race as the incumbent Knight Township Trustee to Linda Durham in the 2006 election that was one of those years when straight ticket partisanship for Democrats saw many good people who happened to be Republicans lose their elections?…Durham who was later jailed for stealing and Mr. Price came to the rescue?…if there is one lesson that Evansville should learn from the great life of service that Jim Price lived, that lesson is to vote for the person and not the party in every election?
IS IT TRUE that President Barack Obama has made his initial offer to the Republicans in Congress to avoid the “MADE IN WASHINGTON†FISCAL CLIFF?…this first offer raises taxes more than it was expected to and cuts spending less than it was expected to?…the offer’s macroscopic numbers are a $1.6 Trillion tax increase, a $50 Billion mini-stimulus, and nearly no spending cuts or entitlement reforms?…the President’s offer also includes the COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF THE DEBT CEILING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?…this offer as would be expected was immediately rejected?…this offer if accepted would only serve to make things worse economically for the United States?…it will be interesting to see if there is a serious response to what was clearly not a serious offer?…all of that posturing aside it is encouraging to see the President having lunch with his former opponent Mitt Romney?…we hope this lunch was to learn more about limiting deductions as opposed to raising tax rates and blunting the assault on dividends and capital gains that will kick in if the “MADE IN WASHINGTON†FISCAL CLIFF is acquiesced into law?…it is better to go over the cliff which is really a ramp as opposed to a cliff than to make things worse with legislation that does further damage?
IS IT TRUE that one day the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department will begin sending the CCO accurate news about how they are making a difference in protecting the citizens from bad behaving people of this community?…maybe they should follow the lead to see how the Evansville Police Department is keeping the citizens of Evansville what they are doing to fight crime in Evansville?
Park Board Agenda – 12/5/2012
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
12:00 NOON
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. MINUTES November 21, 2012
3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Execute Agreement with Arc Construction Co. Inc. for ADA Improvements
at Golfmoor Park. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Suzanne Hill for Transcription
Services. – Hayes
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave English for
Fendrich Golf Course. – Johnson
d. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave McAtee for
Helfrich Golf Course. – Johnson
e. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Mike Wassmer for
McDonald Golf Course and Wesselman Par 3. – Johnson
f. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Oracle Elevator Co. for
Elevator Maintenance at Swonder Ice Arena. – Nadeau
g. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Jered Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau
h. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Shane Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau
4. OLD BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Recommendation on Quotes for Tepe Spray Park Equipment. – Boberg
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve Budget Transfers and CIP Reprioritizations. – Johnson
b. Request Re: Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comments.
6. REPORTS
a. Amos Morris, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden
b. Denise Johnson, Executive Director
7. ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS
8. ADJOURN
Service Roads Near Lloyd Expressway Targeted for Litter Clean-Up
EVANSVILLE, IN – Clean Evansville volunteers will target areas around one of the city’s busiest traffic
interchanges during the monthly litter pick-up on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 to 11 a.m. The “Clean
Teams†will gather at locations near the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. 41 to collect litter along service roads
and through some neighborhoods south and west of the interchange.
Team 1 will be led by Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and David Herrenbruck from Fifth Third Bank. Team 1 will
start at the intersection of East Franklin and Canal streets. Team 2 will be led by First Lady Carol
McClintock and Ann Ennis from Ruth’s House. Team 2 will start at the intersection of South Kerth
Avenue and Sycamore Street. Team 3 will be led by Clean Evansville committee chair Timothy Weir from
Accuride. Team 3 will also start at the intersection of East Franklin and Canal streets.
The teams will move from the interchange west toward Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. They will meet at
the parking lot behind the Civic Center adjacent to the CK Newsome Community Center to deposit trash
collected during the clean-up. Clean Evansville partner Allied Waste will haul the trash to the landfill.
Keep Evansville Beautiful coordinates volunteers for the monthly clean-ups. Anyone interested in joining
or forming a team should contact Mike McGarrah at 425-4461.
USI Student Ceramics Sale is “one day only” this year
The Art Department is holding its annual Student Ceramics Sale this year, but the sale will go on for one day only – from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, December 3, in University Center West.
There are also 100 bowls leftover from the recent successful Empty Bowls Evansville fundraising event. Proceeds from the sales of those bowls will go to the Tri-State Food Bank and United Caring Shelters of Evansville.
Mayor Winnecke’s statement on the passing of Jim Price
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke offers the following statement on the passing of former Evansville City Councilman Jim Price.
“I’m saddened to hear of Jim’s passing. Not only was he a dedicated public servant to this community for many years, he was also a great gentleman who always treated the public with dignity and respect. Jim’s contributions to the city will be long remembered, and he will be missed.â€
Lloyd Winnecke
Mayor
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING
REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
12:00 NOON
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. MINUTES November 21, 2012
3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Execute Agreement with Arc Construction Co. Inc. for ADA Improvements
at Golfmoor Park. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Suzanne Hill for Transcription
Services. – Hayes
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave English for
Fendrich Golf Course. – Johnson
d. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave McAtee for
Helfrich Golf Course. – Johnson
e. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Mike Wassmer for
McDonald Golf Course and Wesselman Par 3. – Johnson
f. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Oracle Elevator Co. for
Elevator Maintenance at Swonder Ice Arena. – Nadeau
g. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Jered Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau
h. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Shane Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau
4. OLD BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Recommendation on Quotes for Tepe Spray Park Equipment. – Boberg
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve Budget Transfers and CIP Reprioritizations. – Johnson
b. Request Re: Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comments.
6. REPORTS
a. Amos Morris, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden
b. Denise Johnson, Executive Director
7. ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS
8. ADJOURN
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, November 28, 2012.
Harold Allen Sexual Battery – Class D Felony
Richard Davis Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Kelvin Velazquez-Gonzalez Resisting Law Enforcement – Class D Felony
Criminal Recklessness –Class A Misdemeanor
False Informing – Class B Misdemeanor
Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License – Class C
Misdemeanor
Nicholas Grayson Possession of Marijuana – Class D Felony
Paul Hein, Jr. Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class B Felony
Operating a Motor Vehicle After Forfeiture of License for Life – Class C
Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor
Ronald Mayes Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony
Herbert Moore Theft – Class D Felony
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Kelsey Tatum Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .15 or More – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Thomas Taylor Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .15 or More – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
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
Class A Felony 20-50 Years
Class B Felony 6-20 Years
Class C Felony 2-8 Years
Class D Felony ½ – 3 Years
Class A Misdemeanor 0-1 Year
Class B Misdemeanor 0-180 Days
Class C Misdemeanor 0-60 Days