Popular Evansville Blues guitarist Boscoe (Daniel France) has advanced to the national finals of the Guitar Center Battle of the Blues contest to be held August 18th at Hollywood’s Club Nokia. The show is tonight at 9 pm.
The City County Observer will be in the club covering the finals where the 6 (yes, only 6 in the whole country) blues guys will be competing to be America’s best.
Link to Event Description:
News Advisory
Mayor Winnecke’s Weekend Schedule
Saturday, August 18, 2012:
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will participate in the monthly Fitness in the Park health event tomorrow at Garvin Park from 8 to 10 a.m. Scheduled activities include Zumba for beginners, advanced Zumba, Yoga, a walk along the Pigeon Creek Greenway, a FitKids program, healthy cooking demonstrations and information booths. The next Fitness in the Park will be on Saturday, September 15, at Howell Park from 8 to 10 a.m. In addition to fitness activities, John Scott Foster will conduct Howell Wetland tours. Howell Park is located on the City’s Westside at 1101 S. Barker Ave.
Saturday evening, Mayor Winnecke will tour the Reitz Home Museum for the 20th Annual Mystery Event. This year’s theme is Murder on Slaughter Avenue. Mayor Winnecke and First Lady Carol McClintock will be on the first tour that begins at 5:30 p.m. Guests will be shuttled between Casio Aztar and the Reitz Home Museum. The night’s activities will include a cocktail buffet, plus dinner and dancing at Casino Aztar.
The Rasmussen Tracking poll today shows President Obama with a 46% – 45% lead Romney while Gallup’s Tracking poll shows Romney maintaining a lead of 47% – 45%.
The average of these two polls is now showing the Romney/Ryan campaign with 46.0% and the Obama/Biden at 45.5%.
The average approval rate for President Obama is now negative 4.5% meaning that 4.5% more of those polled disapprove of the Presidents job performance than approve of it. The average approval rating for the President was 46.0% and the average disapproval was 50.5%. Both items were unchanged from yesterday but for the first time the Gallup Poll reported consecutive days with a disapproval rating of 50% for President Obama.
In an examination of all polls published after August 13th and applying them to the elector count, if the election were held today and the most recent polls are accurate Romney would win the presidency over Obama by an electoral vote of 282 – 256
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
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Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, August 16, 2012.
Eddie Kempf Theft – Class D Felony
Angela Martin Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony
Theft – Class D Felony
Jennifer Nesmith Theft – Class D Felony (Two Counts)
William Thomas Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon – Class B Felony
Possession of an Altered Handgun – Class C Felony
Attempted Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon – Class C Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement –Class A Misdemeanor
Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License – Class A
Misdemeanor
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
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour Coming to The Centre
Sunday, Dec. 2 @ 7:00pm
Evansville, IN ~ Start planning your Christmas Holiday! Mannheim Steamroller will be coming to The Centre on Sunday, December 2nd at 7:00pm. Tickets go on sale August 24th at 10am!
The tour, now in its 27th year, is still met by sold-out audiences and was one of the top 20 concert tours in the nation last year. This year Mannheim Steamroller’s will hold over 90 performances throughout the United States.
Grammy Award® winner Chip Davis will direct and co-produce the shows will featuring the favorite Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller along with state-of-the-art multimedia effects in an intimate setting at The Centre’s Aiken Theatre.
In 1984, Mannheim Steamroller released Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that changed the sounds of Christmas. Already a multi-platinum recording artist through its Fresh Aire Series, Davis decided to record an album of Christmas music combining the group’s signature mix of Renaissance instruments with rock & roll beats.
The resulting album was a runaway hit and Mannheim Steamroller went on to become the biggest selling Christmas music artist in history. The group’s Christmas tour has become an annual holiday tradition right along with decorating the tree, exchanging presents and creating unforgettable moments with friends and family.
Tickets are $65, $55, $35 and $25 and can be purchased at The Centre Box Office Monday through Friday from 10am – 5pm, www.ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000.
For more information on the tour please go to www.chondra.org
First I went to the McCurdy and talked to guy working on the McCurdy. He was joking saying he was the first person to begin the renovations. He was just working on the awnings but said that in about 2 weeks there are going to be about 20 people arriving on the site to begin renovations. He said his grandfather worked on the building back in 1917 when it was first built. He said
they are going to put condos/lofts in there with a grand ballroom at the bottom.
Pictures of Work Getting Done
IS IT TRUE August 17, 2012
IS IT TRUE that a couple of CCO Moles have received messages and emails were sent out today announcing a fund raiser for Republican candidate for the Indiana Senate, Vanetta Becker at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)?…the pledge of the new head of the Vanderburgh County Democrat Party Chairman Jack McNeely to put a stop to this sort of stuff seems to have worked for a month or two and now the local Democrats are at each other’s throats and living in a most un-Democrat way once again?…that even the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA) whose very existence has been threatened by the Obama Administration has stopped short of having a fund raiser for Mitt Romney in a union headquarters?…that the Democrats of SW Indiana have devolved into the most devolved in-fighting group in the entire country?…in spite of that the CCO will go out on a limb and predict that the UMWA will be forced by its membership to endorse the Romney campaign for president of the United States?
IS IT TRUE that the outstanding employees of the EVSC will not be getting a pay raise for 2013?…that the reason is because school board members spent hundreds of millions of dollars on capital projects over the last several years and now there is nothing left in the till to give raises to the employees?
IS IT TRUE we know the fate of Roberts Stadium but are wondering what plans the EVSC School Board has for the now vacant old North High School complex located on Diamond Avenue? …we wonder how much it cost the EVSC system per month to secure this multi-million dollar piece of property?
IS IT TRUE that the commercial customers of the monopoly known as the Evansville Water and Sewer Department generates about 70% to 75% of total income for the Evansville Utilities Department?
IS IT TRUE that Mayor Winnecke is recruiting for Saturday’s Fitness in the Park at Garvin Park from 8-10 am?…this will be the fourth month for Fitness in the Park?…Amy Lutzel will be leading a group from the bandstand near the Garvin Park fountain on a walk along the Pigeon Creek Greenway?…the walk is for people of all fitness levels?… this is mentioned this because it is not on the flyers sent out today by the Mayor’s office?…there will also be a healthy foods cooking demonstration by personal chef Cheryl Mochau?…other activities will include a KidFit Program, plus Zumba and advanced Zumba classes?
IS IT TRUE the pictures of the advances dilapidation taking place at the abandoned McCurdy Hotel has elicited more calls and emails of disgust by the readers of the CCO that nearly anything that has ever been published by this website?…there were also many calls and emails of disgust over the salary adjustments recommended by the Winnecke Administration for a group of only 8 people relative to the entire non union staff of the City of Evansville?…the Golden 10 is now the Golden 8?…the most expressed opinion is that the City of Evansville is low on money, has squandered the future, and that most of the people of Evansville have not seen a 3% raise in years and that there is no reason for a broke city to be handing out 3% across the board increases at all?…the consensus of the people of Evansville on this issue is that the most appropriate raise is a big fat ZERO?
IS IT TRUE that a City of Evansville department head tendered his resignation yesterday at the demand of Mayor Winnecke?…that Brad Mills has served many years in two positions and now he will be seeking employment elsewhere?…the word on the street is that he is alleged to have balked at some back door deals put forward by both of the most recent administrations?…the CCO wishes Mr. Mills well as he will eventually come to appreciate the day he made the decision to leave the employment of a ship that appears to be sinking?
IS IT TRUE that one of the large sources of revenue from the TIF District that was budgeted to pay the note on the Ford Center was the invisible downtown Convention Hotel?…we are safe to assume that there will be no incremental funds coming from the invisible hotel?…we would like to know just how many alternative sourced dollars will be needed in 2013 to make the payments on the Ford Center?
