Keynote Speaker will be civil rights and peace activist Diane Nash

(Evansville, IN) – The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Human Relations Commission will hold
its Annual Dinner on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at The Centre. The keynote
speaker will be civil rights and peace activist Diane Nash.

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will present the 2012 Mayor’s Celebration of Diversity Awards at the
Annual Dinner. The awards recognize businesses, organizations and individuals that embrace
and celebrate diversity. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, September 10, 2012. To
make a nomination, please go to www.evansvillegov.org/diversityawards or contact the Human
Relations Commission at (812) 436-4927.

Ticket donations are $30 per person. Corporate sponsorships are also available. Please contact
the Human Relations Commission at (812) 436-4927 before Friday, September 7, to make a
reservation.

About Diane Nash
A Chicago native who had never experienced segregation in public accommodations before
moving to the South, Diane Nash went on to become one of the pioneers of the Civil Rights
Movement.

Nash’s involvement in the nonviolent movement began in 1959 while she was student at Fisk
University. In 1960, she became the chairperson of the student sit in movement in Nashville,
Tennessee- the first southern city to desegregate its lunch counters-as well as one of the founding
students of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.

In 1961, she coordinated the Freedom Ride from Birmingham, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi,
a story which was documented in the recent PBS American Experience film Freedom Riders.
Her many arrests for her civil rights activities culminated in Nash being imprisoned for 30 days
in 1961, while she was pregnant with her first child. Undeterred, she went on to join a national
committee – to which she was appointed by President John F. Kennedy – that promoted passage
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Nash later became active in the peace movement that worked to
end the Vietnam War, and became an instructor in the philosophy and strategy of non-violence
as developed by Mohandas Gandhi.

Diane Nash is the recipient of numerous awards, including the War Resisters League Peace
Award; the Distinguished American Award presented by the John F. Kennedy Library; the LBJ
Award for Leadership in Civil Rights from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum;
and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Fisk University, her alma mater. More
recently, Nash delivered the 2009 Slavery Remembrance Day Memorial Lecture in Liverpool,
England.

Her work has been cited in numerous books, documentaries, magazines and newspaper articles,
and she has appeared on such TV shows and films as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Spike Lee’s
Four Little Girls, and PBS’s Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965.

I. Call to Order

II. Minutes –July 9, 2012

III. Old Business – Greenway Update
a) Industrial Corridor – Boberg
a.Phase 4
b) Review Quote for New LED Lights at Shirley James Gateway Plaza – Boberg
c) Annual Greenway Inspection Tour – September 10, 2012, 1:30pm – 4:30pm. – Boberg

IV. ETC Report – Roberta Heiman

V. New Business
a) Approval for Cleaning Graffiti at the Sunset Park. – Boberg
b) Review Alternate Light Systems for Riverfront Corridor. – Boberg
c) Review Quotes to Install New Gate at the Entrance to the Heidelbach Canoe Launch. – Boberg
d) Any Other Business the Advisory Board Wishes to Discuss

VI. Adjourn

Evansville, IN— Join us at the Victory Theatre for this month’s “Movies on Main Street “!
Family friendly, FREE and fun for all ages! This month “The Three Stooges” will be showing on
Friday, August 17th and “We Bought A Zoo” will be presented on Saturday, August 18th. Doors
will open at 6:30pm with the show starting at 7:30pm.

Full concessions will be available with food specials including $1 hot dogs fresh from the gril.

Thank you to all of our sponsors that have made this FREE movies program a 16 year success!
Pick up your passes for FREE admission at any of these sponsor locations: Wesselman’s
Supermarkets, News4U Magazine, The Centre, WABX, Hot 96, WIKY, 93.5 The Wolf, JackFM,
WEVV-CBS44, FOX44, Bunny Bread, Garrett Printing and Graphics.

We look forward to seeing you August 17th & 18th at the Victory Theatre and once again, this
event is family friendly, FREE and fun for all ages! For more information, call 812-435-5770.
Passes will be available for pick-up at all of the sponsor locations.

The Southwest Indiana STEM (SwISTEM) program for science, technology, engineering, and math at the University of Southern Indiana will begin its Equipment Lending Service for the 2012-13 academic year on August 14, 2012.

Educators in southwest Indiana are eligible to participate in the free service that delivers laboratory-grade equipment and hands-on mathematics learning tools to organizations involved in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education of pre-K through grade 12.

In 2007, USI was selected as a lead institution in the development and implementation of the new Indiana STEM (I-STEM) Resource Network. USI has primary responsibility for STEM-related efforts for the entire southwestern Indiana region. The focus of SwISTEM is on improvement of STEM-related education through curriculum assistance, resource provision, outreach activities, and professional development for educators in 12 counties within the region.

Source: USI.edu

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden is pleased to announce that a new animal species has been added to their collection. A male and female takin are now on exhibit in the Asian area of the Zoo, and can be found in the large centrally located yard. With horns like a wildebeest, a nose like a moose, and a body like a bison, it is easy to see why this animal was apparently the inspiration behind the character “Beast” from Disney’s movie Beauty and the Beast. Two coats of fur keep takin protected from the cold in their native habitat of the Himalayas. Tale, the male is four years old and came from the St. Louis Zoo. Two year old female Dawa arrived from the Los Angeles Zoo. According to Amos Morris, Zoo Director, “We are always excited to add a new species of animal to our collection at the Zoo, especially one with so much conservation significance.”

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden is open 365 days a year from 9 AM – 5 PM, entry gate closes at 4 PM. Admission for adults 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. Please visit www.meskerparkzoo.com for information regarding yearly memberships or other Zoo services.

The Louisville Courier Journal learned through documents obtained through the Open Door Laws that the KFC YUM Center has depleted a reserve fund of $3 Million established for repairs and maintenance down to $4,000 since April to make regular payments. The need to take such actions is reported to be caused by a shortfall in tax revenues earmarked to pay off the state of the art arena in Downtown Louisville that opened two years ago this fall.

Louisville sources have disclosed that the downtown TIF (tax increment financing) district that was expected to return over $14 Million only produced slightly over $6 Million making the raid on the reserve account necessary. The Ford Center is also depending on a steady predictable cash stream from a downtown TIF district to cover much of the debt service for the Ford Center.

Link to full article:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120806/BUSINESS/308060111/-3M-arena-renovation-money-raided-debt-payment?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|News&nclick_check=1