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EVSC Technology Specialist Selected as Sony Ambassador

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Technology is ever changing and school corporations like the EVSC are working hard to ensure students learn the skills they need to compete in the 21st Century. To help the corporation stay ahead of that curve, EVSC employee Tim Wilhelmus, integrated curriculum and technology specialist, was notified recently that he has been named an inaugural member of the Sony Educational Ambassador Program. Wilhelmus is one of 11 members nation-wide who will work with Sony to shape how schools around the nation implement technology. As members, they will share their experiences through an online community database of lesson plans, app reviews, forums, step-by-step technology-use cases, and more.

Wilhelmus first learned about the program through a presenter at last summer’s EVSC eRevolution Conference and decided to apply. The application process included the submission of a three-minute video that introduced him and explained how he wanted to be a part of the process of finding technology solutions that truly enhance learning.

Later this month, Sony will fly the 11 members to San Diego for an initial collaboration meeting. Over time, Wilhelmus plans to share what he has learned with the EVSC, allowing the corporation to continue to extend its knowledge about teaching in the digital age.

Evansville Redevelopment Commission AGENDA Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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Evansville Redevelopment Commission
AGENDA

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 – 8:30 am
Civic Center Complex – Room 307

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes of November 7, 2012
Approval of Executive Session Memo November 9, 2012

3. Approval of Accounts Payable Vouchers

4. Evansville African American Museum
Resolution 12-ERC-43 – Authorizing a 2nd Amended Grant Agreement with the
Evansville African American Museum

5. Other Business

6. Adjournment

* This preliminary Agenda is subject to change. The final Agenda will be posted at the entrance to the location of the meeting prior to the meeting.

EPD Activity Report November 18, 2012

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EPD Activity Report November 18, 2012

33rd Annual Victorian Christmas

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Take a tour through the Reitz Home Museum as it shines with holiday decorations and celebrations. This gem of a home museum is extra special this time of year with decorators turning each room into an elegant version of Victorian Christmas Celebration. Call for group tours. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday (Last tour starts at 2:30 p.m.) Closed major holidays

Visit reitzhome.com for more information.

Farless named director of News and Information Services at USI

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John Farless has been promoted to director of News and Information Services at the University of Southern Indiana. He assumed his new role on November 12, 2012.

Farless joined USI News and Information Services as senior writer in January 2012 after more than 10 years as associate director of communications at Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary and School of Theology. Prior to that, he served as staff writer, photographer, and interim editor at the Perry County News.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications with an emphasis in print journalism and a minor in sociology from USI. While a USI student, he served as managing editor of The Aerie, arts and entertainment editor for The Shield, and cover photographer for Transitions magazine.

“I’m excited to take on the role of director of News and Information,” said Farless. “USI continues to grow and thrive, and to establish itself as an excellent opportunity for higher education in Indiana. I look forward to continuing to work with the USI community to tell our story.”

Farless replaces Kathy Funke, who retired as director of News and Information Services after 22 years in the position. Funke is still employed at the University and currently working on special projects for University Relations.

The Office of News and Information Services is a department within University Relations and part of Marketing and Communications at USI. The office is responsible for media relations; copy and publications about the University, including the USI Magazine; photography; and sports information, as well as managing the University’s social media presence.

Source: USI.edu

Evansville Water and Sewer Utility receives Lab Excellence Award

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The Indiana Water Environment Association (IWEA) honored the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility with a Lab Excellence Award for laboratory practices and administration at the Evansville wastewater laboratory. The recognition was given during IWEA’s annual conference Nov. 14-16 in Indianapolis. This is the 13th year the Utility has received the award.

The Utility requested a site evaluation and was inspected by the IWEA Laboratory Committee. Graded using standardized criteria, the Evansville wastewater laboratory exemplified outstanding record-keeping, technique and equipment maintenance.

IS IT TRUE November 19, 2012

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The Mole #??

IS IT TRUE November 19, 2012

IS IT TRUE we heard a lot from the presidential and congressional candidates about keeping taxes low for the middle class and helping small businesses create jobs?… they said nothing, though, about an unknown and hidden “tax” on the use of credit cards that hurts every consumer and merchant in America?… this hidden tax is called the swipe fee and is the fee that merchants pay to banks to accept a card and pass on to consumers?…even though swipe fees are invisible to consumers, they result in higher prices, even for those who mostly pay with cash and rarely use a card?…the only difference between swipe fees and taxes is that the $50 billion in revenue that the swipe fee generates every year goes directly to banks rather than to the government?… every American household on average pays about $427 a year in the swipe fee “tax.”?… the swipe fee is the second highest operating expense for merchants, an especially serious burden for small businesses?…swipe fees are the fastest-growing expense these businesses face, rising much faster than, for example, health care costs?…while health care has received a lot of presidential attention, swipe fees did not draw any attention at all?…maybe that is because the politicos on both sides of the aisle line their campaign coffers with donations from the “too big to fail” banks that rake these fees in and have little interest in the backbone of American business that is all too often deemed “too little to matter”?

IS IT TRUE that the EPA gave the City of Evansville 730 days (a full two years) to come up with a plan to implement actions necessary to correct the problems associated with having a Combined Sewer System?…the CSO of Evansville frequently pours raw sewage into the Ohio River, our streets, into basements, and keeps that crappy aroma permeating the air of the South Side?…now with 10 days to go before the November 30th deadline Mayor Winnecke and city officials are asking for a 180 day extension BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT DONE THEIR JOB by creating even so much as a plan?…this failure of both the Weinzapfel Administration and now the Winnecke Administration could result in fines being levied on the city for not even planning to plan?…the first idea was to see if the EPA would allow the can to be kicked 30 years down the road instead of 20?…City leaders even tried to float a trial balloon stating they had “saved” the people of Evansville $300 Million but that was for doing half the job and hoping the EPA would play ball?…here we are 720 days into a 730 day project with our Mayor and his surrogates begging like dogs for an extension that would not have been necessary if the Weinzapfel Administration would have started this project when they should have?…the excuse being put forth is that “is rained too much in 2011 to take good data”?…given the changing and unpredictable nature of weather this is about as dumb as a box of rocks to make this assertion?…data was taken for years that lead to the EPA successfully suing the City of Evansville (along with 10 other dysfunctional places) and other places have done their fixes?…the actions needed are known and the City of Evansville has once again deliberately FAILED TO PLAN WHICH IS THE SAME AS PLANNING TO FAIL?…THAT PLANNED FAILURE SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PLANNING EXERCISE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS CAPABLE OF DOING WELL?

IS IT TRUE that in a recent Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum that Bob Nardelli, the GE product that went on to serve as the CEO of both Home Depot and Chrysler made a very profound statement with respect to manufacturing in America?…Mr. Nardelli’s statement was “if America had the lowest cost of electricity manufacturers would flock back to our shores”?…he went on to state that in most heavy industry that labor is only a 10% contributor to the expenses?…our own Gail Riecken without having heard Mr. Nardelli said much the same thing on a local basis in an interview with the Indianapolis Star yesterday when she stated “Vectren’s rates are a deterrent to potential homebuyers and businesses looking to relocate”?…the cost of electricity in America is only exceeded greatly by one thing on business expenses and that is the fact that our corporate income tax rates are the HIGHEST IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD?…it seems as though one way or another our country seems to be infatuated with ways to impose WARTIME ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON OURSELVES?…if we just had a population that was aware and capable that would get off the darn couch and raise some hell about these things we may just make a comeback?

Air quality in Evansville is atrocious but of course the official monitors are not working

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November 16, 2012-by John Blair valleywatch.net editor

Below is a picture I shot this morning of the atrocious air pollution in Evansville today, 11/16. It was basically the same yesterday as fine particles built up in the region. Unfortunately, IDEM nor the local EPA has any data to record what is probably an exceedance of the 24 hour fine particle standard so there is no air pollution alerts or anything to warn people of the severity of the problem.

IDEM is supposed to maintain a near real-time data website (http://leads.idem.in.gov/cgi-bin/idem/daily_summary.pl) but for the last two days, while air quality worsened, their site shows absolutely no data using the term PMA instead of quantitative figures. IDEM defines PMA as: “PMA – Preventative maintenance. Indicates the CAMS is undergoing maintenance and data collected is not valid data.”

Sadly, what is happening today and yesterday will likely not be included in any determination of whether or not we actually meet the health based standards for fine particles since the monitor is conveniently down for “preventative” maintenance. Maybe by “preventative” they mean prevent a violation of the standard.

I am asking for permission to publish a letter a Valley Watch board member received from Evansville EPA leader, Dona Bergman and will share that when permission is received but in the meantime here are two sentences from that letter, date August 1, 2012 which was in response to data that USEPA had collected which showed EVV air quality was worse than the State and local governments were acknowledging, “For much of the period you examined, the data from the BV continuous monitor had a high bias (see for example the chart below). In fact, quite a bit of the Buena Vista monitor’s data were removed from IDEM’s websites because they were invalidated.”

It seems that every time there is an air quality problem around here there is some kind of excuse forthcoming as to why the official monitors are incorrect except on days when air quality is on the good side, then they are never wrong.

Vectren coal costs and electric rates may return to the news

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Vectren coal costs and electric rates may return to the news

Even though the story of Vectren’s coal costs and electric rates has repeatedly been covered by Evansville media outlets over the last several years, the Indianapolis Star has taken interest in these older contracts that are no longer in place and plans to print a story this Sunday.

We have always been very transparent on our coal purchases for our electric business. While Vectren Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vectren, provides the majority of coal for Vectren’s two power plants in southwest Indiana, they won the bid through RFP processes with regulatory oversight and support. Vectren Fuels also supplies coal to various other electric utilities as the mines are located in southern Indiana within 50 miles of approximately 13 coal-fired power plants, making transportation costs very attractive.

Earlier this year I shared with you the driving force behind Vectren’s electric rates – environmental investments. In an effort to help our region achieve attainment status for air quality measures, and open the door for economic development, we added $410 million in environmental control equipment at both of our coal-fired power plants ahead of any EPA mandates. These efforts proved successful and today, the region is in attainment and southwest Indiana is breathing cleaner air. Click here to see Vectren’s story.

http://www.vectrenlivesmart.com/cleanair/

We always welcome the opportunity to discuss our rates or provide an overview of our businesses.

Regards,

Mike Roeder

Vectren Vice President of Government Affairs and Communications

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, November 15, 2012 and Friday, November 16, 2012.

Charles Brendel Dealing in Methamphetamine –Class A Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony
Unlawful Use of a Police Radio – Class B Misdemeanor

Lancing Copeland Dealing in Cocaine – Class B Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony

Duane Davenport Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .08 or More – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to Driving While Suspended – Class A Misdemeanor)

Tavion Ford Possession of Cocaine –Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
Visiting a Common Nuisance – Class B Misdemeanor

Desmonz Fullilove Dealing in Cocaine – Class B Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony

Eric Harding Theft – Class D Felony

Wendi Rickard Dealing in Methamphetamine –Class A Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony
Unlawful Possession of a Police Radio – Class B Misdemeanor

James Shearer Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class D Felony

Thomas Wilson Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class D Felony
Intimidation – Class D Felony (Two Counts)
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury –Class D Felony
Battery – Class A Misdemeanor
Invasion of Privacy – Class A Misdemeanor
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor
Disorderly Conduct – Class B Misdemeanor
Habitual Offender Enhancement

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

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