Firefighters Local #357 Endorsements Finalized and Ratified
The final endorsements are as follows:
Mayor of Evansville: Rick Davis (D)
City Council Ward 1: Dan McGinn (R)
City Council Ward 2: E. Lon Walters (R)
City Council Ward 3: No Endorsement
City Council Ward 4: No Endorsement
City Council Ward 5: Brent Grafton (R)
City Council Ward 6: Al Lindsey (D)
City Council At-Large Endorsements:
Dr. H. Dan Adams (D)
Michelle Mercer (R)
Bill Kramer (R)
Winnecke Hosting Jobs Roundtable
September 14, 2011
For Immediate Release: Lloyd Winnecke Jobs Roundtable
Members of the Media:
In May, we released a detailed jobs plan, available at WinneckeForMayor.com, that addressed my vision for job growth. An important aspect of that plan is regular meetings with local businesses to hear their concerns and seek additional ways in which the city can assist their growth and the job creation that goes along with it.
As a part of my campaign, we are launching this portion of the jobs plan by hosting a “Job Creation Roundtable†with local business owners and managers. Our first jobs roundtable will be held today, September 14th, from 11am to 1pm at our campaign office at 4th and Main.
This open discussion with local business leaders is meant to help guide our policy in a future Winnecke Administration and help create an environment where businesses can grow jobs in a struggling economy. The city must make every effort to understand the needs of the business community, and discussions such as these will help us craft plans to address on Day 1 the biggest issue facing our community: Jobs.
Lloyd Winnecke
Where the Skills Are: By Richard Florida from “The Atlantic” Magazine
Excerpts:
“THE HISTORY OF human progress is intimately intertwined with that of cities.”
“Boyd’s research shows the close relationship between toolmaking advances and population size. As people gathered into larger groups and came into contact with one another more frequently, knowledge was shared, retained, and advanced more easily”
“As highly skilled people concentrate in these places, the rate of innovation accelerates, new businesses are created, and productivity—and, ultimately, pay—grows. Wages generally increase with city size, as opportunities for specialization and interaction multiply. Pay for manufacturing workers tends to rise above the national average, for instance, as communities grow beyond 120,000 people.”
“Jobs requiring physical skill cluster in small and medium-size metro areas—industrial centers where land for factories is relatively inexpensive. Jobs featuring analytic skill are sparse in these places, and heavily concentrated in larger metro areas—indicating the rising benefits of having high numbers of well-educated, highly intelligent people working close together. And jobs requiring the highest level of social skill are the most concentrated in the very largest metro areas—where, combined with the high prevalence of analytic skill, they underpin faster rates of innovation and growth”
Link to article with a great skills map:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/where-the-skills-are/8628/
UE Achieves Highest U.S. News & World Report Ranking Since 1994
U.S. News & World Report has again recognized the University of Evansville as one of the top 10 regional universities in the Midwest — as well as one of the region’s best values — in its annual Best Colleges rankings.
The University of Evansville ranked ninth in the Best Regional Universities: Midwest category, its highest position since the mid-1990s. UE also held steady at the #3 slot on the Midwest list of “Great Schools, Great Prices†and was named an “A-Plus School for B Students†among Midwest regional universities.
The rankings are an indication of UE’s academic quality, reputation, and reasonable cost of attendance.
“At the University of Evansville, we constantly strive to improve the educational experience we offer to students,†said UE President Thomas A. Kazee. “Although we know that such rankings capture only a part of the richness of the UE experience, we are nevertheless happy to see that our stature as one of the Top 10 master’s-granting institutions in the Midwest continues. Indeed, UE’s ranking this year is the highest since 1994.â€
“Moreover, other U.S. News rankings illustrate UE’s excellence,†Kazee added. “Our consistently high ranking in the ‘Great Schools, Great Prices’ category shows that we provide a liberal arts education and dynamic professional programs at an affordable cost. And our recognition as an ‘A-Plus School for B Students’ demonstrates our commitment to evaluating prospective students on a holistic basis — considering character, work ethic, and potential for success as well as academic achievement.â€
Overall, 146 universities in 12 states were included in the Best Regional Universities: Midwest list. The University of Evansville was the only Southwest Indiana institution to make the top tier.
Selection for the U.S. News & World Report list is based upon measures of academic quality such as assessment by administrators at peer institutions, student graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, and alumni giving.
The rankings are designed to help prospective students evaluate their college choices. The listings include 1,600 accredited schools.
The Best Colleges rankings are available online today and will be published in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges issue, available on newsstands Tuesday, September 20.
Project Lead the Way/Medical Professions Students to Present Emergency Room Designs
Wednesday, Sept. 14
11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m.
Central High School, 5400 First Ave.
Media Center
Time is critical when it comes to hospital emergency rooms. The layout, technology used and personnel all affect patient care. Seniors enrolled in the Project Lead the Way Biomedical Innovations Course at Central High School have been studying emergency rooms and will present a variety of emergency room designs Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Central High School Media Center.
Groups will present a floor plan of their proposed emergency room, a model of an innovative device used in the ER, and a description of an innovative use of personnel in the ER. Students will then walk two patients through their “emergency room.†Each presentation will last approximately 10 – 15 minutes.
Judges will include Dr. Dan Adams, retired heart surgeon; Chris Keegan, chairperson of the Surgical Technology program at Vincennes University; Margaret Moutseous, manager of the Library Services at St. Mary’s Medical Center; and Marlene Waller, clinical coordinator of the Emergency Department at Deaconess Hospital.
Downtown Today: 9/14/2011
Time 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Subject COUNTY BUDGET HRGS
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Reminder 15 minutes
Categories ROOM 301
Time 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Location 301
Recurrence Occurs the second Wednesday of every 1 month effective 9/14/2011 until 9/14/2011 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Reminder 15 minutes
TINA OWEN @ 7897
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Categories ROOM 307
IS IT TRUE? September 14, 2011 Extra Morning Edition
IS IT TRUE? September 14, 2011 Extra Morning Edition
IS IT TRUE that it seems as though the vote to move the consolidation proposal came down to a party line vote at last night’s Vanderburgh County Commissioner’s meeting with the two Republicans in favor an Democratic Commissioner Stephen Melcher casting the lone NO vote?…that Commissioner Melcher has consistently expressed the opinion that a threshold rejection option is the only fair way to proceed with a vote on consolidation and even made a motion to amend the proposal to include one?…that neither Commissioner Winnecke nor Commissioner Abell seconded his motion so it did not go forward?…that now the issue of referendum or no referendum is in the hands of the Evansville City Council?
IS IT TRUE that maybe next year the City of Evansville can try to consolidate with the City of Newburgh in an election with no threshold rejection provisions?…that with the tax base and wealth that Newburgh has the City of Evansville could just take that over at the ballot box with its overwhelming population advantage and start sending Evansville’s bills to Newburgh to be paid?…that if this consolidation committee would have identified and clearly communicated what the significant savings from consolidation will be AND held a vote with threshold rejection that we believe that consolidation would have passed?…that they did neither and may have just set back a real and profitable consolidation effort by 10 years?…that only the City Council can send the message that doing nothing and annexation by the ballot is not acceptable?
IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer is pleased to see the focus that is coming together to advocate for making pseudoephedrine a prescription medicine at the state level and if not to force the state to let local government make this decision?…that both Evansville Fire Chief Keith Jarboe and Police Chief Brad Hill whose people are on the front lines of the collateral danger from the meth scourge that keeps accelerating in Vanderburgh County agree?…that Oregon and Mississippi have enacted prescription only laws and have seen meth lab seizures fall by about 70%?…that disrupting the supply lines is a very basic yet effective military move that has been practice for thousands of years?…that it has been proven to work in two states?…that Evansville and the State of Indiana need to get their act together in the effort to disrupt the cooking of meth?…that State Representative Gail Riecken is poised to carry the torch at the state level?
IS IT TRUE that our military has detonation bags for grenades that contain the blast to protect people in the proximity?…that the CCO was approached last week with the idea of applying this detonation bag technology to develop a bag to contain the toxic chemicals and potential blast from a one-pot meth lab?…that such a tool would be invaluable to law enforcement professionals all across the country?…that this technology may just be available for licensing through the PIA that GAGE has with Crane Navsea?…that this is commercial product with an immediate demand?…that this could be a great opportunity for an Evansville business to capitalize on the Tech Transfer program in a nationally relevant yet profitable way?…that as we have often stated, if the BRAINS, AMBITION, and MONEY are committed to this kind of a project, local jobs and local wealth will be created by doing a good thing?
IS IT TRUE that we would love to share the name of the person who had this idea but do not yet have permission to do so?…that many people would be surprised?…that a feasibility study and a patent search has been initiated with the appropriate tech transfer officer?…that the person who had this idea is very skilled at connecting existing technologies to immediate needs?…that the seemingly obvious answer is not always the right answer?