Bargersville, IN -Â An event to honor the life of Trooper Aaron Smith is happening this Sunday, July 30, 2023 in Bargersville. The celebration of life will include several opportunities to join others for a workout, followed by ceremony to honor Trooper Smith and his family. The funds raised will directly support Trooper Smith’s wife and family.
Trooper Smith was passionate about serving his community in several capacities, and he was passionate about working out at the gym with his wife. This event will take place at the gym where Trooper Smith spent time physically preparing for his roles both as an Indiana State Trooper and a member of the Indiana National Guard.
The community is invited to attend this event, participation in a workout is not required. The celebration of life is expected to begin at approximately 1:45 p.m. Information about workout times can be found in the attached flyer.
This information is being sent on behalf of CGX Crossfit, 571 Industrial Drive, Bargersville, IN 46106. Questions about the event should be directed to Jen Binkley at 317-435-7125
INDIANA (July 26, 2023) — According to a recent conservation survey, Indiana farmers have set a conservation record this year by planting an estimated 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers.
“Protecting our most vital natural resources is top of mind for our Indiana farmers and this year’s record breaking cover crop acreage is a testament to that,†said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. “Through the implementation of cover crops and other conservation efforts, farmers are ensuring our land and water resources remain healthy and productive.â€
Overwintering living covers (i.e. – cover crops and small grains, like winter wheat) are known for their environmental benefits. Cover crops and small grains, planted in the fall after harvest, help increase organic matter in the soil and improve overall soil health by adding living roots to the soil for additional months of the year. Cover crops also improve water infiltration into the soil, while other covers, like legumes, serve as natural fertilizers.
Although the conservation transect does not differentiate between cover crops and small grains, Indiana farmers typically plant fewer than 200,000 acres of small grains annually, so cover crops vastly dominate the 1.6 million estimated acres. Apart from corn and soybeans, cover crops are planted on more acres than any other commodity crop in Indiana.
“Hoosier farmers have held strong at 1.5 million acres of cover crops planted since 2021, so we are excited our farmers were once again able to move the needle forward,” said Don Lamb, Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director. “Soil conservation successes would not be possible without the dedicated farmers and the Indiana Conservation Partnership to help them along the way.â€
As a result of the cover crops planted, it is estimated that 1.7 million tons of sediment was prevented from entering Indiana’s waterways, which is enough sediment to fill more than 480 Olympic-size swimming pools. Overwintering covers also prevented 4.3 million pounds of nitrogen and over 2.2 million pounds of phosphorus from entering Indiana’s waterways.
The conservation survey also showed that about 68% of farmed acres were not tilled and 17% had employed reduced tillage after the 2022 harvest. This early spring survey is not intended to quantify pre-planting tillage.
“Conserving our natural resources is not a one-agency job. Indiana conservation succeeds through its partnerships, working closely with individual farmers and landowners, local, state and federal government agencies, private industries, nonprofits, and many other people and groups,†said Curtis Knueven, Acting State Conservationist for Indiana’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. “These partnerships share their unique areas of expertise and allow us to expand the reach and depth of conservation in Indiana.â€
The Indiana Conservation Partnership conducts many programs that help encourage private landowners to adopt cover crops as part of their agricultural strategy. One such initiative that helped contribute to the successful year for cover crops in 2022 was the Cover Crop Premium Discount Program (CCPDP). It is a program that provides a discount on crop insurance for planting cover crops. CCPDP assisted landowners in planting about 30 thousand acres of cover crops in 2022.
The conservation transect is a visual survey of cropland in the state. It was conducted between March and May 2023 by members of the Indiana Conservation Partnership, including the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Indiana’s Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Purdue Extension, as well as Earth Team volunteers, to show a more complete story of the state’s conservation efforts.
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Avon, Ohio – The Evansville Otters scored four early runs but the Lake Erie Crushers mounted a three-run comeback to win 6-4 Tuesday afternoon at Mercy Health Stadium.
The Crushers scored five unanswered runs and hit three home runs to erase an Otters’ three run lead and win the series opener.
Lake Erie hit a go-ahead two-out, two-RBI base hit in the sixth inning. Evansville had one baserunner over the final six innings.
Evansville took an early lead in the second inning. The Otters hit three singles and the Crushers committed two infield errors.
George Callil had an RBI bunt base hit on a sacrifice squeeze play before Kona Quiggle hit a two-out RBI single.
Lake Erie blasted a solo home run for their first score in the second inning.
The Otters scored their last run in the third inning. Jeffrey Baez led off with a double and Ethan Skender brought him home with a single.
Lake Erie continued their power party with two more solo home runs in the third inning. They tied the game in the fourth as a walk and single eventually scored a run on a fielder’s choice.
The Crushers led off the sixth with a single and double before the go-ahead two-RBI hit.
Skender led Evansville with two hits. Quiggle advanced his on-base streak to a season-best 15 games.
Jon Beymer and Tyler Vail worked a combined 2.2 innings scoreless from the bullpen.
The Otters and Crushers play in the series middle game Wednesday morning with a 10:05 AM CT start time from Avon, Ohio. The game will be broadcast on the Otters Digital Network and simulcast on FloSports.
FOOTNOTE: Â EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.
IS IT TRUE there is much curiosity in the Tri-State about the benefits of merging these entities and why the need to do such a thing culminated so rapidly?…it may not have been as fast as it was revealed as an examination of the 990 forms for E-REP showing that it was formed three years [3) ago in 2021 inside the Chamber by Tara Barney during her reign as CEO?…it seems as though the merger was in the minds of a several political and business insiders for some time?…in reality E-REP assumed the roles of the Chamber and gobbled up the other two organizations as their leadership moved or went into retirement?…the transparency about this from a public disclosure perspective is being questioned by several members of our local business community? …that the non-profit organization aggregation site GuideStar gives ratings for transparency and gives Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum rankings to all non-profits based on how much of their financial, management, board of directors, and performance data is published on their site?…at this time E-REP has no ranking whatsoever on GuideStar which is below the lowest rating for transparency that GuideStar has?…this means they have shared no information of substance period?
IS IT TRUE that the revelation in 2023 that the three entities that have partnered for more than a decade to do the economic development work for the City of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, and parts of the surrounding counties have been merged into a single organization convinced some people as a way to save money and concerned others about the concentration of efforts?…the merged entities consist of the Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana that did traditional chamber activities like mixers, lobbying, and the Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC) to mentor micro businesses, the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville (GAGE) that was formed to foster entrepreneurship in industries that pay a thriving wage. …that the Southwest Indiana Coalition for Economic Development which focused on the attraction of outside businesses was merged into a new entity called E-REP which stands for Evansville Regional Economic Partnership?… historically local government supported the two economic development entities and private businesses supported the Chamber of Commerce
IS IT TRUE that Regional groups covering all 92 counties have shared $500 million in state development grants?— although none will get close to the planned maximum $75 million. Gov. Eric Holcomb also responded sharply to criticism from some Republican gubernatorial candidates charge that his administration is imposing a “top-down approach” on development efforts around the state. (Davies, State Affairs
IS IT TRUE there is much curiosity in the Tri-State about the benefits of merging these entities and why the need to do such a thing culminated so rapidly?…it may not have been as fast as it was revealed as an examination of the 990 forms for E-REP showing that it was formed three years [3) ago in 2021 inside the Chamber by Tara Barney during her reign as CEO?…it seems as though the merger was in the minds of a several political and business insiders for some time?
IS IT TRUE one of the City-County Observers “Moles” who is adept at cyber-sleuthing techniques was able to learn that E-REP is a 501c6 that is typical for organizations that employ lobbyists like Chambers of Commerce do?… Economic Development entities like GAGE and the Coalition are typically either 501c3 or 501c4 organizations that can accept deductible donations from anywhere?…this begs the question “Can E-REP accept money from governments (we know they do from a recent article printed in the Courier and Press) and 0plausibly advocate for business when they are beholding to government”?
Why are the people who complain the loudest about political correctness and the “cancel culture†among the first to scream when someone disagrees with them or expresses a contrary opinion?
The furor over country singer Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town†song and video is but the latest example.
Both the tune and the video are a messy mishmash of MAGA-style chest-thumping, assertions of victimhood that somehow are supposed to justify violence and vigilantism. Logically and factually, the song and its pairings in the video with incendiary images make about as much sense as an old Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon.
The lyrics threaten dire retribution for those who:
“Cuss out a cop, spit in his face
“Stomp on the flag and light it up
“Yeah, ya think you’re tough.â€
If anything, the video is less subtle. It’s filled with images from, one presumes, Black Lives Matter protests, intercut with footage of Aldean and his band lip-syncing before a courthouse festooned with a giant American flag.
The courthouse, it turns out, is one from which a Black man was lynched in 1927.
That’s not surprising. The MAGA crowd’s understanding of history seems to have been gleaned from 1940s comic strips and old movie serials.
Curiously, both the song and the video ignore one high-profile instance of police officers being disrespected, assaulted and attacked—the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol that escalated quickly into a riot and then an insurrection.
Maybe that’s because many of those who ransacked the temple of American democracy were from small towns—and embraced the values celebrated in the song and video.
But then, the purpose of the song wasn’t to persuade.
It was to inflame.
Which is what it has done.
Country Music Television—CMT—has pulled the video from its rotation, prompting the easily wounded MAGA crowd to whine that they’re being persecuted. They even say Aldean is being censored.
They aren’t.
And he isn’t.
The people who run CMT have the same First Amendment rights as anyone else. That means they can choose to say what they wish—and choose not to say things they don’t wish to say.
If theirs was a completely open forum, they’d be playing rap or soul and not limiting their offerings to endless and often nasal celebrations of pickup trucks, lost loves and illusory vanishing lifestyles.
CMT likely made the decision to drop “Try That in a Small Town†from the playlist because encouraging people to settle political differences by grabbing grandpa’s gun wouldn’t advance the brand or the business plan.
The MAGA mob has responded by yelling they will give CMT the “Bud Light treatment.â€
By that, they mean that they’ll punish CMT by trying to hurt its sales and perhaps even drive it out of business. These same MAGA voices were so upset by a rainbow-themed can of beer—itself an expression, somewhat like a song—that they initiated a national boycott and took to shooting up cases of the brew.
Senses of irony and self-awareness apparently are beyond the capacities of these folks.
What’s dumbfounding about this dustup is its complete disconnection from reality.
No one has suppressed Aldean’s noxious earworm. If anything, he’s likely to sell more copies because he’s made himself the latest poster boy for the ongoing MAGA self-pity party. He’ll be able to feel sorry for himself all the way to the bank.
No, the misfortune here is not that a country star’s management team figured out a slick hustle to elevate his act from the pack for a moment.
Rather the greater harm is that this song continues and reinforces the slur that people in small towns are simple folk with primitive moral compasses, souls untroubled by racial injustice, gun violence or the travails of others.
The fact is that life in a small town is just as complex as it is in the biggest metropolis on the planet. The people who live in small towns wrestle with the same demons and seek the counsel of the same better angels of their nature that we all do.
Treating people who live outside cities as fully functioning human beings capable of subtle reasonings and conflicted feelings and not as stick figures is long overdue.
Showing respect for people because they’re people?
Try that in a small town.
FOOTNOTE: John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. The views expressed are those of the author only and should not be attributed to Franklin College.
Product Recall By The Vanderburgh County Health Department Potential Lead Exposure Of Steel Cups
JULY 25. 2023
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a product recall, due to stainless-steel cups containing levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban.
This recall involves improperly manufactured 8 oz. and 12 oz. models of CUPKIN Double-Walled Stainless-Steel Children’s Cups sold in pairs. Both sizes of the recalled cups were sold in 12 different color combinations including a matching straw: blue and green, pink and purple, blue and gray, peach and teal, black and white, coral and yellow, green and pink, polignac and potpourri, brown and peach, rust and salmon, aqua and periwinkle, and cobalt and mint. “Cupkin” is printed on the front bottom of the cups.
Consumers should immediately take the cups away from children and stop using them. Contact Soojimus for a full refund. Soojimus and Amazon are contacting all known purchasers directly. Soojimus toll-free at 888-721-0096 Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. CST, email at CPSC@Cupkin.com, or online at https://www.cupkin.com
Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. For information about free lead testing or to schedule a lead test for your child, contact the Vanderburgh County Health Department at 812-435-5662 or visit our website https://vanderburghhealth.org/lead-healthy-homes/
The Vanderburgh County Health Department will be at events and fairs providing information on lead testing and scheduling lead tests over the next couple of weeks.
7/27/2023 Vanderburgh County Fair from 2:30 pm-6 pm
8/1/2023 National Night Out at C.K. Newsome Center from 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
8/5/2023 Baptist Town Emancipation Festival at Lincoln School Playground from 11:00 am-6:00 pm
8/5/2023 Marshallese Health Fair at C.K. Newsome Center from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Freedom, Indiana – July 24 2023, Andrew Horning, seeking the Libertarian Party of Indiana’s nomination for Indiana’s US Senate seat in 2024, made the following statement:
Ours is not a free nation. We do not have constitutional rule of law. This is not a republic. We have no cohesive sense of justice or law, and we have no plan for either peace, or war. Our nation certainly doesn’t embody our founders’ best ideas, or follow its foundational principles or laws. Our government is so corrupt it is more accurate to call it a crony crime ring puppet show than anything like a legitimate government. And, by now, most of us know it.
Yet we are so inundated with lies and gaslighting in overt chest-pounding tribalism, that We The People are, as a collective culture, effectively paralyzed in hopelessness, fear, anger and partisan contempt. Some of us, sadly, are radicalized to militancy by the lies disgorged from our elected officials, media, entertainment, information, and education systems.
Worse, we’re denied information that would certainly change our attitudes, viewpoints, and critical, choices on Election Day. Cover-ups are worse than lies. As a Libertarian candidate for office, I’ve experienced how lack of coverage is vastly worse than even the most insulting, deceitful reporting. With lies and bad information, at least we’re given something to think about, look into, and judge for ourselves. We can’t judge what we can’t even see – not even in shadows or false images.
Just one example is the blinders we wear about vaccines since the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, which transferred all liability for injury, from vaccine manufacturers to taxpayers, and created a vast system of bad science, damaging vaccines, political corruption and global secrecy, as well as catastrophic damage to our herd immunity and overall health, that’s only worsening over generations.
The good news, and bad news, is that we chose this. Around 90% of us, both voters, and those who let others choose for us, chose all of this, and keep choosing it. That 90% won’t choose anything else. This is bad because we’ve been choosing badly, and we’re only beginning to feel the results of our collective and transgenerational errors. On the other hand that’s good, because in proving we had the power to mess it up, we should be able to see that we have the power to choose better. And that’s very good because some truth is starting to leak out, against all the efforts of our political information machinery.
We have the power of peaceful revolution. We can tear down this unconstitutional, inherently divisive and destructive, self-appointed and surprisingly recent “Two Party System†on a single day. …If we want to.
My job, as a candidate, is to offer that choice on the ballot, and in print. I am doing that. The next move is yours.
 – Evansville, IN
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