Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from July 2005:
CITY'S LOSS IS COUNTY'S BIG GAIN POPULATION SHIFTS AS HOUSES BUILT
Jul 01, 2005; ... Evansville's population is shrinking faster than the populationsof all but seven of the nation's 251 cities with at least 100,000people, according to figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. At the same time, Vanderburgh County's overall population hasgrown, more than making up for the ...
DANIELS FIRES BACK AT CROOKS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Interstate 69 and other state issues have sparked a war of wordsbetween Rep. David Crooks and Gov. Mitch Daniels, who is going publicwith his irritation. On Tuesday, Crooks, a Democrat from Washington, Ind., told theCourier & Press that a couple of recent issues -- Daniels' push ...
A HOME OF HER OWN AT LAST
Jul 01, 2005; ... Every Wednesday for the past 10 weeks has seemed like ChristmasDay for Emily Baxter. On Wednesdays, she knew, Habitat of Evansville's "Wednesday crew"had been working on her new home. So each Wednesday evening she would visit the site to see whatprogress it had ...
RAIN IN EVANSVILLE WOULD LOOK GOOD FROM MICHIGAN
Jul 01, 2005; ... I woke up Thursday morning, looked out the window and thought,"Darn! Another lousy day of sunshine." Then I started to laugh at myself. I remember right aroundChristmas, looking out the window and thinking, "Oh, no. It's so graywe could have more snow." I think it's a lesson ...
EDITORIALS
Jul 01, 2005 ... The Chapel The Issue: St. Mary's Medical Center agrees to restore campuscenter. Our View: Decision is both compassionate and wise. St. Mary's Medical Center, in a wise and compassionate decision,has agreed to save the chapel that it came so close to razing. As ...
JASPER, IND., POPULATION JUMPS WITH ANNEXATION
Jul 01, 2005; ... While most cities in the Evansville region are losing populationor seeing only modest gains, Jasper, Ind., has had double-digitgrowth since 2000. A healthy economy and annexation efforts have keyed the jump, saidBill Schmitt, Jasper's mayor for the last 13 years. The north ...
SERVER STILL IN RUNNING FOR UTILITY POST APPOINTMENT WOULD BE DANIELS' FIRST
Jul 01, 2005; ... State Sen. Greg Server is one of a handful of hopefuls to be Gov.Mitch Daniels' first appointment to the Indiana Utility RegulatoryCommission. The commission regulates utility issues in the state ranging fromthe rates companies can charge for natural gas, water and electricityto ...
STREET `REBUILD' CLOSER TO REALITY
Jul 01, 2005; ... The city is "closer" to acquiring the last parcels of needed rightof way for the first phase of a complete rebuild of St. JosephAvenue. But it can't happen in time to allow the project to beginthis year. "I think we're very, very close," City Engineer Patrick Keepessaid about ...
LLOYD INK SPOT NOT DEEMED HAZARDOUS
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Lloyd Expressway's giant ink spot still looks ugly, but it'sunlikely to cause any serious problems -- including becoming slickduring rainfall. A tractor-trailer with 30,000 pounds of blue ink aboard overturnedlast Friday while the driver attempted to merge into westbound ...
MINERS SAY SQUAW CREEK WASTE WORSE THAN BELIEVED
Jul 01, 2005; ... Local miners say they recently learned that Alcoa dumped moretoxic waste than they previously knew about into the Squaw Creek Minewest of Boonville, Ind. "We are not trying to be alarmists, but at the same time we aretrying to be realists, too," said Bil Musgrave, a former miner ...
STATE CONSIDERING PRIVATIZING HEALTH-CARE SERVICE PRISON NURSES LOOKING AT UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Jul 01, 2005; ... Indiana's plan to switch contractors for prison health careservices also includes a provision to privatize hundreds of prisonnurse positions. The state's prison health-care system is managed by a contractor,Prison Health Services, Inc., which provides the doctors. But thenurses ...
DECISION ON `RUTH'S HOUSE' COMING UP
Jul 01, 2005; ... A faith-based organization's plan for a Walnut Centre residencecenter to house women who are recovering from drug and alcoholaddiction is up for a vote next week. A resolution granting title to land on the southwestern corner ofWalnut and Governor streets to Reflecting Waters Inc ....
BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2005; ... MANITOU, Ky. Kentucky man dies of accident injuries A Sturgis, Ky., man has died from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle wreck Wednesday afternoon on Kentucky 630 at Manitou inHopkins County. Kentucky State Police report Dane Holeman, 20, was driving a 1999Ford ...
INFO LINE
Jul 01, 2005 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 Who was the last U.S. president who was neither a Republican nor ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY THURSDAY'S ONLINE QUESTION
Jul 01, 2005 ... What should Evansville's "tourism nickname" be? 259 votes cast as of 10 p.m. Thursday River City 31 12% Thunder City15 6% Little Big City 5 2% Stoplight City 156 60% Other 52 20% * ...
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MAN GETS TWO YEARS IN CHILD ABDUCTION ATTEMPT
Jul 01, 2005 ... A man who admitted trying to grab an 11-year-old girl from aDowntown Evansville bus station was sentenced to two years in prison. Todd Allan Russell, 28, of Evansville, had pleaded guilty inVanderburgh Superior Court to attempted criminal confinement, a ClassC felony. On ...
TWO MEN SENTENCED IN INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES
Jul 01, 2005; ... Two Evansville men were sentenced to spend more than two years infederal prison on child exploitation charges after admitting theydownloaded child pornography from the Internet. Both said they located the child pornography through adult Websites. On Friday, Robert Drebus, ...
INVESTOR WANTS HIS MONEY BACK IN PURCHASE OF WASHINGTON COURT LOTS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Byron Hawes thought he was getting a deal when he bought threehomes owned by the Washington Court Redevelopment Corp. with quit-claim deeds for $5,000 apiece. What he didn't know, he said, was that the properties at 216Madison Avenue, 1158 Judson Street, and 605 Washington Avenue ...
OBITUARIES
Jul 01, 2005 ... Local obituaries Helen L. Barnett Helen L. Barnett, 84, of Newburgh, died Thursday, June 29, 2005,at her home. She was a member of Good Shepard Assembly of God. Surviving are her husband, Kenneth; daughter, Jo Ellen Burnett;stepdaughters, Sharon Mattingly, Kathy ...
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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CARJACKING, DEATH PAIR LEFT MAN TIED TO TREE IN EVANSVILLE
Jul 01, 2005; ... A Kentucky man pleaded guilty on Thursday to carjacking resultingin death in the disappearance of a Marshall University student duringa multistate crime spree in 2002. Chadrick Fulks, 28, of Lewisburg, Ky., entered the plea in U.S.District Court in Huntington. In exchange, ...
COALITION AIMS TO CURB METH OUTPUT
Jul 01, 2005; ... A coalition of state agencies, law enforcement groups and businessand trade associations will help coordinate Indiana's fight to curbthe production and use of methamphetamine. Gov. Mitch Daniels announced formation of the Meth Free IndianaCoalition in Fort Wayne on Thursday, the ...
KENTUCKY TO BOOST MEDICAID COPAYS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Hoping to whittle down a Medicaid shortfall projected at $675million, state officials on Thursday announced recipients would beginpaying additional copayments on prescription drugs and some doctorvisits. Medicaid recipients would pay additional copays for prescriptionsstarting in ...
BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2005; ... EVANSVILLE Town Hall session time rescheduled The time for the Traveling City Hall meeting scheduled for Tuesdayat St. Theresa Catholic Church, 700 Herndon Drive, has been changed.The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel and city department ...
JUDGE SAYS ROBBER'S RIGHTS NOT VIOLATED
Jul 01, 2005; ... A federal judge ruled that Evansville police did not violate aman's rights even though they asked him about his involvement in abank robbery before reading him his rights. Evansville police detectives' interrogation of Timothy Stewart"was not a deliberate end run around Miranda" ...
SHOULDERS ELECTED TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT IU
Jul 01, 2005; ... Evansville attorney Patrick Shoulders has been elected as one ofthree alumni representatives on the Indiana University Board ofTrustees. The nine-member board consists of six members appointed by thegovernor and three elected by the alumni. Shoulders was appointed to the ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2005; ... EVANSVILLE ARK hires Thompson Mary Jo Thompson has been named executive director of ARK CrisisPrevention Nursery. She previously was an early childhood mental health specialist atRiver Valley Behavioral Health in the Green River area in Kentucky. Thompson also ...
COOKING UP A CULINARY PROGRAM SMALL BUSINESS CENTER LOOKING TO START INCUBATOR FOR CULINARY ARTS
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Evansville Small Business Center wants to hatch an incubatorfor the culinary arts and commercial or industrial kitchens. The operation would be similar to 9-year-old AceNet, an incubatorin the culinary arts in Athens, Ohio, according to Dan Gardner,president, chief operating ...
COMEBACK PLANNED FOR POLOCK
Jul 01, 2005; ... Jackie Crawford aims to prove there is life after a fire destroysa business. Crawford owned the Polock Restaurant and Bar, which was destroyedby a fire March 6 -- a Sunday when the business was closed. Now she is planning to have a new restaurant-bar built on the samesite at ...
CONDO AVAILABILITY TO INCREASE
Jul 01, 2005; ... One hundred or more handicap-accessible condo units are plannedfor a 16.7-acre site on the north side of Allen Lane, between St.Joseph Avenue and Mesker Park Drive. Developer Pete McCullough has filed plans for the Leisure LivingCondominiums with the Evansville-Vanderburgh Area ...
CLINTON SPARKS OTTERS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Ricky Clinton didn't win Thursday's Frontier League game for theEvansville Otters over the Richmond Roosters before 2,015 fans atBosse Field. Evansville manager Greg Jelks would tip his hat toward the entireOtters' lineup in the 8-4 win. But Jelks also admitted he was ...
COLTS MAKE IT PERSONAL FANS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CHANCE TO SEE PROS UP CLOSE
Jul 01, 2005; ... Undaunted by the sweltering temperatures, hundreds of IndianapolisColts fans formed a line that snaked around, through and beyond theVectren parking lot, hoping for an autograph from their heroes duringa "Make It Personal Tour" stop on Thursday. "It's been great to go to all the ...
MURRAY ST. LOOKS BEST TO NORTH'S CALHOUN
Jul 01, 2005; ... After he was accidentally struck in the eye by a plastic BB lastsummer, Daniel Calhoun was ordered to stay in bed for a couple ofweeks. His baseball career was put on hold. However, he progressed so much this spring that he not only helpedlead North High School to a second-place ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Golf Conrad pulls off State Am win Stephen Conrad of Syracuse had pars on every hole on the backsideand held off James Sacheck by a stroke for the 105th Indiana Amateurchampionship. Conrad closed with an even-par 72 at Otter Creek inColumbus for an overall 5-under 283. Sachek ...
CHAMPIONS
Jul 01, 2005 ... EYB ONB INSURANCE BASEBALL ONB Insurance of the East League won the Evansville Youth Baseball(EYB) City Tournament title by defeating Brinkers, 10-5. ONB went 22-2 and won the East League title. Team members include Kyle Niemeier,Ryan DeMoss, Jordan Turnock, Brock Hardin, Alex ...
ACES ASSISTANT JUST CAN'T SAY NO TO UNCLE/MENTOR LAWLER LEAVING UE BEHIND FOR COACHING IN ARKANSAS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Scott Lawler was working as an accountant in Ames, Iowa, when hegot a phone call from his uncle five years ago. "What are you wearing and what are you doing right now?" JimLawler asked. "I'm wearing a tie and a collared shirt and sitting behind adesk," Scott Lawler told him ....
MONSTERS EXHIBIT BRINGS MOTORHEAD SCIENCE TO OWENSBORO
Jul 01, 2005; ... And you thought monster trucks were just over-the-top toys formotorheads with too much time and money on their hands. Turns out, the trucks are vehicles for understanding science. Inmuseums. For real. "Monster Trucks: The Science of Extreme Machines," a ...
WINNER TEEN DRAWS ON ABILITY, EXPERIENCE, HELPING HANDS FOR NATIONAL HONOR
Jul 01, 2005; ... Amanda Lynn Topper screamed when she read the e-mail. "I saw the word `Congratulations,' and I opened it up. I startedscreaming and calling my family." The e-mail was from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., theworld's only liberal arts university for deaf and ...
MOVIES, TV PUT BALLROOM DANCING ON SOLID FOOTING
Jul 01, 2005; ... First came the hit documentary that followed New York Cityschoolkids learning to foxtrot and tango. Then there was the wildly popular reality-TV show that partnerscelebrities with professional ballroom dancers in a weeklyelimination contest. And the latest buzz is surrounding ...
LEARNING THE STEPS IS AS EASY AS CHA-CHA-CHA
Jul 01, 2005 ... Let's say your wedding's in three weeks and you fear humiliatingyourself during the "first dance." Or maybe you're jetting to Buenos Aires and want to be ready ifsome beautiful stranger asks you to tango. Or perhaps you're vacationing in the Catskills, you've met a rebeldance ...
HIGH-CONTRAST FOLIAGE GIVES GARDEN NEW SHADE OF COLOR
Jul 01, 2005; ... Plants are flourishing, but there seems to be something missing inthe garden. Instead of leaning toward additional bright, eye-catching colors, think about adding contrast to make foliage excitingand greener. Add zip to the garden with artemisia and heuchera. The goal is tocreate ...
ARTISTIC CHALLENGE AND WORTHY CAUSE FORGE PAINTERS' DUET
Jul 01, 2005; ... They thought about scrapping the project a couple of times alongthe way, but their challenge and their cause combined to keep JoanneScott Massey and Diane Ubelhor-Wunderlich working together. The result is "Peaceful Morning in Yellowstone," a collaborativemixed-media painting ...
ST. JOHN SUMMER SOCIAL SCHEDULED FOR JULY 7-9
Jul 01, 2005 ... The St. John Summer Social will be held July 7-9 at the church at725 Frame Road in Newburgh. Hours are from 5-11 p.m. nightly. Enjoy both kiddie rides and adult rides, game booths and amazingfood. The air-conditioned dining room will be serving smoked pork chopson ...
DAM BAND TELLS TALES OF OTHER NEWBURGH
Jul 01, 2005; ... I bet I'd driven past the official town welcome sign 5,000 timesbefore it hit me. After more than a decade as a Newburgh resident, Iknew virtually nothing about our sister city: Newburgh, England. Deciding to remedy the situation, I turned to members of Newburgh,Ind.'s Little Olde ...
DUCKS UNLIMITED HOLDING DINNER, RAFFLE
Jul 01, 2005 ... The Warrick County chapter of Ducks Unlimited will have itsannual banquet Aug. 13 at St. John Catholic Church. Doors open at5:30 p.m., with dinner at 7. Cost is $35 for singles or $45 forcouples. The cost includes the $25 annual Ducks Unlimited membership fee. * The chapter ...
A ROSE IS A ROSE, BUT IS `KOMPRESSOR' A CAR?
Jul 01, 2005; ... I was snail-crawling along the Lloyd Expressway with a friend theother day when he spotted a shiny, new luxury sedan in the next lane.Although the car in question was an impressively detailed 2005Mercedes-Benz, my friend, Blaine, pointed at the rear of the vehicleand ...
THE GAME OF LIFE CHILDHOOD FAVORITES DECORATE FUNDRAISING BUTTERFLY
Jul 01, 2005; ... It's rare that so many celebrities are featured on a single pieceof artwork. But there it was. First I saw the mascot from Monopoly, complete with tuxedo and tophat. Then there was the Candy Land Ice Princess. And faster than I could say "Miss Scarlet in the conservatory ...
LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS HELP 4-H MEMBERS MAKE UP THEIR COSTS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Taking care of the livestock they show isn't just a timecommitment for 4-H members, it can also be expensive. "Every project in 4-H is important and takes time to do, but thelivestock tends to be more expensive," said Rob Dimmett, livestockcommittee chairman. Caring for their ...
2005 WARRICK COUNTY FAIR QUEEN CANDIDATES
Jul 01, 2005 ... Katie Jo Schnur Katie Schnur of Newburgh is the daughter of Mike and Rita Schnur.She has been in 4-H for 9 years and is in the Stevenson Station club.She will be a senior at Memorial High School and is planning topursue a career in consumer and family science. She has done ...
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EVANSVILLE: 'STEADY AS YOU GO'
Jul 01, 2005; ... Ask a local business executive how the Evansville economy isfaring, and you might get an answer that goes something like this:"It's steady as you go. Evansville doesn't have all the big ups anddowns that other places have." That's a pretty common description ofthe local economy, and I'd ...
SHOP TALK
Jul 01, 2005 ... NOTABLE QUOTES .... "The Internet is a hobby shop owner's worst enemy. Many people wholike miniature trains now spend their time watching the Internetinstead, or they are busy buying the trains on eBay. That (Internet)was the death of the hobby shop ... -- Jack Henderson, 91, ...
UP & COMMER
Jul 01, 2005 ... Sarah Land At age 23 Sarah (Brown) Land already sees herself as being a full-fledged real estate appraiser some day. She currently is a real estate appraiser's trainee at DavidMatthews Associates in Evansville. While majoring in marketing and advertising at the ...
GUIDING PRINCIPLES LEAD EXECUTIVE
Jul 01, 2005; ... James R. McKinney has served as president, chief executive officerand a member of the board of managers since Regency CommercialAssociates LLC consolidated on Jan. 1, 2001. Prior to theconsolidation, he served as a general partner of Regency AssociatesLP, the managing member or general ...
PORT OF INDIANA - MOUNT VERNON WITH DOUBLE THE TONNAGE, OHIO RIVER PORT IS `ON A ROLL'
Jul 01, 2005; ... Activity at local ports is a good indicator of economic strength,says Jody Peacock, spokesman for the Ports of Indiana. If he's right, the Tri-State economy is going great guns. Since hitting a recent low of 1.7 million tons in 1999, the Portof Indiana-Mount Vernon has nearly ...
VECTREN CORP. UTILITY'S WALLS GIVE EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS LESSONS IN HISTORY
Jul 01, 2005; ... The new $26 million Vectren Corp. headquarters gave a team ofassociates lessons in history and current events from all 74 Indianaand Ohio counties served by the utility. Vectren's Corporate Communications Department worked throughchambers of commerce, convention bureaus and other ...
MOBILEFIT USA A GYM ON WHEELS: WOMAN BRINGS THE WORK OUT TO HER CLIENTS
Jul 01, 2005; ... People in the Evansville area have a new choice: They can eithergo to the gym to work out, or they can have the gym come to them. Mobilefit USA is designed to bring a new dimension of convenienceto personal training and fitness, said Tammy Vaughn, owner, presidentand certified ...
BUSINESS GOES LIVE ON THE AIRWAVES
Jul 01, 2005; ... Dan Gardner's voice and radio presence have become well knownamong business leaders and entrepreneurs in Evansville. As the host of the Business Talk Line Radio Show on WEOA-1400AMeach Saturday morning, he and guests cover a wide variety of business-related topics on local, ...
PERSONALITY OF PLACE ARCHITECTS ARE PUTTING A NEW FACE ON THE CITY
Jul 01, 2005; ... Architecture is the face of a community. The brick and mortar of our buildings not only house our people,workplaces and institutions, they create what we publicly look like. "I think of all professions, it (architecture) leaves a markbehind of what the community stands for," ...
BIG ADVANTAGES COME IN SMALL PACKAGES
Jul 01, 2005; ... In the world of architectural firms, being small has itsadvantages. "Certainly, in the client's eyes, there's that perceived source ofpersonal attention," said Charline Buente of Buente and BuenteArchitects of Evansville. Whereas larger firms may have others at thefirm do much of ...
FIRM BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WHILE CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS
Jul 01, 2005; ... Hafer Associates is in the business of not only designingbuildings, but of building relationships. "We have a strong repeat client base," said David Wills, principaland architect at Hafer. "We establish relationships that last foryears." Vectren Corp. of Evansville is an ...
GROUP CARVES OUT OWN NICHE
Jul 01, 2005; ... If you thumb through a history of architecture, you see what seemsto be a focus on satisfying minimum requirements, according to BillBrown, director of architecture for Veazey, Parrott, Durkin andShoulders. By bucking that trend, the Evansville firm is carving a niche foritself, ...
YOU'VE DECIDED TO GO ABROAD, BUT HOW?
Jul 01, 2005; ... How to go abroad is not a decision about boats, buses or planes.This is a decision about entry mode. What specific method will youuse for your international expansion? Embraer jets are made in Brazil and exported to airlines in theU.S. Nike arranges manufacturing contracts with ...
TQM AND TRAINING: PART 2
Jul 01, 2005; ... Last month we looked at the first three of the seven principles ofTQM (Focus on Delivering Customer Value, Continuously Improve theSystem and Its Processes and Manage Processes, Not Just People). Wenoted how each principle is interrelated with the others and canoffer training managers ...