Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from August 2005:
POLITICAL PICNIC READY TO GO FANCY FARM COMING UP FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Aug 01, 2005; ... Kentuckians have no statewide or local elections this year, butthat doesn't mean they've taken a break from politics. Politiciansand political junkies from across the state still will make theirannual pilgrimage Saturday to Fancy Farm, a small farming communityin Graves County, for a ...
IT'S TIME FOR MODERN SCIENCE TO REPROGRAM NATURE'S PESTS
Aug 01, 2005; ... This is one of those "If they can put a man on the moon, why can'tthey ..." thoughts. It came to me recently when I awoke and looked out the bedroomwindow only to be greeted by a Japanese beetle holding onto thescreen peering hungrily through the glass. At first, I supposed ...
MISSING KIDS TO GET MORE HELP AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS TO AID IN SEARCHES
Aug 01, 2005; ... The next time a child is reported missing in Southern Indiana, youmight get a phone call from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. You -- and all your neighbors -- will hear an automated voiceoffering a message and brief description of the missing child. The concept is similar to the Amber ...
SECURITY STRATEGIES GET STRONGER BANKS TURN TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AS VIDEOS BECOME HARDER TO DECIPHER
Aug 01, 2005; ... hen two men in black ski masks robbed the Integra Bank onEvansville's Main Street last month, surveillance cameras capturedtheir every move. The cameras followed the men as they ordered employees to theground with 9 mm handguns, took money from a teller and calmly left. But ...
SINGLE LIFE CALLS FOR LOCAL REVIVAL OF SPEED DATING
Aug 01, 2005; ... Moving to Evansville from another part of the country four monthsago, I naturally wondered what it was going to be like to be singleand 40-something in this town. It's been about a year since I've been in a regular relationship(I'm divorced), and that's fine. Single life has its ...
EDITORIALS
Aug 01, 2005 ... Property Rights The Issue: Bipartisan groundswell grows against Kelo v. New Londondecision. Our View: State governments can take matters into their own hands. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling expandinggovernment's eminent-domain powers, House Democratic ...
MOM GIVES SO `BABY IVIE' CAN LIVE KARA DUNCAN DONATES PART OF HER LIVER TO 14-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER
Aug 01, 2005; ... Kara Duncan, 25, has held her youngest daughter in her heart sincethe child's birth last year. Now, Connie "Ivie" Duncan --affectionately known as "Baby Ivie" -- carries a part of her motherwith her. In surgeries Thursday at the University of Illinois MedicalCenter, the ...
FARMERS HAVE LOTS TO WORRY ABOUT
Aug 01, 2005; ... Today's farmers have more to worry about than just the weather andmarket prices. That was evidenced by the addition of a new farmsecurity tour to last Thursday's biennial field day at the Universityof Kentucky's Research and Education Center in Princeton. Not so long ago, many farm ...
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS A WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT
Aug 01, 2005; ... About two hours before Jake, a 3-week-old Hereford steer, was tomake his first show ring appearance, Tara Brescher, 11, and hercousin, Brian Schmitt, 12, had bath duty. Tara let the calf suck onher fingers as she scrubbed him down. "That'll keep you busy," shesaid, and continued to work ...
DOCTOR, LAWYER AMONG 10 ARRESTED IN MADISONVILLE DRUG PROBE
Aug 01, 2005; ... Over the past week and a half, Madisonville police have charged aheart surgeon, an attorney and his pharmacy technician daughter, abusinessman and a half-dozen others in a widening probe ofprescription and other drug abuse. Madisonville Police Capt. Marc Boggs said the ...
FAMILIES ISSUE CALL FOR PHONES FOR SOLDIERS PROGRAM SELLS OLD CELL PHONES, BUYS PREPAID CALLING CARDS FOR TROOPS
Aug 01, 2005; ... If Jennifer Rosenberger has her way, calling home from Iraq won'tgenerate phonebook-sized telephone bills for Evansville-basedsoldiers of the Indiana Army National Guard. In fact, it won't cost anything at all. Rosenberger is the wife of Maj. Kelly Rosenberger, commander ...
BRIEFS
Aug 01, 2005; ... Evansville City police to take part in National Night Out The Evansville Police Department is joining neighborhoodassociations to participate in the crime and drug prevention eventNational Night Out, from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. This is the 22nd year for the event, which ...
INFO LINE
Aug 01, 2005 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 To get information from the sex offender Web site, do you have toknow the offender's name? I want a map. We need to know ...
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SUSPECT IN BEATING ARRESTED AT RIVER CAMP
Aug 01, 2005; ... An Evansville man wanted by police for allegedly attacking a 22-year-old woman was arrested early Sunday and charged with attemptedmurder after police found him hiding at a Gibson County, Ind., rivercamp. Gerald Andrew Norrell, 29, was arrested after a friend who drovehim to the ...
MINORITY ENROLLMENTS REMAIN LOW ON INDIANA CAMPUSES
Aug 01, 2005; ... Despite talk of growing diversity on Indiana's college campuses,minorities represent only about 10 percent of the students at thestate's three largest taxpayer-supported universities, a newspaperreports. Enrollment statistics reviewed by The Journal Gazette show thatwhile the ...
OBITUARIES
Aug 01, 2005 ... Local obituaries Christopher A. Berry Christopher A. Berry, 24, of Evansville, died Saturday, July 30,2005. Chris enjoyed fishing, drawing and hanging out with his friends. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, William andGeraldine Berry, and father, ...
ADVOCATES ANTICIPATE SPECIAL ED CHANGES
Aug 01, 2005; ... Changes to a federal law could give Indiana school districts moreflexibility in how they serve children with special education needs. But some parents and advocacy groups say the changes to theIndividuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act could lead tomore ...
KENTUCKY GUARD PILOT DIED CHASING UFO IN 1948
Aug 01, 2005; ... Nobody knows what Capt. Thomas F. Mantell Jr. was chasing throughthe winter sky on Jan. 7, 1948. His pursuit of the "flying saucer" cost him his life. The 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Guard pilot from Louisville died in thecrash of his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, ...
SIX POSEY SCHOOLS FAIL TO MEET NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND TARGETS
Aug 01, 2005; ... Three schools in the Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernonand three schools in the Metropolitan School District of North PoseyCounty failed to meet some component of President Bush's No ChildLeft Behind act. Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the No Child Left ...
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WILL PRESS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Aug 01, 2005 ... Vanderburgh County sheriff's deputies will ask CountyCommissioners on Tuesday to collectively bargain with them in thefuture. The issue was first raised by deputies in December, a month beforethe new all-Republican County Commissioners took office. Deputy CraigBlessinger said he ...
CITY WEEK
Aug 01, 2005 ... Monday City Council will begin committee hearings at 5 p.m. today,followed by a meeting of the full council at 5:30 p.m. in Room 301 ofthe Civic Center. TUESDAY The Redevelopment Commission will meet at 8:30 a.m. in Room 307 ofthe Civic Center. The Levee Board ...
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR VETOES THREE PRO-GUN MEASURES
Aug 01, 2005; ... Gov. Rod Blagojevich vetoed three bills Sunday that were backed bygun-rights advocates, saying the measures would have weakened lawsaimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals. One bill called for the Illinois State Police to purge backgroundcheck data 90 days after a ...
HARD DRIVE CLEANUP REMOVED TOO MUCH
Aug 01, 2005; ... Letters are piling up around the desk, under the desk and in theinbox. Let's get to it. Q: In another column you talked about a site to clean up your harddrive, called Crap Cleaner. Well, I installed it and it was a big mistake. It removed a bunchof passwords that I ...
ROCKPORT REMAINS PERFECT
Aug 01, 2005; ... In his 39 years as Rockport's manager, Jim Haaff has guided twoteams to the American Legion World Series -- and three teams to thestate tournament in the last five years alone. But in all that time, he has never led a team to state with anundefeated record. Until now. Todd ...
VILLWOCK MAKES SUCCESSFUL HYDROPLANE RETURN
Aug 01, 2005; ... Dave Villwock didn't take long to find his driving form. The former Miss Budweiser driver won his first race back, takingthe Columbia Cup on Sunday. Villwock came out of retirement to takeover for J.W. Myers, who had flipped the U-16 earlier in July at theGold Cup in Detroit ....
PITCHER'S FIRST PRO HIT GIVES OTTERS VICTORY IN 14TH
Aug 01, 2005; ... Bryan Shartzer's first professional hit was a doozy. A long fly ball over the drawn-in center fielder's head in thebottom of the 14th inning fell for a single, driving in Beau Blackenfrom second base with the winning run Sunday night as the EvansvilleOtters beat Kalamazoo 6-5 at ...
JOCKEY HAPPY TO BE BACK IN KENTUCKY
Aug 01, 2005; ... Jockey Greta Kuntzweiler celebrated her return to Kentucky fromself-imposed exile at Arlington Park by winning Ellis Park's thirdrace on Sunday with Idareyouto ($5.40). It was her first race in the Commonwealth since she rode Rugula onMay 6 in the Grade I Kentucky Oaks at ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Aug 01, 2005; ... TENNIS Carroll takes 16-under title; Hofmann runner-up at 18-U Evansville's Benjamin Carroll won the boys 16-and-under divisionat the Hoosier Open tennis tournament at North Central High School inIndianapolis on Sunday. Carroll, who played No. 2 singles as afreshman for ...
CARE AND SHARE: SEEKING STORIES OF BREAST CANCER CO-SURVIVORS
Aug 01, 2005; ... Felicitations and solicitations! Breast cancer co-survivors, wewant to hear from you. As part of the Courier & Press' preparation for the KomenEvansville Race for the Cure, we are seeking submissions of co-survivor stories. Co-survivors are the special people who offerstrength, ...
KIDS TODAY MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE OUR FORMER TOYS
Aug 01, 2005; ... If you have young children, please don't be disappointed if grandor great-grandparents seldom buy them toys. We once could buy simpletoys, but toys aren't simple anymore. Toy airplanes used to be afolded piece of paper. Now it is probably radio-controlled. I wouldneed flying ...
HEALTHY STEPS
Aug 01, 2005 ... The Fifth Third 5/K benefiting YMCA youth programs will begin at 8a.m. Saturday at the YMCA on Court Street. Registration, $20 and is available at the YMCA. Participants willreceive a Fifth Third 5K tank top with a race packet and number.Overall male, female and age group winners ...
HEALTH, ETC.
Aug 01, 2005 ... The Visiting Nurse Association, 610 E. Walnut St., is offering themeningitis vaccine to those in the community ages 11 to 55 throughAug. 31 by appointment only. The cost is $110. To schedule anappointment, call 425-3561 or (800) 326-4862. * * * The Chronic Disease Program of ...
TAXPAYERS GETTING BIGGER SCHOOL TAB STATE HAS CUT BACK ON WHAT IT IS SENDING TO DISTRICTS
Aug 02, 2005; ... Evansville-Vanderburgh taxpayers can expect to pay about 11 centsper hundred dollar valuation more for public school taxes next year. Currently, homeowners are paying about $1.19 per $100 in schooltaxes. Nearly all the increase is to pay for things the state once paidfor and ...
AND THEY'RE OFF
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DANIELS IS CLEARED ON HIS USE OF RV1 [Corrected 08/03/05]
Aug 02, 2005; ... Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels did nothing wrong when he used RV1 totravel to a political fund-raiser last month, the state's inspectorgeneral ruled Monday. " ... Our investigation shows that the RV was not in any wayconnected with a partisan event, other than as a means of ...
OZONE, POLLUTION LEVELS HEADING HIGHER TODAY
Aug 02, 2005; ... Health officials are warning that higher levels of both ozone andparticulate pollution are expected today to go along with the heat. Air quality is expected to be in the orange level, meaning that itwill be unhealthy for sensitive groups such as active children andadults and people ...
`HAT LADY' LIFTED SPIRITS OF THOSE BATTLING CANCER
Aug 02, 2005; ... I met Mary Welte in the pages of the Courier & Press archive. Atwo-time breast cancer survivor known as "The Hat Lady," Welte'sspirit, style and generosity reached beyond typewritten words withthe warmth of a quick hug from a new friend. A story about grants from the Komen ...
EDITORIALS
Aug 02, 2005 ... School Spending The Issue: Indiana is debating the costs of administering publiceducation. Our View: At this point, it's unclear whether too much goes towardstaff positions. The debate of the day involving public education in Indianafocuses on the question of whether ...
FREE HAIRCUTS LURE ABOUT 70 PEOPLE
Aug 02, 2005; ... As Ruby Mellott neared the end of her haircut at Cedar HallElementary on Monday afternoon, she had a look that said she justwanted it to be over. But as the last strand of hair was cut and smoothed into place,the 5-year-old opened her eyes and a hint of a smile crossed ...
EPA TO USE CLOUT ON POLLUTERS
Aug 02, 2005; ... The Bush administration told 28 states Monday it plans to orderspecific pollution cuts from their power plants if state officialsdon't have their own plan by fall of next year for making the aircleaner for people downwind. A new program the Environmental Protection Agency announced ...
DOCTORS ON PROBATION FACE `LIFE ISSUE' MORE THAN HALF OF THEM STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTIONS, ANALYSIS FINDS
Aug 02, 2005; ... Of Indiana's 36 doctors who have their medical licenses onprobation, more than half ran into trouble over drug or alcoholabuse, a Courier & Press analysis of Indiana Medical Licensing Boardrecords shows. But that may be only the tip of the iceberg in terms of how manydoctors are ...
INMATE WANTS OUT TO SEEK TREATMENT
Aug 02, 2005; ... A wealthy Evansville businessman who admitted sexually abusing ateenage girl wants out of prison after serving seven months of his 46-month prison sentence. Jeffrey Gerard Albright, 48, is asking to be released from anIndiana state prison so he can enter a five-week, inpatient ...
EXAMINING A WRECK
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UNITED WAY `SETTING THE PACE' FOR $5.5 MILLION GOAL
Aug 02, 2005; ... James Adams moved closer to the television screen to see the debutof the newest United Way video. The 7-year-old, whom Boys & Girls Club officials called thefunniest child at the Fulton Square satellite site, said he wasexcited to see the tape featuring him and two other people who ...
COURIER & PRESS ATTORNEYS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO CLOSED COURT RECORDS
Aug 02, 2005; ... The Courier & Press has moved to intervene in several federalcourt cases involving sealed plea agreements and closed courthearings. Attorneys for the newspaper have filed motions opposing the sealedagreements and closed hearings, arguing the press and the public havea ...
MORE THAN JUST A MAGAZINE WEB SITE KEEPS YOU UP-TO-DATE, TOO
Aug 01, 2005; ... When we created the Evansville Business Journal late last year, weactually launched two new publications: One is the magazine thatarrives by mail and at selected newsstands each month, and the otheris our online business publication, EBJ.biz. In talking with our Editorial Advisory ...
SHOP TALK
Aug 01, 2005 ... "The Black Buggy is a throwback to a less-hurried era. When peoplecome to the Black Buggy they leave the busy world behind and stepinto peacefulness." -- Jim Vincent, president of Washington, Ind.-based Black Buggy.The company recently broke ground for an Amish furniture store and ...
UP & COMER SEAN BROWNING
Aug 01, 2005; ... Sean Browning has always had an analytical mind. So it's easy tounderstand why he enjoys his position as a Vectren Corp. manager ofmarket, commodity and credit risk. "I might have gotten some of the interest from my father, who wasa controller," said Browning, 31. While ...
GE MANAGER BELIEVES IN TEAM WORK, FLEXIBILITY
Aug 01, 2005 ... Editor's note: Mike Walsh has been general manager of GE Plasticsin Mount Vernon, Ind., for nearly four years. He started working forGE in the silicones business in 1983 after graduating from ClarksonUniversity with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. He helda variety of ...
FAMILY LEAVES DISTINCTIVE MARK ON MONUMENT INDUSTRY
Aug 01, 2005; ... The process of making monuments -- lettered granite slabs to markgraves, commemorate important events and serve as public memorials --isn't something that's etched in stone. The age-old stonecutter's art is an evolving process, and membersof the Henry family of Marion, Ky., have ...
MOBIL AUTO SPA WOMAN BRINGS THE CAR WASH TO YOU
Aug 01, 2005; ... While some people head for the comfort of air conditioned officesthis summer, Brenda Floyd is hard at work in the parking lots anddriveways of Vanderbugh and Warrick counties. Floyd, owner of Mobil Auto Spa, is a Ventura, Calif., native whois using a business plan common to the ...
WSON - AM RADIO SMALL HENDERSON RADIO STATION SURVIVES THROUGH HARD WORK, MAINTAINING CLOSE LOCAL TIES
Aug 01, 2005; ... It's 10 a.m. and Henry Lackey is wrapping up another morning onthe air. The 58-year-old owner and general manager of WSON (860 AM) hasplayed a few oldies, entered a caller into a drawing for a trip andadvised listeners that his mother, Rebecca, will turn 89 thefollowing ...
PHOENIX IMAGING AND OFFICE PRODUCTS PROTECTING RECORDS FROM ALL KINDS OF DAMAGING EVENTS
Aug 01, 2005; ... Come flood or fire, all business people see the need for safestorage of their records, and they realize, often to their chagrin,they needed it yesterday. A challenge for Phoenix Imaging and Office Products is to convincebusinesses and institutions that they ought to consider ...
CUSTOMER SERVICE AT JOYCE'S ATTIC ALSO IS COMMUNITY SERVICE
Aug 02, 2005; ... Joyce Reed has only had her odds-and-ends store here about twomonths. That's enough time to think of a name, but not enough time tohang a sign -- in this case, a large one. "I want to call it, `Joyce's Attic: Come and See. You Never KnowWhat You'll Find.' I know it's a lot of ...
INFO LINE
Aug 02, 2005 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 How many people are killed each year in the United States on ATVs? There is no one source of information to answer this question, buta report released earlier ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY MONDAY'S ONLINE QUESTION
Aug 02, 2005 ... If you were offered a flight on one of the space shuttles, wouldyou go? 221 votes cast as of 10 p.m. Monday Yes 80 36% No 141 64% * To participate in the poll visit ...
MERGER MAY GIVE AGENCY'S MOP SHOP A BOOST
Aug 02, 2005; ... The Evansville Association for the Blind is hoping a March mergerbetween Kmart and Sears will be of some help to its ailing mop shop. Karla Horrell, the agency's executive director, said there is apossibility that some Sears and Kmart combination stores will open. "We're really ...
BMV CLOSURES COULD PUT GOP MAJORITY ON SHAKY GROUND
Aug 02, 2005; ... The moves by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels to close Bureau ofMotor Vehicle branches, and the general he appointed to carry out themission, have outraged thousands of Hoosiers. They include normal folks from small towns all over Indiana, likeBrownstone and Bernie and Hope. They are ...
OBITUARIES
Aug 02, 2005 ... Local Obituaries Neal H. Cutler Neal H. Cutler, 70, of Evansville, passed away on Friday, July 29,2005, at his residence. Neal was a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. He was agraduate of Babson College in 1960. Neal is survived by his son, Byron K. Cutler ...
DRUG USE DOWN AMONG YOUTH, STUDY FINDS
Aug 02, 2005; ... A survey released Monday indicates a downward trend in drug andalcohol use among Indiana youth, with rates for many drugs at theirlowest since 1991. Reported use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and inhalants alldeclined this year, in some cases by more than three percentagepoints, ...
EASTER SEALS GETS A $1,000 ANONYMOUS DONATION
Aug 02, 2005 ... An anonymous donor known only as "Pete" delivered "Christmas inJuly" to the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center on Friday around 3p.m. Pete's donation was discovered after he called staff members anddirected them to a package in a stairwell outside the facility. Staffmembers ...
STATE SET TO COLLECT $35 MILLION IT OVERPAID TO SCHOOLS
Aug 02, 2005; ... Nearly a third of Indiana's public school districts will receivesmaller monthly checks as the state recovers more than $35 million itoverpaid for improper enrollment counts. The action, which affects 87 districts, means some will see theirrevenue fall by hundreds of thousands of ...
GOP LAGS IN FUNDRAISING FINANCE REPORTS SHOW ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS TRAIL BLAGOJEVICH
Aug 02, 2005; ... Several Republicans eyeing the governor's office learned Mondaywhere they stand in the battle for political money and thecredibility it brings to potential candidates. Six GOP politicians raised a combined $6.6 million in the firstsix months of the year, according to campaign ...
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIAL APPEARS BEFORE GRAND JURY IN PROBE
Aug 02, 2005; ... The commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protectionappeared Monday before a special grand jury investigating personnelpractices in the Fletcher administration, an indication theexamination may be expanding. Lloyd Cress declined to answer questions on the advice of ...