Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from November 2005:
MEDICAID PLAN LOOKS PAINFUL
Nov 01, 2005; ... Parents are upset and confused. Providers are scrambling. Casemanagers are concerned. Uncertainty abounds as the state's changes inthree Medicaid waivers take effect today. The new Annual Plan forthe Developmental Disabilities, Autism and Support Services waiversis designed to ...
SHIVELY DENOUNCES SCHOOL CHIEF
Nov 01, 2005; ... Evansville attorney Les Shively recently told viewers of thetelevision show he co-hosts that the local public schoolsuperintendent and another top administrator "need to leave thepublic scene immediately." The two officials Shively was referring to -- Evansville-Vanderburgh ...
SOME OBITS GET DOWN TO THE BARE KNUCKLE TRUTH
Nov 01, 2005; ... Imagine picking up the Courier & Press, turning to the obituarypage and reading the following passage: John Doe, 80, of Evansville died Tuesday. Doe, a plumber,developed a drinking problem after he returned home from the KoreanWar. His boozing alienated friends and family, ...
EDITORIALS
Nov 01, 2005 ... Merger Milestone The Issue: Despite handwringing, local resolutions move theproposal forward. Our View: Focus must now shift to the local legislativedelegation. Perhaps missed amid all that handwringing by elected city andcounty officials last week was the fact that ...
TALKBACK
Nov 01, 2005 ... Readers respond to the "Veterans and Medical Care" editorial: Here is another example of VA problems: My primary care VA clinicis at Evansville. Secondary care is provided at Marion VA Hospital. Ilive 70 miles from the Louisville VA Hospital and 150 miles from theMarion VA ...
MEN BARGE IN, SHOOT WOMAN
Nov 01, 2005; ... Police say she thought they were trick or treaters. Yvonne Fellows was alone at her 811 E. Gum St. home around 8:30p.m. Monday when she heard a knock at her front door. When she openedit, up to seven men wearing Halloween masks rushed inside. At leastone of them had a ...
DAM REPAIRS TO JAM UP RIVER TRAFFIC
Nov 01, 2005; ... Pleasure boaters are being urged to avoid using the Newburgh Locksand Dam for the next two weeks while repairs are made to a gate. The repairs could have commercial traffic on the Ohio Riverdelayed for up to 24 hours, depending on how heavy the traffic is,said temporary lockmaster ...
ACCUSED MOLESTER ARRAIGNED
Nov 01, 2005; ... Caught by "Oprah" and returned from North Dakota, former fugitiveWilliam C. Davis faced child-molestation charges in two Indianacourtrooms Monday under tight security and intense scrutiny fromtelevision cameras. An episode of "Oprah" that recently aired Davis' name and mug ...
INJURED SOLDIER IS HEADING HOME ON VETERANS DAY
Nov 01, 2005; ... Aubrey Youngs finally has a calendar date to point to. Youngs, the Indiana National Guard soldier who in February wasparalyzed from the waist down, has been cleared to return to Newburghon Veterans Day. She was injured during a fall at a warehouse in Afghanistan. She ...
ENVIRONMENTALISTS VOICE CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED POWER PLANT
Nov 01, 2005; ... Before the first spade of dirt has been turned for a 270-megawattcoal-fired power plant near Carmi, environmentalists have startedvoicing their concerns. They question the wisdom of adding more coal-fired power plants to the Ohio Valley, potentially adding more airpollution to ...
82-YEAR-OLD RUNNER IS A TESTAMENT TO KEEPING YOUNG
Nov 01, 2005; ... In The Courier & Press coverage of the Evansville Half Marathonlast month, our reporter talked with Harold Carey, the oldest runnerin the 13.1-mile race. The 82-year-old man covered the distance at a pace of around 10minutes a mile. Remarkable. I went on a training ...
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VIDEO GAMING PUSH EXPECTED IN LEGISLATURE
Nov 01, 2005; ... Efforts to legalize video gambling machines in taverns and otherplaces that sell alcohol could heat up when the legislative sessionbegins in January, proponents and some lawmakers say. The Indiana Licensed Beverage Association says it is drumming upmore grass-roots support in hopes ...
BRIEFS
Nov 01, 2005; ... Evansville Circus tickets offered to military families The Shriners will provide free Hadi Shrine Circus tickets to theimmediate family members of local soldiers serving overseas. The circus begins Thanksgiving Day and runs through Nov. 27. Regent Communications' ...
INFO LINE
Nov 01, 2005 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 Who do I contact to complain about a very ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY MONDAY'S ONLINE QUESTION
Nov 01, 2005 ... How old should children be before their parents have "the talk"about sex? 211 votes cast as of 10 p.m. Monday 8-1069 32.7% 10-12 118 55.9% 12-14 19 9% 14 or older 5 2.4% * To ...
COUNTY OFFICIALS AWAIT AUDIT RESULTS IN CASE OF MISSING TREASURY MONEY [Corrected 11/02/05]
Nov 01, 2005; ... The state has completed a report of Warrick County's finances thatis expected to include details on money missing from the countytreasurer's office. The final version of the Indiana State Board of Accounts auditwill be released Wednesday, said Interim Deputy State Examiner ...
OBITUARIES
Nov 01, 2005 ... Local obituaries Vaneda Crosley Vaneda Crosley, 1917-2005 Vaneda Crosley peacefully left us on Sunday, October 30, 2005,from her home in Evansville. She was eighty-eight years old. She was born in Evansville on March 25, 1917, to Ed and Louise(Stein) ...
BIRD FLU NOT A THREAT YET IN INDIANA
Nov 01, 2005; ... The bird flu is not an immediate threat to Indiana residents, butpublic health officials say it may hit in the future. While state and federal experts have issued no call for alarm,they are monitoring the spread of the potentially deadly flu abroadand regularly testing birds in ...
SEX OFFENDER CALLED DANGEROUS STATE'S ATTORNEY ASKS COURT TO SEND HIM BACK TO PRISON
Nov 01, 2005; ... The Wayne County state's attorney is asking the court to send aFairfield, Ill., man back to prison as a sexually dangerous personafter Illinois State Police found him in a Centralia, Ill., apartmentwith an unsupervised 12-year-old boy, crack pipes and severalhypodermic ...
BRIEFS
Nov 01, 2005; ... Evansville Santa-pet fundraiser slated for weekend The Vanderburgh Humane Society will have its annual pet pictureswith Santa fundraiser this weekend at the agency's building at 400Millner Industrial Drive. The event is from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 ...
BENEFIT FOR INJURED DIVER
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OFFICE OPENS
Nov 01, 2005; ... The Evansville African American Museum will move itsadministrative offices back into a newly renovated building today. For almost a year, the museum's offices have been located onLincoln Avenue, while construction was completed. Work was finishedlast month and museum officials ...
TULEY IS HONORED AS TREASURER OF YEAR
Nov 01, 2005; ... Z Tuley, Vanderburgh County's treasurer, has been namedOutstanding Treasurer of the Year by the Association of IndianaCounties. Tuley was elected treasurer in 2000, having served the previoussix years as chief deputy treasurer. She was presented theOutstanding Treasurer award ...
LAWMAKERS SEEK INDIANA 66 TRAFFIC SOLUTION
Nov 01, 2005; ... Two state legislators said Monday that the Indiana Department ofTransportation should do more to remedy the traffic situation forresidents of two subdivisions near Newburgh on Indiana 66. Sen. Vaneta Becker and Rep. Suzanne Crouch visited theintersection of Country Place Drive and ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Nov 01, 2005; ... EVANSVILLE Integra hires Hape Brian Hape recently joined Integra Bank as an assistant vicepresident, senior portfolio manager. He previously was employed by Fifth Third Bank. Hape received abachelor's degree in accounting from Western Kentucky University. Pigman ...
NORTHEAST AREA IS BANK MAGNET FIFTH THIRD PLANS TO JOIN FIRST FEDERAL, ONB, INTEGRA IN GREEN RIVER NEIGHBORHOOD
Nov 01, 2005; ... A Northeast side neighborhood along Green River Road, just southof Lynch Road, has become a magnet for attracting banks. First Federal Savings Bank currently has a new headquartersbuilding under construction in Heritage Park commercial center offthe busy intersection. Old ...
MIKE LIBS GRAND OPENING PLANNED DEC. 3 CHOCOLATE STORE KICKED OFF SOFT OPENING LAST WEEK
Nov 01, 2005; ... Mike Libs Chocolates kicked off a soft opening Friday at its newlocation on an outlot of the Lawndale-Washington Commons shoppingcenter along Green River Road, north of Washington Avenue. Mike Libs, owner, said the soft opening precedes a grand openingplanned for Dec. 3. The ...
VIKINGS, REBELS SQUARE OFF FOR TITLE
Nov 01, 2005; ... As a member of North Posey High School's junior varsity footballsquad last year, Josh Wagner stood helplessly on the sidelines,watching the Vikings' title hopes slip away in the Class 2A Sectional32 semifinals for the second consecutive season. Now a record-setting quarterback with ...
LIONS, JEEPS CONFIDENT HEADING TO FINALS
Nov 01, 2005; ... Loogootee High School volleyball coach Shelly Lengacher feltconfident her Lions would play well in Saturday's Class A Regional atNorth Daviess. The reason: Loogootee already had performed well in the sectionaland had practiced well leading up to the regional. The Lions won ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Nov 01, 2005; ... COLLEGE BASKETBALL UE-Purdue game to start earlier to accommodate TV Tip-off for the University of Evansville-Purdue University men'sbasketball game at Roberts Stadium on Dec. 3 has been moved up by twohours, to 5:05 p.m. The change was made to accommodate ESPN ...
SPARKS REJOINS COLLEGE COACHING RANKS
Nov 01, 2005; ... Dan Sparks has returned to the coaching ranks on his own terms. Forced to resign last spring despite a record-setting career atVincennes University, Sparks has joined Division I Northern Coloradoas an assistant coach. "I've known coach (Craig) Rasmussen for several years and ...
NEW VOICES WE ASKED: WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE LESSON YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM YOUR GRANDFATHER, GRANDMOTHER OR BOTH?
Nov 01, 2005 ... The most important lesson I've learned from a grandparent camefrom my Grandma Flikkema, who taught me the love of learning. Grandma Flikkema is the one who first showed me that encyclopediasweren't torture devices; they were actually interesting, and youcould learn a lot from them ....
VOLUNTEERING PROVIDES FRUITFUL USE OF SENIORS' TIME
Nov 01, 2005; ... The recent hurricane disasters emphasized the importance ofvolunteers; however, volunteers play an important role year-round. Infact, having volunteers is essential to the survival of manyworthwhile organizations in our society. Most of the positive impactof volunteering is in the good ...
HELPING HANDS
Nov 01, 2005; ... Deaconess Hospital is hosting a scrapbooking event from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. Saturday to raise money for the United Way. The $15 admission fee includes breakfast and lunch. Vendors fromCreative Memories, Ben Franklin Crafts, Leaving Prints and Top LineCreations will have scrapbooking ...
COMMISSION APPROVES HIKING PRICE OF STAMP 2 CENTS
Nov 02, 2005; ... A 2-cent boost in the price of a postage stamp was approvedTuesday by the independent Postal Rate Commission. Under the recommendation, which now goes to the Postal Service'sBoard of Governors for final action, the cost of a first-class stampwill go from 37 cents to 39 cents and ...
REALITY LIES BEYOND TV SUPERFICIAL IMAGES CAN'T FULLY CONVEY DEPTH OF DESTRUCTION
Nov 02, 2005; ... Last month we passed north of Birmingham, Ala., on the final legof an all-night ride into the land of cotton. WEHT-News25photographer Greg Schapker and I began looking for signs of what wehad been seeing on television for weeks: damage from the worstnatural disaster to befall modern ...
COMPANIES CALL EVANSVILLE HOME
Nov 01, 2005; ... I was sitting on the top floor of Vectren Corp.'s new riverfrontheadquarters one recent afternoon. Looking out the glass windows, Iwas amazed by what I saw. Stretching out down below was the OhioRiver. A barge slipped slowly around Horseshoe Bend, while three orfour small pleasure ...
SHOP TALK
Nov 01, 2005 ... Another stereotype bites the dust .... He wasn't talking about trains If you think engineering is a field dominated by men, you mightwant to think again. Scott Gordon, head of the engineering program at the University ofSouthern Indiana, surprised some Evansville ...
WHAT'S NEW A ROUNDUP OF NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE EVANSVILLE AREA
Nov 01, 2005; ... DOLLAR TREE STORE has opened along Ind. 66, across the highwayfrom the Super Wal-Mart Center, in Tell City, Ind. The householdshop includes 8,000 square feet of space. (812) 547-0947. EVANSVILLE YOGA CENTER, 2003 W. Franklin St., has expanded intospace formerly occupied by the ...
UP & COMER
Nov 01, 2005; ... As Integra Bank's senior vice president of Information Technology,Amy Drake's job responsibilities may sound overwhelming. But shetakes all in stride. The 32-year-old manages the bank's PC support, server andtelecommunications networks, plus oversees disaster recovery ...
BE PREPARED TO WORK HARD
Nov 01, 2005 ... This month's column features Tom and Lisa Slade, owners ofAlphagraphics. The Slades started Alphagraphics in Evansville inDecember of 1993. They relocated from San Francisco where Tom hadbeen vice president, general manager of Papercone Corp., amanufacturer and printer of specialty ...
COMMUNITY BEGINS TO NOTICE TRI-STATE COMPANY'S PRODUCTS
Nov 01, 2005; ... The Board of Directors' room at Accuride Corp. overlooksInterstate 164 on Evansville's East Side. From the room's window, the firm's top executives can see semi-trucks and trailers head north and south along the expressway. Theyknow that they make nearly nine out of every 10 steel ...
VINEYARD FINANCIAL FINANCIAL FIRM WEIGHS MORALS, VALUES AS WELL AS GROWTH, RISK IN PORTFOLIOS
Nov 01, 2005; ... When Brad Ford sizes up an investment portfolio, he looks at ittwo ways. He looks at it the way most financial planners do, weighing thestocks and bonds in the portfolio to determine its risk and potentialfor growth. Then he looks at something most financial planners don't a ...
ABSOLUTE BEAUTY DAY SPA WOMEN TURN MASSAGE TABLE INTO FULL-SERVICE `MEDI-SPA'
Nov 01, 2005; ... Karen Maier gave her friends one day to decide. Maier found the perfect time and place to expand her day spa onEvansville's East Side. But the offer on a new location wouldn't lastlong. Would Stacey Bailey and Jill Hunt jump on board as partners? They did, and more than a year ...
OLD NATIONAL BANK LEADER WINS ATHENA AWARD
Nov 01, 2005; ... Jane Wittmer Kuhn, vice president of human resources at OldNational Bank, was selected winner of the 2005 Athena Award at theAthena Award luncheon in Evansville on Oct. 20. Kuhn was among 12 finalists for the award, which recognizesEvansville area women for their personal ideals, ...
THEY CALL EVANSVILLE HOME TRI-STATE HOUSES MANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Nov 01, 2005; ... Niel Ellerbrook recalls a time in the late 1990s when his formercompany, Indiana Gas, was planning to merge with Southern Indiana Gasand Electric Co. Indiana Gas, which served a Central Indiana market, was based inIndianapolis. SIGECO, which served southwest Indiana, was based ...
MOVING GIANT RELOCATED FROM WINDY CITY TO TRI-STATE
Nov 01, 2005; ... Atlas Van Lines a a global giant in the moving industry today a isheadquartered in Evansville, along with its holding company, AtlasWorld Group. But that hasn't always been the case. The van lines was started in Chicago in 1948 by a group of Chicagomoving firms. In March ...
LOCAL PAINT COMPANY GROWS TO GLOBAL PROPORTIONS
Nov 01, 2005; ... One day in the early 1900s a riverboat was docked at the wharf onthe Ohio River in Evansville. It was named Red Spot, and it sparkedthe interest of Harry D. Bourland, who had just founded a small paintand hardware store Downtown. In fact, he liked the name of the Red Spot riverboat ...
EVANSVILLE IS `MOTHER SHIP' FOR MOTOR SERVICE
Nov 01, 2005; ... Many national and global companies headquartered in the Tri-Statehad modest, quiet beginnings. Flanders Electric Motor Service, for example, began in 1947 as atiny motor repair shop located at 1301 E. Missouri St. onEvansville's Northeast Side. The company's founder, ...
GLOBAL REALITIES
Nov 01, 2005; ... "China is a sleeping giant. Let her lie and sleep for when sheawakens she will tremble the world." a Napoleon Bonaparte Global economic transformations are occurring at an ever morerapid rate. As an economic region, the Tri-State has much to offerthe global economy. From world ...
MORE TRAINING TIPS
Nov 01, 2005; ... In my last column, I discussed how you can learn to design anddeliver more effective training programs. Here are some additionaltips. Step Five Use group exercises whenever possible There is a social component to classroom learning. Use the socialaspect to enhance ...
WORKPLACE CLOTHING: HOW DO DIFFERENT STYLES MAKE EMPLOYEES FEEL?
Nov 01, 2005; ... A company's strategic objective may provide direction formanagement in selecting a dress policy that best fits the business. If a friendly atmosphere is an important part of company image orworkplace culture, then a casual dress policy might be in order. Onthe other hand, if a ...
WHIRLPOOL BECOMES `DESIRABLE' CORPORATE CITIZEN'
Nov 01, 2005; ... Editor's Note: The late Ed Klingler, longtime business editor ofThe Evansville Press, wrote a book about Evansville's businesshistory in the late 1970s. He called it "How A City Founded to MakeMoney Made It." It was published by the University of Evansville. The Evansville Business ...
ANSWERING MACHINE PRESERVES MESSAGES IN MEMORIUM
Nov 02, 2005; ... This column usually isn't much for trend-spotting. I'm happy to beat the back end of the curve. Then this guy called when I wasn't here and left a message. Itgave me the idea. You'll never guess the subject of his message on my machine. Give up? It was about ...
OBITUARIES
Nov 02, 2005 ... Local Obituaries `Pat' Caldwell-Wade Ivia "Pat" Caldwell-Wade, 57, of Evansville, died Sunday, Oct. 30,2005, at the VNA Hospice Center. Surviving are two daughters, Nakia and Toya Wade; four sons,Ollis, Gerry, Troy and Charlie; her mother, Emma Caldwell; eightsisters, ...
BRIEFS
Nov 02, 2005; ... PIKE COUNTY, IND. Cause of man's death awaits test results It may be three to six weeks before police know how a Washington,Ind., man died last weekend at a Pike County, Ind., campsite. David C. Corn, 26, died Sunday. The Pike County coroner's officeis waiting for the ...
HANSEN SAYS PAIN IS NAME OF GAME
Nov 02, 2005; ... Raise your hand if you've ever been knocked unconscious. That's what Don Hansen asked his listeners to do during hisappearance at the Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club. Eight or 10 of the 100 or so people in the audience -- many ofthem former football players -- put up their ...
SWEET SECRETS OLD RECIPES BLEND FRIENDSHIP, CHURCH HERITAGE
Nov 02, 2005; ... When Vivian Taylor took over the baking of the special raisin-filled cookies at Methodist Temple in the early 1980s, she was givenonly a baking temperature and a shopping list of ingredients to make600 dozen cookies. "That was it. Everything else was secret," said Taylor, who ...
DOLLY DOES `OLD COUNTRY' PROUD
Nov 02, 2005; ... I knew I was going to like Tuesday night's concert at RobertsStadium. I just didn't know I was going to love it. Yep. Love it. It was country -- old country, kind of quasi-country by today's rockin'-country standards -- but a Dolly Partonconcert is not like most ...
STATE COULD OFFER A SOLUTION TO INDIANA 66 PROBLEM SOON
Nov 02, 2005; ... State officials may offer Warrick County a solution to the trafficproblem of two subdivisions on Indiana 66 as early as the end of theweek, said County Commissioner Phil Baxter. Sam Sarvis, director of the Indiana Department of TransportationVincennes District, called a meeting ...
QUAKE MAP MEETING SET
Nov 02, 2005; ... Earthquake experts will meet in New Harmony, Ind., on Thursday todiscuss progress in developing an earthquake hazard map for thegreater Evansville area. The five-year project, which began in 2003, will culminate in thecreation of a three-dimensional map and a database that will ...
OLD COUNTRY BUFFET SHUTS DOORS EAST SIDE EATERY CLOSED SUNDAY IN MIDSHIFT; REASON STILL UNKNOWN
Nov 02, 2005; ... Old Country Buffet, an original anchor tenant in Eastland Shoppesoff North Green River Road just south of Morgan Avenue, has closedits doors after 16 years. Customers who arrived Monday for lunch were surprised to find therestaurant interior being dismantled and the pieces being ...
HOPEFUL SIGNS FOR SKORA
Nov 02, 2005; ... A hopeful sign for underground contamination levels beneath theSkora building? Maybe, according to Carolyn Rusk, brownfieldscoordinator with the Department of Metropolitan Development. Rusk told redevelopment commissioners Tuesday that existinggroundwater samplings show ...
KENTUCKY ARMY CHAPLAIN GETS FIVE YEARS ON SEX CHARGES
Nov 02, 2005; ... A Diocese of Owensboro (Ky.) priest was dishonorably dischargedfrom his Army chaplain post and sentenced to five years in a militaryprison after he admitted Tuesday to improper sexual behavior withfellow soldiers. The Rev. Gregory Arflack, 44, was convicted of three counts ...