Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from January 2007:
SMALL-BUSINESS TRAINING COURSE PLANNED
Jan 03, 2007; ... Budding entrepreneurs with a business idea or small businessowners looking for some help will have a chance to get up to speed onwhat it takes to run a successful company beginning next week. The Neighborhood Economic Development Center will kick off itsSmall Business Training ...
ACES' BIG MEN GET TEST AT UNI
Jan 03, 2007; ... Bradley Strickland is excited about the University of Evansville'sroad game at 7:05 tonight at Northern Iowa. It's not because he thinks the Panthers (11-2, 2-0 Missouri ValleyConference) will be an easy opponent or that the game will be playedin the brand-new McLeod ...
MATER DEI SETS THE PACE, COMES UP SHY JASPER HITS ITS FREE THROWS TO NOTCH VICTORY
Jan 03, 2007; ... Taking a philosophical turn on Tuesday night, Mater Dei HighSchool girls' basketball coach Roger Sills found solace in defeat. He got the frenzied pace he wanted. His players trapped andhustled all over the floor. But Jasper used its superior height andhit more than enough free ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jan 03, 2007; ... COLLEGE BASKETBALL MVC honors UE's Ashli Senff On the heels of a school-record performance at Wichita State onSaturday, University of Evansville senior guard Ashli Senff has beennamed the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Player of theWeek. Senff scored 35 points ...
DEKE COOPER'S RETURN TO THE NFL IS WITH 49ERS
Jan 03, 2007; ... Just back from vacation, The Answer Man dropped into the officeand agreed to take your questions and comments. Question (phone message): I thought I noticed Deke Cooper on theSan Francisco 49ers' sidelines Sunday, but never read or heard thathe'd signed with them. The guy was ...
AN ARRAY OF APPETIZERS IS SURE TO SCORE WITH FANS OF THE BIG GAME
Jan 03, 2007; ... The big game is looming. OK, really the Super Bowl isn't untilFeb. 4, but it's never too early to start thinking about what you'regoing to serve. More chips and dip? Hot wings? Will you give up and order pizzabecause the overwhelming options make your head pound? There's a ...
FOUR-LEGGED FITNESS [Corrected 01/10/07]
Jan 03, 2007; ... In a report issued in April, the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention said that "dog walking can contribute to a physicallyactive lifestyle" because it is a purposeful and convenient activityand because the dog's need for exercise can help people maintain aregular ...
WHAT'S YOUR WORKOUT? WHEN YOU LIKE FOOD, RUNNING IS BEST WAY TO STILL ENJOY IT AND KEEP OFF POUNDS
Jan 03, 2007; ... Chuck Whobrey, president and business manager of Teamsters Local215, always finds time to run. "If I didn't, I'd weigh 200 pounds. Ilike food too much," laughs the 49-year-old. How important is keeping fit? "Very important. When I joined the Teamsters as a business agent,I ...
ANIMAL ORDINANCE SUPPORT CITED [Corrected 01/18/07]
Jan 03, 2007; ... More than 2,400 animals have been microchipped in VanderburghCounty since the animal ordinance took effect Dec. 16, according toEvansville Animal Control officials. The figures prove the public is supporting the ordinance, whichgives animal owners price breaks if they microchip ...
GRAD RATES SPARK CONCERN
Jan 04, 2007; ... New data from the state show a sharp disparity in graduation ratesamong the EVSC's five high schools. The data reflect how many high school freshmen in 2002 picked updiplomas in 2006. Among the five Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp. schools,Harrison showed the highest ...
THERE'S NO SMOKING A BUT FIRE RAGES IN THE EYES OF BAR OWNERS
Jan 04, 2007; ... Three months after Henderson enacted a smoking ban, bar ownersthere continue to cry in their collective beer and cast an enviouseye toward Evansville, where a less restrictive ban took effect thisweek. Owners say the Henderson ban, which prohibits smoking in mostpublic places, is ...
MAN'S BODY FOUND IN VACANT APARTMENT
Jan 04, 2007; ... The beer bottles on the bedroom floor were a hint that somethingwasn't quite right in the vacant apartment at 1225 S. Lincoln ParkDrive, but when owner Steve Robertson saw the hand sticking out ofthe closet Tuesday he said he wasn't sure what to think. "It was blue. I actually ...
CHRISTMAS GIFTS COME IN MANY SHAPES, SIZES
Jan 04, 2007; ... I learned something this Christmas. Every year I, like so manyother people, lament the commercialization of what it is -- at itsmost basic level -- a religious observance. I complain about howearly the advertising starts and the greed that seems to run rampant. But this year, I saw ...
EDITORIALS
Jan 04, 2007 ... Congress Begins The Issue: As new session begins, old budget issues arise. Our View: Only the deficit hawks would welcome this situation. With the return of Congress today, Democrats, including the 8thDistrict's new representative, Brad Ellsworth, will assume ...
BUSLER OWNER IS DEAD AT 78
Jan 04, 2007; ... Nearly every one of George William Busler's workdays began with atour of his Busler Enterprises facilities so he could meet hiscompany associates face to face. He thought that sort of old-school caring still mattered intoday's modern, hectic times. The daily visits and his ...
SHOOTING A FEW HOOPS
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YOUNGSTERS COLLECT 88 COATS
Jan 04, 2007; ... Two Evansville children teamed up with the University ofEvansville men's soccer team to collect dozens of coats for the needythis winter. Katie Jacobs, 9, daughter of UE men's soccer coach Mike Jacobs,said the idea began during a game of make-believe. That's where she and Zoe ...
VINCE GILL'S `THESE DAYS' TOUR COMING
Jan 04, 2007; ... NiteLite Promotions is kicking off Evansville's new year incountry-living style by announcing plans for a Vince Gill concert inApril. Don Kronberg of NiteLite said Gill will bring his "These Days"tour to The Centre on April 28. "The show will be a full retrospective of his ...
MAN IN CANDY CASE PLEADS TO LESSER CHARGE
Jan 04, 2007; ... After a jury could not reach a verdict, an Evansville man pleadedguilty to lesser charges in an incident where he was accused oftrying to steal candy bars from a convenience store. The trial of Ralph A. Long Jr., 33, marked Vanderburgh County'sfirst trial of the new ...
THE SHORT, HAPPY LIFE OF MY SON'S MERCURY SABLE
Jan 04, 2007; ... Mercury Sable Mercury Sable, born in 1994, passed away after a long bout withtransmission disease along with the complete failure of the engine toachieve anything close to internal combustion. Survivors include Evan Mathews and his father, Garret, who boughtthe car on the ...
BRIEFS
Jan 04, 2007; ... Evansville Fire damages vacant homes Evansville police were called in to investigate after fireinvestigators determined a fire that damaged two vacant houses onSouth Governor Street on Wednesday morning was arson. The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Building Commission ...
INFO LINE
Jan 04, 2007 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 When is the final day of ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY'S ONLINE QUESTION
Jan 04, 2007 ... Should local officials be more aggressive in merging city andcounty governments? 203 votes cast as of 10 p.m. Wednesday Yes 110 54% No 93 45% e To participate in the poll visit ...
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MAN'S ARM IS SLASHED BY ROBBER
Jan 04, 2007 ... Evansville resident James Short was cut on the arm when a would-be robber took a swing at him Tuesday night in his apartment complexparking lot on Southeast First Street, according to an Evansvillepolice report. The incident happened at 9:35 p.m. Short told police the ...
LOFT DEVELOPER CALLED IN DEFAULT
Jan 04, 2007; ... After assuring Evansville Redevelopment Commission membersWednesday only city fire approval stands in the way of tenants movinginto his Main Street loft project, Matt Johnson got until Jan. 17 tomake good on it. Johnson's three-loft development in the old Farmer's ...
ROBBER ARMED WITH SWORD GIVEN 10-YEAR SENTENCE
Jan 04, 2007; ... An Evansville man accused of cutting another man with a swordduring a home invasion was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison. The sentencing came after Reko D. Levels, 32, pleaded guilty to acharge of battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class Cfelony. Levels ...
OBITUARIES
Jan 04, 2007 ... Local obituaries David L. Bugg David L. Bugg, 59, of Evansville, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, athis residence. David started working at Baynham's Shoe Store at the age of 14,where he spent many years learning the business. He spent his wholelife in the shoe business, ...
SIREN WILL BE REPLACED BEFORE STORMS
Jan 04, 2007; ... A Northeast Side emergency warning siren destroyed Saturday in atraffic accident should be replaced before the severe weather seasonarrives, said the head of emergency preparedness for the city andcounty. A vehicle driven by a Warrick County woman struck the mountingpole for the ...
MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED IN DRUG PROBE
Jan 04, 2007; ... Police are expecting more local arrests as a result of a three-month investigation into a multicounty drug distribution ring,Warrick County Sheriff Marvin Heilman said Wednesday. The joint investigation between Warrick County and the Evansville/Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force ...
RESPIRATORY VIRUS PUTTING AREA CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS
Jan 04, 2007; ... For the past several weeks, Dr. Nick Doyle has been warningparents about a seasonal disease that can put children into thehospital. Respiratory syncytial virus is most likely to turn up from Octoberto April, and this season area doctors and hospitals are seeing anincrease in the ...
PROBATION SET AFTER BABY INJURED
Jan 04, 2007; ... An Evansville woman accused of injuring a baby with a liquorbottle was sentenced to 18 months probation for the incident onWednesday. Alicia A. Waller, 25, 5446 Carriage Drive, was originally chargedin July with Class B felony battery resulting in bodily injury to aperson under ...
CONTRACTORS FACING SUITS
Jan 04, 2007; ... Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit in WayneCounty Circuit Court against Fairfield roofing contractors whoallegedly collected down-payments from consumers but either failed toperform the work or failed to complete it in a professional manner. One of the alleged ...
CONGRATULATING THE SPEAKER
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jan 04, 2007; ... EVANSVILLE AXIOM hires Verkamp Lisa Verkamp has joined AXIOM as a media buyer. She previously was with Keller-Crescent. Verkamp also is an adjunct professor at the University of SouthernIndiana, where she presently is pursuing a master's degree inbusiness ...
COLUMBIA COMPLETES AZTAR BUY STOCK NO LONGER PUBLICLY TRADED, BUT NAME REMAINS
Jan 04, 2007; ... Columbia Entertainment has completed its acquisition of the parentcompany of Evansville's Casino Aztar. The gaming arm of Fort Mitchell, Ky.-based Columbia Sussex Corp.said Wednesday it has purchased all outstanding shares of Aztar Corp.for about $2.75 billion in cash and ...
PLAYERS CLUB GOLF COURSE GETS NEW OWNER
Jan 04, 2007; ... The head golf professional at the Players Club of Henderson haspurchased the course from Corman-McQueen Golf, Inc. of Lexington, Ky. Scott Settles, who has been the head golf professional at the clubfor the past two years and previously the assistant golf professionalat Quail ...
CLOSE IS NO CONSOLATION FOR ACES
Jan 04, 2007; ... Playing them close, even on the road in the Missouri ValleyConference, is no longer enough for the University of Evansvillebasketball team. The Aces had a second straight comeback effort come up short onthe road Wednesday as Northern Iowa held on for a 64-61 ...
DIVISION IS A PLUS FOR USI
Jan 04, 2007; ... On the final day of the regular season last February, theUniversity of Southern Indiana ended up on the worst end of a four-way tie in its division -- all based on its division record. As coach Rick Herdes looked at the scores and calculated where theEagles ended up, he mentioned ...
OPPONENTS NOW PAY ATTENTION TO ACES' SENFF
Jan 04, 2007; ... Ashli Senff is having a little identiity crisis. The 5-foot-9 senior guard for the University of Evansville women'sbasketball team is wondering how Indiana State will categorize her ina game at 7 tonight at Roberts Stadium. "In the past, teams always looked at me as a driver," ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jan 04, 2007; ... HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Butler gets her 1,000th point Harrison's Kiara Butler scored her 1,000th career point as theWarriors won 64-54 at Mater Dei on Wednesday. Butler, a junior,finished with 18 for the Warriors (9-2), who are off to their beststart in coach Tom Bealmear's ...
JANUARY DUEL, DANCE OR DRIBBLE: ENTERTAINMENT IS BIG
Jan 04, 2007; ... Monstrous is one way to describe January. As in 10,000-pound monster trucks belonging to the bad boys who'llduel side by side during the U.S Hot Rod Thunder Nationals Jan. 19and 20 at Roberts Stadium. Or "Dancing With the Stars," the No. 1 hit on ABC whose popularteam of ...
GALLERY
Jan 04, 2007 ... "Still Life With Vase," an oil painting by Judith Lewis ofSeymour, Ind., is among the artists' work featured in the EvansvilleMuseum Shop. Lewis shares the show with David ...
WOMEN HOLD TOP COUNTY POSITIONS [Corrected 01/12/07]
Jan 04, 2007; ... For the first time, women hold the two highest-ranking electedpositions in Vanderburgh County government. Republican County Council member Marsha Abell, unanimously electedpresident of the council Wednesday, joins Republican CountyCommissioners President Cheryl ...
ELLSWORTH TAKES IT ALL IN FAMILY JOINS CONGRESSMAN ON BIG DAY [Corrected 01/12/07]
Jan 05, 2007; ... Former Sheriff Brad Ellsworth became Rep. Brad Ellsworth onThursday, as he and the new Democratic majority in the House tooktheir oaths of office. The first woman to serve as speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi,asked them if they accepted their responsibilities. She had ...
BOBBY GOLD FOUGHT FOR POOR
Jan 05, 2007; ... Friends remembered Bobby Gold on Thursday as a lifelong crusaderfor Evansville's minority, poor and elderly residents and as someonewho was unafraid to take unpopular stands. Gold, 61, who died shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday at TrinityVillage nursing home, spent his later years as a ...
VECTREN HEARING MONDAY
Jan 05, 2007; ... Vectren customers attending Monday's Indiana Utility RegulatoryCommission field hearing at The Centre will find an atmospheresimilar to a courtroom, complete with a judge, a swearing-in processand a court reporter. The commission scheduled the hearing to take public testimony ...
I'M OFF TO A GOOD START ON 2007 RESOLUTIONS
Jan 05, 2007; ... Some people consider this the time of year to make promises tobetter yourself in the coming year, but let's call it what it is: I call this the time of year to start coming up with good excuses. Go on, try it. Last weekend, you ushered in 2007 promising to quit smoking, ...
EDITORIALS
Jan 05, 2007 ... Graduation Rates The Issue: State data confirm that too many children aren'tfinishing school. Our View: Dropouts require a greater sense of urgency. Acting School Superintendent Robert Yeager has it right when hesays that even 60 students dropping out of the ...
VA OFFICIAL FACES HEAT FROM LOCALS
Jan 05, 2007; ... A physician formerly with the Evansville Veterans AffairsOutpatient Clinic joined about 100 people raising questions about itsadministration Thursday night with the chief administrator himself. Robert Morrel, director of a seven-facility veterans healthnetwork with headquarters at ...
TATTOOS YIELD IDENTITY OF BODY HADN'T BEEN SEEN IN 2 MONTHS
Jan 05, 2007; ... The clues to the identity of a man found dead in a vacantapartment Tuesday were right there in ink on his body all along. Vanderburgh County Coroner Donald Erk said Thursday that Allen J.Stearman's name was tattooed on his back. That and other tattoos wererecognized by Stearman's ...
PRACTICING BALLET TECHNIQUE
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AZTAR CUTS 20 EMPLOYEES MERGER, FRENCH LICK COMPETITION CITED
Jan 05, 2007; ... Casino Aztar cut 20 salaried employees Thursday, citing its mergerwith Columbia Entertainment and competition from the new French LickCasino. Jim Brown, Aztar president and general manager, said the employeeswere offered a severance package and job placement assistance."Everybody ...
FEDERAL COURT GETS SUIT AIMED AT POLICE, PAPER
Jan 05, 2007; ... A lawsuit recently filed by an Evansville attorney against thecity of Evansville, its Police Department, two detectives and theEvansville Courier Co. has been moved to federal court. In the civil suit, Robin R. Craig does not specify the damages sheis seeking, but she claims she ...
IMPERSONATOR CHARGES FILED
Jan 05, 2007; ... A Newburgh man has been jailed in Spencer County on charges ofimpersonating a police officer and obtaining drugs by fraud or deceitat Rockport, Ind. Jason T. Patton was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his 715Cypress St. home. Patton, the son of former Newburgh Police Chief ...
TRUCK WITH NUCLEAR MATERIAL CRASHES
Jan 05, 2007; ... A truck carrying radioactive material from a nuclear plant inPaducah was involved in a crash with another vehicle, authoritiessaid. There was no chemical spill in the wreck outside the plant on U.S.60 in West Paducah, an official with the McCracken County Sheriff'sOffice ...
BRIEFS
Jan 05, 2007; ... Evansville Police Department job fair scheduled The Evansville Police Department will have a job fair from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Jan. 20 at The Centre. The department will have officers from almost all aspects of thepolice force, including the K-9 unit, motorcycle traffic ...
INFO LINE
Jan 05, 2007 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 Where can I recycle my Christmas tree? The Vanderbugh County Solid Waste District will make ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY THURSDAY'S ONLINE QUESTION
Jan 05, 2007 ... Has the smoking ordinance made dining out more or less enjoyable? 282 votes cast as of 10 p.m. Thursday More enjoyable 201 71% Less enjoyable 81 28% e To participate in the poll visit ...
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NEARLY 50 SEEK HENDERSON CHIEF'S JOB
Jan 05, 2007; ... Nearly 50 people applied for the job of Henderson police chief,and the process of weeding through the applicants has begun inearnest. Connie Galloway, the city's human resources director, said 48applied but five did not meet the requirements, so the starting fieldnumbers 43 ...
APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS INDIANA'S VOTER ID LAWS
Jan 05, 2007; ... Indiana's law that requires voters to show photo identification atthe polls is not too burdensome, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals in Chicago said Thursday in a 2-1 ruling that upholds the2005 law. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the law, saying itwould help ...
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS HAVE AMBITIOUS AGENDA
Jan 05, 2007; ... House Democratic lawmakers' legislative plans for the 2007 GeneralAssembly include increasing the state's minimum wage and limiting thegovernor's power to issue pardons. The plan touted Thursday by Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling,included more than a dozen topics Democrats intend ...
HOLIDAY RECYCLING SET FOR SATURDAY
Jan 05, 2007 ... The annual Holiday Recycling Day sponsored by the VanderburghCounty Solid Waste District will be 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in theCivic Center parking lot at Walnut and Ninth streets. Residents can bring in Christmas trees to be recycled into mulch.The mulch can be taken home or ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jan 05, 2007; ... EVANSVILLE Staff changes at HR Solutions Angela Noble has been named to lead a new Training andOrganizational Development Division of HR Solutions, Inc. She is vice president of operations and strategic development forHR Solutions, which she joined in 2005. Noble ...