Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from April 2007:
A LOST LOVED ONE MOM WARNS OTHERS ABOUT SUICIDE
Apr 01, 2007; ... It was early on the morning of Memorial Day 1997 when Allen BoringJr. pressed a small shotgun against his chest and, while talking onthe phone to his estranged wife, pulled the trigger. Boring, still conscious after the shot, called a friend,apologized and said he had made the ...
SCHOOLS PREPARE TO PASS OR FAIL
Apr 01, 2007; ... Schools and school systems receive one of two grades on thefederal government's Adequate Yearly Progress standard -- pass orfail. That mark alone, however, is not a complete indicator of schoolperformance, said Lowell Rose, a former Kokomo, Ind., superintendentand consultant to ...
THE QUIK BRO WN FOX JIMPS...HLEP!
Apr 01, 2007 ... Good morning, ladies and gemt;emen, I hjave some thrilling newsfor you today. This columkn, a histor ic first in Tje Courier newsrrom, is beingtyped on a;ectric tyupewriyer that, according to a boolketaccompanying it, makes all other ty1ewriters ever built obsolete andquaintly ...
COUNTRY TALL TALES MUSHROOM
Apr 01, 2007; ... I've heard a lot of tall tales in my days, but nothing like theperpetual flow of yarns that come from the mouths of local huntersand fishermen. Unfortunately, many of these tales are passed off asfact, and spread faster than a case of smallpox. I received a call the other morning ...
INDIANA SECOND IN MOST JOBS LOST STATE'S HEAVY MANUFACTURING GETS BLAME
Apr 01, 2007; ... Indiana lost more jobs in February than any other state exceptOhio as its struggling manufacturing sector helped fuel the loss of7,400 non-farm-related paychecks. Figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsshow that only Ohio lost more jobs, about 9,700, in ...
BOARD TO MEET WITH APPLICANT
Apr 01, 2007; ... The Evansville-Vanderburgh School Board will meet with JeffSwensson, one of two remaining finalists in the superintendentsearch, during a closed session at 10 a.m. Monday. Swensson is associate superintendent of the Metropolitan SchoolDistrict of Warren Township, which is in ...
AMERICAN DREAM IS SERVED PHAP PHAM
Apr 01, 2007; ... Phap Pham works 13-hour days at the recently opened VietnameseCuisine Restaurant on Evansville's East Side. He oversees the cash register, waits tables, washes dishes andwets the paper for the establishment's signature rice rolls. "I do everything but cook. You've got to stop ...
EASTER SEALS BREAK-A-THON
Apr 01, 2007 ... Caption ...
MAKING ROOM FOR AN OTTER IS BECOMING A FAMILY TRADITION
Apr 01, 2007; ... As Linda Junker (pronounced Yunker) looks at pictures of her"boys," she mentions Nana, "a real Southern lady in her 80s" who cameup from Alabama to visit her grandson, Jason Mann, a former catcherwith the Evansville Otters. "Nana said, `He DOES have a curfew, doesn't he?' I told ...
I HAVE A DEATHLY FEAR OF A HYPHENATED TOMBSTONE
Apr 01, 2007; ... Memo to family: Do not hyphenate me. I'm talking tombstones here. You have permission to take advantage of the early-bird specialand buy the slab of rock. You do not have permission to put the year of my birth and leavethe rest blank. There's enough ...
WAITING FOR A MATRICULA CONSULAR
Apr 01, 2007; ... The parking lot of Evansville's Nativity Church on Pollack Avenuewas full Saturday, and people spilled out of the building and ontothe sidewalks. They were awaiting a turn to visit with Mexican Consulateofficials who traveled here from Indianapolis to issue consularidentification ...
BRIEFS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Evansville Car crash yields cache of marijuana Police recovered more than a half pound of marijuana from thevehicle of an Evansville man who is accused of speeding away during atraffic stop Friday night. Clifton C. Carter led police on a high-speed chase before ...
INFO LINE
Apr 01, 2007 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 Does Vanderburgh County have a Web site that lists sexualpredators and where they live? The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's ...
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ISSUE HEADED FOR SHOWDOWN
Apr 01, 2007; ... Supporters say it will protect traditional marriage against"activist" judges. Opponents say it will have unintended consequencesfor heterosexual couples. Now the dispute over SJR 7, the constitutional amendment to bansame-sex marriage, faces a conclusive showdown in the ...
OBITUARIES
Apr 01, 2007 ... Local Obituaries Richard W. `Pop' Burks Richard W. "Pop" Burks, 74, of Evansville, passed away on Friday,March 30, 2007, at Gateway Hospital. He retired from General Electric Apparatus Division in Evansville.Richard was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving in the ...
TROOPS' DEATH BENEFIT DELAYED ILLINOIS PLANNING STOPGAP FUNDING
Apr 01, 2007; ... Officials said Saturday they have a stop-gap plan to compensate 22families of fallen soldiers and Marines who have been waiting fordeath benefits from the state of Illinois. A 2004 state law established a benefit of about $270,000 forfamilies of troops from Illinois killed while on ...
MAN HELD AFTER VAN IS STOLEN, FOOT CHASE
Apr 01, 2007 ... An Evansville man who allegedly stole a van and tried to sell itSaturday was arrested after a short foot chase. Ryan W. Seaton, 33, faces preliminary felony charges of auto theftand residential entry. Vanderburgh County sheriff's deputies and an Evansville PoliceDepartment ...
OLNEY'S WHITE SQUIRRELS OUT AS ILLINOIS WONDER
Apr 01, 2007; ... The white squirrels of Olney are out of the running for finalistsin the Seven Wonders of Illinois competition sponsored by theIllinois Tourism Bureau. In the fourth and final week of online voting for favoriteattractions, the white squirrels fell into fourth place. The two ...
MINERS' WIDOWS ARE PROVING TO BE POWERFUL LOBBYISTS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Claudia Cole would have considered herself an unlikely person tobe a lobbyist in the state Capitol. She preferred the simple life of wife and mother. But when herhusband was killed in a Kentucky coal mine, the country girl fromHarlan County and several of her neighbors who had been ...
PLAGUE OF GNATS BUGGING S. ILLINOIS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Southern Illinois horsemen are reporting a particularly largeinfestation of buffalo gnats this spring. The pests are only about an eighth of an inch long and resemble across between a common fly and a mosquito, but they can deliver apainful bite to animals. Dr. Larry Best, a ...
DEATHS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Atkins, Larry G.; 60; Huntingburg, Ind.; died 3/8; cardiacarrhythmia-asystole, coronary artery disease. Avery, Timothy; 48; Evansville; died 2/13; cardiorespiratoryarrest, end stage renal disease. Bagby, Linda Sue.; 60; Evansville; died 3/11; hyperkalemia. Baggett, ...
WHO DECIDES A COMPANY'S STAFFING NEEDS?
Apr 01, 2007; ... Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel stirred up a hornet's nest last weekwhen he called for an "investigation" into the possible lay-off ofsome 70 employees at Casino Aztar. Weinzapfel wrote a letter to the Indiana Gaming Commission askingfor the investigation. His letter came after he had a ...
AIRPORT ANGST SOME TIPS ON DEALING WITH TRAVEL DELAYS
Apr 01, 2007; ... You've got your ticket and bags and you're on time at the airport,ready to take off on an important business trip or well-deservedvacation. You may have waited for this a long time. But now, for some unlucky travelers, the real waiting begins. Flight delays have long been a ...
IT'S NO APRIL FOOL'S JOKE: USE THAT 401(K) PLAN
Apr 01, 2007; ... To commemorate April Fool's Day, I thought I'd write about wiseand foolish use of the company 401(k) or 403(b) plan. The FinancialPlan Association (FPA) recommends that people with access to a 401(k)plan review their use of it each year - and this is as good a day asany. These ...
BOTTOM LINE A GLIMPSE OF TRI-STATE COMMERCE
Apr 01, 2007 ... The federal government has raised the standard mileage allowancefor 2007 to ...
BUSINESS FOCUS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Awards JUDY HORTON, property manager of Indian Woods Apartments andTownhomes, received the Property Manager of the Year for 2006 awardfrom the Apartment Association of Southern Indiana. The award isbased on her success in increasing occupancy and her creativity inresident ...
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Sales data are provided weekly from the Vanderburgh CountyAssessor's Office. The list contains sales information on propertiesthat have been uploaded to the assessor's database for the weekending March 29, 2007. e For more information on these and other properties, see ...
JONES HITS THE BIG TIME AS HE TRAINS HARD SPUN
Apr 01, 2007; ... Besides a gaudy winning percentage, people admire Larry Jones as aman and thoroughbred trainer because he's an old-school throwback. Most successful 50-year-olds don't bathe their horses, walk themor put on bandages, much less gallop the tough ones. Jones is an exception. He ...
TOBY'S CAFE OUTSHOOTS RABER-LED HOLLAND FEED
Apr 01, 2007; ... 100 YEARS AGO -- 1907 e Punch Knoll's squad of ball players gamboled around the ball lotuntil almost dark getting rid of charley horses endangered duringseveral days of grueling practice. The men are working hard to get inshape for the big game with the Chicago White Sox, champions ...
ACES RUN RULE SALUKIS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT DAY
Apr 01, 2007; ... Shattered plans seldom go so wonderfully wrong. After University of Evansville coach Dave Seifert decided on therare course of moving a runner to second base with the second out ofthe second inning, Kasey Wahl blew up the strategy in a big way. Wahl turned on a fat breaking ...
HOPF NABS PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONORS TWO WASHINGTON PLAYERS, BOUCHIE AND ZELLER, COME AWAY WITH FIRST-TEAM HONORS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Dreams of a three-peat went down in a heap when Clint Hopf crashedto the floor with an anterior cruciate ligament tear, a medialcollateral ligament tear and a torn meniscus in Forest Park's Class2A sectional victory over South Spencer on Feb. 28. Crushed by Hopf's absence, the ...
GUILLIAMS WINS IBCA'S SWEET AWARD
Apr 01, 2007; ... Cliff Guilliams has an affection for high school basketball thatfew can match, even among sportswriters. He can get so into it,sometimes he ends up more emotional than the coach. "There have been times after games I've had to tell him `Relax,' "Forest Park coach Tom Beach said ....
OLNEY STAR CAPTURES MISS BASKETBALL
Apr 01, 2007; ... Regarded as one of the best girls' basketball players to ever comeout of southeastern Illinois, Brittany Johnson has more than lived upto her billing. Johnson, a 5-foot-11 senior guard from Olney East Richland, wasnamed Illinois' 2007 Miss Basketball. She averaged 36.4 points as ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Apr 01, 2007; ... College softball Evansville's Hobbs shuts out Bears The University of Evansville posted a 6-0 victory over hostMissouri State in one softball game, but UE lost the nightcap as theBears posted a 9-1 win in a shortened game. With the split, the Acesare now 20-11 overall on the ...
FATHER AND SON SHARE A DAY OF EXASPERATION AND THRILLS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Finding the fine line to fishing success is usually somecombination of knowledge preparation, presentation and good fortune. Let's face it: You can be the best in the world, but if that ol'bass doesn't want to open his mouth for ANYTHING, you're not going tocatch him. But ...
GIBSON LAKE USED TO BE PARADISE FOR LOCAL ANGLERS
Apr 01, 2007; ... For several years, local anglers called Gibson Lake "the Dead Sea"for good reason. High water temperatures and mysterious fish die-offs methodically destroyed fishing. But it wasn't always that way. In its heyday, Gibson gave up hugecatfish, bragging-size bass, legions of crappie ...
PRESTON REMINDS KRIVACS OF HIS DAD, DONNIE
Apr 01, 2007; ... New York Yankees' Miguel Cairo, left, smiles while beingcongratulated by coach Don Mattingly during Friday's spring trainingexhibition game against Detroit in Lakeland, Fla. Jim Krivacs will get in his car and make the three-hour drive fromClearwater, Fla., to Vero Beach today to ...
BLUECATS ROLL TO VICTORY
Apr 01, 2007; ... Silenced in the Evansville BlueCats' season opener, long and lankyLevron Williams streaked to the forefront on Saturday night atRoberts Stadium. Williams lined up wide left at the 20-yard line, then raced at anangle to the center of the end zone, catching a scoring strike ...
MR. BOWLING ANSWERS MORE ODD QUESTIONS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Once again, it's time for Mr. Bowling to empty his in-box. Theseare actual questions from actual people. A United States BowlingCongress rules representative supplied Mr. Bowling with the answers. Mr. Bowling: Can I switch hands every other frame? Pete Rose Pete: No. In league ...
CHAMPIONS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Lakeview optimist 8-year old all-stars The Lakeview Optimist 8 Year Old All Stars finished with a 23-0record against 3rd grade teams and won 3 local and 2 nationaltournaments. This is the first Lakeview team to win two nationaltournaments and finish undefeated two years in a row at ...
HOW MANY PAGES FOR A RESUME? EXPERTS SAY IT'S OK TO ADD SOME MORE DETAIL
Apr 01, 2007; ... Not too long ago, the overwhelming majority of employers wantedjob applicants to limit resumes to a single page. The thinking was arecruiter could quickly scan a resume and make a fast decision onwhether to invite someone in for an interview. That attitude may be changing as a ...
SCHOOLS PREPARE TO PASS OR FAIL
Apr 01, 2007; ... Schools and school systems receive one of two grades on thefederal government's Adequate Yearly Progress standard -- pass orfail. That mark alone, however, is not a complete indicator of schoolperformance, said Lowell Rose, a former Kokomo, Ind., superintendentand consultant to ...
COUNTRY TALL TALES MUSHROOM
Apr 01, 2007; ... I've heard a lot of tall tales in my days, but nothing like theperpetual flow of yarns that come from the mouths of local huntersand fishermen. Unfortunately, many of these tales are passed off asfact, and spread faster than a case of smallpox. I received a call the other morning ...
THE QUIK BRO WN FOX JIMPS...HLEP!
Apr 01, 2007 ... Good morning, ladies and gemt;emen, I hjave some thrilling newsfor you today. This columkn, a histor ic first in Tje Courier newsrrom, is beingtyped on a;ectric tyupewriyer that, according to a boolketaccompanying it, makes all other ty1ewriters ever built obsolete andquaintly ...
INDIANA SECOND IN MOST JOBS LOST STATE'S HEAVY MANUFACTURING GETS BLAME
Apr 01, 2007; ... Indiana lost more jobs in February than any other state exceptOhio as its struggling manufacturing sector helped fuel the loss of7,400 non-farm-related paychecks. Figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsshow that only Ohio lost more jobs, about 9,700, in ...
BOARD TO MEET WITH APPLICANT
Apr 01, 2007; ... The Evansville-Vanderburgh School Board will meet with JeffSwensson, one of two remaining finalists in the superintendentsearch, during a closed session at 10 a.m. Monday. Swensson is associate superintendent of the Metropolitan SchoolDistrict of Warren Township, which is in ...
AMERICAN DREAM IS SERVED PHAP PHAM
Apr 01, 2007; ... Phap Pham works 13-hour days at the recently opened VietnameseCuisine Restaurant on Evansville's East Side. He oversees the cash register, waits tables, washes dishes andwets the paper for the establishment's signature rice rolls. "I do everything but cook. You've got to stop ...
EASTER SEALS BREAK-A-THON
Apr 01, 2007 ... Caption ...
MAKING ROOM FOR AN OTTER IS BECOMING A FAMILY TRADITION
Apr 01, 2007; ... As Linda Junker (pronounced Yunker) looks at pictures of her"boys," she mentions Nana, "a real Southern lady in her 80s" who cameup from Alabama to visit her grandson, Jason Mann, a former catcherwith the Evansville Otters. "Nana said, `He DOES have a curfew, doesn't he?' I told ...
I HAVE A DEATHLY FEAR OF A HYPHENATED TOMBSTONE
Apr 01, 2007; ... Memo to family: Do not hyphenate me. I'm talking tombstones here. You have permission to take advantage of the early-bird specialand buy the slab of rock. You do not have permission to put the year of my birth and leavethe rest blank. There's enough ...
WAITING FOR A MATRICULA CONSULAR
Apr 01, 2007; ... The parking lot of Evansville's Nativity Church on Pollack Avenuewas full Saturday, and people spilled out of the building and ontothe sidewalks. They were awaiting a turn to visit with Mexican Consulateofficials who traveled here from Indianapolis to issue consularidentification ...
BRIEFS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Evansville Car crash yields cache of marijuana Police recovered more than a half pound of marijuana from thevehicle of an Evansville man who is accused of speeding away during atraffic stop Friday night. Clifton C. Carter led police on a high-speed chase before ...
INFO LINE
Apr 01, 2007 ... If you have a brief question about the news, use a Touch-Tonephone to call: (812) 464-7466 Does Vanderburgh County have a Web site that lists sexualpredators and where they live? The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's ...
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ISSUE HEADED FOR SHOWDOWN
Apr 01, 2007; ... Supporters say it will protect traditional marriage against"activist" judges. Opponents say it will have unintended consequencesfor heterosexual couples. Now the dispute over SJR 7, the constitutional amendment to bansame-sex marriage, faces a conclusive showdown in the ...
OBITUARIES
Apr 01, 2007 ... Local Obituaries Richard W. `Pop' Burks Richard W. "Pop" Burks, 74, of Evansville, passed away on Friday,March 30, 2007, at Gateway Hospital. He retired from General Electric Apparatus Division in Evansville.Richard was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving in the ...
TROOPS' DEATH BENEFIT DELAYED ILLINOIS PLANNING STOPGAP FUNDING
Apr 01, 2007; ... Officials said Saturday they have a stop-gap plan to compensate 22families of fallen soldiers and Marines who have been waiting fordeath benefits from the state of Illinois. A 2004 state law established a benefit of about $270,000 forfamilies of troops from Illinois killed while on ...
MAN HELD AFTER VAN IS STOLEN, FOOT CHASE
Apr 01, 2007 ... An Evansville man who allegedly stole a van and tried to sell itSaturday was arrested after a short foot chase. Ryan W. Seaton, 33, faces preliminary felony charges of auto theftand residential entry. Vanderburgh County sheriff's deputies and an Evansville PoliceDepartment ...
OLNEY'S WHITE SQUIRRELS OUT AS ILLINOIS WONDER
Apr 01, 2007; ... The white squirrels of Olney are out of the running for finalistsin the Seven Wonders of Illinois competition sponsored by theIllinois Tourism Bureau. In the fourth and final week of online voting for favoriteattractions, the white squirrels fell into fourth place. The two ...
MINERS' WIDOWS ARE PROVING TO BE POWERFUL LOBBYISTS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Claudia Cole would have considered herself an unlikely person tobe a lobbyist in the state Capitol. She preferred the simple life of wife and mother. But when herhusband was killed in a Kentucky coal mine, the country girl fromHarlan County and several of her neighbors who had been ...
PLAGUE OF GNATS BUGGING S. ILLINOIS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Southern Illinois horsemen are reporting a particularly largeinfestation of buffalo gnats this spring. The pests are only about an eighth of an inch long and resemble across between a common fly and a mosquito, but they can deliver apainful bite to animals. Dr. Larry Best, a ...
DEATHS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Atkins, Larry G.; 60; Huntingburg, Ind.; died 3/8; cardiacarrhythmia-asystole, coronary artery disease. Avery, Timothy; 48; Evansville; died 2/13; cardiorespiratoryarrest, end stage renal disease. Bagby, Linda Sue.; 60; Evansville; died 3/11; hyperkalemia. Baggett, ...
WHO DECIDES A COMPANY'S STAFFING NEEDS?
Apr 01, 2007; ... Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel stirred up a hornet's nest last weekwhen he called for an "investigation" into the possible lay-off ofsome 70 employees at Casino Aztar. Weinzapfel wrote a letter to the Indiana Gaming Commission askingfor the investigation. His letter came after he had a ...
AIRPORT ANGST SOME TIPS ON DEALING WITH TRAVEL DELAYS
Apr 01, 2007; ... You've got your ticket and bags and you're on time at the airport,ready to take off on an important business trip or well-deservedvacation. You may have waited for this a long time. But now, for some unlucky travelers, the real waiting begins. Flight delays have long been a ...
IT'S NO APRIL FOOL'S JOKE: USE THAT 401(K) PLAN
Apr 01, 2007; ... To commemorate April Fool's Day, I thought I'd write about wiseand foolish use of the company 401(k) or 403(b) plan. The FinancialPlan Association (FPA) recommends that people with access to a 401(k)plan review their use of it each year - and this is as good a day asany. These ...
BOTTOM LINE A GLIMPSE OF TRI-STATE COMMERCE
Apr 01, 2007 ... The federal government has raised the standard mileage allowancefor 2007 to ...