Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from September 2007:
CHEMICAL MIX-UP EMPTIES SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON ENDS DAY IN BLEACHER SEATS
Sep 01, 2007; ... MOUNT VERNON, Ind. - Fumes given off by chemicals being mixed forthe swimming pool at Mount Vernon Junior High School forced theevacuation of students Friday afternoon and sent two school employeesto a hospital emergency room for observation. Keith Spurgeon, superintendent for the ...
SABIC, GE WRAP DEAL WORKER MEETING SET FOR NEXT WEEK
Sep 01, 2007; ... Goodbye, GE Plastics. Hello, SABIC. General Electric Co. said Friday it has completed the previouslyannounced sale of its plastics business - including its Mount Vernon,Ind., plant - to Saudi Basic Industries Corp. for $11.6 billion. The new owner is a large international ...
PLAYING THE BREAKS WHILE HIS DOCTORS FOLLOW HIS CANCER TREATMENTS, A BOY FOLLOWS THE COLTS - AND VIDEO FOOTBALL
Sep 01, 2007; ... Transitory winds blow across the delicate landscape of BrandonMayes' face. A growl of frustration after a bad play on his favorite video gamewashes away the toothy grin of moments before. With a sigh, the 8-year-old rests his head on a pillow as painfrom his abdomen reaches ...
WORTH THE TROUBLE? PUPPY LOVE IS PRICELESS
Sep 01, 2007; ... Sure, a $12 million trust fund may sound like a whole lot ofkibble. But it breaks down to only a measly $1.7 million a year, if LeonaHelmsley's dog lives to the age of 15, which is toward the upperlimit of the average life span of a Maltese. As far as dogstyles of the rich ...
STATES SHARE HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS INDIANA TO RECEIVE $15.7 MILLION TO ENFORCE SEAT BELT LAW
Sep 01, 2007; ... Seventeen states, including Indiana, will share more than $109million in federal grants to enforce seat belt laws and promotehighway safety, the government said Friday. The funding is part of a program established in 2005 to encouragestates to approve stronger seat belt laws that ...
CHEERS, JEERS AND TEARS HAVE HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Cheers for this three-day Labor Day weekend, to be enjoyed byunion and nonunion Tri-Staters alike. We do offer a special cheersfor those in labor who continue to keep alive a tradition dating to1886, when the first Labor Day celebration in Indiana was held inPrinceton. It moves around ...
TONY SNOW THE ISSUE: THE PRESIDENT LOSES HIS VOICE. OUR VIEW: HE COULD EXPLAIN ISSUES BETTER THAN BUSH.
Sep 01, 2007 ... It has become a White House ritual of late: President Bushappearing before the press corps to praise a trusted senior WhiteHouse aide who is resigning to return to private life. This time, it was his chief spokesman, press secretary Tony Snow,and although there were assurances of ...
POLICE SEARCH FOR FIRE SUSPECT
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Evansville Police Department is searching for a man whoallegedly attempted to set a woman and her apartment building on fireFriday. Officers were dispatched to 1139 W. Maryland St. at 12:30 a.m.where a woman reported that Phillip M. Dill, 19, poured gasoline onher and her ...
REITZ ROYALTY BITTERSWEET VICTORIES
Sep 01, 2007; ... Kourtney Bryant and Tanner Babb are only seniors at Reitz HighSchool, but the two friends have already shared plenty ofexperiences. They met as small children at Sunday school and developed afriendship they would maintain for years - through church, youthgroups and ...
JOINT POLICE PATROLS TARGET DRUNKEN DRIVERS
Sep 01, 2007; ... Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Dave Weddingknows a special team of extra patrols aimed at drunken drivers willnab numerous offenders over the next few days. It's not that officials want to arrest people, Wedding said, buthistory assures them it will be ...
IND. TESTS E-TICKET SYSTEM
Sep 01, 2007; ... INDIANAPOLIS - The state is testing a new system that would allowpolice officers to issue tickets electronically, avoiding the tediousand time-consuming task of writing and processing traffic citations. Indiana received a $2.4 million grant to test and implement thesystem later ...
STUDENTS MAKING BETTER CHOICES DRUG USE SURVEY SAYS
Sep 01, 2007; ... Adolescent use of marijuana and methamphetamine continues to fallin Indiana, and occasional drinking among teens has also declined,according to new survey results. The news isn't all good, though. Youth are discovering new ways touse tobacco besides smoking cigarettes, and "binge ...
MORE KY. STUDENTS TAKE, EXCEL AT ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS
Sep 01, 2007; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky students excelled in Advance Placementprograms this year, with a record number taking the exams - andscoring higher than ever. The number of test-takers this spring - 15,408 students - was 13percent more thanlast year, according to the recent figures from ...
WINSTEAD CONVICTED GUILTY OF KILLING 85-YEAR-OLD AUNT
Sep 01, 2007; ... A Western Kentucky jury convicted a man in the slaying of his 85-year-old aunt, a well-known Madisonville businesswoman who was foundstabbed in her basement. Russell Winstead shook his head when the jury found him guiltyThursday of killing Ann Branson on Jan. 12, 2003. Winstead, ...
DYNAMITE USED TO FIND 30-GALLON WHISKEY TANK
Sep 01, 2007; ... I Remember I remember in the late 1930s my father picked up used bricks whenthey were tearing down Baptist town. I think the bricks were free forthe taking or a small cash amount. My sister and I, with my mother, cleaned the mortar off thebricks. My father used them to make a ...
BRIEFS
Sep 01, 2007; ... Evansville Evansville man robbed at knife point An Evansville man reported being robbed at knife point earlyFriday in the 1500 block of South Garvin Street. Thomas Kulawinski, 34, said he was walking to a friend's housefrom his workplace on South Kentucky Avenue when ...
OBITUARIES
Sep 01, 2007 ... Local Robert 'Bobby' Jay Robert "Bobby" Jay, 70, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, Aug.29, 2007, at Deaconess Hospital. He was born Sept. 20, 1936, in Mount Vernon, Ill. He was a well-known barber for 45 years in the Evansville area. Heloved fishing, hunting ...
POLICE ARREST KY. SUSPECT FOR MURDER
Sep 01, 2007 ... LEXINGTON, Ky. - Police arrested a central Kentucky man Friday inconnection with the murder of a 6-year-old boy who was bludgeoned todeath in his grandfather's garage. Louis A. "Buck" Ballard, 48, of Paris was arrested shortly after ...
COCAINE SUSPECT ARRESTED
Sep 01, 2007; ... Two of 26 men accused in federal indictments of operating largecocaine-dealing operations in Evansville remained at large Fridayafter authorities arrested a 24th suspect. Evansville resident, Jerome Starks, 33, turned himself in Fridaymorning at the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Sep 01, 2007; ... EVANSVILLE Hull is promoted Edward J. Hull has been promoted from an assistant vice presidentto a vice president at Old National Bank. He will continue as manager of systems and support. Hull graduatedfrom the University of Southern Indiana and Cannon Financial ...
TELL CITY'S GOODWILL STORE HAS RELOCATED
Sep 01, 2007; ... After four years the Goodwill Store in Tell City, Ind., outgrewits space and has relocated to Lincoln Park Plaza at 15 E. Ind. 66. The new location is next door to Peebles and only a block or sofrom the prior location in Rivergate Shopping Center. Judith K. Early, the ...
THERE'S NO PARTYING YET AT TOYOTA
Sep 01, 2007; ... TOYOTA, Japan - Steadily, relentlessly, quietly. Toyota is closingin on dethroning General Motors, the longtime king of the world'sautomakers. On Friday, Toyota set a global sales target of 10.4 millionvehicles for 2009 - a number that would put the Japanese company farahead of ...
KNIGHTS KEEP SLUGGING
Sep 01, 2007; ... PARADISE, Ind. - It's hard to fault those in the Castle crowd wholooked away when running back Spencer Charlton disappeared into thepile. The concentrated mob, just several yards past the line ofscrimmage and fewer yards still from the goalline, of Catle linemanand North ...
EVEN 'BOTCHED' PLAYS WORK FOR REITZ
Sep 01, 2007; ... Reitz High School running back Tyler Julian said his team reallydoes practice that botched handoff that led to the Panthers' thirdtouchdown Friday against Memorial. But they didn't expect the busted play to result in a 26-yardtouchdown run by quarterback Paul McIntosh. "It's never ...
SHOULDER SENDS ROLEN TO 15-DAY DISABLED LIST
Sep 01, 2007; ... ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals, preparing to play the finalmonth without third baseman Scott Rolen, acquired Russell Branyanfrom the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday for a player to be named. Rolen, troubled by his surgically repaired left shoulder, wasexamined Friday in ...
OTTERS' FANS REMAIN LOYAL TO THE END
Sep 01, 2007; ... Although the Evansville Otters are mired in last place in theFrontier League West Division, they still have a chance to breaktheir single-season attendance record entering their final two games. Evansville will host the Southern Illinois Miners at 7:05 tonightand 3:05 p.m. on ...
BUSS BREAKS RECORDS IN MOUNT CARMEL WIN
Sep 01, 2007; ... Quarterback Kyle Buss threw for a school-record 361 yards, fivefor touchdowns, in Mount Carmel's 48-30 victory over visiting MountVernon on Friday night in Big Eight Conference action. He completed11 of 13 passes. Jensen Dardeen caught four passes for touchdowns and ran ...
WILDCATS GET BEST OF BOSSE
Sep 01, 2007; ... Somebody named Weinzapfel was going to leave Enlow Field happy onFriday night after Mater Dei's football game against Bosse. Turns out the happiest Weinzapfels were all Wildcats after MaterDei scored the first 34 points in a 34-19 win over the Bulldogs. Mater Dei moved to 2-1 ...
M B SEA LOOKS TO SAIL ON THE TURF AT ELLIS
Sep 01, 2007; ... In 2000, Evansville's Mike Bruder bought three yearlings in thelate stages of Keeneland's September Sales. One, costing $17,000, quickly slipped into obscurity. Bruder paid$17,000 for another, Justice for Auston. The horse has earned about$400,000. He knocks hard in allowance ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Sep 01, 2007; ... COLLEGE SOCCER Goals by Tofano, Grey lift UE women to win The University of Evansville women's team came from behind to beatAustin Peay 2-1 at the Wright State Tournament. The Aces (1-0) playJacksonville State at 11 a.m. on Sunday. After an Austin Peay goal,UE tied the score ...
LEARNING SKILLS FOR LIFE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR
Sep 01, 2007; ... First, Karen Gulley accidentally let her auto insurance lapse. Then she was in a car accident. Because she didn't have insurance,her license was suspended. And because her license was suspended, she was unable to drive andlost her job as a caregiver. The Evansville ...
SIGNS OF FAITH THE NUMBER THREE
Sep 01, 2007; ... The number three has long had symbolic significance for variousreligious groups. According to Encyclopedia Judaica, the number is meaningfulbecause "it conveys the idea of completeness, having a beginning,middle and end." The number is used numerous times throughout the ...
MOSQUE IS BECOMING AS MUHAMMAD FIRST INTENDED
Sep 01, 2007; ... The mosque, or the place of worship, for Muslims is called theMasjid in Arabic. Symbolizing the spirit of the community in theIslamic faith, the Masjid is a place to congregate for worship,foster bonds of brotherhood and provide a platform to define ...
CHRISTIAN DUO ATTRIBUTES SUCCESS TO 'LIFE PSALM'
Sep 01, 2007; ... As he kicks off a tour, Shane Everett, half of the best-sellingChristian music duo Shane and Shane, is filled with enthusiasm. "It's a crazy time. We just finished the first week of the toursix days ago," Everett said during a recent telephone interview. A crazy time indeed ...
PUSHING PAST KATRINA
Sep 02, 2007; ... The view from Pamela Brim's eighth-floor office window tells thestory of a post-Katrina New Orleans. In one direction, Brim, a clerk at the University of New Orleans,sees a construction crew repairing the London Canal Levee, whichbroke during the hurricane, flooding a dormitory and ...
STADIUM 'LINE' LIKELY $100 MILLION COSTS WOULD CHANGE WITH FUNCTION, SAYS CONSULTANT
Sep 02, 2007; ... It is folly even to discuss the cost of a new stadium forEvansville until myriad conditions have been met and questionsanswered, the city's consultant says. Nevertheless, Tom Chema of Cleveland-based Gateway ConsultantsGroup Inc., said last week that any new stadium should cost ...
TO THE SUMMIT OF PILOT ROCK
Sep 02, 2007; ... PILOT KNOB, Ky. - Whatever misfortune lies before me, whateverfailure arises to assail me, whatever galling setback I am calledupon to endure, there is yet one meager consolation - I have addedmyself to the thousands of people who have scaled the heights ofPilot Rock and stood there in ...
TOP DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES TO STAY AWAY WON'T CAMPAIGN IN STATES DRIFTING FROM PRIMARY RANK AND FILE
Sep 02, 2007; ... The muddled 2008 presidential calendar gained some claritySaturday - at least on the Democratic side - as the party's majorcandidates agreed not to campaign in any state that defied partyrules by voting earlier than allowed. Their collective action was a blow to Florida and ...
RIGHTING THE SCHIP THE ISSUE: HEALTH CARE FOR MANY CHILDREN IS AT STAKE. OUR VIEW: INDIANA SHOULD NOT BE A DONOR STATE.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Congress enacted the State Children's Health Insurance Program in1997 to cover families who earned too much to qualify for Medicaidbut not enough to afford private insurance. And it says somethingabout the success of the program that there's not much disagreementover whether the program ...
DISASTER READINESS KATRINA EXPERIENCE INSPIRES THOUGHTS OF PREPAREDNESS HERE
Sep 02, 2007; ... "We are not calling on the nation and the state to make life morecomfortable in South Mississippi; we are calling on the nation andthe state to make life here possible." - Editorial, the Sun Herald, Sept. 1, 2005 My head and my heart are far from Evansville this ...
LABOR DAY IS CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY IN WORKPLACE
Sep 02, 2007; ... This year's slogan for the local Labor Day celebration is "LaborUnions: Anchoring the American Dream." Most Tri-State union members understand labor has played a pivotalrole in building the middle class. The rest of your readers shouldalso understand the day's importance and the ...
WHAT WOULD NEW STADIUM BRING? OPPORTUNITY
Sep 02, 2007; ... Roberts Stadium is one of those heated community issues drawingconsiderable attention. This weighty topic involves many factors:history, emotions, politics, function, opportunities (missed andpotential) and, of course, money. I was asked to join the Courier & Press Advisory ...
TOLEDO HAS EXAMPLE FOR STADIUM
Sep 02, 2007; ... Evansville is disproportionate to Toledo in population, but theOhio city might be a sensible match for those delving into thecurrent stadium issue. Lucas County, Ohio, is using several funding mechanisms to pay fora new $85 million, up-to-10,000-seat multipurpose downtown ...
ELLSWORTH LAUDED FOR VOTING AGAINST HEALTH BILL
Sep 02, 2007; ... Rep. Brad Ellsworth's vote against his Democratic Party's positionon the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (CHAMP)apparently was in line with Gov. Mitch Daniels' view of proposedlegislation that would reauthorize the State Children's HealthInsurance Program ...
PICKIN' AND GRINNIN' STATE PICKING AND FIDDLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sep 02, 2007; ... PRINCETON, Ind. - Doug Fleener can claim one distinction that mostother 16-year-olds cannot: He became a state champion Texas-stylefiddle player here on Saturday. The Litchfield, Ky., resident made the two-hour drive to theGibson County Fairgrounds with his dad, hoping to improve ...
LIFE OF 94-YEAR-OLD IS SHEER POETRY
Sep 02, 2007; ... SPURGEON, Ind. - Most folks shake hands when they're firstintroduced. Victor Tyring recites. Poetry. The Bill of Rights. The 94-year-old Pike County man mixesand matches. "I'm in the line at Wal-Mart and somebody comes up and I just takeoff. They're astonished." The ...
SIX YEARS, AND STILL NO RESOLUTION MOTHER HOLDS OUT HOPE HER SON'S KILLER WILL BE FOUND
Sep 02, 2007; ... When she visited her son's grave on his birthday this year,Bridget Donnellan left four roses and a card inscribed in Latin witha hopeful promise that another year won't pass without answers abouthis death. Six years after 23-year-old Benjamin Doyle's murder, Donnellan isstill ...
SCHOOLS, BANKS CLOSED ON MONDAY, BUT NOT UE
Sep 02, 2007; ... Screaming Eagles may sleep in on Monday. Purple Aces may not. A number of city services, local businesses and area schools willbe closed Monday in observance of Labor Day - but not all of them, asevidenced by the University of Evansville. The University of Evansville will hold ...
AMEREN CUSTOMERS TO GET A LITTLE RATE RELIEF
Sep 02, 2007; ... Southern Illinois residents who receive their electric power fromAmeren should see some rate relief in the mail within the next fewweeks. When a government-imposed rate freeze was lifted in January, manyof Ameren's customers saw their power bills double, or in some cases,triple ....
FIGHTING CRIME IN GOOD OLD DAYS HAD ITS LIGHTER MOMENTS
Sep 02, 2007; ... I love to watch cop shows such as "CSI Miami," "NCIS" and "Law &Order." Unfortunately, I've come to the realization that the TVversion of crime-fighting doesn't always match up with the reality ofsmall-town Southern Illinois. A few years ago, some children planted some homemade ...
OBITUARIES
Sep 02, 2007 ... Local Robert J. Greenwell Robert J. Greenwell, 83, of Evansville, Indiana, passed awayFriday, August 31, 2007, at VNA Charlier Hospice Center. Robert was born on May 13, 1924, in Evansville. He graduated fromMemorial High School in 1942 and then attended Colorado ...
MOST TROUBLED ILL. BRIDGES ARE RURAL, LITTLE-TRAVELED
Sep 02, 2007; ... FICKLIN, Ill. - The nameless, one-lane bridge on Douglas CountyRoad 1050 has seen much better days. Concrete chunks are falling offits underside, and the structures anchoring it to the river bank haveinch-wide cracks. But the bridge over the Kaskaskia River, built in 1913, won't ...
DEATH RECORDS
Sep 02, 2007 ... Aldridge, Jackie, 66, Winslow, Ind., adenocarcinoma, 8/16 Bair, Theodore E., 80, 1507 Green Meadow Road, bladder cancer, 8/15 Boyle, Juanita, 83, 3915 Stringtown Road, coroner - respiratoryfailure, skull fracture, blunt force trauma, fall, 8/13 Brace, Robert W., 82, ...
BIRTH RECORDS
Sep 02, 2007 ... St. Mary's Hospital for Women & Children Kristina Bunting and Derrick Bailey, Albion, Ill.,daughter,Dezirae Jean, Aug. 18. Maranda Higgs, Evansville, son, Malichi Lamont, Aug. 19. Lindsey and Chad Hurt, Evansville, daughter, Reghan Michelle, Aug.19. Trisha ...
BRIEFS
Sep 02, 2007; ... INDIANAPOLIS Daniels, others to travel to Japan Gov. Mitch Daniels and more than 60 government and businessofficials will travel to Japan this month as part of a trade missionthat will be Daniels' third trip to Japan since becoming governor. They will depart Friday and ...
FHA COULD HELP HOOSIERS BEHIND ON MORTGAGES
Sep 02, 2007; ... INDIANAPOLIS - A new Federal Housing Administration programintended to reduce the nationwide rash of home-loan defaults hasexcited some mortgage lenders in Indiana, which has one of thenation's highest foreclosure rates. The FHA Secure program announced Friday by President Bush ...
BIOLOGISTS WORK TO SAVE ENDANGERED MUD TURTLE
Sep 02, 2007; ... GREEN VALLEY, Ill. - With a tiny radio transmitter cemented ontohis shell, Bubba marched slowly into the water and disappeared, likea kid with a backpack merging into a crowd of students at school. Bubba - named by herpetologist Chris Phillips' daughter - is ayellow mud turtle, a ...
BOTTOM LINE A GLIMPSE OF TRI-STATE COMMERCE
Sep 02, 2007 ... The average price for homes sold in Vanderburgh County this yearis $117,232, down 3.1 percent from last year's ...
BUSINESS FOCUS
Sep 02, 2007 ... ACHIEVEMENTS DIANE FLOYD, a financial consultant with A.G. Edwards & Sons,Inc., has completed training for the title of professional moneymanagement consultant. She recently studied investment planning curriculum of theCertified Financial Planner certification ...
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS UNAVAILABLE
Sep 02, 2007 ... Because of computer problems, Real Estate Transactions were notavailable this week ...
OTTERS DON'T HAVE ANSWERS OWNER, MANAGER CAN'T EXPLAIN UGLY SEASON
Sep 02, 2007; ... One year ago, the Evansville Otters finished the regular season 46-50, but advanced to the Frontier League playoffs due to a quirk inthe format, qualifying for the postseason by finishing second in theWest Division. Evansville seized the opportunity and went on to win its ...
TRI-STATE HOSTS FINAL SPRINT RACE OF 50TH SUMMER
Sep 02, 2007; ... Evolving from a locally-oriented track into the cornerstone of theregional Midwest Sprint Car Series has proved beneficial for Tri-State Speedway and its owner, Tom Helfrich. Tri-State Speedway will conclude its sprint car season tonight.Hot laps at the quarter-mile high-banked ...
OBI WAN KENOBI HITS WARP SPEED IN STAKES
Sep 02, 2007; ... There was nothing fictional about Obi Wan Kenobi's five-lengthvictory on Saturday in Ellis Park's $50,000 Tri-State Handicap for 3-year-olds and up going 11/16 miles on turf. An aptly named 4-year-old son of Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi livedup the "Jedi Code." He stalked the leaders ...
LABOR DAY COMES TOO SOON AT ELLIS
Sep 02, 2007 ... Labor Day is a major milestone on my calendar that differsslightly from more accepted ones. It marks the end of my favorite season, racing at Ellis Park. Likethe death of a dear friend, there is sadness in the 86th season'spassing. Summer doesn't officially end until Sept ....
HATIEBELLE HERZER WINS '57 GOLF TITLE
Sep 02, 2007; ... 100 years ago - 1907 * The Grill's Seal Backs of Evansville defeated the strongRockport club by a score of 6 to 3. The feature of the game wasbatter work of the Seal Backs, Bussman and Miller, and the hardhitting and fielding of the Seal Backs. 75 years ago - 1932 * ...