Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from January 2008:
CASINO FOR ELLIS MAY LAND UPRIVER OWNER SAYS PARK RATES LICENSE
Jan 01, 2008; ... HENDERSON, Ky. - If Ellis Park is someday granted a casinolicense, it's possible it would open its casino in Owensboro, Ky.,rather than at the Henderson racetrack, owner Ron Geary said Monday. "I certainly think Ellis Park should be a recipient" of a casinolicense if voters were to ...
PROS SPLIT ON HANGOVER CURES
Jan 01, 2008; ... Rough night? Maybe a little too much New Year's revelry? If you're awake and coherent enough to read this, pay attention. Experts say that other than the obvious remedy - not drinking,and it's obviously too late for that one - hydration is the best wayto counteract the effect ...
FRATERNITY'S SERENADE IS A POWERFUL MEDICINE
Jan 01, 2008; ... It's pretty overwhelming to be serenaded by 50 guys at once. Butit will definitely put a smile on a girl's face. On Sunday, I had the opportunity to write about the Phi Mu AlphaSinfonia, a musicians fraternity with its national headquarters inEvansville. The gentlemen come from ...
IN 2008 THE COURIER & PRESS STAFF GUESSES ABOUT THE STORIES IT WILL BE COVERING THIS YEAR
Jan 01, 2008; ... Predicting what the top stories will be in 2008 is somewhat of acrapshoot. After all, the biggest story in Evansville in 2005, andperhaps this decade, was the Nov. 6 tornado. While there always will be unpredictable forces like weather,crime and death that drive news coverage, we ...
TRACKING CAMPAIGN CASH THE ISSUE: "BUNDLERS" BRING IN BIG BUCKS. THEIR VIEW: THEIR DISCLOSURE IS CRITICAL.
Jan 01, 2008 ... To whom will the next president be most indebted for helping tofinance his or her campaign? The most accurate answer is that it isalmost impossible to know. This election could end up being thefirst to be financed entirely with private money, if the eventualnominees choose not to take ...
IOWA PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUSES THE ISSUE: IT IS A BIZARRE RITUAL.. OUR VIEW:.. AND JUST WHAT DOES IT PROVE? .SUBH:
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Iowa presidential caucuses have become such an accepted partof the political calendar it's easy to forget what bizarre ritualsthey are. But on Thursday, if the turnout is as expected, 150,000 IowaDemocrats and 80,000 Republicans will gather in public libraries andchurch ...
BUDGET TOPS KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS' TO-DO LIST
Jan 01, 2008; ... FRANKFORT, Ky. - One lawmaker is proposing legislation tocriminalize consensual sex between teachers and older teens. Anotherwants to allow active-duty soldiers who are at least 18 to legallybuy and drink alcohol. Hundreds of other bills are expected to be introduced in ...
ELLIS PARK CLERKS TO CALL OFF ALL BETS STRIKE SCHEDULED TO RING IN NEW YEAR AT RACETRACK
Jan 01, 2008; ... HENDERSON, Ky. - Barring a last-minute settlement, picket lineswill form today at Ellis Park as union pari-mutuel clerks go onstrike. The clerks on Friday overwhelmingly rejected a contract offerthat would cut their wages 24 percent and eliminate most of theirfringe benefits ....
HOME ENGULFED QUICKLY FIRE INJURES RESIDENT, RESCUER
Jan 01, 2008; ... MOUNT VERNON, Ind. - Just moments after Frank Neale checked hismailbox Monday afternoon, his next door neighbor's home went up inflames. Neale said he heard glass break and looked out the window of hishome. He saw the house at 708 Wolflin St. burning. "Luckily I looked out ...
'FANTASY OF LIGHTS' ORGANIZERS STILL ARE HOPEFUL
Jan 01, 2008; ... Whether it was the economy, weather or something not easilydefined, fewer people partook in the Ritzy's Fantasy of Lights thisholiday season. The light display, a major fundraiser for the Easter SealsRehabilitation Center, reported $66,625 in gate admissions fromThanksgiving ...
MILD WEATHER WILL TAKE A CHILL
Jan 01, 2008; ... The weather was a little warmer and quite a bit wetter thannormal in December, so dropping temperatures in the Tri-State forthe next couple of days might seem even colder. But the low temperatures aren't part of a long-term winterweather pattern. Instead, the deep freeze is the ...
BRIEFS
Jan 01, 2008; ... Evansville Benefit scheduled for girl with leukemia "Butterflies & Rainbows," a benefit for a 4-year-old Evansvillegirl battling acute myeloid leukemia, will be held from 5 to 11 p.m.Jan. 18 at the Vanderburgh 4-H Center auditorium. Taylor Holweger, the daughter of ...
WOMAN JAILED AFTER ALLEGEDLY HITTING CAR
Jan 01, 2008 ... An Evansville woman was jailed Sunday night for allegedly rammingher car into one carrying her former boyfriend and another person. Heather Williams, 29, of 5112 Hoosier Court, faces preliminarycharges of hit-and-run, criminal recklessness and criminal mischief. A city police ...
TEEN, 13, CHARGED IN JOY RIDE BOY ALLEGEDLY TOOK HIS MOM'S VEHICLE
Jan 01, 2008 ... A Monday morning joy ride in his mother's car proved costly for a13-year-old Vincennes, Ind., boy. The youngster took his mother's car without permission, crashedand suffered minor injuries, according to Indiana State Police. He was driving his mother's 2000 Mercury Sable ...
INAUGURATION SET FOR ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS HEADLINE
Jan 01, 2008 ... An inauguration ceremony for newly elected city officials hasbeen planned for noon today at The Victory. Doors will open to the public at 11:30 a.m. A short reception isafter the ceremony. Among the people ...
OBITUARIES
Jan 01, 2008 ... Local Oscar J. Brasseur Oscar J. Brasseur, 81, of Evansville, formerly of Vincennes,Ind., died Thursday, December 20, 2007, at St. Mary's MedicalCenter. Oscar retired in 1982 after 35 years of service from FW Means-ARA Services in various management positions. He ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jan 01, 2008; ... Branding mishaps Some companies are known for their constant mishaps, but thisyear's list of image goofs included many companies with sterlingtrack records: Apple Corp., Starbucks Corp., Whole Foods Market Inc.and Nordstrom Inc. Brand expert Kelly O'Keefe, director of Virgina ...
IT'S "-30-" FOR CINCINNATI POST
Jan 01, 2008; ... CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Post said goodbye with its finaledition Monday - its presses stilled after 126 years. "-30-", a symbol traditionally used to signal the end of adispatch, was the front-page headline in the last Cincinnatiedition, about an hour before printing of its ...
WILDCATS KEEP THINGS INTERESTING 'TIL THE END
Jan 01, 2008; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After experiencing so many highs and lows withhis team this season, Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks shouldhave known that he wouldn't be able to relax on Monday until theclock struck zero one last time in 2007. Happy New Year, Wildcats' fans! Happy new ...
MAKING THE GRADE BETTER STUDY HABITS CAN BE KEY TO A FRESH START IN 2008
Jan 01, 2008; ... A few months ago Chris Carlisle found himself in a situation notuncommon among students. His grades needed a lift. He'd been struggling several semestersas he worked toward a degree in social work at the University ofSouthern Indiana. "I'd never learned effective study ...
NEW YEAR'S BABY NOTCHED UP HOLIDAY TALLY FOR PARENTS
Jan 02, 2008; ... Not that they could ever forget, but Michelle and BenjaminBloodworth will find it easy to remember the early milestones intheir marriage. Almost all of them have fallen on a holiday, and the birth oftheir daughter four minutes into New Year's Day was the latest. Shelton Grace ...
SCHOLAR'S ESSAY OFFERS SPECIAL INSIGHT
Jan 01, 2008; ... As a senior English teacher, I scan dozens of college applicationessays, make suggestions, mark grammar missteps and encourageoriginality. What a gift, a joy, to find an original, wise essay that needs nomarks - one that teaches me. Below is a portion of one such essay, ...
POP QUIZ A PERSONAL LOOK ATE
Jan 01, 2008 ... Laura Edwards Social worker, Reitz High School Laura Edwards is in her third year as a Youth First school socialworker at Reitz High School. Born and raised in Evansville, sheattended Delaware Elementary School and North High School, thenbecame a registered nurse. Fifteen ...
ON TO IRAQ - AT LAST CANCER BATTLE WON FIRST
Jan 02, 2008; ... It took four years longer than he expected, but Matt Peninger isfinally going to Iraq. Peninger, a soldier with the 163rd Field Artillery, was supposedto go to Iraq in 2003, but a diagnosis of testicular cancer scrubbedthose plans. He received treatment at Walter Reed Army ...
A TIME WARP THE ISSUE: CASTRO'S REVOLUTION HITS 49 YEARS. THEIR VIEW: LIFT THE EMBARGO AND WATCH IT FALL.
Jan 02, 2008 ... No image captures the once-hopeful Cuba as the old news photos ofa young Fidel Castro and his barbudoes, waving the red and blackflags of the revolution, celebrating their victory on New Year'sDay, 1959. Castro and his men seized power from the corrupt regimeof Fulgencio Batista. As the ...
HEALTHY INDIANA PLAN THE ISSUE: STATE LAUNCHES COVERAGE FOR LOW- INCOME HOOSIERS. OUR VIEW: PROGRAM COULD BRING IMPROVED HEALTH TO THOUSANDS.
Jan 02, 2008 ... The administration of Gov. Mitch Daniels has been proudlypromoting the state's new health insurance program for low-incomeHoosiers, and well it should. The Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, puts Indiana among the statesthat are attempting to do something good for low-income ...
HARRISON GRAD LIVING DREAM AS FOX CORRESPONDENT
Jan 02, 2008; ... Ever since his childhood, Casey Stegall wanted to become atelevision reporter. "I got a karaoke machine for Christmas (as a child) and I didn'tuse it for music. I used it to pretend I was doing newscasts," theEvansville native said. Stegall has been fortunate enough to see ...
OATH OF OFFICE THE VICTORY WAS THE SETTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS MAYOR JONATHAN WEINZAPFEL WAS SWORN IN FOR A SECOND FOUR-YEAR TERM ALONG WITH CITY CLERK ALBERTA MATLOCK AND ALL NINE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Jan 02, 2008; ... Charles Neal stood to the side with his refreshments and took inthe reception for elected officials who were inaugurated Tuesday atThe Victory. Neal came, he said, because his son performed with the JoshuaAcademy Voices, the parochial school choir that sang at the close ofthe ...
BOOM SQUAD WILL PERFORM AT PACERS GAME
Jan 02, 2008; ... Drummers with Boom Squad Inc. will make their National BasketballAssociation debut tonight. The local youth drum line will perform at Conseco Fieldhouseduring halftime of the Indiana Pacers' game against the MemphisGrizzlies. Tipoff is 7 p.m. CST. Verdelski Miller, Boom Squad ...
REVELING ENDS EARLY FOR LOCAL NIGHTSPOT
Jan 02, 2008; ... Law enforcement officials asked one Evansville nightclub to closeearly on New Year's Day because of multiple dispatches there. According to reports from Vanderburgh County sheriff's deputies,officers asked staff at the Party Warehouse, 5425 Oak Grove Road, toclose early after at ...
FOUR NEW TROOPERS REPORT FOR DUTY
Jan 02, 2008; ... Four new Indiana State Police troopers, including Evansville andBoonville, Ind., natives, reported for duty in the EvansvilleDistrict on Monday for 14 weeks of field training with experiencedtroopers. The four were among the 82 state troopers who graduated from theIndiana State ...
ELLIS PARI-MUTUEL CLERKS STAGE STRIKE
Jan 02, 2008; ... Pickets went up at Ellis Park on Tuesday as union pari-mutuelclerks started their first-ever strike at the racetrack, but someunion members crossed the picket line to work. Bob Jackson, the track's director of operations, said Ellis had10 clerks on the job. "All but one have ...
STATE PENSION ISSUE LOOMS FOR KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
Jan 02, 2008; ... Kentucky lawmakers return next week to deal with a myriad ofissues - from casino gambling to making "cornhole" the officialstate game. But one looming issue could someday cost the state billions ofdollars if it's not addressed - the state employees' pension system. Some ...
BRIEFS
Jan 02, 2008; ... Evansville Stringtown project to begin today Stringtown Road on the north side of Diamond Avenue (Indiana 66)will be closed for six weeks beginning at 7 a.m. today while crewswork on storm drainage system replacement under the roadway,according to the Indiana Department of ...
OBITUARIES
Jan 02, 2008 ... Local John Oscar Dixon John Oscar Dixon, 88, of Evansville, died Dec. 31, 2007, at NorthPark Nursing Center. He retired from Whirlpool Corporation, sold insurance, was aWorld War II Army veteran and member of Oak Hill Christian Center. Surviving are wife, ...
CHESTERTON HANDS REITZ FIRST DEFEAT
Jan 02, 2008; ... VALPARAISO, Ind. - A 37-point effort from Chesterton's Zach Novakwasn't the only thing that led to Reitz High School's first boys'basketball loss of the season. The Panthers (6-1), ranked third in Class 4A, also didn't playvery well in a 67-54 defeat at the hands of the 10th-ranked ...
ACES HOPING FOR BETTER EFFORT
Jan 02, 2008; ... CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - It wasn't offense or defense that concernedUniversity of Evansville coach Marty Simmons. The first-year UE men's basketball coach had another concernbefore a Tuesday night walk-through for tonight's 7:05 p.m. gameagainst Northern Iowa at the McLeod ...
INSIDE HER COMFORT ZONE MEMORIAL'S 6-FOOT-1 FALKENSTEIN NOW A PERIMETER PRESENCE
Jan 02, 2008; ... Shortly after the completion of Memorial High School's 2006-2007season, Chelsea Falkenstein was named to the All-Metro girls'basketball team, and that was something to smile about. Then, not long after, she learned she had a roster spot on thejunior Indiana All-Stars. That was ...
HUSBAND NEEDS POSITIVE INPUT TO OVERCOME NICOTINE ADDICTION
Jan 02, 2008; ... I am worried about my husband. He is a heavy smoker and has someother health problems. I am worried that the smoking will kill him.He doesn't think this is a problem. How can I get him to quitsmoking? D.M., Evansville Your concern for your husband's health is valid. Medical ...
TRYING TO WIN ONE ON THE ROAD HOOSIERS STRUGGLED THERE LAST YEAR
Jan 02, 2008; ... It's time for the Indiana University basketball team to take itsshow on the road. The No. 11-ranked Hoosiers (11-1) open Big Ten Conference playtonight at Iowa (7-6). IU is 9-0 at Assembly Hall, 1-0 in true roadgames (a win at Southern Illinois), and 1-1 at a neutral site ...
KORB VOTE LIKELY TO BE TIE-BREAKER HE'S UNDECIDED ON CONTRACT TALKS
Jan 03, 2008; ... The man whose vote will decide whether Vanderburgh Countysheriff's deputies get collective bargaining says he isn't ready. County Commissioner Jeff Korb, who says he needs moreinformation, is seeking a meeting with Sheriff's Departmentofficials, County Council members and ...
RISING OIL PRICES MAY BE BOOST EXPERTS SAY OUTLOOK IS GOOD FOR TRI- STATE'S DRILLING INDUSTRY
Jan 03, 2008; ... As violence in Nigeria helped nudge crude oil prices briefly pasta record-setting level of $100 a barrel Wednesday, some area oilexperts speculated rising prices will continue to strengthen theindustry in the Tri-State. Chris Mitchell, president of George N. Mitchell Drilling Co ....
SALUTE SOLDIERS FAMILIES SAY FAREWELL TO TROOPS
Jan 03, 2008; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Half of the RCA Dome in Indianapolis was curtainedoff during the departure ceremony Wednesday for 3,400 IndianaNational Guard soldiers deploying to Iraq. But had all 57,000 domeseats been open, there was little doubt they would have been filledwith cheering family, friends ...
THE DESPAIR OF SUICIDE THE ISSUE: VANDERBURGH COUNTY SEES RECORD NUMBER IN 2007. OUR VIEW: DIAGNOSIS IS DIFFICULT, BUT STUDY MIGHT HELP.
Jan 03, 2008 ... The hopelessness of depression can often signal to the knowingeye that deep in the soul, thoughts of suicide are at work. Ofcourse, the problem is that too often and too late, that troubledsoul never comes in contact with a mental health professional whomight recognize the coming ...
VICTIM'S PRAYER WAS HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
Jan 03, 2008; ... If you spend enough time in courthouses, you'll find that truecompassion often is demonstrated not by the hands of the justicesystem but by those who are left at its mercy. Such an example took place last month in the Clark CountyCourthouse in Jeffersonville, Ind. Daniel Ray ...
VIDEO-GAME WAR THE ISSUE: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE. OUR VIEW: 21ST CENTURY WAR IS FOUGHT INCREASINGLY BY MODEL AIRPLANES.
Jan 03, 2008 ... Every war produces its breakthrough in military technology, andthe contributions of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan to thescience of warfare may well be the unmanned aerial vehicle. Pentagon figures obtained by The Associated Press show that themilitary's use of drones more ...
THREE TENORS CONCERT COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PERFORM SATURDAY AT NORTH HIGH [Corrected 01/15/08]
Jan 03, 2008; ... It's being billed as the Three Tenors Concert, but if LutherLewis, Parker Pogue and Russell Stout want to be more specific abouttheir show Saturday in the North High School Performing Arts Center,they could call it Three Evansville Tenors. Or more specifically, Three Hoover ...
PRESENTING THE REAL FIRST BABY OF THE NEW YEAR MIX-UP AT HOSPITAL PUTS WRONG INFANT IN SPOTLIGHT
Jan 03, 2008; ... What Cindy Mills' parents might not have in money they make upfor with love. Brittany Huffman and Nick Mills became the proud parents of thefirst baby born in Warrick County this year when Cindy was born at12:04 a.m. at Deaconess Women's Hospital. "They are pretty crazy about ...
DRUG SUSPECT PLEADS GUILTY LATEST TO PLEAD IN 2006 CASE
Jan 03, 2008; ... A 35-year-old man on Wednesday became the latest of 30 defendantsto plead guilty in a federal drug case that originally was scheduledto go to trial Monday. Troy L. Miller pleaded guilty to a lesser included charge ofconspiracy to distribute cocaine in the case that first ...
VOCAL, ACTING COACH HELPS TRIO GET READY
Jan 03, 2008; ... Mark Monroe considers himself one of the fortunate ones. For more than 30 years, the Evansville native has made his livingdoing exactly what he's wanted to do. Initially that was singing and acting, which he began as a childin Evansville. After graduating from North High School ...
BRIEFS
Jan 03, 2008; ... Mount vernon, ind. Man dies of injuries from Monday fire Officials at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.,confirmed late Wednesday that Stan Berritt, one of two peoplehospitalized after a house fire in Mount Vernon, earlier this week,died from his ...
COUNTY COUNCIL FACES 'LOADED' DOCKET
Jan 03, 2008; ... In its first meeting of 2008, the Warrick County Council willhave a lot to discuss. At today's meeting, the council is expected to address issuesrelated to the county's Storm Water Management Department and theDepartment of Economic Development. "This (meeting) is kind of ...
OBITUARIES
Jan 03, 2008 ... Local Obituaries Kenneth F. Adams Kenneth F. Adams, 61, of Evansville, passed away, Tuesday,January 1, 2008, in Vincennes, Indiana, as the result of anautomobile accident. He was born November 19, 1946, to Francis and Anna (Aqulino)Adams in Newport, R.I. He was a ...
KY. HIGHWAY DEATHS DROP IN 2007
Jan 03, 2008; ... Kentucky's highway death toll reached a six-year low in 2007,which police attributed partly to a stricter seat belt law allowingdrivers to be ticketed for not buckling up. A total of 852 people died in traffic crashes, Kentucky StatePolice said Wednesday, citing preliminary ...
PROBE CONTINUES IN AUGUST MINE SHAFT DEATHS
Jan 03, 2008; ... A federal probe into the deaths of three men at an under-construction mine shaft in Gibson County, Ind., is "still underreview," according to a spokeswoman for the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration in Washington, D.C. "The report might not be ready until two or three more ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jan 03, 2008; ... EVANSVILLE Haynie Travel hires Karen Timberlake has joined Haynie Travel/American Express as asenior travel agent. She most recently was a senior travel agent for AmbassadorTravel. Earlier, Timberlake was manger of Livingston Travel and ...
ILLINOIS MASS TRANSIT STALEMATE CONTINUES, DESPITE LATEST SESSION
Jan 03, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich called the Legislatureback to work Wednesday, but many lawmakers thumbed their noses athis plea for immediate action on a bailout plan for mass transitsystems in the Chicago area. Early evening special sessions in the House and Senate ...
WEST POINT BECKONS MCINTOSH REITZ QUARTERBACK DECIDES ARMY IS FOR HIM
Jan 03, 2008; ... As his senior football season concluded, Reitz High Schoolquarterback Paul McIntosh was left to contemplate his future infootball. Earlier this week, he decided that future would be at Army. It was a memorable final campaign with the Panthers for McIntosh.Not only did he help ...
PLUMMER GROWS INTO ROLE DAYTON TRANSFER TAKING CONTROL OF GAMES FOR USI
Jan 03, 2008; ... As the University of Southern Indiana men's basketball team headsoff on its first road trip and into the meat of its conferenceschedule, the Eagles are armed with a not-so-secret weapon: seniorforward Norman Plummer. On Wednesday Plummer was named the Division II Bulletin ...
ACES CAN'T WEATHER DROUGHT
Jan 03, 2008; ... CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - As time goes, 5 minutes and 48 secondsdoesn't sound like much. But when you're the University ofEvansville Aces and that's how long you go without scoring, it canseem like hours instead of minutes. Northern Iowa compounded the Aces' first-half drought by ...
TIGERS GET OT VICTORY
Jan 03, 2008; ... The Memorial girls' basketball team raced to a big first-halflead Wednesday, only to have host Central force overtime before theTigers rallied for a 62-58 win. Memorial (9-4, 3-0 Southern Indiana Athletic Conference) led 19-5 after one quarter and was up 14 at halftime. But a pair ...
UE WOMEN HOST ILLINOIS ST. TONIGHT
Jan 03, 2008; ... After nearly a month away from Roberts Stadium, the University ofEvansville women's basketball team will host Illinois State at 7tonight in a Missouri Valley opener. The Aces (5-5) have not played at Roberts Stadium since defeatingBall State 70-55 on Dec. 8 to improve to 4-0 at ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jan 03, 2008; ... BASEBALL USI players on D-II 'watch list' University of Southern Indiana senior left-handed pitcher CoryJulian was listed as a player to watch, and sophomore infeidler WesFink as a newcomer to watch by Collegiate Baseball Magazine. Julianfinished last season by going 3-0 with ...
JANUARY FORECAST: HOT! HOT MUSIC, HOT TRUCKS, HOT SPORTS
Jan 03, 2008; ... It's a cold month, sure, but January's a good time to get out,enjoy a concert or a basketball game and shake off the residualeffects of a busy holiday season. The first month of 2008 offers everything from classical musicand comedy to country music and Kid Rock. The Thunder ...
BEAT DADDYS' RELEASE PARTY CELEBRATES CD, MUSICAL ENERGY
Jan 03, 2008; ... The sound is crisp; the musicianship impeccable. You might callThe Beat Daddys' new album, "Live at the Quincy Blues Fest 2007," ahappy accident. In only their third gig with a revamped lineup, the Beat Daddyshad no plans for a live album when the members took the stage ...