Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from July 2008:
FIRE CONFLICT PUT OUT OHIO TOWNSHIP CONTRACT SIGNED
Jul 01, 2008; ... After a nine-month battle, the Ohio Township Volunteer FireDepartment has signed a contract with the Ohio Township AdvisoryBoard. But Fire Chief Jim Bealmear said the firefighters were given anultimatum to sign. The contract goes into effect today and runs through Dec ....
MISSION LEADER RESIGNS
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Evansville Rescue Mission is searching for a new leader afterthe resignation of its longtime top executive. Effective immediately, the Rev. Steve Perry has stepped down asthe rescue mission's chief executive officer and executive director,according to a news release issued by ...
BERTRAM AT ONE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN CREATION SHIFTS TO MAKING IT REALITY
Jul 01, 2008; ... Vincent Bertram has routinely worked 14-hour days, plus weekends,since officially becoming Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.superintendent a year ago today. He'll steal a couple of hours here and there to attend his sons'functions, but for the most part, Bertram's pace has been ...
REPORTER SEEKING ON-AIR 'SWAP SHOP' BROADCAST
Jul 01, 2008; ... Just as I passed the turnoff to Quicksand, Ky., my morninglongsearch for just the right radio station finally ended. I found one that still does "Swap Shop." My road trip was instantly brightened. You can have your Tony Orlando songs and your Twisted Sisterdouble shots ...
NORTH KOREA THE ISSUE: PYONGYANG OPENS DOORS TO ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. OUR VIEW: PROGRESS IS SMALL, BUT IT'S A START
Jul 01, 2008 ... They were six months late in doing so, but the North Koreansfinally lived up to the next step of a nuclear disarmament agreementthey signed in 2005. They turned over to the Chinese a detailed account of their nuclear activities, includingamounts and whereabouts of plutonium ...
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THE ISSUE: SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE STATE'S NEW LAW TAKE EFFECT TODAY. OUR VIEW: CONSOLIDATING ASSESSING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IS A GOOD IDEA.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Remember the property tax relief package the Legislature passedafter a months-long political battle? A number of its provisionstake effect in state law today. From the standpoint of homeowners, the real impact of the newlaw, House Bill 1001, is that it will cut and cap property ...
POLL SAYS 9 IN 10 AMERICANS HIT HARD BY RISING GAS PRICES ECLIPSES ECONOMY, IRAQ WAR AS MOST DISTRESSING U.S. ISSUE
Jul 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Like a plague that hits every economic class, raceand age, soaring fuel prices are inflicting pain throughout the U.S.Nine in 10 people are expecting the ballooning costs to squeeze themfinancially over the next half-year, says an Associated Press-YahooNews poll released ...
COPPER FETCHES BIG COIN RECENT THEFTS TOTAL ABOUT $20,000
Jul 01, 2008; ... Vanderburgh County authorities say a combined $20,000 worth ofcopper has been stolen recently in two thefts - one at aconstruction yard and one at a power substation. The thefts mirror a similar trend occurring throughout the regionin which thieves make off with increasingly ...
MOTHER TELLS OF SON'S BRUISES
Jul 01, 2008; ... Yvonne Wasson choked back tears as she described her then 7-year-old son's battered backside. "(The nurse and I) pulled his pants down, and he was covered inbruises and blood," Wasson testified Monday. Jason W. McReynolds, 29, sat just feet from Wasson. McReynolds, aformer ...
STEP TAKEN IN TIME FATHER, DAUGHTER KEEP AN EYE ON THE CLOCK
Jul 01, 2008; ... Olivia DeVoy, 12, is the only person allowed to turn the OldCourthouse clock on and off. Working with the 117-year-old timepiece is a big responsibilityfor the seventh-grader at Helfrich Park Middle School, but herfather says she's up to it. "I started bringing (Olivia) many ...
VIDEO PUTS JOSHUA ACADEMY IN RUNNING FOR LOTS OF HELP
Jul 01, 2008; ... An Evansville school is one of 100 finalists in a national BigLots contest in which schools made videos explaining why they coulduse a helping hand. Joshua Academy Charter School, 867 E. Walnut St., now is eligibleto win up to $10,000 if the video receives the most votes from ...
BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2008; ... Evansville Home Run contest goes extra innings The deadline has been extended for the Easter Seals Home RunSweepstakes until 5 p.m. next Monday. The annual raffle offers the winner a choice of $100,000 cash ora new house. The original entry deadline for the 17th ...
BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2008; ... Evansville Festival patrols net hundreds of tickets Stepped-up patrols around Evansville during Freedom Festivalnetted hundreds of tickets, nine arrests and 95 warnings, IndianaState Police said in a news release. The patrols involved 17 troopers focusing on Interstate ...
GREEN LIGHT GIVEN FOR FREE SANDBAGS FLOODS STAYED AWAY FROM ONES ON STREET
Jul 01, 2008; ... Need some sandbags? Come to Brown Street in this flood-prone Gibson County communityand load as many as your back will allow. "If a guy wants to haul off three semitrailer loads, I would haveabsolutely no problem," said Terry Hedges, director of the county'sEmergency ...
PETA HONORING COMPANY FOR SAVING ABANDONED DOG
Jul 01, 2008; ... The largest animal rights organization in the world isrecognizing an Evansville recycling company after a worker thererescued an abandoned dog from a truck that collects and crushescardboard. Officials with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals saidin a news release Monday ...
TALK TO HIGHLIGHT CITY'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Sustainable Communities Coalition will host a discussion onpublic transportation needs in Evansville and the effect of poorpublic transportation options in the United States at 6:30 p.m. onJuly 10 in the Browning Room at Central Library. Emily Baxter of the United Way of ...
OBITUARIES
Jul 01, 2008 ... LOCAL Dolores J. Anderson Dolores J. (Wathen) "Dode" Anderson, 84, of Evansville, Ind.,passed away Monday June 30, 2008, at the Heritage Center.She wasborn May 7, 1924, in Washington, Ind., to the late Clara A. (Koch)and Vincent A. Wathen. Dolores worked as a Registered Nurse ...
FARM BUREAU PLANS PAYMENTS POLICYHOLDERS IN STORM, FLOOD DISASTER AREAS WILL GET ONE-TIME CASH PAYOUT FOR EACH CLAIM FILED
Jul 01, 2008; ... Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance policyholders who suffered damagein the June 6-7 storm or from subsequent flooding are gettinghelp.The farm bureau insurance will pay policyholders residing indesignated disaster areas a one-time cash payment of $125 for eachpersonal property claim filed as ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2008; ... EVANSVILLE Literacy Center hires Ashley Jackson has been hired as an education coordinator at theLiteracy Center. She previously was with the University of Evansville Crescent.Jackson graduated from the UE. New bank president J. Van Douglass has been ...
SHIPPING WOES CUT CHINESE FIREWORKS EXPORTS
Jul 01, 2008; ... LIUYANG, China - Chen Tiezhong will likely spend the Fourth ofJuly worrying about the future of his sprawling fireworks factory.China is running short of ports from which to ship the dangerouscargoes abroad. China's fireworks industry provides 98 percent of America'soverall ...
USDA: CORN CROP HARVEST MAY DIP ALMOST 9%
Jul 01, 2008; ... On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated farmerswill harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year thanlast year, in part because of Midwest flooding that has damaged aportion of the crop. But the latest USDA figures also showed that farmers had ...
NO FEAR ON DISPLAY WORLD'S TOP JUNIORS READY FOR VICTORIA
Jul 01, 2008; ... NEWBURGH - Competing among 144 of the top junior golfers in theworld in the Rolex Tournament of Champions that begins today atVictoria National Golf Club is certainly a daunting task. Nowconsider doing it with one look at the 22nd-ranked golf course inthe natioin during a practice round ...
PARITY REIGNS AT THUNDER BOAT DRIVERS EXCITED FOR SPORT
Jul 01, 2008; ... Living up to the pre-race hype and more, parity reigned atThunder on the Ohio. For the first time in unlimited hydroplane history, six differentboats won six preliminary heats. Four boats qualified between153.429 and 151.044 mph, led by Oh Boy! Oberto driver Steve David. "On ...
OTTERS BACK AT BOSSE FOR 9-GAME HOMESTAND
Jul 01, 2008; ... As they prepare to launch their longest homestand of the season,the Evansville Otters hope Bosse Field is friendlier than it hasbeen. After sweeping Windy City in three games to open the FrontierLeague schedule, the Otters have lost four consecutive home series,going 3-9 in those ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2008; ... FISHING Haubstadt's Ryan Deal wins Tell City tournament Ryan Deal of Haubstadt won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing LeagueHoosier Division tournament on the Ohio River at Tell City onSaturday with a five-bass catch weighing 14 pounds, 6 ounces. Thevictory earned Deal $3,160 plus a ...
KLUEH STRUGGLES AGAIN AT OLYMPIC SWIM TRIALS
Jul 01, 2008; ... OMAHA, Neb. - This week was supposed to be the culmination ofMichael Klueh's Olympic dream. Instead, Klueh's Olympic swimming trials have become nightmarish. A day after finishing fifth in the 400-meter freestyle, theEvansville native finished 11th in the semifinals of the ...
IMMERSED IN HISTORY FIRST DARREL BIGHAM UNEARTHED 'GOLD MINE' OF SW INDIANA'S PAST; NOW HE'S HELPING U.S. MARK THE LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL
Jul 01, 2008; ... When local historian Darrel Bigham cleaned out his office at theUniversity of Southern Indiana awhile back, he carted home 60plastic boxes - 38 years of a career well spent. They included about 10,000 tell-me-about-yourself, 3-by-5 cardsfilled out by every student who ever took one ...
POP QUIZ A PERSONAL LOOK ATE TONY WILLIAMS
Jul 01, 2008 ... Tony Williams is a custodian at Howard Roosa Elementary School inEvansville. He also serves as the school's unofficial mascot, Rickythe Ram. First off, please tell us a bit about yourself. Where are youfrom originally? I was born and raised in Evansville. Where did ...
ATLANTIS PLASTICS BACK IN PRODUCTION AFTER SHOOTING
Jul 02, 2008; ... HENDERSON, Ky. - One week after the shootings that killed sixworkers at Atlantis Plastics and injured another, the plant is"slowly returning to a somewhat normal state," a company executivesaid. "We resumed full production (on Monday) for the first time sincethe tragedy," Ken ...
CAMPER RESCUED FROM LAKE BOOM SQUAD TEEN'S FAMILY WAITS, PRAYS
Jul 02, 2008; ... In the small waiting room off the emergency room of St. Mary'sMedical Center, family and friends of Marcus Robinson stood in acircle Tuesday afternoon, held hands and prayed as they waited tohear about the 17-year-old's condition. "There are a lot of prayers going up. The more ...
PROMOTION, ACCIDENT CAP CAREER
Jul 02, 2008; ... In February, Evansville native Vera Gilbert was promoted tolieutenant colonel, a high point in a military career that began in1983. But medical complications from an automobile accident on Nov. 5,2006, could mean the promotion ceremony was the capstone to herservice in the U.S ....
FLYING WITH THE KNIGHTS TOOK SOME RESTRAINT
Jul 02, 2008; ... Sitting in the back of the U.S. Army Golden Knights' plane at Tri-State Aero over the weekend, Sgt. Matthew Acord went over the rulesfor flying along with the famed parachutist team. I had to sign a waiver forfeiting my right to sue, I had to keephandy a small Army-issue motion ...
SHOWING OFF DOWNTOWN LOFTS TOUR OPENS LATEST SPACES BY THE KUNKEL GROUP
Jul 02, 2008; ... Visitors Downtown will have the chance on July 11 to strollthrough an arts and music fair, a classic car cruise-in and the newMeridian Plaza condominiums. The activities are part of the sixth annual Downtown Loft andCondominium Tour, sponsored by The Kunkel Group and United ...
ANTHRAX SETTLEMENT THE ISSUE: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BUNGLED 2001 ANTHRAX LETTERS INVESTIGATION. OUR VIEW: THE CRIME REMAINS UNSOLVED.
Jul 02, 2008 ... After seven years, former biological warfare scientist StevenHatfill is finally an "ex-person of interest." He and his legal teamwill collect a cash payout of $2.825 million from the U.S. JusticeDepartment, which will also buy Hatfill $150,000-a-year annuity. Hatfill became the ...
FIREWORKS AND INDIANA THE ISSUE: OLD STATUTE WAS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO WRITE LAWS. OUR VIEW: CELEBRATE THE FOURTH BY WATCHING PROFESSIONALS LIGHT UP THE SKY.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Friday marks not only the 232nd anniversary of America'sindependence, but also the second anniversary of Indiana'sindependence from the nation's worst fireworks law. Two years ago, Hoosiers at last struck from the books theconfusing statute and series of court decisions that had ...
LIFEGUARD HAD NO WARNING, POLICE SAY
Jul 02, 2008; ... Police say they had no indication a 17-year-old boy who nearlydrowned at a Fraternal Order of Police camp lake Tuesday afternoonwas in trouble until he disappeared beneath the dark waters of itsdeep end. By the time officials found and rescued Marcus Robinson, a BosseHigh School ...
INSURER OFFERS COUNSELING
Jul 02, 2008; ... HENDERSON, Ky. - To help Henderson-area customers cope with the tragedy last week at Atlantis Plastics, health insurer Anthem BlueCross and Blue Shield is offering free counseling by telephone. The Employee Assistance Program services are being offered toAnthem members in ...
JURY CONVICTS MAN IN BEATING OF 7-YEAR-OLD BOY
Jul 02, 2008; ... A Vanderburgh County jury took about 75 minutes Tuesday toconvict Jason W. McReynolds of beating a friend's 7-year-old son. Jurors, though, found the 29-year-old guilty of a class D chargeof battery, rather than the class B felony battery resulting in theserious bodily injury of a ...
IVY TECH MAKES TECH SPLIT COLLEGE TO OFFER TWO DEGREES
Jul 02, 2008; ... Beginning this fall, Ivy Tech's Manufacturing and IndustrialTechnology program will be split into two degrees. About 280 students are enrolled in the program locally. Dependingon their areas of study, they now will receive either degrees inadvanced manufacturing or industrial ...
MAGICAL MYSTERY MACHINE GHOST-BUSTING 'SCOOBY-DOO' CREW INSPIRATION FOR COUPLE'S DREAM VAN
Jul 02, 2008; ... There are two kinds of adults: Those who reflect on theirchildhood dreams and laugh at their simple frivolity and those whounabashedly make them happen. Newburgh couple Scott Bryant, 36, and Jennifer Montaigne, 37,belong to the latter group. The paint job on their formerly ...
MESKER ZOO HAS BEST JUNE SINCE 1996
Jul 02, 2008; ... The streets around Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden remain adetour-filled construction zone. Yet, "people are still finding a way to get to the zoo," generalcurator Erik Beck said. Statistics for June provide proof. The zoo welcomed nearly 22,000 people during the ...
TEENAGER SOUGHT IN SHOOTING
Jul 02, 2008; ... Police were searching Tuesday for a 16-year-old suspect whoallegedly shot another teen in the shoulder during an altercation onEvansville's South Side that morning. The victim's injuries are not life-threatening, Evansville PoliceDepartment spokesman Cpl. Steve Green said ....
NAUGHTY RULE NIXED JUDGE TOSSES NEW INDIANA LAW ON EXPLICIT MATERIAL
Jul 02, 2008; ... INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge threw out a new Indiana lawrequiring bookstores and other retailers to register with the stateand pay a $250 fee if they want to sell sexually explicit material. U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker, ruling Tuesday on the daythe law took effect, ...
$4 MILLION FORFEITURE ORDER FILED IN DRUG CONVICTION
Jul 02, 2008; ... A federal judge in East St. Louis, Ill., has entered a $4 millionforfeiture order against a West Frankfort man accused of marijuanadistribution. Adolph B. Paulson, 34, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Mondayafter pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than ...
CHILD PORN GUILTY PLEA NETS 10 YEARS
Jul 02, 2008; ... A 43-year-old Jasper, Ind., man was sentenced to 10 years inprison this week after pleading guilty to a child pornographycharge, Timothy M. Morrison, the U.S. attorney for the SouthernDistrict of Indiana, said in a news release. Bradley E. McCollom reportedly admitted distributing ...
BRIEFS
Jul 02, 2008; ... Evansville 'Dr. Strangelove' to be shown at library The public is invited to view the movie "Dr. Strangelove or: HowI Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" as part of theEnvironmental and Social Justice Film Series at 6:30 p.m. today inthe Browning Room at Central ...
ILLINOIS OFFICIALS SUSPEND PHYSICIAN'S LICENSE INDEFINITELY
Jul 02, 2008; ... The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation has placed thelicense of a Norris City physician on indefinite probation. Dr. Hung Nguyen's license to practice medicine was placed onprobation after federal investigators found during a probe last fallthat Nguyen "failed to ...
SEX OFFENDER SENT TO PRISON; FAILED TO REGISTER
Jul 02, 2008; ... A 41-year-old man who failed to register as a sex offender whenhe moved to Evansville from Iowa was ordered to prison this week,the first such case to be sentenced in the Southern District ofIndiana. Jeffrey L. Wilcox will serve 15 months in prison after violatingthe Adam Walsh ...
OBITUARIES
Jul 02, 2008 ... Local Fannie B. Bratcher Fannie B. Bratcher, 90, of Evansville, passed away Monday, June30, 2008, at St. Mary's Medical Center. She was born Janu- ary 19, 1918, in South Hill, Ky. Fannie formerly worked at the Evansville Shipyard andInternational Harvester, most ...
INDIANA IS CHOSEN FOR EDUCATION PILOT
Jul 02, 2008; ... INDIANAPOLIS - State education leaders hope a new federaleducation pilot program will allow Indiana to tailor programs forschools that need the most help. Six states, including Indiana, will get more freedom under thefederal No Child Left Behind law. The approved states have come ...
KENTUCKY BUILDERS JOIN FORCES BILL JONES MASTER BUILDERS AND JAGOE HOMES BOTH BASED IN OWENSBORO
Jul 02, 2008; ... Jagoe Homes and Bill Jones Master Builder LLC, two popularOwensboro, Ky.,-headquartered builders, have formed a partnershipfor giving clients of both companies a wider selection in homestyles. Through the partnership "customers will have the opportunity tochoose either home ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jul 02, 2008; ... EVANSVILLE Risley's hires Jake Howe has been hired as a sales associate at the North GreenRiver Road location of Risley's Audio & Video. He previously was a sales associate at Mark's Mattress Outlet. Heattended the University of Southern Indiana. Promotions, ...
NGENX BUYS SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Jul 02, 2008; ... nGenX, a nationwide provider of on-demand software solutionsowned by Q-Comm in Evansville, has purchased eTek Global, Inc., aprovider of high-end software development and IT consulting based inOverland Park, Kan. Janet Cinelli, nGenX director of marketing, said the ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jul 02, 2008; ... Tenneco expanding Indiana plant Auto parts maker Tenneco Inc. will add two catalytic convertermanufacturing lines to an Indiana exhaust plant as part of a $6million expansion expected to be finished by year's end. Spokesman Jim Spangler says the Lake Forest, ...
ELLIS FACING A HURDLE BETTING SITES NOT YET APPROVED
Jul 02, 2008; ... One of the cornerstones of Ron Geary's plan to shore up thefinancial foundation of Ellis Park is not yet set in concrete. Three days before the July 4 start of a 43-day thoroughbredracing meet, Kentucky horsemen had not signed an agreement allowingthe track to send its signal to ...
NO MATTER HIS SPOT, BETHEL WANTS TO HELP OTTERS WIN
Jul 02, 2008; ... Consistency hardly their trademark, the Evansville Otters arestill searching for an identity 40 games into the Frontier Leaguebaseball season. Apparently an exception, veteran Otter Ryan Bethel seems to havefound a groove despite a new identity: third baseman. Tuesday night's ...
OVERTON GETS SPOT IN BRITISH OPEN
Jul 02, 2008; ... Jeff Overton is playing in his first major. Overton, the former standout at North High School and IndianaUniversity, qualified for the British Open by winning the firstNorth American qualifying section Monday at the TPC of Michigan. "I've never made it to a major so I'm ...
SOUTH AFRICAN ENJOYS JOURNEY
Jul 02, 2008; ... Five players took circuitous routes to the same score - 2-under-par 70 - to lead the boys' half of the American Junior GolfAssociation's Rolex Tournament of Champions at Victoria National. Only one almost circumnavigated the world in the past two weeksto get to Victoria and grab a ...
VICTORIA GIVES, TAKES ERNST, MCCLOSKEY SHARE GIRLS' LEAD
Jul 02, 2008; ... NEWBURGH - Leading the girls' draw after one round of theAmerican Junior Golf Association's Rolex Tournament of Champions atVictoria National Golf Club at 2-under par 70 is impressive enough. That two players - Austin Ernst of South Carolina and LisaMcCloskey of Texas - were that ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jul 02, 2008; ... GOLF Entries due for Women's City Entry deadline for the Courier & Press Women's City GolfTournament is Thursday, July 3. The tourney is Sunday, July 13, atFendrich and Monday, July 14, at Cambridge with an 18-hole divisionand an optional ...
FRUIT SALSA TOPS CRUNCHY CINNAMON SNACK
Jul 02, 2008; ... Summer is all about fresh fruit. Cantaloupe. Kiwi. Watermelon.Strawberries. I can't get enough of them. I've been eating so much fruit, but I wanted something more thanjust a fruit salad - I wanted to actually make something out of thefruit I've been enjoying so ...
SUMMER MENUS KIDS GET CHANCE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW DURING CASUAL DINING DAYS OF THE SEASON
Jul 02, 2008; ... "Nana and Grandpa Camp" is in full swing. The Jennings girls are planning and cooking dinner. The Humphrey boys are debating the merits of Goop (one loves it;one hates it). And the Hape kids are, as always, keeping their mom guessing. During the summer, kids have ...
ELLIS PARK IS A SCRATCH TRACK OWNER CLOSES PARK, BLAMES LACK OF DEAL WITH HORSEMEN
Jul 03, 2008; ... Ellis Park survived the great flood of 1937 and the deadlytornado of 2005. But the thoroughbred racetrack in the north bottomsof the Ohio River apparently will not prevail over a court decision. Second-year owner Ron Geary, touted as a "turnaround specialist"when he bought Ellis ...
GIFT CLEARS WAY FOR CLUB TO BUILD
Jul 03, 2008; ... After officially closing on the sale of its main building on WestIllinois Street, the Boys and Girls Club of Evansville announcedWednesday the name and design plan for a new $4 million facility tobe built in Bellemeade Park. Ron Ryan, executive director of the club, said ...
INVITATION ONLY GROUNDBREAKING SET FOR I-69 SEGMENT
Jul 03, 2008; ... The long-awaited groundbreaking on the first segment ofInterstate 69 from Evansville to Indianapolis is scheduled for theweek of July 13. The event will be private and invitation only. Officials are being tight-lipped about some details, includingthe date and location. Mainly ...