Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from January 2009:
BURKHARDT MIGHT GET RELIEF ANNEXATION TO ADDRESS EAST SIDE TRAFFIC CONGESTION
Jan 01, 2009; ... During busy times of the day, traffic around the East Side Wal-Mart bottlenecks, and the shopping center becomes a maze for driversseeking a quick and easy exit. "It's getting messy," said K.C. Jain, who often travels by theshopping center on his way to work. "I don't know what the ...
PICKING BURRIS A SHREWD MOVE?
Jan 01, 2009; ... CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's choice of a veteranblack politician to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacantSenate seat could be a shrewd move, potentially helping win overblack lawmakers eyeballing his impeachment and perhaps even jurorsin his corruption case. But ...
WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2009 FAMILIAR ISSUES ARE IN OUR FUTURE
Jan 01, 2009 ... Events don't recognize the artificial contrivance of a calendar.They unfold as a continuum over time without regard to the name ofthe month or the number assigned to a day. Many of the issues that were important to residents of Evansvilleand the Tri-State in 2008 will continue to ...
BUSINESS VENTURE STILL A GO THE PROMENADE A MIXED-USE PLAN
Jan 01, 2009; ... Though currently slowed by the weak economy, the proposed ThePromenade mixed-use development, earmarked for 228 acres of Hirschfarmland along North Burkhardt Road, remains a strong go. John and Steve Martin, the Evansville father-son team ofdevelopers, said Wednesday they plan no ...
RESOLVED: TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH LOVED ONES
Jan 01, 2009; ... People, including myself, are always making New Year'sresolutions. Losing weight, saving money and working out more oftenare some popular ones. This year, however, I have come to the realization that there aresome changes we can make and stick to. I had the experience of ...
NEW YEAR, NEW LEAVES BY TREATING LIFE THE WAY WE TREAT TREE, HOPE BLOOMS
Jan 01, 2009; ... "There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothingis a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein HHH That quote from one of history's great scientists reminds us ofthe miracles we experience every day. They come in ...
MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN WITH ARENA
Jan 01, 2009; ... Questions concerning the new Downtown arena: ADA compliance: Please address exactly how this new facility willcomply more with the Americans With Disabilities Act than doesRoberts Stadium - ie., the only access to seating would be up fromground level. What happens when evacuation ...
THE YEAR AHEAD THE ISSUE: THE PICTURE OF 2009 IS FAR FROM CLEAR. OUR VIEW: WATCH THE ECONOMY AND TAKE A BREAK FROM VOTING.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Last year at this time, we suggested that readers hold on totheir hats, that a bang-up 2008 was just ahead for the city, regionand the state. Some huge decisions were about to be made, and, ofcourse, they were made. Voters in a referendum approved a $149 million bond issue to ...
BURRIS STANDS BY PAST CRITICISM
Jan 01, 2009; ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick for the U.S.Senate said Wednesday that he stands behind his earlier criticism ofthe Illinois governor, but refused to say whether Blagojevich shouldresign. Roland Burris also said he didn't press Blagojevich for an explanation ...
SOLDIERS PUSH OUT MONDAY COMMUNITY SEND-OFF PLANNED
Jan 01, 2009; ... Organizers are urging members of the community to line localstreets Monday morning as a group of soldiers deploying to Iraqleaves Evansville before heading overseas. About 70 members of the 384th Military Police Company will leavefor Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Ind., where they ...
OFFICIALS TAKE THE OATH AFTER LONG ELECTION SEASON, 18 WARRICK COUNTY OFFICIALS REAP THEIR REWARD
Jan 01, 2009; ... BOONVILLE, Ind. - Sophia McIntyre got a bit of a surpriseWednesday when her daughter, Pat Brooks, and son, Ray McIntyre, weresworn in as Warrick County recorder and councilman, respectively. Brooks and McIntyre each asked their mother, who will turn 87next week, to take part in ...
RINGING IN YEAR ON THEIR 'KNEES'
Jan 01, 2009; ... Not everybody celebrated the beginning of the new year with ahighball glass in one hand and a noisemaker in the other. Many Tri-State churches held watch night services Wednesdayevening with a focus on faith rather than revelry. Tamara Darrett, assistant pastor at McFarland ...
VANDERBURGH INAUGURATION CEREMONY SET FOR TODAY
Jan 01, 2009; ... Today's swearing-in of newly elected Vanderburgh County officialsoffers residents the chance to mix and mingle with decision-makersin a social environment. The 10 a.m. inauguration ceremony in The Centre's ballroom, whichis free and open to the public, will be followed by a ...
IND. JOINS MORTGAGE BROKER CRACKDOWN
Jan 01, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Becoming a mortgage broker in Indiana used to beeasy. Too easy. There were no background checks to weed out people convicted offinancial crimes, no tests to see whether brokers actually tookrequired classes and understood the complex mortgage world. Acompany simply ...
COURT ORDERS ADULT PLAZA SHUT DOWN JUDGE CITES 'PATTERN OF BAD BEHAVIOR' IN RULING
Jan 01, 2009; ... In the latest development in a three-year legal battle withSpencer County, a judge there has found 231 Adult Plaza in contemptof court for violating a permanent injunction. Spencer Circuit Court Judge Wayne A. Roell's ruling says thebusiness along U.S. 231 in Dale must "cease all ...
BRIEFS
Jan 01, 2009 ... OWENSBORO, Ky. Man charged, in critical condition after standoff A Western Kentucky man is listed in critical condition afterpolice say he shot himself during an overnight standoff withofficers. Daviess County Sheriff Keith Cain told the Messenger-Inquirer ofOwensboro ...
DONATIONS ALLOW SENIOR CENTER TO STAY OPEN
Jan 01, 2009; ... At the Newburgh Senior Center, it's being described as theChristmas miracle. A spate of cash donations will enable it to keepits doors open. The center, which has provided meals, activities and fellowshipto the area's elderly since the early 1970s, was in danger of havingto close ...
OBITUARIES
Jan 01, 2009 ... local Mildred M. (Covey) Chilton Mildred M. (Covey) Chilton, 89, of Evansville, Indiana, passedaway Monday, December 29, 2008, at St. Mary's Medi- cal Center. She was born November 14, 1919, in Terre Haute,Indiana. Mildred was a veteran of the United States Army. She ...
CONFINEMENT CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST MAN ALLEGEDLY HAD HAIR DRYER NEAR BATHTUB
Jan 01, 2009; ... A local man was arrested after his wife reported he tried tothrow a hair dryer into the tub while she was bathing, according toan Evansville Police Department probable cause affidavit. Ein Banks, 31, was being held Wednesday afternoon in theVanderburgh County Jail on a $2,000 cash ...
POLICE SAY SNAKES STOLEN FROM STORE SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED DEC. 23
Jan 01, 2009; ... Authorities are investigating the theft of two snakes from a WestSide pet store. According to an Evansville Police Department report, it happenedTuesday afternoon when a woman and two men entered Pet Food Center,2334 W. Franklin St., and headed toward the snake section. Video ...
SPACE HEATER BLAMED FOR BLAZE TWO RESIDENTS SUFFER MINOR INJURIES
Jan 01, 2009; ... Two people suffered minor smoke inhalation after a fire thatstarted at an apartment on Evansville's West Side shortly after 7a.m. Wednesday, fire officials said. Daniel Hatfield, 28, and Amanda Feldman, 29, were taken to ahospital emergency room for treatment. They both walked off ...
ILLINOIS LAW PUTS LOCK ON DRUNKEN DRIVING
Jan 01, 2009; ... CHICAGO - Dozens of people who would otherwise die in drunkendriving crashes in Illinois in 2009 now will live to see 2010. That's one estimate of the number of lives that will be savedwith a new Illinois law that requires Breathalyzer-type gadgets incars for anyone convicted of ...
HOPE READY TO LEAD PURDUE
Jan 01, 2009; ... WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Danny Hope has spent the past 111/2 monthspreparing for 2009 as Purdue University's head football coach inwaiting. But just because his happy new year has arrived, he's notready to make too many revelations yet about his expectations. And as far as ...
ACES HIT A BUMP ON ROAD UNBEATEN ILLINOIS STATE MANHANDLES UE
Jan 01, 2009; ... NORMAL, Ill. - A great start by undefeated Illinois State didn'tdoom the University of Evansville basketball team. But when the Aces couldn't hit shots or slow the Redbirds at anypoint in the first half, the New Year's Eve road trip would quicklydegenerate into an 80-50 ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Jan 01, 2009 ... EVANSVILLE Lovell, Meier, Hurt join Prudential Prudential Prime Locations, REALTORS, has these new hires: LizLovell, Susan Meier and Barbara Hurt. Lovell, hired as a sales associate, previously was an interiordesigner with People's Furniture. She graduated from Ivy ...
RESULTZ TEAMS UP WITH BOB'S GYM
Jan 01, 2009; ... Bob's Gym, which provides 24-hour family fitness, and ResultzPersonal Fitness are combining operations. Resultz facilities will be added to the existing three Bob's Gymlocations on Evansville's West and North sides and in Newburgh,according to Bob Swallows, Bob's Gym founder and ...
JANUARY NEW MONTH, YEAR USHER IN NEW CALENDAR OF FUN DATES
Jan 01, 2009; ... Take a collective deep breath, Tri-State. The hard part is behindyou. Driving halfway to Kingdom Come for Aunt Sally's Christmas get-together, then back home for your own celebration, then across theriver and through the woods for a New Year's Eve bash. It's exhausting. It's ...
ELMO, 'SESAME STREET' GANG COMING TO TOWN
Jan 01, 2009 ... This won't be your usual kids' music show. Elmo, of Tickle-Me andChicken Dance doll fame, comes to Evansville next week for threeshows at The Centre. He and his friends from "Sesame Street Live" will use everythingfrom rubber duckies to trash can lids and cookie jars to make ...
SOFTWARE TAGS TWISTER TARGETS
Jan 02, 2009; ... MAXWELL, Ky. - Patrick Riley, Larry Rager and Craig Winfield werecomfortable talking outside on an unseasonably warm day recently. It was the kind of day meteorologists say masks sudden changes inapproaching weather patterns. It's a harbinger of tornado weather. Worse, Riley, ...
FAMILY PRIDE COUNTY OFFICIALS SWORN IN UNDER GLOW FROM THEIR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS
Jan 02, 2009; ... The program said it was an inauguration ceremony for VanderburghCounty's newly elected officials, but the faces of the nearly 500people who showed up to watch Thursday morning told a million otherstories. Pride born of love, friendship and childhood memories churnedrestlessly ...
HOOSIER HYSTERIA APPLIES TO STOCKS MELTDOWN SEARS STATE'S INDUSTRIES SCORCHED
Jan 02, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - The nation's financial meltdown battered most ofIndiana's largest companies last year, costing some of them three-quarters or more of their stock value. Companies in the Bloomberg Indiana Index lost nearly half theirvalue in 2008, although some on the index fared ...
CLOSE ENCOUNTER IS ALL THAT'S NEEDED FOR MEMORY
Jan 02, 2009; ... Elvis Presley's birthday is Thursday. Had the entertainer lived,he would be 74 years old. Maybe you have a connection to the Tupelo, Miss., native who gavethe world "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" and more than 30 movies. Met him backstage perhaps. Or bumped into him ...
CRIMES OF THE RECESSION THE ISSUE: IN DOWN ECONOMY, ROBBERY AND PROPERTY CRIMES GO UP. OUR VIEW: AMATEURS ARE DRAWN TO LAWBREAKING.
Jan 02, 2009 ... A robber walked into a Chicago bank and handed the teller athreatening note - with misspellings - demanding cash and walked offwith $400. But he left behind the note, written on a pay stubcontaining his name and home address, where police arrested him. In Evansville last month, a ...
ARENA MUST ADDRESS HANDICAPPED
Jan 02, 2009; ... There have been numerous letters that have touched on many of mysame thoughts. Why build a new stadium that has fewer seats than theone we have? Why spend money on a new stadium during this struggling economy? Are there not other projects in Evansville that could put ...
NEW ARENA RIGHT FOR MANY REASONS
Jan 02, 2009; ... The time is now for a new Downtown arena. For the past 18 months, the Roberts Stadium Advisory Board, ledby Wayne Henning, has studied the question of what to do withRoberts Stadium. Its work has been deliberate, thorough,professional and open. The board and its consultants ...
CULTURAL EPIDEMIC IN OUR TIMES, IF YOU CAN PAY, YOU CAN PLAY.. ALL WAY TO TOP .SUBH:
Jan 02, 2009; ... Three more days and it will be Christmas. But by the time you'vepoured yourself a cup of coffee and opened your paper to the Opinionpage to read this column, it will be January 2009 and Christmas 2008will be history. Thus, I hope you and your family had a grandChristmas, and I pray that ...
GETTING IN TUNE TENORS TENORS PERFORMANCE WILL BENEFIT EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Jan 02, 2009; ... It won't be four guys grabbing some sheet music, giving the wordsa quick once-over and trying their best to carry a tune Saturdaynight, when North High School hosts "Four Tenors in Concert." It will be four college-age but veteran performers with the chopsto aspire to careers as ...
DUI STOP ENDS WITH DRIVER DEAD EVANSVILLE MAN SHOT HIMSELF EARLY THURSDAY, SAY KY. STATE POLICE
Jan 02, 2009; ... The Kentucky State Police are investigating the death of anEvansville man they say shot himself during a traffic stop. According to a Kentucky State Police report, a trooper pulledover a vehicle shortly after 4:30 a.m. Thursday on the Pennyrile/Breathitt Parkway for suspicion of ...
WARRICK LEADERS GIVE YEAR FAST START SET GOAL OF BUILDING STONEHAVEN SEWER
Jan 02, 2009; ... BOONVILLE, Ind. -The Warrick County Commissioners held its firstmeeting Thursday, a day after its members were officially sworn in. County Commissioners Tim Mosbey, Art Noffsinger and Don Williamsmet to approve the board's meeting schedule, county holidays and tomake appointments ...
STATE PARK LOSES SHARE OF REVENUE
Jan 02, 2009; ... BATTLE GROUND, Ind. - A state law that took effect Thursday hasshifted the tax revenue generated by sales of Indiana's NativeAmerican license plate away from Prophetstown State Park and into afund for a state commission. But what the Indiana Native American Indian Affairs ...
ILL. BARS HOT UNDER COLLAR AT SMOKING BAN
Jan 02, 2009; ... Walt Karstens stood inside his 74-year-old wood-frame bar inMoline counting his customers, and the empty seats he says wouldhave been filled a year ago. About a dozen regulars had checked in at Casey's Tavern by lateafternoon on New Year's Eve, roughly half the number the ...
OBITUARIES
Jan 02, 2009 ... local Louis 'Red' John Abney Louis "Red" John Abney, 80, of Evansville, Indiana, passed awayThursday, January 1, 2009 at Heritage Center. He was born August 20, 1928 in Calhoun, Kentucky. Louis had worked at Double Cola for 34 years and retired fromKoch Air ...
MICROSOFT GADGETS PACK WINS HIGH PRAISE
Jan 02, 2009; ... Frequent readers of this space know I am a stickler forkeyboards. Years ago when I had my first 386, I fell in love with acertain brand of IBM-compatible keyboard. When I was a newspaperreporter I used to carry one around with me on assignments and plugit in to any computer I was using ...
BACK IT UP BACKBLAZE KEEPS COMPUTER CONTENTS SAFE WITHOUT THE HASSLE
Jan 02, 2009; ... I have never been one for New Year's resolutions, but if you'rethe type of person who does like to make them, I implore you to make2009 the year that you actually start backing up your computer. The biggest barrier to most people backing up was it being anactive rather than passive ...
ATTENTION SHOPPERS: JARS, CARTONS ARE SHRINKING
Jan 02, 2009; ... John Schafer wore a pained expression as he stepped back from thesnack food display at a Minneapolis grocery store. He held two bags of Old Dutch Puffcorn, each costing $2. Yet oneweighed 10 ounces and the other 9 ounces. He studied the bags carefully. "I suppose this one is a ...
HOPING TO FINISH WITH A BANG ZELLER IMPROVING HIS INSIDE GAME
Jan 02, 2009; ... Talking trash is part of good-natured ribbing between brothers. There was no exception after Luke Zeller's younger brothers,Tyler and Cody, were injured earlier this season. "It was never, 'How are you doin'?' It was, 'Did you make theshot?' " joked Luke, a 6-foot-11, 245-pound ...
EAGLES' GRAY SETTLES IN
Jan 02, 2009; ... Playing in front of sparse crowds growing up in the Bahamas andlater at Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce, Fla., MarvinGray might have been partially shell-shocked at what he saw - 10,000screaming basketball fans in Roberts Stadium. That took place in early November ...
BIG CHANGES SHOULD MAKE FOR EXCITING 2009 IN CITY SPORTS
Jan 02, 2009; ... High school athletic officials in Evansville shouldn't have beenexactly waiting with bated breath this holiday season; much of theirwish list was taken care of in the previous months. It was a good year for Evansville and the Southern IndianaAthletic Conference. There was a healthy ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jan 02, 2009 ... basketball UE women host Southern Illinois tonight The University of Evansville women's basketball team will begindefense of its 2008 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season co-championship tonight when it hosts Southern Illinois at RobertsStadium for a 7 o'clock tipoff ....
FROM THE EDITOR
Jan 02, 2009; ... Good morning! We're off and running - and learning. If you've called or e-mailed me with West Side story ideas, or, perhaps, an interest infree-lance writing - but you haven't heard from me, please bepatient. I definitely am eager to talk to you. Learning a new role takes ...
BIG-LEAGUER JAY BUENTE HASN'T FORGOTTEN HOMETOWN
Jan 02, 2009; ... After completing baseball drills at the Reitz Five-Tool ChristmasCamp, the children hesitated at first, then fired off questions attheir guest speaker. Jay Buente used to be one of them - a West Side youngster wholoved the national pastime and dreamed of taking his game to ...
PARTY CRASHERS
Jan 02, 2009; ... The Fish Bowl started as a way for friends who live out of town,but come home for Thanksgiving, to get together and have some fun. The Fish Bowl always is played the Saturday after Thanksgiving,except for the game in 2007, when the game took place Dec. 29because Reitz was playing ...
FROM THE EDITOR
Jan 02, 2009; ... Good morning! We're off and running - and learning. If you've called or e-mailed me with Warrick County information, or, perhaps, an interestin free-lance writing - but you haven't heard from me, please bepatient. I definitely am eager to talk to you. Learning a new role ...
FAMILY OF FLAVORS DERRS TO REVIVE SODA BUSINESS
Jan 02, 2009; ... Before Boonville businessman Charles Derr died in 2006, hisdaughter, Barb Byers, her brother, John Derr, and their cousin, JoeDerr Jr., began a series of conversations withCharles - the lastowner and manager of Derr's, Inc., formerly known as the BoonvilleBottling Works. Byers ...
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Jan 02, 2009 ... Boonville 601 S. Third St.$20,000 12/9 5482 Fox Chase Ct$435,00010/18 225 N. Third St.$68,000 11/11 1010 Pelzer Road$18,000 12/17 404 S. Cypress $49,900 12/18 117 E. Taylor St. $0 10/3 609 E ....
CASTLE'S TEEN POWER SHOW SET FOR JAN. 14
Jan 02, 2009 ... Castle High Teen Power Talent Show to benefit the Warrick PetAdoption Center will be Jan. 14 Wed. at 6:30 p.m. in the high schoolauditorium. There will be adoptable animals present so the publicwill be able to view what the Pet Adoption Center does and how itreally helps aid homeless ...
COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTS LEADERS NEW CHIEF WANTS TO REFOCUS EFFORTS
Jan 03, 2009; ... The new president of the Vanderburgh County Council says he willpush to shift the emphasis in economic development efforts toretaining existing businesses. Councilman Tom Shetler Jr., treasurer of Shetler Moving & StorageInc., unanimously was elected by his colleagues Friday to ...
BIRDS OF A FEATHER E FLOCKING TOGETHER BY THE THOUSANDS
Jan 03, 2009; ... Drivers gawked in disbelief Friday at a sky thick with blackbirdsnear Interstate 164 and the Lloyd Expressway east of Evansville. But local experts said that such giant flocks make perfect senseto the birds. The birds were so dense in the air over the fields Friday that ...
SENATE APPOINTEE FIGHTING BACKLASH
Jan 03, 2009; ... CHICAGO - Through media and the courts, Roland Burris is fightinghard to be sworn in as a U.S. senator, despite warnings that Senateleaders plan to snub him because he was chosen by disgraced IllinoisGov. Rod Blagojevich. As early as next week, Blagojevich could become the ...
BUILDING ON WHAT GOT HIM HERE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL PLANS TO FOLLOW LEAD OF FELLOW HOOSIER POLITICIANS
Jan 03, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Raised near the Ohio River and tempered byhardball Washington, D.C., politics, Greg Zoeller will be taking thereins soon as Indiana attorney general. Zoeller will succeed his boss, outgoing Attorney General SteveCarter, and plans to build on Carter's programs of the ...
SMOKING BAN NOW JUST A HABIT FOR ILLINOISANS
Jan 03, 2009; ... This week marked the anniversary of Illinois' smoking ban. Public buildings and enclosed workplaces are supposed to be smokefree, and for the most part, the law seems to be working. And I donot miss the old days. Fortunately, I never picked up the smoking habit - not that ...
COOL RECEPTION PLANNED FOR ILL. APPOINTEE
Jan 03, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic leaders plan to grant few if anyprivileges next week to Roland Burris, the man picked by IllinoisGov. Rod Blagojevich to represent the state in the Senate, even ifBurris arrives on Capitol Hill with the proper credentials. Senate officials involved in ...
CHEERS, JEERS AND TEARS SUPPORT THE TROOPS.
Jan 03, 2009 ... Our cheers and prayers go to members of the 384th Military PoliceCompany who will leave Monday morning for Camp Atterbury inEdinburgh, Ind. They will train there before heading to Fort Dix,N.J., and then on to Iraq. Organizers are encouraging members of the community to line ...
TV SHIFT FUNDS RUN LOW
Jan 03, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digitaltelevision broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million householdsstill are unprepared, but the government program that subsidizescrucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money. People who still rely on analog TV sets ...
CHANGE STIRS AIR QUALITY CONTROLS BUSINESSES FACE STATE, LOCAL RULES
Jan 03, 2009; ... Businesses in the Evansville area will contend with two sets ofrules and inspections for air quality this year as a result ofchanges by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The state canceled its contracts with the EvansvilleEnvironmental Protection Agency and other ...