Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) back issues from May 2009:
CITY GETS OK TO USE FOOD TAX
May 01, 2009; ... State legislators have approved a bill that allows Evansville touse food and beverage tax revenue to help fund a new arena. "This is a big, big step forward," Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel saidThursday. The food and beverage tax generates around $3.7 million a year,$3.3 million ...
DANIELS WANTS 'REALITY CHECK' SAYS IT'S REQUIRED BEFORE CALLBACK
May 01, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels says that before he callIndiana lawmakers back for an overtime session, he wants them tograsp reality and understand they'll have to restrict spending toweather the down economy. After days of intense negotiations, lawmakers in the ...
FOR NOW, CAUTION IS BEST DEFENSE FLU HAS AREA FACILITIES ON ALERT
May 01, 2009; ... While no cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the Evansvillearea, local day cares and nursing homes are using caution in lightof the recent global outbreak of the virus. Of the 109 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United Statesthrough midday Thursday, only one - a student ...
TAKE THE PLUNGE HOLIDAY WORLD UNVEILS THE WORLD'S TALLEST WATER RIDE
May 01, 2009; ... SANTA CLAUS, Ind. - You know you're in for a rush when the 60-ish grandmother seated next to you in a long, 10-passenger boatteetering 13 stories above a pool of water cries, "Oh, my gawwwwd,y'all!" That was how Sheilah Holbrook reacted as Pilgrims Plunge, theworld's tallest ...
MOONSHINE MEMORIES NOW COME BY THE PINT
May 01, 2009; ... Moonshining, perhaps most commonly associated with the hollows ofthe Appalachian Mountains or, maybe, Western Kentucky's Between theRivers region, also once flourished in portions of Southern Indiana. It was common in the early 20th century in Dubois County. Withthe county mired in ...
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
May 01, 2009 ... Evansville Start saving now for tax bills, treasurer warns Vanderburgh County's treasurer is warning residents to startsaving now for the spring 2009 property taxes because they likelywill have the legal minimum of 15 days to come up with the moneywhen bills ...
CAJE LANDS $1 MILLION FOR HOUSING
May 01, 2009; ... Evansville's Affordable Housing Trust Fund got a boost Thursdaynight when Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel pledged to commit $1 million incity funding to the cause. The mayor made the commitment in front of about 900 members ofCongregations Acting for Justice and Empowerment (CAJE), a ...
GOP TAPS MCGINN FOR COUNCIL FORMER ZOO CHIEF REPLACES KNIESE; WILL BE LONE REPUBLICAN
May 01, 2009; ... Vanderburgh County Republicans have selected Dan McGinn toreplace Jeff Kniese on the Evansville City Council. Kniese stepped down from his 1st Ward seat earlier this month totake a job as president and chief executive of Greenville Federalbank in Greenville, Ohio. McGinn, 59, ...
PROJECTS CELEBRATED ON USI CAMPUS BUSINESS, STUDENT CENTERS ROLLING
May 01, 2009; ... A pair of transformational construction projects - one inprogress and one soon to begin - were celebrated Thursday at theUniversity of Southern Indiana. Moments after the last steel girder was put in place on theBusiness and Engineering Center, scheduled for completion in ...
BRIEFS
May 01, 2009 ... Evansville Drug task force arrests dozens Local authorities have arrested dozens of people during a rounduptied to numerous ongoing narcotics investigations. The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force conducted theroundup Wednesday along with representatives from ...
KY. STATE OFFICIAL EYES SENATE RUN
May 01, 2009; ... FRANKFORT, Ky. - A rising star in the Kentucky GOP said Thursdayhe is looking at a possible run for U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning's seat. Secretary of State Trey Grayson, who insists he won't run unlessBunning decides to abandon his re-election bid, released a statementsaying he had formed ...
OBITUARIES
May 01, 2009 ... local Antoinette 'Toni' Critser Antoinette "Toni" Critser, 61, of Evansville, passed awayWednesday, April 29, 2009, at Deacon- ess Hospice Care Center. She was born June 15, 1947, inEvansville. Toni retired in 1992 from Nussmeier Engraving. She worked ...
HENDERSON NATIVE TO COMMAND NAVAL AIR, MISSILE DEFENSE FORCE
May 01, 2009; ... When the Navy created its Air and Missile Defense Command onThursday, a Henderson, Ky., native was chosen to lead it. Rear Adm. Alan "Brad" Hicks also continues to serve as programdirector for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense. "In our Navy, there was only one perfect choice to ...
INDIANA TAKES STEPS AGAINST FLU; SITUATION CALLED 'MANAGEABLE'
May 01, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana halted visits to prison inmates and atleast two schools canceled classes Thursday in the state's lateststeps to prevent the spread of the swine flu virus. Indiana still had only one confirmed swine flu case as ofThursday - that of a University of Notre Dame ...
JOBLESS FUND BILL TO BE SIGNED OVER BUSINESS LAMENT
May 01, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels says he will ignore businessgroups' wishes and sign into law a bill that raises employer taxesto fix Indiana's bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is urging Daniels to veto theplan to bolster a fund paying out ...
LATE LAWMAKERS THE ISSUE: LEGISLATURE FAILS ON BUDGET. OUR VIEW: THEY HAD FOUR MONTHS!
May 01, 2009 ... Not to oversimplify, but our elected Indiana lawmakers had a fullfour months to complete but one task, the writing of a new statebudget, and they failed. They can put all sorts of spin on it. The budget bill passed theIndiana Senate 31-17, but failed the Indiana House 71-27 ....
FOREST PARK LOSES ITS BEACH COACH LEAVING FOR SHELBYVILLE
May 01, 2009; ... After a decade of nearly unprecedented success at Forest Park,head boys' basketball coach Tom Beach is moving on. Beach, who won a pair of state championships with the Rangers,said he has accepted the head coaching position at Shelbyville HighSchool. The news comes while the fate ...
HIS BRASHNESS MELLOWED, BAFFERT SEEMS CALMER NOW
May 01, 2009 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Pioneerof the Nile, a possible favorite inSaturday's Kentucky Derby, had finished galloping and trainer BobBaffert was making the 100-yard walk from the trackside chute to hisbarn. A fan stepped in front to ask for autographs on three decade-oldBreeders' Cup ...
LEGENDS HELPED OTTERS' SKIPPER KRENCHICKI HAS LONG RESUME
May 01, 2009 ... During his eight seasons in the major leagues as a player, WayneKrenchicki had plenty of time to absorb the dugout demeanor of someof baseball's best managers. Earl Weaver and Sparky Anderson made the biggest impact in theway they stressed the fundamentals of the game and motivated ...
TIGERS' HOLTZ ROARS PITCHER FIRES THREE-HITTER
May 01, 2009; ... Jacob Holtz, Memorial High School's 6-foot-3, 190-pound seniorright-hander, stared down Mater Dei's hitters and did not flinch onThursday at Stone Field. In fact, he flourished. Holtz mixed pitches and location and keptthe Wildcats off-balance throughout, firing a three-hit ...
BOSSE'S EVANS PICKS SOUTHEASTERN ILL.
May 01, 2009; ... After patrolling the paint for the Bosse girls' basketball teamthis season, Tonia Evans has signed a national letter of intent toattend and play basketball at Southeastern Illinois College. A 5-foot-10 forward, Evans averaged 8.9 points and 7.5 reboundsfor a Bulldogs team that went ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
May 01, 2009 ... softball Brink tosses no-hitter Castle pitcher Madeline Brink not only threw a no-hitter againstSouthern Indiana Athletic Conference rival Reitz on Thursday butalso hit a three-run home run in a 10-0, five-inning win. While thesenior held the visiting Panthers without a hit, ...
IPHONE APPS MUST NAVIGATE APPLE'S PROCESS
May 01, 2009; ... Apple's announcement of 1 billion downloads from the iPhoneAppStore last week was marred by a minor uproar when a small numberof those sales was due to an application called Baby Shaker. BabyShaker allowed a user to silence a virtual screaming baby by shakingthe device. Once silenced, ...
POOR PERFORMANCE, SUPPORT CAN DOOM GOOD GAMES
May 01, 2009; ... I promised myself I wasn't going to write this column, but Alanin Colorado made me. Alan, you see, Googled me and found that I was addicted to a gameon Facebook called Mafia Wars and discovered I somehow was connectedto "the media." He then wanted to know if I was aware of the ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
May 01, 2009 ... EVANSVILLE Wood hired by Holly's House Jenny L. Wood has joined Holly's House, Inc., as an associatedirector/forensic interviewer. She previously was employed by the Vanderburgh County Departmentof Child Services. Wood received a bachelor's degree in ...
GERMAN AMERICAN PROFITS DOWN SLIGHTLY, BUT STILL REPORTS GAIN
May 01, 2009; ... Citing higher employee costs, German American Bancorp reported aslightly lower profit for the first quarter of 2009. The bank reported a profit of about $2.9 million, or 27 cents ashare, for the quarter. In the same period a year ago, the bank hada profit of nearly $3 million, also ...
INHERITED LOANS HURT INTEGRA
May 01, 2009; ... Citing continued troubles from the Chicago area, Integra Bancorpreported a loss for the first quarter of 2009. Integra on Thursday said it had a loss of $28.5 million, or $1.37a share, for the first quarter of the year. That was down from theprofit of $5 million, or 24 cents a ...
VECTREN REPORTS PROFITS UP UTILITY MADE $72.8 MILLION IN QUARTER
May 01, 2009; ... Citing greater returns from its nonutility group, Vectren Corp.reported an increased profit for the first quarter of 2009. Vectren, based in Evansville, onWednesday reported a profit of$72.8 million, or 90 cents a share, in the first quarter. That rose from the $64 million, or ...
FROM THE EDITOR
May 01, 2009; ... I'm pretty excited! We're launching a new Westside series thismonth, and I think you're going to love it. "My Neighbor's House" will be a vicarious experience offering youan inside look - literally - at some of the great homes onEvansville's West Side - and you won't have to leave ...
MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE NEW SERIES WILL VISIT GREAT WEST SIDE HOMES
May 01, 2009; ... Everyone has a favorite street. AE street that becomes adestination whenever life gets overwhelming and time to think is amust. A street that makes us feel good when things aren't so great.My favorite street is Harmony Way. At any given time, on any given day, you'll find Harmony ...
WESTSIDE / THE QUESTION
May 01, 2009 ... Sally Roth Occupation: Naturalist, gardener, writer Family: Single (divorced after 24 years). Still have the samename I was born with. I have a daughter, 38, and granddaughter, 12,in Boston and a son, 25, in Tacoma, Wash. Brief Bio: Born and raised in Bethlehem, Penn.; ...
WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN WEST SIDE SCHOOLS' APRIL TALENT COMPETITION
May 01, 2009; ... Students from Helfrich Park Middle School, Tekoppel ElementarySchool and Cynthia Heights Elementary School competed in the FourthAnnual Helfrich Park STEM Acadamy PTSA Talent Show on April 17. Awards were presented in five categories: two in ElementaryDivision Singing, two in ...
MASTER GARDENERS ANNUAL PLANT SALE THIS WEEKEND AT 4-H CENTER
May 01, 2009; ... "Native Indiana Plants" is the theme for this year's SouthwesternIndiana Master Gardener Association's annual spring plant sale. Ittakes place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Sunday at the Vanderburgh County 4-H Center, Boonville-New HarmonyRoad in ...
CRASHERS STOP IN AT ANNIVERSARY, BIRTHDAY FESTIVITIES
May 01, 2009; ... Tom and Delores Folz celebrated their 50th anniversary on April18, which was on their actual anniversary. They celebrated by gathering for mass at 5 p.m., with a dinnerand dance following at St. Joe Church in the county. Chicken, mashed potatoes, dressing, corn, beans and ...
FROM THE EDITOR
May 01, 2009; ... Isn't spring wonderful? Love the weather, love the flowers, lovethe trees greening up, despise the ducks thinking I want them in mybackyard. If it weren't for the ducks, life would be pretty good.Hate those ducks! But.. aren't horses magnificent? We hope you'll enjoy AimeeBlume's ...
GET ON YOUR HIGH HORSE EFFINGER STABLES OFFERS EXPERIENCES THAT LAST A LIFETIME
May 01, 2009; ... Every little girl dreams of owning a pony, but DebbieGoldsberry's dream came true. She was given her first pony when shewas 6; at 12, she got her first Quarter Horse and broke it to rideherself. Later, she visited a stable where they rode American Saddlebredsand fell in love with ...
SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY IT
May 01, 2009; ... I felt confident about my lesson with Debbie Goldsberry. Sure, I could ride. It's easy. You climb a large rock next to asmall horse, swing into the saddle - and enjoy the scenery. The onlychallenge is keeping your mount from grazing. When I looked up - way up - for my first ...
PUTTING HISTORY FRONT AND CENTER ELLIS MAKES SURE RECORDS AREN'T LOST OR FORGOTTEN
May 01, 2009; ... If your gray matter includes only trace amounts of knowledgeabout Owen Township, don't blame Bob Ellis. The retired educator already has self-published a 590-page bookabout the subject, "Where the Dickens Is Dickeyville, Crowville andFolsomville: An Historical Record of Owen ...
WARRICK RECORDS
May 01, 2009 ... Warrick County Health Department Inspection Report for March Boonville Retail FoodBoonville Cafe: Three critical violations(wrapped meat on freezer floor; fried chicken not maintained at orabove 135 degrees; temperature of glass-front fridge above 41degrees); ...
SPRINGTIME IS THE BEST TIME FOR PARTIES, POKER - AND SHOWERS
May 01, 2009; ... Most people think April showers bring May flowers, but in WarrickCounty, this April shower brought diapers, duckies and Desitin. All of these certainly are things Teeda Suwannetr Sottong and herhusband, Brad, will need for the arrival of their first child inJune. The shower, ...
'REITZ' SITE DISCLAIMER SOOTHES EVSC IRE
May 02, 2009; ... A professional wrestling referee by day, Dan "Rudy" Engler ispaid to stand between goliaths. This past week, he found himself squarely in the middle of adifferent kind of bout as the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.threatened legal action if he did not shut down his Reitz ...
BALANCE NOT LOST AS JUSTICE EXITS SOUTER A CENTRIST WHEN SEATED
May 02, 2009; ... The resignation of Justice David H. Souter isn't likely to heraldany great changes in the way the Supreme Court leans on importantdecisions, says a local professor. Though nominated by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, Soutercame to be considered a centrist with left-leaning ...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS FIRST FRIDAYS, FARMERS MARKET START SEASON
May 02, 2009; ... With overcast skies and intermittent showers, Friday's weathermay not have been fabulous, but it failed to dampen enthusiasm forthe season's first Fabulous First Friday. From early morning, when the first Downtown Farmers Market of theseason opened at Second and Sycamore Streets, ...
PAIR STEP UP FOR COUNCIL SEAT AT-LARGE CANDIDATES SPLIT ON ARENA PLAN
May 02, 2009; ... Two Democratic candidates - one supportive of a Downtown arenaand the other a former opponent - have emerged for the at-largeEvansville City Council seat to be vacated by incoming Fire ChiefKeith Jarboe. Matt Alexander, general manager of Alexander Funeral HomesCemetery & ...
BARTENDER DISPENSED A LITTLE LIFE-SAVING HELP
May 02, 2009; ... Cathy Marshall has a story to tell and someone to publicly thank. "It was last month, and I was eating out at the Western Ribeye(in Evansville). All of a sudden, a piece of steak got caught in myesophagus, and I absolutely could not breathe. I was terrified. Ijust knew I was going ...
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
May 02, 2009 ... Evansville Cross Pointe Boulevard section closing Monday Cross Pointe Boulevard will be closed between Columbia Street andOak Grove Road beginning Monday. The road will reopen on or beforeMay 24. This road closure is required in order to complete the paving ...
BOOMER NOT YOUR AVERAGE TROOPER BOMB SQUAD ROBOT 'JOINS' FORCE
May 02, 2009; ... The newest Indiana State Police trooper is maybe 3 feet tall,weighs less than 100 pounds and doesn't wear a badge, but hisexplosive personality bears witness to his nickname: Boomer. He's an $80,000 remote- control robot able to climb stairs, takepictures, digitally record audio ...
LST 325 STILL IN ROUGH WATERS BOARD ELECTION EYED IN IMPASSE WITH JORNLIN
May 02, 2009; ... Convinced now that they will get no face-to-face apology from BobJornlin, captain of LST 325, local volunteers are talking aboutrunning for seats on the World War II-era warship's governing body. At the same time, a few of the roughly 40 local volunteers whowalked off the ship in ...
TRIAL RUN STUDENTS TRY THEIR HAND AT COURTROOM PROCEEDINGS
May 02, 2009; ... BOONVILLE, Ind. - Anthony Kemp, a fifth-grader at Loge ElementarySchool, testified Friday morning that he had planned to pay for theCDs in his backpack and had simply forgotten when he was stopped bya security guard at the Boonville Wal-Mart in December 2007. "I was scared, and I ...
OBITUARIES
May 02, 2009 ... Local Arnold Lee Fingers On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, Arnold Lee Fingers was quietlysummoned from his earthly home in Evansville, Ind. Arnold was born May 6, 1918, to the late Robert and Elizabeth(Shaw) Fingers. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs ....
CONFIRMED SWINE FLU CASES CLOSE 2 INDY SCHOOLS
May 02, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Health officials closed two Indianapoliselementary schools for a week Friday after one student at eachschool became ill with the swine flu virus, raising the number ofconfirmed cases in Indiana to three. Officials said the two youngsters are being kept at home ...
FLU SCAM
May 02, 2009; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's attorney general is warning of a newtelephone scam offering the sale of "mandatory swine flu kits." Attorney General Greg Zoeller says telephone solicitors aretelling people the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionor the U.S. Department of ...
BRIEFS
May 02, 2009 ... GIBSON COUNTY, IND. Two arrested in mart robbery Indiana State Police charged two Petersburg, Ind., residentsFriday afternoon in connection with the April 24 armed robbery ofthe Oakland City, Ind., Food Mart, the former BP station. Candace Crow, 18, of 204 S ....
KY. APPEALS COURT ISSUES STAYS IN EARLY RELEASE BAN
May 02, 2009; ... FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky Department of Corrections on Fridayresumed releasing inmates early after a Court of Appeals ruling in acase from Pulaski County. Circuit Judge David A. Tapp issued an injunction earlier thisweek barring the early releases. He said the Corrections ...
CHEERS, JEERS & TEARS KIDS LOVED PEGGY MITCHELL
May 02, 2009 ... Tears fall for Peggy Mitchell, a television personality loved bychildren in the Evansville area for 25 years. She hosted "The PeggyMitchell Show" on WEHT-News25 until 1986. On the show, she usedpuppets, among them Ezmarelda, to connect with children. Mitchell,who had moved to Franklin, ...
COMPASSIONATE COACH WILL BE REMEMBERED
May 02, 2009; ... Southern Indiana lost a great man, a great football legend, apromoter of Tell City High School Athletics and I lost a good friendrecently as Joe Talley crossed from this life to the next. Joe was many things to many people: Joe T., Big Joe, Coach Talleyand friend. If he were here, ...
A LIFE OF HARDSHIP OVERCOME, SO FAR OCU OUTFIELDER MAKAREM APPRECIATES CHANCE TO PLAY
May 02, 2009; ... OAKLAND CITY, Ind. - Maykel Makarem grew up on a dirt street inMaracaibo, Venezuela, with no father, no running water, no sewer andholes in the roof of his house. So it's not surprising that the senior outfielder on the OaklandCity University baseball team refuses to let a broken ...
BOSSE GRADUATE LANDER GETS HIS SHOT AT D-I
May 02, 2009; ... After two years of working on his game and two seasons of juniorcollege seasoning, former Bosse High School basketball star MattLander's ability has only grown from the talents he displayed withthe Bulldogs. "I've definitely got a lot stronger since high school," saidLander, who ...
BEJARANO LONGS TO SNIFF ROSES
May 02, 2009; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - From a humble start in American racing, whichincluded two riding titles at Ellis Park, Rafael Bejarano is nearingthe pinnacle of his profession. The soft-spoken Peruvian burst onto the scene in Kentucky racingin 2002, getting his first win in a claiming event at ...
TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY JONES UNDERSTANDS THAT EIGHT BELLES WILL BE HIS LEGACY
May 02, 2009; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Four races before today's Kentucky Derby, Larryand Cindy Jones will send a 3-year-old filly named Just Jenda to thetrack at Churchill Downs. For the husband-wife training team, it could result in a moreemotional moment than if their Friesan Fire should give them ...
SPORTS BRIEFS
May 02, 2009 ... BASEBALL Castle grad breaks record Pitcher and Castle High School graduate Michael Thompson struckout 10 batters on Friday to break his own single-season BellarmineUniversity strikeout record. He allowed two hits and no earned runsin a 9-1 complete-game victory over ...
ABCS OF RELIGION: R IS FOR REVIVAL
May 02, 2009; ... Taken in the broader sense, the word "revival" refers to a timeof Christian religious awakening. These periods typically are associated with increased evangelism,social reform and missionary activity. The Salvation Army traces itsroots back to revivalism, when in the 1860s British ...
LIVING TOGETHER A MARRIAGE PRIVILEGE, NOT MONETARY ISSUE
May 02, 2009; ... I recently came across a headline from the local newspaper datedApril 23, 1988: "Almost half of spouses lived together beforemarriage." The article noted that an explosion took place in the previoustwo decades. Between 1965 and 1974 some 11 percent of Americanslived with a person ...
THE POWER OF PRAYER
May 02, 2009; ... Jo Barron believes in the power of prayer so strongly that she'swilling to give up sleep for it. Barron and other members of Heritage Baptist Church in Owensboro,Ky., will participate in a "24-hour prayer cover" which begins atnoon Wednesday and serves as a kick-off to the National ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
May 02, 2009 ... EVANSVILLE Embry receives award for service Optometrist Stacey Embry, a partner in Brizius & Embry, recentlyreceived a Distinguished Service Award from the Indiana OptometricAssociation at the organization's 112th annual spring convention inFrench Lick, Ind. Embry, a ...