Beef Management Seminar to Discuss Factors Affecting Meat Quality
A Purdue Extension beef management seminar will give cattle producers the chance to learn about factors that affect meat quality and how local beef producers can influence those factors on their own farms. Speakers for the day’s program include Warren Beeler, Dr. Troy Wistuba, Dr. Gregg Rentfrow and David Newsome, some of the area’s top experts on this topic.
The Beef Management Seminar will be Saturday, January 18 in Bedford and will include discussions about “The Value of Carcass Evaluation to Beef Producers,” “Fetal Programming,” “Genetics, EPD’s and Animal Selection Influence on Meat Quality” and “Carcass Evaluation Characteristics.”
“It is important for producers in all sectors of beef production to understand, evaluate and improve carcass characteristics. Raising cattle is a business and if consumers are not happy with the quality of the end product, we will all be out of business.” said Danielle Walker, Purdue Extension educator in Washington County. “It is always important for us to stay up-to-date on any improvements we can make to our operations.”
Local cattle supply dealers will be on hand to visit with seminar participants.
The seminar will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds, 11265 state Route 50 W., Bedford. Registration is $30 per person, students are $25. All registrations would be appreciated by Tuesday, January 14. The fee includes meals, snacks and take-home reference materials.
Continuing education credit for veterinarians is available at no extra cost.
More information or to register contact the Purdue Extension – Lawrence County office at 812-275-4623 or the Purdue Extension – Washington County office at 812-883-4601.
Troopers Need Help Identifying Robbers
This past Friday, January 3rd, at approximately 6:30 am, an elderly male retrieved money from an ATM machine located at the New Washington State Bank on Main Street in Henryville, (Clark County).
As the elderly male walked away from the machine he was approached by two white male subjects demanding the money he withdrew. One of the subjects even pointed a hand gun at the elderly male. The elderly man gave them the money and the two robbers quickly got into a black SUV and fled the scene going north towards County Road #160, (Old State Road #160).
One of the white males was approximately 5’-10” to 6’-01” tall with a close cropped beard and mustache. He was wearing a black baseball style hat turned backwards, a gray hooded sweat shirt or jacket, with a dark colored shirt under the hooded sweat shirt or jacket. He was wearing dark colored pants and his shoes were of an unknown type.
The other white male was approximately 5’-10” to 6’-1” tall wearing a tan colored baseball style hat. He was wearing a pair of Carhart style bib overalls with a black crew neck shirt underneath and work style boots. This subject allegedly pointed a hand gun at the elderly male while the robbery was taking place.
Anyone with information on this robbery is encouraged to contact Detective David Makowsky at the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg at 1-800-872-6743 or outside of Indiana at 812-246-5424.
Callers can also contact Crime Stoppers of Kentuckiana at 1-502-582-CLUE, (2583), for up to a $1,000.00 reward.
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Excise Police Nab 30 in Evansville
Indiana State Excise Police officers arrested 30 people on 38 charges and cited a bar and a liquor store in Evansville last night.
Most of the arrests were for underage drinking at a party on Evansville’s west side. Excise officers arrested 25 minors – including five less than 18 years of age – on preliminary charges of illegal consumption of alcohol at a party in the 2400 block of W. Franklin. One person was also charged with false informing.
Evansville Police Department had received a complaint of underage drinking at this residence and contacted excise officers for assistance. Once there, officers found more than two dozen minors had been consuming alcohol – some of them testing as high as .15% BAC. Five 17-year-olds were cited and released to their parents.
Evansville police also arrested three people on drug-related charges. Excise officers also cited Al’s Bar, 301 W. Columbia, on six alcohol, tobacco and gambling charges. Al’s Bar was preliminarily charged with unlawful purchase of liquor from another retailer, selling alcohol on credit and being a public nuisance for professional gambling and promoting professional gambling, a felony. Al’s Bar was also charged with three separate violations of the state’s Smoke-Free Air Law: failure to remove ashtrays, failing to post interior signs and failure to post signs at the entrance.
Officers seized several bottles of liquor and evidence of unlawful gambling. Al’s Bar also received a written warning for price discrimination. University Liquors, 4920 University Blvd., was preliminarily charged with allowing a minor to loiter (two counts), sale of alcohol to a minor (two counts), failure to maintain employee permit records and having an unlicensed employee.
Officers also arrested three minors (ages 17, 19 and 20) on 11 charges after they left this liquor store. Preliminary charges included: Illegal possession of alcohol (X2), illegal transportation of alcohol (X2), minor in liquor store (X2), possession of false ID (X2), false statement of age (X2), furnishing alcohol to a minor and false informing.
Those arrested will appear in Vanderburgh Misdemeanor Count on later dates. As the enforcement division of the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, the primary mission of the Indiana State Excise Police is to promote public safety by enforcing Indiana’s Alcoholic Beverage Code. While excise officers have the authority to enforce any state law, they focus primarily on alcohol, tobacco and related laws.
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