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Happy Monday. Here’s what going on around town today.

• It looks like the poisonous dog food that has been sweeping the country has hit the Evansville area. Claudia McGinn lost her 2½-year-old cat, Casey, after feeding her one of the tainted meals a few weeks ago. Animal owners around the country are reporting kidney failure in their pets, which is caused by rat poison that got into the food during the manufacturing process. If you have dogs or cats, make sure you are checking to ensure you aren’t feeding them any of this bad food by checking the list of recalled foods.
• The Easter Seals Telethon was a success once again this year raising over $880,000 for the disability center. Easter Seals works with children with physical and mental disabilities as well as offering rehabilitation and job training for adults.
• Got a pet pothole in town? The Vanderburgh County Commissioners will be meeting Tuesday to discuss the high priority roads that need to be fixed this year. Unfortunately, the number of roads in need of attention far outweighs the budget allocated for repairs ($1.3 million). There’s still hope though as commissioners may ask the County Council to appropriate more cash to the road rehab project. Maybe Commissioner Troy Tornatta will blog about the meeting and it’s results.
• It’s not exactly Macworld, but we are getting a military vehicle convention in 2009. The convention chose Evansville from it’s list of possible venues thanks to the LST 325 warship. The convention will be located out at the 4-H Fairgrounds mainly, but will have events scheduled on the LST. Louisville’s Spirit Of Jefferson will also make the trip over for a dinner cruise.

photo courtesy of carpeaqua