1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,633 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 2 00:00:01,633 --> 00:00:53,966 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: 3 00:00:53,966 --> 00:00:55,700 >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA 4 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:59,433 NEWSDESK," THE INDIANA GENERAL 5 00:00:59,433 --> 00:01:01,466 ASSEMBLY BEGINS ITS 2025 6 00:01:01,466 --> 00:01:02,633 SESSION NEXT WEEK, BUT IT WILL 7 00:01:02,633 --> 00:01:03,966 BE THE FIRST IN NEARLY A 8 00:01:03,966 --> 00:01:09,333 DECADE WITHOUT ERIC HOLCOMB IN 9 00:01:09,333 --> 00:01:10,433 THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. 10 00:01:10,433 --> 00:01:11,800 >> I DON'T REGRET ANY 11 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:12,966 DECISIONS WE MADE. 12 00:01:12,966 --> 00:01:14,100 WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE 13 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:15,100 RIGHT DECISION EVERY SINGLE 14 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:15,700 DAY. 15 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,266 >> MIKE BRAUN WILL BE SWORN IN 16 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:18,966 AS THE STATE'S NEXT GOVERNOR 17 00:01:18,966 --> 00:01:20,766 ON JANUARY 13th. 18 00:01:20,766 --> 00:01:23,800 >> THE ROAD IS TO PAD THE 19 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,366 POCKETS OF WEALTHY TRUCKING 20 00:01:25,366 --> 00:01:26,300 COMPANIES THAT HAVE POLITICAL 21 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:27,233 POWER. 22 00:01:27,233 --> 00:01:28,466 >> TIER TWO STUDY FOR THE 23 00:01:28,466 --> 00:01:30,700 MID-STATES CORRIDOR HIGHWAY 24 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:32,600 PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY BUT 25 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,000 SOME RESIDENTS SAY THE PROJECT 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,500 IS NOT NECESSARY. 27 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:38,133 >>> AND LAST MONTH, A SMALL 28 00:01:38,133 --> 00:01:40,300 TOWN IN VIGO COUNTY BECAME THE 29 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,833 LATEST RURAL COMMUNITY TO DENY 30 00:01:41,833 --> 00:01:45,366 A PERMIT FOR A NEW DOLLAR 31 00:01:45,366 --> 00:01:46,100 GENERAL. 32 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:47,033 THOSE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT 33 00:01:47,033 --> 00:01:51,500 NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK"! 34 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:59,866 ♪ 35 00:01:59,866 --> 00:02:00,866 >>> HAPPY NEW YEAR! 36 00:02:00,866 --> 00:02:01,966 WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 37 00:02:01,966 --> 00:02:04,133 I'M JOE HREN. 38 00:02:04,133 --> 00:02:06,700 THE INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 39 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:08,933 WILL CONVENE ITS 2025 SESSION 40 00:02:08,933 --> 00:02:10,200 WEDNESDAY AND WHILE CRAFTING A 41 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,933 NEW TWO-YEAR BUDGET TO FINANCE 42 00:02:11,933 --> 00:02:13,366 THE STATE WILL BE A MAJOR 43 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:15,233 PRIORITY, LEGISLATORS ALSO 44 00:02:15,233 --> 00:02:16,833 HOPE TO TACKLE ISSUES THAT 45 00:02:16,833 --> 00:02:18,466 AFFECT LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 46 00:02:18,466 --> 00:02:20,500 REPUBLICANS ARE SIGNALING TO 47 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,500 LOCAL LEADERS TO GET ON BOARD 48 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:24,700 WITH ISSUES LIKE RENEWABLE 49 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:26,200 ENERGY, WHICH SOME COMMUNITIES 50 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,833 HAVE BEEN RESISTANT TO IN THE 51 00:02:27,833 --> 00:02:30,066 PAST. 52 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:31,200 >> PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO 53 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,500 ADVOCATE TO PUT SOME OF THESE 54 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,033 RESOURCES INTO OUR STATE 55 00:02:34,033 --> 00:02:35,166 PROBABLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO 56 00:02:35,166 --> 00:02:36,733 BUILD AND WORK ON 57 00:02:36,733 --> 00:02:37,966 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE LOCAL 58 00:02:37,966 --> 00:02:39,366 GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S 59 00:02:39,366 --> 00:02:41,533 WORTH WHILE FOR EVERYBODY. 60 00:02:41,533 --> 00:02:43,100 >> HOUSE SPEAKER TODD HUSTON 61 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:45,066 SAYS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE 62 00:02:45,066 --> 00:02:46,533 IMPORTANT PARTNERS BUT THAT 63 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:47,700 ANY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE 64 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:49,833 STATE AND LOCALS NEEDS TO WORK 65 00:02:49,833 --> 00:02:53,000 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. 66 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,133 >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR 67 00:02:54,133 --> 00:02:55,800 COMMUNITY TO FACILITATE 68 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,733 WHETHER IT BE ENERGY, WHETHER 69 00:02:57,733 --> 00:03:00,366 IT BE HOUSING OR ANY AREA TO 70 00:03:00,366 --> 00:03:02,266 DEVELOP GROWTH. 71 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:03,633 >> THE GOP CONTINUES TO HAVE A 72 00:03:03,633 --> 00:03:06,933 MAJOR SUPER MAJORITY IN BOTH 73 00:03:06,933 --> 00:03:08,466 THE HOUSE AND SENATE CHAMBERS. 74 00:03:08,466 --> 00:03:11,166 FOR FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS, 75 00:03:11,166 --> 00:03:12,833 SHE WILL BE SENDING 76 00:03:12,833 --> 00:03:14,000 LEGISLATION TO A NEW 77 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,133 GOVERNOR'S DESK. 78 00:03:15,133 --> 00:03:16,133 MIKE BRAUN WILL BE SWORN IN 79 00:03:16,133 --> 00:03:17,866 JANUARY 13th, SUCCEEDING THE 80 00:03:17,866 --> 00:03:19,900 TERM-LIMITED ERIC HOLCOMB. 81 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:21,600 HOLCOMB MEANWHILE SAYS HE 82 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,733 HOPES HE WILL BE BEST 83 00:03:22,733 --> 00:03:23,833 REMEMBERED FOR HIS STEADY 84 00:03:23,833 --> 00:03:25,166 APPROACH TO LEADING INDIANA AS 85 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:26,900 HIS EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE 86 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:29,566 COMES TO A CLOSE. 87 00:03:29,566 --> 00:03:31,000 >> HOLCOMB SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS 88 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,100 THAT NOT EVERYONE VIEWS HIS 89 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:33,466 TIME LEADING THE STATE 90 00:03:33,466 --> 00:03:35,333 FAVORABLY BUT HE SAYS HE HOPES 91 00:03:35,333 --> 00:03:36,533 PEOPLE WILL THINK OF HIS CALM 92 00:03:36,533 --> 00:03:37,966 DEMEANOR. 93 00:03:37,966 --> 00:03:39,800 >> NOT TOO FAR UP, NOT TOO FAR 94 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,300 DOWN, FOCUSED ON THE JOB THAT 95 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:43,466 WE HAD, NOT MAYBE THE NEXT 96 00:03:43,466 --> 00:03:44,033 JOB. 97 00:03:44,033 --> 00:03:45,966 >> HOLCOMB TOUTED THE ECONOMIC 98 00:03:45,966 --> 00:03:47,400 GROWTH DURING HIS EIGHT YEARS 99 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:48,533 BUT AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 100 00:03:48,533 --> 00:03:49,633 STRATEGY HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT 101 00:03:49,633 --> 00:03:51,433 OF MUCH CRITICISM. 102 00:03:51,433 --> 00:03:53,300 HIS CRITICS PARTICULARLY NOTE 103 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:54,533 WHAT THEY VIEW AS THE STATE'S 104 00:03:54,533 --> 00:03:56,133 FOCUS ON LURING LARGE 105 00:03:56,133 --> 00:03:57,566 OUT-OF-STATE COMPANIES TO 106 00:03:57,566 --> 00:03:59,066 INDIANA, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING 107 00:03:59,066 --> 00:04:00,366 ON EXISTING IN-STATE 108 00:04:00,366 --> 00:04:01,366 BUSINESSES. 109 00:04:01,366 --> 00:04:02,733 HOLCOMB SAYS THERE'S NO TRUTH 110 00:04:02,733 --> 00:04:03,666 TO THAT CRITICISM. 111 00:04:03,666 --> 00:04:05,700 >> IF YOU REALLY DIG IN AND 112 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:06,833 LOOK AT THE FACTS, WHAT 113 00:04:06,833 --> 00:04:10,133 SOMEONE WOULD LEARN IS MOST OF 114 00:04:10,133 --> 00:04:11,933 THE BUSINESS THAT GOES ON IS 115 00:04:11,933 --> 00:04:14,566 SMALL, MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS 116 00:04:14,566 --> 00:04:16,200 EVERY SINGLE WEEK WE ARE DOING 117 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,066 THESE DEALS. 118 00:04:17,066 --> 00:04:18,166 >> HOLCOMB SAYS THE BIGGEST 119 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:21,100 REGRETS IN OFFICE REGARD 120 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:23,533 SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT HOOSIERS 121 00:04:23,533 --> 00:04:25,866 AND HE TRIED TO PASS WORKPLACE 122 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,166 PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT 123 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:27,533 PEOPLE. 124 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:28,900 WHILE HE INSTALLED THEM FOR 125 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:30,966 STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, HE 126 00:04:30,966 --> 00:04:32,066 COULDN'T GET ENOUGH REPUBLICAN 127 00:04:32,066 --> 00:04:33,766 LAWMAKERS TO GO ALONG. 128 00:04:33,766 --> 00:04:34,966 >> I WISH THERE WAS A WAY I 129 00:04:34,966 --> 00:04:36,433 COULD HAVE BEEN MORE 130 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:37,866 PERSUASIVE ON THAT FRONT. 131 00:04:37,866 --> 00:04:39,166 I WISH THERE WAS MORE THAT WE 132 00:04:39,166 --> 00:04:40,766 COULD DO TO BREAKTHROUGH TO 133 00:04:40,766 --> 00:04:41,833 IMPROVE. 134 00:04:41,833 --> 00:04:43,166 >> THERE'S LIKELY NO AREA THAT 135 00:04:43,166 --> 00:04:44,566 HOLCOMB RECEIVED MORE 136 00:04:44,566 --> 00:04:46,133 CRITICISM THAN HIS HANDLING OF 137 00:04:46,133 --> 00:04:48,066 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BUT THE 138 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:49,566 GOVERNOR SAYS HE HAS NO 139 00:04:49,566 --> 00:04:50,800 REGRETS ON THAT FRONT. 140 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,100 >> I WOULDN'T HAVE RETREATED 141 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:53,533 FROM ANYTHING THAT WE DID, AND 142 00:04:53,533 --> 00:04:55,033 I DON'T REGRET ANY DECISION 143 00:04:55,033 --> 00:04:56,133 THAT WE MADE BECAUSE WE WERE 144 00:04:56,133 --> 00:04:57,266 TRYING TO MAKE THE RIGHT 145 00:04:57,266 --> 00:04:59,266 DECISION EVERY SINGLE DAY. 146 00:04:59,266 --> 00:05:00,266 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE 147 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,366 MOTIVATED BY. 148 00:05:01,366 --> 00:05:02,500 >> HOLCOMB SAYS HE BELIEVES 149 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:04,500 THERE'S A SILENT MAJORITY WHO 150 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:06,666 APPRECIATED HIS CALM, STEADY 151 00:05:06,666 --> 00:05:07,766 APPROACH TO HANDLING THE 152 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:08,433 PANDEMIC. 153 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:09,166 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 154 00:05:09,166 --> 00:05:10,966 PAT BEANE. 155 00:05:10,966 --> 00:05:13,000 >>> THE INDIANA D.O.T. IS 156 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,800 PLANNING NEW HIGHWAY IN THE 157 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:15,800 SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE 158 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,766 THAT WILL BYPASS HUNTINGBURG 159 00:05:18,766 --> 00:05:20,200 AND JASPER AND CONNECT TO 160 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:21,200 I.69. 161 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,833 CALLED THE MID-STATES 162 00:05:22,833 --> 00:05:24,166 CORRIDOR, IT'S IN THE SECOND 163 00:05:24,166 --> 00:05:25,666 PHASE OF STUDY WHICH FOCUSED 164 00:05:25,666 --> 00:05:28,766 ON DUBOIS COUNTY. 165 00:05:28,766 --> 00:05:30,466 BENTE BOUTHIER HAS THIS 166 00:05:30,466 --> 00:05:31,033 REPORT. 167 00:05:31,033 --> 00:05:31,766 >> HI, JOE. 168 00:05:31,766 --> 00:05:33,266 THE CORRIDOR IS SET TO CONNECT 169 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:38,133 IN THE NORTH WITH I-69, WITH 170 00:05:38,133 --> 00:05:39,233 THE EXPRESSED PURPOSE OF 171 00:05:39,233 --> 00:05:40,366 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 172 00:05:40,366 --> 00:05:43,266 DESPERATE THE STUDY MOVING 173 00:05:43,266 --> 00:05:44,833 FORWARD, SOME RESIDENTS ARE 174 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:46,133 READY TO PUSH BACK AGAINST NEW 175 00:05:46,133 --> 00:05:47,300 HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR 176 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:48,400 AREA. 177 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:49,966 MARTIN AND DUBOIS COUNTY 178 00:05:49,966 --> 00:05:51,633 RESIDENTS GATHERED AT THE 179 00:05:51,633 --> 00:05:54,100 KLUBHAUS IN JASPER ON 180 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:55,566 DECEMBER 5th, LARGELY IN 181 00:05:55,566 --> 00:05:56,666 OPPOSITION TO THE MID-STATES 182 00:05:56,666 --> 00:05:57,866 CORRIDOR SECOND ROUND OF 183 00:05:57,866 --> 00:05:59,466 STUDY, WHICH STARTED DURING 184 00:05:59,466 --> 00:06:00,600 THE SUMMER. 185 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,666 JACOB McCOY A LANDOWNER IN 186 00:06:02,666 --> 00:06:04,333 MARTIN COUNTY LED THE MEETING. 187 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:06,000 HE WANTS RESIDENTS IN THE AREA 188 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,066 TO JOIN THE NEWLY FORMED 189 00:06:08,066 --> 00:06:09,866 PROPERTY RIGHTS ALLIANCE, TO 190 00:06:09,866 --> 00:06:11,866 CONVALESCE THEIR EFFORTS 191 00:06:11,866 --> 00:06:13,433 AGAINST THE HIGHWAY'S PLANNED 192 00:06:13,433 --> 00:06:14,100 ROUTE. 193 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:16,133 >> WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEED 194 00:06:16,133 --> 00:06:17,766 TO COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO 195 00:06:17,766 --> 00:06:20,066 TAKE CONTROL OF THIS ISSUE. 196 00:06:20,066 --> 00:06:21,366 THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO 197 00:06:21,366 --> 00:06:22,100 BE UNIFIED. 198 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:23,966 >> THE ORGANIZATION IS AN 199 00:06:23,966 --> 00:06:26,566 OFFSHOOT OF A GROUP STORMED 200 00:06:26,566 --> 00:06:28,433 SEVERAL YEARS AGO, STOPPED THE 201 00:06:28,433 --> 00:06:30,333 MID-STATES CORRIDOR. 202 00:06:30,333 --> 00:06:32,266 >> TO GET ACTUAL LEGAL 203 00:06:32,266 --> 00:06:33,466 QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 204 00:06:33,466 --> 00:06:35,433 AND THE ISSUE WAS IN THE TIER 205 00:06:35,433 --> 00:06:37,166 ONE STUDY, THEY WERE NOT 206 00:06:37,166 --> 00:06:38,100 COMING ON OUR PROPERTY. 207 00:06:38,100 --> 00:06:39,866 NOW ON THE TIER TWO, THEY ARE 208 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:41,366 SHOWING UP ON OUR PROPERTY. 209 00:06:41,366 --> 00:06:43,033 >> BEFORE THURSDAY'S MEETING, 210 00:06:43,033 --> 00:06:44,333 PROPERTY RIGHTS ALLIANCE HAD 211 00:06:44,333 --> 00:06:45,900 MORE THAN 20 MEMBERS, READY TO 212 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:48,200 PUSH BACK ON LAND SURVEYORS 213 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,766 FOR THE PROJECT GOING ON 214 00:06:49,766 --> 00:06:51,866 PRIVATE PROPERTY. 215 00:06:51,866 --> 00:06:53,166 THEY REPORTED NEARLY 200 216 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:54,033 MEMBERS. 217 00:06:54,033 --> 00:06:56,066 >>> McCOY FOUND AN ATTORNEY, 218 00:06:56,066 --> 00:06:58,366 RUSSELL SIPES TO REPRESENT 219 00:06:58,366 --> 00:06:59,166 RESIDENTS. 220 00:06:59,166 --> 00:07:01,666 HE SAYS THE GROUPS NEEDS FUNDS 221 00:07:01,666 --> 00:07:04,400 TO SUPPORT A DEFENSE TO DEMAND 222 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,166 THAT THE STATE FOLLOW DUE 223 00:07:06,166 --> 00:07:06,866 PROCESS. 224 00:07:06,866 --> 00:07:08,733 >> THEY WANT TO CITE INDIANA 225 00:07:08,733 --> 00:07:09,666 CODE THAT SAYS THEY HAVE THE 226 00:07:09,666 --> 00:07:11,033 RIGHT TO COME ON OUR PROPERTY, 227 00:07:11,033 --> 00:07:13,400 BUT IF YOU READ DEEPER INTO 228 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,533 THAT CODE, YOU SEE, WELL, 229 00:07:14,533 --> 00:07:16,200 THERE'S CERTAIN PARAMETERS 230 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,500 THAT YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO. 231 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:18,700 >> THE TIER ONE STUDY OF THE 232 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:20,633 MID-STATES CORRIDOR DETERMINED 233 00:07:20,633 --> 00:07:21,566 IT WOULD FOLLOW AN 234 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:23,233 APPROXIMATELY 50-MILE ROUTE 235 00:07:23,233 --> 00:07:25,733 NORTH ALONG 231 FROM SPENCER 236 00:07:25,733 --> 00:07:28,400 COUNTY TO I-69 IN GREENE 237 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:28,966 COUNTY. 238 00:07:28,966 --> 00:07:30,066 >> THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT 239 00:07:30,066 --> 00:07:32,666 ARE TO BUILD SOME OF THE 240 00:07:32,666 --> 00:07:34,866 CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS TO 241 00:07:34,866 --> 00:07:36,700 MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION 242 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:38,200 WITHOUT A CORRIDOR, THOSE 243 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,700 GOALS WON'T BE MET. 244 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:41,633 BUT ALSO, THE PROJECT PROVIDES 245 00:07:41,633 --> 00:07:43,000 AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELIEVE SOME 246 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,166 OF THAT CONGESTION THAT YOU 247 00:07:45,166 --> 00:07:47,166 SEE ON 231. 248 00:07:47,166 --> 00:07:48,666 >> THE TIER TWO STUDY LAUNCHED 249 00:07:48,666 --> 00:07:50,300 IN JULY CUTS THE MID-STATES 250 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:52,333 CORRIDOR INTO FOUR CHUNKS. 251 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:54,200 FOR MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS. 252 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,200 THE AREA BEING EXAMINED NOW IS 253 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:00,666 THE 2,000-FOOT WIDE PASS THAT 254 00:08:00,666 --> 00:08:02,900 GOES AROUND HUNTINGBURG AND 255 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:04,533 EXTENDS TO HAYESVILLE IN 256 00:08:04,533 --> 00:08:05,600 DUBOIS COUNTY. 257 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,900 INDOT SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR 258 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:09,133 MORE THAN $15 MILLION TO 259 00:08:09,133 --> 00:08:10,766 CONDUCT THE STUDY IN DUBOIS 260 00:08:10,766 --> 00:08:11,700 COUNTY. 261 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:13,200 A PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD IN 262 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,366 SEPTEMBER TO SHARE PROGRESS 263 00:08:15,366 --> 00:08:17,066 AND FINDINGS, LOCHMUELLER 264 00:08:17,066 --> 00:08:18,433 CREATED A COMMUNITY ADVISE 265 00:08:18,433 --> 00:08:20,100 OVERRY BOARD COMPRISED OF 266 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:20,866 BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY 267 00:08:20,866 --> 00:08:21,600 LEADERS. 268 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:22,966 >> WE ALSO HAVE FIELD WORKERS 269 00:08:22,966 --> 00:08:24,233 WHO ARE OUT SURVEYING 270 00:08:24,233 --> 00:08:27,300 PROPERTIES, KNOWING WHAT THE 271 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:29,800 CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IS, 272 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,533 LOOKING AT PLANT AND WILD LIFE 273 00:08:32,533 --> 00:08:34,600 SPECIES, LOOKING AT PROPERTY 274 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,133 USES, HISTORIC PROPERTIES, ALL 275 00:08:37,133 --> 00:08:39,066 OF THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE 276 00:08:39,066 --> 00:08:40,433 OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. 277 00:08:40,433 --> 00:08:41,800 >> THE LOCHMUELLER GROUP IS 278 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,066 EVALUATING TWO OPTIONS TO 279 00:08:44,066 --> 00:08:46,166 SKIRT JASPER AND HUNTINGBURG, 280 00:08:46,166 --> 00:08:47,666 A TWO-LANE ROAD WITH A PASSING 281 00:08:47,666 --> 00:08:49,366 LANE CALLED A SUPER TWO OR AN 282 00:08:49,366 --> 00:08:51,100 EXPRESSWAY, A HIGHWAY WITH TWO 283 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:52,333 LANES OF TRAFFIC IN EACH 284 00:08:52,333 --> 00:08:53,166 DIRECTION. 285 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,800 MINTON WITH LOCHMUELLER IS 286 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:55,900 AWARE OF OPPOSITION TO THE 287 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:58,233 PLAN, BUT SHE SAYS PEOPLE 288 00:08:58,233 --> 00:08:59,066 SHOULD PARTICIPATE SO THE 289 00:08:59,066 --> 00:09:01,066 ROUTE CAN REFLECT LOCAL NEEDS. 290 00:09:01,066 --> 00:09:02,600 >> TALKING ABOUT WHERE A 291 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,033 FACILITY MIGHT IMPACT THEIR 292 00:09:04,033 --> 00:09:05,266 PROPERTY AND HOW THEY USE 293 00:09:05,266 --> 00:09:09,166 THEIR PROPERTY, THOSE SORTS OF 294 00:09:09,166 --> 00:09:10,833 CONVERSATIONS WILL BE REALLY 295 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:13,700 HELPFUL TO US IN MAKING 296 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:14,566 DECISIONS. 297 00:09:14,566 --> 00:09:16,833 >> DUBOIS COUNTY IS ONE OF 12 298 00:09:16,833 --> 00:09:18,133 COUNTIES TO BE AFFECTED BY THE 299 00:09:18,133 --> 00:09:20,366 MID-STATES CORRIDOR. 300 00:09:20,366 --> 00:09:21,633 >> DUBOIS COUNTY IS THE MOST 301 00:09:21,633 --> 00:09:23,933 POPULOUS COUNTY IN INDIANA 302 00:09:23,933 --> 00:09:26,166 WITHOUT AN INTERSTATE ACCESS 303 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,266 DIRECTLY THROUGH THE COUNTY. 304 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:29,533 >> BETWEEN 2013 TO 2019, 305 00:09:29,533 --> 00:09:31,766 EMPLOYMENT GREW 7% IN THE 306 00:09:31,766 --> 00:09:33,133 COUNTY. 307 00:09:33,133 --> 00:09:34,866 ACCORDING TO THE DUBOIS COUNTY 308 00:09:34,866 --> 00:09:36,400 ECONOMIC RESILIENCE STUDY, 309 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,400 MANUFACTURING MADE UP MORE 310 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,800 THAN 38% OF EMPLOYMENT. 311 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,500 THE AREA IS ONE OF THE TOP 312 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:42,666 TURKEY PRODUCERS IN THE 313 00:09:42,666 --> 00:09:44,200 COUNTRY. 314 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,600 PIPENGER SAYS BUSINESS FARMING 315 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:47,600 AND MANUFACTURING IN DUBOIS 316 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,766 COUNTY GIVES IT A COMPETITIVE 317 00:09:51,766 --> 00:09:52,766 ADVANTAGE. 318 00:09:52,766 --> 00:09:54,066 LOGISTICS. 319 00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:54,433 KEEP IT. 320 00:09:54,433 --> 00:09:56,000 >> THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 321 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,366 BUSINESSES THAT MOVE GOODS AND 322 00:09:57,366 --> 00:09:58,900 PEOPLE REGULARLY, NOTABLY THE 323 00:09:58,900 --> 00:10:00,966 GOODS THAT GET MOVED THROUGH 324 00:10:00,966 --> 00:10:02,300 OUR COUNTY WITHOUT ACCESS TO 325 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:03,200 AN INTERSTATE. 326 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,166 >> HE SAYS THE COUNTY'S 327 00:10:04,166 --> 00:10:06,033 LARGEST BUSINESSES HAVE PUSHED 328 00:10:06,033 --> 00:10:07,200 FOR A CORRIDOR BECAUSE THEY 329 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,700 ARE INVESTED IN THE COUNTY. 330 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:10,633 >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN FLIP 331 00:10:10,633 --> 00:10:12,633 IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY AND 332 00:10:12,633 --> 00:10:13,566 BUSINESS THAT THEY ARE MORE 333 00:10:13,566 --> 00:10:15,566 IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEY ARE 334 00:10:15,566 --> 00:10:16,800 TRUTHFULLY NOT THAT IMPORTANT, 335 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:17,800 HOWEVER, THEY ARE BIG BUSINESS 336 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:23,000 EMPLOYS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 337 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,100 WHOSE LIVELIHOODS CAN BE 338 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:25,600 AFFECTED BY THIS ROAD OR NOT 339 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,333 HAVING A ROAD. 340 00:10:27,333 --> 00:10:28,933 WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A 341 00:10:28,933 --> 00:10:30,700 LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS WELL. 342 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:32,000 >> THE CORRIDOR WILL AFFECT 343 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,800 LANDOWNERS BUT PIPENGER SAYS 344 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:35,533 IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE 345 00:10:35,533 --> 00:10:37,200 LONG-TERM GOOD OF THE 346 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:38,000 COMMUNITY. 347 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,366 McCOY'S LAND IS IN THE PATH 348 00:10:39,366 --> 00:10:40,833 WHERE THE CORRIDOR COULD BE 349 00:10:40,833 --> 00:10:41,233 BUILT. 350 00:10:41,233 --> 00:10:44,166 HE SAYS A NEW ROUTE IS NOT 351 00:10:44,166 --> 00:10:44,700 NEEDED. 352 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:46,400 HE'S SKEPTICAL OF POTENTIAL 353 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,266 ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND HE SAYS 354 00:10:48,266 --> 00:10:50,066 LOCHMUELLER'S DESIRE FOR 355 00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:51,933 PUBLIC INPUT IS INSINCERE. 356 00:10:51,933 --> 00:10:53,433 >> THE ROAD IS NOT TO INCREASE 357 00:10:53,433 --> 00:10:55,566 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DUBOIS 358 00:10:55,566 --> 00:10:56,800 COUNTY. 359 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,600 THE ROAD IS TO PAD THE POCKETS 360 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,333 OF WEALTHY TRUCKING COMPANIES 361 00:11:01,333 --> 00:11:03,600 THAT HAVE POLITICAL POWER. 362 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,000 >> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH 363 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,766 DREW ITS 2004 AND 2011 STUDIES 364 00:11:07,766 --> 00:11:10,400 FOR THE CORRIDOR IN 2014. 365 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,233 IT STATES DUE TO A 366 00:11:12,233 --> 00:11:13,600 REEVALUATION. 367 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,066 TRAFFIC INFORMATION, THE 368 00:11:15,066 --> 00:11:16,166 PROJECT IS NO LONGER 369 00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:16,733 WARRANTED. 370 00:11:16,733 --> 00:11:20,000 THE ROOM WAS PACKED AT THE 371 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,500 KLUBHAUS BUT SOME HAD CONCERNS 372 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:24,266 OVER FEASIBILITY OF 373 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:25,500 NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LAND 374 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:26,433 SURVEYORS. 375 00:11:26,433 --> 00:11:27,366 PEOPLE MAY WANT TO SEE THE 376 00:11:27,366 --> 00:11:29,600 GROUP GAIN TRACTION FIRST. 377 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:30,566 >> IN THE PRESENTATION, I 378 00:11:30,566 --> 00:11:32,366 TALKED ABOUT THIS IS WHAT YOU 379 00:11:32,366 --> 00:11:33,000 CAN DO. 380 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,200 THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AND 381 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,500 THEN THERE'S WHAT YOU WILL DO. 382 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,066 THAT'S NOT REALLY UP TO ME TO 383 00:11:37,066 --> 00:11:38,200 DECIDE WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AND 384 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:38,933 WHAT YOU WILL DO. 385 00:11:38,933 --> 00:11:39,866 I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND 386 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:41,600 WHAT THEY CAN DO. 387 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:42,600 >> AND HE SAYS PEOPLE CAN 388 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,933 FORCE DUE PROCESS TO SLOW THE 389 00:11:44,933 --> 00:11:45,700 STUDY DOWN. 390 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:47,300 THE LOCHMUELLER GROUP WILL 391 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,000 HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING IN EARLY 392 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000 2025 TO PRESENT NEW PURPOSE 393 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,466 AND NEED FINDINGS. 394 00:11:53,466 --> 00:11:55,600 >> THIS PORTION OF THE TIER 2 395 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,033 STUDY IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 396 00:11:57,033 --> 00:11:58,200 AROUND THREE YEARS. 397 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,766 REPORTING ON 231 FOR "INDIANA 398 00:12:00,766 --> 00:12:05,800 NEWSDESK," I'M BENTE BOUTHIER. 399 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,100 >> AND NOW FOR MORE HEADLINES 400 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:07,933 FROM AROUND THE STATE. 401 00:12:07,933 --> 00:12:09,800 A RECENT TEST CONDUCTED ON 402 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,100 MONROE COUNTY'S WASTEWATER 403 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:14,766 SHOWS THAT FLU, RSV, NOROVIRUS 404 00:12:14,766 --> 00:12:17,066 AND SARS-COV-2 LEVELS ARE ALL 405 00:12:17,066 --> 00:12:17,800 ON THE RISE. 406 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,500 HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY LEVELS 407 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:21,433 FOR NOROVIRUS, ALSO KNOWN AS 408 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:24,900 STOMACH FLU ARE AT AN ALL-TIME 409 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:25,300 HIGH. 410 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:26,800 FLU LEVELS ARE NEAR PEAK AND 411 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,000 ALREADY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. 412 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,233 >> AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT 413 00:12:32,233 --> 00:12:33,700 WASTEWATER TREND LINE, IT'S 414 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:35,000 GOING UP AND PERFECT TIMING IN 415 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,533 TERMS OF WHAT VIRUSES WANT TO 416 00:12:36,533 --> 00:12:37,833 DO AND SPREAD AT THESE TIMES 417 00:12:37,833 --> 00:12:39,200 WHEN WE ARE INDOORS AND WITH 418 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:40,700 EACH OTHER, AND IN CROWDS AND 419 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:42,466 CELEBRATING. 420 00:12:42,466 --> 00:12:44,000 >> McKEAN SAYS IT'S NOT TOO 421 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,233 LATE TO GET A FLU SHOT AND TO 422 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:47,233 ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS 423 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:48,800 THOROUGHLY. 424 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,700 >> A NEW YEAR MEANS A FEW NEW 425 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:53,466 FACES IN MONROE COUNTY 426 00:12:53,466 --> 00:12:53,766 GOVERNMENT. 427 00:12:53,766 --> 00:12:55,700 11 ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM 428 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:57,933 COUNTY CORONER TO COUNTY 429 00:12:57,933 --> 00:13:00,600 COUNCIL WERE SWORN IN DURING A 430 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,766 CEREMONY AT THE COURTHOUSE. 431 00:13:03,766 --> 00:13:04,900 AMONG THE ISSUES ARE THE 432 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:08,566 CONVENTION CENT EXPANSION AND 433 00:13:08,566 --> 00:13:11,233 ANY NEW JAIL. 434 00:13:11,233 --> 00:13:12,366 >> IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A 435 00:13:12,366 --> 00:13:13,300 TAX AND ANOTHER THING TO HAVE 436 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:13,866 A LOCATION. 437 00:13:13,866 --> 00:13:14,933 THEY ARE THINKING INTO THE 438 00:13:14,933 --> 00:13:16,033 WEEDS ABOUT HOW THEY WILL FIND 439 00:13:16,033 --> 00:13:18,066 ALL THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 440 00:13:18,066 --> 00:13:19,366 >> NOW, ONE NAME MISSING FROM 441 00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:21,233 THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY WAS 442 00:13:21,233 --> 00:13:25,833 COUNCILMEMBER AT-LARGE CHERYL 443 00:13:25,833 --> 00:13:27,333 MUNSON WHO PASSED AWAY LAST 444 00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:29,000 WEEK AT THE AGE OF 80. 445 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,333 HER VACANT COUNTY SEAT WILL BE 446 00:13:31,333 --> 00:13:32,633 FILLED ON SUNDAY DURING A 447 00:13:32,633 --> 00:13:33,666 SPECIAL CAUCUS AT THE MONROE 448 00:13:33,666 --> 00:13:35,366 COUNTY COURTHOUSE. 449 00:13:35,366 --> 00:13:37,600 >>> A NEW REPORT FROM THE 450 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,766 INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF 451 00:13:38,766 --> 00:13:41,266 EDUCATION, REPORTS AN INCREASE 452 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:43,100 IN STATEWIDE GRADUATIONS. 453 00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:45,033 LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY 454 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:48,000 STUDENTS ARE STILL STRUGGLING. 455 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,400 >>> SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS 456 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,200 SHOWED IMPROVEMENT WITH ABOUT 457 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,400 84% GRADUATING THIS YEAR. 458 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,066 THAT IS UP FROM 76% IN 2023, 459 00:13:57,066 --> 00:13:58,433 AND STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED FREE 460 00:13:58,433 --> 00:14:00,600 OR REDUCED MEALS ALSO 461 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,033 GRADUATED AT A HIGHER RATE 462 00:14:02,033 --> 00:14:07,233 THAN LAST YEAR, 93%, VERSUS 463 00:14:07,233 --> 00:14:08,033 90%. 464 00:14:08,033 --> 00:14:09,166 THOSE RATES STILL LAG BEHIND 465 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:10,700 THE STATE'S OVERALL AVERAGE, A 466 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:12,333 RECORD 90% OF STUDENTS 467 00:14:12,333 --> 00:14:14,033 GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 468 00:14:14,033 --> 00:14:15,266 2024. 469 00:14:15,266 --> 00:14:16,566 IN MONROE COUNTY STUDENTS 470 00:14:16,566 --> 00:14:17,900 PERFORMED EVEN BETTER THAN THE 471 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:18,866 STATE AVERAGE. 472 00:14:18,866 --> 00:14:22,233 ABOUT 96% OF MCCSC STUDENTS 473 00:14:22,233 --> 00:14:24,233 GRADUATED IN 2024. 474 00:14:24,233 --> 00:14:26,266 THAT'S UP FROM THE 2023 RATE 475 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:29,466 OF 92% IN MONROE COUNTY. 476 00:14:29,466 --> 00:14:30,566 THE GAP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN 477 00:14:30,566 --> 00:14:31,866 MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME 478 00:14:31,866 --> 00:14:33,100 STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE IS 479 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:36,533 APPARENT IN MCCSC TOO. 480 00:14:36,533 --> 00:14:38,166 WHITE, ASIAN AND MULTIRACIAL 481 00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:39,900 STUDENTS HAD HIGHER GRADUATION 482 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:42,266 RATES THAN BLACK AND HISPANIC 483 00:14:42,266 --> 00:14:42,833 STUDENTS. 484 00:14:42,833 --> 00:14:43,833 LOW-INCOME STUDENT GRADUATION 485 00:14:43,833 --> 00:14:45,566 WAS 4% LOWER THAN STUDENTS 486 00:14:45,566 --> 00:14:47,133 WITH HIGHER INCOMES. 487 00:14:47,133 --> 00:14:48,700 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 488 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:51,000 AUBREY WRIGHT. 489 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,200 >>> STATE, LOCAL AND NATIONAL 490 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,500 PARTNERS HAVE TEAMED UP TO 491 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:55,633 PURCHASE NEARLY 4,000 ACRES 492 00:14:55,633 --> 00:14:57,433 FOR A NEW FISH AND WILDLIFE 493 00:14:57,433 --> 00:14:59,500 AREA IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. 494 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:00,833 IN ADDITION TO A PLACE WHERE 495 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:04,833 HOOSIERS CAN HUNT, HIKE AND 496 00:15:04,833 --> 00:15:08,366 WATCH BIRDS, BUSSERON WILL BE 497 00:15:08,366 --> 00:15:09,966 PART OF THE SOUTHERN INDIANA 498 00:15:09,966 --> 00:15:10,966 SENTINEL LANDSCAPE. 499 00:15:10,966 --> 00:15:12,266 IT'S A PROJECT THAT HELPS TO 500 00:15:12,266 --> 00:15:13,966 PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND 501 00:15:13,966 --> 00:15:15,766 MAKES THE AREA MORE RESILIENCE 502 00:15:15,766 --> 00:15:17,733 TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE 503 00:15:17,733 --> 00:15:18,100 CHANGE. 504 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:18,733 >> WITH THE PRESENCE OF 505 00:15:18,733 --> 00:15:20,466 WETLANDS AND THE CREEK AND ALL 506 00:15:20,466 --> 00:15:22,366 OF THAT AROUND HERE, THIS CAN 507 00:15:22,366 --> 00:15:23,633 REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO 508 00:15:23,633 --> 00:15:26,366 BUFFERING, FLOODING INCIDENTS 509 00:15:26,366 --> 00:15:27,766 AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN 510 00:15:27,766 --> 00:15:30,266 SOME PRETTY BAD FLASH FLOODING 511 00:15:30,266 --> 00:15:31,700 INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN 512 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:33,633 INDIANA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL 513 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:34,000 YEARS. 514 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,500 >> THE LAND WAS ONCE PART OF 515 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:37,066 ANOTHER FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA 516 00:15:37,066 --> 00:15:39,166 CALLED MINNEHAHA WHICH CLOSED 517 00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:40,033 IN 2016. 518 00:15:40,033 --> 00:15:42,900 THE DNR HOPES TO OPEN BUSSERON 519 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,166 TO THE PUBLIC IN APRIL. 520 00:15:45,166 --> 00:15:46,333 >>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA 521 00:15:46,333 --> 00:15:51,233 NEWSDESK,." 522 00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:53,100 >> PEOPLE THINK DOLLAR GENERAL 523 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:54,066 SHOULD BE HERE ANSWERING 524 00:15:54,066 --> 00:15:56,533 QUESTIONS AND DOLLAR GENERAL 525 00:15:56,533 --> 00:15:59,700 IS PUTTING DISTANCE BETWEEN 526 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:01,700 THEM AND THE COMMUNITY. 527 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:08,000 >> RESIDENTS RECENTLY DENIED 528 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,633 RIGHT FOR DOLLAR GENERAL TO 529 00:16:09,633 --> 00:16:10,200 BUILD HERE. 530 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,066 I LOOKED INTO THE SITUATION. 531 00:16:12,066 --> 00:16:13,166 >> THESE STORIES AND MORE 532 00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:14,100 COMING UP RIGHT HERE ON 533 00:16:14,100 --> 00:17:14,900 "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 534 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:15,500 >>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA 535 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:17,566 NEWSDESK." 536 00:17:17,566 --> 00:17:19,600 WELL, A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE 537 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,600 TOWN OF PRAIRIETON PROTESTED A 538 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,033 NEW DOLLAR GENERAL BEING BUILT 539 00:17:23,033 --> 00:17:24,300 IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 540 00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:26,033 OUR CLAYTON BAUMGARTH GOES 541 00:17:26,033 --> 00:17:28,400 INTO THE PROBLEMS THAT THE 542 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,066 STORE CHAIN CAN BRING TO RURAL 543 00:17:31,066 --> 00:17:32,933 AREAS AND HOW PRAIRIETON IS 544 00:17:32,933 --> 00:17:35,466 ONE OF SEVERAL TOWNS TO REJECT 545 00:17:35,466 --> 00:17:36,533 THEM. 546 00:17:36,533 --> 00:17:38,266 >> WAS IS BEHIND ME WAS THE 547 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:39,833 PURPORTED SITE OF A DOLLAR 548 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:40,200 GENERAL. 549 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,900 BUT THANKS TO A GRASSROOTS 550 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:43,500 MOVEMENT BY THE LOCAL CHURCH 551 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:48,100 AND RESIDENTS. 552 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:49,900 >> THEY SPOTTED SIGNS INVITING 553 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,766 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND 554 00:17:51,766 --> 00:17:52,766 AND AREA PLANNING COMMISSION 555 00:17:52,766 --> 00:17:53,333 MEETING. 556 00:17:53,333 --> 00:17:55,266 THE GOAL WAS TO REZONE PRIVATE 557 00:17:55,266 --> 00:17:56,933 AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT SITS 558 00:17:56,933 --> 00:18:00,133 DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE METHODIST 559 00:18:00,133 --> 00:18:00,833 CHURCH. 560 00:18:00,833 --> 00:18:02,500 >> SOMEONE SAW IT ON 63, WHERE 561 00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:03,433 THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THE 562 00:18:03,433 --> 00:18:04,933 SITE, AND IT JUST KIND OF BLEW 563 00:18:04,933 --> 00:18:06,433 UP ON FACEBOOK, WHAT IS THIS? 564 00:18:06,433 --> 00:18:07,866 IT'S DOLLAR GENERAL. 565 00:18:07,866 --> 00:18:09,466 >> WITHIN A WEEK, THE KEEP THE 566 00:18:09,466 --> 00:18:13,933 PRAIRIE IN PRAIRIETON GROUP. 567 00:18:13,933 --> 00:18:14,866 THEY DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER 568 00:18:14,866 --> 00:18:16,366 DOLLAR GENERAL STORE IN THEIR 569 00:18:16,366 --> 00:18:16,733 AREA. 570 00:18:16,733 --> 00:18:18,533 >> MOST OF US GO TO DOLLAR 571 00:18:18,533 --> 00:18:20,233 GENERAL ONCE A WEEK OR TWICE A 572 00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:20,600 WEEK. 573 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,333 WE HAVE ONE FOUR MILES UP THE 574 00:18:22,333 --> 00:18:23,833 ROAD AT SPRING HILL AND 63 AND 575 00:18:23,833 --> 00:18:26,066 WE HAVE A DOLLAR GENERAL FOUR 576 00:18:26,066 --> 00:18:28,500 MILES EAST ON U.S. 41. 577 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:30,333 >> THEY HAD OTHER QUALMS TOO, 578 00:18:30,333 --> 00:18:31,466 CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, THE 579 00:18:31,466 --> 00:18:32,600 FACT THAT ALCOHOL WOULD BE 580 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:33,966 SOLD NEXT TO THE CHURCH, AND 581 00:18:33,966 --> 00:18:35,466 WANTING TO USE THE LAND FOR 582 00:18:35,466 --> 00:18:36,566 DIFFERENT PURPOSES. 583 00:18:36,566 --> 00:18:37,666 >> THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE 584 00:18:37,666 --> 00:18:40,366 COULD USE. 585 00:18:40,366 --> 00:18:41,900 THAT LAND COULD BE SUBDIVIDED 586 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:44,300 INTO RESIDENCES. 587 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:45,600 WE WOULD MUCH PREFER TO HAVE 588 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,533 HOMES AND FAMILIES. 589 00:18:47,533 --> 00:18:48,666 WE NEED HOUSES. 590 00:18:48,666 --> 00:18:50,266 >> THE PLAN COMMISSION 591 00:18:50,266 --> 00:18:51,700 RECOMMENDED THE REZONE BUT 592 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:53,733 VIGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WANT 593 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:56,200 TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS AN 594 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,500 OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THE 595 00:18:57,500 --> 00:18:59,933 QUESTIONS SO IN THE BASEMENT 596 00:18:59,933 --> 00:19:02,133 OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, 40 597 00:19:02,133 --> 00:19:03,500 PEOPLE GATHERED TO SPEAK TO 598 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:04,433 THE STORE REPRESENTATIVE, 599 00:19:04,433 --> 00:19:05,366 INSTEAD THE BUILDING 600 00:19:05,366 --> 00:19:06,000 REPRESENTATIVE AND THE 601 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,333 ATTORNEY SPOKE AND WERE UNABLE 602 00:19:07,333 --> 00:19:08,266 TO ANSWER MANY OF THEIR 603 00:19:08,266 --> 00:19:08,800 QUESTIONS. 604 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:09,933 >> I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. 605 00:19:09,933 --> 00:19:11,300 I CAN'T OKAY ONE WAY OR THE 606 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:12,433 OTHER ON THAT RIGHT NOW. 607 00:19:12,433 --> 00:19:13,600 >> I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT 608 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:13,866 QUESTION. 609 00:19:13,866 --> 00:19:18,100 THAT WOULD BE A CORPORATE 610 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:18,533 QUESTION. 611 00:19:18,533 --> 00:19:19,966 I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 612 00:19:19,966 --> 00:19:21,266 >> THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE 613 00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:23,000 VIGO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 614 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,300 DECIDED NOT TO GRANT THE 615 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,133 REZONING REQUEST AFTER KEEP 616 00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:29,766 THE PRAIRIE IN PRAIRIETON 617 00:19:29,766 --> 00:19:32,066 PRESENTED A SCROLL WITH 1900 618 00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:33,466 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED AGAINST THE 619 00:19:33,466 --> 00:19:34,233 REZONING. 620 00:19:34,233 --> 00:19:35,733 >> THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF 621 00:19:35,733 --> 00:19:37,533 THESE FOLKS' ISSUES IS THAT 622 00:19:37,533 --> 00:19:40,066 THERE'S NO DOLLAR GENERAL 623 00:19:40,066 --> 00:19:40,766 CONTACT. 624 00:19:40,766 --> 00:19:45,400 THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT 625 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,200 ISSUE TO THESE PEOPLE AND NOT 626 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,500 HAVING A DOLLAR GENERAL 627 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:50,533 REPRESENTATIVE HERE. 628 00:19:50,533 --> 00:19:54,066 EVENTS LIKE THIS ARE NOT 629 00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:55,300 UNCOMMON. 630 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:57,200 IN MONROE COUNTY IN 2022, 631 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,133 THERE WAS A DENIAL OF A NEW 632 00:19:59,133 --> 00:20:01,133 DOLLAR GENERAL ON SAMPLE ROAD 633 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:02,933 AFTER IT BOUNCED AROUND THE 634 00:20:02,933 --> 00:20:03,900 PLANNING COMMISSION FOR SIX 635 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:04,433 MONTHS. 636 00:20:04,433 --> 00:20:05,666 >> IF WE ARE ADDRESSING A FOOD 637 00:20:05,666 --> 00:20:07,333 DESERT ISSUE, THEN IT SHOULD 638 00:20:07,333 --> 00:20:09,466 BE A FOOD EMPORIUM OF SOME 639 00:20:09,466 --> 00:20:09,833 SORT. 640 00:20:09,833 --> 00:20:11,133 >> RESEARCH FROM UCLA AND 641 00:20:11,133 --> 00:20:11,900 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FOUNT 642 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:13,433 THAT DOLLAR STORES OFTEN HAVE 643 00:20:13,433 --> 00:20:15,033 A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON BRINGING 644 00:20:15,033 --> 00:20:16,033 MORE FOOD TO RURAL 645 00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:16,600 COMMUNITIES. 646 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,966 >> IF YOU HAVE THREE -- THREE 647 00:20:19,966 --> 00:20:24,533 OR MORE DOLLAR STORES WITHIN A 648 00:20:24,533 --> 00:20:26,400 THREE-MILE RADIUS, A LOCALLY 649 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,500 OWNED GROCERY STORE WILL 650 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:28,633 CERTAINLY GO OUT OF BUSINESS. 651 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:29,566 >> THEY NAMED EIGHT OTHER 652 00:20:29,566 --> 00:20:30,700 CITIES AND TOWNS IN INDIANA 653 00:20:30,700 --> 00:20:31,866 THAT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS 654 00:20:31,866 --> 00:20:33,166 HAVE DENIED NEW STORES FROM 655 00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:34,166 BEING BUILT FOR VARIOUS 656 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:34,966 REASONS. 657 00:20:34,966 --> 00:20:36,400 SMITH SAYS THIS SHOWS MORE 658 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,166 AREAS HAVE BEEN EMBOLDENED TO 659 00:20:38,166 --> 00:20:40,133 DENY NEW DOLLAR GENERAL 660 00:20:40,133 --> 00:20:40,766 LOCATIONS. 661 00:20:40,766 --> 00:20:42,833 >> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE 662 00:20:42,833 --> 00:20:43,800 HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH 663 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,133 THEM, MONTH ARE EXPOSURE TO 664 00:20:45,133 --> 00:20:46,433 THEM AND SO THEY HAVE SEEN, 665 00:20:46,433 --> 00:20:48,100 OH, YEAH, THESE THINGS DO 666 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:49,533 GENERATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND 667 00:20:49,533 --> 00:20:50,733 THEY DO ATTRACT CRIME AND THEY 668 00:20:50,733 --> 00:20:52,966 DO PREVENT SOME SAFETY 669 00:20:52,966 --> 00:20:53,766 HAZARDS. 670 00:20:53,766 --> 00:20:54,500 >> SMITH SAYS THAT BECAUSE 671 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,733 DOLLAR GENERAL DOESN'T 672 00:20:55,733 --> 00:20:58,933 ACTUALLY OWN THE BUILDINGS 673 00:20:58,933 --> 00:21:01,066 THEY BUILD, IN LEASING, THEY 674 00:21:01,066 --> 00:21:02,366 ARE PUTTING SPACE BETWEEN 675 00:21:02,366 --> 00:21:03,600 THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITIES 676 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,066 THEY SERVE. 677 00:21:04,066 --> 00:21:04,800 >> THEY ARE COMMITTED TO 678 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,533 SIGNING A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH 679 00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:07,433 THIS DEVELOPER. 680 00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:08,366 THEY REALLY HAVE NO 681 00:21:08,366 --> 00:21:09,533 INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, 682 00:21:09,533 --> 00:21:10,933 AND PEOPLE THINK DOLLAR 683 00:21:10,933 --> 00:21:12,300 GENERAL SHOULD BE HERE 684 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:13,866 ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND DOLLAR 685 00:21:13,866 --> 00:21:14,833 GENERAL IS PUTTING SOME 686 00:21:14,833 --> 00:21:16,033 DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES 687 00:21:16,033 --> 00:21:17,433 AND COMMUNITY BY HAVING THE 688 00:21:17,433 --> 00:21:19,133 DEVELOPER BE THE ONE WHO IS 689 00:21:19,133 --> 00:21:20,100 THE FLASH POINT FOR ALL OF 690 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:20,533 THIS. 691 00:21:20,533 --> 00:21:21,266 >> SHE ALSO SAYS THAT 692 00:21:21,266 --> 00:21:22,633 COMMUNITIES HAVE GOTTEN 693 00:21:22,633 --> 00:21:24,200 CREATED BY CREATING NEW 694 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,500 ORDINANCES THAT PREVENT NEW 695 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:26,933 DOLLAR STORES FROM BEING BUILT 696 00:21:26,933 --> 00:21:27,500 AT ALL. 697 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:28,200 >> THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT 698 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,500 REQUIRE DOLLAR STORES TO 699 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,166 SUBMIT THEIR SHELF PLAN TO THE 700 00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:32,600 CITY PLANNING OFFICE TO SAY WE 701 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,633 WANT TO SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH 702 00:21:34,633 --> 00:21:36,000 LETTUCE AND EXACTLY HOW MANY 703 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,966 CARROTS AND, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY 704 00:21:37,966 --> 00:21:39,433 WHAT YOU ARE OFFERING HERE. 705 00:21:39,433 --> 00:21:41,066 >> NOW, I REACHED OUT TO 706 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:44,066 DOLLAR GENERAL WHY THEY WOULD 707 00:21:44,066 --> 00:21:47,033 OPEN UP A STORE IN CLOSE 708 00:21:47,033 --> 00:21:48,266 PROXIMITY. 709 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:50,133 >> THEY SAYS A NUMBER OF 710 00:21:50,133 --> 00:21:52,000 FACTORS GO INTO CONSIDERATION. 711 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,200 IT'S STILL POSSIBLE A NEW 712 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,833 STORE COULD COME TO THE AREA. 713 00:21:54,833 --> 00:21:56,066 IT MIGHT NOT BE ANY TIME SOON. 714 00:21:56,066 --> 00:21:56,866 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 715 00:21:56,866 --> 00:21:59,466 CLAYTON BAUMGARTH. 716 00:21:59,466 --> 00:22:00,666 >>> COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS 717 00:22:00,666 --> 00:22:03,200 IS DOWN TO FOUR TEAMS AND 718 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,933 WHILE INDIANA BOWS OUT IN THE 719 00:22:04,933 --> 00:22:09,400 FIRST ROUND, COACH CURT 720 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,900 CIGNETTI HAS BEGAN A CULTURAL 721 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:14,600 CHANGE AT THE SCHOOL. 722 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,733 PAT BEANE. 723 00:22:15,733 --> 00:22:16,833 >> THERE WAS A HALF EMPTY 724 00:22:16,833 --> 00:22:18,266 STADIUM AND LOW EXPECTATIONS 725 00:22:18,266 --> 00:22:19,666 BUT AS THE WEEKS WENT BY AND 726 00:22:19,666 --> 00:22:20,766 THE WINS PILED UP, THE 727 00:22:20,766 --> 00:22:21,900 HOOSIERS BECAME THE TALK OF 728 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:23,033 NOT ONLY BLOOMINGTON BUT THE 729 00:22:23,033 --> 00:22:24,566 NATION, THEY SOLD OUT THEIR 730 00:22:24,566 --> 00:22:28,266 FINAL FOUR HOME GAMES AND 731 00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:31,500 FINISHED WITH THE BEST RECORD 732 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,366 IN MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY. 733 00:22:33,366 --> 00:22:36,700 THIS WAS A TESTAMENT TO THE 734 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,633 JOB THAT CURT CIGNETTI. 735 00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:39,966 >> PACKED THE STADIUM AND MADE 736 00:22:39,966 --> 00:22:42,366 A LOT OF PEOPLE PROUD, AND HAD 737 00:22:42,366 --> 00:22:44,066 HISTORIC SEASON, RIGHT? 738 00:22:44,066 --> 00:22:50,066 AND SO SET THE FOUNDATION FOR, 739 00:22:50,066 --> 00:22:52,100 YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WHAT IS TO 740 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:52,633 COME. 741 00:22:52,633 --> 00:22:54,000 >> CIGNETTI BUILT THIS YEAR'S 742 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,633 TEAM PRIMARILY THROUGH THE 743 00:22:55,633 --> 00:22:58,300 TRANSFER PORTAL, BRINGING 13 744 00:22:58,300 --> 00:22:59,666 PLAYERS WITH HIM FROM JAMES 745 00:22:59,666 --> 00:23:02,933 MADISON AND SIGNING KURTIS 746 00:23:02,933 --> 00:23:04,433 ROURKE, WHO WAS ONE OF THE 747 00:23:04,433 --> 00:23:06,433 NATION'S BEST IN HIS LONE 748 00:23:06,433 --> 00:23:07,766 SEASON AT I. U. 749 00:23:07,766 --> 00:23:10,933 HE SIGNED FERNANDO MENDOZA AND 750 00:23:10,933 --> 00:23:13,233 APPALACHIAN STATE MIKAIL 751 00:23:13,233 --> 00:23:21,966 KAMARA AND D'ANGELO PONDS ALL 752 00:23:21,966 --> 00:23:23,666 CAME LAST YEAR FROM J.M.U. 753 00:23:23,666 --> 00:23:25,166 THEY ALSO ADDED A PAIR OF 754 00:23:25,166 --> 00:23:27,266 LINEMEN AND BROUGHT BACK 755 00:23:27,266 --> 00:23:29,800 SAFETY LO MOORE FROM OLE MISS. 756 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,000 >> IT'S ABOUT RECRUITING AND 757 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:31,933 DEVELOPMENT AND NOT ABOUT 758 00:23:31,933 --> 00:23:33,400 RETENTION, RIGHT? 759 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,900 SO EVERY YEAR YOU GOTTA START 760 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:36,133 OVER NOW IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. 761 00:23:36,133 --> 00:23:37,900 IT'S NOT QUITE THE NFL BUT 762 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,566 IT'S GETTING CLOSE. 763 00:23:40,566 --> 00:23:43,233 SO YOU CAN CHANGE A LOT OF 764 00:23:43,233 --> 00:23:44,266 THINGS IN A YEAR. 765 00:23:44,266 --> 00:23:45,366 >> WHILE THE ROSTER MAY CHANGE 766 00:23:45,366 --> 00:23:47,566 YEAR AFTER YEAR, CIGNETTI IS 767 00:23:47,566 --> 00:23:49,100 HOPING THE CULTURE OF WINNING 768 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,300 THAT WAS INSTILLED THIS SEASON 769 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:52,300 CARRIES ON FOR MANY YEARS TO 770 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:52,700 COME. 771 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,866 AND IT COMES ONE WHERE MAKING 772 00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:56,233 THE PLAYOFFS IS NOT THE GOAL 773 00:23:56,233 --> 00:23:57,666 BUT COMPETING FOR A NATIONAL 774 00:23:57,666 --> 00:23:58,466 TITLE IS. 775 00:23:58,466 --> 00:23:59,400 >> THERE'S GOALS OUT THERE TO 776 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,533 BE ACCOMPLISHED BUT THAT 777 00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:02,633 ONLY -- YOU ONLY HAVE THAT 778 00:24:02,633 --> 00:24:04,033 OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU 779 00:24:04,033 --> 00:24:06,100 CHANGED THE CULTURE, THE 780 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:07,766 PRODUCT, THE RESULT, AND THE 781 00:24:07,766 --> 00:24:09,200 EXPECTATION LEVEL. 782 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,266 >> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 783 00:24:11,266 --> 00:24:13,966 PAT BEANE. 784 00:24:13,966 --> 00:24:16,233 >> AND WHILE AN OFFICIAL POLAR 785 00:24:16,233 --> 00:24:17,433 PLUNGE WAS ICED OUT ON NEW 786 00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:18,666 YEAR'S DAY, BLOOMINGTON 787 00:24:18,666 --> 00:24:20,466 RESIDENTS STILL TOOK TO LAKE 788 00:24:20,466 --> 00:24:21,800 MONROE TO START OFF THE NEW 789 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:22,000 YEAR. 790 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,166 THE BLOOMINGTON POLAR BEAR 791 00:24:24,166 --> 00:24:25,400 PLUNGE CANCELED THEIR EVENT 792 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,766 WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO A 793 00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:28,300 FAMILY EMERGENCY, BUT WHILE 794 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,866 THAT MEANT NO T-SHIRTS OR HOT 795 00:24:29,866 --> 00:24:31,466 CHOCOLATE, IT DIDN'T STOP A 796 00:24:31,466 --> 00:24:32,600 NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM TAKING 797 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:33,900 THE LEAP INTO THE FRIGID 798 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,200 WATERS AT THE PAINTTOWN STATE 799 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,733 RECREATION AREA. 800 00:24:38,733 --> 00:24:40,300 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN, JUST 801 00:24:40,300 --> 00:24:42,033 BEING ABLE TO START THE NEW 802 00:24:42,033 --> 00:24:43,400 YEAR OFF RIGHT WITH SOME 803 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,766 FRIENDS AND FAMILY, JUST 804 00:24:45,766 --> 00:24:47,566 HAVING FUN AND BEING COLD FOR 805 00:24:47,566 --> 00:24:48,300 THE FIRST DAY. 806 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:50,033 IT'S WORTH IT. 807 00:24:50,033 --> 00:24:52,333 >> ANOTHER POLAR PLUNGE IS SET 808 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:53,700 FOR FEBRUARY 22nd AT THE HEN 809 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,466 CIGNETTI HALL OF CHAMPIONS 810 00:24:55,466 --> 00:24:56,900 HOSTED BY SPECIAL OLYMPICS 811 00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:57,266 INDIANA. 812 00:24:57,266 --> 00:24:59,066 EVERY DOLLAR RAISED WILL GO 813 00:24:59,066 --> 00:25:00,500 TOWARDS SUPPORTING ATHLETES 814 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:01,133 PARTICIPATING IN THE SPECIAL 815 00:25:01,133 --> 00:25:02,866 OLYMPICS. 816 00:25:02,866 --> 00:25:03,800 >>> WELL, THIS WILL BE OUR 817 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,033 LAST SHOW FROM STUDIO 6 FOR A 818 00:25:07,033 --> 00:25:10,066 WHILE THE STUDIO UNDERGOES 819 00:25:10,066 --> 00:25:10,866 RENOVATION. 820 00:25:10,866 --> 00:25:11,933 WE WILL BRING YOU "INDIANA 821 00:25:11,933 --> 00:25:15,100 NEWSDESK" FROM A STUDIO AT THE 822 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:17,400 I.U. NEWS SCHOOL. 823 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,666 THERE'S A WINTER STORM WATCH 824 00:25:19,666 --> 00:25:20,833 THROUGH MUCH OF THE STATEMENT, 825 00:25:20,833 --> 00:25:23,900 BLOOMINGTON IS EXPECTED TO GET 826 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:25,000 6 INCHES OF SNOW. 827 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,866 OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS 828 00:25:26,866 --> 00:25:29,433 WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT 829 00:25:29,433 --> 00:25:31,900 THE WEEK AT WTIUNEWS.ORG. 830 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:51,733 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 831 00:25:51,733 --> 00:25:53,733 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 832 00:25:53,733 --> 00:25:54,233 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: