1 00:00:07,966 --> 00:00:08,733 >>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 2 00:00:08,733 --> 00:00:16,500 POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE 3 00:00:09,466 --> 00:00:38,166 FOLLOWING: 4 00:00:38,166 --> 00:00:41,100 >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA 5 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:42,633 NEWSDESK," THE STATE'S 6 00:00:42,633 --> 00:00:43,533 SUPERINTENDENT VISITED 7 00:00:43,533 --> 00:00:44,566 BLOOMINGTON THIS WEEK TO TALK 8 00:00:44,566 --> 00:00:46,433 ABOUT MAKING SCHOOLS INCLUSIVE 9 00:00:46,433 --> 00:00:48,866 FOR ALL STUDENTS. 10 00:00:48,866 --> 00:00:50,166 >> WELL, I THINK COMMUNITIES ARE 11 00:00:50,166 --> 00:00:51,500 BECOMING, YOU KNOW, MORE FINDFUL 12 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:53,900 OF THE STUDENTS THAT THEY -- 13 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:54,633 MINDFUL OF THE STUDENTS THAT 14 00:00:54,633 --> 00:00:56,466 THEY ISN'T. 15 00:00:56,466 --> 00:00:58,566 AND THEY NEED TO HAVE SCHOOLS 16 00:00:58,566 --> 00:01:02,433 ADDRESS THE SHIRE US WHEN ISSUES WHEN THINGS 17 00:01:02,433 --> 00:01:03,233 ARE BROUGHT UP. 18 00:01:03,233 --> 00:01:04,633 >> AND WHY SHE SPENT MORE TIME 19 00:01:04,633 --> 00:01:06,833 LISTENING THAN SPEAKING. 20 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:09,733 >>> AND IN THE RURAL PART OF 21 00:01:09,733 --> 00:01:12,166 INDIANA, HOOSIERS DON'T HAVE 22 00:01:12,166 --> 00:01:13,033 BROADBAND ACCESS. 23 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:14,533 >> WE FELT IF WE DIDN'T PROVIDE 24 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:18,566 INTERNET NFC THIS SERVICE, THERE WOULD BE 25 00:01:18,566 --> 00:01:20,766 NOBODY TO PROVIDE THEM AND THE 26 00:01:20,766 --> 00:01:22,633 COLLEGE KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS 27 00:01:22,633 --> 00:01:24,366 WOULD NOT COME BACK TO OUR 28 00:01:24,366 --> 00:01:24,833 COMMUNITIES. 29 00:01:24,833 --> 00:01:27,200 >> ASOME BARRIERS THAT ARE 30 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:28,166 CREATING COMMUNITIES FROM 31 00:01:28,166 --> 00:01:29,733 GETTING BROADBAND ACCESS. 32 00:01:29,733 --> 00:01:32,133 >>> AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 33 00:01:32,133 --> 00:01:33,266 SEPTEMBER 11th TERRORIST 34 00:01:33,266 --> 00:01:33,633 ATTACKS. 35 00:01:33,633 --> 00:01:35,900 WE COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY 36 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:37,666 IN OUR HISTORY THROUGH HEADLINES 37 00:01:37,666 --> 00:01:38,000 SEGMENT. 38 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,866 THOSE STORIES AND HEADLINES FROM 39 00:01:39,866 --> 00:01:41,066 ACROSS THE STAY, RIGHT NOW ON 40 00:01:41,066 --> 00:01:46,400 "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 41 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,533 ♪♪ 42 00:01:48,533 --> 00:01:53,533 ♪♪ 43 00:01:53,533 --> 00:01:56,700 >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA 44 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:57,066 NEWSDESK." 45 00:01:57,066 --> 00:01:57,666 I'M JOE HREN. 46 00:01:57,666 --> 00:01:58,433 STATE SUPERINTENDENT GLENDA RITZ 47 00:01:58,433 --> 00:01:59,366 JOINED THE CONVERSATION THIS 48 00:01:59,366 --> 00:02:00,833 WEEK, ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SCHOOLS 49 00:02:00,833 --> 00:02:03,166 SAFER AND MORE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL 50 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:04,033 STUDENTS. 51 00:02:04,033 --> 00:02:05,033 THE BACKDROP FOR HER 52 00:02:05,033 --> 00:02:06,366 ANNOUNCEMENT WAS BLOOMINGTON 53 00:02:06,366 --> 00:02:06,900 HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH. 54 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:08,833 IT'S PART OF MONROE COUNTY 55 00:02:08,833 --> 00:02:09,833 COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, 56 00:02:09,833 --> 00:02:12,133 WHICH RECENTLY UPDATED ITS 57 00:02:12,133 --> 00:02:13,433 ANTIDISCRIMINATION POLICY TO 58 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:15,100 SPECIFICALLY PROHIBIT 59 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:16,433 DISCRIMINATION OR BULLYING BASED 60 00:02:16,433 --> 00:02:18,633 ON A STUDENT'S SEXUAL 61 00:02:18,633 --> 00:02:20,400 ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. 62 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,066 BEFORE IT PROHIBITED 63 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:25,000 DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS ALL 64 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:25,366 STUDENTS. 65 00:02:25,366 --> 00:02:26,100 CLAIRE MCINERNEY FROM THE STATE 66 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:27,500 IMPACT EDUCATION REPORTING TEAM 67 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:28,666 EXPLAINS WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING 68 00:02:28,666 --> 00:02:30,000 MADE INSIDE THE SCHOOLS TO 69 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,500 COMPLY WITH THE NEW POLICY, AND 70 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:36,100 WHAT PROMPTED THE CHANGES NOW. 71 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:36,900 >> SUPERINTENDENT GLENDA RITZ 72 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:38,633 TOOK A SEAT ON THE STAGE AT 73 00:02:38,633 --> 00:02:39,400 BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH 74 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,466 TUESDAY TO ENGAGE IN A 75 00:02:40,466 --> 00:02:41,433 CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO MAKE 76 00:02:41,433 --> 00:02:44,400 SCHOOLS SAFER AND MORE 77 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:51,066 INCLUSIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR LGBT 78 00:02:51,066 --> 00:02:51,433 STUDENTS. 79 00:02:51,433 --> 00:02:52,500 >> IT'S NOT FIXED. 80 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:54,100 >> SHE WAS BILLED AS THE GUEST 81 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:55,400 SPEAKER BUT SHE MOSTLY SAT BACK 82 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,600 AND LISTENED, TAKING NOTES AS 83 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,300 STUDENTS SHARED THEIR 84 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:01,600 EXPERIENCES, GOOD AND BAD, OF 85 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,200 TEACHERS ADDRESSING LGBT 86 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,200 STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. 87 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,433 >> I WAS TALKING TO A TEACHER 88 00:03:08,433 --> 00:03:09,866 ABOUT -- A MALE SCHOOL TEACHER 89 00:03:09,866 --> 00:03:11,833 ABOUT MY IDENTITY AS A BISEXUAL 90 00:03:11,833 --> 00:03:15,200 AND THEY JUST KIND OF, LIKE, 91 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,533 SAID, WELL, PICK UP. 92 00:03:16,533 --> 00:03:18,066 >> THE STUDENT PANELISTS ARE 93 00:03:18,066 --> 00:03:20,000 MEMBERS OF PRISM, A YOUTH GROUP 94 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,566 FOR LGBT STUDENTS RUN BY 95 00:03:21,566 --> 00:03:22,300 BLOOMINGTON PRIDE. 96 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:24,066 THEY ORGANIZED THE DISCUSSION, 97 00:03:24,066 --> 00:03:25,566 AND RITZ SAYS CONVERSATIONS LIKE 98 00:03:25,566 --> 00:03:27,800 THIS ARE SLOWLY REACHING SCHOOLS 99 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,166 STATEWIDE. 100 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:29,600 >> I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS 101 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,133 OUT THERE ALREADY,. 102 00:03:32,133 --> 00:03:34,200 IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE 103 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,166 STATE, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND 104 00:03:35,166 --> 00:03:36,533 IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. 105 00:03:36,533 --> 00:03:38,033 AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE 106 00:03:38,033 --> 00:03:40,666 STUDENTS WHO ARE FEELING 107 00:03:40,666 --> 00:03:41,600 EMPOWERED, SO TO SPEAK TO BRING 108 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,700 UP ISSUES WITH THEIR 109 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:46,500 ADMINISTRATION, AND I'M EXCITED 110 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:47,966 THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT 111 00:03:47,966 --> 00:03:50,266 CONVERSATION STATEWIDE. 112 00:03:50,266 --> 00:03:51,900 >> THIS IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT 113 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:52,966 TAKING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND 114 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:54,500 TURNING THEM INTO ACTIONS, SUCH 115 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,233 AS TRANSITIONING THESE BATHROOMS 116 00:03:56,233 --> 00:03:58,400 AT BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL NORTH 117 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,733 INTO GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS. 118 00:04:00,733 --> 00:04:02,200 THIS IS MOST CURRENT VERSION OF 119 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,266 THE ANTIHARASSMENT POLICY FOR 120 00:04:03,266 --> 00:04:03,966 THE DISTRICT. 121 00:04:03,966 --> 00:04:05,800 A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY ADDED 122 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,133 SPECIFICALLY THAT THE 123 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:08,966 DISCRIMINATION OR BULLYING 124 00:04:08,966 --> 00:04:10,400 AGAINST A STUDENT BASED ON THEIR 125 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:11,900 SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER 126 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:13,333 IDENTITY IT PROHIBITED, BUT THE 127 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:15,400 QUESTION NOW IS: HOW TO TAKE 128 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,833 THIS POLICY AND MAKE SURE IT 129 00:04:16,833 --> 00:04:17,900 TURNS INTO ACTIONS THAT MAKE 130 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:20,433 SCHOOL A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE 131 00:04:20,433 --> 00:04:22,033 PLACE FOR LGBT STUDENTS. 132 00:04:22,033 --> 00:04:24,466 MEET GREG CHAFFIN A SCHOOL 133 00:04:24,466 --> 00:04:25,533 COUNSELOR AT BLOOMINGTON HIGH 134 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:27,066 SCHOOL NORTH AND HE'S WORKING TO 135 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:28,066 IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE CHANGES 136 00:04:28,066 --> 00:04:28,800 SPELLED OUT IN THE DOCUMENT. 137 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,666 HE SAYS THE POLICY HELPS 138 00:04:30,666 --> 00:04:31,900 ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT FOR 139 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:33,400 ELIMINATING NEGATIVE ATTITUDES 140 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,633 TOWARDS LGBT STUDENTS. 141 00:04:34,633 --> 00:04:36,266 >> WE CAN AGGRESS THAT BULLYING, 142 00:04:36,266 --> 00:04:39,733 WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT 143 00:04:39,733 --> 00:04:40,933 DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND WE HAVE 144 00:04:40,933 --> 00:04:42,366 THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE WHOLE 145 00:04:42,366 --> 00:04:44,400 COMMUNITY BEHIND US WHEN THERE'S 146 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:45,400 A POLICY IN PLACE. 147 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,566 >> THEY CREATED A CURRICULUM FOR 148 00:04:48,566 --> 00:04:50,500 TEACHERS WITH DIFFERENT MODULES 149 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:52,266 TO HELP TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THE 150 00:04:52,266 --> 00:04:56,533 ISSUES THAT LGBT STUDENTS DEAL 151 00:04:56,533 --> 00:04:56,833 WITH. 152 00:04:56,833 --> 00:04:59,466 AND WHY USING THE PREFERRED 153 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:00,733 PRONOUN ARE IMPORTANT FOR MAKING 154 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:04,133 THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE AT SCHOOL. 155 00:05:04,133 --> 00:05:05,900 ALL OF PRINCIPALS AND 156 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:06,633 ADMINISTRATORS WILL PARTICIPATE 157 00:05:06,633 --> 00:05:08,066 IN A SESSION LED BY PRISM 158 00:05:08,066 --> 00:05:08,433 STUDENTS. 159 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:10,566 >> SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE 160 00:05:10,566 --> 00:05:13,933 FOREFRONT ON TERMINOLOGY, AND 161 00:05:13,933 --> 00:05:15,266 JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE 162 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:16,766 UNDERSTANDS SOME OF THE TOPICS 163 00:05:16,766 --> 00:05:18,433 THEY DISCUSSED TONIGHT, HOW TO 164 00:05:18,433 --> 00:05:20,800 ADDRESS STUDENTS, WHAT DIFFERENT 165 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,000 TERMS MEAN, AND WHY IT'S 166 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:23,733 APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY THAT 167 00:05:23,733 --> 00:05:26,700 WE USE THEM. 168 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:30,633 >> THIS ISRITZ IS ENCOURAGED BY THE 169 00:05:30,633 --> 00:05:32,066 ACTIVISM OF THESE STUDENTS. 170 00:05:32,066 --> 00:05:33,500 WHILE IT DOESN'T ALLOW HER AND 171 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:34,433 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO 172 00:05:34,433 --> 00:05:36,066 MAKE SWEEPING CHANGES, THEY CAN 173 00:05:36,066 --> 00:05:37,933 HELP LOCAL DISTRICTS IF THEY ARE 174 00:05:37,933 --> 00:05:39,800 HELPING ABOUT CHANGES TO WHAT 175 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:40,766 MCCSC IS DOING. 176 00:05:40,766 --> 00:05:42,400 >> WHAT I DID COME AWAY WITH ARE 177 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,600 WAYS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO 178 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,200 SUPPORT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 179 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,233 WHEN LOCAL SCHOOL CORPORATIONS 180 00:05:47,233 --> 00:05:48,533 ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY 181 00:05:48,533 --> 00:05:50,166 MIGHT NEED TO DO TO HELP ADDRESS 182 00:05:50,166 --> 00:05:50,933 STUDENT ISSUES. 183 00:05:50,933 --> 00:05:53,433 AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS TAKING 184 00:05:53,433 --> 00:05:55,300 NOTES AND SEEING HOW I WILL BE 185 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:59,500 HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE. 186 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:01,100 >> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 187 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:03,133 CLAIRE MCINERNEY. 188 00:06:03,133 --> 00:06:08,266 >> THERE'S NO POLICY FOR SEXUAL 189 00:06:08,266 --> 00:06:10,833 DISCRIMINATION OR GENDER 190 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:12,066 IDENTITY AND SUPERINTENDENT RITZ 191 00:06:12,066 --> 00:06:14,500 SAYS THAT WILL LIKELY STAY AS A 192 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:15,966 LOCAL DECISION. 193 00:06:15,966 --> 00:06:19,100 NOW WE GO OVER TO BARBARA 194 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:19,433 BROSHER. 195 00:06:19,433 --> 00:06:20,133 >> PURDUE AND THE STUDENT 196 00:06:20,133 --> 00:06:22,533 NEWSPAPER HAVE RESOLVED A YEAR 197 00:06:22,533 --> 00:06:24,166 LONG DISPUTE STEMMING FROM A 198 00:06:24,166 --> 00:06:25,133 SHOOTING IN CAMPUS. 199 00:06:25,133 --> 00:06:28,200 IN JANUARY 20614, CODY COUSINS 200 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,466 MURDERED ANDREW BOLDTS, WHAT I 201 00:06:29,466 --> 00:06:30,266 WILL TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS SHORTLY 202 00:06:30,266 --> 00:06:32,666 AFTER THE SHOOTING, A PHOTO 203 00:06:32,666 --> 00:06:34,533 JOURNALIST WAS WITH THE 204 00:06:34,533 --> 00:06:35,700 NEWSPAPER SAID HE WAS PUSHED BY 205 00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:36,900 A POLICE OFFICER, EVEN AFTER HE 206 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:39,433 WENT TO HIS KNEES AS HE HAD BEEN 207 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:39,833 ORDERED IN. 208 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:44,100 HIS COMPLAINT, MICHAEL SEKADI 209 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:45,533 SAID POLICE VERBALLY THREATENED 210 00:06:45,533 --> 00:06:49,466 HIM AND CONFISCATED AND DAMAGED 211 00:06:49,466 --> 00:06:50,766 HIS CAMERA. 212 00:06:50,766 --> 00:06:53,166 THEY AGREED TO DISMISS THE 213 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:55,333 LAWSUIT THAT WOULD FORCE PERDUE 214 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:58,533 TO RELEASE THE SURVEILLANCE 215 00:06:58,533 --> 00:07:00,466 FOOTAGE OF THE CONFRONTATION. 216 00:07:00,466 --> 00:07:02,300 >>> IVY LEAGUE TECH PRESIDENT IS 217 00:07:02,300 --> 00:07:02,666 RETIRING. 218 00:07:02,666 --> 00:07:04,566 HE SAID HE'S READY TO BEGIN THE 219 00:07:04,566 --> 00:07:05,900 NEXT PHASE OF HIS CAREER. 220 00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:07,966 SNYDER HAS RUN THE COLLEGE SINCE 221 00:07:07,966 --> 00:07:10,266 2007, TWO YEARS AFTER IT WAS 222 00:07:10,266 --> 00:07:11,366 RECHARTERED AS A STATEWIDE 223 00:07:11,366 --> 00:07:11,700 NETWORK. 224 00:07:11,700 --> 00:07:12,966 SINCE THEN, IT'S BECOME THE 225 00:07:12,966 --> 00:07:16,066 NATION'S LARGEST SINGLY 226 00:07:16,066 --> 00:07:17,000 STATEWIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 227 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,100 WITH 34 CAMPUSES, GRANTING 228 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:21,066 CERTIFICATES AND ASSOCIATE'S 229 00:07:21,066 --> 00:07:21,500 DEGREES. 230 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:23,466 EARLIER THIS YEAR, OBAMA VISITED 231 00:07:23,466 --> 00:07:25,666 IVY TECH TO PROMOTE FREE 232 00:07:25,666 --> 00:07:26,200 COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 233 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,033 HE CALLED THE SCHOOL ONE OF THE 234 00:07:28,033 --> 00:07:29,333 BEST IN THE COUNTRY. 235 00:07:29,333 --> 00:07:34,500 BUT IVY TECH HAS FACED GROWING 236 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:37,533 SCRUTINY OVER DECLINING 237 00:07:37,533 --> 00:07:39,066 ENROLLMENT AND DECLINING 238 00:07:39,066 --> 00:07:39,933 ENROLLMENT RATES. 239 00:07:39,933 --> 00:07:40,700 HE WILL RETIRE BEFORE HIS 240 00:07:40,700 --> 00:08:20,333 CONTRACT 241 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:21,100 >> WHEN CTB ADMINISTERED THE 242 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:22,700 ISTEP IN 2013, SCHOOL DISTRICTS 243 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:24,433 AROUND THE STATE SUSPENDED 244 00:08:24,433 --> 00:08:26,066 TESTING AFTER TECHNOLOGY ISSUES 245 00:08:26,066 --> 00:08:27,166 PREVENTED STUDENTS FROM MOVING 246 00:08:27,166 --> 00:08:28,766 THROUGH THE EXAM. 247 00:08:28,766 --> 00:08:30,333 THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THEIR 248 00:08:30,333 --> 00:08:31,200 SERVERS COULDN'T HANDLE THE 249 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,400 AMOUNT OF STUDENTS TESTING AT 250 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:33,066 ONE TIME. 251 00:08:33,066 --> 00:08:36,433 BECAUSE OF THOSE ISSUES, CTB THE 252 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:39,166 STATE A $3 MILLION SETTLE ANDEN 253 00:08:39,166 --> 00:08:40,100 IN DID NOT REVIEW THE CONTRACT 254 00:08:40,100 --> 00:08:41,433 WITH THE COMPANY, ALTHOUGH STATE 255 00:08:41,433 --> 00:08:43,500 DID NOT RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH 256 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:44,900 CTB, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 257 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:46,666 WILL STILL WORK WITH THE COMPANY 258 00:08:46,666 --> 00:08:48,133 THROUGH 2016 AFTER CTB ANNOUNCED 259 00:08:48,133 --> 00:08:49,700 LAST MONTH THERE WILL BE A DELAY 260 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:52,200 IN RELEASING SCORES FROM THE 261 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,200 2015 ISTEP TEST AS CTB FINISHES 262 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,166 OUT CONTRACT AND THEY BEGIN THE 263 00:08:56,166 --> 00:08:57,400 WORK WITH THE STATE, THE TWO 264 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,600 COMPANIES ARE CONDUCTING WEEKLY 265 00:08:58,600 --> 00:08:59,433 CONFERENCE CALLS WITH EACH OTHER 266 00:08:59,433 --> 00:09:01,700 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 267 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:03,233 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 268 00:09:03,233 --> 00:09:06,533 ALEXANDER McCALL. 269 00:09:06,533 --> 00:09:08,333 >>> A BREACH OF THE CONTRACT 270 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:09,333 LAWSUIT AGAINST TERRE HAUTE IS 271 00:09:09,333 --> 00:09:13,000 UNDER THE REVIEW OF A FEDERAL 272 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:13,466 JUDGE. 273 00:09:13,466 --> 00:09:14,600 HIGHLAND LEASE GROUP CLAIMS 274 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,633 TERRE HAUTE AGREED TO PAY 240 275 00:09:16,633 --> 00:09:21,833 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF MORE THAN 276 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:22,666 $700,000 FOR SLUDGE DRYING 277 00:09:22,666 --> 00:09:23,033 PURPOSES. 278 00:09:23,033 --> 00:09:25,466 IT WAS TIED TO A DEAL THAT MAYOR 279 00:09:25,466 --> 00:09:29,300 DUKE BENNETT HAS BEEN TRYING TO 280 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:33,000 NEGOTIATE WITH POWERDYNE THAT 281 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,200 WOULD TURN THE WASTEWATER SLUDGE 282 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,966 INTO FUEL THAT THEY COULD SELL. 283 00:09:36,966 --> 00:09:38,566 >> WE STAND ON FIRM GROUND THAT, 284 00:09:38,566 --> 00:09:41,500 YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE 285 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:42,366 THROWN OUT. 286 00:09:42,366 --> 00:09:44,000 IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT WE 287 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,200 HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THIS 288 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,266 BECAUSE THE POWERDYNE PROJECT IS 289 00:09:48,266 --> 00:09:48,833 ON HOLD. 290 00:09:48,833 --> 00:09:50,466 >> THEY NEEDED TO GO TO THE CITY 291 00:09:50,466 --> 00:09:52,100 COUNCIL TO BE VALID BUT THE 292 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:56,266 LAWSUIT CLAIMS STATE IS CLAIMS CITY IS STILL 293 00:09:56,266 --> 00:09:57,566 BREACHING THE CONTRACT. 294 00:09:57,566 --> 00:09:59,400 >>> THE GROUP THAT SUCCESSFULLY 295 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:00,933 LOBBIED AGAINST INDIANA'S 296 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:02,366 PROPOSED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN 297 00:10:02,366 --> 00:10:04,533 AMENDMENT IS GEARING UP FOR A 298 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:05,966 NEW FIGHT NEXT SESSION. 299 00:10:05,966 --> 00:10:07,700 FREEDOM INDIANA IS BEGINNING A 300 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:10,200 PUSH NOW TO FOCUS ITS EFFORTS ON 301 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,633 INCLUDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND 302 00:10:12,633 --> 00:10:13,900 GENDER IDENTITY INTO THE STATE'S 303 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:16,133 CIVIL RIGHTS STATUTE. 304 00:10:16,133 --> 00:10:17,833 >> I THINK HOOSIERS WANT TO BE 305 00:10:17,833 --> 00:10:19,933 FAIR AND EQUAL AND I THINK AS 306 00:10:19,933 --> 00:10:22,866 POLLING SHOWS, WE HAVE THE 307 00:10:22,866 --> 00:10:25,800 TRACTION TO GET THE LAW PASSED. 308 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:26,900 >> PAULSON SAYS FREEDOM INDIANA 309 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:28,966 ISN'T PLANNING AN AD CAMPAIGN. 310 00:10:28,966 --> 00:10:29,733 INSTEAD THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD 311 00:10:29,733 --> 00:10:32,033 TO A GRASS ROOTS EFFORT THAT 312 00:10:32,033 --> 00:10:34,666 GENERATES THOUGHTFUL, PRODUCTIVE 313 00:10:34,666 --> 00:10:35,633 CONVERSATIONS WITH HOOSIERS AND 314 00:10:35,633 --> 00:10:37,133 THEIR LAWMAKERS. 315 00:10:37,133 --> 00:10:38,166 LEADERS THE AMERICAN FAMILY 316 00:10:38,166 --> 00:10:39,466 ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA SAYS 317 00:10:39,466 --> 00:10:45,233 INCLUDING WHAT HE CALLS SEXUAL 318 00:10:45,233 --> 00:10:47,100 BEHAVIOR IS AN ASSAULT ON THE 319 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:48,366 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE PEOPLE 320 00:10:48,366 --> 00:10:49,733 THAT ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST 321 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:52,300 ARE THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THE 322 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:55,066 AGENDA OF FREEDOM INDIANA. 323 00:10:55,066 --> 00:10:57,900 >>> THE HOOSIERS FACE FLORIDA 324 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,500 INTERNATIONAL AND THEY WILL LOOK 325 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:00,333 LIKE A DIFFERENT TEAM. 326 00:11:00,333 --> 00:11:01,966 THEY BARELY EEKED OUT A WIN 327 00:11:01,966 --> 00:11:04,166 AFTER NINE OF THEIR PLAYERS WERE 328 00:11:04,166 --> 00:11:05,800 BENCHED JUST BEFORE KICKOFF. 329 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,533 COACH KEVIN WILSON HASN'T 330 00:11:09,533 --> 00:11:10,700 ELABORATED ON WHY THE PLAYERS 331 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:12,466 WERE SIDELINED ONLY SAYING THEY 332 00:11:12,466 --> 00:11:14,866 DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THEIR TEAM 333 00:11:14,866 --> 00:11:15,366 RESPONSIBILITIES. 334 00:11:15,366 --> 00:11:16,833 >> IF THEY WERE SUSPENDED, THEY 335 00:11:16,833 --> 00:11:19,000 WOULDN'T HAVE DRESSED, THEY 336 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:19,600 WOULDN'T HAVE TRAVELED. 337 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:20,633 THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY IN 338 00:11:20,633 --> 00:11:21,166 THE GAME. 339 00:11:21,166 --> 00:11:22,233 OUR DECISION. 340 00:11:22,233 --> 00:11:23,433 OUR PROGRAM HAS STANDARDS THAT 341 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:24,900 WE LIVE UP TO. 342 00:11:24,900 --> 00:11:26,200 AND WHEN YOU MISS THE GAME, YOU 343 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,033 MISS THE NEXT GAME. 344 00:11:29,033 --> 00:11:32,833 SO IF YOU WERE A RED SHIRT LAST 345 00:11:32,833 --> 00:11:34,033 YEAR AND COULDN'T MAY LAST YEAR, 346 00:11:34,033 --> 00:11:35,333 THAT HAPPENED 18 MONTHS AGO. 347 00:11:35,333 --> 00:11:36,566 WHEN IS YOUR NEXT GAME? 348 00:11:36,566 --> 00:11:37,866 BECAUSE YOU MISS THE NEXT GAME. 349 00:11:37,866 --> 00:11:38,966 SO NOTHING HAS HAPPENED IN THE 350 00:11:38,966 --> 00:11:40,600 LAST WEEK, MONTH, TWO MONTHS. 351 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,633 THERE'S NO ISSUES. 352 00:11:42,633 --> 00:11:43,966 ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S NO ISSUES 353 00:11:43,966 --> 00:11:45,266 WITH THESE GUYS. 354 00:11:45,266 --> 00:11:46,466 THEY ARE KIDS. 355 00:11:46,466 --> 00:11:47,700 THERE ARE ISSUES BECAUSE THEY 356 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:50,633 ARE KIDS, BUT THERE'S PHENOMENAL 357 00:11:50,633 --> 00:11:50,966 BUY-IN. 358 00:11:50,966 --> 00:11:52,700 THEY KNOW THE LAY OF THE LAND. 359 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:53,566 THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT. 360 00:11:53,566 --> 00:11:55,200 THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 361 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:56,400 WE MOVED FORWARD THIS SUMMER AS 362 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:57,300 A FAMILY. 363 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:59,466 IT'S BEST GROUP WE'VE HAD. 364 00:11:59,466 --> 00:12:00,633 AND I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY 365 00:12:00,633 --> 00:12:07,133 ABOUT THAT. 366 00:12:07,133 --> 00:12:08,500 >> TEAGRAVES SCALES WAS GIVEN A 367 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:10,433 TWO-GAME SUSPENSION. 368 00:12:10,433 --> 00:12:12,333 THEY DIDN'T SAY WHY SCALES' 369 00:12:12,333 --> 00:12:13,733 SUSPENSION WAS FOR TWO GAMES. 370 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:16,333 DESPITE THOSE SUSPENSIONS, WE 371 00:12:16,333 --> 00:12:17,433 WERE BOTH AT THE GAME AND THERE 372 00:12:17,433 --> 00:12:18,966 WAS A LOT OF CREAM CRIMSON. 373 00:12:18,966 --> 00:12:20,300 >> IT WAS EXCITING. 374 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:22,666 IT WAS CLOSE. 375 00:12:22,666 --> 00:12:23,433 HOPEFULLY SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER 376 00:12:23,433 --> 00:12:26,100 THE LIGHTS IT WILL BE A LITTLE 377 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:31,533 BIT EELSIER FOR EASIER FOR THE HOOSIERS. 378 00:12:31,533 --> 00:12:31,933 >> YES. 379 00:12:31,933 --> 00:12:32,800 >> IF YOU DON'T LIVE AND WORK IN 380 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,133 A RURAL AREA, IT'S A PROBLEM YOU 381 00:12:34,133 --> 00:12:36,533 MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF. 382 00:12:36,533 --> 00:12:38,633 HIGH-SPEED INTERNET IS EASILY 383 00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:39,700 ACCESSIBLE IN CITIES ABOUT YOU 384 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:40,433 IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY WHEN YOU 385 00:12:40,433 --> 00:12:41,633 GET OUT IN THE COUNTRY. 386 00:12:41,633 --> 00:12:44,233 NEARLY HALF OF INDIANA'S RURAL 387 00:12:44,233 --> 00:12:48,300 COMMUNITIES LACK BROADBAND 388 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:48,633 ACCESS. 389 00:12:48,633 --> 00:12:49,833 THE EFFECT IT'S HAVING ON THEIR 390 00:12:49,833 --> 00:12:51,266 ECONOMIES AND WHY COMING ONE A 391 00:12:51,266 --> 00:12:53,133 SOLUTION IS SO COMPLICATED. 392 00:12:53,133 --> 00:12:54,733 >>> IT'S AND 14 YEARS SINCE THE 393 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:56,800 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS. 394 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,766 HEAD IN OUR HISTORY THROUGH 395 00:12:59,766 --> 00:13:03,100 HEADLINES, THE HOOSIERS WHO WERE 396 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:04,500 CALLED TO HELP ON THAT DAY AND 397 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:06,600 HOW SOME INDIANA COMMUNITIES ARE 398 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,633 COMMEMORATING THE ANNIVERSARY 399 00:13:07,633 --> 00:13:08,000 THIS YEAR. 400 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:13,066 THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT 401 00:13:10,500 --> 00:14:13,433 HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 402 00:14:13,433 --> 00:14:14,200 >>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA 403 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,933 NEWSDESK." 404 00:14:15,933 --> 00:14:17,800 THE INTERNET IS AVAILABLE AT 405 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,500 NEARLY EVERY COFFEE SHOP AND 406 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:20,733 IT'S ACCESSIBLE AT THE TOUCH OF 407 00:14:20,733 --> 00:14:22,466 A BUTTON ON YOUR PHONE, BUT MANY 408 00:14:22,466 --> 00:14:23,900 RURAL COMMUNITIES STILL LACK 409 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:25,666 RELIABLE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET 410 00:14:25,666 --> 00:14:26,066 CONNECTIONS. 411 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:28,566 IN FACT, 44% OF HOOSIERS LIVING 412 00:14:28,566 --> 00:14:31,000 IN RURAL INDIANA DON'T HAVE 413 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,933 ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. 414 00:14:32,933 --> 00:14:34,366 AS GRETCHEN FRAZEE REPORTS, 415 00:14:34,366 --> 00:14:35,466 THAT'S PUTTING THEIR ECONOMIES 416 00:14:35,466 --> 00:14:37,766 AT A DISADVANTAGE. 417 00:14:37,766 --> 00:14:38,733 >> RANDY CLARK AND ONE OF HIS 418 00:14:38,733 --> 00:14:40,133 GOOD FRIENDS GOT INTO THE 419 00:14:40,133 --> 00:14:41,666 INTERNET BUSINESS TEN YEARS AGO. 420 00:14:41,666 --> 00:14:44,400 THEY DIDN'T DO IT TO MAKE MONEY. 421 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,266 >> WE FELT LIKE IF WE DIDN'T 422 00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:48,433 PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICES, THEN 423 00:14:48,433 --> 00:14:49,966 PERHAPS THIS WOULD BE NOBODY 424 00:14:49,966 --> 00:14:52,933 THAT WOULD PROVIDE THEM, AND OUR 425 00:14:52,933 --> 00:14:55,100 COLLEGE KIDS, OUR KIDS AND OUR 426 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:56,833 GRANDKIDS WOULD NOT COME BACK TO 427 00:14:56,833 --> 00:14:58,700 OUR COMMUNITIES IF THEY COULDN'T 428 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:01,033 HAVE THE SAME SERVICES THAT THEY 429 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,800 GOT ACCUSTOMED TO WHEN THEY WERE 430 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,000 AT COLLEGE OR IN THE BIG CITIES. 431 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,066 >> IN RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE 432 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:07,833 LIKE HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND 433 00:15:07,833 --> 00:15:09,900 SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA, GETTING A 434 00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:11,100 HIGH-SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION 435 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:12,066 CAN BE TOUGH! 436 00:15:12,066 --> 00:15:13,366 WHILE THE STATE HAS A GOOD 437 00:15:13,366 --> 00:15:15,100 INTERNET FIBER BACKBONE THAT 438 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:16,666 RUNS ALONG STATE'S MAJOR 439 00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:17,633 HIGHWAYS, HOMES ARE SPREAD OUT 440 00:15:17,633 --> 00:15:19,800 AND THAT MAKES RUNNING INTERNET 441 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,800 CABLES THAT LAST MILE TO 442 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,300 CUSTOMERS' FRONT DOORS COSTLY 443 00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:24,566 WITH LITTLE RETURN ON 444 00:15:24,566 --> 00:15:25,933 INVESTMENTS. 445 00:15:25,933 --> 00:15:27,033 INSTEAD OF RUNNING CABLES 446 00:15:27,033 --> 00:15:29,566 THROUGH THE GROUND, CLARK'S 447 00:15:29,566 --> 00:15:30,600 COMPANY HELIX TECHNOLOGIES HAS 448 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,266 DECIDED TO GO ANOTHER DIRECTION. 449 00:15:32,266 --> 00:15:33,700 UP. 450 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:38,366 >> IF YOU LOOK WAY UP ABOVE, ON 451 00:15:38,366 --> 00:15:40,766 THE RAILING -- ON THE RAILING OF 452 00:15:40,766 --> 00:15:42,500 THIS WATER TOWER, YOU WILL SEE 453 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:42,833 DISHES. 454 00:15:42,833 --> 00:15:46,233 ONE OF THOSE DISHES POINTS TO 455 00:15:46,233 --> 00:15:46,566 ORLEANS. 456 00:15:46,566 --> 00:15:49,966 ANOTHER ONE POINTS TO 457 00:15:49,966 --> 00:15:50,366 CAMELSBURG. 458 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:51,666 >> THE DISHES SHOOT THE INTERNET 459 00:15:51,666 --> 00:15:53,533 VIA RADIO SIGNALS INTO PEOPLE'S 460 00:15:53,533 --> 00:15:55,266 HOMES, AND IT GENERALLY WORKS 461 00:15:55,266 --> 00:15:57,600 WELL, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME 462 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:57,966 DRAWBACKS. 463 00:15:57,966 --> 00:15:59,633 >> WE HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF TREES. 464 00:15:59,633 --> 00:16:02,000 TREES GENERALLY BLOCK RADIO 465 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:02,333 SIGNALS. 466 00:16:02,333 --> 00:16:04,633 ANOTHER ONE IS SPECTRUM. 467 00:16:04,633 --> 00:16:07,866 BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 900 AND THE 468 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:10,300 24 AND THOSE ARE JUST COMMON 469 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:11,700 THINGS, ARE BEING TIED UP BY A 470 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:13,233 LOT OF DIFFERENT DEVICES. 471 00:16:13,233 --> 00:16:15,633 FOR INSTANCE, A LOT OF THE 472 00:16:15,633 --> 00:16:17,900 FARMERS STUFF USE 900 MEGAHERTZ 473 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:21,100 TO CHECK THEIR ACREAGE IN THEIR 474 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:21,666 FIELDS. 475 00:16:21,666 --> 00:16:23,566 >> THERE'S ALSO SPEED. 476 00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:24,700 MOST OF HELIX TECHNOLOGY'S 477 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:26,100 CONNECTIONS PROVIDE DOWNLOAD 478 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:30,266 SPEEDS OF ABOUT 10 MEGA BITS PER 479 00:16:30,266 --> 00:16:30,700 SECOND. 480 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:32,666 TECHNICALLY THAT'S NOT EVEN 481 00:16:32,666 --> 00:16:35,500 CONSIDERED HIGH-SPEED INTERNET 482 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:35,833 ANYMORE. 483 00:16:35,833 --> 00:16:38,433 IT'S BEEN CHANGED TO 25 MEGABITS 484 00:16:38,433 --> 00:16:39,866 EARLIER THIS YEAR, SAYING THE 485 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:43,233 PREVIOUS THRESHOLD OF 4 MEGABITS 486 00:16:43,233 --> 00:16:44,533 PER SECOND WAS NOT KEEPING UP 487 00:16:44,533 --> 00:16:46,500 FOR DEMAND FOR DOWNLOADING VIDEO 488 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:47,600 AND OTHER INTERNET SERVICES. 489 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:48,666 SO WHILE MOST OF INDIANA HAS 490 00:16:48,666 --> 00:16:50,433 SOME TYPE OF INTERNET COVERAGE, 491 00:16:50,433 --> 00:16:52,733 THE AREA COVERED BY HIGH-SPEED 492 00:16:52,733 --> 00:16:54,366 INTERNET IS MUCH LOWER. 493 00:16:54,366 --> 00:16:55,666 THAT'S WHERE REPRESENTATIVE ERIC 494 00:16:55,666 --> 00:16:57,300 COOK HOPES NEW LEGISLATION WILL 495 00:16:57,300 --> 00:16:58,533 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 496 00:16:58,533 --> 00:17:00,233 >> THE BROADBAND READY 497 00:17:00,233 --> 00:17:01,633 CERTIFICATION IS A STRONG 498 00:17:01,633 --> 00:17:03,900 MESSAGE TO THOSE COMPANIES THAT 499 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:05,666 THAT AREA IS READY FOR THEM AND 500 00:17:05,666 --> 00:17:07,533 IT'S WELCOMING TO THE KIND OF 501 00:17:07,533 --> 00:17:08,933 INVESTMENT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO 502 00:17:08,933 --> 00:17:10,800 GET US UP TO SPEED. 503 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:12,733 >> AT A RECENT CEREMONY, 504 00:17:12,733 --> 00:17:14,500 GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE SIGNED THE 505 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,033 BROADBAND READY BILL INTO LAW. 506 00:17:16,033 --> 00:17:17,333 IT AIMS TO STRIP AWAY SOME OF 507 00:17:17,333 --> 00:17:19,000 THE BARRIERS THAT KEEP INTERNET 508 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:19,966 PROVIDERS FROM GETTING INTO A 509 00:17:19,966 --> 00:17:20,333 COMMUNITY. 510 00:17:20,333 --> 00:17:22,100 IF A COMMUNITY CHANGES ITS LOCAL 511 00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:24,000 LAWS TO MEET THAT CRITERIA, IT 512 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,400 CAN RECEIVE A BROADBAND READY 513 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,366 DESIGNATION. 514 00:17:28,366 --> 00:17:29,966 NASHVILLE AND BROWN COUNTY WAS 515 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:32,300 FIRST TOWN TO RECEIVE THAT 516 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:32,700 DESIGNATION. 517 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:34,466 >> WE HAVE 1,000 PEOPLE, BUT 518 00:17:34,466 --> 00:17:35,266 WE'RE A SMALL TOWN. 519 00:17:35,266 --> 00:17:38,066 WE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT WE HAVE 520 00:17:38,066 --> 00:17:39,500 230 SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR 521 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:42,200 TOWN, AND ON A WEEKEND, THAT'S 522 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,966 BUSY, SAY IN THE FALL, OR THE 523 00:17:43,966 --> 00:17:46,766 SPRING, WE CAN GROW TO 10 TO 524 00:17:46,766 --> 00:17:47,766 20,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING 525 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:51,300 TO SEE THE LEAVES OR SHOP. 526 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,000 >> THE 230 BUSINESSES IN TOWN 527 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,533 RELY ON, YOU KNOW, CURRENT 528 00:17:55,533 --> 00:17:55,933 TECHNOLOGY. 529 00:17:55,933 --> 00:17:58,033 PEOPLE TRAVEL AND THEY EXPECT 530 00:17:58,033 --> 00:17:58,566 HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. 531 00:17:58,566 --> 00:17:59,966 IT'S A PART OF LIFE NOW AND IT'S 532 00:17:59,966 --> 00:18:03,700 A LEVEL THAT WE WANT TO, YOU 533 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:05,400 KNOW, STRIVE TO MEET JUST LIKE A 534 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,166 LARGE CITY WOULD. 535 00:18:07,166 --> 00:18:10,633 >> SPEED TO MARKET IS VERY, VERY 536 00:18:10,633 --> 00:18:11,000 IMPORTANT. 537 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,500 AND I'M EXCITED THAT INDIANA IS 538 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:14,133 FIRST STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO 539 00:18:14,133 --> 00:18:16,100 HAVE PUT IN SUCH A PROGRAM. 540 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:17,533 >> AT&T IS ONE OF THE LARGEST 541 00:18:17,533 --> 00:18:19,333 INTERNET PROVIDERS IN INDIANA, 542 00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:21,833 AND ALREADY SERVES NASHVILLE. 543 00:18:21,833 --> 00:18:23,200 >> EVERY COMMUNITY MATTERS TO US 544 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:23,633 GREATLY. 545 00:18:23,633 --> 00:18:24,833 THERE'S NO COMMUNITY TOO SMALL 546 00:18:24,833 --> 00:18:27,333 THAT'S NOT OF INTEREST TO US. 547 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:30,066 AND AS TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO 548 00:18:30,066 --> 00:18:31,166 CHANGE, THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE 549 00:18:31,166 --> 00:18:33,300 CHALLENGE IS TO FIND THE RIGHT 550 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:37,500 TECHNOLOGY AT THE RIGHT COST 551 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:37,800 POINT. 552 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,000 >> SWORE SAYS IT MIGHT BE 553 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,933 CHEAPER AND MORE BENEFICIAL TO 554 00:18:41,933 --> 00:18:43,566 USE WIRELESS INTERNET, LIKE THE 555 00:18:43,566 --> 00:18:45,333 KIND WE USE ON OUR MOBILE 556 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:46,866 DEVICES IN PLACE OF WI-FI. 557 00:18:46,866 --> 00:18:50,366 THAT CUTS DOWN ON THE NEED FOR 558 00:18:50,366 --> 00:18:51,666 HARDWARE AND MAKE IT MORE 559 00:18:51,666 --> 00:18:52,766 ACCESSIBLE TO RURAL AREAS. 560 00:18:52,766 --> 00:18:54,366 CLARK SAYS HE'S NOT SURE WHAT 561 00:18:54,366 --> 00:18:56,133 THE FUTURE HOLDS BUT HE WON'T 562 00:18:56,133 --> 00:18:57,566 STOP WORKING TO GET MORE PEOPLE 563 00:18:57,566 --> 00:18:57,933 CONNECTED. 564 00:18:57,933 --> 00:18:59,200 >> THE MORE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE 565 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,000 THESE SERVICES TO PEOPLE COMING 566 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,033 BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, 9 MORE 567 00:19:05,033 --> 00:19:07,533 LIKELY -- THE MORE LIKELY THEY 568 00:19:07,533 --> 00:19:08,300 ARE TO STAY. 569 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:09,733 IT IMPACTS OUR SCHOOLS. 570 00:19:09,733 --> 00:19:11,566 IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR 571 00:19:11,566 --> 00:19:13,333 WAY OF LIFE. 572 00:19:13,333 --> 00:19:14,533 >> THAT MEANS IN THE COMMUNITY 573 00:19:14,533 --> 00:19:18,266 HAS HIGH-SPEED, RELIABLE 574 00:19:18,266 --> 00:19:21,300 INTERNET, THE ECONOMY COULD 575 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:21,633 THRIVE. 576 00:19:21,633 --> 00:19:23,466 IF IT DOESN'T, IT WILL QUICKLY 577 00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:24,633 BE LEFT BEHIND. 578 00:19:24,633 --> 00:19:26,266 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 579 00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:32,300 GRETCHEN FRAZEE. 580 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:34,466 >> THEY WILL DETERMINE WHAT 581 00:19:34,466 --> 00:19:36,566 OTHER CHANGES MAY BE NEEDED TO 582 00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:37,866 BOOST INTERNET ACROSS THE STAY. 583 00:19:37,866 --> 00:19:39,733 SO FAR THE TREND IS TOWARDS 584 00:19:39,733 --> 00:19:40,166 DEREGULATION. 585 00:19:40,166 --> 00:19:42,333 TO HELP US MAKE SENSE OF ALL OF, 586 00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:44,333 THIS FORMER SENIOR FCC 587 00:19:44,333 --> 00:19:45,633 COUNSELOR, BARBARA CHERRY AND 588 00:19:45,633 --> 00:19:47,266 STATE REPRESENTATIVE MATT PIERCE 589 00:19:47,266 --> 00:19:47,600 JOIN US. 590 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,200 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 591 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:50,500 TODAY. 592 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:50,933 >> THANK. 593 00:19:50,933 --> 00:19:51,800 >> YOU WE HEARD IN THAT STORY 594 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,266 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES 595 00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:55,666 REGULATE BROADBAND, BUT -- 596 00:19:55,666 --> 00:19:56,766 ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE 597 00:19:56,766 --> 00:19:58,366 DEFINITION, BUT WHAT DOES IT DO 598 00:19:58,366 --> 00:20:02,233 WITH YOU, MATT, IN TERMS OF 599 00:20:02,233 --> 00:20:03,433 REGULATING ACCESSIBILITY. 600 00:20:03,433 --> 00:20:05,466 >> WELL, IT JUST ALL COMES DOWN 601 00:20:05,466 --> 00:20:07,333 TO GETTING COMPANIES TO MAKE THE 602 00:20:07,333 --> 00:20:07,733 INVESTMENT. 603 00:20:07,733 --> 00:20:08,833 IN THE COMPANIES WON'T DO, IT 604 00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:09,833 THEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO STEP 605 00:20:09,833 --> 00:20:11,033 IN AND DO SOMETHING AFFIRMATIVE 606 00:20:11,033 --> 00:20:11,800 TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 607 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,100 SO IN INDIANA, IN 2006, WE SAID, 608 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:15,866 WELL, IF WE DEREGULATE 609 00:20:15,866 --> 00:20:16,933 TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN THE STATE, 610 00:20:16,933 --> 00:20:18,366 THAT WILL SPUR ALL OF THIS GREAT 611 00:20:18,366 --> 00:20:19,433 INVESTMENT AND IT JUST HASN'T 612 00:20:19,433 --> 00:20:20,733 HAPPENED FOR OUR RURAL AREAS. 613 00:20:20,733 --> 00:20:22,166 SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. 614 00:20:22,166 --> 00:20:24,333 THE LATEST BILL, THE BROADBAND 615 00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:25,533 READY COMMUNITIES BILL, IT CAN'T 616 00:20:25,533 --> 00:20:27,366 HAPPEN BUT I THINK IT'S A FALSE 617 00:20:27,366 --> 00:20:27,700 PREMISE. 618 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:29,600 PEOPLE ARE NOT INVESTING IN 619 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,333 RURAL COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY 620 00:20:30,333 --> 00:20:32,133 ARE RAISING ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS 621 00:20:32,133 --> 00:20:33,733 ABOUT PERMITS AND RIGHTS OF WAYS 622 00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:34,566 AND THINGS LIKE. 623 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:37,233 THAT MOST MAYORS AND TOWN 624 00:20:37,233 --> 00:20:38,433 COUNCILS, THEY WILL DO 625 00:20:38,433 --> 00:20:38,800 BACKFLIPS. 626 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,833 THEY WILL WON'T HOLD THEM UP ON 627 00:20:40,833 --> 00:20:41,166 PERMITS. 628 00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:42,233 WHILE IT'S NOT HARMFUL, IT 629 00:20:42,233 --> 00:20:43,333 DOESN'T REALLY ADVANCE IT. 630 00:20:43,333 --> 00:20:44,366 THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT A LOT 631 00:20:44,366 --> 00:20:46,266 OF THE CARRIERS ARE BASICALLY 632 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:47,366 SAYING, WELL, YOU WILL HAVE 633 00:20:47,366 --> 00:20:48,900 WIRELESS COVERAGE. 634 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:49,966 EVENTUAL CELL PHONES BUT THE 635 00:20:49,966 --> 00:20:51,700 REALITY IS YOU WILL NEVER GET 636 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:52,700 THE LEVELS OF SPEED THAT YOU 637 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:54,233 WILL NEED FOR THE FUTURE ECONOMY 638 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:56,633 THROUGH THE WIRELESS SYSTEM. 639 00:20:56,633 --> 00:20:58,400 THE SPECTRUM IS LIMITED AND IT'S 640 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:58,933 DIFFICULT TO DO. 641 00:20:58,933 --> 00:21:00,433 WE HAVE TO HAVE A WIRED 642 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:01,300 CONNECTION AS WELL. 643 00:21:01,300 --> 00:21:02,500 >> HOW ABOUT YOU, IN TERMS OF 644 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:03,600 THE MORE NATIONAL? 645 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,200 >> YES, EARLIER THIS YEAR THE 646 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,833 FCC ISSUED A BROADBAND PROGRESS 647 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:08,800 REPORT AND WHAT THEY FOUND IN 648 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,700 THIS REPORT WAS THAT BROADBAND 649 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:12,200 DEPLOYMENT THROUGHOUT THE NATION 650 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,266 STILL IS NOT UP TO WHAT WE NEED 651 00:21:14,266 --> 00:21:17,000 FOR THE HIGHER SPEEDS, FOR 652 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,500 VOICE, DATA, GRAPHICS AND OTHER 653 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:20,866 OFFERINGS. 654 00:21:20,866 --> 00:21:21,933 AND IT'S PARTICULARLY TRUE IN 655 00:21:21,933 --> 00:21:22,766 THE RURAL AREAS. 656 00:21:22,766 --> 00:21:24,433 IT TURNS OUT THAT EVEN AT 657 00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:26,066 VARIOUS LEVELS OF SPEEDS, 658 00:21:26,066 --> 00:21:27,466 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, RURAL 659 00:21:27,466 --> 00:21:29,766 AREAS ARE PARTICULARLY LOW. 660 00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:32,166 SO THE MOST RECENT MEASUREMENT 661 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:34,766 OF -- OR DESIRED THRESHOLD OF 25 662 00:21:34,766 --> 00:21:37,166 MEGA BITS PER SECOND DOWNLOAD 663 00:21:37,166 --> 00:21:40,566 AND 3 MEGABITS PER SECOND 664 00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:42,400 UPLOAD, ONE HALF OF ALL RURAL 665 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,300 AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES DO 666 00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:48,166 NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BROADBAND. 667 00:21:48,166 --> 00:21:49,733 >> AND THEN HERE IN INDIANA, IN 668 00:21:49,733 --> 00:21:52,566 TERMS OF DEREGULATION, HOW DOES 669 00:21:52,566 --> 00:21:54,466 THAT HELP OR IMPACT INDIANA? 670 00:21:54,466 --> 00:21:55,633 >> THE THEORY WAS IF YOU 671 00:21:55,633 --> 00:21:57,833 DEREGULATED THE LOCAL TELEPHONE 672 00:21:57,833 --> 00:21:58,900 COMPANIES, AND ALLOWED THEM TO 673 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:01,233 COME IN AND DO VIDEO AT THAT 674 00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:03,200 LOCAL FRANCHISE, THAT WOULD SPUR 675 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,733 A LOT OF INVESTMENT. 676 00:22:04,733 --> 00:22:06,066 WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE 677 00:22:06,066 --> 00:22:07,800 INVESTMENT AND WE WOULD LEAD THE 678 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:08,133 COUNTRY. 679 00:22:08,133 --> 00:22:13,033 BUT INSTEAD VERIZON BASICALLY 680 00:22:13,033 --> 00:22:14,466 ABANDONED ALL OF THEIR WIRE 681 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:14,766 LINES. 682 00:22:14,766 --> 00:22:16,000 THEY SOLD IT OFF TO FRONTIER. 683 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,600 THEY ARE FOCUSING ON THE 684 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:19,266 WIRELESS PRODUCT. 685 00:22:19,266 --> 00:22:21,433 THAT'S WHERE THEY SEE THE PROFIT 686 00:22:21,433 --> 00:22:22,766 CENTER IS AND THEY WANT TO 687 00:22:22,766 --> 00:22:24,166 ABANDON A LOT OF THE TRADITIONAL 688 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:24,466 LINES. 689 00:22:24,466 --> 00:22:26,533 THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU DO, THAT 690 00:22:26,533 --> 00:22:27,266 THEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORK 691 00:22:27,266 --> 00:22:28,633 WITH, EITHER TO UPGRADE THE 692 00:22:28,633 --> 00:22:30,466 FIBER OR DO D.S.L. BROADBAND TO 693 00:22:30,466 --> 00:22:31,333 GET INTO THESE AREAS. 694 00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:33,200 SO IF YOU LOOK SOUTH TO 695 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,566 KENTUCKY, THEY HAVE CREE CREATED A 696 00:22:36,566 --> 00:22:38,266 PROGRAM WHERE THEY WILL DO ABOUT 697 00:22:38,266 --> 00:22:39,666 3400 MILES OF FIBER OPTIC 698 00:22:39,666 --> 00:22:41,400 INSTALLATION IN EVERY COUNTY 699 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:42,233 ACROSS KENTUCKY. 700 00:22:42,233 --> 00:22:44,700 IT WILL BE ABOUT A $320 MILLION 701 00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:45,433 INVESTMENT AND THEY ARE 702 00:22:45,433 --> 00:22:46,233 PARTNERING UP WITH SOME PEOPLE 703 00:22:46,233 --> 00:22:47,366 IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT THE 704 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,800 POINT IS THEY ARE PROACTIVELY 705 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,100 GOING OUT TO PUSH FIBER INTO THE 706 00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:52,533 RURAL AREAS. 707 00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:54,600 >> WE WERE SAYING, OKAY, SO 708 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,466 HIGH-SPEED INTERNET IS 709 00:22:56,466 --> 00:22:58,433 CONSIDERED 25 MEGABIT, WE ARE 710 00:22:58,433 --> 00:23:03,733 STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT GIGAPITA BIT 711 00:23:03,733 --> 00:23:07,866 CITIES, THAT COULD DOWNLOAD THE 712 00:23:07,866 --> 00:23:09,333 MOVIES IN 30 SECONDS. 713 00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:11,700 >> DEPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS IS 714 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:13,333 INSUFFICIENT, EVEN FOR LOWER 715 00:23:13,333 --> 00:23:14,566 SPEEDS, HOWEVER, THERE'S HIGH 716 00:23:14,566 --> 00:23:15,766 COST FUNDING FROM UNIVERSAL 717 00:23:15,766 --> 00:23:18,100 SERVICE SUPPORT OF A FEDERAL 718 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:19,666 FUND THAT GIVES CARRIERS THE 719 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:20,500 OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THIS 720 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:21,833 FUNDING IN EXCHANGE FOR THE 721 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,533 OBLIGATION TO SERVE RURAL AREAS 722 00:23:23,533 --> 00:23:26,866 AND APPROXIMATELY $1.5 BILLION 723 00:23:26,866 --> 00:23:29,266 IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS HAS BEEN 724 00:23:29,266 --> 00:23:31,766 ACCEPTED BY CARRIERS TO HELP 725 00:23:31,766 --> 00:23:33,066 BUILD OUT RURAL AREAS WHICH 726 00:23:33,066 --> 00:23:37,100 INDIANA WILL SEE $51 MILLION PER 727 00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:37,400 YEAR. 728 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:38,233 >> SO MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT. 729 00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:39,166 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 730 00:23:39,166 --> 00:23:39,466 HERE. 731 00:23:39,466 --> 00:23:40,600 NOW WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT WHAT 732 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,333 WAS MAKING THE NEWS IN OUR 733 00:23:42,333 --> 00:23:44,433 HISTORY THROUGH HEADLINES 734 00:23:44,433 --> 00:23:44,766 SEGMENT. 735 00:23:44,766 --> 00:23:50,166 IT WAS SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, 736 00:23:50,166 --> 00:23:55,700 GEORGE W. BUSH WAS PRESIDENT. 737 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,133 JAY-Z'S THE BLUE PRINT WAS 738 00:23:58,133 --> 00:24:00,000 RELEASED AND TWO PLANES FLEW 739 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,300 INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TWIN 740 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:02,566 TOWERS. 741 00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:05,866 THE HEAD LINE READS, TERROR, 742 00:24:05,866 --> 00:24:09,033 HIJACKED JETS HIT WORLD TRADE 743 00:24:09,033 --> 00:24:12,166 CENTER, PENTAGON. 744 00:24:12,166 --> 00:24:14,166 AT 8:46 A.M. AMERICAN AIRLINES 745 00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:15,466 FLIGHT CRASHED INTO THE NORTH 746 00:24:15,466 --> 00:24:17,400 TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. 747 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,700 AT 9:03 A.M., UNITED FLIGHT 175 748 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:21,433 HIT THE SOUTH TOWER. 749 00:24:21,433 --> 00:24:23,866 BOTH TOWERS COLLAPSED. 750 00:24:23,866 --> 00:24:25,033 RESCUE CREWS FROM AROUND THE 751 00:24:25,033 --> 00:24:26,266 COUNTRY AIDED IN THE EFFORT TO 752 00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:29,000 FIND SURVIVORS AMONG THE RUBBLE. 753 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,500 INDIANA TASK FORCE ONE COMPRISED 754 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:33,033 OF FIREFIGHTERS FROM MARION 755 00:24:33,033 --> 00:24:34,666 COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS 756 00:24:34,666 --> 00:24:36,600 WAS ON THE SCENE WITHIN 24 HOURS 757 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,266 OF THE ATTACKS. 758 00:24:38,266 --> 00:24:39,333 >> AND THEY IMMEDIATELY PUT US 759 00:24:39,333 --> 00:24:41,766 TO WORK, AS SOON AS WE GOT 760 00:24:41,766 --> 00:24:42,066 THERE. 761 00:24:42,066 --> 00:24:43,033 WE SPLIT THE TEAM INTO TWO 762 00:24:43,033 --> 00:24:44,700 DIFFERENT SHIFTS, OBVIOUSLY, THE 763 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:47,666 MORNING AND THE NIGHT SHIFT. 764 00:24:47,666 --> 00:24:48,933 >> GREG HESS WAS WITH INDIANA 765 00:24:48,933 --> 00:24:50,366 TASK FORCE ONE. 766 00:24:50,366 --> 00:24:53,300 IN 2010, HE PUSHED FOR A 767 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,866 PERMANENT INDIANAPOLIS MEMORIAL 768 00:24:54,866 --> 00:24:56,066 FOR THOSE KILLED IN THE 769 00:24:56,066 --> 00:24:57,533 SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACKS. 770 00:24:57,533 --> 00:24:58,966 TWO STEEL BEAMS FROM THE TOWERS 771 00:24:58,966 --> 00:25:00,133 WERE MOVED FROM NEW YORK CITY TO 772 00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:01,833 A PIECE OF LAND NEXT TO THE 773 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:03,200 INDIANAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. 774 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,700 FOR MANY, THE PAIN CAUSED ON 775 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:07,566 9/11 WILL NEVER FADE. 776 00:25:07,566 --> 00:25:09,833 PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE TOXIC 777 00:25:09,833 --> 00:25:12,266 DUST FROM THE COLLAPSED BILLINGS 778 00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:13,466 BILLINGS -- BUILDINGS CAUSED 779 00:25:13,466 --> 00:25:14,533 HEALTH PROBLEMS TO MANY OF THOSE 780 00:25:14,533 --> 00:25:16,533 WHO RESPONDED TO THE TRAGEDY. 781 00:25:16,533 --> 00:25:20,200 >> YOU KNOW, I WAS DIAGNOSED 782 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,733 WITH STAGE THREE COLON CANCER IN 783 00:25:22,733 --> 00:25:23,033 2007. 784 00:25:23,033 --> 00:25:25,233 WE FOUND THAT MY CANCER HAD BEEN 785 00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:26,666 CERTIFIED AS MY EXPOSURE TO 786 00:25:26,666 --> 00:25:27,666 GROUND ZERO. 787 00:25:27,666 --> 00:25:28,933 >> RESCUE AND RECOVERY WORKERS 788 00:25:28,933 --> 00:25:31,333 ARE AT HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING 789 00:25:31,333 --> 00:25:33,633 CANCER, ACCORDING TO A 2012 790 00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:35,300 STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL 791 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,266 OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL 792 00:25:37,266 --> 00:25:39,266 ASSOCIATION. 793 00:25:39,266 --> 00:25:42,566 IN 2011, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 794 00:25:42,566 --> 00:25:44,100 ALLOCATED $4.2 BILLION TO CREATE 795 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:45,433 THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH 796 00:25:45,433 --> 00:25:46,500 PROGRAM, PROVIDING TREATMENT FOR 797 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:55,633 PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS 798 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:57,100 CAUSED BY THE 9/11 ATTACKS. 799 00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:58,400 >> THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON 800 00:25:58,400 --> 00:25:59,833 REMEMBERED THE 14th 801 00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:01,500 14th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 THIS 802 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:02,933 MORNING WITH A CEREMONY OUTSIDE 803 00:26:02,933 --> 00:26:06,766 THE COURTHOUSE AX LONG, ALONG WITH THE 804 00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:10,266 PERFORMANCE OF "TAPS" AND THE 805 00:26:10,266 --> 00:26:11,866 LAYING OF THE WREATH REMEMBERED 806 00:26:11,866 --> 00:26:12,866 THE LIVES LOST. 807 00:26:12,866 --> 00:26:15,166 THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM 808 00:26:15,166 --> 00:26:19,433 BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ON 809 00:26:19,433 --> 00:26:19,866 WTIUNEWS.ORG. 810 00:26:19,866 --> 00:26:22,200 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 811 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,333 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 812 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:29,933 POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE 813 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:29,966 FOLLOWING: