>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE
POSSIBLE IN PART BY:
>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA
NEWSDESK," A CONTROVERSIAL BILL
THAT WOULD REMOVE PROTECTIONS
FOR INDIANA'S WETLANDS IS
ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING
LAW.
>> YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS ARE
JUST CRITICAL TO THE ANIMALS AND
PLANTS THAT UTILIZE THEM.
>> COMING UP, WE'LL EXPLAIN SOME SOME
CHANGES THAT LAWMAKERS MADE TO
THE BILL AND WHETHER THAT MAKES
IT EASIER FOR CRITICS TO GET
BEHIND.
>>> PLUS PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES
THAT AIM TO INCREASE HOUSING
OPTIONS IN DOWNTOWN BLOOMINGTON,
BUT SOME RESIDENTS BELIEVE IT
WILL OPEN UP TO MORE STUDENT
APARTMENTS IN THE CITY'S CORE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>>> IN CROWN POINT, THE
RESIDENTS LINED STREET TO
WELCOME HOME A POLICE CAR, THAT
INFAMOUS GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER
USED IN HIS PRISON BREAK.
AHEAD YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
THIS STORY.
THOSE STORIES PLUS LATEST NEWS
HEADLINES RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA
NEWSDESK."
♪
>>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA
NEWSDESK."
I'M JOE HREN.
WELL, THE STATE'S MASK MANDATE
AND OTHER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
ENDED TUESDAY, BUT SENATE
DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING ON
HOOSIERS TO CONTINUE WEARING
MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A
QUARTER OF INDIANA RESIDENTS AGE
16 AND OLDER ARE FULLY
VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.
ANOTHER 1.9 FIRST DOSES OF
VACCINE HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED
STATEWIDE BUT STATE SENATOR
SHELLI YODER OF BLOOMINGTON
ECHOED STATE OFFICIAL HEALTH
CONCERNS THAT RELAXED
RESTRICTIONS COULD LEAD TO
ANOTHER SURGE.
>> WE ARE AT A CRITICAL TURNING
POINT WHERE OUR STATE WILL
EITHER STAY THE COURSE AND THE
NUMBER OF COVID CASES WILL GO
DOWN, OR WE WILL HEAD TOWARDS
ANOTHER LOCKDOWN.
>> THE NUMBER OF HOOSIERS
HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19
JUMPED BY 83 WEDNESDAY, TO 789.
THE MOST SINCE LATE FEBRUARY AND
THE LARGEST ONE-DAY SPIKE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN FOUR MONTHS.
THE STATE REPORTED MORE THAN
1400 NEW CASES AND 16 NEW
CONFIRMED DEATHS BRINGING THE
STATE TOTALS TO JUST UNDER
700,000 CASES AND 12,700 DEATHS.
NOW WHILE VACCINES ARE HAVING A
POSITIVISM PACT AN THE PANDEMIC
AND -- POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE
PANDEMIC.
ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS WOULD
REFUSE A VACCINE IF MADE
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
>>> WELL, AS THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION DRAWSRAWS TO A CLOSE,
LAWMAKERS ARE MAKING MAJOR
CHANGES TO A CONTROVERSIAL BILL
THAT WOULD RELAX SOME
PROTECTIONS FOR INDIANA'S
DIMINISHING WETLANDS.
AS ADAM PINSKER REPORTS,
REMOVING THOSE PROTECTIONS COULD
CAUSE SERIOUS HARM TO THE
ECOSYSTEM.
>> JUST A FEW MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON LIES BEAN BLOSSOM
NATURE PRESERVE.
IF YOU TAKE A STROLL ALONG THE
BOARDWALK, YOU MAY SEE SPECIES
OF BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS
UNIQUE TO THE AREA.
>> IT'S A GREAT PLACE IN THE
SUMMER TO SEE WARBLERS WHICH ARE
A MIGRATORY BIRD.
THEY COME UP HERE DURING THE
SUMMER TO BREED.
>> JOHN LAWRENCE HEADS UP THE
SYCAMORE LAND TRUST WHICH
PURCHASES LAND AND EASEMENTS
WHICH THEN RESTORES AND PROAL
TECHSPROTECTIONS, SUCH AS BEAN
BLOSSOM BOTTOMS.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE LOST, SINCE
EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT, YOU KNOW,
ROUGHLY 80, 90% OF THE WETLANDS
THAT USED TO BE HERE.
>> THE AREA IS CRITICAL TO THE
ANIMALS AND THE PLANTS THAT USE
THEM, AS WELL AS HUMANS.
>> WE ALL REALLY RELY ON WATER,
AND WETLANDS ARE JUST -- SERVE
SUCH AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN
WATER STORAGE, REDUCING
FLOODING, CLEANING GROUNDWATER
BY FILTERING OUT POLLUTANTS.
>> BUT A BILL PROPOSED BY STATE
SENATOR CHRIS GARTEN WOULD
ELIMINATE A 2003 LAW THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MANDATES THAT
WOULD ENFORCE VIOLATIONS OF
THOSE PERMITS AGAINST THE
LANDOWNERS.
PROPONENTS SAY THE LEGISLATION
STREAMLINES UNNECESSARY
REGULATIONS THAT DETER
DEVELOPMENT AND DRIVE UP THE
COST OF HOUSING.
BUT DEMOCRATS AND EVEN SOME
REPUBLICANS SAY LIFTING THE
RESTRICTIONS WOULD JEOPARDIZE
THESE PROTECTED ECOSYSTEMS.
>> YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS ARE
JUST CRITICAL TO THE ANIMALS AND
PLANTS THAT UTILIZE THEM.
>> ON WEDNESDAY, THE HOUSE
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE
BILL, INCLUDING ONE THAT NO
LONGER EXCLUDES CLASSES OF
WETLANDS FROM PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS.
THE AMENDMENTS ALSO EXCLUDE
CROPLANDS AND TEMPORARY STREAMS
FROM BEING CATEGORIZED AS
WETLANDS.
>> RATHER THAN TRYING TO TAKE A
MEAT CLEAVER TO THIS WE WERE A
LITTLE MORE SURGICAL.
>> THE AMENDED BILL PASSED THE
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY.
BUT SOME MAY VOTE AGAINST IT IN
THE NULL FULL HOUSE.
>> THE SENATE BILL WAS A MUCH
STRONGER BILL, A BETTER BILL.
YIDEM IS AN AGENCY THAT'S OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> SENATOR GARTEN'S STAFF SAID
HE WAS UNAVAILABLE NOR COMMENT,
BUT HE PROVIDED US WITH THIS
STATEMENT:
I AM ENCOURAGED THAT ALL
AUTHORS, SPONSORS AND COSPONSORS
OF THIS BILL ARE COMMITTED TO
DRAFTING A FINISHED PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT CREATES A FAIR,
AND EQUITABLE WETLANDS STATUTE
THAT CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE AND
PROTECT INDIANA'S NATURAL
RESOURCES.
LAWRENCE SEES THIS DEBATE AS A
CHANCE TO EMPHASIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE
STATE'S WETLANDS BEFORE THEY ARE
GONE.
>> MAYBE MORE EDUCATION,
SPREADING THE WORD ON WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO PROTECT WETLANDS,
NOT LOSE THE ONES WE HAVE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAYBE CHANGE
THINGS IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M
ADAM PINSKER.
>> WELL, WETLANDS IS FAR FROM
THE ONLY ISSUE BEING DEBATED AT
THE STATE HOUSE AS THE SESSION
NEARS A CLOSE.
WE'RE JOINED BY INDIANA PUBLIC
BROADCASTING STATE HOUSE
REPORTER BRANDON SMITH, TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OTHER LEGISLATION
MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE BOTH
CHAMBERS.
HELLO, BRANDON.
STATE'S MACES MACE MASK MANDATE ENDED THIS
WEEK.
NOW THE HOUSE HAS APPROVED A
BILL THAT WOULD LIMIT THE POWER
OF LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS DURING
EMERGENCIES.
WHAT WOULD THAT NEW BILL MEAN?
>> YEAH, IT WOULD -- IT WOULD
COME INTO PLAY WITH THOSE MASK
MANDATES IF THEY CONTINUE ON AND
THIS BILL BECOMES LAW.
WHAT IT SAYS IN PUBLIC
EMERGENCIES LIKE THE ONE WE ARE
UNDER, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY THAT THE GOVERNOR
DECLARED 13 MONTHS AGO.
LOCAL OFFICIALS COULD ONLY
IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL THAT ARE AS STRICT AS WHAT
THE STATE HAS STATEWIDE, BUT NOT
ANY STRICKER.
SO IN THIS CASE, THE NEW MASK
MANDATES THAT WE SEE -- OR THE
MASK MANDATES WE SEE AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL GO FARTHER THAN THE
STATES BECAUSE GOVERNOR HOLCOMB
ENDED STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE.
IN THAT CASE, LOCAL LEGISLATIVE
BODIES -- SO IF IT'S A COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICIAL, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, IF IT'S A CITY
HEALTH OFFICIAL, THE CITY
COUNCIL, THEY WOULD BE THE ONLY
ONES WHO COULD IMPOSE
RESTRICTIONS THAT GO FURTHER.
SO ALL OF THESE MASK MANDATES
NOW IN PLACE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE BY
THOSE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES
IN THEY WANT TO REMAIN IN
EFFECT.
>> THE STATE WILL RECEIVE
$3 BILLION IN FEDERAL COVID-19
RELIEF.
WHAT PLANS DOES THE SENATE GOP
HAVE FOR THAT MONEY IN ITS
BUDGET?
>> YEAH, WE STARTED TO SEE
LAWMAKERS START TO SPEND THAT
NEW $3 BILLION THAT THE STATE IS
GOING TO GET FROM THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN, AND THEY ARE NOT --
THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED HOW TO
SPEND ALL OF IT YET.
THEY ARE SPENDING IT ON A LOT OF
PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE, STATE
POLICE, BODY CAMERAS, LOCAL CODE BODY
CAMERAS.
WE SAW $100 MILLION IN MENTAL
HEALTH FUNDING, WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF USES.
AND THEY HAVEN'T -- THEY HAVEN'T
SAID WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
SPEND ALL OF IT ON AND THEY DO
WANT AT LEAST SENATE LAWMAKERS
SAID THIS WEEK, THEY WANT TO
KEEP SOME MONEY BACK SO IF THERE
ARE FUTURE NEEDS, FUTURE
EMERGENCIES, WE CAN SPEND THAT
MONEY IN THE FUTURE.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS.
SENATE GOP BUDGET MADE CHANGES
K-12 EDUCATION.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES?
>> THERE'S TWO BIG CHANGES THE
SENATE REPUBLICANS MADE VERSUS
THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET.
THEY SPEND MORE ON COMPLEXITY,
WHICH INCLUDES CHILDREN IN
POVERTY AND LESS MONEY ON
PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS WHICH
THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS EXPANDED
SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDON THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
LOOKING FORWARD TO REPORTING
NEXT WEEK.
>> THANK YOU, JOE.
>>> INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL
TODD ROKITA ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY
HE'S LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION
INTO TECH GIANTS AMAZON,
FACEBOOK, APPLE AND TWITTER.
BROCK TURNER SAT DOWN WITH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S TO DISCUSS
WHAT THE INVESTIGATION DO MEAN
FOR HOOSIERS.
>> THE PROBE WILL EXPLORE
WHETHER COMPANY POLICIES HARMED
INDIANA CONSUMERS, SPECIFICALLY
THOSE POLICIES THAT REMOVED
CONTENT OR LIMITED SPEECH.
ROKITA SAYS IT STEMS FROM
COMPLAINTS AND HIS OWN
OBSERVATIONS.
>> THESE PLATFORMS CENSOR
INFORMATION GIVEN TO CONSUMERS.
NOW IS THAT CENSORING ABUSIVE,
DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR?
IF IT IS, THEY WOULD BE IN
VIOLATION OF INDIANA LAW.
>> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
PAST ELECTION RESULTS BUT RATHER
UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CRAFT
POLICIES AND WHETHER THEY
VIOLATED CONSUMER PROTECTION
LAWS IN INDIANA.
THE PROBE COULD BE CHALLENGING.
>> IF THERE WAS ANY PARTICULAR
ACTION BY HIS OFFICE OR LAWSUITS
FILED, THE BIG TECH FIRMS AND
THEIR LARGE ATTORNEYS WOULD
IMMEDIATELY JUMP IN TO REFEREE
WHETHER THERE'S A STATE ROLE IN
REGULATION OR WHETHER THAT'S
ENTIRELY LEFT UP TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY
COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED PATH
THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL ROKITA IS
HEADING DOWN.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTH
DISCUSS.
>> ROKITA BELIEVES IT'S A FIGHT
WORTH TAKING UP.
>> WE ARE PREPARED FOR A LONG
FIGHT.
BUT THERE'S FUNDS DEDICATED HERE
IN THE STATE OF INDIANA TO MAKE
SURE CONSUMERS ARE PROTECTED.
>> PROVING HARM TO HOOSIER
CONSUMERS MAY BE DIFFICULT.
SCOTT SHACKLEFORD AN ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
SAYS COURTS HAVE GENERALLY
ADOPTED A THREE-PART TEST TO
ASSESS WHETHER A COMPANY COULD
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
TYPE OF HARM.
>> THE INJURY, RIGHT, THE
CONSUMER INJURY, BOTH THE
NUMBERS AND THE SEVERITY.
NUMBER TWO THERE, WOULD BE
LOOKING MORE BROADLY AT, YOU
KNOW, CONSUMER ADVANTAGES AND
HAVING ACCESS TO THIS TECHNOLOGY
ALONG THE WITH THE EXPENSE AND
DIFFICULT ON THE BUSINESS AFTER
VOIDING THE INJURY OR KIND OF
THE HARM.
AND THEN THE THIRD PART THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, HOW
EASY WAS IT FOR CONSUMERS TO
HAVE AVOIDED BEING HUR
>> DESPITE THE CHALLENGES,
McCALL SAYS ROE ROKITA COULD HAVE
BENEFITS FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
>> THE INITIATION OF THIS STUDY
ARE RESONATE WITH MANY OF HIS
CORE SUPPORTERS IN INDIANA.
HE'S ANNOUNCED THIS AS AN
INVESTIGATION, AND IT'S HARD TO
KNOW WHAT ALL THAT MIGHT REALLY
ENTAIL.
BUT IT DOES GIVE ROKITA A RAMP,
SO TO SPEAK TO ENGAGE IN THE
NATIONAL DISCUSSION OF WHAT IS A
VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC,
PARTICULARLY FOR RIGHT OF THE
CENTER PEOPLE.PLE.
>> THERE'S NO TIMELINE ON WHEN
THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONCLUDE,
NONE OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED IN
THE INQUIRY COMMENTED FOR THIS
STORY.
FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M
BROCK TURNER.
>> COMING UP NEXT, ON "INDIANA
NEWSDESK," WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW
PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES ALLOWING
FOR DUPLEXES BY THE PLANNING
COMMISSION COULD OPEN UP
BLOOMINGTON'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS
TO MORE STUDENT HOUSING.
>>> AND THE POLICE CAR CAR NOTORIOUS
GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER USED IN
HIS ESCAPE FROM A CROWN POINT
JAIL NEARLY 90 YEARS AGO RETURNS
HOME.
THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT
HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."
>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA
NEWSDESK."
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, REZONING
BLOOMINGTON'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS
BY LEGAL SIZING DUPLEXES HAS
BEEN A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE.
THE CITY TRIED DOING IT IN 2019,
AND IT FAILED BUT THIS WEEK THE
PLANNING COMMISSION PASSED NEW
CHANGES THAT PUTS IT BACK ON THE
TABLE.
OUR ETHAN BURKS HAS THE FULL
STORY.
>> BLOOMINGTON'S UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, BETTER
KNOWN AS THE U.D.O., DRAWS THE
CITY'S ZONING DISTRICTS AND SAYS
WHAT BUILDINGS AND HOUSING TYPES
CAN AND CANNOT GO IN CERTAIN
AREAS.
THE CHANGES BEING PROPOSED WILL
ALLOW MULTIPLEX HOUSING IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IN AB EFFORT
TO CREATE -- IN AN EFFORT TO
CREATE MORE HOUSING DIVERSITY
AND AFFORDABILITY.
>> STATUS QUO WILL NOT GET US
THERE, BUT W NEED TO TAKE A
STEP, IT'S A SMALL INCREMENTAL
STEP.
>> MULTIPLEX HOUSE INCLUDING
DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXS AND
FOURPLEXES.
THE BIGGEST PROPOSED CHANGE IS
MAKING DUPLEXES LEGAL IN MANY OF
THE CITY'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS
WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT
ALLOWED.
>> IT ALSO OPENS UP OUR HIGHLY
DESIRE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
FOR MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WALK
AND BE CLOSER TO WHAT THEY LOVE
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
>> BUT THE MEASURE IS EXTREMELY
POLARIZING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE ISSUE, THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY IT WILL CREATE MORE
HOUSING OPTIONS WITHIN
BLOOMINGTON'S EXPENSIVE HOUSING
MARK AND THOSE AGAINST IT SAY
THEY ARE FEARFUL THAT DUPLEXES
WILL TAMPER WITH PROPERTY VALUES
AND DESTROY THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF
THE CLOSE KNIT POPULATIONS.
>> THIS ALLOWS THE COZY LITTLE
ONE-BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM DUPLEX
AND THE SIX BEDROOM, RENT BY THE
ROOM MONSTER.
>> MULTIPLEXES ARE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE
FAMILY HOME.
>> BLOOMINGTON NEEDS TO REJECT
THESE MAP AMENDMENTS AND THE
PREVIOUS PLEX AMENDMENTS SO
BLOOMINGTON CAN HAVE HAVE A FAIR,
OPEN AND PARTICIPATORY
DISCUSSION.
>> THEY ARE ALSO IN DISAGREEMENT
AND DO NOT BELIEVE THE SEQUENCES
OF SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE HAVE
BEEN FULLY VETTED.
>> THIS IS NOT READY FOR PRIME
TIME AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT BY
CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION
BEFORE THE EEL LEKKED OFFICIALS
IN THE -- ELECTED OFFICIALS
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST
THIS AND GET IT RIGHT.
>> BUT AFTER TWO WEEKS OF
DELIBERATION, THE PLANNING
COMMISSION THIS WEEK PASSIONED A
POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE
CHANGES.
IT IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M
ETHAN BURKS.
>> AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
WASTE NO TIME IN TAKING UP THE
LEGISLATION.
DISCUSSIONS WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK
AS THERE ARE TEN SEPARATE
ORDINANCES THAT NEED TO BE
CONSIDERED IN THIS ROUND OF
U.D.O. CHANGES.
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO
MAKE SOME LAST SECOND
ADJUSTMENTS.
>> WELL, 1934, NOTORIOUS
GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER ESCAPED
FROM A PRISON IN CROWN POINT,
INDIANA.
HE STOLE THE SHERIFF'S PERSONAL
POLICE CAR AND FLED TO CHICAGO
WHERE HE LATERRED LATER ABANDONED IT.
THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE CAR WAS
RETURNED TO CROWN POINT.
>> EXACTLY 87 YEARS AND ONE
MONTH TO THE DAY, THE SHERIFF'S
CAR JOHN DILLINGER STOLE IN A
1934 JAIL BREAK RETURNED TO
CROWN POINT, INDIANA.
[ CHEERS ]
>> DILLINGER'S RELATIVES AND
OFFICERS FROM THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT JOINED THE CROWDS OF
PEOPLE TO WATCH AS MARK LOVE AND
JOSH GATE DROVE THE 1934 FORD V8
THROUGH THE TOWN SQUARE AND
THROUGH MAIN STREET.
>> THE DILLINGER STORY IS BIG
FOR US HERE.
WE WERE HERE WHEN THEY WERE
FILMING THE MOVIE ABOUT 15 YEARS
AGO NOW, 16 YEARS AGO.
WE WANTED TO COME BACK AND SEE
THE CAR.
>> DILLINGER WAS AT THE JAIL
WHEN HE WAS WAITING FOR THE
TRIAL OF OFFICER WILLIAM PATRICK
O'MALLEY.
HE USED ONLY A WOODEN GUN.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL
JAIL AND WHAT HE DID TO GET OUT,
I MEAN IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING
THING, AND YOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT
HOW CHARISMATIC HE WAS, AND FOR
HIM TO BREAK OUT WITH A FAKE
GUN.
THE WHOLE STORY IS VERY COOL.
>> DILLINGER HELD SEVERAL
OFFICERS AND INMATES HOSTAGE IN
HIS FIRST FLOOR CELL BLOCK
BEFORE MAKING HIS WAY OUT OF THE
BUILDING.
>> IN 1934, HISTORIC GANGSTER
JOHN DILLINGER, BROKE OUT OF THE
LAKE COUNTY JAIL AND STOLE A
POLICE CAR AND DROVE STRAIGHT UP
MAIN STREET AND WENT TO CHICAGO.
>> AFTER HE DIED IN 1934 IN
CHICAGO, LOCAL POLICE
CONFISCATED THE CAR AND LATER
AUCTIONED IT.
>> A GENTLEMAN FROM MILWAUKEE
ACQUIRED THE CAR.
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE CAR WAS.
HE RELOCATED TO MAINE.
DECADES LATER, HE SUE CUMMED.
HE DIED.
>> BUT BEFORE HE DIED, THE MAN
PURCHASED A TEN-YEAR PLATE NOR
THE CAR AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HELPED DILLINGER ENTHUSIASTIC
MARK LOVE FIND IT.
HE WAS SO MUCHING FOR THE CAR
AUTHOR THREE DECADES WHEN HE
TRACKED IT DOWN USING DMV
DECADES.
IF HE WAITED ANOTHER FEW YEARS
IT COULD HAVE BEEN LOST TO
HISTORY.
>> WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE
LOST FROMLOCATE THE CAR.
IT WENT FROM MILWAUKEE TO MAINE,
TO ARIZONA WHERE MARK LIVES AND
BACK HERE.
MARK DROVE IT IN PARADE.
HE PLANNED THE ROUTE, RETRACING
DILLINGER'S EXACT PATH WHEN HE
ESCAPED.
>> HE WENT NORTH ON MAIN STREET
AND TURNED LEFT ON 93rd.
OUR POLICE PROCESSION HERE CAME
ON 93rd AND THE DIRECT ROUTE
WHERE DILLINGER ESCAPED.
>> WITH THE EXCEPTION THE FRONT
SEAT, ALMOST ALL OF THE CAR'S
ORIGINAL FEATURES ARE STILL IN
FACT, INCLUDING THE LIGHTS AND
SIRENS AND WIPER BLADES.
THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A
PERMANENT LOCATION FOR THE CAR
BUT THEY KNOW WHERE IT SHOULD
BE.
>> WE'RE NEGOTIATING A POLICE
RIGHT NOW FOR IT TO BE HELD HERE
IN CROWN POINT.
THIS IS THE PLACE FOR THIS CAR
TO BE.
SO WE ARE NEGOTIATING FOR A
PLACE SO PEOPLE CAN VIEW THE CAR
AND SEE SOME OF THE INFORMATION
AND DILLINGER ELEMENTS.
>> THE CAR WILL BE USED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AT EVENTS TO HONOR
HOLLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ANY MONEY THAT IS RAISED WILL
BENEFIT THE CONCERNS OF POLICE
SURVIVORS WHICH IS DEDICATED TO
ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
FAMILIES.
FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M
HOLDEN APSHIRE.
>>> WELLM. HAVE ENJOYED THE
SOOTHING VOICE AND WELCOMING
PRESENCE OF BOB ROSS IN 4903 THE 403
EPISODES OF "JOY OF PAINTING."
BUT UP UNTIL NOW, NO ONES HAS
SEEN WHERE THE HAPPY TREES WERE
PAINTED.
>> IN THE MUNCIE PBS STATION,
CURATORS OPEN AN EXHIBIT
DEDICATED TO BOB ROSS IN OF
COURSE 2020.
THE BOB ROSS EXPERIENCE IS AT
MINNETRISTA, A CULTURAL CENTER
WITH GARDENS AND EXHIBITS IN
MUNCIE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
COLLECTIONS AND STORYTELLING FOR
MINNETRISTA, JENNIFER JENKINS
SAYS IT WAS CREATED TO BRING
BACK THE HISTORY BOB ROSS HAS IN
THE MUNCIE COMMUNITY.
BUT HIS REVIVAL IN POP CULTURE
HAS ADDED A LEVEL OF CURRENCY TO
THE EXHIBIT AS WELL SIGNAL WE
HAVE HAD VISITORS FROM ALL OVER
THE UNITED STATES ALREADY.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
INDIANA, BUT ALSO PEOPLE FROM,
YOU KNOW, COAST-TO-COAST AND
ACTUALLY SOME INTERNATIONAL
VISITORS AS WELL.
>> JENKINS SAYS DESPITE OPENING
THE EXHIBIT DURING THE PANDEMIC,
ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN GOOD.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS INCLUDING
LIMITED CAPACITY AND INCREASED
SANITATION HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED.
JENKINS THINKS THERE IS A NEED
FOR ROSS AMIDST ALL THE
UNCERTAINTY.
>> I THINK PEOPLE WERE LOOKING
FOR A SENSE OF CALM, A SENSE OF
AREASSURANCE AND FAMILIARITY AND
BOB IS THAT.
>> HE CAME TO LOVE MUNCIE WHILE
WORKING THERE.
MANY OF THE CREW THAT WORKED ON
"THE JOY OF PAINTING" STILL LIVE
IN THE MUNCIE AREA.
THEIR STORIES OF ROSS INFORM
MUCH OF THE EXHIBIT.
VISITORS CAN TOUCH ALMOST
EVERYTHING IN THE EXHIBIT,
MAKING THE EXPERIENCE ENGAGING
FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE.
THE HOUSE WHERE ROSS FILMED FROM
1983 THROUGH 1988 FEATURES TWO
MAIN ROOMS.
ONE IS A REPLICA FOR THE SET OF
ROSS' SHOW, WITH REAL TV CAMERAS
FROM THE '80s, AND ROSS'
ORIGINAL EASEL AND PALATE.
THE OTHER IS A REPRESENTATION OF
AN '80s LIVING ROOM WHERE BOB
ROSS FANS WOULD HAVE WATCHED
"THE JOY OF PAINTING" ON
TELEVISION.
>> FOR INSTANCE, HERE, THIS IS
BOB AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE
SHOW.
THIS IS SALLY SHANK.
AND SO SALLY'S PICTURE IS UP
HERE ALONGSIDE THESE LITTLE
COULD YOUS AND THESE LITTLE MINI
MOUSES BECAUSE -- COWS AND THESE
LITTLE MINNIE MOUSES BECAUSE YOU
WILL TIE IT TO THE LABEL ABOUT
HOW BOB WAS FRIENDS WITH HIS
CREW.
AND HE OFTEN BOUGHT GIFTS FOR
THEM.
>> JENKINS SAYS VISITORS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO SIT ON THE COUCHES
IN THE LIVING ROOM AND LOOK
THROUGH BOOKS AND OTHER OBJECTS
ON COFFEE TABLES AND SHELVES.
SHE SAYS, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE
SENSE TO PUT ROSS BEHIND CLASS
IN A TRADITIONAL MUSEUM FORMAT,
BECAUSE OF HOW WELL PEOPLE
ALREADY KNOW HIM FROM WATCHING
"THE JOY OF PAINTING."
JENKINS SAYS THE MESSAGE SHE
HOPES VISITORS COME AWAY WITH IS
EMPOWERMENT TO TRY NEW THINGS
AND BE CREATIVE.
>> THE PEOPLE ASK ME A LOT, OH,
"THE JOY OF PAINTING" WAS ABOUT
PAINTING, IT WAS BUT IF YOU BOIL
IT DOWN, IT WAS ABOUT BOB
WANTING TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TRY
NEW THINGS.
TO TAKE RISKS AND TO JUST BE
FEARLESSLY CREATIVE.
>> THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERS
PAINTING CLASSES TAUGHT BY BOB
ROSS CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS TWICE
A MONTH.
ALL WORKSHOPS ARE SOLD OUT
THROUGH AUGUST.
FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M LILY
St. ANGELO.
>> TIME TICKETS ARE REQUIRED TO
SEE THE BOB ROSS EXPERIENCE AND
CAN BE PURCHASED AT
MINNETRISTA.NET.
TICKET RESERVATIONS ARE BEING
ACCEPTED THROUGH AUGUST 31st.
>>> WELL, BLACK VULTURES HAVE
BEEN HARASSING AND SOMETIMES
KILLING CAVS SOMETIMES KILLING
CATTLE FARMERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO
INDIANA FOR RECENT YEARS
POSSIBLY DUE TO A WARMER
CLIMATE.
AS INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S
REBECCA THIELE REPORTS, PURDUE
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS NEED
FARMERS HELP TO STUDY THE
PROBLEM TO COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS.
>> MARION WALLS SAYS VULTURES
ARE IMPORTANT.
THEY HELP TO CONTROL DISEASES
LIKE RABIES.
THOUGH THEY PARTICULARLY
SCAVENGE, THEY SOMETIMES ATTACK
ITEMS LIKE NEWBORN CALVES.
>> THEY WILL HANG AROUND AND
WAIT UNTIL IT TIES.
>> BLACK VULTURES ARE A
PROTECTED SPECIES AND CAN'T BE
KILLED WITHOUT A PERMIT.
PURDUE IS LOOKING AT WAY A TO
DETER THEM, AS FAR AS USING
CATTLE DOGS AND QUICKLY
DISPOSING OF DEAD ANIMALS.
THEY PERFORM FREE AUTOPSIES ON
LIVESTOCK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
KILLED BY THEM.
FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING,
I'M REBECCA THIELE.
>>> THAT'S THE END OF THIS
PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES
ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT
WTIUNEWS.ORG.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
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