>>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY.

>>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," THE STATE G.O.P.

IS FAST TRACKING ITS REDISTRICTING PLAN.

>> PEOPLE CAN -- ARE GOING TO THINK WHAT THEY WANT TO THINK.

I THINK WE CAN STAND BEHIND COMING HERE, PRESENTING VERY, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE GOALS THAT WE HAVE.

>> AHEAD A LOOK AT THE MAPS THAT WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN DETERMINING THE STATE'S POLITICAL FUTURE FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

>>> THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF HOOSIERS SICK WITH COVID-19 ARE UNVACCINATED BUT SOME BREAKTHROUGH CASES CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED.

KNEAD, A DOCTOR JOINS TO US -- AHEAD, A DOCTOR JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE'S EFFECTIVENESS.

>> AND BLOOMINGTON IS SYNONYMOUS WITH INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BUT A CENTURY AGO, IT WAS A DIFFERENT TOWN.

>> WE LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS AND THE STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT HOW THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE LOOKS AS WELL.

>> COMING UP, DETAILS ON A NEW PROJECT THAT GIVES RESIDENTS AND RESEARCHERS THE CLEAREST PICTURE OF HISTORIC BLOOMINGTON TO DAY.

>>> THOSE STORIES PLUS THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES FROM ACROSS THE STATE, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK"!

♪ >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M JOE HREN.

INDIANA REPUBLICANS RELEASED REDIS STRICTING MAPS EARLIER THIS WEEK GIVING HOOSIERS THEIR FIRST LOOK AT WHO THEIR NEW STATE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY THE NEW MAPS ARE MORE COMPACT THAN THE ONES THEY DREW TEN YEARS AGO.

THAT MAP PRODUCED SEVEN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS AND TWO DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S UNLIKELY TO CHANGE UNDER THE NEW MAP AS IS THE GOP'S SUPER MAJORITY IN THE STATE HOUSE.

>>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY BRANDON SMITH, WHO COVERS THE STATE HOUSE FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

HELLO, BRANDON.

CAN YOU TELL US, FIRST, ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP, WHO BENEFITS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR HOOSIERS.

>>> WELL, TO START WITH THE LAST QUESTION, WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOOSIERS, IT DETERMINES A LOT ABOUT YOUR FUTURE.

IF YOU CARE ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOUR KIDS' SCHOOLS WILL GET AND IF YOU CARE ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOUR LOCAL ROADS WILL GET AND ANY NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THESE MAPS ARE AT THE CORE OF A LOT OF THAT.

IN TERMS OF WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE POLITICAL BALANCE BETWEEN THE OLD MAPS AND THESE NEW ONES REALLY DOESN'T LOOK TO CHANGE.

REPUBLICANS ARE IN CONTROL OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HOUSE SPEAKER TODD HOUSTON IN DEFENDING THE MAPS SAID PARTISAN BALANCE WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOKED AT.

THEY FOCUSED ON HOW COMPACT THE DIDITION STRICTS WERE AND THAT THEY KEPT -- DISTRICTS AND THAT THEY KEPT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TOGETHER.

>> PEOPLE CAN -- ARE GOING TO THINK WHAT THEY WANT TO THINK, BUT I THINK WE CAN STAND BEHIND COMING HERE, PRESENTING VERY, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE GOALS WE HAD.

>> BRANDON, I WOULD IMAGINE DEMOCRATS AREN'T THRILLED WITH THE NEW MAP.

YOU TALKED TO ONE POLITICAL SCIENTIST WHO SAID IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PARTISAN MAPS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> YES, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENTIST CHRISTOPHER WARSHAW HAD ANALYZED THE OLD MAPS THAT WERE PASSED TEN YEARS AGO AND HE ANALYZED THE NEW ONES AND COMPARED THEM AND FUNDAMENTALLY, HE SAID REPUBLICANS ON A STATEWIDE VOTE GET 58% OF THAT VOTE, YET REPUBLICANS WILL CONTROL NEARLY 770 OR MORE PERCENT OF THE SEATS UNDER THESE NEW MAPS.

>> AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT A MAP THAT -- WE SHOULD WANT A MAP AS AMERICANS THAT REPRESENTS PEOPLE FAIRLY.

IT'S NOT REPRESENTING COUNTIES FAIRLY.

IT'S REPRESENTING PEOPLE FAIRLY.

>> BRANDON, JUST A FEW SECONDS, WHAT IS NEXT IN THE PROCESS?

>> WELL, THE HOUSE WILL VOTE NEXT WEEK TO SEND THE REDISTRICTING BILL TO THE SENATE AND THEN MORE VOTES IN THE SENATE THE WEEK AFTER THAT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRANDON.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL GOT THROUGH ONLY ONE OF THE EIGHT ANNEXATION ORDINANCES AT ITS MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE COUNCIL APPROVED ANNEXING THE NORTHWEST AREA 1A AND ADOPTED IT BY A VOTE OF 6-3.

MUCH OF THE DEBATE FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS RETURNED SUCH AS THE EFFECT HIGHER TAXES COULD HAVE ON LOW-INCOME HOUSING AND RENT RATES AND HOW THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO HIRE THE POLICE NEEDED TO COVER ANNEXED AREAS.

>> GIVEN ALL THAT WE HAVE HEARD AND ALL THAT WE HAVE EXAMINED, I FIND MYSELF COMPLETELY LOSING MY APPETITE FOR INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.

IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE MY HOPE THAT WE COULD DO SO MORE INCREMENTALLY.

>> ONE PUBLIC COMMENTER DID SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION, SAYING SHE'S A ONE-CAR HOUSEHOLD AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BUS SERVICE.

>> I WOULDN'T LIVE HERE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.

I BELIEVE IT'S MY DUTY TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

>> AT ONE POINT, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE ON THE ZOOM MEETING.

COUNCIL RECESSED UNTIL NEXT 6:30 TO REVOTE ON THE REMAINING SEVEN AREAS.

>>> WELL, MORE THAN 2500 HOOSIERS REMAIN HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19.

CONTINUING A TREND IN THE STATE NOT SEEN SINCE JANUARY.

INDIANA ALSO ANNOUNCED 4100 NEW CASES OF THE VIRUS FRIDAY, ANNEALEDDED 31 DEATHS BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 41,416 SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

THEY STRESS THE NEED FOR AS MANY PEOPLE TO GET -- TO GET VACCINATED AS POSSIBLE.

>>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY DR. SHAUN GRANNIS, HE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DATA AND ANALYTICS AT THE REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE, THE AUTHOR OF TWO MAJOR STUDIES ON THE COVID-19 VACCINES.

NOW AS WE SAID, YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF A PUBLISHED STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE.

WHAT DID THE STUDY FIND?

>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

THE FIRST STUDY THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, SHOWED THE BASELINE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALL THREE VACCINES, AND THAT EFFECTIVENESS WAS QUITE HIGH.

PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED SHOWED -- WERE TEN TIMES MORE PROTECTED THAN THOSE WHO WEREN'T.

UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS WERE TEN TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SEEN IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WITH COVID, OR BE HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID.

SO THIS STUDY WAS DONE WITH OVER 40,000 HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATIONS OVER -- ADMISSIONS.

SO IT SHOWED THAT EXCELLENT BASELINE PERFORMANCE.

WE THEN WENT ON TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS AS THE DELTA VARIANT CAME ON AND THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE THERE.

OUR STUDY PUBLISHED LAST FRIDAY SHOWED THAT WHILE THE EFFECTIVENESS HAS DROPPED 5 TO 7 POINTS, THAT STILL CORRESPONDS TO 5 TO 7 TIMES THE PROTECTION OF NOT BEING VACCINATED.

SO, AGAIN, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED ARE 75 ARE 5 TO 7 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SHOPPING UP AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND -- TO BE SHOWING UP AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND.

HOSPITALIZED.

VACCINES ARE NOT DESIGNED TO PREVENT INFECTIONS IF YOU DO HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH, YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE LESS SEVERE.

THE CONSEQUENCES ARE LESS SEVERE AND YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OR GET HOSPITALIZED.

>> AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS MANDATED VACCINES FOR ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND BUSINESSES WITH MORE THAN 100 EMPLOYEES S. THAT A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?

>> WELL, I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED.

AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN FIND WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY DO THAT, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AND TO SLOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING INFECTED WITH THE COVID-19 VIRUS.

>> YEAH.

INDIANA HAS ABOUT A 50% VACCINATION RATE AND MUCH OF THE HESITANCY IS IN THOSE RURAL AREAS.

IT MIRRORS WHAT WE ARE SEEING NATIONWIDE.

SO HOW DO YOU GET MORE PEOPLE TO BUY INTO THE VACCINE?

>> SURE.

I THINK WE NEED TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.

I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE HESITANCY OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE VACCINATION.

I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE ON HOW PROFOUNDLY EFFECTIVE THESE VACCINES ARE.

EVEN AT THE SLIGHTLY DECREASED BUT STILL AMAZING EFFECTIVENESS THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY SEEN, THAT IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EVEN THE TYPICAL FLU VACCINE.

SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE AND CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AND CONTINUES TO BE SO.

>> ONE MORE QUESTION.

THERE'S TRIALS GOING ON FOR VACCINES FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VACCINE FOR ADULTS VERSUS KIDS?

>> SURE.

ONE OF THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS THE DOSAGE.

SO SOMETIMES THE VACCINE DOSE FOR CHILDREN MAY BE LESS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE SMALLER, TEND TO BE SMALLER PEOPLE.

SO WHAT EVERY VACCINE TRIAL DOES IS IT WANTS TO IDENTIFY THAT OPTIMAL OR IDEAL DOSE THAT IS MOST EFFECTIVE.

SO PRIMARILY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPROPRIATE DOSAGE IS, BUT WE'RE -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING INITIALLY AN EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY AN APPROVAL.

>> OKAY, DOCTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

>>> WELL, HOOSIERS IN ALL COUNTIES CAN PUT THEIR BIRD FEEDERS BACK OUT AGAIN.

INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S REBECCA THIELE REPORTS, THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK, EVEN THOUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STILL HASN'T IDENTIFIED THE MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS THAT'S KILLING SONGBIRDS IN MULTIPLE STATES.

>> IN JUNE, THE DNR ASKED INDIANA RESIDENTS TO TAKE DOWN THEIR BIRD FEEDERS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.

LAST MONTH, THE DNR SAID RESIDENTS IN ALL BUT 16 COUNTIES COULD START FEEDING BIRDS AGAIN BECAUSE THE AGENCY WASN'T RECEIVING MANY REPORTS OF THE DISEASE OUTSIDE OF THOSE COUNTIES.

STATE ORNITHOLOGIST, ALISON GILLETTE SAID, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN SICK ADULT HOUSE FINCHES WHICH SUGGESTS THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD HOUSE FINCH CONJUNCTIVITIS.

IT'S A COMMON ILLNESS FOR FINCHES THIS TIME OF YAO YEAR.

>> WE FELT THAT THOSE SYMPTOMS WERE DUE TO THE HOUSE FINCH DISEASE INSTEAD OF THE SONGBIRD DISEASE.

>> IT HAS DECREASED ENOUGH THAT THE DNR FELT IT WAS SAFE ENOUGH TO PUT OUT BIRD FEEDERS AGAIN.

IF YOU SEE A SICK OR DEAD BIRD IN YOUR YARD, THE AGENCY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU DON'T FEED THE BIRDS.

BIRDS WITH THE UNKNOWN DISEASE HAVE SYMPTOMS LIKE CRUSTY EYES, EYE DISCHARGE AND SOMETIMES NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES RESULTING IN TREMORS OR ODD BEHAVIOR.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M REBECCA THIELE.

>>> NOW, IF YOU DO PUT YOUR FEEDERS BACK UP, THE DNR ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO CLEAN THEM FREQUENTLY.

>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," EVER WONDER WHAT BLOOMINGTON LOOKED LIKE 100 YEARS AGO?

A DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT LED BY AN I.U.

GEOLOGY PROFESSOR DOES JUST THAT.

>>> AND FANS ARE BA BEING IN THE STANES FOR -- BACK IS THE STANDS FOR THE I.U.

FOOTBALL GAMES.

IS IT THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE PANDEMIC STILL RAGING?

THESE STORIES AND MORE WITH "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE TRYING TO ENVISION A LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF ELLETSVILLE.

HOLDEN ABSHIER HAS THIS REPORT.

>> DURING AN INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, ELLETSVILLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PINPOINTED AREAS AROUND TOWN WHERE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BOOST THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE PLACE COLOR-CODED STICKERS ON MAPS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO SPECIFIC CONCERNS.

MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION FOCUSED OPEN TOPICS LIKE BUILDING NEW TRAILS AND IMPROVING EXISTING ROADWAYS.

HOWEVER, A LOT OF THE FOCUS WAS ON ELLETTSVILLE'S DOWNTOWN.

THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THE STATE ROAD 46 CORRIDOR TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

CHRIS FISHER IS A 50-YEAR RESIDENT OF ELLETSVILLE AND SAYS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL TO ADVANCE THE CITY AND KEEP IT COMPETITIVE.

>> IT'S BEEN A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE YEARS AND YEARS.

WE NEED THESE NEW IDEAS, THESE NEW PEOPLE.

WE NEED -- WE NEED YOUR BODIES.

>> ENVISION ELLETSVILLE IS A COMMUNITY-LED PLANNING PROGRAM, INITIATED BY THE GREATER ELLETSVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ELLETTSVILLE MAIN STREET INCORPORATED.

FOLLOWING A 2019 TOWN HALL, THE TWO GROUPS INVITED TAYLOR SIEFKER WILLIAMS DESIGN GROUP ON THE TEAM.

>> WE AS PLANNERS THINK OF A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS BUT IF THE IDEAS ARE NOT ROOTED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING HERE ALL THE TIME, THE PLAN IS NOT AS SUCCESSFUL.

>> GOVERNOR ERR I CAN HOLCOMB VISIT -- ERIC HOLCOMB VISITED ELLETSVILLE TO SPEAK AT A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON.

HE PRAISED THEM FOR TAKING CONTROL OF THEIR OWN DESTINYITY AND SPOKE ABOUT THE RAPID GROWTH.

ELLETSVILLE POPULATION INCREASED 4.3% SINCE 2010.

THAT'S ONE THE REASONS FOR THE INITIATIVE.

>> FROM HERE, AFTER TONIGHT, WE WILL REALLY GO INTO CRAFTING WHAT THAT VISION IS, WHAT THAT BIG IDEA FOR THE FUTURE IS, AND THINKING ABOUT GOALS AS WELL AS SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR IMPROVEMENTS.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M HOLDEN ABSHIER.

>>> I.U.

GEOGRAPHY PROFESSOR JOHN BAETON WAS CURIOUS WHAT WAS BLOOMINGTON LIKE 100 YEARS AGO.

IN THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF CITY LIMITS, MITCH LEGAN DETAILS BAETON'S RECONSTRUCTING BLOOMINGTON PROJECT WHICH GIVES RESIDENTS AND RESEARCHERS THE CLEAREST PICTURE OF HISTORIC BLOOMINGTON TO DATE.

>> WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CORE NET HOUSE AGAIN AND THIS IS JUST BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT IT.

>> AS THE DIRECTOR OF I.U.

GEOGRAPHY, JOHN BAETON SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH MAPS.

HE WAS TEACHING A NEW CLASS THIS SPRING ON DIGITAL MAPPING AND NEEDED TO COME UP WITH A FINAL PROJECT BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO ASSIGN SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME UP IN A FILING BIN.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I DO RESEARCH THAT'S LOCALLY FOCUSED, AS WELL AS RESEARCH THAT WILL BE POTENTIALLY REACHING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF IVORY TOWERS OR WE SHOULD SAY THE LIMESTONE TOWERS AT I.U.

>> SO BAETON COMMISSIONED THE RECONSTRUCTING BLOOMINGTON PROJECT.

HE AND 19 OF HIS STUDENTS USED HISTORIC FIRE INSURANCE MAPS INTO A CITY DIRECTORY FROM 1907 TO CREATE AN INTERACTIVE MAP.

>> SO THE REMARKABLE THING TO ME IS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS BY THEMSELVES YOU CAN SEE ALL THE STUFF THAT ISN'T HERE ANYMORE.

ONE THINGS I TALK ABOUT IN THIS IS HOW MANY GROCERY STORES THERE USED TO BE IN BLOOMINGTON.

SOMETHING LIKE 20 PLUS IN DOWNTOWN.

>> THE RESULT IS A PICTURE OF A MANUFACTURING TOWN WHERE SAW MILLS AND METAL FOUNDRIES WERE PEPPERED AMONG HOUSES.

AND CHURCHES WERE MORE ABUNDANT THAN TODAY.

>> IF WE WALK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WE WALK BY SOME DWELLINGS.

WE HAVE A SINGLE-STORY DWELLING LOCATED PROBABLY RIGHT WHERE THIS TREE IS, RIGHT?

AND SO WHERE SOMEBODY ONCE LIVED, RIGHT AND SOMEBODY ONCE MADE THEIR LIFE, RAISED A FAMILY, TODAY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO SIGN OF THIS THING EVER ACTUALLY EXISTING.

>> THE PROJECT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN BLOOMINGTON.

IT WILL STREAM LINE THE PROCESS FOR RESEARCHERS LIKE MEGAN McDONALD, WHO OFTEN HAS TO RUMMAGE THROUGH YEARS OF MAPS AND DIRECTORIES FOR HER WORK AT THE HISTORY CENTER.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ALL OF THESE RESOURCES, GET A FILE OUT AND YOU KNOW GET THE MAPS OUT, GET THE DIRECTORIES OUT.

IT'S ALL IN ONE PLACE.

>> THE DIGITIZED INFORMATION WILL HELP TO PUT CURRENT EVENTS IN PERSPECTIVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, LOOKING THROUGH THE MAP, BAETON DISCOVERED BLOOMINGTON'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOT THE HAVENS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WE HEARD ABOUT?

>> OF THESE SMALL HOUSES HAD 7 OR 8 DIFFERENT ADULTS LIVING IN THEM ALL WITH DIFFERENT LAST NAMES, RIGHT?

IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRESERVING CORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE INTEGRITY OF CORE NEIGHBORHOODS IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THESE CORE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE LIKE IN THE PAST.

>> THE CLASS WILL UPDATE THE PROJECT THIS SEMESTER USING CENSUS DATA FROM THE 1900s AX DECISIONAL YEARS WILL PROVIDE LAYERS.

-- ADDITIONAL YEARS WILL PROVIDE LAYERS OF INFORMATION.

>> SO HE WITH DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE, THE BUILDINGS AND THE STREETS AND HOW THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE LOOKED AS WELL.

>> IN THE PERFECT WORLD, BAETON WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPTION FOR ANYONE TO CONTRIBUTE, AND ADD THEIR OWN HISTORICAL PHOTOS AND STORIES.

>> IT CAN BE A REALLY COOL EXPLORATION INTO INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE CAN, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE AND LEARN SOMETHING FROM.

>> HE SAYS AVAILABLE INFORMATION MAKE IT LOGICAL FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO BE 1913.

CONTINUING THE PROJECT IS DEPENDENT ON CLASS ENROLLMENT.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M MITCH LEGAN.

>>> CORPORAL HUMBERTO SANCHEZ WHO WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN WAS LAID TO REST IN HIS HOMETOWN OF LOGANSPORT.

MITCH LEGAN HAS THIS REPORT.

>> HE WAS HAILED AS A HERO DURING HIS HOMETOWN OF LOGANSPORT.

THE 22-YEAR-OLD MARINE KNOWN AS BERT WAS ONE OF 13 SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED BY A SUICIDE BOMB AT THE GATES OF THE AIRPORT DURING THE FRENZIED EVACUATION OF KABUL.

>> NOBODY WILL SAY IT BETTER THAN HIS MOTHER DID.

IN THOSE FINAL MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE, IT WAS A WORK OF HEART.

DOING EVERYTHING YOU COULD TO GET THOSE KIDS OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

>> PENCE, THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND CURRENT GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB WERE AMONG THOSE WHO FOLK DURING THE FUNERAL AT LIFE GATE CHURCH.

>> AND WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE EVERLASTING IMPACT BERT MADE ON THIS COMMUNITY, ON OUR STATE, AND INDEED OUR NATION.

>> SANCHEZ ENLISTED IN THE MARINES AS A 17-YEAR-OLD WHEN 17 MEMBERS OF THE 2017 CLASS THE LOGSANPORT HIGH SCHOOL WHO JOINED THE MILITARY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

SANCHEZ WAS A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN AND PLAYED SOCCER IN HIGH SCHOOL AT LOGANSPORT.

HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS AND TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER.

PASTOR SZMARA CALLED HIM A BRIDGE BUILDER FEE BROUGHT VIBRANT LIFE INTO PARTS OF LIFE THAT WERE NOT GRAY AND DULL.

>> IF HE DIDN'T SHOW UP AT THE EVENT, YOU COULD SENSE IT.

YOU WANTED HIM AROUND.

WHETHER IT WAS A COOKOUT, A CLASSROOM OR A CHRISTMAS EVE.

>> SANCHEZ'S BODY ARRIVED IN INDIANA ON SUNDAY, AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS FOR THE PROCESSION.

MANY SALUTING AND WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS.

ONE WAS KELLY GILLIHAN, THE COMMANDANT FOR THE LEAGUE OF INDIANA.

>> A MARINE IS A MARINE.

A MARINE IS ALWAYS A MARINE.

>> MILTY GREEN IS THE MOTHER OF A SERVICEMAN AND SAID SHE CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SANCHEZ'S MOTHER IS GOING THROUGH.

>> I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO LOSE A SON, BUT I KNOW WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO SEND MY SON AWAY, KNOWING THAT THAT WAS POSSIBLE.

>> NOR "INDIANAFOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M PAT BEANE.

>>> EVAC CUEEVACUEES FROM AFGHANISTAN BEGIN TO ARRIVE AT CAMP ATTERBURY.

>> THE EIGHT AID AGENCIES ARE FUNCTIONING REALLY WELL.

PEOPLE ARE IN BARRACKS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S THERE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, A MILITARY TRAINING BASE.

>> THERETHEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING FINAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CHECKS.

25 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETED THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY SCREENINGS AND BEGINNING LIVES OFF BASE.

>>> CAMPERS MAY HAVE TO PAY $10 A NIGHT TO STAY AT SOME CAMPGROUNDS IN THE HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST IN THE FUTURE.

INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S REBECCA THIELE REPORTS.

>>> DON'T EXPECT DRASTIC CHANGES.

THE MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE NEW PICNIC TABLES, FIRE RINGS AND MORE DEFINED CAMPING AND PARKING AREAS AND BASIC MAINTENANCE.

>> IT STILL OFFERS THAT PRIMITIVE CHARACTER BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER MAINTENANCE OVERALL, INCREASING THE RECREATION EXPERIENCE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION FOR FOLKS.

>> DUKE IS THE FOREST PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE BROWNSTOWN RANGER DISTRICTS.

MONEY HAS DWINDLED OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE THE FUNDING HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH INFLATION.

MEANWHILE, COVID-19 HAS BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE TO THE FOREST.

>> SO AS RECREATIONAL USE INCREASES AND THE POPULATION INCREASES AND WE ARE STRUCK WITH A PANDEMIC, CERTAINLY MAINTENANCE NEEDS NEEDS INCREASED AS WELL.

>> CAMPGROUND RATES AT HARDEN RIDGE, AND OTHERS WOULD STAY THE SAME, CAMPING IN THE FOREST OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED CAMPGROUND AREAS WOULD STILL BE FREE.

FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M REBECCA THIELE.

>>> AND HOOSIER FANS PACKED MEMORIAL STADIUM FOR THE HOME OPENER.

IT'S FIRST TIME THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND IN-PERSON IN MORE THAN A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AS ADAM PINSKER REPORTS, HEALTH OFFICIALS THINK IT'S SAFE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FANS BACK IN THE STANDS.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019, FANS ARE BACK AT MEMORIAL STADIUM, TAILGATING AND INSIDE THE STADIUM.

EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T NEED A MASS INCOME BOTH AREAS OF MEMORIAL STADIUM, HEALTH OFFICIALS RECOMMEND THAT YOU BRING ONE OF THESE JUST IN CASE.

>> WE HAVE SOME MILD AND HOT SAUSAGE.

>> THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF TAILGATING OUTSIDE OF INDIANA'S MEMORIAL STADIUM ARE BACK IN 2021.

AFTER FANS WERE BANNED FROM TAILGATING AND ATTENDING I.U.

GAMES LAST YEAR DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> CHRIS JUSEVITCH WAS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF FANS ALLOWED INTO THE STADIUM LAST YEAR, ONLY BECAUSE HIS SON JORDAN PLAYS FOR THE HOOSIERS.

BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY SATURDAY, WHEN NEARLY 44,000 FANS PACKED INTO THE STADIUM, FOR THE HOOSIERS SEASON OPENER AGAINST IDAHO.

PLAYERS AND COACHES EMBRACED THE CROWD NOISE.

>> JUST APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR PLAYERS.

I KNOW THEY NOTICED IT IMMEDIATELY.

YOU KNOW WHEN THEY CAME OUT DURING WARMUPS AND THEY WERE ENGAGED!

THEY WEREN'T JUST SITTING THERE.

THEY WERE INTO IT!

I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENT SECTION WAS AWESOME AND IT'S GOT TO CONTINUE.

>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS DECIDED NOT TO REQUIRE FANS TO WEAR MASKS, CITING THE HIGH VACCINATION RATES AMONG STUDENTS AND STAFF.

PURDUE HAS A SIMILAR POLICY.

SHORTLY BEFORE I.U.

'S SEASON STARTED.

THE TEAM IS NORTH OF 90%.

WHILE OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S NO MASK REQUIREMENT, YOU SHOULD NOT LEAVE THEM AT HOME.

>> THE MORE YOU DO, THE BETTER.

HIGH LEVELS OF VACCINATION MAKE IT SAFER OUTDOORS MAKE IT CIPHER FOR YOU.

WEARING A BETTER MASK WILL MAKE IT SAFE.

SURGICAL MASK IS BETTER THAN A CLOTH MASK.

>> THIS SEASON, THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE MADE IT CLEAR THERE WOULD BE NO MULLIGANS.

IN A STATEMENT RELEASED BEFORE THE START OF THE SEASON, THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE SAID THE CONFERENCE HAS DETERMINED THAT IF ONE OF ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IS UNABLE TO PLAY A CONFERENCE CONTEST DUE TO COVID-19, THAT CONTEST SHALL BE DECLARED A FORFEIT AND WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED.

THAT CONTEST SHALL BE CONSIDERED A LOSS FOR THE TEAM IMPACTED BY COVID-19, AND A WIN FOR ITS OPPONENT IN THE CONFERENCE STANDINGS.

WHICH MEANS MUCH LIKE ON THE FIELD OF PLAY, THERE IS LITTLE MARGIN FOR ERROR, WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS DURING SPORTING EVENTS.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ADAM PINSKER.

>>> NOW SATURDAY'S GAME AGAINST NUMBER 8 CINCINNATI IS SOLD OUT.

BUT IT WILL BE TELEVISED ON ESPN.

KICKOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR NOON.

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