>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," RUSSIA'S MILITARY INVASION THIS WEEK HAS MANY UKRAINIANS IN THE U.S.

CONCERNED FOR LOVED ONES BACK HOME AND THE COUNTRY ITSELF.

>> I AM FEARFUL FOR MY FRIENDS, FOR MY CHURCH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, AND FOR ALL PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.

>> AHEAD, WE TALK TO AN EXPERT ABOUT THE UNFOLDING SITUATION.

>> LIBRARIANS AND EDUCATORS ARE CONCERNED BY ATTEMPTS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO REGULATE WHAT BOOKS THEY CAN KEEP ON THE SHELVES.

>> WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT GRANTS WILL BE SO AFRAID OF BEING PROSECUTED THAT THEY WILL STOP COLLECTING MATERIALS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR PATRONS.

>> FOR NOW LEGISLATION THAT WOULD WEAKEN LIBRARY FROM PROSECUTION IS IN LIMBO.

>>> AND A FIFTH TURKEY FARM HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR AVIAN FLU.

THOSE STORIES AND LATEST NEWS HEADLINES, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

♪ >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

I'M JOE HREN.

RUSSIAN TROOPS LAUNCHED A BROAD ASSAULT ON UKRAINE THIS WEEK.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDAN SAYS IT WILL LEAD TO A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF LIFE AND HUMAN SUFFERING.

UKRAINIANS IN THE U.S. ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE SITUATION BACK HOME.

>> THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE HAS BEEN ESCALATING FOR QUITE A WHILE.

FOR AT LEAST A FEW WEEKS THE U.S. WAS PREDICTING THAT RUSSIA'S PRED PRESIDENT VLAD VLADIMIR PUTIN WOULD JUSTIFY AN INVASION.

OLGA ANTONOVA FLED TO ZIONSVILLE BECAUSE SHE WAS FEARFUL OF A RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE.

>> IF NOT MY CHILDREN, I WOULDN'T COME.

I WOULD STAY IN UKRAINE, BECAUSE IT'S MY HOMELAND AND NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF THEIR CLOSING, LIKE, THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LEAVE.

>> ANTONOVA IS AROUND THE ROUGHLY 19,000 UKRAINIANS LIVING IN INDIANAPOLIS.

MORE THAN 1 MILLION AMERICANS OF UKRAINIAN DESCENT CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE U.S. SHE WORKED WITH THE MISSION TO UKRAINE TO COME TO THE U.S.

THE GROUP PROVIDES RESOURCES SUCH AS FOOD, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND SHELTER FOR UKRAINIAN WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE STATE.

>> I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE ASSUMING THAT THIS IS A NEW THING, THAT RUSSIA JUST DECIDED, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING PARTS OF THE EAST AND THE SOUTH FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW.

>> THE ORGANIZATION HAS STARTED AN EMERGENCY FUND-RAISER TO HELP THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO ARE STILL LIVING IN THE UKRAINE.

>> I AM FEARFUL FOR MY FRIENDS, FOR MY CHURCH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, AND FOR ALL PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.

>> ANTONOVA HOPES THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO GO BACK HOME WHEN IT'S SAFER.

>> THE YOUNGER ONE IS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE OLDER ONE IS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO THEIR STUDIES AND THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO THEIR CLASSMATES AND TO THEIR NORMAL LIFE.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M SARA WITTMEYER.

>>> INDIANAPOLIS RANKS.

7th IN THE LIST OF CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THE LARGEST UKRAINIAN POPULATIONS.

>>> WELL, WE ARE JOINED NOW BY BARBARA SKINNER, A PROFESSOR AT INDIANA STATE OF HISTORY AND AN EXPERT ON UKRAINE, RUSSIAN HISTORY AND THE COLD WAR.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, PROFESSOR SKINNER.

>> THANK YOU.

IT'S BEST TO STAND UP FOR COUNTRIES LIKE UKRAINE.

>> IT'S IMPERATIVE.

THERE ARE TWO BIG ISSUES THAT ARE AT STAKE HERE, AND THE FIRST ONE IS DEFINITELY THE IDEA OF SUPPORTINGSUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AGAINST AN AUTOCRATIC REGIME.

SO UKRAINIANS SHARE DEMOCRATIC VALUES WITH THE WEST.

THEY HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS AND THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR, OF COURSE, REPRESENTS AN AUTOCRATIC REGIME THAT IS ANTI-WESTERN, ANTIDEMOCRATIC, AND POINTEDLY ANTI-AMERICAN, I SHOULD ADD.

PUTIN HAS A REAL CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER AGAINST THE U.S. AND OFTEN AIMS HIS TALKS RIGHT AT THE UNITED STATES.

SO IN RUSSIA, YOU HAVE NO FREE SPEECH.

YOU HAVE STATE CONTROL OF MEDIA, AND IF YOU WANT TO OPPOSE THE REGIME, YOU KNOW THIS OPPOSITION IS PRESSED BY FORCE.

SO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO PROMOTE OUR VALUES AND THAT'S UKRAINE.

BUT THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THE RULES BASED ORDER IN THE POST-WORLD WAR II WORLD.

VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS WILLY IN WILLFULLY AND UNPROVOKED VIOLATED THOSE INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND THIS REALLY AFFECTS THE ENTIRE WORLD AND CREATES A KIND OF UNCERTAINTY OVER OUR DECADES' OLD SECURITY NORMS SINCE -- THAT HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 1945.

THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG REASONS WHY WE NEED TO -- WE HAVE A BIG STAKE IN THIS FIGHT.

>> AND LET ME JUMP IN REALLY QUICKLY, THE U.S. AND WESTERN ALLIES ARE IMPOSING SANCTIONS BUT WON'T INTERVENE MILITARILY.

WHAT ELSE CAN THE WEST DO TO PUNISH RUSSIA AND PUTIN FOR THE INVASION AND THEN DOES ANY OF IT MATTER?

>> YEAH.

>> SANCTIONS SEEM WOEFULLY INADEQUATE AND WE NEED TO GET OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS TO AGREE TO SOME SANCTIONS THAT WILL HURT THEM PROBABLY MORE THAN WE'LL BE HURT HERE IN THE U.S., BUT THOSE MEASURES ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS WHY IS NO ONE SPEAKING ABOUT BELARUS HERE?

BELARUS HAS SERVED AS A LAUNCHING PAD FOR THE RUSSIAN ASSAULT ON UKRAINE, AND THEY ARE FULLY COMPLICIT IN THIS BLAISEANTBLATANTVIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.

I HOPE THAT WE'LL SEE THAT.

>> PROFESSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>>> LEGISLATION THAT WOULD WEAKEN A LIBRARY'S DEFENSE IF PROSECUTED FOR PROVIDING HARMFUL MATERIALS TO MINORS IS IN LEGISLATIVE LIMBO.

BEFORE THE PROGRESS FALTERED LIBRARIANS AND EDUCATORS VOICED CONCERN ABOUT HOW IT AFFECTED WHAT MATERIALS THEY COULD KEEP ON SHELVES.

BENTA BOUTHIER REPORTS.

>> LOCALS GATHERED FOR A READ-IN, OUTSIDE OF THE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY LIBRARY LAST WEEK.

MANY READ BOOKS WITH THEMES ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING, CENSORSHIP OR LGBTQ RIGHTS.

THE BILL PASSED THE SENATE LAST MONTH, BUT HOUSE LEADERS SAID LAST WEEK IT WON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THAT CHAMBER.

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY LIBRARY DIRECTOR JASON HATTEN SAID HE PAID ATTENTION TO THE BILL WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED.

HE WAS AWARE OF A SIMILAR BILL THAT WAS INTRODUCED LAST YEAR THAT DEPOSIT MAKE IT OUT OF THE SENATE.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE CAN SAY -- DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE SENATE.

>> RIGHT NOW WE CAN SAY WE ARE LIBRARIANS WE ARE DOING THIS WITHIN THE COURSE OF OUR WORK.

>> LANGUAGE IN SENATE BILL 17 WOULD REMOVE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS A DEFINANCE THAT PUBLIC OR SCHOOL LIBRARIES COULD USE IF SOMETHING WAS DEEMED HARMFUL TO MINORS WHICH IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

UNDER INDIANA LAW, MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS IS DEFINED UNDER FOUR CATEGORIES.

IT DESCRIBES OR REPRESENTS IN ANY FORM NUDITY OR SEXUAL EXCITEMENT CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE AS AN EXCESSIVE INTEREST IN THE SEX OF MINORS AND GOES AGAINST THE ADULT COMMUNITY AND SUITABLE MATERIAL FOR MINORS AND CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE, LACKED LITERARY, OR SCIENTIFIC VALUE TO MINORS.

HATTEN SAYS THE DEFINITION IS TOO SUBJECTIVE.

>> THERE ARE FOUR POINTS THAT ARE LAID OUT, BUT, AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY MUCH OPEN TO -- TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S INTERPRETATION OF THAT.

>> BUT BILL COAUTHOR JIM TOMES SAYS IT HAD A WOULD HAVE TO FALL IN ALL FOUR CATEGORIES, AND THE BILL DOESN'T BAN ANYTHING.

>> THEY ARE LITERARY NOVELS WHERE IN THE BOOK ITSELF IT MIGHT HAVE REFERENCE TO SOME KIND OF AN ADULT SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT THOSE BOOKS.

THEY ARE NOT PART OF IT.

>> LIBRARIES COULDN'T ARGUE THAT THESE MATERIALS WERE KEPT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND THE BILL IS ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN.

HE INTRODUCES THE BILL IN A SENATE COMMITTEE IN JANUARY.

>> GOOD SENSE, COMMON SENSE WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME KIND OF BOOK THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING IN IT THAT IS OF A NATURE THAT IT MAY BE -- MAYBE ABOVE SOME OF THE KIDS' GRADE LEVELS BUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

IT'S NOT OBSCENE.

IT'S NOT COMPLETELY VULGAR.

>> BUT CHAD HECK, A LIBRARIAN WITH PIKE HIGH SCHOOL IN MARION COUNTY SAYS LIBRARIES ALREADY DON'T CARRY THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL.

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.

WE DO COLLECT MATERIALS THAT MAY HAVE SEXUALITY IN THEM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM AS A WHOLE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT.

IT MAY BE A SCENE.

IT MAY BE A PART OF A CHARACTER'S EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S NOT PORN.

>> HECK AGREES THAT THE LEGISLATION LEAVES TOO MUCH ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION.

BOTH HE AND HATTEN WORRY THAT LEGISLATION LIKE SENATE BILL 17 WOULD CAUSE A CHILLING EFFECT.

>> WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT LIBRARIANS WILL BE SO AFRAID OF BEING PROSECUTED THAT THEY WILL STOP COLLECTING MATERIALS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR PATRONS.

>> HATTEN AND HECK SAYS LIBRARIES HAVE FORMAL PROCESSES IN PLACE IF SOMEONE HAS COMPLAINTS ABOUT LIBRARY MATERIAL.

EVEN IF THE LANGUAGE FROM SENATE BILL 17 MAKES IT NO FURTHER THIS SEASON, A PROFESSOR WHO TEACHES A COURSE ON BANNED BOOKS, SAYS IT MARKS A SHIFT IN HOW PEOPLE VIEW PUBLIC EDUCATION.

>> THAT THEY SHOULD BE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE UNDER 18 GO TO HAVE THEIR OWN FAMILIES' IDEAS REINFORCED, AS OPPOSED TO THE IDEA THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL EXISTS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE FOR THE GOOD OF SOCIETY.

>> SHE ADDS EVEN IN THE LEGISLATION DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD, IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT FROM LIBRARIANS AND EDUCATORS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.

HATTEN SAYS THE LEGISLATION CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS TRAINING AND HOW HE DOES THE JOB HE'S BEEN TRAINED FOR.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE JOB THAT WE WERE EDUCATED FOR, AND THAT WE DO, AND THAT'S PROVIDE MATERIALS FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE MATERIALS FOR EVERYONE.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME!

THANK YOU FOR READING A STORY WITH ME.

>> TOMES SAYS HE WILL TRY TO GET SENATE BILL 17'S LANGUAGE AMENDED INTO ANOTHER BILL BEFORE SESSION IS OVER.

AND IF IT DOESN'T PASS IN SOME FORM THIS YEAR, BOTH TOMES AND COAUTHOR SENATOR SAY IT WILL BE BACK IN FUTURE SESSIONS FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M BENTE BOUTHIER.

>> FOR MORE HEADLINES FOR AROUND STATE, WE ARE JOINED BY HOLDEN ABSHIER.

HELLO, HOLDEN.

>> HI, JOE.

A SENATE COMMITTEE GUTTED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED INDIANA'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT TO CARRY A HANDGUN IN PUBLIC.

THE CHANGES CAME AFTER EIGHT HOURS OF TESTIMONY AND DEBATE WEDNESDAY.

THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE SENATE RODRIC BRAY SAYS IT VIOLATES SENATE RULES, FOSING HIM TO STOP THE MEASURE FROM -- FORCING HIM TO STOP THE MEASURE FROM MOVING FORWARD.

IT WOULD STOP OR STRIP POLICE OF SCREENING TOOLS.

INDIANA STATE POLICE DOUG CARTER RAISED EYEBROWS AS HE CALLED OUT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AND THEIR SUPER MAJORITY.

>> IT STIFLES, PROHIBITS AND OFTENTIMES LIMITS PUBLIC DEBATE.

I SURE HOPE YOU CHOOSE TO SHOW DEFERENCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS.

>> BRAY SAYS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WILL LOOK FOR NEW LANDING SPOTS FOR THE BILL'S ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.

>>> THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF BLOOMINGTON'S REMONDAY REMONSTERRANT PERIODS UNDER.

KATHERINE SMITH RELEASED THE CERTIFIED RESULTS.

>> AREAS 1A AND 1B DID NOT MEET THE REQUIRED 65% PETITION RATE, BUT THEY DID REACH THE 51 PLUS PERCENT THRESHOLD TO APPEAL ANNEXATION IN COURT.

BUT THE PROCESS IS FAR FROM OVER.

MANY OF THE PETITION SIGNATURES ARE INVALID DUE TO REMONSTERRANT WAIVERS.

WAIVERS ARE AGREEMENTS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS SIGNED IN EXCHANGE FOR CITY SERVICES SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER.

THE CITY SAYS ALL WAIVERS SHOULD COUNT DESPITE A 2019 STATE LAW THAT INVALIDATES WAIVERS MORE THAN 15 YEARS OLD.

BLOOMINGTON MAYOR JOHN HAMILTON SAYS THE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT RETROACT ENVIRONMENTALLY VOIDS A LEGAL CONTRACT.

>> IF THEY ARE RECOGNIZED, WHICH WE BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE, AS YOU INDICATED, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE THIS ANNEXATION GOES THROUGH AUTOMATICALLY BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE, MOST OF THE PARCELS IN THESE AREAS AGREED TO BE PART OF THE CITY IN THE PAST YEARS.

>> IN THE CITY TAKES THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE TO COURT AND WINS, ALL BUT TWO AREAS WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ANNEXED.

FOR INDIANA NEWS DESK, I'M JOE WREN.

>>> ONE WEEK FROM NOW, MONROE COUNTY WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN INSTORE MASK MANDATE, JOINING -- INDOOR MASK MANDATE, JOINING EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN THE STATE.

AMONG THE LAST IN THE STATE TO STILL REQUIRE MASKS VOTED THIS WEEK TO END THEIR MANDATES NEXT FRIDAY.

I.U.

ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK ITS MANDATE WOULD ALSO END NEXT FRIDAY.

THE MOVES COINCIDE WITH THE END OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE'S EMERGENCY HEALTH ORDERS ON MARCH 4th.

>>> BLOOMINGTON MAYOR JOHN HAMILTON SAYS A LOCAL INCOME TAX INCREASE IS ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE THIS YEAR.

ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT PROPOSE A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE.

HAMILTON MADE THE REMARKS DURING HIS SEVENTH STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS THURSDAY NIGHT.

IN ORDER TO RAISE THE LOCAL INCOME TAX, HAMILTON WOULD NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL INCOME TAX COUNCIL.

HAMILTON SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO MAKE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING INCREASED POLICE SALARIES AND NEW FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR MISS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

>>> -- FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

>> RECENT FEDERAL SUPPORT HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL BUT IT IS NOT ONGOING.

THIS IS NO WAY TO PURSUE OUR AMBITIONS AND WALK OUR WALK WITHOUT MORE LOCAL RESOURCES.

>> HAMILTON ALSO SAYS HE WILL FORM A GREEN RIBBON PANEL BEFORE SUMMER TO ADVANCE THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

ADDITIONALLY, HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CITY IS ADVANCING A DID DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION COALITION.

>>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME FOR HEADLINES, JOE, BACK TO YOU.

>> WE WILL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT ANNEXATION NUMBERS COMING UP.

>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," ANOTHER TURKEY FORM IN DUBOISE COUNTY HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH THE AVIAN FLU, LEADING TO MORE THAN 35,000 TURKEYS BEING EUTHANIZED.

AND WE VISIT THE STORY OF MUTINY IN SEYMOUR.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

A THIRD TURKEY FARM IN DUBOISE COUNTY HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR AVIAN FLU THIS WEEK.

IT'S FIFTH FARM IN SOUTHERN INDIANA TO TEST POSITIVE SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN EARLIER THIS MONTH.

MORE THAN 35,000 TURKEYS WERE EUTHANIZED AT THAT FARM, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TURKEYS DEPOPULATED IN THE STATE TO MORE THAN 154,000.

AN OUTBREAK IN 2016 LED TO THE DEPOPULATION OF MORE THAN 400,000 BIRDS.

>>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY DENISE DERRER SPEARS FOR MORE ON THE AVIAN FLU.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, DENISE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SO LET'S JUST START.

WHAT CAUSES THE AVIAN FLU?

AND HOW DOES IT SPREAD?

>>> AVIAN FLU IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS.

IT'S CARRIED BY WILD MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.

THEY CAN CARRY THE DISEASE.

THEY CAN GET SICK, BUT YET THEY DON'T GET ILL AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MIGRATE.

AND SPREAD THE VIRUS IN THEIR FECES WHEN THEY ARE CONGREGATING IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THEIR NORMAL MIGRATORY PROBLEMS.

THAT PRESENTS A DANGER BECAUSE IF SOMEONE WERE TO WALK THROUGH THOSE OR DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES, IT COULD GO ON TO FARMS IF BIOSECURITY IS NOT PRACTICED.

>> IT HAS LED TO THE DEPOPULATION OF MORE THAN 154,000 TURKEYS.

HOW DO YOU TRY TO CONTAIN AND OUTBREAK LIKE THIS?

>> THE BIG THING IS BIOSECURITY IS NUMBER ONE.

AND THAT'S TRYING TO KEEP ANY FOREIGN ORGANISMS, THE GERMS, THE VIRUSES OUT OF THE BARN SITUATION, WHERE THEY TRY TO KEEP THE BIRDS HEALTHY AND FREE OF DISEASE.

AND THAT MEANS CHANGING CLOTHES, CHANGING SHOES, DON'T WEAR THE SAME THING IN THE BARN THAT YOU WOULD WEAR IN PUBLIC OR OTHER PLACES.

THE FARMERS ARE WATCHING VERY, VERY CLOSELY FOR ANY SIGNS OF DISEASE IN THEIR BIRDS OR CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR.

A LOT OF THEM ARE FINDING THAT THE BIRDS WHO ARE GETTING SICK QUIT DRINKING WATER AS MUCH.

ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FAST RESPONSE.

>> HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT A REPEAT OF 2016, WHEN 11 FARMS IN THE STATE WERE IMPACTED AND MORE THAN 400,000 BIRDS WERE PUT DOWN?

>> 2016 WAS A HIGH WATERMARK FOR US.

WE HOPE TO AVOID THAT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE FARMS AFFECTED IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

POULTRY FARMERS ARE REALLY ON TOP OF THIS, AS FAR AS WATCHING FOR ANY SIGNS.

THEY ARE TESTING QUICKLY.

THEY ARE RESPONDING QUICKLY BY DEPOPULATING THE BIRDS WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF KEEPING THE VIRUS FROM MULTIPLYING AND SPREADING OUTSIDE.

WE LEARNED A LOT AS AN AGENCY AND SO DID THE POULTRY INDUSTRY BACK IN 2016, AND JUST TRYING TO PUT SOME OF THOSE QUICK RESPONSE LESSONS INTO PRACTICE IS REALLY HELPING THIS YEAR.

>> JUST UNDER 30 SECONDS LEFT.

YOU KNOW, INDIANA RANKED THIRD NATIONALLY IN TURKEY PRODUCTION.

WHAT TYPE OF IMPACTS DO OUTBREAKS LIKE THIS HAVE ON THE INDUSTRY?

>> THE BIG THING, AS A WHOLE, IT COULD AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO EXPORT INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

INDIANA IS A MAJOR, MAJOR POULTRY PRODUCER AND IT AFFECTS MORE THAN TURKEYS WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

ON A MORE LOCAL LEVEL, IT'S A BIG IMPACT ON THOSE INDIVIDUAL FARM FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> INDIANA STATE ALUM AND TRUSTEE CYNTHIA POWERS HAS DONATED $150,000 TO START THE QUITON PEACE AVIATION SCHOLARSHIP TO INCREASE AVIATION.

SMITH WAS A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE DURING WORLD WAR II WHEN HE WAS BRIEFLY STATIONED AT FREEMAN FIELD IN SEYMOUR.

THERE HE WAS ONE OF 101 TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BASE ACEBASE'S SEGREGATIONS OFFICERS CLUBS.

WE HAVE MORE ON THE FREEMAN FIELD MUTINY.

>> TO SEYMOUR AND BACK, EASILY NO REFUELING NEEDED.

>> TIM MOLLY NAIRY ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PILOT.

HE WAS OFTEN AT THE LOCAL AIRPORT WHERE HE WOULD SPEND HOURS WATCHING PLANES FLY IN?

>> EVERY SO OFTEN, MY DAD WOULD TAKE ME OUT HERE AND WE WOULD CHECK OUT THE PLANES OR WHATEVER WAS ON THE TARMAC.

>> HE LEARNED THE HISTORY OF THE SMALL AIRPORT AND WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN DURING WORLD WAR II, IT WAS HOME TO AN AIR BASE, AND TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WHO FOUGHT SEGREGATION RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA!

>> I NOTICED A PLAQUE OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM, AND I REALIZED THAT THAT PLAQUE WASN'T ENOUGH TO HONOR THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOOD THAT THE PLAQUE WAS THERE, BUT IT DIDN'T BRING OUT HOW SIGNIFICANT THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WERE.

>> FOR HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, HE CONSTRUCTED A PLAZA HONORING THE AIRMEN.

>> I KNEW IT WAS FREEMAN FIELD.

>> AND IS NOW COLLECTING FUNDS TO PLACE TWO STATUES NEARBY.

>> TAKE THAT BUSH OUT AND PUT A STATUE RIGHT THERE.

AND THEY WOULD BOTH BE LIFE SIZED STATUES.

>> IN MARCH OF 1945, THEY ARRIVED AT FREEMAN FIELD IN SEYMOUR TO LEARN TO FLY LARGE BOMBERS.

>> IN REALITY, EVERYTHING WAS WIDELY SEGREGATED.

AND SO NO BASE REALLY WANTED THESE GUYS.

>> THERE, INADEQUATE TRAINING CONTINUED AND MEMBERS OF THE 477th WERE TOLD NOT TO STEP FOOT IN THE OFFICER'S CLUBS FOR SUPERVISORS WHO WERE WHITE AND INSTEAD USED THE CLUB FOR TRAINEES.

>> THIS WAS A THINLY VEILED ATTEMPT TO FURTHER SEGREGATION ON BASE BUT ARMY REGULATIONS ACTUALLY PROHIBITED SEGREGATION, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE 477th WAS AWARE OF THEM.

>> SOME OF THEM WERE COMBAT VETERANS.

THEY HAD FLOWN IN EUROPE ALREADY, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF THIS CRAP ABOUT SEGREGATION OR INFERIOR FACILITIES.

SO THEY DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO INTEGRATE THE WHITE OFFICERS CLUB.

>> OVER THE COURSE OF DAYS, BLACK SOLDIERS ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE CLUB AND WERE DENIED LEADING TO THE ARRESTS OF 61 AIRMEN.

BASE LEADERSHIP DEMANDED THEY SIGN AN ORDER SAYING THEY UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CLUB.

101 REFUSED AND WERE ARRESTED.

>> THERE'S A DELIBERATE CALCULATION TAKING PLACE HERE, TRADING BLOOD FOR CITIZENSHIP, RIGHT?

SERVICE FOR CITIZENSHIP.

HOW DO YOU DENY BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION?

>> NEWS OF WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE FREEMAN FIELD MUTINY QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MAKING THE ARMY LOOK HYPOCRITICAL AT HOME AS IT FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM OVERSEAS.

>> THOSE COMMANDERS WERE REPLACED BENJAMIN DAVIS WAS SELECTED AND IT BECAME THE FIRST TIME AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WAS IN CHARGE OF A MILITARY BASE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

>> THE MUTINY WAS KEY IN THE DESEGREGATION OF THE MILITARY WHICH WOULD OCCUR THREE YEARS LATER BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND BEST EXACT WILLS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS USING NONVIOLENT PROTEST IN THEIR FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUST NICE FREEMAN FIELD MUTINY WAS AN EXAMPLE OF NONVIOLENT PROTEST THAT BECAME A MODEL FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE '50s AND '60s.

>> NOW THAT MANY AIRMEN ARE NO LONGER WITH US, DUVAL IS WORKING TO KEEP THEIR LEGACY ALIVE, AND HIGHLIGHT THE HEROES' DEEP TIES TO THE HOOSIERS STATE.

>> THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DID WRONG BUT WHAT THE AIRMEN DID THAT WAS RIGHT AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT COULD HAPPEN.

THEY DID THE RIGHT THING WITHOUT EXPECTING AN IMMEDIATE REWARD.

>> WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, A STRETCH OF I-65 NEAR SEYMOUR WAS DESIGNATED THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN HIGHWAY IN 2016.

HE'S OFFERED TO HELP GUIDE MOLL NAIRY'S EFFORTS ON THE STATUE PROJECT TOO.

TIM HAS ABOUT $40,000 TO GO.

>> THE STORY IS MUCH GREATER THAN JUST FLYING AIRPLANES.

IT'S ABOUT WANTING TO SERVE ONE'S COUNTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTAINING THE GREATER BENEFITS OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY AND CONSTITUTION HAVE PROVIDED.

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

>> 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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