>>> I.U.

RESEARCH IS PARTNERING WITH REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVES TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN READI GRANT MONEY TO THE LOCAL ARTS SCENE.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS IN THE MIDWEST WHICH CAN PICK UP EARTHQUAKES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

>>> AND I TAKE A BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR OF THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION AT WHAT WILL BE THE NEW BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION CENTER BUILDING.

WE'LL HAVE THESE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

"INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M JOE HREN.

BLOOMINGTON ARTS GROUPS ARE GETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GRANT MONEY FOR NEW STUDIO SPACE, EQUIPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AS ETHAN SANDWEISS REPORTS, PROJECT LEADERS HOPE THE GRANT WILL KEEP AND DETRACT PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS IN THE UPLANDS REGION.

>> EACH SUMMER AMY OELSNER TEACHES THE BASICS OF ROCK MUSIC TO GIRLS AGES 8 TO 14.

AFTER SEVEN YEARS ON I.U.

BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS, GIRLS ROCK BLOOMINGTON WILL HAVE A SPACE OF THEIR OWN.

>> WE NEVER HAD A PHYSICAL HUB, OR LIKE OUR OWN HEADQUARTERS SO IT WILL BE REALLY LIFE CHANGING FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.

>> GIRLS ROCK IS MOVING INTO A WAREHOUSE OWNED BY BLOOMINGTON-BASED RECORD LABEL, SECRETLY CANADIAN.

THANKS TO A $3 MILLION GRANT FROM LILY FOUNDATION AND SECRETLY CANADIAN, THEY HAVE SPACE.

>> A PART OF THE GRANT, WE WILL DO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS IN OTHER COUNTIES WHICH WILL BE VERY COOL BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY EVER SERVED MONROE COUNTY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SPREAD THE GIRLS ROCK GOSPEL, I GUESS.

>> THE LILY FUNDS ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE AS PART OF AN ARTS AND CULTURAL INITIATIVE.

IT WAS CONCEIVED BY THE INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS AN INVESTMENT IN INDIANA'S ARTS ECONOMY.

$65 MILLION HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO ALMOST 50 PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE IDEA BEHIND THIS PROJECT, KNOWN AS THE UPLAND REGIONAL CREATIVE ECONOMY COMMONS IS IS TO MAKE AN ARTS CAREER VIABLE IN 11 SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES.

THEY WORKED WITH REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVES TO CREATE A PLAN.

>> WHAT A LOT OF THAT PLANNING EFFORT INVOLVED WAS HEARING DIRECTLY FROM HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT ARTISTS AND CREATIVES IN THE UPLANDS REGION.

>> WHAT THAT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IS SPACE, MONEY AND SUPPORT.

ARTS EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR CREATIVES TRYING TO GET ON THEIR FEET.

EDWARD DALLIS-COMENTALE SAYS THEY HAVE A LOT OF ARTS IN THE TOWN, BUT THEY CAN'T KEEP THEM.

>> FOR LACK OF THE STUDIO SPACE, PERFORMANCE SPACE.

>> THAT'S WHY THE SECRETLY WEAR HOUSE AND THE TRADES AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BUILDING DOWNTOWN WILL BE CONVERTED TO STUDIO AND PERFORMANCE SPACE, REPLETE WITH A SCENE SHOP, RECORDING STUDIO AND STORAGE ROOM.

>> GABE GLODEN SAYS WHEN HE GOT STARTED IN BLOOMINGTON THEATER, PROJECTS REQUIRED WEALTHY INVESTORS TO GET OFF THE GROUND.

HE WANTS TO MAKE PROFESSIONAL QUALITY THEATER ACCESSIBLE FOR FULL-TIME WORKERS.

>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THEM AS AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE SO ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR, LIKE, ECONOMIC STANCE THEY ENTER THE SPACE CAN PRODUCE THE BEST POSSIBLE WORK FOR OUR STAGES.

>> BEYOND PHYSICAL SPACE, GRANT LEADERS WANT TO CREATE A WEB-BASED HUB FOR ARTISTS TO FIND WORK, GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

I.U.

IS ALSO INVESTING $300,000 ANNUALLY ALONG WITH GRANT MONEY, AND SWITCHYARD PARK TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE SPACE.

THE RATIONAL BEHIND THESE GRANTS IS AN ECONOMIC ONE.

THEY HOPE IT YIELDS BENEFIT FOR TOURISM AND WORKER RETENTION THAT OUTWEIGH THE INITIAL COSTS.

$4 MILLION WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK AS THE ARTS AS THE ICING ON THE CAKE, SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AFTER YOU DO YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK, BUT WE ARE FLIPPING THAT LOGIC.

WE ARE PLACING THE ARTS AT THE CENTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

>> A LOT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THESE SPACES ARE READY FOR ARTISTS, INCLUDING DESIGN AND RENOVATION.

GLODEN IS HOPEFUL THAT WHEN ALL IS DONE, BLOOMINGTON'S GROWING ARTS COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO SUN STAIN ITSELF.

>> MY HOPE IS THAT WE START TO SEE ARTISTS FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, EVEN INDIANAPOLIS START TO LOOK AT BLOOMINGTON AS A VIABLE PLACE TO COME AND START A REALLY CREATIVE, EXCITING ENDEAVOR.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ETHAN SANDWEISS.

>>> A NEW NONPROFIT RESEARCH CENTER DEDICATED TO ADVANCED VEHICLE AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OFFICIALLY OPENED TUESDAY IN COLUMBUS.

OUR CLAYTON BAUMGARTH WAS ON SITE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING.

>> THE ADVANCED MACHINE AND VEHICLE INNOVATION CENTER OR AMVIC WILL PARTNER WITH COMPANIES TO TEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES BEFORE THEY ARE DEPLOYED.

AMVIC SAYS THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FACILITY LIKE THIS FOR DEVELOPING NEW SYSTEMS.

>> WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED TO TEST THEM.

AND TO TEST AND UNDERSTAND AND TRAIN ON THOSE AND THERE'S NOT A PLACE THAT EXISTS TODAY FOR THAT.

>> THE CENTER, WHICH RECEIVED $2 MILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDING WILL TEST TECHNOLOGIES RANGING FROM ADVANCED VEHICLE POWER SYSTEMS TO AUTONOMOUS DRONES AND MORE EFFICIENT DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE.

GOVERNOR MIKE BRAUN SAYS HE HOPES AMVIC BECOMES A MODEL FOR INNOVATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS INDIANA.

>> I WILL BE USING THIS AS KIND OF POSTER CHILD OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR STATE, OUR 92 COUNTIES, OUR 15 REGIONAL AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT.

>> THE MAYOR OF COLUMBUS SAYS THE CENTER BUILDS ON THE CITY'S MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING STRENGTHS WHITE HELPING TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF WORKERS.

>> WE ARE A MANUFACTURING TOWN BUT WE ARE ONLY SUCCESSFUL IF WE HAVE SKILLED AND WELL-TRAINED EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM THE JOB.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M CLAYTON BAUMGARTH.

>> WELL, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY CLAYTON BAUMGARTH FOR MORE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

♪ >> HI, JOE THANK YOU.

TWO MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FLOATED THE IDEA OF USING PART OF THE HOPEWELL NEIGHBORHOOD AS A SITE FOR A NEW JAIL AND JUSTICE CENTER AT WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THEY SHOT DOWN A SIMILAR PROPOSAL IN 2023, BUT THEN IT WAS FOR A JAIL ONLY.

WITH TIME OF THE ESSENCE TO FIND A NEW SITE FOR THE JAIL, THE COMMISSIONERS SAID IT'S LAND READILY AVAILABLE.

>> WE CANNOT UTILIZE THE SITE IF IT WILL REQUIRE A FULL PLAN COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL REVIEW, BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN AN ADDITIONAL MINIMUM OF NINE MONTHS OF TIME THAT WE REALLY DO NOT HAVE.

>> THE COMMISSIONERS SAID THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO A LAND SWAP WITH THE CITY FOR THE THOMSON PROPERTY OFF SOUTH ROGERS STREET.

>>> LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING ON INDIANA UNIVERSITY ELIZABETH BOOKER HOUSTON.

SHE POSTED AN INSTAGRAM VIDEO DELIVERING A CAKE TO LATE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM'S OFFICE.

INDIANA'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, MICAH BECKWITH SAYS I.U.

SHOULD REMOVE FUNDING IF THEY DO NOT REMOVE HOUSTON.

>> IS THIS A SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TO I.U.

'S INTEREST AND ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION.

AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY DOES THIS TELL US THAT SHE'S NO LONGER COMPETENT TO TEACH FOOD AND DRUG LAW ON A PART-TIME BASIS REMOTELY.

>> SANDERS SAYS HE DOES NOT SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN HOUSTON'S POST AND HER ABILITY TO TEACH.

HE SAYS PUBLIC CRITICISM ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY DENYING HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

>> BROWN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TRANSFER OVER 15,000 ACRES OF EXISTING HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST LAND TO THE CHARLES C. DEAN WILDERNESS AREA.

IT WOULD DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE WILDERNESS AND ESTABLISH A NEW RECREATION AREA.

WILDERNESS AREAS LIKE THE DEAN FACE STRICTER RECREATION ON LAND MANAGEMENT THAN NATIONAL FORESTS.

>> WE WANT TO AVOID SORT OF HUGE, LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS THAT SEEM TO BE MORE -- FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF FOREST SERVICE THAN FOR THE ECOLOGY.

>>> MANY DETAILS NEED TO BE WORKED OUT BEFORE ANY LEGISLATION COULD PASS.

>>> THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS CONSIDERING SEVERAL CHANGES TO PARKING OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A JUNE REPORT BY EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS.

SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE HIGHER PARKING RATES FOR STREET AND GARAGE PARKING, SHORTER EVENING ENFORCEMENT HOURS AND LICENSE PLATE READING.

AND IT SUGGESTS REPLACING THE SINGLE SPACE PARKING METERS WITH MULTI PARKING THE PARKING COULD RISE AS MUCH AS 50-CENTS IN SOME AREA.

>>> INDIANA'S BOARD OF FINANCE APPROVED MIKE BRAUN'S PROPOSAL TO SEND STATE FUNDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COVER THE SUSPENSION OF THE GAS AND EXCISE TAXES.

THE DECISION WILL SEND ROUGHLY $121 MILLION TO COVER THE TAX SUSPENSIONS MADE BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY.

SIMILAR TRANSFER APPROVALS ARE EXPECTED AT UPCOMING MEETINGS TO COVER THE TAX SUSPENSIONS THAT WILL CARRY INTO EARLY AUGUST.

>>> INDIANA IS SLATED TO RECEIVE $1 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO HELP RURAL HOSPITALS.

IT COMES FROM THE GROWING RURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WELL-BEING INITIATIVE.

THIS YEAR THE STATE WILL RECEIVE JUST UNDER $207 MILLION.

THAT MONEY CAN SUPPORT MEDICAL INNOVATION, PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT OR ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES.

>>> AND THREE BLOOMINGTON BREWERIES EARN STATEWIDE HONORS AT THE INDIANA BREWER'S CUP.

UPLAND WON TWO FIRST PLACE AWARDS WHILE BLOOMINGTON BREWING COMPANY TWO TWO THIRD PLACES.

HEART WORK BREWING EARNED SECOND PLACE FOR ITS CHECK PILSNER.

>> IT ENCOURAGES US TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHICH IS TRYING TO PRODUCE, QUALITY, LOCALLY BREWED CRAFT BREW.

>> AND WILLIAMS SAYS THAT HEARTWORK BREWING PLANS TO ENTER MORE BEERS IN THE FUTURE CONTESTS.

>> THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF GOOD BREWERIES.

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING AFTER WORK.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU.

>> OH, ALWAYS.

ALWAYS.

>> THANKS, CLAYTON.

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE A NEW STATE LAW THAT CRIMINALIZED THE USE OF UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC LAND FOR CAMPING, SLEEPING OR LONG-TERM SHELTER STARTING, BASICALLY MAKING STREET HOMELESSNESS ILLEGAL.

ON A RECENT NOON EDITION ON WFIU, WE SPOKE WITH ADVOCATES FOR THE UNHOUSED POPULATION ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HOMELESS AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR YEARS.

>> AND IT'S WEIGHING ON THEM BECAUSE I THINK THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S VIOLATING, LIKE, ETHICAL CODE THAT THEY'VE TRIED TO UPHOLD.

THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO DO ANY ARM TO THESE FOLKS AND THESE FOLKS ARE NOT TRYING TO DO ANY HARM TO ANYBODY.

BEFORE JULY 1st, THEY WEREN'T COMMITTING A CRIME.

IT'S NOT A CRIME TO EXIST, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS DOING.

AND SO IT'S TAKING AWAY TIME THAT THEY CAN BE DOING EITHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD CALL REAL POLICE WORK AND/OR JUST BUILDING TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT?

IT TAKES THEM A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS TO LEAVE THAT SPOT.

AND SO REALLY THEY JUST -- I MEAN, I'M HEARING A LOT OF JUST DEFEAT AND JUST NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO DO GOING FORWARD.

>> AND I WOULD -- I WOULD SAY THAT ONE THE TRAGEDIES OF THIS LAW IS THAT IF SOMEBODY IS, YOU KNOW, ARRESTED AND HAS A MISDEMEANOR, THAT JUST INCREASES THE BARRIERS TO HOUSING THAT THEY MIGHT ALREADY EXPERIENCE, AND SO IT ADDS FEES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO GET HOUSING.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT -- AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THERE WERE -- THE INTENT THAT WAS STATED AT THE -- FOR THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL, WAS TO DIVERT PEOPLE INTO TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT OR SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, NOT TO CRIMINALIZE THEM, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ALLOCATED TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FACILITIES AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE -- IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET TREATMENT STILL.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK FOR FROM THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT LEGISLATORS SAY THEY WANT TO SEE.

>> EVEN SHELTERING, YOU KNOW.

THOSE -- WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, NOT JUST IN OUR REGION, BUT IN THE STATE.

THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER BEDS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND THAT'S JUST A RECIPE FOR FAILURE, WHEN YOU ARE GOING OUT TO ARREST PEOPLE, UNLESS THEY, YOU KNOW, SEEK SHELTER BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE SHELTER, YOU KNOW TO EVEN PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE.

THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM.

THAT WAS THE BASIS OF THE OLD, YOU KNOW, COURT PRECEDENT AROUND THIS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SHELTER FOR, YOU KNOW -- TO OFFER PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T PUNISH THEM.

SO AT A MINIMUM, LIKE, LET'S PROVIDE THE SHELTER.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS ADVOCATING FOR STREET HOMELESSNESS AND THAT WE WANT MORE STREET HOMELESSNESS OR HAVE STREET HOMELESSNESS BE THE STATUS QUO.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

IT'S HORRIFYING.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM, AND -- AND MAKE A SOLUTION.

AND ONE THE THINGS THEY DID WITH THIS BILL, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT THE PLACES THAT IT ISN'T WORKING, IS IT DOESN'T -- IT TAKES AWAY LOCAL CONTROL.

WE HAD LOCAL CONTROL AROUND HOW WE NAVIGATED PUBLIC CAMPING, ABOUT HOW WE -- YOU KNOW, NAVIGATED THE RULES IN THESE PUBLIC SPACES SO THAT WE COULD PRIORITIZE HOW WE WORK WITH PEOPLE TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, GET OUT OF THAT CONDITION AND NOW THAT CONTROL IS COMPLETELY CONTINUE AWAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN FOR PEOPLE WHO OFTEN PROFESS THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL CONTROL, THIS IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT.

>> YEAH.

TO BOUNCE OFF THAT, WITH THE LOCAL CONTROL, LIKE, I MEAN, WE USED TO -- WE HAD OUR OWN POLICIES.

WE HAD OUR OWN THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.

WE COULD USE OUR OWN DISCRETION IF WE AN ENCAMPMENT.

WE COULD BALANCE PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE SAFETY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO CORRECT THEM WITH SHELTER IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, CONNECT THEM WITH HOUSING IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY TRULY, ANALYZE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND IF THE DECISION HAD TO BE MADE TO CLOSE THAT ENCAMPMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A 30-DAY NOTICE.

AND THEN INTENSIVELY WORK DURING THOSE 30 DAYS TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

I MEAN, NONE OF THAT WORK CAN BE DONE IN 48 HOURS.

ALMOST -- I MEAN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, ALMOST EVEN TO FIND A SHELTER BED FOR SOMEBODY.

IT'S OFTEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THAT IN 48 HOURS LET ALONE HOUSING, TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

>>> YOU CAN LISTEN AND WATCH THIS ENTIRE EPISODE AND ALL ARCHIVED NOON EDITION EPISODES ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTIUNEWS.ORG.

NOON EDITION AIRS EVERY FRIDAY LIVE ON OUR SISTER STATION, WFIU.

>>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS IN THE MIDWEST.

NATALIE FITZGIBBONS VISITED THE MORE THAN 60-YEAR-OLD STATION AND HAS MORE.

>> THIS STATION CAN RECORD EARTHQUAKES LOCALLY TO EARTHQUAKES OCCURRING AROUND THE WORLD.

>> THE INSTRUMENT DOWN HERE BELOW IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS VERY SLOW VIBRATIONS AND IT'S ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO EARTHQUAKES THAT HAPPEN IN OTHER PARTS THE WORLD.

SO WE RECORD EARTHQUAKES FROM CHINA OR SOUTH AMERICA OR WESTERN PACIFIC ALMOST DAILY.

THE UPPER SET OF INSTRUMENTS ARE WE CALL THE SHORT PERIOD OR HIGH FREQUENCY, THEY RESPOND TO RAPID VIBRATIONS AND SO WE CAN RECORD SMALL EARTHQUAKES THAT ARE TOO SMALL TO FEEL.

>> SO THE SHORT PERIOD AND HIGH FREQUENCY SAYS THEY RECORD TRAINS AND MINING BLOCKS.

IT REPRESENTS THE THREE COMPONENT OF THE GROUND MOTION.

ON THE LEFT IT RECORDS VERTICAL MOTION AND THE OTHER RECORDS HORIZONTAL MOTION.

NORTH SO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST.

>> THE RECORDING INSTRUMENT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS REALLY KIND OF AN HISTORICAL RELIC.

WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST STATIONS THAT'S OPERATING THIS KIND OF TRADITIONAL ANALOG PEN AND INK RECORDING STATION.

>> HE SAYS IN THE 1980s SIZE SEISMOGRAPHS WERE CONVERTED TO DIGITAL OPERATION, ALONG WITH THE ANALOG SEISMOGRAPH, HE SAYS THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT IS HELPFUL WHEN THERE'S TOO SMALL FOR THE ANALOG INSTRUMENTS TO RECORD PROPERLY.

>> IF YOU LOOK A VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKE, LIKE THE VENEZUELAN EARTHQUAKES, THESE ANALOG ARE ACTUALLY NOT VERY USEFUL.

THE PENS WILDLY SWING SIDE TO SIDE AND WE CAN'T USE THE DATA VERY WELL AND THAT'S WHERE THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS COME IN HANDY, WHERE THEY HAVE A MUCH BROADER RANGE.

>> THE ANALOG SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS FOR 24 HOURS.

EACH DAY THE STUDENTS CHANGE THE RECORDS.

>> EVERY SEISMOGRAPH STATION IN THE WORLD IS RECORDING AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME SCALE ALL REFERENCED TO GREENWICH ENGLAND ESSENTIALLY.

AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE RECORDS, YOU WILL SEE THESE PRONOUNCED LITTLE DEFLECTIONS ON THESE RECORDS, IT'S EVER 60 MILLIMETERS.

THOSE ARE TIME MARKS.

TEACH TIME A CLOCK SAYS A MINUTE HAS MINUTE HAS PASSED IT PUTS A LITTLE DEFLECTION IN THE RECORD THAT WE CAN USE TO GET PRECISE TIME.

>> HAMBURGER SAYS IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE TO KEEP THE ANALOG LOG SEISMIC STATION RUNNING.

TERRY SIGGLE HAS ENSURED IT WORKED SINCE 1981.

SHE SAYS IT'S BECOME MORE DIFFICULT FINDING SPARE PARTS.

>> WE'VE LEARNED A FEW OTHER SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE SHUT THEM DOWN AND NO LONGER DO PEN AND INK RECORDING, THEY DO IT STRICTLY ELECTRONIC, WITH THE ANALOG TO DIGITAL RECORDERS.

WE CONTACTED THEM AND THEY GAVE US THEIR STOCK OF SPARE PARTS.

>> HAMBURGER SAYS STUDYING AN EARTHQUAKE THAT'S COUNTRIES AWAY CAN HELP ONE UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL IMPLICATIONS.

>> IT'S ALSO A REMINDER THAT THESE ARE NOT ALL JUST FAR AWAY STORIES OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN CHINA OR SOUTH AMERICA, THAT THEY ARE THE SAME KINDS OF HAZARDS HERE, PERHAPS AT A LOWER LEVEL AND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THEM.

>> HE SAYS THE ANALOG SEISMIC STATION SERVED AS AN IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR STUDENTS FROM K THROUGH 12th GRADE TO LEARN ABOUT THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS AROUND THE WORLD.

>> THIS IS THE WAY TO MAKE THE INVISIBLE WORLD VISIBLE AND FOR STUDENTS AND ESPECIALLY YOUNGER STUDENTS TO SEE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND TO REALIZE THAT THESE ARE ACTUALLY RECORDINGS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH, ECHOES OF THEM, AN EARTHQUAKE THAT HAPPENED HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD AND THAT WE CAN SEE THEM AND MAKE SENSE OUT OF THEM HERE IS KIND OF A -- I DON'T KNOW, A LIGHTBULB MOMENT SOMETIMES.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M NATALIE FITZGIBBONS.

>> AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN BY THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION CENTER YOU HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION.

THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM WEDDLE BROTHERS TOOK ME ON A TOUR TO GET A LOOK AT THE PROGRESS.

>> TODAY WE WILL WALK THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, SEE WHERE WE ARE, ALL THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE, THE SKY BRIDGE, COMING IN ON THE FIRST HALL.

YOU HAVE THE NORTHWEST AND THE NORTHEAST.

WATCH YOUR STEP.

WE WILL HAVE A DESK HERE.

THE GRAND STAIRS HERE COMING UP TO THE CONNECTOR.

>> HE SAYS THE 30-FOOT TALL CEILINGS OUTSIDE THE EXHIBITION HALL WILL MAKE FOR AN IMPRESSIVE PREFUNCTION SPACE.

>> HERE IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE EXHIBIT HALL.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SPACE HERE.

AS YOU CAN SEEN UP HERE.

>> THIS IS 28,000 SQUARE FEET, ABOUT HALF A FOOTBALL FIELD.

MOVABLE PARTITION WALLS WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE MEETINGS AND EXHIBITS AND MORE.

>> WE HAVE 8-INCH CONCRETE TO ACCOMMODATE TRUCKS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OVERHEAD DOOR THAT GOES THROUGH BACK OF HOUSE THAT WILL ALLOW THAT TRAFFIC TO COME IN AND OUT.

>> ABOUT 60 WORKERS FROM MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS ARE ON SITE EACH DAY, REQUIRING CONSTANT COORDINATION.

>> YOU GO UPSTAIRS TO THE SECOND FLOOR IF YOU'D LIKE.

>> OKAY.

LET'S GO.

>> AND RIGHT BEHIND US IS THE CONNECTOR.

THE ROOM THAT YOU JUST STEPPED OUT OF WILL BE A MEETING SPACE.

WE HAVE THE GRAND STAIRS RIGHT HERE BEHIND US.

AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE PORCELAIN PAVERS AND A ROOFING SYSTEM SO YOU CAN WALK OUT HERE.

DECORATIVE HANDRAIL AROUND.

BACK IN THE EXHIBIT HALL, WE WILL WALK TO THE OVERHELD, THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE BACK OF HOUSE.

>> THIS IS ALL KITCHEN?

>> THIS IS ALL KITCHEN OVER HERE.

>> WOW!

>> YOU WILL ACCESS THE LOADING DOCK OFF THE COLLEGE.

YOU HAVE THE SOUTH LOT DOWN HERE SO THEY CAN BACK TRUCKS AND STUFF IN.

>> VIEWS ARE WORKING ON MUCH OF THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK, INSTALLING ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING DUCT WORK, UP TO 12 FEET WIDE.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE GOT THE EXTERIOR WORK COMPLETED ON THIS SIDE, WHICH WE WILL SEE HERE IN A SECOND WHICH INCLUDES THE LIMESTONE AND THE GRANITE AND THE MASONRY WORK AND ALL THE CURTAIN WALL SYSTEMS AND NOW WE ARE PREPPING TO POUR ALL OF OUR SIDEWALKS.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I LOVE MY JOB, AND OUR PROJECT TEAM TALKS ABOUT IT ON A DAILY BASIS, THAT SEEING THE PROGRESS, EVEN FROM DAY-TO-DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE EVERY DAY.

WE SEE THIS EVERY DAY, BUT THE PROGRESS THAT ALL THE COORDINATION EFFORT, ALL THE TRADESMEN AND WOMEN COMING TOGETHER, SEEING THE BUILDING AND STANDING HERE A YEAR AGO TO WHERE WE ARE HERE WITH THIS NOW.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR WORK ON EVERY JOB BUT THIS ONE HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

>> 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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