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Daily Local News – August 11, 2016

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Regular visitors to Seminary Park voiced dissent this afternoon following Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s announcement that a police surveillance camera would be installed there; Monroe County Commissioner Patrick Stoffers has warned the County Council they will likely need to invest in professional guidance for the County Treasurer and Auditor’s offices; Multiple Indiana business and civic leaders plan to introduce a new initiative that will create a more expansive Pre-K program in a new campaign; The Monroe County Traffic Safety Partnership has announced it will participate in the nationwide 2016 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.

FEATURE
Adria Nassim and her constant companion Lu — her service dog — might be as familiar to many Bloomington residents as Mayor Hamilton or IU basketball coach Tom Crean. Nassim is this town’s go-to expert on the autism spectrum, something she knows about intimately. She was a premature baby and early on was found to have the classic social interaction, learning, and spatial recognition difficulties that define the disorder. In college, she dedicated herself to learning everything she could about autism. Today, she helps parents and children understand what autism is all about. She gives talks to businesses and organizations on how to embrace autistic workers and customers. Her column on living with autism appears every Tuesday in the Herald Times. She joins Michael Glab this week on Big Talk.

VOICES IN THE STREET
Today’s edition of “Voices in the Street” asks Bloomington residents what Olympic event they are look forward to the most.

CREDITS
Anchors: Carolyn VandeWiele and Ryan Stacy
Today’s headlines were written by Taylor Haggerty, Kacey Ross and Joe Crawford
Along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Michael Glab
Voices in the Street was produced by Kelly Wherley
Our engineer is Chris Martin.
Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
Executive Producer is Joe Crawford.

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