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Daily Local News – August 29, 2016

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Police arrested a third suspect today in an apparent robbery that ended in the killing of a 26-year-old Bloomington woman; Five Indiana counties have established syringe exchange programs (SEP), following a change in Indiana law last year; A preliminary plan for reconstructing existing roadways and intersections as part of a Sample Road connection project have been submitted by Butler, Fairman and Seufert Civil Engineers; Complaining of impassible sidewalks and lowered property values, residents of Bloomington’s Spicewood neighborhood spoke out last week against their neighbor who refuses to mow his lawn.

FEATURE
Monroe County Commissioners are seeking reimbursement for $150,000 they spent to hire consulting firm Hartman and Williams in 2014 to audit the offices of the county treasurer and the auditor. The county is filing a claim with the agencies that bonded current county treasurer, Cathy Smith; and former County Auditor, Steve Saulter, for reimbursement of money that the county spent on auditing those two offices. Sarah Vaughan spoke with County Commissioner, Julie Thomas, about exactly how the Auditor and Treasurer allegedly failed in their constitutional duties, and the prospects of the county getting its money back.

ACTIVATE!
In this week’s Activate! – Mark Voland discusses the benefits of mentoring with Big Brothers and Big Sisters (BBBS). As Executive Director, Mark knows first-hand the positive impact being a big brother or big sister has on the lives of children, and on the mentors themselves. There are currently 80 kids on the waiting list to be paired with a mentor and of those 50 are boys. A 60 day recruitment campaign begins in September to encourage more men in South Central Indiana to give their time and energy to a young person in our community. That’s this week on Activate! – our weekly segment spotlighting people working for positive change in our community.

CREDITS
Anchors: Maria McKinley and Doug Storm
Today’s headlines written by Joe Crawford and Cathi Norton; along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Today’s feature was produced by Sarah Vaughan.
Activate! is produced by Jennifer Brooks; along with the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network.
Our engineer is Sarah Hetrick.
Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
The DLN Executive Producer is Joe Crawford.

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