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Daily Local News – June 18, 2018

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Shalom Community Center in Bloomington is asking area residents for water bottles and towels; Indiana DNR is warning residents to avoid floodwaters, after a six year-old Columbus boy drown over the weekend; The Federal Emergency Management Agency will stop offering emergency assistance across the state, next month; The Indiana Department of Revenue is warning Indiana residents about a potential increase in tax scams; The Indiana University Board of Trustees approved funding for a new International Center on the IU Bloomington campus, over the weekend; State Democrats assembled on Saturday for their state convention in Indianapolis.

FEATURE:
Bloomington jazz expert and DJ, David Brent Johnson, never cared much for Jazz, until one day, he heard a Count Basie tune that changed his life.

ACTIVATE:
John Labban, M.D., has volunteered his services through Volunteers in Medicine, since they opened in 2007. Dr. Labban is an OB-GYN, and provides prenatal care for many women in the community who are not U.S. citizens, or may not have access to insurance coverage for prenatal and delivery services.

CREDITS:
Today’s headlines were written by Wes Martin and Jonah Chester, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Michael Glab.
Activate is produced by Lucy Schaich from the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network
Our engineer is Chris Martin
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Scott Schmadeke, and Dani Graf.
Executive producer is Wes Martin
Our anchors today are Carolyn VandeWiele and Benedict Jones.

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