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Daily Local News – June 19, 2018

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Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young praise President Trump for his North Korean summit; Uncertainty over global trade tariffs have Bloomington and Monroe County considering charging residents for recycling, for the first time; Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board approves Assistant Superintendent Jerry Sanders as Interim Superintendent of schools; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb will ask for $25 million in appropriations for the state’s Department of Child Services.

FEATURE: Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASAs, advocate on behalf of children in the care of the state. With the nation in the grips of an opioid epidemic, their facing a shortfall of volunteers.

THE BICENTENNIAL JOURNAL: Janet Anderson talks about the 19th Century Club – started as a reading club, the group eventually became the Local Council of Women, founding the Bloomington hospital, and later the library.

CREDITS: Today’s headlines were written by Jonah Chester and Wes Martin, along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Wes Martin.
The Bicentennial Journal is produced by Kate Welch, with help from Joyce Polling.
Our Executive Producer and Engineer is Wes Martin
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Scott Schmadeke, and Dani Graf.
Our anchors today are Carolyn VandeWiele and Don Geyra.

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