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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 27th, 2021.
Later in the program, we hear a selection from a recent Interchange with guest Davarian Baldwin, professor of American Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities. More in today’s feature report.
Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment hosted and produced by Richard Fish. More in the bottom half of tonight’s program.
But first, your environmental news brief:
Recently, multiple Bloomington restaurants and stores have begun to transition away from grown in-mass produce to crops from local farmers. This transition has been due to the desire of restaurant owners to support local farmers and use more sustainable and higher quality products. While this may increase the price of foods at some restaurants, it does come with a set of higher quality and standards. This farmer to restaurant relationship has been helpful in allowing both sections of the economy to rebound from the pandemic lows of the last year.
Google has announced that their company will begin to crack down on digital advertising that promotes climate change denial or other falsified climate change information. This will be done by limiting the amount of potential revenue that creators can make from such content. Google will use both automated tools and manual human reviewers to limit posts that include this harmful information. The company has taken climate change seriously, including with a new push to encourage their users to reduce their carbon footprints and lower emissions. This announcement coincides with Google’s crackdown on other misinformation, such as the spreading of conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccines.
As Bloomington enters the start of fall, it is important to prepare for the colder weather that will be here soon. Experts recommend that residents check and possibly clean their gutters, as clogged water that freezes can cause damage to your house. Similarly, now is the best time to fix any cracks on your driveway which could potentially result in giant potholes. Gardeners advise that now is also a good time to fertilize your lawns which helps prep the ground to grow green grass once the winter is over for next year’s spring and summer months.
Local Officials Discuss Covid-19 Response During Press Conference
On October 22nd, at the Bloomington Covid-19 Press Conference, Board of Health Director Penny Caudill shared information regarding the Covid-19 vaccines. She said that the annual flu vaccine is going well, and that there is a high demand for booster shots.
Caudill also reported that there will be more direction regarding vaccines for individuals aged 5-11 year-old receiving the Pfizer vaccine soon after committee meetings on November 2nd and 3rd.
She said that the current emergency order has been extended until next month due to our continued rate of community spread.
IU Health Director of Communications and Outreach Shawna Girgis said that the hospital is seeing a downward trend in individuals with Covid-19 in the last few weeks. She also shared New York Times published data on Covid-19 in Indiana.
The next Covid-19 meeting will be held on October 29th.
Ellettsville Town Council Discuss Envision Ellettsville and Halloween Festivities
At the Ellettsville Town Council meeting on October 25th, Envision Ellettsville Committee member Dan Rarey gave an Envision Ellettsville update. He asked residents to keep filling out the Envision Ellettsville Survey, and reported that IU students will be consulting with the town to improve waterway issues downtown. He said it is mutually beneficial, the students get experience and the town receives free consulting.
Clerk Treasurer Sandra Hash asked the council if there was any deliberation being done on some resident’s expressing interest in changing the Halloween Trick or Treat hours to Saturday night instead of Sunday. Council member William Ellis said that the date on the calendar is October 31st, and that is what kids know and expect.
Council member Scott Oldham responded saying that it is not the government’s place to decide when trick or treating should occur.
The next Ellettsville Town Council meeting will be held on November 8th.
Feature Reports:
In today’s feature report, we hear a selection from a recent Interchange with guest Davarian Baldwin, professor of American Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities – a book which exposes the myth of the University as a Public Good by revealing how much of its operations actually serve private and corporate wealth accumulation to the detriment of their host communities.
In this segment, Davarian Baldwin turns to IUPUI in Indianapolis and asks Bloomington citizens and IU students, are you aware of the way the University does its business across the state? In Indianapolis this means destroying Black community history. We turn to Doug Storm, producer and host of Interchange.
Up next, we have Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB hosted and produced by Richard Fish.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News.
Today’s headlines were written by Nathaniel Weinzapfel and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Doug Storm.
Better Beware is produced by Richard Fish.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
Anchors are Noelle Herhusky-Schneider and Wilder Mouton.
