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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA.
IN GREENE COUNTY A FORMER COAL
MINING SITE IS BEING TRANSFORMED

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INTO A "FARM-TO-BOTTLE" CRAFT
DISTILLERY. FISHERS-BASED LAND
BETTERMENT CORP. SAYS IT WILL
TRANSFORM THE IDLED LANDREE MINE

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IN JASONVILLE INTO COAL CRAFT
SPIRITS. THE COMPANY, WHICH IS
RUN BY TWO INDIANA UNIVERSITY
GRADUATES, SAYS WHEN THE PROJECT

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IS COMPLETE, THE DISTILLERY WILL
CREATE DOZENS OF JOBS, MANY OF
WHICH WILL BE FILLED BY FORMER
COAL MINERS. LAND BETTERMENT

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EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT KIRK TAYLOR
TELLS US AS PART OF THE
"FARM-TO-BOTTLE" ASPECT OF THE
DISTILLERY, THE COMPANY WILL

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ALSO BE PLANTING MANY OF ITS
INGREDIENTS, INCLUDING RYE,
ON-SITE.
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA,

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ARCELORMITTAL IS JOINING AN
EVER-GROWING LIST OF BUSINESSES
ANNOUNCING WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS
DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

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THE STEELMAKER SAYS IT IS
PLACING A TOTAL OF NEARLY 100
EMPLOYEES FROM ITS EAST CHICAGO
AND BURNS HARBOR FACILITIES ON

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TEMPORARY, UNPAID FURLOUGHS.
ARCELORMITTAL SAYS IT EXPECTS
THE FURLOUGHS TO LAST LESS THAN
SIX MONTHS BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A

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MORE PRECISE ANTICIPATED RETURN
DATE.
AND EVANSVILLE'S ECONOMIC
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HAS CREATED

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A VIRTUAL TIP JAR TO SUPPORT
SERVICE INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES. THE
ORGANIZATION SAYS THE FUNDS WILL
HELP BENEFIT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE

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BEEN LAID OFF, FURLOUGHED, OR
SEEN A REDUCTION IN THEIR WORK
HOURS AMID THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC. THE EID IS ENCOURAGING

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SERVICE INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES TO
SIGN UP ON THE ORGANIZATION'S
WEBSITE.
TO PUTNAM COUNTY WHERE A GROUP

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OF WOMEN DOING THEIR PART AND
MORE TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC.
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM
GREENCASTLE.

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>> THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE MASK
MOMMAS. A GROUP OF FOUR MOMS WHO
HAVE BEEN SEWING INTO THE WEE
HOURS OF THE MORNING TO PROVIDE

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MASKS FOR PUTNAM COUNTY.
>> CAME UP FROM A FRIEND OF
OURS, AMY CLARK WHOSE DAUGHTERS
ARE WORKING ON THE FRONT LINE.

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SHE ASKED IF WE WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN MAKING MASKS,
THERE WAS SHORTAGE OF MATERIALS,
THAT'S WHAT KIND OF STARTED IT.

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>> WE POSTED ON FACEBOOK,
BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF
OUR PROJECT. WE WERE FLOOD WITH
CAN YOU MAKE US MASKS. AND OF

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COURSE WE FELT WE NEED TO HELP
THEM. IT WASN'T A QUESTION OF
ARE WE GOING -- WE HAVE TO KEEP
SEWING.

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>> WE STARTED TESTING THINGS IN
THE BASEMENT, COMING UP WITH
TRIALS, WE WERE JUST GOING TO
MAKE A FEW, WE THOUGHT, TO GIVE

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TO AMY AND HER DAUGHTERS, AND
EVER SINCE THEN IT EXPLODED
>> THEY FILLED NEARLY 5,000
ORDERS FOR N95 STYLE AND MASKS,

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PROVIDING HOSPITAL STAFF AND
BEYOND.
>> WE HAVE MADE MASKS FOR EVERY
NURSING HOME IN ALL INHOME

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HEALTHCARE, LOCAL HOSPITAL,
ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WE HAVE
PRETTY MUCH TOOK CARE OF MOST OF
OUR COMMUNITY.

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>> I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
US HAVE A PASSION TO HELP OUR
COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY. TAXPAYER
KIND OF GIVES US A PURPOSE,

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RIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S A
CALLING FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF US. WE'RE A SMALL XHUCOMMUNI
TIGHT KNIT, AND WITH THE GROUP

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OF WOMEN INVOLVED, ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO. WE'RE NOT
PEOPLE THAT SIT STILL,
QUARANTINE HAS NOT BEEN BORING

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FOR US, THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY
THAT COMES WITH THIS, AND I
DON'T THINK EVERYBODY WAS
PREPARED FOR IT. AND I FEEL LIKE

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THIS HAS JUST FILLED THAT VOID.
I'M NOT SCARED ANYMORE. I FEEL
LIKE I HAVE SOME POWER OVER IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GIVING ALL

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THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT
PURPOSE, TOO. AND THEY DON'T
FEEL LIKE THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING,