WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.105 BACK >>GERRY: HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA... BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR 2 00:00:05.105 --> 00:00:11.845 CONDITIONING AND PLUMBING. THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS... CHAPMAN. CHAPMANHEATING.COM. 3 00:00:11.845 --> 00:00:18.017 >>>NEW JOBS ARE COMING TO DEKALB AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES AS FOREST RIVER EXPANDS ITS FOOTPRINT IN INDIANA. 4 00:00:18.017 --> 00:00:25.625 THE FULL-LINE MANUFACTURER OF RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES SAYS THE EXPANSION WILL CREATE UP TO 369 NEW JOBS BY THE 5 00:00:25.625 --> 00:00:34.300 END OF 2023. THE ELKHART-BASED COMPANY WILL INVEST $3.5 MILLION TO EXPAND ITS 20-ACRE CAMPUS IN BUTLER TO 6 00:00:34.300 --> 00:00:42.509 ENHANCE PRODUCTION OF THE XLR TOY HAULER - THE COMPANY'S NEWEST LINE. IN LAGRANGE, A $3.5 MILLION 7 00:00:42.509 --> 00:00:48.248 EXPANSION WILL INCREASE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY OF ITS CHEROKEE RV LINE. THE COMPANY EXPECTS TO BREAK 8 00:00:48.248 --> 00:00:54.354 GROUND ON THIS EXPANSION THIS OCTOBER. FOREST RIVER EMPLOYS 9,500 HOOSIERS ACROSS ITS 10 INDIANA 9 00:00:54.354 --> 00:01:00.460 LOCATIONS. >>>THIS WEEK, ONE OF THE LARGEST SHIPMENTS IN THE 50-YEAR HISTORY OF THE PORTS OF INDIANA ARRIVED 10 00:01:00.460 --> 00:01:06.733 IN BURNS HARBOR. THE PORT IS RECEIVING CARGO FOR A $1 BILLION POWER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NILES, MICHIGAN. 11 00:01:06.733 --> 00:01:14.908 ACCORDING TO THE PORTS OF INDIANA, THE LARGEST PIECE IS A 613,000-POUND STEAM RECOVERY SYSTEM. 12 00:01:14.908 --> 00:01:19.979 THE PORT AUTHORITY SAID THE VESSEL IS ONE OF SIX THAT ARRIVED THIS SUMMER WITH COMPONENTS FOR THE PROJECT. 13 00:01:19.979 --> 00:01:26.052 CONSTRUCTION ON THE POWER PLANT STARTED LAST AUGUST AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN 2022. 14 00:01:26.052 --> 00:01:31.991 >>>THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS AWARDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME'S PULTE INSTITUTE FOR 15 00:01:31.991 --> 00:01:37.363 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT $40 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THE FUNDING WILL LEAD TO A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM 16 00:01:37.363 --> 00:01:42.735 THAT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE UNIVERSITY'S TEAM WILL WORK 17 00:01:42.735 --> 00:01:48.341 WITH PARTNERS ACROSS LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM. 18 00:01:48.341 --> 00:01:55.148 NOTRE DAME SAYS THE FUNDING IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FEDERAL GRANTS THE UNIVERSITY HAS EVER RECEIVED. 19 00:01:55.148 --> 00:02:01.421 >>>IN THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF OUR SERIES "ENDANGERED INDIANA" WE TAKE YOU TO WHAT WAS ONCE A BEACON OF ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC 20 00:02:01.421 --> 00:02:08.828 PROWESS FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN GARY. BUT TIME HAS NOT BEEN KIND TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, WITH A 21 00:02:08.828 --> 00:02:15.902 SERIES OF BUSTED PIPES LAST FEBRUARY PERMANENTLY CLOSING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. >>>NOW CITY LEADERS AND ALUMNI 22 00:02:15.902 --> 00:02:20.907 ARE TRYING TO SAVE THE HISTORIC LANDMARK FROM FALLING INTO FURTHER DISREPAIR. AROUND INDIANA REPORTER 23 00:02:20.907 --> 00:02:32.318 MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM GARY. >> THE CITY SHOULDN'T LET IT GO. THIS IS HISTORY. 24 00:02:32.318 --> 00:02:41.394 >> THEY ALWAYS TOLD US THAT WE HAD TO BE BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE BECAUSE WE WERE BLACK. >> GARY, INDIANA IN THE 20s 25 00:02:41.394 --> 00:02:50.803 WAS A BOOMING CITY OF STEELES EVEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS WELCOME IN 26 00:02:50.803 --> 00:02:58.978 CERTAIN CLASSROOMS. AND WHEN THE CITY ATTEMPTED TO INTEGRATE SOME BLACK STUDENTS TO EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1927 IT 27 00:02:58.978 --> 00:03:05.485 ENDED IN DISASTER. >> WHITE STUDENTS WALKED OUT OF EMERSON AFTER INTEGRATION ATTEMPTS AND THE SCHOOL 28 00:03:05.485 --> 00:03:13.026 CORPORATION IN REACTION DECIDED TO BUILD THIS SCHOOL AND IT WENT ON TO BE A BEACON OF BLACK EXCELLENCE IN THE CITY OF GERRY. 29 00:03:13.026 --> 00:03:19.365 >> THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1930 AND ONE OF ONLY THREE ALL AFRICAN-AMERICAN ICICLES IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. 30 00:03:19.365 --> 00:03:28.141 A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR MANY RESIDENTS HERE IN GERRY. >> THIS WAS OUR CULTURE. MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN 31 00:03:28.141 --> 00:03:36.783 POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY OR INFLUENCE WERE ROOSEVELT GRADUATES. THIS SCHOOL WAS ALWAYS 32 00:03:36.783 --> 00:03:43.790 CONSIDERED A SACRED SPOT. >> BUT THE SACRED SPOT HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES. A FAULTY HEATING SYSTEM COUPLED 33 00:03:43.790 --> 00:03:52.799 WITH A POLAR VORTEX IN 2019 CAUSED A SERIES OF PIPES TO BURST AND IT WAS THE FINAL STRAW THAT CLOSE THE 90-YEAR-OLD 34 00:03:52.799 --> 00:03:59.739 HISTORICAL BUILDING FOR GOOD. >> WITH THE CLEANUP OF THE WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD IT'S 8-$15 MILLION SO THAT'S JUST TO 35 00:03:59.739 --> 00:04:06.245 GET IT BACK TO HOW IT WAS OPERATING PREVIOUSLY. >> FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE WE ARE NOT PLANNING 36 00:04:06.245 --> 00:04:11.951 ON OPENING THE SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT I DON'T SEE IT WHATEVER USE IT FOR A SCHOOL AGAIN. 37 00:04:11.951 --> 00:04:17.790 >> THERE'S THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF IT. >> JEROME PRINCE IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE RICH HISTORY 38 00:04:17.790 --> 00:04:26.366 OF ROOSEVELT AND IN AN EFFORT TO REBUILD A CITY AND PERHAPS ROOSEVELT HE HAS TURNED TO GARY'S MOST FAMOUS FAMILY OF 39 00:04:26.366 --> 00:04:33.373 SINGERS FOR SOME HELP. >> HE'S HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBER OF THE JACKSON FAMILY WHO HAVE A RENEWED 40 00:04:33.373 --> 00:04:44.784 INTEREST IN HELPING TO REIMAGINE AS WE CALL IT THE CITY OF GERRY OF WHICH INCLUDES AT LEAST SOME DESIRE TO HELP FACILITATE A 41 00:04:44.784 --> 00:04:50.657 RENOVATION ON THE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL SITE. MY PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO REBUILD THE CITY. 42 00:04:50.657 --> 00:04:59.565 >> IS THIS PART OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE? >> THIS IS HOME. I HATE TO SEE IT IN THIS 43 00:04:59.565 --> 00:05:05.571 CONDITION. >> WHILE THE SCHOOL UNDOUBTEDLY SERVED AS A POINT OF PRIDE FOR GARY'S BLACK COMMUNITY IN ITS 44 00:05:05.571 --> 00:05:14.147 HEYDAY ITS STRONG ALUMNI BASE IS DETERMINED TO KEEP THE ROOSEVELT LEGACY ALLY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 45 00:05:14.147 --> 00:05:23.956 >> WE HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING INVOLVED IN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE BUILDING WE STAND READY TO ASSIST THEM AND MAINLY BE SOME 46 00:05:23.956 --> 00:05:32.598 PART OF THE DECISION-MAKING. >> THE ROOSEVELT SQUAD. >> THEY DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF ROOSEVELT AND I THINK THEY 47 00:05:32.598 --> 00:05:37.103 SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. THE ONLY BLACK SCHOOL AT THAT TIME.