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Primary Election Results

Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008

Heavy voter turnout is expected during today’s Indiana Primary Election. It is the first time in decades, voters in the state will have a true impact on a Presidential primary race. WTIU and WFIU will also be covering results in local and state races.

Results will be posted once the polls close.

U.S. President
Precincts Reporting-5215 of 5230

D) Barack Obama; 615,862 49%
D) Hillary Rodham Clinton; 638,274 51%

Indiana Governor
Precincts Reporting- 5215 of 5230

D) Jim Schellinger; 559,547 50%
D) Jill Long Thompson; 565,034 50%

U.S. Congress Indiana Dist. 9
Precincts Reporting 591 of 591

D) John R. Bottorff; 18,528 13%
D) Gretchen Clearwater; 20,631 15%
D) Baron Hill; 94,173 68%
D) Lendall B. Terry; 5,243 4%

Judge Circuit Court, Monroe Seat 6
97% Precincts Reporting

D) Valeri Haughton; 4933 | 36%
D) Alphonso (Al) Manns; 2357 | 17%
D) Holly Harvey; 3853 | 28%
D) Fred Turner; 2747 | 20%

Judge Circuit Court, Monroe Seat 9
97% Precincts Reporting

D) Elizabeth Ann Cure; 7591 | 60%
D) Roy James Graham; 2922 | 23%
D) D.L. Poer; 2120 | 17%

Monroe Co. Commissioner Dist. 2
97% Precincts Reporting

D) Stephen E. Sharp; 6269 | 49%
D) Mark Stoops; 6566 | 51%

Monroe Co. Commissioner Dist. 3
97%% Precincts Reporting

D) Iris Kiesling; 8047 | 57%
D) Sophia Travis; 6099 | 43%
R) Pat Jeffries; 2103 | 71%
R) Carl Lamb; 845 | 29%

Monroe Co. Council, 3 At-large
97% Precincts Reporting

D) Warren Henegar; 5698 | 20%
D) Geoff McKim; 5136 | 18%
D) Marcus Moir; 3554 | 12%
D) Will Murphy; 4581 | 16%
D) Julie Thomas; 9608 | 34%
R) Andy Dodds; 1789 | 24%
R) Bill Eggleston; 914 | 12%
R) Don Francis; 1265 | 17%
R) Jeff Huston; 1439 | 19%
R) Joyce Poling; 2118 | 28%

Monroe Co. Treasurer
97% Precincts Reporting

D) Regina Malloy; 4991 | 42%
D) Cathy Smith; 6937 | 58%

Monroe Co. Coroner
97% Precincts Reporting

D) Jerry Reed; 6891 | 62%
D) Hilliard J. Trubitt; 4256 | 38%
R) Jeff Ellington; 2028 | 67%
R) Walt Hatfield; 1018 | 33%

Judge of the Superior Court, Barth. Co.
Precincts Reporting 67 out of 67

R) Roderick D. McGillivray; 3772 61%
R) James A. Shoaf; 2429 39%

Bartholomew Co. Council 3 At-large
Precincts Reporting 67 out of 67

R) Jewell Arthur; 2554 16%
R) Evelyn Pence; 2904 18%
R) Lew Wilson; 2076 13%
R) Joe Bill Whipker; 2652 16%
R) Larry Fisher; 3262 20%
R) Bill Lentz; 2724 17%

Brown Co. Treasurer
12 out of 12 Precincts Reporting

D) Donna Kelp Lutes; 1,660 46%
D) Tona Martin Nelson; 1,945 54%

Brown Co. Commissioner Dist. 1
12 out of 12 Precincts Reporting

R) Blake Wolpert; 529 42%
R) Samuel Rick Hall; 728 58%

Brown Co. Commissioner Dist. 3
12 out of 12 Precincts Reporting

D) Mark Imhoff; 1,505 45%
D) Darrell L. Kent; 1,821 55%
R) Stephanie Yager; 644 49%
R) Ben Phillips; 683 51%

Greene Co. Commissioner Dist. 1
Precincts Reporting 32 out of 32

D) Charles Bennett; 1393 23.91%
D) Marvin Hash; 1363 23.39%
D) Kermit Holtsclaw; 3071 52.70%

Greene Co. Commissioner Dist. 2
Precincts Reporting 32 out of 32

D) Terry Feutz Sr; 1595 27.72%
D) Bob James; 2019 35.09%
D) Steve Lindsey; 2140 37.19%
R) Nathan Abrams; 1045 41.45%
R) Willard Neill; 993 39.39%
R) Darin Stalcup; 483 19.16%

Greene Co. Superior Court Judge
Precincts Reporting 32 out of 32

D) Jacob Fish; 3524 56.93%
D) Karen Strueh; 2666 43.07%

Greene Co. Superior Court Judge
Precincts Reporting 32 out of 32

R) Dena Benham Martin; 1627 56.12%
R) Dave Powell; 1272 43.88%

Greene Co. Treasurer
Precincts Reporting 32 out of 32

R) Stuart Dowden; 1468 55.33%
R) Susan Fowler; 1185 44.67%

Lawrence Co. Commissioner Dist. 2
100% Precincts Reporting

R) William Spreen; 2073 55%
R) Timothy P. Terry; 1694 45%

Lawrence Co. Commissioner Dist. 3
100% Precincts Reporting

D) Darin S. Kinser; 2964 61%
D) Phillip Lynn; 1906 39%
R) David A. Flinn; 2243 59%
R) Brian Prince; 1530 41%

Morgan Co. Commissioner Dist. 1
Precincts Reporting 49 out of 49

R) David Ogle; 1,686 27%
R) Danny Stewart; 1,084 17%
R) Norman Voyles; 3,563 56%

Morgan Co. Commissioner Dist. 3
Precincts Reporting 49 out of 49

R) Don Adams; 3,515 59%
R) Brian Love; 1,324 22%
R) James Miles; 1,088 18%

Owen Co. Council 3 At-large
Precincts Reporting 19 out of 19

D) Jo Ann Ligon; 2156 33%
D) Robert Siscoe; 1951 30%
D) Mark S. Snapp; 2384 37%
R) Irma Jean Franklin; 907 30%
R) Donald Lee Hall; 745 24%
R) Byron A. Stockwell; 476 16%
R) Michael L. Wood; 929 30%

Vigo Co. State Representative Dist. 44
Precincts Reporting 50 out of 50

D) Nancy A. Michael: 7,127 65%
D) Richard Thompson; 3,917 35%

Vigo Co. State Representative Dist. 44
Precincts Reporting 50 out of 50

R) Duane W. Conover; 3,470 76%
R) Amos P. Thomas; 1,072 24%

Vigo Co. Judge of the Superior Ct. Division 5
100% Precincts Reporting

D) Barbara L. Brugnaux; 10,840 44%
D) Michael R. Rader; 13,906 56%

Vigo Co. Judge of the Superior Ct. Division 5
100% Precincts Reporting

R) Christopher Dailey; 1,222 37%
R) Daniel W. Kelly; 2,096 63%

Vigo Co. Commissioner 2nd District
100% Precincts Reporting

D) Judith A. Anderson; 12,621 51%
D) James W. Bramble; 8,635 35%
D) Larry W. Davison; 3,677 15%

Vigo Co. Commissioner 3rd District
100% Precincts Reporting

D) John R. Bischoff; 8,045 35%
D) Paul Mason; 15,216 65%

Vigo Co. Commissioner 3rd District
100% Precincts Reporting

R) Brad Anderson; 2,242 68%
R) Jennifer Davidson; 1,077 32%

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Ducette presents at national conference

Posted Wednesday April 23, 2008

Mary Ducette, WTIU’s educational services coordinator, recently attended and was a speaker at a national conference in Seattle. Mary was one of five people from throughout the country who participate in Ready to Learn programs asked to make a presentation at the “Seeds of Compassion” event in Seattle. Organizers said they found Mary’s work throughout the state as something very “powerful, rare and special.”

Parenting Counts is a program to educate thousands of parents on early infant brain development and good parenting practices. Ducette regularly leads workshops on parenting and has trained coordinators around the state to lead the sessions. She also is the co-director of the WTIU For the Love of Kids Positive, Practical Parenting Conference.

The keynote speaker at the Seattle conference was His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The conference purpose was to “engage the hearts and minds of our community by highlighting the vision, science, and programs of early social, emotional, and cognitive learning.”

Each of the five days of the event provided parents, educators, business and community leaders with an opportunity to better understand the real benefits of compassion, and concrete steps on how to bring compassion into their lives.

Granted, the Dalai Lama was undoubtedly the most prestigious person in attendance but he was not the only reason for any of us being there. The 150,000 people in attendance included medical doctors, neuroscientists, social workers, researchers, religious figures, educators, parents, students and other people from all walks of life. They all joined together on this momentous occasion to kick off the first ever, worldwide Seeds of Compassion Campaign, Ducette said.

“From all different paths of life, people came to share their knowledge and expertise about the importance of raising happy healthy children. They also came to celebrate and affirm a shared belief that by teaching compassion to the children we can create a better world. It has become common knowledge that children who grow up in healthy, happy and peaceful environments with secure emotional ties are better able to communicate with others and to explore their world, both of which lead to success in learning,” she said.

As the Dalai Lama said, “I am just one man among 6 billion people on Earth; and I am a 73-year old man who is about to say bye-bye to this life. You are all just one person among 6 billion people on Earth, it is up to you to be the difference the world so desperately needs.”

Ducette also said, “It was the most inspiring conference I have been to in ages. Yes, the Dalai Lama was there to share thoughtful insights and words of wisdom in his quiet non-assuming joyful way, but also every time I sat down the person next to me ended up being someone highly educated in their field of study, someone that impressed me to no end. Funny thing about that was, those people were just as excited to hear my story as I was to hear theirs. We were all there for one common purpose, which was to affirm our commitment to ensuring that the current generation of young people will be able to live in a world filled with peace and caring for one another.”

WTIU’s Ready To Learn Service teaches children and their grown ups to be wise media consumers via the Learning Triangle (View, Read, Do). Articles that miss the point of an historic gathering such as this conference are the very reason we at Ready To Learn teach children to question everything they see and hear in the media with an analytical mind.

After the Seattle conference, Ducette returned to participate in a week of sessions with the Indiana Association of the Education of Young Children conference in Indianapolis.

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Poll Ranks PBS #1 in Public Trust for 5th Consecutive Year

Posted Friday March 28, 2008

For the fifth consecutive year, a GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media poll shows Americans consider PBS the nation’s most trusted institution among nationally-known organizations.

Additional survey highlights:

• For the fifth year in a row, PBS ranks as the most trusted institution among seven public institutions measured, dramatically outscoring the other institutions measured: 48% of respondents ranked PBS #1; courts of law, in the #2 slot, was selected as most trusted by a distant 25% of respondents.

• PBS is second only to military defense as an “excellent value for tax dollars.”

• PBS news and public affairs programs rank #1 in trust among eight media brands tested.

• PBS news and public affairs programs rank #1 in “mostly fair” ratings among eight media brands tested.

• 80% of respondents believe that funding given to PBS is money “well spent.”

• 51% of respondents believe that the funding given to PBS from the federal government is “too little.” Only 7% believe it is “too much.” (35% say it is “about right” and 7% are “not sure.”)

• PBS programs rank highest in satisfaction when compared to commercial broadcast and cable TV programs.

• PBS ranks highest in importance when compared to commercial broadcast and cable TV.

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Charlie Rose to Wrap Up IU ArtsWeek 2008

Posted Wednesday February 27, 2008

For nearly a quarter of a century, Charlie Rose has interviewed some of the world’s most powerful and artistic people. From political powerhouses including President George W. Bush, Nelson Mandela and Henry Kissinger to artistic geniuses including Damien Hirst, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Francis Ford Coppola, Rose’s experiences have given him a breadth and depth of knowledge and insight rarely accumulated by any one person. And Rose will soon share his experiences with the Bloomington community.

On Sunday, March 2, at 6 pm, Rose will present a talk at the Indiana University Auditorium free of charge — no tickets required — to anyone willing to listen. The event is the culmination of ArtsWeek, a 24-year-old community tradition sponsored by Indiana University Bloomington, that celebrates the arts.

This year’s winter arts festival’s theme is “Politics and the Arts.” Between Feb. 20 and March 2, various events examine how “politics shapes artistic expression, or suppresses it, and how various art forms represent political points of view,” according to the ArtsWeek Web site. And with Rose’s background, he is perfectly primed to deliver an engaging and entertaining talk within the theme.

“I’ve watched Charlie Rose interview a cast of hundreds over the years, so I’ll be interested in seeing him on his own, giving us his insider’s perspective on the impact of politics on the arts and humanities,” said IU Director of Communications and Special Projects Sherry Knighton-Schwandt. “It’s very important to note that without the support of the Office of the President, this event would not be happening. I’m also delighted that the Union Board is supporting the event as well. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Doug Booher from the IU Auditorium to bring Charlie Rose to Bloomington to close out 11 days of innovative, intellectually stimulating, and engaging events that have occurred throughout ArtsWeek. It’s going to be a good time.”

Rose is crafting his talk to suit the week’s topic, and he is preparing a visual show as well. And with a plethora of archived video footage of interviews with some of the world’s most prominent leaders in politics and art, his presentation is sure to not disappoint.

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IU and Sony Electronics announce strategic alliance for HD production projects

Posted Thursday December 20, 2007

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. and PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Indiana University and Sony Electronics have formed a strategic alliance to explore new applications for high-definition broadcast and media production technologies in higher education, and collaborate on projects that support digital workflows and lifestyles.

Potential research activities to be conducted by Sony and Indiana University include immersive technologies such as virtual reality, 3-D video and 3-D animation, as well as the development of new communications tools to engage teachers and students. Opportunities will exist for faculty and scholarly research, greater insight into students’ increasingly digital lifestyles, and for IU student internships.

“Indiana University is pleased to enter into this alliance with an organization such as Sony,” said IU President Michael A. McRobbie. “In the rapidly changing, highly digital and interconnected world of technology, partnerships such as these allow for an exciting collaboration of creative and forward-thinking minds — those who study how today’s technology is used and think about innovative ways in which it may be applied, and those with the capabilities and resources to make the myriad of possibilities reality. The opportunities this collaboration allows for Sony and Indiana University are vast.”

Sony and IU will explore academic uses of current and new Sony products, and also will consider developing new products to meet specific needs. Technologies involved in this non-exclusive alliance will include Sony’s full line of HD broadcast and production products, such as studio and field cameras, the XDCAM HD line of optical disc-based camcorders and decks, and more.

“There are tremendous opportunities in education for applications of Sony technologies, and we are excited to be exploring them with Indiana University,” said John Scarcella, president of Sony Electronics’ Broadcast and Business Solutions Company. “Their expertise in higher education and technology implementation is a perfect complement to our resources. Through this alliance, we can hopefully expose other schools to new ways of working with technology, and also build new customer relationships in other markets.”

The agreement also will benefit students, faculty and staff on all IU campuses, as well as alumni, as Sony will be offering special prices on select Sony consumer electronics products.

Brad Wheeler, IU vice president for information technology and CIO, said, “I am delighted that IU and Sony have engaged in this alliance. It covers critical areas of technology and media upgrades, and more importantly, it brings together the capabilities of two incredible organizations.”

Departments across the university will transition to high definition media in the near future.

“The alliance is a dramatic opportunity to improve service to our viewers,” said Perry Metz, executive director of IU Radio and Television Services. “It already has paid dividends through our recent purchase of quality high-def equipment for WTIU. We’re indebted to Jay Kincaid for his original idea of a broad IU academic alliance with Sony Electronics. As a WTIU director with years of national and Olympics experience, he envisioned a series of ways IU faculty and staff could work cooperatively with Sony Electronics.”

Bloomington Herald-Times coverage here.

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WTIU Wins PBS Development Award for Excellence

Posted Thursday October 4, 2007

Palm Desert, CA, October 4, 2007 - Last night, PBS announced the winners of the 2007 Awards for Excellence and the C. Scott Elliott Development Professional of the Year at the opening ceremony of the annual PBS Development Conference at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert, CA. Both the Awards for Excellence and the Development Professional of the Year Award honor innovation and outstanding fundraising performance among television development professionals. This year’s honorees include the following eight stations in their respective categories:

On-Air Achievement - WTIU Bloomington, IN;
Auction - WPBT Miami, FL;
Local Corporate Underwriting - Iowa Public Television;
Major Gifts - Kentucky Educational Television;
Overall Development - Iowa Public Television;
Overall Membership - KLRU Austin, TX;
Special Achievement - Wisconsin Public Television; and
Special Fundraising Events - Thirteen/WNET New York, NY.

Lisa Tait, Vice President Development Communications, Community Idea Stations, Richmond, VA was named the Development Professional of the Year.

WTIU also received a certificate of achievement in the Overall Membership category.

Each year, the Development Advisory Committee, a panel of public television station leaders from around the country, recognizes outstanding fundraising work in eight disciplines, ranging from on-air membership drives to local corporate underwriting, through the PBS Development Awards. The most exceptional station in each category is chosen for an Excellence Award.

The C. Scott Elliott Development Professional of the Year Award was first awarded in 1990 and is named in honor of one of public broadcasting’s most respected individuals. It recognizes the contributions of a development professional that extends the progress and achievement of public television development.

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IU Center’s Virtual Congress Wins Grant from CPB’s American History and Civics Initiative

Posted Tuesday August 7, 2007

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded the Center on Congress at Indiana University a $445,000 grant to support design work on Virtual Congress, an innovative online learning environment that aims to give students an insider’s view of representative democracy and help them understand their role as citizens.

“For too long, young people’s knowledge of American history and civics has been on the decline,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “Public broadcasting is in a unique position, along with our partners, to reach this audience through their cell phones, TVs, iPods, computers or other technologies to deliver meaningful, educational content they will use throughout their lives.”

The grant is a component of CPB’s American History and Civics Initiative, which calls on public television managers, film makers and content developers — especially in the high technology and interactive media sector — to join educators in creating groundbreaking media projects and methods that measurably improve the learning of American history and civics by middle and high school students.

Virtual Congress, an educational multiplayer online role-play game, will function much like the real Congress, with committees, floor action, amendments, back-and-forth discussions, input from constituents and random events that can influence the legislative agenda.

“We are excited about the potential for Virtual Congress to let students experience how Congress really works,” said Center Director Lee H. Hamilton. “Combining the online role-play game format with serious and substantive educational content about Congress is a promising new way to get young people engaged and informed.”

“Lee Hamilton and the Center on Congress are to be commended for this innovative approach to understanding all of the factors that go into the legislative process at the Congressional level,” said Indiana University President Michael McRobbie. “This significant grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in support of the Center’s pioneering work to develop civic education tools for a generation of internet-savvy students is an impressive confirmation of the quality of the work Lee and the Center have done up to this point, and it will provide important resources for the further development of this project. Indiana University is proud to be associated with this impressive new tool for understanding Congress.”

In Virtual Congress, students from across the country will assume the roles of members of the House and Senate, lobbyists, journalists and constituents. As legislators in this virtual government, they will introduce bills and work to try to move their proposals through the various stages of the legislative process. They will receive opinions and requests from every direction: constituents, colleagues and members of the press. All this will take place in an online world that vividly re-creates the House and Senate floors, committee rooms, legislative offices and public meeting spaces.

Students in Virtual Congress will learn the mechanics of the legislative process, and they also will learn that successful legislating requires listening to different opinions and working out acceptable compromises among multiple viewpoints.

Further, they will learn that the essence of a successful representative democracy is communication. Because electronic communication has become a primary means for students to obtain and exchange information, it is a logical environment for them to practice the tools and rules of American democracy.

The center is conferring with experts in social studies education to ensure that Virtual Congress meets learning objectives, and to get help with curriculum integration plans, outreach to underserved populations, standards-based assessment methods and formative evaluation.

Partners and collaborators in Virtual Congress include WTIU, the National Education Association, the Close Up Foundation, the National Council for the Social Studies and the departments of Telecommunications and Learning Sciences at Indiana University.

Virtual Congress also has received grant support from the MacArthur Foundation, the AT&T Foundation and the Paul Ogle Foundation of Indiana.

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