State Police Plan “DWI” Check Point
The Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg will conduct a Driving Under the Influence Enforcement Check Point in Floyd County beginning in the evening hours of 
November 26, 2014 and ending in the early morning hours of November 27, 2014.
Motorists that are not impaired can expect only short delays of 2-3 minutes while passing through the check point.
Coffee Club Podcast 11-20-2014
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Paoli Superintendent Among Those Meeting With President on School Tech
Eight Indiana school superintendents are meeting with President Obama to spotlight the ways they‘ve incorporated technology into the classroom, including Paoli’s Casey Brewster.
Superintendents from Warsaw, Wabash County, East Noble, Madison-Grant and Porter Township in Porter County are also attending the conference with Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The administration plans to follow up with 12-to-15 regional summits around the country.
The superintendents are among 117 nationwide invited to a White House summit to compare notes on how they‘ve used computers and other devices to make teaching more effective.
Yorktown Superintendent Jennifer McCormick says her district is using software in areas from teaching kindergarteners to read to advanced-placement chemistry. She says chemistry teachers can record lectures for students to watch or re-watch as homework, freeing up more time in class for questions, lab work, and group projects.
Washington Township of Marion County Superintendent Nikki Woodson says students have connected with peers around the world and taken virtual tours of the Smithsonian.
She and McCormick say the software stimulates critical thinking in ways a page of quiz questions can‘t. And Woodson says computer-based lessons lay a foundation for the technology and problem-solving skills students will eventually need in the workforce.
The administration plans to follow up with 12-to-15 regional summits around the country.
S.R. 56 Closures in Salem Next Week For Utility Relocations
State Road 56 will be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (NOV. 24, 25, 26) while contracted crews relocate water lines that cross beneath the highway, according to Harry Maginity spokesperson for the Seymour District of the INDOT.
Maginity said excavations will occur at two locations:
- S.R. 56 near Jim Day Road
- S.R. 56 near Parkview Drive
Closures should occur between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., weather permitting.
Temple & Temple, the City of Salem’s contractor, plans to relocate utilities at 13 locations over the next several weeks. Each will require closures along the state’s east-west highway.
These utility relocations are being done by the city in advance of an Indiana Department of Transportation S.R. 56 construction project from High Street to a terminus east of Heritage Chapel Road. This project is part of the general expansion of retail in the area related to the construction of a Wal-Mart Super Center.
The letting date for the road project is December 10. INDOT anticipates that road construction will begin in the spring of 2015.
The Salem portion of this Seymour District pavement project is a complete reconstruction of the highway—including new sidewalks, curb ramps, retaining walls and storm sewer system.
The rural Washington County scope of this construction calls for repairing and resurfacing S.R. 56—including shoulder widening, building passing blisters and replacement of a small drainage structure.
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Roadwork on I-65 between Scottsburg and Seymour resumes Wednesday
Construction along Interstate 65 between Seymour and Scottsburg will resume tomorrow morning (NOV. 19) at 6 a.m. The Indiana Department of 
Transportation advises motorists of these lane closures:
- Northbound I-65 left lane at mile marker 28.5—through Friday at 1 p.m.
- Northbound I-65 left lane at mile marker 40.0—through Friday at 1 p.m.
- Southbound I-65 left lane at mile marker 42.0—through Friday at 1 p.m.
- Southbound I-65 left lane at mile marker 31.0—through Friday at 1 p.m.
John R. Jurgensen Company is the state’s prime contractor for INDOT’s $54.7 million project to repair and repave 21 miles of I-65 and refurbish 20 bridges between Scottsburg and Seymour. Construction activities are expected to continue through the end of the month.
A 45 mph speed limit will be enforced where construction crews are present.
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Erin Houchin Sworn in as State Senator for District 47
Standing in the Indiana Senate chamber surrounded by fellow legislators and her family, Senator-elect Erin Houchin took the oath of office today, officially becoming the State Senator representing District 47. Houchin was sworn in by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush. 
Houchin, one of eight new members of the Indiana Senate, will serve all of Crawford, Orange, Harrison, Perry and Washington counties, and eastern Dubois County. She fills the Senate seat previously held by State Sen. Richard Young.
“I am very passionate about promoting the growth and stability of Southern Indiana,” Houchin said. “I am eager to start work at the Statehouse and support policies that create jobs and keep taxes low. As a wife and mother to three children, it is a priority to empower parents and invest in educational opportunities for our future generations.”
Houchin is a 2007 graduate of the Indiana Leadership Forum (ILF) and elected President of her class. She received the ILF Founder’s Award for achievements in politics. In 2008, Houchin was one of 50 women from throughout the world selected to attend the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University. She is also a graduate of the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series.
Houchin and her husband, Dustin, live in Salem with their three children.
Residents in Senate District 47 can contact Houchin by telephone at 1-800-382-9467, by email at Senator.Houchin@iga.in.gov or by mail at 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. Her virtual office can be found online at www.IndianaSenateRepublicans.com/Houchin.
