Swap Shop Podcast 12-31-2013
Swap Shop Podcast 12-31-2013
Coffee Club Podcast 12-31-2013
Coffee Club Podcast 12-31-2013
IU’s Fisher leaves team
Indiana was supposed to simply be putting the finishing touches on preparation for today’s Big Ten opener, at Illinois.
But at 10 o’clock Monday morning, freshman center Luke Fischer changed all that.
“He told us this morning at about 10 O’clock that he wanted to do something different,” said IU Coach Tom Crean. “It’s always in those situations that timing issues can surprise you, but I can’t stand here and say that I was in complete shock. I wish him the best, we will miss his potential, we will miss him as a person. He did an outstanding job here academically and he is an excellent young man. It wasn’t anything that anyone really saw coming.”
“Luke had great potential, there is no doubt about that. It creates a situation where people will take advantage of the opportunity. That is all you can really ask for. Time does not wait for anybody.”
Fischer met with Crean Monday morning. Despite having played every game this season and having seen double digit minutes in his last four games as his role expanded, the former Wisconsin Mr. Basketball was moving on.
“He told us that he wanted to do something different,” Crean said after Monday afternoon’s practice.
No official reason was given and no potential school was mentioned.
US to stop making regular light bulbs
Starting New Year‘s Day, the U.S. will stop making those round-headed, incandescent light bulbs.
Manufacturers will shift full production onto the more energy-efficient, Compact Flourescent Lamp (CFLs) bulbs. Those are the ones that look like curly fries. Purdue University State Utility Forecasting Group Director Douglas Gotham says manufacturers had already begun phasing out the 100 and 75-watt incandescent bulbs back in 2012.
Even though some folks don‘t like the newer bulbs, Gotham says the move is all about energy efficiency. Gotham says lighting remains an area where environmental efficiencies are still needed. Retailers are expected to continue to sell the old, incandescent bulbs until supplies run out.
Gotham says folks who don‘t like CFL bulbs may want to try out LED lightbulbs which are even more energy efficient, but they‘re also more expensive.
Purdue Predicts Electric Rates to Increase by 32 percent by 2023
Purdue University researchers are predicting electricity rates in Indiana will rise about 32 percent by 2023. They say this will happen as demand for
electricity will virtually stagnate.
Demand is predicted to grow by .74 percent a year over the next 20 years. Researchers cite higher rates and a push toward greater energy efficiency as reasons for stagnant demand.
And they blame the projected rise in rates on new federal mercury and air toxic standards, costs associated with meeting future demand and with upgrading existing electricity generating plants.
FIRST HARRISON BANK ROBBERY UPDATE
FIRST HARRISON BANK ROBBERY UPDATE – No arrests have been made following the robbery of the First Harrison Bank in Palymyra this morning.
First Harrison Bank was robbed between 10:45 and 11:45 a.m., according to the Indiana State Police, which is assisting the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department in the investigation.
ISP reported that no one was injured during the robbery.
The agency could not confirm if firearms were used during the incident.
Also, a White Suburban is being sought in connection with the robbery.
Elderly Southern Indiana man drives into pond, dies
Authorities say a 62-year-old southern Indiana man died after his car left a roadway and traveled some 500 feet before plunging into a pond.
Conservation officer Jim Schreck says John Vausha of Ramsey, Ind., was driving along Indiana 64 Saturday night when a witness saw his vehicle leave the roadway and called authorities.
Schreck says Vausha was airlifted to a Corydon hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities are unsure what caused Vausha to drive off the road.
2 killed in Head-On Crash
A Hardinsburg woman and a man from Orleans were killed early this morning in a head on crash in Washington County.
Dead are Tami J. Durbin, 26, 539 East Swann Street, Hardinsburg, and Terry Collins, 63, 5718 East County Road 250 North, Orleans.
This morning at approximately 9:14 am, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two vehicle head-on crash on Hardinsburg-Livonia Road, North of the intersection of West Knight Road.
The preliminary Investigation revealed that a red 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Durbin was traveling northbound and as it topped a hillcrest it traveled into the southbound lanes striking a black 2014 Jeep Compass driven by Collins.
The driver’s of both vehicles involved in the crash received fatal injuries as a result of the collision.
Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts and there was airbag deployment.
Notification has been made to both next of kins regarding this incident.
