Sports, Page IB: Colts wrap up season of records TUESDAY January 18, 2005 50 Cents Willi JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANA TribTown.com 1 i TRIBUNE I TTTTTn At a glance What: Gov. Mitch Daniels will unveil his Inside today Daniels to outline action Governor's speech tonight will focus on his fiscal plan closely guarded plan to I 'rS I put Indiana back in the black at his first State of the State address. On the table: Daniels hasn't ruled out any possible solutions to the state's $600 million deficit. Tuning in: Daniels will deliver his speech at 7 p.m. today from the State-house.
It will be broadcast live on some television stations, Including WRTV option. The state faces a projected $600 million" budget deficit and owes more than $710 million in back payments to schools, universities and local governments. Daniels said he had a "duty to restore fiscal order," including moving toward a balanced budget and beefing up the state's depleted reserves. tackle Indiana's lingering budget deficit and other fiscal woes. "It'll be clear enough," Daniels said Friday.
"I won't bore the audience with lots of numbers, but I will recommend very specific actions." Daniels said he is not ruling out any possible solutions, including tax although he said during the campaign that would be a last INDIANAPOLIS Mitch Daniels gave dozens of speeches around the state during his run for governor, delivering an optimistic message that Hoosiers can mount an economic comeback and reshape state government with fresh ideas and a new crew. Tonight, the new Republican governor will reveal something he never detailed on the campaign trail his plan to 1 Associated Press Associated Press WgH mm 13 gnd Mitch Daniels WFYI 20. See DANIELS, Page 2A Indiana Gov. Education: Sharing and caring IV Rice faces confirmation President Bush watches as National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice talks with reporters in the Roosevelt Room at the White House after Bush announced that Rice was his choice as Secretary of State in this Nov. 16, 2004, file photo.
Rice will face lawmakers in a confirmation hearing today. Page 8A with temp 5 degrees in Seymour today i .4.3 ft J- )V): ry' ft 4J -J 1 in hi i iimiIi i iiiflmiiTiiififaimrn i iiiV n-i it i 4 A 1 I WIRE and STAFF REPORTS The crest of Indiana's latest wave of flooding continued its journey south on the Wabash Rver today, with the most attention being paid to the section between Terre Haute and Vincennes. Get the Kid Scoop on sneezing Kid Scoop offers a primer on the sneezing season. Page6A Iraqi borders will close for election Iraq's interim government says it will close the nation's borders ahead of its Jan. 30 election.
Page 8A Tribune photo by Jessica Zelkovich Seymour-Redding kindergartner Hannah Warren selects the toothpaste she wants in her hygiene kit with classmate Jacob Glover and parent volunteer Joy Eaty looking on. The hygiene kits will be sent to a humanitarian relief center and then distributed in Asia to the tsunami survivors. Children assist tsunami survivors Kindergartners share a lesson in kindness By JESSICA ZELKOVICH Obituaries Ray Ashcraft Alfred F. Brueggman Vivian Small Page 3A jzelkovichtribtown.com anta spread his kindness on Christmas, but now it's time for kindergartners at Seymour-Redding Elementary School to share their kindness with people across the world. combs, four pack- Inside aged Seymour High a tube of tooth- School Key Club paste, two bars of I raised more than soap and two hand i $2,000 for tsunami towels.
While stu- victims dents brought in page 2A most of the sup-, plies, a few local businesses donated items so there would be enough to complete kits. By the end of Monday, 120 kits were made in kindness by the hands of kindergartners. "It's perfectly kindergarten. They are doing this with their hands and hearts," Crouch said. The hygiene kits wil be forwarded on to a humanitarian relief center and then distributed in Asia.
The Parent-Teacher Organization is paying for the postage. gave us a way to extend kindness outside of ourselves," Crouch said. See TSUNAMI, Page 2A "When the children came back from Christmas break they were very disturbed by what they had seen in the news," kindergarten teacher Evelyn Crouch said. She explained that in the mind of a kindergartner, the tsunami was happening over and over again because the news media kept playing the same footage night after night on the evening news. After Crouch and kindergarten teacher Daphne Waskom explained to their students about the big wave, the children wanted to help.
Crouch and a parent came up with the idea for hygiene kits because the students understand what hygiene is and making a kit would be a hands-on project for them. Letters were sent home and supplies for the kits started pouring in. The teachers wanted enough supplies so each student could make at least one complete kit containing two Weather The 88 youngsters spent part of I their Monday class time packing hygiene kits to send to tsunami sur- vivors in Asia as a "Sharing and Car-' ing" project. Frigid temperatures ensured a fourth day wjthout new rainfall, but it also made work more difficult for those in southern and central Indiana trying to clean up from more than a week of high water. At Seymour, where the overnight low dipped to 5 degrees, the East Fork of the White River was falling again from 13:22 feet at 5 a.m.
today after rising again over the weekend and reaching 17.62 feet. Flood stage at Seymour is 12 feet. According to the National Weather Service at Indianapolis, the river should drop below flood stage sometime Wednesday. The falling river level should aid volunteers with the Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Its damage-assessment teams were hampered last week by floodwaters, prer venting them from getting around td all pockets of the county to assess property damage.
Indiana Department of Transportation crews had to dump salt on stretches of Indiana 258 between Seymour and Cortland Monday once the river receded from the road there, leaving slick spots. Elsewhere in the state, long stretches of the Wabash and White rivers and their tributaries remained above flood stage, but the extensive flooding seen in many of those areas has subsided. The project was birthed from student concerns after watching the tsunami wash over southern Asian towns and villages Dec. 26, a time when Seymour kindergartners were just starting to play with their holi- day gifts. Tonight: Cloudy.
Low22 Tomorrow: Snow. High34, Low25 Thursday: Snow. High31, Low18 Forecast: Page 2A tooth Smile decay a targets Index By DANYA CAIN -V Classifieds 5B-6B Comics Horizons 6A Obituaries 3A Opinion 4A Record 3A Sports 1B-4B 3A Television WorldNation If you go What: Give Kids a Smile dental program for low-income children When: Feb. 4 Where: Jackson County Dental on West Second Street in Seymour Appointments: To schedule an appointment, call Jackson County Dental at 522-8608. On the Web: www.inden-tal.orgorwww.ada.org I Iare, who is in hec first yeac, dcaintribtown.com Going to the dentist is an appointment many dread, but it's also an element of health care that nearly half of children ages 2 through 9 don't get enough of in their daily lives.
Give Kids a Smile is working to change that with free dental clinics available Feb. 4 throughout Indiana. The V4 1 of practice COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Freedom News Service photo illustration According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of U.S. children ages 2 through 9 suffer from untreated tooth decay.
Our purpose: Connecting people. Building community. Improving life. "Rivers are still high," said Alden Taylor of the State Emergency Management Agency. "The water's start; ing to go down, but it's a very slow drop." The water receded enough for residents in some areas to begin cleaning up from the In one neighborhood along the White River on the south side of Indianapolis ruined chairs, couches and mattresses sat in lawns waiting for garbage collection.
Jackson County Dental in Seymour. "We are trying to help parents understand the importance of regular preventive care," Indiana Dental Association President Dr. David N. Matthews said. As part of National Children's Access Day, Give Kids a Smile provides free dental services to local children from low-income families, who are often referred by school nurses, WIC pro- She said they would rather not see patients for the Give Kids a Smile program who have insurance.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of U.S. children ages 2 through 9 suffer from untreated tooth decay. Last year, more than 35,000 dentists and volunteers nationwide participated in Give Kids a Smile. dental care, Matthews said. Two local dentists, Dr.
Jessica Hare and Dr. Don Cum-mings of Jackson County Dental on West Second Street, Seymour, will participate. "We just wanted to give back to, the community and help those in need," said grams, the Boys Girls Club and Head Start. About 1,500. low-income Hoosier children are expected to be seen.
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