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Cold, ice can limit pothole repairs
REO SPEEDWAGON COMES TO THE RESCUE
Road crews deal with weather instead of patching up streets ALAN HOVORKA CHIEF REPORTER | afhovorka@bsu.edu Potholes ravage state and local roads every year, but the limited number of road crews in Muncie has made the issue harder to deal with than normal. Donnie Wright, supervisor for the department of street DAMAGE AND and public works, COMPENSATION said the workers who DAMAGE usually fix potholes are instead clearing • The most common damage to cars that snow and ice. Larry Brannon, owner “As soon as we get a of Meineke Car Care break from the madin Muncie, sees from ness of plowing snow, potholes is tire and rim we’ll be back to fixing damage and knocking potholes,” he said. a vehicle’s steering column out of its center Wright said the alignment. department has reTORT CLAIMS ceived a lot of calls about potholes and • If a vehicle is damaged they have been fixbecause of a pothole or another cause linked ing them as quickly to the city or state, as possible. the owner may file a The crews were notice of tort claim able to patch up sevwithin 180 to 270 days, eral holes along Mundepending if it is local or cie main roads such state claim, to receive compensation for as Madison Street damages incurred. and McGalliard Road this week before the • The city is not required to take action in snowstorm set in. response to the notice, “We got a few dehowever. Proof of repair cent days where must be provided, we could patch and such as a receipt or filled as much as we document that shows could,” Wright said. vehicle damage and repairs. “We tried to take care of some of the issues SOURCE: in.gov, cityofMuncie.com around the city, but obviously, not all of the main roads.” The city hasn’t experienced pavement failures similar to Interstate 69 outbound post 228, where an entire lane was closed due to potholes. “We have had some pavement failure, we have had potholes,” said Harry Maginity, Indiana Department of Transportation media relations director. “I would say they aren’t as bad as they have been.” Maginity, who works for the district that includes Muncie, said while potholes remain a large issue for the state, it wasn’t the polar vortex that caused more across Indiana roads. “What’s really jacking those holes open is the teeter-totter between freezing and unfreezing,” he said. “When it went down into the arctic temperatures, [the roads] stayed frozen.” People tend to think the roads take more damage from the extreme weather, but the area around 32 degrees is the most harmful, Maginity said.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITS FINALIZED High school seniors signed letters of intent Wednesday, making their enrollment at Ball State official for fall SEE PAGE 4 MUNCIE, INDIANA
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BRYAN HITT
BRUCE HALL
KEVIN CRONIN
DAVE AMATO
NEAL DOUGHTY
Drums and percussion Joined in 1990
Bass guitar and lead harmony vocals Joined in 1977
Lead vocals and rhythm guitar Joined in 1972
Lead guitar and vocals Joined 1989
Keyboards and founding member Joined 1967
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Rock band hosts Emens show to raise funds for tornado victims LINDSEY RILEY STAFF REPORTER | lnriley@bsu.edu
Three months after tornadoes ripped through the Midwest, bringing extensive damage to communities in Illinois and Indiana, rock bands are continuing to come to the rescue. REO Speedwagon will do a onenight only performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday at John R. Emens Auditorium. Ticket sales will go toward communities affected by the disasters in November. “We’re doing anything we can to help,” Neal Doughty, the band’s keyboardist and founding member, said. “Of course, it’s too big of a thing for any one rock concert with Styx, but we are mak-
ing sure no one runs out of food right now and helping with the immediate problems.” Weeks after the tornadoes struck in November, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Larry the Cable Guy and Survivor put on a concert event in Bloomington, Ill., called Rock To The Rescue. They raised more than $400,000 and donated it to Illinois charities supporting victims of the tornadoes. Gary Manier, the mayor of Washington, Ill., said the EF4 tornado destroyed or damaged almost 1,200 homes. “REO Speedwagon came to tour our city before performing at the Rock to the Rescue show in Bloomington, and they prom-
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$28-$58 ised that they would do more [to help],” Mainer said in a press release. “Now, within two months, they are coming back and will be raising more funds for our recovery efforts.”
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Winter camp helps coach find player Familiarity played role in recruiting process, nabbed starting libero
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Ball State men’s volleyball head coach Joel Walton ran his finger down the left side of a freshly printed roster, looking for players who didn’t have the luxury of playing for a high school team. There were just three out of 19. One of them is David Ryan Vander Meer, who was homeschooled and therefore couldn’t include playing for a high school team on his resume to impress Walton. The junior libero, who prefers being called Doc, found other methods.
“Doc started coming out to camps when he was pretty young, so we gained familiarity with him pretty quickly,” Walton said. “He was always really physical, just never that tall.” Vander Meer began attending Walton’s winter volleyball camps when he was 13. He went on to attend the same camp for several years, gaining continuity with Walton and the coaches there. Even with their young age, Walton was watching and waiting to see which players stood out and could be recruited in the future. In order to get more exposure, Vander Meer played volleyball for Carpe Diem Volleyball Club, his father’s club team and coached by his mother. It was necessary for him to improve his ability and showcase his talent.
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