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MATT BEGALA | IDS
One-year-old Shar-Pei-Pitbull mix Spike bites the ribbon during grand opening ceremony Tuesday, June 5, at the Bloomington Animal Shelter. The ribbon had a raw-hide bone in the middle for Spike to find.
Gimme Shelter The Bloomington Animal Shelter opened Tuesday afternoon after a $2.1 million renovation project added housing and ventilation for animals at the shelter. By Dominick Jean drjean@indiana.edu | @domino_jean
More than 60 Bloomington residents, city employees and community members came out to the Bloomington Animal Shelter Tuesday afternoon in the midst of 80-degree weather. Even Mayor John Hamilton came by to provide some remarks at the opening of the newly renovated shelter. But the real star of the show was an energetic one-year-old dog by the name of Spike. A Shar-Pei and Pitbull mix, Spike was led out of the shelter and held to the side as Hamilton, shelter advocate Valerie Pena and Rebecca Warren from the Monroe County Humane Association gave statements about the $2.1 million renovation project that had vastly changed the Bloomington animal shelter. Finally, at a signal from Virgil Sauder, the animal shelter director, Spike was led to a yellow ribbon with rawhide bow-tied in the middle. While initially distracted, Spike was able to lick and snack on the rawhide and tear the ribbon down with some help from the humans. “We Bloomingtonians carry within us a genuine love for our animal companions, and we act on that love,” Hamilton said. Shelter Volunteer Program Director Jenny Gibson, along with other volunteers, took visitors on a tour of the new facility and highlighted the increased ventilation, which would help cut down on animal disease. There is also larger more comfortable housing for the animals and additional workspace for employees. All of these additional features are meant
PHOTOS BY MATT BEGALA | IDS
Left: Shelter advocate Valerie Pena talks before the ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, June 5, at the opening of the Bloomington Animal Shelter. Pena talked about how the shelter has improved the life of animals as well as Bloomington residents. Top right: Newly adopted Tundra walks out Tuesday, June 5, at the newly renovated Bloomington Animal Shelter. Tundra’s adoption was finalized as people filed in to take a tour of the new shelter. Bottom right: Bella, a cat up for adoption, watches as residents take a tour outside her window Tuesday, June 5, at the Bloomington Animal Shelter. The facility officially opening Tuesday with renovated facilities to help improve adoption speed and quality of life for animals.
Festival to feature eight days of music By IDS Reports
Bill Monroe’s Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival will be returning from June 9 to 16 for its 52nd annual event in Brown County at the Bill Monroe Music Park and Campground in Morgantown. The festival will feature eight days of bluegrass music. It will pay tribute to Bill Monroe, an American mandolinist, singer and songwriter who helped create the style of music known as bluegrass. Over 70 bands are scheduled to perform at the event, which is known as the "Mecca of Bluegrass,” according to a press release from the Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The lineup for the festival includes the Malpass Brothers, Blue Highway, Flatt Lonesome and more. The family-friendly event will consist of more than 10 hours of entertainment each day, and will also include music and instrument workshops nearly every day. Advance tickets for the festival are on sale online now, and are anywhere between $20 and $250, depending on which package is purchased. On-site cabins and camping are available for attendees. For campsite reservations, call 800-414-4677. Hannah Reed
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BASEBALL
Stiever selected in 2018 MLB Draft By Cameron Drummond cpdrummo@iu.edu | @cdrummond97
While the IU baseball season came to an end Sunday night with a loss to Texas in the NCAA Tournament's Austin regional, there were still opportunities this week for Hoosier players to become household names by being selected in the 2018 MLB Draft. Any IU player that has completed their junior or senior year, or is at least 21 years old, may be selected by any of the 30 MLB teams. The draft started Monday night and marks the first event of the offseason for IU. While the Hoosiers didn't have any players selected Monday night during the first two rounds of the draft, they didn't have to wait long to hear junior pitcher Jonathan Stiever's name called Tuesday afternoon. Stiever was selected in the fifth round with the 138th overall pick by the Chicago White Sox. With his selection, Stiever became the 91st all-time draft pick from the IU baseball team since the MLB Draft began in 1965. Furthermore, Stiever is the highest draft pick to come out of IU since then-junior catcher and outfielder Kyle Schwarber was taken fourth overall by the Chicago Cubs in the 2014 MLB Draft. Schwarber remains the highest draft pick in IU baseball history. As far as pitchers are concerned, Stiever is the sixth pitcher
EVAN DE STEFANO | IDS
Junior Jonathan Stiever pitches the ball against the Butler Bulldogs on March 30 at Bart Kaufman Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. Stiever was selected in the fifth round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox.
in IU program history to be drafted in the first five rounds of the draft, and the first since 2013. During his junior season, Stiever led the Big Ten Conference in strikeouts with 97, and in strikeouts looking with 37. He pitched the second-most innings of any Big Ten pitcher as well, throwing 100.1 innings of work over the course of his 16 appearances for IU, all of which
were starts. The 2018 season saw him return to form after a disappointing 2017 campaign in which Stiever had a 4.31 ERA and opposing batters hit for a .275 average against the right-handed pitcher. By comparison, opponents only hit for a .250 average against Stiever in 2018, a career-best for the Wisconsin native. Stiever finished the season
with a 3.41 ERA and was one of eight Hoosiers to receives All-Big Ten honors. Along with sophomore outfielder Matt Gorski and junior utility player Matt Lloyd, Stiever was named First Team All-Big Ten, marking the first time since 2014 that IU had three players named first team all-conference. SEE STIEVER, PAGE 4