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Rariden Resume 5; Newscenter 10

In this special from Newscenter, Karen Rariden covers a range of stories, starting with the struggles of coal miners in Southern Indiana due to new regulations. She also reported on Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, a hostage situation going on in the world, and various human-interest pieces such as tropical fish care, historic wooden bridges, a court case against Eli Lilly, and local festivals and auctions.

00:07 David Goodnow is introducing the topic of the Mining Industry and how it is changing

00:39 Footage of a miner who's going out of business

Where: Southern Indiana

What: “ I find it impossible to comply and survive”.

00:46 Karen Rariden starts talking and describing the economic shifts leading to the downfall of coal

01:16 Karen is sitting down with a family discussing mining

who: victor linton

where: southern Indiana

What: discussing that the new law set in place is confusing for miners because they
aren't sure where or who to trust

01:31 Footage of a family eating at a table for dinner while Karen is talking over the video, adding more details about the new law put in place

01:42 Karen interviewing another guest sitting at the table

who: dick baker

where: southern Indiana

What: he talks about how the price rise of coal is not just affecting miners, but everyday
consumers who don't realize it

01:59 Indiana Coal Association member begins talking in a clip

Who: Bill Beeman

Where: Southern Indiana

What: He compares the scarcity of the Midwest coal to the western coal

02:09 Karen is in downtown Indy in front of the surface mining building

02:17 The camera begins showing B-roll of Victor Linton

02:43 David Goodnow now introduces the next segment of the story

02:44 Karen Rariden starts to talk about 1949 and begins to introduce Victor Linton

03:11 Karen follows Victor Linton around to understand his day-to-day life in the mining industry and understand the complications that follow along with it.

04:00 Karen interviews Ano Keller, another miner who had to close down his business

04:35 Karen interviews Cleave Rentschler, a miner who had a good business going, but shut it down himself because of all the inspectors

04:51 David Goodnow introduces the next segment that Karen will be reporting on - how miners are fighting back on this new set of regulations within their industry

05:36 B roll of construction and digging up coal - Karen says since the 1960s, the coal tonnage has reached 5-6 million

06:07 Karen interviews Robert Haviland, who talks about how he feels like the government is trying to protect them from themselves

06:41 The b-roll jumps back to Robert talking about if the prices go up anymore, they will no longer be able to afford the equipment needed to keep doing their jobs

07:00 Nina Hatfield begins to talk

07:25 Karen closes off the segment

07:33 David Goodman introduces the new segment “Hoosier Gold” - coal

08:05 Karen talks about the operator's fee, permit fee, average fee, and permit plans

08:52 Harold Sargent is introduced

09:28 George Eisele introduces the next segment

09:55 Karen begins her segment, talking about how miners think the surface mining laws are becoming out of hand

10:05 Karen interviews OSM officials about these mining laws and why they are put into place

10:14 B roll of miners all sitting at a table, talking

11:32 Interviews of recent miners from the previous segments discussing the mining laws and how they're affecting their business

12:04 George Eisele introducing new segment - Ronald Reagan's inauguration

12:10 B-roll of the Capitol and interviews with citizens there

13:51 David Goodnow introduces the new segment - how the inauguration came to be a selling event

15:00 interviews with citizens on the street and in the shops by Karen

16:00 David Goodnow introduces a new segment about Rockville High School

16:25 Karen interviews Bill Smith about the hostage situation

16:50 B roll of hostage footage and iteams on fire

19:37 David Goodnow introduces a new segment about tropical fish

19:43 Karen interviews expert Bill Heyman on tropical fish living in saltwater

21:18 George Eisele introduces a new segment on wooden bridges

21:31 B Roll of the oldest wooden bridge in the county

21:45 Karen interviews Terry Brentlinger on how these new bridges are saving the city money

23:28 David Goodnow and Karen Rariden are on air together, talking about

28:11 Karen Rariden reports on a New York court appeal upholding a verdict against Eli Lilly on a new drug that supposedly causes cancer in women

34:03 David Goodnow introduces a new segment on budget cuts

36:33 David Goodman introduces a new segment on DMSO, and Karen reports on it and interviews citizens who have used it before. She also reports on the effects of it and athletes' use of the new drug

45:03 Karen reports on Bill Henrichs on his flagpole painting business

46:00 B-roll of the workers painting a flagpole

47:28 Karen Rariden covers a local auction and its history

50:00 Karen covers the Phil Harris, Alice Faye radio program festival

50:21 Phill Harris is interviewed by Karen Rariden about his feelings towards the festival

51:19 Karenn Rariden introduces segments of the night, which include undercover narcotic officers making 6 arrests in Virgo County, heavy flooding across Indiana, a new Indiana senator, a plane crash in Franklin, Indiana, with multiple casualties, and new stock market changes within the oil industry

54:05 Karen covers a segment on Children's Theatre

58:38 Segment on new restaurant covered by Karen

59:00 Closing of Newscenter 10