The Sun from Vincennes, Indiana • A1

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3:17 $1.49 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Three sections of streets have been cut from the repaving package in an effort to help offi- cials here make budget. City engineer John Sprague on Tuesday recommended to the Board of Works that a con- tract be awarded to Pav- ing, the low bidder when board members opened two bids for the work earlier this month. Vincennes in March received $560,500 from the Commu- nity Crossings Matching Grant program marking the fourth year in a row the city has received funds from the state program. For all the streets the city had planned to resurface, bid was $1.35 million about $100,000 more than the city had to spend. Sprague on Tuesday told board members that, after giving it some thought, he decided to cut three streets from this package portions of 11th Street, 20th Street and Barnett Street.

will get us back to the allotted funding he said. But he yet sure when work will actually begin as ongo- ing wet weather and a high demand for contractors may delay the start. Per the contract signed with the city, Sprague said crews with Paving must be done by Sept. 20, but with every day of rain, the chances of that become smaller and smaller. already asked for more Sprague said Tuesday, just have to discuss As with earlier repaving proj- ects, crews will first mobilize later this summer to begin tearing out and replacing concrete curbs and ramps adjacent to the portions of street that will be repaved.

Sprague however, expect asphalt trucks to arrive in town until the first of September, at the earliest. Streets still on the repav- ing list include two small streets of Kimmell Road, portions of Bruceville Road, Apple Lane, Mount Vernon Road, Raney Drive and Franklin Drive as well as the biggest package $400,000 for streets on the south side, specifically LaPlante, Prairie, Wheeler and Bayou streets. Also included in this contract are portions of Mentor, LaPlante and Joice streets and sections of Parke Street, Sugar- loaf Place, College Drive, Hack, Manilla and Rousillion streets, Veterans Drive, Arbor Drive, Hunter Court and Julius Street. Milestone Contractors also submitted a bid on the work, for just over $1.6 million. City trims 3 streets from repaving project BY JENNY MCNEECE Linda Fredrick, executive director of the Vincennes Hous- ing Authority, was all smiles as she approached members of the city council on Tuesday evening at City Hall, 201 Vigo St.

She could hardly wait to get up to the podium. city is good to she said. something we do ourselves, whether the street department or another city office, they always jump in to help. this is our way to help them, Fredrick and members her board of commissioners were on hand to again present to the city a payment in lieu of taxes this year a check for $51,500. behalf of the city, we want to say thank you ver said Mayor Joe Yochum as he accepted the check.

you are always welcome at our he said, to which the group chuckled. The housing authority has been giving to the city a pay- ment in lieu of taxes every year since 1976, according to board president Tim Thompson. The total amount given now exceeds $1 million, he said. a part of the com- Fredrick said matter- of-factly. why we always make this a SEE A2 Housing Authority again offers PILOT payment to city BY JENNY MCNEECE Sun-Commercial photos by Jenny McNeece Manikins dressed to represent Rosie the Riveter working on machinery at a defense-industry plant during World War II make up one of the exhibits in the exhibition hall at the Indiana Military Museum, 715 S.

Sixth St. The multi-million expansion will be dedi- cated during a grand-opening celebration at 11 a.m. on Friday. Volunteers at the Indiana Mili- tary Museum are gearing up for the celebratory grand openings of two additions to the facility at 715 S. Sixth St.

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch will be in Vincennes on Fri- day to help IMM of ficials cut the ribbon to the foot expansion, a diorama-style exhibit that immerses visitors into scenes from World War World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and more recent con- flicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The grand opening celebra- tion kicks off at 11 a.m. The museum expansion will be open to visitors promptly fol- lowing the the brief ceremony.

The museum in 2017 secured a state grant aimed at increasing tourism which, with a required local match and a handful of other, major donations, allowed for a more than $1 million invest- ment into the third and final phase of museum founder and curator Jim vision for the downtown facility. Osborne had long envisioned an exhibit space that would allow visitors to step back in time and immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of all the major conflicts. The expansion also features a full replica of a home, and as guests move along, they can explore an actual U.S. Army barracks, one of only a few still remaining in the world. SEE A2 IMM gearing up to celebrate 2 additions BY JENNY MCNEECE Visitors look at a new monument dedicated to the U.S.S.

India- napolis currently on display at the Indiana Military Museum, 715 S. Sixth St. The monument will be dedicated during a ceremony at 11 a.m. on June 8, and a handful of former crew members and captains will be on hand to celebrate the event. WA I Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is more open to state restric- tions on abortion, upholding an Indiana law supported by abor- tion opponents that regulates the disposal of fetal remains.

At the same time, the justices declined to take on an issue clos- er to the core of abortion rights, rejecting the appeal of a lower court ruling that blocked a ban on abortion based on gender, race or disability. Both provisions were contained in a law signed by Vice President Mike Pence in 2016 when he was governor. The action keeps it out of an election-year review of the Indiana law amid a flurry of new state laws that go the very heart of abortion rights. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey this month signed a law that would ban virtually all abortions, even in cases of incest and rape, and subject doctors who perform them to criminal prosecution.

That law has yet to take effect and is being challenged in court. Other states have passed laws that would outlaw abortion once a fetal heartbeat has been detect- ed, typically around six weeks of gestation. The high court is expected to hear at least one abortion-related case in its term that begins in October and ends in June 2020. In February, the justices blocked a Louisiana law that regulates abor- tion clinics, pending a full review. On Tuesday, with two liberal justices dissenting, the cour allowed Indiana to enforce a requirement that abortion clin- ics either bury or cremate fetal remains following an abortion, reversing a ruling by the 7th U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals court that had blocked it. The justices said in an unsigned opinion that the case does not involve limits on abortion rights. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. Ginsburg said in a short solo opin- ion that she believes the issue does implicate a right to have an abortion undue interference from the And Alyssa Farah, spokeswoman, drew a direct link to abortion. Pence commended the court for a portion of Indiana law that safeguards the sanctity of human life by requiring that remains of aborted babies be treated with respect and Farah said in a statement.

SEE A2 Supreme Court signals more openness to state abortion rules BY MARK SHERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.