It’s the final day of 2023!
Show Notes
Newly elected Kid Mayor Lincoln Tolin and five other elementary school students took a modified oath of office during the council meeting Monday.
The oath the students took commits them to “support and be a voice for the City of Goshen fourth-graders” to the best of their ability.
Wendy Clark, program coordinator said:“The program goes along with the state academic standards for fourth-graders. Each kiddo who wants to participate has to choose an issue that is pertinent to Goshen that is important to them,” she said at the Nov. 13 meeting, as the finalists were preparing to give their speeches to council. “And then they have to think about a solution that is feasible for a fourth-grader to accomplish.”
https://www.wndu.com/2023/12/26/new-dinosaur-museum-south-bend-nearing-completion/
The Indiana Dinosaur Museum in South Bend is set to open in a few months.WNDU reports work on the buildings is wrapping up, with work on the exhibits just beginning. At this point, it’s hoped the museum can open in April, or May at the latest.
The museum hired a world class dinosaur sculptor to produce a replica of “Juliette,” who is the inspiration for the museum. She is a duck-billed dinosaur who was museum founder Mark Tarner’s first rare find as a paleontologist. Juliette is unique in that she was found with some 13 feet of skin on her tail.
The project also includes moving the South Bend Chocolate Museum to the dino museum site at U.S. 20 and the Bypass, and the opening of a new South Bend Public House restaurant.
A local Mishawaka man survives a car wreck after being trapped under a bridge for 6 days.
27 year old Matthew Reum of Mishawaka is now being treated at South Bend’s Memorial Hospital after being found by fishermen.Matt shares that he was pinned inside the vehicle and had to maintain a clear head and hope that someone would find him.
The way the vehicle crashed, it was hidden from sight under a bridge.
Matt is currently recovering from his injuries and shares how grateful he is to be alive.
Matt Reum’s GoFundMe Page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/matt-reum-with-medical-bills-recovery
