It's just hiding underground. The river's mysteries proved magical decades ago to Bob Armstrong, a retired electrical engineer from Indianapolis. Now chairman of the Lost River Conservation Association, he fell under the river's spell in the early 1960s while exploring some of southern Indiana's wild caves and sinkholes. There's no room for competition where government-run recycling programs are concerned. With a sign on the side of his pickup saying he'd accept the same items for free, it looked like he had the edge on the government types.
Turnout demonstrates impressive backing.
A diamond-shaped label on the truck bears the No. 8 on the bottom. If Terre Haute firefighters did not know the answer, they soon will. Battalion Chief Rick Dufek of the Carmel Fire Department is conducting classes for Terre Haute firefighters this week as part of annual training required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Fire Protection Agency. It's difficult to glean any definitive results from the first round of public hearings into the Interstate 69 route-selection process. Most of what was said was predictable, and each of the three communities most affected by this long-standing debate view the issue through parochial eyes.