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TRIPPIN’ OUT Five day-trip destinations to make the long weekend worth remembering
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JEREMY IRVIN STAFF REPORTER
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lthough three days may not be enough time to travel to a tropical vacation spot, this weekend doesn’t have to be consumed by Call of Duty and Netflix marathons. All within a two hour drive, these day-trip destinations can transform the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend into something to be reminisced about for years to come.
SKY ZONE
THE ARTIST WITHIN
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The Fishers attraction offers an active experience: trampoline rooms. With floors and angled trampoline walls, Sky Zone features open jump and also gives visitors access to courts to play games such as dodgeball. “SkyRobics” fitness classes are also an option for groups.
For those who like souvenirs, The Artist Within in Muncie offers visitors the opportunity to decorate their own pottery. The ceramics shop produces many of the pieces up for sale and/or decoration. The Artist Within also offers year-round classes and has a party room to accommodate larger groups.
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From $9 for 30 minutes to $20 for 120 minute pass HOURS
Friday: Noon -10:30 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Sunday: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
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Free (pottery to be painted must be purchased) HOURS
Friday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday: Noon-5 p.m.
PERFECT NORTH SLOPES
CARIBBEAN COVE INDOOR WATER PARK
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Sprawling over 50,000 square feet in northwest Indianapolis, Caribbean Cove offers an inclusive vacation destination for people looking for a splash in the winter months. The park features three 40-foot tall slides, multiple pools, an interactive play scape, and much more. On-site lodging is available, with over 340 rooms for rent.
SUN KING BREWERY DESCRIPTION
As the first full-scale production brewery in Indianapolis since 1948, Sun King Brewery offers a selection of original house, seasonal, and specialty beers. Sun King offers tours and tastings. Tasting room visitors are given four tickets and two tokens. Tickets are redeemable for 3oz sample pours of Sun King’s house beers, while tokens are used for equal portions of seasonal or specialty beers.
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$15 per person for a day pass to the waterpark. Winter special is two admissions for $20 on Sundays HOURS
Friday: 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Perfect North is a prominent commercial winter sports attraction in Lawrenceburg, Ind. After purchasing a lift pass, visitors have access to slopes for skiing, tubing, and snowboarding. Experienced snowgoers can bring their own equipment, while first timers can rent equipment and receive a 50-minute complimentary lesson with the purchase of a lift ticket. GENERAL ADMISSION
Chemical clears out Burris
Bomb squad uses pulley system to remove crystallized picric acid ADAM BAUMGARTNER GRAPHICS EDITOR | graphics@bsudailynews.com
Concern of a potentially explosive chemical caused students and faculty to evacuate Burris Laboratory School early Wednesday morning. Students waited in Ball Gymnasium for five hours as safety professionals removed the chemical from the building. Tuesday night, a teacher discovered a container of about half a pound of crystallized picric acid in a chemical storage closet. When environmental safety experts investigated the next morning, they determined it was dangerous. “This is a very volatile chemical in the state it’s in,” Muncie Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Clevenger said. Bob Morris, Burris associate provost and former chemistry department chair, said the crystallized acid is particularly sensitive to bumps, making it dangerous for anyone to carry through the building. Instead, a bomb squad had to place it in a small crate and lower it from a second-floor window into a bomb-safe trailer using a system of pulleys. To dispose of chemicals such as these, Clevenger said professionals must drive the trailer to an isolated area and detonate its contents. University Police Department officers blocked University Avenue between Tillotson and Talley avenues to allow students to relocate safely and to clear the street for emergency vehicles. Rescue vehicles and fire trucks were on the scene in case of an explosion. A HAZMAT tent and crew were also present as a precaution.
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$45
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Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Sunday and Holidays: 9:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Free
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Tours: Fridays at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tastings: Friday 12 p.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Obama unveils $500 million gun plan Proposals to require background checks, ban certain weapons | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Conceding “this will be difficult,” President Barack Obama urged a reluctant Congress on Wednesday to require background checks for all gun sales and ban both military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines in an emotion-laden plea to curb gun violence in America. The president’s sweeping, $500 million plan, coming one month after the school massacre in Connecticut, marks the most comprehensive effort to tighten gun laws in nearly two decades. But his proposals, most of which are opposed by the National Rifle Association, face a doubtful future in a divided Congress where Republicans control the House. Seeking to circumvent at least some opposition, Obama signed 23 executive actions on Wednesday, including orders to make more federal data available for background checks and end a freeze on government research on gun violence. But he acknowledged that the steps he took on his own would have less
MUNCIE, INDIANA
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President Barack Obama signs a series of executive orders about his administration’s new gun law proposals as Vice President Joe Biden and children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence look on. The executive orders come in the wake of the discussion about gun control brought about by the Sandy Hook shooting.
impact than the broad measures requiring approval from Capitol Hill. “To make a real and lasting difference, Congress, too, must act,” Obama said, speaking at a White House ceremony with school children and their parents. “And Congress must act soon.” The president’s announcements capped a swift and wide-ranging effort, led by Vice President Joe Biden, to respond to the deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook CONTACT US
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Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. But Obama’s gun control proposals set him up for a tough political fight with Congress as he starts his second term, when he’ll need Republican support to meet three looming fiscal deadlines and pass comprehensive immigration reform. “I will put everything I’ve got into this, and so will Joe,” the president said. “But I tell you, the only way we can change is if the American people demand it.”
Key congressional leaders were tepid in their response to the White House proposals. Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s office signaled no urgency to act, with spokesman Michael Steel saying only that “House committees of jurisdiction will review these recommendations. And if the Senate passes a bill, we will also take a look at that.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he was committed to ensuring that the Senate will consider gun violence legislation “early this year.” But he did not endorse any of Obama’s specific proposals. The president vowed to use “whatever weight this office holds” to fight for his recommendations. He’s likely to travel around the country in the coming weeks to rally public support and could engage his still-active presidential campaign operation in the effort. But he’ll have to overcome a well-financed counter-effort by the NRA. “This will be difficult,” Obama acknowledged. “There will be pundits and politicians and special interest lobbyists publicly warning of a tyrannical, all-out assault on liberty — not because that’s true, but because they want to gin up fear or higher ratings or revenue for themselves.”
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A HAZMAT crew waits outside of Burris Laboratory School on Wednesday during the disposal of chemicals that were discovered in a storage closet. The chemical, picric acid, is highly flammable in crystallized form.
FOOTBALL
SAFETIES COACH WILL NOT RETURN FOR NEXT SEASON
Ball State announced that safeties coach Terry Lantz will not return to the program for the 2013 season. A news release sent by the athletics department said Lantz’s contract “has not been renewed.” Ball State’s two safety positions in 2012 consisted of players becoming regular starters for the first time following the graduations of Sean Baker and Joshua Howard. Jarrett Swaby, Brian Jones, J.C. Wade, Chris Pauling and Chris Calloway all saw playing time at the two positions in 2012. The safeties struggled to create turnovers last season as Jones was the only safety to record an interception. Swaby led all safeties with 71 total tackles on the season. Lantz spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as safeties coach at Ball State. He joined Lembo’s staff two months after he was introduced as the coach of Ball State in December 2010. – MAT MIKESELL
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